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Spontaneous Human Combustion: A Brief History
Mysterious Fires
The last time Mrs. Mary Reeser was seen alive was Sunday night, July 1, 1951. Her son, Dr. Richard Reeser, and her landlady, Mrs. Pansy M. Carpenter, who had both been visiting the 67-year-old woman, said goodnight at about 9:00 p.m. and left Mrs. Reeser sitting in her easy chair in her apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida.
At 5:00 am the following morning, Mrs. Carpenter was awakened by the smell of smoke and, assuming it was a water pump in the garage that had been overheating, she turned the pump off and went back to sleep.
At 8:00 am, Mrs. Carpenter was awakened by a telegraph boy at her door; he had a telegraph for Mrs. Reeser. Mrs. Carpenter signed for the missive, and walked to Mrs. Reeser's room... but there was no answer to her knock. She checked the doorknob; it was hot! Alarmed, Mrs. Carpenter ran outside to find some help. A pair of house painters working nearby rushed over to her aid, and, together, managed to force open the door to Mrs. Reeser's apartment only to be met by a terrible blast of heat. Though this was evidence of a fire within, the only portion of the one-room apartment that was burned was the small corner in which sat the remains of Mary Reeser's easy chair... and the remains of Mary Reeser herself. Of the chair, only charred coil springs remained. Of Mrs. Reeser, there was little more; and these remains baffled the firemen, police, and pathologists that later examined them.
Mrs. Reeser's 170 pounds had been reduced to less than ten pounds of charred material. Only her left foot remained completely intact, still wearing a slipper and burnt off neatly at the ankle, otherwise undamaged. A lump of vertebrae was also found and, stranger still, what appeared to be her skull... apparently shrunk to the size of a teacup by the intense heat.
The remainder of Reeser's apartment showed all the signs of heat damage; from about the four foot level on up, the walls were covered with a greasy soot, a mirror had cracked, plastic switches and a plastic tumbler in the bathroom had melted, as had two candles on a dresser, which left behind their unburned wicks and a pink pool of wax. Below the four foot level, the only damage was the small circular burn area encompassing the remains of Mrs. Reeser, her chair, and the carpeted area they sat upon, as well as a plastic electric wall outlet that had melted, stopping her clock at 4:20 am.
What could have burned Mrs. Reeser so fiercely without causing more damage to her surroundings? Experts pointed out that a temperature of 2500 degrees is necessary for such a thorough cremation. A cigarette igniting her clothing would never have produced that temperature. The materials of the chair she sat in were only capable of a slow smoulder, not an intense blaze. The electrical outlet had melted only after the fire had begun, so couldn't be the source. An FBI pathologist tested for gasoline and other accelerants; there were none. Even lightning had been considered, but there had been none in St. Petersburg that night.
Months after the occurrence, the Chief of Police and the Chief of Detectives signed a statement attributing the fiery death of Mary Reeser to falling asleep with a cigarette in her hand, although this had already been shown to be an impossibility. The declaration was meant to publicly close the investigation... but some spoke of another possible cause; a very strange possible cause. Some believed that Mrs. Reeser was a fine example of Spontaneous Human Combustion.
Spontaneous Human Combustion... three simple words that convey a very bizarre possibility which many have argued to be absolutely true, and just as many have argued to be simply impossible. In the most basic sense, Spontaneous Human Combustion describes a situation in which a person's body is believed to catch fire and burn rapidly, being reduced to ashes in a matter of moments... and the point of ignition is inside the person's body. Outlandish though this idea may sound at first, a few hundred years ago there were good reasons people would be inclined to believe such an event could happen.
First off, the very idea of combustion was not fully understood. Sure, any farmer knew that when hay was left in a pile under the right circumstances, it would catch fire on its own... but no one knew why. Some interesting ideas were put forward on the matter, though. In 1667, Johann Joachim Becher proposed the idea that there existed a basic element that caused combustion; this element, later named Phlogiston, was released when an object burned; and the more Phlogiston in the object, the faster and more fierce the final combustion. It was also believed that the purpose of respiration in living beings was to exhale out Phlogiston that built up within their bodies... so, logically, there could be medical conditions that allowed Phlogiston to remain and build up within a living body, leading to a combustion.
Secondly, there was the very nature of the victims of the so-called spontaneous human combustion. Death by fire was hardly unusual; but it was pretty well known that a tremendous amount of wood was required to reduce a human frame to mere ashes. On average, two cart-loads of wood were required to burn a criminal or martyr at the stake, and the same amount was needed to cremate a corpse. So the fact that people were being found burned down to ashes ? even their bones ? on relatively undamaged floors, with no other obvious signs of fire damage within the area and often with undamaged limbs left behind, all implied a form of burning that had to be quite different from the fires used for purposeful cremation... a form of burning that might be supernatural. Hence when a man was found burned to death in bed by his wife in 1613, a pamphlet written about the event was entitled "Fire from Heaven burning the Body of one John Hitchell".
Another early thought on the matter was that people became combustible by consuming combustible substances. In 1717, John Henry Cohausen repeated a case of a woman found reduced to ashes, a bit of skull, and a few digits, a story he claimed to have found in a book published in 1673. The proposed cause of this combustion was that the woman had been a heavy drinker, to the extent that, for three years, she had not consumed much else other than liquor... and this, presumably, made her frame become prone to the strange combustion death.
When the Countess de Bandi Cesanate was found reduced to ashes in her room one morning in 1731, the Reverend Joseph Bianchini, who was one of the first people to examine the scene, expressed his opinion that her death was caused by a lightning strike that either traveled down the chimney, or snuck through the cracks in the window. Bianchini dismissed the fact that no one had heard thunder easily by stating that either everyone was in too deep a sleep, or because "there have been seen Lightnings and Fulmina without Noise; as one may very often observe" ["Fulmina" is an old term for multiple lightning bolts. -- Garth].

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January 5th, 2007 #1
Static Relative Motion - or just - Adam's Sketchbook
First of all:
My sketchbook is a land of free say, do as you may. Im here like most of us to improve - SO HELP! Well not if you dont want to, Enjoy your stay here in the mean time (even if its only for one day).
p.s. Is this a better opening statment?
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Thank you for taking the time to read the above terms and conditions. May my comments bless your sketchbook and yours will mine.
Now for my first piece:
100 Ellipses in 100 minutes
January 6th, 2007 #3
Ok a quick enivronment just so ive done somthing today. No real intent behind it, just doodling.
January 7th, 2007 #4
A skull today, a tonal study really. Please tell me if you think any of the skulls proportions are wrong. Oh also if your part of my SSG you dont have to ahere to my "terms and conditions", like any of you others really have to! Its just there to scare of trolls
January 7th, 2007 #5
Some proportions and poses.
January 7th, 2007 #6Originally Posted by Adam.Katsaros
I think you are awesome, and I wish you the best in your endeavors, but I am tired of repeating myself, I am very busy with my new baby, and I am no longer a regular participant here, so please do not contact me to ask for advice on your career or education. All of the advice that I have to offer can already be found in the following links. Thank you.
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January 7th, 2007 #7
Yeah i agree with seedling, it's kinda insulting to us as viewers, plus this is just a sketchbook, I wouldn't worry too much about trolls. And I seriously didnt even read that thing and if I didn't neither will anyone else.
just from these first few sketches i can see you have some good basics, and seem proficient, so i dont think people will come in and say 'improve more' but they'll say 'do this to help you improve more' which is a drastically differnt thing. An intro like that is just unwelcoming, so get rid if it and say:
" heya! welcome to my sketchbook, i'm new here and just trying to improve all around so give me some advice and i'll return the favor, thanks!'
Thats much more welcoming.
On the art side of things, the environment is very atomospheric and cold/barren, and i mean that in a it gives me good strong impressions kind of way. I like the line quality in the skull study, has a lot of hand to it, as in to take something very obvious and kind of make it your own with the way you painted it. As for proportion think of cutting it right down the center as a mirror image of itself, the nose cavity is a bit right of center, the cheekbones dont match up as perfectly as i would expect, and maybe edges need to be better defined, but i really like the overall sketchy quality.
Welcome to the ssg and dont forget to stick us in your signature (under user cp at the top left of every page on here. In our group page i wrote us a bit of bbcode to add all of us into each others sig just copy/paste).
keep posting!
January 7th, 2007 #8
what cercie said
Keep at it
January 7th, 2007 #9
hola hola hola! the back of your skull is very yummy! did you draw the front of the skull first before shading it? It might be nice to compare the rendering of the skull up next to the line drawing, just in case all the shading distorted where your lines went.
I love your bw environment!
January 8th, 2007 #10
Really like the skull study! I think it could be a very strong piece if the lines are tightened up a bit. As for the proportions of the the skull, I wouldn't stress it too much. There's a lot of asymmetry in people to begin with, It's what give us character and keeps us from looking like we are shaped by machines. Keep the work coming. Welcome to the Sketch Group!
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interesting studies. those ellipses look like they could be developed into a really cool abstract drawing or painting.
your smaller proportion studies look good. the poses look fluid and natural, but the skull study looks a little off. maybe try shortening and widening the neck and making the jaw a bit longer. did you use a reference for the skull? here are some i found just in case ^_^;; http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...y/nSN009-1.jpg
January 8th, 2007 #12
Thanks for the responses fellow construct footplate operators.
Seedling – Yeah, I see what you mean though the intention was not to scare people away. Well I think I toned it down…. maybe, let me know what you think.
Cerc –hmm insulting perhaps but was just some innocent fun in reality, guess I was kind of poking fun at people who have rules on the internet – its kind of like rules for a make believe world but its real. Not that I have anything against rules. Hopefully the renovation of the first post will help loosen things up. If not let me know why. (Im looking to doing that sig think asap).
Waka – ok, well one and will do.
SmellyKit- yeah it does distort a bit. I tend to render/color stuff from a distance and then draw my lines close up. Soon I will post a proper un-rendered study of the skull.
Muniz –I really value what you say about asymmetry too many people think the opposite. Its symmetry is more to reiterate in my mind how to construct the thing in the first place. But yeah, I should experiment with it a bit more so it looks less Terminator, not that the Terminator isn't cool or anything it's just not what I'm looking for right now.
Suhsealalala- (forgive the typo, but cool name what is its origin?), the ellipses were just a perspective exercise I like to go back to basics whenever I can, maybe ill combine all my exercises into one big abstract master piece? Yeah I had a reference for the skull but Jaws are just plain difficult for me at the moment, I got to do more studies of them – thanks for the link.
Now for a WIP, I plan to use this piece to practice rendering different types of textures. A bit about the piece:
Handheld Radar with modded 3d virtual display
This radar was developed with energy conservation in mind and is specially developed for low light situations. Its 3d projection mod utilizes infrared light to draw an invisible map of its surrounding. With three modes for detecting heat, metals and radiation, the radar is commonly used in the depths of giant ice meteors that crashed into earth destroying almost all of Earth's infrastructure.
(note original thumbnail in upper right)
January 8th, 2007 #13
Hi Adam, glad you got rid of that hideous thing at the beginning, I like the new one much better
As for the art:
Environment: Really nice mood, a bit hard to read though, I can't really make out what is what with all the strong contrasts in value everywhere.
Skull: You got some nice crits on this already, I'll just suggest using a bigger brush and blocking out the values and placement before going in and adding to much details, it's a bit messy and hard to read right now with all the thin lines going in all directions.
Poses: Great stuff, more of those and try adding the actual silhouette of the people, it's just as important as the stance.
Gizmo: I'd suggest doing more thumbnail before rendering the concept further, make sure you take into consideration how big it is, how it is supposed to be held and the environment it's for, it looks a little frail to be in a hostile apocalyptic cave environment and to be honest, the lower thing coming out of the side looks a little phallic with the split cap and all.
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January 9th, 2007 #14
Jove, hey mate nice to hear from you.
Environment: Yeah the environment was a bit lame was a speed job, I matted it for atmosphere but not contrast or saturation (whoops). I will be doing another environment soon, ill see if I can concentrate on contrast.
Skull: Good advice. When I do another one ill try a smoother brush.
Poses: Yeah, I like doing these. Shadows? Now that sounds fun why didnt I think to do that.
Radar: Yeah I agree. Ive redrawn it (posted below). I added some bulk and a gripping system. For size I was thinking bigger than handheld, more in between tennis racket/cricket bat size. I added a bar code along the top right side for scale. I will add a few more details/changes later before attemping a full render.
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January 10th, 2007 #15
I'm really bad with imagining devices and how they fit into space! will you post some sketches of how this thing interacts with its environment or how a human handles it? =3 for us, slower people at least?
January 10th, 2007 #16
Keep going with the perspective work and the gesture drawings, good stuff and of immeasurable worth as you continue with your art!
Start filling your forms with light and dark to give them weight and solidity...Most of all keep going!
January 11th, 2007 #17
Tom - will do, I plan to try rendering some textures probably with some sort of pencil.
SmellyKat - Figures holding radar's comming soon.
For now, I had a kind of an unwind today and digitally painted a really corny island with birds. Feel free to agree with me on the korny lighting, composition and colors. At final reflection I dont think ill be pursuing this island piece further...crits advice ect. as always is welcome.
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January 11th, 2007 #18
the last one is very good, the water is fantastic!!
the other thing i dont know what it is
keep at it!
January 11th, 2007 #19
Waka: Yeah, it is meant to be a barren island I got scale way off (contrast, sharpness, size, hue) I think but I got saturation right.
Ok here are the figures I promised, this was done very quickly so hopefully I am getting the general ideas across. The radar is mainly cradled in the elbow but can be rested on the shoulder (ala the last picture). The Colours suck as usual (ugly pastel, wtf was I thinking?), any words on the topic welcome. I really should of started dark. Anyway.
Coming up next will be a rendering study (textured spheres, cubes ect.) and a buffalo skull attempt!
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January 12th, 2007 #20
I like the seascape painting! but I sorta like it even more without the birds, I dunno why, more drama??
and the sketches help clear things up! no problem in taking a break, but be sure to draw different versions of it sometime in the future ^_^ sometimes what we think is the best version really isnt, and we should have drawn several different variants
January 13th, 2007 #21
Smelly - yeah new versions of the radar will come, im currently doing some studies then ill revert back to it. Also the environment without birds, drama, this gives me an idea. The island kind of looks like The Sphinx no?
I did some textures today, all done digitally trying to emulate graphite, carbon and charcoal. Just started a more complex render, trying to get a shiny metal render down.
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January 13th, 2007 #22
Katsaros my man, what software are you using?The island piece has a cool pastel feel to it. On my monitor there's a slight purple/lavender tint to the water in some spots. I think if you had some of those colors in the sky, it would unify the whole thing nice! On your graphite renderings what are the settings for the top right test? That's exactly the setting I've been looking for!!! Keep em coming!
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January 14th, 2007 #23
Muniz> Questions answered in PM
Ok the result of my texture study. This was done in digital charcoal, graphite and Carbon (custom). Took 4 hours - longest ever for me on a digital piece.
So thats it for this study. I will return to material/textures again before attempting the render of my radar (once I finalise its design). Comming next will be some buffalo accesories, good luck.
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January 14th, 2007 #24
Katsaros My man that's a pretty cool coin piece. You should try some crazy overlay layer on the coin like snake skin or something. Keep em comin.
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January 14th, 2007 #25
Just studying some bovidae anatomy to help me get a feel for drawing some bison/buffalo stuff, decided to cow up a 3/4 view of a skeletal cow. Then chucked a guy on the back and thumbnailed in a possible saddle design.
Though this is more a study of bone sturcture then the design of a saddle. Whuich is unfortuante cause I totally stuffed the back legs.
In reality just a thumbnail really (poor effort on my behalf). Funny thing is im working backward compared to my radar. Im showing how the object is used first before I show the object itself. Will be intersting which method is more economical. As in Form vs. Function crap ect.
Just an update/close up of a saddle concept I just jotted down, its a wicker basket with the top weaved closed like a lid kind of giving a suspension to who ever sits on it. Problem is the thing wouldn't be very sturdy so im working on a design to balance the basket in place through use of giant pots filled with ballast (water ect). Going to see Apocolypto (spelling?) tonight should give me some ideas!
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January 15th, 2007 #26
the coin is fantastic. on the cow image, maybe go crazy on hte armour or design.
looks cool, but the character is standing? on hte cow? i would assume
keep at it!
January 15th, 2007 #27
Waka> yeah, his standing in the reins the yellow thing is kind of a counter wieght/armor to the front heavy cow. I will be doing some thumbs soon though Ill focus more on wicker/clay/stone saddles, armor ect. than leather/metal stuff.
Today I did a bit of anatomy - a full study of the back bone, only done it from a front positon (ribs removed). I included my practices as I memorise the more complex pieces (the cervicals and here the T's and L's meet). I feel one or two more sessions like this and ill have it memorised... not sure what help it will be but it's fun to do.
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January 16th, 2007 #28
Damn!!! a hardcore bones anatomy kinda fella. I'm feeling very inadequate about now. The saddle idea with ballast is pretty darn novel if I say so my self. I don't think I could ever memorize parts of the skeleton man. You're using more of your brain than I am. AWESOME, Keep it up.
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January 16th, 2007 #29
wow....well o.o those are some awesome bones!! if youre not sure if it helps any, I think it does. I mean for one, you can probably draw some of the freakiest zombies now XD
January 17th, 2007 #30
Eek! no remotely average work that I want to show today spent about 5 hours total getting my head around 3 point perspective and all the stuff ive done utterly sucks - wasted day - but I guess I learnt how important diagnol vanising point really are (esspecially when dealing with three potiential horizons). If anyone has some 3 point tips let me know.
Muniz - Thanks, the saddle and stuff is slowly creaping through, but I havn't quite put enough time into it, I hope to soon. Don't feel inadequate I only copied it from reference and only have memorised the general shapes of the atlas, axis, cerivals, T's and L's from a front on direction... ill do a side view soon then ill try some skeleton looking creatures.
SmellyKit - Thanks. Zombies comming soon!!!!
Tomorrow im going to let loose with an environment, all these studies (but more so 3 point) has drained me.
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Outbox Startup Wants to End Mail As You Know It
Everyone hates junk mail, but I find myself hating the regular mail more and more as well. Bills can be paid and viewed online. I can see my bank statement from my phone. Magazines have online editions. Why are we still wasting paper sending physical copies of things? A new startup that just launched in San Fransisco wants to take the burden of physical paper off your hands by digitizing all your snail mail and emailing it to you. Sure, the physical mail still exists, but you won't have to deal with it. You have people for that now.Read More


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DIXON — Although his elevation to head football coach at Dixon High School is on a one-year interim basis, Brandon Iseman is excited to now be in charge of the Bulldogs for the 2013 season.
"It's going to be a good experience for me," Iseman said. "Really, my goal is to keep the ship in the right direction. It's going to be a learning experience for me and everybody, but I just want to keep things going in the right direction."
The 25-year-old Iseman was given the reins of the Dixon football program after head coach Ray Swaney announced that he will be deploying to Afghanistan in July due to his Army Reserve orders.
Swaney is expected to be overseas for one year, meaning the school needed someone to fill in during his absence.
Enter Iseman, who has a good relationship with the players, Swaney said. Last year, Iseman worked with the offensive line and helped with the offense.
"He's got a great rapport with the students and the players respect him," Swaney said. "He understands the system and what we are trying to do here. He's got a desire to coach and he puts in a lot of time. The team will be in great hands."
Dixon Principal Vikki Childress agreed.
"He was coach Swaney's choice. The kids adore him," Childress said. "The kids equally respect the both of them. He's a good presence on the sideline and he's an all-around good guy."
Iseman said he didn't hesitate accepting the interim coaching job, despite never previously being a head coach.
"When coach Swaney found out that he was going to be deployed, he called me and asked if while he was gone if I would take over as interim head coach," Iseman said. "Obviously, I'm very honored to follow in coach Swaney's footsteps. I've learned a lot about football and a lot about being a leader from him, and so I was very honored and I accepted.
"Coach Swaney has obviously done a great job with this program and I just want to do right by him."
Iseman is originally from Florence, S.C. He was a left guard for the football team at Methodist University in Fayetteville. After graduating from college in 2010, he took a teaching job at Dillard Middle School in Goldsboro. He also helped coach at Spring Creek High before coming to Dixon in November 2011 as a physical education teacher.
"We played Dixon that year and that's how I kind of got … once football was over, I got a call and Mrs. Childress said they had an opening for PE," Iseman said. "At that time, I was really wanting to get to a high school where I could coach and teach at the same school.
"So I came down here for an interview. Once she offered, I accepted on the spot. I knew this was the right spot for me."
Iseman, who lives in Sneads Ferry, has since also served as a track and field coach and assistant junior varsity basketball coach.
But his main focus now is preparing the Bulldogs for the football season. Official practice kicks off on Aug. 1 with Dixon opening its season Aug. 23 at Iseman's former team, Spring Creek.
Last year, the Bulldogs went 7-4 overall, ended in second place in the Coastal Plains 1-A Conference and made the NCHSAA 1-AA playoffs.
"Oh yeah, I'm very nervous. Coach Swaney has done such a great job and I want to do right by him," said Iseman, who will also be Dixon's offensive coordinator. "I'm learning on the job. We've probably had two or three coaches' meetings so far."
And the Bulldogs have started off-season workouts, not to mention many players have taken weight training during the school day. Dixon looks to participate in a summer passing league and plans to attend a passing league tournament at the University of North Carolina in June.
"We have a fourth-period weight lifting class that our kids are in and that's extremely important for us," Iseman said. "I think the next step is obviously keeping the kids interested. One thing we noticed with our kids was that after the year we had, the kids carry so much more confidence. Winning has helped get kids out and that's important for us.
"The next step is to keep them fundamentally sound and keep perfecting what we do. If we do that, we will be successful."
Dixon had 17 juniors on last year's roster, meaning the Bulldogs this year return some experience. That bodes well, given Dixon jumps from the CPC into the East Central 2-A Conference thanks to NCHSAA realignment.
And while the Bulldogs' league schedule will be more difficult since it includes the likes of Northside and East Duplin as well as Southwest — which also jumps from 1-A to 2-A — Iseman believes Dixon will remain competitive.
"This is probably the biggest class in a while and we are returning a huge amount of our athletes," Iseman said. "All of our (skill) positions are returning and we are extremely excited. This is probably the most athletic class we've had in a while."


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Vampire Weekend Frontman Ezra Koenig Certainly Doesn't Suck – The Daily Swoon
If you caught 'SNL' over the weekend, then you likely saw a couple of performances from indie band Vampire Weekend — and like us, you're probably fawning over lead singer Ezra Koenig.
Vampire Weekend is a band that's been around for several years, but they're releasing a new album this week titled 'Modern Vampires of the City,' featuring their new hit single 'Diane Young.'
Believe me, once you hear 'Diane Young,' you will not get it out of your head no matter how hard you try. Lead singer Ezra Koenig's voice on the track is delectable, and the chorus is infinitely catchy, assisted by the way he alters his voice to go lower and higher as he sings "Baby, baby, baby, baby right on / Baby, baby, baby ain't your light on."
It's a little funky and a whole lot of upbeat, and I definitely recommend giving it a listen if you didn't catch these guys on 'SNL' last weekend.
But back to Ezra Koenig. The frontman is a total babe, sporting a classic, polished look that's reminiscent of prep school in a sexy way. The other guys are cute, sure, but Ezra is where it's at. Check out some pics of the leading man and his band below.


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(NewsUSA) - Sniffles and sneezes, sore throats and coughs -- the return to school heralds cold and flu season's start. Children, between uncovered sneezes and unwashed hands, quickly spread germs to classmates.
When cold season comes, it arrives with a vengeance. But parents can boost their children's overall health, helping young immune systems fight disease. Here are some tips for parents looking to escape flu season unscathed:
- Keep children active. For many children, cold weather means couch-potato behavior. But from visiting pumpkin patches to ice skating, the fall and winter provide fun activities. Physically active children possess healthier immune systems, which help fight off infection. When it's too cold to play outside, consider indoor activities, like bowling or dancing.
- Watch your kids' diets. A healthy diet keeps young immune systems strong. Make sure that children eat healthy meals that include vegetables, fruit, healthy protein and whole grains. A healthy breakfast before school keeps young minds sharp and provides immune-supporting nutrition. If children won't eat breakfast, offer milk or 100 percent fruit juice and a multivitamin.
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Kinston officials are encouraging residents to volunteer to help clean the community during Saturday's 26th annual N.C. Big Sweep of Lenoir County.
Sheri Ferguson, information and resources specialist for Kinston Public Services, said 58 volunteers participated in last year's Big Sweep.
They picked up 1,410 pounds of refuse within a 5.3-mile area which included Pearson Park, the Rotary Dog Park and the Neuse River.
She said volunteers went out on the river on kayaks and brought a boat for storing the trash. The largest item they found was a water heater.
"The boat was mounded over with garbage from the river," Ferguson recalled.
This year, volunteers can meet at Bill Fay Park in Kinston, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, or contact Ferguson in advance at 252-939-3283, and she will deliver cleaning supplies to those who wish to clean their own street.
She said she wanted to encourage residents of all areas of the county, not just Kinston, to get involved — Public Services will provide gloves, vests and trash bags.
Ferguson also encouraged volunteers to come to Bill Fay Park and sign up on Saturday.
"The more the merrier, and we do provide lunch," she said.
All 100 North Carolina counties hold annual Big Sweep events in an effort to clean up local communities.
Energy fair
Ferguson also encouraged Kinston residents to attend next week's energy fair, which will be held Tuesday at Kinston City Hall.
"It really is a great day," she said. "It's a win-win for everybody."
Public Services hosts energy fairs twice a year in the fall and spring "to stay ahead of the warm months and the cool months and try to give people a heads up" on ways to save energy and money, Ferguson said.
Attendees can visit a variety of stations where they can learn about saving energy, such as replacing weather stripping around windows and doors, using CFL light bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs and changing their home air filters regularly.
Public Services will also give out energy kits to those who attend. Ferguson said about 140 were given out during the spring energy fair.
They include items such as whistles which go off when it is time to change an air filter, and cans of foam sealant.
"We try to give those out to every person, but it's just based on availability," Ferguson said of the kits.
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If you go:
What: 26th annual Big Sweep
When: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
Where: Bill Fay Park, Phillips Road at Rosanne Drive, Kinston
Contact: Sheri Ferguson, Kinston Public Services, 252-939-3283
What: Energy fair
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Kinston City Hall, 207 E. King St.
Contact: Sheri Ferguson, 252-939-3283


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Name of currently executing block in discrete-event simulation
blkname = gceb
the path name of the block associated with the current operation.
If the current operation is not associated with a block,
blkname = gceb
blkname is
an empty string. If an entity is advancing,
blkname indicates
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View information about a block:
Begin a debugger session for a particular model. At the MATLAB® command prompt, enter:
Establish a breakpoint and proceed in the simulation.
At the
prompt, enter:
tbreak 2.51
The partial output indicates that the server is about to execute a service completion event:
Hit b1 : Breakpoint for first operation at or after time 2.51 %==============================================================================% Executing ServiceCompletion Event (ev8) Time = 2.581301297500028 : Entity = en4 Priority = 1 : Block = Infinite Server
View information about the block that is about to execute the event:
blkname = gceb blkid = gcebid
The output is:
blkname = sedemo_start_timer_read_timer/Infinite Server blkid = blk4
Proceed further in the simulation:
The output shows that the entity is about to depart from the server:
%..........................................................................% Entity Advancing (en4) : From = Infinite Server : To = Read Timer
Use the identifier,
blkid, to display
information about the block and the status of entities in it:
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The output is:
InfiniteServer Current State T = 2.581301297500028 Block (blk4): Infinite Server Entities (Capacity = Inf): Pos ID Status Event EventTime 1 en2 In Service ev4 2.7303849396254689 2 en4 Advancing ev8 2.581301297500028 3 en5 In Service ev10 2.974736350905304
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Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 , 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Citizen Hearing on Disclosure
National Press Club: April 29 - May 3
The components of the Citizen Hearing are being assembled and we are focusing on raising awareness of the project within the ET research/activist community, in the US and abroad, and the most interested public.
The Citizen Hearing will be conducted over five days. It will consist of 30 hours of testimony from approximately forty witnesses testifying in groups of three and four regarding events and evidence relevant to extraterrestrial related phenomena. Each witness will deliver prepared remarks to be followed by questions from the hearing committee made up of five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
The setting for and conduct of the Citizen Hearing will match that of a formal Senate hearing to the extent possible. The Hart Senate Hearing Room will be the model. In addition to a press section, there will be room for a public audience of approximately 300.
The entire Citizen Hearing, 40 hours, will be live streamed over the Internet.
Simultaneous translations for the live and Internet audience will be available in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Russian as needed.
The last Congressional hearing addressing the ET subject occurred in 1968. The motto for the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure is, "If Congress will not do its job, the people will."
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4 Responses to "China's intimidation measure will not stop the human rights movement"
None of this is surprising. The problem is that the Chinese think that we are stupid and that they can get away with these kinds of actions. Bullying actions such as these clearly indicate they know they're on the wrong side of history and occupying the moral low ground. Out job is to outlast their shenanigans and let their backwards corrupt system decay from the inside, because, in time, it will.
Thank you for sharing your very public, intimidating actions the Chinese took against you, and your representation of the Tibetan cause. It has afforded me the opportunity to similarly share your story with those I am in contact with in the United States – who still don't believe the enormity of China's repression (especially of Tibetans) and aggression worldwide.
People in Australia like a "fair go" and for decades people in Tibet have not been given a 'fair go'. 130 self immolations can testify to that.
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I am an agnostic out of necessity, for the time being that is. Many who leave a cult, or who have negative experiences in religion in general have knee-jerk reactions and immediatly try to replace one wrong belief with another one without thinking it out at all. (I continue to find that most people today have beliefs and they have no idea where they got them or why they have them) "The End of Faith" in all honesty was my official epiphany. It put into words the feelings I have always had about religion in general. (I used to joke, somewhat seriously, that if it weren't for JW I would be an agnostic.) Thus, this book will always be with me the rest of my life. I find myself more open minded, and am studying such things as evolution to educate myself. (I will be going to college soon, a no no for JW, as some of you may know….) Whatever I choose to believe in the future will be a choice based on facts and evidence and not superstition.
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Satellite navigation has a positive effect on driving and traffic safety
Jun 07 2008
Satellite navigation has a positive effect on driving and traffic safety
Amsterdam, 17 June 2008 – TomTom, the leading supplier of navigation solutions, today announced the results of a study by leading research institutions in Europe and the US, which prove the positive influence of satellite navigation devices on driving and traffic safety. The research was commissioned by TomTom and conducted recently in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the US.
The key findings of the research were as follows:
- • The use of satellite navigation devices heightens awareness and reduces the stress levels of the driver
• The use of navigation devices reduces the driver's workload*
• The use of a satellite navigation device improves the driver's behaviour when driving through an unknown area to an unknown destination
• The use of a satellite navigation device reduces the number of miles driven when driving through an unknown area to an unknown destination
• The use of satellite navigation devices reduces travel time when driving through an unknown area to an unknown destination
"TomTom has consistently led the market with innovative safety features such as hands-free calling, the Help Me! emergency menu and clear spoken instructions in our navigation devices," said Harold Goddijn, CEO of TomTom. "We are pleased to see objective research further validate the fact that navigation contributes to driving safety and efficiency. Furthermore, the study shows that using a navigation device – compared to navigation by conventional means – reduces the number of miles that people drive when travelling through an unknown area to an unknown destination, which in turn has a positive effect on the environment and fuel costs."
Better awareness
Drivers across Europe and the US report that they feel more in control and alert when using a navigation device. In the UK, 74 per cent of drivers with a navigation device stated that they feel more in control when driving with a satellite navigation device, and 55 per cent feel more alert (with just nine per cent disagreeing with this statement).
Less stressed and more relaxed behind the wheel
In all countries, reduction of stress proved to be an important reason to use a satellite navigation device, as well as one of the main effects of driving with navigation. For example, just over three quarters (77 per cent) of navigation users in the UK confirmed that they use a navigation device to feel more relaxed while driving. Approximately three quarters (74 per cent) of UK users said they feel less stressed when driving with a navigation device.
Furthermore, feeling calmer while driving with a navigation device was reported by an overwhelming majority in all countries surveyed, with 67 per cent of users confirming this in the UK.
Reduced workload*
Compared to navigating by conventional means, the research proved that the workload of drivers is reduced when using a satellite navigation solution. Using instrument-equipped vehicles, TUV/DLR (Germany) and Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (US) measured reduced driver workload when participants were driving in unfamiliar areas to an unknown destination. In other words, driving using conventional navigation tools, such as maps and digital Internet route planners, resulted in a higher workload.
In the survey, the majority of users in most countries indicated that the use of a navigation system makes it easier to keep their attention on the road. In the UK, 59 per cent of users of a navigation system found it easier to keep their attention on the road, with just 13 per cent disagreeing with the statement.
Positive effect on driving behaviour
In the instrument-assisted vehicle studies, changes in driving behaviour were observed by a researcher/driving instructor sitting beside the participant. When driving with a navigation system, significantly fewer driving errors were observed. For instance, in the US, the instrument-equipped vehicle study revealed that more dangerous actions and more unsafe driving took place without a navigation system.
Similar positive results on the effect of navigation solutions on drivers' behaviour were uncovered by the survey. For instance, in the UK, the majority of users (52 per cent) feel they drive more safely with a navigation system, while just seven per cent disagree.
Environmental benefits: reduction of mileage and time
The driving experiment proved that the number of miles driven when using a TomTom satellite navigation solution is reduced when driving through an unknown area to an unknown destination, compared to navigation by conventional means. For example, in Germany there was a reduction in the number of miles driven of 6.5 per cent.
Time spent travelling was also proven to be reduced when using a navigation device. In Germany, for example, this was a decrease of 11.2 per cent. With fewer miles driven and a reduction in fuel used, this is beneficial for both the car driver and the environment.
About the research
There were two elements used by TNO to determine the answer to the central question, "What are the effects of navigation systems on traffic safety?" A user survey was conducted amongst a representative sample of drivers in the UK, Germany, the US, France, Italy and Spain. Additionally, in-car studies of drivers were conducted in Germany by TUV and DLR, as well as in the US by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. The research programme was conducted over a three month period and was completed in May 2008. The generic findings of this study show that satellite navigation solutions have a positive effect on driving safety. The results from this research are supported by similar research conducted by TNO in 2007.
Notes to Editors
The research methods, the justifications and results have been summarised in a Key Findings document that can be requested through the contact listed at the bottom of this press release. Local country results are available upon request.
* Subjective workload was measured by means of the Rating Scale Mental Effort (RSME), and objective workload was measured using Peripheral Detection Task (PDT). Further information is available upon request.


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This Jira roadmap gives an overview of the concrete release planning
This calendar shows the release dates and also JIRA Freeze and Code Freeze dates for the releases.
Here's the Activiti backlog in Jira. That is the official reference. Below is that (not yet) list of issues ordered by priority for planning purposes. The list below in this page might be out of date.
- ACT-4 Introduce CI build
- ACT-108 Define strategy for testing different configurations
- ACT-106 Add testing for optimistic locking
- ACT-89 Review test support
- ACT-45 Make Spring integration work in a JTA and appserver environment
- ACT-44 Verify exception and rollback behavior in Spring context
- ACT-1 Change init servlet into context listener
- ACT-66 Make task forms rendering pluggable
- ACT-104 Replace findXxx methods returning lists with query API
- ACT-103 Consider removing Page from engine interface
- ACT-78 move sortorder out of the interface package
- ACT-70 Review API and build systematic test coverage
- ACT-129 Make connection pool of MyBatis configurable
- ACT-83 Capture the initiator
- ACT-135 Cleanup TaskEntity.startDeadline
- ACT-118 MySql table creation script does not work on default MySQL installation on Windows.
- ACT-115 Table ACT_GE_PROPERTY cannot be created on MySQL with UTF-8 encoding due to limitation of key index length
- ACT-72 Creating tables in MySQL via Ant target fails due to error in activiti.mysql.create.sql
- ACT-68 Make demo.setup run on MySQL
- ACT-136 Verify MySQL and sync with CI environment
- ACT-137 Verify Oracle and sync with CI environment
- ACT-76 JSON Response contains unescaped control caharcters (david)
- ACT-18 Show process definition diagram (david)
- ACT-21 Manage list of deployments (david)
- ACT-35 Provide external URL for navigating task forms (david)
- ACT-133 Refactor start process instance (erik)
- ACT-23 Add no-wrap to task list menu navigation (erik)
- ACT-22 Manage list of jobs (erik)
- ACT-138 Create REST API for Manage list of jobs
- ACT-139 REST API for Manage list of deployments
- ACT-140 REST API for Show process definition diagram
- ACT-81 Server error when entering incorrect authentication details
- ACT-109 BPMN: Finish receive task
- ACT-119 Add web service task
- ACT-71 Activiti Modeler doesn_t work on windows
- ACT-131 Switch to new repository/build for Ativiti Modeler
- ACT-56 Activiti Modeler is bound to localhost instead of the actual servername
- ACT-105 Add auto redirect to Activiti Modeler
- ACT-113 Modeler "Save" does not regenerate bpmn20.xml file
- ACT-114 Unable to save newly created diagram twice
- ACT-134 Revisit configuration
- ACT-111Make Activiti OSGi compatible
- ACT-127 Restructure modules
- ACT-67 Rename modules activiti-probe to activiti-webapp-probe, similar for activiti-explorer
- ACT-30 Finish the basic history data model
- ACT-124 Document library dependencies
- ACT-123 Define stability guidelines
- ACT-122 Add reporting infrastructure
- ACT-110 Move Chapter 11. Running QA tests to wiki (done)
- ACT-107 Review Cycle setup config parameters
- ACT-49 make activiti compatible with jdk 5
- ACT-100 Unify firstResults and fix the Rest API
- ACT-95 fix testTwoNestedSubProcessesInParallelWithTimer
- ACT-94 java.util.logging.ErrorManager/ NullPointerException in catalina.out at startup of tomcat (done)
- ACT-88 Reactivate PropertyTest
- ACT-87 Fill exception field when job fails
- ACT-76 JSON Response contains unescaped control caharcters
- ACT-57 Condition on sequence flow is not saved to bpmn20.xml file after reopening an existing process
- ACT-52 Remove BPMN 2.0 Beta compatibility
- ACT-47 Multiple parallel paths out of boundary event doesn't work
- ACT-130 Reupload Maven artifacts due to checksum error
- ACT-132 Create webapp config parameter for specifying processEngineName
- ACT-7 Move logging.properties process activiti-engines-init to tomcat installation
- ACT-32 First level of email support: task notifications and reminders (mimacom)
- ACT-64 Configure Tomcat in demo setup to have more memory
- ACT-69 Add ant target to start up h2 console (just needs porting from dev branch to trunk)
- ACT-84 move parsing of value expression to bpmn parser (done)
- ACT-128 review log levels in overall code base
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ACT-112 Decide on JSON strategy
ACT-23 Add no-wrap to task list menu navigation
ACT-102 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.el.ExpressionFactory.newInstance()Ljavax/el/ExpressionFactory;
ACT-50 review tomcat users in setup scripts
ACT-62 Add more examples to demo setup
ACT-63 Documentation: enhance task form example (vacation request)
ACT-20 Task forms user picker
ACT-77 Remove URL Rewrite
ACT-121 Instant process statistics
ACT-120 Audit tracking
ACT-34 Refactor JobExecutor threading
ACT-125 BPMN: add event listeners
ACT-117 Dynamic sub tasks
ACT-97 Expose spring beans in Scripts
ACT-9 Add auto open of explorer after setup
ACT-15 Implement BPMN boundary error event
ACT-126 Asynchronous continuations
ACT-116 Add LDAP support for the identity component
ACT-93 Use CompiledScript to improve performance
ACT-92 Limit visibility of Spring beans in Activiti expressions
ACT-54 Runtime Linked sub-process
This is a list of features that we aim for on a mid term and hence they didn't make it yet into the concrete roadmap which is maintained in Jira
- Add instructions to the userguide on how to add support for another scripting language
- Add support for embedded war deployment
- Process instance migration
- Rules integration
- View logs (javax.util software log files)
- View activiti configuration file
- Query for process instances based on variable values
- Transient variables
- Extend dynamic task creation to allow subprocesses to be dynamically linked to user tasks.
- System variables
- Pluggable mechanism for variables referencing external entities
- Allow for JPA entities to be stored as process variables
- Task delegation when a user goes on holiday
- Existing tasks
- New tasks for which the engine would assign it to that user
- LDAP integration
- Internationalization for task forms
- Search with Lucence
- Mail forms: Complete a task by replying to a mail
- Online demo
- Similar for SMS, IM, ...
- Pluggable task interaction handler
- Viewing other people's tasks
- Task lifecycle pluggability
- User provided process instance ids
- Allow for Hibernate entities to be stored as process variables
- Allow for JCT nodes to be stored as process variables
- Task, process instance and artefact discussions
- Manage variables on tasks
- Goal: associate docs and other stuff with tasks dynamically
- Simulation
- Specify bell shaped probability curves
- Specify scenarios
- Produce report of execution run
- Manage process cache
- Clear cache
- View list of cached processes
- Async access to service API


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Tyrone Corbin, post-game on whether fatigue was a factor, given how many road games the Jazz have played: Could've been. But you know, it's what it is, man…We'll look at the film, and understand where we are, and fight our way back.
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why why why why why why why why why why why why is Hayward only playing 18 min? Is Ty Corbin functionally retarded? I asked seriously. I do. He looks stupid god knows. He looks lost on the sideline-. Jefferson, who clearly doesnt give a crap about the team…..he threw the ball away last night and laughed. HEy, funny Big Al….har har har. FOye…a third rate player on an expiring contract….sure start him over Hayward….makes sense. 31 min for marvin williams, that makes sense. I mean, hell, he is twice as good as hayward. Right Ty? Where is evans…oh wait….five minutes off the bench. Does Corbin even remember who all is on this team. BUT ITS MANAGEMENT I HATE. I M STARTING TO ROOT AGAINST THIS TEAM. THEY DONT WANT TO WIN. FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY DONT WANT TO WIN.