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The military is a pretty badass place to be. There are lots of guns, lots of exotic locations, and lots of explosions. As a result of this environment, they need some pretty badass vehicles to go with them, like these monsters.
Harrier Jump Jet
The Harrier Jump Jet is, quite frankly, one of the greatest things to come out of Britain since Winston Churchill, The Queen, and Earl Grey Tea. Obviously, this had to be on this list. It's the only vehicle in the world that can take off and land vertically, thanks to two massive engines, one under each wing. Oh, and it's also armed with more guns, bombs, and explode-y things than there are enemies to blow up. If the US is ever invaded by Britain, we're dead because this thing could take on all of us and win easily. And be back home in time for crumpets and tea.
Hind D
This is the Russian MI-24 attack helicopter or the Hind D Gunship, as the name you may know it better by. Look at it this way: there's a good reason it's called a 'gunship' …because - holy crap - it's armed with so many guns you can't help but think the whole thing is a practical joke by the engineers who made it in seeing how many guns you can bolt onto one vehicle. Gaming geeks may also know this helicopters main weakness: Solid Snake. However, that's the weakness of most things.
The Zil 1
The Zil 1 is the truck that literally defies the term 'go anywhere'. It's fast, it's nimble, and if it could somehow fly up into the stars, we have absolutely no doubt this thing could climb up the face of God. It's the perfect vehicle for invading hilly, mountainous countries (ahem, Iraq and Afghanistan) and it's also packed with more armor than… something that's really heavily armored. Sure, it doesn't have much in the way of firepower but just remember, there's room in the back for a few dozen soldiers and you can bet your life they won't be unarmed.
Denel D6
We don't know how the naming conventions work for military vehicles but so far it appears to be 'Nonsensical Word' + 'Letter/Number/Combination of Both'. But back on subject: this is the Denel D6 Self Propelled Artillery vehicle from South Africa. Honestly, it seems to have taken the best bits of the Zil 1 (the armour, the ruggedness, the ability to drive on the face of the Almighty) and stuck one bloody big cannon on the top of it. Although we'd hate to be the driver sitting in front of that window because you know straight away that every enemy soldier for miles is going to be aiming their guns at that tiny little window right in front of your face. Hope the glass is strong, we guess.
Well, at least we've stopped with the whole naming convention we pointed out above; instead, however, they've decided to start making them make no sense at all. You'd be forgiven for thinking at first that this vehicle is actually a submarine, what with the way that's gracefully bobbing along the surface of that waterline, like a hippotamus with a giant armour-piercing gun on its head (they're rarely seen in Africa admittedly).
ADF SASR Land Rover
Yeah, now the names have started making no sense whatsoever. Modelled on the vehicles used by the SAS in the deserts of North Africa during World War 2 to blast Rommel's airfields into tiny pieces, these jeeps definitely have a pedigree of badass. And, tellingly, they're still used by the SAS (allegedly) in the deserts of Afghanistan where they're doing their very best to re-enact the ass whopping they dished out to the Nazis on the militia and Taliban. You might also look at those pictures and worry about the lack of protection for the drivers and gunners no fear, they're SAS. The bullets just stop mid-air once they realise they're flying at them and drop to the ground in pure fear.
OK, so we admit that vehicles with bigger guns on tend to look a lot more badass than vehicles with tiny, tiny guns on. It doesn't matter whether the vehicle has a land speed of 600mph or is made of gold and ivory, if its gun is smaller than 18", then it's practically useless. But, two guns? Well, then you end up with something like this sweet piece of metal ass. Oh, and those aren't normal bullet firing guns by the way. They launch rockets which can be remote-controlled by the operator, and guided up the asshole of pretty much anything that threatens the people inside. Between this and a tank, we'd have to take this any day of the week.
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Lakeside is out to the festival circuit.
It is with great joy and a fair amount of relief that we announce the end of post production on LAKESIDE, our first feature film as a company.
Our focus soon shifts back to completing our documentary on artist/rocker Jad Fair (after that, the website, we promise).
In the meantime, here is our latest trailer for LAKESIDE on vimeo.
Lakeside Backstory
Acclaimed author Jay Lake is a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has won a Writers of the Future contest and won the coveted John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has been nominated for multiple Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
Jay's latest trilogy was inspired by his adopted daughter, Bronwyn. The trilogy consists of GREEN, ENDURANCE, and his newest book KALIMPURA which launches February 2013.
Jay maintains a daily blog in which he writes openly about his life and his struggles with cancer.
This film started as a story about how Jay Lake had beaten cancer. He had been in remission for several months and everyone was pleased at how healthy he was looking.
We decided to follow Jay for one year, from birthday to birthday (or "JayCon" as he now calls his public birthday parties).
We began filming at Paradise Lost II, a writers workshop in San Antonio, Texas. Jay was a guest instructor with fellow author Steven Brust. He was happy and in great spirits.
We followed Jay back to Portland to cover JayCon 2012. He was among friends and family and was excited about the documentary.
When Jay sat for his first interview in his home, he fondly recalled his madcap childhood as son of a diplomat and his adventures across four continents and sixteen homes before he enrolled at the University of Texas.
His mother, Sarah, sat for an interview and expressed how happy she was at his good health even as she revealed painful memories of a marriage gone sideways and of children she could no longer raise.
Jay's step-mom and dad, Jody and Ambassador Joseph E. Lake (ret.) told stories of Jay as an inquisitive wild child and constant adventurer.
And, after getting comfortable with the project, Jay's daughter, Bronwyn, sat to discuss her life as a child abandoned in China who was rescued by Jay and his wife, Susan.
The story of Jay and Susan's courtship on the plains on Mongolia and their later decision to adopt a child just as his writing career was taking off is a beautiful chapter of this story.
Then, as we were filming, life happened. It started with a call that Jay's mom, Sarah, needed to be rushed to the emergency room. She was suffering symptoms that mirrored Jay's initial presentation of colon cancer.
The entire production changed tone as we were reminded that these are real people and that life doesn't always follow the script.
Jay's fear and guilt, as if he had somehow doomed his mother to a fate like his, was raw and emotional.
After that incident, the energy of the film changed. We could all sense that there was more bad news to come before we would finish filming.
In August, the devastating news came. Jay's cancer had returned and three aggressive tumors were devouring his liver.
His first words after learning of the news were to his daughter who was sitting on the couch three feet away.
"Bronwyn, I'm sorry."
The following scene was difficult to film and painful to witness. It is not what this film was supposed to be about.
As Jay and Bronwyn started calling the rest of the family with the surprising bad news, Bronwyn kept strong and level-headed. And then a family friend offered her words of sympathy and she momentarily cracked and became the frightened fourteen-year-old girl she really was. You will learn much of Bronwyn's strength and artistry from this film.
Within weeks, Jay was again suffering the desperate effects of chemotherapy. Can he win this game of "kill the cancer, save the patient"?
That's what we're hoping for and that is now the film we are making.
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But I still assert that's no reason to write off the field as a whole. For one, there are plenty of good studies out there, and it's often the media that warps results into broad conclusions, not the scientists themselves. Two, it's a baby field that's still learning quality control - give it another ten years to refine its standards and come up with improved ways to make measurements, such as advanced brain activity imaging technology. And three, it is completely unreasonable to insist that the brain is magically not under selective pressure like every other thing in nature.
Unless it doesn't mesh with your philosophy, of course.
Sometimes I hate calling myself a feminist because of who it associates me with. For example, this latest example of feminist sciencephobia from Jill at I Blame The Patriarchy:
Evolutionary psychology rests on the shaky (often enpornulated) hypothesis that modern human social behaviors are actually species-preserving adaptations.
No, it rests on the very strong hypothesis that the brain evolves like any other organ.
Because evolutionary psychology, like all psuedoscience, is administered by jackasses who are heavily invested in patriarchy, the behaviors in question just happen to be the very same behaviors commonly observed to be beloved of patriarchyists. And also of sexists, misogynists, horndogs, militarists, straight people, politicians, consumers of pornography, consumers of "beauty," racists, godbags, liberal men, Hollywoodists, homophobes, matrimonialists, and other cogs in the megatheocorporatocratic machine. Everybody who loves the current world order loves the romantic myth that it is the result of the random interaction of mindless genes, or biological "design." Sadly, the world order is actually the result of something way more sinister: the completely arbitrary social construct of the culture of domination and submission.
I should have stopped reading here, but I was impressed. I didn't think someone could fit so many straw men and ad hominems in a single paragraph! But I know Jill thinks this is her "snarky" "style," so I kept reading to see her views on the science.
Annie Murphy Paul uses revelations facilitated by evolutionary psychology to make the (tired old) case that women are pretty much prisoners of biology, or, more specifically, of the menstrual cycle. Her apparent thesis: ovulating women are constrained by biological impulse to go to bars, wear tight dresses, and emit musical, magical laughter, whereupon they become attracted to male lantern-jawed superheroes. Non-ovulating women, on the other hand, are practically a different species. They are drab and dull and fail to effervesce or mate, and prefer pansy-ass dudes.As an evolutionary biologist, I've yet to hear an evolutionary biologist who claims people are prisoners of biology. We are, however, not immune to our biology. It's not insane to suggest that some of our behavior is innate - humans just have the special ability to consciously choose to overcome some of it. That may be difficult for behaviors that are really ingrained in us for evolutionary reasons.
For example, we've evolved to crave sugary food because thousands of years ago, that craving would have kept us alive. It's subconscious - we don't think, "Gee, I really want that cookie because I may not be able to eat for another week." It explains why people are inclined to eat too much sugary food now that it's abundant, but it by no means says we are prisoners to that behavior and that we must eat sugary food until we're diabetic.
Many feminists would have no problem with that example, but they still proceed to freak out when the same thought process is applied to behavior between the sexes. Even if we did find some difference between the sexes, that doesn't mean there's a value difference between those behaviors, nor does it mean we even have to do them.
But no. Jill and feminists like her are just content imagining a world where Big Bad Male Scientists are out to get them:
Paul cites research conducted, unfortunately, by psychologists and "dating advisers," since who else would know from this shit? One researcher dude juxtaposed menstrual cycle data with the nightly revenues of (a whopping) 18 lap dancers. Awesome.
Research dude: Hmm. I wonder where we could conduct some research on ovulating women?
Grad student dude: How about a strip club? We can totally multitask by working and abusing the sex class at the same time.
Research dude: It's pure genius! I'll take full credit.
In this case research dude concluded that not only do strip club clientele discern whether lap dancers are ovulating, but that pervs lavish more cash on ovulating lap dancers than they do on dull old non-ovulating ones. Paul calls this "one of the most arresting studies of male responses to female fertility cues."
She goes on to miss the point so badly that I'm inclined to believe she's misrepresenting Geoffrey Miller's study on purpose to fulfill her paranoid fantasies. As someone who's actually read the paper in question, allow me to correct Jill (or you know, you could be a good scientist and go read it yourself.):
Female fertility cues! Apparently women who work in strip clubs are not, contrary to what spinster aunts have maintained through the ages, just trying to make the best of their fucked-up sex class status by working themselves through law school or a drug habit or a musician boyfriend. These hotsy-totsy babes are in fact sending their slavering clients "female fertility cues."Jill tries to spin it so it seems like the study is saying women become strippers just to send "female fertility clues." The study says no such thing about the motivation for becoming a stripper: It looks at women who already are strippers, and sees if there's any differences in the tips they get depending on where they are during their menstrual cycle. They found that men are more likely to tip when women are ovulating. They don't have a mechanism for the interaction, but speculate on what sort of cues could clue men in. Do the women behave differently? Is there some sort of physical difference men subconsciously notice? Is is a pheromone or other sort of chemical signal? They don't make any conclusions.
Furthermore, strippers who take birth control pills are "'shooting [themselves] in the foot,' since [they'll] miss out on the bountiful tips garnered by women in estrus." That's right. Sexploitation isn't about male domination, it's about human reproduction. Human reproduction is natural. Natural is good. Therefore sexploitation is good.
They are shooting themselves in the foot in terms of making tips. Since they don't ovulate, they don't receive the boost in tips. The researchers by no means imply that making tips is obviously the most important thing and birth control isn't important. Seriously, where the fuck does she even get the rest of that paragraph other than from an overactive imagination?
I about lost it when I hit the most glaring Biology Fail of the piece:
But isn't this just a reiteration of the hysterical women stereotype? Not at all, says one of the kindly dude researchers.
"The traditional and rather patronizing male view was that women are fickle, that their preferences are random and arbitrary. Now it turns out that what looks like fickleness is actually deeply adaptive and is shared with the females of most animal species."
OK, let's get this out of the way first: does Dude even realize that 'most animal species' are either arthropods or nematodes, depending on which geek you're talking to? Together they number in the millions. Here at Spinster HQ we were unable to locate any research on, for example, the fickleness of female flatworms. Maybe they like to sport around in spandex when it's that time of the month, but published studies omit to mention it. So this guy, in his attempt to science-ize an enormously detrimental sexist stereotype, grossly mischaracterizes the scope of the planet's animalian diversity to further his own anthrocentric worldview.
And also, do not speak to me, dude, of "the rather patronizing male view." How fucking patronizing is it to argue that 'fickleness' is a fucking adaptation shared by all females everywhere? That women's behavior is, in fact, irrational, only now this irrationality has scientifically proven reasons? This dude is killin' me!
Spinster HQ didn't look very hard, nor did they read very closely. The "fickleness" this "dude researcher" is talking isn't about irrationality, it's about is Bateman's principle, which is "the theory that females almost always invest more energy into producing offspring than males invest, and therefore in most species females are a limiting resource over which the other sex will compete." It's called that because this "dude researcher" named Bateman first found this trend in fruit flies. You know, arthropods. It's been found across a wide range of taxa.
Also note how it says "almost." There are plenty of counter examples of males being the choosy sex. And while there's evidence going both ways in humans, the point is it doesn't matter. If science did prove, without a doubt, that female humans invested more energy into reproduction and that caused them to evolve with a specialized set of behaviors, it doesn't mean we are slaves to that behavior or that it justifies our actions, or the actions of others around us.
The a priori assumption that evolutionary psychologists are all evil dudes with an agenda to instill 50s era gender roles is frankly paranoid. Ironically, Jill wrote a great post about how feminists need to trust science more. Too bad she's a hypocrite - this isn't the first time I've called her out on it. "Supporting science" is not the same as "Supporting science only when it doesn't make you uncomfortable about your world views."
And you know what? Feminists get the "man hater" stereotype exactly because of posts like that*. I'm a feminist because I'm pro social equality for both sexes. Dismissing researchers because they're male isn't equality.
*I should clarify because of a comment below. Feminists will carry that stereotype no matter how rational our arguments are or polite we act just because feminism pisses a lot of people off, and they react harshly out of privilege. But there are too many people who basically are feminists except they still believe that stereotype, because there's one rotten apple that's particularly stinky and ruins the label.


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Delicate Steve -- it's a great band name (actually, kinda brilliant), but it's also fitting. Steve Marion's music is delicate, and that's saying something, considering it's mostly driven by layers of clean and distorted guitars, overdubbed onto tribal grooves and occasionally surrounded by wordless vocal harmonies.
"At the time of making the first record, there was no infrastructure surrounding what Delicate Steve has become," Marion said by phone from his home in Fredon, N.J. "I made it all in one month and self-released it. It was totally different than anything I had done before that."
The recording also came at a transitional moment in Marion's life. "I had some health problems and heart problems," he said. "I was an athlete, and I couldn't do that anymore. I was in the hospital -- this was all before Delicate Steve." Marion said emerged feeling clear-headed, conscious and present; a couple of months later, he began recording Wondervisions, riding a new wave of creativity.
"I felt connected to this inspiration I had never felt before," he said. "I felt that when I was recording it, never before and never after. I was daydreaming about handing this record to all these people I really liked, but I was more excited about finishing it."
After the album was released, Delicate Steve became the subject of an industry-wide re-examination of the nature of press releases and journalism, after writer Chuck Klosterman agreed to write a band press release -- without ever hearing the album. (An excerpt: "Like a hydro-electric Mothra rising from the ashes of an African village burned to the ground by post-rock minotaurs, the music of Delicate Steve will literally make you the happiest person who has never lived.) It was a clever stunt, and it landed Delicate Steve some press from NPR and other prominent media sources.
But the album was good enough on its own to merit the critical attention, channeling Stevie Wonder/Michael Jackson-era Motown (the album's called Wondervisions, after all, and the cover mirrors the front of Wonder's 1973 album Innervisions), King Sunny Ade and Uncle Meat-era Frank Zappa. While guitar solos and virtuosity almost always sound out of place -- or outdated, let's say -- in contemporary music, Marion manages to re-introduce his instrument, to somehow make it indie-rock appropriate.
"I just always grew up playing the guitar to whatever I was playing in the room, trying to mimic the vocal style," Marion said. "I was really impressed by Michael Jackson's tight, speedy vocal attack. I guess that's the perspective I'm coming from. Instead of just trying to solo on the guitar, I'm trying to emulate non-guitar sounds on the guitar."
Early on, through playing in bands and meeting other musicians, Marion became interested in recording, and soon he was known as a "guitar player/producer-arranger guy." "For me personally," Marion said, "I've always been, even before Delicate Steve, the guitar player in the high school band, the band around town. That was my instrument... I was in a kind of progressive rock band in high school -- improvising, developing my sound through that. I always thought I was the least competent part of the group." For a person who spends so much time playing guitar, Marion isn't a typical guitar collector/nut. In fact, he still plays the first guitar he ever received from his parents. "My first electric guitar was a Fender Strat, and as a teenager getting into alternative music I was getting more into different instruments," Marion says. "Then, I remember buying a metal-style guitar. Now I'm back to playing the first ever guitar again, that first Strat."
For the new Delicate Steve record, Positive Force, which will be released on July 10, Marion said he tried to stay from territory he already visited on Wondervisions. The first single, "Afria Talks To You," layers bottleneck guitar and '80s synth pads over a slow-jam beat. "I didn't just want to make a record with all these whammy sounds," Marion said. "I was trying to avoid certain sounds that I had used on the first... This one is just me again. A couple of the guys who are my friends came over and we all sang on some stuff together. But it was just me, and it was recorded and composed in between this past year of being on tour."
Marion's currently touring with tUnE-yArDs; the pair performs at the Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton on June 14. After that, he'll tour with Yeasayer for the rest of June.
"It's been incredible," Marion said. "They are all my favorite and most inspiring musicians. It's a trip to be on the same bill, to watch these people I love every night, just constantly feeling like being grateful for what's happened to me."
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After spending most of Oct. 7, 2012, cutting up fallen trees, dragging the debris to the woods and decommissioning a storm-damaged stand, most hunters would've been happy to spend the remains of the day in a recliner.
Jim Twiggs might've done just that, too, if his buddy hadn't announced that he was going to see the sunset from a deer stand.
Jim's friend, Ted Galbreath, had brought his hunting gear to the farm, so staying to hunt was an easy choice. Jim, however, had to go home to collect his stuff, and then drive back in order to sit in a tree for a couple of hours.
He was in a tree by 5:00, and deer began coming to the alfalfa field, several of them right past his stand, 10 minutes later.
About 6:45, Jim was tempted by a nice 9-pointer. Seeing another, much bigger buck made the decision easy.
Maybe 20 seconds after Jim resolved to take the 40-yard shot with his crossbow, the second buck crossed in front of him.
After the thwack, both bucks took off running along the field's edge, eventually cutting through a gap in the strip of trees. The 24-pointer went to ground in the corn stubble on the other side.
"The left antler was sticking up, but the right side was partially buried in the soft earth," Jim said. "I had to pull really hard to free it from the corn stalks and dirt, and only then did I realize the buck was far more than a decent 10-pointer!"
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To describe a spelling bee as "enthralling" is probably teetering on the edge of sanity, but I must say every time the national bee rolls around I am giddy. Between the bizarre mnemonics, the fainting, and the Alex Trebekian-bred announcers, I just can't get enough. As nerdy as that statement may sound, it speaks volumes that this year the bee made its way out of ESPN's weekend-crappy-time-slot obscurity and into prime-time on a major network station. If only we could get Dick Vitale to call the play-by-play next year. That would be one entertaining event.
If you hadn't noticed, spelling is now "hot." Well, sort of. I doubt the masses will be lining up for autographs of spelling bee champions any time soon. I sometimes wonder if there is a direct correlation with spelling aptitude and social awkwardness. Awkwardness certainly abounded on that Washington D.C. stage last night. Then again, I'd like to see any adult (myself included) stand up on stage in front of millions of viewers and spell "autochthonous" (the winning word of 2005) with such finesse. I reckon the nationwide acceptance and appreciation of such talent and ability has grown leaps and bounds over the last few years. Surely that's thanks to ventures like last year's fabulous, though not so blockbuster film--"Akeelah and the Bee"--a movie I am not ashamed to admit made me shed a tear or three. It's also a movie that despite rave reviews and the public blessing of "Reverend" Oprah Winfrey, didn't fare so well at the box office. Black girls winning spelling bees isn't quite as appealing as black women whoring themselves for Academy Awards, I guess.
The presence of "diversity" among the spellers is a matter of perspective. When I worked for Google, a large percentage of the company's employees were East Indian. Needless to say, naan is now one of my staples. Most companies would put a feather in their diversity cap for pulling such numbers. In the tech world however, it has become quite clear that a large presence of East Indian employees is the rule and not the exception. So diversity for Google meant recruiting more women and more Americans of color. In that same vein, I often notice that at spelling bees, diversity abounds, but really, it doesn't. The statistics are fascinating. Some commonalities found among the majority might be: quality of school district, socioeconomic status, and presence of two parents in the home. I'd be curious to know exactly what are the makings of a typical championship speller. I won't lie; year after year I wonder why we don't see any more black students up there competing for the title. The "Why" is probably a much bigger question than I'm willing to discuss here. This year, however, I was very pleased to see Kennyi Aouad, 11, of Terre Haute, Indiana, a "fly" in the proverbial buttermilk of academic competitions. I almost cried. Clearly spelling bees are emotional occasions for me.
I also shouldn't fail to mention this year's winner, Evan O'Dorney, whose winning word "serrefine" seemed to present little challenge to his studious mind. But my pick of the night was the lone girl in the top ten, firecracker Isabel Jacobsen of Madison, Wisconsin. I can't help but keep solidarity with my chromosome sisters. She made it into the top three spellers and to boot she is one smart cookie. In her video profile aired during the bee, she mentioned one of her favorite words I will soon be adding to my arsenal:
"Kakistocracy": Rule by the least-able or least-principled of citizens; a form of government in which the people least qualified to control the government are the people who control the government.
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Fairly important, but not as crucial as the presidential debates, according to a new national poll released as the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced the moderators of this autumn's four general election debates.
A CNN/ORC International poll released Monday indicates that 57% of Americans say that in past elections, presidential debates were very important to their vote for president, with 46% saying that the choice of a running a running mate was very important.
The poll was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, before Saturday's announcement by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney that House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin was his running mate. This poll can not be seen as a reaction to the Ryan pick.
Forty-one percent said positive television commercials were very important to their vote, 31% saying that convention speeches were very important, one in four said the vice presidential debates were very important, and 13% said that negative TV ads were very important to their vote for president.
"Independents tended to ranked most of those items as less important to them than Democrats and Republicans did," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "That's probably because independents are not partisans and tend to tune out overtly political messages. That, in turn, may make it difficult for either candidate to reach this critical bloc of voters, even on debate nights."
The debate commission announced Monday that Candy Crowley, CNN's chief political correspondent and host of "State of the Union," will be the first woman in 20 years to moderate a presidential debate. She'll host the second showdown between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on October 16 in Hempsted, New York, at Hoftsra University.
Other debate moderators announced Monday included PBS' Jim Lehrer, who will host the October 3 debate in Denver, and CBS' Bob Schieffer, who will host an October 22 debate in Boca Raton, Florida. Martha Raddatz of ABC News will moderate the vice presidential debate, which will be held October 11 in Danville, Kentucky.
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LOS ANGELES, October 7, 2013—The Raiders and Jets shocked the Chargers and Falcons while the Broncos and Cowboys made NFL 2013 Week 5 one for the ages. With that, here is the NFL 2013 Week 5 Wrapup.
Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns was the Thursday night game. This was a topsy-turvy game that saw Cleveland trail 10-0, lead 17-10, trail 24-17, and lead 30-24 late. Yet while this was a fine football game, injuries to both quarterbacks in this game led backups Tuel and Brandon Weeden to finish things. With less than two minutes left, Tuel was intercepted by Ward, who took it 44 yards for the clinching touchdown. 20 unanswered points gave Cleveland their third straight win, but both of these teams are concerned about losing their quarterbacks. 37-24 Browns
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Kansas City Chiefs at Tennessee Titans—The Chiefs led 13-0 at halftime, trailed 17-13 after three quarters, and led 23-17 late. With 2 1/2 minutes to go from their own 39, Fitzpatrick was intercepted. A fourth field goal by Ryan Succop put the game out of reach with 90 seconds left. Andy Reid and the Chiefs are 5-0 only one year after going 2-14. Reid is already on his way to being coach Walrus Lite of the year. 26-17 Chiefs
Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins—This game was tied 3-3, 6-6, 13-13 and 23-23. With 1:47 left, Justin Tucker hit his fourth field goal from 44 yards out to give the Ravens the lead. On 4th and 10 at their own 20. Ryan Tannehill scrambled and threw a Hail Mary that was caught for a 46 yard gain with one minute left. Tannehill was then sacked to set up 4th and 15. A 57 yard field goal try by Sturgis was no good as the Ravens hung on for the tough win. 26-23 Ravens
Jacksonville Jaguars at St. Louis Rams —Blaine Gabbert was awful, throwing one touchdown pass to each team as the Jaguars trailed 24-10 at halftime. Chad Henne came in and got the Jacksonville within 27-20 in the fourth quarter, but Sam Bradford had three touchdown passes and 0 interceptions. Bradford found Pettis for a 31 yard touchdown to send the winless Jaguars to only 11 games short of 0-16 and Jadavean Clowney. 34-20 Rams
New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals — A steady rain became a monsoon by the fourth quarter. On 4th and goal at the 1, Marvin lewis went for it. Former Patriots running back Benjarvus "Law Firm" Green-Ellis crashed in as the Bengals had a 13-3 fourth quarter lead. New England kicked a field goal and got it back with 1:48 to play. From the Cincy 25 with 20 seconds left, Tom Brady went for it all and Adam "Pacman" Jones tipped bobbled, and while on the ground intercepted it. The Patriots suffered their first loss. After 52 straight games with a touchdown pass, Brady does not and the record of 54 by Drew Brees remains intact. 13-6 Bengals
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Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis Colts —A thrilling shootout saw the Seahawks block a punt for a safety and the Colts block a field goal for a touchdown. Seattle trailed by six with 1:55 left but had the ball at their own 42. On 4th and 15 Russell Wilson was intercepted and the Seahawks were knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten as the Colts at 4-1 led their division as well. This was expected to be a fine football game, and it was. 34-28 Colts.
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers—Aaron Rodgers went bombs away to James Jones for an 83 yard touchdown and Mason Crosby kicked five field goals as order was restored to the NFC North. 22-9 Packers
New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears—The Saints led 20-7 at halftime and Garrett Hartley's fourth field goal made it 26-10 Saints. Jay Cutler hit Brandon Marshall for a two yard touchdown with just over two minutes left but the onside kick failed. Sean Payton, Drew Brees and the Saints remained unbeaten at 5-0 for the first time since the 2009 Super Bowl champions. 26-18 Saints
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants—The Eagles only led 22-21 after three quarters in a game where Michael Vick pulled a hamstring and came out. Yet turnovers have killed the Giants all season. Nick Foles threw touchdown passes of 25 yards to Captain Morgan Brent Celek and five yards to Desean Jackson as the Eagles pulled away in the fourth quarter. Eli Manning threw three more interceptions as the Giants fell to 0-5 with another bad loss. 36-21 Eagles.
Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals —Carolina led 6-3 at halftime, but Cam Newton had a miserable game. He was sacked for a safety, saw a red zone interception returned to midfield, and then had an interception returned half the field to the Carolina 9. Carson Palmer hit Dray for a 7 yard touchdown and Rashaard Mendenhall had a one yard touchdown run. 22-6 Cardinals
Denver Broncos at Dallas Cowboys —This instant classic will be played 100 years from now. Peyton Manning finished 33 of 42 for 414 yards. Tony Romo was 25 of 36 for 506 yards. Both quarterbacks had five touchdowns and one interception although one Manning score came on the ground. Manning's interception came after 20 touchdown passes. With the score tied at a ridiculous 48-48, Romo was intercepted with 1:57 to play as Denver had it at the Dallas 24. On 3rd and 1 from the 2, Knowshon Moreno got the first down. Manning did not even try and score. He took a knee and bled the clock for the field goal. Matt Prater was good from 28 and Denver got to 5-0 with the thrilling win. 51-48 Broncos
Houston Texans at San Francisco 49ers —Matt Schaub threw an interception for a touchdown for the fourth straight week to start the game, and a couple other interceptions set up 49ers scores. The 49ers blasted the Texans and Schaub was benched and Colin Kaepernick hit Vernon Davis for a 64 yard touchdown in a blowout. 34-3 49ers
San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders — Philip Rivers was quickly intercepted and Terrelle Pryor's first pass was a 44 yard touchdown bomb to Rod Streater. Pryor completed his first 10 passes and an 88 yard drive resulted in a two yard touchdown to Denarius Moore as the Raiders built a 17-0 halftime lead that included a 4th and goal from the one goal line stand. In the second half the Raiders blocked a field goal and Charles Woodson returned a fumble 25 yards for a 24-3 lead. San Diego mounted a furious fourth quarter rally but Sebastian Janikowski drilled a 50 yard field goal off the dirt. Philip Rivers passed for 414 yards but late game interceptions by DJ Hayden and Woodson were the final daggers. 27-17 Raiders
New York Jets at Atlanta Falcons was the Monday Night game. The Jets blocked a punt early, ended the half with a goal line stand, and saw Geno Smith throw touchdown passes to Cumberland, Kerley, and Winslow as the Jets led 27-14 after three quarters. A long punt return led to a 3rd and goal at the one touchdown pass to Kellen Winslow Jr. Jacquez Rodgers had touchdowns of 4 and 19 yards as Atlanta closed to 27-21. With 2:16 to play Matt Ryan threw incomplete on 4th and 3 from the Jets 7. Yet defensive holding gave Atlanta life, and Matty Ice hit Levine Toilolo for the go-ahead touchdown with 1:54 left. Smith worked the 2 minute drill perfectly, and Nik Folk came in for the 42 yard kick to win it with three seconds left. Folk was good and the Jets had the shocking win. The Jets are 3-2 and the Falcons have gone from top seed last year to 1-4 this year. 30-28 Jets
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Family and friends gathered to pray for the safe return of one local woman. Jennifer Ramsaran, 36 hasn't been heard from since December. As our Elyse Mickalonis tells us, those who knew her are staying strong during a difficult time.
CHENANGO COUNTY, N.Y. -- People who know Jennifer Ramsaran are stunned that she's vanished.
"The last thing in the world that you could ever imagine is going through something like this. And the kids and I, our families, all that we think and worry about is knowing that Jen is going to be fine, that she's going to be safe, that she's okay," said Ganesh Remy Ramsaran, Jennifer Ramsaran's Husband.
Family and friends of Ramsaran got together on Saturday in Norwich to pray for her safe return. The New Berlin native was last seen on December 11th. Deputies say the mother of three told her husband she was going to Destiny USA in Syracuse the day she disappeared. Police have found her cell phone and car.
"You don't think the police have done evidence they need to do? If there's any type of evidence, the police have everything. They're doing everything they can. They've been incredible," said Ramsaran.
Now those close to Ramsaran are asking for the public's help. They released lanterns and handed out flyers with her picture Saturday and hope others will spread the word about her disappearance.
"The majority of those that are missing and are located alive and well, it is because of the general public. Because they've made a recognition from the media about that person who is missing and being able to spot the person at that point and say, 'Wait a minute, she looks just like the young lady on the news this morning,'" said Cynthia Caron, LostNMissing President and Founder.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) today released the "IIA 2013 Broadband Guide for the 113th Congress." The Alliance created the 21-page Guide to provide the next generation of policy makers and leaders with the information they need to make informed decisions about Internet policy. It includes six major sections complete with answers to common questions, definitions of technical terms and background on the importance of the Internet Protocol (IP) evolution.
"Few American innovations have changed the world more profoundly and positively than the Internet," said IIA Honorary Chairman Rick Boucher, who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 28 years. "Today more than 2.5 billion people are connected to the Internet and have access to information and opportunities that did not exist 20 years ago."
Boucher – also co-founder of the House Internet Caucus and former chair of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications & the Internet – added, "It's critical that policy makers be well-informed as they make decisions affecting the Internet in order to promote and encourage the expansion of Internet investment, access and adoption."
The Guide also includes broadband-related data points such as:
- Over the past three years, American smartphone adoption has increased from 16.9 percent to 54.9 percent, according to Nielsen.
- One out of three American homes now relies on wireless-only technologies, according to the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
- The tech industry added nearly 100,000 jobs from January to June 2012, a 1.7 percent increase, according to TechAmerica Foundation's Competitiveness Series.
- As of April 2012, 66 percent of American adults had a high-speed broadband connection at home versus 11 percent a decade earlier in March 2002, according to Pew Research.
- The app economy, which didn't even exist five years ago, now employs more than 500,000 Americans, according to research by Economist Michael Mandel.
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A 17-year-old East Chicago boy was shot to death late Monday night.
Darion Glover was pronounced dead due fatal gunshot wounds at 10:54 p.m. in the 3600 block of Main Street — only two blocks east of his home on Guthrie Street.
East Chicago police are investigating the incident as a homicide.
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Yates A, Stark J, Klein N, Antia R, Callard R (2007) Understanding the slow depletion of memory CD4+ T cells in HIV infection. PLoS Med 4(5): e177. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040177
In the published manuscript, Figures 3, 4, 6, and 7 were generated using slightly different parameter values than those quoted in the captions. Corrected versions of these figures are shown here. None of the conclusions of the study change as a result.
Figure 3. Steady-State Pool Size as a Function of Virus Infectivity pdoi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050011.g001
Figure 4. The Predicted Time for Memory CD4+ T Cell Numbers to Decline from 100% to 50% of Healthy Numbers, as a Function of Virus Infectivity pdoi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050011.g002
Figure 6. The Predicted Steady-State Pool Size as a Function of Virus Infectivity p, in the Presence of Different Levels of Immune Activation a*doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050011.g003
Figure 7. The Predicted Time Course of CD4+ Memory T Cell Numbers as They Decline to Their Steady State Level for Different Levels of Immune Activation a* in the Presence of HIVdoi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050011.g004
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The homeostatically dividing cell death rate μ is 0.77/day, not 1.06 as stated in the original caption to Figure 4. This rate is calculated using the constraint that approximately 1% of CD4+ T cells in blood are activated at the healthy set point, giving
In the third paragraph of the Results section, in the sentence beginning, "For the simulations we show below, we used the linear forms…", the equation should read a(x) =a0 (1−x/κ).
At the end of the next paragraph, "given a and r" should read "given a(x) and r".
In the caption of Figure 5, the third equation should read dw/dt = f a* x–(γ1 – γ2)w –pzw.
The authors are exceptionally grateful to Ben Bolker, Jess Beasley, and Carol Chaffee for bringing attention to these errors.
Citation: Yates A, Stark J, Klein N, Antia R, Callard R (2008) Correction: Understanding the Slow Depletion of Memory CD4+ T Cells in HIV Infection. PLoS Med 5(1): e11. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050011
Received: November 28, 2007; Accepted: November 28, 2007; Published: January 29, 2008
Copyright: © 2008 Yates et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


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TCU tallied 10 or more hits for the 22nd time this season.
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TCU improved to 15-0 when scoring six or more runs.
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Other websites are reporting that the fan favorite — who plays Lily Snyder — turned down an insulting offer to re-sign her contract. But the show's executive producer Chris Goutman says this isn't the case.
"We made Martha an incredibly generous offer in hopes that she would remain a valuable member of the As the World Turns cast," Goutman says in a statement. "Unfortunately, Martha has decided to leave despite our best efforts to keep her."
Those close to the situation swear that's valid.
"When Goutman says 'generous,' he means it — the offer was generous by anyone's standards," insists one longtime staffer. "I don't know what else the show could have done for Martha."
The actress, who is still taping episodes, will be off the air by April.
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Please don't kill off Martha Byrne's Character. She may come back, as she has done in the past. Jon Helmsley got tired in the past too and wanted out. Then he was brought back.
The best thing you can do is keep trying to get her change her mind. If not, put her in a comma, until she does change her mind.


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Usually we are only required to face our fears on an occasional basis. Once in awhile. Not that often. With time in between each so that we can process our feelings and grow from the experience, right?
Not yesterday.
I had to face several of mine, all in one day. Isn't that some sort of hard core psycho-therapy technique?
Now, will admit, these are not gut-wrenching, blood-draining fears that make me lose my you-know-what. Because I know phobias can be very real and life altering for some people. I'd say, these are more things that make me uncomfortable. Nervous. Perhaps they are an extremely mild form of phobias? I get a bit anxious, my heart rate elevates a bit, and I certainly don't like them, but I am still able to face them and carry on with my day.
But all of these in one day? Sheesh!
To start off the day, I was working in Jace's preschool class and it just so happend that they were having a special guest visitor. The Parrot Lady. I am not a fan of being up close to birds of any kind. Don't get me wrong, I love birds and I think they are beautiful. I just prefer to view them from a distance. When I worked at the veterinary hospital one of our doctors treated pet birds, and all of the other technicians always made me assist him because they knew I didn't like the winged critters. They were difficult patients and not very nice to me. The very worst thing? If one got lose and started flapping around the room! Eeek!
The Parrot Lady's birds were all very well behaved, but she did have one fly around the room, which made me want to hide under the sensory table! Jace was much braver than I was, and let one sit on his head, he held one on his arm,
and he even fed one a treat after it did a trick.
After I composed myself from that ordeal, Jace and I headed across town to drop him off at Erik's office so I could go to a haircut appointment. But first, we had to ride in an elevator, another fear I had to face. I am not claustrophobic, but I do have anxiety about getting stuck in an elevator. It's never happened to me before, but I am sure it will one of these days. I think it will every time I get in one. Usually, I opt for the stairs when possible, but climbing eleven flights of stairs with a 4-year-old and limited time to do so, did not sound like a challenge I could conquer just then.
The next fear I had to face was going to get my haircut by a new-to-me stylist. I get a bit anxious about getting my haircut anyway (is it because I am a control freak and feel very out of control when it comes to haircutting?) I had finally found a stylist that I loved and had been going to for about a year and a half, and then when I called to make my appointment this time they told me "she no longer works here." Wha??? Of course, because that always happens to me. I bucked up and saw someone knew, and survived. She did an okay job, but not as good as my former stylist. So the hunt continues.
Lastly, I decided to face another fear last night, since it was apparently the theme of the day. I don't do much cooking with fresh herbs, except for cilantro, chives and basil, all of which I love. Everything else I use are usually dried, when I do use them. I was excited about this recipe also because it uses buckwheat instead of a form of wheat (wheatberries or farro), which is what I think a traditional recipe would use.
Buckwheat Tabbouleh (recipe adapted from Angela at Oh She Glows)
- 1 cup raw buckwheat groats
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups fresh Italian (flat leaf) Parsley (curly would work too)
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 cucumber, seeded and chopped
- 2 small carrots, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup vegetable broth (reserved from cooking buckwheat)
- 2 T extra virgin olive oil
- 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- salt and pepper to taste
Bring vegetable broth to a boil in a medium sized pot and add in the buckwheat groats. Reduce to simmer and cook about 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain off any remaining liquid and reserve. Meanwhile, finely chop all the veggies and place in a large bowl. In a small bowl whisk together lemon juice, broth and oil. Add cooked buckwheat and chickpeas to veggies and pour on dressing. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper as needed (I didn't add salt because this broth has a lot in it.). Allow to stand for about 30 minutes to let flavors develop. Makes about 5 cups.
I was a little leary of using that much parsley, but once I tasted this salad, I knew it was a nice amount. Not too much to be too overpowering, but you can definitely taste it.
It is a very nice spring-time meal and would make a great side dish for Easter dinner!
And now, I continue the theme of facing my fears and get to get up in front of 80-something people and speak tonight at the Cub Scouts annual Blue and Gold Banquet which I have been planning and working on for several months… Wish me luck!


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