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Progress Report: Tower Groove Records Compilation
|Roy Kasten
|Jason Hutto at Smokin' Baby
Last Sunday I spent a few hours in the company of Hutto, Anne Tkach, Adam Hesed and Duane Perry as they guided a parade of bands, up to thirteen or fourteen by the end of the third day of recording, through tracking for the Tower Groove Records sampler. It's an ambitious project, with 21 St. Louis bands each cutting an original song (with one exception) in three hours. Originally, the collective had planned to do seven sessions in a day; sanity dictated a more luxurious pace of four or five in a day.
As I sipped on a pumpkin ale -- one of the bands on the sampler is made up of Schlafly employees, so the beer never ran out -- Hutto clicked through the hard disks and spun up some mixes: Sleepy Kitty covering Pavement (the aforementioned exception), the Hot Liquors getting their punk bar band rocks off, the Ransom Note getting sexy, Fred Friction sounding astonishingly tuneful and Theodore raging through its hardest rocker to date. If the roughs are any indication, the sampler is set to be as good a single document of the current state of St. Louis rock & roll as one could desire. It's oriented towards the south side, to be sure, but the geography matters less than the sound: punk, twang, noise, blues and a whole lot of Cherokee District basement.
And living room and bedrooms, as Hutto has the upstairs of his building wired for sound - if you call drilling holes through the floor and dropping cables wiring - allowing him to isolate an arsenal of guitar amps and crank them hard. The abandoned residences next door haven't complained. He's a patient and precise engineer, chain-smoking through a 20-minute-long sound check for one Tone Rodent guitar. The sound finally goes from ghastly to golden jangle. The band sets up in the 18x24 tracking room, runs half way through the song twice, and then cuts it, effectively in a single take. It's a good groove, heavy but catchy in that spacey way Tone Rodent can be. The band ditches its headphones, listens back and smokes as one. Everyone airs criticism, but looking at Hutto's face I know he knows he captured the band as it should be: fresh, relaxed, inspired and in its element. They do another take, but I'd wager that was the one. The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra (who effectively make up the 22nd band on the compilation) will be in later to add horns and strings.
Most of the bands visiting Smokin' Baby have been clocking in well under their three-hour allotment, and if the recording continues at its current pace, tracking and overdubbing will be finished by end of October and final mixes by end of November. Hutto will oversee those mixes, getting band input as necessary, and the final double LP should be ready by Spring 2011.
In the backyard, Hesed explains that there's no grand scheme to the band selection for the compilation. "Some bands are going to wonder, 'Why weren't we included?'" he says. "The answer is pretty simple. We just had to have a cutoff. We can't include every band."
The Tower Groove Records Compilation Lineup Warm Jets USA Bunnygrunt The Hot Liquors Rats and People Theodore Magic City Doomtown Bug Chaser Ransom Note Tone Rodent Sleepy Kitty Fred Friction and The Awful Good This City of Takers The Feed Death of Yeti Catholic Guilt Peck of Dirt Old Lights Beth Bombara The Skekses Accelerando Maximum Effort
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For NMR purposes a uniform magnetic field has been produced by field coils. It is known to use a cosinusoidal distribution to produce a uniform field. However, a large-diameter low-inductance coil is required for NMR and it is difficult to wind a small number of turns cosinusoidally. It is proposed to use two cosinusoidal coils providing unequal and opposing fields, the required field being the resultant and the combined inductance being less than either coil individually. The coils may have different winding densities or may be at different radii or both.
1. A coil arrangement having a given inductance and providing a substantially uniform magnetic field in a cylindrical region, the arrangement comprising:
a first set of conductors having a first inductance and being sinusoidally distributed around the region and extending parallel to the axis of said region so as to produce a first substantially uniform transverse magnetic field of first uniformity in said region when the coil arrangement is excited by an electric current; and
a second set of conductors having a second inductance and being sinusoidally distributed around said region in a corresponding manner to the first set of conductors, so as to produce, when the coil arrangement is excited, a second substantially uniform magnetic field of second uniformity in said region which opposes and is of smaller magnitude than said first uniform magnetic field;
wherein the resultant magnetic field has a uniformity corresponding to the less uniform of the first and second uniformities of said first and second uniform fields, and the given inductance of the coil arrangement being less than either of the first and second inductances of the first and second sets of conductors individually.
2. A coil arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of conductors have respective angular distribution densities, and wherein the angular distribution density of the second set of conductors is lower than the angular distribution density of the first set of conductors.
3. A coil arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of conductors are disposed coaxially, with the second set of conductors being at a greater radius than the first set of conductors.
4. A coil arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the first and second sets of conductors have equal respective angular distribution densities.
5. A coil arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of conductors comprise portions of saddle coils.
6. A coil arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the first and second sets of conductors comprise portions of at least one coil wound around a non-magnetic cylindrical former surrounding said region.
The present invention is related to coil arrangements for the production of magnetic fields and is particularly, although not exclusively, related to arrangements for the production of uniform magnetic fields for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) apparatus.
It has been proposed to use NMR apparatus for medical purposes to examine regions of interest, of for example cross-sections of the bodies of patients. Such apparatus requires uniform magnetic fields to be produced over relatively large volumes, sufficient to encompass at least the region of interest, by coils sufficiently large to allow a patient to be introduced to the examination position. The coils may for some purposes be saddle-shaped and may also be toroidal.
It is known that a cosinusoidal distribution of current conductors around a cylinder will produce a uniform transverse field therein. A true cosine distribution and consequently uniform field can therefore be provided if a sufficiently large number of conductors are provided. However if a coil has a large diameter, such as is required to surround a patient, and a low inductance is required, as is the case for NMR, it is not possible to wind a sufficient number of turns to give a field which is as uniform as would be desired.
It is an object of this invention to provide an arrangement giving a more uniform field in such circumstances.
According to the invention there is provided a coil arrangement for providing a substantially uniform magnetic field in a region, the arrangement comprising at least two sinusoidally wound coils around said region, the two coils providing, for the same coil current, unequal and opposing fields in said region to provide a magnetic field of uniformity appropriate to the least uniform of said coils with a combined inductance less than either coil individually.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings of which,
FIG. 1 shows a saddle coil with a sinusoidal distribution,
FIG. 2 shows a cross-section of the conductors of two such saddle coils arranged in accordance with the invention,
FIG. 3 is equivalent to FIG. 2 for coils having large numbers of conductors,
FIG. 4 shows an alternative arrangement of coils for the invention,
FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit for the coils of FIG. 4 and
FIG. 6 shows a further alternative arrangement of coils for the invention.
In FIG. 1 there is shown a conventional saddle shaped coil having a relatively small number of conductors in a sinusoidal (or cosinusoidal depending on the choice of axes) distribution. In order to show the distribution of conductors more clearly a cross-section of the coil of FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 2 by the conductors 1. The distribution of these is such that at 2 there are A turns per unit length of circumference while at 3, at angle θ from the y-axis, there are A sin θ turns per unit length of circumference.
In this invention it is proposed to improve field uniformity without an excessive increase of inductance by winding a second saddle shaped coil of condutors 4, in this case inside the first coil although that is not necessary. The conductors 4 are also wound in sinusoidal distribution. However for n conductors 1 there are n+x conductors 4 carrying current of the same magnitude as conductors 1 but of reverse sense. It will be appreciated that for two such opposed coils the inductance is that which would be provided by a coil of x turns but with field uniformity which can be achieved by n turns sinusoidally wound (where n>>x).
FIGS. 1 and 2 shows saddle coils having few conductors. Where many conductors are provided the coils are wound as shown in cross-section in FIG. 3. In that Figure the winding is such that at 2' there are A turns radially and at 3' there are A sin θ turns radially in coil 1'. Coil 4' is wound appropriately. In FIG. 3 the coils are shown of relative dimension that 4' has n turns and 1' has n+x turns.
It will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to saddle coils but may be applied to any coil arrangement.
Furthermore instead of using two coils with unequal numbers of turns closely spaced, connected in series there may be used concentric coils of equal or unequal numbers of turns but with opposing fields and large radial separation, connected in parallel and adjusted to give a residual difference field of high uniformity.
Such a coil arrangement is shown in FIG. 4 in which an inner coil 5 and an outer coil 6 have the same number of turns but are spaced such that the field at the axis 7 due to coil 6 is less than and opposing the field due to coil 5.
It will be appreciated that increasing radial separation of the coils reduces the capacity between them and if the coils are driven in parallel the interwinding capacities C shown at 8 will have very small voltages developed across them thus keeping the effective capacity to a low value. The equivalent circuit is shown in FIG. 5.
The embodiment of the invention in which two opposing coils are placed concentrically at different radii can be constructed by taking a non-magnetic cylindrical former and winding on to it a winding which has a turn spacing approximating a sinusoidal distribution. Such an arrangement is shown in FIG. 6 for a system in which the outer coil has more turns than the inner coil.
Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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Avoid Quattro Leone in Oltrano
If you are thinking of going to this restaurant - I have one word for you - DON'T. We love the Piazza where this restaurant is located. We actually usually stay steps away in an apartment when we come to Florence. Last time we were in Florence we ate at QL but thought it was only good but not great. We couldn't remember exactly what had occurred but we remembered the staff as vaguely unpleasant. Because of both of these memories we didn't plan a meal there. However, since they were right there and because they had fried artichokes in season, I decided to give them one more chance. I stopped by to ask for an order of artichokes. They were so nasty - pointing me towards the bar across the street in a really unpleasant way. Life is too short to eat in a mediocre place when there is so much great food in Florence and nice people, especially in this neighborhood. We will post our reviews when we get back, but this just couldn't wait.
I went to Florence 6 years ago and this restaurant was recommended by our Hotel Owner. It was our least favorite restaurant on our trip and we will always remember the name because the food in Florence was so good, even the little tourist traps so it was disappointing that this place that was recommended by a local was not good. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!0


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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said on Wednesday that Washington's reluctance to tackle entitlement reform would—among other things—raise the Social Security retirement age and put the country on the path toward fiscal ruin.
The country needs leadership, not timidity, Christie said.
"Leadership in America today has to be about doing the big things and being courageous," he said during his roughly 40-minute speech at the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
Christie drew on his own experience as New Jersey governor, a 13-month tenure marked by his high-profile campaign to reduce benefits for public-sector unions, as proof that voters will reward politicians who tackle entitlement systems that have traditionally been politically toxic.
"Let me guarantee, we will be judged," he said. "We will be judged by our children and grandchildren that, at this moment, did we bury our heads in the sand? Did we surround ourselves with our creature comforts and believe that just because we're American everything will be OK?
"Or will our children and grandchildren be able to say at this moment, we stood up and did the hard things that made a future of greatness possible for them?" he asked.
Christie's appearance in the nation's capital will surely stoke speculation that he might still seek the GOP presidential nomination, although he again vigorously denied he'll do so. Instead, he said he came to Washington because he's worried the actions of President Obama and lawmakers at the onset of the new legislative session signal they aren't serious about tackling "the big things" plaguing the country.
Obama's decision not to include entitlement reform in his budget was disappointing, Christie said, particularly after he heard that Obama was waiting for Republicans to suggest something first. Christie added that had Obama showed leadership and proposed the changes, he would have guaranteed himself reelection.
He mocked Obama's proposals for investment in high-speed rail and high-speed Internet, which he called peripheral to the real problems facing the country.
But he also chided, in a mocking tone, the "bold" new House Republicans, who he said won't propose the changes until the president does so.
"Let me suggest to you that my child's future and your child's future is more important than some political strategy," he said. "Let me suggest to you what game is being played down here is irresponsible and dangerous."
Christie repeatedly drew parallels between how he has handled the fiscal deficits plaguing New Jersey and how lawmakers should handle them at the national level. The key lesson: Unlike perhaps any time in recent history, voters are more willing to accept cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid because they know the reductions are the only way to solve the problem.
Voters will not only reward those who don't "sugarcoat" the country's problems—they'll punish those politicians who do.
"My approval rating is at 54 percent," he said. "It's not a disaster. In fact, I'm more popular today than the day I was elected," even in Democratic-leaning New Jersey.
Christie's fiscal austerity has become a model for many new governors across the country, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
"Across the river, you have the son of a liberal icon who is saying the exact same things that I'm saying," Christie said. "I defy you to look at the first six weeks of the Cuomo administration in Albany and discern much of a difference between what Governor Andrew Cuomo is saying and what Governor Chris Christie is saying on these big issues."


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What do you mean TP won't give the race. 9 times out of 10 if they don't reveal the race he's white. They have no problem saying black man with dreads.
When is enough going to be enough? This has got to STOP! BLKWRATH I agree perhaps if victims start shooting back and killing the thugs others will think twice. I am African American and I've said on other occassions we hate crime and thugs just as much as anyone race/group of people. While I'm not a big fan of Texas maybe the Death Penalty will make people think. Try them and if found guilty put them to death; forget being on Death Row for years....PULL THE SWITCH!
ripper12-WATCH YOUR MOUTH.
Thanks for making lower9p's point- It's the general thought that all blacks uphold criminals. No one likes criminals you IDIOT!
exodia-WELL STATED
If I had a $1 for the silly things I've done and lived through them I could retire. It was a terrible accident and my prayers go out to the family. People are so quick be critical of others.
DutchOven- You're such a waist!
smartlalec-At least you live up to your name.
I knew the sheets and robes would come out when this was approved.
I love it how people start off so nice then if given enough time they will show us all whom they really are. Such is the case wtih stormySky. Point is whether you agree or not; when people work hard purchase a home and live honestly. It doesn't matter whether their home is worth 70K or 700K the ground it's on is hallowed to them. Thank you for proving a point that Lakeview worries and cares about Lakeview. It's not a problem just a fact, so before you start criticizing everyone else for taking pride in his or her part of the city...think about it.
stormySky-I've been reading your post as well as others and I have to ask. Who are you referring to when you use the term groups? Just curious as I don't want to jump to conclusions.
Before Katrina all people cared about in Lakeview was Lakeview. The fact is Katrina got a little of each group: Rich, Upper Middle, Middle and the Poor. Lakeview is not the only area or people that will drive or contribute to the well being of New Orleans. As I've said many times before this city will never move forward until it's better for all. Decent education, wages etc..Katrina blew the lid off of our dirty little secret.
504cracka- You tell us you seem to have all the answers. By the way the title work is going fine. It never stops to amaze me how when someone decides to help a predominately black area everyone wants to chime in with they don't deserve this or they were majority crack heads before. Lakeview wasn't the only part of town that had hard working people; how about New Orleans East and Gentilly honest hard working people lived there. Everyone in Lakeview should continue that great work ethic that you brag about and stop crying. Why is it that the Lakeview's, the St Bernard's and other places are quick to say people in the Lower 9th Ward just want a handout, but yet these same people are complaining because they weren't offered one....WHAT GIVES. I would have more respect for you if you would just say we all need a little help every now and then.
Brad Pitt is doing something. souldrift404 I agree with you great job Brad. Reading the other post is just the reason we can't get anything done here...ATTITUDE! Outsiders won't get it right, well what are you doing as a New Orleanian besides run your mouth fatherducque.
legalstudent you and mistawiggles need to really get a life. You two are just a perfect example of the COWARDLY RACIST that still live and thrive in New Orleans. What COWARDS.
Cebe-We don't expect you to understand, besides how do know Eddie was so incompetent as you say. Most everything in this city is driven by race "hell" we are divided by race. Crime was bad when Connick was DA, it didn't go down until Pennington was Police Chief. A lot of comments made by African Americans are driven but circumstances you will never understand. Just like when OJ was acquitted whites actually thought blacks were cheering for him. The fact of the matter is most blacks gave up on OJ years ago. We were cheering the fact that a black man played the game according to rules already in place and won. That's it plain and simple.
nolaeast-LOL....you know white people don't commit crimes.
mellow3 I have to agree with you about Bobby Jindal, and for those of you deciding look at his voting record......be careful. Now please tell me you are kidding about the Go Nagin!!! Jefferson Parish is steady rebuilding while Nagin and the City Council do nothing except allow us to get screwed by utilities. Manhattan Blvd is booming, Oakwood is opening. How many Lowes and Home Depots do we need?
The low assessments have a problem for years, but they want to fix all at one time...which is not fair. I think it should be a gradual process but definately corrected. Additionally, am I the only one but is anyone else paying outrages Entergy and Water Bills. I would love to hear your feedback. Thanks
catman88-BLACK PEOPLE ARE unfairly prosecuted at a much higher rate than WHITES.
mskiwi-Stop snorting glue! My neighborhood is over 95% Black and guess what no crime. Very safe before Katrina and quiet after. While I won't sit here and blame Whites for all that is wrong with Black America, they can't get away without some of the blame. The bottom line is Whites don't give a damn about the plite of Blacks. Most of you here only want to spew your racist comments saying such as "kill them at birth" and other nonsense. As long as blacks are killing each other you're fine, but when you think it could be you there's a problem. You act as if we're animals not the case. The majority of blacks want the same thing as whites. Good schools, safe neighborhoods and a good income. The problem is we're not portrayed in the media like that. It's better to have the nation or world for that matter scared of the "Black Man". When white children kill at schools, they are always portrayed as being bullied...etc When will we understand that this a human problem not just a us or them problem.
To futher clarify my previous statement. When I say environment I am not saying just because one lives in all black area or attend an all black school there is crime. I'm just saying economics do play a large part. We can thank Reagan for ending many programs that kept our children out of trouble.
While I can't say I'm a fan of C-Murder, I can say it's funny when an African American has the means to play the (justice) game by the rules whites set up everyone gets angry. He is doing nothing different than any other celebrity or well financed citizen.....get a GOOD LAWYER!
ripper1- Get Real! I will agree that "WHITEY" as you put it shouldn't get the blame for all of Black America's problems, at the same time they damn sure can take some of it. As far as crime is concered I will never say or agree that someone should get off if they are convicted and found guilty of a crime. The problem is that our justice system accuses and convicts Blacks at a much higher rate PERIOD. Additionally, many studies have indicated that one's economic status and environment play a large part in their committing crimes. Oh by the way a lot of the studies were done by predominately white universities. I say that becasue maybe you'll be more likely to believe their findings. As far as Jena is concered I guess hanging a noose from a tree is just a joke and we're too sensitive...huh
tyronican097 - New Orleans is phat with crime period. Just because whites aren't being prosecuted doesn't mean they're not committing crimes. While I do believe in the old phrase "you do the crime you have to be prepared to do the time". The real outcry should be how our schools are and have been under funded for years, or how our teachers are underpaid. Again, I don't agree with anyone stealing, however I believe that if you pay a person a decent wage/salary it will lower the percentage of them stealing from you.
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This is the eleventh post in the 1/2 Marathon being orchestrated by the Christian Marriage Bloggers Association. I have a bunch of questions left from the A Males Perspective teleconference I spoke at last week. As such, I'll be using this marathon to answer some of the questions I received. Please note, these are my perspective. I cannot vouch for all males and when I'm giving my perspective on women, I certainly cannot vouch for all women. Also, all references to gender traits are based on the average population, there are exceptions of course. Please do not be offended by these if you are not "neuro-typical" for your gender. So, on to the question:
In one of your blog you said that men like to be rewarded for being a good provider, father, and just a man in general. And to most men If they have done something good it should = Sex, Something bad = No sex! Can you tell me why men tend to think this way?
There are 3 reasons I can think of (there may be more) for men thinking sex is a reward:
- Hormones
- Society's teachings
- How close sexuality is to our core self
So, let's explore them.
Dopamine is the hormone in our brains that is responsible for "rewarding" us. We get dopamine bursts when we do something that "increases our chance of survival". This is a very broad category. We get dopamine from winning contests, from being told we did something well, from taking risks (and succeeding), even from drinking water (important for survival). Dopamine plays a big role in relationships: initial attraction, the beginning of a relationship, first kiss, first sexual encounter. As well, we get bursts of dopamine right before orgasm. Dopamine has a very important role. It tells us when we've done something good. It is a reward, it makes us feel ecstatic, a natural high. This is why we feel good when we do well on tests in school, when we get a raise at work. This is our brains way of making sure we continue to strive for these goals. So, can you see where the problem comes up?
When we have sex, our brain is telling us we've done something good. That's a big part of why we think that if we get sex from our wives, we feel everything is OK, our brain is rewarding us, even if that was not the intention of sex from your partners viewpoint.
Society's Teachings
Our society is hyper-sexualized. We are taught from a very young age that if we're having exciting, varied, kinky, frequent sex then we've succeed in a very important aspect of life. So, when we have sex (no matter what kind), it is a set toward that realization of the goals we've been programmed with by movies, TV, radio, music, etc.. Alternatively, if we don't have sex, we feel we are failing. Now, most of us know this goal is a sham, but it's so ingrained that it's hard to remove it completely from your subconscious.
Since our spouse is the only one we can be having this exciting, varied, kinky, frequent sex from, when we have sex this translates into our spouse helping us meet that goal. When we don't have sex, our spouse is holding us back.
It's not fair, for both parties, but the perception exists.
In addition to this, magazines, articles, blogs, etc will all tell you that if your not having sex, then your not putting enough effort into your marriage. You must be doing something wrong. You need to try harder! It's not hard to see why men might think they are doing something wrong if they are turned down for sex based on these messages.
Sexuality At Our Core
I've discussed this a few times during this 1/2 Marathon. Men (typically) have their sexual self very close to what they feel is their core. When we are accepted sexually, we feel that we are accepted as an entire person. When we are rejected sexually, we feel that who we are is being rejected (regardless of reason).
The closest analogy I have found to date is that women tend to have the same relationship with conversation. Women (generally) need conversation to feel loved, cared for, connected. If everything else in the marriage is good, but there is no conversation (beyond purely functional discourse), then the woman often feels abused, neglected and unimportant. Regardless of all of her other needs being met, regardless of how the husband is as a father, regardless of how many orgasms she has during sex.
Likewise to most husbands, if there is no sex (beyond purely functional (procreation) sex), then the man will feel abused, neglected and unimportant. Regardless of all his other needs being met, regardless of the intellectual conversations they have, regardless of her kind words and praise.
So, if you tell your husband that's he's doing a good job, that you love him, that you appreciate him, but then turn him down for sex (regardless of reason) your actions (or inaction in this case) will speak louder than words. He will hear something akin to telling a wife "You know, I love you, but I really don't feel the need to talk to you". Most wives would be devastated by a statement like this, and yet, on average, husbands receive the equivalent more often than they actually have sex.
Add these all up, and that is why we think we've done well when we are having sex, and we've done something wrong when we aren't. We're fighting a 3-pronged war against these feelings. Some of them are nature, some are nurture but all effect us in some way.
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Not in our marriage. Sex has never been used as a rewards system. I can't even fathom how that works!
I have to agree, the reward system is Animal like! Don't every view any part of a marriage like an exchange. I will buy my wife a dress so I can GET sex FROM her!
She will just end up hating you in a deep way. How about honouring each other's needs
I think you hit the nail on the head. Whether we like it or not, it is ingrained in us from childhood that good behavior will be rewarded and bad will be punished. Why would we not transfer this teaching to sex?
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Excellent post. What is the biggest disadvantage to this way of thinking for a bloke may I ask?
I get what you are saying Jay Dee and I don't deny that it is true, but I still can't fathom it and I am quite sure my husband feels the same as me. We've had our ups and downs, but sex for us is not related to what we do or don't do.for each other. Sex is sex….part of marriage for better or for worse. I don't receive sex flowers. We have never had make up sex. I don't refuse when he's a jerk. We have sex because we are married and we like it and that is how we can reconnect on a deep, intimate level.
I agree!
While I don't think of sex in the context of 'reward,' I do agree that it feels that way after having read this article.
When the desire for sex is rejected–and almost even worse, taken as a task to be completed!–then I feel rejected as her husband. Several holidays and special occasions without even the mention of intimacy or an attempt–and I feel worthless, as though I don't really matter except to help around the house, drive, and deposit my paycheck.
Oh, and allow her to maintain the facade of a happy marriage.
The kicker is that I know that my wife doesn't think any of those things about me, doesn't believe that way, and doesn't mean it.
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In its heyday, my personal blog was one of the most popular Japan blogs on the Internet. TokyoMango was where people found me for more serious magazine and radio work, which later became my full-time career. 50% of all first year posts had a poop reference or joke in it. I still update it sometimes. Here, come have a peek!
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This is my real job. I launched a program for MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito that connects 21 diverse extraordinary individuals with researchers at the Lab through collaborative projects that might just change the world.
I've written and produced stories for Wired, Fast Company, Popular Science, Boing Boing, PRI's Studio360, The New York Times Magazine, etc. Read them here.
I wrote this book in 2008. It offers readers lots of silly tips and tricks that help you hack life with everyday household objects. Based on a Wired Magazine front-of-the-book article, Urawaza was published by Chronicle Books and won a STEP Design award.
An online, crowdfunded, episodic documentary about a group of surfers rallying to rebuild Japan after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami co-produced/co-directed with Jason Wishnow. The characters from this film are now friends and collaborators of The Tofu Project.
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2nd phase of Floridian Golf Club plan goes before Martin County Commission today
PALM CITY — County commissioners will vote on the second phase of the Floridian Golf Club's final site plan, which would allow developers to build 10 single-family, waterfront homes.
The Palm City-based golf club initially was used as a private golf retreat for multimillionaire Wayne Huizenga's friends, relatives and business associates, but Houston businessman Jim Crane had bigger plans when he purchased the property in 2010, including a redesign of the course, a new 6,000-square-foot fitness spa overlooking the St. Lucie River, a golf learning center and 46 residencies along the C-23 Canal, five cottages on a golf-course lake and five homes on an island separating the canal and Bessey Creek.
The project was initially approved in October 2012 by the old commission majority, before the current commission chairwoman, Sarah Heard, brought the project back for review in November.
Commissioners brought up concerns in February that the plans originally approved were misrepresented to work around the 75-foot shoreline that is required for development on natural waterways, but the developers proved their compliance and the project was allowed to move forward.
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This seems to be the season for Duchamp-inspired sculpture to win awards at regional art exhibitions. Ontario sculptor Arne Roosman recently won the Victoria Wines Award for the "Homage to Marcel Duchamp" he entered in the Art Gallery of Bancroft's recent invitational show.
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Guntersville Lake
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|Guntersville Lake
Guntersville Lock and Dam
|Jackson / Marshall counties, Alabama, United States
|34°25′23″N 086°23′32″W / 34.42306°N 86.39222°WCoordinates: 34°25′23″N 086°23′32″W / 34.42306°N 86.39222°W
|Lake type
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|Tennessee River
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|Tennessee River
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|United States
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|75 mi (121 km)
|Surface area
|69,000 acres (28,000 ha)
Guntersville Lake (generally referred to locally as Lake Guntersville) is located in north Alabama between Bridgeport and Guntersville. Created by Guntersville Dam along the Tennessee River, it stretches 75 miles (121 km) from Guntersville Dam to Nickajack Dam. It is Alabama's largest lake at 69,000 acres (280 km²).
The lake and dam received its name from the town of Guntersville, which received its name from an early settler of the area, John Gunter.
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Las Cruces – Thousands of acres will be up offered this week at the Bureau of Land Management's regional oil and gas lease sale, but some of the land near the Organ Mountains is being held back.
Fifty-one parcels will be available in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas and Kansas although the agency has pulled back a dozen parcels in New Mexico that are near a national park and proposed wilderness.
The agency says it's waiting for guidance from officials in Washington, D.C., on whether there should be a buffer between energy development and nearly 369,000 acres in southern New Mexico that the state's U.S. senators want to protect as wilderness and a national conservation area.
Conservationists had complained that four parcels were only seven miles from the proposed Organ Mountains and Desert Peaks wilderness area.
In northern New Mexico, the Hopi tribe of Arizona has concerns about eight parcels not far from Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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Reconstruction of an RGB image.
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In digital photography the red, green and blue values are not sampled at the same position. We can use demosaicing to reconstruct a "regular" RGB image.
This program is using bilinear interpolation for the reconstruction.
this code really helped me a lot~~Thx~
its good enough for understanding
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That will give me a great help to understand bilinear interpolation algorithm!
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Thanks very much
Basic but efficient function! A similar function is part of the Image Acquisition Toolbox (which I haven't tried)
Just add a ";" to the line "R = R + R1 + R2"
or you'll end upp waiting forever. ;-)
Also, for larger images you might want to clear variables (im, B1, B2, R1, R2) along the function to avoid the omnipresent "Out of memory" errors.
Just add a ";" to the line "R = R + R1 + R2
" or you'll end upp waiting forever. ;-)
Bi-linear interpolation is the most primitive demosaicing algorithm. Educational use is fine, but it is not suitable for high-end image processing.
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Anyone Catch that Blago Speech Today? Bizarre.
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Unfortunately, I could only catch bits and pieces of the speech on KTRS (550 AM), which annoyingly kept cutting to commercials every five minutes, but what I did hear wasn't good.
The governor's argument that White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanual and even President Barack Obama should also lose their jobs seemed a tadbit strange.
So, too, was that whiny talk about how he fought to provide flu vaccines for the citizens of Illinois. What does that have to do with Blagojevich allegedly trying to sell Obama's senate seat?
I also couldn't follow that story he relayed on a poor mother In Chicago who has to take the subway to work each day. Sorry, governor, but who the hell cares?
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How Sally Field Gained, Then Lost, 25 Pounds: "It Was Just Disgusting"
Move over, Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale, there's a new Method actor transforming for a role — 66-year-old Sally Field.
Sassy Sally already has a couple of Oscars, but when you're playing opposite Daniel Day-Lewis you have to swing for the fences to get another one. Sally plays Mary Todd Lincoln opposite Danny D-L's Honest Abe in Steven Spielberg's new film Lincoln. To play the role, the former Gidget had to gain 25 pounds.
Sally told Jay Leno (via UsMagazine.com) that she ate brown rice and pro-Gain protein drinks to put on weight. "Oh God, it was just disgusting. I never had a fun meal, basically. It just was discipline." She said it took her about six months to gain the weight and a year to lose it — even with two trainers helping her through intense workouts four times a week. She said she eventually had to have knee surgery because her small frame couldn't hold the extra weight.
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Happy New Year friends! I hope you're starting off with something positive and its going to be a fantastic year for all of us! Mattie and I stayed in alone, and were in bed by 11 and played games on my Nook until he fell asleep, while I stayed up reading for a few hours. We didn't even get to drink out sparkling cider. The Nook was my big gift to myself this year with the gift cards I received, and I love it. I mentioned the set-up I was getting for it in my last post, but I haven't mentioned what a headache it turned out to be to et things the way I wanted them.
My Nook and my N2A card arrived on time, just as promised, and I was really excited, only to see the company sent me the wrong N2A card- they sent me one for the Nook HD+, not the HD. I contacted the company, and they sent me a download link to get the right set-up and instructions on how to prepare the micro SD card. Unfortunately, they sent me the same as what was already on the (wrong) card, so it took another day before I was able to get it right. In that 24 hours, I learned I do not like the Nook's native OS at all. Eventually all was right and I got it set up, and despite mistakes being made, the company who makes the N2A cards was very helpful and prompt in helping to get me straightened out.
I had a moment of panic the other night when I attempted to hook my phone up to my computer to transfer some files over and clear out some space. I kept getting the message that my phone was locked and it wouldn't work. I finally found a setting that wasn't there before this last big update, and after checking the box, I could connect, but my sync manager said I had to get the update for that before it would work. I updated that and then it was smooth sailing, but it took a while to figure out. It took me about an hour to figure out the problem and fix it.
I found a payoff calculator on my Amazon.com credit card's site and figure out exactly how much I'll be paying off to have it paid off in full in August. My estimates were about $25 more than the calculator said, which was cool because there's a few less dollars to put into it, and I also found by snowballing my bills, paying off the BillMeLater account in full first, it moves my payoff date for the Amazon card up by a month. I'm feeling really confident I will have quite a large chunk of my debt paid off before the year's end. I want to pay of at least 50% of my debt in 2014, and paying off the two credit cards will put me at having paid off 56% of the total. Add in a couple of payments on my student loan and I'll be well on my way to being debt-free.
Saturday night we went out to Sharky's to get some practice in and try out my new stick. I was really excited about that, and we played for a couple of hours. It feels really nice in my hands, and the weight feels perfect. It also has a grip on it which I think will give me better control of the stick. Anyway, Mattie had no need to worry that I'd like his gift- its pretty fucking awesome! I'm looking forward to playing again next Monday.
I finally rounded up last year's goals, which I did horrible on overall. The fun ones- cooking, reading, and sewing- I blew out of the water, but the rest I failed miserably on getting done. I didn't even track for about half the year, so how often I ate at least 2 servings of fruits and/or veggies each day is anyone's guess, and I barely exercised at all, as you can see on my workout pages. Paying off a huge chunk of my debt was an epic failure because until very recently I still had and was using (often) my BillMeLater account. Thankfully it finally clicked in my head I was never going to pay down my debt as long as that account was open nd I called and closed it.
Next year's goals are some of the same, adjusted a bit, but a few are different.
- Read 100 books (no re-reads)
- Cook 30 new recipes.
- Pay off 50% of my total debt. ($1308 of $2616)
- Sew 12 new projects.
- Reach my goal weight of 165 pounds.
- Vacuum the house weekly.
- Learn to knit or crochet and finish a project.
- Make 5 new loans on Kiva.
- Exercise 3 times per week minimum.
- Track food daily.
Since getting a smartphone in July, and now my Nook, I've been reading like crazy. I ended up reading 80+ books last year, even though my goal was 35, and probably 85% of those books were read after I got my phone in July. I always swore I would never get an e-reader, that I loved the feel and the smell of a real book, but once I tried it, I loved it. I honestly haven't picked up a paper book since.
As I said up there, I didn't really track for about half of this year. I also rarely weighed in, mostly out of sheer terror of what the scale would say. I stepped on the scale the other night before bed after a day of eating crap, and it was just over 190 at the end of the day. While I'm irritated at being up that high when I was at 182 at my lowest, I'm also honestly surprised it wasn't much higher with as badly as I've eaten lately. I've been tracking today, but you know when you're running on almost no sleep all day and you're just hungry? That was me today, and I ended up way over my calorie goal. Its not pretty at all, and most of what I ate today was total garbage, but I tracked it all anyway even though I really wanted to pretend I didn't eat half of it.
Not much else left to say, so going to wrap this up and post it. I'm hoping to get to sleep early tonight and hopefully sleep through until at least late tomorrow morning. See you next time!


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Can you give us a little rundown of the events that transpired with Zygor? I've made your blog post required reading for the article, but just so people have a quick frame of reference. TourGuide's code was licensed to Zygor Leveling Guides after repeated attempts by other mod coders to rebrand TourGuide?
In short, a number of leveling guide sellers have been modifying TourGuide without my permission and using it to power their guides. None of these vendors ever worked out a licensing agreement with me. Zygor has his own addon, which he paid someone to develop for him. I've licensed TourGuide exclusively to Zygor now, and he plans to put the addon back up for free in the near future.
I want to stress that again, TourGuide will remain free. I know a number of my users are upset over this whole ordeal, and I think it's mostly because I have not made that clear. Users are under the impression that TourGuide will only be available if you pay for Zygor's guide, and that is not the case. TourGuide is just unavailable temporarily and will be back.
How long have you been in the wow addon/ui mod community? What was your first addon? Have you been coding your whole life?
Too damn long. I've been in the game since the original open beta, I've used addons since that time, and I probably started working on addons within 6 months of the game's release.
First addon was a remake of an addon called "Minipet leash". Back in those days it just printed this big annoying message after an event that would despawn your pet, like hitting a flight point. Over the years it's evolved and been rewritten a few times. The current version is Kennel, which automatically puts a random pet out for you any time you don't have one.
I've been coding since high school. I started with TI-BASIC (you know, those big ugly graphing calculators), and dabbled in java a little bit. Over the years I tinkered in C++, javascript, lua, ruby. I currently work with ruby on rails and jquery for github.com, and I also manage their tech support.
TourGuide was an awesome addon and really helped a lot of people take the tedium of leveling alts. With Death Knights starting at 55, and the leveling curve getting easier over the course of wow's life, do you think Blizzard would open up other original classes to starting at a higher level?
I think the death knights at 55 thing was a test. Blizzard basically had two choices, ditch the old world and start everyone out with the BC content, or fix the old world. As everyone knows, Cataclysm will be revamping the old world, so it's pretty clear which option they went with. I'm happy they went this route, I like the old world quite a bit, and hate it too. If Cataclysm is anything like the changes made to Dustwallow, I think we're going to be in for lots of fun "new" zones.
Carbonite previously famously charged for a premium version of their leveling/quest helper and took down the premium subscription after Blizzard put out their revised Addon/UI Development Policy. What do you think about the reaction to Carbonite and the eventual retraction of a subscription model?
Carbonite really was the catalyst for the policy. For-pay addons were not a new thing, the problem was that Carbonite started pushing ads into their free version. Frankly, I think that was a horribly stupid move on Carbonite's part... putting ads into a game that you don't own and users pay to play? That's going to piss people off, and it certainly did. The addon policy was the Blizzard legal team's response.
The Addon/UI development policy states that addons cannot be charged for. It also states that addon developers cannot ask for donations in-game, which is common practice. Do you think these areas of the policy should be changed?
Asking for donations in game wasn't all that common before the policy, honestly. I'm impartial to that part of the policy, I never had donation links inside my addons. I only post the links on the addons web pages. I think, if the donation link is not intrusive or only fires off once ("Thanks for installing my addon, please donate if you like it!") than it's not an issue. However I'm sure this is bordering on being a loophole for advertising, which is why it was included in the policy.
The addon policy also states that all code must be free and visible. Can your original TourGuide still be open/free? Is Zygor's code open and free to be seen?
First off, the "visible" part of the policy is redundant. Wow does not let you compile lua, so all addons are plaintext and always have been. There are ways to make the code harder to read (commonly called "obfuscation" among programmers), but there is no way to completely "protect" the code like encryption. Every addon out there can be viewed as plain text one way out another. Just this last week over on WoWInterface Blizzard reaffirmed that using a script called luasrcdiet and similar "code compressors" was against the policy. I'm glad to see that, luasrcdiet claims to make optimizations that many people (including myself) question the validity of. In the end it was really only being used to obfuscate code.
As for "free", this is a sticky point in the policy, and the cause of much drama in the developer community. Many people will contest that Blizzard has no legal grounds to impose such a restriction on addon developers. The addon developer's copyright gives them rights pertaining to distribution, which would include distributing the addon only to paying customers. Developers do not forfeit their copyright to Blizzard, so many people believe that Blizzard has no say in the distribution of their work. While I'm certainly a supporter of code being open and free, I'm also not willing to give up copyright protections for that to happen. It's a bit of an odd stance, I know, but I think copyright can be used for good.
Don't get me wrong, I don't believe copyright is a wonderful, flawless system. I think there are some very major flaws with copyrights, especially when it comes down to the end user. But the one thing copyright does well, and was intended to do, is prevent one party from profiting off another party's work. This is exactly what is happening with TourGuide, people have been selling guides (their work) with modified versions of TourGuide powering them (my work). While I did design TourGuide to be easy to write guides for, I always intended for those guides to plug into the official addon. If these guide sellers wanted to use a guide-less or branded version of TourGuide to power their guides, they should have came to me and licensed the addon. No one did, until Zygor. As I said before, even now after the Zygor deal, TourGuide will remain free to players and will be available again in the near future.
Blizzard really has no say in what you can do with your code out of game, so contracts dealing with your own code for licensing, etc. are fine. What's the worst they can do to an addon? Shut it down? Disable it?
I think the only thing they really can do is ban an addon. They have mechanisms in the game to directly ban an addon, and they can modify the API in ways to make addons they don't like stop functioning. They've done this in the past, stopping cross-faction communications, blocking movement, spell and target decisions, and AH bots. They have a lot of tools under their belt to keep addons behaving the way they want. The big question, obviously, is if they have the legal grounds to dictate that all adodns must be free to the end user. I, for one, don't want to test their lawyers on that... but I also don't want to sell addons to players.
Do you think there is a market for addons in a premium store? A wow app store as it were? We are already going to be getting premium auction house services in the near future.
An addon store is an interesting idea, and it's come up many times in the past, including WoWI's April Fools day announcements. I don't know if such a store would work well at this point in WoW's lifecycle, users are already used to addons being free. Suddenly having to pay a dollar or two for an addon your raid leader demands you use? That might not fly over too well with users.
Now, maybe Starcraft 2 can launch with a mod store where you can buy maps and such. I think, if it's established at launch, it could work very well. It would also give Blizzard an avenue to enforce their policies directly, much like Apple's insanely tight reins on the iPhone. No jiggly boob maps for SC2!
Are the AH services going to be a paid service? I was under the impression it would be free for all like the armory. Maybe I'm not reading wow.com enough lately. I wonder if their opinion regarding Auctioneer and similar addons will change if they start charging for these extra auction services.
And finally - what is your favorite addon? What class of addon could you not live without? (For example I asked antiarc once and he said the game is unplayable without a chat mod)
There is no way I could declare just one. As I'm sure you're well aware, I much prefer having a dozen tiny addons that do specific things over one that does it all. I think a bare necessity is OneBag... the default bag interface just plain blows. Most of the other major flaws in the UI have been fixed over the years, at this point the majority of my addons are just little usability tweaks.
I also can't live without Cork. My short term memory is... well... crap. Without Cork getting up in my face I would never buff or repair armor.
Oh, and a custom bar addon for my n52. I don't like the default bars, nor any of the usual bar addons because I use a rather odd key layout with my n52. I certainly couldn't play the game without that though, keyboards are a horrible interface for controlling a game... they're for typing!
Honestly I've spend a decent bit of time on the PTRs testing addons, and I run a minimal setup over there. Usually OneBag and tekJunkSeller are the two things I simply must install, otherwise bags are just a big pain to manage.
Thank you very much, Tekkub.
Thanks for having me... and listening to me rant and rave.
[Updated: Zygor informs me that currently, TourGuide is not being distributed to his paying customers. At this point, there is no distribution of TourGuide at all.]
I cannot make a judgment call on the usefulness of Zygor's guides, or any for-pay leveling guide for that matter, because I have never used them. At the end of the day, TourGuide is now part of a for-pay package.
For-pay addon solutions have been brought down by Blizzard's policies and willingness to change the game to disable addons in the past. Zygor's and others' premium leveling guides have, so far, not been the target of a Carbonite-esque challenge by Blizzard. In the future, hopefully we will understand more about what addons are immune from the for-pay guidelines, in addition to having TourGuide as an alternative again.


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A multiple myeloma (also known as Kahler disease, myelomatosis and plasma cell myeloma) is a malignant neoplasm of plasma cells which is characterised by (1,2):
In the majority of cases, complete immunoglobulins are secreted together with an excess of Ig fragments. In up to one quarter of cases, Ig fragments only occur and the condition is referred to as light chain disease or Bence Jones myeloma.
Multiple myeloma is considered to evolve commonly from monoclonal gammopathy of undertermined clinical significance (MGUS) which develops to smouldering myeloma and finally to symptomatic myeloma (1).
Presentation is with anaemia, bone pain, skeletal destruction, pathologic fractures, or Bence Jones proteinuria and increased susceptibility to infection (3).


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'Ghost the Musical' haunts the Majestic this weekend
By Deborah Martin : January 23, 2014 : Updated: January 23, 2014 12:00am
Photo By Courtesy photosCarla R. Stewart (seated, left, with cast members Nicole Turner, from left, Evette Maria White and Hana Freeman) is the medium Oda Mae. The musical based on the popular movie is at Majestic Theatre through Sunday.
Robby Haltiwanger, who portrays Carl, and the cast perform a production number in "Ghost the Musical."
Katie Postotnik and Steven Grant Douglas play the Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze roles.
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What: 'Ghost the Musical'
Where: Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St.
Performances: 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets: $26-$76 box office; $37.75-$91.60 Ticketmaster
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SAN ANTONIO — For years, folks told "Ghost" writer Bruce Joel Rubin that the story told in the 1990 film would make a great musical.
Rubin didn't see it.
"I kept saying no to people," he said.
Then a couple of producers came to see him in person to make a pitch. And for some reason, it finally made sense to him.
"Somehow, the idea clicked for me," he said. "I saw that there's so much emotion in the film, and that emotion felt like it could be sung, very beautifully and very movingly."
Rubin and the rest of the creative team spent a few years turning the story — in which a slain banker, working with a fake psychic, devotes his afterlife to protecting his endangered fiancée — into a stage musical.
The show is paying its first visit to the Majestic Theatre; it ends its run Sunday.
The musical follows the film pretty closely; fans need not worry that the sexy pottery scene has been cut.
But it's not a note-for-note re-creation of the film, Rubin said, partly because the actors have been given license to interpret the roles as they see fit. They don't have to deliver the lines the way that Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg did in the movie. That's been particularly exciting for him.
"It's wonderful, as a writer, to be able to see different interpretations of your work," he said.
That has been exciting for the actors, too.
Katie Postotnik, who plays Moore's role as the grief-stricken woman left behind when her lover is murdered, has tried to make the character her own.
"I'm sure in the audience, anyone who's lost someone (they) love can relate to that feeling," Postotnik said. "I try to bring my own experiences with that onstage."
She was a big fan of the movie growing up. When she saw the musical, she fell for it, too.
"I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, I've got to get into that,'" she said. "Being in the show is kind of a dream come true."
Steven Grant Douglas, who plays Swayze's role of Sam, had seen a bunch of parodies of the pottery scene, including those on "Family Guy" and "Community." But he saw the film for the first time on his computer as he was flying to his audition.
"I did my best to make Sam my own," he said. "I just said, I'm going to make a whole bunch of choices, right and wrong, and everybody will help me sculpt the character (in rehearsals). It has progressively changed since we opened in September; it keeps getting better."
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Darrell Black: Assuring justice can take considerable time
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of a series of columns written by candidates in contested races in the Nov. 6 general election.
As chief magistrate, an issue that has been brought to my attention is the length of time it takes to complete cases in Magistrate Court. In Magistrate Court there are misdemeanor cases, which are scheduled Monday through Friday to begin at 9 a.m., and felony cases, which are also scheduled Monday through Friday to begin at 10:30 a.m.
The magistrate assigned to hear the misdemeanor cases that day may have as many as 30 to 40 cases. In each case, the public defender or defense attorney has to talk to the client or defendant to see if they want to make a plea or go to trial. When the attorney receives the defendant's decision, he then has to meet with the prosecuting attorney to make sure they are in agreement with the defendant's decision. If an agreement cannot be reached, then the magistrate holds a bench trial at that time. In a bench trial you do not have a jury present.
After hearing the evidence through the testimony from both sides, the magistrate makes the decision of finding the defendant guilty or not guilty. If the defendant is found guilty, sentencing by the magistrate can only be up to one year on each charge. When a bench trial is held, it can take an hour or longer. So you can see when the magistrate has 30 to 40 cases, and several of these cases are bench trials, it is very time consuming.
Felony preliminary hearings are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. The magistrate assigned to hear the felony cases that day may have 20 to 25 cases. These cases are more serious and can be waived to the grand jury by the defendant's attorney with the defendant's approval, or the defendant can request a preliminary hearing to be held at that time by the magistrate. When the magistrate conducts a preliminary hearing, it is taped for the Circuit Court. The prosecutor presents his case first through the testimony by witnesses, and then the state rests its case. Then the defense attorney presents his case through witness testimony. After closing statements from both sides, the magistrate can make a decision to bind the defendant over to the Grand Jury because he/she feels that probable cause or reason to believe that the defendant committed the crime was established. Also, the magistrate can make the decision to dismiss the case, because probable cause had not been established. Preliminary hearings can take two to three hours, and if the magistrate has several in one day, it can take the entire day to complete these cases.
One of the delays we have to consider is with each arrest/case, there is a defendant, and/or victim, a police officer or officers, and each of these people have to be interviewed by the defense attorney and prosecuting attorney before any pleas or trials can begin. With these steps necessary for each case, it is very hard to speed up the process. The magistrate has the authority to go to the defense attorney and prosecuting attorney and ask them if they can speed up their negotiations, because there are more cases to be heard. At the same time, as a magistrate, you do not want to rush any process that could compromise the judicial system. Everyone is entitled to their day in court and a fair trial.
We now have more public defenders and more assistant prosecuting attorneys to handle the large number of cases, and this appears to be helping. Also when a case has been dismissed, continued, or a plea agreement by the defendant has been reached, the persons involved with these cases, as witnesses or victims, should be notified immediately and released from court.
The two changes listed above are a start on addressing the issue. This will help us run a smooth and professional court system and also help alleviate the length of time for cases in Magistrate Court.
Darrell Black, a resident of Huntington, is a Democratic candidate for Cabell County magistrate.
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Monthly Archive for June, 2013
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda campaign addresses when to spay pets (and it's not when most people think)
When is the best time to spay or neuter pets? Most people don't know the answer to this question. In fact in an independent survey*, 72% of people either gave the wrong answer or said they didn't know. Of the pet owners who admitted their pets have had at least one litter, 59% of cat […] [Read More]
Camp Humane gives kids inside look at animal world
Kids who love animals always grow up wanting to be veterinarians. Sometimes, it's the only job they can think of where they can work all day with animals. But as kids at the San Antonio Humane Society's (SAHS) Camp Humane are quickly learning, there are lots of ways to help animals, from adopting a pet […] [Read More]
Take Your Dog To Work Day
In a modern world, some of us work from home and can benefit from having our pets around us all day long. There is nothing like a cat in your lap and a dog at your feet to make you feel relaxed and happy in the "workplace." But many of us though, still travel to […] [Read More]
Did you know puppies and kittens can go into heat as early as 4 months old?
Did you know that kittens can go into heat and get pregnant as early as 4 months old and puppies around 5 months old? This really is a shocker for most people because it's hard to believe that kittens and puppies who are not fully physically mature can actually be sexually mature and able to […] [Read More]
Reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the death of George the Duck
San Antonio's Animal Care Services (ACS) says they are making headway in a cruelty case involving a beloved River Walk mascot — George the Duck, but they still needs the public's help. To that end, ACS has partnered with the Humane Society of the United States and Crime Stoppers to offer a cumulative reward of […] [Read More]
Texas cruelty laws may not protect George the Duck
I was off last week, but read in the newspaper on Friday about George, the River Walk duck that was killed by two unknown individuals. What a senseless tragedy. I felt sick to my stomach and very sorry for George who was obviously a friendly duck who learned to trust strangers, only to be abused and killed […] [Read More]


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1 teaspoon
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I just have to add my two cents worth and say how absolutely AMAZING these cookies are! I've baked them three times in the last two days (see, I told you they're amazing!), each with a different balance of spices (once as written, once with the addition of some nutmeg and allspice and less ginger, and once with more molasses and the addition of nutmeg), all with spectacular results. Some things I found helpful: 1) I baked them on parchment paper for exactly 13 minutes...perfect every time!; 2) I used a 1" scoop and then rolled the cookies in sugar on the non-flat sides; 3) I used the back of a wooden spoon to flatten a bit before baking, and 4) the longer you beat the shortening with the sugar and egg, the crispier and more crumbly the cookie. They do look exactly like the photo, and as perfect as something manufactured commercially, but with a MUCH better taste. Thank you, Larry, for what is now probably my favorite cookie recipe!
These cookies look beautiful but they aren't a flat crispy cookie. They are chewy and puffy. For a more traditional gingersnap I would add a little nutmeg and maybe cloves. I had to cook these significantly longer than 12 minutes but that might just have been because of my oven. Overall a good cookie and a nice change for the holidays!
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I've been looking for a gingersnap recipe that makes a crispy, crunchy cookie, and I'm happy to report that this is DEFINITELY it!! A few notes for those who are looking for that familiar degree of spiciness that leaves a bit of warmth in your mouth after the cookie is gone; add a couple of shakes of cayenne pepper to your dough and mix well. You can also use ground white pepper. Many folks think they need to use more ginger, but 1 Tb is plenty for the size of this recipe. More ginger won't give you that zing, but pepper will. The recipe made 40 perfect little disks. I rolled them in sugar laced with more ginger, and flattened the balls slightly. They baked up nice and flat, looking much like the commercial variety, with a far superior flavor. Thank you SOOOOoooo much for this wonderful recipe. The one I've been searching for for decades!
Amazing! I have been looking for a thin crispy gingersnap recipe and this was perfect. I did substitute real butter for the shortening to eliminate any trans fats.
This is an excellent recipe. It tastes just like the ones you can buy in a bag at the grocery store. Using vegetable shortening is why their so crispy. One note, if you want them nice and flat, once you put them on the cookie sheet, flatten them slightly. Or, when they have baked for half their time, remove sheet from oven, and gently "drop" or "bang" sheet on counter 1 or 2 times, and cookies will flatten. I have used this recipe in a cooking class and it's always been a success.
Outstanding is not a strong enough word! My son is a pumpkin pie fanatic but after these, he has a new favorite dessert. I followed some of the other suggestions listed. I baked it on parchment and added a touch of nutmeg and cloves. I also flattened them out a little before baking. I couldn't believe how easy they were to make. Best cookies I've had in ages!
This is an awesome recipe!! I made it 4 separate times during the holidays and they were devoured each time! They are perfectly crisp, perfectly spiced...... all fingers and toes UP! 5 stars!!!!!
Very Yummy, just as I remember them at Grandma's house. I added a touch of fresh groung nutmeg and used organic dehydrated cane sugar ( much better for you then white sugar), then pressed them flat before putting them in the oven. For some added holiday fun, I dipped one half of each cookie in melted white chocolate. mmmm!
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Servings Per Recipe: 36
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 94
Calories from Fat: 40
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By Paul Grondahl, Staff writer We've crunched the numbers and online readers of timesunion.com have voted with their mouses to determine the most clicked-on stories and slideshows of 2011. The click-fest ran up big tallies on a fatal steroid-fueled gym rampage, area celebrities, scantily clad revelers and Tropical Storm Irene. The totals held up a […] [Read More]
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This business brief by Larry Rulison should be published in Tuesday's Times Union: Some Time Warner Cable customers are unable to access the Times Union Web site unless a change is made to their cable modem software. Time Warner spokesman Peter Taubkin said that after the Times Union Web site experienced network problems and became […] [Read More]
When the power goes out …
… and your mobile phone is charged, keep up with the news on the Times Union's Mobile Edition at m.timesunion.com. We have school closings, current weather conditions and radar map to keep you informed on a day like today when most of our region seems to be without power. There's a lot more info – presented […] [Read More]
What our readers are saying 9.16.08
As we kick-off another fall school sports season, the calls and e-mails are coming in from readers asking for coverage of their favorite sports team. From Maria: I am not sure if you follow high school football or not, but your sports department continues to inadequately cover the LaSalle High School football team even though […] [Read More]
Times Union sues comptroller over payroll data
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Kamagong shatters abruptly while bahi degrades and eventually crumbles. Having a kamagong stick shatter while contacting a tire or an object can be dangerous, which is why I prefer bahi, which is just as heavy.
Another reason why I prefer bahi: kamagong is an endangered hardwood here. I don't want contribute to more deforestation of our remaining rainforest areas.


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Shannon Tavarez was a multi-talented young singer/dancer/performer who recently played the Young Nala in "The Lion King" on Broadway. According to Broadway World and People.com, she was battling acute myeloid leukemia. Shannon was only 11 years old and had recently received an umbilical-cord transplant after a bone marrow match could not be found.
She attended Harlem School of the Arts and won her role through an audition at the Apollo Theater.
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With the excitement around the county appearing to be reduced to a simmer when the Deer Festival & Outdoor show is mentioned, we began to wonder.
Who would win in a fight??? The Deer Festival or the Annual Bigfoot Festival???
Which would you prefer to see in our paper? Or would you like both?
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Best Main Street St. Louis 2005 - Belleville, Illinois
Maybe if St. Louisans (and other left-bank dwellers) hear it often enough, we'll actually start to believe it: There is life, and not just a poor approximation thereof, across the mighty Mississip. Exhibit A: Downtown Belleville, Illinois, whose main drag boasts a walkable business district of some variety and is actually called Main Street, further appealing to our notions of what a pre-mall-era downtown should be. Small-town staples, like the Okaw Valley Council's Boy Scout Shop -- where you can get uniforms, merit-badge books and Pinewood Derby supplies -- share the street with fashion-forward boutique Circa and aromatherapy outpost Allison's Common Scents Shoppe, Big Daddy's 618 (a satellite of the Soulard bar), Beatnik's (which rode the wave this summer with Napoleon Dynamite-inspired tees) and much, much more. For entertainment, gather your peeps and take in a set at Main Street Jazz & Blues or a flick at the restored Lincoln Theatre.


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Fabric 80cm x 50cm
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I used 50cm x 80cm but this may change on the size of the gear you want to put in your bag.
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On the 2 shortest sides fold down about 1cm and iron down then sew along the fold.
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Crosby Latest: On Wednesday there's was no inkling that Sidney Crosby will return to game action Friday night vs the Dallas Stars but all parties involved remain guarded with info coming out.
Crosby on Wednesday was looking a little frustrated with the media speculation about his return and did not speak but here's the thing: He's had the chance to rule himself out like he did last week prior to the West Coast trip, so until he does, speculation is going to be rampant about him playing tomorrow night.
Early indications are that Crosby will be speak following practice or that there will be some type of new update regarding his status for this week.
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I am experiencing similar flickers on an Asus F3Jc (Core 2 Duo / GForceGo 7300), but with some important differences. I'm trying to get a good picture on an external Samsung SyncMaster 204B.
My experiences (yes, I have spent a _lot_ of time trying to work this out):
1. I have no problems with the built-in DFP. Possibly because of the low resolution (1280x800).
2. I have no problems with VGA output in high resolutions (1600x1200), nor with DVI in 1280x1024 or less.
3. I _only_ experience the flickering when using 1600x1200 over DVI.
3 1/2. The flickering is also present in Windows (Vista), but even worse. Also only in 1600x1200.
4. Another computer (with a GeForce 6200) has no problems at all with the same monitor (and same DVI cable) in 1600x1200.
5. I don't get any XID logs in dmesg, nor have I had any real crashes.
6. The PerfLevelSrc trick doesn't do anything for me (grrrr!)
7. The flickering usually starts when there's some activity, for example starting mozilla on the external screen, then it gets worse and worse until the screen finally goes completely black.
8. _sometimes_ there are random flickering pixels in dark areas between the flickering.
9. I've tried the debian stock 2.6.18-4-686 kernel and 8776 drivers, and a custom 220.127.116.11 kernel, 9755 and 9746 drivers. I have also tried many different combinations of Xorg.conf options and kernel parameters.
I'm a bit pissed off, because I bought this laptop because it had DVI. Now I have to use blurry VGA until this can be solved.
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Local Vigil to Coincide With Annual SOA protest in Fort Benning
If you are unable to make the trip to Fort Benning, Georgia, for the annual SOA protest this weekend, please join the solidarity vigil in NYC on Sunday, November 20. The vigil will begin at 1pm in Union Square.
We will remember the many victims of violence in
Latin America and around the world. The vigil is held in November in memory of the six Jesuits, their
housekeeper, and her daughter who were killed by SOA graduates in in El Salvador November
16, 1989. We will also remember Archbishop Oscar Romero and Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, Ita Ford, and Dorothy Kazel, 25 years after their murders by SOA graduates.
Before the vigil, all are welcome to join the 10:15 a.m. Mass at the
Church of the Nativity (44 2nd Ave between 2nd and 3rd Sts). This Mass will be
in Spanish.
Following the Mass, at approximately 11:15 a.m., the procession will go
to Washington Square, St. Francis Xavier Church, and then Union
Square, reflecting on the stations of the cross and the stories of these martyrs along the way.
NYC SOA Vigil
Sunday, November 20, 1pm
Union Square, NYC
For more info, please contact Brendan Moloney, 781-718-6368.