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I must point out what I regard as a fundamental error of Christianity, one of many — but this one is not often talked about. And it has caused untold suffering which continues to this day. I speak here of the Christian idea that Man is somehow, in essence, different from the brutes; that humans are special. Now anyone who is not completely blinded by superstition or some prejudice gained in childhood can see how false this is.
From its inception Christianity put Man on a pedestal and reduced animals to mere things. It is true that some progressive churchmen have recently tried to redress this situation by promoting animal rights, but the pernicious doctrine still permeates 'Christendom' and especially among the simple-minded. It would be impossible to attract people to a religion that stated clearly that men are only clever primates, ones slightly more evolved than apes, and who have only recently come down from the trees. That Man, like all other life forms, is the result of evolution and not magic or the work of a supernatural being, and that if we were honest, Mankind must fall under the same scientific classification as apes.
Initially Christianity attracted the dregs of society, those who needed to hear they were special as they could see nothing special about themselves. Surely then for them it had to be pointed out that Man towered above all else, and in the scriptures we find references to the earth, and everything on it, as being almost playthings for Man, that this world is a kind of playground for him to frolic about in and do as he pleases.
'And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
Genesis 1:26
It is my view that such ideas have given rise to untold suffering across the ages. At times animals are killed for no object at all. They have been mutilated and tortured, sometimes for amusement. Think of the horses and donkeys worked until the bitter end, until they succumb at last to the final whipping.
It would ease the despair if we could isolate it in the distant past, in the origins of that religion. But a Papal dictum of just over one hundred years ago reads as follows:
'It is a theological error to suppose that man owes any duty to animals.'
If we look to the East, we find a far more enlightened approach to the treatment of animals. When a Buddhist has a spot of good luck, instead of mumbling Te Deums, he goes to the marketplace and purchases caged birds, which he then takes to the city gate and releases.
Time and time again, with regard to animals, Man shows that he is a selfish and heartless being. Perhaps there is no spectacle more pitiless than seeing a bird caged:
'The bird which was made so that it might rove over half of the world, he shuts up into the space of a cubic foot, there to die a slow death in longing and crying for freedom; for in a cage it does not sing for the pleasure of it.'
Now what I describe here, this absolute uncaring attitude towards animals, the idea that they are only tools for Man, is especially true among the vulgar, and by this I mean what one could call, the peasants. And I should say financial standing has nothing to do with being a peasant — for there are rich peasants and poor ones.
These are the ones who chain up their dogs. Who see a dog not as a best friend, but rather something to be used, and often this is for guarding the property. Nothing arouses the indignation of a good person more than seeing this intelligent animal tied up by the neck with a chain. It excites the deepest sympathy in any human with a modicum of moral sense.
And what of the hapless donkey? A member of this terrible grouping Mankind has set up called the beasts of burden. When we consider the brutality inflicted on such innocent animals we can say with certainty that men are the devils on this earth and the animals the souls they are here to torment. Where can you find a greater sadness than in the eyes of an abused horse or donkey? The Spanish poet Lorca has brought this into beautiful clarity with these words describing his comrades in the Spanish Civil War as having:
'sad, infinite eyes, like those of a newborn beast of burden.'
The innate cruelty of men can best be seen in children, for the young have not yet learned to hide this wicked side of humanity. Where is there a more pleasant sight than watching two puppies play with each other? Now add children into the mix and you can be sure that it will not be long before one picks up a stick and starts to poke or hit one of the puppies. Of course this is not always the case, but it happens often enough to justify what we say about the baseness that Man comes into this world with and that he never really sheds.
There is one spectacle that to me is unbearable to behold, that is photos or videos of animals being used as experimental subjects. It has been said that without such things we would be without many of the everyday products we enjoy. I, for one, would then rather do without them if it means strapping any animal into a chair and subjecting it to torture.
'The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.'
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Enhanced Sessions Vol. 3
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A long time favourite artist for the likes of Armin van Buuren and Above & Beyond, Daniel Kandi has been responsible for some of the biggest releases on the label in recent years, and his own Enhanced imprint 'Always Alive' has quickly earned a reputation for delivering only the highest quality. Mixing his first compilation for Enhanced, Daniel's mix builds from sparkling progressive through to the peak time euphoria he is so widely loved for. Packed full of exclusively unreleased tracks and remixes, as well as two brand new Daniel Kandi productions including his, believe-it-or-not first ever vocal original, Daniel's mix will leave you breathless as he drops current and future anthems from the likes of Tritonal, Exostate, jjoo, Mike Danis & Johnny Yono, Willem de Roo, Braiman & Falcon to name a few.
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Two great events in Livermore
By Jessica Yadegaran
Monday, June 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pm in Uncategorized.
It's almost summer. To kick off June, here are two recommendations in Livermore, one celebrating a local winery, and another celebrating Champagne….
Champagne Thursdays continue in June at Uncle Yu's at the Vineyard. They will offer Charles Heidsieck & Piper Heidsieck Champagne by the glass as well as flights on June 7, 14 and 21. On June 28, Champagne Deutz will be in the house. In addition to the regular menu they have created a Champagne paired menu for those who want to play with Chinese food & bubbly. Mmm. Nothing like a glass of bubbly with spicy noodles from Shen Hua, my local northern Chinese haunt.
Also not to be missed, if you're into Livermore reds: Crooked Vine Winery is hosting a complimentary barrel tasting of its 2004 Petite Sirah on Saturday, June 16 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The event will be hosted by Winemaker Troy Laudette in the tasting room at 4948 Tesla Rd in Livermore. Four new Crooked Vine and Stony Ridge wines will also be available for tasting: a 2003 Crooked Vine Port, a 2004 Crooked Vine Zinfandel, a 2003 Stony Ridge Syrah, and a 2004 Stony Ridge Harriet's Merlot, named for new owner Rick Corbett's mother's favorite red wine. Aw, shucks.
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Anne Claire Craig and Jay Windham portray Mary and Joseph in last weekend's Experiencing Bethlehem program at First United Methodist Church in Starkville.
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For the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum
Starkville's Hilary Cook was recently names Miss Magnolia State 2011.
Bryce Edwin Morgan of Starkville and Brittany Lynn Willis of Vicksburg were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Oct. 9, 2010, in an outdoor wedding on the lawn of Cedar Grove Mansion in Vicksburg. Rev.
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NICEVILLE — A local man is in critical condition after a rollover wreck early Saturday morning.
Brandon James Stuart was driving a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck southbound on John Sims Parkway at about 2:05 a.m. when he crossed into the inside lane and went into the curb of the center median, according to a Niceville Police crash report.
While traveling, the vehicle spun, slid and overturned twice. Stuart was ejected from the truck, landing about 20 feet from where the vehicle stopped.
Stuart, who is listed in critical condition at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, suffered several skull fractures and road rash, the report said.
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Undergraduate School/Major: I graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering.
Prior to Booth: I worked as a semiconductor engineer at Applied Materials in Austin, TX; I am the founder and CEO of EKAD Technologies in Accra, Ghana; I was the co-founder of Technology Brokers LLP in Boston; and I worked as a Network Systems Engineer for Proweb Solutions in Accra, Ghana.
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Career plans: I worked in technology investment banking for my summer internship and am now recruiting for investment management and corporate finance roles.
Why did you choose Chicago Booth? I chose to apply to and attend Booth because of the flexible curriculum and the analytical rigor of the MBA program. Additionally, the strong alumni network and outstanding faculty, some of whom are Nobel laureates and authorities in their areas of research, reinforced my interest in Booth.
Use three adjectives to describe your experience at Chicago Booth: Great, awesome, and rewarding.
What do you consider a "must visit" place or "must do" activity in Chicago? The Adler Planetarium is a "must visit" place to check out life in the cosmic world. That is the closest you can get to being an astronaut! Having dinner on a boat on Lake Michigan is a "must do" activity in Chicago. Not only is the ambiance great, the Chicago skyline at night looks amazing from the boat's view during the cruise.
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KTM SMT, BMW R 1200 GS, or Ducati Multistrada dillemma?
Beginning to look at an upgrade from my Yamaha FZ-6. I have ridden the offerings from Honda and Yamaha for touring bikes and they are both way heavy and if I am going to go that heavy I might as well get a Gold Wing. I looked at the new Duc 1200 S and really like the feel of it. I also was able to look at the BMW R 1200 GS (125HP model). evidently there is another one that has 15 less HP WTF!. Anyway, I have sat on the KTM 990 SMT and I currently love my KTM 530 EXCR. The bike will mainly see road duty commuting and going on long weekend trips. I really like the look of the luggage on the Duc vs. the KTM and BMW. All of the electronic whiz bang stuff on the Duc scares me a bit. Especially after reading about the problems some folks have had here. Really do not want to end up with something problematic that will spend more time in the shop than with me. I plan to get on the KTM in the next week and then ride them all again. I really love the Hydraulic clutch on all of these bikes.
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I went trough a similar process recently. Did not look at the GS, but loved the SMT when I sat on it, light, small, perfect for my daily commute. Went to test ride it, did absolutely nothing for me. I was really disappointed because I read so many reviews of people who loved the SMT. So I went to test it a second time....... Still nothing. Then I tested the Multistrada. Bloody awesome. I got the standard model without the electronic suspension, because it was at the very limit of what I was willing to spend. I love it, love it, love it. I have done nearly 3,000km in the 6 weeks I have had it, and it is awesome, would not change it for any other bike. Light, easy to ride in traffic, crap loads of power, and then some!!!
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i have a multi 1200s. I think you must decide what do you want do to with a bike.
Long run : the GS is spectacular. My father had the 2011 model and i divre it for 3.000 km in 3 days...perfect german bike but...i dont do 3.000 km in 3 days all the week end.
SPORT : about KTM , i don't know the new 1250 model, i try the 990 and was a spectacular motard - touring bike. Only the on-off when you play with the accelerator disappoint me. And not a lot protection from the plexy.
MIDDLE WAY : the MTS is a super-motard-fun-comfort bike, he does not excel in all the category but you can do evething. Sport drive and comfort are both in this bike. Yes she has some characteristics, that someone call "defect" but for me is character...
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Suspension Questions
Q: I bought a '70 El Camino as a rolling bucket of parts. I haven't done a full frame-off, but I did bring the front down to the framerails and firewall. Reassembly was done with a new 350, and I changed all the joints, bearings, and bushings. I used what torque specs I could find from the manual, and the only modifications I made to the suspension was to cut the springs and add 18-inch rims. This was definitely a budget build, but once the car would roll again I went to a suspension shop for an alignment and paid them to go through my work. Then I moved on to the hundreds of other issues the car has.
A couple of weeks ago, after about 3,000 miles of road time, I was in a parking lot when I heard and felt a suspension noise. I found that the three remaining bolts on the upper control arms were all hand loose. Fortunately, the missing one was on the trailing side so I didn't snow-plow-or worse. That said, I obviously didn't cover all my bases. Should I have used Loctite on everything, or do I just need to perform periodic inspections?
Kelly Williams
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A: We're assuming you lost one of the upper control arm shaft bolts and washers that attach at the end of the shaft that captures the upper control arm bushing. Did you use factory-style bushings or aftermarket polyurethane ones? The factory bushings have serrations on the inner sleeve that cut into the control arm shafts and into the washer. The bolts that retain the washer are 3/8-inch 24 fine-threaded Grade 8 fasteners. These bolts from the factory have split lock washers under the head of the bolt, between the washer. You should have torqued these fasteners to 45 ft-lb. The factory spec assumes that the threads are clean and lightly lubricated. If you didn't torque them properly, they are notorious for loosening up as the suspension jounces up and down. Using Red Loctite is a great safety measure to retain these fasteners.
When using aftermarket polyurethane bushings it isn't as much of a problem. The inner sleeves of those bushings are smooth on the ends and don't dig into the washer. This prevents them from imparting the twisting force into the washer and loosening up the bolts.
Good thing you found the missing bolt while parking the car. As you said, turning your El Camino into a snow plow wouldn't have been pretty. Wash out the threads in the shafts and torque the bolts down with some Loctite, then forget about them. Good luck and be safe.
Source: loctiteproducts.com
Tranny Swap
Q: I have started a tranny swap with my '73 shortbed originally equipped with a three-speed floor shifting trans. I dropped that and picked up a five-speed out of an '88 Camaro. I need a crossmember to install this properly and was hoping you could point me in the right direction for not a lot of dough.
Jon Battles
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A: The original factory trans crossmember should be able to slide right back and pick up the T-5 gearbox. You'll need to re-drill the frame to pick up the new bolthole locations. The stamped steel crossmember may need to be trimmed on the front side to clear the transmission case.
If you have issues with your factory crossmember you can pick up a universal trans crossmember (PN 550-40105) from Jegs. This inexpensive crossmember requires fabrication. This crossmember is fabricated out of 56 inches of 11/2-inch, 0.134-inch mild steel that should fit the width of your frame with no problem. It requires you to weld tabs to the factory framerails, trim the crossmember to fit, and weld sleeves into the crossmember for the through bolts for mounting.
If you can, stick with the factory crossmember. You'll find it much easier to modify the factory crossmember to fit than all the fab work required for the aftermarket. Good luck with your five-speed pickup.
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"Ahhh, there you are. And just in time; there's a little matter I forgot to mention: BEWARE OF HITCH-HIKING GHOSTS!" Since the 1960s, these three happy haunts have frightened Disneyland attendees to death. But who are they? They are Ezra, Phinnius, and Gus Gracy, the three most competent assassins in Louisiana and cousins of Edward Gracy: owner of the Gracy mansion and fiancé of Emily Ravenswood: the infamous Bleeding Bride. Edward had written them a letter asking them to attend his wedding. You see, Edward was a power hungry man. A man who would do anything to make an extra dollar. And Emily was the heiress of the world famous Big Thunder Mountain Mining Co. Soon after the two met, Edward hatched the plan to marry her, then have her killed and take Big Thunder Mountain for himself. So after the wedding a huge party was held. There was singing and dancing and food and wine and everybody was happy. Emily was upstairs in the attic changing out of her wedding dress when she heard noise coming from several of the trunks. At first she ignored it, but it grew louder. She went over to investigate when out of the trucks jumped Ezra, Phinnius and Gus "I DO!" shouted Ezra. "HERE COMES THE BRIDE!" shouted Phinnius. "UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART!" shouted Gus. Laughing hysterically, the three ambushed her. She screamed for help, but the music was too loud and no one heard her. Right after the murder, the three killers jumped out the window into the Gracy family boot hill. They ran amongst the tombstones until they were well away from the property. Meanwhile Lemuel, Emily's father, was getting worried about his daughter. She had not returned from the attic for over an hour. He went upstairs to check on her and nearly fainted at what he saw. He ran through the house informing everyone of the tragedy, and interrogating everyone he saw about what happened. Foolishly, Edward had told Ramsly, his most trusted manservant, about his plans. So when Lemuel asked him what happened, out of fear for his life, he told him what happened. Soon, Lemuel put together a posse to find the three killers. While the posse went in search of the three, Lemuel stayed behind and took care of the deceitful Edward. He came up from behind him, smashed a wine bottle on his head, and took his unconscious body up to the attic. Their, he hung the body from the rafters and when Edward woke up, he was dead. Meanwhile the three killers waited by the side of the road hitch-hiking. They waited and waited and no one picked them up. But soon, the posse arrived. The three tried to fight back, but they were grossly outnumbered. Soon, the three where dead. It was a wretched day at Gracy Manor. What was supposed to be a wedding party turned into a wake. To this day, it is said that if you wander the streets of New Orleans, just a few miles north of the old Gracy place, you might run into the three ghosts. If you do, fear not. They are but restless spirits in search of an escape. But heed this warning: Never venture near the old Gracy place. For there lurk the evil spirits of yesteryear. And endless suffering befalls all who enter.
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I completely agree with the statement "everything that glitters is not gold." This apartment was a great apartment when I first moved in 2 years ago. The living areas are nice, they have great amenities, and it's a great location for anyone working in the medical park area. Unfortunately, over the past year or so the management has changed so many times--there has been more staff turnover than tenant turnover!!!
This part of Durham is not an ideal place to live at all. This apartment was like a diamond in the rough, so to speak. The biggest thing that attracted me here were the amenities. Unfortunately there are affordable housing communities in the area within walking distance that do not have these amenities. So the kids make themselves right at home at Independence Park! There has been a HIGH traffic volume of people who CLEARLY don't live in this community, especially in the spring and summer. (This traffic easily makes the neighborhood look and feel like the "projects.") The management does little to nothing about it, partially because it's difficult and partially because I find it hard to believe they even care (hell, it's not their community, and the rent is being paid anyway.) Sometimes I wonder if this is a private neighborhood or an extension of the YMCA...
This neighborhood is not completely ruined yet, but it is headed that way VERY FAST. Unless something changes, my bets are that this apartment will turn into affordable housing (aka section 8) within 3 - 5 years. I just can't see decent, hardworking people like myself continuing to pay such high rent for a community that feels like the "projects" at times. And more people like myself will move out and go some place else that WILL maintain a professional and respectable community. In the meantime, I will NOT be resigning another lease with Independence Park.
I so agree. When My Husband and I first moved to Independence Park it was a dream come true (A nice community) it has changed in the very few month we have lived here. People are always hanging around outside late night, trash is always in the parking lot and breezeway and the new staff SUCKS!!!!! If something does not change fast this place will some become DurhamÂ's newest project.
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Classic Bomb #1: Let's Watch "On The Spot!"
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I have been a long time reader and viewer of Giant Bomb and before that, GameSpot. A couple years ago I decided that it would be a great idea to download and watch the "On The Spot" archive, you know, the old GameSpot liveshow that had many of the Giant Bomb duders. I just found these videos after backing up my PC and since they are nowhere to be found, I think it would be fun to finally start watching these and archive them back to THE INTERNET for all to enjoy.
Hopefully I will also be able to find some funny or informative segments too. I did already upload a "Quick Look" of Gears of War a couple years ago.
Will I really watch all 144 episodes? Will I really timestamp the show segments? Will I learn VirtualDub and Adobe Premiere while editing these videos? Will @jeff have blonde hair? Only the future can tell
(No I don't have every episode, many of the download links on the old GameSpot site were dead. Now then, let's get this train rolling.)
On The Spot - July 8, 2004 "MECH_JACK"
Hosts: Rich Gallup, Ryan MacDonald, also with Greg Kasavin!!!
- 2:54 Tour of Gamespot...including where the Giant Bombers now work @4:16.
- 6:43 Dead or Alive Ultimate
- 13:15 & 26:00 & 35:14 RalliSport Challenge 2 (with Alex Navarro)
- 18:27 Someone asking Alex about Big Rigs. Alex gets angry.
- 19:44 Classic Games "Plug It In & Play TV Games". Why are they covering this?
- 21:59 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
- 32:23 E3 Booth Babes slow motion for no good reason at all. Garme Jurnalizm.
- 37:02 Jeff Gerstmann singing "...Baby One More Time" in Karaoke Revolution 2 (WAT! DAT HAIR)
On The Spot - July 15, 2004 "LucasArts: Still Alive"
Short episode. Not much happens in this episode but it's still interesting to see what was hot around the summer of 2004
Hosts: Rich Gallup, Ryan MacDonald
- 1:15 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
- 6:45 Need for Speed: Underground 2
- 11:18 LucasArts: Republic Commando, Star Wars: Battlefront, Mercenaries
- 16:33 Question Time!
On The Spot - Jul 22, 2004 "A Lot Of Stuff"
The best part is when they start talking about this Final Fantasy 11 clock that shows the game's clock and it costs $45. I don't even know what to think about that. The big friday show also spends some serious time talking about A Dog's Life. Yes, that Dog's Life. Brad continues to be bad at video games as well. I'm sure that UT server is still up; 22.214.171.124 PW: gamespot
Hosts: Rich Gallup, Ryan MacDonald
- 2:02 Tour of Sammy Studio
- 4:54 14:23 26:26 47:20 UT 2004 (With Brad Shoemaker)
- 9:43 A Dogs Life (yes they talk about the pooping mechanics http://youtu.be/DUc2Q1j-tEY)
- 17:20 A Final Fantasy Clock (WTF $45) Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack
- 22:06 WWE Day of Reckoning Interview (With Jeff Gerstmann)
- 27:52 Graphics Card!
- 35:15 Gradius V Demo
- 42:00 Paper Mario 2 Demo
We've got so much stuff coming up, it's like a lot of stuff. - Rich Gallup
That's it folks. It's pretty interesting to see the media 10 years ago. Thanks for reading and enjoy this Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat preview.


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Holyrood, Newfoundland 19.49 miles NW
Chance Cove, Newfoundland 28.83 miles SW
St John's, Newfoundland 29.92 miles NE
Brigus, Newfoundland 29.95 miles NW
Green's Harbour, Newfoundland 43.31 miles NW
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Nice park with a great view of the ocean. Internet was very good. Full service site. The management was very friendly and helpful. We were here in a 36 foot RV and would definitely come back. - RayN
Sep 2013 - $30.00
A decent park located on height of land with excellent ocean views. Staff are friendly and park is clean. Park has cabins and conference facilities and washrooms are located there. Small laundry facility. I highly recommend this park for scenery, bird watching and near very good boat tour companies. I will be returning whenever I visit St. John's. - camperme
Aug 2012 - $28.00
The wonderful view here gets the good rating, but I would like this park much better if there was a restroom and shower up on the hill and Wi-Fi up there too. This is a small gravel lot on a hill with water, electric and sewer, and is located in a cabin rental resort which seemed empty when we were here in high season. A large circle of rocks makes a communal fire pit and there is a great area to sit and enjoy the view. For Wi-Fi, we had to go down the hill to a living room area in the modern office. However, this was locked when we left at 8 a.m. There was no shower for campers but we were told they would unlock one of the cabins on request. (Again, no one in the office in morning when we would have made a request.) The location is good for boat trips to the ecological reserve, but I would look for a different place next time. - NC Writer
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This was the only black spot on our trip. Our site was occupied when we arrived so we moved to a different site. We were near the comfort station which seemed very dirty (dead bugs, dark material smeared on walls, debris on floor, full waste bins.) Some of the people that frequented the comfort station made me nervous. We didn't see park staff very frequently like in other Provincial Parks. Kids used our site for a BMX ramp which was a bit annoying yet entertaining. The bugs were numerous probably due to the lake. I wished we wouldn't have stayed here. - barkingbear


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Batley stand-off Paul Handforth looks ahead to Sunday's Northern Rail Cup Final against Widnes.
By Steve Landells
Last Updated: 13/07/10 5:34pm
Of the 34 players set to be involved in Sunday's Northern Rail Cup Final, none will have had a more unusual preparation than Batley stand-off Paul Handforth.
Amongst other duties, the former Super League professional will have spent the week chasing cows around a field in his job on a farm in the West Yorkshire village of East Ardsley.
Handforth, now a part-time player with the Bulldogs, took on the job to pay the bills just over a year ago and some of the tasks he is charged with are far from glamorous.
"Sometimes we have to round the cows up, muck them out and feed them up and when they are ready to kill we have to chase them around the bloody field," explains Handforth.
"We've been out there for hours sometimes. A few have tried to charge at me with their head down, but none of them have got me yet," he adds with a laugh.
Handforth sought full-time work after he was released from Castleford at the end of the 2006 season. He initially joined the family business in the building trade, but as the recession hit he was forced to quit and he started work on a family friend's farm.
It all seems a far cry from when Handforth launched his Super League career at Wakefield a decade ago. He was an apprentice together with Gareth Ellis, the current England back-row forward who is now earning big money Down Under as an NRL star with Wests Tigers.
Yet despite their careers heading in different directions the Batley playmaker does not begrudge Ellis his success.
"Probably ability-wise there were other people ahead of him when we were apprentices, but I don't think anyone had a better attitude (than Gareth), Handforth recalls. "When some of us were just chilling out Gareth was in the gym doing extra work."
Handforth himself was a Super League regular with the Wildcats, but left the club in 2004 and spent a couple of seasons at Castleford before he was forced to seek pastures new.
The Ireland international has since had an itinerant career playing for Featherstone Rovers and Doncaster. However, off-field problems at the Keepmoat Stadium forced Handforth to make a decision on his future.
"Doncaster were in financial trouble and couldn't pay the players' wages and I had a couple of options," he adds. "When I spoke to Batley and met Karl (Harrison, the Batley coach) he saw something in me straight away and I was sure we would get on great."
Since joining the Bulldogs at the back end of last season Handforth, now aged 28, has proved an inspirational figure at stand-off.
After helping save them from relegation last season, this term the club hold a solid mid-table position in the Co-operative Championship, but it has been their impressive sequence of results in the Northern Rail Cup which has caught the eye.
Batley opened their campaign with a thrilling 30-30 draw against Widnes Vikings, the defending champions, and three successive wins against lower league opposition saw them qualify top of their pool.
The Yorkshire outfit then overcame Sheffield 26-16 at Mount Pleasant in the last eight before inflicting a shock 25-6 win on championship title contenders Leigh Centurions to reach their first final for 58 years.
Handforth is happy to accept that life at Batley is very different to his time in Super League and adds: "We are under a lot more financial restraint at Batley.
"When you are at Castleford or Wakefield you have better facilities, and when we train at Batley's ground I know the groundsman isn't very happy about it. We only train three nights a week and this is after the lads have been working all week."
Yet the wily No.6 is adamant he garners more satisfaction playing for Batley than at any other time in his career.
"The camaraderie almost seems greater playing for a semi-pro team like Batley than at Super League," he explains. "It's just a bunch of my mates who are playing for each other."
In fact, Handforth believes Batley, who go into the game as firm underdogs against the defending champions Widnes Vikings, will have to draw on this spirit and togetherness if they are to prosper at Bloomfield Road.
"We'll have to turn up and play really well from one to 17," he adds. "Everyone is going to have to be pulling in the right direction. The semi-final against Leigh showed that everyone is on song and people are doing that extra little bit to help their mate. We are going to have to be like that because we are playing a very good side."
No regrets
Yet does Handforth, whose father Tony played hooker for Bradford Northern, have any regrets about no longer featuring in Super League?
"You can't have any regrets you've just got to move on," he reasons. "Life is a book and you write your own story."
A story which he hopes will see Batley Bulldogs triumph over the Widnes Vikings on Sunday night. And then on Monday it will be back to the cows.


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Xperia, Galaxy Note, Ativ-S, Galaxy Camera: New Sony, Samsung phones come out to play at IFA 2012
Our Mobile Nations sibling sites, Android Central, and WPCentral are live at IFA 2012 in Berlin, Germany, and since Apple doesn't attend any shows but their own -- expected on September, 12, of course -- that leaves the stage wide open to companies like Sony and Samsung to show off new Xperia T, Galaxy Note 2, Ativ-S, and other devices. Here's what we've seen so far...
The Sony Xperia T, according to to Chris Parsons, will be the flagship for them, and will even find it's way into James Bond's hands in Skyfall
As we've seen in previous leaks, [the Xperia T] runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with an upgrade to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean shortly after launch. It also has a 720p display, 13MP camera and built-in NFC along with a 1.5GHz dual core processor
The Xperia V will be coming with LTE connectivity and NFC that allows for interaction with a wide array of upcoming Sony accessories. A 13MP camera will allow for HD video recording while the 1.5GHz dual core processor will keep Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich going until it gets upgraded to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and if that's not enough, it's also water and dust resistant.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2, meanwhile, continues to blur the line between Smartphone and Tablet, but is mostly a way to get Wacom's advanced, pen-based digitizing technology into a highly mobile product. Richard Devine got his hands on it:
The Note 2 has a 5.5 inch HD SuperAMOLED 16:9 display at 1280x720, a 1.6GHz Exynos quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM and 16, 32 or 64GB of storage. Powering the whole show is a pretty sizeable 3100mAh battery, and we also get NFC and Samsung's latest Touchwix Nature UX based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. At only 9.4mm thick and weighing in at 180g the Note 2 doesn't feel as large in the hand as its massive screen would possibly lead you to believe. The overall design of the Note 2 lends very much from the smaller Galaxy S 3, which in turn sets it apart from the 2011 Galaxy Note.
Samsung also announced the first Windows Phone 8 phone, the imaginatively named Windows Phone 8 Ativ-S. Ativ is Vita spelled backwards. Vita is Sony's handheld gaming console. So... maybe they should have gone with Efil? And hey, at least it's, um, bigger than an iPhone 3G, right?
And then there's the Samsung Galaxy Camera, which is an altogether new, if not unexpected beast. Richard Devine gave it the once over:
We shouldn't forget that this is a camera powered by Android, and not an out and out Android device. Samsung has put their latest version of the Touchwiz Nature UX on there, based on Android 4.1. Yes, that's right, this is a camera running Jelly Bean. The possibilities with a connected camera are pretty exciting, and we're seeing the start of a whole new category of devices.
Of course, image quality remains to be seen. However, with a 16-megapixel sensor and 20X optical zoom, Samsung looks to have created a compelling alternative to smartphone cameras for those looking to graduate from the world of smartphone photography.
Android Central and WPCentral will be live at IFA 2012 all week, so check back with them often for all the latest hot phone stuff that ain't Apple...
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Xperia, Galaxy Note, Ativ-S, Galaxy Camera: New Sony, Samsung phones come out to play at IFA 2012
No, not everything looks like an iPhone. Some, gasp, look almost nothing like it. However, the Samsung phones pictured here? Looks an awful lot like an iPhone, down to the single "home" button. If ALL phones truly looked like e iPhone? I'd buy the "all phones are rectangles" arguement. Truth is that most are not. And black front and back, with brushed side? Yeah, tons of phones look like that.
Oh my gosh! My TV set looks like every other TV set! Right down to the power button! Glossy finish, black, rectangular, the power cord and the stand even look the same! Don't even get me started on the remote! Power button, mute, numbers 1-9, it even takes the same batteries! OMG the humanity!!!!
I see your point, but the "home" button argument is really old. Anybody can put a button at the bottom of a phone. Or did Apple patient circles too? Regardless the Samsung has a polished back, right? I'm not standing up for Samsung I just think iPhone peeps need to calm down. I have and use a 4s and Lumina 900 before you go flippin out that I don't know what I am talking about. Understand Apple isn't end all be all of smart phones. iPhone is good / outstanding for some stuff and bad / terrible at other stuff. Same for my 900.
All three you say? Did you even get, that one of them is a camera? Did you see all the phones from all sides? This is getting more and more ridiculous with each passing day. However I'm sure, that one day Apple will share all the money from lawsuits with their loyal fans. That is the only reason I could think, why people are doing this.
Not all of em look like iPhones BUT... That windows phone 8 Ativ-s (someone please get Microsoft a few people that are good at coming up with names) looks like a big iPhone no way around it. It just does and anyone saying it doesn't is playing favorites. And taking a name and reversing it is still bad even if it's not the same product. If a tv came out called the yxalag you know you'd have a problem. With that said. I love the specs pumped into these products
Please at least look at other pictures of the phone... http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-ATIV-S-specs-review_id33850#1-
I just watched that Samsung Galaxy Camera video....all I can say is WOW. That's so cool to have a camera running Android OS on it lol. It's gonna be so easy to upload awesome pics to social media sites and forums that way. I agree Samsung copies, but it seems they innovate somewhat as well. I have a white 4S of course, but my girl has an S3 and it's actually really cool it has a lot of features that make Samsung stand apart from all the other brands. I will always love Apple tho, playing with her S3 for an hour and then switching to my iPhone , I can def feel the difference within the UI , iOS is a lot smoother and more 'instant' when performing things such as opening contacts or email compared to ICS. But I have messed around with a galaxy nexus not too long ago and it was running Jellybean and it seems to me that google got it right with that one because it was equal to how smooth my iPhone is
Here's the problem with the Samsung and Nikon Android cameras. What normal consumer is going to pay $50-100 more just to get Android on it? Exactly. I understand that Samsung is trying to create a market here, but I can take a cheaper point and shoot that has equal or better specs, stick a $50-70 Eye-Fi in it, and I have all those same upload and sharing features with my smartphone or tablet. Even better, it can move from camera to camera, to boot, so it is a much better value.
The only place this is really going to work, outside of the tech geek niche, with be high end DSLRs and mirrorless cameras that people are already willing to pay more for. In my humble opinion, Nokia is company on the right track here. The one who can bring a fully functional optical zoom (or functional equivalent, in their case) smartphone camera to market at a reasonable price will make a much bigger impact. Device convergence, not divergence, is the rule of the day. The rest is just details, sizes, and form factors.


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Sandy, UT (3/3/2010) - Construction crews will install concrete curbing at Alta View Hospital's north entrance on 9400 South beginning March 8.
The new curbing, referred to as a "pork chop" because of its shape, will force drivers to exit the campus with a right turn only (going east towards 1300 East). Drivers who enter Alta View from the north entrance will still be able to turn in from the east or west.
With increased traffic on 9400 South, drivers are encouraged to use the entrance and exit to the campus on 1300 East at Ridgemark Drive (approximately 9750 South).


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People know Switzerland as the Land of the Alps, Swiss. It located in the center of France, Germany, Italy and Austria. It provides amazing view of Alps Mountains. This place is relatively small, but it is one of the richest countries on earth. Tourists also love this place because of its other tourist attractions. There are so many best places to visit in Switzerland but here are the seven best places to visit in Switzerland. For your information, because Switzerland is a small country, the tourist attractions are quite close to each other and can be found easily. Some of the best places to visit in Switzerland include local resorts, natural lakes, green forests, castles, some museums and architecture buildings. The crime rate in Switzerland is low so it is safe to trip in this beautiful country. Here are the 7 of them.
#1. The Jungfrau Region
This is an amazing iced mountain which having three tops and green valleys along the white mountainous view. The names of the peaks are Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger. You know what you would do when facing such fascinating Iceland. You can do ski, hiking, camping, and many other things. This landscape will never disappoint your camera because it looks really wonderful. Well, it won't disappoint you too.
#2. Chateau de Chillon, Montreux
The second best place to visit in Switzerland is Chateau de Chillon in Montreux were it is located in the center of Swiss Riviera. Some people may know shore of the Lake Geneva, so here it is. The travelers can enjoy the beautiful scenery and the fresh air of Chillon Castle from the lakeside. Other vacation for the travelers is by exploring the high towers, dungeons, and some other classic castles there. Travelers also can go to the most popular old and historical buildings there. Tourists can reach those places by train, bus, or walking along the lake.
#3. Fasnacht Spring Carnival, Basel
The best place to visit in Switzerland is Fasnacht Spring Carnival in Basel. This is the largest city for this great spring carnival. The carnival lasts for three days completed with super amazing colorful costumes on the streets. Usually, the carnival begins on Monday, days before Ash Wednesday. In this carnival season, cafes and bars are open almost 24 hours. What make this carnival fantastic are the crowd, costumes, music, and the fun atmosphere.
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If you wish to spend more times here, free yourself to visit Swiss National Park located in Zernez. The wide of this park is 169 square kms. It is located on super natural place of mountains and woodland. If you love animals and nature so this is the paradise of them. It provides you more than thousands kind of animals and vegetations. You can see red deer, chamois, ibexes, and marmots. The view is totally breathtaking. You will never feel so free before you see this real life beauty of nature.
#5. Lake Geneva
Lake is one of the most wonderful places to visit on earth. One of them is Lake Geneva. This is the biggest number three in the country. Here, tourists can find tallest fountain, museums, and local restaurants. What you can do is based on your plan. Try living in this natural beauty by camping and wait for the night to come with stunning sunset and bird songs. Wake up in the morning with the orange sun rise and a good-morning fog of Lake Geneva.
#6. The Matterhorn, Zermatt
Well this is one of the best peaks on earth. The Matterhorn located in Zermatt is stunning high peak with its usual look differ from the other peaks in Alps. It looks so fantastic with the sky high pointed peaks with orange tip because of the sunlight. The high of this peak is about 4.478 meters. You can relax and have your meals on the restaurant which has more amazing view than LCD televisions ever. You can also do ski.
#7. St. Moritz
If you need to go to a luxurious night life, then you must go there in St. Mortiz. This is a high class resort which provides skiing and other sports such as mud and mineral baths and therapies. Complete your elegant life with amazing meals Savour Caviar and Truffles on a restaurant there. Not only enjoying the meals but also enjoying treatment such as spa and massage. If you wish to go there for relaxing yourself from tiring day in the day, prepare yourself with extra money because it is known as the expensive night life.


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Bikes are packed and loaded ready to head out to Laurel Springs ,NC..
We had our boy farm sit Thursday til Sunday...
TheBlack is ready
And Highbinders Valkdualsport is loaded as well .
Can't wait to see our ADV buddies,It's been a long winter and a ruff spring on the farm..
Our little corner of the woods with Catherders,SMIBS,BWDR....
Thank you 6UMC6 for holding for us all...
We no sooner set up and the visitors show up...
Flutesong already causing a ruckus ,trying to steal 257bob's seat.. Note he's NOT budging an inch..
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There goes the neighborhood... Note in hanging a banner it's all in the way ya hold the mouth...
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MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion – "On a long run we had about a 10th-place car, which is probably a little bit better than we usually do here. But on short runs we weren't very good at all and then we got that caution there at the end and that didn't work in our favor. We were a little bit better on a long run, but weren't that great overall and was maybe a 10th-place car." YOU'RE 11TH IN THE STANDINGS. ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW THINGS HAVE STARTED? "I think that's where we were when we started. Everybody wants to be leading, but last week was last week and this week we got everything we could get out of our car. It wasn't much better than that. I thought we had really good pit stops and did what we could for strategy."
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 3M Ford Fusion – "We were just battling overall grip. Our car just didn't have any grip right when we unloaded off the truck and never fixed it. We were way loose in the corner and had no rear grip. We chattered the front tires. We chattered the rear tires. There at the end we chattered all four, so it was just back and forth with all four tires chattering but no grip at all. We were doing really well in the middle part of the race and I thought, 'Man, we've got something. We're going.' We got up to 10th and then just went straight backwards. I don't know what happened."
CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion – "It was just frustrating. That's as fast as our car will go. We've got some work to do and we all know it, so we're just gonna go back and work really hard. I think the balance was as good as the guys could get it. I think Chad and those guys did a good job with it, but there is just something missing from our whole setup and that's what we've got to work on."


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During his 11-season career, Red Sox pitcher Smoky Joe Wood–who was somehow left off our list of awesome baseball porn names–managed a 117-57 record, a 2.03 ERA, 121 complete games and 28 shutouts. Many of those stats were accumulated during the 1912 season, in which Wood posted an astonishing 34-5 record, 35 complete games, 10 shutouts, a 1.91 ERA, and even a .290 batting average. The only reason Wood didn't win the Cy Young that season is because the award was 44 years from being established.
Evidently, Wood's incredible 1912 season wasn't lost on fans of opposing teams. Making Wood's performance all the more amazing, the pitcher was said to have received numerous death threats in the mail throughout the '12 campaign. A few days ago at work (in a sports-related workplace), I happened upon a photocopy of one such threat tucked inside a folder containing vintage press photos of Wood.
To my knowledge, the contents of this (dated) September 16, 1912 letter that was sent to the Red Sox team hotel in Cleveland have never been made public until now.
It reads [sic]:
"Joe Wood,
Say your final farewells at once as you will be no more within a short time. You will be in danger every moment from now on, especially on the grounds. nothing stops us, and we never fail to put an end to our victim. Two others go with you from your team one higher up and lower. We wont even warn them they will go with you. Two men from New York will accompany you and one from Wash. We warn you we never fail. Add. on envelope is false. We never fail. This easy money getting must be stopped.
Eight of our gang took up your trail yesterday."
Fortunately, the only things the threatening party succeeded in killing were the conventions of grammar. Despite the apparent track record of this "gang" never failing to put an end to their victims, Wood died of natural causes in 1985, at 95 years of age. Exactly a month after this cryptic mail was sent, the Red Sox would top the New York Giants 4-3-1 in the World Series… where Wood reportedly received more death threats. Despite the threats, Wood would earn three of Boston's four Series wins. Strangely, Wood opted to play his final three professional seasons in Cleveland, the city where this specific threat to his life originated.
Weird stuff, right?
One tie game.
Smokey Joe Wood was traded to Cleveland in 1917 for $15,000 (per Baseball Almanac and my old man)
"Bud," as the man who accepted All-Star Game ties, I'm surprised you didn't know they happened in the Fall Classic, eons ago.
A little more about the provenance of the letter, por favor?
I really don't think anything more is known!
I blame Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.
I would be interested to know where this letter was found. I would love to visit an archive of baseball materials.
Proof that rolls were as stupid 100 years ago as they are today. But now they can broadcast their stupidity globally. At least this guy corrected a couple of errors and had to take the time to send a letter.
Which is more than I did, misspelling "trolls." Oops
I would love to read this story, but some idiot has the whole thing covered by a stupid advert for Papi seeds!!!
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Strengths: Some well-formulayed serums and eye-area moisturizers; most of the sunscreens are sunscreens; good selection of targeted moisturizers; buffing scrub; small but workable selection of makeup.
Weaknesses: Expensive; jar packaging; the enzyme mask and peel; some SPF-rated products either lack the right UVA-protecting ingredients or are below SPF 15; most of the "spa at home" products contains needless fragrant irritants.
Is there something about acting talent or being beautiful that is equal to knowledge? We guess there must be, because having celebrities endorse products is big business the world over. It is simply amazing to me that Victoria Principal can convince women that they can have great skin like she does by using her skin-care routine. In fact, Victoria Principal's infomercial is one of the most successful ever.
Victoria Principal's skin-care products were originally formulated and manufactured by Aida Thibiant, a Beverly Hills aesthetician who ran a successful skin-care boutique and cosmetics manufacturing business there for years. Because the Guthy Renker Corporation that markets and distributes the line felt they no longer needed Thibiant to establish Principal's credentials, they severed ties with her in 1995. That isn't good or bad, it just means it isn't Principal's own skin-care genius behind these products.
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The big deal with this brand today is the Reclaim line. Almost all of the Principal Secret Reclaim products contain the ingredient acetyl hexapeptide-3 (Argireline), an ingredient in many of the products that claim to work like Botox. Indirectly, the same claim is used for these products, which promise to soften the appearance of lines and wrinkles that result from repeated facial expressions, which is what Botox injections accomplish brilliantly. As a brief review of what we have previously written about Argireline, this peptide is synthetically derived, and supposedly has the ability to relax muscles that would normally contract to form the facial expressions that lead to wrinkles. According to the ingredient manufacturer, it does this by modifying the release of catecholamines, which are compounds that occur naturally in the body and serve as neurotransmitters, such as epinephrine, adrenaline, and dopamine. However, you would not want a cosmetic to affect any of those substances, because if it did, it could lead to a host of new problems.
Despite Principal Secret's enthusiasm for this ingredient, there is still no substantiated proof that it works as claimed. Further, we don't know the long-term adverse effects of applying acetyl hexapeptide-3 to skin. If it really worked to relax facial muscles, it would work all over the face (assuming you're using the products, and this line contains dozens of them, as directed) (Source: Cosmetic Dermatology, July 2005, pages 521–524). If all the muscles in your face were relaxed from topical application of acetyl hexapeptide-3, you'd have sagging, not youthful, skin. But then no cosmetics company would ever put such a claim on their products!
The makeup from Principal Secret isn't anything special. There are some good products, but nothing that cannot be found for less money at the drugstore. A strong point for color: it is well edited and designed to be simple, which many women will appreciate.
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Ugh, Kanye West, enough already. The rapper is slated to appear in the May 18 season finale of "Saturday Night Live," and he's made such a point of saying he's only there to perform that it's become entirely off-putting.
It's pretty cool to be able to say you're performing on an episode of "SNL," let alone the last episode of its season. Even Justin Bieber was a good sport about appearing after having been mocked time and again on the show, but no, not Kanye. In the promo for the episode, West stands next to Ben Affleck and Fred Armisen and makes his disinterest in the promo sketches clear by barely changing his facial expression and deadpanning his lines without any hint of humor.
This comes after West went on a rant at Adult Swim's Upfronts about how he doesn't plan to "humanize" himself during Saturday's "SNL" episode. Needless to say, don't expect him to participate in any sketches this weekend.
"[I had a friend ask me, 'Are you gonna go on] 'SNL' and you're going to do like a skit about the paparazzi and shit and like humanize yourself?' I ain't here to apologize to no motherf***ers man. It ain't about me humanizing myself," West said. "At what point did I become unhuman where I had to turn myself back? Or maybe I was demonized. Or maybe I was treated inhumane and not human in that kind of situation."
He continued, "I ain't no mother***ing celebrity. I ain't running for office. I ain't kissing nobody's motherf***ing babies. I drop your baby and you sue me and sh**. I'm trying to make some music that inspires people to be the best they can be. I don't want nobody to ask nothing else of me. Don't ask nothing else of me. Motherf***ers chasing you down 'bout to make you crash and sh**. And all they want is one n**** to laugh and sh**. Hell nah I ain't doing no mother***ing 'SNL' skits, this my god*** life. This ain't no mother***ing joke. That's it. Stop that sh** right there."
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As predicted, this newest episode of Young Justice entitled Homefront continues the current theme and focuses on two specific team members. Robin and Artemis are called upon to save the team when The Cave is unexpectedly attacked. We also get to see a little of Artemis' past and further evidence that she may be the mole that Aqualad suspects has infiltrated the team.
Aqualad confides in Red Tornado about his suspicions of a mole on the team. He wonders if he should tell Batman about what he suspects, but Red Tornado advises him that Batman would expect them to handle their own internal problems. Meanwhile Miss Martian and Superboy's romance blossoms, but they are finding it difficult keeping it a secret and are almost caught by Kid Flash.
In Gotham City, Dick Grayson and Artemis Crock are both starting their first day of school at Gotham Academy. Later that night, they run into each other at the Zeta tube to The Cave. Robin questions Artemis about her being in Gotham instead of Star City, but she awkwardly stalls him by suggesting they get to The Cave. It is clear that Dick is aware of Artemis' identity while she is clueless of his.
Upon transporting in, they come under attack by two unknown enemies. Robin uses his stealth skills and blueprints of The Cave to elude their attackers who turn out to be very similar to Red Tornado. One possesses the power to control water, while the other can control fire. They give the pair ten minutes to surrender themselves or their team mates will be killed.
Artemis is discouraged about their hopes of survival much less being able to save the team. Robin however has been trained well and is able to keep one step ahead of their foes. Much like Batman, he devises a plan to save the others. Artemis points out that without superpowers, they stand little chance of success. But Robin is way ahead of her and has managed to get assistance from Kid Flash and the others.
While trying to create an EMP pulse generator to shut down the Reds, Robin is captured. It's now up to Artemis to single-handedly save the rest of the team before their time is up. She demonstrates quite a bit of self doubt and very nearly gives up. Out of arrows and almost out of time, she debates trying to save the team or escaping to get team from the Justice League. A spark of inspiration helps her overcome her doubt and she is able to set off the EMP, effectively shutting down the Reds and saving the team.
While they are trying to free Superboy and Kid Flash, Red Tornado returns from monitor duty on the Justice League Watchtower. He is unaware of other robots like himself and when he examines them, he suddenly turns on the team, knocking them all out. When they awaken, Batman, Superman, Captain Atom and other League members have arrived to help. Red Tornado and the other two Reds are mysteriously gone.
The Nerd's thoughts: Through a few flashbacks into Artemis' past, we find that her sister is the assassin Cheshire. Shortly after their mother goes to prison, she runs away from home. Young Artemis is distraught about her sister leaving her and their father. This gives some insight into Artemis' past as well as reinforces the possibility that she could be the mole on the team.
There are two great cameos in this episode. During the scene at Gotham Academy, Dick talks with a red haired girl he calls Barbara. It's is obvious that this is none other than Barbara Gordon. The two appear to be chummy in the short scene and it leaves me to wonder if, at this point, Barbara knows that Dick and Bruce are Batman and Robin. Regardless of what this friendliness may or may not mean, it was a pretty cool cameo. Another character to make a surprise appearance in this episode is Bette Kane. Young Justice just keeps getting better.
Personally I hope that Artemis is the mole and is kicked off the team to make room for Red Arrow to return. I find Roy is a much better fit for the team than Artemis is. I also wonder how Green Arrow is unaware that Artemis' sister is Cheshire. I am sure he and Batman have their reasons for adding her to the team. The subplots in this series are sometimes better than the main plot of each episode.


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According to the always reliable Daily Star, symptoms also included "gunk pouring from her nose".
Let's hope you're done with breakfast as you read this…
A show source told the newspaper this morning: "The poor girl looked like something from a horror movie, like an alien.
"She is so used to looking sexy and glam that she was really shaken up, and so were the other housemates."
Sam was examined by a doctor but did not go to hospital, but was monitored until the reaction subsided and provided with anti-allergy medication.
On returning to the house, Sam told the group: "This has come from my nose and spread into my face. They've given me a dressing too."
It's not the first time that Sam's had contact with the 'outside world' this year having now taken part in two interviews with OK! magazine from inside the house.
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Wrapping entire islands in the Bahamas with netting, introducing snakes to two other islands and measuring the fitness of hundreds of lizards using treadmills: one of the most ambitious ecological field experiments ever conducted has resolved a long-standing question about the evolution of lizards.
Lizards of the genus Anolis are found throughout the American tropics, where they vary widely in size and shape depending on ecological conditions. It has long been thought that predation is the most important evolutionary force for continental lizard populations, whereas on islands competition between lizards themselves is more important. Until now, though, no one had tested this experimentally.
Ryan Calsbeek and Robert Cox of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, cut no corners in their experiment. They excluded predators from two small, uninhabited islands in the Bahamas by wrapping the islands – about 1000 square metres each – with netting to keep out predatory birds. Meanwhile, they enhanced predation on two other islands by introducing lizard-eating snakes.
To vary the amount of competition, they seeded one of each pair of islands with high densities of Anolis sagrei lizards, and the other with lower densities of the animals.
Lance Armstrong lizards
But first, they got to know the lizards. Before release, they marked and measured each one and tested its stamina by running it to exhaustion on a treadmill.
"Your Lance Armstrong lizards can run about 7 minutes. Your overweight field-biologist lizard runs for about 2 minutes," says Calsbeek. "We spent several hours a day just running the animals, and we did that day in and day out for several weeks."
Four months later, the researchers returned to the island and recaptured every remaining lizard, noting which had survived and which died. Larger, longer-legged and higher-stamina lizards had survived better than smaller, wimpier ones on higher-density islands where competition was more intense, they found. However, these traits did not affect the chance of survival in the face of predation. This supports the idea that competition, and not predation, is the primary selective force in these island lizards, says Calsbeek.
"To me, that's surprising," says David Reznick, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Riverside. "I would have thought that predation would matter."
Journal reference: Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature09020
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