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Or, more to the point: how Lo goes O? For it makes no sense to affirm that God doesn't exist. Rather, a more honest statement would be that if God doesn't exist, humans could never know it, because man would have no reason to believe in any absolute, including absolute negation. With no Absolute, all is relative. Period.
By definition there can be only one Absolute, which, in my opinion, is the "sponsor," so to speak, of all the "relative absolutes" we use to negotiate our way through life.
It is similar to the idea that all numbers are simply multiples of one. Until one has the idea of "oneness" -- and note that it is a quality before it is a quantity -- one cannot proceed mathematically. Bion felt that the "discovery" of oneness was the single greatest leap of mankind, i.e., the idea that, for example, five rocks and five sticks share the abstract principle of fiveness.
But because there is only one Absolute it is not possible to map it, because as soon as one tries, one has created two. It is analogous to attempting to map, say, "music." On the one hand we have an abstract system of musical notation, and yet, all of the millions of melodies added together don't come close to exhausting the realm of music, which might as well be infinite. At best, we can dip into this realm of musical potential and channel its infinite possibilities in ways that are deep, interesting, and beautiful.
Might we say the same of God -- or, let us just say O, for to say "God" is already to project a lot of implicit preconceptions? In other words, what if religion, like music, is a way to translate what is otherwise unthinkable into something deep, interesting, and beautiful? Here is how Schuon describes it:
"Metaphysical Truth is both expressible and inexpressible." In fact, I would say that this is what distinguishes the exoterist from the esoterist, or the normotic from the Raccoon: the implicit belief on the part of the former that his particular expression expresses the inexpressible -- that his relativity is somehow absolute (which, of course, makes him God).
I thought of this when I heard of that jackass pastor at the "value voters summit" who suggested that America's founders intended religious freedom to apply only to Christians. This is exactly the same argument Democrats used to deny freedom to blacks: that the founders did not intend for liberty to be a universal principle.
But "truth" and "liberty" in the abstract are much closer to God than any specific formulation. For one thing, truth is only possible if it is freely discovered, so it must be prior to doctrine. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Co 3:17). (I might add that freedom is only possible if it converges upon truth, otherwise it is just meaningless horizontal drifting, AKA the Left.)
Now, just because the Absolute is not (exhaustively) expressible, it doesn't mean it isn't knowable; indeed, we cannot not know it and still think, since all thinking is rooted in it.
One of the fundamental errors of modernity -- perhaps the fundamental error -- is to turn the cosmos upside-down, and imagine that consciousness is somehow built from bricks of inconscience -- that mind is actually mindless, that the secret of life is lifelessness, and that Spirit is just instinct or random error on a grand scale.
But if we properly view the cosmos right-side up, then things like truth, freedom, life, light, and love are at the top; truly, it is a tree with roots aloft and branches down below.
That being the case, everything is a kind of fractal of the whole, which goes back to the idea that all numbers are multiples of one. For to perceive any "one thing" is again to discern the transcendent principle of oneness in the herebelow.
Thus, to say that man is "in the image of the Creator" is both shocking, and yet, a truism. After all, man creates. He knows truth. He loves. He surpasses himself, meaning that he cannot be "contained" or treated as an object. And he is one, or at least tries to evolve toward dynamic wholeness and unity (or diversity-in-oneness).
Schuon notes that the Intellect "opens into the Divine Order and therefore encompasses all that is." The image comes to mind of an ocean current, which is not other than the ocean, and yet, is distinct from it. But as soon as one attempts to define the boundary with precision, one sees that it is impossible, for it is just "water within water."
One might say that man is "self within Self," or (¶) within O, or let us just say "within." Only man can know that his mind is "within" something larger, more vast and expansive, something both containing and grounding it.
I would suggest that to say "God" is to say "man," and vice versa, just as to say "relative" is to say "Absolute," and vice versa. Therefore, especially when we are saying something deep or meaningful, we cannot not speak of God, any more than we can sing of music-lessness. (Although I suppose Phillip Glass tried.)
The Absolute, or O, is expressible, in the sense that "it becomes crystallized in formulations which are all they ought to be since they communicate all that is necessary or useful to our mind. Forms are doors to the essences, in thought and in language as well as in other symbolisms" (Schuon).
So to preserve the mystery of God with a discrete silence is not to cop out or go wobbly just at the critical moment. Rather, this inexpressible essence is precisely that which provokes the forms we use to express it. Do such forms "prove" the existence of God? Yes and no. Does a song prove the existence of music? Or are there only songs, but no such abstract universal as music?
For Schuon, "The aim of metaphysics is not to prove anything whatsoever but to make doctrines intelligible" and "to provide symbols for spiritual assimilation and realization" (Oldmeadow). Thus, we might say that one cannot prove the existence of God, but one can prove his realization in man. And that is enough.


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Thanks, nothing like having direct on the river practical knowledge from some one. Printed this and put in my PNW steelhead trip planning book, the T. Combs - Steelhead Fishing Book to be precise. Thanks for the early christmas present ! I have already started tying, got my steelhead fly swap flies done, now working on other needs. I bought some EP hair at the fly shop yesterday, think this is usable for PNW patterns ? Bought polar bear white and a black package.
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One note on the impression from reading about pnw flies - I agree that most publications are prone to using the 2-1/0 range as common hook sizes, but this should not be thought of as limits on either end. Many people fish tiny flies with success, as well as huge flies.
I think the key difference is that in the PNW people move the fish to the fly whereas in the very cold winter fishing conditions I saw on Lake Ontario tribs the fly is moved to the fish, which are barely thawed in the icy water.
In "winter" fishing, flies of #2 to #2/0 or even bigger are well suited to the often glacially tinted rivers of the pacific northwest. Most flyfishing is done in late winter and the seasons are infinitely milder than other parts of the country at that lattitude. There is never split shot or slinkies or weight added so the fly operates on it's own weight and swimming ability is really key as opposed to creating the impression of a small vulnerable object like a nymph which was the more common presentation I saw on the Salmon River in Pulaski NY (made 3 trips there). But bigger and smaller winter flies still work, but are not the most common.
In summer, the use of too small a fly will result in literally hundreds of smolts. You don't want to go too small when the river is bursting with all kinds of juvenile species. I prefer to go with #6 on the small side and #2 on the large side in summer, depending on the hook style and I try to keep the fly in the big fish water. I consider a #8 very small for summer steelhead, and a 1/0 large. For muddlers I use a xlong #6 0r #4, summer bunny rats a #2 TMC, pupa flies #4 TMC 200R. I mostly use Tiemco hooks because of the high quality.
Just to summarize the presentation in the PNW is more like the classic atlantic salmon swing than a deep bottom drift and thus the larger flies are just the ticket for swimming the fly in a tantalizing manner across and down the fish's lie. For more background you could refer to some of the older British texts on tying low water patterns on really large hooks.
This book and the one on 'greased line' fishing by Harry Lamire (think that's correct-not at home to check myself) are my two 'go to' books. So much of our fishing is what would be considered 'low water' (dam controlled conditions) that a dry line is effective in large sections of the upper river 9 months per year.
Long leaders heavy small flys, get it down quick and swim it as slow as possible.
Thanks, yes I agree smaller flies, size 6 and below are more effective except in high and colored water situations where I would use sixe 4 or 2s here in the mid west steelhead rivers. Reading about PNW fly patterns you get the impression that anything smaller than size 2 maybe to small for the PNW winter runs. I will be tying smaller flies on the larger salmon fly hooks I recently bought. These are 1/0 and 2/0 sizes. Wanted these for a higher sink rate and they do feel heavy compared to the size 6 and smaller mid west steelhead flies I tie for Michigan rivers. The problem here in the midwest steelhead rivers like the Pere Marquette (PM) is we are confronted with short deep slots to get the fly down into quickly to provide a proper presentation at the steelheads level. Water temperatures are in the 30s for winter fish, they will not move far for anything. There is a short period of drift in which to get the fly down into the strike zone. I have been using fast sinking heads for a long time with the smaller flies, but want to start trying the larger hooks with sparsely dressed flies for a faster sink rate. Have you read Greased Line Fishing for Salmon and Steelhead by Jock Scott, forward by Bill Mcmillan ? A Frank Amato publication. Great book on this subject matter. Recommend for all trout and salmon fishierman. It is a classic for sure.
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We're somewhat the same way here on the Rogue. Lots of guys use large versions of a given fly; and with success. I've found that (summer or winter) that a 'smaller' sized fly (assuming our normal clear water) is still the best. But you can tie a 'size 6' fly on a #1 or #2 hook if the bench so moves you.
Do have some larger flys (hook wise) but 99% of the time all they're doing is filling up my boxes and adding weight to my vest.
|Thanks for the input, yes I did some research at the Mustad site and they are a wet fly hook. So I now have about 200-250 large steelhead wet fly hooks I did not realize. Tied a few patterns over last weekend they will work. Never used them for steelhead here in Midwest, to large, but have used them for king salmon 20+ pounds and they survived these silver freight trains that are fresh out of Lake Michigan. If they could survive these fish they should be able to handle a steelhead up to 20 pounds. They are a fairly strong hook. Tight lines and good holidays to you
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The 1/0 hooks could be good for a pattern like "winter's hope" which is a 'searching pattern' usually done up on larger hooks due to size and weight.
The other hook should also work well for winter pattern(s) of most choice(s).
Mustad - 3399 & 34007 Hooks ??
I have been tying this weekend and forgot about an old fly material tackle box my wife banished to the garage about 5 years ago I guess. I went through it today and found three boxes of the following Mustad hook types (100 hooks per box). Would like to put them to useful purpose.
I picked these up at an out door store liquidation sale 15 years ago and just forgot about them. I used them to tie Michigan king salmon flies where you lose a lot of flies due to snags and them breaking your line. Beleive they held up pretty good to 20 pound kings.
My question is are these strong enough for PNW steelhead flies ? They are too big for midwest steelhead fishing where I never use anything over a size 6.
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Gander doctor Eileen St. Croix, who specializes in chemotherapy and palliative care, says she's on call 24 hours a day.
"I try to look after as many patients as I can in their homes," St. Croix told reporters gathered Wednesday at a Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association (NLMA) session on palliative care.
Gander doctor Eileen St. Croix, who specializes in chemotherapy and palliative care, says she's on call 24 hours a day.
"I try to look after as many patients as I can in their homes," St. Croix told reporters gathered Wednesday at a Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association (NLMA) session on palliative care.
"But oftentimes that means travelling as much as 100 kilometres to see one patient. I feel it is a valuable use of my time, but it infringes on the other things I have to do. ... It means I am on call every day, 24 hours a day. I am in hospital every Saturday, every Sunday. ... I do it because I like what I do."
But dying at home with one's loved ones and family pets is not often the reality for many people.
"Unfortunately many Newfoundlanders end up coming to a health care facility which might be an hour or more from their home. They are admitted to a doctor they've never seen before," said St. Croix, who has practised for nearly four decades in rural Newfoundland.
"And they are at the end of their life and their family is trying to cope with it ... These people are not admitted to fancy palliative care units. They don't exist in our rural hospitals."
It was the NLMA's sixth session publicizing health care gaps as part of contentious negotiations with the provincial government.
Dr. Susan MacDonald, divisional chief of palliative care for Eastern Health, said the province lacks a plan to deal with the demands for palliative care services that will only increase as the population shifts further into a blip dominated by seniors.
"I would like the government to be looking at the population base and developing a plan how are we going to manage this increased number of people," MacDonald said.
"We are struggling as it is now. What are we going to do 20 years from now?"
MacDonald noted palliative care is not just about cancer, but is about improving the quality of life for people who are living with or dying from advanced life-threatening diseases.
"The dying have value and it's a gift to manage their symptoms and ease their suffering," she said.
The lack of doctors specialized in palliative care and support services is a national complaint, but it's acute in this province, MacDonald said.
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"Let's face it, it's not a glamourous speciality."
The base for providing palliative care services remains with family physicians.
But many people here don't have a family doctor or the doctor is already too strapped for time to provide the service, MacDonald said. So the dying patients end up in an emergency room and get stuck in a bed in a hospital because they don't have care in their communities.
Even in St. John's, providing the service is tough, said Dr. Patrick O'Shea.
"You can easily become overwhelmed, especially when you have to make emergency house calls during clinic hours, leaving a waiting room full of patients who are then forced to wait even longer," he said.
"I am restricted to the number of palliative care patients I can look after. I can only take on two or three patients requiring palliative care at one time because I am still running a full-time family practice and I'm also looking after nursing home patients."
MacDonald said she is more positive about the situation than in the 13 years she's been practising in the province - Eastern Health has approved the community teams around the region. But she said there is much to be done across the province.
"There needs to be a formalized plan. We are in the process of piecemealing it," she said.
St. Croix said not only are more doctors required, but there needs to be a mechanism to free family physicians, nurses and home care workers around the province when palliative care demands are high.
And in St. John's, an on call system needs to be developed for palliative care calls, O'Shea said.


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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) will consider adopting a DRM non-aggression covenant at its Advisory Committee meeting in Boston next week. EFF has attended several of these meetings before as a W3C member, always with the intent to persuade the W3C that supporting DRM is a bad idea for the Web, bad for interoperability, and bad for the organization. By even considering Web standards connected with DRM, the W3C has entered an unusually controversial space. Next week's membership meeting will be accompanied by demonstrations organized in Boston by the Free Software Foundation, and other cities where the W3C has a presence.
Have you ever bought music, movies, games, ebooks, or gadgets, only to discover later that the product had been deliberately limited with Digital Rights Management? We want to hear from you!
The Open Source Initiative, a nonprofit that certifies open source licenses, has adopted an important principle about standards, DRM, and openness, and just in time, too.
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Some people just never learn. For decades, porn purveyor Perfect 10 has been fighting a losing battle to deputize service providers to police potentially infringing uses of its works. Indeed, at this point Perfect 10 spends far more time on litigation than creation. But court after court has rejected those efforts. In fact, Perfect 10's main achievement in the courts has been to inadvertently make good copyright law. For example, its litigation led to key decisions ruling that an image search engine was fair use and confirming that rightsholders must follow DMCA Section 512's clear rules for takedown notices.
At stake in Apple's fight against government orders to break open locked iPhones could be the legal authorization for "virtually limitless" surveillance under the Internet of Things, according to a federal judge's order rejecting a government request in a New York drug case yesterday. Midway through his lengthy opinion, Magistrate Judge James Orenstein made that point clear as he dismantled the staggering government claim that Apple's software licensing arrangement was proof that the company was "sufficiently close" to consumer devices that it could be compelled to unlock them.
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Alabama failed in its bid to win a third consecutive Bowl Championship Series national title, but the Crimson Tide keeps finishing No. 1 in recruiting.
Alabama's recruiting class is ranked by just about every scouting service and publication as the best in Division I-A. But what else is new? It is the fourth year in a row Alabama's class was ranked No. 1 by Rivals.com.
Mike Farrell, recruiting analyst and scout for Rivals.com, said Alabama and coach Nick Saban are on one of the greatest recruiting runs in college football.
"They have the No. 1 class, by far," Farrell said.
Alabama signed 27 players and eight of them are already enrolled at the school for the spring semester. The Crimson Tide signed six prospects who were rated as five-star players by Rivals. No other school signed more than three five-star players.
Alabama also signed eight players who were ranked among the top 50 by ESPN Recruiting Nation.
"They're not selling early playing time for kids," Farrell said of Alabama. "There is not a lot of that to be had. They have to be selling something else."
Alabama signed Da'Shawn Hand, a defensive end from Woodbridge, Va., who is ranked as the No. 1 player by Rivals. The Crimson Tide also got two of the best cornerbacks in the country in Tony Brown of Beaumont, Texas, and Marlon Humphrey of Hoover, Ala. Cameron Robinson of West Monroe, La., is ranked as the No. 1 offensive lineman by ESPN.
Tom Luginbill, recruiting analyst for ESPN, said "Without question you could argue that not only is this the best class Nick Saban has signed since he has been at Alabama, but it may be one of the best classes of offensive line personnel, regardless of program and regardless of year."
It's not like Alabama is building great classes with home-grown players, either. Only eight recruits in this class come from Alabama. Overall, the class includes players from 15 states, a group that includes Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, California and Virginia among others.
"They're not wasting their time with a bunch of guys from California or other states," Farrell said. "They focus on certain guys and guys they want, and they just go and pluck them."
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Florida State took advantage of its national title to land a top-five class. Among other schools that landed strong classes were Ohio State, Florida and Texas A&M.
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According to Hill, Lodovico Luti 'is presumably the man, an enemy of Pandolfo Petrucci, who was murdered in Florence on 26 June 1498'. Petrucci was the brutal tyrant who ruled Siena between 1487 and 1512. Niccolò's medal identifies Luti 'of Siena'; from his clothing he may have been a merchant. It is not possible to tell if this is a posthumous portrait, although given Luti's fate the motto on the reverse seems particularly pertinent - prius mori qua turpari, or 'rather death than dishonour'.
Niccolò's work has been characterised as follows:
Whatever the size of the medal, the portrait is distinctive and confident, dominating the circular field, although in most cases the lettering is not as elegant. Each head is strongly individualized and modelled in fairly high relief. The economical style includes the essential contours and features, while conveying a feeling for the plasticity of flesh and the bone structure that brings the subjects to life, despite their presentation in strict and impersonal profile. Few other Renaissance medallists were able to produce so evocative a series of portraits, but this was, perhaps, to be expected in the environment of Quattrocento Florence. By contrast, the reverses of Niccolò's medals are mostly either clumsy, derivative, repetitive or inappropriate. At best, they exhibit a rough charm ...
Like several other medallists of the time, Niccolò did not always pay much attention to the appropriateness of the reverse theme. In this instance, Fortune, the goddess of antiquity, is associated with the chances of the sea and mariners' lives. She is shown here on a dolphin, with a billowing sail to remind the viewer of the inconstancy of fate. An ermine watches from the shore. Prius mori qua turpari may have been a family motto, and the ermine a family emblem. It may possibly refer to Luti's occupation as a furrier or fur-trader, and thus dependent on fickle Fortune.
This reverse was used for at least two other medals Niccolò, one of Alessandro Vecchietti 1498, whose family arms include five ermines, and the other of Nicolas Tranquier 1503. Hill judged the Luti medal reverse as 'probably the original'; this seems possible given a likely latest dating of 1498.
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Also, feel free to post new questions. For reference, here are Hasbro's answers to previous SSG questions; and from other sites. The questions we asked last round can be found here.
Current questions (vote for up to 4):
- - The initial Force Unleashed figures were released well before the actual game, and many of the cooler figures sold quickly and were hard to find by the time the game was released. Of the major characters, the Jumptrooper, Evo Trooper, Vader, and Galen Marek have seen a few re-releases, while Juno Eclipse (sadly) still languishes on store shelves in many areas. One figure that was never re-released though is Rahm Kota, who was one of the first figures to vanish upon the initial release, and has since appeared in other Star Wars media, including a different video game. Given that he is likely to appear in a major role in The Force Unleashed II later this year and the 2 exclusive TFU 5-packs were released in May, are there any chances Kota might be re-released as a Greatest Hits figure, or perhaps even updated with a new, more actor-accurate and 'blinded' head sculpt, as well as a deactivated saber hilt for his shoulder scabbard?
- - Force FX has entered a new phase with the removable blade series, and so far we've seen the first couple waves. Thanks to Clone Wars, female characters are back on the rise in Star Wars and bringing in more female collectors - Ahsoka especially has been selling very well. What does the future of Force FX look like? What are the chances of Ahsoka's lightsaber being added to the Force FX line, better opening that market up to female consumers and getting Clone Wars main character recognizability?
- - In the upcoming Battle Over Endor multipacks, you've included a figure of Lt. Yong, the Y-wing pilot from ROTJ that flies (and dies) under the handle Gray 3, but the torso used on the figure is the existing B-wing pilot design rather than a Y-wing pilot torso. On the ROTJ Y-wing pilot costume, the collar is different and the chest box and apron are more like the POTF2 Lt. Yong figure (at the time he was misidentified as Arvel Crynyd, but it was Yong's helmet, face, and Y-wing pilot torso and apron just in the wrong color - red instead of gray). Is this new Lt. Yong using the B-wing pilot torso a mistake, or just a cost-saving measure? In either case, if there are future ROTJ Y-wing pilot figures down the line, will we get a new movie-accurate torso for them with the unique costume chest box and apron, and closed collar?
- - You have this nice new Qui-Gon Jinn figure that came out in the Jedi Evolution set, and has been re-released in the nifty Eopie mail-away set, yet both times the figure has been marred by including the blobby 1999 lightsaber accessory. Luke Jedi keeps coming out with either repaints of the ROTS Obi-Wan's lightsabers (which has different details), or worse, the blobby Obi-Wan POTJ saber from 2000. Both the '99 Qui-Gon and '00 Obi-Wan as Luke Jedi sabers also have the old smooth blade design without the flare on top of their soft hilt sculpting, and both Qui-Gon and Luke Jedi actually had better saber accessories designed during the Saga line, yet we never get them. And what about one of the most iconic lightsabers in recent SW memory, Darth Maul? There is no modern-quality version at all, the closest is the '02 Saga metal hilt with removable blades, but the blades break easily, so we haven't seen it in a while, and it's a bit long. We don't have a deactivated one to hang on a belt, don't have a 1-blade-activated version, don't have a "cut in half" version, Maul is pretty lacking for his weapon. Why are we getting old junky saber accessories with the modern versions of these guys? Why aren't we seeing better, more accurate lightsaber accessories for some of these fairly major, recognizable Jedi characters? And will these issues be addressed soon?
- - With TVC, fans have been anticipating figures that should have been included in the classic Kenner line but didn't get done. One of these highly-anticipated additions was the Sandtrooper, however the actual carded figure that we received in TVC wave 2 leaves a lot to be desired, beyond the clean paint job issue. For one, the choke warning box not only cuts off the top of the iconic Luke & Leia image that was a signature of the early card designs, but it actually cuts into the main Star Wars logo itself. Then there is the problem with the orange field behind the figure being significantly too short and not lining up properly with the bubble. Finally, fans are disappointed at the decision to use an image from the Special Edition of ANH for the card photo (where the trooper is covering up his face with an accessory that isn't even included with the toy), instead of a picture from the original release of the film. Can the choke warning box be moved or made less intrusive so it's not interfering with the artwork, and can we expect to see future rereleases of this figure with a better, non-Special Edition, card photo (with maybe different pauldron colors for the figure itself)?
- - Yavin ceremony Han Solo is finally coming soon, and it's long overdue. Hasbro imagery has come out for the figure, and unfortunately what's shown isn't remotely accurate. In the film, Han is wearing a different shirt for the ceremony than he wears the rest of the time - it has no seam anywhere on the front all the way up to the top, and the collar is flipped down under the pressed vest. However, this upcoming figure is shown using the '04 VOTC body with rumpled vest, the shirt with the open collar and shorter sleeves, and it's using the unfortunate recent Death Star likeness which is a different expression and hairstyle, meaning Han's going to look like a schlub at the ceremony. It's understandable that this figure was put together quickly, using existing parts to get it out fast, but it's regrettable and disappointing. Is there any hope that the figure will get a more-accurate update at some point in the future - if not a running change, then some other release down the road?
- - A couple of POTF2-era favorites now have the opportunity to get updated to modern quality without a significant investment, that of Orrimaarko and the Mon Calamari officer. Orrimaarko really would be easy based off the recent Major Panno figure with an eyepatch and slight changes to the deco, and the third and final briefing room Dressellian would be an even easier recolor. The Mon Calamari officer would mainly just a new helmet, deco, and rank badge change to the new Admiral Ackbar figure - there's even room for multiple deco changes since the Mon Cals had different skin patterns in the film. These updates would go a long way towards filling out the Death Star 2 briefing and the Home One bridge during the battle while minimizing tooling costs. Would any of these ideas be in our foreseeable future?
- - Vader's TIE Advanced X1 has been using the same POTF2 mold for over 13 years now, and the design is showing its age. The cockpit hatch is all wrong, the window is too small, the implementation of action gimmicks hurts the movie-accuracy and just aren't that fun, the cockpit isn't terribly accurate or sized that well to modern Vader figures, and the color is the blue-gray color of ESB and ROTJ rather than the proper gray color of ANH - the only film it was in. This is Vader's signature vehicle, it should at least live up to the quality of the other vehicles in the line, much less represent one of the brand's top characters - especially since the Hasbro SW team's vehicle designs have been so good lately too. What are the chances of seeing something done to address those issues on Vader's TIE Advanced X1 in the foreseeable future?
- - A few years ago, we asked about the chance for updating the role-play Han Solo Blaster and Stormtrooper Blaster accessories, and your response was a not at that time because they weren't supported by then-current entertainment. The existing role-play Stormtrooper and Han blasters are molds from the late '70s, now technically 5 decades old. While they do have some pretty decent design for items from that era, compared to Hasbro's newer role-play blasters, they come up a bit lacking in accuracy and features. We don't expect all-black movie accuracy due to safety concerns, but on those 2, the seams are a bit uncomfortable to hold, the lights and sounds don't deliver all that effectively and don't rapid-fire nicely; and on the Stormtrooper blaster, the stock is still missing in action, and there's never been a clip. With ANH being re-released next year on Blu-Ray, and in theaters in a few years, it seems like there are going to be opportunities to deliver updated versions of those 2 iconic blasters in the role-play lineup, so is there any chance of seeing that happen?
- - In late 2010, you released 2 new TIE Fighters, the small-wing ESB-color TIE Fighter in vintage box, and the updated Walmart-exclusive TIE Bomber, neither of which came with a packed-in pilot figure - the Bomber is the first above-starfighter-pricepoint TIE exclusive to be released without a pack-in pilot figure. At the time of these latest TIE Fighter releases, the only TIE Pilot figure available was in the limited edition Target-exclusive 9-pack, with later opportunities being just the 2 TRU-exclusive Endor Pilots 4-packs scheduled for January 2011 - those are fairly limited avenues for the backbone of the Imperial Navy, many casual collectors won't even know about those sets and thus will have no pilots for their TIEs. The most current TIE Pilot figure is from the Evolutions mold, which has awkward hips and no ankle articulation, and the wrong jumpsuit texture design; meanwhile, your recent Imperial Scanning Trooper figure is nearly perfect for the TIE Pilot needs since they're the same costume in the films and that figure looks better, it just needs gloves, chest armor, a different head and a helmet, and maybe a slight retool of the left upper arm to remove the code cylinders. Will there be a less limited way to get Pilots for the recent TIE Fighters coming up, specifically a basic-carded release like TVC or Saga Legends? And what about that being a new figure using the Scanning Trooper body?
- - We understand the need to anchor the Vintage line with core characters in order to preserve the longevity of the toy line, but what about at least changing up the cardback images to give the longtime collectors something to get excited about? For instance, we know we don't have to twist your arm very hard to get you to rerelease a Darth Vader figure; but would you consider repacking the current TVC figure on a Star Wars card or, even better, on a ROTJ card with a Sebastian Shaw 'Vader Unmasked' reference photo (the figure could be packed in the bubble with his helmet off)? We know you're doing this with the Luke Jedi figure, but that's more a case of expressing the right version of the character to match that figure; this would serve the dual purpose of keeping the core characters in circulation for the casual collectors while giving the hardcore collectors something else to look forward to. Package variations existed back in the original line with different backs, and under different movie lines, and a few even had different pictures, so there is classic justification for it.
- - With themed waves going away, what will be the general method for planning new waves? It used to be a school of thought that said "1 army builder, 1 alien, 1 main character" et cetera, but that was when the choices for that wave were merely from a single movie scene rather than the entirety of Star Wars. What aspects will upcoming wave planning keep from the last 3 years, and what will change?
- - Sgt. Bric's initial cartoon outing turned out to be kind of a bust. The character was an unmemorable jerk and didn't really add anything to his storyline. In fact, if not for the action figure you guys did, he'd be a complete nobody in 2010. And on top of that, the postage on his set when it arrived in Los Angeles was a whopping $5.15, so after the cost of the box and the handling, just getting it out the door probably ate the entire $6.99 right there. Combine that with the fancy packaging and the battle mat, and the fact that he's 100% new tooling with some pricey-looking (for CW) paint, and it seems like Bric's quite an expensive promotional venture for Hasbro to have undertaken... all for a minor jerk of a character. What is it about Bric that made you choose him for a big Clone Wars mail-away promo figure?
- - From early pictures, it appears the upcoming R5-D4 figure will not have the painted red panels on his back. That might sound like a minor issue, but the panels are clearly visible in the film when the droid's motivator blows up, and they help give the little guy a bit more visual pop. Neither the 1996 nor the 2006 versions of R5-D4 had these painted either, so it's disappointing to see that the third time is not the charm (though it remains a detail that the original vintage figure got right). Given the number of running changes we've seen so far in The Vintage Collection, is it at all possible that this oversight might be changed on future shipments?
- - The Force FX lightsabers are targeted at adult collectibles, for a group who generally desire accuracy in their prop collectibles, and yet the latest ROTS Obi-Wan's lightsaber with removable blade suffers a big inaccuracy due to the blade needing to be securely anchored. However, with your removable-blade designs, you've started using dummy parts to fill in the removed blades, and we wonder if you'd consider for future thin-necked lightsabers like Luke ROTJ and Obi-Wan having the removable blade take the entire thick "neck" with it and having a more accurate thin-necked dummy design replace it. That much weight anchoring has been accomplished before in the thick metal coupler for the Maul saber halves that screwed together, on these thin-neck sabers the neck could screw down to the top part of the grip. That would let collectors have their cake and eat it too by giving an accurate hilt prop display with the thin neck, while still having the light-up blade play using the thick neck. So has there been any consideration for that sort of thing, and might it be seen in future Force FX sabers when needed?
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A group of young medical students begins to experiment with bizarre pharmaceutical research drugs while listening to therapy session tapes from the Seventies. On the tapes are interviews with homicidal couple John and Wilma Hopper (Ezra Buzzington and Elina Madison) - psychotic sexual deviants who claimed to be possessed by demons. Soon the group of students are pursued and raped to death by the shape-shifting Hoppers and their monstrous genitalia.
If the above synopsis sounds fucked up to you, you're not alone! Someone's Knocking at the Door is part of a new breed of horror flicks in which the source of the horror stems from the human body: monstrous, warped and shockingly mutated bodies featuring all manner of grotesque orifices and appendages. Essentially riffing on the likes of Teeth, Dead Girl, Ginger Snaps, Bad Biology and to an extent Jennifer's Body, all of which actually follow on from where Cronenberg started off, Troma graduate Ferrin's fourth feature also boasts all manner of horrific scenarios derived from the human body. Particularly during the act of sex.
While those films followed events from the confused and hapless protagonist's (whose body it is raging out of control) perspective, Someone's Knocking at the Door approaches similar subject matter from a different angle. Boasting graphic and sickening imagery not really seen since the outrageous viscera of Argento's Mother of Tears and Jenifer, it features a couple of sexually deviant, shape-shifting psychos whose method of murdering their victims involves the utilisation of their monstrous genitalia to rape them to death. Barbara Creed must be positively cart-wheeling. The source of onscreen horror in this movie is no different from the others mentioned in that it is derived from aberrant bodies. Ravenous vaginas, alarmingly engorged penises and deadly libidos are the order of the day. Throw into the mix experimental drug use, relentlessly trippy visuals, head-meltingly psychotropic imagery, filthily black humour and a break-neck pace, et voila: Someone is indeed knocking on the door. And they're not using their hand.
The 'sex kills' mantra of so many slasher movies throughout the years is taken to its shockingly graphic conclusion in this film. While not an exploration of the horror of the human body and what happens when it begins to change into something else, Someone's Knocking at the Door can still be considered a variant of the 'body-horror' sub-genre, and a memorable and shocking one at that. Opening with a highly disturbing and quite graphic male rape scene that immediately sets the nasty and bizarre tone, SKATD doesn't hold back when it comes to visually arresting, eye-popping SFX. Unfolding as a deliriously ferocious throwback to 70s grindhouse splatter movies, it exhibits a genuinely hallucinatory and twistedly raw feel - aided by its low budget - as all manner of carnal and abhorrent sexual acts culminate in bloody death. As well as boasting plenty of its own 'what the fuck!?' moments, the film also finds time to slyly reference a few classics such as Evil Dead, Jacob's Ladder, Suspiria and Session 9.
A number of scenes prove particularly shocking and may even induce a little nervous laughter, especially the scene in which Meg (Andrea Rueda) is pursued through florescent-lit hospital corridors by the very naked and grossly obese Fuller (Terence Z. Stamp) who appears to have been resurrected from the dead complete with a grotesquely gigantic waggling penis. To add to the nightmarish nature of this scene, Ferrin accompanies it with an up-tempo and twisted pop song. Also rather shocking is the scene in which Annie (Silvia Spross) is chased through the woods after being abandoned by her boyfriend, only to be confronted by Wilma Hopper and her toothy clunge… Ouch. What happens next must be seen to be believed. In fact all of the furiously charged murder sequences possess an odd quality that may make the audience question how seriously they're supposed to be taking proceedings. With every attack, and glimpse of a massive dick or chomping lady-place, the ludicrous factor receives another boost.
Blurring the boundaries between dreams, hallucinations and reality, the audience is also constantly thrown off balance by increasingly deranged events and a warped perspective that is never really reliable - all the way to the ever-so-slightly disappointing 'twist' ending. Testament to the movie's effectiveness though, this doesn't detract from the sleazy, wanton and downright provocative power it welds.
The dreamier than thou Noah Segan (who also served as producer) heads up a uniformly competent cast of sexy, nihilistic college kids and cameoing horror stalwarts such as Joe Pilato and Lew Temple, while Ferrin directs events with deranged glee. The off kilter, feverish and wholly appropriate score is courtesy of Brad Joseph Breeck and it incorporates, amongst other things, warped industrial soundscapes which add to the undeniable splatter-punk ethos of proceedings.
Nasty, twisted and unforgettable.
Someone's Knocking At The Door is set to premiere in Ireland at the 2nd Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival in Belfast, Saturday 28th August.


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hasbro has an awesome new 12 inch body that is supposed to start apearing in stores later this year. photos of it are at www.smallblueplanet.com.
this body is awesome. very articulated. and unlike dragon, it will probably be very sturdy. hopefully they'll release it on a card so i can get some for the episode 2 12 inch line, which will probably still have those 30 year old bodies.


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Family: Troglodytidae, Wrens view all from this family
Description ADULT Has rich brown upperparts, with faint dark barring on wings and tail, and a striking white supercilium. Face is speckled grayish buff and underparts are warm buff. Bill is downcurved, and legs are orangeish. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 5 1/2" (14 cm)
Habitat Widespread and common resident in gardens, scrub, and dense woodland. Mainly sedentary, and northern populations suffer badly in harsh winters.
Observation Tips Easy to see and hear around houses and in gardens.
Range Great Lakes, Texas, Plains, New England, Eastern Canada, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Rocky Mountains
Voice Song is a rapid series of fluty whistles; call is a harsh, agitated tchee-tchee-tcheeÖ.
Discussion Vocal and familiar garden bird and a colorful, well-marked wren. Where range overlaps with similar Bewick's Wren, separated by warmer colors overall, uniformly barred, brown tail (without white outer tips), and delicate white-spotted wing bars. Indifferent to, or sometimes curious about, human observers. Sexes are similar.


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So, the "games" are only a way of making a larger number of people aware of the dogs who have the basic traits to perform as a hunting dog.
So, the "games" are only a way of making a larger number of people aware of the dogs who have the basic traits to perform as a hunting dog.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Thanks for all of the information, Gerry! You are a wonderful resource.
Some of the evaluators' names you mentioned are listed on the Norcal GRC site, so I will seek them out when the time comes next spring. In the meantime, I will read and stick to the wall and listen!
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained through the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment." Mahatma Gandhi
The dogs that have the HT or FT titles and are hunted extensively are truly superior hunting companions. Each time I judge I see these dogs showing that they are the elite dogs we all would enjoy hunting with.
It's easy to spot those dogs at a test. They make everything look easy and the teamwork is exceptional.
The post you quoted addressed a statement that the measure of a hunting dog was in the titles accrued, which I think is only partially true. A large portion of the dogs with advanced HT or FT titles are not enjoyable to hunt with. Some are never afforded the opportunity to develop into good hunting dogs while others can hold themselves together for 5 or 15 minutes at a time and have wonderful retrieving skills but would be a PITA if they had to just hang out for extended periods between retrieves or if you needed them to work from a remote position or sit quietly in a boat while you set or pick up decoys unless they have had the training and exposure to real hunting situations. Some never would, as they're just wound too tight for that kind of work. My point is that measuring real hunting ability just does not happen at trials and HT's. There's nothing wrong with that; that's not what the games are about.
I really enjoy running my dogs and judging tests and trials, but I also know that I need to train beyond what I need for success in the games to have a truly exceptional hunting companion. I hope that explains my opinion.-Paul
there's no good reason to fatten up a retriever.
Barb Gibson
CH Rosewood Little Giant VCD2 UDX VER RA MHU SH MXP MJP MFP T2BP TD DJ VCX WCX CCA CGC FFX-OG
also UCH HR UH UUD NN UJJ URO1 UHIT
(golden retriever) born 3-10-07
a.k.a. "Tito", "The Tito Monster"
Great thread! I just mailed an entry to have my male evaluated at a CCA event here in Canada. It will be very interesting to see my amateur impressions confirmed or refuted.
I have seen no mention of Nona Bauer's book The World of the Golden Retriever- a dog for all seasons. I had a hard to find copy which I loaned to someone...never got it back. I just ordered a used one from Amazon. It has some wonderful old pictures and if I remember, the dog and bitch breed winners of every GRCA Specialty from about 1955 to the early '90's. It is a perfect pictoral of how the bench dogs have evolved. The early dogs look very much like the one pictured at the beginning of this thread. There is an extensive section on field dogs. It is well worth rooting one of thesse books out for your library.
I will second what Medie says about Nona's book. It has been a staple in my library since it first came out and I have used it for research as well as reading it for pleasure.
Where could one get this book, Glenda?
John Baitinger
Barb Gibson
CH Rosewood Little Giant VCD2 UDX VER RA MHU SH MXP MJP MFP T2BP TD DJ VCX WCX CCA CGC FFX-OG
also UCH HR UH UUD NN UJJ URO1 UHIT
(golden retriever) born 3-10-07
a.k.a. "Tito", "The Tito Monster"
Will do...it is in November if there is a spot for him.


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January 1, 2010 - 9:08am
Blackwater headquarters (AP)
By MATT APUZZO
A federal judge cited repeated government missteps in dismissing all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a case that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed the case against the guards accused of the shooting in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.
The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead. The Iraqi government wanted the guards to face trial in Iraq and officials there said they would closely watch how the U.S. judicial system handled the case.
Urbina said the prosecutors ignored the advice of senior Justice Department officials and built their case on sworn statements that had been given under a promise of immunity. Urbina said that violated the guards' constitutional rights. He dismissed the government's explanations as "contradictory, unbelievable and lacking in credibility."
"We're obviously disappointed by the decision," Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said. "We're still in the process of reviewing the opinion and considering our options."
Prosecutors can appeal the ruling.
Ali al-Dabagh, the Iraqi government spokesman, said in a statement Friday that the government was dismayed by the court's dismissal of the case.
"The Iraqi government regrets the decision," he said. "Investigations conducted by specialized Iraqi authorities confirmed unequivocally that the guards of Blackwater committed the crime of murder and broke the rules by using arms without the existence of any threat obliging them to use force."
"The Iraqi government will follow up its procedures strictly and firmly to pursue the criminals of the above named company and to preserve the rights of the Iraqi citizens who were victims or the families who suffered losses from this crime."


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Sheikh-ul-Hadith Abdur Raheem Limbada very nice lecture on "The Status Of Weak Hadiths - Should They Be Rejected?.
February 6, 2012
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