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Amazing! I've never seen something like this before.
So no one else thinks the shed skin is creepy?
Ladybugs are made of win. They're cute as a button, and they eat aphids.
that's fantastic
This is BEAUTIFUL (and cute)
oso cute!!
Very cool! <3
Is this a new kind of ladybug ?
Amazing photo!
wow nice job
They did that? Wow!
Wonderful work on this pic. I did not know they shed skin.
that is so weird, i didn't even know they did that
awesome pic dude!!!!
love the quality
Wow! It looks so cool having just shed it's shell! That's amazing, it's carapace is such a vivid orange, this photo is just awesome! Great catch, awesome angle.
Wow, great job! On the pic and the DD!
Congratz on the find and DD
Fantastic find I've never seen a picture of a ladybird at this stage before!
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Radical far-left groups backed by the Bloomberg-Soros-Zuckerberg machine and politicians peddling their illegal alien amnesty agenda continue to forge relationships with local, state and national Chamber of Commerce chapters. For them, it's a win-win alliance; open borders and amnesty proponents cultivate "conservative" legitimacy with the high profile organization long supported by Republicans while the Chamber of Commerce is promised unending flows of cheap foreign labor that displace American workers. To justify their position, Chamber executives claim that support for immigration reform is a means to hire "urgently" needed workers, serve their members and to rebuild the GOP.
Granted, the Chamber of Commerce is not a union nor does it make any pretense about representing workers; it represents businesses. So their desire for cheap foreign labor and disregard for millions of unemployed American workers --ready, willing and able to work -- is understandable, if not disturbing. Short-term profits can accrue from lowering labor costs. But to the extent that the Chamber also has a mission of promoting broader long-term economic growth, they'd better question their alliance with groups determined to flood the U.S. with millions of newly amnestied illegal aliens and massively increase legal immigration. Adding tens of millions of low-skilled and heavily government-dependent immigrants to the country increases competition for scarce jobs, reduces wages and increases welfare burdens. The net effect is destabilizing; higher unemployment, less disposable income and higher individual and corporate taxes, all adversely affecting the business climate the Chamber claims it wants to enhance.
And as regards immigration reform (amnesty) helping the GOP, the Chamber would do well to refresh itself with the broad new body of evidence that refutes this now expired, Karl-Rove inspired bromide. A recent National Journal poll revealed that 49% of Republican voters would be less inclined to support a GOP member if they vote for amnesty while another study from the Center for Immigration Studies showed a far more detrimental impact on Republicans. It demonstrated that if the Senate Gang of Eight Immigration bill becomes law -- or if any similar massive amnesty plan becomes law -- it will add 17 million new potential voting-age citizens by 2036. That's on top of 15 million new potential voters that the current level of legal immigration will add by 2036. Together that's 32 million potential voters by 2036.

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Top 10: Spring Skiing Destinations
These 10 resorts still have great snow under the warm sun, where skiing in your T-shirt — hell, even in your swimsuit — is encouraged. Note that some of these destinations offer great spring skiing conditions during different times of the year, and not necessarily around March and April.
Number 10
Faraya Mzaar, LebanonSurprised to see a ski resort in the Middle East? Don't be. The mountains of Lebanon near the fabled Bekaa Valley boast slopes that rival those of Europe, with similar seasons. Faraya Mzaar is the best and most popular of the bunch, with 42 slopes and an excellent cross-country trail. A ski lift to the highest peak, Dome du Mzaar, offers an exceptional view of the surrounding area, seeing as far as the bay of Beirut, about 30 miles away.
During spring (which is actually the best season here, as the snow is still fresh and the weather is already warm), it's best to ski in the morning and enjoy sightseeing the rest of the day, as the snow tends to get a bit wet. But that's no problem; after an hour of driving, you'll find yourself on Lebanon's amazing beaches, where you can soak up some rays and enjoy the laid-back atmosphere.
What not to miss: Visiting Kfardebian, a natural stone bridge formed by wind and water erosion.
Number 9
La Parva, ChileIf you're in the Southern Hemisphere, or simply want to catch some good snow in September, the Andes are for you. A stone's throw from Santiago, La Parva is a small but charming ski village with 30 slopes and 14 ski lifts.
The visitors are big partiers in this small city, congregating in the many bars, coffee shops and dance clubs. Enjoy some hot Chilean tea under the sun as you chat with the infinitely charming dark-haired beauties of the land.
What not to miss: The heli-ski service, one of the best in the continent.
Number 8
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S.A.Among other warnings, the sign hanging on the entrance of the tram dock reads: "Like nothing you have skied before... You could make a mistake and suffer personal injury or death. Give this mountain the respect it deserves." No doubt the precursor to a great skiing session, a danger warning always makes things more exciting, and therefore fun.
With variable terrain and treacherous off-piste areas open to skiers, Jackson Hole is a treat for the seasoned slope lover. Unique to Jackson Hole is the aerial tram, which takes skiers up more than 4,000 feet in less than 10 minutes. And the view is one of a kind.
What not to miss: Corbet's Couloir, a 10- to 30-foot jump for serious experts. Partake if you dare, or watch the pros tackle it.
Number 7
Val d'Isere, Savoie, French AlpsRanked among the top ski resorts in Europe, Val d'Isere is one of the best in the world for expert skiers. Skiers and boarders of all levels will have a blast on its many slopes and trails.
The high altitude and feeding glacier provide excellent powder until the early summer (specifically the first week of May). Even non-skiers have loads to do, like paragliding, ice climbing and dog sledding. And in April, Val d'Isere hosts its own Adventure Film Festival.
What not to miss: The ice driving course, where you race against other go-karts on an ice track.
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La Hoya, Patagonia, ArgentinaAnother South American spot, La Hoya's terrain is unique in that all ski runs merge at one point at the base, thanks to its wide circular glacier basin. It's one of the more popular ski centers in Argentina, thanks to its variety of runs, picturesque landscape, and numerous offerings for the outdoorsman.
After a few hours of driving, you'll find yourself in the national parks of Patagonia, where you can fish, raft, or go on a 4x4 safari expedition.
What not to miss: The off-piste skiing, known by all ski fanatics as the best in the region. Prime spring skiing season is between July and November.
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I've been using this product for years as I've constantly blow dried, straightened or curled and coloured my hair and my hair still looks and feels super healthy! I have thick, long, wavy hair and I usually apply a small amount before i blow dry my hair, or if I'm skipping the dryer, after straightening. It makes your hair soft, gives it a nice natural shine and it smells good too. It helps with breakage and split ends as well, as I found that in the short period of time I got lazy and stopped using it, I developed split ends a bit on my hair.
I recently coloured my hair red which seems to have dried my hair out on the ends a bit. I used some of this after straightening my hair and it felt fine, and no one could tell how my ends really were.
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I loved this product. I can use it on damp and dry hair. I find it can make dry hair feel a bit greasy for a couple minutes till its totally absorbed. I have long wavy/curly hair so I use about 3 pumps and thats usually enough to tame frizz. Also super duper helpful when straightening hair. And the smell is amazing! just totally amazing best smelling hair care product I have tried. This is totally going to be a new staple in my regimen.
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Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
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I have used the original before they added argan oil. I Love it more with the argan oil! I find it smells much better, it is fruity smell. I use about 5 pumps, I have long frizzy ombre hair that has been stripped and bleached. I do have to use alot, but for 2$ and change, you can't complain right! I find it works better than th argan oil by fructis too. I apply this serum on my towel dried hair and comb through with amazing ease. And to be honest I have used more than 5 pumps at times and it never gets greasy on me. Also I noticed it makes my hair dry much faster. :) The only downside is some has managed to spill in my purse when the pump was locked. Yet It is still a 5 for me
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Lightweight and pretty nourishing for the price, definitely a decent doop for a higher quality oil.
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Eyes: Brown
This stuff has almost the exact same ingredients as the Garnier Moroccan oil treatment, only there's more product and it comes with a convenient pump. They both performed the same for me, softening my hair but not smoothing it. It seems frizzy still. Not impressed. Wish I had compared the ingredients before I bought them. They looks so different but really are the same thing.
Age: 18 & Under
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Eyes: Blue
I have thick, curly, color treated hair. I bought this product to add some shine into my blonde hair and reduce frizziness. I applied a few pumps to my hands and worked it through damp hair. After letting it completely dry, I did notice a significant amount of added shine! The only problem is that I needed a lot of defrizzing; The product didn't seem to do any of that for me. So, 2 stars it is. It really only did half of what it promised and I wouldn't buy it again because of that.
Age: 18 & Under
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Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I absolutely LOVE the Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum. I feel like this doubles as both a hair care and hair styling product. It has some nourishing ingredients like argan oil (making it a great hair care product) but also helps my hair look great and easier to manage/style! Since this claims to moisturize, smooth frizz, and add shine, I'll discuss those three points more, as well as a few other things....
MOISTURIZING: This is very moisturizing, especially with the nourishing argan oil. For some reason, the bottom layers of my hair are dry (even though the upper/top layers are not--odd!) and this totally softens my dry hair!
SMOOTHING: This definitely fights frizz! This gives my hair a sleek look and feel, and I especially notice it helping the bottom layers that tend to be a little frizzier. This is the best product I've tried to help with that!
SHINE: This really does add a little boost of shine to my hair, giving it an extra healthy look!
PACKAGING: I love the packaging, especially because it comes in a pump bottle that can be opened/closed depending on which direction you turn the lid/dispenser. That way, I don't have to worry about it spilling or leaking in my bag, as long as it is closed.
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Life changing product for my hair. I've been using it for a few months and this has made my hair look and feel so smooth, soft, light, and more manageable. I have had long colored/highlighted hair (and lots of it) for years and it has always been unpredictable when I would have a good hair day. This product has made my hair have good hair days everyday.!I especially love how my hair looks when I do a wavey/beachy hair with it. This is now my favorite can't-live-without hair product. I never would have thought this low-priced drug-store-brand product could have me convinced!
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I work as a hwy flagger and heavy equipment mover and this is my work hair LOL! Under my hard hard or under my helmet while riding the Harley it's been great. I rode yesterday in 70mph speeds, leaving my Angelique loose under my helmet and when I got to the restaurant, after carefully removing my helmet, I just fluffed my fingers through it and it was perfect again! While wearing it in the rainy weather under my hard hat, it's been great too. I get it in the rooted colors as they look more natural to me. The length is great, not too long. Next I will try it while driving my sports car with the top down, I'm just waiting for the warmer weather. I gave one of my Angeliques to a bestie friend and it looks great on her as well. She has a higher forehead than me, so i think it may even look better on her.
I have been ordering this wig since February 2013. Every two months I order two(2) Angelique wigs. I enjoy the lightweight of this wig. I would prefer if they had a lace front cap. However the price is affordable for me to replace these when they start fraying. I have the Gisele also and it lasts longer but is also more expensive. So for the money it is a very good value.
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I have had this wig multiple times and probably will never try another
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Real Mom Talk: The WRONG Way to Cloth Diaper
EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is completely satirical. It is our attempt to make you smile :)
The wrong way to cloth diaper…from the experts
When my husband and I started cloth diapering we felt like everyone was the expert except for us. All of my friends used "lingo" we had never heard of. We didn't know all the different types of diapers or even what we needed to buy to properly cloth diaper- what the heck was a wet bag or a diaper sprayer? Things we learned along the way…
If you buy diapers that you have to stuff, never wait until the middle of the night to stuff them. It's never a good idea. And if you can't find the inserts because someone put them in the sock basket, do not opt for stuffing them with wash cloths.
Consequently, always remember to stuff you diaper. If you don't, you might not have the best morning, and chances are if you have to wake up and change the baby's bedding and give her a bath because you forgot to stuff her diaper, that same morning another kid will send a blueberry smoothie cascading down the stairs and the other two kids will fight over which shoes to wear while they miss the bus.
I prefer the diapers that I don't have to stuff, then the whole diaper is connected and I don't have to find missing pieces.
Do not move out of your house and leave your very nice diaper sprayer attached to the toilet. Once you move, they will not give it back to you. Then you will have to buy a new diaper sprayer. Also, just buy the best one, because if you buy the cheapest one, it will not work as well as your old one and you will be very annoyed. You want your diaper sprayer to work because you have to use it a couple times a day.
Do not teach your 2 year old how to use the diaper sprayer- obviously this one is self explanatory.
Do not try to open your wet bag with your teeth because your hands are full. You will be able to taste your child's dirty diapers in your mouth for a week. So gross!
When you cloth diaper, I have found it is really nice to be prepared. I am not very organized, but if I can manage to make sure I have a small wet bag and couple clean diapers in my diaper bag, I will have a much better outing. When I get home, I always make myself put the wet bag in the laundry room. I have forgotten a couple of times and it's never good whether you are cloth diapering or using disposables to find a forgotten diaper under the seat in your car a couple months later- can I get a witness?!
I am sure that there are many more things to learn regarding cloth diapering. Now we have two in cloth diapers and my favorite activity is to think of all the fun activities we can do with all the money we are saving with cloth diapers.
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I really enjoy reading your website. I have done a lot of these. Leaving the wet diaper in the car, forgetting the insert etc… When you have three children all under the age of 3 it becomes a little overwhelming and you tend to forget things more easily especially if we are not very organized. Anyway, I wanted to know if crocheting a cotton diaper would work? I have crochet diaper covers but never thought about crocheting a cotton diaper. I'm going to give it a shot and see what happens. If you know anyone that has tried this method let me know. I would love to know if it works. If not I'll let you know how it goes.
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Updated: Fan-Made 'Star Trek 2' Teaser Trailer Aspires to Miracles and J.J. Abrams Introduces a Klingon
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Update: So, yes. This is a fan-made trailer. But it's insanely good. And it must have taken a lot of effort. Apologies for posting it as official. The Klingon picture on the other hand, is definitely confirmed as real. Original Post: Benedict Cumberbatch appears to be stuck in a sci-fi...
There's good reason to believe that Channing Tatum's starring in The Wachowski's Jupiter Ascending won't make it completely dull. According to MTV, the actor is confirmed for the role, but where this might have been bad news a year ago (a massive original sci-fi work from directors who made an...
Watch: 'Video Game High School' Is What the Future Should Look Like
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Why Watch? Yesterday, we wrote about the theory that sites like YouTube and Vimeo would make festivals obsolete for independent filmmakers looking for an audience. In the age of the internet, they can directly connect. It's no surprise that Freddie Wong's work has connected, because he makes accessible, unbelievably good...
Warners Gets Its Own Mysterious Sci-Fi Project with 'The Wind'
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Paramount and J.J. Abrams are planning a super secret sci-fi project, but they're not the only ones in the game. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warners is staying in the science fiction business with The Wind – a script from David Koepp (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds). It takes...
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Paramount Developing Sci-Fi Thriller That Could Be Generic But Seems Mysterious Because J.J. Abrams is Producing It
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If you think about it, the Robocop remake actually has a lot going for it. Other than the baggage of being a remake. Director Jose Padilha has a successful action franchise in Elite Squad under his belt; co-writer James Vanderbilt wrote The Rundown, Zodiac and The Losers. co-writer Nick Schenk...
Mick Garris Promises 'Outer Limits' + 'Mad Men' For New Sci-Fi Flick 'Invasion'
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More than thirty years ago, Ridley Scott directed the groundbreaking sci-fi/horror film Alien. Now, this summer, he's prepping the release of the sister film Prometheus. As is the case when any sequel, prequel or remake comes out, fans will want to revisit the original film. Whether you're planning on watching...
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Why Watch? Last year's Transcendent Man dealt with Ray Kurzweil and the possible future where human life is extended thanks to computer memory, The Cloud and our own egos. In Tom Scott's new short, we find that death might be preferable once the lawyers have taken over. It's straightforward sci-fi...
Why Watch? Staring straight into the camera, a pretty young woman tells us she's 21 years old, and she's a monster. Throughout the rest of Francesco Calabrese's short film, she explains the problems she faces, and the filmmaker talks to her neighbors, her mother and a scorned friend who all...
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Nacho Vigalondo's Timecrimes was a different kind of time travel movie, and his second feature, Extraterrestrial, is definitely a different kind of alien invasion. The new trailer has a creepy sort of vibe, both from the miles-wide ship that lands and from the young man who wakes up in a...
With a dormant development arm, James Cameron has fully committed himself to holding his breath underwater and exploring the depths of narrative that he can mine from Pandora and the world of Avatar. A sequal and a threequel were already in the mix, but The Playlist is noting that Cameron...
'Prometheus' Threatens Civilization With Fantastic New Trailer
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Avoiding Prometheus trailers, images and information was just too taxing. They're just putting out too much great stuff. Ridley Scott and his team should be proud of what they've shown so far, and that June 8th release date just cannot come quickly enough. A new international trailer has debuted thanks...
'25th Reich' Trailer is Campy Goodness with Hitler's Nazi Time Machine
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Meet your new fear: Time-Traveling Nazis. An band of Australian movie misfits has decided to continue the legacy of Brian Trenchard-Smith and other down under heroes of exploitation by sending Nazis into the future. It's an idea close to Iron Sky's Moon Nazi concept, but the results look far different....
This Fall 'Branded' Will Use Marketing To Take Over Your Mind
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- April 23, 2012
According to Anne Thompson, Roadside Attractions picked up Jamie Bradshaw's sci-fi thriller Branded. The film is set in a future where corporate entities have created brands which make the entire population complacent, and one man fights against them to expose the truth. Hopefully the product placement will be as hilarious...
24 Things We Learned From the 'Total Recall' Commentary
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After working with hairy primates, director Rupert Wyatt is using the success of Rise of the Planet of the Apes to move up the food chain. According to Variety, he's cast Charlize Theron in his latest sci-fi flick, Agent 13. There are no details about the story, written by T.S....
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Here you can see it luring its daily pray.
new freak fortress boss
It's a crab-eat-crab world...
That really like, every defensive demoman ever XD
I actually do that when I'm demoman on ctf maps.
what about the majestic pyro shark
XD that spy is in for a surprise
CTF in a nutshell...
demos face XD i just cant
Seems the spy is trying hard.... Democrab to the rescue!
How does a Democrab capture and/or kill its prey anyway?
I guess it will find any shelter to hide from predators, usually the briefcase in when he migrates to CTF maps. If he's threaten or spotted a prey, he will detonate his stickies as his defense and capturing prey. Luckily, Democrabs are immune to their sticky explosions.
It blows up the stickies on its belly as they stomp on him... or attempt to.
simple if a enemy though its safe he/she will get the brifecase after that the democrab will suicide and both of them will die
Its so majestic.
It's su purdy~
The Crabdier hides under Capture Points. The cousin of the Democrab!
dat spy is going to be a soap can real soon
I wish i knew how to make glorious faces like you do
"I'll show you 'soOp prAisHe but secks'..."~demoman
the perfect murder. ish killing me here! I die of laughter now
Sppaii is DED :3
agge how the meen did you find out what i do when i play defensive demo???
Someone's gonna have... a blast!
Dear god that was the most horrendous joke I have EVER made.
Oh hey
I found one of these living under my porch
What should I do?
I found one of these living under my porch
What should I do?
(literary laughing right now)
(literary laughing right now)
Yup, Spy's going to die soon.


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People who claim to be real vampires and must drink others' blood for energy are hesitant to talk to psychological counselors and other helping professionals about their lives because they fear being "judged as being wicked or evil or viewed as being psychotic, delusional or having a psychological problem," according to a new scientific study. Read the rest
In an outstanding lecture at the London School of Economics, Macarthur "genius award" recipient Sendhil Mullainathan explains his research on the psychology of scarcity, a subject that he's also written an excellent book about. Read the rest
Ben Ho is a behavioral economist who studies apologies. He presents an economic theory of apologies that predicts when apologies will change the outcome of disputes, and proposes policies to increase the frequency and sincerity of apologies. The best evidence for economics-driven apology policies are the laws that make doctors' apologies inadmissible in court; Ho cites research that claims that this leads to more physicians' apologies, which reduces patient grief and anger, and cuts down on malpractice suits. Read the rest
Human emotions and social interaction have a lot to do with body language — how our faces express what we're thinking and feeling, how our gestures are read by other people, and how we invade (or retreat from) each other's personal space. In fact, those movements and behaviors are so important that, if you map them onto an otherwise completely non-human, non-animal form, we'll start interpreting it as engaging with us — even if that form is nothing more than a moving stick.
This video, clips from a study that was published in 2011 by computer scientists at the University of Calgary, shows what test subjects did and said when they were left alone in a room with a stick-like robot, and asked to just think out loud and interact with the robot in whatever ways felt natural. Some people made friends. Others tried to fight it. And a few tried to talk it out of wanting to fight them.
The Prisoner's Dilemma is a basic part of game theory. Two prisoners are given the choice between informing on the other, or staying silent. They can't communicate with each other. The choices they make determine how many years in prison they both get.
This analogy/brain game is often used to demonstrate the ways that different people can work with or against each other in economic and social situations. Now, for the first time, scientists have done a study based on The Prisoner's Dilemma that used real prisoners. Instead of time off their sentences, they were given the choice of competing or cooperating to earn goodies like coffee and cigarettes.
And here's the surprise: Compared to college students, the prisoners actually cooperated with each other much more often. Read the rest
Last week, after giving myself an initial overview of the scientific research on how gun ownership and gun laws affect violent crime, I told you that it seems like there's not a solid consensus on this issue. At least not in the United States. Different studies, of different laws, in different places seem to produce a wide variety of results.
On the one hand, this is kind of to be expected with social science. People are hard to pin down. Harder, often, than the Higgs Boson particle. And you can't just do a clean, controlled laboratory study of these issues. Instead, you're left trying to compare specific places, laws, and enforcement techniques that may not be easily comparable, in an attempt to draw a broad conclusion. That's hard.
But, it seems, the National Rifle Association has gone out of its way to make this work even more difficult than it would otherwise be. Since the early 1990s, NRA-backed politicians have attacked firearms research they believe is biased against guns. Alex Seitz-Wald at Salon.com wrote a piece on this back in July, after an earlier mass shooting. He describes how a vaguely worded clause has lead researchers to avoid doing firearms studies at all, for fear of losing their funding.
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The Centers for Disease Control funds research into the causes of death in the United States, including firearms — or at least it used to. In 1996, after various studies funded by the agency found that guns can be dangerous, the gun lobby mobilized to punish the agency.
Did you know that there was a major American election on Tuesday? Great. Let us all never speak of it again. At least for the next 3.5 years.
But before we send the parts of our brains that care about politics off to recuperate at a nice imaginary spa, take a quick look at a page of election maps put together by University of Michigan physics professor Mark Newman. He studies complex systems, including the networks of human relationships and decision-making that go into election results. His page of maps shows several different ways to visualize the same 2012 presidential election data — methods which provide different pieces of context that you don't normally see in the simple state-by-state map.
The basic map — the one you see on TV and in the newspaper — doesn't really tell you the whole story. It gives you no idea of population density (a factor that obviously matters a lot in tallying the popular vote), and it only shows the winning party in each state. In reality, the vote is seldom all-Democrat or all-Republican. There's a gradient, no matter where you live.
The map above takes both those factors into account — distorting the country to make the more populous parts larger, and showing split turnouts in shades of purple.
See all Mark Newman's maps at his website
Thanks, Rick Musser!Read the rest
The Mary Sue's Becky Chambers rounds up the coverage and analysis of an anti-trolling/griefing experiment in League of Legends, a massively multiplayer online RPG battle arena. League's management hired a team of social scientists who designed a system of peer-rewards that allowed users to hand each other publicly visible points for positive, friendly interactions (there was already a system of reporting bad behavior and meting out punishments, but it wasn't working very well). Unlike previous attempts to use public reward to improve behavior, this one was not yet turned into a back-scratching system where friends just vote one another up, and has reportedly resulted in massive improvements in the quality of group interactions.
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Ten days after Honor went live, an update from Dr. Lyte appeared on the official LoL blog, detailing the global changes they'd noticed in reported bad behavior:
Negative Attitude reports: -29% in normals and -11% in ranked Offensive Language reports: -35% in normals and -20% in ranked Verbal Abuse reports: -41% in normals -17% in ranked
Check that out. Ten days of a voluntary system that grants nothing more than a tiny perk for being amiable, and folks were already cleaning up their acts. Of course, these stats only show a decline of reported incidents, which, while encouraging, is could be different than how things look down in the trenches. As LoL is not part of my repertoire, I took to Twitter earlier this week to get the word on the street. Lo and behold, players are indeed noticing a difference.
How? It's surprisingly simple. Turns out, demand for trees in neighborhoods behaves a lot like a luxury item, as opposed to a basic necessity.
Tim De Chant at The Per Square Mile blog wrote about research on this a couple of weeks ago. Then, he went out and found examples, using images from Google Earth. Read the rest
On Submitterator, Musicman pointed me towards this great presentation on LOLspeak as a form of language play, and why people engage in that play. According to Lauren Gawne, who gave this speech last week at the Australian Linguistics Society conference, the choice to use LOLspeak has a lot to do with establishing identity—the playful identity of "cat", and the serious identity of "knowledgeable Internet user".
Includes an explanation of why LOLspeak is language play and not some language mashup "kitty pidgin".
You can read more about this on Lauren Gawne's blog Superlinguo.
The video, by the way, is 20 minutes long. It's also got a little bit of weird, warbly feedback in the audio, but that doesn't get in the way of hearing what Gawne is saying. Read the rest
Venkatesh Rao (one of my favorite provocative thinkers) noodles around with the idea of "streams" -- demographics of people who follow a particular international course, in long, stable, weird, nearly invisible arcs. Rao calls this "Globalization as liquefaction" and says, "Globalization signifies an incomplete process, not a state. For a long time I was convinced that there was a bit of semantic confusion somewhere. Why is there a becoming without discernible being states before and after? The reason is that the word globalization works like the word liquefaction. Liquids aren't a transition from one solid state to another. They are a transition from a fundamentally static state to a fundamentally dynamic one. The world is not getting flatter, rounder or spikier. It is liquefying. There you go, Thomas Friedman, that's my modest little challenge to your metaphor."
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For most of the last decade, Israeli soldiers have been making the transition back to civilian life after their compulsory military service by going on a drug-dazed recovery trip to India, where an invisible stream of modern global culture runs from the beaches of Goa to the mountains of Himachal Pradesh in the north. While most of the Israelis eventually return home after a year or so, many have stayed as permanent expat stewards of the stream. The Israeli military stream is changing course these days, and starting to flow through Thailand, where the same pattern of drug-use and conflict with the locals is being repeated.
This pattern of movement among young Israelis is an example of what I've started calling a stream.


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No matter where they are or i am. It would be fascinating to speak many different types of languages.
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I can teach u my language if u want to
i can teach your chinese if you want..
Knowing lots of languages does come in handy. You can connect with more people and you can talk about someone w/o them knowing.lol.


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8:40 A new, "comprehensive," Cablegate browser here.
7:10 Provincial U.S. reporters and editors who have charged, from the beginning, that the cables have little true news, let alone historic, value have been embarrassed time and time again, even as outlets, like The New York Times, quickly move away from publishing or even reporting on the cables. Here, as just one of 100 examples from past couple weeks, is something just now from Korea: "A US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks over the weekend says North Korea has likely received 2-and-a-half million US dollars for weapons sold to Iran through the Seoul branch of Iran's Bank Mellat. According to the cable, Iran's Hong Kong Electronics transferred the money to the bank in November 2007."
5:50 News from BBC: "The chief executive of one of Germany's leading space companies has lost his job because of the Wikileaks saga. OHB Systems' Berry Smutny was reported in a cable to have told US diplomats that Europe's Galileo satellite-navigation project was a 'stupid idea.' OHB, based in Bremen, is part of the consortium that will build Galileo's first 14 operational spacecraft. Although Mr Smutny has denied the cable's contents, OHB's board has decided to remove him from his post."
5:25 Late last night I linked to fun web contest to design, then select, Assange's next hair style. You can now see the winner at upper left on that page. A reader has emailed this comment to me: "I guess it's no big deal, but I noticed with Google image search that the original image is shown to be a painting of Louis XVI of France, who got beheaded in 1793." That's Louis the King at left here.


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Time Warner Cable Arena
|This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2014)
|The Hive, The Cable Box
|Former names
|Charlotte Bobcats Arena (2005–2008)
|333 East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
|35°13′30″N 80°50′21″W / 35.22500°N 80.83917°WCoordinates: 35°13′30″N 80°50′21″W / 35.22500°N 80.83917°W
|Public transit
|City of Charlotte
|Charlotte Coliseum Authority/Hornets Sports & Entertainment
Basketball: 19,077 (expandable to 20,200)
|Broke ground
|July 29, 2003
|October 21, 2005
|Construction cost
|$260 million
($315 million in 2016 dollars[1])
|Ellerbe Becket[2]
Odell Associates, Inc.
The Freelon Group, Inc.
|Project manager
|PC Sports[3]
|General contractor
|Hunt/R.J. Leeper[4]
|Charlotte Hornets (NBA) (2005–present)
Charlotte Checkers (AHL) (2010–2015)
Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) (2005–2010)
Charlotte Sting (WNBA) (2006)
2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2012 Democratic National Convention
Time Warner Cable Arena (originally Charlotte Bobcats Arena and commonly The Hive, Time Warner Arena, or The Cable Box), is an entertainment and sports venue, located in center city Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by the city of Charlotte, and operated by the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. It made its grand opening in October 2005 as the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, with a concert by the Rolling Stones and hosted its first Bobcats game on November 5, 2005. The arena's center-hung video screen, known as "Hornets TV", measures 16 feet by 28 feet, which was the largest scoreboard size of any indoor arena at the time of its completion.
On April 8, 2008, the Hornets, then known as the Bobcats, announced a naming rights deal with Time Warner Cable, the area's largest cable television provider, to rename the arena. As part of the deal, the Bobcats ended a somewhat restrictive deal that kept them off satellite and regional cable television.[5] The change became effective immediately, with printed tickets for the Bobcats' April 8, 2008 game against the Minnesota Timberwolves reflecting the arena's new name and the game airing on FSN South.[6]
The arena seats 19,077 for most NBA games, but can be expanded to seat up to 20,200 for college basketball games (and presumably NBA playoff games). The arena also served as home to the Charlotte Checkers, an ice hockey team that plays in the AHL, until the end of the 2014-15 season. When ice hockey is played at the arena, capacity is reduced to 14,100, though 4,000 of those seats have obstructed views.
On February 1, 2011, it was announced that Time Warner Cable Arena would be the venue for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, to be held in Charlotte.[7]
Though the arena was built with the Bobcats/Hornets in mind, the arena hosts many types of sports and entertainment events. As North Carolina is a hotbed for college basketball, it was expected that the arena would host many NCAA basketball games. Among the games Time Warner Cable Arena has hosted include:
- NCAA Tournament: 2008, 2011, 2015
- ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: 2008, 2019 (future)
- Southern Conference men's basketball tournament: 2010
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the oldest historically black collegiate conference in the United States, has held its men's and women's basketball tournaments at the arena since 2006. The Charlotte 49ers have also tentatively agreed to play several high-profile games there over the next several seasons.
In addition to the Hornets, the arena had one other permanent tenant for almost a decade. The Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL vacated historic Bojangles Coliseum to play in the new arena in the fall of 2005. When the ECHL Checkers gave way to an AHL team with the same name, the AHL team remained at the arena. Unlike other multipurpose arenas that can accommodate both basketball and hockey, the arena was primarily designed for basketball use. It can nevertheless accommodate an NHL-sized ice hockey rink, but the seating capacity for hockey is 14,100, and the seating arrangement is asymmetrical. This resulted in a lot of seats with obstructed views, which resulted in poor sightlines. Primarily because of those factors, on December 16, 2014, it was announced that the Checkers would move back to Bojangles Coliseum starting with the 2015-16 AHL season.[8] The Charlotte Sting of the WNBA moved, along with the Bobcats/Hornets, from the old Charlotte Coliseum to the then-new venue in 2005, played for one season and then folded due to low attendance.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Pit Crew Challenge, part of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, is held on the Wednesday night of the race week at the arena, creating an indoor atmosphere so the pit competition will occur, rain or shine.
In January 2007, the Professional Bull Riders association hosted a Built Ford Tough Series event at this venue. The event was known as the "Dale Jr. PBR Clash", named after NASCAR driver and longtime PBR fan Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who teamed up with the PBR to put this event together. The PBR will visit Time Warner Cable Arena once again in the fall of 2011.[9]
In June 2015, it was announced that the arena would host the 2017 NBA All-Star Game.[10]
The arena was originally intended to host the Charlotte Hornets, the city's original NBA team. In 2001, a non-binding public referendum for an arts package, which included money to build the new uptown arena, was placed on the ballot for voters. This was done in order to demonstrate what was believed to be wide public support for construction of a new uptown venue. The arts package would have been funded with the issuance of bonds by the city.
There was opposition to the referendum, with many feeling that the city shouldn't fund a new arena at all (the Charlotte Coliseum, since demolished, was just 13 years old at the time). Mayor Pat McCrory vetoed a living wage ordinance just days before the referendum. As a result, Helping Empower Local People, a grass-roots organization supporting a living wage, launched a campaign to oppose the arena. It argued that it was immoral for the city to build a new arena when city workers didn't earn enough to make a living.[11] Many of the city's black ministers switched sides in the arena deal and urged their parishioners to oppose it. The referendum failed with 43% for building the arena and 57% opposed.
City leaders then devised a way to build a new arena in a way that didn't require voter support, but let it be known that they would not even consider building it unless the Hornets' owner George Shinn sold the team. While even the NBA acknowledged that Shinn had alienated fans, NBA officials felt such a statement would anger owners.[12] As it turned out, the NBA approved the Hornets' application to move to New Orleans. However, the league promised that the city would get a new team—what became the Bobcats—as part of the deal.
As of 2005[update], the total cost of the arena to Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was not known, but estimated at around $260 million. The construction was approved by the city council, which did not opt to present another referendum to the public. In early 2006, the arena was again the center of controversy as the Bobcats charged a $15,000 fee to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for graduations. The fee was eventually waived following a story in The Charlotte Observer concerning the fees.
Some schools in the area have moved graduations to Bojangles' Coliseum because of the costs.
The arena is used for more than just sporting events, with musical acts, family productions and many other events, such as concerts, circuses and professional wrestling.
|List of wrestling events
|WWE Raw
|January 23, 2006
|November 26, 2007
|June 15, 2009
|June 14, 2010
|March 25, 2012
|October 29, 2012
|WWE SmackDown!, ECW on Sci Fi and WWE NXT
|June 19, 2007
|(This event featured the last match of Chris Benoit, who died several days later),
|July 15, 2008
|December 26, 2008
|April 5, 2011
|November 29, 2011
|November 5, 2013
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|June 25, 2006
Other events[edit]
- Monster Jam - (Annually - January)
- NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge - (2005–12)
- Larry the Cable Guy - January 14, 2006
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - February 22 and 26, 2006
- One Tree Hill location shoot for the season six finale, "Remember Me as a Time of Day". Aired on May 18, 2009.
- Elevation Church TWC Easter - April 4, 2010
- American Idol Season 12 auditions - June 19, 2012
- 2012 Democratic National Convention - September 3–6, 2012
- Elevation Worship Wake Up The Wonder Live Album Recording - August 1, 2014
- Elevation Worship Here As In Heaven Live Album Recording - July 31, 2015
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ "Ellerbe Becket - Time Warner Cable Arena".
- ^ Charlotte Arena - Quick Facts
- ^ Carolina Character
- ^ Cranston, Mike (April 7, 2008). "Time Warner gets naming rights for Bobcats Arena". WCNC-TV. Associated Press. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ George, Jefferson; Bonnell, Rick (April 9, 2008). "Deals Widen Bobcats' TV Reach". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
- ^ Spanberg, Erik (February 1, 2011) "Charlotte to follow Denver as host city of Democratic National Convention", Denver Business Journal. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ http://www.gocheckers.com/articles/952-charlotte-city-council-approves-funding-to-renovate-bojangles-coliseum
- ^ http://www.pbrnow.com/release/?id=6771
- ^ http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25221691/report-charlotte-will-host-2017-nba-all-star-game
- ^ "World Class City, Third World Paycheck". Creative Loafing Charlotte – Archives.
- ^ "Council willing to amend 'new owner' statement". ESPN.com. Associated Press. February 16, 2002.
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This morning I sat in on regular tradition at CRHP: the final presentations of a group that had come in for a month of training. In these presentations, groups of around 5 people discuss a hypothetical NGO that they have envisioned, the location in which they would, the methods they would employ, and the results they would hope to achieve. It's a big game of what if. The judges tend to assess the groups on whether or not they think the organization would work. But me? I can't shake the feeling that some would work and others wouldn't, and that the content of the presentation would have almost NOTHING to do with the actual outcome.
At first glance, an easy out would be to say that there a millions of unpredictable factors that could derail a NGO like those presented and that a presentation can't possibly plan for them, but I think that's crap. It's a cop out. While there are millions of things beyond the control of a hopeful NGO, there remains a single – perhaps most important – factor that can be controlled and that is a powerful determinant of success.
Let me tell a quick anecdote to illustrate my point. Two NGOs with identical models, plans, and techniques set up new bases in two separate locations. Full of excitement, they launch their first community meetings and are pleased to have modest attendance. They plan with the people there and soon launch programs calculated to address the needs of the communities. In one community, it works spectacularly. Things go as planned like a breeze, key information is brought up, adjustments are made, and the outcomes are spectacular.
However, in the second, things couldn't be more different. The program starts strong, but after a while attendance and participation start to fall off. Incentives are introduced to get people to come, and this works for a while, but people are clearly in the program only for the incentives. During an evaluation cycle, the NGO is forced to acknowledge that any positive change has been minimal and fleeting.
What's the difference? Same approach, same technique, yet starkly contrasting results. Is it fair enough to just say that perhaps the approach was better suited to one place? Maybe one NGO had better staff and "listened" better? Maybe one was better at adjustments?
All these things may be true, but imagine for one second that they're not. All other things being equal, I think the biggest issue can be articulated in two simple words: Community Capacity.
Community Capacity, in this instance, refers the ability of a community to act as a collective unit while drawing upon the full diversity of available resources. In this reckoning, the components of a community are NOT individual people but instead the roles that individuals play. Individual people can come and ago, but certain roles will tend to persist over time. Thus, community capacity can be stable even if a community is dynamic (this holds only to a certain extent, of course).
Let me quote my mentor, Dr. David P. Aday Jr., here: "[Communities] are more than place-names, locations, and populations. They are structural arrangements comprising positions, relationships, histories, cultures, and resources. People participate in diverse and variable ways…"
So what does this mean for our NGOs? Simple. It means that the one of the strongest determinants of their future success or failure likely was set BEFORE their first foray into the community for the inaugural community meeting. The key lies in two questions.
- To what extent is the community's social infrastructure capable of supporting collective action?
- To what extent will the work of the NGO promote that capacity for collective action?
Note that these are not questions answered neatly in theoretical models designed in a vacuum prior to having community experience. These questions require time, understanding, and an appreciation for the complex ways in which "community" plays out. In my experience, they are deemed too complex and left unanswered or, worse yet, unasked. In the cases where I have seen things work I have seen one of two scenarios play out:
In the first, the NGO gets lucky. They find a community with a strong capacity for collective action, one that is already "moving," and they get on board and support their efforts. Such cases are wonderful, but you have to wonder if these are the communities that really need a partner to work alongside them. No doubt the NGO helps, but what about the communities that aren't "moving" in this way despite their best efforts?
In the second, the people involved "get it" without any specific training in regards to these issues. They sit, take time, discuss matters, and are willing to move slowly. Drs Raj and Mabelle Arole spent years on the ground in Jamkhed before starting serious health promotion activities beyond their clinic. I suspect that when they did start, they had a good sense of the answers to the two questions, and put themselves in the best position to succeed with the communities in the direst of situations.
But why don't we hear about a third case? One in which people sensitive to these issues and trained to understand them use efficient, empirical research techniques to learn the answers to these questions and use what they learn to be effective. Let me quote Dr. Aday again to give you the answer, "Good intentions are dangerous things."
Clear as mud right? Let me elucidate.
There is a great extent to which the issues tackled by "poverty alleviation," "development," "empowerment," and even "capacity building," are social problems. True, there are economic concerns, health concerns, psychological concerns, political concerns, and public health concerns to name but a few. But what we tend to see today is these issues treated economically, medically, psychologically, politically, or epidemiologically without sufficient appreciation for the extent to which there are social factors contributing to them. Put any one of these approaches together with some sound social science, and I think you've got a winning approach.
And the truth is, this IS happening. Check out the literature on this stuff coming out of Australia, New Zealand, or even the UK. These kinds of approaches have been applied to reducing crime, improving small-scale economies, and of course improving health. The issue is that to those who don't see the "social side" of these issues, these stories appear no different than their own.
I don't write this to blame anyone. It's merely a case of people being outside their field. A doctor isn't qualified to give you advice on your investment portfolio nor is an economist qualified to diagnose your irregular heartbeat. Would you ask an epidemiologist to write a business plan? Why then would be expect these same individuals to diagnose the social component of a problem and recommend the most expedient course action?
Like I said, "Good intentions are dangerous things." The willingness to help doesn't always mean that you've put the best people in the best position to succeed. I think we all have to be humble here because so much is determined by things beyond what we know about or can control, but I think we owe it to everyone involved to make the savviest, most responsible decisions possible when trying to partner with the world's marginalized.
So next time you're left to wonder, "Why did this work?" or "Why didn't this work?" or "Why did it work here and not there?" I challenge you to ask yourself, what sides of this issue were addressed? Which ones weren't? See through the "development-ese" and fancy words, and look for community capacity buildling. The REAL thing.
The ability for a relatively stable group of people to act as a unit that makes full use of its diversity is special. It's the power of community and I'm convinced that it's going to change the world in the next 50 years.
The only question is, how do we get people to understand it for what it is instead of using it as a label on things that it isn't? When we figure that out, I think we'll be a huge step closer to getting development to work more than just sometimes.