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ABOARD THE USS OAK HILL (AP) — To help kick off his new TNT thriller, "The Last Ship," actor Adam Baldwin took an overnight sea cruise.
On Tuesday afternoon, Baldwin was flown by helicopter to the deck of the USS Oak Hill off New York City, where, with the Navy, TNT was hosting a sneak preview of his series' first episode for the nearly 400-strong crew and several hundred more servicemen and women along for the ride.
The Oak Hill was one of five military vessels that would dock in New York on Wednesday for the start of Fleet Week that celebrates the Navy, Coast Guard and Marines.
But before the Oak Hill's proud arrival in New York harbor, Baldwin kept busy posing for photos with his shipmates, chatting them up and thanking them for their service, and inspecting their brawny LSD (dock landing ship) as it held position some 4 miles out, in waiting mode for Fleet Week to begin.
If Baldwin took no time getting his sea legs, no wonder.
On "The Last Ship," he plays Navy officer Mike Slattery , the second-in-command to Capt. Tom Chandler ( Eric Dane ) on a Navy destroyer that, by chance, evades a pandemic that kills much of the world's population. The only hope of saving what's left of humanity rests on Slattery and Chandler, the crew of the USS Nathan James, and especially Rachel Scott (played by Rhona Mitra ), a crack paleomicrobiologist who, fortunately, is assigned to the ship.
The 10-episode season (which starts June 22) was mostly filmed in Los Angeles, but several days' location shooting put Baldwin and his castmates on a pair of Navy destroyers off San Diego.
Along with his other credits (including "Chuck," ''Firefly" and "The X-Files"), Baldwin was also a star of the dry-land Vietnam War classic "Full Metal Jacket."
This 1987 Stanley Kubrick epic (with Baldwin unforgettable as the pugilistic Marine sergeant Animal Mother) just happened to be playing on the Oak Hill's shipboard video system when Baldwin paid a call on his real-life Navy equivalent, Cmdr. Scott Bowman , the Oak Hill's XO.
As the film streamed silently on the TV in Bowman's stateroom (that's "office" for civilians), both men smiled at the screen appreciatively.
Baldwin recalled how the film had taken nine long months to shoot. And what did he do during all the downtime? "Smoked cigarettes and played cards."
"Just like a real Marine," Bowman joked.
One site for that evening's "Last Ship" screening was the Crew Mess, where Baldwin paid tribute to the gathered by declaring, "Without you all doing what you do, we couldn't be free to do what we do."
An approving matinee-audience kind of buzz accompanied the episode, but, just a few minutes in, the room erupted with a whoop at the sight of a delicious military no-no: a serviceman and woman (played by Travis Van Winkle and Marissa Neitling ) display their secret affair with a passionate smooch.
The audience stayed glued through the hour, but never more audibly than in the final moments as Capt. Chandler snaps an emotional salute — bareheaded. In the Navy, you don't salute without a "cover."
As the episode ended, Baldwin greeted his fans' "gotcha" roar with a grin and a knowing shrug.
"We'll fix that later in the season," he said over the applause of these viewers, clearly onboard. "Our show gets even better!"


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We're more than happy to report all things Coen Brothers, but I'll admit the first photos from the set of Inside Llewyn Davis were pretty dull. I love signage as much as the next guy, but now we've got some good set photos to show you. The new images show off lead actors Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and Justin Timberlake, and the male cast members have gone bearded. The film is set in 1960s Greenwich folk scene, so the actors look period-appropriate. I'm not sure why Isaac is carrying around a cat, but I'm sure the cat digs his beard. Cats love beards almost as much as they like Internet memes.
Hit the jump to check out the set photos. The film also stars Garrett Hedlund, Stark Sands, and John Goodman.
Click over to Just Jared and Zimbio for more images.
For those unfamiliar with the plot, Isaac plays a musician trying to make it in the folk scene. We don't have any details on Mulligan's character, but we know Timberlake is playing her husband.

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The old gem pic was much better :/
Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
― Bruce Lee
The bracer icon's been bugging me for quite awhile, it looks too blocky and doesn't really go well aesthetically with any items.
Though it's been growing on me I guess, it's not as offputting as it was the first time I saw it.
I think icons are pretty much fixed now as Valve tries to fix more important issues like MM, Mute system and new heroes
COMMUNITY REGULATED MUTE SYSTEM (CRMS) A Simple Idea with Massive Results
UNOFFICIAL DASHBOARD POLL Dashboard - OLD vs NEW
DOTA2 Items ICON SET Design Comparison CHART - Icon Cheat Sheet
POLL: HEALTH BAR at TOP BAR? - Add health bar to top bar Valve!
True Sight Indicator like dota1 - What happened to the true sight symbol?!?
Give back old Dagger, the new one is a fat couch potato.
I'd like it if either the Kaya or the Echo Sabre were horizontally flipped. Because they are both on the same diagonal and both glowy white/blue they look quite similar.


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GiveBIG is a unique, one-day, online charitable giving event encouraging residents of King County to give locally. Through GiveBIG, King County residents are asked to give to a local nonprofits of their choosing through The Seattle Foundation's online Giving Center. Contributions are partially matched by a "stretch pool" provided by The Seattle Foundation and GiveBIG sponsors. The goal of GiveBIG is to raise money for the community while introducing charitably minded people to hundreds of excellent and efficient nonprofits on The Seattle Foundation's Giving Center that make our region a healthier and more vital place to live.
So, put your global thinking to work and act locally for Wallingford! Follow these links to learn more about the invaluable services that Wallingford Community Senior Center and FamilyWorks provide, and to make your GiveBIG donations on May 15th. GiveBIG is a chance to show that their work matters to this community. The Seattle Foundation will match a percentage of your donations when you support these programs through their website on May 15th.
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(This article originally appeared on Wallyhood, the Wallingford neighborhood blog. For more news and chatter about Wallingford, join us there.)
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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace272
Beauty does not linger, it only visits.Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm,it calls us to feel, think, and act beautifully in the world:to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful.
Beauty is a gentle but urgent call to awaken. Bestselling author John O'Donohueopens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the wonder of our own relationshipwith beauty by exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth. His wordsreturn us to the dignity of silence, profundity of stillness, power of thought andperception, and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty's presence. In this masterfuland revelatory work, O'Donohue encourages our greater intimacy with beauty andcelebrates it for what it really is: a homecoming of the human spirit.As he focuses on the classical, medieval, and Celtic traditions of art, music, literature,nature, and language, O'Donohue reveals how beauty's invisible embraceinvites us toward new heights of passion and creativity even in these uncertain timesof global conflict and crisis.
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Visa issues fixed, Cuban national baseball team set for faceoff against Ottawa Champions
Attention baseball fans, the Cuban national baseball team has cleared up its visa problems and will be in the capital against the Ottawa Champions this weekend.
The popular team's three-game stand against the Champs at RCGT Park Friday, Saturday and Sunday kicks off a 15-game, 17-day series against Can Am league teams in Canada and the U.S.
The visit had been in doubt over the past few weeks due to what had been described as visa application slowdowns because of reduced staffing at the Canadian embassy in Havana, stemming from continuing fallout from the so-called "Havana syndrome" incidents in Cuba.
The embassy staff has been reduced from 16 to eight following the wave of concussion-like symptoms that appeared in 14 Canadian diplomats in Havana over the past couple of years. The workers experienced things like nosebleeds and severe headaches as well as more lasting problems such as blurred vision and prolonged trauma. Some of the diplomats are now suing the government for $28 million, alleging it failed to properly inform, protect, treat and support the Canadians.
The Cuban baseball visa applications were eventually processed out of Mexico City.
"(The Cuban visits have) always been one of the biggest series for our organization and I know our fans will appreciate the quality of baseball the Cuban team will bring," Champions owner Miles Wolff said in a release Tuesday. Wolff had worked closely with the league and federal representatives in recent weeks to find a resolution to the problem.
The Cubans are treating the trip as a warmup for the Pan Am Games in Peru from July 26 to Aug. 11.
The games are also important to Ottawa for revenue purposes. In previous games in Ottawa, the powerful Cuban team has drawn an average 5,000 fans to RCGT Stadium — more than twice the Champions' average attendance.
When the Cuban team last visited in 2017, the Champions even won both games in a two-game weekend series, 3-0 and 9-3.
Tickets purchased in advance for any of the Cuban games are at the regular price, but game day ticket prices will be $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and students and $5 for kids ages 5-12, Children five years old and younger get in free.
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By giving up the usual Lenten expectations, Lent can cultivate trust in God.
This year's Lenten Season has special significance for me. For the first time in my lifetime, Easter will fall on my birthday.
I am used to having April 24 to myself. Sharing the date this year gives me a singular opportunity to spend the weeks beforehand interweaving my physical life-journey with my Lenten spirituality
So how can that play out?
To be honest, I'm not sure. Nor do I want to know. I am one of those people who tend to set high expectations, only to be let down when I can't fulfill them. This time, I need to find out where God will lead me without any expectation of where I will end up.
The path I follow through Lent is also unknown.
I don't like to equate Lent with New Year's resolutions so promising to read the Bible daily isn't sufficient. I also learned many years ago that simply giving up something for Lent can have little meaning. (As a child, I decorated shoeboxes with crosses and other holy symbols, and into those boxes went any candy—my usual "sacrifice"—that was offered to me during Lent. Of course, that meant that I ended up with a nice little bonanza of sweets to add to my Easter basket goodies. I clearly didn't get it.)
This year, I hope to go deeper, but in a direction to be determined along the way. Instead of a daily examination of conscience, I'm spending reflective time each day examining—I'm not sure what. At least initially, my thoughts have been chaotic.
But that's where faith comes in. My instincts are nearly always to create order and explanations. Can I move through this Lent without superimposing those instincts or trying to map the way? Can I trust that God—not I—will bring order out of the chaos? Or will I learn to appreciate the chaos? Or something else?
Will my Easter-birthday cake commemorate something new in my life?
Time will tell.
Guest blog posts express the views of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the Claretians.


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In the spirit of the holidays and to celebrate our 10th year of Fritz's Holiday Lights and the annual Toys of Tots drive, NBC LA posted this question on our Facebook page: "what is the best holiday gift you have ever received?"
We had an overwhelming response with some great answers we wanted to share with you:
"A book of unlimited hugs and kiss from my son when he was 5" was Debbie Priest Bowling's best gift.
Local news from across Southern California
Many of the responses were non-tangible things that family members did for one another.
Inga Woody Schuenemann wrote an incredibly touching story of her family supporting her.
"My best holiday season was spent in Marine Corps boot camp… I was convinced no one could afford to come to my graduation," Schuenemann wrote. "But there they were; my mom, my sister and my niece. I have never felt so proud in my life. Proud to be a Marine, pride in my country; and for the first time ever I made my family proud of me."
Many parents include their children as their best holiday gifts.
Leslie Kahanu wrote, "On 12-25-80, my daughter Nikole was born…nothing better than that!"
Judy Fradkin wrote about her daughter, Amie, who was born Dec. 23, 1975, "She's the gift that keeps on giving!"
A return from war and military service was often mentioned as cherished gifts.
Deborah Aslakson Mendoza wrote, "My daughter's surprise homecoming after serving 16 months in Iraq" as her greatest gift.
Carol Manning-Ryan shared her story of when her brother returned from Vietnam in 1970.
"My father and two of my sisters went to pick him up from Ontario Airport," Manning-Ryan wrote.
"Before the car even came to a stop, my sisters and I were jumping out of the car and almost brought him down when we tackled him with hugs."
Mary Pat Bowe gave the story of her Christmas in 1982 when her and her husband were planning their wedding while living on two separate Navy bases; Memphis and Hawaii.
"We were planning our wedding long-distance to take place in New York at Christmas time with no idea whether or not we would have to go back to our separate stations," Bowe wrote. "In an act of desperation, I sent an official wedding invitation to the commander of the naval personnel office in Washington D.C. One week before our wedding… my husband got papers transferring him to Hawaii effectively following our wedding. We've been grateful to that commander ever since."
Viewers also wrote about some personal gifts that were treasured.
"I'm a letter carrier and one of my customers gave me a gift card for a foot massage," Tari Thorp wrote. "Awesome gift!"
Lori Noyes reminisced about childhood memories while responding to our question.
"When I was a little girl, I got a 'Barbie Camper Van,'" Noyes wrote. "I still remember playing with that for years and wondering how my parents could afford it."
In these times of economic uncertainty and rising unemployment, some gifts mean everything.
Eddie Castaneda Jr. wrote, "My new job" as his best gift.
Jackellyn Trinh wrote her best gift was something she gave to others.
"The best gift I got for Christmas is being blessed enough to be able to give my son, family and friends the Christmas they deserve," wrote Trinh.
As the holiday season continues, we will be running a charity drive for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. For each new "Like" on our Facebook page, NBC 4 will donate $1 to the organization.
Comment: You can leave memories of your favorite gift by visiting our Facebook page here.
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Whitney Auto Glass – What Should I know?
Simply put, this is glass that you would find in an automobile. Not too many know that in Whitney there are two major forms of auto glass. Each one is used on certain windows in the automobile. Both types of auto glass are more impact resistant and stronger than regular glass.
What Are the Different Kinds Of Windshield Replacement Whitney Services that are Available?
Laminated safety glass-this glass is generally used on a car's windshield. It is comprised of a couple of pieces of glass that has a slim layer of vinyl. The glass is then heated and pressed together in an autoclave, which is a type of oven. When this glass receives a tough impact it will shatter also but usually the shattered pieces will stick to the vinyl and not fall on the ground.
If the windshield just has a tiny vein or nick, the auto glass professional may be able to repair the tiny vein or nick to keep it from spreading further. The repair will generally take fewer than thirty minutes in Whitney. The vein or nick is cleaned thoroughly and dried. Resin is injected and a material like Mylar is used to hold it in place. The professional cures the resin by using an ultraviolet light.
Auto Glass For Classic Cars?
Automotive window replacement can be done by the novice if he or she takes their time and has some instruction. It doesn't require any special knowledge or expensive tools to replace car glass, but it does take patience! Here we will talk about replacing a fixed car glass that is bonded to the car body instead of being set into a removable frame.
If you are going to replace car glass that is not set in a frame, then you will basically have to "cut" the old glass out of the car. This procedure requires a few inexpensive tools that are often not in a common tool collection. You need a piece of piano wire to use as a saw, and a couple of inexpensive suction cup handles to lift out the old glass (if it is still in one piece) and to place the new glass into position without touching the edges of the glass.
The first step is to remove any molding that goes around the window. Molding can be attached in several different ways. It may be attached with some sort of clips, glued on, or may be just pushed onto a lip on the car body. This is one place where factory service information comes in handy! Some glass is flush-mounted with the exterior surface of the body and does not have any molding to remove. You also may need to remove one or more trim panels inside the car. Before starting to cut out the broken car window, apply tape to the car body all the way around the window to protect the paint. Next, use an awl to create a hole through the adhesive between the glass and the body. Then push a piece of piano wire through the hole, grab a helper to work the other end of the wire, and use a sawing motion to cut the adhesive all the way around the window. Once you have completely sawn all the way around the broken car window, use the suction cup handles to pull the glass out of the car body.
After the new adhesive has been applied and any recommended curing times have been observed, use the suction cup handles to install the new glass into position. Evenly press the glass into the adhesive until it is fully seated all the way around. Do not disturb the vehicle for several hours according to the adhesive instructions, and then be careful not to slam the doors and or drive on any excessively rough roads for several days until the adhesive has had time to fully bond with both surfaces.
That covers the general procedure for auto glass installation. Automotive window replacement can certainly be done by a driver that doesn't have any experience or training in this area, but some jobs are definitely easier than others! If this procedure doesn't sound like something you want to tackle yourself, there certainly isn't any shame in taking your car to an auto glass shop for a replacement, and most shops will even come to your home or workplace to do it for you.
Windshield Replacement: What Everyone Needs To Know
When there are windshield cracks the owner may be able to fix it themselves using a kit or have a professional auto glass technician do the job. The kit has all the tools that are necessary to fix the crack, including the resin. One thing to note is that these cracked windshield kits will only work on little holes or dings or thin small cracks. With larger cracks, they may not disappear no matter how many treatments are applied. For long or deep windshield cracks or ones that do not respond to treatment with the kit, should be taken to an auto glass repair shop to have the windshield replaced or fixed. When they look at it, they can tell you if it is repairable or needs to be replaced. Most insurance companies will take care of the repair or replacement.
• Once it has hardened you can remove the tool
• Check the crack to see if you need to repeat the treatment. If it is a deep crack, you may need to do it again.
• Once you are satisfied with the repair of the windshield cracks you should take a soft dry cloth and polish the area so the resin solution will match the glass around it as much as it can. If you were fixing a small crack it could become almost unrecognizable and appear new to the naked eye but if it is a large crack it could look slightly warped in the area where it was fixed.


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Le Cheminant - Automatic Wristwatch 06
Brand new and genuinely never worn or used Le Cheminant automatic wristwatch. Le Cheminant is a manufacturer of good quality wristwatches and they have been in continuous production since 1822. The modern business was formed in the late 1950s by Gordon and Iris Betts, when they purchased the shops and the name from the Le Cheminant chain of jewellery shops. They had two branches in Ipswich as well as an office and workshop in Ipswich. In London there was the main branch of Le Cheminant in Wigmore Street, the sole distributor in the UK, with another branch in the Marylebone High Street.
There were several other branches around the country. They were well known in during this period in the UK due to their high street presence. Sales have declined since the quartz invasion, but they are still in business albeit on a smaller scale. This one is an automatic gents wristwatch. The case is brushed steel to the top and polished steel to the sides in a sturdy looking case with short sturdy and thick case edges. The case back is screw on and it has a non screw crown. The crystal is hardened mineral glass and it has a quick set date at the 3 position. The dial is a nice looking silver dial with silver applied batons and silver hands.
The movement is a 25 jewel Swiss made ETA 2824-2 automatic winding movement. Has glass display back showing off the gilt movement. It comes in the original box. Dimensions are width is 36 mm excluding the crown, 38 mm including the crown, lug to lug is 41 mm and thickness is 10 mm. Ref. NWW 890. Price is £275 or US 5


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Where have I been?
It's a good question! I've been really busy the past two months, but haven't made a ton of progress on the COMET. Other vintage camper people out there, have you ever tried polishing the pitted, foggy aluminum back up to a mirror finish? It takes forever! It also requires a large angle grinder, which I'm embarrassed to say I can't really lift up in the first place (so it becomes Matt's job). We've been working on it little by little, but it takes many hours and is a crappy job. It's the one thing standing in between me and a beautiful exterior paint job (also Matt's forte because he used to do fancy pin striping and decals on cars).
The reason I have been so busy is because I really need money to complete the COMET and I had to put a lot of time and energy into my Etsy shop, where I sell awesome vintage clothing. My shop is called Planet Queen Vintage (based on the T Rex song but also referencing awesome ladies that do cool stuff to positively impact the planet) and I would be so grateful if you guys took a minute to check out all the new stuff and hard work I've been putting into the shop the past few months. I added 100+ new items, took better photographs, and increased the overall awesomeness content. Bet you guys didn't know I run a business on the side in addition to the COMET?! Vintage fashion is my secret weakness ( and vintage furniture, and sunglasses, and campers). All of the profits from the shop right now go DIRECTLY (like, every penny) into finishing the COMET. If you see something you like and decide to buy it, you will be helping me buy some non-toxic exterior paint, some photovoltaic components, and some other little things needed to complete this project. Take a look even if it's just to give me a critique on the shop, I'd appreciate that too! If you see stuff you like, you can check back often because I add multiple new items every morning. Thank you nice readers!
Over the summer, after the Tiny House Fair, I found myself really struggling to figure out where I fit in (me and the COMET both). What am I doing with this? Am I making a difference? I wasn't really sure if I fit in with tiny house movement, after getting those discouraging comments (yes, I know the COMET isn't a cedar sided 6-12 pitch roof home on wheels – who said it had to be? and yes, I know there are not yet solar panels on the top, its' not finished!). I started getting frustrated and questioning my work and my whole life really (uh oh). Am I just another over privileged college kid doling out sermons about things I can't possibly be know all the answers to (life lessons, how to be greener, how to be happy)? Do my blog posts and carefully curated photographs add to the fetishization of simple lifestyles that I'm finding make me more and more uncomfortable? Are tiny houses just becoming another commodity for consumers to purchase and own in addition to their "big" homes? It sounds kind of negative, but I just had to reflect on what I was doing and why, and how to be more honest with you guys and myself, and accept the limits to what myself and the COMET can accomplish. We're not perfect, and that's a hard thing to admit. I have to tow the camper with a gas guzzling truck, so is that trade off worth it? I want to educate people about sustainability in a fun, hands-on way with the COMET, but at the same time in order to spread the word and talk to all of these wonderful people I have to use a fossil fuel burning machine. There are lots of contradictions, I just have to be able to articulate them and then wait to see if a reconciliation can ever be reached.
On another note, I have been receiving lots of nice notes / messages from all of you, and I want to say that if I haven't responded yet it is truthfully only because I want to give each and every response the time and energy it deserves. Sometimes that means it takes me a while to get back to your messages and emails, but I honestly appreciate and love each and every time someone takes a moment to email me. Let me know what you're up to, ask a question, give me some feedback. I will respond, I just want to be able to give my full attention to all of your awesome inquiries. Keep 'em coming! Thank you everyone for reading along with this journey that is WAY longer and WAY more complex than I thought it would be!! You all keep me going with every comment and email message I receive. You remind me why I have to stick out the difficult parts (angle grinding / polishing) so that I can do the awesome parts (meeting you all on the road, talking to you, and sharing camper stories!).
I also watched "Chasing Ice" the other day, and it filled me with urgency and purpose. It's a very good documentary.
The past few months Matt's been getting excited about survival techniques and survivalist skills – which is really awesome because we've been making lots of fires from scratch and improving our fire cooking cast-iron skillet skills. We've been talking a bit about the similarities and differences between "Survivalist" an "Sustainability" movements. I think after living out of the Honda Element car for two months in the spring we both just got into "survivalist" mode, and even though we're back in the city currently we still like to do all the stuff we do when we're camping for a long period of time.
I want to share some cool links with you all that I've been collecting the last few weeks, check them out if you have a moment:
This first one is a really awesome interview from the Etsy blog from a while ago. The interviewee is Frankie Moore Lappe, author of "Diet for a Small Planet". She hits the nail on the head in talking about the problem with how we currently frame sustainability with language and diction like "reduce", "avoid", "limits", "minimalize". I'll let you guys read the article then maybe I'll post the essay I wrote two years ago about the problematic language of the sustainability movement so you can see the similarities + differences.
The next link is to a video of a guy's conversion van (Sprinter) that I think is pretty neat. The one thing I don't understand is having a toilet. I lived out of a car for months and I never once missed a toilet (THANK YOU P-STYLE FEMININE DIVERTER!) and I think it would make your living space more unpleasant than pleasant. Other than that, it has some neat ideas. Theoretically, I am sort of getting over the "squeeze as much into the tiny mobile thing as you possibly can" idea, but it's cool nonetheless. I'm really into the mint green paint job.
Also, the amazing Robin Hayes from Build Tiny (http://build-tiny.com/) is hosting a workshop soon (October 10-13) in VA and you all should check it out. Robin is a really inspiring lady who I have met at multiple workshops all over the place. She is a carpenter, plumber, doer, maker, and all around amazing person to learn from. Everyone loves her and her skill and energy are sure to give you the start you need to get your tiny house or other building project on track. Also, dear friends Dee Williams and Lee Pera (Boneyard Studios) will be there helping out, and you need to meet these incredible, smart, (dare I day gorgeous?!) ladies. You won't regret it!
http://build-tiny.com/ for more details.
Last thing:
I'm writing a book.
There. I said it out loud. Now I really have to do it.
love you all, keep me updated with your cool projects and thank you for reading as always
❤ Mariah


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When building a new church, parishes can look to former churches for resources.
As Catholic demographics shift and shrinking budgets demand consolidation, churches close. Because canon law prohibits the sale of sacred objects—such as crucifixes, chalices, and Stations of the Cross—and calls for their disposal only if they are damaged beyond repair, several archdioceses are cataloging, warehousing, and finding new homes for these artifacts. This can be a boon to parishes that are building on budgets—if the objects are in good condition and fit the new church's iconographic and structural needs.
Twenty years ago, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia created the Ecclesiastical Exchange Program, one of the first in the nation, to steward the transition of sacred objects from their original locations. "The priority is to place objects first in parishes within the archdiocese, but we have worked with churches throughout the country," program director Father Zachary Navit says.
Three altars and many furnishings at St. Bede the Venerable in Holland, Pennsylvania originally graced Philadelphia's Most Blessed Sacrament (MBS), a church with a long history that once had the largest Catholic grade school in the United States. St. Bede invited former MBS parishioners to visit and see how objects from their beloved church are still being used. "It's important to maintain that connection, so that when a church is lost, its community is still recognized," Navit says. "Items that have been entrusted to a community of one time and place have been preserved and passed on to another. It's a trust and a serious obligation, and, for members of the original church community, an act of selfless giving."
St. Raphael the Archangel, now rising in Old Mill City, a northern suburb of Chicago, will incorporate the classical facade and twin towers of St. John of God, designed by the eminent Chicago architect Henry J. Schlacks (1867–1938) and closed since 1990. "Everyone wanted a church that looked like a church," says parishioner Karen Mahoney.
The church will also use the marble interior and furnishings of Chicago's St. Peter Canisius, which closed in 2007. Mayor Richard M. Daley donated the 92-stop pipe organ that was once housed in Chicago's historic Medinah Temple. In an immense act of faith and engineering, the two churches have been moved some 60 miles north, where they will be reconfigured as a traditional-looking church with highly unconventional roots.
Sometimes, a church can reuse its own furnishings, as was the case at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Lewiston, Maine, where the Rambusch Company created a central altar and font from stone harvested from two side altars.
The Hispanic parish of St. Joseph the Worker in Grand Rapids, Michigan, maximized its $700,000 renovation budget, starting with the building itself, a former Christian Reform church purchased at auction. With the guidance of Father Gilbert Sunghera, S.J. and Progressive AE architects, they obtained an antique image of the crucified Christ and altar from the Diocese of Grand Rapids, and then commissioned José Narezo, an eminent area artist, to embellish the cross's background and altar furnishings with a colorful mosaic.
Artist Madeline Kaczmarczyk handcrafted floral ceramic tiles for the base of the baptismal font that were inspired by flowers in the parishioners' former Central and South America homelands. The font bowl was obtained on clearance sale from a Wisconsin foundry. A striking reredos built of inexpensive bamboo flooring planks was made to accommodate a collection of beloved icons and statuary from the old church. The 2008 renovation was accomplished in only four months.
Watch a video of the artifacts aquired for the redesign of St. Bede.
This article appeared in the April 2011 issue of U.S. Catholic magazine (Vol. 76, No. 4, page 15).
Image: The facade of St. John of God Church in Chicago, which will be used in the construction of St. Raphael the Archangel in Old Mill City, Illinois. Photo by Noah Vaughn


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This machine doesnt have much on it, but maybe I hosed when getting vmware installed. My other machine has a very similar config, and is still working. Anyway, both running xine and "pacman -Syu" fail, here is the ouput:
login as: root
Sent username "root"
firstname.lastname@example.com's password:
Last login: Sun Mar 21 11:11:37 2004
[root@cpq24 root]# xine
xine: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@cpq24 root]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
current [################] 100%| 38K| 63.2K/s| 00:00:00
extra [################] 100%| 127K| 40.1K/s| 00:00:03
unstable [################] 100%| 1K| 5.4K/s| 00:00:00
Targets: centericq-4.9.10-2 curl-7.11.0-2 gtk-perl-0.7009-4
reiserfsprogs-3.6.14-1 wget-1.9.1-2 xchat-2.0.7-2 xine-lib-1rc3b-2
Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n]
checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following file conflicts were found:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Atoms.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/CListModel.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/ColorSelectButton.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage/Install/Files.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage/Install/GdkImlibTypes.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage/Install/pkg.typemap: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Install/Files.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Install/GdkPixbufDefs.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Install/GdkPixbufTypemap: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Install/PerlGdkPixbufInt.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Install/pkg.typemap: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Types.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/Files.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/GdkTypes.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/GtkDefs.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/GtkTypemap: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/GtkTypes.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/MiscTypes.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/PerlGtkExt.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/PerlGtkInt.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gendefs.pl: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gendoc.pl: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/genext.pl: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gpdoc2pod: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-0.99.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-0.99.typemap: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.0.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.1.1.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.1.3.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.1.4.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.1.6.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.1.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.2.defs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/gtk-1.2.typemap: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Install/ppport.h: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Keysyms.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/LWP.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/LWP/http.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/LogHandler.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/Types.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/TypesLazy.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/io.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/Gtk/lazy.pm: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage/.packlist: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage/ImlibImage.bs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/ImlibImage/ImlibImage.so: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/.packlist: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Pixbuf.bs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/Pixbuf/Pixbuf.so: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gdk/autosplit.ix: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gtk.bs: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/Gtk.so: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/autosplit.ix: exists in filesystem
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current/i686-linux/auto/Gtk/base/.packlist: exists in filesystem
[root@cpq24 root]#
Apparently libssl is broken. I fixed this with these two commands I saw in the IRC channel:
ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.6
ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6
Well, xine now works, but "pacman -Syu" still fails.
JGC in IRC told me how to fix "pacman -Syu" problem, I just needed to overwrite the files with this command:
pacman -Suf
Ran into same problem with ...-Syu..
Thanks much for the ...-Suf ..... fixed it!!
Prediction...This year will be a very odd year!
Hard work does not kill people but why risk it: Charlie Mccarthy
A man is not complete until he is married..then..he is finished.
When ALL is lost, what can be found? Even bytes get lonely for a little bit! X-ray confirms Iam spineless!
man pacman would have told you the same thing.
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I am not your friend
Reviewing ...man pacman...I find not reference to ...-Suf... but i do find one reference to the term.... --f... which is one of the commands which is not recommended(not at all).
The use of ...-Suf... combo is not listed.
I have no idea how to interpret the use of pacman when such upgrade problems are encountered. And I would not be able to apply the pacman system in any new problem I may encounter without examples that keep me out of more trouble should more " forcing functions" or other work arounds be necessary.
I more than appreciate the post describing how to proceed when the upgrade reports that the file already exists because it provided a procedure which successfully corrected the difficulty and eliminated the "fear of failure" associated with the "force" command(not recommended at all).
Please appreciate that I did read the man pacman many times but am not confident in using elements of that manual in "combination", especially when warned not to use "force".
Please appreciate the fact that pacman is advertised as an asset for arch and, when not encountering the difficulty of this post, it does upgrade efficiently.
I have re-installed arch about a dozen times due to my ignorance of pitfalls in the upgrade process some of which haven't shown themselves in the posts I have read.
But the first ...-Syu...gave the result covered by this post{16 packages rejected).
To one familiar with linux and arch, all things appear in the manual but not in a form recognized from the viewpoint of a newbie especially if interpretation is required.
I am told to research the forums, which I did. When I found a posted solution and thanked those involved, I am told that the solution is somewhere in the manual......
One's point of view is paramount, expert or novice.....
Prediction...This year will be a very odd year!
Hard work does not kill people but why risk it: Charlie Mccarthy
A man is not complete until he is married..then..he is finished.
When ALL is lost, what can be found? Even bytes get lonely for a little bit! X-ray confirms Iam spineless!
and you see a -Syuf or -Suf? f is force whether or not it is with -S, -Su, -Syu or any other combo.
the attempt is to teach self reliance not to request a scolding. or be told that manpages are unreliable.
i am not an expert, in fact far from it. i am patient and i have learned that once one asks too much you get little back. i also know that 90% of the questions one could ask have been answered here or, for more general issues, elsewhere. sometime you have to do alot of searching but "wasting" your time with a laborous search is often far more progressive to one's learning than the quick, and sometimes bothersome, way out.
with enough "work" you will even learn that the old wives tale the manpages are bad is a falicy. do you think i am an expert because i consult manpages first? no i do it because it is often the first and only place you need to look.
AKA uknowme
I am not your friend
and you see a -Syuf or -Suf? f is force whether or not it is with -S, -Su, -Syu or any other combo.
the attempt is to teach self reliance not to request a scolding. or be told that manpages are unreliable.
i am not an expert, in fact far from it. i am patient and i have learned that once one asks too much you get little back. i also know that 90% of the questions one could ask have been answered here or, for more general issues, elsewhere. sometime you have to do alot of searching but "wasting" your time with a laborous search is often far more progressive to one's learning than the quick, and sometimes bothersome, way out.
with enough "work" you will even learn that the old wives tale the manpages are bad is a falicy. do you think i am an expert because i consult manpages first? no i do it because it is often the first and only place you need to look.
sarah31 do you understand the fact that most of your posts are not helpfull and just plain mean?
i have seen alot of complaints about arch not being active enough and i would assume that most of this comes for lookin at the forums and with people like you around i do not think that will change very soon.
sarah31 do you understand the fact that most of your posts are not helpfull and just plain mean?
Hmm...I really don't know how you can believe that. 1700+ posts, I know for a fact that Sarah31 has helped many people on this forum...perhaps your interpretation of her writing style leads you to this conclusion, but remember it's your interpretation and it's not fair to criticise people based on that.
yawn! i have heard it all before. simple fact is if you don't want to listen/read my posts then don't.
mean .... to be honest who the hell cares? i don't belive in spoon feeding the already overfed fish in some of the ponds around here.
arch not busy ? i think you must be mistaken or just not very observant. these forums have shown a marked upswing in business for the last two months.
as for me not helping ... whatever. that is your opinion but again i think you have your head in the sand. i have been plenty helpful. i did plenty of work for arch. what have you done lately?
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I am not your friend


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AIDS activist and gay rights leader Cleve Jones has sold his Palm Springs home for $380,000.
The 1935 cottage-style home, in the Warm Sands area, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Including a one-bedroom guesthouse, the property has 1,956 square feet of living space. A flagstone-decked pool with a raised spa and the original flagstone barbecue are among outdoor amenities.
Jones, 56, conceived the Names Project Foundation's AIDS Memorial Quilt, which has grown to be the largest piece of community folk art in the world, and is the author, with Jeff Dawson, of "Stitching a Revolution: The Making of an Activist." He was played by actor Emile Hirsch in "Milk" (2008). The initial meeting for the film about slain gay politician Harvey Milk was held in Jones' Palm Springs house.
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Mr Monkey should have known that finding a 'Twat of The Week' was always going to be difficult once this picture of David 'Birdman' MacLean appeared, CLICK HERE.
What this chimp didn't realise was that there would be so many twats worthy of the title.
Contenders for this coveted award are:
- Karen Allen – for thinking a Tory has a chance of getting elected in South Shields.
- John Szymanski – for handing over editorial control of the Shields Gazette to his paymaster Iain Malcolm.
- The King of Sleaze, David Potts – for presenting the Tories budget whilst pissed.
- 'Big' Ed Malcolm – for confirming what the world already knows; he's a blithering, stuttering idiot with the intelligence of a slug.
- The Patron Slut of Sailors, aka Audrey McMillan – who this week realised there's no local election until 2010.
- Wilma Waggott, aka Linda – for remembering she represets Boldon Colliery and not Bede.
- Victor 'is anyone home' Thompson – for remembering what day of the week full council is held on.
- Mr Miserable, aka Tom Defty – for confirming what everyone knew, he's joined the Real Independents because George 'Red Rum' Elsom promised to pay for his Christmas cards.
- Vodka Lil, aka Eileen Leask – for listening to council leader Iain Malcolm who convinced her to resign as a governor of Bamburgh School.
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As we continue our Vampire Week celebration here at The Steve Austin Book Club, today we are going to take a look at the rise and fall of a TV show that EG dearly loved – Forever Knight.
He was brought across in 1228 – preyed on humans for their blood. Now, he wants to be mortal again … to repay society for his sins … To emerge from his world of darkness … from his endless Forever Knight.
Starting in 1992, each episode of Forever Knight opened with those words. A nice, succinct way to let folks know what the show was about. But, for the beginning of this show, we really need to look earlier… not 1228, but 1989.
From Jessie's Girl to Coffin…
And, here is where I show my age. One Saturday night, as I was flipping through the channels, I came across a television movie on CBS. It was a vampire movie (which hooked me) called Nick Knight. In this movie, Rick Springfield (attempting to escape soap operas) played Nick Knight, L.A. cop and vampire.
After centuries of giving into his vampire ways, Nick was trying to cure himself. Helping in this effort was Dr. Jack Brittington (Robert Harper), forensic pathologist and the only one who knew what Nick truly was.
He was advising Nick to live as a human in order to become human – eating real food, no longer drinking blood, and exposing himself UV light via tanning beds. Nick was also seeking out some magical goblets that could cure him.
When some homeless are found drained of blood, Nick is partnered with Detective Don Schanke (John Kapelos) to investigate. (Note to readers: That character's last name is pronounced "Skanky." I know, right? Awesome.)
Through the investigation, Nick comes to believe that Lacroix (Michael Nader), the vampire that sired him, is responsible.
I won't spoil the movie any further. Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but it wasn't anything spectacular. And, though it was supposed to launch a TV series, that never happened.
Well, not quite never…
The Schanke Years
In 1992, CBS was desperate for some sort of late night programming to go against the Tonight Show and Nightline. After going through a bunch of hosted, Tonight Show-esque programs (one of which starred Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak), CBS decided to switch gears. The result? Crimetime After Primetime.
Crimetime After Primetime was a schedule of different hour long crime shows that aired, each airing once a week. The only one worth mentioning (at least, in my opinion) was Forever Knight.
Forever Knight was Nick Knight revamped (totally didn't realize the pun, but I'm leaving it, so there!). Of all of the cast, the only actor to return from the original pilot movie was John Kapelos as Detective Don Schanke.
Nick Knight, now played by Geraint Wyn Davies, was now a Toronto cop and vampire. The basic idea of him seeking a cure and redemption continued in this series.
Dr. Jack Brittington became Dr. Natalie Lambert (Catherine Disher).
The role of Lecroix was taken over by Nigel Bennett.
And, the role of Janette (another vampire that appeared in the first pilot that I didn't mention) changed from Cec Verrell…
…to Deborah Duchene.
Though production values were lower on the series than for the original pilot, across the board, I thought the level of acting went up.
Almost immediately, the show garnered a devoted fan base. Unfortunately, CBS was soon to drop the entire Crimetime After Primetime format, after securing David Letterman for their late night programming.
The voice of the fans was heard, though, and Forever Knight was continued in syndication.
The show's popularity continued to grow in syndication through the end of the second season.
And, then, the writer's saw Interview with the Vampire.
The Sun Rises (and we all know what happens to vampires when that happens)
With the third season, major changes came. It was announced that John Kapelos would not be returning to the series (no more Schanke… *sigh*).
It was also announced that Deborah Duchene's role of Janette, vampire confidant of Nick, was also being eliminated.
Lisa Ryder, as Detective Tracey Vetter, came in as Nick's partner.
Along with her, came a new, Lestat/Louis-esque vampire named Vachon (Ben Bass).
More and more, the focus of the show shifted toward the new characters, and the storylines seemed to be drawing from the same well as the well-known Anne Rice Vampire novels.
And, perhaps for the best, after three seasons and a radical change in the direction of the show, Forever Knight ended.
I do miss the show, but not what it was becoming. If the show had maintained the quality level that it had in the first two seasons, I would miss it more, but I'm pretty sure if it had continued the way it was headed, I would've dropped it.
Still, it is a good idea, and maybe, given the prevalence of vampires in primetime and movie theaters, we'll see the concept revived yet again.
I miss Schanke.


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MRSA is a worldwide problem. In the U.S. alone at least 19,000 people die every year because of it. 100,000 more become infected with a disfiguring, disabling, life-altering MRSA-caused disease. And studies in the U.S. and Canada show the problem increased 17-fold over an 11 year period beginning in 1995. Yet neither government nor the public seems concerned. Why is that?
Daniel Kahneman is a 77 year old Israeli psychologist. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for explaining the wayward thinking that is behind poor economic decision making. He was presented with the American Psychological
Association's Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology in 2007. And his life's work was turned into his 2011 New York Times best-selling book Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Our problem, says Kahneman, is that we "think" too emotionally and quickly and as a result we get important things wrong: often times it is the fear factor at work. That explains why we are afraid of certain kinds of well publicized but low probability risk but indifferent to more objectively dangerous but less probable ones. Murder, accidents, and terrorism get headlines. Diabetes and asthma don't. So you are more likely to be afraid of the first 3 despite them being far less likely to affect you. Studies show that people judge deaths by accidents to be more than 300 times more likely than deaths by diabetes, but the true ratio is 1:4. And while death by disease is 18 times more likely than accidental death people judge the two as being about equally likely.
Kahneman calls this the "availability heuristic." It means that we assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which we can think of examples of them. Therefore the more dramatic an event, the more vivid the imagery associated with it, the more it's attached to celebrity, and the more it's replayed in the media, the easier we can retrieve examples from our memory. The most recent example of this is Asiana Flight 214 that crash-landed in San Francisco this past Saturday morning killing 2 and seriously injuring dozens more. Such a remarkable event, easily retrieved from the memory bin, is what causes us to grossly exaggerate the frequency and dangerousness of events – like travelling by air. Importantly, it's not just the public that falls prey to this kind of thinking, our government decision makers do too, and perhaps no more so than in the context of terrorism.
We are more likely to drown in a bathtub than we are to die from a terrorist attack. However, since 9/11, life in the United States has been turned upside down, including the way in which the federal government allocates funds in an effort to deal with this perceived risk. There was a shift of tens of millions of dollars of federal research money since 2001 away from pathogens that cause major public health problems to obscure germs that the government fears might be used in a bioterrorist attack. So much so that according to a 2005 report in the New York Times, 758 scientists including 2 Nobel Prize winners petitioned the U.S. Government's National Institutes of Health saying grants for research that cause anthrax and 5 other diseases that are rare or non-existent in the U.S. have increased 15-fold since 2001. Over the same period grants to study bacteria not associated with bioterrorism including those associated with tuberculosis and syphilis have decreased 27 per cent. One of the petitioners, Sidney Altman, a scientist at Yale, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1989, said that while a risk of bioterrorist attack existed he considered it "a very minor factor" among all the risks faced by the nation.
So given all of this, what chance does MRSA and its cousin pathogens have of capturing public imagination and government health care dollars? On the face of it not a lot, however, there is an important precedent in the history of infectious disease that suggests otherwise.
In 1981 another then unknown disease was making its way into the United States: HIV/AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control dubiously labelled it the "4H disease" because it affected Haitians, homosexuals, heroin users, and hemophiliacs. The stigma resulted in horrific behavior towards a suspected carrier: they'd be subject to compulsory testing, mandatory quarantines, and violence. If you had it you were scared to tell anyone, health care workers quit their jobs rather than risk infection while treating someone who had it, and government treatment programs and research dollars were virtually non-existent. The word AIDS became a code word for any shameful malady. And if you got it, you died. Yet today, HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. People have it and lead full lives. There is much more public understanding and acceptance, and there's government support for programming and research.
There are several reasons for the turn-around but one event in particular drew the attention of University of Central Florida social scientist Philip Pollock: In 1991 Magic Johnson told the world he was HIV-positive. What had been stigmatized as largely a "gay disease" now had a very different face. Pollock wanted to know if Magic Johnson's public acknowledgement mattered. This fit nicely into Pollock's interest in how you go about changing the public's perception of issues. What he found was that immediately after the announcement and again 10 months later the public "constructed" their view of AIDS more positively, and that included a 15-point increase in support of AIDS spending. Pollock says that intense, public, value-laden communications, or "critical moments," are of key importance in changing public awareness and opinion of issues.
This is exactly what Kahneman is saying. The flip side of dramatic personal testimony constantly played out in the media is our inability to bring to mind statistics about obscure-sounding Latin-named pathogens. No matter how strong the numbers are, the public and our representatives in government can't "hear" them: that's just human nature, says Kahneman. As he puts it, "the world in our heads is not a precise replica of reality."
In other words, it's not just the pathogens that we have to confront – it's also the flawed way in which we (don't) think about them.


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Soloing Shadow Labyrinth
So, I read on shadowpriest.com that some shadow priests are soloing Shadow Labyrinth up to the first boss – and some say they're getting further.
And I say, "suuuuure they did". And then I say, "well, on the other hand, I'm not an experienced shadow priest, and I don't have their numbers." And then I get REALLY STUPID (or smart) and decide to test it.
The answer is that with the lousy gear and numbers I mentioned, if I am really, really careful and fast and a touch lucky, I can solo the first room. Which means these spriests getting further – even (maybe) past the first boss… might be telling the whole truth.
Here's the basic concept. You get in range. You MC the mob you think is most dangerous, and start fighting the ones that aggroed. At fairly close to the last instant you drop the MC and kill the mob, and then you run out of the instance. You come back in, set up, and do it again.
You can give yourself an additional advantage by having your psychic scream ready – just remember that it is sometimes resisted. IOW, drop the MC, and if your target didn't die to the SW:D you have a breather to toss a mindblast and/or SW:P on and get the kill anyway.
My timing is bad and I only killed a couple per half-dozen deaths, which meant I didn't get any loot. Just rep. That said, I'm betting as my numbers go up and my skill improves I can get the kills with a lot fewer deaths. And if I start doing it right I might even get some loot – I think I should, I just haven't managed it yet.
Bottom line, I have no doubt the instance can be cleared up to the first boss (excluding the demons in the second room), and that by careful movement you can bypass them to get the people in the third room. Which becomes a crapload trickier when you're trying to run from them to get to the instance and stop pursuit.
But 300 or so rep for the first room is doable with practice. And the skills are useful as well.


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One of the "Original Kings of Comedy" is set to make America laugh, in G-rated fashion this time.
Standup comedian Steve Harvey takes the reigns as host of "Family Feud" this week and he's excited about making some changes in the long-running show, reports the Associated Press.
"I bet you there's not a funnier game show on TV," he said, noting that he's already taped 100 episodes. "We've done some pretty incredible stuff so far."
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Some of his humor comes from the difficulities families have once they're on stage and facing the pressue to perform.
"You're not the genius you were at home on the couch. Some of these non-genius answers I get to comment on, and they give me plenty of material," Harvey said.
But he's quick to say that he wouldn't let his own family on the show, either.
"No, I cannot expose my family on national TV. There's some ignorance that would come out of the mouths of my family that I might never recover from. My kids could go on "Family Feud," but my brothers, sisters, cousins - no," he said.
He also knows that he has to keep his occasional blue jokes on the shelf for this show.
"After 26 years of being a standup, I know how to work clean. I know how to keep it in the boundaries," he said.
Harvey takes over for the departing John O' Hurley, best known as Elain's bumbling boss J. Peterman on "Seinfeld". He is leaving after four seasons to pursue stage work and other business opportunities.


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For Grandma's Only
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 6:00 PM 1 comments
Fall Celbration
It seems that Jamie was trigger happy on the camera, so we will let the pictures explain the days festivities.
Pumpkin Carving - Scott & Zach
The whole crew carving
Stewart saying "cheese" with his finished product
Blake seems happy with the results...
and Jared is even happier.
Guys telling stories about who knows what...
Still talking...
The McCracken Clan
Look out for the pumpkin eating monkey!
Turns out, Monkeys like trains...
I love campfires. Especially, the ones with a cool chimney
Zach and Sylvia playing Cars
Sylvia's 1st pile of leaves
Of course the day went by way too fast, but marks the end of a way too short Summer and Fall. I can't wait until next Spring when we can invite the gang out to the lake again.
Monday, October 26, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 6:16 PM 0 comments
15 Month Wellness Check
Weight - 18lb 9.5oz (<3rd%)
Height - 28.75" (10th%)
Head - 17.5" (15th%)
If she didn't look like her dad, I would really question that she is mine!
Sylvia's latest hobby includes sweeping the floor. She even sweeps under the bed!
You missed a spot!
If you look closely at her nose, you will see beads of sweat. It could be that she is working so hard, or maybe that she is wearing her winter jacket in the house...
This isn't the only broom she likes. Sylvia grabbed our curling brooms and had an absolute fit when we took them away. We may have a future Olympian on our hands.
Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 4:13 PM 1 comments
Little Bear
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | Posted by Brodd Family at 5:08 PM 1 comments
Big Fan!
This weekend was a great one for Minnesota sports fans. Sylvia wanted to join in the fun and get all dressed up for the festivities.
First we watched the Gophers almost win back Paul Bunyan's Axe against those pesky Badgers, but it wasn't meant to be.
Sylvia was a big fan with her Gopher's cheerleader outfit.
The more exciting part of the day was when the Twins won a great battle against the Royals. I think Sylvia's outfit (although rather boyish) was the luck the Twins needed to pull one out against Grienke.
And yes... she was sporting her Twins pride again today as we forced a game 163, which dad and grandpa will be at!
The day wasn't to be spent alone, as Charleen, Michael, and Ben made the trip down to spend 'babysitting' (aka watching sports) and Charleen and Jamie had some quality mom / daughter time.
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Wawrinka pulls away to beat Robredo at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) — Australian Open champ Stan Wawrinka tumbled into the stands, kept calling for the trainer to treat cramping, and still pulled away to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
The third-seeded Wawrinka won 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Monday against Tommy Robredo, who has given him trouble in the past. The 16th-seeded Spaniard had a chance to serve out the first set and had two set points in the third, but Wawrinka rallied both times, and then dominated the final set.
"That's why I'm normally so strong, because I know that I have (a) few lives," Wawrinka said. "Even if I can feel really bad, I always find solution how to get better, how to relax physically, and at the end I was feeling good."
Leading 4-3 in the third, Wawrinka chased after Robredo's overhead and realized he was about to crash into the barrier behind the sideline. Wawrinka hurdled it and landed on some spectators.
He quickly scrambled back onto the court and stayed down on his knees for a few moments. After walking over to his chair, he stretched his right leg, and then rotated it around.
Once play resumed, his movement seemed fine. The trainer had already been working on that leg during changeovers.
Wawrinka, who likes the intimacy of Louis Armstrong Stadium, said he had never crashed into the crowd like that before.
"It was quite a bad fall," he said. "But I'm lucky I didn't have any big problem with that. I was already struggling physically, so was nothing from the fall."
Robredo upset Wawrinka's Swiss Davis Cup teammate, Roger Federer, in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows last year. He came into Monday's match with a 6-2 record in this series, though Wawrinka beat him in Australia in the same round on his way to his first major title.
Frustration started to boil over for Robredo after he failed to capitalize on his chances in the third set. The two players exchanged words, though they wouldn't say later what it was about.
"It's something that can happen in a match," Robredo said.


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Armand Nocum, an acclaimed Filipino journalist who is now a legal public relations consultant, is making waves on Facebook that will hopefully help bring peace to his home island Mindanao.
Armand is the founder of the Kristiyano-Islam Peace Library (Kris), a non-government literacy advocacy group, that recently built at least one library in Zambonga City and another in Quezon City. Apart from libraries, the advocacy group also funded scholarships, donated books, and organized medical missions.


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Announcing the 2014 AOA Award winners
The winners of the AOA annual awards will be recognized at the 2014 Optometry's Meeting® Opening General Session, Wednesday, June 25, at 5:00 p.m., a new day and time.
Sponsored by Essilor, the session also will feature Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, who also is an inspiring survivor of cancer and a brain tumor.
Inspired and inspirational are apt descriptions of this year's AOA award winners.
The Optometrist of the Year Award recognizes Peter M. Agnone, O.D., of Michigan, for his outstanding services on behalf of the profession and the visual welfare of the public. Watch the Video.
The Young Optometrist of the Year Award recognizes M. Rob Pate, O.D., of Alabama, who has been in practice less than 10 years and demonstrates remarkable leadership when serving the profession, patients and his community. Watch the Video.
The Optometric Educator Award recognizes Gilbert E. Pierce, O.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.O., of Ohio, for outstanding services on behalf of the profession, optometric education, and the visual welfare of the public. Watch the Video.
The Paraoptometric of the Year Award recognizes Roberta Beers, of Pennsylvania, for her significant contributions to the field of paraoptometry. Watch the Video.
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes Paul C. Ajamian, O.D., F.A.A.O., of Georgia, for his unusually significant contributions to the profession of optometry. Watch the Video.
The Apollo Award honors Bernard Maitenaz, of Paris, France, for distinguished service to the visual welfare of the public. Maintenaz has made a significant impact on the optometric profession by inventing the Varilux lens. In 2012 alone, 20 million progressive addition lenses were prescribed and dispensed in the U.S. Watch the Video.
AOA congratulates all 2014 award nominees
The Optometrist of the Year and Young Optometrist of the Year were selected from a robust field of nominees from 36 state associations and the Armed Forces Optometric Society. All of these AOA member doctors of optometry have distinguished themselves, and the profession, and are deserving of recognition and appreciation.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A message on the deal-of-the-day website Groupon appears to be endorsing the "cinnamon challenge," in which people try to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon in less than a minute without water.
Hundreds of videos have surfaced on YouTube of people taking the challenge, and the results haven't been pretty.
According to a new report released by the Journal of Pediatrics, the rate of kids being hospitalized over the cinnamon challenge is soaring.
Groupon has yet to respond to Channel 4's questions about its endorsement, but Joey Parker calls the message irresponsible.
He and a friend took the cinnamon challenge, recorded their experience and put it on YouTube. Little did he know just how dangerous a spoonful of the everyday spice could really be.
"It's like sucking in fire into your lungs. It's really, really bad," Parker said. "After a minute, you're gasping for air, and it just sucks it down your throat, and after that it's really bad. You start gagging. It really feels like your lungs are about to collapse. It feels like the oxygen is being taken right out of your body."
Dr. Harold Laski, of Southside Medical Center, says the spice creates an immediate gag reflex that could lead to serious health complications.
"It has caused, in some cases, hospitalizations with collapse of the lung," he said. "In time, there's going to be fatalities if it continues at the rate that it is."
The troubling trend appears to be promoted in a Groupon Guide message attached to an ad for a local salon.
It reads: "Do you have what it takes to join the ranks of these cinnamon-challenge champions?"
"I know YouTube does it. OK, that's silly and I shouldn't do it," Parker said. "But, hey, I've got a public company saying, 'Go ahead, give it a shot. Do you have what it takes?' You don't know who's going to get hurt out of this."
"They shouldn't be doing something like that," Parker added.
While the manager at the Southside salon wouldn't comment, she said she is looking into the ad.
Meantime, Parker wants others to learn from his mistake.
"Don't do it. It's not worth it. It's not worth your health," he said.


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Slightly more than two months ago, the Colorado Rapids lost 3-1 to the New York in what appeared to be a relatively comfortable win for the Red Bulls and their famous Designated Players.
Yet after the game, it was the Rapids and their coach, Gary Smith, who were talking tough, insisting the game was closer than the score suggested, and saying how much they'd love another crack at a New York team that was then in ascendancy.
At the time, it seemed like hollow posturing. When the teams announced a trade the following day, with Colorado sending midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy to New York in exchange for Macoumba Kandi, most observers agreed that Ballouchy's season, not Kandji's, would trend upward after the move.
READ: Red Bulls send Kandji West
Ten weeks later, Kandji created the winning goal in Colorado's 2-1 extra time victory over FC Dallas in MLS Cup 2010, while Ballouchy – and New York's designated players – watched from their living room couches.
Turns out it wasn't just talk back in September.
[inline_node:323888]That game against New York reinforced Colorado's self-belief as the season hit the stretch run, and the move to get Kandji – along with the acquisition of former Houston winger Brian Mullan on the same day – proved to be turning points in the Rapids' first championship season in franchise history.
Controlling the Narrative
FCD opened the scoring on Sunday night with a gorgeous move in the 35th minute. It started with a long switch from Jair Benitez to Marvin Chavez, and ended with league MVP David Ferreira redirecting Chavez's sublime cross into the back of the net.
WATCH: Ferreira finishes the move
But it was against the run of play. Colorado had been controlling the game to that point, and had a reasonable claim for a penalty waved off in the 27th minute.
After Ferreira struck, however, Dallas took control, and the game appeared to be following the script of the previous week's Western Conference final, when Dallas weathered early pressure from the LA Galaxy, then poached a goal (also by Ferreira) and went on to a dominating 3-0 win.
But the Rapids were following a script of their own on Sunday night.
It was not Citizen Kane. More like True Grit, as embodied in Conor Casey's scrappy equalizer in the 57th minute.
Rapids winger Jamie Smith made a terrific surge past Zach Loyd on the left and squared the ball for Casey, who converged on it with Kevin Hartman and Jair Benitez. As all three players sprawled on the ground, Casey was the first to spot the loose ball. He reached a foot around Benitez and poked it home.
It was not pretty, but it was the 35th time in Casey's 42 strikes for the Rapids that his goal either tied the game or put Colorado ahead. Players don't get more clutch than that. Casey would be named MVP of the game.
Dallas, Burned
[inline_node:323894]As great a story as Colorado's win was, the neutral observer had to feel a bit for FC Dallas.
FCD defeated the defending champs and the Supporters Shield winners (Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles) to get to the final. They played a stylish, attacking brand of soccer spearheaded by league MVP Ferreira.
They were also fairly unlucky on Sunday night. They only allowed three shots on frame all game (just one in the first half), and the goal that beat them came on a freakish deflection off of defender George John's thigh.
John came right back and put an excellent shot on the Colorado goal, only to see Matt Pickens produce a highlight-reel save. Moments later, Drew Moor cleared a Jeff Cunningham shot off the Rapids goal line.
FC Dallas, like Colorado, were gunning for a first title in franchise history, and they were the league's final original club to make it to the MLS Cup.
It just wasn't their night.
Extra Time Good, Penalties Bad
This was the seventh MLS Cup (out of 15) to go to extra time. Not a bad record for producing nailbiters. (Hey, the Super Bowl has never gone to overtime in its 44 years of existence.)
Thankfully, the 2010 Cup did not become the third (after 2006 and '09) to go to penalties.
Sure, penalties can make for riveting drama, but most fans would prefer to see the game settled in the run of play.
They saw that on Sunday night, when Kandji collected the ball on the right side of the box at the start of the second extra session. One-on-one with Benitez, he slipped the ball between the defender's legs, rounded him, and toe-poked it toward goal.
Then came John's fateful deflection.
Kandji did not get official credit for the goal (it was deemed an OG) but he created it, and he paid a price for it, picking up an injury on the play that forced him out of the action.
That set the stage for the thrilling final minutes of this hard-fought physical game, as Colorado, out of subs, had to play with 10 men against Dallas's furious charge for the equalizer.
[inline_node:323877]And they nearly got it: In addition to the near misses by John and Cunningham, Dax McCarty flicked a header that bounced just over the crossbar.
But the Rapids – who had zero wins in the previous 50 games they had trailed at halftime – hung on for an unexpected victory and an improbable championship.
Season in the Books
The 2010 season began with a white-hot streak by Edson Buddle and ended with one from Chris Wondolowski – with an exciting U.S. World Cup campaign tucked in the middle. (Eight MLS players participated in South Africa 2010.)
The story of the year was an influx of designated players, yet not a single one of them graced the MLS Cup. Look for that to change in the very near future.
Two more teams will join the fold next season, bringing the league total to 18. At halftime of MLS Cup, commissioner Don Garber spoke about other changes in store for 2011.
There will be a balanced, 34-game schedule, and the postseason field will expand to 10, with a play-in round for the bottom four qualifiers that will determine a main playoff bracket of eight teams.
Garber also said MLS was considering moving to an international calendar, and running its schedule from fall to spring, as most European leagues do.
We like this concession to international football, while also welcoming Garber's earlier guarantee that the American-style postseason will remain.
Because as the past few weeks have proven, there's nothing quite like playoffs.
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