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I've been following this Ghostbusters documentary for eight years. Now it's closer than ever to completion, but it needs your help. The filmmakers have spent the last eight years making several trips to the United States from their homes in England, interviewing over 70 members of the cast and crews of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, and have some conversations about the cartoons and video game as well that could become something more substantial than a small feature if enough funds are raised.
If you're a fan of Ghostbusters at all, please consider supporting this Kickstarter campaign.
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters has the potential to be the essential behind the scenes documentary about both Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II. They have enough content for a director's cut that would run for more than four hours, and that's with just the interviews about the feature films. That doesn't include the animated series or the video game.
Anthony and Claire Bueno have been working on this as a labor of love, self financing until now. Check out the Kickstarter trailer and consider helping make this a reality.
Here is my list of most anticipated films for the year. I think I missed doing this list last year, but I wanted to make sure to put this list together for 2016. We now live in a world where there are new Star Wars films coming out regularly. I'm very excited about that, and have ranked Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as my most anticipated movie of the year. I have a feeling that's going to be a running theme from now on. Anyway, here are my most anticipated movies of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
Here's my annual list of favorite films for the year. This year had a few surprises for me. I'm really pleased with 2015, and really excited about the films that I managed to see throughout the year. Let's get started.
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Aftermath, a Star Wars novel set after Return of the Jedi, was written by Chuck Wendig. It will be released on September 4th, 2015, just over three months before Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases to theaters.
If you've been curious about what happened after the Battle of Endor, especially since the Expanded Universe has been retconned, this is a book that you'll want to read. And this is the new canon in the Star Wars universe.
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The second Death Star has been destroyed. Rumors are flying that the Emperor and his enforcer, Darth Vader, are dead. A new government is forming to replace the Empire. But the galaxy is a big place, and the fallout of this cataclysm will affect different worlds in different ways. Does everyone accept the fall of Imperial rule? Has everyone even heard the life-altering news? What rushes in to fill the vacuum the Empire has left? And who will try to stop them?
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Journey to The Force Awakens.
The second Death Star is destroyed. The Emperor and his powerful enforcer, Darth Vader, are rumored to be dead. The Galactic Empire is in chaos.
Across the galaxy, some systems celebrate, while in others Imperial factions tighten their grip. Optimism and fear reign side by side.
And while the Rebel Alliance engages the fractured forces of the Empire, a lone Rebel scout uncovers a secret Imperial meeting. . . .
I've been a big fan of Ghostbusters for as long as I can remember. Director Paul Feig is currently making a movie featuring four women as Ghostbusters, and they're shooting for a PG-13 rating (which I'm kind of worried about). I had been upset with the direction that the new movie was taking. I'm not against the idea of women being Ghostbusters at all. I would rather not have an entire team composed of women exclusively. I'd have been fine with any combination of men and women on the team, as has happened in the comics and cartoons over the years. I have been hoping for a Ghostbusters 3 since the credits rolled on Ghostbusters 2 when I saw it on the big screen as a kid. I'm never really against getting a sequel to a great movie, because if it's great there's more to love. If it's awful, it's easily ignored. I also own more Ghostbusters collectibles than anyone probably should.
Now I have reason to hope once more. After Sony made their deal with Disney's Marvel Studios to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they were left with a load of release dates from cancelled Spider-Man related projects. Everything from The Amazing Spider-Man 3 to Venom to The Sinister Six, as well as a potential Black Cat movie (or another female lead Spider-Man spin-off) and a potential Aunt May film that sounded kind of like Agent Carter. It would have been interesting to see how this Spider-Man Cinematic Universe would have looked, but Marvel Studios didn't want to over-crowd cinemas with their movies, for possibly because it could weaken the comic book movie brand considerably.
Sony took a good look at the properties they had in development, and decided that they'd finally attempt to create something they can legitimately call their own, without fear of losing it to another studio. That could have been something like Men in Black, and there are rumors about that as well.
For now, they've created a studio called Ghost Corps (pronounced Ghost Core), which features original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd and Ghostbusters 1 & 2 director Ivan Reitman. Their goal is to bring Ghostbusters to a larger scale, with a larger cinematic universe, television and merchandising. And it all starts with Paul Feig's movie.
After that, there's a possible male-lead Ghostbusters film that is rumored to star Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt (and I personally hope that Bill Hader and Emma Stone join that team). That film could be directed by the Russo's (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War), and would probably be shot during the summer of 2016. The film currently lists Channing Tatum as a producer, with no actors attached, and the Tatum/Pratt team-up could be related to the leaked Sony e-mails from Tatum in which he wanted to make a Ghostbusters film in which he and Pratt would star.
The next film would be an Avengers style team up, to take on a larger supernatural threat. And I've also read that a fourth film would possibly be a prequel to all of these movies. This prequel likely would not include the surviving original Ghostbusters, because of the red tape due to the rights to the characters. However, seeing as Aykroyd and Reitman are involved, I wouldn't count that possibility out entirely.
There is also the possibility of the return of the comics, hopefully with the return of the same creative team behind the IDW line that was so excellent. It also could mean another animated series, which is something else that I'm really excited about (and another reason why I question that the use of the characters from the original movie could be much of a rights issue). IDW is currently preparing their second mini-series since the cancellation of the on-going series. Hopefully they maintain the rights to the brand well into the future, as their work has been excellent.
Sony is serious enough about this that Reitman is moving his entire staff of his production banner The Montecito Picture Co. onto the studio lot to focus on this endeavor. Montecito and Ghost Corps will be separate entities, however.
"We want to expand the Ghostbusters universe in ways that will include different films, TV shows, merchandise, all things that are part of modern filmed entertainment," Reitman said. "This is a branded entertainment, a scary supernatural premise mixed with comedy. Paul Feig's film will be the first version of that, shooting in June to come out in July 2016. He's got four of the funniest women in the world, and there will be other surprises to come. The second film has a wonderful idea that builds on that. Drew will start writing and the hope is to be ready for the Russo Brothers' next window next summer to shoot, with the movie coming out the following year. It's just the beginning of what I hope will be a lot of wonderful movies. My primary focus will be to build the Ghostbusters into the universe it always promised it might become. The original film is beloved, as is the cast, and we hope to create films we will continue to love."
What do you think of the idea of the Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe?
tl;dr: Sony Pictures created a production company called Ghost Corps. Ivan Reitman and Dan Aykroyd are part of that company. They're creating a Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe starting with Paul Feig's movie. A second movie could be directed by the Russo's starring Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt, with a third film being a team-up, and a fourth being a prequel. Ghost Corps is also creating other outlets for the brand including TV and merchandise.
Since the end of the on-going Ghostbusters comic book from IDW, they've been keeping things going a bit with mini-series. It started pretty much immediately with their four part team up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters. There had been nothing new since then, but now we have another mini-series coming that will bring the team together with The Real Ghostbusters.
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Nintendo announced today that they're teaming up with a company called DeNA to bring their characters to mobile platforms. It's going to be huge for the company, as their characters are well loved and the primary reason that most people still buy Nintendo consoles. It's the reason I do. I don't have an Xbox One or a PS4, but I do own a Wii U. It's pretty much all that I play because it's got great games and its' backwards compatible with my large collection of Wii titles.
Nintendo's chief Satoru Iwata commented: "As proof that Nintendo maintains strong enthusiasm for the dedicated game system business, let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated game platform with a brand-new concept under the development codename 'NX.'"
Details about the new console will be revealed in 2016. Nintendo is very good at coming up with game-changing ways to play, and the addition of motion control gaming with the Wii was a significant change in the gaming world.
One interesting thing is that you could see where Nintendo was headed almost before they went there. I remember when I got the Wii, and they had motion control, I wondered what was next. I thought they would do something that would allow them to bring DS games to the virtual console. Then they showed the game pad for the Wii U console at an E3 show. But this time there are not precedent setting things, that they're doing.
Here's are a few thoughts:
VR/AR: Seems to be the hot direction right now in tech. They did try a while back with Virtual Boy, but that was their only real fail.
3D: Now that the New Nintendo 3DS has eye tracking, it could be included here.
New Wii U gamepad: It could be a new Gamepad to replace the one that currently comes with Wii U, that has all of the above included.
The chart above makes me feel that Nintendo is, in fact, going to create a new dedicated system which will act as a successor to Wii U.
They've revealed the costume that Supergirl will wear in the pilot for what could become a television series next fall. It's actually a good and modest costume that is faithful to the source material. There have been many costumes for Supergirl, but this one seems to be a good blend of the iconic costumes she's worn.
She also has the proper amount of innocence to her, and you can practically read her personality with only the look on her face. Supergirl is played by Melissa Benoist in for the TV series. I've never seen her in anything before, but recognize the names of some of the shows and movies that she's a part of.
If the show is picked up to series, it will air on CBS starting this fall. DC is really firing on all cylinders these days, with a cinematic universe kicking off in earnest with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016. Since Smallville went off the air, they've successfully launched Arrow and The Flash, and made some attempts at bringing Wonder Woman back to the small screen, with one attempt a few years ago, followed by another called Amazon.
I read a run of Supergirl comics by Peter David back in the 90s that I enjoyed.


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- Zafimaniry artwork – Antaimoro paper
- Anja villagers park
- Fenêtre d'Isalo – Isalo NP
- Ifaty beach and forest
- Village des tortues
- Anakao Beach – Nosy Ve island
- Berenty park
- Lokaro Bay
Towns: Antananarivo - Antsirabe - Ambositra - Ambalavao - Ranohira - Toliara (Tuléar) - Tolagnaro - (Fort Dauphin)
Note: All year tour, can start on personalised base every day
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1, Monday, Antananarivo. Today is an arrival day, so you are free to arrive at any time. Upon arrival in Antananarivo's Ivato Airport, you are met by your tour manager and transferred to our hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. An optional short tour of Madagascar's capital city can be arranged. Includes: none.
Day 2, Tuesday, Antananarivo – Antsirabe. Leaving Antananarivo and driving south to Antsirabe, known as 'the city where one can find much minerals'. Our drive takes us across the highlands with beautiful rice fields and spectacular eroded hills called 'lavaka'. Many vegetables and fruits are grown in this lush green landscape. En route we drive past Ambatolampy, a sizeable agricultural city also well known as the 'capital of aluminium pottery'. Antsirabe was founded by Norwegian missionaries as a health retreat and offers a cool highland climate and therapeutic thermal springs. Whilst it is today a relative modern place, it still has a relaxed and sophisticated 19th century ambience about it. Our hotel is an architecturally amazing building set on a promontory and surrounded by elegant gardens. Includes: (B)
Day 3, Wednesday, Antsirabe – Ambalavao. After breakfast we spend some time in Antsirabe and wander through wide, palm-lined boulevards. The local taxi service which consists of a number of brightly coloured rickshaws (pousse-pousses), adds further colour and charm to the place. We then take a short drive to the town of Ambositra, regarded as the arts and crafts centre of Madagascar. Here we seek out woodcarvings, raffia baskets, coloured wood collages (marque-terie), paintings and polished stones among the dozens of artisans' shops in town. The landscape is dominated by rice fields, pine and eucalyptus forests and rocky mountains. We then drive to nearby Fianarantsoa, Madagascar's 'cultural capital'. Known as 'the city where one learns good things', Fianarantsoa is the gateway of the south and is the capital city for the Betsileo people. The landscape is again superb, with great views of vineyards, terraced paddy fields and rocky outcrops. Our destination, the small town of Ambalavao, is one of Madagascar's most attractive with many of its buildings containing carved wooden balconies. Once arrived we visit the Antaimoro Paper Factory. The paper producing industry is a legacy of Arabian civilisation on the island. Here paper is made from scratch using the bark of avoha bush. After a series of steps, fresh flowers are pressed into the paper to make attractive cards, envelopes and picture frames. Includes: (B).
Day 4, Thursday, Ambalavao – Ranohira. We make a very early start at dawn and drive 15 kilometres south to Anja villagers reserve, a community-run park that was set up in 1999 and has superb scenery, plants, Betsileo tombs, caves and a colony of ring-tailed lemurs. We walk for an hour in the park before we continue our road journey to the sleepy town of Ihosy, which is the capital for the Bara ethnic group. Ihosy also serves as a barrier between the green highlands of central Madagascar and the more arid south. The Bara rearing Zebu cattle, which they herd through the mountain chain of Andringitra. We see a rock formation called the Bishop's Hat, a sacred place for the Bara people. It was here that their ancestors once preferred collective suicide than surrender to invading Merina ethnic group. We then pass through the huge Plateaux de Horombe, which is characterised by its red soil and straws locally known as 'bozaka', before arriving in Ranohira. After checking in we drive to the 'Fenêtre de l'Isalo' – a natural rock window covered with green and orange lichen and offers sweeping views over the surrounding plain – a great spot to photograph around sunset. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 5, Friday, Isalo NP. Today we visit Isalo National Park and enjoy two half-day hikes in this surreal place. This strikingly beautiful reserve is filled with golden plains punctuated by craggy pinnacles of terracotta rock, valleys, canyons and waterfalls. Covering an huge area, Isalo National Park comprises the entire stretch of the Isalo Massif, a very spectacular mountain chain made up of eroded sandstone. In the morning we walk to the 'canyon des singes', where we may spot ring-tailed lemurs and Verreaux's Sifakas in the lush forested entrance to the canyon. The park is also home to approximately 55 species of birds, including the endemic Benson's rock thrush, as well as various lizards and snakes. In the afternoon another hike takes us to the 'piscine naturellenaturelle a natural swimming pool in an oasis-like setting. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 6, Saturday, Ranohira – Toliara (Tuléar). After breakfast we continue to Toliara, the finishing point of National Road N° 7. Here we experience new kind of scenery which comprises of dry forests to the west and spiny deserts to the south and spectacular baobabs in between. Toliara is in the driest area in Madagascar, with landscape dominated by spiny forest like cactus and various plants. Along the way we drive past the bizarre 'Wild West' sapphire mining town of Ilakaka. We also see elaborate tombs belonging to the Mahafaly people of southern Madagascar. These tombs, which measure up to 15 square metres, are works of art constructed by the community to honour the deceased. The building of these tombs can take up to a year and the different stages of construction are marked by ceremonies, some involving the sacrifice of zebu (cattle). The final result is a huge monolith, adorned with painted scenes from the life of the deceased, and also sometimes by wooden posts carved with curved geometric figures (aloalo). Amazingly we can count the number of sacrificed zebus by the number of its horns decorated on each tomb. On arrival we check in our hotel for two nights. Then we take a short orientation tour before enjoying some free time to wander around town. Includes: (B).
Day 7, Sunday, Ifaty. From Toliara we take a drive north along the coast to Ifaty. This is our base to enjoy time at leisure. With a 35 kilometre reef running offshore, this is an ideal place to partake in some snorkelling. The reef attracts a variety of fish, including several species of sharks. Whilst at Ifaty we take an excursion to the Tortoise Village – a conservation project involving breeding the endemic radiated tortoise. These animals rank with the Lemurs and the Chameleons as Madagascar's most important flagship species, symbols for which the country is renowned around the world. These tortoises are at very high risk of extinction and have been heavily impacted by human activities, especially in the last few decades. All have been affected by habitat destruction, some by hunting as a food source, and others by live capture for the illegal international wildlife trade. Captive-breeding programs were identified as priority safety measures, both within Madagascar and internationally. The 'village des tortues' at Ifaty playing a key role in holding, quarantining, and eventually redistributing confiscated animals, as well as serving an important education function. Includes: (B).
Day 8, Monday, Toliara – Anakao. After breakfast we take a short transfer to the port of Toliara. There we embark for a motorboat ride to Anakao. It is a traditional Vezo fishing village This village is located in the south of Toliara, the desert area. The ocean constitutes, for this group of Malagasy from the south, a relatively inexhaustible source of life. All their activities are traditionally related to this extended marine. In this corner of the island, where time seems to have stopped a few decades ago, some 1500 Vezo people gathered together and settled on a small portion of land. Thanks to its isolation it remains fairly unspoiled. We stay some kms from the village and may enjoy a walk along the shore or swimming in the sea. The beauty of the ocean with a turquoise sea mixed with the green emerald tickling of the coastal landscape of sand embellished by the rare thickets and of coconuts… The traversed coast is swept quasi-constantly by the 'siokatimo' – southern wind. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 9, Tuesday, Nosy Ve. Nosy Ve with its pristine and warm water. We reach this uninhabited coral island just some kilometres off Anakao by sailing pirogue. Deserted white sand beaches and low greenery with little shade await us there. Local fady (taboo) has left it unspoilt and provided a safe nesting ground for red-tailed tropic birds which allow close approach. Nosy Ve has a history dating to the French who landed here around 1888 prior to conquering the mainland. Some ancient tombs of French settlers can still be found here. Also, in the past the island served as a hiding place for pirates and as a slave departure port. After coming back we may enjoy sunset with taking a drink. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 10, Wednesday, Anakao – Toliara. After breakfast we transfer back by motorboat to Toliara. The city, is built on the Tropic of Capricorn. The town is painted in light colours. That is the reason why the people from the highlands call it the white city. The approach to the city is exceptional: you can see large sand dunes which run along the coast. According to the ancestors of Toliara, the first inhabitants of this area were called Antandavaka which means the men who live in caves. The current spelling (Toliara instead the French based Tuléar) was adopted in the 1970s, and reflects the orthography of the Malagasy language. Many geographic place names were similarly altered in this time from their previous French spellings following Malagasy independence in 1960. As a port town it acts as a major import/export hub for commodities such as sisal, soap, cotton and peanuts. Includes: (B).
Day 11 Thursday, Toliara – Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin) – Berenty,
Today we board our flight to Tolagnaro, which is beautifully situated along a curved sandy bay on the south-eastern tip of Madagascar. Upon arrival we do a quick orientation tour around Tolagnaro. Dating back to 1643 it is one of the original French settlements on the island, although shipwrecked Portuguese sailors had erected a fort here as early as 1504. We then travel on a bumpy journey for 80 kilometres on a badly-eroded road to Berenty Reserve, where we spend a night in bungalows on the edge of the forest. The journey to Berenty takes us through various vegetation zones, including high mountains, thick thorn scrubs and the spiny forests of Didiera and Alluaudia, known locally as the 'octopus tree', where strange spiny spikes reaching vertically out of the semi-desert ground and tower up to 20 metres in the air. Berenty Reserve is a private reserve that offers the chance to experience the magic of the forest. The opportunities here to photograph close-up lemurs are second to none, as many of them are habituated to humans. We are sure to see brown lemurs and ring- tailed lemurs. One of the highlights of our trip is sure to be witnessing graceful white Verreauxi Sifakas 'dancing' their way across clearings in wild and comical leaps on their two hind legs. Upon arrival, we settle in. At night we also embark on an evening walk, using flash lights to see observe the nocturnal life in the forest. Here we may see mouse lemur and sportive lemur. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 12, Friday, Berenty Reserve – Tolagnaro. We may be woken this morning by the sound of lemurs outside our bungalows. If we rise early we may want to take a walk from your lodge into the forest area of the reserve along well-maintained trails, where there is a chance to see lemurs including 'dancing' Sifakas. After breakfast we take an organised walk into another section of forest, where along the way we are likely to see more lemurs, including the resident group of ring-tailed lemurs and brown lemurs. A particularly amusing sight is seeing ring-tailed lemurs 'sun baking' - sitting in the sunshine with their arms spread wide and their bellies facing towards the sun. As well as the resident lemur population, there are also endemic plants, chameleons and species of birds. We spend time at the excellent Antandroy Museum, which showcases the life of the Androy people. Leaving Berenty Reserve, we travel back to Fort Dauphin where we check our lodge. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 13, Saturday, Lokaro Bay excursion. Today we enjoy a complete change of scenery on the white sand beaches of this superb bay. We embark for our day excursion to the isolated Lokaro Peninsula, a beautiful and unspoilt area of green hills, inland waterways, natural swimming holes and barrier beaches. To get there we need to travel by road before transferring on to a boat that takes us out through a series of freshwater channels. There is a chance to do some interesting short hikes. It is an incredible place to walk along the beach and absorb the solitude, broken only by thundering waves. This is a fitting finale to our Madagascar adventure. Includes: (B), (D).
Day 14, Sunday, Fort Dauphin – Antananarivo. Most of the day is at leisure in Fort Dauphin. In the evening we take a flight to Antananarivo, where our tour ends on arrival at Antananarivo's Ivato Airport. Any international flights out of Antananarivo on this day should not be booked to depart prior to 10pm. Spending an extra night in Antananarivo is highly recommended, as there can sometimes be unexpected delays to local flights. Includes: (B).
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With the Extreme Associates obscenity trial still months away, the company's defense team has filed another motion to dismiss the indictments against Extreme and its co-owners Rob Black and Lizzy Borden – this time challenging whether the all-too-familiar "Miller test" for obscenity can be applied to the World Wide Web.
The new motion, filed by H. Louis Sirkin and Jennifer M. Kinsley, also names a new member of the defense team, Pittsburgh attorney Warner Mariani, as co-author.
The attorneys have asked Judge Gary Lancaster, whose brilliant analysis in granting an earlier Motion to Dismiss was later reversed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, to consider new arguments for dismissal; among them:
• That the federal obscenity statutes are unconstitutional;
• That the Miller test's requirement that the charged material be "taken as a whole" is impossible to accomplish in the context of the World Wide Web;
• That the "community standards" prong of the Miller test used in determining whether a particular work is obscene cannot be applied to an online "community";
• That obscenity code Sections 1461 ("Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter"), 1462 ("Importation or transportation of obscene matters") and 1465 ("Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution") are impermissibly overbroad; and,
• That the digital video clips charged in Counts 5 through 10 of the indictment do not fall within the range of tangible material eligible for prosecution under two sections of the obscenity law.
Should the Court decide that the above points are insufficient for a dismissal of the entire indictment, the motion also asks that the Court clarify certain points of law before the case moves forward:
• That the "material to be taken as a whole" regarding the charged video clips refers to the entire Extreme Associates website;
• That the applicable "community" within which the charges are to be considered, for the purposes of the Miller test, is the entire World Wide Web; and,
• In the alternative, if the Court rules that the "community" has to be a geographic area, that that community should be the Central District of California, where Extreme's headquarters are located, rather than the Western District of Pennsylvania, where the clips were originally viewed by postal inspectors.
More on this breaking news story tomorrow.
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Yancy Baer, a disabled U.S. army veteran who lost a leg to cancer, was kept out of a Houston-area Starbucks when he attempted to enter with his service dog, Verbena, Fox News reported Sunday.
According to Fox, Baer traveled to Houston from San Antonio on behalf of the national organization Canine Companions for Independence. The group helped pair Baer with Verbena after Baer's left leg was amputated from the knee down due to bone cancer, KHOU reported.
When Baer tried to enter the store with the dog, he was confronted by an employee.
"A gentleman from Starbucks meets me at the door and says I can't have her in the store," he said.
Baer explained Verbena was his service dog, but the employee apparently didn't believe him.
"He stated, you're not blind," Baer said. "It was in your face, loud and bold. I got really nervous. I was shaking because I was being confronted."
The employee reportedly continued to confront Baer.
"I explained what all she does, and his next comment was, 'Why can't you do that yourself,'" Baer added.
A customer in the store stood up for Baer, he said, and he was eventually able to explain the situation with another employee.
KHOU said the employee who confronted Baer apologized.
Starbucks corporate spokeswoman Laurel Harper issued a statement to KHOU regarding the incident.
"Starbucks always welcomes service animals to our stores, and this customer's experience is not consistent with the welcoming and friendly environment we strive to create for everyone," Harper said. "We have spoken with this customer to apologize for his experience, and we hope to have the opportunity to serve him again. We have also spoken with our store partner about this situation and used this as a coaching opportunity for the future."
A number of people expressed their anger with Starbucks on the company's Facebook page.
"Hey Starbucks, do any of your senior executives know what its like to serve in the military, or to have your leg amputated and be disabled?" one person asked.
Several said they would boycott Starbucks for hating veterans.
"Starbucks also refused to send care packages to the troops over seas and said they refuse to be associated with anything that has to do with the military," one person added. "But if it wasn't for our military they would not be in business or have the freedom they have!!! Every American patriot should boycott Starbucks and run them out of business!!!!!"
Baer says he has no hard feelings against Starbucks and hopes others learn that some disabilities are not immediately apparent. Baer said that had he been wearing shorts instead of long pants, his disability would have been obvious.
"Be careful about who you approach and how you approach it. You've got to be sensitive to people," he said. "This isn't acceptable. It can't be acceptable."
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I have the general recipe for finding the complex conjugate of a function down as follows:
Suppose I have $f(z)$:
- Separate $f(z)$ into a sum of real and imaginary functions such that $$f(z)=u(x,y)+iv(x,y)$$
- Negate the $i$ and you have your complex conjugate
I have tried the above recipe for the following function(which I obtained from another question on math.SE -- Complex conjugate of function): $$\psi(x,t)=Ae^{i(kx-\omega t)}+ Be^{-i(kx+\omega t)}$$
(I basically didn't understand what they did over there, but I think my procedure is correct, and I tried to rework the problem of finding the complex conjugate using the above process.)
So I write $A=x_1+iy_1$ and $B=x_2+iy_2$, $\theta_1=kx-\omega t$ and $\theta_2=kx+\omega t$, and multiply out the following expression:$$\psi(x,t)=Ae^{i(\theta_1)}+ Be^{-i(\theta_2)}$$using the Euler relation, and I should get the answer, right? I tried this out on pen and paper and I get something like:$$\psi^*=x_1e^{-\theta_1}+x_2e^{\theta_2}-y_1e^{\frac{\pi}{2}-\theta_1}+y_2e^{\frac{\pi}{2}-\theta_1}$$
I am not 100% sure about my result as I could have made a mistake, but I'd like to know if the general procedure is correct. Thanks!


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Happy Birthday 'Merica! I saw these hand print table pieces and used the idea to make a flag craft. Work on colors, following directions, concepts (long/short) and action words while you make this adorable flag! They were adorable! We also made some fireworks! Megan had the idea of making fireworks and Emily cut straws at the end. We dipped into glue and made fireworks on paper. Lots of glitter was added! To make the straws, just take scissors and cute the straw about 2 or 3 inches high into 6 different pieces. The straw should look kind of like a flower at the end when you're done cutting. Of course we did lots of other learning with my freebie downloads too! Did you do anything fun to celebrate American's birthday this week?
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Had neat event in my last PoP play session. Some god felt I was worthy and bestowed me a mighty bow! I'm slowly working up to the draw power 7 required to use it. Was kind of a fun fluke event that's changed the way I was playing.
Had neat event in my last PoP play session. Some god felt I was worthy and bestowed me a mighty bow! I'm slowly working up to the draw power 7 required to use it. Was kind of a fun fluke event that's changed the way I was playing.
That happens in every game if a certain condition is met.
But I agree, Shellfishguy - its quite fun how little things can change the game. Its also on of the games that has the most self-evolving (I forgot the game word for it) sandbox world I ever saw - The AI plays by pretty much the same rules as everyone else in general, leading to all sorts of things that can happen. No two games are EVER the same for me. In the last game I started, Sarleon decided to gather the biggest most badass army I ever saw, and just roll over the Empire. At day 30, the empire was down to Cez, and its lords were milling about confused with a glazed look in their eyes, while Sarleon, the faction that almost NEVER get off to a good start, had half the world by then.
I've also seen forest bandits with 200 men, a farmer party who had knights in their party (How did THAT Happen?), areas where brigands roamed like pests, and its not safe to be without a pretty big army since they all gang together on you and lots of stuff like that. EMERGENT gameplay - thats the word. That is what Warband does very, very well. While its within the scope of the game, it makes for very different games each time.
I'll have to look that up, now I'm curious what I did to trigger it. It's the first time I've seen it happen, but hey its the will of the gods!
That was the exact time it happened, very cool thanks.
Its been close to a year since I last pimped some Warband mods, and there are two new ones that are very much worth mentioning!
The first one is a Game of Thrones mod, which is...very ambitious and quite well done. It seems to done more or less by one guy and a modeller who makes awesome armors!
Some features:
Brand new map:
Covering all of Westeros and the western part of the continent of Essos, it is probably the most detailed Mount and Blade: Warband map ever made.
20 unique factions:
Amongst them The Stormlands, Pentos, Volantis, Dorne and The North, populated by more than 300 new lords and ladies, all of them canon, with custom facial features, hairstyles and clothing.
More than 1000 items:
Based on various medieval periods and regions, from England in the 11th century to Byzantium in the 13th, as well as many GoT armor pieces, A Clash of Kings currently contain more than 1000 items.
New mercenaries:
Including Sellsword Pikemen, Hedge Knights, Dornish Skirmishers and Ironborn Sellswords.
26 brand new companions:
With such illustrious names as Ser Jasper Rivers, Yohnas, Alexos Sand, Martyn Snow and Colin the Mute, who does not speak. Because writing dialogue gets tiresome.
Completely new banners for every lord:
All of them canon, with a few exceptions. All of them double the resolution of the vanilla Mount and Blade banners, for added enjoyment and overall quality.
New map icons:
With unique icons for most major cities and castles such as King's Landing, Volantis, Winterfell etc.
Sea travel:
Sail on the high seas, fight pirates, get captured or drown.
26 new OSP scripts:
Ranging from a bank script to leave you in debt, to a script allowing you to buy your troops ale.
New scenes:
A work in progress, 1.0 has custom made scenes for such iconic locations as Storm's End, Moat Cailin, The Eyrie, King's Landing and The Bloody Gate. All in all, more than 80 custom made locations.
An invading faction:
At an undisclosed point in the game, Westeros will be invaded by a fleet of mysterious sellswords. They carry black banners, banners with golden skulls and banners with griffins. And they have landed in the Rainwood!
Buy Unsullied:
You can now buy Unsullied from a travelling slaver.
The second mod I want to pimp is Persino, which is kinda a wanna-be Prophesy of Pendor. Its currently at version 0.6, but is already pretty fun to play. It has a HUGE amount of new troops, and even elephant riders and Dragon riders! Some of the armors a bit lowres to my eyes, but the sheer amount of variety in the mod but regarding troops, equipment but also things to do, since they are implementing a LOT of quests and things to explore, makes this mod pretty fun.
I hope you enjoy these mods as much as I do!
Oh, and I can't friggin wait until Bannerlord comes out!
Wow! Those look awesome, especially the Clash of Kings mod. I may have to download and get back into Warband once I'm done with my current round of backlog action. That's what I love about Mount & Blade, it's one of those games like the Total War Series or Elder Scrolls series where you can just leave it for months at a time, come back, and find there's even more new and cool stuff to do.
Thanks for the links Razgon!
My pleasure :-)
As for Clash of Kings, its REALLY well done. The armors are extremely impressive and the best done art I've seen from any mods yet.
Razgon, thanks for posting that. If you've played Clash of Kings, how is it? Is it better than vanilla M&B? What's your thoughts on it?
I've played a ton of Clash of Kings, and its very, very good. It is based on the floris mod, which expands on a lot of things from Native without going overboard, but kingdom management is heavily enhanced. There are tons of new weapons, armor and equipment. Trade has been improved, and in Clash of Kings, graphics are vastly enhanced compared to Native due to Polished Landscaped, which is a mod a lot of other mods uses.
The armors in Clash of Kings are the best I've seen in a M&B mod so far - very talented guy who does them.
I do have two issues with the mod though - One is random crashes at times. Sometimes 3 times in a row, other times I can play an entire evening without issues. This is most likely due to how massive the game is.
The other issue is that I have massive slowdowns in figths with lots of cavalry because of the dust that rises. This can be disabled with a single click though in options...I can't remember what option it is but I will check it out when I get home.
All in all, Clash of kings is an awesome mod, that I really recommend highly, especially over native!
Persino is fantastic, thanks for bringing it to my attention. I think with just a little bit more time it's going to be equal to or better than Pendor, my current favorite mod. On top of all of the other stuff in the mod, I can't get over how awesome the music is. It really adds a ton of atmosphere.
Having owned all of the Mount & Blade titles for years but never played more than a few minutes, all the posts in this thread has now moved it out of perpetual back log status. For now I'm running Warband vanilla except for Polished Landscapes which doesn't change gameplay other than collision detection for trees and bushes. After several, umm, "misadventures" involving getting myself captured by Looters (a ploy to lull them into complacency, I assure you ;) I'm now building up a 20-odd person force.
I foresee vanilla taking up a lot of time before moving onto game changing mods.
Awesome! Be sure to let us know of your adventures! There is a lot of things to discover, but for now, here is a small but interesting tip. If you keep a few horses in your inventory, your entire party will move faster!
After playing with only Polished Landscapes mod I grabbed the Diplomacy mod, followed steps to integrate Polished Landscapes, and transferred over my save game. I like the additional options and functionality but now I'm in a rut.
I'm a loyal vassal of the Vaegirs but my king is an idiot: we're already at war with one or two enemies, then he declares on another, then immediately he starts looking for peace due to fighting on too many fronts. This happens repeatedly. We get stretched too thin and lose territory... the worst part was when I was fighting two of his wars one the far side of the map he declared war against the Nords (unprovoked) and they took back the castle I'd taken from them.
My questions: Is this suicidal lust for war a result of Diplomacy mod? Or is the AI in general always this stupid or is perhaps a deliberate behavior quirk of the king? If the Vaegir king is uniquely dumb I could see toppling him with the pretender as maybe new leadership will be less inclined to send the kingdom into ruin.
Otherwise I may end this playthrough and try a more full featured mod. I'm looking into Floris, the Clash of Kings, or the LotR mod for Warband.
Diplomacy mod is part of many other mods, but I haven't actually played it alone. I know other mods expand on it as well, so I actually don't know exactly how it works. I do think you should try a "full" mod instead though :-) Floris is as I understand it, not being developed anymore, but since you seem to have some experience under your belt, I'd say go grab Prophecy of Pendor. Its the greatest mod of all times (In my opinion, obviously), but its a HARD start.
If you do, here's a quick way to start out
1) Travel to Ravenstern
2) Ask three lords if you can help them, and do their quests
3) After that, they should ask you to become mercenaries for them, giving you a great way to start without having to pay too much money.
Oh, and stay away from the Noldor - They will kill you. Its fun to Help them though. I helped a 150 man noldor patrol against a demon army. Autoresolve I would loose, but if I played the combat? woah - they died like flies! SO much loot!
OK, so I noticed that The Last Days of the Third Age (LotR) mod was finally made compatible with Warband, so I downloaded and installed it, but what's up with the training available in some camps (I need training in a bad way because I'm absolutely USELESS at melee combat on foot, especially without a shield)? You tell the trainer you want to fight with a one handed weapon against one opponent, and you spawn with zero weapons, and the other guy has a cudgel, every time. WTF?
If I cheat and turn "equipment restriction" off, what does that do for me? Does it start me out with better equipment or make it so any class can use anything?
Okay I reinstalled this.
I played a crapton of pendor before Warband. I'm grabbing that, as well as Persino to see what the new hotness is.
I played the LoTR mod for original M&B a while back after reading someone's Let's Play on it in Broken Forum. The graphics were terrific, especially the towns. The AI was dodgy in skirmishes though, and broken in the only siege defense I tried. If someone is playing the Warband version of this mod, please report back whether or not you notice any problems with the AI in battles. I wouldn't mind giving it another go if the Warband version is in better shape than the original one.
Pendor download keeps horking. It's the one from the nexus.
Perisno just finished. I'll try that.
Razgon, thanks for the tips on Pendor. I'll keep those in mind when I get around to that mod.
I ended up with Floris as I still want an experience in Calradia's world. First thing action was signing up for the Nord king's army. With no units of my own to support plus equipment and weekly pay provided by the king and my share of loot I saved up enough to buy a couple businesses which work great as supplemental income. I fought in my king's battles, rising through the ranks to become a 4th tier archer. Now I've left the army but still work for the Nords as a paid mercenary commanding my own warband.
Swadia got wiped out but not by me. I was a common soldier in the army capturing 2 of their cities but otherwise not involved. The killing blow was from the Sultanate, not the Nords. I like how such a major change in the game world happened and I was barely involved. It would have been annoying if I planned something with Swadia but my current plan is to become a Nord vassal and help them take over the world.
Anyone curious about the Floris mod experience can see this Let's Play by the Reformist. I really like his M&B let's play series and he has a lot of them for various mods.
Hey, quick question re: the Last Days mod--has anyone else tried to substitute in the Howard Shore music from the films? I'm not enough of a programmer to know if just renaming .mp3's (or .ogg files as the case may be) would do the trick, or whether the program would do more than look for the right filenames.
Blew the dust off Warband and installed Floris last night. I really like the changes, but I forgot how useful the arena and training camps are in the early game. Also forgot that picking Nord recruits for my army wasn't the best choice. I don't think Floris tweaks that. Also forgot that it's hard to find really good weapons early on, without defeating lots of roaming enemies.
Noting that save games between vanila and modded games aren't compatible, is it possible to still jump back and forth and simply load different saves?
I haven't yet played Floris, but I don't see why not.
So no one has an answer for me on the Last Days/LOTR music question? Note: I have the music itself legally.
Yes it is. Each mod has its own save games folder with completely separate saves.Noting that save games between vanila and modded games aren't compatible, is it possible to still jump back and forth and simply load different saves?
Edit: also, I just realized my first post in this thread was exactly a month ago. I've played a lot of M&B since then! Never been too successful in game but oh well, it's been a blast.
Go Nords! I thought about firing a quarter or half of my party and replacing them with Swadians, but I've kind of grown attached.
The arenas in Floris are the biggest difference I can see, so far. Arena play was completely rebuilt from the ground up. The complexity can be a little overwhelming, in fact, but kind of fun.
I didn't realize that one of the Floris features was allowing you to join a lord's army, and thus be swept along in his AI-driven movements around the map. You get paid every seven days, but I'm not sure how the pay is determined (my lvl-6 character with a 21-man Nord horde ranging from the first to fourth tier of the Floris Nord troop tree gets 70-80/week), and I'm also unsure how the AI decides who else to attack (they seem to avoid roaming bandits/sea raiders/camps and favor enemy territories, and engage in battle rarely), and I'm also unsure how to temporarily disengage myself from a lord while holding onto the option of coming back to him later. Would that be the "request personal leave" or "retire from service" option? The latter means you're obligated to return to duty in a week.
Also, there seems to be a Floris bug with tournaments. When I completed one, the crowd continued to cheer for the rest of my game until I quit and reloaded.
That's not a bug, the crowd just liked you so much they followed you around everywhere from then on, cheering your every action. "Excellent purchase of salt milord!", "Way to beat up those bandits milord!", "Brilliantly executed morning bowel movements milord!"...
I'm playing a girl (again), so I try to ignore flattery whenever possible. (LOL, good one, SM.)
Only real update since my last post is, the Nord competency problem has solved itself. I ventured down to Swadia, recruited a bunch of local recruits, and then got into inescapable skirmishes/battles with local hoodlums/warlords which wiped out most of my well-cultivated but mostly-useless Nords while resulting in a bunch of Swadian prisoners in addition to the recent Swadian recruits. So now it's mostly, go Swadians!
But still, I can understand troops not fighting especially well if you're not there to give them good orders, but it seriously sucks to be "knocked out" in a battle and to watch, in non-corporeal form, while fifteen melee dudes simply stand still and do absolutely nothing while ten scattered enemy archers slowly, leisurely wipe them out one arrow at a time. I mean, seriously guys??


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This week at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), there will be two new exhibitions opening. One pays tribute to a recently departed professor, and another is from the museum's MATRIX 254 program.
First up is Looking Intently, which celebrates the legacy of James Cahill, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, who passed away this year. The exhibition is presenting a selection of works collected by the professor, many of which are Chinese and Japanese paintings from the Ming and Qing periods. And though it is only a handful of Cahill's collection, the exhibition exhibits his understanding of the inherent value of these works, and would go on to kick off a lifelong pursuit of fine paintings, and would even be given a studio name, Ching Yuan Chai (bestowed to him by his own teacher, Shimada Shujiro). Now his collection makes up the core of BAM/PFA' s Chinese painting collection.
An example of what's to come in this exhibition can be seen at the museum's website at berkeley.bampfa.edu, which shows a 15th century silk painting titled Summer Trees Casting Shade by artist Dai Jin (1388-1462). Looking Intently opens on Wednesday July 23rd, and will be on view until December 21st.
The second exhibition opening this week is from MATRIX 254, and it features the work of Romanian artist Geta Brătescu. She has lived and worked in Bucharest since the 1950s, and has worked with a wide range of media including graphic design, video, performance and installation. Yet because of being constantly exiled from her home country, because of her avant-garde work as well as Romania's political isolation, she was rarely known to international audiences until recently.
Brătescu's upcoming exhibition at BAM/PFA is the first for a U.S. museum, and it presents a selection of works made between 1977 and 2000, including the print Mrs. Oliver in her Traveling Costume (1985), which can be seen at BAM/PFA's website. The exhibition opens on Friday July 25th, and will be on view until September 28th.
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Egypt is a land of contrasts. The ancient, the modern and the traditional all seem to coexist peacefully, quite comfortably here. It's a place where tombs and sarcophagi are present in the Egyptian Museum. King Tut's relics are there including his throne and a full sized funeral sculpture which looks like it was just finished last week. I have always been fascinated by Egyptian history. From the days when I was a little boy I wanted to get up-close to these relics. Today that childish longing was satisfied.
Then, there is the Arab Republic which is totally encompassing in the city. Everywhere one looks there are Muslims. Women in head scarves and sometimes veils. Mosques are everywhere. This is the traditional Egypt. Colorful, restrained, exotic is this one's possession in the city.
Finally, there is the modern. It must not be forgotten that there was a revolution here in the last few months. Morsi, Mubarak, Moslem Brotherhood are all names to be regarded carefully in Cairo.
Certainly there are signs of the revolution in Cairo, but generally life goes on as it has for centuries. I never felt afraid while I was there recently. I must say that the city seemed very much like Mexico City. There is traffic everywhere with horns blaring, people selling things from shops which appear as though they were, only yesterday, in the 1950s. The people are charming, warm hearted, polite and helpful to foreigners.
So, my advice to your, dear reader, is to go now while the prices are still low and many people think that it isn't safe. Here's the big surprise, it is safe. No one gets hassled. It was one thing that I heard from everyone in the States, before I left, "be careful it's dangerous over there." Not true.
Oh, I know that it's a long trip to get to Egypt. It's 11 hours in an airplane but the voyage is worth the effort. The word which kept coming to me was authentic. I loved Egypt, give it a chance you're going to love it, too.
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2013-14 MAC Post-Mortem
No more are the days when, in projecting the best teams in the Mid-American Conference, one could eliminate half the deck before even starting their breakdown.
Since the MAC went to divisions in 1997, the East Division has dominated play with few exceptions. That was especially true of late, as East teams Akron, Kent State, Miami (Ohio) and Ohio accounted for all nine league NCAA Tournament appearances from 2005-13. Meanwhile, the MAC West seemed proficient at only being as bad as the East was good. Just one of its teams even qualified for the MAC tourney final in that time (Toledo in 2006), and its weakness was never better displayed than 2007-08 when three teams combined to 'win' the West in a three-way tie at 7-9.


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Over the years, Karen Schultz and her late husband Glenn turned their semi- agricultural Aurora property into an award-winning day lily garden.
Their other passion was cats. The Schultzes were the first residents in town to have a cat fancier permit and they cared for up to 80 licensed cats at a time. The cats came from the streets or other shelters.
Now those cats are in trouble and need help, but more on that later.
In 2010, Glenn Schultz suffered a perforated bowel and died. His wife, who some in the community knew as Aurora's Cat Lady, carried on alone until 2012. That's when Karen, then 71, had both knees replaced, followed by two spinal surgeries in 2013. She was in rehab for weeks at a time.
In February, she slipped on ice and broke a leg and had to go back to rehab for long stretches. She arranged for someone to care for the cats, but their condition deteriotated.
Jackie Ehmann, interim manager of the Aurora Animal Shelter, picks up the story.
"The state office of PACFA (Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act, which had granted a state license for the Schulzes to keep the cats) wanted to do an inspection. They wanted us to go with them," Ehmann said.
"Someone the owner hired let us in. Our city vet determined many cats needed medical care. When we first showed up cats were in varying conditions - upper respiratory problems, infections in the mouth, skin issues. The owner was compliant and agreed to surrender the cats to the city's shelter." This was in mid March.
Meanwhile, an unnamed city official let Aurora animal rights attorney Juliet Piccone know of Karen Schultz's situation and Piccone agreed to help her in negotiations with Aurora Animal Control.
"We revoked her fancier's permit and PACFA revoked their permit," Ehmann continued. "Our agreement was that if (Schultz) could get her house back in order and demonstrate she could take care of cats, she could keep five of the cats (the normal city limit). But first we would take all the cats to a place she selected for treatment."
Schultz chose Almost Home Adoptions, a Westminster facilty for rescued cats.
"We did not have to go to court," Ehmann said. "She had been very compliant."
The deal done, the parties have turned their attention to costs.
"Karen needs to raise funds to be able to have her home professionally cleaned and de-cluttered," Piccone said. "Donations in any amount are appreciated and donations of materials to repair the house to enable it to pass inspection so Karen and her five cats can return are also welcome.
"Please see the facebook page Save the Aurora Cat Lady's Garden Cats (www.youcaring.com/pet- expenses/save-the-aurora-cat-lady-s-garden-cats/155766) for more information on how to help."
Cost is also a big issue for Almost Home Adoptions. Founder and Director Kathleen Cline said the cost to treat the cats will be between $20,000 and $30,000.
"All 46 were in really bad shape." Cline said. "They need dental work. They were emaciated." She said one eight-year-old cat was so dehydrated it weighed three pounds. "These cats are the victims."
There is a lingering dispute over the five cats Schultz is supposed to get back. Piccone wants to transfer them to another rescue, but Cline said she intends to keep them until they are fully recovered.
Meanwhile, Cline asked for public help to cover the cost of bringing the cats back to health. For information: (www.almosthomeadoptions.com) or 303 432-2299.
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Diabetics face the daily issue of controlling their insulin levels to avoid extreme high and low blood sugar, which is known to be detrimental to overall health. Medical data clearly links type 2 diabetes with the possibility of heart attack and stroke, and a study published in the April 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association connects the disease to increased risk of dementia.
Those most affected, according to the study, were older individuals who have had severe levels of low blood sugar that required hospitalization or emergency room visits. The risk to patients with less severe episodes of low blood sugar, common to most diabetics, was not clear. Rachel A. Whitmer, study author, of Kaiser Permanent in Oakland, California was quoted as saying "Hypoglycemic episodes that were severe enough to require hospitalization of an emergency room visit were associated with greater risk of dementia, particularly for those patients who had multiple episodes. And these findings, a little bit to our surprise, were independent of glycemic control." She also associated hypoglycemia with neurologic consequences in patients already at risk for dementia. The evidence of glycemic control is critical particularly for older diabetics.
The study covered 16,667 patients, average age 65 from 1980 to 2007, all with type 2 diabetes. Hypoglycemic episodes were recorded over 22 years and more than four years were used for follow up dementia diagnoses.
Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Montefiore Hospital Diabetes Clinic in New York City said that the study is by association only and there is no proof of cause and effect link between the two conditions. "It could be fluctuation of glucose. We know that hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) is also very toxic to the cells. All those things cannot be dissected on a study like this."
Whitmer noted that hypoglycemia is probably not the only reason for the increased risk of dementia in those with type 2 diabetes, but that people with type 2 diabetes are at 32 percent greater risk of dementia. People with pre-diabetes also have greater risk.
Previous studies have linked type 1 diabetes with cognitive impairment in children and adults. The same mechanism could apply to older adults with type 2 diabetes or there could be some other underlying condition.
The study would indicate that blood-sugar control is the strategy to prevent damage, but according to medical experts it is difficult to maintain and monitor and the use of insulin does not bring instantaneous adjustment. Barzilai said, "You give them a little bit of insulin, and they get hypoglycemia. You give them a little less, the glucose goes very high. It's individual. It's not that you know what to do with every patient." Michael Horseman, associate professor of pharmacy practice at the Texas A & M Health Science Center said, "There hasn't been a study that I'm aware of where they made a serious attempt to keep blood sugar in the normal range that didn't have episodes of hypoglycemia."
There are approximately 23.6 million Americans with diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia in older people, affects 5.2 million people. Neither diabetes nor Alzheimer's has a cure. Those who do not currently suffer from diabetes need to be proactive with their own health. The Mayo clinic website has 5 tips to preventing diabetes:
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A Quote by Ralph Ellison on american, people, culture, melting pot, sewn, individualism, compassion, life, freedom, humanity, race, and destiny
America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It's 'winner take nothing' that is the great truth of our country or of any country. Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Our fate is to become one, and yet many -- This in not prophecy, but description.
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IT'S the tragedy of star-crossed lovers that we all think we know.
Yet thanks to the skills of set and costume designer Helen Goddard, we know from the opening scene depicting supporters of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, that Headlong Theatre's production will have a modern, urban feel.
We meet the spirited and passionate teenage Juliet (Catrin Stewart) with her headphones and her tracky bottoms, her confidante, the motormouth nurse (Brigid Zengeni). A party is arranged so that Juliet may meet her father Capulet's choice of suitor, Paris. But Juliet has already declared her love for Romeo.
Keith Bartlett also gives a standout performance as the ambitious and proud Capulet, as do Tim Mothersdale as a witty Mercutio, and Danny Kirrane as Benvolio, full of northern warmth and bravado. At times the wordplay amongst the "Montague massive" was masterful.
Simon Coates' delivery as the well-intentioned Friar Lawrence was excellent too, especially at his moment of realisation at what must be the play's inevitable, fateful conclusion.
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Confederate Memorial Day 2011
Beauvoir's annual Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony was held April 30th, 2011 in the Confederate Cemetery . This year was special, as the newly restored United Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial Arch was unveiled. Arcon General Contractors of Clinton, Mississippi performed the restoration. Columbus Marble Works, the original supplier of marble for the original, supplied the marble once again. The original bronze medallion of President Davis and original wrought iron gates are included in the new Arch, as well. The new Arch was placed in Beauvoir's Confederate Cemetery. This year's attendance was larger than last year's event, despite the spike in gas prices, and the devastation in North Mississippi from the recent tornadoes. This year's program included a history of the Arch, as well as the potluck dinner, re-enactment groups, artillery and infantry salutes, and much more! (see photo's below, we will be posting another set in a few days!).
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker attended our 24th Annual Fall Muster Event! He was given a tour of the House and Grounds by Acting Director and Chairman of Combined Boards Richard V. Forte!
Senator Wicker also toured the re-enactment area, visited with re-enactment groups, and was treated to a artillery lesson, firing a cannon! (Photos courtesy of Marc P. Dupont, Pierre' Photography and Graphics Design)
Beauvoir's 24th Annual Fall Muster our most successful to date!
The October 16-17th 2010 weekend event looks to be our largest ever. A huge turnout of both participants and spectators made for a truly great event. Early figures show an increase over last year, which had been the largest in it's history. Food, live period music, a great array of sutlers and vendors meant a great time for an estimated crowd of +3500 interested and enthusiastic spectators! Don't forget, next year, 2011, will be our 25th Year!
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum December 6, 2009
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Patching the Xbox Versions....
Has anyone made a ISO patcher for the xbox Versions of kotor1&2 that use the newest official/fanmade patches to update the game? or some other means of patching the games?
You mean a kotor II iso with mods added to the override? Cuz as far as I know, there aren't any patches, per se. PM me for more info.
Kotor 1 runs mods from the gamesave folder, not the override. It could work for that, but any permanent additions, you'd have to make a backup and then add your own mods to it.
It shouldn't work unless the data itself is XBOX compatible anyway.
It works. I've done it, as most of the data from the PC version is compatible with the xbox. It's the same engine, same everything except for the models, which have lower poly counts and are formatted/animated differently.
and since most mods work for the xbox version, and thus if burned to a dvd, you would essentially have a permanent Override Kotor II.
Nope. You can build an ISO from the directory.
PM me if you're interested. I'll help you through it. It's what I'm here for.
Will do and thanks in advance.
Adding an Override folder to the .iso works fine. The only problem is the more things I add to the Override folder, the slower the game loads and occasionally freezes. By reducing the number of item is the Override folder seems to speed the game up dramatically.
Next, I'm going to to change the .ini file so that the game looks for the Override folder on my harddrive instead of the game disc.
If you have enough room, it's always better to play it from the harddrive.
I've never had slow loading problems... then again, I've been playing it from my xbox for ever since I can remember... But, I can see how it would take longer to load... It has to load all of the necessary files into the caches on the drive, and then it has to read the override files directly off the disc. That can take awhile.. especially if you've got skins or alot of gffs
before you burn a disc with the .ini, test it to see if it'll load from a custom override directory.
I edited the .ini file in an attempt to get the game to read from the hd instead of the disc. That didn't work. I only have some 2da and .uti files so that reduced the loading times to almost normal. Other than the occasional glitch, I'm having a good time with TSL.
Good to hear, though it'd be nice if those occasional glitches were gone completely....
Maybe I should go through the scripts sometime and see just what exactly is going on with some of these bugs. Maybe some can be fixed with scripts.
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I just wanted to say thank you for putting JT's Diner of Willoughby in your October issue. We all were very excited. We had no idea we were in there. Again, thank you for everything. That was a wonderful article. Teena LalloMentor
Most of the time, I enjoy Cleveland Magazine. But when I got the recent copy of the Best of Cleveland, I was disappointed. The lady you chose as Best Local Celebrity Dinner Companion wouldn't know a good dish if it bit her in the rear. Also, speaking as a professional inside the industry, I'm beginning to believe that you wouldn't know how to spot a fabulous bartender if they were right in front of you. You chose someone from a little mom-and-pop Italian place in Parma! Ask them how to make a proper mojito or a perfect ice-crystaled martini, and I guarantee they don't know what you're talking about. Believe it or not, mixology is an art, and in Cleveland, there are only about 15 of us that practice that sacred art. Just thought I'd give you some food for thought.Mychelle BroerUniversity Heights
Editor's Note: The winners you mention were voted on by readers via ballots printed in the magazine and online. Our editors did, however, select everything from pages 136 to 155 and, as you can see, we're always on the lookout for someone who can mix us up a tasty adult beverage. So watch for us where you practice your art. We might surprise you. A couple of years ago you wrote up Metropolis Popcorn as having the best popcorn in Cleveland. At the time, they were a new business located in Kent. They have relocated to Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls and they just held their grand opening of the new store. The store is awesome, and the unique popcorn flavors are unbelievable. "Puppy Chow" is my favorite. You may want to look at their popcorn again today to see how far they've come since your article. It was great foresight on the part of your staff. Palma FerrariStrongsville
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Santos, D M; Rankin, D J; Wedekind, Claus (2011). The evolution of punishment through reputation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1704):371-377.
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Punishment of non-cooperators has been observed to promote cooperation. Such punishment is an evolutionary puzzle because it is costly to the punisher while beneficial to others, for example, through increased social cohesion. Recent studies have concluded that punishing strategies usually pay less than some non-punishing strategies. These findings suggest that punishment could not have directly evolved to promote cooperation. However, while it is well established that reputation plays a key role in human cooperation, the simple threat from a reputation of being a punisher may not have been sufficiently explored yet in order to explain the evolution of costly punishment. Here, we first show analytically that punishment can lead to long-term benefits if it influences one's reputation and thereby makes the punisher more likely to receive help in future interactions. Then, in computer simulations, we incorporate up to 40 more complex strategies that use different kinds of reputations (e.g. from generous actions), or strategies that not only include punitive behaviours directed towards defectors but also towards cooperators for example. Our findings demonstrate that punishment can directly evolve through a simple reputation system. We conclude that reputation is crucial for the evolution of punishment by making a punisher more likely to receive help in future interactions, and that experiments investigating the beneficial effects of punishment in humans should include reputation as an explicit feature.
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College Hockey:Paton named volunteer coach for Mercyhurst women
Former New Hampshire All-American and Patty Kazmaier finalist Kelly Paton has been hired as a volunteer assistant coach for the Mercyhurst women.
"We are excited to add Kelly to our staff," Mercyhurst head coach Michael Sisti said in a press release. "Kelly has great enthusiasm to join our program and will be able to work well with our players. She had a tremendous playing career and a great knowledge of the game. We are looking forward to the upcoming season and providing our players with the building blocks needed to achieve success in all areas of their lives."
Paton will be taking graduate courses within the world-renowned archaeology/anthropology department at Mercyhurst.
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Catherine H Monaghan (Cate), PhD
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Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning
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Faculty Development Competency Based Learning Communities of Practice High Impact Learning On Line Learning Teaching and Learning Possible Selves Management and Leadership White Privilege Adult Education Workplace Learning Training and Development Training Evaluations
Ph.D., Adult Education, University of Georgia, 2004
M.B.A., Management, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Economics, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Brief Bio:
I joined the faculty of CSU in 2004. My interests and background over the span of my career is varied and rich. I worked for over 10 years in the corporate world as an accountant, Controller, Human Resource manager and consultant. I have an MBA and a PhD in Adult Education.
My research interests include looking at the role of critical management studies (CMS) from the learner's perspective, especially concerning their development. My current research interest is focused on the development of communities of practice in business and graduate classroom settings, as well as the use of Phillip's evaluation model for training and development. Finally, I am interested in faculty development.
Honors and Awards:
Recipient of Cleveland State University, Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award - 2013
Online Course Development Incentive Award - Summer 2009. ELearning Center, Cleveland State University; Courses: ALD 646 - Human Resource Development for Adult Educators and ALD 645 - Organizational Behavior and Change, Grant Award - $11,796
Teaching Enhancement Award - Spring 2006 - Integrating Communities of Practice in graduate level courses. Center for University Teaching and Learning, Cleveland State University; Participation in an online global Community of Practice with Etienne Wenger; Grant Award - $995
Online Course Development Incentive Award - summer 2005 - College of Education and Human Service, Cleveland State University; Course: ALD 605 - Psychology of the Adult Learner; Grant Award - $5,319
Assessment Grant - Spring 2005 - Program Assessment of Master's of Education in Adult Learning and Development; Principal Investigator on the project along with Dr. Catherine Hansman; Cleveland State University. Award - $1,550
Research Interests:
Faculty Development
Competency Based Learning
Communities of Practice
High Impact Learning
On Line Learning
Teaching and Learning
Possible Selves
Management and Leadership
White Privilege
Adult Education
Workplace Learning
Training and Development
Training Evaluations
Teaching Areas:
Adult Education
Human Resource Development
Training and Development
Psychology of Adult Learning
Organizational Behavior and Change
Management and Leadership
Strategic management
Professional Affiliations:
Member, American Association of Training and Development, 2004- present
Member, Commission of Professors in Adult Education 2003 - present; At large member of the Executive Committee 2009 - present
Member, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education 2004- present
Member, Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2003 to present
Member, Academy of Human Resource Development, 2004 - present
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Professional Business Experience
1992 - 2002 ALEIA Consulting; President/Owner/Consultant, 1992 - present
Consult with small to medium-size businesses assisting in strategic planning and human resource training and development.
1996 - 1997 Educational Discoveries, Inc., Boulder, CO; Facilitator/Trainer
Facilitated The Accounting Game seminar. EDI is a national seminar company that uses Accelerated Learning. Over 400 hours of platform/facilitation experience with class sizes ranging from 13 to 100 participants.
1990 - 1995 CMC Consultants Inc. /MKM Consultants, Inc., Chicago, IL; Controller/Business Manager/Human Resource Manager
A recruiting, interviewing, and search firm. Managed all accounting, financial, and human resource aspects of the firm including benefits and taxes.
1987 - 1990 Financial/Computer Consulting, Chicago, IL; Owner/Consultant
Clients included service-related businesses and manufacturing firms from $500 thousand to $15 million in annual revenues. Primary focus was on department and organizational restructuring including evaluations.
1982 - 1987 Hinsdale Federal Savings and Loan Association, Hinsdale, IL;
First female Vice President/Controller in the 50-year history of this Chicago Savings and Loan with assets of $300 million. Managed all aspects of the financial and audit functions. Supervised department of 20 employees and 2 managers. Reviewed and analyzed all compensation
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2011 to 2015 Member of the University Graduate Council
2011 to 2013 COEHS_ Faculty Affairs Committee (Chair - 2012/2013)
2005 to 2010 Reviewer for the University-wide Assessment Program
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2005 - 2006 Search Committee Member : Visiting Professor of Adult Learning and Development
2007 - 2008 Chair, Search Committee: Tenure-track position for the Adult Learning and Development Program
2007 - 2008 Search Committee Member: CASAL Department Chair, Internal Search
2007-present Library Representative
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2004 - 2007 Sponsored Program and Research Committee (Chairperson, 2006 - 07). College of Education and Human Services
2005 - 2009 Doctoral Studies Committee Member; College of Education and Human Services
2007 Panel Member - Opportunities and Challenges: COEHS faculty panel discussion of experiences with teaching on-line courses. Brown Bag Lunch sponsored by Faculty Affairs Council, October 10, 2007.
2009 Discussant ¿ Educational Research Exchange (ERE), Sixth annual ERE Conference. Session B6: Research on Students & Support Services
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McAtee, K. (2006). Women leaders in higher education: An autoethnography, ethnographic interviews, and focus groups of women¿s journey to leadership. Cleveland State University, PhD in Urban Education. (Committee Member)
Amolsch, G. M. (2008). Culture and subcultures in the domestic auto industry: An emic, ethnographic and critical theory application. Cleveland State University, PhD in Urban Education. (Committee Member)
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Chair ¿ Hopkins, J. L. (2006). Incumbent workers¿ access to the Workforce Development Act. Cleveland State University, M. Ed. Adult Learning and Development.
Siebert, K. (2007). Workplace relationships as motivation for executive coaching. Cleveland State University, M. Ed. Counseling. (Committee Member)


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Here is a notable event in TV history for today:
"Bonanza" ended it's 14-year run on NBC on this date in 1973.
Here are some notable birthdays for today:
- Lloyd Bridges, who played Mike Nelson on "Sea Hunt" was born on this date.
- Chad Lowe, brother of Rob Lowe, who had roles on "E.R." and "Melrose Place" observes a birthday today.
- Regina King, who played Brenda Jenkins on "227" was born on this date.
- Dove Cameron, who played the dual title roles on the Disney Channel' "Liv and Maddie" celebrates a birthday today.
- WWE Diva, Kelly Kelly, aka Barbara Jean Blank was born on this date.