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Tuesday, 30 December 2008
On Armpit Hair
It was nice to come back to weather that is above freezing. Man, I don't miss the Midwest one bit at this time of year.
I felt compelled to share my thoughts on armpit hair since I recently had that little survey on the subject in the right-hand column. I was not surprised that the majority of my readers find armpit hair "disgusting." I used to feel the same way. Why? Well, it just seemed gross.
When I was 19 and living in France, I saw a picture of a model in a magazine with armpit hair. I thought it looked so beautiful compared to those hair nubbins in the underarm one can never completely shave away anyway. So I stopped shaving. When I returned to the US, I got some strange looks in lockerooms. So I started shaving again.
But I never felt comfortable with it. Here's why:
1. There is a lot of chaffing in the pits while running if you don't have a completely smooth shave every day.
2. Armpit hair just looks better than poorly shaven pits.
3. It takes time to shave pits.
4. I have a pigmented papilloma in the middle of my left armpit that I was sick of nicking.
The only drawback is that people stare.
Happily, when I started dating SR, he said he liked unshaven pits. Perhaps we're a perfect storm, or perhaps we'll help turn the tide.
Why, I ask you, should women shave their pits? What is disgusting about not shaving?
We could discuss shaving in other places, of course, but this is of particular importance to me because of the chaffing while running. I'd love to hear other opinions.
Happy new year!
13 comments:
- Abbie said...
I forgot to comment on your poll. I don't really like armpit hair on women... or men to be honest. I think it would be nice to have it removed via laser... The reasons for why you don't shave though make sense. I personally just don't find long hair in the arm pits or other areas of the body (excluding the head) very attractive. Just my two cents.
- 31 December 2008 at 00:29
- Danni said...
Somehow I have no idea what this poll is you're talking about!!! I don't really feel strongly about pit fur but I do know that it *can* absorb smell and thus make one smellier. Or actually I've been told I suppose I don't know this for a fact. Really, I don't care. I'm not disgusted but I shave every shower out of habit. Any chafeing I suffer is due to extra chub rather than fur.
- 31 December 2008 at 05:35
- Brianne said...
I'm not a big fan of it, but I know what you mean about chafing. My husband would flip if I grew it and I wouldn't be comfortable with it anyway, so maybe one day I'll be able to afford laser.
- 31 December 2008 at 18:32
- srinivas said...
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- 1 January 2009 at 12:58
- mcd137 said...
I think it depends on what you grew up with. I agree with poster who said it can be more stinky. But it's also your pheromones and that can help with, ahem, your love life.
- 2 January 2009 at 04:49
- mcd137 said...
I think it depends on what you grew up with. I agree with poster who said it can be more stinky. But it's also your pheromones and that can help with, ahem, your love life. Love photo of you skiing!!
- 2 January 2009 at 04:50
- SteveQ said...
I didn't vote on the poll, because I'm of two minds about it. Unshaved just doesn't work with some outfits, but then again, it's helped me decide between natural and dyed blondes more than once.
And then there's the disgusting ear hair that came from nowhere in my 40's which I sometimes forget.
- 2 January 2009 at 20:18
- SteveQ said...
Wait. You posted about a "turtle head" in your shorts once, then exposing breasts in an airplane and now armpit hair. What could possibly be next?
- 2 January 2009 at 20:20
- Emily Pease said...
I don't mind either way on other people, but whenever I let my own armpit hair grow out, I find the odor more unpleasant. I think it's because hairy armpits are more inviting to bacteria, which react with secretions from some glands and cause body odor.
Visually, I do not mind body hair and I think it is distracting when male athletes have shaven armpits.
I'm glad your trip was fun!!
- 4 January 2009 at 06:55
- Lisa said...
Okay, I'll play. I'm off to my third Laser Hair Removal Treatment next Saturday. I'm getting my Nethers done and my Underarms. The whole smash down there, for real! It costs me $380 and I give a tip for each visit for now, that will probably be reduced to a 'maintenance cost' when it becomes finer. So far, it has grown in more slowly and it is very sparse already.
Look, a lot of you people are fair while I am not. If you want to get all crunchy granola, who'm I to judge? Oddly, my aesthetician told me I have Medium coarse hair, but dang it, it is so black. After 4 treatments, but before a dozen treatments I will be free of fur in the two most annoying areas to contain fur. Sea Legs, I cannot imagine you have more fuzz than a preteen. Aw, go on. Let it grow.
- 5 January 2009 at 17:59
- Heather said...
I haven't had a problem with chafing *there* despite everywhere else on me...
I don't like armpit hair and shave it. Actually I'm not a fan of hair anywhere but my head and would shave it all left to my own devices... I used to shave my arms but my husband did not like that. This is even though I have blond body hair and do not really get noticed no matter what I do. But I'd say armpit hair, especially, if I miss shaving I notice it gets smellier... and uh, that is something I have to watch (at least in my own mind) and I already use super strong deodorant.
I don't really care what someone else does or does not do, however.
- 6 January 2009 at 08:53
- Michelle said...
I'm going to admit something here. If I didn't feel like I "had to shave," I wouldn't. In the winter I tend to let it grow until my hubby starts complaining. LOL! It is just a pain to shave and I hate the way the stubble feels.
Maybe I should move to Europe! ;-)
- 6 January 2009 at 17:01
- Emily said...
I have to respond to SteveQ's comment about deciding who is a natural blonde based on hair in other areas- they don't always equate. You can be naturally blonde up top and less blonde elsewhere. Just so you know.
Also, I hate the the skin irritation I get from shaving, but I hate the stubble from not shaving even more. Every time I try to go without shaving my pits, the stubble takes over and I break down and shave it all off again. Perhaps I'll never know the full potential of my pit hair.
- 7 January 2009 at 19:23


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As much as we love our smartphones they are unnecessary for survival. On the other hand, we cannot do without water. Plus, as the world population continues to grow, so too will water consumption. Looking at these facts from an investment point of view, there must be a good way to take advantage as an investor. Let's take a look at investment options to attack this low-risk industry which benefits from an excellent economic moat and will continue to grow along with world population.
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Microsoft is working on a new set of specifications for its Origami project. Microsoft development manager Vikram Madan spoke this week at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles about some of the specs that the company is considering for the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) 2.0 experience. Among those specs were the addition of smaller screens, thinner enclosures, new input methods, and higher resolutions.
Some of the changes Madan mentioned will make some potential Origami users happy—most notably, both 7- and 5-inch screens and a resolution bump from the old 800x480 to 1024x600. Madan also said that the company would like to use LED backlighting for the screens to reduce power consumption and bump battery life to three to four hours.
The new wave of UMPCs will probably also be thinner—between 18 and 20mm thick—and weigh less than 1.5 pounds. But the reduction in size won't necessarily mean a reduction in features: proposed additions include WiMAX and WWAN to its current WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. A QWERTY keyboard may also be added to the spec, which currently only has touchscreen/stylus-based controls. The UMPC may also get bumped to 1GB of RAM minimum (currently the minimum is 512MB) and have support for DirectX 9 graphics and above.
To add a cherry on top, Madan said that the company hopes to somehow reduce of the cost of the UMPC to the $499 to $599 range, down from roughly $600 to $1000. How they are going to do this by taking things up a notch isn't very clear, but we're really doubtful that we'll see a $600 UMPC running Windows with the upper end of specs here.
Microsoft still has faith in the Origami UMPC concept despite the fact that it hasn't quite made the splash they had hoped for when it was introduced last year. Early adopters criticized the devices for having too low a battery life and being too expensive for what they delivered. Those criticisms didn't stop companies like Samsung and Intel from moving forward with the UMPC in 2007, however. This March, Samsung released a Windows Vista-compatible UMPC, and in April, Intel announced its plan for an updated UMPC design, named McClasin, with a new, lower-power CPU. Linux is going to play an increasing role on these kinds of machines.
Will Microsoft's new specs for the next version of the Origami be enough to get consumers' wallets out? Possibly. With all of those potential feature bumps and the proposed $500 price point, Origami 2.0 could be a lot more appealing to the masses than its predecessor. The real question will be whether manufacturers will be able to pull all of that off for close to $500.


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As Syrian society slowly becomes more computerized, the Tourism Ministry has developed a plan to link all tourism and travel agencies country-wide to a new computer system this year.
Tishreen daily reports that this network will enable all the relevant bodies to access the ministry's databank in Damascus. The government is now working to develop this databank, part of which will eventually be published on the Internet.
Additionally, the plan calls for establishing new computer training centers in every school and faculty that is within the tourism ministry's jurisdiction. Eng. Anas Aswad the head of the information division at the ministry told the newspaper that the goal of this plan is to help develop the country's tourism services.
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The 85-year-old Pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning.
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he told the cardinals.
Only 3 other popes in the history of the Church have ever resigned:
The last was in 1415.
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In China dragons are a symbol of good luck, possessing great power, wisdom, fertility and dignity. Dragon dance or pinyin: wǔ long is performed by a team who through cooperation and harmony, manipulate a long flexible colourful dragon mimicking the undulating movements of this mythical river spirit. Dragon Squad utilises the concept requiring teams to create this culturally recognised icon, the Chinese Dragon, from concept to performance.
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In Dragon Squad teams must use creativity, innovation and project management skills to design and construct a dragon. Then, work together to rehearse and perform their own unique musical score and choreographed dragon dance.
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Firstly, individual teams design and construct a Chinese Dragon. The success of this phase requires ingenuity, creativity, project management skills and active communication. And, as each team member must be involved, leadership skills and role delegation come into play.
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Equipped with musical instruments, each team choreographs their own Dragon Dance routine. Then, with their uniquely designed dragon, they cooperate in harmony to put on a display of dance and music. Points are awarded to teams for creativity, performance, and teamwork.
The winning team is announced at the end of the project. And, as a testament to their commitment teams are invited to display their dragonheads back in the office as a reminder of the key learning from the event and their team's successes.
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I've really been slacking with breakfasts lately. Before this semester, I always had the freezer stocked with whole wheat waffles, muffins, and other "fresh" baked goodies. Lately breakfasts have been instant oatmeal, toast, or anything else that's easy and quick. Easy and quick for me that is. Husband doesn't have time for any of that in the morning and I'm usually not awake when he leaves. So poor guy goes all day without eating.
In an effort to get him to eat breakfast, I made these muffins. I got the recipe from a cupcake community I frequent and literally made them the day I saw the recipe. The husband loves doughnuts but I suck at frying so I figured this was the next best thing.
To me these are more likes cupcakes. They are pretty dense compared to most muffins but they really are good. Pretty addicting, actually. So far it's looking like none are going to make it to the freezer but that's okay because they were very simple to make.
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking power
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp butter melted
- 1/3 cup sugar for rolling
Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until light in color.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
Pour into egg mixture and stir to combine.
Pour in vegetable oil, milk and vanilla extract.
Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
Bake for 15-18 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
While muffins are baking, melt butter and pour remaining sugar into a small bowl.
When muffins are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar.
Cool on a wire rack.


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BEIJING (Aug. 22, 2008) – After 20 years of waiting, the U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team will be heading back to the Olympic Games gold-medal match as it held off second-ranked Russia 25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 22-25, 15-13 Saturday afternoon in a semifinal match at Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium. The second-ranked Americans will play for the gold on Sunday at noon against Brazil.
"We knew it was going to be a tough match," U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "I am proud of the way the guys were able to deal with the pressure and consistency of Russia at the end of the match. For these guys, it is a chance to get on the podium."
Team USA, winner of its last 10 matches including the 2008 FIVB World League title in July, has guaranteed a medal-stand appearance for the first time since 1992 when it earned the bronze medal in Barcelona. The U.S. won the Olympic gold medal in 1984 and 1988.
Clay Stanley (Honolulu) notched a team-high 19 points with a match-high seven aces, 11 kills and a block. Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) collected 17 kills and an ace for 18 points, while Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) produced 12 kills on 20 attacks and two blocks for 14 points. Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) tacked on 13 points all on kills. David Lee contributed nine kills and three blocks for 12 points. Lloy Ball (Woodburn, Ind.) rounded out the scoring with four kills and a block for five points.
Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) recorded 32 excellent receptions on 39 attempts without an error to go with seven digs. Ball handed out 30 assists for the match in addition to seven digs. Priddy tacked on a team-high 12 digs and 16 excellent service receptions on 17 attempts. Salmon contributed 10 digs and 24 excellent service receptions.
"It was an awesome team performance," said Team USA captain Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.). "What sticks with me is our last break, we had some confusion and some guys were amped up. Hugh came over to us right at the end of it and told us what we were going to do on the very next serve. It had a really calming effect. It was the correct choice. Believing in each other and believing in what the staff information has given us is something that has got us here. It has served us in the most crucial time in the match. It was an absolutely beautiful performance."
Team USA started Ball at setter, Lee and Millar at middle blocker, Priddy and Salmon at outside hitter and Stanley at opposite. Lambourne is the designated U.S. libero for the Olympic Games. Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.) subbed into all five sets.
Team USA converted 66 of 141 attacks into kills and turned in a 34.04 attack efficiency (kills minus errors divided by attacks), thanks to an 80.90 excellent reception percentage. Russia tallied a 38.9 attack efficiency for the afternoon. The U.S. serve played a key role in putting together stretches of points for the Americans. It compiled an 8-3 ace advantage and both teams committed 19 service errors. Russia held an 11-7 margin in blocks, but the U.S. was ahead in digs 51-44.
In the process, the U.S. won its first match over Russia in the current quadrennial. Team USA lost to Russia in the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round and in the 2007 FIVB World Cup final match, which prevented the Americans from qualifying for the Olympics at the first opportunity.
Maxim Mikhaylov led all scorers with 31 points for the Russians, including a match-high 28 kills and four blocks along with one ace. Stopping Mikhaylov proved to be a challenge, but Lee managed to block him for the winning match point.
"Lloy's looking at me the whole time like, 'Dude, do something to stop this guy,'" Lee said.
The first set started close with 11 ties and four lead changes through the first 22 points before Russia scored three unanswered points to take a 14-11 advantage. Stanley then took over the match single-handedly by scoring all seven U.S. points in a 7-2 run that included three aces and two back-row kills. Stanley scored an ace at 24-21 for his 10th point of the set as the Americans went on to win 25-22.
Russia led the second set 20-17 before the American mojo kicked in. Millar hammered a kill followed by a Ball block to close to within one at 20-19. After a Russian point at 21-19, the U.S. sided out with a Russian service error. McCutcheon subbed in Rooney to serve, and it paid immediate dividends as the U.S. scored the final five points with two Priddy kills, a Stanley kill and two Russian errors for a 25-21 victory.
Russia inched its way to a 14-11 lead in the third set after the score was tied 10-all. It widened the advantage to five points at 20-15 and reached set point at 24-21. Team USA saved all three set points with a Salmon kill and blocks from Millar and Stanley to tie the set in an attempt to win the match in three. However, Russia went on to win 27-25 without the U.S. gaining a set point.
Russia scored consecutive points to take a 16-13 lead into the second technical timeout of the fourth set. After that, both teams sided out each time to produce a 25-22 score sending the match into the tiebreaker.
Team USA jumped to a 5-2 lead in the fifth set on a 4-1 run that included kills from Priddy and Millar and capped by two Russian errors. However, Russian picked up a tie at 7-all with a 4-1 run of its own and took the lead at 11-10 on an ace. Trailing 12-11, Lee came up big with down the stretch. He tallied a kill and block on consecutive plays to yield a 13-12 advantage. After Russia tied the set at 13-all, Lee ended the match with a kill and block at 15-13. He scored four of his 12 points in the final five points of the match.
Team USA reached the semifinal match with a come-from-behind victory over Serbia in the quarterfinal round on Aug. 18. The Americans went undefeated in its five pool matches to obtain the top seed in Pool A.
The U.S. has reached the medal round for the second consecutive Olympic Games. The Americans finished fourth in 2000, just four years after going winless at the 2000 Olympic Games.
For more information on the U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team while in Beijing, visit http://volleyball.teamusa.org/event/event/519.
No. Name (Pos., Height, Age., Hometown, College)
1 - Lloy Ball (S, 6-8, 36, Woodburn, Ind., IPFW)
2 - Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, 25, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, 26, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 - Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, 33, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
8 - Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, 30, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 - Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, 30, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 - Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, 32, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
12 - (captain) Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, 35, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 - Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, 30, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 - Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, 26, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 - Gabe Gardner (OPP, 6-9, 32, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
18 - Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, 26, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon
Team Leader: Rob Browning
Interim Head Coach: Ron Larsen
Second Assistant Coach: John Speraw
Consultant Coach: Marv Dunphy
Technical Consultant: Jamie Morrison
Scout: Carl McGown
Athletic Trainer: Aaron Brock
Wednesday, Aug. 20 – Quarterfinals at Capital Indoor Stadium
Russia def. Bulgaria, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22, 25-21
Italy def. Poland, 25-19, 25-22, 18-25, 26-28, 17-15
Brazil def. China, 25-17, 25-15, 25-16
USA def. Serbia, 20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12
Friday, Aug. 22 – Semifinals at Capital Indoor Stadium
USA def. Russia, 25-22, 25-21, 25-27, 22-25, 15-13
Brazil def. Italy, 25-19 18-25 21-25 22-25
Sunday, Aug. 24 Capital Indoor Stadium
Russia vs. Italy (bronze medal), 10 a.m.
USA vs. Brazil (gold medal), Noon
Men's Award ceremony, 1:50 p.m.
Pool A Standings
Italy 4-1
Bulgaria 3-2
China 2-3
Venezuela 1-4
Japan 0-5
Pool B Standings
Russia 4-1
Brazil 4-1
Poland 4-1
Germany 1-4
Serbia 2-3
Egypt 0-5
Sunday, Aug. 10 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Russia def. Serbia, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-14
Pool A: Italy def. Japan, 25-19, 25-18, 23-25, 25-17
Sunday, Aug. 10 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: USA def. Venezuela, 25-18, 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 15-10
Pool B: Brazil def. Egypt, 25-19, 25-15, 25-18
Pool A: Bulgaria def. China, 25-20, 25-21, 26-28, 25-19
Pool B: Poland def. Germany, 25-17, 33-31, 25-20
Tuesday, Aug. 12 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Russia def. Germany, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 16-14
Pool B: Poland def. Egypt, 25-21, 25-18, 25-10
Tuesday, Aug. 12 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: USA def. Italy, 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21
Pool B: Brazil def. Serbia, 25-27, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21
Pool A: China def. Venezuela 25-21, 21-25, 16-25, 25-21, 16-14
Pool A: Bulgaria def. Japan, 29-27, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19
Thursday, Aug. 14 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool A: Italy def. Venezuela, 25-21, 25-20, 25-21
Pool B: Germany def. Egypt, 29-27, 25-21, 25-21
Thursday, Aug. 14 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Russia def. Brazil, 22-25, 26-24, 31-29, 25-19
Pool B: Poland def. Serbia, 31-29, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21
Pool A: China def. Japan, 25-20, 25-23, 17-25, 16-25, 15-10
Pool A: USA def. Bulgaria, 27-29, 25-21, 25-14, 26-24
Saturday, Aug. 16 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool A: USA def. China, 25-22, 25-12, 25-18
Pool B: Russia def. Egypt, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18
Saturday, Aug. 16 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Serbia def. Germany, 25-21, 27-25, 24-26, 25-23
Pool A: Italy def. Bulgaria, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16
Pool B: Brazil def. Poland, 30-28, 25-19, 25-19
Pool A: Venezuela def. Japan, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23
Monday, Aug. 18 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool A: Bulgaria def. Venezuela, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-22
Pool B: Brazil def. Germany, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23
Monday, Aug. 18 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Poland def. Russia, 17-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23, 15-12
Pool B: Serbia def. Egypt, 25-16, 25-13, 25-17
Pool A: Italy def. China, 25-17, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 16-14
Pool A: USA def. Japan, 25-18, 25-12, 25-21


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Can You Have Freedoms Without God?
Very interesting commercial from the Knights of Columbus. It appeared when the Obama administration started their push against religious groups, having them provide benefits and/or care inclusive of birth control. This may have been the original intent but I derived something more important. It was George Washington's quote:
"Of all the dispositions and habits, which leads to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."
Morality in relation to political prosperity. It is something that I have always known to go hand in hand. How can you hold office and do the bidding of the people without having morality? This has been an issue with politics since the birth of governments. Our founding fathers knew this when they created the laws governing our nation. Elected officials have bypassed their ethical moral code for selfishness, power and recognition.
I bring this up now because social conservatives have been taking a beating on their stances. They are being portrayed as a fanatical group which the people don't want involved in their lives. What usually happens when you are scared of something? You deny it and then you destroy it. Welcome to our path of destruction as a nation. We have all but replaced God in every form and place other than in church "where He belongs". And the more you imprison God, the more our woes will multiply.
Social conservatives are not our enemy. Social conservatives are not always right. Who is? But social conservatives keep God as part of our freedom which the framers intended. To continue to dismiss them is nothing more than shredding the Constitution and what it stands for. With God we prosper; without Him we whither on the vine.


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Daryl Bridenbaugh, Farm Industry News field reporter and product tester, sent this report for September 2011.
With all the rain hitting northwest Ohio in the last two weeks, we had time to get away from the fields and attend the Farm Science Review. We saw many new shallow tillage tools and lots of land rollers on display.
At the John Deere booth, we learned about its GPS system where the cart tractor is automatically controlled. The combine and the tractor both talk to each other and match each other's speed exactly. The system was in use in the fields down there and is ready to be marketed.
At Kinze's booth, we saw the company's new line of carts. Also, they had videos of Kinze's totally robotic system where the cart tractor is driverless. It runs beside the combine and then to the end of the field where the truck is waiting to transport the grain. The truck driver then climbs into the tractor and unloads the cart. Then the tractor waits for the combine to call it back to the field for the cart to be refilled. Kinze also has a driverless planting system. Once the driver goes around the outside of the field, the tractor can finish planting the field on its own. If there is a problem with the planter or it needs to be refilled with seed, it calls the farmer.
The company has demonstrated both of these systems to its dealers, but at this point it is looking at the liability issues that might result before it markets the systems to farmers. -Daryl


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CNN host Piers Morgan is in trouble. Last week a British judge said he would call the former tabloid chief at News Corp. to testify at the inquiry into phone hacking at the News of the World and The Mirror, two papers Morgan was formerly editor of. And yesterday former NOTW reporter Paul McMullan officially linked Morgan's name to Lord Justice Leveson's probe. Here's exactly what McMullan said:
"My first editor, Piers Morgan, very much set the trend. He was, 'I want that story at all costs. I don't care what you had to do to get that story.'"
Note that McMullan didn't state explicitly that Morgan ordered celebrities' phones to be hacked. Nonetheless, Morgan has been linked, and has linked himself, to hacking in so many different ways that he is now arguably the most compelling figure in the scandal, which has resulted in 17 arrests so far.
Morgan has previously denied he published any story based on hacking: "I have never hacked a phone, told anyone to hack a phone, nor to my knowledge published any story obtained from the hacking of a phone."
But that denial will take some explaining in the light of these events:
- Morgan and the 13th person arrested in the scandal, James Desborough, both worked at News of the World and both worked on the story of Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills, which is said to be based on voicemails.
- Morgan has denied listening to Mills' voicemails even though in 2006 he relished retailing an anecdote in which he was somehow able to listen to Mill's voicemails of McCartney pleading with her to come back to him.
- James Hipwell, a financial journalist under Morgan at The Mirror, said at the time that hacking was regarded as "a bit of a wheeze."
- Hipwell said in 2006 that he hacked the phone of the Spice Girls and other stars.
- Mirror showbiz reporter James "Scottie" Scott said earlier this year that he assisted on one of the biggest scoops the Mirror published under Morgan's tenure -- the voicemails of England football coach Sven-Goran Ericksson's affair with a TV presenter.
- Morgan boasted of this in the Daily Mail in 2009.
- The same year, Morgan told the BBC that he knew of hacking going on.
- In 2011, he told Naomi Campbell, in GQ magazine, the same thing.
- In 2005, he wrote in his autobiography that he knew how to hack a phone.
- In 2007, he told the U.K. Press Gazette that "everyone" in London's newspaper business knew hacking was going on.
Doubtless there is an innocent explanation for all of this.
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The Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition external multi-display adapter adds up to three monitors to your laptop or desktop computer. It connects to the video output of your system and uses the system's existing GPU to provide high-quality, uncompressed graphics and video across all monitors. Ideal for professionals requiring more desktop space for maximum productivity and gamers wanting a totally immersive experience, this little black box lets you run different applications on each display or view one application across multiple monitors. Organize your workspace more efficiently, multi-task more comfortably and make fewer errors with a Matrox TripleHead2Go-powered multi-monitor setup.
- Lets you connect up to three monitors to the single Dual-link DVI or VGA video output of your system
- Creates a stretched desktop with a maximum resolution of 5760x1080 (3x 1920x1080)1,2 across three displays or 3840x1200 (2x1920x1200) 2 across two
- Uses your system's existing GPU to deliver a solid platform for office, 3D design, multimedia and digital signage applications
- Works with LCDs, CRTs and projectors3
- Open an application on each display or span one across multiple-screens
- Experience Surround Gaming by expanding supported 3D games across three monitors; achieve a much wider in-game field of view
- Matrox Bezel Management compensates for monitor bezel gaps to bring realism to gaming and digital signage
- Quick and easy to install; there's no need to open the computer case or insert components
- Spans taskbar across monitors for easy access to all your open applications
- Includes Matrox PowerDesk software to easily manage your desktop configuration
- External device that won't void your system warranty
- Expand your desktop further by connecting a second TripleHead2Go to your graphics hardware to support up to six monitors at a time4
- PC and Mac compatible
- 2-year warranty
For more information about other TripleHead2Go models visit our GXM Series page.
1 This mode runs at 50Hz which may be incompatible with some displays. Verify with your display vendor for compatibility.
2 TripleHead2Go model, OS and system dependent. Please see system compatibility information to verify the maximum resolution supported by your system.
3 Additional adapters may be required (sold separately). See connectivity requirements for details. 4 Certain conditions apply. Visit the Multi-GXM support page for further details.
|Matrox part number
|Maximum DVI Resolution 1
|5760x1080 (3x 1920x1080) 2
3840x1200 (2x 1920x1200)
|Maximum VGA Resolution 1
|4080x768 (3x 1360x768)
3840x1080 (2x 1920x1080)
|Input connector
|1 DVI-DL input or 1 VGA input
|Output connectors
|2 or 3 DVI-I outputs (connects to digital or analog)
|USB for power
|4.4" x 5.5" x 1.1" (11.3cm x 14cm x 2.8cm)
|Clone Mode
|Stretched Desktop Support
|Surround Gaming
|Matrox Monitor Bezel Management
|Yes – Available under Windows only
|PowerDesk Software
|Hardware included
|Multi-unit support
|Yes – Available under Windows only
|System Requirements
|Supported Operating Systems
|Microsoft® Windows® 10 (32/64bit), Windows 8 (32/64bit), Windows 7 (32/64bit), Windows Vista® (32/64bit), Windows XP (32/64bit), Windows Server® 2012 (32/64bit), Windows Server 2003/2008 (32/64bit), Mac® OS X® El Capitan (10.11), Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9), Mac OS X Lion (10.7), Mac OS X (10.6) and Linux® 3
|Optional Accessories (Sold Separately)
1 Maximum resolution is system dependent - please see the system compatibility information
2 This mode runs at 50Hz which may be incompatible with some displays. Verify with your display vendor for compatibility.
3 Contact Matrox for tested versions of leading Linux distributions.
List of Supported Resolutions
Matrox TripleHead2Go supports a wide range of resolutions in dual and triple-monitor modes, to access all modes Matrox PowerDesk must be installed on the system. All displays attached to the TripleHead2Go device must run at the same resolution.
TripleHead Resolutions
|Refresh Rate
|1920 x 480 (3 x 640 x 480)
|2400 x 480 (3 x 800 x 480)
|2400 x 600 (3 x 800 x 600)
|60, 75, 85Hz
|3072 x 768 (3 x 1024 x 768)
|60, 75, 85Hz
|3840 x 720 (3 x 1280 x 720)
|50 1, 60Hz
|3840 x 768 (3 x 1280 x 768)
|3840 x 800 (3 x 1280 x 800)
|3840 x 960 (3 x 1280 x 960)
|3840 x 1024 (3 x 1280 x 1024)
|4080 x 768 (3 x 1360 x 768)
|4098 x 768 (3 x 1366 x 768) 2, 3
|60Hz 4
|4200 x 1050 (3 x 1400 x 1050) 3
|60Hz 4
|4320 x 900 (3 x 1440 x 900) 3
|60Hz 4
|4800 x 900 (3 x 1600 x 900) 3
|60Hz 4
|5040 x 1050 (3 x 1680 x 1050) 2, 3
|57Hz 4
|5760 x 1080 (3 x 1920 x 1080) 2, 3, 4
|50Hz 1
DualHead Resolutions
|Refresh Rate
|1600 x 600 (2x 800 x 600)
|60, 75, 85Hz
|2048 x 768 (2x 1024 x 768)
|60, 75, 85Hz
|2560 x 720 (2x 1280 x 720)
|50 1, 60Hz
|2560 x 768 (2x 1280 x 768)
|2560 x 800 (2x 1280 x 800)
|2560 x 960 (2x 1280 x 960)
|2560 x 1024 (2x 1280 x 1024)
|60, 75, 85Hz
|2720 x 768 (2x 1360 x 768)
|2800 x 1050 (2x 1400 x 1050)
|2880 x 900 (2 x 1440 x 900) 2
|3200 x 900 (2x 1600 x 900)
|3200 x 1200 (2 x 1600 x 1200)
|3360 x 1050 (2 x 1680 x 1050)
|3840 x 1080 (2x 1920 x 1080)
|3840 x 1200 (2 x 1920 x 1200) 2
|58 3, 60Hz 3
1 This mode runs at 50Hz which may be incompatible with some displays. Verify with your display vendor for compatibility.
2 Resolution not supported with VGA displays.
3 Mode not available under any Mac OS X operating system.
4 These widescreen modes are only available when TripleHead2Go Digital Edition is connected to the system's dual-link DVI output, and are not available under any Mac OS X operating system.
System Compatibility
TripleHead2Go Digital Edition is compatible with a wide range of notebooks and desktop computers. Please see the system compatibility information for more details.
Take advantage of Matrox PowerDesk to fully benefit from your TripleHead2Go Digital Edition adapter. PowerDesk enhances your PC or Mac computing experience and productivity with a vast array of customizable options. Now you can personalize your desktop to get the most out of your displays and make the most of your time.
Window Management:
Set the behavior of your apps, such as where windows should open up and maximize, or even on which display a PowerPoint slide show will run. You can view a presentation across multiple displays, or only on one depending upon your needs.
Desktop Divider:
Customize your desktop's layout and split it up into different sections. Either spread one application across your entire desktop or devote one display to each. Alternatively go even further and create multiple partitions on a single monitor and open an application in each section.
Mode Management:
Select the optimal multi-display settings for your setup, with regard to resolution and refresh rates.
Swap Displays:
Swap Displays spares you the hassle of reconnecting cables or physically moving around incorrectly hooked-up monitors. Switch your displays' on-screen content as a quick and easy troubleshooting fix.
Conveniently load your saved multi-display setup to accommodate ever-changing workplace needs or your personal preferences.
Bezel Management:
Makes your digital signage more pleasing to the eye or adds realism to your gaming experience. Bezel Management compensates for that unnatural gap created by the monitor's bezels and three seemingly disjointed pictures displayed on your displays can be easily converted into one seamless image.
Keyboard Shortcuts:
Use a keyboard shortcut to quickly locate the mouse cursor or move your active window from one display to another; an easy way to access PowerDesk features.
Unattended Install:
Easily install Matrox PowerDesk across many systems without any user interaction — a must–have tool for any IT administrator for corporation-wide deployments.
Swap Active Window and Maximize:
Efficiently organize your desktop at the press of a button by moving a given window from one display to the next and maximizing it to fit the entire screen.
Move Dock Position:
Further customize your Mac work space by moving the dock onto any of your screens.
Mode Management
Select the optimal multi-display settings for your setup, with regard to resolution and refresh rates.
Business Productivity
|Working with more than one monitor allows you to see more, do more, and be more productive. Use the extra screen space to spread applications across your desktop, much like you would spread printed documents across your desk. For specialized applications, such as financial services or day trading programs, viewing data across multiple monitors provides the ability to see critical information at all times for quick decision making and streamlined workflow.
Digital Signage
|Drive three HD displays from a single player PC to create digital signage canvases of up to 6 million pixels. Unique in its ability to support three 1920x1080 monitors at 50Hz, the Matrox TripleHead2Go supports a variety of widescreen resolutions for the display of high-quality, uncompressed digital content across multiple monitors.
And if three displays aren't enough? Connect two TripleHead2Go units to create a cost-effective, six-screen setup. TripleHead2Go units can be used to improve and simplify digital signage applications such as digital menu boards, terminal and concourse information displays, shopping mall kiosks, and ambience-enhancing installations—to name a few.
Media Creation & DCC
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[Apologies if you receive this more than once] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ICDM '02: The 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maebashi TERRSA, Maebashi City, Japan December, 9 - 12, 2002 Web Page: http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/icdm02/ Mirror Page: http://www.wi-lab.com/icdm02/ ******************************************* IEEE ICDM 2002: Call for Workshop Proposals ******************************************* As an important part of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM '02), the ICDM '02 workshops program will focus on new research challenges and initiatives in data mining. It will provide a venue for several topical workshops on specific data mining research and/or application problems. ICDM '02 workshops will foster the discussion of exciting research directions and works in progress through paper presentations, round table and panel discussions, and invited talks. Suggested topics for workshops include, but are not limited to, the following: o Data Mining for Bioinformatics/Medicine o Second Generation Methods/Systems in Data Mining o Data Mining in Electronic Commerce o Data Mining for Web/Business Intelligence o Multimedia Data Mining o Preprocessing/Postprocessing Techniques o Management/Refinement of Discovered Knowledge o Performance Evaluation in Data Mining o Security and Privacy Issues in Data Mining o Scientific Discovery Workshop chairs define the focus and structure of each workshop. Responsibilities include (1) writing the call for papers and publicizing it, (2) selecting the workshop organizing and program committees, (3) deciding the workshop program content, and (4) coordinating the production and distribution of the workshop notes. Submission Instructions ======================= June 30, 2002: Workshop proposals are due. Workshop proposals should be sent via email to the ICDM '02 Workshops Chair: Dr. Einoshin SUZUKI Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University 79-5, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan phone & fax: +81-45-339-4148 e-mail: suzuki at dnj.ynu.ac.jp Electronic submissions in ascii, pdf, ps, or html formats are preferred. A workshop proposal should include the following information: (1) Workshop title (2) Workshop organizers with full contact information (3) Description of the workshop including objectives, content, and format of the workshop (4) List of potential attendees (5) List of potential authors of workshop contributions July 15, 2002: Notification of workshop proposal acceptance. Suggested Timeline for Workshop Chairs ====================================== July 26, 2002: Workshop call for papers has been sent out. September 13, 2002: Workshop paper submissions due. October 11, 2002: Workshop paper acceptance notices. October 25, 2002: Camera-ready version of workshop papers due. December 9, 2002: Workshop takes place. ---


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As a result, we have stereotyped images of fur-clad people yelling "mush!" at the dogs pulling their sleds. Why do they yell "mush!" anyway? Actually, Eskimos don't and never did. Modern sled dog racers don't either. "Mush" is an English corruption of the French word "marche" which just means "go." It was used by French-Canadian voyageurs who learned dog-sledding from the Inuit. Modern English-speaking racers use the command "hike" to start their teams.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A police helicopter flying low over Atlanta on a nighttime search for a missing 9-year-old boy plunged to the ground in a northwest neighborhood of shops and apartments, killing the two officers aboard, authorities said Sunday.
ATLANTA (AP) — A police helicopter flying low over Atlanta on a nighttime search for a missing 9-year-old boy plunged to the ground in a northwest neighborhood of shops and apartments, killing the two officers aboard, authorities said Sunday.
Both officers died on impact in the crash about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and no one was hurt on the ground, police spokesman Carlos Campos said. The crash occurred in an Atlanta district near heavily traveled Interstate 20 in a mixed area of fast food restaurants, shopping plazas and apartments where utility lines bristle overhead.
A photograph aired on a local TV newscast afterward showed what appeared to be flaming debris in a roadway. The helicopter fell in an area roughly 4 miles west of downtown Atlanta. Power was blacked out to a nearby pharmacy and other businesses close by and a utility crew was seen afterward in the area, apparently working to restore electricity.
"It appeared to hit the utility wire on the way down," Campos told The Associated Press, citing preliminary information. But he emphasized: "We don't know what caused it" and referred all queries to the Federal Aviation Administration, which was just opening its investigation.
Bystander Darryl James, 42, told AP that he had gone with a companion to a check-cashing store Saturday night when he heard the helicopter flying overhead and thought it was rather low.
"The tail end went down and then there was an explosion," James said. He said he tried to get close to the wreckage. "As soon as I got close enough to it, poom! It exploded." He added of the helicopter's occupants: "They could not survive it."
James said people are often waiting at a normally busy bus stop near the crash site, adding "Thank God nobody was out there."
After the crash, fire trucks and police cars with their lights flashing converged on the area, blocking off roads all around. Police put up yellow crime scene tape and kept bystanders so far back they were unable to see the crash site behind a small rise. The names of the dead were withheld early Sunday while relatives were notified, police said.
Meanwhile, Atlanta's police force was plunged into mourning.
"Losing an officer is the most difficult thing a police chief can face," Atlanta Police Chief George Turner said in a statement. "Losing two is an unthinkable tragedy. Our hearts go out to the families of these officers and our thoughts and prayers are with them."
He called it a difficult day for the Atlanta force and "a reminder of their bravery and the sacrifices made by our officers every day."
Police said the helicopter was called in to join the search after police received a report shortly after 9 p.m. of a missing child. Campos said the boy was later found unharmed but he had no details on that search.
Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, told AP by email that the FAA was investigating and the National Transportation Safety Board would also be involved, seeking to determine the cause. She didn't know the type of helicopter involved yet.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed also said early Sunday that he was saddened by what he called a "terrible accident."
"We mourn these two brave men and offer our deepest condolences to their families and loved ones," Reed said in a statement. "We also pause to extend our sympathy to the men and women of the police department who place their lives in harm's way every day to keep our city safe, and who especially feel the pain of this loss."
Early Sunday, about 20 people still watched the investigation hours after the crash near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Hamilton E. Holmes drives, near I-20.
Rodney Christian, 22, stood by, lamenting the loss of lives.
"It's sad. It's tragic ... for someone to lose their lives trying to find a kid, trying to keep another family together," Christian told AP. He added that he has a 1-month-old baby at home and was shaken just by the thought of the tragic events.
"It makes me want to rush home and get back to my kid."


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Thyroid Surgery
The thyroid, a small gland in your neck, plays a large role in how your body functions.
Surgery can help treat some thyroid problems, such as hyperthyroidism or cancer. It is also sometimes used to help diagnose certain thyroid problems. Thyroid surgery is safe and typically has good results. Before your procedure, your surgeon will talk with you about the type of thyroid surgery you will have and any risks and possible complications.
Before Surgery: Be sure to follow all instructions your surgeon gives you. Unless told otherwise, do not eat or drink for at least 8 hours before surgery. It is a good idea to pack an overnight bag. You may be able to go home the day of surgery, but many people need to stay overnight in the hospital.
During Surgery: The surgery takes from 2 to 3 hours. The length of time is determined by the amount of thyroid gland being removed. This amount varies based on what thyroid problem you have. Your surgeon may not be able to tell exactly how much thyroid gland needs to be removed until surgery begins.
Removing Part of the Thyroid: Procedures such as a lobectomy and a hemithyroidectomy may be used to treat benign nodules. They remove one section of the thyroid gland. This leaves some thyroid tissue in place to continue functioning.
Removing Most or All of the Thyroid: Some procedures are used to treat hyperthyroidism, multinodular goiter, or cancer. A subtotal thyroidectomy and a near total thyroidectomy remove most of the thyroid gland. A total thyroidectomy removes the entire thyroid gland. With these procedures, little or no thyroid tissue is left behind.
After Surgery: You are likely to spend a few ours in the recovery room. You will be sent home or moved into another room to stay overnight. In the recovery room, your surgeon may check your calcium levels. This is to find out if the parathyroid glands were affected during surgery. You may have a drain that was placed at the wound site during surgery to help collect fluid. A sore throat or hoarseness after your procedure is common and should go away within a week or two.
Recovering at Home: You should be able to return to a normal life in a few weeks. Shortly after your procedure, you will have a follow-up appointment with your surgeon. After this visit, your primary care doctor or thyroid specialist will monitor your recovery.
Self-Care: For the first few days after surgery, you may need to keep your incision dry. Within a week, you should be able to resume most low-key activities. However, wait 2 to 4 weeks before doing anything strenuous, such as heavy lifting (10 to 15 pounds or more). After surgery, you may need to take medications. These may include pain medication, thyroid hormone, calcium supplements, or antibiotics (if you go home with a drain in place). Your incision should flatten out and the scar should fade in about 6 months. Be sure to use sunblock on the scar for the first year after surgery.
Follow-up Appointments: You will likely have a follow-up appointment with your surgeon within a week of the procedure. He or she will check the wound, take out stitches and remove the drain if necessary, and discuss your condition. Several weeks after surgery, a TSH test will be ordered. The results will determine if you need to take thyroid hormone pills.
During the first week after surgery, call the surgeon if you have any of the following:
- Bleeding
- Fever
- Increasing pain
- Redness, swelling, or drainage at your incision site
- Trouble breathing or swallowing
- Muscle cramps, numbness or tingling in the fingers, or twitching in the face (signs of a low blood calcium level)


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When compiling mapfish I can't help but notice the quickstart instructions on the home site are not very good and have led to broken results so far. Any one able to clarify the steps? for instance when running the patch script should I save to any particular directory? the follow on command lines, should they be run in the same terminal window? as root? what are paths that need to be set on a debian system?
That and broken links and the use of $ and # in the scripts without background explanation of use in a terminal emulator and system specific intructions makes me wonder if mapfish is ready for prime time.
Thanks for any help
Here are the instructions
I can only post 2 hyperlinks
Usually if I can't build from instructions on a website it's because the documentation is not so hot, I'm not a CS major but I have a decent amount of linux experience.
Thanks Lewis
The problem is I've used both shells and I've pasted in the commands they supply (which include the # or $ symbol) I didn't use the symbol, just let the shell supply the character and the commands didn't correctly execute.
The python environment from running the download script does not have a clean way to exit the shell after the compile runs, has a bunch of > which looks like pico or some other text editor running off the shell. Makes sense as the download is text.
the (env) $ case is not returned on the next line as per the instruction set.
I've tried the virtual env as well and the problem always ends up being at the
$ source env/bin/activate
"install MapFish"
(env) $ pip install mapfish""
the first line when run does not lead to a (env) $ case being returned at the beginning of the line.


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The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead Spoiler for 2x13
critic4ever posted on Mar 12, 2012 at 08:38PM
This is the whole run down of 2x13 be careful
Shot opens in Atlanta: a group of walkers are feasting on what looks like Rick's horse, or what's left of it, when they're startled by the sound of a helicopter flying overhead. The horde migrates over several days, weeks, a great distance, and eventually comes to a fence. The fence bows and breaks under the relentless forward motion of the walkers. The herd presses on. Wandering aimlessly in the forest, the walkers turn as a gunshot goes off like a beacon, leading them to dinner. Soon they are closing in on Rick and Carl, as they leave the scene of Shane's murder.
Daryl and Glenn arrive back at the farmhouse. They explain that they heard a gunshot, and share their confounding findings about Randall.
As they walk back to the house, Carl asks Rick about what happened to Shane. Soon after, they notice the walkers bearing down on them, and it's not long before they are overtaken and have to make a run for the barn. Back at the house, the rest of the survivors are just figuring out that Carl is missing and walkers are approaching. Lori is panicking. Hershel passes out the guns.
The horde is making quick work of the barn. Rick dumps gasoline everywhere, busts open the door to lure the zombies inside, and climbs up to the loft with Carl. Carl drops a lighter into the gasoline-soaked hay, igniting everything in sight. Meanwhile, the men and Andrea shoot from their cars in a futile attempt to corral the herd and buy time.
Finally, Daryl figures out that Rick and Carl must be in the barn, and instructs Jimmy to drive the RV to the barn to rescue them. Rick and Carl manage to barely escape, while Jimmy is devoured inside the RV. Blood is everywhere, coating the windshield.
The survivors are starting to run out of ammo. The horde is too large.The women hold hands and make a run for it as Hershel makes a last stand for the farmhouse. They are just about clear when Patricia is attacked from the side and is devoured while Beth is still holding onto her.
Carol is headed off by a few walkers and backed into a corner with nothing but a plank of wood to defend herself. Andrea saves her but is attacked from behind and gets pinned under a walker. T-dog pulls his car around, but quickly has to leave the scene with Beth and Lori before the car is overtaken.
Glenn tells Maggie that the farm is lost; they have to get off the farm, now. Hershel comes to the same realization, almost too late, as a walker sneaks up from behind. Rick saves Herschel and they along with Carl head out in their own direction. Glenn and Maggie take off as well. Daryl finds Carol about to collapse from running, and they speed off together on Daryl's motorcycle. Andrea is abandoned. The barn collapses into the flames. And we're not even halfway done.
The group is now scattered. Glenn and Maggie switch places in the car as Maggie breaks down and can't continue driving. Glenn says they need to make their way to the highway, but Maggie protests that the herd came from that direction. Glenn finally tells Maggie that he loves her.
Rick, Carl, and Hershel arrive at the highway, where they left the care package for Sophia, hoping that the others will think to rendezvous here. Hershel is ready to part ways, but Rick wants to stick together.
Lori and T-Dog argue over where to drive. T-Dog wants to head to the coast, but Lori threatens to jump out of the car if he doesn't turn around and go back to the highway
A walker appears on the highway. Rick is about to give up on waiting any longer, but… in the nick of time, the other survivors arrive. Time for a head count:
Shane - dead
Andrea - missing
Patricia - taken by the walkers
Jimmy - splattered all over the RV
Meanwhile, Andrea is running for her life in the woods, but the walkers pursue her tirelessly. She can't keep this up for long. Walkers are emerging from the trees in random directions as Andrea shoots to clear a path.
The survivors leave the highway, pushing onward, but soon run out of gas. Several people start to panic and are on the verge of giving up. Rick tries to pull everyone together. The conversation turns to Randall and Shane. Rick has to come clean. He reveals that the secret Jenner whispered to him at the CDC was that everyone is a carrier of the infection. The group is not happy that Rick has kept this from them.
Lori and Rick talk privately. Rick tells her what went down with Shane, and confesses that it wasn't just self-defense… he wanted Shane dead, he was tired of Shane dogging him and acting like Rick stole Lori and Carl from him. Lori freaks out when she finds out Carl's role in Shane's death and withdraws from Rick, refusing to let him touch her.
Andrea is exhausted. This is the end of the line. She can't carry her gun-bag any longer, her pistol is out of ammo — she bashes in a walker's head with it — now she's down to knives, another walker practically on top of her… enter Michonne to save Andrea at the last minute, towing two armless walkers in chains, samurai sword in hand.
The rest of the survivors set up camp in the middle of nowhere. They may have found each other again amid the chaos, but the group is still broken. Many are ready to run off into the dark and leave Rick behind, fend for themselves. They are on the verge of splitting up again, when Rick takes back control… he says they're not going anywhere; he killed his best friend for them. This isn't a democracy anymore.
The camera pans up… in the distance looms a prison facility.
End of season 2
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Don't know why, but for some reason I thought I could get up on my 4-point stilts without any stilting experience. The field tests showed otherwise, so now I'm looking at having built this thing, shipped it (already) to BRC, and maybe not being able to use it. Sometimes, a vision will lead you to strange places.
So, I'm looking for an experienced stilter with some nerve to try something that maybe hasn't been done before. I'm still going to try to do this myself, but I really want it to fly on the Playa, and I know a pro could make that happen.
Lots of details available for anyone interested, but it comes down to this (roughly):
The stilts have been constructed from crutches, crutch parts, and 1x1 aluminum posts. The leg portions have foot platforms and straps that tighten on the upper calf – all very standard stilt construction.
The arm portions, while somewhat adjustable, are sized for my body, I'm 5'9". I weigh 175 pounds - a medium build – and I have been up on them, they are capable of supporting my weight comfortably while in motion or at rest.
My construction has focused on unimpeded range of motion and structural integrety, all with greater safety in mind. For example, all of the decorative, extra crutches in the design attach above the load-bearing points of each primary crutch structure.
There are 3 sets available – a trainer set with a 10" foot elevation, a medium set with a 2'5" foot elevation, and the final performance set with a foot elevation of 4'.
If you have a background of performing on stilts of different sorts and would like to try something new, and possibly even fun, you can pm me or just come to our camp: Comfort and Joy, at 7:30 and Ego. Just ask for V.
Seeking an extreme stilter pro
Exchange camp ideas, find places to perform, announce your events, etc.
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So... did this crutch/stilt walking marvel ever happen?!?! Hope so and would love to hear more about it!
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wish i could remember more about the stilters i saw that had the four limb things going. but if i try to remember right i think it can be really difficult if your arms are close to the same length as the legs like crawling, i wonder if a good ratio is slightly haunched over.. like an ape?
cool idea though, hope it continues to work out.
cool idea though, hope it continues to work out.
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four legs good, two legs baaaad
there was a movie released in 1982 called the Dark Crystal. It had these four-legged bat things that the "Gelfings" rode. The movie was part puppet, muppet, and part actors in costumes. The "Landstriders" (!) were actors in four-legged stilt costumes, and they looked pretty cool when they ran.
Then again, there was always this...
From, what, 2000?
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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy won FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year, FedEx and the National Football League announced Saturday.
FedEx Air & Ground NFL Player of the Year awards are a culmination of weekly awards presented by FedEx throughout the NFL season that give football fans the ability to honor stand-out quarterback and running back performances each week while earning charitable donations for the winning players' cities.
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Brees became the first quarterback in NFL history with three consecutive 5,000-yard seasons and four career 5,000-yard seasons. He is also the first player in NFL history to pass for 20,000 yards in a four-year span (20,435). Brees has at least 30 touchdowns in six consecutive seasons, surpassing Brett Favre (five) for the longest such streak in NFL history. He climbed the all-time lists for career passing touchdowns and yards, and is now ranked fourth in touchdown passes (363) and fifth in passing yards (51,081). Brees was selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl and was one of seven NFL quarterbacks to have a passer rating of 100.0 of better (104.7). Brees was nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week nine times, winning five.
Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos
Manning, one of the winningest quarterbacks in league history, led the Broncos (13-3) to the No. 1 seed in the AFC. He set the NFL's single-season passing-yard record with 5,477 yards, surpassing Drew Brees' mark of 5,476 yards in 2011, and finished the regular season with 55 touchdown passes, also the most in a season in NFL history. Manning is the first quarterback since Dan Marino in 1984 to set the record in both passing touchdowns and passing yards in the same season. Manning (64,964) surpassed Marino (61,361) for the second-most passing yards in NFL history. With 491 touchdown passes and 5,532 completions, Manning now trails only Brett Favre (508 TDs; 6,300 completions; 71,838 yards) in the three major career passing categories. Manning (115.1) was one of seven NFL quarterbacks to have a passer rating of 100.0 or better in 2013. Manning, who was selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl, was nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week nine times, winning four.
Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers
Rivers led the Chargers to a 9-7 record and a Wild Card berth in the AFC playoffs for the first time since 2009. Selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl, Rivers (105.5) was one of only seven quarterbacks with a passer rating of 100.0 or better in 2013. He became the sixth player in NFL history to register five 4,000 yard seasons. He ranked fourth in the league with 32 touchdown passes. Rivers was nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week three times, winning once.
Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs
Charles led the AFC in rushing for the second consecutive season. Charles had an NFL-best 19 total touchdowns (12 rushing, 7 receiving). He averaged 132 scrimmage yards per game in 2013, the best in AFC. Charles became the second player in NFL history to post 100+ scrimmage yards and a touchdown in each of his first seven games to begin a season. In Week 15, Charles became the first player in NFL history with four touchdown receptions and one rushing touchdown in a single game. His five total touchdowns tied for the fourth-most in a game in league history and were just one shy of the record. Charles, who was selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl, was nominated for FedEx Ground Player of the Week twice, winning once.
Matt Forte, Chicago Bears
Forte finished second in the NFL this season with 1,339 rushing yards. He rushed for nine touchdowns and added three receiving scores to tie his career high of 12 total touchdowns. He added 594 yards on 74 receptions. Forté helped the Bears set a single-season franchise record with 6,109 total net yards in 2013. Forte, who was selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl, was nominated for FedEx Ground Player of the Week once.
LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles
McCoy won the league's rushing title with 1,607 yards, and is the first Eagle to lead the league in rushing since Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Van Buren in 1949. McCoy also led NFL with 2,146 scrimmage yards, 79 rushing first downs and was second in the league with 102 overall first downs. McCoy rushed for 150+ yards in a franchise-high four games in 2013, while no other rusher in the NFL has done so more than once this season. He also holds an NFL record with seven-career fourth-quarter touchdown runs of 40-plus yards. Voted to his second Pro Bowl this season, McCoy was nominated for FedEx Ground Player of the Week four times, winning once.


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Another 30 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat have been sent home.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says the men were "involuntarily" returned to Colombo on a charter flight on Thursday.
It brings to 186 the number of Sri Lankan asylum seekers the government has sent home since it embraced its tough new immigration policies in mid-August.
Mr Bowen said the men raised no issues that engaged Australia's international obligations.
"Without a valid visa they had no legal right to remain in Australia and were removed at the earliest opportunity," Mr Bowen said in a statement on Thursday.
The government would continue to regularly transfer asylum seekers to Nauru and would shortly start sending people to Manus Island too, the minister said.
"And where appropriate, the government will certainly continue to return people where they do not engage Australia's international obligations," he said.
Mr Bowen's announcement came as a boat carrying 35 people was intercepted near the Cocos Islands.
Coalition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says it is the 500th boat to arrive since Labor was elected in 2007.
"Today is a dark day for Australia," Mr Morrison said in a statement.
"This milestone has come with great cost, chaos and tragedy. The only winners are the people smugglers."
More than 750 asylum seekers have arrived on 15 boats in just the past eight days.


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Let's face it—sometimes your family doesn't get much out of the Sunday sermon.
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The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) concluded its 44th season with 'Concerto Finale' last Sunday, May 19, 2013, at 7 p.m. at UCLA's Royce Hall in Westwood. The program featured a compelling mix of historical masterpieces and contemporary compositions, showcasing once more LACO's wide-ranging repertoire.
LACO's Music Director and Conductor Jeffrey Kahane, who has long been committed to advocating artists early in their careers, opened the evening with a work of Anna Clyne, 'Within Her Arms', followed by the US premiere of up-and-coming French composer Hugo Gonzalez-Pioli's 'The Love Of Zero', an intriguing bassoon concerto, featuring LACO Principal Bassoon Kenneth Munday and played with Robert Florey's avant-garde 1927 short silent film of the same title.
The second half of the evening opened with Beethoven's dramatic Coriolan Overture opus 62, building up to the concluding piece, Shostakovitch's Cello Concerto No 1 in E-Flat minor, opus 107, featuring critically acclaimed American cellist Alisa Weilerstein. With a brilliant performance of this captivating and challenging piece, which was originally composed for legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, Weilerstein proved once more her natural virtuosic command, technical precision and impassioned musicianship for which she has gained worldwide attention.
All four compositions of the season-concluding LACO concert presented music in the service of drama; and conductor Kahane, who marks his 16th season as LACO's music director, excellently showcased and interpreted the different approaches of each piece to this theme.
Award-winning composer Anna Clyne's 'Within Her Arms' for 15 strings, which was inspired by a poem and love and loss, creates feelings of yearning and surprisingly comforting sadness, using rich and varied texture, many crescendi and decrescendi, as well as moments of unexpected silence, which was extremely well implemented by Kahane/LACO. Mournful, bitter-sweet and soothing at the same time, the strong foundation of the bass underneath carried the listener at all times.
Gonzalez-Pioli's bassoon concerto, composed as the accompanying music to Robert Florey's 1927 experimental film 'The Love Of Zero', which added a touch of Hollywood to the evening's program, shows incredible flexibility to suit the dramatic needs of the narrative. Challenging for an orchestra and the bassoon soloist, the score requires changing meters and moods and shifting styles, including a dance-like interlude and references to jazz and swing.
Beethoven's Coriolan Overture outlines the main themes of the dramatic story of the Roman general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, who guided his troops to victory over the Volscians, was sent into exile upon rejecting the proposal to become a consul, and then led the Volscians back to the gates of Rome for vengeance.
Kahane and his musicians built up the suspense for the final piece of the evening, Shostakovich's dramatic Cello Concerto No. 1. With the cello opening the concerto in the Allegretto, Weilerstein and the orchestra/Kahane kept the interaction tense and tight, with interjections from different instruments, notably the French horn and the timpani – a frenetic movement that hardly ever takes a break in this piece. Weilerstein elegantly moved to the more delicate, softer parts of the Moderato showing incredible sensitivity and fine musicianship, before shining in the cadenza, the heart and highlight of the Concerto and a tour de force for the soloist. Weilerstein mastered the solo with virtuosic command, technical precision and musical passion, before the orchestra joined her again in the fast-moving Allegro con moto finale.
For more than four decades, LACO has sustained and built on its reputation as one of America's finest chamber orchestras – and the concluding concert of its 44th season marked another milestone on this path. For the 2013-14 season concert schedule, tickets and more information, visit www.laco.org


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If you have $US450,000 lying around and a penchant for ancient internet jokes, you could be the proud owner of Lemonparty's still active, still-NSFW domain.
The site's owner is a Mr Eric Johnson, who The Daily Dot perfectly describe as "a purposefully vague 20-something freelance Web marketer who started buying strange URLs after he came across Poo.com in middle school".
Apparently the site still gets 10,000 visitors a day, and Johnson says he's received around 50 offers so far. You've got to think at least one of those is from a bored, sentimental internet billionaire with fond memories of pranks involving lewd old dudes.
Lemonparty, one of the Web's classic grossout sites, is for sale [TDD]


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Readers of my blog, as well as those who come on my workshops, know that I am a big fan of plug-ins – because plug-ins can help you awaken the artist within.
My latest (just launched today) and favorite plug-in is Clarity from Topaz Labs. So far, I have been using Clarity to create stronger images.
This before-and-after set of images of Official Parking Man in Old Havana, Cuba is one such example.
Compare the image below (original) with the image above (enhanced). Notice the increased detail in the wall behind the man, as well as the increased structure in the man's face.
To add the texture and "a look" to the image, I used the Documentary filter in Clarity, which gave the photograph a stronger look and feel.
Above is a close-up of the man's face. Clarity increases details in an image without creating halos, which can creep into an image when adding this type of enhancement. That's very cool.
Above: One viewing/working option in Clarity is to see your images side-by-side. That's the way I like to work (and play).
Above: Cool controls in Clarity include: Hue, Saturation, Luminance, Dynamics and even Masks! Plus there are tons of pre-sets to get you going and to give you some creative inspiration.
Clarity Sale, Discount and Download: Until May 31, use the code - claritynew - and get Clarity for only $29.99. After that date the price goes to $49.99. You can download the cool plug-in from the Topaz site. Go to Products and select Clarity.
While you are on the Topaz site, use my discount code - rsammon - and save 15% on other Topaz plug-ins . . . and save a bundle on a bundle.
As long as I'm talking about Topaz Labs, Topaz Adjust is another favorite artistic plug-in. I usually use it to remove some of the reality from an image. When you remove some of the reality from an image, a photograph can look more artistic and more creative.
Above: I used The Lomo II filter in Topaz Adjust to remove some of the reality from the image on the left. I photographed the young woman in Old Havana Cuba, too.
Above: All Topaz plug-ins offer easy-to-navigate windows for . . . that's right . . . easy navigation.
My favorite plug-ins are listed on my Save on Plug-Ins page. Check 'em out and save a few bucks.
Explore the light,
P.S. Plug-ins are, indeed, cool. But you must start with the best in-camera image, which starts with a good exposure and good composition - stuff I talk about on my on-line classes.
Here's a fun shot of me in Old Havana, Cuba. The man makes "cameras" out of beer cans.
For street shooting, I usually travel with two Canon 5D camera bodies and two zoom lenses: Canon 24-105mm IS and Canon 70-200mm. All my gear is listed on My Gear page.