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Project Gotham Racing 2 out now
Microsoft announces that its Xbox Live-enabled racer has arrived on store shelves across North America.
Microsoft has today announced the North American release of Project Gotham Racing 2 for the Xbox. Developed by UK-based Bizarre Creations, the game features more than 100 of the world's most desirable cars and allows players to race on the streets of 10 cities including Sydney, Chicago, Edinburgh, Yokohama, and Florence.
Like its predecessor, Project Gotham Racing 2 rewards players not only for achieving fast times but also for driving with style. The game is Xbox Live-enabled and allows up to eight players to compete simultaneously--additional content for the game will also be made available to download in the future. For more information on Project Gotham Racing 2, which is scheduled for release in Japan on November 20 and in Europe on November 28, check out our previous coverage of the game.
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The J. Jonah Jameson wiki last edited by gamepower2013 on 09/03/13 06:08AM View full history
J. Jonah Jameson is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, a New York-based newspaper in the Marvel universe. He is highly distrustful of Spider-Man and sees him as a menace. Jameson seeks to expose the wall-crawling hero as a fraud, but at the same time is completely unaware that one of his own employees, the photographer Peter Parker, is Spider-Man.
Jameson has gone to extensive lengths in his efforts to take down Spider-Man, though these efforts have generally been unsuccessful. Some of his projects have also backfired horribly. He once paid a private investigator to undergo a procedure to become a superhuman able to defeat Spider-Man, but the process created the villainous Scorpion as a result.
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Can't tell if money will eventually become a non-issue...
#1 Posted by mrhaydel (40 posts) -
Right now I'm roughly 20 hours in (I tend to be...thorough, so in reality this means I've got 2 people in my party, level 24-25, have just got my cauldron, and currently trying to obtain a ship, if that helps those who are playing), and while so far I wouldn't say money has been a big issue, I do feel like I'm holding back a bit on my spending because I haven't quite gotten the feel for whether money eventually becomes trivial. I've read/seen several places that you should make sure to spend your money before going in to a dungeon so that if you die you're not hit with a high 10% fee to revive, but I also haven't felt like dying in a dungeon is a real threat (yet?).
That being said, I find I'm usually sitting on anywhere from 6K to 10K guilders, purchasing equipment without thinking too much, but then holding off on what feel like 'expensive' consumables (also because I've got a relatively adequate unused supply of them already).
Has anyone else gotten far enough or have more of an idea of whether money at some point becomes an afterthought?
#2 Posted by drac96 (746 posts) -
@mrhaydel: I just finished the game and money was always kind of an afterthought. I tended to fight every single battle I came across though. A little ways after where you are now you'll start to get a fair bit more money from each encounter. I only spent money each time new equipment was available and always seemed to have plenty to go around.
#3 Posted by project343 (2876 posts) -
You get a ton of money from combat, but you can also fall down the terrible rabbit hole of constantly outfitting all your familiars with the best gear at each tier of shops.
#4 Posted by Turambar (7176 posts) -
I'm in Yule, the winter area now, and the 60k guilders I had from sidequesting quickly evaporated from equipment that cost 7k a piece.
#5 Posted by mrhaydel (40 posts) -
Thanks for the anecdotes guys. I agree that it's real easy to blow money on equipment real fast, but, it sounds like so long as I stick with fighting pretty much everything I come across (so far I don't mind doing this), I should be in pretty decent shape.
Of course, as project343 alluded to, the trick will be to not overtly obsess about my familiars, party makeup, and their equipment! But, that's another thread topic I'd say. :-)
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Any UK/ western eu players on here if so fancy getting a session going sometime?
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I'm getting back into this game so you can add me for some games, tag is mubress and I'm in the UK.
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Anyone Remember Jeff's House Rules for Uno?
#1 Posted by sawfish22 (252 posts) -
I remember on an old Bombcast that Jeff explain his house rules for Uno where they said "fuck you" for something specific happening. Does anyone remember which podcast he said it or what the rules were? Or maybe Jeff, you could elaborate on this yourself perhaps?
#2 Posted by The_Laughing_Man (13807 posts) -
When you lose you strip and expose your self over your xbox camera.
#3 Posted by Mechanical_Ape (272 posts) -
Looks like this is the right one. I haven't listened to it yet, but the description looks promising.
#4 Posted by FateOfNever (1863 posts) -
11-25-08 It was easy to find because it has a picture of uno cards for it, plus it says right in the description "Jeff sits down with Dave and Harmonix's Alex Navarro to discuss the rules of "F-U" Uno"
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Alright, thanks man! I'll probably post the rules up once I listen to it.
#6 Posted by RussianDrink (138 posts) -
@sawfish22: Fuck You UNO. Ideally this is a 1v1 match.
1. For starters, this is UNO for money and all money must be kept in your sock. If you're not wearing socks, you have to put on socks.
2. The Zeros do bad things. Any time you play it, you have to say "Fuck you" to the other player.
3. The other player can either draw 8 (cards) or counter by playing two Zeros and saying "No, fuck YOU."
4. At which point the final counter to that is a Green Zero. You lay it down last and say "No. Fuck. YOU." (Automatically win and collect all money from all socks.)
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The sci-fi hit Orphan Black on BBC America stars Tatiana Maslany as seven characters, all clones. This is for my fellow fans (read below) and newbies alike (the first section is spoiler-free). Choose your own adventure!
If you haven't watched yet...
Greetings, newbies! To any of you who’ve been on the receiving end of an “OMG, you haven’t watched Orphan Black yet?” look, let me say: We’re just jealous. We’d all die to be in your shoes, about to discover the magic for the first time. You may have heard about the setup: Sarah, a grifter single mom, finds out that she’s a clone and, furthermore, that clones are being hunted by mysterious forces. Here’s why that makes for an addictive TV show.
1. Tatiana, Tatiana, Tatiana. The 28-year-old Canadian actress makes the absurd task of playing all seven characters look like a breeze. Sure, the wig department helps, but Maslany gives each clone so much depth, you can tell them apart with your eyes closed.
2. The first three minutes are the best kickoff to a series ever. Occasionally someone tells me it took them “a while” to get into Orphan. I think those people are crazy—those first heart-pounding moments will carry you. (Tell your social life I’m sorry.)
3. The guys are great too. It takes major chops not to fade in Maslany’s presence, but the men are up to the challenge. Sarah has two love interests, Paul and Vic; and her foster brother, Felix, has the best zingers. So watch it (season one is on Amazon and iTunes; season two hits BBC America on April 19), and let’s tweet. I’ll be more excited than Alison with a new headband. (Very soon, you’re gonna get that joke.)
If you're already a fan...
OK, the people who haven’t watched yet are gone. We can shriek freely now. Is Helena dead? Where’s Kira? Mrs. S, how could you?
I feel as if you and I, fellow Clone Club member, already understand each other. After all, we’re the ones who couldn’t stop tagging our sentences with the Briticism “yeah?” Sarah-style, after binge-watching. (Me to my husband: “Let’s get pizza tonight, yeah?” Him to me: “Not unless you stop doing that.”)
But it’s not just about the accents. The heart of Orphan is all about pure instincts—survival, love, and loyalty. Sarah has only two goals: Keep her daughter safe and stay alive (two things that seem easy and are anything but). What’s more, I love that this isn’t a female-fronted thriller in the vein of Hey, look how women can kick butt just like men! Here, the women don’t kick butt just like men. They think and act differently. They might be caught up in a literal war on humanity, but they’re truly typical girls. (Alison belting out Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch” in her van after taking revenge on her snooty neighbor? That’s real-girl fight aftermath if I’ve ever seen it.) Orphan consistently reminds me that women are built to take on anything—and inspires me to persevere in fights of my own. Like the one I’m currently having with my cable company over whether it can get me BBC America before April 19.
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Francesca Forrest's Reviews > Jack o' the Hills
Jack o' the Hills by C.S.E. Cooney
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I adored this novella. How it twisted and turned--like an embryonic skinchanger in its egg. Speaking of, there's one in this story:
He saw inside the skinchanger's egg.
A shadow, a flame, a dark heart beating.
It shifted, it melted, it took a new shape.
A fish, a snake, a bird, a child.
A child. A human child. A girl child, sleeping in a pool of her own black hair, her skin of bright red gold ... One eye of ebony, one of fire. Black lips sucking on a flaming thumb, round limbs bundled to her belly, although a restless foot or fist sometimes jabbed out, distending the oval egg, making it jump and pulse.
Like holding a thunderstorm, thought Jack Yap. Like holding lightning before it is born.
This Jack Yap. He's been abused since he was little, and now he's the picture of a cheerful hoodlum. But he's much more likable (to my mind) than, say, movie!Alex from A Clockwork Orange (have to specify movie having never read the book). Jack Yap is devoted to and protective of his huge and dimwitted brother Pudding, and also of this skinchanger child, once she's born. Admittedly, there's mayhem and murder involved in being devoted to that pair, and, well, the skinchanger's nature, like the scorpion's, is one that might make your average person give her wide berth but--oh, I just loved this trio.
And the humor! The humor. How about the royal twins, wicked Princess Oubliette and her loathsome brother Prince Garotte? Princess Oubliette received fairy blessings at her birth:
"Princess Oubliette," Ginny Rum asserted, "You have been blessed today with Wit, Beauty, a Knack with Dumb Animals, the Voice of a Seraph, Healthy Bowels, Hair Thick as Honey, Self-Flossing Teeth, a Willowy Frame, the Grace of a Harem Dancer, a Laugh Like a Silver Bell, a Smile as Sweet as Crème Brûlée, Cunning Ways, Cosmic Sorceries, Upwards Ambition, and Dominance over the Males of Your Species. But all this will avail you naught. For here I stand to bless you with the hour of your death."
She's got a lot going for her, right?
Now, I haven't quoted you the bludgeoning or the cannibalism, and they are in the story too. But the really bad guys get theirs, and when it's your friends you tend to forgive minor bad habits like soul sucking and a taste for human flesh, no?
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Ten Awesome Bottles of New Year’s Bubbly That Aren’t the Big Brands
How about some sparkling wine from the Jura? Photo: Melissa Hom
Sure, when New Year's Eve rolls around this year, you could grab a magnum of Krug or Moët and call it a night. But when you know which farm your pork comes from and are on a first-name basis with the person who makes your goat cheese, there's no reason to ring in the New Year with champers that's made by multinational luxury conglomerates a million bottles at a time. Far better to pop a few bottles of wine produced by small operations in limited quantities with minimal additives. New York is full of sparkling wine that's easy to find, often cheaper than the brand-name stuff, and much, much more interesting.
Fleury Pere & Fils Carte Rouge Brut NV ($41)
This is pinot noir Champagne in the old-school French, bureaucrat-approved meaning of the word. Unlike a lot of brand-name bubbly, though, it's biodynamic, the grapes are farmed by the producer (rather than purchased), and thousands (rather than tens of millions) of bottles of it are produced a year.
Tiphaine, Nouveau Nez, 2010 ($25)
Produced in the Loire from chenin grapes, this one is produced petillant naturel, meaning that the carbonation is completely a product of the grapes. (Champagne producers add sugar and yeast during the bottling to get their sparkle.)
Saumon, La Cave Se Rebiffe, NV ($19)
Another petillant naturel, this one is a rosé made from young, hotshot, natural Loire producer Frantz Saumon. It's made from gamay (a grape usually associated with Beaujolais) and sealed with a crown cap, like a beer bottle.
Bouchard Inflorescence 08 ($75) Cedric Bouchard is the closest thing to a Champagne celebrity. He works in the Aube, a formerly redheaded-stepchild southern subregion of Champagne, on a tiny one-man operation. This wine is everything big-name Champagne isn’t: Instead of chasing a consistent style year after year, this wine is produced in limited quantities from a single plot of land, with a focus on the character of the soil and the year it was grown.
Domaine Valentine Zusslin Zero Sans Soufre 08 ($25) Extremely close to Champagne but from Alsace, a region to the east, and less expensive. Made from Auxerrois (a white grape important in Alsace but fairly rare elsewhere), it" s="None" biodynamic,="None" and="None" there's="None" no="None" extra="None" sugar="None" or="None" sulfur="None" added.="None" <="None" p="None">
Champ Divin Champ d'Étoiles Crémant du Jura 09 ($22)
For those who don't know, the Jura is a region of France near the Swiss border known for producing some seriously idiosyncratic wines from grapes not grown anywhere else; to say it's a wine-geek darling is an understatement. This wine is a more classic sparkler, but it still manages to fly the freak flag a little: The vineyard is organic and biodynamic, and unlike most sparkling wines, there's no dosage, so expect it to be very dry.
Venturini Baldini, Malvasia Dell'Emilia NV ($15)
Think of this organic example of a sparkling Malvasia as the white cousin of much-maligned but back-in-style Italian sparkling red Lambrusco. It's less carbonated than many other sparkling wines, so grab something else for a dramatic pop at the stroke of midnight, but it will serve you well earlier in the night.
Mosse, Moussamousettes 11 ($20)
Almost all sparkling wine uses the techniques of riddling and disgorging developed by Veuve Cliquot in the early 1800s to produce a perfectly clear product. Not so with this natural Loire producer: The yeast sediment is left in the bottle, producing a cloudy orange wine. It makes the flavor distinctive, too, but it tastes much less outlandish than it looks.
Gruet, Brut, NV ($15)
New Mexico isn't known for its sparkling wine, but Gruet has been at it for 25 years. This one is produced from Chardonnay and pinot noir in the Champagne style. It's patriotic, and light on the wallet too.
Sparkling Pointe, Brut, NV
Here's one for New York locavores: Sparkling Pointe is making Champagne-style wine on the North Fork. It doesn't hit all of the same offbeat talking points as some other choices here, but it's small-batch grower-made wine produced less than 100 miles from the city — a crowd-pleasing story, if anything.
Related: Sloshed: The Pro-Am Guide to New Year’s Eve Drinking
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The corruption of modern team sports is inevitable, given the collision between big money and a massive fan base for whom money means nothing.
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DEW EET! ^^^ Wha? The Koss ESP950 lifetime warranty - no questions asked, doesn't inspire confidence? On that note, Stax just sux. One just needs faith and a little luck.Correct handling of electrostat equipment also goes a long way to ensure it's survival. I own the SRS2170 and it's all broke now.It did give me two years of exceptional sound quality for the price I paid. (~$500 new at the time)It is unfortunate their stuff isn't built to a higher standard.So the moral...
Right you are! Just put yer $$$ down on a BHSE. He-He. FYI, I just like to give Jason a buch of sh****t from time to time.Keeps em on their feet mon.
Jeebus! These aint released yet? Jason your draggin them heels. Summer is almost here...
I'll second that on the GL. Sounds fan-f***in-tastic!Same wire with gain topology as it's big brothers.$200 to $400 used, and it can be yours.
Her name is on the circuit boards of the first units. Link: (click photo to enlarge)
Having both input transistors on the same die is the way to go.I tried the pair of 2SK170s in my KGSSHV and there was signifigant drift that could not be zeroed-out.YMMV - One could try glueing them together or some type of matching scheme. So I bought a fistfull of LSK389s. Problem solved.They also work fine on my old Blue Hawaii boards.The footprint is different, but the LSK leads can be bent to accomodate it.
PF fanatic here. Their music still sends me on a head trip.... Try listening to the 2011 Remaster of DSOTM on CD. Sounds great! Yeah, the original record sounds like poop. It was released in 1973.
Would that be the latest iteration with tubes in it? The one that isn't on their website? Isn't an LL2 good enuf 4U? Didja know that the LL Mk2 is sold out and they won't have any until 2015! (or they aren't very good at updating their website...)
Boy-O-Boy, I sure took a dump on this thread and scared everyone away! Sorry for crapping on your thread Justin, I am sure that you have been enjoying the peace and quiet.
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I use my PC for Music, Movies and gaming. Loved my Asus ST but need to go PCI-E now. I had pickd up a ZRX but believe mine was defective. Horrible loud static anytime the PC was not in the OS... booting up... bios... and even shutting down the static would kick up loud. I returned it and they did not have anymore stock. Now they have more in stock and I am debating if I should get the Asus STX instead. Curious about the external power on the Asus giving any leg up on...
I have two sound cards I am parting with. I really hate to lose the Asus card but I messed up on my new PC build and forgot to make sure the new mobo had a PCI slot. I have an Auzentech Bravura as well I have been meaning to sell so I am listing that with it. I have the original box for both cards. Asus Essense ST + H6 and opamp upgrade = $200.00 shipped US Auzentech Bravura = $80.00 Shipped US Ebay Feedback - Badlilstang Heatware -...
Thinking of getting away from sound cards and goign back to an external unit. I was looking at the new asus one but 550$ is pretty pricey. Trying to stay closer to 300ish. I had a Zero Dac with opa627 upgrade years ago that I liked but wouldn't mind findnig something a little better. I am driving some Denon AH-D2000 headphones and will need pre-amp out for my Klipsch promedia speakers. Thanks for any advice.
Just picked up a used HTOmega Claro Halo and after installing it on my windows 8 PC I found I am getting sound out of both my headphones and speakers at the same time with no way to disable one or the other. My Essense ST on my other machine has a very simliar menu and has the option to just output to headphones or just speakers. I believe the Claro Halo should have the same options from what I have seen online. Has anyone else run into this? It replaced a Bravura...
I didn't install any kind of plugin tho for Foobar.. not sure if that makes a difference.
Hey ROBSCIX! Been a long time since we have talked. Yeah ASIO is installed by default with my Essense ST card I have installed. I haven't changed a single setting in Foobar since installed.
Just installed Fubar and noticed my volume control inside of Fubar does not work. I noticed as soon as I start to turn up the volume in windows the sound gets loud very quickly. I am new to Fubar.. any help would be greatly appreciated. Really like the Hifoo skin :)
So then why would anyone run them?
Just to add.. I am readign now there are Unified drivers offered that are better?
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Are Book Publishers To Blame For Gender Discrimination?
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Last week, Vida, an organization that "seeks to explore critical and cultural perceptions of writing by women," released their annual pie charts that examined 2011 book coverage, and compared how many of the books written about were by male versus female authors.
The results clearly showed that venerable publications such as The Paris Review, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Book Review and The Atlantic cover significantly more works by male authors.
One of the greatest offenders, The New Republic, reviewed over four times as many books by men than those by women. Similar results were reported for The London Review of Books. The survey also looked at the staffing of these publications, and the results were also overwhelmingly weighted towards men.
Some people, including author Jennifer Weiner, have spoken out about the statistics, saying that they seem to imply discrimination against female writers by major book reviewers. But are literary journalists entirely to blame, or is a seed of discrimination also planted much earlier on in the publishing process?
One reviewer wrote for The Guardian that she's had a difficult time tracking down "good" books by women (which she prefers to literary fiction by men). The reason? They aren't being published.
Here at The Huffington Post, we've noticed a similar trend. However, a bigger question seems to have been overlooked. There are certain publishers whose books regularly get reviewed by both mainstream and niche 'literary' publications. How do these match up in the gender stakes?
We took a look at all of the books published in 2011 by four of the major imprints - Knopf, Crown, Little, Brown and Farrar, Strauss and Giroux - and tallied the authors by gender. These publishers were chosen for their focus on literary fiction - the types of books typically reviewed by places like The New York Times Book Review and The Atlantic. We only included hardcovers in our count for the same reason.
What we found (see below) was that the gender ratios of books published by these imprints are in a few cases almost identical to those of the publications cited in Vida's survey. If the gender representation in major publications is to change, and we believe it should, then perhaps that also requires a shift either in the mindset of the more "literary" publishers, or a broadening of the books and publishers whose work is covered by the media.
The debate continues...
See below for Vida's overall 2011 reports on different publications, factoring in all coverage including articles and reviews. You can see all of their pie charts here.
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Think Big, Work Small: How to Get Your Startup Off the Ground Fast
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When you're starting your business, you want things to happen fast. You have some choices to make. You can choose to have the perfect store layout where everything to the last shelf is quintessential, you can have the perfect office environment where every chair has to match and your phones need to be working on day one, and you can have the perfect website to launch your business that took you seven months to build.
But I question you: Do you really need all these things in place before launching your business?
Get It Out the Door Now
I always tell my folks here at VerticalResponse to do something and get something out the door, whether they think it's perfect or not. The key is to learn what's right and what's wrong about it and make changes as you go. If they do nothing, they won't learn and they'll always be trying to be perfect, wasting precious time.
So as a new business owner, you need to be thinking: What are the bare minimums you need to really start your business? And does everything have to be perfect on day one?
Obviously you need a business license, you need to file for taxes, you need a name for your company and maybe a website address. If you're selling products, you'll need some inventory and a retailer's license. If you have a retail location, you'll need to secure the physical spot and make sure it's safe for customers, and you'll need to have your point-of-sale ready to go.
Here's a dirty secret: Almost nothing is forever. You'll always be making changes, so the key for you is to get people in the door or to your website and get them spending.
When I started VerticalResponse over 10 years ago, I can tell you that it was far from perfect. But I felt that launching our email marketing service sooner rather than later was important. Why? For one, it was important for us to learn how our customers were going to interact with us, then react and make changes to our business based on that data. Another reason why we needed to launch quickly was the fact that we didn't have the luxury of a big bankroll, so we needed to get customers spending fast.
Get Your Hands Dirty
At VerticalResponse, we began collecting email addresses on our website months before the launch. We collected information for a few hundred prospects and when the time came, my customer service person and I split the list of names and called people to try to convert them. For every person each of us converted, we'd get $50.
I also trolled through hundreds of websites where my prospective customers might visit and sent advertising requests to get the word out. I wrote the copy for all of our advertisements as well as our website to get new people coming to our site. And I wheeled our trade show booth and collateral to dozens of trade shows all over the country while standing for days selling our product.
As the owner of a business startup, there's no waiting to build the perfect team. You have to go out and get your hands dirty. Here are a few things you can do now to get your business up and running ASAP:
• Put up a quick placeholder home page on your website and start collecting email addresses and phone numbers before your business has started.
• Send an email marketing campaign out to your address book letting them know what you're doing, and ask them to sign up for updates on your pre-launch Web page.
• Create your own Facebook page and Twitter feeds. Then post to them daily about your progress. Need some social media ideas? Check out our small business marketing blog for tips.
• Websites are easy to build these days using any hosting service. Pick one of their professionally designed templates and go!
• Take photos of your products with your own camera. Professional ones can come later.
• Be your own fulfillment center. Pick, pack and ship your own products on day one. Print off collateral to cross-sell other products you might have and stick it in the box.
• Get out in front of where your customers will be and leave something behind, like a datasheet or a sample of your products, with your information on it.
Don't be afraid to dive in head first. Once your business is booming, your hands might get a little less "dirty." Then you can start to learn from your successes and failures to think big.
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'Elementary' Review, 'Vegas' Review And 'Made In Jersey' Review: The Pleasures And Pains Of CBS' New Dramas
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You don't go to CBS for edgy content. You go to CBS for sturdy, traditional fare that doesn't upend anyone's assumptions or preconceptions about, well, anything ("The Good Wife," of course, is the frisky exception to much of the rest of the network's programming).
With its three new dramas, "Elementary," "Vegas" and "Made in Jersey," the network goes back to the procedural well and tweaks law-and-order formats with varying degrees of success. Let's take the three shows, all of which premiere this week, one by one:
"Vegas," 10 p.m. ET, Tuesday: The big draw of this satisfying period piece -- set in the title location in the early '60s -- is the exceptionally strong cast. Dennis Quaid stars as the ornery Ralph Lamb, a rancher reluctantly drawn into law enforcement thanks to his past as a military police officer; the excellent Jason O'Mara plays Lamb's steady brother; Michael Chiklis plays Vincent Savino, a mobster new to Nevada; and Carrie-Anne Moss is a district attorney whose family has deep ties to the community. There are times in the pilot when Quaid appears a little uncomfortable -- the pace of a weekly TV show is much faster than that of the feature films Quaid is used to -- but those moments scarcely detract from his charismatic presence and generally good work in "Vegas." The look on his face when he sees a dead body tells you all you need to know about why Lamb hates crime work and why he very much wants to find the dead person's killer. Unsurprisingly, Chiklis ("The Shield") is suitably intense and wily, and Moss and O'Mara offer understated but fine supporting work. Still, despite the period setting, this ain't exactly CBS' first rodeo: "Vegas," like most of the network's shows, is all about The Man Who Breaks the Rules to Get Things Done and The Loyal Team That Helps Him. It's hard to escape the conclusion that, week to week, "Vegas" could well be just one of many crime procedurals on a network known for them. Even dressed up in cowboy hats and shiny Mobster suits, won't these characters likely be put through increasingly familiar paces? Much depends on how willing the show is to examine the ambiguity built into the relationship between Savino and Lamb, who need each other in order to keep the peace, for locals and tourists alike. I'll keep watching, given the caliber of the cast and the solidly made pilot, and I'll hope that "Vegas" gives these actors more to do than standing over bodies and leveling shotguns at city slickers.
"Elementary," 10 p.m. ET, Thursday: Jonny Lee Miller is a fine actor, and he does his best to keep up the energy level of this drama, but Miller is not playing Sherlock Holmes, despite the name of his character. The choices, attitudes and actions of this character don't make me think of the incomparable detective whose adventures were chronicled by Arthur Conan Doyle. Miller's "Elementary" character is just an abrasive, impulsive and pretty smart Brit, and these qualities do not a Holmes make; There's much more to the character, but "Elementary" seems quite willing to ignore all that. The British import "Sherlock" is a far, far more pleasing modern-day adaptation, but "Elementary" doesn't just fail because it's not as good as the Benedict Cumberbatch vehicle. The CBS show has a whole host of problems that hobble it: Lucy Lui gives a flavorless, boring performance as Joan Watson. Watson is written as a mere scold and literal babysitter and thus the relationship between the two lead characters -- which must be of interest for the enterprise to work at all -- is not compelling in the least. To shove this venerable duo into CBS' procedural format, the show's producers have managed the unlikely feat of removing almost everything interesting about them. And before you ask, no, I don't care that Watson is female -- that could have been an interesting twist. But the two leads lack any kind of chemistry, platonic or otherwise, and the storytelling lacks the smarts and insight of one of TV's best Sherlockian creations, "House." With all due respect to Miller's performance, I deduce that when it comes to "Elementary," the game is most assuredly not afoot.
"Made in Jersey," 9 p.m. ET, Friday: "Jersey" is the slightest of the three offerings and the one I'm least likely to return to, but I don't mean to dismiss the show entirely -- it's just not my kind of thing. In a premise that recalls the '80s movie "Working Girl," ambitious working-class lawyer Martina Garretti (Janet Montgomery) goes to work at a high-end Manhattan law firm, which is full of uptight, WASPy people who are, naturally, either intrigued by her or disdainful of her accent. But, as the show's press materials assure us, what Martina "lacks in an Ivy League education she more than makes up for with tenacity and blue-collar insight." Ha ha, the joke's on you if you paid a lot of money to go to Harvard or Yale, which secretly deprive graduates of their tenacity! In fairness, the cultural preconceptions in the pilot go both ways (even if the deck is stacked against the Manhattan types): The upper-class people are often presumptuous and condescending (or just a little clueless, in the case Martina's boss, played by Kyle MacLachlan), and Martina's big family, not surprisingly, values carb-laden food, big hair and boisterousness. For all its predictable moments, however, "Made in Jersey" is still more or less watchable, thanks to Montgomery, who is an effortlessly appealing actress. If this show doesn't work, no doubt she'll soon be snapped up by another. She's the main reason to watch the very traditional "Jersey," which should appeal to the audience that is already devoted to CBS' other New York-set Friday drama, "Blue Bloods."
Note: Ryan McGee and I talked about "Elementary," "Made in Jersey" and "Vegas," in a recent Talking TV podcast. Speaking of Fall TV, Ryan and I spoke about the Fox shows "New Girl," "The Mindy Project" and "Ben and Kate" (which I wrote about here and here) in this Talking TV podcast. Another recent podcast of note: New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum and I talk about her Buffy/Tony Soprano Theory of Golden Age Television. Finally, Ryan and I chat about "Call the Midwife," "Homeland" and "Last Resort" -- three of my four favorite drama newcomers -- in this podcast. Check the Talking TV page (and the podcast is also available on iTunes) for additional podcasting goodness.
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The Five Opponents of Health Care Reform
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In the midst of angry protests, offensive placards, and ridiculous conservative talking points, it's hard not to wonder what, exactly, motivates opponents of health care reform.
After all, improving the fundamentally flawed system would have broad benefits for all Americans. Some of Rush Limbaugh's listeners are one serious illness away from bankruptcy. Some Sarah Palin supporters can't get coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Some Glenn Beck viewers will see their insurance companies drop them when they need their coverage most. Some RNC donors may want to start their own business, but can't because they can't afford to pay the monthly premiums. Some of the same people who attended "Tea Parties" in April saw their family coverage disappear after they lost their job.
Across the country, untold thousands wait in seemingly-endless lines in the hopes of seeing a physician at a free clinic. And some of those thousands may very well be Republicans.
With this in mind, the far-right apoplexy is counter-intuitive. Why would people who stand to benefit from health care reform literally take to the streets and threaten violence in opposition to legislation that would help them and their families? President Obama supports an approach to health care reform that emphasizes competition and choice, doesn't increase the deficit, and wouldn't raise middle class taxes ... and conservatives are comparing the plan to the Nazi Holocaust?
To fully appreciate the larger dynamic, it's important not to lump all opponents of reform together into one large group. We've heard many of the same arguments from a wide variety of activists, but different groups are fighting with different motivations.
I tend to see them in five distinct factions:
* The Partisans: If President Obama does what many presidents have failed trying to do, it will likely make him more popular and make his presidency successful. The Partisans care more about Republican gains than the national well being, so they're fighting to prevent a major Democratic victory because it would be a major Democratic victory. For an example, consider Bill Kristol's infamous admonition to Republican leaders.
* The Tin-Foil Hats: If reform passes, the government will kill their grandparents, create "death panels," lavish benefits on illegal immigrants, and mandate that ACORN volunteers live in their basement. The Tin-Foil Hats have active imaginations, and believe their own ridiculous conspiracy theories. They're likely to benefit from reform, but the voices in their head discourage them from believing it.
* The Wonks: The smallest of the groups, The Wonks are conservatives who actually care about substantive policy details, have read the proposals, and believe there are better ways to improve the system. They're looking for a meaningful policy debate, and are slightly embarrassed by their allies' dishonest temper tantrums, but The Greedy, The Partisans, The Tin-Foil Hats, and The Dupes have decided to ignore The Wonks. They don't scream at town-hall meetings and they don't show up for 9/12 strategy sessions.
A reader emailed me recently, saying, "I don't understand why the wingnuts are so angry." My suspicion is they're angry for different reasons, many of which will fade if/when Democratic policymakers manage to do the right thing.
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A Proposal: War Powers Act Should be Amended to Cover Drones, Libya-Style Wars
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Congress should update and amend the existing War Powers Act (WPA), passed in 1973 over Richard Nixon's veto, to cover future American military operations relying on drones instead of ground forces. Republican and Democratic House leaders seriously questioned President Obama's executive order for the war in Libya, but have not followed up with amendments to protect the crucial constitutional role of Congress -- and American voters -- in future decisions to go to war.
The Pentagon budget for Libya, submitted by Obama to Congress, included an initial outlay of $713.6 million for "military operations." The War Powers Act, however, requires the President to terminate any deployment within 60 to 90 days unless authorized by Congress.
Democrats like John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich were joined by Republicans like Speaker John Boehner, Walter Jones and Ron Paul in opposing the unilateral military action without Congressional approval.
The Obama team was internally divided in its rationale for the war, and has refused to disclose key internal legal documents. In their view, the War Powers Act applies only where there is "sustained fighting," an "active exchange of fire with hostile forces," or the deployment of ground troops. The US interpretation could be applied in present and future wars deploying only drone attacks without troops on the ground.
The Pentagon's own budget language for Libya included a plan to "find, fix, track, target and destroy regime forces;" "suppression of enemy air defense;" "occasional strikes by unmanned Predator UAVs against a specific set of targets;" and the utilization of massive refueling and intelligence assets on behalf of NATO forces.
The US claim that these military operations were devoted only to the protection of civilians has nothing to do with the requirements of the WPA.
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Re[3]: Dative of extent of time?
Carl W. Conrad (
Thu, 22 Aug 96 14:10:03 MST
At 4:10 PM -0500 8/22/96, wrote:
>> >> Why dative here? AT Robertson discusses at some length the use of the
>> dative to express extent of time and ends up saying, "Certainly the
>> accusative is the most frequent idiom in the N.T. for the idea of extension
>> 14:9 WH have TOSOUTON XRONON in the text and put TOSOUTWi XRONWi in the
>> question 'how long?' is used instead of the accusative, contrary to
>> classical usage. Its position is secure, however, only with transitive
>> verbs along with scattered examples with the passive, while the acusative
>> is retained with intransitives." John 14:9 is apparently an exception, in
>> that TOSOUTWi XRONWi here appears with the intransitive verb EIMI. It
>> appears there is meager MS support for TOSOUTON XRONON (Vaticanus
>> included?); the dative must be original.<<
>Good observation Carl.
Ah--but see the response I just posted to Don Wilkins upon discovering that p66 and p75 have TOSOUTON XRONON. The accusative may be the original after all! (I make no assertions one way or the other).
This is the sort of thing that fascinates me: competing usages and transition from one phase of language to another. It's going on all the time and one can see it readily even in classical Attic, where we have future passives for BLAPTW as both BLAFQHSOMAI and BLABHSOMAI.
>Thanks for the feedback on the previous examples. Please disregard my
>investigative heart, but I did a search in the Septuagint to see if it had some
>examples. Would not Job 32:6 qualify also?
>LXT Job 32:6 u`polabwn de Elious o` tou Baracihl o`
>Bouziths eipen newteros men EIMI TWi XRONWi u`meis
>de este presbuteroi ...
>NIV Job 32:6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
>"I am young in years, and you are old; ...
>How about Jer 31:1 with ESOMAI?
>LXT Jeremiah 38:1 en TWi XRONWi ekeinw eipen kurios ESOMAI eis qeon tw genei
>NIV Jeremiah 31:1 "At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the God of
>all the clans of Israel,
But isn't the first of these a dative of respect qualifying the adjectives NEWTEROS? And the second is a locative usage with EN to indicate time WHEN, standard at all periods.
>The problem with GINOMAI is that there is the idiomatic EGENETO ("it came to
>be at that time..."), so I am unsure if it should be considered but cannot
>find a grammatical reason to disqualify it. Here is one example:
>LXT Genesis 26:1 egeneto de limos epi ths ghs cwris tou limou tou proteron os
>EGENETO en TWi XRONWi tw Abraam
>NIV Genesis 26:1 Now there was a famine in the land-- besides the earlier
>famine of Abraham's time--
This again is, I think, a locative dative of time WHEN. Found in every zoo. The rare bird is the dative of EXTENT of time, where an accusative might have been expected, at least in earlier Greek (and most of the time, apparently, even in Koine of the NT period. I suspect also that the Atticizing movement of the second century with its reversion to Attic usage among educated writers--coming along simultaneously with the spread of Christianity increasingly to better-educated people--may retard this development of a Dative of extent of time.
A fascinating problem.
Best regards, c
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Wolverine #72 Review
Logan faces the wrath of President Skull.
Mark Millar is a writer who loves big, bold concepts. I'm a reader who also loves big, bold concepts. Therefore, "Old Man Logan" has been a match made in comic book heaven. Given that the story is set in an alternate future where anything goes, Millar is really able to focus on the wildest, wackiest ideas possible. Sure, these ideas have often come at the expense of complex storytelling, but it's a trade I've been able to live with. Wolverine #72 is one of the most fun chapters of "Old Man Logan" yet, even if the actual reading time is still criminally short.
Last time, Logan and Hawkeye made it to New Babylon to deliver their cargo. As expected, the deal went bad and now Wolverine finds himself riddled with bullets, trapped all the way across the country from his family and facing the bloody vengeance of America's Commanding Chief. Did I mention that man in charge is the red Skull. Who else but Millar would cook up this stuff?
This issue opens with another revealing glimpse of the day the heroes died. We learn how Red Skull ascended to his position and how Captain America became the last to fall. Interestingly, this segment calls into question just who was wearing the Cap uniform that day. Millar seems to make it clear who the mystery person is, but you can never be too sure of anything in this strange little world. Flashing forward to the future, President Skull basks in the glow of his latest victory amid the trophies of his fallen enemies. It's quite the entertaining sequence, even if Skull is written a little strangely throughout. He's portrayed as oddly casual and, dare I say, middle American for someone who supposedly scared the pants off Hitler back in the day. Who would ever have expected Skull to relate anecdotes about his married life?
Naturally, it's only a matter of time before Skull and Wolverine clash, and it's here that the real show-stopping sequences unfold. Plenty of kudos go to artist Steve McNiven in this case. This issue doesn't feature anything as epic as the T-Rex chase or the drive through Pym Falls, but the level of detail and the cinematic way McNiven lays out his pages are just stunning. My personal favorite was a full-page spread that pays homage to a certain iconic Captain America cover. These issues may be terribly long in coming, but the art alone is always worth the wait.
This issue is a wild, crazy ride from start to finish. The final pages are some of the strongest of the entire story. At the same time, they lead me to wonder how Millar will be able to fill an entire Giant-Size issue. I have no choice but to assume the writer still has a few curve-balls to toss out before the end. Giant-Size Old Man Logan will probably be a quick read, just as the rest have been, but I have no doubt it'll serve as a worthy end-cap to "Old Man Logan". This isn't deep storytelling, but darned if it isn't entertaining every step of the way.
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I saw the memes SilverSoldier
Discussion in 'Mario Bros.' started by AVGNandNCfan, Mar 10, 2014.
1. AVGNandNCfan
AVGNandNCfan Noob
Feb 5, 2012
That's pretty cute but there's a few problems with them, one says something like " You dare criticise my movie? You must die" as if to say I don't take criticism, actually I do, I respect peoples' opinions on my ideas, but stating Nintendo ' s facts is NOT CRITICISM, I am aware that Nintendo always receives Mario movies, but I don't care I'm just posting my ideas for fun, and also some of the memes completely missed the point of my movie, just because I'm putting emotional moments in it doesn't mean it sounds like a PG-13 or R movie, you don't know me personally, so what's the point of making a meme on someone you don't know? I mean seriously you act like writing a Mario movie is outlawed, I never said my movie is better than others, oh and those memes that has me saying I'll show my penis, yeah, REAL mature
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jade empire fighting question?
Discussion in 'Jade Empire' started by metur69, Apr 11, 2006.
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1. legacyAccount
legacyAccount Old Account
Nov 10, 2011
i've been having this question lately, i''ve been thinking about buying jade empire, but i'm still a little confused about how the fighting system works. is it free fighting like fable is, or is like how kotor is where u tell ur guy how to fight? so if somebody could give me a description, that'd be awsome.
2. basstelle
basstelle Noob
Feb 7, 2004
It like a fighting game where you can pick styles.
You do all the fighting. Your moves are based off of whatever style you choose.
3. winter_fox
winter_fox Noob
Aug 21, 2005
Like basstelle said, You do all the fighting (button mashing). The menus are a little like Fable, with the D-Pad you may select your particular Style (Hand to Hand, Weapon or Magic) instead of items or expressions like Fable.
You level up and choose which stats you want to improve. You are only given a limited amount of points per level and must use them wisely. Which I like, you have to think before you spend them. You can train or obtain new styles through quests or by buying them.
There are several characters to choose from, including girls, and each has unique capabilities and are fully customizable. If you've played Fable this isn't that far a departure from the ease and use of the menus. It is Bioware and if you've played the KOTOR games you won't be lost, the menu is very much like KOTORs with followers and items and journals. You are also given three levels of difficulty to choose from, Student, Master and Grand Master.
This is just a beautiful game, well rendered with a really good story and game play to match. Try renting it first, you'll be hooked, and then you can buy it if you're worried about blowing money on something you won't like.
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix (fālēksˈ ōfwāˈ-bwäˈnyə) [key], 1905–93, African political leader, president (1960–93) of Côte d'Ivoire. Descended from wealthy Baoule chieftains, he practiced medicine (1925–40) in Côte d'Ivoire and then entered government service. At the Bamako Conference (1946) he was elected chairman of the newly formed African Democratic Rally, subsequently a powerful force in African politics. As minister delegate (1956–57), he helped form French colonial policy. In 1958, when Côte d'Ivoire became a self-governing republic, Houphouët-Boigny was president of the constituent assembly. He became prime minister in 1959 and president of the republic in 1960. In 1990 he was elected to his seventh five-year term and for the first time with the participation of legal opposition parties. His political longevity may have been due to the relative economic prosperity induced by his policies of slow Africanization, encouragement of foreign investment, and French aid.
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Isaiah Chapter Index
Isaiah Institute Translation by Avraham Gileadi Ph.D.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
The end-time restoration of Zion/Jerusalem contrasts Jehovah’s judgment of the world at his coming.
Chapter 3
Wickedness in society leads to anarchy, internal collapse, destitution, and invasion by enemies.
Chapter 4
In his Day of Judgment Jehovah preserves alive those whose names are inscribed in the Book of Life.
Chapter 5
Jehovah’s vineyard yields bad fruit, leading to Assyria’s invasion and covenant curses on offenders.
Chapter 6
Jehovah appears to Isaiah in the temple and sends him as a prophet to warn of imminent judgments.
Chapter 7
King Ahaz’ transgression of the terms of his covenant leads to a hostile world power gaining supremacy.
Chapter 8
A new Flood in the form of Assyria’s world conquest awaits all but those who find refuge in Jehovah.
Chapter 9
A fiery holocaust engulfs the land as leaders and people apostatize and Jehovah empowers his servant.
Chapter 10
Jehovah appoints the king of Assyria to despoil and destroy the wicked of his people and the nations.
Chapter 11
As an ensign to the nations Jehovah’s servant gathers a remnant of Israel and Judah in a new exodus.
Chapter 12
Songs of Salvation and exultation follow Jehovah’s deliverance of a remnant of his people in Zion.
Chapter 13
The Assyrian alliance destroys the wicked world that is Babylon as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Chapter 14
The king of Assyria/Babylon conquers the world and ascends the heavens but his soul descends to Hell.
Chapter 15
Moab, a kindred people, suffers calamity in Jehovah’s Day of Judgment, their prayers to no avail.
Chapter 16
Moab’s prideful people receive three years’ warning before Jehovah destroys them and their land.
Chapter 17
Disaster overtakes the people of Ephraim and their allies for forgetting Jehovah and loving idols.
Chapter 18
People’s dread of Assyria’s world conquest is unfounded as Jehovah has prepared a way of escape.
Chapter 19
Although the world’s superpower Egypt suffers internal collapse, Jehovah delivers his covenanters.
Chapter 20
Assyria subjugates the superpower Egypt after Jehovah’s prophet–servant gives three years’ warning.
Chapter 21
Jehovah appoints a watchman to warn of Babylon’s imminent fall at the hands of the Assyrian alliance.
Chapter 22
Sports and amusement addicts suffer enemy invasion; Jehovah appoints his servant in place of another.
Chapter 23
Tyre, the world shipping empire with its magnates, comes to a sudden end in Jehovah’s Day of Judgment.
Chapter 24
Wickedness by the earth’s inhabitants leads to a cataclysmic destruction and collapse into chaos.
Chapter 25
Survivors of the earth’s catastrophic destruction sing praises when Jehovah does away with death.
Chapter 26
Unlike their oppressive rulers, the righteous survive the earth’s desolation while others resurrect.
Chapter 27
At his harvest of the earth’s wicked, Jehovah gleans out individually his people who bear good fruit.
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Unsealing the sealed Book of Isaiah overturns the learning of academics and exposes spiritual error.
Chapter 30
At Jehovah’s coming the rebellious suffer destruction but those who prove loyal enjoy deliverance.
Chapter 31
Those who trust in Egypt’s military might rely on an arm of flesh as Jehovah alone is all-powerful.
Chapter 32
Jehovah guides and protects the just but he turns the tables on perverse preachers and complacent women.
Chapter 33
Jehovah preserves the righteous at his coming but the wicked of his people and the nations burn up.
Chapter 34
The nations are slaughtered and their lands laid waste in Jehovah’s day of vengeance on behalf of Zion.
Chapter 35
At the new exodus to Zion the righteous regenerate and the desert blooms, heralding Jehovah’s coming.
Chapter 36
The king of Assyria invades many lands and lays siege to a remnant of Jehovah’s people in Jerusalem.
Chapter 37
As King Hezekiah intercedes on behalf of his people Jehovah delivers them from the besieging Assyrians.
Chapter 38
When interceding with Jehovah on behalf of his people against Assyria, Hezekiah suffers nearly to death.
Chapter 39
Upon his recovery from illness and Jehovah’s victory over Assyria, Hezekiah gains notoriety.
Chapter 40
Having spiritually ascended, Zion/Jerusalem declares good tidings to those who have yet to ascend.
Chapter 41
Jehovah’s righteous servant, who hails from the east, leads Jacob/Israel’s returnees in a new conquest.
Chapter 42
Jehovah’s appointing his servant as a light to the nations leads to a new exodus or to captivity.
Chapter 43
Jehovah’s people who repent of idolatry return in a new exodus from the four directions of the earth.
Chapter 44
Jehovah’s servant resembles Moses and Cyrus in dissuading people from idols and rebuilding the temple.
Chapter 45
Jehovah’s servant resembles David and Cyrus in restoring Jehovah’s people and routing their enemies.
Chapter 46
Jehovah sends his servant as a bird of prey to turn his errant people from idolatry to righteousness.
Chapter 47
The Harlot Babylon, who rules as Mistress of Kingdoms, descends into the dust in Jehovah’s Day of Judgment.
Chapter 48
Jehovah’s servant calls on Jacob/Israel to forsake its idols and return in a new exodus out of Babylon.
Chapter 49
Jehovah empowers his servant after he is rejected to restore his people and to implement their new exodus.
Chapter 50
Jehovah’s servant meets hostility from those who sell themselves, who light their way with mere sparks.
Chapter 51
Jehovah empowers his servant as an arm of righteousness to deliver his people in an exodus to Zion.
Chapter 52
Jehovah’s servant and Zion’s watchmen accomplish Zion’s restoration beginning with a new exodus.
Chapter 53
Jehovah’s descent phase as a sacrificial lamb (before his ascent as King of Zion) atones for transgressors.
Chapter 54
Jehovah’s millennial covenant is a composite of all covenants he made with his people and with individuals.
Chapter 55
As a witness and lawgiver to the nations, Jehovah’s servant mediates the new covenant with his people.
Chapter 56
Jehovah curses the blind watchmen of his people but exalts his servants who hold fast to his covenant.
Chapter 57
Jehovah gathers the righteous from among the wicked whose practices turn cultic and perverse.
Chapter 58
Relieving the oppressed and observing the Sabbath sanctify fast days and beget covenant blessings.
Chapter 59
Jehovah’s coming spells retribution for deceivers and predators but deliverance for those who repent.
Chapter 60
At the return to Zion of kings and peoples, Jehovah transforms the land and the millennial age begins.
Chapter 61
For having endured shame those whom Jehovah’s servant endows receive a twofold millennial inheritance.
Chapter 62
Zion/Jerusalem’s watchmen cry to Jehovah day and night as they prepare the way for Jehovah’s coming.
Chapter 63
At his coming, Jehovah takes vengeance on those whom he had redeemed but who yet rebelled against him.
Chapter 64
As Jehovah’s coming draws near, transgressors suffer for their misdeeds at the hands of their enemies.
Chapter 65
As the millennial age approaches, blessings and curses separate Jehovah’s servants from their oppressors.
Chapter 66
Cultic practices and persecution by ecclesiastical leaders coincide with Zion’s rebirth before Jehovah comes.
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Recommendation ITU-T X.521 | ISO/IEC 9594-7 defines a number of selected object classes and name forms which may be found useful across a range of applications of the Directory. An object class definition specifies the attribute types which are relevant to the objects of that class. A name form definition specifies the attributes to be used in forming names for the objects of a given class.
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New Cumulative Anti-Virus Database Update Released
26 Oct 2000
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The cumulative update includes a set of new features to help users combat existing and future virus threats. Among them are:
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02-21-2003, 05:20 PM
If anyone wants to set up matches between eachother in games, this is the place.
I'll play anyone at Battlefield 1942(Once the new patch is released) and I suppose I'll play UT2K3, but I have barely played it at all because of the server browser so I won't be overly good. I'll kick your butts at BF 1942 though:P.
02-21-2003, 05:35 PM
When I get things set up for myself.......we'll play. :)
Is there a demo of BF 1942? I think i'd like to play it a little before I decide to buy it. :)
02-21-2003, 05:39 PM
Ya there is, but note that the demo isn't patched up to date, so it will be laggier, more unbalanced, etc. The new patches are better, except for the tech bugs, which will be fixed soon(Actually I worked fine with the new patchs, but a mod triggered bad things in the patch that others were experiencing...its a long story). Its not as bad as I make it out to be, the new patch just makes(For me, not most people) the text all super bold so its hard to read. I could still play but I'm a perfectionist. So I wait.
I could train you if you like. I'm one of the best players I know- I'm techniclly only listed in the top 13% at www.bfstats.com but thats partially because I haven't played in a while- I'm often in the top 8%. But since its rated on teamplay, the poor sports who always join the winning team will be ranked higher. Also, people in good clans will be ranked higher, since their team will almost always win. So among clanless good sports I'm one of the best:). I won't be clanless once I develop some social skills but that could take a while.
Here's a starting tip: Medics rule. Most people run off and grab the Assault class because they have the best weapon, but medics can not only heal teammates, they can heal themselves too. So if you fight someone in assault you come away hurt, and unless theres a nearby med cabinet(And levels are large so there rarely will be, and this isn't the land of the magical floating health packs) they will be hurt in their next fight and probably lose. If your good enough to win each fight with medic, you can go forever without dieing- the other day I got 29 points and 21 kills before I died a single time, incredible in a game with no health packs(It would be easier to do in UT then in BF 1942. Espescially since you won't be a medic vs. multiple tanks in UT. Thats never a good situation).
02-22-2003, 01:40 AM
Hmm, I've been considering getting BF:1942 for awhile now...
I'll tell you what, Aerothorn, if I get it, do I qualify for training? :D
It'd be nice to know what I'm doing when I start a game.
02-22-2003, 12:23 PM
Yes. Infantry combat is pretty easy to get the hang off once you get accustomed to the semi realism(i.e. this is not UT 2003. Shooting the bazooka at an infanty person will kill them with a direct hit but it would be very hard to hit and would take forever to reload. Its made for anti tanks.). Driving tanks and ships is very intuitive too. The hardest part is getting used to flying- its not like flight sim hard, but it takes a little while to get used to, and you will be MUCH better if you use a joystick- its a pain to lug it off and on the keyboard area, but its worth it since I stand a chance against other joystick users.
The best thing though is there are enough different areas that you can totally stink in one area and still be quite good overall. I specilize in infantry combat and armor(tanks) myself.
My weakest points are probably sniping and flying(I'm an above average dogfighter, but its still probably weaker then my other points, except sniping). Sniping is very difficult because its not instaneneous like some games- it takes the bullet a second or so to hit the target so you gotta lead a little bit. Bullets also fall some. Can be quite difficult. A good sniper can rack up kills like crazy, though.
A good starting class is Assault. Once you get better you'll want to move to Medic most likely, though there are situations where you'll want to use Assault. Anti tank is only good if your expecting to go up against enemy tanks, and even then you'll need protection from infantry. Engineer can do a lot of stuff, its very versatile, so if your expecting to go against ground vehicles hes your man(He can lay mines, set up explosive tracks that he can exlpode at the press of the plunger, repair vehicles, and has a sniper rifle without the scope).
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Ethnic Cleansing: A decent reason to send in the troops?
Ethnic Cleansing, Mass Rapes, Concentration Camps.... why is it that we never have any media coverage or mass support for sending in troops to sort out situations like this, but people are quite happy to go after two-bit dictators like saddam?
30,000 to 1million people are expected to die depending on how quickly aid gets in. Does anyone remember Clinton going to rwanda and appologising and saying something like that should never happen again.
It is being called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Arab militia men have driven an estimate one million black Sudanese villagers from their homes and there have been massacres on an unknown scale.
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And I don't want to extract everything and run all of them through MDL Ops, and import all of them into Max... I get enough errors as it is importing one mesh, since my version of NWMax doesn't match my copy of 3DS Max.
Just a thought.
Hi! That's a good idea. However to simply watch a modell, you do not need 3DSmax nor other 3D editing tool.
I posted a simple post about using MDL viewer for the work.
You still need MDLops though. However kotor tool has a more up to date version of mdlops built in that I could find for download. So I suggest, you should just try to extract the stuff you want with KotorTool. So you do not need MDLops at all.
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Its the siege gametype why I keep playing Jedi Academy. I have not yet found any other game with similar enough gametype. I don't care if it's Star Wars, I haven't seen any of the movies (really) and JKJA was the first SW game I ever played (I like Battlefront 2 too).
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Magnification box for scroll panel
hbox = immagbox(hparent,himage)
hbox = immagbox(hparent,himage) creates a Magnification box for the image displayed in a scroll panel created by imscrollpanel. hparent is a handle to the figure or uipanel object that will contain the Magnification box. himage is a handle to the target image (the image in the scroll panel). immagbox returns hbox, which is a handle to the Magnification box uicontrol object
A Magnification box is an editable text box uicontrol that contains the current magnification of the target image. When you enter a new value in the magnification box, the magnification of the target image changes. When the magnification of the target image changes for any reason, the magnification box updates the magnification value.
API Functions
A Magnification box contains a structure of function handles, called an API. You can use the functions in this API to manipulate magnification box. To retrieve this structure, use the iptgetapi function.
api = iptgetapi(hbox)
The API for the Magnification box includes the following function.
Sets the magnification in units of screen pixels per image pixel.
where new_mag is a scalar magnification factor. Multiply new_mag by 100 to get percent magnification. For example if you call setMagnification(2), the magnification box will show the string '200%'.
Add a magnification box to a scrollable image. Because the toolbox scrollable navigation is incompatible with standard MATLAB® figure window navigation tools, the example suppresses the toolbar and menu bar in the figure window. The example positions the scroll panel in the figure window to allow room for the magnification box.
hIm = imshow('pears.png');
hSP = imscrollpanel(hFig,hIm);
hMagBox = immagbox(hFig,hIm);
pos = get(hMagBox,'Position');
Change the magnification of the image in the scroll panel, using the scroll panel API function setMagnification. Notice how the magnification box updates.
apiSP = iptgetapi(hSP);
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Create a Simple Model
Model Overview for This Tutorial
You can use Simulink® to model a system and then simulate the dynamic behavior of that system. The basic techniques you use to create the simple model in this tutorial are the same techniques that you use for more complex models.
To create this simple model, you need four Simulink blocks:
• Sine Wave — Generates an input signal for the model.
• Integrator — Processes the input signal.
• Bus Creator — Combines the input signal and processed signal into one signal.
• Scope — Visualizes the signals.
Simulating this model integrates a sine wave signal to a cosine signal and then displays the result, along with the original signal, in a scope window.
Open the Simulink Library Browser
From the Simulink Library Browser, you can create a model (block diagram) and search for blocks that you want to use in your model. You need MATLAB® running before you can open the Simulink Library Browser.
1. From the MATLAB Toolstrip, click the Simulink Library button , or in the Command Window, enter
A short delay occurs the first time you open the Simulink Library Browser.
Browse or Search for Specific Blocks
To browse through the block libraries, select a MathWorks® product and a functional area in the left pane. Alternatively, you can search all of the available block libraries at once.
1. Search for a Sine Wave block. In the search box on the browser toolbar, enter sine, and then press the Enter key. Simulink searches the libraries for blocks with sine in their name, and then displays the blocks.
2. Get detailed information about a block. Right-click a block, and then select Help for the <block name>. The Help browser opens with the reference page for the block.
3. View block parameters. Right-click a block, and then select Block Parameters. The block parameters dialog box opens.
Open a New Model in the Simulink Editor
In the Simulink Editor, you can build and simulate models of your system. You need the Simulink Library Browser open before you can create a Simulink model.
1. From the Simulink Library Browser toolbar, click the New Model button . A Simulink Editor window opens with a new block diagram.
2. Select File > Save as. In the File name text box, enter a name for your model. For example, enter simple_model, and then click Save.
Simulink saves your model with the file name simple_model.slx.
Add Blocks to a Model
You build models by dragging blocks from the Simulink Library Browser window to the Simulink Editor window or single-clicking your model and entering a search term.
To build a model, begin by copying blocks from the Simulink Library Browser to the Simulink Editor.
1. In the Simulink Library Browser, select the Sources library.
2. From the right pane, select the Sine Wave block.
3. Drag the Sine Wave block to the Simulink Editor. A copy of the Sine Wave block appears in your model.
4. Add a Scope block using this alternative procedure:
1. Click within the block diagram.
2. After the search icon appears, type scope, and then from the list, select Scope.
5. Add the following blocks to your model, using the approach that you used to add the Sine Wave and Scope blocks.
Signal RoutingBus Creator
Your model now has the blocks you need for the simple model.
Move and Resize Blocks
Before you connect the blocks in your model, arrange them logically to make the signal connections as straightforward as possible.
1. Move the Scope block after the Bus block output. You can either:
• Click and drag a block.
• Select the block, and then press the arrow keys on your keyboard.
2. Move the blocks until your model looks similar to the following figure.
Simulink Block Connections
After you add blocks to your model, you can connect them with lines. The connecting lines represent signals within your model.
Most blocks have angle brackets on one or both sides. These angle brackets represent input and output ports:
• The > symbol pointing into a block is an input port.
• The > symbol pointing out of a block is an output port.
Draw Signal Lines Between Blocks
Connect the blocks by drawing lines between output ports and input ports.
1. Position the cursor over the output port on the right side of the Sine Wave block.
The pointer changes to a cross hair (+) while over the port.
2. Click, and then drag a line from the output port to the top input port of the Bus block.
While you are holding down the mouse button, the connecting line appears as a red dotted arrow.
3. Release the mouse button when the pointer is over the output port.
4. Connect the output port of the Integrator block to the bottom input port on the Bus Connector block using this alternative procedure:
1. Select the Integrator block.
2. Press and hold the Ctrl key.
3. Click the Bus Connector block.
The Integrator block connects to the Bus Connector block with a signal line.
Note: The Ctrl+click shortcut is useful when you are connecting widely separated blocks or when working with complex models.
5. Connect the Bus Connector block to the Scope block by aligning ports:
1. Click and drag the Scope block until its input port is aligned with the Bus Connector output port. A light blue line appears between the ports.
2. Release the mouse button, and then click the blue line to create a black signal line.
Draw Branched Signal Lines
Your simple model is almost complete. To finish the model, connect the Sine Wave block to the Integrator block. This connection is different from the other connections, which all connect output ports to input ports.
1. Hold down the Ctrl key.
2. Position the cursor where you want to start a branch line. Click, and then drag the cursor away from the line to form a dotted-red line segment.
3. Drag the cursor to the Integrator input port, and then release the mouse button.
The new line, called a branch line, carries the same signal that passes from the Sine Wave block to the Bus block.
4. Drag line segments to straighten and align with blocks. Your model is now complete.
Define Simulation Parameters
Before you simulate the behavior of a model, define the simulation parameters. Simulation parameters include the type of numerical solver, start, and stop times, and maximum step size.
1. From the Simulink Editor menu, select Simulation > Model Configuration Parameters. The Configuration Parameters dialog box opens to the Solver pane.
Tip Alternatively, you can open the Model Configuration Parameters dialog box by clicking the parameters button on the Simulink Editor toolbar.
2. In the Stop time field, enter 20. In the Max step size field, enter 0.2.
3. Click OK.
Run Simulation
After you define Model Configuration Parameters, you are ready to simulate your model.
1. From the Simulink Editor menu bar, select Simulation > Run.
The simulation runs, and then stops when it reaches the stop time specified in the Model Configuration Parameters dialog box.
Tip Alternatively, you can control a simulation by clicking the Run simulation button and Pause simulation button on the Simulink Editor toolbar.
Observe Simulation Results
After simulating a model you can view the simulation results in a Scope window.
1. Double-click the Scope block.
The Scope window opens and displays the simulation results. The plot shows a sine wave signal with the resulting cosine wave signal.
2. From the Scope block toolbar, click the Parameters button . Select the Style tab. The Scope Parameters dialog box displays figure editing options.
3. Change the appearance of the figure. For example, select white for the figure color and axes background color (icons with a pitcher).
4. Select black for the ticks, labels, and grid colors (icon with a paintbrush).
5. Change the signal line colors for signal 1 to blue and for signal 2 to green. To see your changes, click OK.
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Natural Light. It's all we could afford in college, so to really get in the spirit, throw back a couple Natty Lights if you can find them. Food? Who could afford food? Swing by Taco Bell at 2 a.m.
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Date: March 30, 2001 01:48AM
I've had this cd in my collection for years...bought it for .59. Anyways, haven't really given it a listen in a while but I'll be damned if this ain't some very good melodic rock!
Anyone know whatever happened to these guys?
I found one website at http://www.gsmith.com/tonto.html but doesn't really have much to say.
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MetaFilter posts tagged with UK and war Posts tagged with 'UK' and 'war' at MetaFilter. Wed, 06 May 2015 17:12:04 -0800 Wed, 06 May 2015 17:12:04 -0800 en-us 60 I said, hey, you’re good at combat and people need you here; why not go? Many American, <a href="">Canadian</a>, and <a href="">British</a> military veterans opposed to the actions of ISIS in Iraq have been, <a href="">individually</a>, going over to fight with the Kurdish Peshmerga for some time now, bringing thousands of dollars of military gear and irreplaceable training. There have been <a href="">so many of them fighting</a> that<a href=""> the Peshmerga are now actively recruiting</a> military veterans <a href="">online</a>. Not to be internet-outdone, military<a href=""> veterans</a> have begun investigating forming <a href="!joining/ca4o">units of their own</a> to <a href="">fight ISIS</a> -including notable and controversial science-fiction author<a href=""> John Ringo</a>, who suggested <a href="">trying to crowdfund for 'a brigade of soldiers'.</a> <blockquote>A former U.S. Marine, who recently flew to the Kurdish region, described his travel. “When I arrived they were giving me a hard time at the airport because of all the gear I had brought. So, I lied. I flashed an old reserve ID I still had and told them I was on orders. It worked. That was three weeks ago.”</blockquote>,2015:site.149431 Wed, 06 May 2015 17:12:04 -0800 corb "Frankly, I had enjoyed the war." <a href="">Adrian Carton de Wiart: The unkillable soldier</a>,2015:site.145891 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:26:46 -0800 fearfulsymmetry Worse than a Defeat The British army is back in Warminster and its other bases around the country. Its eight-year venture in southern Afghanistan is over. The extent of the military and political catastrophe it represents is hard to overstate. It was doomed to fail before it began, and fail it did, at a terrible cost in lives and money. <a href="">How bad was it? In a way it was worse than a defeat, because to be defeated, an army and its masters must understand the nature of the conflict they are fighting. Britain never did understand, and now we would rather not think about it. (SLLRB)</a>,2014:site.145263 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:35:19 -0800 Jakey to end all wars <a href="">First world war – a century on, time to hail the peacemakers</a></br> "On the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, we should remember those who tried to stop a catastrophe" <blockquote>We will be asked to do a lot of commemorating over these next four and a half years, but whom and what should we commemorate, and in what spirit? Today most people would surely agree that the war of 1914-1918 was not fought for the lofty motives that each side claimed, and that we all would be better off if it had not been fought at all. Before he died, Harry Patch, the last surviving British veteran of the war, said it best: "It was not worth even one life." Yet all the traditional ways we remember wars make little space for this feeling. ...Of course we should remember the dead, especially those whose lives were tragically cut short in their youth. But there is a vast difference between honouring the memory of a family member and honouring the cause for which he died. The customary ways of looking back on war too easily allow us to confuse the two: military cemeteries with the gravestones in ranks like soldiers on parade, parades themselves, statues (which are almost invariably of generals), and war museums and their exhibits of tanks, planes, machine guns, artillery pieces and other technology for meting out death. Let us remember the dead, yes, in these years ahead, but let us also remember the men and women who recognised the war for the madness it was and did all they could to stop it... Why is there no blue plaque outside Pentonville prison, where Morel served six months at hard labour, honouring the other war resisters locked up there as well? Every leading country in north America and Europe has spruced up its war museums for these anniversary years, but why are there so few museums about those who fought for peace?</blockquote> *(<a href="">letters of reaction</a> to the Guardian on this piece) <a href="">WW1 Conscientious Objectors on Postcards</a> <blockquote>During the Great War, the conscientious objector (C.O.) was a perfect subject for ridicule and fun on picture postcards... Many of the 1,000 or so conscientious objectors who did go to prison did not suffer in silence. They were usually committed, articulate and clear-headed men and picture postcards were among the methods they used to get their message across to the public... In 1916, a Field Service Post Card almost certainly saved the lives of 16 conscientious objectors... It is not known whether the "Richmond Sixteen" card still exists, but below is an example of how a FSPC should have been filled in and an example of how Brocklesby is believed to have coded the card which saved their lives.</blockquote> *<a href="">Conscientious objectors in prison</a>: the story of the Richmond Sixteen *British suffragist <a href="">Emily Hobhouse & the "Open Christmas Letter"</a> *on Edmund Dene Morel, "Britain's leading investigative journalist" - <a href="">Campaign for peace turned former hero into public enemy No 1</a> *Guardian "From The Archive" - <a href="">19 March 1917: A question of principle</a>: Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, and essayist, dares to speak out against conscription as more British men are sent to fight in the Great War (1914–18) *BBC - <a href="">WW1: The conscientious objectors who refused to fight</a> *Mirror UK - <a href="">The World War I conscientious objectors who were worked to death in labour camps, jailed and tortured</a> *Morning Star - "<a href="">...the too-often forgotten story of the early conscientious objectors who helped shape today’s peace movement</a>" <a href="">Pacifism and Conscientious Objection</a> (overview & stats from the British Library "during World War One in Britain, the US, Canada and New Zealand") *<a href="">What happened to conscientious objectors during World War One</a> - "Here in Australia, the First World War conjures up the image of the ANZACs—young men volunteering and travelling across the globe to serve the nation. There is, however, another side to the story—what happened to those who didn’t volunteer. Annabelle Quince explores the brutality directed at conscientious objectors." *<a href="">Conscientious objection in the First World War</a> - "As a nation, New Zealand took a full part in the First World War. More than 100,000 New Zealanders served overseas, and there was strong support for the war on the home front. But there were also people who opposed the war, for political, religious or moral reasons. Some of these people – conscientious objectors – paid a heavy price for their stance." *<a href="">Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objectors in Canada during the First World War (review)</a> & <a href="">Google Books link to the book</a> *<a href="">Conscientious Objectors in the Context of Canadian Peace Movements</a> <small>(PDF)</small> *<a href="">Conscientious Objection in America</a> *<a href="">Remembrance Sunday: Quakers Say Conscientious Objectors Should Be Honoured Too</a> & <a href="">Quakers to stage 'White Feather Diaries', a series of national events to honour WWI's conscientious objectors</a> (social media project at <a href=""></a>) Colossal - <a href="">888,246 Ceramic Poppies Surround the Tower of London to Commemorate WWI</a> (on Mashable, <a href="">more photos</a>) The American Scholar - <a href="">‘I Tried to Stop the Bloody Thing’</a>: "In World War I, nearly as many British men refused the draft—20,000—as were killed on the Somme's first day. Why were those who fought for peace forgotten?" (long essay/excerpt from Hochschild's book discussing Keir Hardie & Bertrand Russell, among others) NPR: <a href="">The Human Toll Of The War 'To End All Wars'</a> (author interview; <i>Fresh Air</i> audio <small>~38 min.</small>, written highlights, link to excerpt of book) Counterfire - <a href="">To End All Wars: How the First World War Divided Britain</a> (book review) <blockquote>Adam Hochschild has written a readable and gripping account of the prelude to war, and the political and military decisions which accompanied it. He goes through the prosecution of the war itself, highlighting the almost unbelievable slaughter visited on the young men of Europe and of its empires. He also pays a great deal of attention to those who opposed the war and spells out the severe and sometimes deadly consequences for those who did so. It is particularly relevant given the 100 year anniversary of the start of the war next year, and the attempts by government and the establishment to present a certain view of the conflict. The agenda seems to be this: encourage local activity which stresses commemorating the dead, and where people find out local history and family links to the war, but avoid dealing with any criticism about how the war was conducted. In particular, the Ministry of Defence is apparently worried that the generals who decided the often disastrous strategies, especially Douglas Haig, will come in for too much criticism. This fear should be well founded, for the generals of the First World War deserve bitter criticism...</blockquote> <a href="">Britain entering first world war was 'biggest error in modern history'</a> "Historian Niall Ferguson says Britain could have lived with German victory and should have stayed out of war" <small>(<a href="">previously</a>)</small> Western Morning News - <a href="">Is act of remembrance losing its original 'never again' sentiment?</a> Green Left - <a href="">Lest we forget why Anzac Day glorifies war</a> Simon Jenkins - <a href="">Germany, I apologise for this sickening avalanche of first world war worship</a> No Glory - <a href="">How to stop the commemoration of World War One becoming a justification for future wars</a> "The more the dead and injured of the First World War are forgotten in a rush of chauvinistic nostalgia, the more likely it is that dead will pile up in future conflicts. This is not just a battle to remember the past correctly. It’s about political priorities in the present. It’s about keeping the peace in the future." Guardian UK - <a href="">Echoes of 1914: are today's conflicts a case of history repeating itself?</a> The Atlantic - <a href="">Just How Likely Is Another World War?</a> Assessing the similarities and differences between 1914 and 2014 <small>previously: <a href="">Debs Quixote</a> & <a href="">the pacifists who went to war; violence and pacifism in a world of war</a></small>,2014:site.141632 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:36:34 -0800 flex 100 Not Out When British forces pull down the union jack for the last time in Afghanistan this year, it will be a hugely symbolic moment. It is not just that the departure marks the end of 13 years of British involvement in combat in that troubled country. The surprise is that it could also signal the end of a century or more of unbroken warfare by British forces. <a href="">Next year may be the first since at least 1914 that British soldiers, sailors and air crews will not be engaged in fighting somewhere.</a> An <a href="">interactive timeline</a> of Britain's 100 years of conflict <em>"There is no guarantee there will not be any action in 2015."</em>,2014:site.136630 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:45:03 -0800 Jakey Fettering discretion Yesterday the <a href="">House of Commons</a> and the <a href="">House of Lords</a> debated a response to Syria's use of chemical weapons. The government <a href="">lost the debate</a> and the commons rejected military action. David Cameron said "<em><a href="">the British Parliament, reflecting the views of the British people, does not want to see British military action. I get that, and the Government will act accordingly.</a>.</em>" A <a href="">government MP</a> explains why she voted against and Charles Stross makes a suggestion for what could be done (<a href="">distributing gas masks, field decontamination showers, NAAK kits, and medical resources to everyone in the conflict zones</a>),2013:site.131475 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:43:43 -0800 Gilgongo TP-AJAX In 2011, the CIA declassified documents admitting its involvement in the 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's elected government and installed Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, details of which were first <a href="">first disclosed by the New York Times</a> in 2000. <a href="">Timeline</a>. However, <a href="">they refused to release them to the public</a>. Today, the National Security Archive research institute has (after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit) obtained and made the 21 documents public. "Marking the sixtieth anniversary of the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, the National Security Archive is today posting recently declassified CIA documents on the United States' role in the controversial operation. American and British involvement in Mosaddeq's ouster has long been public knowledge, but <a href="">today's posting includes what is believed to be the CIA's first formal acknowledgement that the agency helped to plan and execute the coup</a>. Iran Chamber Society: <a href=""> A short account of 1953 Coup. Operation code-name: TP-AJAX</a>. Documentary: <a href="">The Last Shah</a> (youtube) <strong>Previously on Metafilter</strong> * <a href="">A brief history of modern Iran</a> * <a href="">Iran endorses Bush</a> * <a href="">U.S. suffocating reform in Iran?</a> * <a href="">another riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma</a> * <a href="">Everything you know about U.S. involvement in Iran is wrong</a>,2013:site.131094 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:24:22 -0800 zarq Operation Overlord <a href="">PhotosNormandie</a> is a collaborative collection of more than 3,000 <a href="">royalty-free</a> photos from World War II's Battle of Normandy and its aftermath. (Photos date from June 6 to late August 1944). The main link goes to the photostream. You can also peruse <a href="">sets</a>, which include 2700+ images from the <a href="">US</a> and <a href="">Canadian</a> National Archives.,2013:site.126148 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:21:02 -0800 zarq Documentary mistakes videogame footage for genuine terrorist footage Last night, British ITV broadcasted "<a href="">Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA</a>", a documentary which included this <a href="">1988 Provisional IRA footage</a> the filmmakers found on YouTube. Unfortunately, the footage is actually and <a href="">blatently</a> from videogame <a href="">ArmA 2</a>. ITV has stopped streaming the documentary.,2011:site.107835 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:09:36 -0800 East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 Keep Calm, But Cease and Dissist On the 25th March 2011, <a href="">Mark Coop of 'Keep Calm and Carry On LTD'</a> registered a trademark of the words <a href="">Keep Calm and Carry On</a> in an attempt to take control of the very British and <a href=",or.r_gc.r_pw.&cad=b">now very famous</a>, nostalgia invoking, wartime poster. The trademark has angered<a href=""> Barter Books</a> (who <a href="">discovered the poster</a>), <a href=""></a> (owners of an original poster) and Kerry Cade from <a href="">Simply Printing 4U</a> whose business was greatly affected by the trademark. Now, in true British Spirit, a group of wartime enthusiasts has come together in<a href=""> an attempt to overturn the trademark</a>. Leading expert on <a href="">Second World War propaganda posters</a> Dr Bex Lewis <a href="">wades in on the kerfuffle</a>. Original merchandisers <a href="">Yes No Maybe</a> also have their say. <a href="">Previously on MeFi</a>.,2011:site.107782 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:09:07 -0800 The Discredited Ape UK had official torture use policy. <a href="">UK's official use of torture policy.</a> For MI5 & MI6, special renditions: when to proceed knowing torture would be used during the interrogation. <a href="">and more at</a>,2011:site.106204 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:42:54 -0800 maiamaia "The Third Way of COIN: Defeating the Taliban in Sangin" <a href="">100 Firefights, Three Weeks: Inside Afghanistan's Most Insane Fight</a> <i><blockquote>"In its first three weeks in Afghanistan’s Sangin district, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines got into more than 100 firefights and sustained 62 casualties. The insurgents managed to negate the Marines’ night-vision gear, and rendered their traditional close-combat tactics useless. Things got so bad, the 3/5’s superior officers even suggested pulling their troops back. That didn’t happen. Instead, the 3/5 went after the militants, hard. When the 3/5 came home, they told counterinsurgency historian <a href="">Mark Moyar</a> all about their deeply unconventional approach to what was already an unconventional war."</blockquote></i> This is an excerpt in Wired of Moyar’s <a href="">74-page after action report</a>. <small>(pdf)</small> The Military Times' Battle Rattle blog has posted somewhat extensively on <a href="">Sangin.</a> The Guardian <a href="">embedded a reporter</a> with British paratroopers fighting in Sangin back in 2006. <a href=",,2068959,00.html">More</a>.,2011:site.105447 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:52:12 -0800 zarq Brown And Also Blue <a href="">VE and VJ Day, in London. In Colour.</a>,2011:site.103297 Sun, 08 May 2011 21:29:18 -0800 The Whelk A G.I.'s WWII Memoir Robert F. Gallagher served in the United States Army's 815th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Third Army) in the European Theater during WWII. He has posted his memoir online: <a href="">"Scratch One Messerschmitt,"</a> told from numerous photos he took during the war and the detailed notes he made shortly afterwards. From <a href="">"Side Effects of the Story"</a> <i><blockquote>"In the year 2007, I was approached by DWNY Productions, Inc. who was working on a movie called "Revolutionary Road" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, two of the leading movie stars of the day. The studio was interested in using pictures from my story taken in Paris during my trip to Nice, France in 1945 - see Chapter 27, Rest and Relaxation. We arranged a financial agreement and although I sold them ten pictures they used only one. In it, they transposed my face with that of Leonardo DiCaprio."</blockquote></i>,2010:site.97851 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:16:33 -0800 zarq This is not the time to send out a signal like this in some personal fucking sodcast <i>For quite some time, I’d wanted to make a screwball comedy. A fast-talking, wildly acclerating ensemble comedy that gets stupider and stupider. I never imagined it would be about a war, and inspired by a very recent war at that. But Simon, Jesse, Tony and I all felt that the more we found out about the dysfunction in Washington and the naivety in London leading up to the Iraq invasion, the more obvious it was that the only way to deal accurately and fairly with this topic was as a screwball comedy.</i> - The Oscar nominated script for <a href="">In The Loop</a>, with an introduction by writer Armando Iannucci.,2010:site.89189 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:51:12 -0800 Artw The sections of <a href=""></a> about The First Afghan War have <a href="">apparently been quoted verbatim in Al-Qaeda propaganda</a>. Site author, amateur historian John Mackenzie, told the press "It's exactly appropriate to use the account of the first Afghan war to point out the pointlessness of the current operations and the dangers that they run of a similar disaster," The National Army Museum's Julian Farrance: "They're ignoring the successes that Britain had in Afghanistan, and there have been many. The second Afghan war was concluded very much in Britain's favour and the third Afghan war was a total washout for the Afghans.",2009:site.77890 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:49:21 -0800 nthdegx When the Wind Blows <i>This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known. We shall bring you further information as soon as possible. </i> - The BBC <a href="">releases</a> its <a href="">script</a> for use in the event of <a href="">nuclear war</a>.,2008:site.75349 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:48:37 -0800 Artw James Hewitt Jr <a href="">The 'bullet magnet' is back.</a> <a href="">I can't believe that the British press kept a secret for so long</a> (10 weeks is a miniature eternity in journalist time). <a href="">It was supposed to last six months... </a>I also can't believe that the odious <a href="">Drudge</a> has broken yet another big story. <a href="">Was it all just a PR stunt?</a> I'm sorry for the lateness of this post. I really can't believe it didn't make the blue before this.,2008:site.69560 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:08:30 -0800 chuckdarwin Big man with a big heart does his part <a href="">Mark Wallinger</a> has <a href=",,2222003,00.html">won</a> the <a href="">Turner Prize</a> for '<a href=",,1990916,00.html">State Britain</a>' his recreation of <a href="">Brian Haw</a>'s Parliament Square <a href="">peace protest</a>. Although for the prize exhibition (this year <a href="">out of London</a> for the first time) Wallinger showed a <a href="">video of himself dressed in a bear costume</a>. The seems to be at least one <a href="">critic's choice</a> although <a href=",,2221724,00.html">not everyone agrees</a>. Wallinger had previously been short-listed for the prize in <a href="">1995</a> for work exploring his interest in horse racing. Although he is probably best know for the Christ sculpture '<a href=",8543,-10204720077,00.html">Ecce Homo</a>', and <a href=" ">religious themed videos</a> he has produced an eclectic set of work including a <a href="">TARDIS</a> <a href="">sculpture</a>.,2007:site.67200 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:26:54 -0800 fearfulsymmetry In the hollow of an unarmorial age <a href="">“Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry"</a> features the <a href="">in fact hale and hearty royal scion</a> "laid out before the Union Jack with pennies placed over his eyes and head rested on the Bible...Prone with his unfired gun still holstered, Prince Harry is represented clutching a bloodied flag of Wales, and holding to his heart a cameo locket of his late mother, Princess Diana, while a desert vulture perches on his boot...a bronze casting of Prince Harry’s 'severed ears' also set for display at the Trafalgar Hotel will be offered on eBay." <a href="">Via</a>.,2007:site.65469 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:23:59 -0800 Abiezer A soldier speaks out <a href=";sec=worldupdates">Chief of the General Staff General Sir Richard Dannatt</a> has given an interview to the<a href=""> Daily Mail</a> in which he says that the presence of British troops makes the security problems in Iraq worse . <a href="">The General </a>won the MC aged 22 in an action in Northern Ireland, so he presumably knows a thing or two about insurgency, never mind courage. Mr Blair has <a href="">agreed...</a>,2006:site.55513 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:07:56 -0800 A189Nut Spectre: Families of bereaved British servicemen to stand against pro-war politicians <a href=",,1837762,00.html">"Families of soldiers killed in Iraq launch party to challenge ministers"</a>. Reg Keys, father of a British serviceman killed in the Iraq War, stood directly against Tony Blair in his Sedgefield constituency as an independent candidate (see Wikipedia for a <a href="">brief summary of independent movements in the UK, USA and Canada</a>) in the 2005 UK election, taking 10% of the vote. A founder member of <a href="">Military Families Against The War</a>, he is also at the centre of a new political movement, Spectre, that aim to stand up to 70 members of bereaved families directly against pro-war government and cabinet members in the 2009 election, and each by-election before then. See also the Guardian's <a href=",,884056,00.html">Guide to anti-war websites</a>.,2006:site.53654 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:38:25 -0800 nthdegx Replacing Trident? The UK's role in nuclear proliferation <a href="">Replacing Trident?</a> Clare Short MP, former International Development Secretary for the UK Labour government, debates replacing trident and the UK's role in nuclear proliferation (and the world in general) with Michael Codner, Director of Military Science at the Royal United Services Institute. Scroll to the bottom for the mp3s.,2006:site.53231 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:52:59 -0800 nthdegx The David Kelly Conspiracy <a href="">New questions over the death of David Kelly.</a> Previously, on MeFi...[<a href="">1</a>][<a href="">2</a>][<a href="">3</a>][<a href="">4</a>]. <a href="">It's a theory</a>, that wants to explain the death of a Weapons Inspector who was involved in little problem concerning Weapons of Mass Destruction. And of course, one cannot link to the Daily Mail without a fondness for the <a href="">daily-mail-o-matic</a>.,2006:site.53223 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:51:28 -0800 gsb Silence is Broken <a href="">A Disturbance in the Blogosphere: Publishing the UK/US/Uzbekistan Torture Memo.</a> Braving arrest, <a href="">bloggers</a> have broken the UK’s law of silence with the truth about torture. Bloggers are mass publishing the leaked UK/US/Uzbekistan Torture Memos. The memos are from the correspondences of Craig Murray who was the United Kingdom's ambassador to Uzbekistan. These memos are evidence and a memorandum of record outlining the rendition and torture of US-arrested prisoners in Uzbekistan. <b><a href="">From Craig Murray's Memo</a>:</b> <i>12. On the usefulness of the material obtained, this is irrelevant. Article 2 of the [UN] Convention, to which we are a party, could not be plainer: "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." 13. <u>Nonetheless, I repeat that this material is useless – we are selling our souls for dross.</u> It is in fact positively harmful.</i>,2005:site.47919 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:51:50 -0800 Dunvegan
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Ponyo (G) ***
Ride a fairy-tale wave of fantasy.
Ponyo is a loose reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
By Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald
Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo isn't in the same league as the legendary Japanese animator's previous masterpieces (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro). But even minor Miyazaki towers over most feature-length cartoons aimed squarely at children (and children at heart).
A loose reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, Ponyo begins deep beneath the sea where a wizard (voiced by Liam Neeson) with a rock-star mane and androgynous features monitors the delicate balance among nature's various factions.
That balance is thrown askew when his daughter, a goldfish with a human face, sneaks away for a little exploration and becomes trapped inside a glass jar littering the ocean floor.
The fish (voiced by Noah Cyrus, Miley's little sister) is rescued by 5-year-old Sosuke (Frankie Jonas, younger sibling of the three famous Jonases), who plops the fish into a bucket of water, names it Ponyo and keeps it as a pet. But after the wizard tracks down Ponyo and returns her to her underwater home, she decides she liked living above the sea better, so she magically sprouts arms and legs and returns to Sosuke, this time in the form of a little girl.
The story sounds weird, and it is: Like many of Miyazaki's previous films, Ponyo is written from a child's perspective and with a child's sense of logic. There's no point in trying to figure out, say, what exactly the wizard is doing on the ocean floor or how a fish could will itself into human form after licking a drop of blood off Sosuke's thumb.
Miyazaki's films take the unexplainable for granted, suggesting there's much more to the world than we humans realize, and to think otherwise is to miss out on the magic that exists around us. Although early scenes in Ponyo suggest ecological underpinnings (there's a lot of emphasis on the polluted condition of our seas), the story quickly abandons that theme, opting instead for pure fairy-tale surrealism.
The Walt Disney Co. is doing its best to make U.S. audiences take note of Ponyo, which has already grossed $183 million around the world. The studio has rounded up an impressive voice cast to translate the film into English, including Tina Fey and Matt Damon as Sosuke's parents, Cate Blanchett as a goddess of the sea, and Lily Tomlin, Betty White and Cloris Leachman as the personable residents of a nursing home. It also is releasing the film on 800 screens -- the widest U.S. opening to date for a Miyazaki film.
American audiences haven't embraced the filmmaker with the enthusiasm of the rest of the world. Even though Spirited Away won the Best Animated Film Oscar in 2003, the movie only earned $10 million in the United States, compared to $264 million internationally, perhaps because Miyazaki shuns computer-generated imagery in favor of old-school, two-dimensional pen-and-ink cartoons, with cruder animation and little photorealistic detail (what, no 3D either?).
But Miyazaki's infinitely imaginative, lovingly rendered visions tickle the imagination in a way CGI cartoons can't. Ponyo is stuffed with the sort of indelible, fantastical images for which Miyazaki is revered: Ponyo running atop churning waves that look like giant fish; a city flooded by a micro typhoon as prehistoric creatures swim through its streets; barges and oil rigs piled high after the ocean level rises, and the moon begins to pull closer to Earth.
Even by Miyazaki standards, Ponyo makes less narrative sense than it should, and the pat ending is a bit of a letdown: The story doesn't reach a climax; it just stops. But the flat finale doesn't take away from the hypnotic spell the rest of the movie can weave on 5- or 50-year-olds. If you've never experienced a Miyazaki movie, here's your chance to try one. Come on in. The water's fine.
Voices: Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Matt Damon.
Writer-director: Hayao Miyazaki.
Producers: Toshio Suzuki, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steve Alpert.
A Walt Disney Pictures release. Running time: 100 minutes. No objectionable material. Playing at area theaters.
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007: Nightfire (Game Boy Advance)
007: Nightfire Screenshots
Game Boy Advance version
Title screen.
Main menu with some basic options.
The 1st mission will be in this big castle.
It's time to use your gun: go on!
Two basic equipments: a big heavy gun (or ammunition) and a cell phone. Yes, a cell phone!
Two enemy soldiers to shoot: which I must kill first?
Bond entered in the castle successfully!
Better leave these two talking calmly or its mission...
Superb target, Bond!
Don't kill Zoe! She's your pal...
Armed with a powerful "bazooka", you must use your skill and destroy this helicopter.
Mission finished! But if you not reached the necessary score...
Remember of this classic take?
Keychain Stunner in action.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-King (Windows)
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After Sauron's defeat in The Battle of the Last Alliance his most powerful servant called the Witch-King, Lord of the Nazgul fled to the Lands north of Misty Mountains. Over a thousand years have now past and the return of Sauron is near but before he can return once again to the world, the Witch-King needs to dominate the northern reaches of Middle-earth and defend his mighty stronghold against the forces of the Good.
In this add-on for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II it is your goal to lead the great armies of the Witch-King called the Angmar to victory. But there are also other mentionable additions and changes which come with this add-on:
All six factions from the main game now have access to new units and heroes like Prince Brand a Dwarven captain or the Uruk Deathbringers on the side of Isengard which are powerful two-handed swords-fighters.
The Create-A-Hero feature got a new class called Olog-hai which consists of three Troll subtypes now available for selection. There's also a new feature called "Variable Hero Cost" which allows you to not only customize the look and abilities but also the cost to build your hero as well.
The War of the Ring mode now has two new historical scenarios more and the world map got an overall update.
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Alternate Titles
• "魔戒：中土戰爭Ⅱ(資料片)：巫王的崛起" -- Taiwan title
• "Властелин Колец: Битва за Средиземье 2. Под знаменем Короля-чародея" -- Russian title
• "Ringarnas Herre: Slaget om Midgård II - Häxkungens Tid" -- Swedish title
• "Le Seigneur Des Anneaux: La Bataille Pour La Terre Du Milieu II: L'Avenement Du Roi Sorcier" -- French title
• "El Señor de los Anillos: La Batalla por la Tierra Media – El Resurgir del Rey Brujo" -- Spanish Title
• "Der Herr der Ringe: Die Schlacht um Mittelerde II - Aufstieg des Hexenkönigs" -- German title
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ActionTrip Dec 01, 2006 85 out of 100 85
PC Games (Germany) Dec 26, 2006 83 out of 100 83
GameZone Dec 12, 2006 8.3 out of 10 83
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) Dec 12, 2006 82 out of 100 82
GameSpy Dec 01, 2006 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
GameDaily Dec 07, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Worth Playing Mar 18, 2007 7.9 out of 10 79
Gamer Within Jan 16, 2007 7.9 out of 10 79
Gameguru Mania Feb 17, 2007 74 out of 100 74
FZ Jan 04, 2007 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
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Electronic Arts closed the game's online servers for the Windows version on 31st December 2010.
Sicarius (60996) added The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-King (Windows) on Dec 15, 2006
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Destroy All Humans! 2 (Xbox)
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Our "hero", Crypto 137, is back. Earth is under attack again in another alien invasion. The setting is now the '60s. You go around hunting Humans with your Zap-o-Matic, Ray Gun, or a new weapon. Occasionally there are probing missions where you can hypnotize a Human to do something to carry out your plans for the Furion Planet. There are also missions where you trick humans into being abducted by your ship.
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The age-old activity of bird-watching becomes even more meaningful during the Great Backyard Bird Count, an event which helps scientists gauge bird populations around the world.
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The Great Backyard Bird Count engages participants in taking a real-world snapshot of bird populations in different areas.
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Break out your binoculars and perch on your porches, folks, because the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) takes flight again soon. From Feb. 14 to 17, the Audubon Society and other sponsors invite bird-watchers worldwide to count the various species of birds they see and report their counts at Bird Source. Collectively, participants will provide a real-world snapshot of bird populations in different areas. While the GBBC is loads of feathery fun, it has a serious side, too.
Scientists use the counts recorded, along with observations from other citizen-science projects, to see what’s happening to bird populations — and, sadly, the outlook is worrisome. A 2007 Audubon report based on citizen-science data showed that the populations of 20 common North American birds had been cut in half in the past four decades. We can all participate in caring for and thinking about winged wildlife, and hopefully future springs the world over will not be silent, but alive with birdsong.
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According to Alain Bergala, a film essay is “a free film in the sense that is has to continuously invent its own form, which is only valid for it. The filme-essai emerges when someone tries - on their own and without any prior knowledge - to conceive of a subject which only becomes a subject when the film is made.” Thus, images in movement demonstrate that telling stories, as dictated by the industry, is not the only possible vocation. They can also generate the discussion of ideas and knowledge, which may have more value than what the demiurgic voice of traditional documentaries offers, provided they are embodied in the tentative poetic voice of experimental writing.
The existence of film essays is an intriguing and interesting idea, an old utopia already formulated in the 1940s by Hans Richter (Berlin, 1888 - Muralto, 1976) and Alexandre Astruc (Paris, 1923) and later glimpsed by André Bazin in some of the first films by the great film essayist Chris Marker. However, the genesis of the concept of the film essay and its undertaking have many other sources: the impulse from Godard and his process of distancing himself from conventional narrative film, contributions from auteur mavericks like Pier Paolo Pasolini (Bologna, 1922 - Rome, 1975) and Orson Welles (Kenosha 1915 - Hollywood, 1985), the influence of the lyric diary-films of avant-garde artist Jonas Mekas (Semeniškiai, 1922), the conversion of documentary making - especially in North America - into a performative mode in the first person and, finally, the growing interest among artists in the use of video as a medium to explore the world, resulting in the term video essay.
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TY - JOUR AU - Fernandez-Villaverde,Jesus AU - Rubio-Ramirez,Juan AU - Sargent,Thomas J. TI - A, B, C's (and D)'s for Understanding VARs JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Technical Working Paper Series VL - No. 308 PY - 2005 Y2 - June 2005 DO - 10.3386/t0308 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0308 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0308.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde University of Pennsylvania 160 McNeil Building 3718 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 267/307-1068 E-Mail: [email protected] Juan Rubio-Ramírez Duke University P.O. Box 90097 Durham, NC 27708 Tel: 9196601865 E-Mail: [email protected] Thomas J. Sargent Department of Economics New York University 19 W. 4th Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: 612/373-4383 Fax: 650/723-1687 E-Mail: [email protected] AB - The dynamics of a linear (or linearized) dynamic stochastic economic model can be expressed in terms of matrices (A,B,C,D) that define a state space system. An associated state space system (A,K,C,Sigma) determines a vector autoregression for observables available to an econometrician. We review circumstances under which the impulse response of the VAR resembles the impulse response associated with the economic model. We give four examples that illustrate a simple condition for checking whether the mapping from VAR shocks to economic shocks is invertible. The condition applies when there are equal numbers of VAR and economic shocks. ER -
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@techreport{NBERw0647, title = "Exchange Rate Behavior under Full Monetary Equilibrium: An Empirical Analysis", author = "John H. Makin", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "647", year = "1981", month = "March", doi = {10.3386/w0647}, URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w0647", abstract = {This paper aims to remedy difficulties with some extant empirical tests of the monetary approach to exchange rate determination. Four problems are addressed: explication of and allowance for real exchange rate changes; imposition of interest parity; use of the forward rate as an unbiased predictor of the spot rate; and modeling implications of official intervention in foreign exchange markets and of possible efforts to sterilize effects of intervention in the monetary base. Empirical tests conducted with monthly data on the dollar-DM exchange rate from March, 1973 -December,1979 do not permit rejection of the complex joint hypothesis represented by equations estimated to test the monetary approach. Still, there remained unexplained a large portion of the behavior of the dollar-DM exchange rate in the 1973-79 monthly sample employed. This result suggests that exchange rates may be viewed as prices determined in asset markets where a large and unsystematic flow of information, not captured by monetary or other variables, produces large, unsystematic movements.}, }
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Walkthrough v2.71 - Rockin N Deep
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Walkthrough
by Rockin N Deep Updated to v2.71 on
This walkthrough was originally written for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on the PS2, but the walkthrough is still applicable to the GC version of the game.
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+ + + + + FAQ/Walkthrough + + + + +
Lord Rings Fellowship Of The Ring: Based on the literary works of JRR
Produced by: Black Label Games (PS2)
Copyright of: Tolkien Enterprises
Walkthrough written by: Rockin N Deep (Max)
Walkthrough complete: 12/4/03
Walkthrough copyright of: Rockin N Deep
Contributors: Thanks to OberonOfAmber for the rings. Thanks to MikeyTatts
for looking it over.
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Just for the benfit of Matthew Cleve I have to add this sentence to prove
that this is my FAQ.
Feel free to send me your queries, add-ons, things I have missed out,
secrets and such things to I may have missed
out something which is quite likely.
+ + + + + CONTENTS + + + + +
1. Version History 6h. Bree
2. Introduction 6i. Amon Sul
3. Inventory 6k. Troll
4. Character Config 6l. Protect Frodo
4a. Frodo 6m. Troll Shaws
4b. Aragorn 6n. Rivendell
4c. Gandlaf 6o. Moria
5. Health, Corruption and Purity 6p. Hollin Gate
5a. Health 6q. Water Creature Octopus
5b. Corruption and Purity 6r. Mines of Moria- Labyrinth
6. Walkthrough 6s. Balrog- Abyss Fight
6a.The Shire 6t. Lothlorien Wood
6b. Avoid the Nazgul 6u. River Anduin-Orc Dam
6c. The Old Forest 6v. Amon Hen
6d. Tree Labyrinth 6w. The Last Battle-Nazgul
6e. Withywindle Path 7. Basic Enemies
6f. Barrow Downs 8. Game Weapons
6g. Barrow Wight 9. Saving
10. Plans
11.Quest List
1. + + + + + VERSION HISTORY + + + + +
0.5- 10/04/03- I've finished writing the walkthrough and all I need to do
now is type it up.
0.75-11/04/03- Done most of the walkthrough, just need to add character
config, health, corruption and purity, add the contents also I need to add
to the introduction.
1.0-12/04/03- Well I've finished my basic walkthrough- though I'm sure
that I'll be adding to it in the near future.
28/04/03-Gave permisson to Neoseeker and Cheatscc so they could host my FAQ.
1.01-28/04/03-Added my copyright to the FAQ which cleverly missed out.
1.11-01/05/03-Added the Gandalfs magic section.
1.61-01/05/03-Added ACSll art (thanks to Bizarre Freak)
2.11-02/05/03- Added updated ACSll art. I know the other didn't last long
but this one is better.(thanks to OberonOfAmber)
2.61-02/05/03- Added game weapons section.
2.71-08/05/03-Today I added the Saving and Plans sections.
2. + + + + + INTRODUCTION + + + + + +
Well this is my first walkthrough so don't judge me too harshly, though I
have done a few walkthroughs that haven't been published on the
internet. The main reasons I am doing this walkthrough are that- it's the
holidays there's nothing to do, I have no new PS2 games until I have the
money and I would like to pay back something to gamefaqs as it has
helped me through numerous tough spots.
The first thing you will notice is that the game is set on the book, not the
film, so obviously the characters will be different though this doesn't
excuse why Legolas has a Scottish accent or why they insist on calling
Gandalf, Gandolf... strange. Also the people who haven't read the book
will find some things in which are not in the film. Such as the OLD
FOREST. This is because the game is based on the book rather than the film-as
previously mensioned.
3. + + + + + INVENTORY + + + + +
To use your inventory press and hold R2 and select from the menu. All
the items and pick-ups which you collect in the game will be in your
inventory such as- lembas, weapons and The One Ring. Select the items
using up, down, left, right and the X button to select.
4. + + + + + CHARACTER CONFIG + + + + +
There are 3 playable characters in the game who you control and they are-
Aragorn and Gandalf. I will deal with all controls and good tactics in this
section for each character.
a. Frodo
Left analog stick To move Frodo-Lean forward slightly to sneak
Right analog stick Rotate camera
X button Jump
Square button Melee attack with either walking stick, dagger or Sting
O button Projectile attack (throw stones)
Triangle button Converse, action button
L1 Block
L2 This is the aim for the projectile attack
R1 Target lock
R2 Press and hold to access your inventory
Start button Pause/Unpause
Select Enter quest/map menu
b. Aragorn
Left analog stick To move Aragorn-Lean forward slightly to sneak
Right analog stick Rotate camera
X button Kick
Square button Melee attack with either Long sword or Anduril
O button Projectile attack (fire arrows)
Triangle button Converse, action button
L1 Block
L2 This is the aim for the projectile attack
R1 Target lock
R2 Press and hold to access your inventory
Start button Pause/Unpause
Select Enter quest/map menu
c. Gandalf
Left analog stick To move Gandalf-Lean forward slightly to sneak
Right analog stick Rotate camera
Square button Melee attack with Glamdring
O button Projectile attack (use magic)
Triangle button Converse, action button
L1 Block
L2 This is the aim for the projectile attack
R1 Target lock
R2 Press and hold to access your inventory
Start button Pause/Unpause
Select Enter quest/map menu
Spirit is how magic is generated when Gandalf's spirit bar is empty it
needs topping up with miruvor. Miruvor will return spirit to 100%
If you look n your inventory whilst you are the character Gandalf you will
be able to select the different types of magic which he posesses.These are-
+ + + + + GANDALF'S MAGIC + + + + +
*Fiery Blast*
Shoots out a jet of flame a a single target. Probably the most commonly
used magic on the game. Cost-
*Chain Lightning*
Blasts numerous targets at once. Wll attack all enemies within range.
The lightning jumps from target to target inflctng damage on each.
*Staff Stirke*
While surrounded by enemies,use staff strke to knock all enemies within
range to the ground, sometimes killing them. A ring of force is cast out.
Gandalf rises from the floor in blue light.This restores all of Gandalfs
health, though it takes time in dong so and you may get hit in the proccess.
Gandalf can make all enemies attack a single target, though this also
happens only within range.
For Gandalf and Aragorn the finishing attack (hit the opponent to the
ground, stand over their body and stab them through the heart) is a good
5. + + + + + HEALTH, CORRUPTION, PURITY AND DETECTION + + + + +
a. Health
Your health bar is situated in the top left hand corner. When the bar is
totally green the characters health is full. As the character loses health the
bar depletes. When the bar is empty the character will die. Though there
are numerous ways in which to regain health they are-
Mushrooms-These are the primary source of health early in the game put
the health meter up a small way.
Cram-This is a type of way-bread which puts up your health by about a
Lembas- A type of way-bread made by the elves restores around 3
quarters of health back.
Heal- In your inventory select heal and this will take your health up to
100%. Please note this only works with Gandalf.
b. Corruption and Purity
Every time you put on the ring your corruption will increase, when your
corruption bar is empty you will get the game over screen. There are two
corruption bars these are situated in the top right hand corner. One of
them is a gold bar and will move down the bar until you take off the ring.
The other will decrease, but it will fill up once you take off the ring,
though it won't fill up past the golden bar. If you earn purity the golden
bar will move back up the other bar. You can earn purity by helping
others an example of this is- saving the sheriff from the wolf. Though
when you are Gandalf this bar will be a spirit bar.
In the top left-hand corner you will notice an eye. This shows you how close
to detection by your enemies you are. When it is white you are out of sight of
your enemies. When it is yellow you are close to being spotted, and when it is
red you have been spotted by enemies. When red this is particularly perilous
when spotted by Nazgul as they will do their "Surrender the Ring" clip.
And so the walkthrough begins don't forget this is my first walkthrough
and it may be very bad. Tell me at the email address above.
6a. + + + + + THE SHIRE + + + + +
You will begin at your (Frodo) home and in case you hadn't noticed you
are a little hairy footed hobbit. Anyway the first quest which you
complete will appear once you have started the game, these are- "Find the
Bag End Deed", "Sell Bag End to Lobelia Sackville-Baggins" and "Get
the key to Bag End".
From your starting position go through the hole and turn right, on top of a
red chest should be the Bag End key, one quest done. Now turn around
and take your first right and then first right again. You will be in a room
in which is a red chest in here is the Bag End deed now u have two quests
Now leave Bag End and speak to Sam who will be outside, he will tell u
to meet Merry and Pippin at the Green Dragon Inn.
Now turn left and walk down the hill and follow the road which you
come to.Here you should run into the happiest person you wish to meet in
the form of Ted Sandyman. He will tell you that he has lost his pin for the
mill.Now hop onto the field to your right and follow it until you come to
the farmer, he will tell you that his weathervane is stuck. You can either
throw stones at it and dislodge it- or go round the back, climb the ladder
and dislodge it that way. The farmer wll reward you by giving you Ted's
missing pin.Now return this to Ted. He doesn't seem much more cheerful now
than he did before but that's him...
Now go past the mill and leave Hobbiton over the bridge and you will
come to Bywater. When you reach Bywater carry on straight until you
come to The Green Dragon ( the one with the wall around). Go in and
talk to Merry and Pippin who are over by the fireplace, they will tell you
to meet them at Farmer Maggots farm.
Now leave the Green Dragon and go forward through the market square
and turn right. Here Lobelia will be stood outside a house. Talk to her a
she wants you to ring the warning bell which is located in the market
square.Do this by either hitting the bell with your walking stick or by
throwing a stone at it. The sheriff Robin Smallburrow will come from the
inn and tell you that Lobelia is wrong.
Now go back and talk to Lobelia and sell her Bag End. Notice how she
doesn't pay you for Bag End? ...cheeky mare.
b. + + + + + AVOID THE NAZGUL + + + + +
You will now be told to go and collect the One Ring from Bag End, do
this now.
Once in Bag End the key is located in Frodo's bedroom. Take a left and
the key is in a red chest in the room in front of you.
Two quests will now appear telling you to give the Bag End key to
Master Gamgee and to take the Ring to Rivendell. Now leave Bag End
and turn right, walk along here and you will see one of the Nazgul talking
to Master Gamgee. Once the sequence is over and you have given the key
to Master Gamgee I strongly suggest that you SAVE the game as it is
easy to get caught by the Nazgul.
You must now leave Hobbiton without getting caught by the Nazgul. A
useful tactic which I used was every time I made progress I saved the
game. OK so here we go, by no means travel on the roads or put on the
Behind you is a hill climb to the top of it, here u can see the Nazguls
movements. On the road at the bottom of the hill is a Nazgul running
around. When it has run down road from left to right, go down over road
and onto a field, dot stop until u reach a fence. Now go over the road on
your right, go past the house and cross the road opposite you. Now you
should be in the field across from the mill. But don't just cross the bridge
as there is a Nazgul on the other side. Lure the Nazgul over the bridge
and up the road with rocks and while it is doing this make a run for it!
Cross the bridge and SAVE.
It is worth noting occasionally the Nazgul isn't waiting at the bridge.
Enter Bywater and you will see the sheriff being attacked by a wolf. Beat
the wolf to death with you're walking stick. Once this is done your purity
will be increased.
Now follow the path through Bywater and leave through the archway. A
little while down the road you will meet a pack of wolves- more than a
match for a solitary hobbit. You can either outrun them ( still following
path) or put on the Ring, but just go a short way before taking it of before
running the rest of the way to Green Hill Country.
Cross the Bridges and take the path down the hill. A short way down the
hill you will see another Nazgul. Now walk down the stream until u can
hide behind the big boulder. SAVE. Throw a stone a short way in front of
the Nazgul. When he moves to it move to the right hand side of the rock.
Now throw a rock right in front of you and wait for him to move. While
he is inspecting the rock run over the bridge where he was stood.
Your now at farmer maggots farm follow path to the gate and meet
Merry, Pippin and Sam. After a short clip you will be in the
c. + + + + + OLD FOREST + + + + +
d. + + + + + TREE LABYRITH + + + + +
You've been in the forest 5 seconds and your friends are already clever
enough to get lost. You're next 3 quests will be to find each of them. The
ways in which I have found them may not be the quickest but you will
find them. You might see the odd giant spider just beat it with your
walking stick.
At first the path is blocked so walk up and down until it opens. As Frodo
says the forest has a mind of its own. Each time you discover one of them
your purity will be increased.
To find Merry- From your starting point follow the path and take your
first right and then your first left. Merry will run up to you.
To find Pippin-
From the point where you find Merry, go on ahead until you reach a
fork in the path. Go left, then at the next fork, take a left. When you hear
Pippin's voice hang a right.
To find Sam-
Double-back the way you came, and take the left hand path. There
will be a 3 way fork in the road take the right hand one then take a right
when you hear Sam calling you..
Once you have found all of them you will be on...
e. + + + + + THE WITHYWINDLE PATH + + + + +
Here just walk upstream and you will meet the first boss- Old Man
Willow. He has taken Merry and Pippin into his mouth. You must throw
stones at his (hands?) until they break- this could take a while. What ever
you do don't hit his trunk (I'd advise saving before this) , if you hit it 3
times Merry and Pippin will be crushed to death! and you will get the
game over screen. A good way to do this boss is to position yourself just
out of his reach. In doing this when his hands come down they are a much
bigger target to hit. They were so easy to hit I didn't even have to move
my control stick.
When this is completed you will go with a man called Tom Bombadil He
will tell you to find 12 lilies for the Lady Goldberry. These lilies are
spread up and down the river bank. I will tell you where the exact
positions when I update my walkthrough. But to start you off there are
two just further up the river bank.
Once you have collected all the lilies (not without intervention by the
giant spiders) return to Tom Bombadil. After you have done this a short
clip will be shown and you're health and purity will be increased.
Now change direction and hang a right, follow the path and u may see a
wolf or 5, deal with these how you dealt with the last one but this time
you will have help from your friends. Once you have reached the end of
this path you will reach...
f. + + + + + THE BARROW DOWNS + + + + +
Now you will enter the Barrow Downs this place is sooo beautiful I'm
surprised tourists aren't flocking here...not. After a clip in the game you
will discover you're friends have got lost again. Their getting good at
Walk up the path ahead of you Now you will meet ghosts though hard to
see in the mist, a couple of whacks with a stick should sort them out.
Now turn right and go into the lake. Take out the 3 ghosts here and then
hang a right. Here you will meet more ghosts once these are cleared
DON'T go back to lake but turn right and take the path that runs along the
side of the hill. You will see a hollow with another 3 ghosts, you don't
need to go down there, instead carry on the path until you come to the
first bend turn left up the hill here. At the top of the hill are yet more
bloody ghosts, turn right and go up the hill. At the top you will be taken
g. + + + + + BARROW WIGHT + + + + +
This is the second boss of the game which looks intimidating but isn't
really. The first thing you must do is collect the dagger which is situated
to your right on a ledge in a red chest. Now to deal the damage, avoid his
green breath though. When you hit him he will disappear and then
reappear in another part of the room. Hit him 5 times and at that point
Frodo will call for Tom Bombadil who appears and banishes the Barrow-
Wight. The Westenesse Dagger which you aquired will now replace your
walking stick as your main weapon.
h. + + + + + BREE + + + + +
You are now in the hillside village of Bree, inside the Prancing Pony Inn.
You must make arrangements to stay the night. Walk forward, take a
right and then a left, you should now be in the bar. See the tall, dark man
in the corner? This is Aragorn... Hurrah! He will tell you to check in.
Return to the main entrance and meet the in keeper Barliman Butterbur,
and he will check you in.
Now return to the bar and see a rather long clip which the game plays.
Aragorn introduces himself as "Strider". After this clip this is your
chance to use Aragorn.
Your quest is to find Merry who went for a walk. Walk straight forward
from the Prancing Pony and you are challenged by a horse thief, simply
murder the cheeky f*****. Once this is done turn back and take a left,
Merry will be through an archway to your left. Speak to Merry and you
will see wolves being set on you, kill these easily with your amazing long
In the next quest given you must find items that are useful to make
decoys of the hobbits these are- clothes, melons, hay bolster and small
Small logs- Turn left from where you found Merry, carry on forward until
you are challenged to a duel by the gatekeeper. Kill him with the help of
Merry a good tactic to use would be to kick him to the floor, walk near
his head and drive the sword through his heart (see character config).
Once he is dead on the right hand wall is a walled area, in here are the
small logs.
Old Clothes- Go forward away from the gates until you come to a barrel
with rags on it.
Melons- From where you found old clothes go forward and take the last
left (near trees in holders). Carry on ahead and you come to some stalls,
next to the left hand stall are the melons.
Hay Bolster- Turn back and go to the place before you turned left, carry
on a short way forward and a clip will be shown. In which a small hobbit
(Nob) is being threatened. You must kill the two "orc sons of Mordor".
Again the "Kick and Stab" tactic is good here (see character config).
Once these are dead the Hay Bolster is in the stables behind.
Now return to the Prancing Pony Inn (first right and then turn into 1st
alley on right).
This is the completion of Bree and you will be shown yet another clip
showing the fooling of the Nazgul and that you are headed for Rivendell.
i. + + + + + AMON SUL (WEATHERTOP) + + + + +
Now your in sort of a barren land quite cheerful really...Here you will
meet a lot of wild dogs, dispose of them with your sword. The hobbits
help out
sort of.
Your quest for this is to reach the summit of Weathertop. To start turn
right down the path in front of you. Take a left at the first fork, follow the
road until you see a few large boulders in front of you. Carry on the road
past the boulders. Follow the path and pass between two hills, keep
following the path until you see a light here you will find cram. Also
about 4 or 5 wild dogs. Keep following the main path, don't go up the hill
with the tree on it, instead take the path just to the left. Follow this path
until you reach a camp fire, next to the campfire is lembas. Now turn
right see the path? Just follow it to the top.
j. + + + + + TROLL + + + + +
This is a huge massive troll that looks invincible but is really quite easy.
Circle the troll until it swigs for you or tries the hammer you into the
ground. When it does move out of the way and when it has finished hit it
a few times with your long sword. Do this a few times and it will fall.
Invincible my arse.
Now a clip is shown showing the Nazgul heading for the camp.
k. + + + + + PROTECT FRODO + + + + +
You are then at the camp and you must protect Frodo from them. To do
this stay near Frodo and fight off any Nazgul with your flaming stick. Hit
them about 5 times each and they will run off. Don't forget there's
lembas next to the fire.
l. + + + + + TROLL SHAWS + + + + +
Here you meet more trolls who are a little more tricky this time.
You must follow the path and go on ahead of the hobbits to scout for
trolls. Go on a little further and a black wolf will start howling. After this
carry on forwards until you have the opportunity to slay wild dogs. Keep
to the path and you should see a mountain troll- this one looks well
armored. Also there is the timely intervention of more wild dogs- kill
these first while avoiding the trolls wild swings. Though when the troll
swings it should take out some of the dogs also. *Note the lembas in the
The troll takes around 10 hits to kill and once it is dead he will drop some
handy cram. I keep saying this but its true- keep following the path and
shortly you should be greeted by more wild dogs, though by now you
should be killing these for fun.
Round the next two corners you should see another armored troll, kill this
in the same fashion you killed the other one and again it will drop cram.
Along the path you will meet something that is actually challenging in the
form of orcs. My advice is to retreat to the hobbits as they will help you
out. The orcs will drop treats such as lembas.
Now travel at hobbit speed back to the battlefield. Here take out the
archers and troll and two more trolls will appear. Fight one on your own
while the hobbits fight the other. Once you have finished with yours go
and help the hobbits out. A little further on a tick will appear in the box
"all enemies cleared from area". A loooong clip will be shown and you
will emerge in Rivendell and the House of Elrond.
m. + + + + + RIVENDELL + + + + +
Nothing to do here take the door behind you and Bilbo will give you his
Mithril shirt and the sword- Sting.
n. + + + + + MORIA + + + + +
o. + + + + + HOLLIN GATE + + + + +
In my opinion The Mines of Moria are the most annoying, boring
confusing part of the game but you have a walkthrough and I didn't.
You join where a discussion is taking place over which route to take. The
decision is made to tread the Mines of Moria. Here you get too use
Gandalf for the first time who can use magic- yay!
Miruvor will be next to the campfire (Miruvor-See character config).
Straight away you will be attacked by two dogs kill these obviously, then
take the path on the right and more dogs will attack you. A short way
down the track you will come across a troll. The best way to take out a
troll is to use Fiery Blast (O)
Even further down the track are orcs, kill these and the archer, then make
your way up the hill. On your climb you will be met by more orcs kill
these and continue. I find the best way to kill orcs is again to use Firey
Blast. Once at the top take out the orcs and use the left hand path. Walk
around the lake until you come to the Hollin Gate. Once you have
reached this point the quest will be complete.
p. + + + + + WATER CREATURE OCTOPUS THING + + + + +
Now you are Aragorn again I don't see the point I changing all the time
but then again I don't make games for a living. I don't know the name of
this thing so work with me. This looks really hard to beat but there's that
word "looks" again. All you must do is fire at each of its tentacles with
your bow until it withdraws each of them. Once you have done this
Gandalf will open the door and so you enter the
q.Mines Of Moria- Labyrinth
Gandalf! Again! What's with these people?
Take the obvious path forward and you will encounter orcs, use the Firey
Blast to kill these. Take any cram which they drop thankfully. At the end
of the passage press triangle to pull the switch (it looks like a stick in a
plant pot) which will open the door.
This chamber is empty save for some miruvor and a small fire. Cross the
room, pull the next switch and go into the next room. It will have many
stone pillars. Kill the orcs and take the passage to the right- kill all the
orcs on this path. At the bottom of the path should be a ramp- up here is
lembas, now continue down the passage. Through the archway is a bridge
which is defended by orcs slay these foul beasts. Once across the bridge
you should on a narrow path and headed towards light
and orcs. I don't
really need to tell you how to slay orcs by now. Go straight on and
through the archway where the orcs will be waiting. The next room is sort
of a platform/bridge, kill every orc in the vicinity. Go straight on and
through an archway, down some stairs,turn right and go up more stairs.
At the end of the passage should be a lift which will take you to a lower
As soon as you get off the lift you are attacked by orcs. Go down the
passage and take the first left. Here is another platform/bridge. Again take
out all orcs and take the right hand passage, onto a rough track, here you
meet orcs. Is there any escape from these things? Carry on through the
passage, and you will come to a room with 4 stone pillars- pass straight
through the room.
As you enter the next room you will see a large crack through the middle.
Go through the doorway on the left and take the miruvor. Now exit the
room and take the narrow path on the left. A clip will be shown in which
you take camp.
After this go forward and pull the switch and go through the door. Kill all
the orcs and take the right had passage. Take the passage in front of you.
Trigger the switch and a bridge will be extended. Now go back and take
the passage to your left. A clip is shown in which Legolas suspects you
are being followed. Now take the passage ahead of you and cross the
bridge which is defended by orcs. Once across you should come across
another armored troll kill it with Firey Blast. When it is defeated go into
chamber and take the passage to your right. Take the stores of miruvor
and cram. From here go back into room and go straight on. Trigger the
switch and again a bridge will be extended. Go back over the bridge and
hang a right and at the crossroads take the passage in front of you. At the
next crossroads take the right hand passage and cross the bridge. You will
be met by a solitary orc. Go through the door and you will enter
r. + + + + + THREE PASSAGES + + + + +
Cross the bridge and kill the orcs. Pass through the door way a kill these
orcs. Follow the path killing all enemies along the way. When you come
to a room with a switch in it, trigger the switch. Now you will be shown a
clip in which Pippin thinks it's a good idea to tell the orcs you're here.
You will now be before the three passages, down the left on will be
miruvor and a couple of orcs. But the one to the right is he correct
passage. Follow the upwards, winding, orc ridden path until you come to
a room with a switch. Enter the room on the other side of the door and a
lip will tell you that you are close to the exit. It will also tell you that
there's the small matter of two cave trolls waiting to pummel you to
death. While the others handle the trolls you must find a way out. The
answer is quite simple really. In the centre of the room is a statue. Around
the statue are 4 small, grey plates. Next to them should be 4 sculptures
(pillars with balls on top). You must push these (triangle) onto the plates.
Once you do this the exit will be opened. *Note- Don't hesitate to help
your friends if they tell you they can't cope.
Exit by the door lit up in blue and take your first right. Here Gandalf will
read of how the orcs stormed Moria. Then you will see many orcs
running to the place where you stand.
Then for some reason you re-enter the game as Frodo and you are in the
secod hall, I find this rather annoying. This aside you and Gimli must find
a way out.
Go forwards and help Gimli fight the orcs, though they are much stronger
than you, you should have plenty of mushrooms to boost your health.
Once the orcs have been defeated, on your left should be two platforms
close to each other, jump onto the opposite platform. Once here there
should be another platform close, now jump to this one. On this platform
is a ramp- go up it and slay the archer that has no doubt been annoying
you. At the end of this platform is like a blur rock thingy, push this off the
end of the platform. Now return to the first platform and blue rock should
be on your left, push it onto the grey panel in front of you and the door
will open. Now head back to the entrance, but before you reach it turn
right. Pull the switch and the bridge will extend, leave all the fighting to
Gimli. Cross the next two bridges and head left. At the edge of the abyss
is some cram. Now go turn round and go forwards. On your right should
be another bridge go over it, only fight the orcs that are in your way-
avoid them if you can. On the next platform should be a HUGE ladder
climb to the top of it.
At the top follow the platform round and either fight the orcs or run right
the way round the platform. At the end of the platform should be another
ladder, climb down it and pull the switch at the bottom. This will extend
the bridge so Gimli can get across. Now exit the second hall, ignoring all
orcs on the way. You will now meet the first really challenging boss.
s. + + + + + BALROG-ABYSS FIGHT + + + + +
This great big f*** off thing is as hard as it looks...unless you have a
walkthrough-the irony.
Position yourself on the bridge (so you can reach the balrog easily) and
avoid the creatures fire breaths. Stun the creature with your Lightning
Attack (you can use your staff strike but Lightning is long-range). Once it
is stunned go at hit the beast with your sword, you will only get 2 or 3
hits in. Make sure you are out of the way before he reacts because his
sword will slay you I one hit. The creature will take around 20 hits before
a clip is shown where the beast falls into shadow. Then Gandalf cleverly
follows him in- and he calls us fools?
t. + + + + + LOTHLORIEN-THE GOLDEN WOOD + + + + +
After a clip you will emerge in Lothlorien but there's nothing much to do
here. When you are bored of talking to people pass through the door to
start up yet another boring clip.This one is about what Sam and Frodo see
in the mirror.
u. + + + + + RIVER ANDUIN-ORC DAM + + + + +
Aragorn again...yay!
Your quest here is to clear the area. More orc slaying- more yays! Follow
the path until you meet a small band of orcs (or are they mountain men I
canot tell). Anyway dispose of these and carry on.
Presently you should come to a larger band of enemies but these aren't
difficult either- until a mountain troll appears. But you easily outnumber
the troll so it doesn't have time to put up much of a fight. There's not a
lot else to tell you about this level apart from there's a bit more mountain
man/orc and troll slaying. Follow the path to come to the next part of the
v. + + + + +AMON HEN + + + + +
Sam is taken away by one of the Nazgul as he is mistaken for Frodo-you
must rescue him.
Follow the shoreline, killing all enemies along the way, until you come to
a couple of angry mountain trolls. You must kill them on your own, this
sounds daunting but just deal with them the same as the others. There's
cram by the fire to help you. When you have killed these creatures head
along the path to your left and you should see another troll break a
boulder. Kill the troll, also there will be a few wild dogs- deal with these
first. When the troll is dead head through the gap with it has created. You
will be shot at by two archers. Take the one closest to the ground out with
your sword. Kill the other one with your bow. To your right should be
some stairs, go up them. Once at the top kill all the archers with your
bow- Legolas will help you. When the are all dead drop down the ledge
and you will be greeted by a troll. As the land is uneven I found the best
way to kill the troll is with your bow. Follow the path, go through the
archway and collect the lembas. Now follow the path over the bridge.
Aragorn will tell Frodo to climb to the top while he holds off the orcs.
You are now Frodo (sighs) climb to the top, OUTRUNNING not fighting
the orcs. Take the path to the right and follow it. Take another path to
your right, along this path you will climb numerous flights of stairs- don't
forget to outrun the orcs. You will eventually come to a campfire, take the
cram next to it and take the next flight of stairs. You will go over a bridge
and take some longer flights. At the top you will be met by the Nazgul.
Now you'd think you'd be fighting the Nazgul- wrong. You must climb
up the mountain with Aragorn- this time taking out the orcs.
Once you reach the top you can now fight the Nazgul
w. + + + + + THE LAST BATTLE-NAZGUL + + + + +
Here simply follow your instincts, avoid it's green breath and go and
waste it with your sword. Don't stop hitting it until it takes flight, at
which point Legolas will kill the beast with an amazing shot- not really
after all it's just a game.
Here, I have been informed that this happens very rarely on the game and
here is the more frequent ending.
when you first go to hit the beast, it will soon take flight. You must go to
the cove or up the staircase and fire arrows at it when it swoops. Do this
Legolas shoots it.
I find this a really disappointing last boss and end to the game. I can't
believe they make such an easy last boss.Though I have been informed that the
Nazgul can take flight, in which case you must kill it with arrows. More on
this at a later date.
The game will end will Galadreil saying that the Fellowship has
succeeded. And also with you sitting back and admiring your work as you
watch the game credits.
7. + + + + + BASIC ENEMIES + + + + + +
Giant spider- Expect to see this around woodland- Old Forest. These are
fairly basic enemies. To kill this avoid it's attack that will knock you to
the ground and hit it with your melee weapon. Alternatively use your
projectile attack against them.
Wild dogs- These look like black dog/rat thingys. You will come across
them in barren lands such as- Amon Sul. Their attack will knock you to
the floor and it sort of bites you. To kill this hit it to the ground and use
the "finishing attack".
Orcs- The most common enemy on the game. Carry swords and are not
bad fighters. Their forms of attack are just basically sword fights. Though
there are archer orcs but if you get close to them they cannot defend
themselves. To kill them hit them about 3 or 4 times with your melee
weapon. Use the "finishing attack" as this is useful. If you are with the
character Gandalf use the firey blast attack and then administer the
"finishing attack".
Mountain Men- See Orcs.
Trolls- These are big huge armored beasts. They will probably take about
10 hits to kill. Their forms of attack are to swing their club at you, or to
try and hammer you into the ground
charming. The best way to kill
these is by avoiding their attack and then going over and hitting them a
few times. Alternatively you can stand at a distance and fire at them with
your projectile attack. Again if you are with Gandalf Firey Blast deals
damage here. These are seen in numerous areas of the game but mainly
around the Mines of Moria. You may notce that some trolls have different
amounts of armour usually ths doesn't affect the number of hits for a kill.
Dead Barrow Wights (ghosts)- These unsurprisingly lurk in the Barrow
Downs. They are often hard to see as they are camouflaged by the mist.
There only form of attack is to hit you, though this doesn't sound very
effective if they gang up on you your in trouble.The best way to deal with
these is simply to hit them a few times until they
erm
die again I
Wolves- See wild dogs. Though wolves have a lighter colour.
Nazgul- Ringwraiths, Black Riders, Nazgul whatever you want to call
them. These appear at various points in the game and each time you will
be shown a clip. These cannot be killed until the last boss, which happens
to be one. If they catch you they won't attack they will loom over you and
say "surrender the ring", wielding a great big sword. Don't mess.
Well the game doesn't go over board with the enemies which I think is
ok- keep it simple. You will notice that I haven't included the bosses as
they have been explained in the walkthrough.
8. + + + + + GAME WEAPONS + + + + +
Walking Stick-A stout finely carved wooden stick.This is the least effective
weapon on
the game.This is Frodo's pre-selected melee weapon at the start of the game
Westernesse Dagger- The first weapon in the game which will actually cause
This weapon is found on the boss level Barrow Wight.
Sting- Frodo's most advanced weapon.This is aquired as soon as you reach
It is given to you by Bilbo Baggins.
Stones-This is Frodo's projectile weapon.Not much to say about it apart from it
cannot be upgraded.
Aragorn- Long sword-This is Aragorn's pre selected melee weapon. Very
commonly used throughout middle earth.
Anduril-(Flame of The West)The sword that was broken, the sword which was used
defeat Sauron.The most effective weapon on the game, you aquire this while in
Wooden Arrows-Aragorn's projectile weapon. Commonly used throughout
Gandalf- Glamdring- Forged by eleven smiths, is Gandalf's only melee
as effective as Aragorn's long-sword.
Magic-See Character Config,Gandalf's magic section.
9. + + + + + SAVING + + + + +
Here I will suggest the times at whch to save. These times would be- As soon as
you finish a level or boss. As soon as you get past a difficult part of a level
or are given new quests.
10. + + + + + PLANS + + + + +
This is the section where I tell you my plans to bump the FAQ.So for this time-
I have plans for a quest list.-Complete
Also I may add a few basic maps to the FAQ.
Tell you where Goldberries lillies are.
Don't forget, I'm open to your ideas so drop me a line. Full credit will be
of course.
11. + + + + + QUEST LIST + + + + +
This is the complete list of all of the quests in the game. By the end of the
all of these quests should have an X in the box next to them.
The Shire
Find the Bag End Deed.
Sell Bag End to Lobelia Sackville Baggins.
Get the key to Bag End.
Find the missing metal pin and return it to Ted.
Throw a rock at Hal's weathervane.
Return to farmer Hal.
Ring the warning bell.
Get the One rng from Bag End.
Take the Bag End key to Gaffer Gamgee at number 3 Bagshot Row.
Take the One ring to Rivendell.
Meet Merry, Pippin and Sam at farmer Maggot's farm.
Avoid being detected by the dark riders.
The Old Forest
Find Merry.
Find Pippin.
Find Sam.
Find 12 lillies for Goldberry.
Return the 12 lillies to Tom Bombadil.
Find the missing hobbits.
Check in at the Prancing Pony Inn.
Search the village of Bree for Merry.
Collect clothes.
Collect melons.
Collect hay bolster.
Collect small logs.
Return to the Prancing Pony Inn.
Reach the summit of Weathertop.
Protect Frodo from the Nazgul.
Scout ahead to clear a path for the hobbits.
No Quests.
Find the gates of Moria somewhere near the lake.
Find safe passage through Moria.
Escape 21st hall.
No Quests.
Clear rivers edge of enemies.
Rescue Sam.
Thanks to all who have read my walkthrough and if no one has then I'm
talking to myself. I do plan to do a walkthrough for the Two Towers but
when this may be I do not know. Thanks again!
Don't forget feel free to send me your queries, add-ons, things I have
missed out, secrets and such things to
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Review of Kavi’s ‘Breath of Fire’
Poet, mystic, musician, and Pink Floyd fan Kavi Jezzi Hockaday played guitar in various bands around London before a love affair with his yoga teacher led to jamming in her yoga studio for trance workouts. Breath of Fire is a fine example of Kavi’s gift: a dynamic workout soundtrack for kundalini yoga. This form of the practice […]
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Shortcuts: Sharp answers to couponer's FAQs - Jill Cataldo
Q: "This week the deodorant that my husband uses is on sale for $1.99. I have two manufacturer coupons for $1 off a purchase of two deodorants. Can I use both of those coupons when purchasing just two deodorants?"
A: No, you cannot. While it might seem like you should be able to use two of these coupons on two items, a coupon for $1 off two items actually functions as two 50-cent coupons to the register. Because manufacturer coupons are "limit one per item purchased," this coupon does indeed apply to both items. When the register scans that coupon, it will take a 50-cent deduction from each item. At that point, the register will not accept a second manufacturer coupon on the same item. This would violate the "one per purchase" terms of the coupon. If the clerk scans a second coupon, the register will beep to reject it.
Q: "I went online to search for coupons for coffee and ended up at a web site that wanted all kinds of personal information, including my birth date, and required multiple surveys. Before I even finished filling out the forms, someone called me asking about something I did not even sign up for. Perhaps you should warn readers that this is a major marketing ploy to get our personal information and track our shopping, so they can barrage us with advertising."
The best and safest way to find printable coupons online? Stick to major, well-known coupon sites and manufacturer web sites. The three most reputable coupon sites are Coupons.com, SmartSource.com and RedPlum.com. They are free and require no personal information.
Each site offers new printable coupons every week, and most of these offers have a print limit of two coupons per computer. Remember to go back to the link after you've printed your first coupon and print another. (When we're stocking up during a good sale, it's always beneficial to have multiples of the same coupon!) Many well-known product manufacturers offer coupons on all three of these sites.
Manufacturer web sites are also great places to find coupons. Always visit a manufacturer's site typing its address into your browser (i.e. www. Pillsbury.com) so that you're certain you're on a legitimate web site for printing coupons.
Some manufacturers' web sites require you to register before printing coupons, but it's typically not the kind of invasive registration that you experienced. I usually use a different e-mail account, rather than my regular e-mail address, to register for coupons. Set up a free e-mail with Yahoo or a similar service and use that for coupon-related e-mail. And remember, never disclose any personal information you're not comfortable giving out.
Q: "How many printable coupons do you print, Jill? It seems like every week there are hundreds of new ones."
A: Oh, there are! And because many of the coupons are often offered repeatedly, I don't waste time or paper printing coupons I won't use. I typically only print the coupons I'll actually use for this week's shopping trip.
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Apatow's 'Funny People' review: Director finds laughs in the trials of life
Adam Sandler stars with Seth Rogen in Judd Apatow's "Funny People."
The movie is called "Funny People." Funny doesn't always mean smart, but this is the work of a couple of very smart comedians.
One of them is Judd Apatow, the one-time TV writer who is pretty much his own studio these days, with a hand in comedies from "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" to "Superbad," and an eye for new talent that has produced a stable of discoveries.
Funny People (R) Universal (140 min.) Directed by Judd Apatow. With Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann. Now playing in New Jersey.
Stephen Whitty's rating: THREE AND A HALF STARS
Rating note: The film contains non-stop profanity, nudity, sexual situations and comic violence.
The other one is -- I have to admit it -- Adam Sandler.
I almost hate to admit it, too, because Sandler is one comic I've never gotten. When he was on "Saturday Night Live," he used to laugh at his own jokes; when he went into movies, he specialized in playing angry, adenoidal babies. I couldn't stand him.
But Sandler did, to his credit -- and unlike plenty of other comics -- occasionally seek out real directors and real challenges. "Punch Drunk Love" was a stretch. "Spanglish" was another. They showed a willingness to try new things, even if neither completely worked.
"Funny People" works.
It also suggests that Sandler didn't find most of his other movies very funny, either. This time around, he plays a former stand-up comic who's made his fortune making idiotic comedies, playing characters who turn into babies, or mermaids. He hates his fans. He has no friends.
And then he gets cancer. Boy, the laughs just keep coming, don't they?
The funny thing is, though, that "Funny People" is, well, funny. It's also richly layered with complicated people and a mad collection of celebrity cameos from Eminem to Andy Dick. (And, because this is a Judd Apatow movie, dirty gags. Lots of dirty gags.)
The movie begins with Sandler's charater, George Simmons, suddenly becoming the punch line in his own bad joke. (Doctor: I think you're going to die. Patient: Can I get a second opinion? Doctor: Okay, I think you're a jerk, too.) So he decides to spend his remaining time doing the club dates he used to love.
He's out of practice, though, and out of material. So George hires a struggling would-be comic as his uncredited joke writer and all-around flunky. And since Ira Wright's (Seth Rogen) only other paying job at the time is dishing up potato salad at the deli counter, he grabs it.
You can predict where the film will go at this point: Ira will learn that his idol isn't a very nice person, and George will learn a little humility, and humanity, from this naïf. And the film does indeed go there.
But first it goes in other, interesting places. Ira, it turns out, is just as hungry and manipulative as anyone else in Hollywood. And even as George tries some before-it's-too-late apologies, he still manages to screw things up by rekindling an old romance with Laura (the delightful Leslie Mann, Apatow's real-life wife), which only complicates matters for everyone.
Things eventually sort themselves out and, as always, Apatow is in no hurry to tie up the loose ends; like most of his movies, this one clocks in at well over two hours. Yet unlike those other pictures, it doesn't feel as if it were made in the editing room; there's a discipline to the structure and the way the gags build.
There isn't much I'd want to sacrifice. The liquid-eyed Jason Schwartzman -- a genius at self-mocking sensitivity -- is wickedly funny as a tiny, talentless TV star. Aubrey Plaza has a nice deadpan turn as another struggling stand-up. Apatow gets the whole Young Hollywood Hip-ocracy -- I love you, dude, but stay outta my spotlight -- perfectly.
And then there's Sandler. He's stripped away his old disguises -- the look-at-me mannerisms, the little-boy, sad-sack self-pity. Instead there's a new kind of honesty in his performance, mostly in his character's self-deception, and how angry and unpleasant he really is at heart.
But then, perhaps a smile is only a way we hide a snarl; perhaps comedy has always been aggression by other means. "That joke killed." "I murdered that audience." The language of stand-up is the language of the battlefield, and sometimes the first casualty carried off is the comic.
But that doesn't stop the real ones from charging back for the next night's battle, competing desperately to win respect from people whose opinion they don't much value, trying to turn the pain and embarrassment of failure into yet another joke. Strange people, I know.
But they're funny that way.
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Filing for Bankruptcy in Missouri
Here's what you need to know if you are filing for bankruptcy in Missouri.
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Filing for bankruptcy in Missouri? Although most of bankruptcy (including the filing process) is governed by federal law, there is some Missouri-specific information you will need to file for bankruptcy. Much of this information you can get online. Here's how.
Here’s what you need to know if you are filing for bankruptcy in Missouri.
Pre-Bankruptcy Credit Counseling and Pre-Discharge Debtor Education in Missouri
In order to file for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you must receive credit counseling from an agency approved by the U.S. Trustee in Missouri within the six month period prior to filing. You’ll also have to take a debtor education course before you can get a bankruptcy discharge. (To learn more about this requirement, including the rare exceptions, see Credit Counseling & Debtor Education Requirements in Bankruptcy.)
• You can find the list of approved Missouri credit counseling agencies here.
• You can find the list of approved Missouri debtor education agencies here.
Missouri Bankruptcy Exemptions
Each state has a set of bankruptcy exemptions – these determine what property you get to keep in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and play a role in how much you repay unsecured creditors in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. (To learn more, see our Bankruptcy Exemptions area.)
Some states allow you to use the federal bankruptcy exemptions, but in Missouri you can only use the Missouri exemptions. Missouri offers many of the same exemptions found in the federal bankruptcy exemptions such as a homestead or motor vehicle exemption. However, they vary in the amount you are allowed to exempt.
To learn about Missouri’s exemptions for your home and car, see The Homestead Exemption in Missouri and The Motor Vehicle Exemption in Missouri. To find other Missouri exemptions, see Missouri Bankruptcy Exemptions.
Completing the Bankruptcy Forms in Missouri
Getting and Completing the Official Bankruptcy Forms
Finding Means Test Information for Missouri
When you file for bankruptcy in Missouri, you must compare your income to the median income for a household of your size in Missouri. If your income is less than the median, you will be eligible to file for Chapter 7 and, if you choose to file for Chapter 13, you can use a three-year repayment plan (rather than five years). This is called the means test.
For information about each of these forms, see:
Here’s how to find the Missouri-specific figures for these means test forms:
Missouri median income figures. Currently, the median income in Missouri is $38,895 for a single-person household, $50,603 for a household of two people, and more for larger families. These figures change periodically. You can find the most current figures for each household size here.
Example. John and Sally are a married couple living in the same household. They have no children or other dependents. Their combined annual income is $45,000. They will automatically pass the means test and qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy because their total income is less than $50,603.
Missouri standard deduction figures. Forms 22A and 22C list categories of living expenses such as housing, transportation, food, and childcare. For some of those categories (like childcare), you provide the actual amount you spend. For others, you plug in a predetermined amount -- sometimes that figure is a national standard, other times the number varies by county or region.
You can find all of the Missouri county and region-specific figures you’ll need for Forms 22A and 22C on the U.S. Trustee’s website at Click on “Bankruptcy Reform” and then “Means Testing Information.”
Example. Housing and utility expense standards vary by county depending on how expensive it is to live there. If you live in Adair County, your mortgage or rent deduction is $522 for a one-person household. But if you live in Andrew County, the deduction is $708. You can find housing expense standards for each Missouri county here.
Getting Local Bankruptcy Forms
Filing in the Correct Missouri Bankruptcy Court
There are two federal judicial districts in Missouri (see below for links). You can file in either:
How to Find Missouri’s Bankruptcy Courts
You can use the Court Locator tool on the U.S. Trustee’s website to find bankruptcy court locations and websites. The two district bankruptcy courts in Missouri are:
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How The Major Labels Sold 'Electronica' To America
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Fatboy Slim in the booth, circa 2000.
Fatboy Slim in the booth, circa 2000.
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How do you sell an enigma? In the 1990s, American rave was a big but scattered subculture. Packaging its fleeting tunes and site-specific good times for mainstream consumption would take some doing. When rock and hip-hop began show signs of weakness mid-decade, a handful of true believers, funded by major-label money, would make their move.
In America, raves — British-style warehouse and outdoor parties featuring DJs playing house, techno and their variants — first washed ashore in 1989, when groups of largely British ex-pats began throwing U.K.-style warehouse parties in L.A., San Francisco and Brooklyn, independently but in basic sync with one another. By 1993, rave was an established fact in the heartland.
Few U.S. labels paid attention at first — rave was largely a European phenomenon, with few "name" artists that the majors could sell to radio. House and techno were singles-oriented, their first albums compilations. Most of those were only available in England, though — American fans either bought 12-inches, mixtapes from local or regional DJs, or imported compilations.
That began to change in 1991, when New York's Profile Records, which made its money on hip-hop (Run-D.M.C., Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, DJ Quik), hired London transplant DB Burkeman — DJ DB — to be its new dance-music A&R man.
"We started doing the Best of Techno series, which no one was doing yet," says DB, who compiled the series' first four volumes. "We were just throwing our favorite tracks on these albums. The first one [sold] 100,000 copies because no one could buy techno yet in mainstream shops. It was crazy."
Soon more compilations arrived, from major and independent labels alike. "It [was] a way for some of those labels to test the market relatively risk-free — either signed for really cheap, or [licensed] through one of their major label subsidiaries," says former Astralwerks A&R Peter Wohelski. "It didn't cost them anything."
Though a few majors had electronic artists on their rosters, the first big U.S. record man to seriously gamble on techno was Rick Rubin. Having put hip-hop in America's living rooms by producing L.L. Cool J, Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C., Rubin tried, starting at the end of 1992, to do the same with rave.
"He started to make noise that this was the next hip-hop," says Dan Charnas, author of The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, who did hip-hop A&R for Rubin's American Recordings in the mid-'90s. "He liked the fact that techno was extremely edgy and used very angular sounds, and [that] he could play it super-loud. The chaos of it really hooked him."
Rubin started a new imprint within American called WHTE LBLS and began signing European acts. "Suddenly Rick is throwing all these resources at techno," says Charnas. "He believed in Messiah."
Messiah, a U.K. rave duo, joined Awesome 3, Digital Orgasm and Lords of Acid on the WHTE LBLS roster, but in the U.S. they didn't translate. Like punk or hip-hop in its early days, electronic dance music was evolving at lightning speed. Rave's cutting edge of 1991 was largely passé by 1993, and WHTE LBLS' acts were more or less stuck in 1991: Messiah's swarming synths and breakbeats had been superceded by more sophisticated sounds by '93, while Lords of Acid found their real audience among fans of Nine Inch Nails-style industrial.
"None of them between 'em had a damn song," says Charnas. "How could Rick forget that? How could he forget that? Even hip-hop at its hardest hardcore was producing three, four-minute pop songs. It didn't matter if the group was N.W.A. or Fresh Prince. The song structures were there. And I wondered how you could claim [it was the new hip-hop] if rave wasn't producing that."
Ironically, Rubin passed on the one act that would end up producing those songs . Rubin signed on to distribute the leading U.K. dance label XL, issuing a 1993 compilation, XL Recordings: The American Chapter, that featured "Charly," a number-three British pop hit by a group called the Prodigy, led by producer Liam Howlett. The Prodigy had put its debut out in the U.S. on Elektra. When The American Chapter came out, they were working on their second album.
"I didn't like being on Elektra Records because they were always trying to get s—- remixes done by people we didn't like," says Howlett. "Rick came to our L.A. gig. We were like, 'S—-, man, Rick Rubin is here!' I wanted his autograph. I grew up on the records he produced."
Rubin decided to pass on signing the Prodigy. "Rick let it go," says Charnas. "At some point he either lost interest in it, or he just was losing so much money on it and nothing was happening." But the Prodigy were far from finished.
It wasn't just major labels that weren't sure how to handle the new music. TVT, a New York indie that made its fortune on Nine Inch Nails' three-million-selling Pretty Hate Machine in 1989, inked a deal with Chicago industrial label Wax Trax! Records in 1993. Then Wax Trax! founder Jim Nash died.
"TVT thought they were buying a vibrant industrial label that they could leverage all their Nine Inch Nails off of," says ex-TVT publicist Adam Shore. "What they wound up getting was a label that was pretty much done."
Through the Wax Trax! deal, TVT inherited distribution of Warp Records, the most critically acclaimed of the British post-rave labels, which emphasized full albums by artists with small but loyal followings, like Aphex Twin and Autechre, whose music was codified by the phrase "intelligent dance music," or IDM. This would be catnip to a hipper indie: by the end of the '90s, Warp would be handled in America by Matador, the home of Liz Phair and Pavement.
But TVT was lukewarm about electronic music. When their own big dance act, Underworld, had a 1996 hit with "Born Slippy," it was thanks only to its use in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting rather than through any push on TVT's part. (The track had stiffed upon its initial 1995 release.) "By '97, Underworld had already gone to V2," says Shore. "Our Warp deal was done. We let those records go out of print right away, even the ones that were selling, like Autechre. TVT had Lil Jon, and we were out of electronic music."
Caroline Records, on the other hand, was in. Bankrolled by Virgin Records , Caroline had an unfortunate record of signing up-and-coming rockers like Hole and Monster Magnet, bands with a lot of potential, and losing them to bigger labels after a single album. In 1993, Caroline exec Brian Long began Astralwerks, an electronic-dance subdivision. In November 1994, he hired Peter Wohelski to do A&R.
Wohelski had raved in England during its 1991-92 height, and spent two years publishing a rave zine in Tampa. Wohelski had seen the U.S. debut of a pair of pasty record geeks from Manchester named Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, who called themselves the Dust Brothers. They'd headlined Fourth of July rave at the Edge in Orlando.
"Tom and Ed thought it was the whim of some promoter," Wohelski says. "They were like, 'We'll go to Disney World. It'll be a good laugh.' They show up, and they're playing to 5,000 kids going absolutely bonkers to 'Chemical Beats.' They were blown away."
Not long into Wohelski's tenure at Astralwerks, he put on the group's demo. "I listened to a couple songs, handed it back to Brian Long, and said, 'If we don't pick this record up, we're stupid. 5,000 kids in Orlando on Fourth of July weekend can't be wrong. We'll [sell] 20,000 without blinking. If we get a few breaks, we'll do 50,000.'"
Rowlands and Simons changed their name to the Chemical Brothers, after a call from the lawyers of the Beastie Boys and Beck producers who'd originated the Dust Brothers name. As a bridge between the old and new names, they called their album Exit Planet Dust.
The American music business in 1995 was looking for the next move forward. Things had turned stagnant. "The gangsta-rap nonsense just alienated a lot of fans," says Spin editorial director Charles Aaron of the period. "Rock was getting boring — really boring. It was the fake grunge era. Rock really just got completely bled dry with this watered-down bullshit. It was becoming less alternative rock, more alternative music."
Profits, of course, were soaring. A big reason: major labels began phasing out CD singles, forcing fans of radio hits to buy an entire album (up to $20 retail), widening their margins. (Most dance music, which ran on 12-inches, was released on independent labels, usually tiny ones.)
Nevertheless, there was a void opening in American pop. The furious sound of Seattle bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden was being hosed down by major labels looking to cash in, with acts like Bush and Sponge and Collective Soul acting as their era's version of Styx and Kansas — certainly, it had about as much in common with punk as those '70s dinosaurs had.
Not that the whiny, collegiate underground rock of the '90s was offering that much in return. "I was really tired of going to see willfully dissociated people looking at the ground plucking out the same four chords: 'Enough with this already,'" recalls Errol Kolosine, who worked for Astralwerks from its inception and ran the label in the late '90s.
Like Wohelski, Kolosine had found salvation in seeing the Chemical Brothers live. "Black people, white people, gay people, straight people, frat boys, you name it," he recalls. "Everybody in here is equal, and the music is what is bringing everybody in here together. It occurred to me: 'If I get enough people to experience this, we can't lose.'"
"Needless to say, we got a few breaks," Wohelski says now. "To date in the U.S., Exit Planet Dust has SoundScanned 750,000 copies."
The Chemical Brothers' style would come to be called "big beat." "The name came from our club, the Big Beat Boutique, which I'm tremendously proud of," says Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, who ran the club in Brighton. "I always thought the formula of big beat was the breakbeats of hip-hop, the energy of acid house, and the pop sensibilities of the Beatles, with a little bit of punk sensibility, all rolled into one. People like the Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers — we saw it as very similar to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who grew up listening to soul records and blues records and then sold an English version of it back to America."
A new umbrella term for rave's increasingly scattered bunch of subgenres also came into vogue: "electronica" would be what American labels marketed the music as. "Obviously the tag meant European dance music," says Cook. Nevertheless, he says, "It surprised me. 'Electronica' in England means something more serious. Also, what I did was made by samples rather than synthesizers." Liam Howlett of the Prodigy was more dismissive: "We soon disowned that silly 'electronica' tag."
Astralwerks marketed Exit Planet Dust aggressively. "Modern rock radio was changing," says Wohelski. British rockers like Oasis and Blur were making modest headway. Everyone was tired of fake grunge. There was an opening for something new. Still, radio was reluctant toward electronica, however much it might putatively rock. House music, after all, appealed largely to urban gay audiences, and wasn't this just another version of that?
"The reactions ran everything from 'We don't play gay stuff' to 'If I play that, I'm going to lose all my white males 15 to 21 because they want to hear Korn or Limp Bizkit' or whatever the f—-," says Kolosine. "If your station plays industrial stuff, you [said], 'Listen to the beats. It's heavy as fuck.' Then you talk to a rock station: 'It's a song: it has a chorus, it has a verse — play it at night, see what happens.'"
"The next step was getting these big programmers down to come see the Chemical Brothers," says Kolosine. "I wouldn't sit at the back or at the bar with them. Me or my staff would bring them down onto the dance floor, or down the front. They looked around like, 'These are all of my listeners.'"
Exit Planet Dust was a turning point in a few ways. For one thing, it redefined how an electronic-dance album looked — specifically, nothing about the album's packaging suggested "rave." There were no floating gobs of color, no videogame-reject graphics, no winky-winky references to MDMA (except, of course, the Chemical Brothers' name).
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Cover for The Chemical Brothers' Exit Planet Dust.
Courtesy of Astralwerks
"That's one of the things that drove me crazy," says Wohelski. "You had labels who really tried to exploit that. I felt like that put a barrier in front of the music: 'Here's a kid in phat pants and a pacifier in his mouth and glowsticks.' Yes, that's part of our culture — but it shouldn't be a barrier for you to enjoy the music."
Wohelski refers to the Chemicals' packaging — and subsequently, that of Astralwerks' cannier groups — as "scene-neutral." "The cover [is] these two hippies seemingly hitchhiking down the road with a car driving by," he says. "It doesn't necessarily tell you what the music is. But you take notice: 'What's this all about? Is it hippies? Is this a rock record? They're wearing bellbottoms and suede. Is this a folk record? What is this?'"
Astralwerks was also in the position of having a big British act at a time when British acts were making headway in the U.S., thanks to bands like Blur and Oasis. "You had that anglophile kind of rock kid who follows NME religiously," says Wohelski. "It might not necessarily be his thing, but he's curious because Oasis is talking about the Chemical Brothers, and the Chemical Brothers were talking about Oasis."
Soon enough, it was more than just talk. By fall 1996, Oasis guitarist-songwriter Noel Gallagher was singing the Chemical Brothers' new single, "Setting Sun." Its careening drums and woozy backdrop sounded a lot like "Tomorrow Never Knows"; the following year, when the Chemical Brothers closed their second album with "The Private Psychedelic Reel," Apple Corps inspected the tapes to see whether or not Rowlands and Simons had sampled the Beatles. (They hadn't.)
"It didn't hurt timing-wise," Kolosine says. "Imagine that on the radio today. I mean, it's an air-horn strung together with these pummeling beats and this psychedelic stuff going on. It still amazes me how well that did."
"Setting Sun" was just one of the 1996 electronica singles to make waves outside of U.S. clubs. Underworld's "Born Slippy" blew up in American clubs (and on college radio) two years after the fact and despite being ten minutes long.
The big one was "Firestarter." Two years on from their second album, the Prodigy now sounded hungry for blood. The song's video hocked a loogie at many electronic videos' "the art is the star" approach. Prodigy put dancer Keith Flint, his head shaved to give him a weirdly menacing crown of hair, accentuated with Kohl-black eyes, antic mien and a harder-than-thou lyric, right up front. And just in case anyone missed the point, Flint wore an outfit that looked an awful lot like the U.S. flag. America was next.
In truth, America wasn't that foreign to the Prodigy. "We were coming to the U.S.A. from early on," says Liam Howlett. "We played the Limelight club in NYC in '92, and did an 'electronic' tour with Moby and Cybersonik in early '93. There was no master plan of trying to crack America ever. We were just happy to be there."
Howlett was a songwriter as much as a producer. "The Prodigy proved that you actually can do pop records in techno," says Dan Charnas, who loved the "Firestarter" video: "I thought it was dope. All hell broke loose. The crazy-ass white dude was like Flavor Flav, only for techno. They were stars. Of course, Rick [Rubin] never mentioned it again."
Thanks to a new clutch of similarly hard songs, the Prodigy soon became the subject of a bidding war. "Most of the big labels [expressed interest]," says Howlett. "Madonna made a point of coming to a few gigs, and was keen. The fact that she actively went out to get us always had my respect. I also liked the fact that she didn't try and schmooze us. She was just like, 'We want to do this. I love the band and believe in you. We are here, ready to go, if you want.' So we went with [Madonna's label] Maverick. [Those] guys did a great job. I mean we had done most of the hard work, to be honest. They weren't breaking a new band."
The path to the Prodigy's unlikely success had been smoothed — both musically and on the charts — in April 1997, when the second Chemical Brothers album, Dig Your Own Hole, debuted at number 14 on the Billboard album charts, with 48,000 sold in the U.S.
"The only people who can [make good albums] are the people who are the best at the music," says Charles Aaron. "You would listen to eight to ten Chemical Brothers songs, whereas you would not listen to eight to ten Crystal Method songs. The Chemical Brothers were the smartest and the most talented. They were the most important rock band of that era."
In an era when you had to sell a lot of copies to make the Top 200 — never mind the Top 15 — the chart triumph of Dig Your Own Hole sent a signal. "I knew all this airplay we had, and it seemed like we connected the dots," says Kolosine. "But it was pretty magical. People believed that it was an album that they needed to own, because it rightly got unbelievable reviews, in a time when reviews mattered."
America believed it needed to own some Prodigy as well. The week their third album, The Fat of the Land, came out in September 1997, Howlett received a call from XL's Richard Russell, who'd negotiated the band's U.S. deal. "Richard was like, 'I think we will do well with the album. It's going Top 20,'" recalls Howlett. "We were happy with that. The next call was [that] we were number one. The record was number one in 26 countries, I think. But the U.S. made everybody sit up and say, 'What's going on here? We have to open our eyes to this.' It was mad."
Astralwerks' fortunes continued to grow as well. "We were really enjoying ourselves," says Kolosine. "It was like we had slipped the plot on the business: 'Who are these f—-ing people? Why do they have all this airplay? Why do they have all these videos on MTV? Somebody go out and sign some of these types of bands immediately before I have to kill someone.'"
One of Astralwerks' biggest finds was a friend of the Chemical Brothers. Norman Cook had DJ'ed with them at London's Heavenly Social. As Fatboy Slim, Cook tried to, as he says, "merge breakbeats with the energy of acid house." Astralwerks released his debut, Better Living Through Chemistry, in 1997.
Cook was surprised to find the U.S. was receptive him. "I'd seen too many bands try to break America and had it broken them, like the Fine Young Cannibals. I just kind of thought America liked rock and country & western."
There was plenty of twang in Cook's biggest hit. "It's funny," says Cook of 1998's "The Rockafeller Skank." "The first time it ever got played was at the Boutique in Brighton. I put it on and everybody just looked up, mouthing, 'This is you, isn't it?'"
Indeed it was. Hooked by a clattering breakbeat, bouncy surf guitar and a much-repeated sample of rapper Lord Finesse insisting, "Right about now, the funk soul brother/Check it out now, the funk soul brother," "The Rockafeller Skank" was the ultimate big beat track, a record impossible to get out of your head that was nearly as difficult not to move to.
You've Come a Long Way, Baby, Fatboy Slim's second album, made him a pop star, and "The Rockafeller Skank" began making its way into TV and movies: Hackers, She's All That, Office Space, Friends. It was everywhere. What had once been the cutting edge of dance music had become the least edgy thing imaginable.
"I never had a problem with it," says Cook of the track's ubiquity. "I thought it was fairly democratic. You could hear the music without having to shell out and buy the record. You could hear a record and get bored of it without having to buy it." Still, he turned a blind eye when it would appear in "frat-party films" in other countries: "I was a lot more careful about what happened in England, because I had to listen to it, too."
But as big beat blasted on, its easy thrills and heavy whiff of testosterone began to make it seem a little too obvious. "There was lots of jokes about 'Frat-Boy Slim,'" says Cook. "I suppose 'Rockafeller Skank' became an anthem for that sort of beer-boyish mentality."
That mentality reached a kind of climax at Woodstock '99. The 1969 Woodstock had been a coming-to-Damascus moment for a generation. The 1999 edition was more like a get-the-hell-away-from-Damascus one. Plagued by rioting, looting, and rape, Woodstock '99 resulted in five reported injuries, seven arrests and the destruction of trailers, concession stands and ATMs.
"It pretty much kicked off during my set, from what I can gather," says Cook, who played on Saturday night, following Metallica's main stage set. "There were definitely a lot of shenanigans. It was kind of half-indoors, half-outdoors, in an aircraft hangar. We had to stop my set a couple times. Somebody drove a van right into the middle of the crowd."
Typically, a post-show Cook was a garrulous Cook. Not at Woodstock. "When I got off the stage, they put me straight into the car, straight to the airport: 'Don't talk to anyone.' I figured they were telling me to get out of there because they just figured I'd stay there about another 36 hours and get lost in some field. I flew straight back to England. By the time I got home, I saw footage on the news of my dressing room on fire."
For the followers of '90s electronica, Adam Shore says, "It seemed like every year, there was a new genre and something more exciting happening [than before]. And then it stopped, pretty much at the end of the '90s."
The major-label budgets began to dry up. DJ DB, who ran Warner Bros.' electronica imprint F-111, saw the curtains coming soon after he began. "Nobody else in the company understood electronic music or cared about it, so we were doomed. We lasted a few months and realized it was not going to work."
"Part of it is that we probably reached the end of a trend anyway," says Kolosine. "If you take a look at the records that Astralwerks was putting out at that point, we had heavily diversified by then, and were doing a lot more catalog, chasing the Kraftwerk records, that kind of stuff."
The artists seemed tired as well. Liam Howlett took the Prodigy on the road for three years after The Fat of the Land, staying quiet until the 2002 single, "Baby's Got a Temper." "I needed a break," says Howlett. "I've always said that single was a sonic representation of the band's mood at the time — kind of down, uninspired." Another two years passed before the next Prodigy album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, was released.
Though it was buoyed by Spike Jonze's video for "Weapon of Choice," featuring Christopher Walken dancing on air, Fatboy Slim's next album, 2000's Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars had a subdued American impact. "I was trying to get a bit more serious and more reflective," says Cook. "In terms of sales, it probably was a bad move."
Even if electronica's frontline had been as creatively robust as before, the big economic bubble of late '90s America was about to give way to something far darker. "To me, everything ended with 9/11," says DJ DB. "Dance music ended, economically the world just stopped and everything changed. Everything just stopped. It was a horrific, horrific year."
"A lot of companies took the opportunity to shrink staff," says Kolosine of the early-'00s economic downturn. "Several overseas brands that came over opened up very flash offices and during dot-comedy era and start handing out wheelbarrows full of money thinking that the party is on. A lot of those people had to go back to the U.K."
"I wasn't coming to America quite so often," says Norman Cook of the big electronica cool-off. "It was like a party where everyone's going, 'That was really great, but I'm a bit knackered now. Maybe it's kind of not fun anymore. Maybe it's time to go home.' I think there was a collective kind of [feeling], both with the artists and the audience: 'That was great, but parties can't go on forever.'"
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Constructed Language Makers
They call themselves Conlangers. In English, that means "constructed language makers." You'd have to ask Sarah Higley for the Tayonoth translation, though. Tayonoth is a language she and a few friends created when they were 9 years old, and now she's spreading the word on the Internet. From member station WXXI in Rochester, Brenda Tremblay reports.
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We're going to continue our series of some our favorite entertainment and pop culture interviews of the year, with the inv that generated more e-mails than any other this year, our interview with Maurice Sendak. Many people who grew up reading his books have gone to read his books to their children. Books like, "Where the Wild Things Are," "In The Night Kitchen" and "Outside Over There."
Me, I was slightly too old to grow up with those books, but I came to love them as an adult. And I try to talk with Sendak whenever he has a new book, which he did this fall. It's called "Bumble-ardy."
In The New York Times book review, Pamela Paul wrote, quote, "Sendak, Shel Silverstein and Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, are so much a part of the childhood vernacular today that it's hard to imagine their books were once considered to be wholly inappropriate for children. They brought a shock of subversion to the genre - defying the notion that children's books shouldn't be scary, silly or sophisticated. Their books encouraged bad or perhaps just human behavior," unquote.
Maurice Sendak is 83 now. It would have been difficult for him to get to a studio. So, in September, when "Bumble-ardy" was published, we called him at home.
Maurice Sendak, congratulations on your new book. And it gives me this opportunity to call you up and see how you're doing, and to say hello and talk with you about your work. So how have you been?
GROSS: Do you have a secret stash of work that you've never published?
SENDAK: Yes. Oh, sure.
GROSS: You do? Yeah?
SENDAK: A lot of it is junk...
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
SENDAK: ...which should not be published. Some of it is good and some of it is just fits and starts of things. I'm writing a poem now about a nose. I always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But, you know, I thought. gee. It's a ludicrous subject. Well, that's why, you know, when I was younger I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense and there was not. There's nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.
GROSS: Well, in your new book "Bumble-ardy," the main character is a pig who is orphaned and lives with his aunt.
GROSS: And when his parents were alive he never had a birthday party because his immediate family frowned on fun. Then he turns nine. His aunt buys him some gifts to through him a quiet party for two. But then he decides to throw a costume party for himself and he invites some grubby swine.
The party begins after his aunt leaves for work and then mayhem ensues. And when his aunt returns, she throws everyone out and says, OK smarty, you've had your party but never again. And then Bumble-ardy says in tears, I promise, I swear, I won't ever turn 10.
SENDAK: Right.
SENDAK: I don't know what to answer to that. You've just picked the two lines of the book that are my favorite lines. They're something so poignant and extremely funny if you could say that's funny about his answer, I'll never turn 10. In fact, it sums up my life, it sums up my work, whether it's mad or ludicrous or funny and odd, it's true.
What you just said is extremely insightful. Nobody has said anything like that. Those two lines are essential. I'll never be 10, it touches me deeply but I won't pretend that I know exactly what it means. I only know it touches me deeply, and when I thought of it, I was so happy I thought of it. It came to me, which is what the creative act is all about. Things come to you without you necessarily knowing what they mean.
GROSS: You know, let me ask you, those two lines where she says OK smarty, you've had your party but never again. And he says, I promise, I swear, I won't ever turn 10. What a bargain that is, you know?
SENDAK: I had somewhat the same problem. I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable. He was older by five years Jack Sendak. He wrote a number of books. He was very, very, very gifted. More importantly to my life, he saved my life. He drew me away from the lack of comprehension that existed between me and my parents. And he took his time with me to draw pictures and to read stories and live a kind of fantastical life.
GROSS: Yeah, but isn't there a part of you that wishes like you had a son or a daughter to come help take care of you, and shop for you and bring you things. And...
SENDAK: Yes. I would infinitely prefer a daughter. If I had a son I'd leave him at the A&P...
SENDAK: ...or some other big advertising place that, you know, where somebody who needs a kid would find him and then he would be all right.
GROSS: Why? Isn't that stereotyping what a son would be?
SENDAK: I suppose it is but I'm just an ordinary human being. A daughter would be drawn to me. A daughter would want to help me. I mean girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that, we all know it, we just don't like to think about it and certainly the men don't like to think about it. But a daughter would - oh, God. I've fantasies(ph) a daughter. I have lived my whole life with a dream daughter.
SENDAK: Correct.
GROSS: If you were able to be out in a period like we live in today where it's socially acceptable in lots of circles to be gay and have children, it's so much easier to be gay and have children now, would you have had a child?
SENDAK: No. No. There's too much hard work involved.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: Do you have someone to help you?
SENDAK: Yes. Yes. And she is a youngish lady who puts up with my oldness; that is, I'm fighting and struggling against. She puts up with my bad behavior and she loves me and I love her.
GROSS: Is she a friend? Is she a nurse?
SENDAK: She's a friend.
GROSS: Oh, that's great.
SENDAK: Yes. And she belonged down the road and her mother was a saint in the best sense of that word, the best sense of what I imagine Christianity is all about. I adored her mother and I adore her. Her name is Lynn(ph) and I adore her brother, his name is Peter. And they both have grown up and are attached to me and I might as well have had them for my kids. They put up with everything.
SENDAK: Oh, about 50 years. Yeah.
GROSS: Yeah. And he was a psychoanalyst, right?
SENDAK: He was a psychoanalyst.
GROSS: OK. So here's the thing: like when you're in therapy, you have to decide if you're going to tell your spouse, your friends, your family about things that happen in those sessions, things you learned about yourself, things you said about other people or not. You know, whether you can confide in people about that or not. So since your partner was a psychoanalyst, did you talk to him about your therapy sessions?
SENDAK: About my therapy?
GROSS: Yeah.
SENDAK: With him. No. No. It just seemed like, why? I don't know why. I don't know why. It just seemed inauthentic and incorrect to burden him with that. My therapies went on forever. My being gay was something of not great interest to me - you just have to believe that.
And the person I lived with - we lived together for all those years so that we make trips to our favorite places in Europe, so that we could read our favorite books, so that we could and this is most important - we could listen to music. Now I couldn't deal with 9/11 the other day. I just couldn't bear it.
GROSS: The 10th anniversary of 9/11?
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
SENDAK: Yes. But that evening of 9/11, they conducted Mahler's "2nd Symphony," the "Resurrection" symphony, which has never been a great favorite of mine, but Mahler is a great favorite of mine. And I sat there and cried like a baby listening to the music. I'd got through the way – the whole day had not gotten through to me. I just couldn't deal with the whole situation.
But sitting there and listening to music that was written almost now a hundred years ago, it had nothing to do with 9/11, except that it had to do with the life and death of human beings, which takes me back for some reason to "Bumble-ardy," I won't turn 10.
GROSS: Did they die very recently?
SENDAK: Yes. She died two months ago and he died the day before yesterday. And I was, except for his son, the last person to speak with him. He was my publisher and I loved him and I loved her.
GROSS: Are you at the point where you feel like you've outlived a lot of people who you loved?
SENDAK: Yes. Of course. And since I don't believe in another world, in another life, that this is it. And when they die they are out of my life. They're gone forever. Blank. Blank. Blank. And I am not afraid of death. And I begin to - as maybe a good many elderly people do. Who knows?
SENDAK: No, I don't.
SENDAK: Is what?
GROSS: Staying strong.
GROSS: I don't think so.
GROSS: My guest is Maurice Sendak. He has a new children's book called "Bumble-ardy." We'll talk more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: Let's get back to my phone conversation with Maurice Sendak, the beloved children's book author who's best known for "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen." He has a new book called "Bumble-ardy."
What are your physical restrictions like? Can you walk OK? Can you get around?
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
GROSS: Mm-hmm.
SENDAK: ...because new people have died.
GROSS: Yeah.
GROSS: Yeah.
GROSS: Well, listen - yeah.
SENDAK: You know, I have to tell you something.
GROSS: Go ahead.
GROSS: ...to call up Maurice Sendak and have a chat.
GROSS: Yeah. It is.
SENDAK: That's what we've always done.
GROSS: It is.
SENDAK: Thank God we're still around to do it.
GROSS: Oh, God what a...
SENDAK: I am too.
GROSS: And I wish you all good things.
GROSS: Well, thank you again for that conversation, Maurice. My interview with Maurice Sendak was recorded in September when his book "Bumble-ardy" was published. You can see a slideshow of images from the book on our website: freshair.npr.org.
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There you go. I wasn't sure of the site's names I visited because it was pretty much a temp thing for me. There was one site where the actual authors of the songs would frequent and the forums were split up into their own section. Too bad I don't remember the place.
You can probably get an idea if you search for the songwriter in the abc files I posted. I do remember getting the forums links from the official forums, though. Might want to search there as well. They have a great tutorial on it.
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Re: back-meta hangs
Sébastien Georget wrote:
back-meta (with openldap 2.2.20) hangs in the following configuration, does anybody understand why ?
Every hours some threads seem to hang resulting in many "deferring operation" messages in the logs. If I hit <ctrl-c> in debug mode it starts to exit then stop waiting for some threads to terminate.
# local db1
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suffix "o=A,dc=domain"
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suffix "o=B,dc=domain"
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Do you mean it always hangs, or just every now and then? I've been able to successfully test the setup you presented above. In any case, I'd guess attaching the process with a debugger, and showing the stack backtrace of all threads could help.
If I run two slapd servers (one with the bdbs and the other with the meta) there are no problems.
This is the intended usage; if all databases reside on the same server and you don't need to rewrite or do some fancy stuff, I suggest you create a third bdb instance rooted at "dc=domain", and glue the three together using the "subordinate" qualifier in the two subordinate databases.
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This will track the progress for the sex testing of the following species of birds:
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The Lady-Who-Lunches (at Her Desk) Bag
The best choice is a logo-free version made of pebbled or synthetic leather that is better at taking a beating over time—not cotton or suede, both of which show stains and scuffs and usually only work for one season. Instead of a slouchy hobo style where things can sink to the middle, opt for a bag with a defined, rectangular shape (like this purse from Tory Burch). Black, brown, wine or camel will take you through all four seasons; vibrant jewel tones can work with a wool coat or a sundress, says Mull.
The right size: A purse that's approximately the same length and width as a file folder but not so boxy that it interferes with how your arm swings when you walk. Make sure it has an adjustable strap—a puffy winter jacket can hike up a bag that fits comfortably over a tank top in the summer, says Glassman.
The most common mistake: Choosing a smooth, buttery leather (like lambskin) that shows nicks and scratches, and sags under the weight of a heavy wallet.
One to try: Emerald green accessories showed up at shows like Stella McCartney and Mulberry. Choose a bag in this color to punch up a navy suit or a black-and-white print dress.
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RE: Cool but...
by peejay on Fri 1st Feb 2008 14:03 UTC in reply to "Cool but..."
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In general, content >> drawing ability.
I mean, look at xkcd. ;)
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Culture warriors produce a new, improved Bible
Fundamentalist Christians are fond of the final verses of the book of Revelation:
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints.
No, not that one, of course. They don’t tend to think of “grace” as a defining characteristic of the Lord Jesus. Nor do they believe such grace should be extended to all the saints (at least not to all the people who claim to be among the saints — certainly not to the egalitarians, liberals, homosexuals, Episcopalians, papists, peaceniks, etc.).
No, they’re fond of the verses before that one:
The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’
And let everyone who hears say, ‘Come.’
And let everyone who is thirsty come.
No, no, no — not those verses either, obviously. And certainly not these ones from earlier in that chapter:
“The healing of the nations”? That’s hippy-talk! Plus it sounds like some kind of internationalist U.N. plot. Smells a bit too much like Agenda 21.
No, the part of this chapter they love is verses 18 and 19:
Ah, yes, that’s the stuff — curses and plagues. Now we’re talking.
By “this book,” John of Patmos meant his book — his apocalypse, or what we call the book of Revelation. But fundamentalists, once again stretching that word “literally,” apply John’s threat of a curse to the entire Bible, by which they mean the 66-book Western Protestant Christian Bible — a canon that wasn’t settled on until centuries after John was writing.
This is a remarkably brazen bit of exegetical chutzpah, if you think about it. Here is John, explicitly warning his readers not to tamper with the words or the meaning of his vision. And here come the fundies, tampering with the meaning of his words from that very warning. By applying his words to 65 other books that John was not applying them to, they change the meaning of his words and, thus, are both adding to and taking away from the words of his book.
And yet, if you spend any time among American fundamentalists, reading their literature or listening to their sermons, you’re bound to hear these verses invoked and always as applying to the entire canon of their Protestant, King James Bible.
But there’s another level of chutzpah at work here, too. Because as frequently as you will hear this interpretation of these two verses invoked, you’ll hear this same strained interpretation violated even more often.
Joe Jervis points us to a recent, and very typical, example: Something called the “Truth For Youth” Bible.
This “enhanced” edition of the Bible is now being promoted by the American Family Association (home of AIDS-denier Bryan Fischer) and its boycott-happy wing, One Million Moms (home of dozens of moms). It’s produced by evangelist Tim Todd, who seems nostalgic for the Satanic panic of the 1980s.
Here’s part of AFA’s description of this “unique evangelism outreach”:
This solves a great dilemma for culture warriors. They really wish the Bible spent more time talking about the things they’re obsessed with, but the actual Bible is a terrible disappointment on this score. Yeah, it’s got a handful of clobber verses on homosexuality and drunkenness, but not nearly as many as they wish were in there.
And when it comes to condemning abortion or secular rock music, the Bible is silent and therefore pretty much useless.
So what’s a righteous culture warrior to do? What else? They just have to add new stories to the Bible — “issue-based” culture-war stories that teach the lessons the Bible ought to have taught if it hadn’t been such a disappointment in its original form.
And then, to make sure that no one treats these new, added sections as less meaningful, they stress that these additions are “absolute truth.”
The result is a new, improved Bible — a book that no one is ever going to mistake for one that would advocate, or even tolerate, “the healing of the nations.”
Back to the '80s, because we never left them
Consent is a necessary prerequisite for any sexual ethic
• Sgt. Pepper’s Bleeding Heart
The entire bible, and dozens of translations of it are all in the public domain. Bible Gateway has at least twenty English translations available for free. Which means that the only reason people would bother buying a bible is for the expanded material which tells them exactly what to think about each passage in nice little footnotes and sidebars.
Not everyone has internet access on demand. Or a computer.
Also, what Deird said.
Also, yay, another person telling me with certainty what my motivations are.
• Tricksterson
(presents you with a tray) Would you prefer a platypus shaped macaroon or an echidna shaped cinnamon tart?
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A component of "Big Data," the huge volume of data created by software alone rather than from business transactions such as orders, comments and support questions that are initiated by humans. Examples of machine data are the numerous system logs generated by the operating system and other infrastructure software in the normal course of the day, as well as Web page request and clickstream logs produced by Web servers. Network management logs and telecom call detail records are also machine-generated data. See Big Data.
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perlquestion Pizentios Hi monks!<br> <br> <p>I have a problem that i know can be solved by using trig. However i am at a loss on how to go about it in perl.</p> <p>Bit of backstory:<br> At work we have a map that uses x,y cords to place objects on it. However we need to "convert" gps lat and long cords to fit on this map. I have two reference points on the map already that will be constant for every caculation. Using Math::Trig i have figured out the angles (read bearings) of the two reference points as well as the bearings from the reference points to my test point using the gps lat and long values.</p><br> <p>Here's the code i've used:</p> <code> use strict; use warnings; use Math::Trig qw(great_circle_distance deg2rad pi rad2deg great_circle_direction); my $low_right_lat ="49.033312"; my $low_right_long ="-95.261125"; my $upper_left_lat ="51.361154"; my $upper_left_long ="-101.353263"; my $user_lat ="49.752852"; my $user_long ="-100.119849"; sub NESW { deg2rad($_[0]), deg2rad(90-$_[1]) } my @A = NESW($low_right_long, $low_right_lat); my @B = NESW($upper_left_long, $upper_left_lat); my @USER = NESW($user_long, $user_lat); my $angle_a_to_user = great_circle_direction(@A, @USER); #in rads. my $angle_a_to_user_deg = rad2deg($angle_a_to_user); my $angle_b_to_user = great_circle_direction(@B, @USER); #in rads. my $angle_b_to_user_deg = rad2deg($angle_b_to_user); my $angle_a_to_b = great_circle_direction(@A, @B); #in rads. my $angle_a_to_b_deg = rad2deg($angle_a_to_b); my $angle_b_to_a = great_circle_direction(@B, @A); #in rads. my $angle_b_to_a_deg = rad2deg($angle_b_to_a); print "Angle From A to User is: $angle_a_to_user_deg\n"; print "Angle From B to User is: $angle_b_to_user_deg\n"; print "Angle From A to B is: $angle_a_to_b_deg\n"; print "Angle From B to A is: $angle_b_to_a_deg\n"; </code> <p>This ofcourse returns angles to the lines from 0 degrees (strait north)</p> <p> Using this information i am able to use the law of sines and the law of cosines (and some addition/subtraction to get the angle from line AB to line AC and line BC) to figure out the length of the sides that are made to my test point on the x,y graph (on paper but it should translate to perl code fairly easy).</p><br>I am however at a loss on how to proceed further....<br> <p> I have constants on a x,y grid that are as follows:<br> Point A: x=1019,y=1698<br> Point B: x=79,y=1138<br> Distance between Point A and Point B is: 1094<br> </p> <p>I am trying to caculate the x,y cords for a point that i would like to map. My thoughts are to find the intersection of two circles, as i know the radius of each circle (from my math on paper, one centered on Point A and the other centered on Point B).</p> <br> Circle at Point A's radius: 781.5815<br> Circle at Point B's radius: 431.2683009<br> <br> <p>Can somebody please give me some tips or suggestions on how to proceed to solve this problem in perl? Code examples would be greatly appreciated....This is the first time i've had to do any kind of higher level math in perl. </p> <p>It doesn't have to be solved using intersection of two circles if sombody out there has a better method of figuring it out...and i must admit my trig skills are very rusty as i haven't used em much since high school.</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-996246"> -Pizentios </div></div>
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I agree, that was a bit of ahead of time to rush with Text::Diff from my side, but the memories are still alive in my head when I had to do something very similar. Suprisingly, simple equality tests will not live for a long time untouched in this case. See L~R's comment about dates and other small dynamics on websites.
But your point taken. :)
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As jettero pointed out, it's an rvalue assignment - and although the code in the example that you cite isn't doing anything worthwhile, the mechanism itself is a perfectly valid and useful one. Without it, you couldn't do things like
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Understood, and I have no problem with the rvalue itself being an lvalue (if that makes sense).
My only point here was that splitting this construct across multiple lines, with a large number of comments in-between, makes the script difficult to read - the construct itself is clear, and useful :)
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However, for the purposes of running CountZero's example code, the two most important modules ('pragmas' in Perlish) to use in place of Modern::Perl and at the beginning of all code are
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(IMHO). If your Perl installation does not offer these fundamental modules, it should be considered seriously b0rken.
In addition to using the above-mentioned modules (pragmata), you will also need to either replace the say() function with some variation of the print built-in, e.g.
or else enable the feature via the feature pragma:
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in Perl versions 5.10+.
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Win2000Pro, but I'm "gaggin' fer the day" when I can ingest a caplet containing cerebro-seeking nanites that offer me wireless broadband access to global information devices.
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I think it's obvious to the reader that profanity was used when the reader sees the word 'shit'. Seriously, if this mythical reader has a problem being exposed to such a word, it's their responsibility to disconnect their computer from the Internet.
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Re: Embracing functions with parentheses
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Our own functions are easy to recognice due to the fact we have to program conform to a predefined coding standard.
funcions are named using camelnotation, we use an indentation of 4 spaces(tab) 'private' functions have an _ prefix (i know they do not really exist in perl, but this way we know a function is ment to be private) etc.
Next we allways use strict and have warnings on, and we code with the idea that readability is more important than a fast and unreadable algorithm, and we try to avoid perlmagic as much as possible.
package Just_A_Package_Name use strict; sub _privateFunctionName() { my $self = shift; my ($otherItem) = @_; } sub publicFunctionName(){ ... } # So we'd rather write foreach my $item (@array) { # than foreach (@array) {
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Re^3: Fast common substring matching
by Roy Johnson (Monsignor)
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I came up with an algorithm inspired by bzip's algorithm of generating all substrings and then sorting them. I tried yours on a list of 20 strings of 1000 chars, and it ran in 153 seconds. Mine ran in 0.67 seconds, yielding the same results. 30 strings of 3000 chars runs in 20.3 seconds on mine; scaling up from there starts to get painful, but I would guess the OP's requirement of 300 strings of 3000 chars would run in under an hour, if it had plenty of memory (there will be 900,000 strings averaging 1500 chars in length).
Give it a whirl.
use warnings; use strict; use Time::HiRes; if (@ARGV == 0) { print "Finds longest matching substring between any pair of test s +trings\n"; print "in the given file. Pairs of lines are expected with the fir +st of a\n"; print "pair being the string name and the second the test string." +; exit (1); } my $minmatch = 4; my $startTime = [Time::HiRes::gettimeofday ()]; my @strings; while (<>) { chomp(my $label = $_); chomp(my $string = <>); # Compute all substrings push @strings, map [substr($string, $_), $label, $_], 0..(length($st +ring) - $minmatch); } print "Loaded. Sorting...\n"; @strings = sort {$a->[0] cmp $b->[0]} @strings; print "Sorted. Finding matches...\n"; # Now walk through the list. The best match for each string will be th +e # previous or next element in the list that is not from the original s +ubstring, # so for each entry, just look for the next one. See how many initial +letters # match and track the best matches my @matchdata = (0); # (length, index1-into-strings, index2-into-strin +gs) for my $i1 (0..($#strings - 1)) { my $i2 = $i1 + 1; ++$i2 while $i2 <= $#strings and $strings[$i2][1] eq $strings[$i1][1 +]; next if $i2 > $#strings; my ($common) = map length, ($strings[$i1][0] ^ $strings[$i2][0]) =~ +/^(\0*)/; if ($common > $matchdata[0]) { @matchdata = ($common, [$i1, $i2]); } elsif ($common == $matchdata[0]) { push @matchdata, [$i1, $i2]; } } print "Best match: $matchdata[0] chars\n"; for my $i (@matchdata[1..$#matchdata]) { print "$strings[$i->[0]][1] starting at $strings[$i->[0]][2]" . " and $strings[$i->[1]][1] starting at $strings[$i->[1]][2]\n"; } print "Completed in " . Time::HiRes::tv_interval ($startTime) . "\n";
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use warnings; use strict; my ($howmany, $howlong) = (20, 1000); # Generate $howmany strings of $howlong characters for my $s (1..$howmany) { print "'String $s'\n"; my $str = ''; $str .= (qw(A C G T))[rand 4] for 1..$howlong; print "$str\n"; }
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Re^4: Fast common substring matching
by bioMan (Beadle) on Nov 29, 2005 at 16:53 UTC
Yes, after I came up with my algorithm, I realized what all the output from GrandFather's code meant. I had thought it was just some sort of cryptic progress meter. :-)
The (reasonably) obvious way to get the longest substring for each pair of input strings would be to run my algorithm using each pair of strings as input rather than the whole list of strings. That's probably more work than GF's method, though. I thought about trying it, but something shiny caught my attention...
Update: but now I've done it. It runs on 20 strings of 1000 characters in something under 10 seconds for me. 100 strings of 1000 characters takes about 4 minutes.
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LOL - I know what you mean.
I'm still going over your original code to see how you did what you did -- trying to learn some perl :-)
I'll give the new code a try. I also see that the minimum length in your code doesn't have to be a power of 2. This should allow me to analyze a limit boundary that appears to be present in my data. Grandfather's code allowed me to come up with what I feel is a pretty good estimate for the value of the limit, but this should allow a closer examination of the limit.
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My kitchen sink is my thinking cap… This does explain why your neighbors keep talking about the guy who keeps standing on his head in the kitchen sink. Of course, they would talk even more if you were walking about with a sink on your head. I find a nice thinking cap can be made with a bit of newspaper or aluminum foil, although my neighbors tend to look away when I wear either out.
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Tapeworms are flat worms that are segmented. They consist of a head, neck, and then a number of segments. The head usually has suckers or muscular grooves that enable the tapeworm to attach itself to the animal’s intestine.
Each tapeworm segment has its own reproductive organs. New segments are continually formed in the neck region of the worm while those at the end of the tapeworm are cast off as they mature. These mature segments contain large numbers of eggs which are often grouped into packets. The segments may often be seen near the anus of the dog or cat. These segments may move if recently passed, or if dried, they look like grains of uncooked rice or cucumber seeds. Tapeworm infections are usually diagnosed by finding these segments on the animal.
Tapeworms of dogs and cats all have life cycles that include an intermediate host. These hosts include fleas, fish, and domestic animals such as sheep and pigs. All of the adult forms of these tapeworms live in the cat’s or dog’s digestive system. It is interesting that tapeworms have no digestive systems themselves, but absorb nutrients through their skin.
The most common tapeworms that infect dogs and cats are:
• Dipylidium caninum
• Taenia species
• Echinococcus granulosus and E. multiocularis
• Diphyllobothrium latum
• Spirometra mansonoides
The adult form of D. caninum lives in dogs, cats, fox, and occasionally humans. It is found throughout the world. Fleas and lice serve as intermediate hosts.
What is the life cycle of D. caninum?
The adult worm, which can be up to 20 inches long, lives in the small intestine. The segments, full of eggs, are passed in the feces. While warm, the segments are active, but as they dry, they break open and liberate the eggs inside. Either an adult louse or a flea larva ingests the eggs. The egg develops into an immature form in the insect. When a dog or cat eats the insect, the immature form develops into an adult worm and the life cycle is completed.
How is an infection with D. caninum diagnosed?
The diagnosis of a D. caninum infection can be diagnosed by finding the moving segments, dried segments, and occasionally by seeing eggs in the feces if the segment had ruptured.
What are the signs of a D. caninum infection?
In heavy infections, we may notice abdominal discomfort or nervousness in the animal. The animal may vomit. The active segments around the anal area may cause an animal to lick or 'scoot' on the floor.
What signs of infection do we see in humans?
Usually it is children who become infected with this tapeworm by ingesting flea larvae or adult lice. In general, we rarely see symptoms in humans. In severe infections, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and pruritus (itching) in the perianal area may be present.
How do we treat and prevent infections with D. caninum in dogs and cats?
The most common treatment is praziquantel which is found in Droncit and Tradewinds Tapeworm Tabs. The dose is determined by number of tablets per body weight. The drug epsiprantel (Cestex) is also effective, but cannot be used in puppies and kittens less than 7 weeks of age. For more information see the table on Treatments of Gastrointestinal Parasites at the end of this article.
There are 9 major species of Taenia tapeworms in North America, 7 of which have dogs or cats as the definitive hosts (animals which harbor the adult form of the parasite).
Latin Name Common Name Definitive Host Intermediate Host
T. saginata Unarmed tapeworm; beef tapeworm Man Cattle
T. solium Armed tapeworm; pork bladderworm Man Pig
T. hydatigena Thin-necked bladderworm Dog, Bear Sheep, goat, cattle, pig, deer
T. krabbei Dog Reindeer
T. multiceps
(Also known as Multiceps multiceps)
T. ovis Dog Sheep, goat
T. pisiformis Dog Rabbit, rodent
T. serialis
(Also known as Multiceps serialis)
Bladderworm Dog Rabbit, hare
T. taeniaeformis Feline tapeworm Cat Rodent
Are the life cycles of the different Taenia species similar?
Yes. The segments of the worm pass out with the feces of the dog or cat. Often eggs are released from the segments before they are passed. The intermediate host ingests the eggs which are immediately infective. In the intermediate host, the parasite embryo is released in the small intestine and the immature form migrates through the body to various organs, depending on the species of Taenia. The immature form develops a small fluid-filled sac, called a bladder, which surrounds it and provides nourishment. When the 'bladder' is ingested by the definitive host, the head of the tapeworm is released, attaches itself to the intestinal wall, grows, and segments.
Dogs and cats may remain infected for a year or more, and the tapeworms can grow to be over 6 feet long.
What are the signs and symptoms of Taenia infection?
Even in severe infections, there is little evidence of infection other than pruritus around the anal area and finding the segments attached to the animal's fur. Rarely, intestinal obstruction may occur. In general, the intermediate host shows many more signs of illness than the definitive host.
How is an infection with Taenia species diagnosed?
Because the eggs are often released from the segments before the segments pass out through the feces, the main method of diagnosis is through microscopic fecal examination. All Taenia eggs look alike and are very difficult to distinguish from each other.
How is a Taenia infection treated and prevented?
Taenia spp. are more susceptible to antihelmintics than other tapeworms. Effective treatments include Drontal Plus and Cestex. For more information see the table on Treatments of Gastrointestinal Parasites at the end of this article.
Prevention methods must be based on prohibiting dogs and cats from eating raw meat or offal, and preying on wild animals. The immature forms in the intermediate hosts are killed by freezing or cooking. Rodent control is important.
Dogs and wild canids serve as the definitive hosts of Echinococcus granulosus. Herbivores such as sheep are the intermediate hosts. Dogs, cats, and fox are definitive hosts for E. multiocularis, and voles, lemmings, and shrews serve as the intermediate hosts. Humans can also serve as intermediate hosts for both species of Echinococcus. The infection in humans causes a severe, sometimes fatal disease called 'hydatid disease' or echinococcosis.
Both of these tapeworms are found in limited areas in North America. E. granulosus is more common in geographical areas with large numbers of sheep, but is still quite rare. Originally, E. multiocularis was only found in the northern states; more recently it has been found as far south as Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
What is the life cycle of Echinococcus tapeworms?
The intermediate host ingests the Echinococcus eggs which are passed in the feces of the definitive host. The eggs hatch and the immature forms penetrate the intestinal wall of the intermediate host and migrate to various organs, usually the lungs and liver. Large cysts, 2-5 inches in diameter, develop and contain thousands of infective forms, called 'hydatid sand.'
When the cysts are ingested by a definitive host, each of the infective forms contained in the cyst can develop into an adult tapeworm that is usually less than 7 mm long. The adult worms attach themselves to the small intestine and may live there up to two years.
What are the signs of Echinococcus infections in animals?
As with Taenia tapeworms, the definitive hosts rarely show signs of disease unless the tapeworms are present in high numbers. Usually, the intermediate hosts do not show signs of infection either.
How is infection with Echinococcus diagnosed, treated, and controlled in dogs and cats?
Eggs of this tapeworm are not uniformly passed in the stool. If eggs are found, it is virtually impossible to distinguish them from the eggs of Taenia, which is a much more common tapeworm.
Praziquantel at a dose of 5 mg/kg is the treatment of choice in dogs and cats infected with Echinococcus. For more information see the table on Treatments of Gastrointestinal Parasites at the end of this article.
Control of Echinococcus is centered around preventing dogs and cats from eating parts or all of the intermediate hosts. Animals should not be fed offal or uncooked meat. Rodent populations should be controlled.
How do humans become infected with Echinococcus?
Humans become accidentally infected by ingesting food items contaminated with the eggs of Echinococcus. This can occur through eating contaminated vegetation such as nuts, berries, and herbs. Hands could become contaminated by gardening or otherwise working in soil contaminated with dog, cat, fox, or other canid feces. Be sure to wash all fruits and vegetables and wash hands thoroughly with soap and water as well.
Signs of infection may not be evident until years after ingestion of the eggs.
What are the signs of disease in humans infected with Echinococcus?
Humans, unlike animals, often show signs of infection with Echinococcus, and the signs vary depending on the organs infected. Parasitic tumors may develop in the brain, heart, lungs, and liver. If these cystic tumors in a human would rupture, anaphylactic shock may occur. Surgery is often the treatment of choice in humans infected with Echinococcus. Newer drug therapies such as albendazole and albendazole with praziquantel are often used in conjunction with surgery, or alone, if surgery is not an option.
The diagnosis of hydatid disease in humans is often made through sophisticated testing using CAT scans and MRI. Serologic tests are also available.
As with other tapeworms, D. latum lives in the small intestines of its definitive hosts which include dogs, cats, fox, bear, other fish-eating mammals, and man. It is found in the Great Lakes area, in some southern Gulf areas, and in the Arctic. Unlike other tapeworms already discussed, it has two intermediate hosts.
What is the life cycle of D. latum?
The adult worms, which can reach the length of ten meters, are found in the small intestine of the definitive host. Instead of passing segments filled with eggs, D. latum eggs are discharged through a small 'uterine pore' in each segment. Segments which have released all their eggs are often shed in chains instead of individually.
After the eggs are passed, they need to remain in water for 8 days before they are infective to the first intermediate hosts which are copepods, a type of freshwater crustacean. The D. latum embryos develop into second stage larvae inside the copepods. One copepod can contain large numbers of these second stage larvae.
The copepods are often eaten by minnows in which third stage D. latum larvae develop. Often larger fish, such as perch, walleye, trout, and pike, will eat the minnows and the third stage larvae will move into the larger fish’s tissues. A definitive host becomes infected by eating the infected minnows or larger fish.
Do pets and humans infected with D. latum show any signs of disease?
Even though the adult tapeworm can grow very large, there are minimal signs of infection in dogs and cats.
The adult tapeworm can live for up to 20 years in people. In humans, D. latum absorbs a large amount of Vitamin B12 from the intestinal contents. This results in a Vitamin B12 deficiency in some humans. Vitamin B12 is necessary for the proper production of red blood cells, and a deficiency in the vitamin can result in the development of pernicious anemia.
Humans with severe infestation may also have diarrhea, obstructions of the intestine and bile ducts, and sometimes show toxic symptoms.
How is an infection with D. latum diagnosed?
Diagnosis of an infection with the broad fish tapeworm is generally made through finding the eggs in the feces. Care must be taken to differentiate the eggs from another tapeworm called Spirometra and a lung fluke, Paragonimus kellicotti.
What is the treatment for D. latum infection and what prevention measures can be used?
Praziquantel is often the treatment of choice for broad fish tapeworm infections in dogs and cats. Although not FDA approved for this use in dogs and cats, it is a common and accepted practice to use the medication for this purpose. Recommended dosages vary. Humans are treated with praziquantel or niclosamide.
Prevention of D. latum infections can be accomplished by not allowing pets access to raw or undercooked fish.
S. mansonoides more commonly infects cats and bobcats, but can also infect dogs and raccoons. Its life cycle and eggs are very similar to Diphyllobothrium. It is found in the southern United States in Florida and along the Gulf Coast.
What is the life cycle of S. mansonoides?
The adult worms, which are around 25 cm in length, are found in the small intestine of the definitive host. As with D. latum, eggs are discharged through a small 'uterine pore' in each segment.
After the eggs are passed, and become infective, they are eaten by the first intermediate hosts which are copepods, a type of freshwater crustacean. The S. mansonoides embryos develop into second stage larvae inside the copepods.
The copepods are eaten by birds, snakes, reptiles, amphibians, or rodents. The third stage S. mansonoides larvae develop in these second intermediate hosts. Definitive hosts become infected by eating the infected snakes, rodents, or other second intermediate host.
Do animals infected with S. mansonoides show signs of disease?
Usually infections of pet animals with S. mansonoides are asymptomatic. In more severe cases, cats may have weight loss, irritability, and changes in appetite.
How is an infection with S. mansonoides diagnosed?
Diagnosis of an infection with S. mansonoides is generally made through finding the eggs in the feces. Care must be taken to differentiate the eggs from D. latum the lung fluke, Paragonimus kellicotti.
How are S. mansonoides infections treated and prevented in pets?
Treatment for S. mansonoides infections is the same as that for D. latum, praziquantel. Although not FDA approved for use in dogs and cats for the treatment of S. mansonoides infections, it is a common and accepted practice to use the medication for this purpose.
The only way a S. mansonoides infection can be prevented in animals is by not allowing them to scavenge or prey on the second intermediate hosts (birds, snakes, reptiles, amphibians, or rodents).
Can humans become infected with S. mansonoides?
Rarely, humans have become infected with the second stage larvae by inadvertently eating the copepods. When this occurs, the second stage larvae migrate to muscles and other tissues and develop into third stage larvae just as they would in a snake or rodent. In addition, rarely in humans who have ingested infected reptiles or birds, the third stage larvae do not develop into adults in the intestine, but travel through the intestine and into the tissues. The human condition of having third stage larvae in muscle and subcutaneous tissues is called 'sparganosis.' Symptoms include pruritus (itching), urticaria (hives), and pain at the site of the nodules that develop. Treatment is usually by surgical removal of the nodules containing the third stage larvae. A similar condition may also occur in dogs.
Common wormers are listed below; those that are effective against tapeworms have a 'TT', 'FT', and/or "ET" in the 'Effective Against' column.
Oral Treatments for Gastrointestinal Parasites in Dogs
Ingredient(s) Example Effective
Minimum Age/Weight
diethylcarbamazine Only compounded products available* R > or = 8 weeks
piperazine salts Hartz Advanced Care Liquid Wormer/Sergeants Worm Away R > or = 6 weeks
ivermectin/pyrantel pamoate Heartgard Plus**
Tri-Heart Plus**
Iverhart Plus**
R,H > or = 6 weeks
pyrantel pamoate Drs. Foster & Smith ProWormer-2, Nemex-2 R,H > or = 2 weeks
pyrantel pamoate/praziquantel Virbantel R,H,TT > or = 12 weeks or 6 lbs
milbemycin oxime Interceptor** R,H,W > or = 4 weeks or 2 lbs
F (immature forms only)
> or = 4 weeks or 2 lbs
imidacloprid/moxidectin Advantage Multi** R,H,W,F > or = 7 weeks or 3 lbs
fenbendazole Panacur-C, SafeGuard R,H,W,TT > or = 6 weeks
febantel/praziquantel/pyrantel pamoate Drontal® Plus R,H,W,TT,FT,ET > or = to 3 weeks or 2 lbs
ivermectin/pyrantel pamoate/praziquantel Iverhart MAX** R,H,FT,TT > or = 8 weeks
praziquantel Droncit, D-Worm TT,FT, ET > or = 4 weeks
epsiprantel Cestex TT,FT > 7 weeks
*Effective against these parasites:
R = Roundworms
H = Hookworms
W = Whipworms
F = Fleas
TT = Taeniid tapeworms
FT = Flea tapeworms
ET = Echinococcus granulosus tapeworms
**Also prevents heartworm
> means greater than
References and Further Reading
Bolette, DP. Worming their way in: Identifying cestodes, trematodes and acanthocephala. Veterinary Technician. 1998;19(8): 510-527.
Bryan, RT; Schantz, PM. Echinococcus (hydatid disease). In: Zoonoses updates from the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. American Veterinary Medical Association. Schaumburg, IL; 1995: 70-73.
Companion Animal Parasite Council. http://www.capcvet.org/
Georgi, JR; Georgi, ME. Canine Clinical Parasitology. Lea & Febiger. Philadelphia, PA; 1992: 123-150.
Hendrix, CM. Diagnostic Veterinary Parasitology. Mosby, Inc. St. Louis, MO; 1998: 66-73, 83-102.
Little, SE. An overivew of cestode infections in dogs and cats. Supplement to Veterinary Medicine 2007 (March):15-17.
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I was going to figure the Megadeth reference into the story, but I kept forgetting...Meh. It's probably playing at the liquor store.
By the way, I had an awesome day hanging out with Bea yesterday in San Francisco. You should all be jealous of our first polyvore meet up.
Tangerine Sunrise
It’s just before dawn on the cliffs of Eden. I sit on the rocks there, digging my heel into the crevices and slowly, second consciously, eat my daily bag of sunflower seeds, while watching out to the horizon. In the morning the sea is purple, the color of a bruise maybe, but I’d say the color of the deepest plums, the color of the Grimmace. You, know, the Mc Donald’s character, the big wuss who looked like a big purple pimple? It looks like a bloodbath of Grimmaces. A quiet resting of C-list American culture, and the sun just beginning to rise. Maybe I’ll stick with the plum simile.
Far below, Eva Applebaum is standing in the front door of her house, smoke rising over her head. She’s watching it too. I wonder briefly if she remembers me, even though we’ve only met a couple time, but this is Eva, and Eva tends to remember even the briefest of encounters.
I love this time of morning, and I love this spot on the cliffs. I love how slow the earth is, and how I can see nearly all of it. There is to my left the expanse of the ocean, the sleepy beach side mutli-million dollar duplexes and bed and breakfasts, with the dull lights hazy in the requisite morning fog. The father away, the heavier it gets, and the boardwalk rides jut out from the hazy cloud like a seamonster sighting [which, by the way, is something I have actually seen.]. Behind me, beach community rolls in to suburbia, rolls out to my ‘hood’, grows into the forest, elevates into mountains, and tumbles back down to city scape. Only does the inner core of this place shine garish against the quiet of the morning. Why does the city always remind me of a hangover? Too many bitter people in that wasteland, I stay away from it. And it has this periminate moldy tangerine halo over the buildings, penetrating the perfect sky. The moon hangs low over the tallest, old dog and blending to the same color as its backdrop. I wonder how many people down there can see the moon through the glass and marble, and I pop another seed into my mouth.
When the sun comes up in it’s blinding orange glory, I tip my hat for shade, stand up, brush my set off, and journey back to the otherside.
I live in a tiny house from the 1930s that stands alone because all its neighbors where knocked down during 80s, and has since over grown with weeds, weed, and abused cars left out for the rot. The house is painted not-actually-antique sh*t brown, the color of macrame and bad kitchen wear usually featuring mushrooms and butterflies, complimented by puke orange and vomit yellow, and for the record I have those plates and adore them. It has two steps and a porch which holds a floral couch, which the rabbit thinks belongs to him, and his feces. I highly recommend not sitting on the couch, but, as I arrived from my morning roost, there was a boy sitting there shirtless and smoking.
“Hey, sis, looking weirder than ever,” he greeted, his emaciated, pimple scar pocked face smiling devilishly. Long limp hair hangs to his chin and the peach fuzz of that beard he could never seem to grow out dots his face like sand. His scrawny chest is covered in tattoos, mostly Celtic knots and steam-punk creatures.
I only reply when I’m standing on the porch just in front of the door and can get a clear view of his head to toe. “You scare my rabbit?”
He shrugged. He probably didn’t even know I had a rabbit.
“What do you want, Cyrus?”
“Just came to say hello to my darling baby sister. Come see how you’re doing in this dump.”
“You saw me two days ago. It’s mom, isn’t it? Or money.”
“I don’t want you’re goddamn money, I make my own now, haven’t you heard?”
“Two days ago, in fact, I did. Janitor, huh? At the delinquent center?”
He chuckles, as if underage bad boys amuses him, and takes a quick drag off the end of end of his cig. “You gonna invite me in? It’s already fucking hot out here.”
It’s hotter inside, and mustier, but I don’t tell him, and instead take out my key and unlock the door behind the screen. “Snub out the cancer stick,”I command before letting him in. Once inside, I bustle to the kitchen, which is part of the living room, which is part of the front entry, and offer Cyrus a drink. He asks for a beer, and I toss it to him against my better judgement. Once the top is off he makes himself right at home on my living room sofa.
“So what does Mom want then?”
He took a nice long drink before answering, “Felix came back.”
I pause, letting the silence impact what has just been told. “Felix? He’s been gone for five years. He never contacted any of us once! And what did he do, just show up on Mom’s front porch?”
“Pretty much,” deadpans Cyrus.
“Mom must be a wreck.”
“Total. Felix is saying he joined some commune, but I say it was some cult because he shaved off all his hair, eyebrows included.”
“I thought he was in the Peace Corps?”
“Must’ve gotten sidetracked.”
Under my breath, I mutter, “That little b*tch,” and began to peel a grape fruit.
Felix would be my other brother, the older older one. He was once my best friend, my hero, and he always had good intentions for saving humanity from itself, but Felix was selfish, and somewhat attention deficit. Felix left us for himself.
I shake my head and allow a slight smile as I cut into the meat of the fruit. “Shame. He really had such glorious hair.”
“I couldn’t stand being in there while they screamed at each other, so I figured someone should tell you. Mom wasn’t going to call. She’s still in denial that Felix doesn't exist any more.”
“You know, Cyrus, you could just move out and save you the headache and me the need to entertain you whenever mom goes ballistic.”
“I could,” replied he, looking out the one window in the room, “But this is so much more fun.” And he smiled with his gingivitis gums back up at me.
After a while, Cyrus stood up, stretched to the ceiling [and nearly touched it], and said, “Well, I’ll tell Felix he should come visit you if can. I know he misses you. Thanks for the beer.” And he was gone, trampling back up the dirty pavement.
A slice of the fruit was groped between my fingers, its pink stinging all those nasty little hang nails. I devoured it before it would hurt any longer.
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Testers Check Beam Patterns and Illumination
Li-ion batteries top NiMH and lead-acid, but they also push up price.
Multi-LED spots varied significantly in size, from left: West Marine SuperSpot, Brinkmann Q-Beam, Coleman (4351-700), and Cyclops.
Testers in this month's spotlight test evaluated a number of spotlight features. Although some points such as ergonomics involved a small degree of subjectivity, features such as brightness carried much heavier weighting in the final ratings. Here is what we looked at:
Ergonomics. Some models merely have an on–off switch; others add one or two controls to change power, or activate a strobe feature, or turn on a red beam. There were, however, as many configurations of use and meaning of the switches as there were spotlights. Testers concentrated on how these are used: Is one–hand operation possible? Are the controls logically placed? Do they snap into position, providing satisfying feedback? Can the light be turned on by accident, possibly leading to a depleted battery?
Beam Patterns. Rated power tells only a partial story: Where is the power radiated—into a spot, as desired? To evaluate beam pattern, we aimed each spotlight at the center of a four–foot-square segment of neutral-colored wall from 6 feet away, and photographed its beam patter to reveal the relative strengths of the spot, corona, flood, and spill portions. For maximum range, all of the light would radiate into the spot alone, and none elsewhere. To coincide with a two-foot–wide object such as a reflective patch on a life raft, at a fifth of a mile distance, a beam would have to start out at the reflector at about 1/10 of a degree wide—orders of magnitude smaller than the LED itself! Of course, none of the tested units could produce a beam this laser-narrow—nor would this be desirable. For spot beams of the same illuminance (lux), the narrowest will shine the same amount of light farther away. All beams, of course, aren’t of the same luminance, so we must also measure beam illuminance.
Beam Illuminance. Light actually reaching the target downrange is what counts, so for our second measurement, we used a Wavetek LM631 digital light meter to measure the lux value of light received from the spotlight at 30 feet. Higher lux values are better, but keep in mind the non–spot regions shown in the beam-pattern photos: They may be reflecting unwanted light back in your eye from lifelines, rigging, mast, boom, sails—anything on your boat between you and where the light leaves the boat.
Next, we turned to long-range performance, the area in which spotlights should really shine.
Beam Effectiveness at Distance. At dusk, a time we thought would challenge our vision more than full night, we set up a reflective target 1/5-mile away. The target was an 8-inch by 8-inch square of 3M Scotchlite SOLAS-A reflective tape (reported on in PS Chandlery, “A Shining Solution,” February 2006). While shining each spotlight on the target, the tester compared the brightness of the reflection in the target.
Service Time. This consisted of two time measurements: how long to half strength and how long to recharge. Our protocol is probably much more severe than the manufacturers’; we explain below. After a full recharge, or in the case of the Waypoint fresh C batteries, we switched the spotlight on at its highest-power setting, and started our timer. Every half an hour. We checked to see whether the light output had fallen to half its original output. When the light level had declined to half the starting value, we noted the elapsed time and terminated the test for that lamp.
We chose half power as a terminal value, not settling for a lower value because spotlights are specialized tools calling for high power, not general-purpose flashlights. Note that, at half power, the brightest spotlights still radiate more light than the low-power group does at initial full power.
After measuring service time, we returned the battery to a full charge and noted the time this took. Cycle times probably reveal something about battery types (there are at least five in this test) as well as individual capacity.
The number, depth, and length of service cycles have a great effect on battery behavior, so expect variations depending on your use.
Flashlight manufacturers reveal little about the batteries in their products, beyond type and (usually scant) charging instructions. In our experience, the lithium-ion batteries provide top performance and conventional lead acid batteries deliver the worst. But that extended life comes at a price. Our advice is to select your spotlight based on performance (light delivered to a distant target), and go with whatever battery type and charging protocol this entails. Because some batteries give no indication when they are reaching the end of their life, long-term cruisers will want to have a back-up or at least one spotlight that will work with the ship’s 12-volt system.
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This is the how-we-tested segment of a multipart online article, some of which is accessible only to subscribers. Subscribers can follow the hyperlink in the first sentence to results. By the way, there was also a followup to this test, see September 2013 issue, available online.
Posted by: DARRELL N | December 30, 2014 10:45 AM Report this comment
So.....Where are the test RESULTS ???
Posted by: Edward C | December 30, 2014 8:50 AM Report this comment
This seamed to be a great test but it didn't give results on the ranking of named products. Do I need to buy all these lights to test which one is more apt to fit my needs? Come on gang give us the one that held up best under the testing. Now isn't that what a test is all about?
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PayChannel: Processing Payments for Businesses
Greg Bates
Oct. 25 2012, 12:15PM EDT
The PayChannel API makes it possible to incorporate its credit card processing gateway into your software platform. Public information on the API is not available, though it does provide 8 payment features:
1. Processing options for credit card, debit card and electronic checks (ACH)
2. Processing of authorizations and settlements
3. Reversing or voiding charges
4. Recurring payment set up
5. Convenience fee transactions
6. An option for a shopping cart
7. Ability to process at your business's front counter
8. And secure processing.
PayChannel also provides E-billing (which allows you to bill your customers electronically and for them to pay you the same way), interactive voice response (IVR) (for automated over the phone payment) and hosts payment sites. The latter are constructed by a design team to match the look and feel of the client's own website for that one-stop-shop experience.
According to PayChannel, "Standard features on the [payment] site include bill summary display, payment options for credit/debit and e-check, quick payment options or registration to setup a user account for the site, payment history and printable payment receipts." It also includes a customer service portal so that your staff can take payments over the phone.
PayChannel is a division of RT Lawrence Corporation (RTL), founded in 1992 and headquartered in Whittier, CA.
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I recently started to differentiate CD4 cells into T reg cells following standard protocol. Plated ~5x10^5 CD4+CD62+FoxP3GFP- naive CD4 (also stained with Invitrogen Live and Dead kit for live cells) per well in 96-well flat bottom plate (total have 4 wells), with plate-bound anti CD3/CD28. Stimulated with TGF-beta and IL-2, and cultures for 5 days. I started to see green cells from day 4, and day 5 there are a lot of green cells. However, after I sorted out all the GFP+ cells, 70% of the live cells are the FoxP3 positive cells.
So I total have ~2 million cells, and end up only getting 2x10^5 cells. And after 5 days of culture, there are ~4x10^5 cells are live cells. Is this normal? Or I am getting too much dead cells during culture?
ps. I did not using feeder cells.
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Losing time, not buying time
Filed under: — raypierre @ 6 December 2010
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379 Responses to “Losing time, not buying time”
1. 1
Russell Seitz says:
” as in the Nuclear Winter limit”
Really? How realistic were the TTAPS parameter assumptions ?
It’s hazardous to predicate natural analogs on phenomena that may not exist- like the instant appearance of homogenous stratospheric aerosols of optical depth 20.
[Response: See my comment to Bart further down. The climate physics that leads to surface cooling is correct, even if TTAPS estimates of how much soot a nuclear war lofts are wrong. That’s why I also referenced the analytical calculation in Chapter 4 of my book, which brings out the physics with less baggage. –raypierre]
2. 2
ScepticMatthew says:
Suppose instead that you had focused all efforts on reducing the growth rate of CO2 emissons from 3% to 2%,
You make a persuasive case, but is that a policy that you advocate?
[Response: I’m not advocating any policy. I’m just pointing out the consequences of various actions. Knowing consequences is essential to any democratic decision-making on policy. –raypierre]
3. 3
Andy says:
Perhaps the folks who recommend taking baby steps before tackling carbon emissions think technology will be able to cheaply pull out carbon from the air within a few decades. This is so like a bad drug experience where the junkie thinks it will be easier to quit tomorrow than today so why not shoot up now.
4. 4
Chris Ho-Stuart says:
You say: For example, doubling CO2 from 300 ppm to 600 ppm yields a clear-sky radiative forcing of 4.5 W/m2.
The number I have usually heard is 5.35 W/m^2 per natural log; which works out to 3.7 W/m^2 per doubling. Is this a typo, or an old value from the second AR? Or is a difference between clear sky forcing and a more general forcing with cloud considered?
[Response: That’s what you get with a clear-sky calculation with 50% relative humidity using the moist adiabat patched to an isothermal stratosphere. IPCC numbers (some of them) are based on a more complex calculation taking into account distributions of clouds and water vapor and the global variations of temperature. Here, I wanted to stick to the simplest kind of calculation, that is easiest to explain and easiest for somebody else to reproduce. I don’t think the simplifications very much affect the point on relative strength of radiative forcing for methane vs. CO2. –raypierre]
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Esko Pettay says:
One huge area where sulphate aerosols don’t affect human health is open ocean. Ocean going vessels emit sulphate aerosols and produce a cooling effect. This cooling is reduced once the sulfur limits become effective in 2020-2025. At the same time CO2 emissions from shipping will keep increasing. That is an example of a well intended but potentially dangerous decision. Obviously it is necessary to reduce aerosol emissions in coastal areas to protect human health.
How about buying time by continuing sulphate aerosol emissions in areas where they have minimal negative effects on human health or the environment. The resources thus saved should be used to reduce CO2 emissions instead.
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John Mashey says:
Nice post, thanks! I think the first graph is very useful all by itself.
Two questions:
1) Are there plausible estimates for date ranges on each of the 5 lines w2hen one would expect Greenland to have melted? etc? That would be nice to see plotted on the same graph.
[Response: Depends on which estimate you use. The IPCC range of committment to melting Greenland ranges from about 2°C of global mean warming to about 7°C. So the timeline is anywhere between tomorrow and a very very long time from now.–eric]
2) It’s not instantly obvious why the bottom two lines have sharp jiggles.
Can you say a few words about that, or point me where it explains this?
(I’ll go read the links later, can’t right now.
[Response: I defer to Ray on this.]
[Response: Nobody likes the sharp jiggles, but they are there in the UVIC model, which is the only one we had access to that did a series of runs suitable for making a graph like the one I show in the post. The jiggles come from ocean circulation changes that affect the amount of cold upwelling, I think primarily in the Southern Ocean. There is some CO2 signature associated with the jiggles, but the main effect on temperature is coming from fluctuations in ocean heat storage/release. The UVIC model has a very primitive atmosphere, but a decent 3D ocean, so I wouldn’t completely discount the reality of this phenomenon. It needs to be examined in a more comprehensive ocean-atmosphere model. –raypierre]
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Dave Werth says:
Since methane oxidizes to CO2 (& 2H2O) in a relatively short time then wouldn’t it be reasonable to just consider it as added atmospheric CO2? Seems like that would at least be a good first order approximation for methane’s long term effect.
[Response: Yes, but the amount of extra CO2 from methane is very small — remember, we’re adding ppb of CH4 each year, but ppm of CO2.–eric]
8. 8
Jacob Mack says:
In other words the IPCC range is far too broad for Greenland.
Focusing on methane buys more time for more research to be funded.
9. 9
Jeekers, “this perfect storm is just getting more and more perfect”
10. 10
Hank Roberts says:
Esko, as to delaying sulfate controls on shipping, the impact is around the port cities now but if you look at this, it’s likely to be more widespread with industrialization. Those of us in countries that industrialized slowly over a couple of centuries find it hard to imagine just how astonishingly fast industrialization is happening in Asia: Interaction of Ozone and Sulfate in Air Pollution and Climate Change By Nadine Unger — March 2006
“… change in annual average sulfate aerosol and ozone air pollution at the Earth’s surface by 2030. There are large increases in pollution in subtropical regions, especially Asia. Over the Indian subcontinent the surface sulfate aerosol amount changes from around 400 pptv in the present day to around 2000 pptv at 2030 and the surface level ozone increases from around 35 ppbv to 60 ppbv. …”
11. 11
Edward Greisch says:
A clue:
Ignore the non-article by Ramanathan and Victor. Change the system. First do the
Root Cause Analysis.
12. 12
Paul Kelly says:
Can you do a similar analysis of carbon soot? Isn’t it a more important forcing than methane?
13. 13
Dave Werth says:
Eric, yes of course, I understand that but every little bit adds up. But methane’s not worth worrying about much until we get a handle on CO2 which is the thrust of the story.
14. 14
GlenFergus says:
this perfect storm is just getting more and more perfect
Seem so RP. If there is some (slight) hope, perhaps it lies in what Aleklett’s group and others are saying about resource limits. E.g., in the first graph above, is there 4000 Gt of realistically extractable carbon to emit? They appear to think not. As I’ve said before, time for RC to address this one. It’s not going away and it does seriously affect the answer, even if it’s far from your specialty. AGW is a multidisciplinary problem.
15. 15
I think there a few reasons usually put forward for *also* focussing on shortlived forcings (not to the detriment of the focus on CO2):
– anciliary health benefits (soot, ozone)
– quicker effect on global temperature (a direct result of their shorter lifetime. This is the other side of the same coin as to why we shouldn’t forego the focus on CO2)
– gridlock in global climate negotiations (that’s more of a pragmatic-political reasoning, assuming/hoping that the shortlived forcings will be easier to tackle and be less severely opposed, about which people disagree)
– it will pave the way for CO2 reductions later. I’m very doubtful of that though, as I don’t see how or why. It could also backfire, as in lowering the sense of urgency to tackle CO2, esp if the temperature rise is reduced, which will naturally lower the political will to do “even more”. I.e. does short term success (in reducing global avg temp) help or hamper long term success (for which strong CO2 reductions are mandatory)? In the current political climate it may very well hamper rather than help
Reducing shortlived warming agents (with a limited atmospheric lifetime) doesn’t reduce the slope (i.e. the long term rate of warming) very much, but rather shifts the line of temperature vs time to the right (or effectively downwards) by a little. Its benefit is constant in time.
Reducing longlived emissions (e.g. CO2, which therefore accumulates in the atmosphere) reduces the slope (i.e. the long term rate of warming). Its benefit grows over time.
So what’s at issue here is also whether one is more concerned about the short term or the long term effects of climate change and air pollution (health). To me, the long term climate effects that we’re at risk of committing ourselves to, are of most concern. That’s a personal judgement of course, based not only on science but also on my values and worldview.
These issues and the op-ed by Ramanathan was also discussed at Kloor’s ( ) and at my blog ( )
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Calamity Jean says:
Good point GlenFergus, “[I]s there 4000 Gt of realistically extractable carbon to emit?” Coal is already rising in price and being shipped internationally. If the cost of coal is pushed up more with restrictions on black carbon, renewables may become more attractive because of lower price. One large reason why China is working so hard to install wind and solar power is the terrible smog problem they have caused themselves by burning coal.
It’s still going to be ugly, worldwide. Peak Coal won’t do much to save us from climate change.
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bratisla says:
I would like to understand one point : you say that CH4 is much more short-lived in the atmosphere than CO2 ; that means that the CH4 \threat\ due to permafrost disappearance is mainly due to the fact that huge amounts of CH4 could be released, adding therefore a significant contribution of CO2 in the atmosphere ? Or is this \threat\ a non-significant one ?
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The Ville says:
So you want a technology on ships that allows engines to pump out sulphates, particulates etc at sea, but when in port switch on a cleaning system???
But in any case sulphates are short lived in the atmosphere and CO2 is long lived. Which I equate to passing on the buck to future generations.
Plus they only partially counter radiative forcing, so all you would be doing is slowing down the inevitable warming.
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Geoff Sherrington says:
The historical development of global warming could easily have taken a path that there was an unexplained gap between observations and models and that the gap was due to imprecision in measurement of albedo as epitomised by soot.
Soot would then become the demon. The logical path might well have led to the implication of GHGs, but this is a toy story and we shall never know. (For example, soot on the ocean does not seem to count for much).
The case for CO2 as the demon is still weak. You mention above if “all the CO2 is emitted in a carbon orgy near the beginning of the fossil fuel era”. What is your take on an orgy where all the known fossil fuel reserves are burned in a year? What temperature effect would you expect then? Does this not set an upper limit to deltaT?
I think not, because although it is thrown about that the T response to CO2 is exponential, it is less clear where it sits on the growing curve. Maybe it has already maxed out and adding more does not matter. If you are going to invoke an exponential, you have to add its properties or shape and which part of the shape is relevant.
Also, because I mention T response to CO2, I do not concede that there is not a mix-up between the dependent variables.
It’s all so far from settled.
[Response: Geoff, you are confusing the past with the future. The question of what extent non-CO2 forcing matters — in explaining the 20th century temperature variations for example — becomes less and less uncertain as CO2 concentrations increase. Regarding ‘dependent variables’, please again recognize that the idea that recent CO2 increases is driven by temperature is wrong, plain and simple. If you don’t understand why, please try reading this article.
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tc says:
Couldn’t the same basic argument be made in relation to REDD programs? It seems that in focusing on carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, which has long been part of the carbon cycle, REDD is diverting attention from the real long term issue of industrial emissions of carbon from fossil fuels, which have been out of the cycle for millions of years.
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GS 19: The case for CO2 as the demon is still weak.
BPL: Not if you understand the physics involved, it isn’t.
22. 22
RS 1: ” as in the Nuclear Winter limit”
Really? How realistic were the TTAPS parameter assumptions?
BPL: Schneider and Thompson’s 1984 “Nuclear Autumn” paper had the plume heights too small by a factor of three. Thus less sulfate in the stratosphere and a deceptively warm Nuclear Winter. See TTAPS 1991.
BPL: What do you think the effect of incinerating several hundred cities would be?
[Response: Note that my links were to the newer Robock work, but it’s irrelevant to my point whether or not any of that work is correct about the real impact of a nuclear war. Regardless of whether a real nuclear war could loft that much soot, the simulations show the basic climate physics of what happens when you put extremely large amounts of absorbing aerosol into the system. –raypierre]
23. 23
Keith Kloor says:
Somehow, I doubt that Ramanathan and Victor are suggesting that carbon reduction efforts be put aside for three decades.
[Response: You can put your own interpretation on what “a few decades” means. In the Black Carbon newsletter it says “one or two decades.” Other writings on this issue leave the time frame for “buying time” unspecified. Even two decades without action would be bad enough, and it’s not hard to imagine it stretching to 3 if you go down that path. In any event, my goal here is to make sure people understand what happens if pushing early on control of short lived forcings results in continued unabated emissions of CO2. I don’t think that has been made clear by advocates of early, aggressive control of the short-lived forcings. –raypierre]
At my site, over at another thread devoted to this issue, a pretty smart commenter made this observation:
“The fact is that political capital does not exist to implement carbon reduction policies. That simple reality can’t be wished away. The goal should therefore be to build capital which, IMO, requires time and continuous effort. Incremental success on secondary and tertiary issues will help. Success in those areas will not only build political capital but will also improve the chances for some kind of carbon reduction scheme. The reason is that if you can demonstrate, for instance, that methane reduction or whatever policy is workable, then carbon reduction doesn’t look so scary to people which lowers the political capital necessary to bring that about.”
It’s all well and good to remind people that carbon is public enemy number one, but I think this post by raypierre (while understandably science-based) ignores one of the main rationales for focusing–temporarily, not 30 years–on those secondary climate forcings:
It’s to “buy time” while building momentum towards the necessary political conditions to tackle carbon.
[Response: I am not going to comment on strategies for successful international negotiations, since anything that I say would be rank amateur speculation. It is fair to point out that negotiations are going nowhere, and to look for ways to revive them. It is fair to say that getting action on carbon is hard. You could argue that any action of any type that shows international collaboration on anything related to climate will hasten the day that carbon emissions are brought under control. But none of that “buys time.” Every day that goes past without reducing the rate of CO2 emissions lost is a day irretrievably lost. But beyond that, I’m not sure why you think that there is less low-hanging fruit on CO2 than there is on methane. There is a lot of low-hanging fruit in power plant energy efficiency, and in end-user energy efficiency. And as I said at the end of the post, for soot there is a lot of room for co-benefits on reducing both soot and CO2. Much the same could be said for mercury and CO2. –raypierre]
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Esko Pettay says:
The Ville@18
Reducing CO2 emissions is the priority. But it is worrying to reduce cooling emissions while the warming emissions keep increasing. It is possible to use sulfur removing scrubbers in ships and use them only near coast. That way we could protect human lungs and still keep the cooling effect in open ocean. IMO (International Maritime Organization) treaty might reduce the ships’ cooling impact from 0.58 to 0.27 watts per square metre. The optimal solution of course is to minimize both GHG and aerosol emission. But since that is not going to happen anytime soon we may have to keep emitting these climate cooling things to avoid or delay dangerous tipping-points.
But once again; the most important thing is to reduce CO2 emissions. Need to go now….
Lauer, Axel et al: Assessment of Near-Future Policy Instruments for Oceangoing Shipping: Impact on Atmospheric Aerosol Burdens and the Earth’s Radiation Budget, Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 5592-5598, 2009.
Fuglestvedt, Jan et al: Climate forcing from the transport sectors – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, approved October 5, 2007,
Fuglestvedt, Jan, et al: Shipping Emissions: From Cooling to Warming the Climate – And Reducing Impacts on Health, Environmental Science and Technology, 43: 9057-9062, 2009.
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Jenik Hollan says:
John@6 2):
“Bumps in the warming curves in the left panel are because of adjustments in ocean circulation in response to warming in this particular climate model and
should be thought of as illustrative only”
(from Prepublication copy, Figure S3 caption)
26. 26
Paul says:
Quick ‘back of the envelope’ calculation.
Area of global arable land 14,633,840 km2
Mass of soil (to 1 m) approximately 13,000t/ha (1.3 million t/km2)
Increase soil organic matter 1% (by wt) 13,000t/km2 – not too difficult
1.9 trillion t SOM or 1.14 Trillion t C (soil organic matter is about 60% C)
I know this is not new, but are we looking in the wrong place?
27. 27
#19–“Maybe [temperature response to CO2] has already maxed out and adding more does not matter.”
And maybe you haven’t been paying attention. This has been studied rather a lot. I’m not going to argue or cite; just start with the “start here” tab at the top of the page, and keep reading.
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harrywr2 says:
The Chinese have $500 billion in their nuclear power build budget.
Staff training issues(How long does it take to create an ‘experienced’ nuclear plant operator) and various industrial capacity limitations makes it pretty close to impossible to spend that entire budget in less then 20 years.
Finland has a similar problem. They only have 2 citizens with PHD’s in nuclear physics, both past retirement age, who is supposed to oversee the nuclear operator treaing courses?
In most of the world, with the exception of the US nuclear,hydro and wind are already ‘cheaper’ options.
It’s not a matter of ‘buying time’ for more expensive options. It’s buying time to build the human and industrial infrastructure to adopt ‘cheaper’ options.
Even in the US, the NRC doesn’t have adequate staff to review nuclear license applications in a timely manner.
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DrCloud says:
It seems to me that there are really two issues conflated in this interesting analysis.
There should be no surprise that Ram is advocating controls on BC emissions, given his long focus on atmospheric aerosols.
The question of methane control — analyzed quite nicely here — seems a bit different, however.
There are links, certainly — have a look at forward scattering across a feed lot sometime — but the issues of mitigation as a way to buy time for CO2 emissions controls seem different. As noted, if we get our attention diverted form CO2 emissions by focusing instead on methane emissions, we’re just playing ostrich.
On the other hand, many sources of BC aerosols are more amenable to fixing — diesel emissions, cooking fires, ships at sea seem like low-hanging fruit. Perhaps those can be tackled without diverting too much attention from the real problem.
As noted, getting the global community to work together on something (hell, anything) that would address these problems would be a step in the right direction. So far, we’ve got mostly gridlock.
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harrywr2 says:
It’s not about buying time for more ‘expensive’ options.
It’s about buying time to build the human and industrial infrastucture to adopt cheaper options.
The Chinese have $500 billion in their nuclear build budget. Unfortunately they only have experienced staff to run 10GW of nuclear power plant, never mind 200GW. It’s going to take 20 years for the Chinese to create enough ‘trained and experienced’ staff to run 200GW worth of nuclear reactors.
Even in the US, the NRC has insufficient staff to process nuclear license applications in a ‘timely’ fashion.
In Finland they only have 2 nuclear physicists, both past retirement age. Who is supposed to teach the training courses?
The price of steam coal is over $100/tonne in Europe and Asia. Burning coal is no longer cheap.
Coal is only cheap in the US Midwest and Rocky mountain states. All the electric utilities in the US Southeast are patiently awaiting NRC approvals.
There isn’t a way to train a senior nuclear plant manager in less then 20 years without risking a Chernobyl.
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Earl Killian says:
It looks like the numbers in this post all assume that reflective aerosols, e.g. SOx, stay at current levels. However, on the timescales used in this post, we stop burning coal and oil, one way or another (we will either stop burning them to limit CO2 or we will reach both peak coal and peak oil this century). Once the these sources of reflective aerosols are gone (and their lifetimes are short), the temperature increase should exceed the estimates presented in this post.
[Response: You are absolutely right that the loss of reflective aerosols would add another increment to the warming, and make it harder to stay under 2C. I somewhat skirted the issue of reflective aerosols since I didn’t want to make an already complex subject yet more complex. However, I do think that one should think of absorbing aerosols and reflective aerosols as a package, all of which needs to go away for reasons independent of climate. Figuring the net side-effect of that on climate is an important task. Estimates vary widely about what that net effect will be, in part because of poor constraints on the aerosol effect on clouds. That deserves a separate post of its own. One of the more intriguing remarks in the Penner essay I cited in the post is that a major effort to control aerosols, if monitored closely, would give us a better idea of how big the aerosol effect was on 20th century climate, and therefore a better handle on climate sensitivity. –raypierre]
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One question, one observation.
Question: What is a realistic estimate for fossil fuel reserves? Can total fossil fuel consumption really emit as much as 4275 GtC? Atmospheric CO2 is up from 2,175 gigatonnes to 3,000+ (i.e. up from 280 ppm to 386+ ppm). That implies emissions of 1,625+ gigatonnes of CO2, or 225 GtC. Only a twentieth, so far, of the 4275 GtC shown on the graph. Given that we are close to peak oil, are the high numbers realistic?
[Response: In the NRC Climate Stabilization Targets report, we deliberately steered clear of taking a position on how much fossil fuel carbon remains. My own personal assessment formed from reading background material on that is that beyond the roughly trillion tonnes of carbon remaining in more or less known economically recoverable coal reserves, we don’t have much idea of how much coal is really out there. The 5000 gigatonne ballpark figure often quoted from Rogner’s review article is based on very sketch survey responses, not real geological estimates. Rutledge thinks even a trillion tonnes would be pushing it, but when I ran this by Klaus Lackner recently, Klaus thought that hydrocarbon extraction would get so good that we’d probably start running out of oxygen before we ran out of coal. One thing on the side of Rutledge is that it’s much harder to hide coal deposits, which need to be near the surface and are always on land, than it is to hide oil deposits. Hence, the chances of major undiscovered coal deposits are (so the story goes) slim. All we can really say is what the world would be like if we do burn 4000 gigatonnes of carbon (which at present rates we get to in about 2100). It could be that we just run out of coal before we get there, but banking on that is not a policy. –raypierre]
Observation: Scientists who have used “emissions” as their independent input variable, and “temperature increase” as their dependent output variable, have conditioned us to think of “emissions” as the cause of “global warming.” But emissions of CO2 are driven by the energy technologies we choose. And global warming isn’t really the end result – the end result is climate change and marine species killed off by ocean acidification. I believe we would be better off if we set aside the “emissions –> global warming” framing, and replaced it with “Dirty energy technologies –> severe climate damage, severe marine life damage.” Then the goal becomes Protect the Climate, Protect the Oceans. And the action step becomes Shift Our Capital Budgets to Clean Energy Technologies. I think the public will respond more positively to an appeal that links technology choice to climate consequences, and asks everyone to participate in protecting the climate by shifting our energy technology base to one that is climate-safe and ocean-safe.
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Thanks, harry. (#29)
I have to deal sometimes with this guy who is a real nuclear enthusiast: well-informed in certain respects, yet as totally dismissive of all other energy sources as being “too expensive” in any but a few marginal situations, as he is absolutely rah-rah about any nuclear option–no matter how “blue sky” it currently remains. (Yes, that includes fusion, and exotica yet farther out than that.)
Water isn’t a problem for him, waste isn’t a problem for him (since it’s all going to be recycled for fuel, supposedly)–who knows, maybe a lack of human capital will be a problem he might deign to recognize. Or more likely, that the casual reader lurking might recognize.
BTW, do you have a source I can point to on this?
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Aaron Lewis says:
I have 3 questions:
1) How will CH4 trapped in permafrost, and released as the permafrost melts affect the projected CH4 and CO2 concentrations?
2) How will methane clathrate decompostion as the the sea bed warms affect projected CH4 and CO2 concentrations?
3) How will biogenic CO2 and CH4 produced as the Arctic warms affect projected CH4 and CO2 concentrations?
[Response: There are some answers to these things in the Earth System Sensitivity section of the NRC report. Basically, they are all in the “known unknowns” category. There is enough near-surface carbon to add another trillion tonnes or so, maybe more, to what humans add by fossil fuel burning. The circumstances under which it would be released are unknown, but the PETM says that such things can happen. A related question is how much would be released as methane and how much by CO2. By some estimates there is enough carbon in clathrate methane that you get significant warming even after it oxidizes to CO2. If the methane is released suddenly, you get a big warming spike, followed by a reduction after it oxidizes. If it is released slowly, you get a longer period of elevated methane concentration, accompanied by a steady buildup of CO2 as the outgassed methane is oxidized to CO2. None of this is in any climate projection yet, and the “trillion tonne” target doesn’t take into account the risks of such a release. –raypierre]
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Keith Kloor says:
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I can understand the concerns about a potential loss of urgency on the CO2 problem that might result from turning the focus to short-term climate pollutants. That would be a risk. But the thrust of the NYT op-ed is probably best captured in these closing words:
“For too long, overly ambitious global climate talks have focused on the aspects of global warming that are hardest to solve. A few more modest steps, with quick and measurable effects, are a better way to proceed.”
Again, I will offer a link to another observation made by a commmenter at my site:
“We are, in a way, trapped between the immovable object of political reality and the unstoppable force of nature’s timetable. I guess if I had one overarching point in all this it’s this question: What strategy is likely to bring about co2 reductions the soonest? My basic premise is that continuing to spend political capital pushing for co2 reductions now is only going to result in more failure and an even longer delay than what we’re already facing. If my premise is correct, then it makes sense to alter the strategy (not the goal) and take a more indirect approach.”
[Response: I have no quarrel with that implication, if that is what you think the op ed is actually saying. But the implication about “buying time” is just false advertising. It also invites the sort of reaction you see in those people who go to a lot of trouble to recycle their plastic (a certainly worthy thing) but then hop in their SUV because they feel they’ve already done their bit. I don’t know why you continue to defend an aspect of the op-ed that is just demonstrably wrong on physical grounds. –raypierre]
Lastly, let me point out that one of the best rationales (IMO) for the deeply flawed Waxman/Markey cap & trade bill was that it was a start: something to build on and to generate momentum towards stronger climate policies down the road.
[Response: It’s important to make a start, but it’s also important that that “start” be in the right direction, and in a direction that can be scaled up later to more effective CO2 emissions reductions. Putting a price on carbon — any sort of price — is a start down that path, but it is less clear how how you get that direction out of “other things first.” The sort of thing that does set you on the right path are global power plant efficiency targets, which directly get at the CO2 problem, but also can be justified for human health co-benefits, and possibly for climate side-benefits through absorbing aerosols as well (depending on how much of that is offset by loss of reflecting aerosols). –raypierre]
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@ 29, Steve Johnson.
Estimated cumulative emissions from fossil fuel use, cement production and land-use change since industrialization began are ~ 543 GT of carbon. (and counting).
The 225 GTC you reference relates to the “airborne fraction”, with the rest being absorbed by the ocean and terrestrial systems (as you allude to in any event…). Just a nit… cheers…
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ScepticMatthew says:
2, raypierre: I’m not advocating any policy.
I forgot to add, Thank you for an informative and nicely written post.
That looked to me like a worthy and achievable goal. Other people here do advocate or repudiate policies, and I think that what you wrote should get some discussion.
29, harryrw: It’s about buying time to build the human and industrial infrastucture to adopt cheaper options.
I am glad you wrote that.
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Ray Ladbury says:
Keith Kloor’s commenter says: “The fact is that political capital does not exist to implement carbon reduction policies. That simple reality can’t be wished away.”
When political reality collides with physical reality, which one do you think will win?
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Ray Ladbury says:
Geoff Sherrington@19, Sorry, but WTF are you talking about? Who is bloody suggesting that temperature response to CO2 is exponential? If you can’t even be bothered to learn the science (e.g that temperature scales logarithmically for the current range of concentrations), then why should we waste our time with your opinions?
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Aaron Lewis says:
Isn’t doing the anthropogenic carbon budget without including natural sources a bit like doing our household budget and leaving out the rent, car payment, tuition, food, and utilities so we can spend the full $2,000 in our bank account for beer?
We are not students anymore. Do we really think Mother Nature is not going to collect her due? A carbon budget that does not include at least a place holder/estimate for natural sources does not inform the policy. Instead it gives an excuse for delay.
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Hank Roberts says:
Ray, are you sure you _want_ to encourage GS to elaborate? He will, you know.
SM: harryrw wrote “It’s about buying time” — Ray followed up inline above: “the implication about ‘buying time’ is just false advertising.” Still happy with harryrw writing that, or will you help explain to him why Ray’s right?
My guess: those “buying time” are buying extended time for fossil fuel emission, and are borrowing from the future to do it. It’s a bad choice.
Always ask them who they’re really buying time for. I’d call it weasel wording but I have more respect for mustelids. It’s lawyer wording.
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Keith Kloor says:
I’m actually not comfortable at all defending that aspect of the op-ed, as it was the one thing that raised a red flag for me:
I also think the op-ed authors erred in not using more precise language and for leaving the impression that the CO2-first approach could be downgraded for 20 or 30 years.
But I don’t think that’s what they meant to convey (it would be nice if at least one of them participated in this discussion), because they’re also saying, in my reading, that the world could “put in place more costly efforts to regulate carbon dioxide” during the “few decades” it takes to build the necessary political space and momentum– via the “more modest steps” they suggest.
[Response: Keith, I’ll leave it to you to be the psychic and tell me what they meant to say. I’m only interested in what they wrote, and even more than that, what conclusions people may draw from what they wrote. –raypierre]
Thus, I think a more relevant question to ask this: would it be acceptable to “buy time” with a decade (as opposed to 20 or 30 years) focused on the more modest steps outlined in their op-ed? Again, the premise being that this helps establish the political framework and momentum to then segue into the harder, carbon mitigation actions.
[Response: And the right answer would still be that “other things first” even for just a decade, would not buy time in any sense. The longer you wait before starting in on reducing the growth rate of CO2 emissions, the hard it will be to keep the Earth’s climate change within reasonable bounds. If you want to make the politically based argument that any international agreement bearing on climate breaks the ice and gets things moving (a dubious argument, in my view, but that’s just an amateur opinion) you could make that argument just as well for things that have co-benefits in reducing the growth rate of CO2 emissions — as some soot proposals do. –raypierre]
What about that timeline?
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Andy says:
Re: Kloor’s posts. I would guess that controlling black carbon would be easier because people can see it and it makes it hard to breathe. I’ve read a number of interviews where Republican legislators (i.e. global warming deniers) state that reducing harmful air pollutants is where we should focus our attentions as a means of dodging the global warming thing.
The U.S. EPA’s best tool for reducing carbon dioxide emissions maybe to further restrict emissions of black carbon, sulfur dioxide, mercury, ozone generating chemicals such as nitrogen oxides and other pollutants. Reductions in these emissions means that power generation from natural gas, solar and wind becomes more competitive with coal, thus a reduction in carbon dioxide is acheived.
I see this as kind of a “don’t throw me into the briar patch” sort of situation for the U.S. Say the Democrats give in on carbon dioxide regulation in return for more stringent controls of “traditional” pollutants such as the above list. The end result may well be strong reductions in carbon dioxide through less use of coal and higher vehicle mileage requirements. For a while this could work. Though a downside would be that tackling the next fossil fuel addiction, natural gas (methane) maybe all the harder.
[Response: This sort of thing would at least get things moving in the right direction, namely a reduction in the growth rate of CO2 emissions. Putting on the hat of a cynic, I see your argument as reason to keep soot out of the climate negotiations, because the more certain congresspeople realize that controlling soot might also help control CO2, the less they are likely to want to do anything about soot — even if they would otherwise think it is a good thing to control soot. –raypierre]
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Karen Street says:
Tangential question: according to EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry (pdf), methane release associated with petroleum and natural gas are higher than previously reported.
Where do I go to see an official summary in English, including significance?
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Ray Ladbury says:
About the only advantage I can see to this proposal is that it would give legislative bodies and governments some experience in ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING. It might have been a great idea 30 years ago when we actually had time to play with. However, as we frittered away that time by debating about science established over a century ago, we do not now have such luxuries. It is time to act or devil take the hindmost generation–our grandchildren.
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Hank Roberts says:
> soot
Soot from wood and dung fires near the Himalayas: “08 Feb 2010: Black Soot is Main Cause Of Himalayan Glacier Melt …. Aerosols and black carbon from air pollution may be responsible for as much as 90 percent of the melting taking place in Himalayan glaciers ….”
Black carbon is from fossil fuel (diesel engines); wood/dung cooking fires.
So it’s counterproductive to do anything that continues use of fossil fuel.
Fortunately there’s an option to increase local biomass use to burn cleaner, already being funded:
Reducing soot will “buy time” for the Himalaya glaciers, unless it doesn’t — it’s not clear overall what soot does to global climate
Clouds: “Global model studies of soot effects on clouds …. Most … indicate that the net cloud response to absorbing particles is cooling. This suggests the need for caution when pursuing mitigation of soot in order to cool climate.”
“New cookstoves, which while still burning biomass (wood, crop waste, dried animal dung) reduce indoor air pollution by 80%, reduce fuel usage by 50% and decrease cooking times by 40%.” — and don’t need to be trucked in.
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Martin Vermeer says:
That’s a trick question, right?
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Hank Roberts says:
What to control first? high-sulfur fossil fuel; I know high sulfur diesel is still burned in heating oil furnaces in the USA. Most is used in transportation.
Letter abstract
Nature Geoscience 3, 542 – 545 (2010)
Published online: 25 July 2010 | doi:10.1038/ngeo918
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If I may be allowed a moment of armchair economics…
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Edward Greisch says:
29 harrywr2: See and
The new factory built reactors are so much simpler to operate that the trained operators and physicists are not needed. Also look at the Navy’s nuclear powered submarine fleet. Their operator requirements are much lower than what you quote. Hyperion is planning to offer reactors to power commercial ships.
The NRC will only have to process 1 application for 4000 reactors to be built by Hyperion.
Chernobyl is not possible in the US because:
1. We do not have any reactors that are that primitive.
2. American reactors have containment buildings that are pressure vessels.
3. Coal fired power plants spew as much radiation in only a few years as Chernobyl did. Coal contains uranium, thorium and arsenic. The “disaster” was mostly hype.
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From the Desk of ALICE
Dear mother goose,
Your collection of sensual confessional stories from
the various fantasy stars reminded me of what was left
out of my story in the movie about following the white
rabbit on his hurried mission to Wonderland. I thought
I might share the rest of this story with your readers.
I'm older and wiser now, but back then it was all a
wonderful adventure when I was a girl who believed that
reality could change if you wanted it to.
My trek to Wonderland took place one lazy afternoon in
May, sitting under an oak tree in the middle of a
meadow ablaze with the color of thousands of
wildflower. I remember it well. I was wearing a blue
dress with a white apron. Mother was trying to read to
me from a boring book about English history. I think it
was an account of the chivalry period of nights and
ladies and small kingdoms and royal families after King
Whatever she was trying to teach me, it was too nice a
day for me to pay attention. I would rather play with
my kitten Dinah and daydream about adventures and
romance. I was a young girl at the time, and you know
how we are at that age. Mother was sharp with me for
not paying attention. She scolded that I should learn
about the history of our people. An educated young lady
would want to know the way things are in the world. It
was too nice of a day to concentrate on academics.
If her history book had pictures and romance and humor
I would have been more attentive. I slipped down from
the tree branch I was sitting on, and rolled around on
the ground among the daisies. Stupid. I felt something
wet and squishy on my leg. I had rolled on to a small
pile of dog poop. It missed my skirt, barely, but it
made a mess on my leg and on my panties. I didn't want
to continue wearing the messy garment, and did not want
to leave the meadow.
Mother noticed when I slipped the underwear off, rolled
it up, and stuck it in my handbag. She scolded me once
more for exposing myself in public, and then she
continued with her history lessons. I returned to
playing with my kitten. I muttered to kitten Dinah that
in my world everything would be different. Things would
not be what they appear, and what we see would surprise
us by constantly defying the rules. Up would be down.
Serious would be silly. Ridiculous would be normal.
My thoughts about an imaginary world were distracted
suddenly when I watched a white rabbit running by.
Dressed in a costume, holding a big pocket watch, and
talking to himself. He paused, looked at me, said, "I'm
say goodbye. Hello. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late." He
hopped away, and then disappeared into a rabbit hole at
the base of a nearby tree.
I was curious. "Mister Rabbit." Crawling on all fours
with the kitten behind me, I followed him down the
rabbit hole. A rabbit wearing a costume and speaking
English. That would be part of my upside down world.
Where would he go? Suddenly, I fell down a deep shaft,
waving goodbye to kitten Dinah as I left. It was a
long, long fall. My dress and petticoats popped out
like an umbrella, slowing my decent like a parachute.
At the bottom I found myself in a well illuminated
lobby with a checkered tiled floor.
The only exit was a side door that was way too small
for me. The door was alive, and could talk. Looking up
at me wide eyed at where my panties should be, it
whistled and smiled and winked and then mentioned how
nice I looked. Remembering that I had removed my
panties, I blushed that the talking door was looking at
my naked pee-pee. I pushed my dress against my legs to
cover my exposure, and then asked about the white
rabbit. The door explained that the rabbit had
continued on to the gardens past the door. The door
clarified for me that to shrink small enough to go
through the door I needed to drink from a bottle that
happened to be there.
I shrank to the right size following a sip from the
bottle, only to be told I needed the key from the
adjacent table to open the door. The taste of wafer
near the table made me big again, so that I could get
the key. Too big to fit through the door. I started to
cry with frustration, raining excess tears that flooded
the room. As the teardrops hit the floor, they each
expanded to massive quantities of water. The door,
hoping to avoid drowning, urged me to drink from the
bottle again. I downed the whole thing. That
immediately shrank me to smaller than the bottle. I
dropped inside the bottle, that was by then floating in
the flooded room. Currents swept the bottle, with me in
it, through the door's key hole into a stormy ocean
beyond, where I was splashed about by the stormy waves.
The waves splashed and bounced my bottle, eventually
filling it with enough water to sink it. Splashing
about, trying to keep my head above water, I feared I
might drown. Instead, I was washed up near a shoreline
by the surf. Wading through the breakers, I hastened to
join a crowd of colorful creatures dancing in a circle
around a dodo bird, who was perched on an outcrop above
the surf. The cycle of the breaking surf was such that
the dancing circle was splashed over by incoming
breakers, followed by the water receded until the next
wave. All were repeatedly submerged except the dodo,
who kept singing a catchy tune to help keep us dancing
around the circle.
We kept getting flooded by the incoming breakers. The
dodo promised that we would soon be dry if we kept
dancing around the circle. Silly dodo. Every time the
breakers hit, it rolled me and the other creatures for
a loop. Those creatures were gasping for air, dizzy,
and disoriented, but the dodo was fine. I remember
thinking at the time that the big bottomed dodo with
his humongous beak looked an dressed like Mister
Elliott, a retired old sea captain who wanders our
neighborhood telling everyone how they should do the
most ridiculous tasks that he wouldn't do himself. He
noticed my bare bottom when I tumbled in the surf.
With a developing erection between his legs, he urged
me to join him on his higher standing, it would help me
dry faster. I decided to leave his beach and walk out
of the water into the undergrowth beyond the beach
instead. I thought I saw the white rabbit go there.
"Wait, Mr. Rabbit."
I followed a pathway into a dense forest, but soon lost
sight of Mister Rabbit. I was still sopping wet,
needing a moment to dry, so I decided to slow down. At
a hollow log, surrounded by green bushes and trees, I
figured I was hidden enough to try to dry off. I
slipped out of my dress and petticoats. I draped the
clothes over a low tree branch to dry, and then sat
down on the log to wait for the clothes to dry. Quietly
enjoying the sun and the breeze on my bare skin, I felt
naughty but it felt good.
I thought about how I wished I were older with larger
breasts and shapely hips. Not yet. I had the body of a
young girl. I had no breast to speak of, just pink
nipples, stiffening in the breeze, and the tight, bare,
pudgy lips of a young girl's pee pee between my legs. I
was happy to have the obscure spot to dry. I stretched
out on my back on the log, closed my eyes, and tried to
imagine where I was. The warming sun felt restful. Then
I felt a tingling in my breasts and abdomen like
something was touching me.
No, I sensed that someone was watching. I opened my
eyes to be surprised. Two identical little round men
were standing next to the tree; both staring with happy
smiles. They were dressed in strange red and yellow
uniform outfits. It was too late to protect my modesty.
I blushed at their silent smiles. Their trousers bulged
in a way that telegraphed their aroused fascination
with my naked body. Labels on their shirts read
'Tweedle Dee' and 'Tweedle Dum'. They reminded me of a
two men I've seen in town who work in the factory. I
thought of them because they are always talking and
acting silly. When I sat up, they introduced themselves
with a little song and dance routine. I started to
stand, but they pleaded for me not to go. They would
tell me the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter. The
promise of a story caught my attention.
It was a silly, poetic recitation. The walrus and the
carpenter were walking along a beach, crossing from day
to night to day, searching for females to romance and
food to eat. When the carpenter suggested work to build
a place on the beach, the walrus tut-tutted the whole
idea. "Let us talk of other things. Let's talk of shoes
and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings, of
why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have
wings." As he prattled they happened on a maid so
pretty and inviting, she looked a lot like me, except
that she was older, bustier, and had dark hair. Dressed
in a flower wrap, she looked enticing for the two
wanders as she sat in the sand waiting.
She offered her charms for a house on the beach and
some food to taste. The walrus continued to sing to her
about 'other things – shoes and ships and sealing wax -
of cabbages and kings – and why the sea is boiling hot
and whether pigs have wings' – while the carpenter
discovered a bed of oysters in the waters near her
shore. The carpenter quickly built a cabin above the
beach with a bedroom to rest the maid, a kitchen to
cook the oysters, and a dining room to eat the meal.
While the carpenter worked so fast and excitedly,
hoping to share the charms of the beach maid and the
meal of oysters, the walrus indulged himself. He took
advantage of the sensual charms of the pretty maid with
the promise of food, and then gorged himself on
oysters, sharing nary a one. Miffed at the slight, the
maid gather her wrap and walked away. When the hungry,
horny carpenter came from the kitchen he found the
empty oyster shells and the empty bedroom – and all
that was left was a happy walrus who burped and smiled,
his pants a mess of goo – signaling that no rewards
remained for the carpenter. Enraged, the carpenter
immediately chased after the walrus with his hammer on
The story was entertaining, but made no sense. I read
the minds of Tweedle Dee and also Tweedle Dum. As they
provided their tales, they smiled so happily, their
pants bulging their excitement at the sight of at my
naked female body. They danced and sang and laid their
hands on me in hopes that I could share their hope for
frolick. The hands on my hips felt strange, but what
they offered scared me, and what they wanted I was not
ready to share. As they began to sing and dance to tell
another curious tale, I gathered my clothes, and walked
quickly away. They pleaded for me to stay, but as I
left I stated, "But I must find white rabbit!"
As I strolled I quickly donned my still drying my
clothes. I would have waited, but I needed distance
from the suggestive chubby little twins. After a bit of
a walk following a path thru the forest, the woods
opened to a small two story house. There I saw the
white rabbit at the window muttering about the time. As
I approached the front door, the white rabbit bumped
into me on his hurry to come out. Calling me Mary Anne,
he instructed me to go in for his gloves. I did not
know any Mary Anne. Mr. Rabbit vaguely reminded me of
someone I knew I had met, but I couldn't recall any
I was curious about Mr. Rabbit, but I dashed upstairs
to look for his gloves. Not in the dresser drawers or
on the table. I was perplexed. In a small box near the
bed was a stash of cookies embossed with frosting that
read 'Eat Me'. I was hungry, so I indulged myself. Once
again I started growing, bigger and bigger. White
Rabbit had come back in the house to hurry the search
for his gloves, only to be pushed aside when my
expanding size pushed him down the stairs with one of
my enlarging feet. He slipped to the side of the living
room as my legs pushed through the front and side door.
Oh my. Not again!
My body occupied the whole house; my head pushed into
the rafters, and my feet sticking out in the yard. I
was able to push the second floor window shutters open
as I was getting myself oriented to how I was trapped
in the house. Then I realized that Mr. Rabbit, the size
of one of my hands, was himself trapped between my legs
in the living room. Starting to panic, he began pawing
at the fluffed open petals of my slit, a furry paw
repeatedly rubbing the clitoris nub. Ooh. That felt
wonderful. I sensed a heightening wave of pleasure as
he cried out, "Help, a monster is in my house."
I sensed a surge in dampness leaking from my loins.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Rabbit." I was enjoying the pawing.
At this point he stopped pawing, turned to open the
window, and crawled outside. "Help, monster." The
building erotic sense of pleasure ebbed. The cool
breeze blowing between my legs gave me goosebumps.
White Rabbit, dashing about the yard yelling about the
monster, bumped into the Dodo bird walking up the path.
The dodo paused, took a puff from his pipe, then looked
in the living room window. "This monster looks like a
maid who washed up on the beach."
He climbed in the window, then pushed his hand into my
aroused, moist opening. I sucked in air at the delicate
feeling that reaching arm created in my open legs. A
minute later he was out, and to calm the excited white
rabbit, he offered to solve the problem by smoking the
monster out. Despite Mr. Rabbit's protests, Dodo
started gathering furniture and clocks and materials
from the yard to build a fire.
I couldn't let this happen. I sensed I needed to eat
something else to resize myself. I reached my arm out a
second story window for a carrot growing in the garden.
Mr. Rabbit tried to stop my raid of his garden, but I
won the tug of war. I then took a nibble. Once again, I
shrank. Withdrawing my feet back thru the house, I was
reduced smaller than before, to the size of Mr.
Rabbit's foot. I dashed from the house, past the dodo,
who was still building a fire. Mr. Rabbit, trying to
stop the dodo, ignored me, and looked at his pocket
watch. "I'm late. I'm late. No time to say goodbye.
Hello. I'm late." He hopped away down the path. I tried
to follow, but he was too big and fast.
After awhile I was tired and sensually distracted. My
bare pee pee pulsated with frustration, still aroused
from the actions by the rabbit and the dodo. I needed
to sit down and rub myself. I stopped in a flower
garden to start a pleasure massaging, trying to imagine
Mr. Rabbit exploring what I had between my legs. Before
I could do anything I heard voices. I was surrounded by
a garden full of female talking blossoms. They
explained the bread and butterflies and the rocking
horseflies buzzing through their shrubbery, then
introduced themselves. There were daisies and pretty
pansies and marigolds and daffodils.
Led by an aristocratic orchid and some regal roses,
they started singing as a community choir a lovely tune
about the flowers. I liked their music, and joined in
with my own vocal rendition. The faces and voices of
the flowers made me think of the ladies in the
community social club my Mother used to belong to. That
was until they started questioning what type of flower
I was. I told them I wasn't a flower, I was an Alice.
They had never heard of an Alice, so they decided I
must be a common weed. They didn't want to associate
with weeds, so they chased me away. They even dumped a
leaf full of water again, once again making me all wet.
It was good that the day was so pleasant, or I would
have gotten sick from being nearly drowned so often.
A little further along the trail I was attracted to the
inviting sounds of someone reciting the vowels echoing
from a clearing. "Ae – EE – Eye – Oh – U." There I
found a large caterpillar, bigger than me at the
moment, sitting on a portabella mushroom reciting
poetry while smoking a hallucinogenic pipe. I stopped
to sit on the next mushroom and listen to his poetry.
I pondered that maybe he could satisfy my uncompleted
sensual frustrations, but when he became aware of my
presence he got obnoxious, blowing smoke in my face
while asking, "Who – are – you?" He invited me to go
away when I explained. Then I protested that if I were
my normal size I would not be so easy to intimidate.
Morphing within a cloud of smoke, he transformed into a
butterfly before my eyes. Before he fluttered away, he
advised me how to control my size; that, "One side
would make me grow, the other side would make me
small." When I inquired about the side of what, I heard
'Mushroom' floating back on the breeze.
I broke off two piece of the mushroom I was sitting on,
one from each side, and nibbled on one. I suddenly
enlarged to as big as a tree. When I realized what had
happened, I took a bite of the other piece. That shrank
me to smaller than I had been before. Finally, I licked
the first piece again. I zoomed up to my right size.
Dropping those pieces of mushroom into my apron
pockets, I started walking the trail again, hoping to
find where Mr. Rabbit was going in such a hurry.
Following the trail for awhile, I stopped at a fork.
Posted signs and trails hinted I should go four
different directions plus up, down, and back. I was
As I stood perplexed, trying to figure a direction, a
soft sing-song voice wafted through the air. Then, up
on a branch appeared two eyes and a wide toothy grin.
Finally, the purple striped physique of a chessar cat
appeared. Smiling down on me, he offered advise on
where to find White Rabbit. He then contradicted his
first statements. Parts of him faded in and out of
sight. When I asked again which way I should go, he
disappeared from the branch. Parts of him reappeared on
the path in front of me. As he prattled, his fluffy
tail slid under the hem on my dress. I could feel a
furry body rubbing my legs the way that cats rub
against people. Lifting the skirt to see the cat, I
mutter, "Mr. Cat, what are you looking... oooh... that
feels nice."
I could sense him nuzzling within the slit of my pubic
mound. I heard purring. Then his tongue started licking
the nub. The waves of pleasurable sensation pulsated
through me. He then walked away behind me. "Don't stop
Mr. Cat. I liked that."
The Chessar Cat blinked out on the path, and reappeared
on another branch. As he continued to fade in and out
he suggested that if I wanted to know where to find
White Rabbit, I should ask the Mad Hatter to the left,
or the March Hare to the right. Then he disappeared.
Once again I was standing alone, confused, horny, and
frustrated. I dusted my skirt, then started walking.
A short trek down one of the paths brought me to a
noisy yard party in front of cute cottage. At a table
for twenty, I found the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and
a little door mouse having a crazy party. At first they
tried to chase me off for being rude by coming to their
party without an invitation. Then they offered tea for
a new guest.
Finally, the two talkative and silly residents had me
join in with their 'Unbirthday Celebration." It seemed
like fun. It was my 'Unbirthday' also. They put a cake
in front of me with instructions to blow out the candle
and make a wish. When I did, the cake fired into the
air, then burst with a blaze of color like a holiday
skyrocket. These two were crazy, funny, and fun. I
liked them. I was still aroused from the naughty
contact earlier. Maybe these two might be able to
satisfy my continuing sexual frustration. When they
were pulling me around the table for a 'Shift Position'
musical chairs dance, I stumbled.
Rolling on the ground, I ended on my hand and knees
with my skirt flaired up over my waist. I paused to
catch my breath, giving the rest of the party a good
view of my bare bottom and the pink pubic lips between
my legs. The Hatter and the Hare both paused, saying to
each other that what I had was just the gift they
wanted for their Unbirthday.
Without hurrying to get up, I watched them looking at
me. They each opened their trousers. Two large, erect
shafts were suddenly in view to be hand rubbed. I
gasped. They looked way too big for me. I got up before
they could try to mount me from behind.
We exchanged silly comments for a few minutes.
Fascinated by the two erections I was seeing, I felt a
surge of desire for something like that, but I declined
to let them enter me with those. They were both too
big. I offered to let them rub my private parts, if
that would help. I took off my dress, put it aside,
then stood to give them a show. My tiny pink nipples
turned hard in the breeze and my pubic area longed for
physical contact.
At their suggestion, I bent over a chair where I
watched the Hatter grasped his manhood with one hand,
raising the other in the air. He giggled while rubbing
himself up and down. At the same time, with me bent
over, the Hare approached me from the back to explore
my bare bottom. I felt one hand on my buttocks cheek,
while fingers on the other hand slid between my legs.
Those fingers rubbing back and forth across my slit
made it difficult for me to stand, let alone focus on
the Hatter before me. I closed my eyes. The Hare's
finger slipped and slid within opening.
Sensational waves of uterus muscle spasms pulsed in my
loins as his fingers went deep inside me. Without
opening my eyes, I sensed the withdraw of his fingers.
He knelt between my legs. Instead of his finger, his
tongue probed me. I humped out my hips to meet his
pushing tongue. Just as I began hitting a pulsating
climax, the Hatter demanded a shift of players.
I was not finished. My insides continued to erupt as
the Hatter stepped between my legs. He started with one
hand massaging a nipple on one of my barely discernable
breasts, the other hand sliding fingers over my crack.
Urging me to close my eyes. I felt his finger start to
push inside me. It was a big finger. My body resisted,
and there was a sharp pain when he pushed through my
maiden head. It felt like I was being stuffed beyond
I felt hands on both breasts. My eyes popped open, and
was about to object, but just then he pushed his hips
so that his manhood drove deep. It felt tight and
wonderful. "Oh my God." I burst with a pulsating
climax. Simultaneously, I felt his shaft filling me
with liquid. I was angry and happy at the same time.
White Rabbit appeared out of the forest just as we
dressed ourselves again and were preparing more tea and
cake. Reacting to the frantic rabbit waving his pocket
watch, Hatter took the watch, opened it, dunked it in
the tea, and said, "This is two days slow." With Hare
blocking Rabbit's effort to retrieve his watch, Hatter
proceeded to fix the watch by adding salt and sugar and
tea and jam.
When the watch started bouncing around, he smashed it
with a mallet. White Rabbit couldn't deal with the
madness any more. He muttered that he was late, and
hopped off down the path. I had enough myself. I put on
my dressed. "Mr. Rabbit, wait for me." I followed.
Looking back over my shoulder, I observed the Hare and
the Hatter sharing more tea and making themselves happy
with vigorous self abuse.
I lost sight of Mr. Rabbit. As I continued further into
the deep woods I began to grow weary of this whole trip
thru the silly sights of Wonderland. I was losing
interest in trying to follow the white rabbit, and
started wanting to go home. As I proceeded I
encountered all types of strange creatures, glasses
with legs, birds made out of umbrellas, ducks made of
squeeze horns, dogs made of shovels, and so on. It was
all so crazy and silly. I had seen so many strange
things and this was all a great fanciful adventure, but
I had a warm feeling in my belly for having
experimented with arousal. Now it was dark and I was
tired. Which way to go home?
A crescent moon suddenly illuminated the trail I was
on. Then that moon changed into the chessar cat again.
When I asked the cat for directions, he responded that
I should not go until I visit the queen, where the
White Rabbit had gone. Royalty? If that is where Mr.
Rabbit is, I would like to see. If there is a queen
reining over this enchanted wonderland, her royal
highness would be able to tell me how to get home. How
do I get there? The cat responded that some go left,
and some go right, but he prefers the short cut. He
opened a doorway through a tree that provided access to
the royal gardens.
I could see a brightly lit palace on a hill above the
dense green hedges I confronted when I went through the
portal. I began to rapidly follow the pathways between
the various rows of hedges, but those hedge walls were
formed to create a confusing labyrinth maze, a supreme
puzzle to someone with a map of the gardens, but an
impossible maze for a visitor exploring it for the
first time. I repeatedly followed twisting pathways to
dead ends and trails that doubled back to where I had
already been. I slowed my rush, and was ready to stop
to cry, when I heard singing. It was a choir of three
male voices singing, "We're painting the roses red.
We're painting the roses red."
The singing was nearby, and I found pathways cutting
through the hedges that led me directly into a rose
garden. There I met three soldiers, with bodies from
individual cards from a deck of cards, the Ace, Duce,
and Three of Clubs, each armed with a spear. They were
busily splashing red paint on the white blossoms of a
series of tall rose bushes. When I inquired why were
they painting the flowers, they nearly panicked. They
had planted white roses by mistake. The queen was the
Queen of Hearts, and as such expected all her blossoms
to be red.
She was irrational and quick to anger. If she found out
the roses were white, then they all would lose their
heads. When I heard that, I empathized with the three
card soldiers. "In that case, I'd like to help." I
picked up a paint brush, began splashing paint on the
roses. I joined the chorus to sing "we're painting the
roses red. Or we will lose our heads. They can't be
white, they must be red, so we're painting the roses
Suddenly, our merry singing and painting was
interrupted by the blare of royal trumpets announcing
the approach of her royal highness, preceded by the
marching formations of several hundred playing card
soldiers. The military formations marched in precise
columns that arrived in the rose garden. Once there,
they took up positions to honor the royal arrival. As
they approached, the four of us quickly stashed the
paint supplies, then stretched out prostate on the
ground as required subservience to her highness's
appearance. Abruptly, White Rabbit step forward with a
scroll to officially announce the arrival of her royal
highness, the Queen of Hearts. He added as a soft
spoken after thought, "Oh, and also the King."
The large robust Queen walked up from among her
guardian cards, accompanied by her mousy, pint sized
king. She stopped and bellowed, "Silence." She looked
at the rose bushes, where the fresh paint was dripping
from the blossoms. She had an instant angry expression
combined with a reddened face of rage. She stomped up
to the rose bush, ran a finger across one of the
painted flowers, then bellowed, "Who has tampered with
the royal flowers. For this offense, someone will lose
his head."
The three cards hurriedly attempted to justify their
actions, blaming each other. Their defensive pleadings
were cut short with a royal scream, "Silence. Off with
their heads." In a moment guardian cards were hauling
the three cards away to their fate. I feared a similar
outcome, when the cute little King timidly asked what I
was. I gulped, in anticipation. However, the Queen's
bellicose manner softened. "Why, this is a girl." Then,
before I could react, she told the King, "You should
confirm it." She proceded to inspect the rest of the
A small tent was quickly set up next to me, and while
the Queen was busy, the King led me into the tent.
There he had me stand before him. "Well, my dear, I
need to confirm that you are a girl." I nodded
agreement, responding, "Yes, your highness."
He directed me to raise my skirt. I blushed and
swallowed. I raised my skirt to my waist. With a wry
little smile, he said, "You look like a girl." He asked
me to spread my legs a little. He reached out to place
his hand between my legs. The unanticipated fingers
slipping within the lips of my vagina felt ticklish,
but caused an escalation in sensual arousal. I tried to
avoid reacting. "You feel like a girl." He moved a
stepping stool in front of me. The pint-sized king
stepped up on the stool so that our bodies were at the
same level. With my arm holding my skirt to my waist, I
watched him open the fly to his pants and pulled out
his small erection. With one hand on my hip, he used
his other hand to guide the small stiff manhood into my
Finding his proper pathway, he used both hands on my
hips to push himself as deeply inside me as he could
go. My vagina resisted temporarily, but having just
done this with the Hatter, my pussy was pleasantly
accommodating this further contact. A little shaky on
my feet, I smiled while continuing to hold my dress to
my waist. I stared down at the top of his head. He used
his mouth to nibble at my excited nipples through the
fabric of my dress. I moaned a little "Oh my!"
He pumped his hips into me. It felt so wonderful, this
royal penetration, that I soon began pulsating my
vaginal muscles to grip and release his manhood as he
began squirting inside me. After a few minutes his
royal penis soften. He withdrew from me. He
straightened himself, got down from the stool, and
signaled me to let my skirt down. "Yes, your highness."
I felt as if he stopped too soon for me. I lowered my
dress. We exited the tent, where he told the garden
crowd. "I confirm that she is a girl."
The Queen, returning from her inspection of the garden,
mumbled, "Good to know. Who are you, little lady?" She
smiled down at me. "Do not try to flirt with the king.
You must curtsy when you speak. Open your mouth to
speak. Where are you from? Where are you going?"
"I am lost," I said cautiously, "I am trying to find my
way home."
"Your way?" The Queen's temper started to flare. "Why
must it be your way? This is not your way." I stammered
to try to apologize. The Queen reversed attitude again.
She smiled, and asked, "Do you play croquet?"
When I agreed, the assembly of soldier cards shifted
positions in a frenzied manner, setting up a croquet
field with soldier cards setting themselves in position
as the loops for the balls to go through. The Queen
grabbed a croquet mallet, a living, laughing, colorful
stork. She hammered the ball, a round fat little furry
creature that went rolling before it could be hit. The
soldier card loops quickly adjusted their set positions
so that the rolling creature ball went through to give
the Queen a good score. One soldier card loop missed
his readjustment. An enraged Queen had him hauled away
to lose his head.
For me the game was more difficult. Those silly stork-
mallets wrestled with me, and caused a great deal of
havoc. Anyway, the game continued for a few more turns,
when the chessar cat began appearing and disappearing
from the Queen's shoulder and back. Finally, the cat
grabbed the neck of the Queen's stork-mallet during her
back swing, hooked it's beak to the hem of her skirt.
The forward swing flipped the Queen upside down. An
abruptly furious Queen began screaming. "Someone will
lose their head for this." As she got herself together
again, I tried to explain about the cat, but she would
have none of that. "You did this. You will lose your
The mousy little king interceded, asking for a trial
first. Just a little trial.
It was a silly trial, with nonsensical procedures and
witness testimonies, followed immediately by a guilty
verdict and an execution sentence from the Queen. About
this time I grew weary of the ridiculous trial. I
pulled the mushroom pieces from my apron pockets, and
took a nibble. I immediately grew to a height five
times larger than anyone else. I began scolding the
Queen, the soldier cards, the White Rabbit, and all of
the other ridiculous life forms in the court. I
continued on even though the growth effect suddenly
reversed, reducing me back to proper size.
Before the Queen could react with new angry orders
against me, I pushed my way through the soldier cards,
and began to run. I ran wildly through the hedge mazes
closely followed by the Queen and her soldiers. I ran
through the forests, passing all the silly animals. I
passed the dodo as he was leaving Mr. Rabbit's house,
and rushed across the Mad Hatter's table where I fell
into a large cup of tea.
The tea became the ocean that nearly drowned me when I
first started. With so many closing in on me from
behind, and nearly drowning again, I knew I was in
trouble. Ahead was the talking door, and I pleaded with
it for help to get out. It responded that I already was
outside, that I should look through the keyhole.
There I was, asleep under the tree. Behind me was the
Queen with her soldiers highlighted by a flashing,
spinning sky.
"Alice. Wake up. Alice." I opened my eyes to see mother
shaking my arm. "You missed a most of your history
My eyes fluttered open. I lay for a minute, mumbling.
"I had such a strange dream."
"Well, it's getting late," She turned to put her books
and blankets and things in her basket, "We need to be
getting home."
I sensed a heightening erotic warm fuzzy wetness
between my legs. Underneath my skirt my kitten Dinah
was purring, snuggled up to my loins, using her two
front paws to alternately press and draw back from my
pubic mound. She was happily suckling on the clitoris
nub and licking juices that were oozing out. I liked
the feeling, but blushed with embarrassment. I picked
up Dinah and adjusted my hemline before Mother could
Azazel and XianReport
2013-05-03 16:53:32
Yeah, I meant at the beginning that it wasn't my story I found it on another site and shared it but yeah...
anonymous readerReport
2013-05-03 14:17:37
I think you should have let the mad hatter and the march hare double bang her. Butt and pussy at the same time. Same with Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum. Maybe the White Rabbit should have had his shot at bonin' her too. Nice idea anyway. Thanks for sharin' it with us.
anonymous readerReport
2013-05-01 07:14:52
Interesting take on a classic tail. I sort of wish you would have just explained the major parts "left out of the story" instead of recounting a mildly sexual account of the Disney movie.
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Weekend watch: History's Vikings
Why? It's dirty-hot
and BF approved
Prepare for lots of "Arrrrrghs" and "Braaaaghs"! Vikings is nothing if not violent.
Vikings Ragnar and Lagertha
In my house, everyone knows I don't watch "murder-y" shows. "Murder-y," though, doesn't mean there can't be bloody, horrific deaths. It just means they can't involve serial killers or sociopaths. Anything committed by aliens, centuries-old civilizations or angry family members is fair game. That's why I'm completely in love with the History Channel's new show Vikings... and why everyone else is appalled.
Can you spot the familiar face amongst the Vikings? >>
The first episode, which premieres this Sunday, just barely touches on the violence that's usually connected to the Vikings and the Norse Dark Ages. But it promises much more ahead. If blood and guts aren't your thing, though, fret not. It's the History Channel. The show will also touch on the Nordic familial and friendly relationships among the characters. Plus, the first episode even hints at a little bit of Tudors-style between-the-bear-skin-blankets action. (At least, one can only hope History decides to take it to that level, right?!) In other words, Vikings has the makings of a show worthy of a Sunday on the couch with that bloodthirsty boyfriend or hubby or skin-thirsty BFF. There's a little somethin-somethin for everyone.
But what's it about?
Vikings' Floki
It's a pretty simple premise, actually. The main character is the rugged and hot Ragnar (Travis Fimmel), a mostly mild-tempered husband and father with an ambitious, warrior's heart who urges his earl/chieftain to press in new directions for new towns to pillage. (What? He's a Viking! They can only be so mild-mannered.) Earl Haraldson (Gabriel Byrne) is stuck in his old-man ways, though, and refuses to embark on the new journey. Even the mention of a new destination puts Ragnar on Haraldson's sh*t list. With the help of his cool (but quite possibly skeezy) brother and his goofy, perhaps not-all-there BFF, Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard), Ragnar will strike out west without the consent of his earl. But what will he find and what will await him upon his return?
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I love it... but don't expect too much. Despite its sometimes Game of Thrones-esque settings and cinematography, Vikings falls just shy of the complexities of the show written by an actual seasoned author. What it lacks in coyness, though, it makes up for with historical perspective. Vikings — though often seeming like a Nordic soap opera — takes impressive time to explore Norse religion and ideologies in a non-docu way.
It's not for everyone. But it's worth a try.
Vikings premieres Sunday, March 3 on the History Channel at 10/9c.
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• 1. Cerebral palsyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Cerebral palsy Classification and external resources A child with cerebral palsy being examined.ICD-10 G80.ICD-9 343OMIM 603513 605388DiseasesDB 2232eMedicine neuro/533 pmr/24MeSH D002547Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive,[1][2] non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in thevarious areas of body movement.[3]Cerebral refers to the cerebrum, which is the affected area of the brain (although the disordermost likely involves connections between the cortex and other parts of the brain such as thecerebellum), and palsy refers to disorder of movement. However, "paralytic disorders" are notcerebral palsy — the condition of quadriplegia, therefore, should not be confused with spasticquadriplegia, nor Tardive dyskinesia with dyskinetic cerebral palsy, nor diplegia with spasticdiplegia, and so on.Cerebral palsys nature as an umbrella term means it is defined mostly via several differentsubtypes, especially spastic, and also mixtures of those subtypes.Cerebral palsy is caused by damage to the motor control centers of the developing brain and canoccur during pregnancy, during childbirth or after birth up to about age three.[4][5] Resultinglimits in movement and posture cause activity limitation and are often accompanied bydisturbances of sensation, depth perception and other sight-based perceptual problems,communication ability, and sometimes even cognition; sometimes a form of CP may beaccompanied by epilepsy. CP, no matter what the type, is often accompanied by secondarymusculoskeletal problems that arise as a result of the underlying etiology.[6]Of the many types and subtypes of CP, none of them has a known cure. Usually, medicalintervention is limited to the treatment and prevention of complications arising from CPs effects.A 2003 study put the economic cost for people with CP in the US at $921,000 per individual,including lost income.[7] In another study, the incidence in six countries surveyed was 2.12–2.45
• 2. per 1,000 live births,[8] indicating a slight rise in recent years. Improvements in neonatology, orthe medical specialty which is involved with treatment of neonates, have helped reduce thenumber of babies who develop cerebral palsy, but the survival of babies with very low birthweights has increased, and these babies are more likely to have cerebral palsy.[9][10]Contents[hide] 1 Classification o 1.1 Spastic o 1.2 Ataxic o 1.3 Athetoid/dyskinetic o 1.4 Hypotonic 2 Signs and symptoms o 2.1 Skeleton o 2.2 Pain and sleep disorders 3 Causes 4 Diagnosis 5 Treatment o 5.1 Interpersonal therapy 5.1.1 Occupational therapy o 5.2 Medication o 5.3 Surgery and orthoses o 5.4 Other treatments 6 Prognosis o 6.1 Self-care o 6.2 Productivity o 6.3 Leisure o 6.4 Participation and barriers 7 Epidemiology 8 History 9 Society and culture o 9.1 Economic impact o 9.2 Use of the term o 9.3 Misconceptions o 9.4 Media o 9.5 Notable cases 10 References 11 External links[edit] Classification
• 3. Cerebral palsy (CP) is divided into four major classifications to describe different movementimpairments. These classifications also reflect the areas of the brain that are damaged. The fourmajor classifications are:[edit] SpasticMain article: Spastic cerebral palsySpastic cerebral palsy is by far the most common type of overall cerebral palsy, occurring in70% to 80% of all cases. Moreover, spastic CP accompanies any of the other types of CP in 30%of all cases.[citation needed]People with this type of CP are hypertonic and have what is essentially a neuromuscular mobilityimpairment (rather than hypotonia or paralysis) stemming from an upper motor neuron lesion inthe brain as well as the corticospinal tract or the motor cortex, this damage impairs the ability ofsome nerve receptors in the spine to properly receive gamma amino butyric acid, leading tohypertonia in the muscles signaled by those damaged nerves.As compared to other types of CP, and especially as compared to hypotonic or paralytic mobilitydisabilities, spastic CP is typically more easily manageable by the person affected, and medicaltreatment can be pursued on a multitude of orthopedic and neurological fronts throughout life.Spastic CP is classified by topography dependent on the region of the body affected; theseinclude: Spastic hemiplegia is one side being affected. Generally, injury to muscle-nerves controlled by the brains left side will cause a right body deficit, and vice versa. Typically, people that have spastic hemiplegia are the most ambulatory of all the forms, although they generally have dynamic equinus (a limping instability) on the affected side and are primarily prescribed ankle-foot orthoses to prevent said equinus.[11] Spastic diplegia is the lower extremities affected, with little to no upper-body spasticity. The most common form of the spastic forms (70-80% of known cases), most people with spastic diplegia are fully ambulatory, but are "tight" and have a scissors gait. Flexed knees and hips to varying degrees, and moderate to severe adduction (stemming from tight adductor muscles and comparatively weak abductor muscles), are present. Gait analysis is often done in early life on a semi-regular basis, and assistive devices are often provided like walkers, crutches or canes; any ankle-foot orthotics provided usually go on both legs rather than just one. In addition, these individuals are often nearsighted. The intelligence of a person with spastic diplegia is unaffected by the condition. Over time, the effects of the spasticity sometimes produce hip problems and dislocations (see the main article and spasticity for more on spasticity effects). In three-quarters of spastic diplegics, also strabismus (crossed eyes) can be present as well. Spastic monoplegia is one single limb being affected. Spastic triplegia is three limbs being affected. Spastic quadriplegia is all four limbs more or less equally affected. People with spastic quadriplegia are the least likely to be able to walk, or if they can, to desire to walk, because their muscles are too tight and it is too much of an effort to do so. Some children
• 4. with spastic quadriplegia also have hemiparetic tremors, an uncontrollable shaking that affects the limbs on one side of the body and impairs normal movement.In any form of spastic CP, clonus of the affected limb(s) may sometimes result, as well as musclespasms resulting from the pain and/or stress of the tightness experienced. The spasticity can andusually does also lead to very early onset of muscle-stress symptoms like arthritis and tendinitis,especially in ambulatory individuals in their mid-20s and early-30s. Physical therapy andoccupational therapy regimens of assisted stretching, strengthening, functional tasks, and/ortargeted physical activity and exercise are usually the chief ways to keep spastic CP well-managed, although if the spasticity is too much for the person to handle, other remedies may beconsidered, such as various antispasmodic medications, botox, baclofen, or even a neurosurgeryknown as a selective dorsal rhizotomy (which eliminates the spasticity by eliminating the nervescausing it).[edit] AtaxicAtaxia type symptoms can be caused by damage to the cerebellum. The forms of ataxia are lesscommon types of cerebral palsy, occurring in at most 10% of all cases. Some of these individualshave hypotonia and tremors. Motor skills such as writing, typing, or using scissors might beaffected, as well as balance, especially while walking. It is common for individuals to havedifficulty with visual and/or auditory processing.[edit] Athetoid/dyskineticAthetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy is mixed muscle tone — both hypertonia and hypotonia.People with athetoid CP have trouble holding themselves in an upright, steady position for sittingor walking, and often show involuntary motions. For some people with athetoid CP, it takes a lotof work and concentration to get their hand to a certain spot (like scratching their nose orreaching for a cup). Because of their mixed tone and trouble keeping a position, they may not beable to hold onto objects, especially small ones requiring fine motor control (such as a toothbrushor pencil). About one-quarter of all people with CP have athetoid CP; it occurs in 10% to 20% ofall cases.[12] The damage occurs to the extrapyramidal motor system and/or pyramidal tract andto the basal ganglia. In newborn infants, high bilirubin levels in the blood, if left untreated, canlead to brain damage in certain areas (kernicterus), which can lead to athetoid cerebral palsy.[edit] HypotonicHypotonia is the opposite of hypertonia; people with hypotonic CP have musculature that islimp, and can move only a little or not at all. Although physical therapy is usually attempted tostrengthen the muscles (in a similar way to how PT is used to stretch and loosen the tightmuscles of hypertonic individuals), it is not always fundamentally effective.[edit] Signs and symptoms
• 5. All types of cerebral palsy are characterized by abnormal muscle tone (i.e. slouching over whilesitting), reflexes, or motor development and coordination. There can be joint and bonedeformities and contractures (permanently fixed, tight muscles and joints). The classicalsymptoms are spasticities, spasms, other involuntary movements (e.g. facial gestures), unsteadygait, problems with balance, and/or soft tissue findings consisting largely of decreased musclemass. Scissor walking (where the knees come in and cross) and toe walking (which cancontribute to a gait reminiscent of a marionette) are common among people with CP who areable to walk, but taken on the whole, CP symptomatology is very diverse. The effects of cerebralpalsy fall on a continuum of motor dysfunction which may range from slight clumsiness at themild end of the spectrum to impairments so severe that they render coordinated movementvirtually impossible at the other end the spectrum.Babies born with severe CP often have an irregular posture; their bodies may be either veryfloppy or very stiff. Birth defects, such as spinal curvature, a small jawbone, or a small headsometimes occur along with CP. Symptoms may appear or change as a child gets older. Somebabies born with CP do not show obvious signs right away. Classically, CP becomes evidentwhen the baby reaches the developmental stage at six and a half to 9 months and is starting tomobilise, where preferential use of limbs, asymmetry or gross motor developmental delay isseen.Secondary conditions can include seizures, epilepsy, apraxia, dysarthria or other communicationdisorders, eating problems, sensory impairments, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and/orbehavioral disorders.Speech and language disorders are common in people with cerebral palsy. The incidence ofdysarthria is estimated to range from 31% to 88%. Speech problems are associated with poorrespiratory control, laryngeal and velopharyngeal dysfunction as well as oral articulationdisorders that are due to restricted movement in the oral-facial muscles. There are three majortypes of dysarthria in cerebral palsy: spastic, dyskinetic (athetosis) and ataxic. Speechimpairments in spastic dysarthria involves four major abnormalities of voluntary movement:spasticity, weakness, limited range of motion and slowness of movement. Speech mechanismimpairment in athetosis involves a disorder in the regulation of breathing patterns, laryngealdysfunction (monopitch, low, weak and breathy voice quality). It is also associated witharticulatory dysfunction (large range of jaw movements), inappropriate positioning of the tongue,instability of velar elevation. Athetoid dysarthria is caused by disruption of the internalsensorimotor feedback system for appropriate motor commands, which leads to the generation offaulty movements that are perceived by others as involuntary. Ataxic dysarthria is uncommon incerebral palsy. The speech characteristics are: imprecise consonants, irregular articulatorybreakdown, distorted vowels, excess and equal stress, prolonged phonemes, slow rate,monopitch, monoloudness and harsh voice.[13] Overall language delay is associated withproblems of mental retardation, hearing impairment and learned helplessness.[3] Children withcerebral palsy are at risk of learned helplessness and becoming passive communicators, initiatinglittle communication.[3] Early intervention with this clientele often targets situations in whichchildren communicate with others, so that they learn that they can control people and objects intheir environment through this communication, including making choices, decisions andmistakes.[3]
• 6. [edit] SkeletonIn order for bones to attain their normal shape and size, they require the stresses from normalmusculature. Osseous findings will therefore mirror the specific muscular deficits in a givenperson with CP. The shafts of the bones are often thin (gracile) and become thinner duringgrowth. When compared to these thin shafts (diaphyses), the centers (metaphyses) often appearquite enlarged (ballooning). With lack of use, articular cartilage may atrophy, leading tonarrowed joint spaces. Depending on the degree of spasticity, a person with CP may exhibit avariety of angular joint deformities. Because vertebral bodies need vertical gravitational loadingforces to develop properly, spasticity and an abnormal gait can hinder proper and/or full boneand skeletal development. People with CP tend to be shorter in height than the average personbecause their bones are not allowed to grow to their full potential. Sometimes bones grow todifferent lengths, so the person may have one leg longer than the other.[edit] Pain and sleep disordersPain is common, and may result from the inherent deficits associated with the condition, alongwith the numerous procedures children typically face.[14] There is also a high likelihood ofsuffering from chronic sleep disorders associated with both physical and environmentalfactors.[15] Pain is also associated with tight and/or shortened muscle, abnormal posture, stiffjoints, unsuitable orthosis etc.[edit] CausesWhile in certain cases there is no identifiable cause, typical causes include problems inintrauterine development (e.g. exposure to radiation, infection), asphyxia before birth, hypoxia ofthe brain, and birth trauma during labor and delivery, and complications in the perinatal period orduring childhood.[3] CP is also more common in multiple births.It has been hypothetized that many cases of cerebral palsy are caused by the death in very earlypregnancy of an identical twin. This may occur when twins have a joint circulation throughsharing the same placenta. Not all identical twins share the same blood supply (monochorionictwins), but if they do, the suggestion is that perturbations in blood flow between them can causethe death of one and damage to the development of the surviving fetus.[16] It is commonknowledge amongst obstetricians and midwives that a small dead fetus (fetus papyraceus) maysometimes be found attached to a placenta following birth. In the past, this has not beenconsidered important and knowledge of the so called ‗vanishing twin‘ has been suppressed toavoid triggering feelings of loss, grief, or guilt in mothers and especially the survivingtwin.[citation needed] The pathological consequences depend on the severity and the stage ofdevelopment of the fetus when the imbalances in blood flow between the fetuses occur.[citationneeded]Between 40% and 50% of all children who develop cerebral palsy were born prematurely.Premature infants are vulnerable, in part because their organs are not fully developed, increasingthe risk of hypoxic injury to the brain that may manifest as CP. A problem in interpreting this isthe difficulty in differentiating between cerebral palsy caused by damage to the brain that results
• 7. from inadequate oxygenation and CP that arises from prenatal brain damage that thenprecipitates premature delivery.Recent research has demonstrated that intrapartum asphyxia is not the most important cause,probably accounting for no more than 10 percent of all cases; rather, infections in the mother,even infections that are not easily detected, may triple the risk of the child developing thedisorder, mainly as the result of the toxicity to the fetal brain of cytokines that are produced aspart of the inflammatory response.[17] Low birthweight is a risk factor for CP—and prematureinfants usually have low birth weights, less than 2.0 kg, but full-term infants can also have lowbirth weights. Multiple-birth infants are also more likely than single-birth infants to be born earlyor with a low birth weight.After birth, other causes include toxins, severe jaundice, lead poisoning, physical brain injury,shaken baby syndrome, incidents involving hypoxia to the brain (such as near drowning), andencephalitis or meningitis. The three most common causes of asphyxia in the young child are:choking on foreign objects such as toys and pieces of food, poisoning, and near drowning.Some structural brain anomalies such as lissencephaly may present with the clinical features ofCP, although whether that could be considered CP is a matter of opinion (some people say CPmust be due to brain damage, whereas people with these anomalies didnt have a normal brain).Often this goes along with rare chromosome disorders and CP is not genetic or hereditary.[edit] DiagnosisThe diagnosis of cerebral palsy has historically rested on the patients history and physicalexamination. Once diagnosed with cerebral palsy, further diagnostic tests are optional. TheAmerican Academy of Neurology published an article in 2004 reviewing the literature andevidence available on CT and MRI imaging. They suggested that neuroimaging with CT or MRIis warranted when the etiology of a patients cerebral palsy has not been established - an MRI ispreferred over CT due to diagnostic yield and safety. When abnormal, the neuroimaging studycan suggest the timing of the initial damage. The CT or MRI is also capable of revealingtreatable conditions, such as hydrocephalus, porencephaly, arteriovenous malformation, subduralhematomas and hygromas, and a vermian tumor[18] (which a few studies suggest are present 5 to22%). Furthermore, an abnormal neuroimaging study indicates a high likelihood of associatedconditions, such as epilepsy and mental retardation.[19][edit] TreatmentTreatment for cerebral palsy is a lifelong multi-dimensional process focused on the maintenanceof associated conditions. In order to be diagnosed with cerebral palsy the damage that occurredto the brain must be non-progressive and not disease like in nature. The manifestation of thatdamage will change as the brain and body develop, but the actual damage to the brain will notincrease. Treatment in the life of cerebral palsy is the constant focus on preventing the damage inthe brain from prohibiting healthy development on all levels. The brain, up to about the age of 8,is not concrete in its development. It has the ability to re-organize and re-route many signal paths
• 8. that may have been affected by the initial trauma; the earlier it has help in doing this the moresuccessful it will be. Various forms of therapy are available to people living with cerebral palsyas well as caregivers and parents caring for someone with this disability. They can all be usefulat all stages of this disability and are vital in a person with cerebral palsys ability to function andlive more effectively. In general, the earlier treatment begins the better chance children have ofovercoming developmental disabilities or learning new ways to accomplish the tasks thatchallenge them. The earliest proven intervention occurs during the infants recovery in theneonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Treatment may include one or more of the following:physical therapy; occupational therapy; speech therapy; drugs to control seizures, alleviate pain,or relax muscle spasms (e.g. benzodiazepienes, baclofen and intrathecal phenol/baclofen);hyperbaric oxygen; the use of Botox to relax contracting muscles; surgery to correct anatomicalabnormalities or release tight muscles; braces and other orthotic devices; rolling walkers; andcommunication aids such as computers with attached voice synthesizers. For instance, the use ofa standing frame can help reduce spasticity and improve range of motion for people with CP whouse wheelchairs. Nevertheless, there is only some benefit from therapy. Treatment is usuallysymptomatic and focuses on helping the person to develop as many motor skills as possible or tolearn how to compensate for the lack of them. Non-speaking people with CP are often successfulavailing themselves of augmentative and alternative communication systems such asBlissymbols. Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) has shown promising evidence inhelping individuals with neurological disorders that have lost most of the use of an extremity.Research has proven the positive benefits of CIMT for people who have had a stroke andtraumatic brain injury. However, later studies have addressed the application of CIMT forchildren with CP challenged with hemiparesis, that show a significant benefit in constraintinduced movement therapy for children with cerebral palsy who are challenged withhemiparesis.[20][edit] Interpersonal therapyPhysiotherapy programs are designed to encourage the patient to build a strength base forimproved gait and volitional movement, together with stretching programs to limit contractures.Many experts believe that life-long physiotherapy is crucial to maintain muscle tone, bonestructure, and prevent dislocation of the joints.Occupational therapy helps adults and children maximise their function, adapt to their limitationsand live as independently as possible.[21][22]Speech therapy helps control the muscles of the mouth and jaw, and helps improvecommunication. Just as CP can affect the way a person moves their arms and legs, it can alsoaffect the way they move their mouth, face and head. This can make it hard for the person tobreathe; talk clearly; and bite, chew and swallow food. Speech therapy often starts before a childbegins school and continues throughout the school years.[23]Conductive education was developed in Hungary from 1945 based on the work of András Pető.It is a unified system of rehabilitation for people with neurological disorders including cerebralpalsy, Parkinsons disease and multiple sclerosis, amongst other conditions. It is theorised toimprove mobility, self-esteem, stamina and independence as well as daily living skills and social
• 9. skills. The conductor is the professional who delivers CE in partnership with parents andchildren. Skills learned during CE should be applied to everyday life and can help to developage-appropriate cognitive, social and emotional skills. It is available at specialized centers.Biofeedback is an alternative therapy in which people with CP learn how to control their affectedmuscles. Some people learn ways to reduce muscle tension with this technique. Biofeedbackdoes not help everyone with CP.Neuro-cognitive therapy. It is based upon two proven principles. (1) Neural Plasticity. The brainis capable of altering its own structure and functioning to meet the demands of any particularenvironment. Consequently if the child is provided with an appropriate neurologicalenvironment, he will have the best chance of making progress. (2) Learning can lead todevelopment. As early as the early 1900s, this was being proven by a psychologist named LevVygotsky. He proposed that childrens learning is a social activity, which is achieved byinteraction with more skilled members of society. There are many studies which provideevidence for this claim. There are however, as yet no controlled studies on neuro-cognitivetherapy.Patterning is a controversial form of alternative therapy for people with CP. The method ispromoted by The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP), a Philadelphianonprofit, but has been criticized by the American Academy of Pediatrics.[24] The IAHPsmethods have been endorsed by Linus Pauling,[25] as well as some parents of children treatedwith their methods.[26][27][28]Massage therapy[29] is designed to help relax tense muscles, strengthen muscles, and keep jointsflexible. More research is needed to determine the health benefits of these therapies for peoplewith CP.[edit] Occupational therapyMain article: Occupational therapy in the management of cerebral palsyOccupational Therapy (OT) enables individuals with CP to participate in activities of daily livingthat are meaningful to them. A family-centred philosophy is used with children who have CP.Occupational therapists work closely with families in order to address their concerns andpriorities for their child.[30] Occupational therapists may address issues relating to sensory,cognitive, or motor impairments resulting from CP that affect the childs participation in self-care, productivity, or leisure. Parent counselling is also an important aspect of occupationaltherapy treatment with regard to optimizing the parents skills in caring for and playing with theirchild to support improvement of their childs abilities to do things.[31][32] The occupationaltherapist typically assesses the child to identify abilities and difficulties, and environmentalconditions, such as physical and cultural influences, that affect participation in daily activities.[32]Occupational therapists may also recommend changes to the play space, changes to the structureof the room or building, and seating and positioning techniques to allow the child to play andlearn effectively.[32][33]
• 10. [edit] MedicationBotulinum toxin A (Botox) injections into muscles that are either spastic or have contractures,the aim being to relieve the disability and pain produced by the inappropriately contractingmuscle.[34][edit] Surgery and orthosesSurgery usually involves one or a combination of: Loosening tight muscles and releasing fixed joints, most often performed on the hips, knees, hamstrings, and ankles. In rare cases, this surgery may be used for people with stiffness of their elbows, wrists, hands, and fingers. The insertion of a baclofen pump usually during the stages while a patient is a young adult. This is usually placed in the left abdomen. It is a pump that is connected to the spinal cord, whereby it sends bits of Baclofen alleviating the continuous muscle flexion. Baclofen is a muscle relaxant and is often given PO "per os" (Latin for "by mouth") to patients to help counter the effects of spasticity. Straightening abnormal twists of the leg bones, i.e. femur (termed femoral anteversion or antetorsion) and tibia (tibial torsion). This is a secondary complication caused by the spastic muscles generating abnormal forces on the bones, and often results in intoeing (pigeon-toed gait). The surgery is called derotation osteotomy, in which the bone is broken (cut) and then set in the correct alignment.[35] Cutting nerves on the limbs most affected by movements and spasms. This procedure, called a rhizotomy, "rhizo" meaning root and "tomy" meaning "a cutting of" from the Greek suffix tomia reduces spasms and allows more flexibility and control of the affected limbs and joints.[36]Orthotic devices such as ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are often prescribed to minimise gaitirregularities. AFOs have been found to improve several measures of ambulation, includingreducing energy expenditure[37] and increasing speed and stride length.[38][edit] Other treatmentsCooling high-risk full-term babies shortly after birth may significantly reduce disability ordeath.[39]Early nutritional support: In one cohort study of 490 premature infants discharged from theNICU, the rate of growth during hospital stay was related to neurological function at 18 and 22months of age. The study found a significant decrease in the incidence of cerebral palsy in thegroup of premature infants with the highest growth velocity. This study suggests that adequatenutrition and growth play a protective role in the development of cerebral palsy.[40]
• 11. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), in which pressurized oxygen is inhaled inside a hyperbaricchamber, has been studied under the theory that improving oxygen availability to damaged braincells can reactivate some of them to function normally. A 2007 systematic review concluded thatthe effect of HBOT is no different from that of pressurized room air, and that some childrenundergoing HBOT will experience adverse events such as seizures and the need for ear pressureequalization tubes; due to poor quality of data assessment the review also concluded thatestimates of the prevalence of adverse events are uncertain.[41]There are some experimental treatment techniques. One of them is a stem cell treatment, whichis administered at Tiantan Puhua hospital in China,[42] with certain amount of success.[edit] PrognosisCP is not a progressive disorder (meaning the brain damage neither improves nor worsens), butthe symptoms can become more severe over time due to subdural damage. A person with thedisorder may improve somewhat during childhood if he or she receives extensive care fromspecialists, but once bones and musculature become more established, orthopedic surgery may berequired for fundamental improvement. People who have CP tend to develop arthritis at ayounger age than normal because of the pressure placed on joints by excessively toned and stiffmuscles.The full intellectual potential of a child born with CP will often not be known until the childstarts school. People with CP are more likely to have learning disabilities, although these may beunrelated to IQ, and are more likely to show varying degrees of intellectual disability.Intellectual level among people with CP varies from genius to intellectually impaired, as it doesin the general population, and experts have stated that it is important to not underestimate aperson with CPs capabilities and to give them every opportunity to learn.[43]The ability to live independently with CP varies widely depending on the severity of each case.Some individuals with CP will require personal assistant services for all activities of daily living.Others can lead semi-independent lives, needing support only for certain activities. Still otherscan live in complete independence. The need for personal assistance often changes withincreasing age and associated functional decline. However, in most cases persons with CP canexpect to have a normal life expectancy; survival has been shown to be associated with theability to ambulate, roll, and self-feed.[44] As the condition does not directly affect reproductivefunction, some persons with CP have children and parent successfully.According to OMIM, only 2% of cases of CP are inherited (with glutamate decarboxylase-1 asone known enzyme involved.)[45] There is no evidence of an increased chance of a person withCP having a child with CP.The common signs and symptoms associated with CP can have a significant impact onparticipation in occupations. Occupation is a term used in occupational therapy that refers to allactivities a person does throughout their day. These activities may be grouped into the categoriesof self-care, productivity and leisure activities. Impairments related to CP can impact theseactivities. For example, children with motor impairments may also experience difficulties
• 12. moving around their home and community, such as transportation, moving from room to room ortransferring from wheelchair to toilet.[edit] Self-careSelf-care is any activity children do to care for themselves. For many children with CP, parentsare heavily involved in self-care activities. Self-care activities, such as bathing, dressing,grooming and eating, can be difficult for children with CP as self-care depends primarily on useof the upper limbs.[46] For those living with CP, impaired upper limb function affects almost 50%of children and is considered the main factor contributing to decreased activity andparticipation.[47] Since the hands are used for many self-care tasks, it is logical that sensory andmotor impairments would impact daily self-care. The extent of the hand impairment depends onthe location and degree of brain damage.[48] Sensory impairments can make getting dressed andbrushing teeth difficult. Along with sensory impairments, motor impairments of the hand arethought to be responsible for difficulties experienced in daily, self-care activities.[49] However,motor impairments are more important than sensory impairments, with the most prevalentimpairment being finger dexterity (ability to manipulate small objects).[48] Finger dexterity isessential in fastening buttons, doing up zippers and tying shoelaces. With upper limb spasticity,it may be difficult to get dressed in the morning. If the individual with CP also has cognitivedeficits, this may add an additional challenge to dressing and grooming.Children with CP often have oral sensory disturbances meaning that they have too little or toomuch sensitivity around and in the mouth.[50] An infant with CP may not be able to suck,swallow or chew and this can result in difficulty eating.[50] As mentioned in the above paragraph,finger dexterity is the most prevalent motor impairment.[48] Finger dexterity is essential formanipulating cutlery or bringing food to the mouth. Fine finger dexterity, like picking up aspoon, is more frequently impaired than gross manual dexterity, like spooning food onto aplate.[48] Grip strength impairments are less common.[48] Overall, children with CP may havedifficulty chewing and swallowing food, holding utensils, and preparing food due to sensory andmotor impairments.[edit] ProductivityThe effects of sensory, motor and cognitive impairments not only affect self-care occupations inchildren with CP, but also productivity occupations. Productivity can include, but is not limitedto: school, work, household chores and contributing to the community.[51] Play is also includedas a productive occupation as it is often the primary activity for children.[52]Play is considered the main occupation for children.[52] If play becomes difficult due to adisability, like CP, this can cause problems for the child.[53] These difficulties can affect a child‘sself-esteem.[53] In addition, the sensory and motor problems experienced by children with CPaffect how the child interacts with their surroundings, including the environment and otherpeople.[53] Not only do physical limitations affect a child‘s ability to play, the limitationsperceived by the child‘s caregivers and playmates also impact the child‘s play activities.[54]Typically, children with disabilities spend more time playing by themselves.[55] When a disability
• 13. prevents a child from playing, there may be social, emotional and psychological problems [56]which can lead to increased dependence on others, less motivation and poor social skills.[57]In school, students are asked to complete many tasks and activities, many of which involvehandwriting. Many children with CP have the capacity to learn and write in the schoolenvironment.[58] However, students with CP may find it difficult to keep up with the handwritingdemands of school and their writing may be difficult to read.[58] In addition, writing may takelonger and require greater effort on the student‘s part.[58] Factors linked to handwriting include:postural stability, sensory and perceptual abilities of the hand and writing tool pressure.[58]Also, speech impairments may be seen in children with CP depending on the severity of braindamage.[59] Communication in a school setting is quite important because communicating withpeers and teachers is very much a part of the ―school experience‖ and enhances socialinteraction. Problems with language or motor dysfunction can lead to underestimating a student‘sintelligence.[60] In summary, children with CP may experience difficulties in school, such asdifficulty with handwriting, carrying out school activities, communicating verbally andinteracting socially.[edit] LeisureLeisure occupations are any activities that are done for enjoyment. Enjoyable activities dependon the child‘s personality and environment. Leisure activities can have several positive effects onphysical health, mental health, life satisfaction and psychological growth for children withphysical disabilities like CP.[61] Common benefits identified are stress reduction, development ofcoping skills, companionship, enjoyment, relaxation and a positive effect on life satisfaction.[62]In addition, for children with CP, leisure appears to enhance adjustment to living with adisability.[62]Leisure can be divided into structured (formal) and unstructured (informal) activities.[63] Studiesshow that children with disabilities, like CP, participate mainly in informal activities that arecarried out in the family environment and are organized by adults.[64] Typically, children withdisabilities carry out leisure activities by themselves or with their parents rather than withfriends. Therefore, children may experience limited diversity of activities and socialengagements, as well as a more passive lifestyle than their peers.[64] Although leisure isimportant for children with CP, they may have difficulties carrying out leisure activities due tosocial and physical barriers.[edit] Participation and barriersParticipation is considered involvement in life situations and everyday activities.[65] Participationincludes the domains of self-care, productivity and leisure. In fact, communication, mobility,education, home life, leisure and social relationships require participation and are indicators ofthe extent to which a child functions in his or her environment.[65] Barriers can exist on threelevels: micro, meso and macro.[66] Firstly, the barriers at the micro level involve the person.[66]Barriers at the micro level include the child‘s physical limitations (motor, sensory and cognitiveimpairments) or their subjective feelings regarding their ability to participate.[67] For example,
• 14. the child may not participate in group activities due to lack of confidence. Secondly, the barriersat the meso level include the family and community.[66] These may include negative attitudes ofpeople towards disability or lack of support within the family or in the community.[68] One of themain reasons for this limited support appears to be the result of a lack of awareness andknowledge regarding the child‘s ability to engage in activities despite his or her disability.[68]Thirdly, barriers at the macro level incorporate the systems and policies that are not in place orhinder children with CP. These may be environmental barriers to participation such asarchitectural barriers, lack of relevant assistive technology and transportation difficulties due tolimited wheelchair or public transit that can accommodate the children with CP.[68] For example,a building without an elevator may prevent the child from accessing higher floor levels.[edit] EpidemiologyIn the industrialized world, the incidence of cerebral palsy is about 2 per 1000 live births.[69] Theincidence is higher in males than in females; the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe(SCPE) reports a M:F ratio of 1.33:1.[70] Variances in reported rates of incidence across differentgeographical areas in industrialised countries are thought to be caused primarily by discrepanciesin the criteria used for inclusion and exclusion. When such discrepancies are taken into accountin comparing two or more registers of patients with cerebral palsy (for example, the extent towhich children with mild cerebral palsy are included), the incidence rates converge toward theaverage rate of 2:1000.In the United States, approximately 10,000 infants and babies are diagnosed with CP each year,and 1200–1500 are diagnosed at preschool age.[71]Overall, advances in care of pregnant mothers and their babies has not resulted in a noticeabledecrease in CP. This is generally attributed to medical advances in areas related to the care ofpremature babies (which results in a greater survival rate). Only the introduction of qualitymedical care to locations with less-than-adequate medical care has shown any decreases. Theincidence of CP increases with premature or very low-weight babies regardless of the quality ofcare.[citation needed]Prevalence of cerebral palsy is best calculated around the school entry age of about six years, theprevalence in the U.S. is estimated to be 2.4 out of 1000 children[72]The SCPE reported the following incidence of comorbidities in children with CP (the data arefrom 1980–1990 and included over 4,500 children over age 4 whose CP was acquired during theprenatal or neonatal period): Mental disadvantage (IQ < 50): 31% Active seizures: 21% Mental disadvantage (IQ < 50) and not walking: 20% Blindness: 11%[70]The SCPE noted that the incidence of comorbidities is difficult to measure accurately,particularly across centers. For example, the actual rate of an intellectual impairment may be
• 15. difficult to determine, as the physical and communicational limitations of people with CP wouldlikely lower their scores on an IQ test if they were not given a correctly modified version.Apgar scores have sometimes been used as one factor to predict whether or not an individual willdevelop CP.[73][edit] HistoryCP, formerly known as "Cerebral Paralysis," was first identified by English surgeon WilliamLittle in 1860. Little raised the possibility of asphyxia during birth as a chief cause of thedisorder. It was not until 1897 that Sigmund Freud, then a neurologist, suggested that a difficultbirth was not the cause but rather only a symptom of other effects on fetal development.[74]Research conducted during the 1980s by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders andStroke (NINDS) suggested that only a small number of cases of CP are caused by lack of oxygenduring birth.[75][edit] Society and culture[edit] Economic impactAccess Economics has released a report on the economic impact of cerebral palsy in Australia.Launched by the Hon. Bill Shorten, MP, the report found that, in 2007, the financial cost ofcerebral palsy (CP) in Australia was $1.47 billion or 0.14% of GDP. When the value of lost well-being (disability and premature death) was added, the cost rose a further $2.4 billion.[76]In 2007, the financial cost of CP was $1.47 billion (0.14% of GDP). Of this: 1.03 billion (69.9%) was productivity lost due to lower employment, absenteeism and premature death of Australians with CP; 141 million (9.6%) was the DWL from transfers including welfare payments and taxation forgone; 131 million (9.0%) was other indirect costs such as direct program services, aides and home modifications and the bringing-forward of funeral costs; 129 million (8.8%) was the value of the informal care for people with CP; and 40 million (2.8%) was direct health system expenditure.Additionally, the value of the lost well-being (disability and premature death) was a further $2.4billion.In per capita terms, this amounts to a financial cost of $43,431 per person with CP per annum.Including the value of lost well-being, the cost is over $115,000 per person per annum.
• 16. Individuals with CP bear 37% of the financial costs, and their families and friends bear a further6%. Federal government bears around one third (33%) of the financial costs (mainly throughtaxation revenues forgone and welfare payments). State governments bear under 1% of the costs,while employers bear 5% and the rest of society bears the remaining 19%. If the burden ofdisease (lost well-being) is included, individuals bear 76% of the costs.[edit] Use of the termMany people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped."Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Care" at the University of Delaware offers the followingguidelines:[77]Impairment is the correct term to use to define a deviation from normal, such as not being able tomake a muscle move or not being able to control an unwanted movement. Disability is the termused to define a restriction in the ability to perform a normal activity of daily living whichsomeone of the same age is able to perform. For example, a three year old child who is not ableto walk has a disability because a normal three year old can walk independently. Handicap is theterm used to describe a child or adult who, because of the disability, is unable to achieve thenormal role in society commensurate with his age and socio-cultural milieu. As an example, asixteen-year-old who is unable to prepare his own meal or care for his own toileting or hygieneneeds is handicapped. On the other hand, a sixteen-year-old who can walk only with theassistance of crutches but who attends a regular school and is fully independent in activities ofdaily living is disabled but not handicapped. All disabled people are impaired, and allhandicapped people are disabled, but a person can be impaired and not necessarily be disabled,and a person can be disabled without being handicapped.The term "spastic" describes the attribute of spasticity in types of spastic CP. In 1952 a UKcharity called The Spastics Society was formed.[78] The term "spastics" was used by the charityas a term for people with CP. The words "spastic" and "spaz" have since been used extensivelyas a general insult to disabled people, which some see as extremely offensive. They are alsofrequently used to insult able-bodied people when they seem overly uncoordinated, anxious, orunskilled in sports. The charity changed its name to Scope in 1994.[78] In the United States theword spaz has the same usage as an insult, but is not generally associated with CP.[79][edit] MisconceptionsSpastic cerebral palsy, the most common form of CP, causes the muscles to be tense, rigid andmovements are slow and difficult. This can be misinterpreted as cognitive delay due to difficultyof communication. Individuals with cerebral palsy can have learning difficulties, but sometimesit is the sheer magnitude of problems caused by the underlying brain injury that prevents theindividual from expressing what cognitive abilities they do possess.[80][edit] MediaMaverick documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara criticizes the mores and customs of Japanesesociety in an unsentimental portrait of adults with cerebral palsy in his 1972 film Goodbye CP
• 17. (Sayonara CP). Focusing on how the CP victims are generally ignored or disregarded in Japan,Hara challenges his societys taboos about physical handicaps. Using a deliberately harsh style,with grainy black-and-white photography and out-of-sync sound, Hara brings a stark realism tohis subject.[81][Cerebral palsy
• 18. Home Contact Uswhat is cerebralpalsy A Guide to cerebral palsy in India. News, updates and resources for Educators and Parentscerebral palsychildren The human brain is made of 3 main parts, the cerebrumcerebral palsy which accounts for 85% of the brain, the cerebellum andsymptoms the main stem. The cerebrum is responsible for thecauses of cerebral voluntary movements of the muscles, thinking,palsy communication and is also associated with the senses of touch, sight etc..spastic cerebralpalsy Damage to the cerebrum causes problems and theinformation on nomenclature attached to these problems is " cerebralcerebral palsy Palsy". "Cerebral" means brain and "Palsy" refers tochildren with problem in muscle movement It is essentially associatedcerebral palsy with children and affects them in different ways. Some children could have severe muscular problems whilecerebral palsy others might encounter learning problems while stilltreatment others might encounter speech problems.cerebral palsy lawyerfamous people with Before the late 19th century there was no writtencerebral palsy documentation about cerebral palsy. A surgeon named William Little was the first who medically document thiscerebral palsy rather enigmatic disorder. He noticed that children in theinformation first years of life encountered great difficulty in walking,athetoid cerebral crawling or holding objects. Initially called Littles disease,palsy it is now called spastic diplegia and is grouped under the term "cerebral Palsy". Scerebral palsyassociations ince this problem was in many cases an offshoot of complicated deliveries, the surgeon concluded that oxygen shortage during birth was in someway responsibleUseful Parenting / kids for damage of brain tissues, which controlled movement.sites However, Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysischildrens books pointed out that other problems like seizures, or mental retardation could not be explained by Little"s theory. Hepreschools in india suggested that the problem was deep seated and could be a result of improper brain india For a long time this was not accepted, but later on thechildren idea that defective development of the brain was connected with "cerebral palsy" caught on. Cerebral Palsywebsites for kids can be caused before birth, during birth or after birth. It can be categorized into 3 main types.girl child [NGO] Spastic cerebral palsy-- where movement and flexibility are drastically affected because of muscle stiffness, Athetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy, which affects speech and hearing due to an involuntary stiffening of the
• 19. muscles and Ataxic cerebral palsy, which affects balance and coordination. Hence all Children who have cerebral palsy are not affected in the same way. The degree of disability could vary and the type of cerebral palsy the child is suffering from could also vary. Although motor control is affected in many children, their level of intelligence can be still be pretty high. They have sound minds but rebellious bodies and it is unfortunate but true that they are often mistreated by society. Therapy, support equipment, and medical intervention have gone a long way in aiding people with this disability. Home : General information / articles for children from ezines > party games - good manners - kids birthday cakes -amazing facts for kids - child games - baby shower - babysitting games - baby posters © 2004-2007. . Powered by inlinks. All rights reserved. Material on this site may be printed forpersonal classroom use without permission by students and instructors for non-profit, educational purposes only. All otherreproduction in whole or in part, including electronic reproduction or redistribution, for any purpose, except by expresswritten agreement is strictly prohibited.
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Test Report: Sony STR-DA5800ES A/V Receiver
Sony's new flagship receiver is a brute. It's got as many or more features, channels, HDMI jacks, and control options as any competitor I can think of, along with a snazzy new rotation of onscreen menus. The STR-DA5800ES is also the latest to join the 4K brigade, being able to pass-through, and upscale to, the possible-future Ultra HD video format. More on this in a year. Or two.
Sony's new onscreen display design for the 5800ES abandons the "Xcross Media Bar" metaphor inherited from the PlayStation family and used on earlier (and lower current-range) models in favor of a more straightforward, large-icon-based layout. For setup, I found it handsome and generally intuitive.
Sony equipped the STR-5800ES with no fewer than nine HDMI input jacks (eight on back, and one up front). I don't know what I'd do with that many HDMI inputs, but they're there if you need 'em. There are also dual HDMI outputs, selectable via the remote, plus a third for the receiver's Zone 2 output.
Another feature, sure to be widely appreciated, is a built-in 4-jack Ethernet hub. Most systems these days will, like mine, require multiple Cat-5 connections, and anything that cuts down on cable clutter is enormously welcome.
The 5800ES's auto-setup calibration mike is a stereo-pickup, two-element bar. Otherwise, the automatic routine proceeds with a series of bloops and bleeps that "find" and "size" your speakers, set crossovers, and invoke speaker-/room-correction equalization. There's a rather confusing (and poorly documented) range of auto-EQ options. Basically, the Sony's EQ can be applied to three different "target curves," as well as a user-defined curve, at run time. The 5800ES's interface design makes it nearly impossible to A/B these with unequalized reproduction, but in general I preferred the "Front Reference" curve.
Speaking of "auto," the 5800ES is the first A/V receiver to incorporate certification for Control4 home automation, including lighting (via a supplied wireless lighting-control adapter), that can be integrated into an extensive scene-recall scheme named Easy Automation. This can store virtually every user-definable parameter to one of four pre-programmed, but editable, scenes, accessible whether or not Control4 is implemented - very cool.
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