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While the music industry long ago learned its lesson about offering legal music encumbered by copy protection, other media have yet to snap to the fact that DRM's shackles don't prevent piracy. That's particularly true of the e-books industry, where copy-protected platforms – think Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iBooks – dominate.
And it's universally true of the comic book business. But that changed this week when one of the biggest independent distributors of what are now called graphic novels began offering titles in DRM-free format.
On Wednesday, Image Comics relaunched its website and announced at its Image Expo conference that it would become the first comics publisher to sell its digital products directly to readers in four different, open formats: PDF, ePub, CBR and CBZ. Sure, you can still grab the ComiXology app and use it to purchase DRM-encumbered versions if you prefer. But as Laura Hudson at Wired writes, when you get the DRM-free version, you own the copy you're buying:
If you've ever bought a digital comic book, your experience probably went something like this: You opened up an app like ComiXology, paid around $1.99 to $3.99 — likely, the same price as a print issue — but never downloaded the file for the comic to your hard drive. That's because you don't really own it — you've simply licensed the right to look at it in someone else's library.
In an interview with Wired, Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson explains why he doesn't think this will lead to rampant piracy of his wares:
"My stance on piracy is that piracy is bad for bad entertainment," Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson told Wired in an exclusive interview. "There's a pretty strong correlation with things that suck not being greatly pirated, while things that are successful have a higher piracy rate. If you put out a good comic book, even if somebody does download it illegally, if they enjoy it then the likelihood of them purchasing the book is pretty high. Obviously we don't want everybody giving a copy to a hundred friends, but this argument has been around since home taping was supposedly killing music back in the '70s, and that didn't happen. And I don't think it's happening now."
For now, Image Comics is something of a voice in the wilderness. The two biggest comics publishing houses – Marvel and DC – continue to sell their titles only in copy-protected formats. And Image's DRM-free catalog is relatively small at the moment, but the company is expanding the lineup as fast as it can. But it is posting the most-popular comics first, including "The Walking Dead", the series of graphic novels that spawned the hit AMC TV series.
But you can bet Image's competitors – and the entire e-book business in general – will be watching this experiment closely. And if it succeeds, here's hoping more publishers follow suit.


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Posts Tagged 'Head-Mounted Display'
See-Through HMD for Consumers Further Off Than Expected
Note: When you're done reading this, please see my followup post.
Today we have received confirmation from Vuzix CEO Paul Travers that the highly anticipated Vuzix Wrap 920, previously known as the AV920 Wrap, will not, in fact, be a see-through head-mounted display (HMD). It will instead be a "see-around" model. This means that the LCD viewing elements will be opaque, as in previous models, but will be suspended behind a sunglasses-style lens without obstructing the peripheral view around the display. In previous HMD devices this wasn't generally the case because one doesn't view the LCD panel and light source directly as one does a typical computer or television monitor. Put simply, an HMD requires focal optics so that your eyes can focus on something so close without giving you a headache.
(See this previous post where I reported on being told by Robert Rice, and then Vuzix, that the AV920 Wrap would, in fact, be a true optical see-through HMD.)
Presumably Vuzix will still be offering a stereo pair camera accessory for the Wrap 920, as was supposed to be produced for the original AV920 Wrap, but it's hard to know what to expect at this point.
So while this does represent an incremental step forward in Vuzix's offerings, it isn't the one we were promised. More importantly, it isn't the one we've all been waiting for.
I am, of course, disappointed by this news. After Lumus Optical went back to the drawing board, as they told Ori Inbar they had done in this interview on his his blog, Vuzix was the only company still promising a see-through head-mounted display for consumers any time soon.
Now? Well, we're left waiting for:
- Somebody to get serious and invest some real VC money in Lumus
- Sony to produce something using using their holographic waveguide technology
- Konica Minolta to further develop their Holographic Optical Element technology
- Microvision to show that they're serious by showing something other than a Photoshopped concept illustration (Microvision has been subcontracted to develop a new see-through HMD for the military under the ULTRA-Vis program, but who knows when that might lead to development of a civilian device)
- something unexpected to show up.
I had been hoping to be able to use a see-through HMD in the ISMAR demo presentation on which I'm working with Seac02 using their awesome LinceoVR software. It looks like we'll have to make do with the conventional HMDs already at our disposal.
Maybe we'll still see released products using Vuzix's touted "Quantum Optics" before we get our quantum computers.

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I also made my way up to visit the bride-to-be in the penthouse and to snap a few photos (which just don't pay it any justice!) Um, that bed had a lucite (or maybe glass...not sure) headboard! One of the three bathrooms in the penthouse.
Loved this chandelier in the hallway.
A guest bathroom. Beautiful, yet not functional (ah-em, no mirrors). A pool cabana
The lobby
The Coral Bar. According to the bartender, it is an actual speakeasy (that has since been refurbished) that was originally hidden behind a false wall during Prohibition! One of the many sexy chairs in the hotel. This particular one was the ladies room. La Marea, the main restaurant. Some other great details from the lobby...
We then made our way to the W for some after dinner drinks. Of course I had to ask my friend for a tour of their suite as well. Trying not to be too much of a decor weirdo, I only took a few, discreet photos.
The day of the wedding was just beautiful (duh, we're in Miami). The ceremony was held on the penthouse balcony/rooftop deck of the Tides.
The happy couple!
Me with my bestie. We had such a ball. I came home with a nasty hangover, mysterious bruises from a hard night of partying married girl style (with the hubs). Does that ever happen to anyone else? Ooooooofffff, it was a great weekend and I'm beyond happy for my darling friends S+A.
Oh, and yes, I too was one of the ba-zillion bloggers in the audience of the Nate Show on Tuesday. I'm sure you're sick of hearing about it by now. He's adorable. I wanted to hug him. I admire his design work. I'll just leave it at that.
{photo via Camila}
I also attended the lovely party hosted by Camila and The Nest. I just have to say that I truly enjoyed meeting so many amazing bloggers. I've never been in a room with so many warm, intelligent and creative (and gorgeous!) women in my life. I wish I could've met each and everyone there, but the night went by fast! Thank you Camila for the heads up and the invitation. I had a fabulous time!


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The Brucemore mansion is approximately 2.5 to 3 miles from the Douglas & Company plant. The Douglases had a coachman or chauffeur to drive them, and the family had cars by 1910.
1. Using a school atlas, locate Cedar Rapids on an Iowa State map.
2. Examine Map 1. Note the close proximity of the railroad to Douglas & Company. How might the company benefit from easy access to railroad transportation?
3. Where is the Brucemore estate in relation to the city center (Ind. District)? (Note that the estate is labeled "Singclair," a misspelling of the original owner's name, Sinclair.) Why do you think the family chose to live away from the city center?
4. What railway passes by the Brucemore estate? How are the markings different for this railway versus the other railroad lines? This line offers local streetcar service.
5. How might the location of the home and its distance from the industrial city center influence the lives of the family and servants that lived there?
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- "We're not going to make them ill, we've already tested them all on ourselves, this is just to see if everyone reacts the same —"
- —Testing the Snackboxes on first-years[src]
A Skiving Snackbox is a range of sweets to make the user appear to be ill. They are among a range of products from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes by Fred and George Weasley. The user develops strange symptoms depending on the type of sweet eaten.
The purpose of these were to make a student appear unable to stay in class. Most came in two colour-coded parts: one that would cause the malady, and one that would cure the pupil once they had left class.
In 1995, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan handed out various sweets to younger students, after they had tested them on themselves, to see if the reactions were the same. They apparently did not warn the younger students what the sweets would do. This made Hermione Granger furious; while Ron Weasley, her fellow Prefect, refused to interfere, Hermione immediately told the twins and Lee off for experimenting on unsuspecting children. George and Lee tried to reassure her that it was not dangerous, while Fred claimed it was fine since they had paid their subjects, but Hermione insisted that they stop. Fred and George initially scoffed at her attempt to stop them, but immediately backed down when she threatened to tell their mother. Hermione was quite annoyed with Ron for not supporting her in standing up to the twins.[1]
After Fred and George departed from Hogwarts, many students used these snackboxes to feign illnesses, so they could leave Dolores Umbridge's classes, claiming they had "Umbridge-itis", all the while driving her furious.
Known types of Skiving Snackbox
Behind the scenes
- To 'skive' is British slang meaning to 'avoid work or duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk'[2]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Disc 2)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 13 (Detention with Dolores)
- ↑ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/skive


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Nov. 19, 2010
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Schedule
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside (2-28, 0-14)
at UCR's Student Recreation Center (3,200)
Series record vs. the Highlanders - 25-0
Streak - Won 25
Last time out vs. the Highlanders - W, 3-0 (11/2/10)
Live stats available by clicking here
The Pursuit of Perfection
UC Santa Barbara's lone opponent this week, UC Riverside, has never defeated the Gauchos. UCSB is a perfect 25-0 against the Highlanders. Since joining the Big West in 2001, UCR has only won three sets against the Gauchos over that time.
The Fine Fifteen
The Gauchos have secured their 15th win this season, guaranteeing that the program has reached that mark for the 28th time in the past 30 seasons.
RPI Report
UCSB is No. 57 in the latest NCAA Ratings Percentage Index, up one spot from last week. UCSB is the fourth-highest Big West team behind Long Beach State at No. 25, Cal State Fullerton at No. 28 and Cal Poly at No. 56. The Gauchos' opponent this week, UCR, has an RPI of 261.
Dana's Point
Senior setter Dana Vargas ranks 54th nationally - and fourth in the Big West - with her average of 10.58 assists per game and the 2009 All-American keeps climbing the school's all-time assists charts. With 4,667 career assists, Vargas ranks third all-time at UCSB. The Seal Beach, Calif. native has passed 1,000 assists for the third time in four seasons (with 1,143). In conference play Vargas has been even sharper, handing out 10.88 assists per set, which is fourth among conference players. The Seal Beach, Calif. native has posted 12 double-doubles this season and is fifth on the Gauchos with a 2.34 digs per set average, which will establish a new career-high. Her previous best was a 2.15 dig per set average she tallied during her freshman season.
Junior opposite/middle blocker Stacey Schmidt has been the team's best attacker in conference play, averaging 3.08 kills per set, which is seventh in the conference. Schmidt is swinging at a robust .320 clip, placing her sixth in the conference - one spot above teammate Kasey Kipp. Schmidt has already reached career-highs this season in kills and attempts and the Huntington Beach, Calif. native has also been a force at the net, leading the Gauchos with her 87 total blocks - an average of 0.81 per set.
Need a Pick-Me-Up?
As a team UCSB is averaging 16.02 digs per set, which is fourth in the conference while the team's 17.17 dig per set average in conference play puts them on top of all the other Big West teams. UCSB has five players averaging over 2.34 digs per set this season.
Char Broiler
Senior outside hitter Charlene DeHoog has recorded double-digit kills in 17 matches this season and she has led the team in putaways 14 times this season. DeHoog ranks eighth in the conference with her 3.05 kills per set average while her 2.81 digs per set are second on the team. The senior has a team-high 1,124 attacks this season, which are already a career high. DeHoog's team-high 329 kills are already a career-best as are her 304 digs.
A Sherr Thing
Kara Sherrard has been a very pleasant surprise for the Gauchos this season. Taking the place of Leah Sully, who tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the first match of the season, Sherrard is third on the team in both kills (2.38 per set) and digs (2.67 per set). The Lancaster, Calif. native has recorded double-digit kills in eight of her past 10 matches and nine or more digs in 10 of her past 11 matches. The redshirt freshman has tallied nine double-doubles after recording 10 kills and 15 digs against Pacific last weekend.
The Lowe Down
Entering the second set of Saturday's match vs. Pacific as a libero for the first time since early September, junior Chelsey Lowe was outstanding. The Yorba Linda, Calif. native picked up a career-high 30 digs in the defeat, helping the Gauchos get a season-best 91 digs on the night.
Win One for the Kipper
Senior Kasey Kipp is enjoying her most effective season for her career. Kipp is hitting at a .314 clip ranking her seventh in the Big West. That is easily her best in a season after hitting a previous-high .260 last year. The middle blocker from Newport Beach, Calif. is averaging 1.83 kills per set - fourth on the team - which will also establish a career-high while tallying a UCSB-high 0.93 blocks per set and 18 solo blocks. In conference action Kipp is averaging 1.07 blocks per set, which places her seventh in the Big West.
Pleading the Fifth
UCSB opened the season 5-0 in five-set matches, however the team has dropped three of its past four matches that go to five games.
She Can Dig It
Freshman Kelly Heenan has saw her streak of double-digit digs in 17 straight matches end when she tallied just nine vs. Pacific. However Heenan has still tallied double-digit digs in 20 of her past 23 matches. The Costa Mesa, Calif. native is averaging 3.83 digs per set overall this season, which is seventh in the Big West. But in conference play, Heenan has been even more impressive with 4.33 digs per set in conference play, placing her sixth in the Big West. Heenan has led UCSB in digs in 19 of 28 matches this season.
Century Club
Four UCSB players - DeHoog, Lowe, Schmidt and Vargas - have seen court time in all of the Gauchos' 108 sets this season. Sherrard and Heenan are the others who have topped the century mark, playing in 104 and 105 sets, respectively.
The L Word
UCSB's 13 losses represent the fourth time in the past five seasons that the Gauchos have hit double-digits in losses. Prior to the 2006 season the 2001 squad was the last team to drop more than 10 matches.
Stay in Touch With the Gauchos
UCSB players are frequently updating Gaucho fans about the team through the school's website - UCSBgauchos.com, or by clicking here. Defensive specialist Katie Ring will regularly write in her "Ring it On" blog and libero Chelsey Lowe provides constant Twitter updates. Follow her at twitter.com/ucsbvolleyball.
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office has two parking spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the Ticket Office, are also available during weekday hours, which are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Gaucho Fund, launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan, is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign.
GKids is the official kids club of UCSB Athletics. Members receive a free GKids t-shirt, free admittance to tons of Gaucho games, opportunities to be ball boys and girls at games, a special birthday greeting from Olie (the GKids mascot) and much, much more! For more information on GKids, or to become a member, please click here.


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Car Camping: The Book of Desert Adventures
Quill, 2000 - Travel - 237 pages
Hunter S. Thompson meets Bill Bryson in this hilarious narrative of travels throughout the Southwest.
He's like Huckleberry Finn.
Sort of.
He's a twenty-two-year-old housepainter living at his parents' house in Southern California, across a four-lane street from a gated subdivision. Now this suburban innocent is striking out on the only type of adventure he can afford: he's getting into his station wagon and going camping in the desert.
Join Mark Sundeen on his rumble-tumble journey across the Southwest, and find that the mythical home of Butch Cassidy, Chief Cochise, and Major John Wesley Powell has been transformed into something entirely strange yet unexpectedly familiar. It's a new West of low-rent trailer parks and high-dollar houseboats, of hot-springs singles scenes and beachfront ghost towns; a haven for pot growers and junk collectors, homeless river guides and hapless soul-searchers, for sun-beat old-timers chewing the cud of the land and survivalist teenagers hiding out from the Man. It's a place far from the America you thought you lived in, but close enough to drive to in your car.
Car Camping is a modern-day western adventure in the spirit of Mark Twain and Jack London, and you're invited to come along.
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Essential Linux
Digital Press, 1997 - Computers - 257 pages
Essential Linux addresses and provides the essential information for getting a Linux system up and running, looking after it, and using it. It includes many screen shots and examples of essential commands and utilities. This book focuses on practical installations, such as converting IBM PCs, transferring data from Windows and MS-DOS, and running Linux in conjunction with Windows. Provides detailed instructions and advice on installation for many different systems and environments. By author of UNIX Pocket Book, which was chosen by PC Magazine as a recommended UNIX book. CD-ROM contains Versions 1.3 and 2.0 of Linux with installation details.
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The ADP National Employment Report provides a monthly snapshot of the current U.S. nonfarm private sector employment situation based on actual transactional payroll data.…Continue Reading →
The Bank of England Monetary policy Committee (MPC) minutes for the meeting held on the 9th and 10th July, were released at 9:30am London. The MPC voted 9-0 to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.50% and asset purchases (QE) at $375 billion. The minutes noted: "Economists polled by Reuters expected the first increase in February 2015, although they put roughly a 40% probability on it happening during the remainder of 2014." "..risk appetite on the month, l…Continue Reading →
MetaQuotes the MetaTrader 4 software developers have update the award winning platform and Abshire-Smith are pleased to release build 670 to our clients. What are the changes to the platform? Virtual hosting clouds, instead of VPS Source: MetaQuotes, MetaTrader 4 build 670 Inbuilt market depth for the current trading symbol, to provide simple order management, to place limits and stops. Source: MetaQuotes 670 build press release Download the…Continue Reading →
The financial markets movement this week is likely to be dominated by the aftermath of the downed Malaysian Airways flight MH17 and the ongoing ground operation by Israeli troops in Gaza. The Ukrainian/Russian conflict was heightened after the passenger jet was downed in Ukraine, with global leaders quick to criticise, yet definite facts as to who is to blame are unclear. The likelihood of further sanctions to Russian countries, as a means of intervention unnerves investors.…Continue Reading →
The Office for National Statistics has released the monthly unemployment figures, with the headline UK ILO Unemployment figure for May was in line with expectations at 6.5%. This is the lowest unemployment rate since October to December 2008; this was just before a significant amount of redundancies began. Jobless claims fell by 36,600, which is higher than the estimated reduction of -27,000 jobs. Wage Data The disappointing part of the data was the wage growth, average earnings…Continue Reading →
The Office for National Statistics released the inflation data for June, with CPI increasing to 1.9%. Since the beginning of 2012, the CPI level had fallen from over 5%, down to 1.5% in May, which some analysts argued would reduce the pressure on the MPC increasing interest rates. The unexpected increase in inflation has put an immediate bid into sterling in the FX markets. Traders have bought Sterling on the basis that the potential first hike of interest rates will be sooner than the BoE&r…Continue Reading →
The Bank of England announced at 12:00 (London) that the Monetary Policy Committee has voted to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.50% and asset purchases at £375bn. This was the expectation of analysts leaving the announcement a near non-event, traders focus will be on the minutes for the meeting that will be released on the 23rd July and next month's quarterly inflation report. Both will give traders an opportunity to gauge the MPC's outlook for the all-important timing…Continue Reading →
UK manufacturing figures released on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics, disappointed investors as they were well below expectations. Sterling has been riding high against the US dollar and Euro, has traders have digested the strong macro data, with the expectation the Bank of England will raise rates early than their current prediction. Today's release unexpectedly missed forecasts which led to Sterling being offered in the FX markets, following last week's multi-year…Continue Reading →
It's the 4th July, which is a public holiday in the US, which has left the European/US trading sessions subdued with minimal data points. On Thursday there was the unusual occurrence of a Thursday release for the US employment report, Non-Farm Payrolls, released alongside, initial jobless claims, continuing jobless claims and Draghi's ECB press conference. US equity markets were buoyed by the strong employment figures, with the headline number of jobs added being +288,000…Continue Reading →
Due to the US public holiday (Independence Day - 4th JulY) there is an adjustment to trading hours. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact us. The above information is accurate to the best of our knowledge and the sources believed to be accurate, due to reasons beyond our control these are subject to change.…Continue Reading →
Today is a rarity for the financial markets; the US employment report (Non-Farm Payrolls) is being released on a Thursday, not the first Friday of the month. This is due to the Friday being Independence Day (July 4th) in the US, a national holiday. The economic release coincides with the ECB press conference; US average earnings, US initial and continuing jobless claims. Each of these data points should impact the markets, with all being released together; it could lead to confusion an…Continue Reading →
Sterling has traded to the highest level since 2008 on Tuesday against the US dollar, following better than expected macro data. UK Manufacturing PMI for June at 57.5, up from 57.0 in May, a number above 50.0 states expansion. The other highlight of the report was job creation at a 39-month high adding to the positive sentiment for the UK economy. RT @World_First: UK Manufacturing PMI (June) = 57.5 vs 56.8 expected and 57.0 previous > Q2 growth surely over 1% — Mike Bi…Continue Reading →
During a press conference held by the BoE yesterday, Governor Mark Carney issued details of their planned Financial Stability Report announcing the implementation of a series of prudent macro tools intended to help slow down the ever inflating recent UK house price bubble and to prevent an unsustainable build-up of consumer debt. Full details of the Report can be found here: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/fsr/2014/fsrfull1406.pdf Over the past four ye…Continue Reading →
The Bank of England released the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting that was held on the 4th and 5th of June 2014. The key line from the BoE minutes is that the MPC members were surprised at the limited expectation from the market, that the MPC would raise rates before the end of the year. relatively low probability of 2014 bank rate rise priced in by markets "somewhat surprising Bank of England voted 9 – 0 to leave interest rates unchanged at 0.5…Continue Reading →


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The week's big new packaged release is Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, with a couple of bundles and re-releases arriving with it on Tuesday. The MMO World of Tanks fully launches on Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and The Last of Us gets its prequel, Left Behind, on Valentine's Day. Here's the week in games:
Tuesday, Feb. 11:
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (360, PS3)
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Vita)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and BioShock Infinite Bundle (360, PS3)
- Borderlands 2 and Dishonored Bundle (360, PS3)
- Far Cry Compilation (PS3)
- Far Cry Classic (XBLA, PSN)
- Toukiden: The Age of Demons (PSP, Vita)
- One Piece: Romance Dawn (3DS)
Wednesday, Feb. 12:
- World of Tanks (360)
- Metal Slug 3 (PC)
- Civilization V: The Complete Edition (PC)
- Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Silver Edition (360)
Friday, Feb. 14:
- The Last of Us: Left Behind (PSN)
Recently Released and/or Reviewed:
- Bravely Default
- The Wolf Among Us: Episode Two
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch
- Broken Age, Act 1
- Assassin's Creed Liberation HD
Coming Soon:
Feb. 18: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. Feb. 21: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Feb. 25: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow; Rayman Legends; Tales of Symphonia Chronicles; Thief. Feb. 28: Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy. March 4: South Park: The Stick of Truth
Sources: Amazon; Steam; GameStop
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Endometrial Lining
I am 31 yr old healthy female. I was having severe lower right flank pain was being treated for a kidney stone with no relief.
Had a CT scan to find I didn`t have a kidney stone at all, I have a large tumor around my right ovary and a tumor/cyst located in my uterine cavity? I was also given a vaginal ultrasound and was told the endometrial lining was around 13.3mm thick and that I need to see my gyno.
I have been to gyno multiple times in the past I have heavy bleeding and pass large clots larger than half dollars
always have lower back pain and some pelvic pain and pain at times during intercourse always just had pelvic exam and told it may be a pelvic infection, put on antibodics. Now with these other findings I just don`t know if I should demand any specific test or should I be concerned with these findings? I just really wish the aching in the lower back and pelvic region would ease up. Any info is appreciated, thank you. I know the spot on ovary was around 6mm and in the uterine cavity 3.9 mm??
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ALTAMAHAW � After a little bumper-to-bumper action behind Jason York, Limited Late Models points leader Jason Payne pulled ahead and was never challenged.
Payne led the final 37 laps of a 60-lap double points race to win Friday night at Ace Speedway. The victory, plus Boo Boo Dalton�s third-place finish, put Payne ahead of Dalton by 12 points with three races to go.
�Boo Boo�s a good competitor,� Payne said. �It was a good race up front. It�s 12 points, three races to go, it�s going to be tough.�
Payne started the race in the third spot but moved into second behind York by passing Kyle Edwards on lap one. By lap 15, Payne started bumping into the back of York each time the cars reached turn four, trying to get an inside advantage. But York fought him off until lap 20, when Payne finally got the inside edge.
Three laps later, Payne took the lead for good.
It was an outcome that didn�t look so possible Wednesday. Payne brought his car to the race track for testing and found out that there were a lot of things wrong, he said. After work on the car, it ran like it did Friday night.
�My car just got better,� he said. �It didn�t get any worse. I had a good car.�
Calvin Meadows, who was fourth in points standings entering the race, finished second ahead of Dalton, who remains second in the standings.
Dalton started the race in the back of the field after winning the last three races.
�I can�t complain at all,� he said. �I thought the car was good. I thought it was the best car we had all year long.�
The 60-lap race, run because of a missed race, didn�t have a caution, which Dalton said made it harder to come from the rear of the field.
�Sixty laps, no caution killed us,� he said. �We haven�t raced all year without a caution, and (this race) I had to come from the back of the biggest pack we�ve had and the most laps. It gives everybody a chance to spread out, but it didn�t give me enough time.�
Edwards finished fourth with Todd Gray rounding out the top five.
▪ In twin Street Stocks, points leader Danny Brewer earned a sweep with wins in both races.
In the first race, he worked his way from sixth in a seven-car race to second place halfway through the 20-lap run. He fought hard with Bobby Grimes, snagging the lead on lap 13 by a nose and pulling away a couple laps later for the victory. Grimes finished second with Adam Welch pulling in third.
�(Grimes) put up a fight,� Brewer said. �I had to drive with everything I had.�
In the second 20-lapper, he took the lead on the fifth lap with a deft move inside past Larry Isenhower and put significant distance between himself and the rest of the field, running away with the victory. Welch took second, with Jamie Ruddock rounding out the podium in third place.
▪ The Extremes race had an intense ending. Keith Brame Jr. had a slight edge on Ben Walker with two laps to go, but Brame got caught behind lapped car Larry Isley Jr. That allowed Walker to slide past them and take the lead with a lap to go.
�That was a good race,� Walker said. �I got lucky. I never would have caught (Brame). I�m always ready for anything to happen, and I was just at the right place at the right time.�
Brame finished second, with Brian Obiedzenski finishing third and points leader Michael Neal in fourth.
▪ In the Mini Stocks, AJ Sanders earned an emotional victory in a familiar car to Ace Speedway fans.
Sanders, driving his father�s old Carolina blue No. 11 car, started the race ninth out of 10 cars. The points leader quickly moved to the fifth spot by the second lap, third place by the seventh lap and pulled into the second spot in the 11th lap.
A tight battle with Tyler McDonald ended with Sanders taking the lead in the 15th lap and not looking back. McDonald finished second, with P-nut Vernon earning third place.
Sanders� father is battling an illness, and his son was emotional after the race.
�This means so much,� he said, crying from the moment he took his helmet off. �Everybody here knows who my daddy is, if you�ve ever seen him race. He�s laying at home right now, fighting for his life. This is for him.�
Here are Friday night�s results:
Street Stocks #1: Danny Brewer, Bobby Grimes, Adam Welch, Larry Isenhower, Dean Garner, Willie Chilton, Jamie Ruddock
Extremes: Ben Walker, Keith Brame, Brian Obiedzenski, Michael Neal, Barry Wilson, Ben Hanks, Larry Isley Jr., Trey Brame, William Jones, Billy Scoggins, Chris Cannon, Christian Joyce, Sammy Burke
Mini-Stocks: AJ Sanders, Tyler McDonald, P-nut Vernon, Phillip Wright, Billy Radford Jr., Mike Herron, Billy Mabe, Sharon Botts, Ronnie Covey, Wendi Shook
Limited Late Models: Jason Payne, Calvin Meadows, Boo Boo Dalton, Kyle Edwards, Todd Gray, Ziggy Zimmerman, Trevor Ward, David Sell, Stephen Baker, Ritchie Placer, Jason York, Heath Causey, Doug Patton
Street Stocks #2: Danny Brewer, Adam Welch, Jamie Ruddock, Larry Isenhower, Willie Chilton, Dean Garner, Bobby Grimes
Extremes qualifying: Michael Neal (19.160), Barry Wilson (19.183), Ben Walker (19.191), Brian Obiedzenski (19.282), Keith Brame Jr. (19.422), Ben Hanks (19.649), Larry Isley Jr. (19.822), Trey Brame (20.174), William Jones (20.382), Billy Scoggins (20.629), Christian Joyce (20.823), Chris Cannon (21.210), Sammy Burke (did not qualify)
Mini-Stocks qualifying: P-nut Vernon (18.477), AJ Sanders (18.548), Billy Radford Jr. (18.573), Tyler McDonald (18.648), Phillip Wright (18.754), Mike Herron (18.801), Billy Mabe (19.061), Ronnie Covey (19.124), Sharon Botts (19.200), Wendi Shook (19.289)
Late Model Limited qualifying: Calvin Meadows (16.040), Todd Gray (16.114), Jason Payne (16.198), Kyle Edwards (16.232), Jason York (16.249), Boo Boo Dalton (16.305), Ziggy Zimmerman (16.365), David Sell (16.471), Trevor Ward (16.514), Heath Causey (16.768), Stephen Baker (17.027), Doug Patton (17.432), Richie Placer (17.515)


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Show #516 on Sunday, September 2, was a response to two items of viewer mail that the TV list received. Jeremy wrote initially to say he is a "religious atheist," which he described as adhering to a secularized Taoism (pronounced Daoism). Within one week's time another piece of mail came through addressing the issue of "where do atheists get meaning" in life?
In addition to these two letters, we have received numerous contacts from people asking "Why do you only always focus on Christianity?" Although Matt has addressed this in the past, I felt that a show exploring secular Taoism might be relevant on multiple fronts, and so chose that as the topic for #516.
The form of Taoism that is most prevalent, and with which most of us are familiar, is attributed to Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu may or may not have ever actually lived. But the text he is said to have written goes back about 2,500 years. The name "Lao Tzu" actually means "Old Man," and it is doubtful that anyone named Lao Tzu authored the major Taoist work, Tao te Ching.
The Tao te Ching is a small collection of poetic Chinese sayings meant to describe the Tao and its operation. The title means literally, "The Book (Ching) of the application of (te) The Way (Tao)." And Tao, literally, means "The Way." If you read the book, you will not find any list of "dos" and "don'ts." There are no laws to memorize, and no condemnation or threats. The passages all sound something like this (#43):
The softest thing in the universeOvercomes the hardest thing in the universe.That without substance can enter where there is no room.Hence I know the value of non-action.
"Tao" does not mean "The Way" in the sense that we think of it in Christian models. It isn't a way to achieve salvation. In fact, Taoists don't believe in salvation. They wouldn't understand what they need to be saved from—because they don't interpret life, death or the natural world to be particularly problematic or flawed. They consider it to be simply, "the way" it is. In fact, "the way" it is, is what "The Way" (Tao) normally seems to represent. A reed is flexible—that is "The Way" (or Tao) of the reed.
Because the verses are so amorphous and malleable, they are interpreted in a number of ways by different people. However, this is not considered a problem for the Taoist—who believes that following his own Tao will quite naturally differ greatly from someone else following hers. It does not represent a single path for all of mankind—but a way of looking at life that will help each individual find the path that is right for him or her. It isn't a mode of enlightenment or special knowledge. It is an affirmation that if one is willing to examine his/her life and motives, he/she can come to an understanding of what direction is best for himself.
Taoism prefers accommodation, flexibility, and seemless integration. The example I used on the program was one of Green Architecture. To build my house on a landscape means to impose myself upon that landscape. A Taoist would do his/her best to utilize the landscape in the most efficient way to support the house, while at the same time taking the environment into consideration as he/she plans his/her house.
Taoism is not concerned with universal origins and makes no claims about how the cosmos were constructed or when they began. Taoism only notes that the cosmos exist and appear to operate under observable laws, which are best used to one's advantage rather than resisted. A counterweight would be an excellent example. When one has to lift a heavy object, one must oppose the natural force of gravity; but by applying a counterweight, we can actually use gravity to work for us, rather than struggling against it. With a counterweight, gravity can "lift" a heavy object for us.
Duality is another factor in Taoism. We understand that concepts like good necessarily indicate "not good" (or "evil" if you prefer to call it that). But duality goes beyond opposites. In Taoism, it is not so much a statement of X and -X, as it is X and nonX. In other words, there is no "opposite" to Tracie. But there is much that is "not Tracie." So, the universe is divided, in the Taoist view, by what is Tracie and what is "not Tracie." Likewise, the universe divides, dualistically, in any number of similar ways with regard to any "thing" you care to define.
I wrapped the show describing some personal views about Taoism from professed Taoists. And I would encourage anyone interested in this topic to get as many personal views as possible, to get an idea of how flexible this philosophy actually is. One can only really speak generally of it, as even the Tao te Ching not only fails to—but outright refuses to—define what Taoism is. According to the book, it is "nameless"—personally discerned—and cannot be accurately defined or described. Some have made the leap to call it "god." But there is no direct indication that Lao Tzu was describing anything other than natural forces and pragmatic observations.
For further reading, I would actually recommend obtaining a copy of the Tao te Ching—perhaps at a local library (for free). The book is brief and, if you like poetry, actually somewhat relaxing to read. An annotated version with some historic reference would be preferable to a cold read if you are entirely unfamiliar with Eastern philosophy or have never read any similar texts. As timeless as it may seem to me, I have to admit that with any text, context is also important with the Tao te Ching.


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Let us take a hard, heretical look at the central tenet of Christianity: the Crucifixion/Resurrection scenario, as described in the New Testament. We will begin by assuming, for the sake of argument, that the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) are 100% historically accurate accounts of an actual (rather than mythical) hybrid God-man named Jesus. We will also temporarily accept, for the sake of argument, the doctrines of Creation and the Trinity.
The Crucifixion scenario appears to be founded upon a few operating assumptions:
1) Mankind is inherently sinful and evil.
2) Those who sin must die, while those who do not sin cannot die.
3) Blame (hence death) for sin is transferable to blameless creatures (including human virgins), but only by those who believe in such transferability.
4) God is completely blameless.
Putting it all together, the idea is that, by sacrificing himself to himself on behalf of mankind, the blame for all human sins can be transferred to God, thereby resolving the problem of mankind's inherent sinfulness–for those who believe. And, joy of joys, Jesus still gets to live. How clever. Everybody wins. Right?
The problem with this scenario is, each these underlying assumptions is highly questionable:
1) Far from being inherently evil, human beings appear to have basically good intentions. Only extremely rare sociopaths go around plotting to do evil for the sake of evil. Everyone else realizes that, as a social species, our survival and well-being depends heavily upon how well we get along with each others. We're hard-wired to be nice, and seek to become even nicer. Indeed, adherents typically convert to various religions because they think it will help them fulfill their pre-existing drive to become a better person. Religion would not exist if people were not already inherently good.
2) The death penalty for everything, including impure thoughts? (Matt. 5:17-48) Come on! Any nation that adopted such an absurdly overbearing system of law would be devoid of citizens within a week!
3) Transferring blame from someone who does deserve punishment to someone or something that does not is inherently unfair, by definition.
4) If an omnipotent God created everything according to his own predetermined plan, then he alone is to blame for everything.
Even if the assumptions behind the Crucifixion can somehow be rendered acceptable to those with even moderate reasoning ability and a healthy conscience, there is still the problem posed by the alleged resurrection. If Jesus resurrected, then in the end, he sacrificed nothing of value whatsoever. According to all four Gospels, the "death" of Jesus was both staged and faked!
If the Bible relays this scenario accurately, then God must be a seriously confused, morally debilitated monster of a deity, better suited for pity than for worship. The fake death of his Son/himself to give the appearance of taking advantage of a loophole in his own blatantly corrupt system of law, is so obviously absurd on so many levels that it is extremely difficult to understand why any rational, honest person would accept such nonsense as Gospel. If anything, the Crucifixion/Resurrection scenario makes far more sense as a ritual act of suicide, intended to convey God's penitence toward us, for screwing things up so badly in the first place!
Believers, please try to take your faith more seriously, and strive to become better evangelists. I can testify from personal experience that truly understanding the core tenets of Christianity is the key to rejecting them.


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Aros wrote:kidhawk wrote:First thing I want to say is that so far I LOVE the new look. I was hesitant, because I've grown quite fond of Todd's work, but this place looks great. As for the features and such, I plan to just post as normal for awhile before I decide if there's any requests I want to make. Want to let the changes soak in a bit first.
On to the one thing that still is nagging at me, and it's not any of the changes that were made last night, but the one change I've been waiting for and have yet to see. I really am curious as to when the EST. 1998 (or something similar) is going to get added to the header graphic or perhaps somewhere else on the site? If it's there, I'm not seeing it and I had thought it was already a given that it was going to be a part of this.
Other than that minor little nagging detail. Great job on the new digs. All of the hard work is definitely appreciated
Andrew - who made the winning header graphic - is sending me an updated version with the Est. 1998 on it. I will pass it on to Anguish to kindly overwrite the current.
I can see the points about the new fixed width posting area but I really like on my wide screen how I can see the Sacred Century Link cradling the main section...Hopefully we stick with it. I think it's one of the things that we will grow accustomed to, IMO.
Thanks for the update Todd. I hadn't heard anything, and I had just figured it would be factored into the update last night.
I have found one feature that I miss already. I can live without it, but the ability to hover over a topic and read a portion of the actual OP was a pretty cool feature to help skim through the forums with. If we can't get that back, I can live without it, but it's the only thing I've noticed that I really miss so far.


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Aussies top medal tally as Lockwood defies Doctor's orders to take gold
25 March 2013
ROWING: Home waters proved a happy hunting ground for Australian rowers
competing at the opening round of the Samsung World Cup at the Sydney
International Regatta Centre in Penrith on Sunday. Australia won four
gold medals, four silver and five bronze, with gold in the men's coxless
four, women's eight, women's single scull and women's quadruple scull.
Australian crews won a total of 13 medals, on the back of a huge week of racing, which also included the Australian Open Rowing Championships as well as the King's and Queen's Cup Interstate Regatta as part of the inaugural Sydney International Rowing Regatta.
In one of the most stunning stories of the meet, Olympic silver medallist Will Lockwood showed how much a home World Cup triumph meant after defying medical orders to row at Penrith Lakes on Sunday.
Lockwood was badly dehydrated and suffered heat exhaustion on Saturday afternoon when his Victorian crew pushed the NSW men's eight to the brink in the interstate King's Cup race.
The 25-year-old blacked out after finishing second and needed treatment from paramedics in the 30-plus heat.
But despite warnings not to join his men's four crew on the start line Sunday morning, the bowman backed up and his Australian boat scored a commanding World Cup victory in five minutes 58.07 seconds.
"It was strongly recommended that I didn't race today but it was never an option for me," Lockwood told AAP.
"Backing up today was really tough.
"I wouldn't have been able to do another race after that but the chance to race a home World Cup and win, that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Lockwood went in to the race with a plan to put in as much as he could in the first 500m and then support crew-mates Josh Dunkley-Smith, Josh Booth and James Chapman for the remaining 1500m.
They combined for a superb start out of the blocks and controlled the race to lead home Australia's rising under-23 crew, New Zealand and a British boat missing the high-profile crew that shaded Australia at the London Games.
"They're three of my best mates and for them to be able to do that for me was great," Lockwood said.
"They weren't going to race without me. If I didn't race they would have scratched so that wasn't an option either."
In other results...
The Women's quadruple scull set the tone for the day by winning a gold medal in the first race in a time of 6:21.94 beating the USA by almost five seconds (4.57). USA raced with four Olympians on board, including three Olympic gold medallists and one bronze medallist. New Zealand came third. This capped off a long week and marked the successful Senior A team debut for scullers Sarah Perkins (VIC) and last year's Under 23 World Rowing Championships in this boat class Jessica Hall (QLD), Madeleine Edmunds (QLD) and Olympia Aldersey (SA).
Aldersey said: "The first part of our race we stuck to our guns and stayed confident. I looked around at the 750m mark and realised that we were in front so we just had to work hard and stay in the rhythm. I was a bit surprised by our dominance, but we had a great preparation, and we're all young, so it is all just very exciting"
Australia's single sculler Kieran Kobelke (NSW) also impressed at his first World Rowing Cup by winning the silver medal, behind Bulgaria and ahead of German Olympian Jost Schoemann-Finck. Kobelke after the race: "The whole experience of rowing for Australia in the single in the World Cup at home has been amazing."
Kim Crow (VIC) delighted the partisan crowd with a convincing win in the single scull in a time of 7:35.80 ahead of China 1 with Olympian Bin Tang and Eleanor Logan from the USA, gold medallist in the women's eight in London. The London Olympic double medallist enjoyed the international racing on home waters and the home crowd support: "It was really fun out there. Just amazing. I could hear cheering and it all made me feel really, really special. There was a fabulous mix of international, club and local atmosphere around, and the schoolgirls sitting on the bank were just going crazy. I felt like Justin Bieber."
One of the sweetest victories of the day was in the women's eight event. With an average age of just 21 years, the young Australian crew hung onto an early lead to upset the USA and claim gold in a time of 6:06.98 and 0.85 ahead. The US boat had three gold medallist from last year's Olympics, and have not lost an international women's eight race since 2006. Olympic silver medallists Canada took second place, so it was a fantastic result for the Australian women, who had been sixth in the eight in London last year.
Alexandra Hagan (WA), London 2012 Olympian, could hardly control her excitement: "I cannot believe we actually did it. We knew that you would be able to throw a blanket over everyone at the 1000m mark, but we made a promise as a crew to stay internal until that point and that is exactly what we did. We then executed our tactics perfectly and stuck together and it all just worked out so well. It was amazing getting out of the boat and walking up the pontoon to a whole grandstand cheering for us. It was a fantastic feeling ."
And 2008 and 2012 Olympic coxswain Elizabeth Patrick (VIC) added: "The young energy and the willingness of the girls to learn are very inspiring and really motivating. There is such amazing potential in this crew and the future for women's rowing in Australia is very exciting."
The successful day of World Rowing Cup racing for Australia was capped off by the gutsy fight the young Australian men's eight put up to win the bronze medal. The winner of this race Great Britain raced with no less than three 2012 London Olympic gold medallists in the boat.
Rowing Australia's National High Performance Director Chris O'Brien said: "The team did a great job today. Of course this was the first international competition and it is only year one of the new Olympiad but it was great to have our young talent out there in some very gutsy racing and they have really stepped up to the plate."
He continued: "It has been a great motivation for everyone to have an international competition in Australia and to race so many London 2012 Olympians on our home waters. This has been a great start to the Olympic cycle. From here we will go on to pick the teams for the next World Rowing Cups, as well as the Junior, Under 23 and Senior A World Rowing Championships in August."
Rowing Australia also finished at the top of the overall World Rowing Cup points table for the event, ahead of Great Britain and New Zealand.
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UPDATED: It's Always A Conspiracy: Contraception Edition
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At the January 7 ABC/Yahoo News Republican presidential debate, moderator George Stephanopoulos asked Mitt Romney if he shared Rick Santorum's belief "that states have the right to ban contraception." Romney mildly rebuked Stephanopoulos for the "unusual topic that you're raising," and said no, he does not share that belief.
From that one question a bizarrely intricate conspiracy has erupted and enraptured the conservative media. Seizing upon the Obama administration's January 20 announcement that health insurers (including church-affiliated organizations) would have to provide plans that cover contraception, allegations have sprung up that Stephanopoulos' question was "coordinated" with the White House as some sort of trap for the Republican candidates to fall into.
And we're not talking about the fringe here. Dick Morris, in a moment of perfect irony, accused Stephanopoulos of being a "paid Democratic hitman." Morris accusation and the broader conspiracy were picked up by Fox News, a former Bush administration official, and CNN contributor Erick Erickson. Now the Breitbart hive is getting in on the action:
The question targeted Sen. Rick Santorum, who was then -- despite a strong showing in the Iowa caucuses -- still considered a distant long shot for the nomination. Romney won praise from conservatives for pushing back, calling it "unusual" and "silly," noting that no state or candidate (including Santorum) wanted to ban contraception, even if states had that right.
The issue of contraception had not come up, neither in the Santorum campaign or in general. Two weeks later, the Obama administration reiterated the now-infamous ObamaCare mandate requiring religious social institutions and charities to insure their employees for contraception and abortion-inducing drugs. Catholic leaders and other religious authorities opposed the move, while the Obama administration dug in, offering an "accommodation" that changed nothing of substance and merely ensured that the controversy would continue.
Given the fact that Stephanopoulos was known -- at least early in the Obama administration -- to participate in daily conference calls with key White House staff and Democrat strategists, it is reasonable to ask whether his question on contraception was a setup -- done with advance knowledge of the Obama administration's intent to make contraception a key political issue, and of the Obama campaign's intent to make Santorum's social views a key target for attack.
I highlighted that sentence above because it's the lynchpin of the conspiracy, and it's easily proven false. Santorum was asked about a state's right to ban contraceptives on January 2 -- just five days before the debate -- by ABC's Jake Tapper. "The state has a right to do that, I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that," Santorum told Tapper.
Prior to that, Santorum talked about contraception quite a bit. He told NBC News on December 29 that contraception "leads to lot of sexually transmitted diseases, it leads to a lot of unplanned pregnancies, and it's not a healthy thing for people to engage in, you know, sex outside of marriage." He gave an interview in October in which he said: "One of the things I will talk about that no President has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country."
So once you view Stephanopoulous' question in the context of Santorum constantly bringing up contraception, and Stephanopoulos' ABC colleague specifically asking Santorum about contraception a mere 120 hours before the debate, it starts to look less like part of an impossibly complex game of 12-dimensional chess played by the Obama reelection team.
Unless, of course, Tapper and Santorum are also in on the conspiracy, and that interview was just a head-fake to give Stephanopoulos cover.
MORNING-AFTER REPUBLICAN DEBATE UPDATE: At last night's GOP debate in Arizona, CNN's John King brought up birth control as "the latest hot topic, which candidate believes in birth control, and if not, why?" As the candidates answered, Stephanopoulos' name was dropped.
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