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U.S. stock-index futures were little changed on Tuesday as traders awaited the start of fourth-quarter earnings season.
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Today's Markets
As of 7:47 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 1 point to 13306, S&P 500 futures dipped 1 point to 1455 and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.5 point to 2717.
With the drama in Congress on the back burner for the moment, traders are bracing for the flood of quarterly earnings reports due to start Tuesday. Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the blue-chip aluminum maker, is expected to post earnings of six cents a share on sales of $5.6 billion after the closing bell.
Analysts struck a cautious tone heading into earnings season.
"We suspect earnings season will be a negative for the market overall," Barry Knapp, an analyst at Barclays wrote in a note to clients. He notes that revenue performance could stabilize this quarter after sales repeatedly surprised to the downside during the third quarter. However, he warns that companies' forward guidance could surprise market participants.
On the European front, the unemployment rate in the eurozone ticked up by 0.1-percentage point in November to 11.8% -- a record high as the economy there continues reeling from the debt crisis.
Oil futures climbed modestly. The benchmark crude oil contract climbed 38 cents, or 0.41%, to $93.57 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline rose 0.9% to $2.802 a gallon. In metals, gold climbed $7.50, or 0.46%, to $1,654 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.5% to 2709, the English FTSE 100 climbed 0.26% to 6080 and the German DAX edged up 0.17% to 7746.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 slumped 0.86% to 10508 and the Chinese Hang Seng sold off by 0.94% to 23111.


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The New York City Council recently voted to pass air quality legislation that will require the use of heating oil containing two percent biodiesel beginning in October 2012. What does this mean to the biodiesel industry?
"To have New York choose to improve its air quality and the sustainability of its fuel by embracing biodiesel is a fantastic precedent for the industry," says Shelby Neal, director of governmental affairs, National Biodiesel Board (NBB). "It is said that, 'If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.' We believe that to be true."
It will create an exciting new partnership between soybean growers, renewable fuel companies and the heating oil industry in New York City, adds John Maniscalco, CEO, New York Oil Heating Association (NYOHA). NYOHA played an important role in drafting the language of the legislation, which gives the biodiesel and home heating oil industries two years to ramp up infrastructure and get ready for supplying "the city that never sleeps."
New York City could consume as much as 20 million gallons of biodiesel annually for all grades of #2, #4 and #6 heating oil purposes once the legislation takes effect, Maniscalco says. New York City and New York State producers will no doubt supply the bulk of the biodiesel, but Maniscalco expects that biodiesel will also be sourced from out of state. "The more supply, the better. I look forward to it," he says.
"I would expect that the mandate will be met by both local and out-of-state producers," NBB's Neal says. "Currently, production capacity in the New York metro area is limited. However, we tend to see production increase where markets increase, so I would not be surprised to see that change in the future."
At this point, there is no legislation for higher blends, but Maniscalco would eventually like to see blends of B10 up to B20 accepted. Given that New York has passed this legislation, could similar legislation be passed in other cities, especially in the Northeast? Maniscalco says such legislation may be enacted more on a statewide basis, explaining that Massachusetts, for one, has been looking closely at Bioheat policy.
"New York is unique in that it is larger [in population] than most U.S. states. For this reason, it can pass and implement regulatory policies that aren't possible or might not make as much sense for smaller municipalities," Neal says. "I don't see the New York biodiesel mandate encouraging other cities to adopt biodiesel mandates so much as I see it encouraging other states to adopt such policies."
In fact, eight states have introduced Bioheat mandates this year, Neal says. "Almost all of them start at B2 and increase to at least B5 over time. The Connecticut mandate, which passed this year, increases to B20 by 2020. Most states want to start small and then work up to larger volumes."
Another note on the Big Apple. It consumes a lot of biodiesel for transportation purposes. NBB's Neil knows of one New York City agency that is the nation's largest municipal user of biodiesel. "I would estimate that New York City currently uses at least two million gallons per year, and probably more. It has been a leader on environmental issues, generally, and biodiesel, in particular, for some time. We are proud to be a part of that legacy."

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"We need to buy a movie studio."
Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their fingers. Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee combined raised just more than $1 billion, and all we got are these lousy T-shirts. Since conservatives are losing the culture, goes the argument, which in turn leads to losing at politics, maybe that money could be better spent on producing some cultural ammo of our own?
It's a bad idea.
Let's first acknowledge that Hollywood is overwhelmingly, though...


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Saiyan Island has finished the game two days before it's official launch, showing footage of the complete storyline.
this was pure win. I watched this for a few days. once i play the game i can die happy!
I have to wait a couple days after it releases March 5th. I hope the special collectors is worth the wait!
Also trying to watch the vids but I can't, I guess I like being surprised on what content C2 is going to put in the story mode.


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ADAPT-POL: Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso Adopting and Demonstrating the Adaptation of Prevention Techniques
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00252083
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 11, 2005
Last Update Posted : April 5, 2012
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This study will look at the following questions:
- Was there a significant difference in HIV prevention knowledge, risk reduction attitudes, norms, intentions, self efficacy, number of sexual partners, and incidence of unprotected anal intercourse among seropositive Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) after the implementation of ADAPT-POL?
Hypothesis: There will be a significant increase in HIV prevention knowledge, intentions, and self efficacy concerning condom use. There will be a decrease in risk attitudes, norms, number of sexual partners, and incidence of unprotected anal intercourse among seropositive Hispanic MSM after the implementation of ADAPT-POL.
- How is exposure to the intervention and intervention dosage related to the following variables: HIV prevention knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors concerning unprotected anal intercourse?
Hypothesis: Intervention exposure and dosage are positively correlated with improved HIV prevention knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors concerning unprotected anal intercourse.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Popular Opinion Leader
|Not Applicable
The proposed project, Adopting and Demonstrating the Adaptation of Prevention Techniques (ADAPT), has two main goals: first, to assist the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand the processes needed for adapting evidence-based behavioral interventions to fit new conditions or target populations; second, to utilize the CDC's draft adaptation guidance to adapt Jeff Kelly's Popular Opinion Leader (POL) for use with adult, seropositive Hispanic men who have sex with other men (MSM). The target population will directly participate in all phases of the intervention adaptation process.
ADAPT, known as ADAPT-POL in El Paso, will include formative research and outcome monitoring. Throughout both periods, the ADAPT-POL staff will conduct process monitoring and evaluation to assess the delivery of the intervention, and to help the CDC understand how the draft adaptation guidance procedures work in a real world setting. Representatives of the target population will participate in focus groups, key informant interviews, and community advisor meetings during the formative phase; and potentially serve as popular opinion leaders (POLs) during the implementation phase.
The knowledge obtained during the ADAPT-POL intervention will be diffused to other interventions and programs at the Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso (PPCEP). This will allow PPCEP management and staff to make informed decisions about the adoption of interventions and what steps might be necessary to adapt existing and future PPCEP interventions that target Hispanic populations. At the conclusion of ADAPT activities, the CDC-developed draft adaptation guidance will be revised based on lessons learned.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|41 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso Adopting and Demonstrating the Adaptation of Prevention Techniques With Popular Opinion Leader (ADAPT-POL)
|Study Start Date :
|July 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2007
- reduced incidence of unprotected anal intercourse [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- reduced number of sexual partners engaging in unprotected anal intercourse [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV seropositive
- Men who have sex with other men
- Sexual contact to orgasm with a man within past year
- Hispanic
- At least 18 years of age
- Those who frequent viable venues for recruiting pre-and post-implementation questionnaire respondents.
Exclusion Criteria:
- MSM who are not willing to identify themselves to study staff as seropositive Hispanic MSM may be excluded.
- Those under 18 years of age will be excluded from participation due to the study design precluding direct applicability of hypotheses and intervention to both adults and children due to different cognitive development, HIV prevalence levels, and social networks.
- Serious mental illness which makes the individual unsuitable for participation
- Under the influence of drugs or alcohol which makes the individual unsuitable for participation
- Anyone who does not meet the inclusion criteria
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00252083
|United States, Texas
|Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso
|El Paso, Texas, United States, 79902
|Principal Investigator:
|Vel S McKleroy, MPH, BSW
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|November 11, 2005 Key Record Dates
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|April 5, 2012
|Last Verified:
|April 2012
Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Popular Opinion Leader
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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Our Lady of Kazan Convent (Kentlyn, New South Wales)
|Holy Convent of Our Lady of Kazan
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|Abbess Evpraksia
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|Kentlyn, New South Wales, Australia
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|Russian Chant
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The Holy Convent of Our Lady of Kazan (Novoye Shamarino) is a monastic community for women under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. The monastery is located in Kentlyn, New South Wales, was established in 1956 under the omophorion of His Grace Archbishop Paul of Sydney and is currently headed by Mother Evpraksia, the abbess.
During the tenure of Archbishop Paul (1980-1995), the chapel and the residences for the nuns were built.
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According to the "IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Terms," power factor (PF) is defined as "the ratio of the circuit power (watts) to the circuit volt-amperes." This is described by the equation PF = W ÷ VA. Put another way, PF is the ratio of useful power to perform real work (commonly termed "active power") to the power supplied by an electric utility (commonly termed "apparent power"). Usually, the goal is to get the PF of a facility to about 0.90 or higher.
Low PF (below 0.90) occurs when the volt-ampere drawn by a load exceeds the wattage used by the load. From an electric utility perspective, low PF is primarily caused by inductive loads and overhead, pole-mounted electrical distribution systems. Improving PF by adding shunt capacitance to power distribution networks has been and remains a common electric utility practice traceable back to the earliest uses of alternating current. Large industrial and commercial firms have also used capacitors to add offsetting reactive currents to balance out reactive currents from inductive loads within the facility and thereby improve PF.
While electric utilities use capacitors for voltage support and to maintain distribution capacity, the use of capacitor networks by end-users is usually driven by electricity rates or the need to free up distribution capacity. The practice of adding offsetting reactive loads (capacitive or inductive) falls into a general category that we can conveniently call displacement PF.
There is a time difference or phase angle between voltage and current waveforms, and cos U reflects the PF caused by the phase angle. For instance, a 45° displacement equates to a 0.707 displacement PF. Figure 1 shows PF correction of sinusoidal, displaced waveforms. The green trace is a 45° lagging waveform from an inductive load; the blue dashed line is a 90° offsetting waveform from shunt capacitance; and the red trace is the corrected in-phase waveform. The amplitude of the corrected waveform (red) is smaller than the original waveform (green) because the inductive components are balanced out. You can calculate the offsetting current by using the following equation:
Icorrection = sin U × Idisplacement
In this case, sin U = 0.707, so the offsetting current is 7.07 (10 × 0.707).
Armed with all of this PF knowledge, nothing can go wrong, right? Wrong! All sorts of mischief can arise, leaving you confused and searching for answers. At best, the problems can be embarrassing; at worst, they can be catastrophic. At the root of these problems are the unforeseen effects of resonance, and both simple capacitor banks and complex harmonic filters can be adversely affected. Source inductance (normally transformer leakage inductance) can interact with harmonic currents and cause unwanted voltage distortion. Worse yet, source inductance and shunt capacitance can interact, forming resonant tank circuits (Fig. 2).
The short form equation for resonance is as follows:
hr = 1 ÷ (2ϖ√LC) (Equation 1)
This equation clearly shows that the two major players are inductance (L) and capacitance (C). If the resonant circuits occur at integer multiples of the fundamental frequency, then all sorts of mayhem can occur, such as fuses blowing, breakers tripping, capacitors blowing up, and loads tripping off-line.
Let's see how the effects of resonance can affect a single stage capacitor bank.
Resonance case study
Our case history involves a facility where voltage distortion increased markedly, following nonlinear load concentrations, at various times throughout the day. Figure 3 shows service bus voltage without nonlinear loads operating while Fig. 4 shows service bus voltage with nonlinear loads operating. As you can see, voltage distortion increased from below 2%THD (without nonlinear loads operating) to 6.9%THD (with nonlinear loads operating). Dominant frequencies and distortion levels (%fundamental) for Fig. 4 were the 11th order harmonic at 6.1% and the 13th order harmonic at 2.3%.
When the voltage distortion rose sufficiently inside the facility, variable-speed drives would turn off and disrupt operations. Also, fuses would blow causing total disruption, and capacitors occasionally failed catastrophically.
Looking at the current flowing through the capacitor bank, the effects of the harmonic currents are even more evident. Figure 5 shows current flowing through the bank with and without nonlinear loads operating. With nonlinear loads operating, the 13th harmonic currents were dominant (44.6% of the 269A fundamental or 120A). The harmonic currents added to the fundamental root-mean-squared (rms) level of 60 Hz current. Without harmonic loads operating, the rms current was 236A; with harmonic loads operating, the rms current increased to 311A. At some point, fuses gave way but this was only part of the problem. Figure 6 shows the squared values of the currents shown in Fig. 5.
Remember, I2R losses involve resistance and squared current. The highest squared value with harmonic currents present is 2.48 times larger than the highest squared value without harmonic currents. This amounts to substantial instantaneous heating differences, resulting in blown fuses and capacitors — not exactly what was intended when the capacitors were installed.
Harmonic and reactive currents
With the advent of harmonic currents from nonlinear loads, users have learned that low PF is also caused by harmonic currents. However, they may not have totally embraced the negative consequences caused by mistaking the content. The equation for true PF (PF = W 4 VA) is not limited solely to displacement effects. It also addresses both the effects of harmonic currents and displacement at the fundamentals. However, users must recognize that measured values for PF contain both fundamental displacement and harmonic components, along with harmonic content. Ignore the harmonic content and problems will occur.
The following IEEE standards provide recommendation guides you can use to either offset reactive currents or to address harmonic currents:
IEEE Std. 18-2002, "IEEE Standard for Shunt Power Capacitors"
IEEE Std. 1036-1992, "IEEE Guide for Application of Shunt Power Capacitors"
IEEE Std. 519-1992, "IEEE Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic Control in Electrical Power Systems."
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IEEE 519 provides a way to estimate harmonic resonance for a facility before capacitors are installed. You can use the following equations to estimate harmonic frequency:
hr = √(MVAsc 4 Mvarcap) = √(Xc 4Xsc)
hr = Resonant frequency as a multiple of the fundamental frequency
MVAsc = Short circuit value for the service
Mvarcap = Capacitor rating at the system voltage
Xc = Capacitive reactance of the capacitor bank at the fundamental frequency
Xsc = Short-circuit reactance at the substation.
The main determinant of short-circuit current for a facility is the inductance of the electric utility transformer serving it. The electric utility may be able to provide you with the transformer inductance as well as the short circuit current. If this is the case, then calculating potential resonance is much easier. However, if the transformer inductance is not available, then you can approximate the leakage inductance by using the transformer impedance along with the rated voltage and current values:
Find the full load capacity: Transformer VA ÷ 3 = single-phase VA
Find the single-phase circuit capacity (A): Single-phase VA ÷ L-N voltage rating
Find short circuit capacity (base impedance in ohms): Single-phase current divided by rated transformer impedance
Find the inductance (L): base impedance (ohms) ÷ (2 × ϖ × 60)
If the above estimation processes indicate that the use of a capacitor bank poses a resonance risk, you can tune a simple bank to a nonharmonic frequency by adding series inductance (Fig. 7).
In reality, the aforementioned estimation processes are the basic building blocks for many passive harmonic filters. As noted earlier, the selection of the L and C components determines the frequency to which the filter is tuned (see Equation 1 on page 14), but you must be careful because the upstream circuit inductance is present, and the combination of upstream inductance interacting with the filter inductance creates a secondary filter response point, as described by the following equation:
hr = 1 ÷ 2ϖ√[(Lupstream + Lfilter) × C]
Although this secondary response can further serve to reduce the filter response to upstream harmonics, it can also create an unwanted resonant response characteristic.
In Part 2 of this article, we'll discuss filter design and various system parameters that affect filter performance.
Shaughnessy is vice president, PowerCET Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. He can be reached at [email protected].


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"Jerusalem has had a long, eventful history. It... has been destroyed time and again, only to be reborn anew and rise from its ashes... every exclusivity or every human supremacy is against the prophetic character of Jerusalem.
Through a prayerful reading of the Bible, Christians recognize in faith that the long history of the people of God, with Jerusalem at its center is the history of salvation which fulfils God's design in and through Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. The one God has chosen Jerusalem to be the place where His name alone will dwell in the midst of His people so that they may offer to Him acceptable worship. The prophets look up to Jerusalem, especially after the purification of the exile: Jerusalem will be called "the city of justice, faithful city (Is 1,26.27) where the Lord dwells in holiness as in Sinai (cf PS 68,18). The Lord will place the city in the middle of the nations (Ez 5,5)... Jerusalem, aglow with the presence of God (Is 60,1), ought to be a city whose gates are always open (Is, 11), with Peace as magistrate and Justice as government. (Is, 17)...
Christians believe the Jerusalem of the Prophets to be the foreseen place of the salvation in and through Jesus Christ. In the Gospels, Jerusalem rejects the Sent-One, the Savior; and He weeps over it because this city of the prophets that is also the city of the essential salvific events - the death and resurrection of Jesus - has completely lost sight of the path to peace (cf Lk 19,42). In the Acts of the Apostles, Jerusalem is the place of the gift of the Spirit, of the birth of the Church (2), the community of the disciples of Jesus who are to be His witnesses not only in Jerusalem but even the ends of the earth (1,8). In Jerusalem, the first Christian community incarnated the ecclesiastical ideal, and thus it remains a continuing reference point. The Book of Revelations proclaims the anticipation of the new heavenly Jerusalem (3.12, 21,2 cf Gal 4,26: Heb 12,22). This holy city is the image of the new creation and the aspirations of all peoples, where God will wipe away all tears, and "then shall be no more death or mourning, crying out or pain, for the former world has passed away" (21,4). The earthly Jerusalem, in the Christian tradition, prefigures the heavenly Jerusalem as "the vision of peace." In the Liturgy, the Church itself receives the name of Jerusalem and relives all of that city's anguish, joys and hopes. Furthermore, during the first centuries the liturgy of Jerusalem became the foundation of all liturgies everywhere, and later deeply influence the development of diverse liturgical traditions, because of the many pilgrimages to Jerusalem and of the symbolic meaning of the Holy City.
Jerusalem soon occupied a unique place in the heart of Christianity everywhere... Jerusalem is the place of roots, ever living and nourishing. In Jerusalem is born every Christian. To be in Jerusalem is for every Christian to be at home. For almost two thousand years, through so many hardships and the succession of so many powers, the local Church with its faithful has always been actively present in Jerusalem. Across the centuries, the local Church has been witnessing to the life and preaching, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ upon the same Holy places, and its faithful have been receiving other brothers and sisters in the faith, as pilgrims, resident or in transit, inviting them to be reimmersed into the refreshing, ever living ecclesiastical sources. That continuing presence of a living Christian community is inseparable from the historical sites. Through the "living stones" the holy archaeological sites lake on "life."
The significance of Jerusalem for Christians thus has two inseparable fundamental dimensions: 1) a Holy City with holy places most precious to Christians because of their link with the history of salvation fulfilled in and through Jesus Christ; 2) a city with a community of Christians which as been living continual there since its origins... Jerusalem is a symbol and a promise of the presence of God, of fraternity and peace for humankind, in particular for the children of Abraham... We call upon all parties concerned to comprehend and accept the nature and deep significance of Jerusalem, the City of God."
God the Father declares, I've bathed him with my Spirit, my life. He'll set everything right among the nations. He won't call attention to what he does with loud speeches or gaudy parades. He won't brush aside the bruised and the hurt and he won't disregard the small and insignificant, but he'll steadily and firmly set things right. He won't tire out and quit. He won't be stopped until he's finished his work--to set things right on earth." (Isaiah 42:1-4Message).The Orthodoxian has an onus laid on them to travail and bring forth spiritual children. "Give me children or I die!" We are not looking to recycle people, cloning sheep in our ecclesiastical genetic engineering laboratories, that which is "born of spirit is spirit, that which is born of the flesh is flesh." The Spirit of God does not need man's counsel or direction and the sacred breath of God breathes on whom it wishes.
Should... be grieved at the condition of Christians outside its walls... until God pours out his blessing and a makes Jerusalem the "object of praise throughout the earth?" (Isaiah 62:7).
weep "between the porch and the altar" until God pours out his blessing and a makes Jerusalem the "object of praise throughout the earth?" (Isaiah 62:7).
Or is the stronghold of Zion under seige itself by those who love it and want to see its restoration and growth? Shall the violent take the kingdom of heaven by force once again as God calls to a people of whom he says, I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name." (Is. 65:1) Do not these workings of the Spirit still apply?
Does not the Spirit and bride still say, Come?
Should... make us long and yearn for God to make, "Jerusalem a well-built city, knit together as a single unit." (Psalm 122:6).
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Don't get your electric bill caught in a spin cycle! When doing laundry, use cold water. If your dryer has a moisture meter, use it to prevent over-drying clothes—50 minutes often works best for a full load. And remember to check your lint filter each time before you run a load to help your dryer run more efficiently (and save energy).
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"Electrophotosphenes and energography as a proof of existence of the physiological polar energy". This was the name of a small book by a doctor from
In the 1770's many researchers made experiments with electricity. There was no practical benefit from this: more than 100 years still remained till the invention of the electrical bulb by Tomas Edison; life passed with candle lights, European monarchies seemed to be eternal, and science studies were mainly the lot of an aristocracy. In 1777 a German physicist George Lichtenberg touched a metal electrode covered with glass and connected to voltage with his finger while experimenting with the electrical machine. And suddenly a burst of sparkles flew all around. This was magically beautiful, although a little bit frightening. Lichtenberg jerked back the finger and then repeated the experiment. The finger placed on the electrode was shining with bright blue light and treelike sparkles dispersed from it. Lichtenberg, being a real academic scientist, investigated the behavior of this fluorescence in detail, although he substituted a grounded wire for a finger. The effect was the same, which later suggested an idea that some special energy exists in the body, and first electrical then torsion properties were attributed to it. Articles by Lichtenberg, masterfully done in German, are still cited in books on gas discharge. Further research demonstrated that electrical fluorescence was not so rarely met in nature…
In the Nineteenth century enigmas of electricity were opening to people. One of the great inventors was Nicola Tesla, from whom we now have lamps and television sets. He invented the generator of alternating current. However, if it had not been him, somebody else would have done it. Inventions come to life when a social need for them appears. Then different people simultaneously and independently start arriving at the same ideas. This is connected with the fact that the ideas have their logic of development, and the developers shall only intuitively feel this logic. After raising good money with his patents, Nicola Tesla began the mysterious experiments on energy transfer without wires. He did not finish his developments and died in destitution, but up to now enthusiasts have been trying to investigate his ideas. We get used to our technical progress and reap its fruits with pleasure, but is it the only possible way of development? At the peak of his career Tesla liked to give public lectures and impress the audience with the following experience. The light was turned off in the room, Tesla turned on the generator of his own design, stood on the platform-electrode, and his body got wrapped in the glow. The hair stood on end, glowing rays of light radiated in the space. The experiment was very effective, though not all those who wished managed to repeat it: as a matter of fact, their glow was much less and for some people even missing. Not in vain was it said that Nicola Tesla had special energy state.
Further research did not go much beyond investigations of the glow of fingers, sometimes ears, nose and other prominent parts of the body. Is it possible to reproduce Tesla's experiments and make all the body glow? Yes, it is. But is it necessary? Powerful equipment, which is not safe if not handled properly, is required for such an experiment. Moreover, the stronger electrical glow, the more ozone is generated in the air. A high concentration of ozone is far from being healthy.
So where is the similarity in the experiments of Lichtenberg, Tesla and the lightning? In all those cases the gas discharge appears near the earth rod. High field intensity is formed near its sharp end when placed into an electrical field. Electrons, which always exist in the air or are emitted by the bodies, start speeding up in this field and, having picked up necessary speed, ionize air molecules. Those, in their turn, emit photons, mostly in the blue and ultraviolet spectral regions. Here the glow appears. What is more, from the viewpoint of physics both a nail, a tree, a human finger, and a person can be the rod. Everything depends on the scale. Generators used in Bioelectrography have very small power. It means that they can not give high current, even if you lick the electrode with your tongue. In addition, these generators make use of high-frequency voltages and short impulses, and by the laws of physiology such current can not penetrate into the organism, as it slides on the skin surface.
A significant contribution to the study of these photographs was made by a talented Byelorussian scientist Jacob Narkevich-Yodko in the end of the Nineteenth century. He was an independent landowner and spent most of his time on his estate above the river
The general social situation in
At practically the same time, on the other side of the globe in Brazil, very similar experiments were performed by a Catholic monk, padre Landell de Morua. A monk's life left a lot of free time, after reading prayers and performing rituals. Padre de Morua invented the technique of photoregistration of electrical glow and started giving lectures and writing to social leaders in order to attract attention to his offspring. Invention of padre de Morua produced much rapt attention, congratulations, banquets, but was not widespread. Then the little priest invented the radio (practically simultaneously with Popov and Markoni), but again he was unable to draw in large crowds. Even the military.
In the beginning of the Twentieth century nobody even recalled the mysterious glow. There were many other problems: wars, revolutions, breakthroughs in physics, discovery of antibiotics and roentgen rays – everybody was sure that it was very close to the outright victory. Only by 1930ies the life more or less came right. And here appeared the mysterious glow again. And, as if by chance, it was discovered anew, but there is a rule behind every chance.
In 1939, two Czechs S. Pratt and J. Schlemmer. published photographs showing a curious glow or aura around leaves. The same year, the Russian electrical engineer Semyon Kirlian and his wife Valentina developed their own technique after observing a patient who was receiving medical treatment from a high-frequency electrical generator. Electrotherapy was popular at the time and they had noticed that when the electrodes were brought near the patient's skin, there was a glow similar to that seen in an electrified tube filled with neon. Kirlian photography consisted of placing photographic film on top of a conducting plate, and attaching another conductor to a hand, leaf, or other part of a plant. When the conductors were energized by a high frequency high voltage power source, the resulting image showed a silhouette of the object surrounded by an aura of light.
Semyon Kirlian spent most part of his life with his wife Valentina in a poor two-room apartment at the corner of Gorky and Kirov streets in Krasnodar. The wooden two-story house where they had started their family life was swept away by progress – a building program turned the small provincial town on the banks of the Kuban river into an industrial center. Kirlians were deeply carried away with the experiments with auras of live subjects, and since 1939 they had worked hard. The only rest they could afford was walking hand in hand under the trees and along blossoming fields so typical of the South Russian cities.
The Kirlians published the results of their experiments for the first time in 1958, and in 1961 reported that the characteristics of fingertip auras not only varied in different people, but was also affected by their emotional status. If someone felt very anxious or was in an opposite state of deep relaxation during meditation, there was a corresponding change in the size and intensity of the glow. Their work was virtually unknown in the West until 1970, when two Americans, Lynn Schroeder and Sheila Ostrander published their book, "Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain". One of the most extensive investigations was carried out at the UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, where Moss and Johnson took more than 10,000 'modified' Kirlian photographs, including the fingertips of over 500 people and over 1,000 leaves. They reported that human energy fields were affected by numerous factors, such as ingesting alcohol, performing yogic exercises and during hypnosis. They confirmed that the changes were most dramatic when experiencing different emotions, and that they frequently differed when the researcher and subject were of different genders, as opposed to same sex experiments. A strict authority figure, such as a senior skilled researcher, tended to elicit a much smaller corona compared to a more informal and friendlier assistant of lower status. In studies involving four "healers", their coronas were apt to be much larger and brighter before the healing session than during or after the intervention. In contrast, their patients' coronas increased sharply over their baseline status, suggesting there had been an actual transfer of energy to them from the healer. Dramatic differences in the corona were also found before and after acupuncture treatment. The brightness and clarity of the corona were particularly prominent when needles were inserted at acupuncture points known to be related to the patient's particular complaints. Based on extensive investigations, the researchers concluded that these changes could not be explained by alterations in skin resistance or temperature changes due to peripheral vascular blood flow.
In XXth century many researchers was attracted by Kirlian photography, hundreds books and papers were published, but scientific acceptance of Kirlian photography was rather limited because the quality of equipment used by early investigators varied considerably and results were inconsistent since there was no standardization. Things improved when a multidisciplinary group headed by William Eidson, professor of physics at Drexel University in Philadelphia, showed it was possible to image electrical parameters of a specimen in real time, thus making it possible to map human energy fields and any rapid changes. This six-year project and related research were summarized in a 1976 article in the prestigious journal Science. The International Union of Medical and Applied Bio-Electrography was formed in 1987 to help standardize equipment, research methods, and data acquisition. Researchers such as German naturopath and acupuncturist Peter Mandel and Newton Milhomens in Brazil developed their own way of interpretation of Kirlian photography of human fingers and toes. Peter Mandel was one of the first, who energized certain acupuncture points by using different colored lights to achieve a desired response. Mandel's Energy Analysis Emission diagnostic system utilized Kirlian photography and his Esogetic Colorpuncture therapy is believed to restore yin and yang equilibrium. All of these modalities, as well as non-invasive laser acupoint stimulation, have been used with varying degrees of success in thousands of patients over the years.
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|Newton Milhomens
Gas Discharge Visualization (GDV) technology was developed in Russia by the team of Professor Konstantin Korotkov in 1995. The GDV device is a state-of-the-art computerized system that has superseded traditional Kirlian photography for several reasons. A major difference is that it allows direct, real-time viewing and analysis of changes in human energy fields since the data is quantified and analyzed by sophisticated software. Because the results are obtained so rapidly, it has become an ''express-method'' not only for diagnosis, but also detecting abnormalities that require more detailed investigation. Most importantly, since this technology and the protocols used are standardized, GDV results obtained by different investigators can be compared with reliability. The results are interpreted based on the energy connections of fingers with different organs and systems via meridians that have been used in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years.
The GDV device is based on the stimulation of photon and electron emissions from an object when it is placed in an electromagnetic field and subjected to brief electrical pulses. This process is called 'photo-electron emission' and has been thoroughly studied with cutting edge electronic techniques. The emitted particles accelerate in the electromagnetic field, generating electronic avalanches on the surface of the dielectric (glass) plate in a process called 'sliding gas discharge.' The discharge causes a glow from the excitement of molecules in the surrounding gas which is constantly measured. Voltage pulses stimulate optoelectronic emissions that are amplified in the gas discharge, and light produced by this process is recorded by a sensitive CCD (charge coupled device) camera that converts it into a colored computer image, or BIO-gram. Data obtained from the fingers of both hands are converted into a Human Energy Field image using proprietary sophisticated software,
This technology has extraordinary implications for all health related fields, including conventional as well as complementary or alternative therapies. A comprehensive review of these varied GDV applications can be found in a recent book co-authored with Dr. E. Yakovleva from Moscow Medical University. Research with the GDV device is currently being carried out at universities and research institutes worldwide in medicine, "energy medicine", athletic training, biophysics, parapsychology, and other disciplines (please, see Papers section). GDV has been used in numerous significant research projects that have confirmed its usefulness and reliability and value. GDV technology provides a convenient and user friendly method to assess patients with a wide range of complaints and can also be utilized to assess responses to drugs, meditation, stress reduction therapy or any other interventions.


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This shall follow the sanity rules from the general photography thread.
Sanity guidelines:
1) Please keep images in the thread small. Try to stay <= 800 pixels wide. Keep images in thread under 150K. If you want to show off your great 14 megapixel image, link to it.
2) Don't post anything that isn't work safe. The is techreport so keep it PG.
3) If you are going to post more than 4 or 5 pictures, break it up into two or more posts. This will help keep pages of the thread from becoming unbalanced.
4) If possible post images with EXIF data in tact so people can check what camera/settings you used.
5) Enjoy the pictures. Offer constructive criticism where warranted.
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General Motors manufactured the Oldsmobile Aurora from 1994 to 2003 as a recovery vehicle to revamp the sales figures for the manufacturer, which suffered from plummeting sales at the time. To shift the public's view of the car line, the first edition Aurora has little of the Oldsmobile branding items like badges, and the body shape bears no resemblance to the previous Oldsmobile models.
The Aurora Oldsmobile is a four-door sedan, sporting the front engine and front wheel layout (FF layout). It includes several luxury features such as interior leather upholstery, power adjustable seats in the front, and six speakers, which immediately add to its appeal as a high-end vehicle. Among the main features fitted in the Oldsmobile Aurora for the launch in 1995 is an anti-lock brake system (ABS). It accelerates from zero to 60 mph in a commendable 8.2 seconds and offers ample room for both the front and rear vehicle occupants.
The Aurora Oldsmobile launched with a 4.0-liter V-8 DOHC engine spewing 250 hp. It has a four-speed transmission and front airbags for the driver and passenger, as well as traction control. Commendably, this first edition only issued one recall for the rear seat belts not retracting.
The 2003 Oldsmobile Aurora represents the last release of the vehicle, and it measures 199.3 inches in length and 72.9 inches in width, with a height of 56.7 inches, and a wheelbase measuring 112.2 inches. It uses front drive and accommodates five occupants who enjoy 36.8 inches of headroom and 42.4 inches of legroom in the front and 37.7 inches of headroom and 38 inches of legroom in the rear.
Its commendable performance and handling results from a stable suspension system with traction control. It comes fitted with a 4.0-liter V-8, 250-hp engine and produces 260 lb-ft of torque at 4400 rpm. Its comfort and convenience features include air-conditioning, front power seats, leather interior upholstery, and power windows.
The 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora marks the first edition of the model, and the 1996 Oldsmobile Aurora makes few changes to the first edition. Upgraded features on this edition include a new rear-view mirror, which previously caused visual distortions. The 1996 Aurora Oldsmobile uses a four-speed automatic transmission that pairs with a 4.0-liter V-8, producing 250 hp at 5600 rpm and 260 lb-ft of torque at 4400 rpm.
Other features on this edition include ABS, power steering, power mirrors, and power door locks, as well as a 17/26 mpg city/highway fuel economy.
The 1997 edition features a titling rear-view mirror, which enables the driver to get a better view of the curb, especially when backing out of spaces.
However, the 1998 Aurora Oldsmobile adds little to the 1997 edition, but the main changes show up in the steering and suspension system. This edition incorporates and refines the ABS and traction control, and it places a lot of emphasis on the front and rear suspension to ensure greater vehicle control even at higher speeds.
The changes in the 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora focus on fine tuning the already winning design, suspension, and steering system of the previous model. To its credit, the 1999 edition remains for the following year, with no new updates.
The 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora offers the option of either a 3.5-liter V-6 DOHC engine and four-speed transmission or a 4.0-liter V-8 DOHC engine with a four-speed automatic transmission. The 3.5-liter gets 18/27 mpg city/highway, and the 4.0-liter engine has an EPA rating of 18/26 mpg city/highway. This edition measures 56.7 inches in height, 72.9 inches in width, and 199.3 inches in length, and it sits on a 112.2-inch wheelbase.
The 2002 edition makes few changes to the previous model, except that it drops the 3.5-liter V-6 DOHC engine and four-speed transmission combination, leaving the field to its more powerful counterpart, the 4.0-liter V-8 DOHC engine paired with the four-speed automatic transmission. This version also uses an early navigation system: a direction-giving system mounted on the front panel that gives audio directions.
2003 Oldsmobile Aurora
Luxury, Sedan
The 2003 Oldsmobile Aurora has a lot going for it.
2002 Oldsmobile Aurora
The 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora has a reputation of being one of the best sedans on the market as it's renowned for having a well-appointed and quite luxurious interior combined with an understated and elegant style.
2001 Oldsmobile Aurora
The 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora is a revised version of a model that originally made its debut in the middle 1990s.
1999 Oldsmobile Aurora
The Oldsmobile Aurora is an impressive blend of power and luxury with a V-8 engine and a wide variety of standard features.
1998 Oldsmobile Aurora
Introduced in 1995, the Aurora has been one of the most visible indications that Oldsmobile still has some life in it as an automobile manufacturer.
1997 Oldsmobile Aurora
The 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora has a large engine that provides a very satisfying amount of power to the driver's control.
1996 Oldsmobile Aurora
The 1996 Aurora Oldsmobile is a classy sedan with plenty of standard features.
1995 Oldsmobile Aurora
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Feeling guilty
I'm feeling guilty about the way I parented (or rather, didn't) today.
Julian was being particularly needy (I say "needy" in the most loving way - I mean the kid is only 7 weeks old, of course he's needy) and maybe going through a growth spurt (Is that possible?? He weighed in at 13 lbs., 14 oz. on Tuesday.) because he was nursing a LOT and just needing a lot of mommy time today. And because I didn't have my hands free and was pretty much tied to the Boppy or the bouncy exercise ball (which he loves to bounce on), I let Ava watch
I don't mind her watching some TV, but since Julian was born, she's watching more than I would really like. Pre-Julian she'd watch Sesame Street on some mornings and that was usually it. That was cool with me because she was learning things and it was only an hour of TV time. Now she watches Sesame Street as well as Teletubbies and Barney, which is two-hours' worth total, and that's pretty much every week day. Some days she also watches a 30-minute DVD (Laurie Berkner or LeapFrog Letter Factory) too. *gulp*
I don't want her to turn into a TV junkie and her turning the TV back on today and saying she "needed" to watch something else scared me a bit. Maybe things will get better once Julian is a bit older and doesn't command so much of my time or once the weather warms up and she can play outside again. But it certainly is easy to flip the tube on, knowing she'll be occupied for the next 30 minutes or whatever, while I tend to Julian, throw in a load of laundry, wash some dishes, make lunch, or whatever.
And that's another thing, if I don't have time to spend with Ava, I really don't have time to take care of all the necessary household chores. Making dinner is a colossal effort most evenings. Tonight I had every intention of making a decent dinner, but then Julian couldn't be set down and wasn't happy in the Moby (*gasp*), so I had to wait until Jody got home and could hold him, and then Ava just wanted Mommy time so I had to hold her for a while. At 7 o'clock I finally made banana pancakes for dinner (with Miss Ava's help). Oy.
I should add we did have a couple nice outings this week. One day we went to the library (my first time taking both kids out by myself) and yesterday, since the weather was warmer, we went for a walk and then Ava played out in the snow in the backyard. It was good, for all of us I think, to get out of the house. :)
I need to wrap this up now because I have things I need to get to before bed. Just wanted to vent a bit. Tomorrow is another day. I can only strive to do better.


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Taking a shower while secure in the knowledge that no one can see through the curtains may soon be a thing of the past.
Researchers Ori Katz, Eran Small and Yaron Silberberg of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, have developed a method for de-scattering light to form coherent images in real time. In other words, they have found a way to look through shower curtains, frosted glass and other image-blurring materials. The technique may one day aid scientists in seeing through living tissue or around corners...
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Tom Hardy describes his preparation to play Bane and whether he'll be donning the rather...unique costume from the comics. And Kevin Costner might be up for a role in the new Superman reboot. Plus Kenneth Branagh explains the appeal of Thor, some familiar aliens are returning in Prometheus, Matt Smith teases Doctor Who's new monsters, the V finale will actually feature some legitimately shocking moments, and more!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from Thor.
The Dark Knight Rises
Tom Hardy discussed his preparations for Bane, noting that he might not end up wearing the comic book version's bondage-inspired costume:
Well, only if I feel like [wearing] it. No. Again Chris Nolan will revisit that territory entirely. I wouldn't go by that at all. Plus, that's a lot of weight to put on and I've gotta start shooting in May, so I'm gonna go pack up to about 13-14 stone [182-198 lbs]. I'm 12 [168 lbs] and a bit now, so I've got 3 months to do that.
A fake press release was recently put out saying Marion Cotillard is playing Talia al Ghul and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is playing Black Mask. Whatever ends up happening - and I would be shocked if they end up playing either of those characters, even if they are ultimately cast - neither of the two Inception stars has officially joined the movie. They are at most in talks for roles, and whom they might be playing is still just a matter of complete speculation. [E! Online]
Superman Reboot
Kevin Costner is reportedly up for a role in Zack Snyder's movie, and the latest rumors are that the part in question is Jonathan Kent - which, considering Costner's Field of Dreams iconic Americana background, certainly seems like the obvious choice. Still, all this is just rumor right now, albeit a far more plausible rumor than those we usually see. [Latino Review]
The Avengers
The movie is no longer filming in Michigan due to the elimination of filmmaking tax incentives. No word yet on where the film will shoot those scenes instead. [Detroit Free Press]
Director Kenneth Branagh offers his take on why audiences should respond to a more unusual comics character like Thor:
"I was convinced when it was in development that part of this happening on contemporary Earth was absolutely the right way to go. And with the fantastical element we're asking people to go along with, one way to help that happen, and allow it to be dramatic and serious when it needs to be, is to have a sense of humor about it. The film was never designed to be portentous or self-important. It wants to have a really good time enjoying the consequences of the culture clash.
"We always felt there was a very strong mine of material in the fish-out-of-water. When you reduce a man who is arrogant by temperament, extremely oppressive and used to having his own way, dressed, um … unusually, you are immediately in a position where you have comic friction. This is a guy who continues to live his own reality. In his mind, he's still prince of the cosmos and he'll do what he wants. People from Earth getting in his way and asking silly questions is immaterial."
There's more at the link. [EW]
At this point, it's becoming increasingly unclear how this movie isn't just a straight-up Alien prequel, whatever Ridley Scott says. Now there are reports the movie will feature the Space Jockey, which was a mysterious, giant alien carcass briefly glimpsed in the original movie and presumably one of the prior victims of the Xenomorphs. Also, a spaceship is piloted by a giant half-human head, so this could all get pretty awesomely weird really quickly. [Sky]
Ghostbusters 3
When asked whether Ashton Kutcher could be one of the new generation of Ghostbusters, producer Ivan Reitman didn't rule it out. Note that he did not suggest such a casting or lend any additional credence to it beyond mildly affirming the interviewer's suggestion that that would be an interesting possibility. [Digital Spy]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Wondering if we're going to have to deal with another helping of Skids and Mudflap? The administrator of Michael Bay's official website wants to put your mind at ease. He says that, "...for the final time the Twins are not in this movie period - end of story." [TFLAMB]
Here's a couple new posters from the movie where struggling author Bradley Cooper unleashes the full power of his brain, and corrupt businessman Robert De Niro probably exploits him, because that's just what corrupt businessmen do. [FilmShaft]
Dark Shadows
Tim Burton's longtime editor Chris Lebenzon explained how Burton and star Johnny Depp are approaching the material:
"It's a relationship movie. It's a lot of interaction of characters, from past and present."
Here's a promo for the next episode, "Subject 13": [Fringe Television]
Here's a short synopsis for episode 16, "Os":
The Fringe Team investigates a group of thieves who can break the laws of gravity. Meanwhile, Walter attempts to delay the damage he's caused to the fabric of the universe.
Doctor Who
Matt Smith offers some more cryptic hints about series six and the new monsters, the Silence: [Life, Doctor Who, and Combom]
Gareth Roberts has now confirmed he's writing an episode for this season, and "Vincent and the Doctor" writer Richard Curtis might be returning as well. Intriguingly, we're now running out of slots for writers - if, as the rumors contend, Curtis is writing the tenth episode, then Roberts would have to be writing episode twelve, meaning Steven Moffat would be wrapping up this series in single thirteenth episode. Either way, Roberts says his episode contains the line, "I work in a show now." Anyone want to wager the next line is, "Shops are cool"?
Torchwood: Miracle Day
Episode 4 reportedly features the as yet uncast role of Ellis Hartley Monrow, "a perky and bright Caucasian woman who is campaigning for a new way of life. She is compelling but also may have some enemies who don't feel the same as her." [SpoilerTV]
The Event
Here are some details from NBC about the show's return:
President Martinez and his longtime Chief of Staff (guest star Roger Bart) charge the intelligence community with decrypting Thomas's satellite message, but more importantly determining to whom it was sent. While they are distracted, Thomas unveils a surprise attack, but he does not anticipate a heroic stand-off with Blake Sterling, who learns an important lesson about Sleepers from Maya (guest star Clea DuVall). Newly appointed Alaskan Senator Catherine Lewis (guest star Virginia Madsen, "Sideways") threatens to divulge information about the Mt. Inostranka detention facility on an episode of "HARDBALL with Chris Matthews" (playing himself). Sean and Leila get a fresh lead on the whereabouts of Samantha, but it leads them to a dramatic turn in their lives.
You can also check out some videos related to the show's return right here. [Unreality Shout]
The producers are planning some major, major character deaths in the season finale, with only Erica Mitchell and Morena Baccarin officially safe for now. Executive producer Scott Rosenbaum says two or possibly three of these characters are headed to their doom: Chad (Scott Wolf), Tyler (Logan Huffman), Ryan (Morris Chestnut), Father Jack (Joel Gretsch), Lisa (Laura Vandervoort), and Diana (Jane Badler). When asked about the coming deaths, Laura Vandervoort offered a couple of potentially very obvious hints about who is going to die:
"People are going to be shocked. When we read the script there was initially shock, then sadness." So who got the ax? "[It's like] seeing your son go off to college or grandma passing."
Those descriptions sound about right for Tyler and Diana, but we'll just have to wait and see, I guess. [TV Guide]
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EPA and DOE recognize Entergy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are recognizing 118 awardees for their commitment to saving energy and protecting the environment. Recipients of the 2013 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award include Houston companies CenterPoint Energy, Hines, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, and Transwestern and Beaumont's Entergy Texas.
"This year's Energy Star award winners have gone above and beyond to save energy and cut greenhouse gases," said EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe. "Their commitment to superior energy efficiency not only makes these organizations valuable partners in our effort for a cleaner, healthier environment, but it also helps them reduce their day-to-day energy costs – an important feat for any organization."
"The Energy Department applauds the ingenuity and success of the 2013 Energy Star award winners," said DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson. "These organizations are showing firsthand how energy efficiency improvements save money by saving energy – cutting energy waste, creating jobs nationwide, and protecting our air and water."
The winners were chosen from nearly 20,000 Energy Star partners, including manufacturers, retailers, public schools, hospitals, real estate companies, and home builders, for their long-term commitment to climate protection through greater energy efficiency. Energy Star partners complete a rigorous application process that demonstrates their commitment to the partnership and the environment.
Organizations are recognized in the following categories:
Partners of the Year--Sustained Excellence: The 70 Sustained Excellence winners continue to exhibit exceptional leadership year after year in the Energy Star program while remaining dedicated to environmental protection through superior energy efficiency.
Partners of the Year: Forty-one organizations are receiving a Partner of the Year award for strategically and comprehensively managing their energy use. These organizations promote Energy Star products and practices in their own operations, in addition to providing efficient products and services to consumers and within their community.
Excellence: Seven winners are receiving awards in part for their superior efforts in the Home Performance with Energy Star program. The remaining organizations receive Excellence Awards and other special recognition for specific activities to promote energy-efficient products, homes or buildings.
For more than two decades, American consumers and businesses have continued to save energy and protect the environment through the Energy Star program. In 2012 alone, Americans, with the help of Energy Star, saved $24 billion on their energy bills and prevented greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 41 million vehicles. To date, more than 1.4 million new homes and nearly 20,000 office buildings, schools, and hospitals have earned the Energy Star. Since 1993, more than 4.5 billion Energy Star certified products have been sold.
Complete list of winners: www.energystar.gov/awards


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|2010-01-15, 23:35
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A few Crystal Valley updates - though part 5 is the only new (as in freshly typed) one:
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|2010-08-21, 09:00
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Test Drive
So, after playing up to a certain section of HF last night (and after reading this piece I think you'll all know which section I refer to), I sat down and typed up this short bit mainly by emotion. I admit it's pretty much my own wish for how things had gone instead of what really happened.
Spoiler for A Change in Fate:
So, yeah, "Saber lives" situation here. I have to admit I don't know if she could have escaped the shadow even if she wanted to, but it was something I felt like writing.
I'm debating on doing further parts; mainly to show Shirou's reaction and possibly Sakura's. I can't see this being very long, considering that I haven't played far enough into HF to accurately retell the story from the "What if" of Saber surviving.
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|2010-08-21, 09:20
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"Hey, Isaac?"
Spoilers for both the above story and HF, so...
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|2010-08-21, 09:25
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Test Drive
Spoiler for Reply to Moczo's reply:
In any case, currently I'm also thinking of doing a second part from Shirou's POV on finding Saber, just because. This piece definitely says she lived, but I'd also like to have some closure of Shirou finding her and bringing her home.
|2010-08-21, 11:24
|Link #48
"Hey, Isaac?"
And I hope you do continue, because I'd read any continuation you chose to do.
|2010-08-21, 13:09
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Age: 34
It's an interesting topic, actually, to ask what would have happened had Saber still been around. I'd imagine Shirou would still have fallen for Sakura in the same was as he did in HF, and the Shirou-Shinji battle would have gone the same way because Shirou would have told Saber to remain at home (she'd likely have come along with Rin, though). The following fight would have been interesting, because whereas Archer was intending to kill Sakura, Saber would likely have fought Rider (and, really, Rider wouldn't have stood a chance 2-on-1) but Shirou would have stopped her from killing Sakura. Rider would likely have been defeated, though, which would have changed things somewhat.
No idea where it would have gone from there. It could have turned out better than the true route (perhaps with an ending much like HF True, only with Saber remaining rather than Rider, or even with both), or it could be that having Saber around would have forced Shirou to kill Sakura, thereby causing him to break down and making for a thoroughly unhappy ending.
|2010-08-21, 13:59
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Test Drive
Yes, well, like I mentioned earlier I haven't played far enough into HF yet to really know how majorly having Saber around would have changed the route, so I doubt it'll be developed into a full story (and even if I did, my fangirl-ism would ultimately turn it into a Saber/Shirou story to begin with, which wouldn't work as well in a Sakura route). At most I'm thinking I'll just do a part where Shirou finds Saber, a part for what happens when they return home, and a part for the morning after. Either way it'll end up being a short fic.
|2010-08-21, 14:39
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Well, there's no way that HF could plausibly have developed into Shirou x Saber, even if Saber had survived, because Shirou's relationship with Sakura would invariably develop first. And, yeah, there's no way HF could have worked out well if Shirou was with Saber, and indeed if that happened Saber would simply end up getting swallowed whole later on, either due to being subconsciously targetted by the shadow, or consciously targetted by Dark Sakura when Sakura succumbed.
|2010-08-21, 14:50
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Test Drive
So I have, like, other, longer fics I should be updating, but the plotbunny for this one has latched firmly onto my mind. It's eating my brain until I update. So here, have part 2.
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For being rather.... I suppose, quiet is the right word, Rider was a lot of fun to write in this section. She doesn't say much, but there was something about writing her that I really liked.
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Previous parts found here:
Part One
|2010-08-21, 18:10
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"Hey, Isaac?"
|2010-08-22, 13:29
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Test Drive
So, update time. This one struggled with me a bit, but in the end I like how it turned out. Hopefully you'll agree with me. Also, this is the longest section thus far, and probably the piece that steps the furthest away from canon.
Spoiler for A Change in Fate, part 3:
Next part is the last, folks. I know I'm hinting at a lot, but... I can't really make this a full novel until I play through the whole route to see how Saber living would change things. I have to admit I'd like to expand on it, but right now I'm satisfied with this short fic.
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EDIT: I forgot the links. x_x
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"Hey, Isaac?"
Very nice, as with the parts before it.
I liked the characterization of Sakura here; it made sense, and actually made her seem generally more sympathetic than her reaction to Saber's death in the actual game did. I guess the knowledge that Saber helped keep Shirou alive would do that.
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|2010-08-22, 14:56
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Test Drive
Spoiler for Alter:
As I mentioned earlier, for the time being I have no plans of extending this beyond the next section, which is the morning after. I simply haven't played through HF enough to know how Saber living on would have impacted certain scenarios differently (though I'm far along in the game to see one scenario that could have possibly been changed, depending on how much I feel like playing with it). On top of that, staying true to HF would also mean having to play through the route numerous times in order to know the whole thing inside out, unless I get to a point where Saber surviving is so altering that I come up with things off the top of my head, which I doubt.
Beyond that, I have to admit that developing Sakura and Saber side by side for this story is a daunting task for me. Both of them are equally important in the plot with this change, Sakura having been important all along and Saber surviving when she should have died. I don't feel like I grasp Sakura's character well enough to develop her very well outside of what little bit the game has given me on her characterization, which to be honest isn't very much to work with in the first place.
|2010-08-22, 15:01
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Well, it's not entirely true that Sakura doesn't like Saber. Actually, when they get to know each other, they get on rather well. It's just that Sakura sees her as endangering Shirou, and thus wants her gone so that he won't fight any more.
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I randomly discovered that f I put ' EOF' at the end of the file, the errors are no longer reported. I don't think this is a good solution for many reasons not the least of which is I would like to import changes to the Python code in the future without having to modify it just to make NBPython happy.
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NOM's Brian Brown: African-American Clergy In Illinois Prove Marriage Equality Isn't 'Inevitable'
How clever! The National Organization for Marriage's Brian Brown manages to run a victory lap over Illinois' failure to pass marriage equality legislation, while praising African-American legislators and clergy as the reason for the legislation's failure.
Check out Brown's blog post in the National Review today to see if you agree; here's an excerpt:
Illinois is one of the biggest and most important states in the nation. It's President Obama's home state. Democrats have a super-majority in both houses of the legislature. Governor Pat Quinn is a prominent supporter of so-called same-sex marriage, as is the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel (Obama's former chief of staff), and the leaders of both houses of the legislature. For months, Illinois was expected to be the next major victory for advocates of same-sex marriage. President Obama, Governor Quinn, Mayor Emanuel, and other prominent Democrats put their prestige on the line to actively campaign for the proposed law. Advocates licked their chops, just waiting to celebrate their certain victory. Yet a funny thing happened on the way to this "inevitable" redefining of marriage — it didn't happen.
So much for inevitability.
What happened in Illinois is that African-American pastors worked hard to reach and convince African-American legislators to stand tall for the truth of marriage — that it is an institution created by God to bring men and women together for the benefit of children that can only be created through the union of men and women. That's what marriage is, and that's the truth that these pastors demanded that legislators recognize.
President Obama tried to defeat them by personally lobbying legislators. So did Governor Quinn and Mayor Emanuel. They all failed.
Many groups worked hard to defeat this attempt to redefine marriage, including the Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Catholic Conference, Illinois Family PAC, and the National Organization for Marriage. But African-American clergy who would not be dissuaded from speaking out for truth made the difference.
There are many heroes in this battle, including former Democratic state senator Reverend James Meeks, Bishop Lance Davis, Bishop Larry Trotter, and the members of the African-American Clergy Coalition.
Together these heroes for marriage did what few thought possible — defeating gay-marriage advocates and their supporters in the legislature in the bluest of blue states. They did it by refusing to blink in the face of political pressure because they believed in the truth of marriage.
Isn't it interesting how Brown manages to paint the African-American community and clergy in Illinois as the scapegoats more liberal voters can point to while looking for someone to blame for the marriage equality defeat?
It's a pretty clear attempt to divide LGBT-friendly voters from the African-Amercan voters, who in many cases are part of the same constituency (read: Democratic).
Mind you, dividing the LGBT and African-American communities isn't a new move in the NOM playbook. We just wonder if it'll be effective?
The fight for equal civil and legal rights will continue, in spite of this bump in the road. I am sure that the majority of African-Americans see how much we have in common with them, and in time, we both will become First-Class citizens. By the way, take a look at Brian Brown's; he has great teeth!


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Checking In On… the WACPosted by Brian Goodman on December 31st, 2011
Kevin McCarthy of Parsing The WAC and Sam Wasson of bleedCrimson.net are the RTC correspondents for the WAC. You can follow Sam on Twitter @AgsBleedCrimson.
Reader's Take
Looking Back
Hawai'i picked up the league's best non-conference win of the season knocking off No. 14 Xavier (albeit a slightly shorthanded Musketeer squad) in the Diamond Head Classic en-route to a 2-1 finish in their home tournament. New Mexico State got thumped by in-state rival New Mexico at home and Utah State had a relatively easy time in its home tournament.
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- Hawai'i (7-5): The Warriors vault into the number two spot thanks in large part to a solid showing at the Diamond Head Classic where Hawai'i won two out of three: a 65-62 loss to Auburn, an 84-82 overtime victory over 14th ranked Xavier and finally a 75-68 win versus Clemson. In the latter contest, Zane Johnson regained his accuracy and finished with 27 points, bolstered by going 6-12 long distance shooting and center Vander Joaquim produced a 14/10 double-double. UH shot 49% overall and committed just 12 turnovers. It was forward Joston Thomas scoring 26 points and Joaquim scoring 20 in the win over Xavier. Last year's strong performance in the DHC set the Warriors up for a better-than-expected conference season and their 2-1 record this year could be the catalyst for a strong run through the WAC again. Read the rest of this entry »


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I love this. Imagine writing a book chronicling everything a person did and said who lived over 100 years ago, just using word of mouth.
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Doesn't surprise me. Rumors becomes legends becomes myths. Those myths get mixed up with local myths as they spread, more legends and stories get folded in based on the local political situation... and when enough people have been told these tales for generations, somebody writes them down. By that time these myths are TRUE, just like in advertising and politics - if you say something enough times, it becomes true.
i wish this had cited sources.
Reminds me of the fossil record.
I love this. Imagine writing a book chronicling everything a person did and said who lived over 100 years ago, just using word of mouth.
What Dr. Ehrman is saying here is that there are no non Christian sources for Christ's existence, not no sources at all. (Read it closely, he says "Greek or Roman.") It is generally accepted that three of the gospels do come from within the first century. Clearly they contained material already blown out of proportion. (If any of those crazy resurrection miracles like earthquakes, zombie rampages, the sun being blotted out, etc., had actually happened, we'd have "Greek or Roman" records of them undoubtedly.)
Ehrman does think there was a perfectly ordinary human being named Jesus that all these tales got built upon, and uses various forms of textual analysis to try to infer what he was from; you can do this even off of sources (like the gospels) that have high percentages of bullshit in them. For example you can infer that no only was the virgin birth made up, so was the whole deal about Jesus being born in Bethlehem (the two stories are radically different and independently made up). Ironically the fact that two radically different nativity tales were made up is strong inferential evidence that there was a Jesus behind all the bullshit stories accreted on later.
"There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty."
― Bart D. Ehrman, God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question-Why We Suffer
That was a damned good book (pun intended).
I think his point is that the Greeks and Romans had civilizations going with people who, in retrospect, we take to be historians. Also the Romans in particular were records keepers. So, isn't it curious that, considering Jesus was so important and such a threat to the status quo that nobody in Greece or Rome wrote one word about him? As for the Christians, Jesus may have been a legend in their own minds.
To unseen--your statement rings true for all cults. The founder is their savior but the rest of the world views the founder as a sociopathic, and often egocentric, psychopath.
For those less read, the tale Jesus Christ is a 20th version of Horus mythology - lots of good information out there on the subject. Horus was born on 12/25, died and was resurrected on the spring equinox - the whole thing is an astrology lesson gone bad.
Horus astrology + Zeus + Krishna = Jesus Christ.
Good luck everybody!
My understanding is that there are no references to jesus recorded at the alleged time of his life. And that there are no non-christian references whatsoever. The christian references occur many decades later, are very contradictory and should be taken with a grain of salt and a lot of faith.


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