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So, you and your friends are all together, surrounded by some attractive females, have plenty of booze, and no early classes the next day. Time to play Survivor: The Drinking Game. Don't worry, for those of you who don't know how to play, we got you covered.
Round One:
Best 2 out of 3 Team Flip Cup – All contestants divide into even teams and prepare to chug. The two teams will play to the best out of three and the winning team is immune from being cast off.
Now comes the entertaining part, the vote. After each round the remaining contestants must come together and each place a secret vote for whom they would like to "leave the island." A redemption island must also be designated for those who are voted off the island. Feel free to make a rule for the castaways; chug a beer for every round they made it before elimination, powerhour until the game is over, doing a naked mile, whatever makes you happy.
Round Two:
Battleship – The opposing teams will take turns pouring beer into a shot glass floating in a pitcher of more beer. The first team to make the shot glass, aka the Battleship, sink into the rest of the beer loses and must all finish the pitcher. The winning team has won immunity.
Let the voting commence again.
Round Three:
Team Thumper – Basically thumper but with a team aspect. When one messes up they are eliminated and must chug their drink. The team that has everyone eliminated first, loses. Winners are immune.
The voting takes place again, and those three games should be repeated until there are only four contestants left. Feel free to insert your own team games until there are four left. Be creative, mind you everyone should be getting fucked up.
With only four contestants left it is time to separate the drinkers from the alcoholics. The four left should play best 2 out of 3 Four Corners with the winning team being the final two in the competition. These two should find two very large glasses and fill them as much as possible with beer. Whoever could chug the most/finish first is the true Survivor.
Now there are many spaces that are open for interpretation and feel free to substitute when you see fit but the bottom line is, get messed up. Also there is one provision that should be accounted for; you should have one person serve as an official Jeff Probst. This person must be able to lay down the law, be funny, and not age a day over 154 seasons.
Goodnight, and good chug.


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Some exact asymptotics in the counting of walks in the quarter plane
Guy Fayolle, Kilian Raschel
Enumeration of planar lattice walks is a classical topic in combinatorics, at the cross-roads of several domains (e.g., probability, statistical physics, computer science). The aim of this paper is to propose a new approach to obtain some exact asymptotics for walks confined to the quarter plane.
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WETA TV26 presents a new, local, history documentary, Discovering Alexandria: The Early Years. Tune in for the premiere Thursday December 4 at 8pm! The show repeats throughout the month. In this blog post, watch a preview of the program and read a detailed description of the show.
This new 90-minute documentary explores the extraordinary story of Alexandria, Virginia, a vibrant community richly steeped in history, bringing the past to life and examining the city's outsized role in American history from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
Discovering Alexandria spotlights the city's role in the British Empire and the Independence
movement, the planter and port economies, the slave trade and the experience of Alexandria's African American community through time, and the development of industry. Touching on the earliest evidence of Paleoindian civilization in the area before taking up the story of early settlement, economic growth and community-building, the program concludes with post-Civil War Reconstruction, examining the momentous changes wrought by the war.
Watch Discovering Alexandria: The Early Years:Thursday December 4 at 8pm & 10pmFriday December 5 at 2:30pmSunday December 7 at 7pmTuesday December 9 at 8pm
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This brand new show features two young agents, Olive and Otto, who are part of Odd Squad, an
agency whose mission is to save the day whenever something unusual happens in their town. A math concept is embedded in each of their cases as Olive and Otto work together to problem-solve and set things right. Hear more about the show from Olive actor Dalila Bela.
The program is aimed at kids ages 5-8 and premieres on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 with a special one-hour broadcast of two back-to-back episodes: "Zero Effect/Bad Luck Bears" and "Soundcheck/Double Trouble." Watch on WETA Kids at 10am or WETA TV26 at 9am. Watch a preview here!
After the Odd Squad premiere on November 26...
Watch Odd Squad on the WETA Kids channel Mondays-Fridays 8am & 8:30pm.
Watch Odd Squad on WETA TV26 Mondays-Fridays at 7am.
Monday at 10:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot, the final season, concludes with "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case". A wheelchair-bound Poirot calls on Hastings, whose wife recently passed away, to
join him at Styles Court the site of their first murder case some 30 years earlier to investigate possible serial killer.
Tuesday at 9:45pm Doc Martin begins from season 1 again! In this episode, "Going Bodmin", Dr. Martin Ellingham arrives in a Cornish hamlet to take over the local doctor's office, but the residents are wary of the flashy newcomer.
Wednesday at 10pm Masterpiece Mystery! Inspector Lewis season 6 continues with "Intelligent Design". Lewis and Hathaway investigate the murder of a chemistry professor who had just been released from prison after serving time for causing a death while driving. At the same time, Lewis contemplates his future on the force.
Thursday at 3pm on Waking the Dead, season 7 opens with the investigation of a nurse who saved her daughter from a mugger when the woman's DNA is linked to a case from the 1990s that was far more than it had appeared at first.
Friday at 4pm Hustle season 3 begins. The gang targets a bar owner who smuggles in illegal aliens to work in his pub, and whose talentless son wants to become a hip-hop star. When their music-industry scam backfires, Ash must come up with an alternate plan.
Saturday at 1:30pm catch Agatha Christie's Poirot in "The Adventure of the Western Star", a case involving diamonds, blackmail, and an ancient curse piques Poirot's interest. Then at 2:30pm on Sherlock Holmes "The Abbey Grange", Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
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Sunday late night (Monday 12am) Red Dwarf begins from the very first episode! A radiation leak wipes out the crew of the mining ship Red Dwarf, leaving only one survivor – chicken soup machine repair man, Dave Lister. After three million years in suspended animation, Lister emerges to find he is the last human being in the universe. But he is not alone.
WETA TV26 proudly presents Washington in the '80s, the latest in a series of documentaries exploring changes in Greater Washington decade by decade. You may have seen WETA's Washington in the '60s and Washington in the '70s and as you may guess, Washington in the '80s chronicles the decade's events through the recollections of those who saw and shaped them. The one-hour WETA production premieres Monday, November 17 at 8pm on WETA TV26 & HD. Repeats on Saturday, November 22 at 9:30pm and Wednesday, November 26 at 8pm.
Among the topics discussed are politics: Marion Barry's three terms as mayor and President Ronald Reagan's administration and their influence on the city. Homelessness, the Vietnam Memorial, the changing med
ia landscape, the Air Florida winter crash and the deadly Metro derailment the same day. DC's gay community, the AIDS Memorial Quilt, the crack cocaine epidemic, and Washington's dubious distinction of "Murder Capital USA". Sports: Two Super Bowl championships for the Washington Redskins, the national champion Georgetown Hoyas and the meteoric rise and tragic death of Len Bias at the University of Maryland. DC's unique music scenes, Go-Go and DC punk, and their surprising interconnection and the rapid expansion of Washington's theater scene.
Washington in the '80s features the firsthand accounts of notable Washingtonians such as politicians Marion Barry and Carol Schwartz, television journalists Maureen Bunyan and Tom Sherwood, radio journalist Kojo Nnamdi, political commentator Pat Buchanan, entertainment reporter Arch Campbell, former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, musician Kato Hammond, and former police chief Isaac Fulwood — offering a diversity of perspective and experience. The program is narrated by Gordon Peterson, WJLA anchor and former host of Inside Washington. The one-hour WETA production premieres Monday, November 17 at 8pm on WETA TV26 & HD. Repeats on Saturday, November 22 at 9:30pm and Wednesday, November 26 at 8pm.
This November, WETA TV26 & HD presents classic mystery films on Saturday nights! Tune in each
Saturday for fantastic movies or watch their encore presentations Sundays at 11:30am.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) airs Saturday November 8 at 9:30pmThe beautiful Miss Wonderly hires private eyes Sam Spade and Miles Archer to find her runaway sister. After two mysterious shootings, Sam is under investigation and the real criminal is on the run in search of a black falcon statue. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
The Caine Mutiny (1954) airs Saturday November 15 at 9:30pmDuring World War II, officers aboard a U.S. Navy mine sweeper stage a revolt against their mentally unbalanced captain and wind up being court-martialed for the offense. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson
Call Northside 777 (1948) airs Saturday November 22 at 10:30pmChicago newsman P.J. McNeal digs up an 11-year-old murder mystery to prove a man's innocence. The ensuing investigation opens up major problems in the police department. Unfortunately, the one officer with information on the case died years before. How will P.J. right this wrong? Starring: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb
This November WETA TV26 salutes military veterans with special programming throughout the month. Read descriptions for these honorary programs and check the channel guide below to find WETA on your television.
Friday November 78:30pm WETA Guide to MemorialsTake an inspiring tour of the many military, war, and presidential memorials of Greater Washington. Visit sculptures, statues and buildings located nearby that memorialize individuals,
events, and Americans' service to their country. Includes: African American Civil War Memorial, Air Force Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Civil War Unknowns, D.C. World War I Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, JFK Eternal Flame, Korea, War Veterans Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Memorial Bridge, Tomb of the Unknowns, U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, U.S. Navy Memorial, Washington Monument, Women in Military Service Memorial.9pm In Performance at the White House Salute to the TroopsPresident and Mrs. Obama host a PBS music special from the White House,
with an all-star tribute to the men and women who serve the United States. Performances by Mary J. Blige, Common, John Fogerty, Willie Nelson, Romeo Santos, and active duty military members U.S. Army Sgt. Christiana R. Ball, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Matt Smith and Capt. John Ed Auer. There also will be a performance by Daughtry via satellite of their USO concert at Yokota Air Base in Japan, as well as a live-viewing audience of troops from the USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.
10pm Craft in America: Service
Part of the PBS veterans initiative "Stories of Service," is the story of craft and the military. From the origins of the Army Arts & Crafts Program and the G.I. Bill to contemporary soldiers and veterans, "Service" documents the power of the handmade to inspire, motivate and heal. Eugene Burks, Jr., Pam DeLuco, Judas Recendez, Ehren Tool and Peter Voulkos.
Tuesday November 117am-6:30pm Victory at SeaAn extraordinary 26-part documentary series exploring the naval campaigns and battles of WWII and how America responded to the victories. Victory At Sea utilizes illustrative and dramatic footage of actual combat against the backdrop of an original orchestra score by composer Richard Rodgers and riveting narration. The film puts a lens on naval warfare, especially the momentous attack on Pear Harbor and the many battles and campaigns which comprised WWII.
9pm Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story
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Premiering on Veterans Day, this program recounts the ticking-clock missions of the "Commandoes of the Deep" through firsthand accounts — including that of a D-Day demolition team member — and through never-before-seen footage, home movies and personal mementoes. Admirals, master chiefs, clandestine operators, demolitioneers and snipers reveal how US Navy SEALs morphed into the world's most admired commandoes.
Monday at 10:30pm Masterpiece Mystery! Poirot season 12, the final season,"Dead Man's
Folly". Mystery writer and old friend Ariadne Oliver asks Poirot to accompany her to a wealthy financier's "murder game" that she fears may turn into the scene of a real murder.
Tuesday from 1pm-7:30pm get your fill of British crime dramas! 1pm MI-5, 2pm New Tricks, 3pm Waking the Dead, 4pm Hustle, 5pm Midsomer Murders, 6:30pm Pie in the Sky.
Wednesday 7pm Twenty Twelve begins from the beginning! Filmed in the docu-dramady style of The Office and Best in Show, Twenty Twelve is shows the people behind the scenes paddling hard beneath the water to make the 2012 London Olympics happen.
Thursday at 10pm watch two back-to-back episodes of Scott and Bailey! A thrilling investigative drama exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives: Constable Rachel Bailey is 30, down-to-earth, noisy, argumentative and single and Constable Janet Scott, is 40, a diplomat and a thinker, as well as being a wife and mother.
Friday at 9pm Death in Paradise begins again from episode 1. Catch three episodes back-to-back all night! A warm, light-hearted detective series which takes place against a stunning Caribbean island backdrop. Sent to the tiny island of Saint-Marie to solve a mysterious murder, quintessentially British cop Richard Poole is a total fish out of water. His new partner, DS Camille Bordey is instinctive, feisty and brilliant, and the rest of the team certainly have their own unique way of doing things.
Saturday at 11am Red Dwarf begins season 4 with the episode "Camille". Kryten, Red Dwarf's
on-board mechanoid, rescues a female droid – Camille – from a crashed vessel. She's a 4000 series just like him, only a GTi model with realistic toes and a slide-back sunroof head. Kryten finds himself falling in advanced mutual compatibility on the basis of a primary ident (what humans call "love at first sight"), only to find that true advanced mutual compatibility never runs in a non-glitch, bug-free way.
Sunday at 10am Monarch of the Glen begins from season 1! Archie MacDonald is called to his ailing father's bedside at a lochside mansion in the Scottish Highlands. For tax reasons, they have turned over ownership of the rundown Glenbogle estate to Archie. Molly has also rigged things so that escape back to his London bistro is not on the menu just now. Archie must stay to solve two crises: a crooked estate manager, and the rustling of valuable osprey eggs.
WETA Arts spotlights and celebrates visual and performing art in Greater Washington and around the nation. This half-hour magazine-style arts series presents a variety of stories, profiles, and critic discussions, introducing emerging and established artists alike.
This episode of WETA Arts showcases innovative local and international art on display across the country. First, we take in the immersive and energetic atmosphere of the fourth annual (e)merge Art Fair. Here
we speak with Director Jamie Smith, local artist Sheldon Scott, and international Israeli artist, Avner Sher about their (e)merge experiences. Then we meet an artist who's humanitarian mission helps him feed members of his community through his art. Next, we travel to Houston for the International Quilt Festival and discover wide range of stunning and complex works of art. Finally, we get an inside look of the striking exhibition Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities with The Phillip's Collection Director, Dorothy Kosinski (pictured above).
Watch WETA Arts on WETA TV26 & HD Friday October 31 at 8:30pm, Sunday November 2 at 2:30pm, and throughout the month of November!
How We Got To Now with Steven Johnson celebrates the history and power of great ideas on WETA TV26 & HD Wednesday nights! The six-part series is hosted by the popular American science author and media theorist Steven Johnson. Ever wonder "how do we make something cold?" or "how do we create light?" Johnson surprises viewers that these very questions have lead to other discoveries seemingly unrelated. Tracking ancient and contemporary history, Johnson shares the fantastic minds and radical revolutions that changed the world and the way we live in it.
"Clean" airs Wednesday October 15, 2014 at 9pmHow our battle against dirt created the sidewalk, the swimming pool, the flat screen, and the iPhone.
"Time" airs Wednesday October 15, 2014 at 10pmHow our journey to calculate time helped create international trade and travel,
victory for the North in the Civil War, GPS, and understanding of the origins of human life.
"Glass" airs Wednesday October 22, 2014 at 10pmHow our quest to see better helped us see the world differently, whether right in front of our noses with the birth of eyeglasses or far beyond our visible universe with the creation of the telescope.
"Light" airs Wednesday October 29, 2014 at 10pmHow our quest to harness light changed our genetic make-up, gave birth to Times Square, Las Vegas, video downloads, and an artificial sun.
"Cold" airs Wednesday November 5, 2014 at 10pmHow our mastery of "cold on demand" helped give birth to at least four million babies, created the golden age of Hollywood, and unlocked the secrets of the universe.
"Sound" airs Wednesday November 12, 2014 at 10pmHow the journey to harness sound created the modern world of instant communication, but also helped put thousands of planes in the sky, changed the face of warfare, and created a new way for teenagers to rebel.
Ken Burns' newest documentary film The Roosevelts: An Intimate History premieres this September! Watch this new program as well as a selection from the Ken Burns collection this
September on WETA TV26 & HD. Read this blog post for details on all the Ken Burns films airing on WETA TV26 & HD this September. Also, watch our local WETA TV26 Washington, DC video segments related to the Roosevelt family.
Ken Burns' The Roosevelts: An Intimate History airs Sunday September 14-Saturday September 20 at 8pm & 10pm daily *NEW*The Roosevelts: An Intimate History archives the lives of three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics: Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History premieres on WETA TV26 & HD Sunday September 14 at 8pm.
WETA TV26: Roosevelt IslandA living memorial to Theodore Roosevelt's nature conservationist ideal, this DC area hidden gem is one with deep meaning.
WETA TV26: FDR MemorialsLearn about the popular FDR Memorial and the lesser-known FDR Memorial both located in Washington, DC.
Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea airs Monday September 1 from 5:30am-6pmThis series is a story of people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
Ken Burns' The Statue of Liberty airs Friday September 5 at 8:30pm & Monday September 15 at 5pmFor more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling, and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America's premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself.
Ken Burns' The Civil War airs Sunday September 14 from 7:30am-8pm leading to the premiere of The Roosevelts: An Intimate HistoryThis film is a comprehensive examination of The Civil War told by dramatic readings, photos, and more.
Ken Burns' The War airs Monday September 15-Friday September 19 at 1pm dailyThis is the story of World War II through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary times.
Ken Burns' The Address airs Monday September 15 at 3:30pmThe film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to practice, memorize, and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address.
Ken Burns' Lewis and Clark part 1 airs Tuesday September 16 at 3pm, part 2 airs Wednesday September 17 at 3pmLewis and Clark re-creates the 1803 journey to locate the Northwest Passage, the most notable expedition in U.S. history was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with soldiers, an African-American slave, a female guide, and Canadian boatmen.
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North Sea Oil's New Boom
I've been hearing dark mutterings about the imminent 'end of North Sea oil' all my life, with the dramatic impact that would have for the UK economy. North Sea oil was a diminishing resource that would be "gone by the end of the century" experts constantly assured back in the 1970s. But the rigs just kept right on drilling and producing into the new century – and the experts just kept right on being confounded. And it looks like they are to be confounded yet again as a new North Sea boom is set to boost oil reserves – and the UK's economy.
"The North Sea remains an important hub for investment and will continue to be at the heart of the UK's energy security for years to come," Charles Hendry, the new coalition government's energy minister, said at the end of June. For once, an energy minister wasn't shooting the political breeze. Hendry was announcing the grant of 356 new North Sea exploration licences – a record number of licences since they were first issued in 1964.
Around 37 billion barrels has already been extracted from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), leaving around 25.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil – or so it was thought. That figure has just been upped by around a fifth to well over 30 billion barrels, the effect of new technology, higher oil prices, renewed interest in fields, as well as the discovery of new ones. A growing body of opinion believes that even upping the reserves by a fifth will prove a conservative estimate.
And the hits just keep on coming
Bizarrely, as the oil giant BP – and its share price – flounders, the British oil and gas sector is experiencing a new boom, in the North Sea and beyond (see Falkland Islands link below), the newfound confidence being best exemplified in a string of drilling successes for British independents like Dana Petroleum. Dana has recently announced discoveries in the North Sea, Egypt and Morocco, sending its share price on a steady upward tack.
In April, Dana announced a find of approximately 130 billion cubic feet of gas in its Platypus prospect in the southern North Sea. In May, the company's skyrocketing confidence saw it enter into an agreement to buy out PetroCanada Netherlands, boosting its own North Sea holdings from 36 to 54 fields, including 15 new fields. In June Dana announced a new North Sea oilfield discovery at West Rinnes before announcing two more for its North Africa holdings, one in Egypt, one in Morocco.
Almost inevitably, Dana's 'string of hits' has attracted attention from the bigger oil companies. In July, amidst interest from China's large national oil companies, a takeover bid was formally issued by the Korea National Oil Corporation, sending Dana's share price spiralling up another 17 percent.
Elsewhere in the North Sea, the large Catcher prospect, held between British independents Encore Oil, Premier Oil, Wintershall and Agora Oil and Gas, represents a section of rich formation. Catcher is estimated to hold 150-300 million barrels – worth around lb1 billion/$1.4 billion in terms of boosting UK Government coffers. Encore Oil's further tests at Catcher suggest that figure too could be "very significantly" increased in the future. As the various prospects added up, Premier Oil's share price jumped 7 percent, with the company currently recently touted as a hot investment prospect. The share price trend for many other leading British independents too is upwards, boosted by major new prospects around the Falkland Islands.
And it is not just British companies seeing recent investment in the "declining" North Sea paying off. In June the Texas-based Apache Corporation, which bought BP's North Sea Forties Field in 2005, announced prospective capacity had jumped from 150 to 200 million barrels since the purchase. And Apache's Maule field, discovered just last October, is already producing over 11,000 barrels day, with a further well about to be sunk. In addition, development of the Bacchus field – 70 percent held by Apache in partnership with Shell (20 percent) and Endeavour Energy (10 percent) – will shortly get underway.
Even BP has lately reiterated confidence in retaining its North Sea 'Clair' prospect with BP's North Sea Manager, Bernard Looney, dismissing rumors of an imminent BP sell off in the North Sea to help pay the bill for its Gulf of Mexico spill. BP's local energy representative Jake Molloy put it, "Clair is one of the biggest developments BP has. If you want a source of income you would be holding on to these assets, not selling them off".
While the oil (and gas) is clearly there, the main threat to its extracting could come from a lack of investment. According to the UK Department of Energy and Climate, energy investment in the UK Continental Shelf dropped last year by lb1billion/$1.5billion to lb4.9 billion/$7.5billion. In recent years investment has declined significantly precipitating a fall in Britain's North Sea energy output, from a high of over 4 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2001 to around 2.8 million bpd in 2009. A fall exacerbated by two New Labour tax hikes which took a direct toll on investment for the first half of the new decade.
So what changed – leading to the latest clutch of North Sea successes? According to Apache's regional vice-president, James House, the North Sea investment 'mood music' began to change last year with new "government's incentives aimed at encouraging development of smaller fields in the North Sea". There are no signs that the new UK government is about to derail the investment incentive process.
Extrapolating the North Sea Experience
More significantly, there is no reason to doubt that the North Sea story of renewed viability and new, if more difficult to extract, prospects can be replicated in other parts of the world. And it makes a nonsense of peak oil theories that predict steep and imminent decline for global oil reserves.
Energy insiders are only too aware that it is in the long-term financial interest of the oil companies to understate energy reserves. Announcing less conservative figures would likely attract higher taxes from covetous politicians. So too, anti-carbon political zealots would be eager use higher energy tax cash to further subsidize highly expensive wind, solar and other alternative energies.
In 2008, British economist Peter Odell of Holland's Erasmus University argued that every year more barrels of oil are added to the world's reserves than are used up. Odell points out that when major oil companies cut production they do so to avoid would "undermining the market value of oil, and thus reduce their profits". What was simple hard 'above the ground' political and economic factors, is too often misinterpreted or worse, misrepresented by peak oil theorists as 'below the ground' dwindling supply. Odell believes the indications suggest there is still much more to come from the North Sea's still unexplored areas.
Dr Richard Pike, CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has also consistently made out a case that there is at least twice as major oil producers would have us believe. Pike states that the industry practice of reporting "proven reserves" is an "historic convention" with little relevance to actual production.
In our forthcoming book Energy and Climate Wars Michael Economides and myself devote a chapter to debunking "oil is running out" that suggests even Dr Pike's doubling of the current proven reserves may prove a conservative estimate.
A resurgent UK North Sea oil industry has real implications for panicky peak oil assessments. Not only does it offer a hard lesson in the impact of "above the ground" economic factors on extraction, it offers a major case study that could be extrapolated across the globe.


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By 1st Lt. Raena Guerrero and Sgt. 1st Class Rob Wayman, D Company, 53rd Signal Battalion (SATCON)March 28, 2013
WAHIAWA, Hawaii - On Jan. 2, the Soldiers and spouses of D Company learned that Chaplain (Capt.) William J. Sheets, 53rd Signal Battalion (Satellite Control), would lead a marriage retreat in March.
This was to be the second in a four-part series titled, Five Love Languages, as part of the Strong Bonds Program, a chaplain-led program for commanders that builds relationship resiliency.
The Strong Bonds mission is to increase Soldier and family readiness through relationship education and skills training. Four Strong Bonds programs applied to the Army force generation cycle help single Soldiers, couples and families to thrive in the turbulence of the military environment.
Attendees voluntarily participate in a Strong Bonds offsite retreat designed to maximize relationship training impact. The retreat provides an emotionally safe and secure training environment to address the effect of military lifestyle stressors.
Healthy relationships are important to the Army because they contribute to the maintenance of a healthy Army and a secure force. With increasing demands placed on Soldiers and families, to include both frequent deployments and duty relocations, intimate relationships are fully tested.
Research shows that training in communication skills, intimacy, and conflict management increases marital satisfaction and reduces rates of family violence. Building Army Family resiliency is part of a strategic approach to cope with the high operational demand placed on today's Army.
All 18 slots were filled quickly after the program was announced. Strong Bonds was scheduled to take place March 15-17, but fiscal uncertainty caused the program to be suspended.
Planning for Department of the Army civilian furloughs, hiring freezes and suspension of tuition assistance for Soldiers are some of the more widely known effects of the current budgetary climate. On March 8, all active component Strong Bonds events were officially temporarily suspended, as well.
"It was not easy explaining to the families and Soldiers that the Strong Bonds retreat had to be canceled, but they understood the dismal circumstances," said Capt. Rebecca L. Bort after a family readiness group meeting.
As tighter budgets have recently made such retreats scarce, service members and their spouses understand the opportunities are rare and should be taken when they arise.
"While I understand that the Army has to make adjustments based on the blanket cuts the government made, I think it is such a shame that this has to be one of the areas that gets hurt the most," said Stephanie Sorg-Kratt, an active member and co-leader of the unit FRG. "I am so grateful to the Army for all the opportunities that it has offered my family. What I don't think many people understand is that there are also sacrifices that have to be made. We are some of the lucky few where our husbands do not get deployed but they do spend a significant amount of time and energy at work.
"These retreats allow us all to take time to relax, reconnect, and learn some great tools to handle the many stresses that can come with being an Army family," she added.
On March 13, Bort said he received a phone call from Sheets saying the retreat was reinstated, but unfortunately, separated by land and sea, he would be unable to lead the event.
Instead, Chaplain (Capt.) Philip Jeon, a local chaplain from 307th Signal Battalion, accepted the last minute request to support and host this Strong Bonds event. The Soldiers and families were notified and all available slots were refilled.
The event took place at the J.W. Marriot Ihalani Ko Olina Resort where the couples arrived on March 15 for registration followed by dinner as a family. Childcare was provided and the first iteration of training began Friday evening.
On March 16, the families enjoyed breakfast together followed by the children attending daycare and the second block of instruction. The day's events included several video presentations from Mark Gunger titled, "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage." There was also a video presentation by Dave Ramsey covering the Financial Peace Plan.
The day's training concluded at noon in preparation for "Couples Night" ¬¬-- time scheduled to allow Soldiers and their spouses to spend some quality time together and reconnect, which is often difficult when balancing shift work, children and for some spouses school work, as well.
The retreat concluded March 17 with one final training session and an after action review.
"We were glad the Strong Bonds wasn't cancelled. After all the bad news about furloughs and tuition assistance, this event was a rewarding experience to our family," said 1st Lt. Joseph Guerrero, husband of 1st Lt. Raena Guerrero, unit executive officer.
The Guerreros are a dual military couple and spent the last year apart while Joseph was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, making this event very significant to them both.
One of those who took part in the retreat said she enjoyed her time and was glad to be able spend some time relaxing, if only for a weekend.
"We are very grateful for the opportunity to take part in the Strong Bonds Retreat, our Soldiers work long hours and it's hard to find quality family/couple time," said Wendy Dienhart, FRG leader. "The training we received is a good reminder, even to those with the best relationships, that it takes work and thoughtfulness to make a successful marriage."


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Definición de fibroid en inglés:
Of or characterized by fibers or fibrous tissue.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The researchers hypothesize that the underexpression of these genes in uterine fibroids might explain why fibroid tissue does not contract, but instead, grows abnormally.
- Only one of 200 fibroid line tumors may be cancerous.
- In the study, researchers used a technique known as microarray analysis to determine the activity levels of genes in fibroid tumors.
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The South Central Education Consortium in Willow Springs is now accepting applications for students in its Emergency Medical Services (EMDS) program starting in the fall.
The EMDS course is a one semester, eight credit hour program that grants EMS certification upon completion. The EMDS program prepares participants for careers as Emergency Medical Technicians with local ambulance companies, and can transfer into one of Three Rivers' Paramedic programs after completion.
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Cancers 2011, 3(2), 2169-2175; doi:10.3390/cancers3022169
X Inactivation and Progenitor Cancer Cells
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AbstractIn mammals, silencing of one of the two X chromosomes is necessary to achieve dosage compensation. The 17 kb non-coding RNA called Xist triggers X inactivation. Gene silencing by Xist can only be achieved in certain contexts such as in cells of the early embryo and in certain hematopoietic progenitors where silencing factors are present. Moreover, these epigenetic contexts are maintained in cancer progenitors in which SATB1 has been identified as a factor related to Xist-mediated chromosome silencing.
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06-09 Feb 2014 From HQ ARRAM
RABAT IM63nx
WARC and WPX RTTY Contest
ON LoTW and CLUBLOG
23/28 September 2011
(Dragon Island, Ile du Dragon)
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ALL QSLs REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MAILED
AF-068 Herne Isl. Log ONLINE
ESSAOUIRA, MARRAKECH, AGADIR and RABAT
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Dear Fred, Ruggero and Simon
Herne Island, for local people Dragon Island (look at the shape).
Me at first day of operation.
The gang, from letf Mounaim CN8QY, Simon 5C2S (IZ7ATN), Ampelio 5C2B (IS0AGY) and me
Alfredo 5C2J (IK7JWX) was retourned to the hotel.
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On the top of Herne Island:
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I would remind you, as described above, that the operations are started from Herne Island since September 23, 2011. So all QSOs on 21 and 22 September are not valid for AF-068, because, as repeated several times, maked from HQ of ARRAM in RABAT (CN8MC).
Je voudrais vous rappeler, comme décrit ci-dessus, que les opérations ont commencé de Herne île le 23 Septembre 2011. Alors tous les QSO du 21 et 22 Septembre ne sont pas valables pour AF-068, tel que réalisé, comme répété plusieurs fois, du HQ de ARRAM de Rabat (CN8MC).
Vorrei ricordarvi, come scritto sopra, che le operazioni da Herne Island sono cominciate il 23 Settembre 2011. Quindi tutti i QSO fatti il 21 e 22 Settembre non sono validi per AF-068, in quanto effettuati, come ripetuto più volte, dalla sede dell' ARRAM in RABAT (CN8MC).
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> Between 16 and 20 Mar 2010 and during WPX SSB 2010 (27-28/03/2010) from ESSAOUIRA IM51CM upload to LoTW and ClubLog
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> Between 23 to 28 Sep 2011 from HERNE ISL. (AF-068) IL23CU (1000 QSOs) uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog
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How has your style changed since you guys started in the industry?
KN: When we first got signed, we came in with shades—we're still rocking the shades, it's always been a big part of our look—and the ties, a lot of the streetwear, but the ties were a huge staple. With the first album, we came into the music industry and the record business with the sense that we meant business. We felt like we had something to prove. People were always like, "What can we expect from you? What is this? What is that?" So that was what wired that mission. It was to go in and to make our first major label album.
Now, the album's Dirty Bass and like we said, it grew with the sound and the fashion is growing into what is now the golden dirty bass era. You can say that these chains are reflective of the ties.
How do your styles differ between the four of you? Who would you say is the most stylish?
KN: He doesn't want to say it, but I'd say J-Splif can be the most stylish. He's the only one that can pull off a [Thierry] Mugler fur coat. He just got this Mugler fur coat that he just brushes. He just sits there and he has a gold comb with his initials engraved in it and I catch him. I'll be looking at him and we'll be in the recording studio he'll be thinking about lyrics and he'll just be brushing his coat. [Laughs.]
JS: Gotta keep it fresh, I don't want PETA coming up to me though. [Laughs.]
KN: But it's the whole brushing thing that gets me. He'll get [the comb] into his hair, and then get back into the fur. Where does it end?! But I gotta give it up to J-Splif, he's the most stylish and he's also become our fashion photographer, he's our Instagram king. We also call him J-Peg. [Laughs.] And Prohgress, he wears the same jacket everyday, but that's kind of his thing. That jacket never smells, but he wears it everyday.
Well, it's leather.
Prohgress: It's leather. Exactly. That's the whole point of it.
KN: DJ Virman's always on that "I used to rock that back then when it was cool." He is kind of the OG as far as…
P: He's got like 7,000 pairs of shoes too.
KN: He has a shoe fetish.
P: His kick game is on point. He got the [Air] Mags right when it came out.
What's your favorite sneaker?
DJ Virman: Favorite sneaker of all time? Well it has to be the Mags because they're my most expensive shoes. I had the first Nike Back to the Future ones, but I've moved on up to the Mags. I donated money to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
JS: Get outta here Virman! That's what you call peripheral benefits right there.
What are some of your favorite shops in L.A. that you guys like to shop or hang out in?
KN: I like the Santee Alley swap meet, you can always get your Pro Club tees, your "$4.99 for 6 pairs of underwear"...which I'm rocking right now. [Laughs.]
JS: Opening Ceremony is a good store.
KN: When it comes to L.A., we don't really shop too much. Because we know so many of the garment makers and we just customize a lot.
You're going on tour with LMFAO in June. Their style is crazy. Their whole thing is to look wild like club kids. You guys have a little more hip-hop influence in your style. How would say your styles compare? Who would win in a style showdown?
KN: It's like high school. We always say it's like being at a club and two different groups have a table across from each other. Here's the DJ table, here's their table, here's ours, you know? We might do things differently, we might sip the champagne, girls on our side are booty shaking and when hip-hop songs come on our sides, we're wilding out. Their side, they're not sipping the champagne, they're champagne showering, you know what I mean? They're wiggling, they're shuffling, it's two different parties that definitely co-exist. I couldn't say one's gonna win, one's gonna lose. Not to play political but we're really grateful to them because they're bringing us on an amazing tour and they put us on our first tour which eventually got us signed. We were friends before we had a record deal and they put us on our first tour in the states which caught the attention of Cherrytree/Interscope and that's how we got our record deal.


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Over the past decade, Li Yu has emerged as one of China's most provocative art-house film directors. Her movies have often run afoul of mainland authorities because of the taboo and sensitive subjects they take on.
Her latest, "Buddha Mountain," which opened this week in Hong Kong, also explores potentially delicate social topics but it has been less fraught with troubles over censorship.
The story looks at the lives of three friends on the threshold of adulthood. The trio — a woman (Fan Bingbing) and two men (Chen Po Lin and Fei Long) — drift aimlessly, rejecting any form of responsibility. Having abandoned the idea of attending university, they spend their days wandering around Chengdu in Sichuan province. (The action takes place in 2009, and demolished buildings from the 2008 earthquake offer a quiet metaphor for China's many challenges.)
Seeking sanctuary from their unhappy home lives, the three rent a room in an apartment from an aging Chinese-opera performer (Sylvia Chang). Angry and grieving over the recent death of her son, she eventually becomes a surrogate mother to her new housemates.
The poignant, tragic, funny film makes pointed observations about the many social changes facing China as it races toward modernity.
Ms. Li takes subtle aim, for instance, at the country's one-child policy, put in place in 1980. "Now we're seeing the bad results of the policy," she says. China has created a generation of "very self-centered" children, many of whom "tend to be irresponsible." If people pursue too much materialism, she says, "their soul will be lost."
"Buddha Mountain," produced on a budget of 17 million yuan ($2.6 million), has earned more than 69 million yuan at the China box office since it opened on March 4, according to Beijing-based media-research firm EntGroup Inc. It had its premiere in October at the Tokyo International Film Festival, where it won two awards — for best artistic contribution and best actress for Ms. Fan.
The 36-year-old director was born in China's eastern Shandong province and worked as a documentary-film producer before moving to feature films about 10 years ago.
Her directorial debut, "Fish and Elephant," gained attention at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2002 for its depiction of a lesbian relationship, but the film ran afoul of Chinese censors. She told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that year that a government official instructed her to write a letter denouncing the film. She declined.
Her 2007 film "Lost in Beijing," about economic migrants finding work in the city, was pulled from mainland cinemas after five days and subsequently banned because of official objections to the movie's content, which includes a rape scene.
After years of working as an underground filmmaker, Ms. Li now makes an effort to work within the system. She says she reworked some scenes in "Buddha Mountain" to satisfy censors, but feels she managed to maintain her artistic integrity.
For a filmmaker, actually knowing censorship authorities increases the chances for approval, she says: "China is ruled not ruled by law but by people."
Being on friendly terms means "you have the chance to explain why some sensitive scenes [sexually explicit, for example] are included in the film," Ms. Li explains. When they're strangers, they are less likely to hear you out.
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But while storage isn't immune to shrinking budgets, Storage readers indicate that their storage environments may dodge a few economic bullets in 2009; as one respondent noted: "[You] can't stop storing data just because the economy is weak." Approximately one-third of those surveyed say their 2009 storage budgets will be lower, while 56% expect increased or stable budgets vs. 2008. Whether budgets are up or down, most storage managers are tightening their belts, ready to forego some features or performance in favor of lower price tags. Thirty-eight percent say they'll put some projects on hold, 27% say they'll consider products that help to use already installed gear more efficiently, and the same number plan to delay some technology upgrades.
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Global Supply Chain Management program hosts special guest speaker
Renowned business consultant and author Mark Kozak-Holland will visit Peterborough on February 7 to speak to Fleming College students in the post-graduate Global Supply Chain Management program.
Employers seeking Fleming students and grads
Students and alumni of Fleming College will have access to numerous of job opportunities at upcoming Job Fairs at the Sutherland and Frost campuses.
New Governors officially welcomed to Fleming College
Fleming College's Board of Governors officially inducted three new members today at a special ceremony at the Sutherland Campus.
Provincial government praised for investment in colleges
Fleming College applauds the provincial government's announcement today of an additional $65 million for campus improvements at colleges across Ontario."This investment is welcome news and a clear signal the government recognizes the essenti
Fleming College Board of Governors Meeting
The Fleming College Board of Governors will meet on Wednesday, January 30 at 2:30 p.m. in the Scholfield Boardroom, room 5920 at the Sutherland Campus of Fleming College, 599 Brealey Dr. in Peterborough.
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Definition of primal in English:
1Essential; fundamental: for me, writing is a primal urge
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- It's possible that any educational curriculum aimed at the strictly cognitive level will not make much of a dent in this fundamental and primal relationship.
- The outside walk is the most primal, important activity for a dog.
- Fascination with fire could be described as a primal urge, an urge that we have become distanced from as our relationship with fire has become progressively more controlled.
basic, fundamental, essential, elemental, vital, central, intrinsic, inherent
1.1Relating to an early stage in evolutionary development; primeval: primal hunting societies
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- Primitive, coming from the same route as primal, applies to societies which, like the earliest on earth, not only did not use metal, but did not farm.
- At the end, four performers circled around the stage in a primal manner.
- In experimenting with different ways of working with sound to bring out those very primitive and primal sounds, he insists there is a return to a collective unconscious.
original, initial, earliest, first, primitive, primeval
1.2 Psychology Relating to or denoting the needs, fears, or behavior that are postulated (especially in Freudian theory) to form the origins of emotional life: he preys on people's primal fears See also primal scene.
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- It's fear, the most primal human emotion, that gives gold its value.
- The film taps into one of the most basic primal fears of childhood: separation from one's parents.
- There are several cathartic therapies that involve primal screaming, rebirthing, or reparenting.
primally adverb
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- It's harsh and primally emotional - and she's got a knife!
- He got to his feet as well, reaching out and snatching locks of my hair with his hand, yanking me down, he held the knife to my throat and snarled primally, his eyes like pits of hell.
- Katarik jumped out of the forest primally screaming.
Early 17th century: from medieval Latin primalis, from Latin primus 'first'.
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Eye Scene: Photographer, Ryuichi Oshimoto Travels with Sigma Camera & Lenses
Starting from the southeastern area of New Mexico, I drive north on US Highway 285 and enter the city of Roswell. Glancing at the trinkets and toys at the UFO museums and shops, I realize this is the city of Roswell, famous for its UFO incidents. I wasn't uninterested in UFOs, but without stopping, I stayed on the highway and enter Country Road 20. Driving along on the endless grassy field, if a UFO decided to descend from the gray skies there would be no place to hide and suddenly longing for human contact, I stepped on the gas.
Driving north for 40 miles on County Road, I arrive at Fort Sumner and I slowly drove east on the town's biggest road, Sumner Avenue. On an old motel terrace, an elderly man in a white cowboy hat sitting in a big chair watches me while I drive by. Behind the run down gas station, I hear children playing. I only saw one car pass by me on County Road and although the town seemed deserted, I could still feel the presence of people.
Heading southeast on Sumner Avenue, the road merges onto Billy the Kid Drive, which eventually leads to Fort Sumner Park. Even I was familiar with the Billy the Kid name. A museum about the outlaws of the western frontier was built there. I wanted to stop by, but Fort Sumner Park was in my line of sight. The parking lot was empty and when I entered the magnificent Bosque Redondo Memorial building, it was almost closing time. On the Bosque Redondo Memorial website it stated, "The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument solemnly remembers the dark days of suffering from 1863 to 1868 when the US military persecuted and imprisoned 9500 Navajo (the Dine) and 500 Mescalero Apache (the N'de) on a reservation known as Bosque Redondo at For Sumner, New Mexico- an area that encompasses 1600 square miles (over one million acres.)" This past May, I visited the Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona. While I was there, I found out that the military had forced the Navajo tribe to relocate to Bosque Redondo. I had no concrete plans when heading north of New Mexico, but I wondered if walking on the red land of Bosque Redondo had lured me here.
After walking around the Bosque Redondo Memorial, I stopped by the Billy the Kid museum, but it was just closing. The man working the register at the gift shop said, "Billy the Kid's tombstone has been stolen so many times that it's now fenced in. It's right around the back, so you can take a look." I unexpectedly went to visit the outlaw's gravesite.
From Fort Sumner, I drove east on Highway 60 and then north on a local road.
Staying on the local road, I passed I-40 and arrive in the city of Tucumcari. The area was already dark and I stayed at the first motel I saw. The next morning, I left before the sun rose. Going north on First Avenue, I come across the intersection of Route 66/Tucumcari Blvd. On the boulevard, there was a line of old motels and antiquated signs. I regretted staying at a major motel chain and not driving all the way here.
While driving west on Route 66, I see an old faded pick up truck. I parked the car on the shoulder and as I pointed the lens toward the subject, another car parked behind me. A personable man in his forties popped his head out the window and said, "A man who used to travel around this area became sick one day and abandoned the truck here. I thought you might be interested in the story since you were taking photos of it." He left with a smile after.
Heading west from Tucumcari, Route 66 comes to an end and I-40 begins. Driving on the local roads for some time, it was hard to keep up with the cars on the freeway. Exiting the freeway, Route 66 began again and I continue west.
Past the small village of Cuervo, the road thought to be Route 66, was closed down by a gate. I headed west on I-40 again and exit the freeway at Santa Rosa. State Road 156 running east was the original Route 66 as stated in a guidebook, so I decided to go back east on the road.
My original plan was to go on a relaxing drive through the local roads of New Mexico, but out of the blue I was on the Mother Road (the former Route 66.) Since the route has been changed many times and closed in 1985, accurately following Route 66 is impossible. However seeking Route 66 from Chicago to LA on local roads is something I would like to do once.
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Introducing Terrence Colby
College Park native stars in MTV2's series and commercials
By Titus Falodun Staff Writer | 6/7/2013, 6 a.m.
Morehouse College alumnus Terrence Colby, a budding 25-year-old actor, is out to prove that he's more than just another good-looking actor. Too bad his first major audition did the complete opposite.
"I almost booked a commercial for Sears," Colby said, recalling his 2011 audition with the department store chain. The commercial was about a husband and wife, who share how they first met at Sears.
"I go in [for the audition] and we're improv-ing—and it was funny. Then, I leave, and the casting director comes running after me. She said, 'Terrence, come back! We need you. We want you to do the next three auditions with the next three girls.'" And I said, 'Yeah. I can do that; I got time.'"
The producer relayed to Colby that the previous week, Sears did a similar audition for its Spanish version. And the actor who booked the husband role was brought back into the room in the same fashion. So, in Colby's mind, he was just moments away from going national.
"I was completely free," Colby said. "I go in there again. And they [the producers] go, 'Where did you meet your wife?' And I say, 'Um… I met her at Walmart.'"
Dead silence ensued, as Colby botched his first big opportunity.
"It was a good learning lesson," he said about the experience. At the time, Colby had just earned his master's degree in fine arts, from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. So, naïveté was undoubtedly present.
Now, the College Park native is basking in the glow of commercial success, as he serves as the promo face for MTV2's "Guy Code" and "Girl Code," Coors Light's "Break the Ice" and Carl's Jr.'s "Host a BBQ" campaigns.
In a rare space for emerging actors, Colby does not need a hustle to pay his bills or rent, because of his recent fortunes.
"I'm blessed to not have to do side-jobs," he said. "If you get a national commercial and it doesn't run, you can expect to make however much they'll give you for the first day of shooting. But if it runs, you can get thousands of dollars."
But even getting paid is not as smooth as it may sound.
"You really get paid over time, which sucks," Colby explained. "It sucks because the checks don't come every two weeks; it's not like that at all. It's like one [check] this month, and then, you may not see any money for a month and a half."
Despite it all, Colby maintains that acting is his one and only occupation.
"I'm hell bent on not getting a J-O-B, if I don't need one," he said. "I'm an actor; that's my job."
And it's been his job since he first saw his older sister Crystal in a musical, during his 7th grade year.
"She was my first character study," Colby said. "She is the true actor [and] comedian of the family. I get all my stuff from her."
Growing up in a household, where humor was natural and encouraged, Crystal and her younger brother were attached at the hip.


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BENTON - Warrants were issued for an Arkansas couple in connection with the July 28 theft of a tractor-trailer pulling a tank trailer loaded with 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia.
According to Scott County Sheriff Bill Ferrell, the vehicle was recovered in Pocahontas, Ark., more than a week after the theft.
Reportedly this was one of two tractor-trailers pulling anhydrous tanks stolen from Breeden Transportation in Miner. The first tractor trailer was stolen June 5 and recovered the following day at a truck stop in Cardwell, near the Arkansas state line.
Richard L. Holeman, 37, of Jonesboro, Ark., and Johnnie R. Morrissette, 26, of Monette, Ark., are charged with receiving stolen property, felony stealing, attempting to manufacture a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of chemicals. Bond is set at $250,000 each.
The charges were filed against the couple last week by Paul Boyd, Assistant Scott County Prosecuting Attorney.
Ferrell said the couple was also charged regarding a stolen vehicle from Salem, Ill. The car was recovered Aug. 11 in Miner.
When investigators processed the car, numerous articles of stolen property from the second tractor-trailer, including the key to the tractor-trailer, were located. Articles used in the manufacturing process of methamphetamine and articles used to steal anhydrous ammonia were also located in the car.
Sgt. Jerry Bledsoe of the Scott County Sheriff's Department, who worked closely with the Arkansas State Police and numerous law enforcement agencies, describe the investigation as very time consuming and praised the cooperation of all agencies.
The couple is also suspected of being involved in the first tractor-trailer theft along with other thefts of large tanks of anhydrous ammonia.
Information gathered during the investigation was that the couple was transporting the anhydrous ammonia back to Arkansas where they were selling it for approximately $200 a gallon.
Morrissette is being held in an Arkansas jail on drug-related charges.
Holeman is a fugitive, wanted on felony charges in both Arkansas and Missouri.
The investigation is continuing with additional charges and more arrest possible.


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TV, Comic Books
Life With Mr. Dangerous. Paul Hornschemeier. Villard Press. 160 pages. Full Color. Hardcover. $22.00.
I've been reading delicious bits of Paul Hornschemeier's Life With Mr. Dangerous for years now as they were published in MOME and I was delighted to see it finally collected beautifully all in one book.
Life With Mr. Dangerous is, in essence, a story about twenty-six year old Amy, a newly single girl (again) with a cat, who works in a mall clothing store somewhere in the Midwest, not unlike her divorced mother before her. Amy's obsession with a cartoon program called Mr. Dangerous drives much of her life, too much, and she's aware of this, though unable and perhaps unwilling to escape it as she'd like.
Apparently March is a month in which Gabrielle Bell bewitches the minds of writers, as my post today, a spotlight on Gabrielle Bell, is following up Brian's "A Year Of Cool Comics – Day 73″ post of just yesterday. I considered pulling my post (and asked Brian if he'd prefer it) but he said I should go ahead and jump on the bandwagon…so here you go…more Gabrielle Bell! I'll try my best to talk about different stuff than Brian, though his post about her was insightful and smart, so it'll be hard to avoid copying him.
Yesterday Brian said in his post:
"As I've said in the past, what I love most about Gabrielle Bell's artwork is that she is an autobiographical artist whose work cuts to the core of the story rather than the surface – what i mean is, her style depicts the FEELING of a particular scene, rather than some photo-realistic view of what it it "should" look like."
And this really cuts to the core of what works to me about Bell's comics, because while Bell does not feel like a writer more than an artist, or vice versa, there is the feeling that her images are wholly there to service her storytelling. She doesn't seem interested in the crazy bells and whistles that sometimes come with comic art – especially independent comics which often includes wild experimentation with the form, instead Bell seems mostly interested in storytelling. And there's something I really love about that.
There is some mild nudity below the cut, so read with caution.
Thanks to being hopped up on cold medicine for the last few days you guys almost got an aggressive potentially polarizing article about objectification of women in comics and why I'm so sick of being told to 'just accept it'. Fortunately, cooler heads have prevailed, and though I'm sure I'll someday post some version of that article, a little time and editing will hopefully make it a more insightful and less instigating piece. In the meantime I decided to post a positive column about one of the biggest rising stars in independent comics – Eleanor Davis.
For those of you that don't read a lot of independent comics, Eleanor Davis is probably a new name for you, and it's entirely possible her work won't be your cup of tea (though I'd urge you to keep an open mind), but for those of you who do read a lot of independent work, you're probably familiar with Davis as a powerhouse of a storyteller with an interesting perspective. A graduate of my same alma mater, The Savannah College of Art & Design (we do not know each other), Davis combines subtle writing and superb illustration skills with a unique vision to create some of the most brilliant and insightful comics work I've read in the last few years. Davis' work ranges from the relatively dark like her short stories featured in MOME to lighter more uplifting fare such as her two most recent kids publications, Stinky and The Secret Science Alliance.
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|Snowstorm of February 12, 2010
On February 12th, 2010, measurable snowfall was reported across much of the Deep South, from Texas to the Florida Panhandle and into south central Georgia. Some of these amounts were rather heavy (by the South's standards), with accumulations of 6 inches across portions of central Georgia and southern Alabama. Fortunately the road temperatures were generally warm enough to prevent major road closures, although several county roads were closed. The snow melted quickly during the next day or so. Figure 1 shows an analysis of snow totals that were measured across the region.
Figure 1. Snow totals measured across the Tallahassee, FL, County Warning Area and adjacent areas from the snow storm of February 12, 2010.
A key feature in this event was a low pressure system that began as a weak, open wave (i.e. no closed isobars) along a stationary front off the Texas coast late in the day on February 11th. It had already been snowing in Dallas, Texas, that day. (The 24-hour total at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport would reach a record 12.5 inches by the morning of February 12th). The Gulf low gradually intensified as it propagated eastward along the front in the Gulf of Mexico during the night. As precipitation began to fall well in advance of this low, some stations along the Gulf Coast began to report sleet and snow despite fairly warm surface temperatures. Temperatures in the Florida Panhandle were generally in the upper 30s to around 40° F, but the layer between the 950 MB and 750 MB pressure surfaces was extremely dry, allowing pronounced cooling to take place as the precipitation evaporated into this layer. There was enough cooling for the precipitation to briefly change to sleet or snow, though no accumulations were measured. As this portion of the atmosphere moistened it also warmed, and the precipitation changed back to rain during the night. Tallahassee Regional Airport officially observed snow for a brief time that evening. This marked the first official observation of snow at TLH since January 3, 2002.
On the morning on February 12th, a cold rain was falling across north Florida, southern Alabama, and southern Georgia. The low had intensified and now had closed isobars, and was centered over the central Gulf of Mexico. It had become strong enough to transport relatively warm air from the Gulf of Mexico up and over a cold dome of air over the Florida Panhandle, causing warming at the 900 MB pressure level (approximately 3200 Ft AGL). This caused any ice falling through this relatively warm layer (3-4 degrees C) to melt before reaching the ground. However, the air was slowly cooling farther north and west of the low, and the rain changed to snow across portions of southern Mississippi and central Alabama. As the low pressure system intensified and moved into the northeast Gulf of Mexico, the rain-snow line sank slowly southward, and by early afternoon snow was occurring in Dothan and Mobile. Figure 2 shows the position of the low and associated weather around midday on the 12th.
Figure 2. Weather map for 1800 UTC 12 February 2010.
The low accelerated northeastward across the north Florida peninsula during the evening hours, and the precipitation quickly ended from west to east across Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. As the precipitation was ending, there was enough cooling to change the back edge of the precipitation to snow in some areas that had previously been too warm. There were reports of briefly heavy snow with very large flakes that rapidly accumulated on grass, automobiles, porches, etc. Snow amounts in southern Georgia were generally around an inch, but trace amounts were reported as far east as St. Simons Island. No snow was reported in Tallahassee during the day on February 12th, but trace amounts were observed in the Marianna area in Jackson County. Snow was reported as close as Gadsden County to the west and Thomas County to the north. As is usually the case in the Florida Big Bend, the precipitation ended just as the air became cold and sufficiently deep enough for snow.
Locally, the heaviest accumulations of snow occurred in a southwest-northeast band from Evergreen (Conecuh County in southern Alabama) to Lumpkin (Stewart County in central Georgia- just east of the state line). It was in this zone that the precipitation was heaviest, lasted the longest, and had the most favorable snow-to-liquid ratio in the local area. There were multiple measurements of 5 to 6 inches within this zone. The southern portion of this relatively heavy snow band dipped into the northernmost portions of WFO Tallahassee's County Warning Area, where snow amounts reached 4 inches. This blanket of heavier snow lasted through the next day, while the lighter amounts just to the south (in Albany, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama) disappeared quickly the next morning. Figure 3 shows a visible satellite picture from 10:15 AM EST the next day that shows where the deepest snow had yet to melt.
Figure 3. Visible satellite image from 1515 UTC 13 February 2010 showing snow on the ground across parts of the Tallahassee County Warning Area.
An analysis of nearby measured snowfall amounts and their liquid equivalents showed that the snow-to-liquid ratio was about 4:1 along the rain-snow transition line (Dothan, Alabama), but was 10:1 farther back into the cold air at places like Troy, AL and Atlanta, GA. This snow-to-liquid ratio means that there is 10 inches of snow for every inch of rain. The 10:1 ratio is often used as a "first guess" for forecasting snow amounts, but several studies have shown it has significant limitations, as the ratio depends on multiple factors like the vertical profile of moisture and rising motion, instability, and the magnitude and depth of cold air. Higher ratios are usually associated with "dry, fluffy" snow while lower ratios are associated with "heavy, wet" snow.
This rare snowstorm across the deep south produced accumulating snow nearly down to the Gulf coast. By the time the system exited the southeastern U.S., 49 of the 50 states had snow on the ground at the same time, Hawaii being the only exception. Figure 4 shows a snow depth analysis done by the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) for the morning of February 13, 2010. In some areas of the Northeast and Mid Atlantic states, new snow depth records were set.
Below the map, you will find a limited selection of photos taken during the event. Others images are availabe on the photo gallery page.
Figure 4. Snow depth analysis from the National Operational Hydrologic remote Sensing Center valid 1200 UTC 13 February 2010.
Figure 5. Snow falling on palm trees in Dothan, AL, on February 12, 2010.
Figure 6. Snow accumulating in Blakely, GA, on February 12, 2010.
Figure 7. Snow accumulating in De Funiak Springs, FL, on February 12, 2010.


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Im an OT, and my patient has steadily declined since on Forteo. Along with back pain and some of the other side affects mentioned here, she has experienced severe fatigue. She has been hospitalized, multi tests, colonoscopy, etc and everything is negative.READ MORE
We all have to be careful here. The prescribing doctor has the ultimate obiligation for advising a patient about medication treatment decisions. As a rehab doctor, I would suggest that you call for a "team meeting", bringing the doctor, the patient, the family and the therapists all into the same room. This open discuss will allow you to openly bring up your concerns in a non-threatening manner without overstepping boundaries. Maybe the doctor has additional concerns. Maybe the family members have their own thoughts from directly observing this patient in the home environment.
You may be right; the Forteo may very well be the cause of the deteriorating condition and declining ability to function. I certainly do not have enough information to make that call about this specific case, but your "team" does. If stopping Forteo seems like the next logical step, then the team should decide and agree together.
Use some team power to get to the bottom of this problem.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD