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2013 Season Noontime Brown Bag Lecture Series
St. George, Utah—Each Friday, the Bureau of Land Management and its' partners host the popular Brown Bag Lecture series. The lectures provide unique opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the benefits of the area's natural resources and public lands. Speakers including geologists, range specialists, biologists, archaeologists, rangers and other specialists who will delve more deeply into subjects tied to the Arizona Strip and surrounding public lands. For those who want to learn more before venturing out or are otherwise unable to access some of these remote and rugged landscapes, the lectures are an excellent way to bring the resources and related issues to the community's doorstep.
The noontime lecture series are hosted at the Interagency Information Center, located at 345 E. Riverside Drive in St. George, Utah. Programs begin at noon and last for one hour. Admission is free, but space is limited for this popular lecture series. Obtain tickets in advance from the Interagency Information Center to reserve a seat.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Dixie/Arizona Strip Interpretive Association, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. For more information about the upcoming lectures call the Interagency Visitor Center at 435-688-3200.
January 2013 Brown Bag Schedule
January 4: "What's Bugging You?" Enjoy Entomologist Bill Hoy for an eclectic overview of some of the creatures that compose 80 percent of Earth's living species. At any given time, Hoy estimates there are some 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual living insects on earth. Join Hoy as he leads us through some fascinating, hair-raising, skin-crawling information on bugs & their essential role in our ecosystem.
January 11: "Antonio Armijo" Join Historian Leo Lyman as he recounts the travels of this 1829 Spanish explorer who at the young age of 25, led sixty men and a string of one hundred mules across 1,200 mile of little-unknown desert and mountains between Santa Fe and Southern California.
January 18: "Southern Parkway Project Paleontology" Surveys along the proposed route for the Southern Parkway have revealed discovery of several highly significant fossil localities. Dinosaur Discovery Center Curator Andrew Milner will describe two significant sites located within the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation (195-193 million years old); one which records uniquely, well-preserved plants, and the other contains nearly 600 dinosaur tracks.
January 25: No program. Please join the 10th Annual St. George Winter Bird Festival, January 24–26.
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After Hours: Liss Fain Dance - The Water is ClearSunday, March 24th, 7:00pmMain Reading Room
The performing arts often showcase the ability to "bring books to life", but how far will performers go to give life, motion, and sound to a work of literature? Liss Fain Dance will test the waters at the Mill Valley Public Library on Sunday, March 24th, as this dynamic modern/contemporary dance company transforms the library's main reading room into the multidimensional set of The Water is Clear and Still, a performance installation based on short fiction by novelist Jamaica Kincaid. The audience sees the performance at close range and from multiple perspectives, surrounded by a surreal set and an immersive sound environment.
Part of the Mill Valley Library's ongoing series of "After Hours" events, the March 24th Liss Fain performance will take place after-hours in the Library's Main Reading Room. Doors will open to registered guests at 6:30 pm and will open to the non-registered waitline at 6:45 pm if space is available. There will be limited seating, primarily on benches, as this event is best seen standing and moving around the dancers.
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Witness for Peace first opened an office in Colombia in 2000, in order to document the human, social, and environmental consequences of Plan Colombia - a multi-billion dollar counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency package for the Colombian armed forces. Plan Colombia was intended to reduce Colombia's cocaine production and bring peace and stability to the country's 60-year-old civil war. However, the policy has failed to accomplish either goal. Instead, U.S. aid has made an already dire situation even more precarious. For more than a decade, Witness for Peace has documented one of the world's largest humanitarian crises—Colombia is currently the country with the largest internally displaced population in the world. More than 5.2 million Colombians have been internally displaced by right-wing paramilitaries often working in conjunction with Colombia's U.S. funded and trained military, left-wing insurgents, indiscriminate aerial fumigations, large-scale extractive industries and agro-fuel production. At every turn, U.S. corporations have benefited from the violence and mass displacement, most notably Coca Cola, Chiquita, Dole and Drummond Coal. In 2005, Witness for Peace convened the National Days of Action for Colombia, a coalition of human rights and faith-based organizations throughout the Americas that stands in solidarity with Colombian communities. The coalition has catalyzed hundreds of thousands of people to take action for peace and justice in Colombia.In 2007, Witness for Peace organizers and allies achieved a major victory: the significant reduction of military aid to Colombia. However, it is a partial victory, and Witness for Peace continues educating U.S. citizens on alternatives to militarization and fumigation.Because sustainable solutions to poverty are a prerequisite for stopping the violence, Witness for Peace and our allies oppose the bilateral Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, implemented on May 15, 2012. This agreement was implemented without meaningful completion of the prerequisites in the Labor Action Plan, signed by Presidents Obama and Santos in 2011, thereby condoning as an acceptable standard for U.S business alliances Colombia's status as most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists.In addition to our on-the-ground documentation work, Witness for Peace organizes speaking tours for Colombian community leaders and activists to meet with U.S. citizens, organizations and politicians and speak to their first-hand experience with U.S. foreign policy and corporate practices in Colombia. We also bring U.S. citizens to Colombia to witness the effects of these policies and practices on the country. Upon returning to the U.S., delegates join a network of 20,000 activists giving testimony, lobbying Congress and using nonviolent direct action to demand just U.S. foreign policies in Colombia.Witness for Peace also offers an interactive, bi-lingual webinar series featuring Colombian human rights defenders and internationally based staff discussing a wide range of topics related to Colombia and U.S. foreign policy.


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Republican Indignation
Dear Editor,
The continued shameless politization of the terrorist attack which took place on the evening of Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, 2012, on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that results in the deaths of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens and three other U.S. citizens, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Tyrone Weeds, is quite disturbing, as it appears most obvious that Congressional republicans are determined to continue their prioritization of partisan politics over the overall good of our great nation.
Republicans apparently are more willing to attempt to place the blame for such horrific acts in our government, which is headed by Democratic President Barrack Obama, as opposed to placing the responsibility of such on its perpetrators, and unite as one in bringing our nation's enemies to justice, for the sake of political expediency.
However, such was certainly not the case following the terrorist attacks on our nation's soil on Sept. 11, 2001, in which over 2,700 innocent lives were lost, although evidence has indicated that such an attack might have been discovered prior to the event, no counter action to prevent or at least lesson the impact of such an unconscionable tragedy, when Democrats placed partisan politics secondary to our nation's good, as it should always be.
Instead of attempting to place blame on our government at that time, we as a nation, united behind our President, Republican George W. Bush, and our government, raising President Bush's popularity to its all-time high.
Also, during the administration of George W. Bush, there were no fewer than 64 attacks on American embassies and consulates.
Where was the Republican's rage against the administration then?
Also, during the administration of Republican President, Ronald Reagan, the U.S. Embassy was attacked on April 18, 1983, which led to 63 deaths as was the marine barracks so attacked on Oct. 23, 1983, in which 274 Americans were killed, both incidents took place in Beirut, Lebanon, without Reagan being pursued as the primary object of our nation's blame and scorn.
For a majority of Republicans, Reagan has become a great icon whose personal integrity and motives are beyond reproach and above criticism.
This for a man who was in office when the government under his leadership, sold quantities of weapons to one of our primary adversaries, Iran, in order to affect the release of American hostages when all the while stating that we, as a nation, "do not and will not negotiate with terrorists."
Why was there no such political outcry and indignation then?
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Originally Posted by Zerabitu
In my thread, it is more than allowed as long as it consists of awesome shows ^_^ Pink Panther is a legend indeed. The music of it is truly amazing and catching.
Thanks, so many more to post .
Originally Posted by -Hatake-
Thanks, so many more to post .
Keep them coming!
Though I suggest that you don't post them all at the same time. From time to time thus keeping the thread alive ^_^
Little Bear
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear is a Canadian children's television series starring a Little Bear voiced by Kristin Fairlie. Originally produced by Nelvana for Nickelodeon, it currently airs on Treehouse TV in Canada and Nick Jr. in the United States. A direct-to-video full-length feature film was also created after the series ended. In The Little Bear Movie, Little Bear and his friends help a bear named Cub to help find his parents.
It is based on the Little Bear series of books which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik, and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Most of the characters are moderately anthropomorphic animals, exhibiting both animal and human behaviors, but generally dealing with human problems and concerns. However, Little Bear's friend, Emily, and her grandmother are human and Tutu, their dog, is mostly a normal pet. Other characters in the series include Little Bear and his parents Mother and Father Bear, his paternal uncle Rusty, his two grandparents, the eponymously named animals Duck, Cat, Owl and Hen, in addition to many recurring characters.
Reruns of Little Bear can currently be seen on Nick Jr.
Rocket Power
Rocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeo
Rocket Power involves the daily situations of a group of best friends named Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, and Sam "Squid" Dullard, as they live in the fictional town of Ocean Shores, California, a beach front city based on Oceanside, California.
It originally aired on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2004. As part of the Nick on CBS block, it aired on CBS from 2002 to 2005. Nick GAS aired the series for a short time, and teen network The N aired the series starting in 2006 until 2009. Rocket Power currently airs on Nicktoons, and, although it premiered only a few months before the new millennium, has recently been announced to air on TeenNick as part of their The '90s Are All That block. As of October 3, 2011, one episode of Rocket Power aired as part of the U-Pick with Stick digital media face of The '90s are All That.
Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. The show's premise focuses on a fourth grader named Arnold who lives with his grandparents. Episodes center on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends encounter. Certain episodes focus on the lives of other supporting characters, such as the tenants of the boarding house Arnold's grandparents own.
Bartlett came up with the idea for the show based on a minor character named Arnold who he created while working on Pee-wee's Playhouse. The executives enjoyed the character, and Bartlett completed the cast of characters by drawing inspiration from people he grew up with in Portland, Oregon. He created the first episode in his living room in 1993, and official production for the show began in 1994. The animators worked to transform Arnold from clay animation to cel animation.
The series aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004. Hey Arnold! received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the show for its character development and the quality of its animation. Over the course of its eight year run, the series aired one hundred episodes. A feature film based on the series, Hey Arnold!: The Movie, was released in 2002 to generally negative reviews. After the show's run finished, Bartlett created the show Dinosaur Train for PBS.
Ed, Edd and Eddy
Ed, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's longest running and most successful franchises[1][2] and the longest-running of the channel's original Cartoon Cartoons. The series revolved around three adolescent boys collectively known as "the Eds," who hang around in a suburban cul-de-sac. Unofficially led by Eddy, the Eds constantly scheme to make money off their peers, in order to purchase their favorite confectionery: jawbreakers. However, their plans usually fail, leaving them in various predicaments. The series' finale movie, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show aired on November 8, 2009, officially ending the series, however reruns continued to air on the network until July 1, 2011.
Cartoons Just arent what they use to be.
Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman, produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and originally aired from October 24, 1994, to February 15, 1997. Gargoyles is known for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama. Character arcs were heavily employed throughout the series, as were Shakespearean themes.
The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as Gargoyles that turn to stone during the day, focusing on a clan led by Goliath. In the year 994, the clan lives in a castle in medieval Scotland alongside humans, until many of them are killed by betrayal and the remainder are magically frozen in stone until the castle "rises above the clouds."
A millennium later, in 1994, billionaire David Xanatos purchases the Gargoyles' castle and has it reconstructed atop his New York City skyscraper, awakening the six remaining Gargoyles. In trying to adjust to their new world they are aided by a sympathetic NYPD officer, Elisa Maza, and quickly come into conflict with the plotting Xanatos. In addition to dealing with the Gargoyles' attempts to adjust to modern New York, the series also incorporated various supernatural threats to their safety and to the world at large
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Around the World with Willy Fog is a cartoon adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. The cartoon was produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation. In the same vein as BRB's Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, the characters are anthropomorphisms of various animals as the species depicted are of much greater variety than in that series. However, the core trio are all felines being pursued by three canine foes. Willy Fog is depicted as a lion, while Rigodon (Passepartout) is a lynx and Romy (Aouda) a panther.
An English dub of the series was directed by Tom Wyner, which featured artists such as Cam Clarke, Greg Snegoff, Steve Kramer and Mike Reynolds. While the series never achieved popularity in the United States, the English version found fame when it was broadcast on Children's BBC in the United Kingdom. The series was initially screened in 1984 in the UK and then on RTE in the Republic of Ireland, while other dubs gained the series fanbases in several other countries. The series was also dubbed into Japanese and aired on Japan's TV Asahi in 1987, where it was titled Anime Around the World in 80 Days.
With all of the international versions, the height of popularity remains in Spain, where in 2008, the series spawned a live-action theatrical musical show in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
Awesome, just pure awesomeness. Keep them coming
I suggest that the next time you go through the thread before posting. This has already been posted.
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Haha, nothing to worry about. It's just a common mistake that we all make from time to time.
Denver The Last Dinosaur
Denver, the Last Dinosaur is a U.S.-French cartoon for children originally released in 1988 by World Events Productions (the same company responsible for the English dubs of Voltron and for Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs). It was nationally syndicated throughout the United States in 1988 with reruns airing until 1990. Episodes often focused on issues of conservation, ecology, and friendship.
The show revolved around the adventures of Denver, the last dinosaur - a Corythosaurus - who was released from his egg by a group of multicultural modern California teens: Jeremy, Mario, Shades, Wally, and Casey, along with tag-along older sister, Heather. The kids taught Denver the finer points of skateboarding and other pastimes while protecting him from concert promoter Morton Fizzback who wanted to use the dinosaur to make money.
The series begins when Jeremy, while preparing for his Natural History test, and his friends visit the La Brea Tar Pits - A place in Los Angeles (which is spread over a large area and contains a large collection of extinct animal and plant fossils) and go to the Museum. At the museum, the friends encounter a gang of bullies. The friends escape the bullies by hiding behind a fence near the tar pits. Behind the fence they find a pit that contains a large prehistoric egg. As the friends are playing with the egg it suddenly cracks and a green friendly dinosaur emerges who, surprisingly, understands English. The kids name him Denver after they spot an advertisement for the city of Denver on a passing bus.
The children decide to keep Denver and to keep his existence a secret. Denver is first hidden in a pool house at Wally's home. After Wally's sister discovers Denver they move Denver to the old school gym. After a while Denver gets kidnapped by the manager Morton Fizback. Morton puts Denver on a stage in front of an audience in order to become rich.
When the children confront Morton about his abduction, he becomes paranoid that someone might find out that Denver is a real dinosaur. At the end Denver is sold to a scientist named Professor Funt who wants to examine and experiment on him, and use him to become famous. Eventually everything turns out fine and Denver gets to return to the gang and rescue them from Nick and his thugs.
In addition to his natural skills and abilities Denver can also, with the help of a piece from the shell of his egg, take the gang with him back to the time whence he came.
Whattay Thread, Just saw all 12 pages :') ... Time to put some downloads on torrent.
So much awesomeness within the thread
Tom and jerry,Static,Samurai jack,Dexter's laboratory,Care bears were all so epic ,Cartoon Network was the only channel which I used to watch when I was a kid D, awesome work Zera +rep
Originally Posted by Kagutsuchi
Whattay Thread, Just saw all 12 pages :') ... Time to put some downloads on torrent.
Thank you, thank you
Originally Posted by Tony Stark
So much awesomeness within the thread
Tom and jerry,Static,Samurai jack,Dexter's laboratory,Care bears were all so epic ,Cartoon Network was the only channel which I used to watch when I was a kid D, awesome work Zera +rep
Thank you Tony. Feel free to post your favorites here. As long as they aren't reposts nor are they from 21st century.
Captain Caveman and The Teen Angels
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels is an animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 10, 1977 to June 21, 1980 on ABC.
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels centers on the mystery-solving adventures of the Teen Angels—Brenda, Dee Dee and Taffy—and their friend Captain Caveman (or Cavey for short), a prehistoric caveman whom the girls discovered and thawed from a block of ice. The concept and general plot for the show was seen as a parody of Charlie's Angels (which also aired on ABC). It also borrowed heavily from other Hanna-Barbera shows such as Scooby-Doo and Josie and the *****cats, among others. Captain Caveman was also on the "Scooby Doobies" team on Laff-a-Lympics.
Captain Caveman's powers include super-strength, a variety of useful objects hidden inside his fur, and a club that allows him to fly and from which pops out different tools he uses to fight crime. His trademark is his battle cry of "Captain CAAAAAVEMAAAAAAANNNN!" Captain Caveman's voice was provided by Mel Blanc.
Star Wars: Ewoks
tar Wars: Ewoks (September 7, 1985 – December 13, 1986) is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
The series was produced by Nelvana on behalf of Lucasfilm and broadcast on ABC, both by itself and later, as part of The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour. The first season was advertised as simply Ewoks, but the second season was advertised as The All New Ewoks. The series lasted twenty-six episodes, divided into two seasons of thirteen episodes.
The series focuses on the adventures of Wicket W. Warrick and his friends on the forest moon of Endor during the years before the events in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The primary recurring villains are Morag the Tulgah Witch, who had a personal grudge against the tribe's shaman, Master Logray, and the Duloks, a rival species that is related to the Ewoks.
Tom and Jerry Kids Show
Tom & Jerry Kids is an animated television series, co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Turner Entertainment, featuring the famous cat-and-mouse stars as children (kitten and baby mouse). The show premiered in 1990 and continued airing until 1994. The series is about the adventures of Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse in their childhood and their friends Droopy and Dripple and Spike and Tyke.
The series is somewhat similar to the "older" version of the original 114 theatricals, partly akin to being produced by Tom and Jerry creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. In terms of violence level, they are far closer to the classic cartoons than previous television adaptions such as The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show although somewhat milder than Hanna and Barbera's original series. Part of it is similar to Pink Panther and Pals.
Angel, since you saw that much effort to post those and I love that you did, but you could have shown such effort by checking the thread ifrst to see if they had been posted already. This is probably the third time Tom & Jerry has been posted here.
Don't get me wrong, I like it that you did the posting but I just don't want this thread to have pages with the same cartoons over and over again.
Originally Posted by Zerabitu
Angel, since you saw that much effort to post those and I love that you did, but you could have shown such effort by checking the thread ifrst to see if they had been posted already. This is probably the third time Tom & Jerry has been posted here.
Don't get me wrong, I like it that you did the posting but I just don't want this thread to have pages with the same cartoons over and over again.
Yes i just did check it and i am deleting my post now but i will keep the Tom and Jerry kids show as its not been posted i hope you don't mind
Thank you
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superhero of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor, the show originally aired from 1975 to 1979.
It had its origins in a November 1975 American television movie entitled The New, Original Wonder Woman starring Carter. It followed a 1974 TV movie entitled Wonder Woman starring blond actress Cathy Lee Crosby, who neither resembled the superhero character nor exhibited any super powers. In this second movie, set during World War II, Carter as Wonder Woman matched the original comic book character. Its success led the ABC television network to order two more one hour episodes; both of which aired in April 1976. That success led ABC to order an additional 11 episodes which the network aired weekly (for the most part) during the first half of the 1976-1977 television season. The episodes ran on Wednesday nights between October 1976 and February 1977.
Wonder Woman had achieved solid ratings on ABC for the weeks it had aired during the 1976-1977 TV season. But the network was still reluctant to renew the series for another season. Wonder Woman was a period piece, and as such, it was more expensive to produce than a series set in the present day. Also, ABC thought that the 1940s-setting limited the possible storylines, with the major villains being Nazis. ABC did not renew the series so Jerry Lieder, then-president of Warner Bros. Television, went to CBS with the notion of shifting the series to the present-day 1970s, which would cost less to produce and allow for more creative storylines. CBS agreed and picked up the show in 1977 and it continued its run for another two seasons.
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Yes i just did check it and i am deleting my post now but i will keep the Tom and Jerry kids show as its not been posted i hope you don't mind
Thank you
Great job -Angel-!
No, I don't mind. I insist you leaving it there ^_^
Tom looks so adorable
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Comic Party Revolution
Princess of Tennis
Episode 8 | TV-14
The heat is on when all the girls of ComiPa partner up for a doubles tennis tournament. When healthy competition turns into foul play, Mizuki holds nothing back to get the sickly—but determined—Ikumi the victory she deserves.
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Ranter's Rockies Music Videos
Rockpile Ranter's Rockies Music videos.
This is an assortment of Rockies videos I made from 2008-2011. I now have the ability to host video so I've posted them here. Take a look, you may see yourself.
More coming…"D"
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I did see myself! And I saw two of my Bradley! Thanks for putting all of this together D!


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By Danny Caro, April 28, 2014
Russell Corin was the hero as Hendon claimed the first part of a possible treble with a penalty shoot-out win over Oakwood to secure the Peter Morrison Trophy at Wingate & Finchley. Here's the pick of the action. Photos: Marc Morris
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War for the Overworld Nexus Launched and Kickstarterposted by Dark0ne Site NewsJust over a week ago I wrote a blog post regarding the current prevalence of Kickstarter funding for video games and how they're helping to promote the fostering of modding communities. I wanted to get my thoughts out on the matter in preparation for the announcement of three separate sites we have lined up to release that are currently in development, rather than finished, which marks a shift in how we've done things. Up until now, we've only released a Nexus site for games that are finished and publicly available, but with the aforementioned rise in crowd funding I wanted to adapt to the changes in the industry and throw my backing and ability to raise awareness behind those games and developers/publishers who have come to me, excited to work with the Nexus community to make their games as modable as possible. Frankly, if people want to work with us, and utilize the many, many talents of this community then I'll be excited to do whatever I can to ensure their work is a success.
It's with great pleasure that I announce the launch of War for the Overworld Nexus. Straight from the developer's mouths, "In War for the Overworld you have the power to create vast dungeons filled with hordes of evil minions who share a common goal: to crush the bones of the goodly heroes that dare to enter your unhallowed halls. You will command mighty armies, create vicious traps and cast dastardly spells to overcome the pitifully gallant armies that defend foolish principles such as "honour" and "righteousness" — it's going to be more fun than taking candy from a baby...
We've fused together the best components from the RTS and god game genres to create War for the Overworld; here you will find familiar elements from Dungeon Keeper, Overlord, StarCraft and Evil Genius. Your domain lies beneath the surface of this realm, and it is here that you will begin to build your sinful empire. The forces of good in this land will do everything in their power to stop you."
Basically if you liked Dungeon Keeper, you're going to like this.
War for the Overworld is currently 4 days in to its Kickstarter campaign where the developers are asking for £150,000 to help them realize the game's full potential, and you can nab the game, due for a beta release in March, for a steal at £10 (around $16) and in-turn, help them out. In my blog post I expressed dismay at how Kickstarter was being exploited by "big names" in the industry looking to fund their ideas without them having put much work in to it at all. War for the Overworld is not one of those games. They've got a great introductory video, narrated by Richard Riding's himself (from the original Dungeon Keeper games) that will show you exactly what the game is all about and you'll see that it's in a very well polished state already.
Because War for the Overworld isn't due out for a little while yet we've created a stripped down version of the Nexus sites that simply contains the news, image share and forum aspects of a Nexus site. Obviously there's no point having a file database if the game isn't out yet, and we don't want to confuse you with an empty database. We'll be using this stripped-down version for all Nexus sites launched for unreleased games, and we hope to keep it updated with new images and news updates straight from the developers themselves, who will be given news writing privileges here to keep us all updated on their progress. Once the game is released, we'll open up the file database and everything else.
This site launch is even more exciting, however, because many of the developers of the game are Nexus mod authors themselves, with names that you're quite likely to recognize. With so much design influence coming from prominent modders of the Nexus community it's extremely clear that not only do Subterranean Games, the developers, want to make the game modable, but they want to make it as modder-friendly as possible using their experience while modding Fallout 3, New Vegas, Skyrim and other games to ensure that their game, and their modding tool, "Dungeoneer", is both accessible to newcomers and extremely deep for veterans.
It's going to be extremely interesting to see Dungeoneer in action. While other developers will release tools for their game without truly understanding their modding community, as they aren't modders themselves (obviously there's a big difference between a mod author and a game developer), Dungeoneer is, in essence, a modding tool by modders-turned-game-developers, for modders.
Because of the amazing situation we find ourselves in, with prominent Nexus mod authors working on a full-fledged game, Subterranean Games have made a YouTube video to introduce some of the modders working on War for the Overworld and explain the Dungeoneer tool, and I've also conducted a rather long interview with them for your reading pleasure. Interviewing the developers is something I plan to do with each new site we launch in this manner, and I'm trying to ask pertinent questions related to modding within the game, and modding within the industry at large because frankly, if you want an interview with the developer about the game itself then you'll be sure to find lots of that already, but how many publications ask questions specific to modding? Not many.
Lets begin by asking who you are, what modding experience you have (if any) and what area of expertise you bring to War for the Overworld.
- Alendor - My name is Patrick DiLillo, and I'm the lead animator for WFTO. I have been modding and animating since the Half-Life 1 days, most heavily working with Quake 3.
- AnOneTwo - Hi, I'm Andrey Bushkov (aka AnOneTwo), I'm 23 years old and I live in Moscow. 2 Years ago I made my first mod for Fallout 3 and it was actually my first Photoshop experience. The reason why I started modding is a guy Baelkin, who made a very cool mesh of Kerberos armor but never finished textures for it. Many folks liked my work so I decided to continue modding and learn 3D as well. After that I released some mods for Fallout New Vegas. Airforce T-57 power armor was my very first model that I made from scratch and then I worked on Murdelizer, Thor and Vault-Tec power armor. While modding, I met many good and talented artists like Weijiesen and CaBal120 and I'm really glad we're still in touch and working together. All my mods didn't have "pro" quality but I've put a piece of my soul into each. So they got popular on Nexus and I was invited to join the "RiSE" team. Since then I didn't actually have time to mod. I've been working with the "Rise" team for more than a year and I've vastly improved my 3D skills and brought it to the "War for the Overworld" project.
- Crawlius - G'day! I go by Crawlius, and I've been involved with various kinds of modding for over a decade now. I started out in map making with games like Tiberian Sun and Unreal Tournament but, since about 2001, I've been burying myself in sound design and, more recently, music and voice acting. My last modding project was CRL9000 for Fallout: New Vegas, something I've promised to finish one day... Along with Dan Atkins, I make up half of the sound design department.
- Simburgur – Hey I am Josh Bishop, lead designer and PR manager for Subterranean Games and War for the Overworld.
- Vaernus – Howdy. My name is William Phelps and I am the lead programmer for War for the Overworld. You might remember me briefly as spearheading the nVamp project for Fallout: New Vegas but I am not nearly as well known as the modding greats in this interview. They are the real geniuses here.
- Weijiesen - An interview? How exciting! Many of you around this Nex'iverse know me as Weijiesen, creator of EVE (Energy Visuals Enhanced), and uh, EVE (Essential Visual Enhancement), and a handful of others. I'm Jack and I hail from Hong Kong. If you are familiar with my mods -or read the previous sentence- you can probably guess I'll be running the 'FX' portion of WFTO. From magic spells to bonfires, from weather to gore, and everything in between, your eyeballs will feel as though they just got a backrub from an orgasm. Chesko - Hi, I'm Chesko! I am the author of Wearable Lanterns, and Frostfall: Hypothermia, Camping, Survival for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I am coming on board as a developer for WFTO!
Is this your first attempt at game development or do you have prior experience? What has been the biggest change or culture shock moving from a modding environment to a game development environment?
- Alendor - I have prior experience in game development, beginning with work on the 360/PS3 game, Darkest of Days. I have been doing freelance and contract professional work ever since, as well as modding work primarily for Fallout 3. So, fortunately I was able to transition rather well to working on WFTO along with bringing experience and knowledge to the team.
- AnOneTwo - The biggest shock for me were time limits in game development. In modding, environment artists work to please themselves, doing what they love and when they have time. In game development (especially indie) you need to work fast and assets quality should always be at high standards.
- Crawlius - This is the first time I've been involved with full game development, and the biggest change has been integrating with such a large group of developers. This team is packed with talented and creative people, and working in this sort of environment is more motivating than I could've imagined. The stakes are higher, your responsibility is greater, and you get to see everyone's efforts congeal into an actual game.
- Weijiesen - I've not directly had a hand in game development, but after spending a year and a half with RiSE and the better half of 2012 with Subterranean Games it certainly *feels* like it! Gotta start somewhere. I think for many modders the biggest adjustment to make between "modding" to "game development" environments would be working as a team, due to the fact modders usually fly solo. During my time on Nexus I've delved into a lot of 'team' modding projects CNR, ADAM, AWOW, Gnome Wrangler, etc. <-- that last one isn't a mod acronym, so I'd have to say the hurdle for me was deadlines. Modders usually work on their own time, when they please, but in the game dev environment hitting the deadline is key!
- Chesko - This is my first attempt. I would say the biggest difference is working in a collaborative, pre-existing codebase. Thankfully, our tools have made this entire process relatively easy.
I know you're all really keen to make War for the Overworld as modder friendly as possible. Can you explain why modding is so important to you?
- Alendor - Modding I find to be vastly important to a game, especially when you don't have the environment to spend millions on development and post release support. Modding both allows users to add content and extend the life of the title, along with allowing people to customize the game play to their liking. However, the most important advantage of modding is it helps grow and cultivate new generations of game developers, who in the future can help create new IPs and advance the industry as a whole.
- AnOneTwo - Modding is a key for gamers to make their favorite games better and bigger. Also it helps people to reveal their talents, and do real art, not only a game.
- Crawlius - Modding is a way for curious people to grapple with game design. It's a way to explore the art, code and sound that comprise these experiences, and infuse games with the fruits of your own creativity. Modding is the place where risks can be taken, and experiments run, without worrying about profit margins, ratings or approachability. It's often the first leap towards a career in the industry, or the basis of a new genre. Many of the games being made today wouldn't exist as they are without the things modders have done, and it's our responsibility to leave that avenue of experimentation open.
- Simburgur – The ability of games like Half-Life and Warcraft 3 to have modding capabilities have led to games such Counter Strike, Team Fortress Classic, and League of Legends. To us, modding is equivalent to game design and if the tools support it, and we work with the community, mod authors can do anything.
- Vaernus – Dungeoneer, the toolkit we are building, is not only something that will be available for mods, but also the same toolkit we are directly using for development of WFTO. As such, it needs to be powerful, but intuitive for anyone to just load it up and be able to mod. We feel that is a primary focus in making these tools as user friendly as possible. At the same time, modding keeps a game alive. It offers new ideas from brilliant minds around the world that may otherwise be overlooked by our team. We want to cultivate that, including work directly with the community to let creativity run wild.
- Weijiesen - Indeed WFTO will be modder-friendly to the point you could consider it a "by us, for us" kind of thing, in that the community can and will (and has) effected the game itself. For years I've read comments about how "so-and-so company ignores us after slapping shoddy tools in our hands'' but those days are over. If you think a feature should be implemented in our wonderfully versatile "Dungeoneer" toolkit, then by all means suggest it, and you'll likely find it built in soon enough! We are not just 'considering' the mod community, we are using Nexus to bridge the gap and create a direct link.
- Chesko - Several reasons. First, it gives games a much longer lifespan than they ordinarily would have by ensuring that the game has new content available as long as folks are still interested in the game, which keeps things fresh. Secondly, I think it's very important for our fans to have a way to creatively express themselves within our game. I think too many game companies attempt to lock down the entire player experience, and in doing so, they lose out on the wonderful set of talent present here on the Nexus and other modding communities. If our biggest fans want to make our game even better, why not give them all of the tools they need to generate great content? Everyone wins.
What are you hoping to do, or release, to make modding more open and friendly to the average person? Are you planning to release modding tools with the game? When can we expect to see them? What will they allow modders to do? How open will modding be? Are we just talking new maps or are we talking full-blown overhauls?
- Alendor - From an animation standpoint, this particular field of development is typically very under-supported, even for games that tout modding tools as a feature. In my experience there are rarely tools released to help in the creation and implementation of animations into a game. The most recent example is Fallout 3 and their GECK tools. Fallout 3, as many Nexus fans know, is a very mod friendly game, supporting a lot of tools. However, there were virtually no tools to support the creation and implementation of animations. When I was making the Fallout 3 Re-Animated mod, I had to pretty much reverse engineer and create the process to get new animations into the game from scratch. This process led me to using 2-3 different programs (including an exporter tool made for Civilization 3, which only worked on a 3 year old copy of 3D Max), writing .bat files, manually type in blending stats and info, and pretty much cobbling together the animations with a very non-user friendly process. With WFTO and our Dungeoneer toolset, we are going to include the same tools that we will be using to implement animations directly from the development side. Including easy access to export tools, easy straightforward linking of animations, and user friendly tools for blending control.
- AnOneTwo - Speaking of my area of work, 3d and 2d is pretty friendly to modders. FBX files can export and import almost any 3d app. And TGA format is generic for 2d apps too so there should be no roadblocks. And I suppose there should be modding will be very open.
- Vaernus – Dungeoneer is made to be as simple as possible. Rather than requiring different tools, or even requiring the community to build fan tools just to accomplish whatever creative goals everyone has, Dungeoneer handles everything. Whether adding/changing data (creatures, maps, traps, etc.), or assets (meshes, textures, animations, etc.), everything is typically a one button process. Find the source file and load it. That's it, it's ready to be used in the game. From there, anything is possible. From building new maps and adding creature packs to completely overhauling the meshes and textures and everything in between. In the future we also plan on allowing direct changes to core functionality to push the game in completely new directions. Want to turn WFTO into a dungeon-themed FPS or a puzzle-based adventure game? Go right ahead.
- Weijiesen - Having seen the 'Dungeoneer' toolkit and its previous versions in action, I can say with confidence to all you modders out there -and people who'd like to try their hand at it- that when you try our toolkit you'll feel as though you went from using a rotary phone to using an iPhone.
- Chesko - In terms of making it easy to use, I think this has everything to do with taking a hard look at the overall toolchain: how many steps does it take to get from an idea, to a finished mod? This is an area I care a lot about: the entire flow from start to finish, making sure that the whole process is smooth. Our set of modding tools is called Dungeoneer, and it's shaping up to be a great set of tools to give modders everything they need to build new maps, import new textures and meshes, create new creatures... the list goes on. We are trying to open the doors as wide as we can with Dungeoneer. With options for creating new factions, dialogue, and so on, it would be reasonable to say that entire new campaigns could be created with Dungeoneer. And with Dungeoneer's script editor... it will be exciting to see what people create with the tools we provide :)
Why did you want to work with the Nexus modding community as opposed to other modding distribution platforms, or making your own distribution platform?
- AnOneTwo - Nexus was my "home" for a while, has MANY registered members, and many talented people. So it would be very cool to have WFTO on Nexus.
- Vaernus – Nexus has established itself as the premier marketplace for the best mods across many high quality games. Having one central area makes it easier for the end user to find mods, and the platform is very intuitive. We would rather continue to support this process than to compete with another system or generate our own. To us, this just splits the mod community and confuses the gamers looking for an easy process to find great content for their game experience.
- Weijiesen - There are a lot of good reasons we chose the Nexus community, but for a handful of us on the team, Nexus is how we met up and got to know each other. Crawlius helped me with some sound FX over the years with my mods, and AnOneTwo and I collaborated on mods (Murdelizer, Thor) long before we were on board with WFTO. Nexus is more than just a collection of user-names!
- Chesko - I think a big reason is that the Nexus has attracted the most amazing and talented set of modders found anywhere, many of whom are happy to share their time and knowledge with others, which I am personally grateful for in my own modding work. Another major reason is that, for the player, the Nexus makes the entire experience very easy; the Nexus Mod Manager makes installing and using mods a quick and simple affair. We intend to fully support the Nexus Mod Manager for installing and managing mods for WFTO.
What do you think about DLC? Do you have any plans, or niggling ideas in your heads in regards to expansions or DLC?
- Simburgur - As long as we are able to fund ourselves from people backing on Kickstarter and buying the game, we will always be releasing content for free. Beyond that, we will never release DLC that splits the player base. There have been many complications in terms of expansions making mod creation a difficult prospect as the author needs to support multiple combinations of game installations. With one clear path that everyone has, we guarantee that mods will always work if the user has the latest patch.
Is there anything you'd like to say to the Nexus community?
- Alendor - I would like to thank the Nexus community for the support they gave all the members of this team when they were working on their mods for various games like Fallout 3 Oblivion etc. Without that support we as a team may never have gotten together and this project may not have been possible. Hopefully with your help we can make WFTO a great success and our development studio can go on making more titles and help bring modding more into the mainstream instead of just a niche hobby.
- AnOneTwo - I'd like to say that I'm sorry to Fallout community for "magnum rifle" never being released. It was impossible for me and few other modders to make animation work, so yeah folks... I'm sorry.
- Crawlius - Whether it's Wolfenstein 3D or Skyrim, keep trying to make games better. The industry is always in need of an injection of talent and good ideas.
- Vaernus – With our push into Kickstarter for funding the project, and Dungeoneer as our tool to produce it, we are giving the community full control over not only what we produce with War for the Overworld, but how we are producing it. We invite the Nexus community to work with us at these early stages of Dungeoneer to build it into a powerful toolkit. If something is missing, we will develop it. We also see this as a great way for the community to see their ideas ending up into the final game.
- Weijiesen - A few final notes I'd like to say to everyone. Never be afraid to follow tutorials. There are documents and videos out there that can help you go from n00b to pro! Never ignore your clock. Be aware of the time and that thing...uh.. real-life! Modding is a hobby not a priority. Lastly, don't be afraid to try working on a team, it may just lead to greater things!
- Chesko - Thank you for reading, thank you for supporting my personal modding efforts, and THANK YOU for your interest in War for the Overworld! Everyone at Subterranean Games is working hard to make sure that WFTO far exceeds your expectations. If you have questions about the game, we're an easy bunch to get in touch with; drop by our forums sometime!
So there you have it guys. Hopefully you can share in my excitement for how cool all of this sounds; not just because a Dungeon Keeper inspired game is in the works, and looking great, but also because it's being made by a lot of home-brew talent from the Nexus sites themselves. Awesome.
Don't forget to check out all the information on War for the Overworld's Kickstarter page and if you like what you see, help them out and pledge your support with some of your hard-earned cash.


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In fact, you might already be running up enough on that monthly tab playing the lottery to put yourself behind the wheel of one.
I know you're probably thinking, "Who does this guy think he is telling me how to spend my hard earned cash." But I'm betting you'll admit (even if it's just to yourself) it's food for thought the next time you're standing in a lottery line, once you get a sense of what you can get for the money now in the midsize segment.
Take for example, the all new 2013 Nissan Altima.
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Benchmarked against vehicles like the BMW 3-Series and Audi A4, the new Altima is available in two engine options – a redesigned 2.5L 4-cylinder and refined 3.5-liter V6, which has a starting price a little over $25,000.
If you're thinking "green," the new Chevrolet Malibu Eco might be your midsize vehicle of choice.
Well, green enough – without the feeling often associated with environmentally friendly vehicles that leaving you thinking you have to sacrifice wanting a nice looking car for fuel efficiency.
Priced under $30,000 for the model tested which included nearly $2,000 in options, the Malibu Eco features a 2.4L 4 cylinder engine with an electric motor generator with eAssist. The system captures up to 15kW of power that would be normally lost during braking and uses it to recharge the lithium-ion battery.
The eAssist system also shuts down fuel delivery in certain deceleration conditions, further improving fuel economy.
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The new design of the Malibu which has a coupe like look picks up a few of the muscular styling cues from the Camaro most noticeable in the rear.
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When it comes to being unique, nothing quite makes the statement that the Volkswagen Passat makes when it comes to midsize sedans.
True to the legacy of VW, the Passat packs a lot of the brand's classic design elements along with a lot of new features in some very affordable packages.
The new model, the largest Passat ever, comes in three models 2.5L, the 2.0L TDI Diesel and 3.6 Liter V6.
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The 2.0L TDI Clean Diesel model offers three trim levels and starts under $26,000, delivering 43 mpg highway, with a range of nearly 800 miles.
Other affordable sedans on the market sure to change your view of the midsize segment include the Hyundai Sonata (still one of my personal favorites), the Toyota Camry (a longtime leader in the segment) and the Kia Optima. The all new Ford Fusion, which make its street debut soon, is also expected to help redefine the midsize market.
Of course, deciding which car in the segment best suits you is a matter of preference considering each has its own unique appeal. Though, I'm sure every carmaker mentioned can ramble off more than a few selling points in hopes of convincing you that there particular model is a better pick.
Either way, it's a win- win for consumers with so many options in the segment, which makes it easier to own a nice car instead of just staring at one on a computer screen.
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The Finnish Spitz are very loyal to their family, therefore they can be shy or moody around other dogs. Left alone the Finnish Spitz will figure out if another dog is acceptable.
The breed is prone to barking at anything they perceive as being out of the ordinary. They can be trained to reduce the amount of barking, although the barking does make them good watchdogs.


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Dodger Rubber game at San Pancho. Happy Perfecto Anniversary Sandy Koufax. Crisis! Kershaw scratched
Happy 47th Perfecto Anniversary to Sandy Koufax!
Today September 9, 2012 is the 47th anniversary of Sandy Koufax Perfect game at Dodger Stadium against the Cubs.
Happy anniversary to Sandy and the Dodgers!
Dodger Rubber game at San Pancho
Great win and much needed by the boys in Blue yesterday. I go thru so many emotions with this team from frustration to relief that they tied the series. I called San Francisco Pancho because that is one of the nicknames for the name Francisco. Another nickname is Chico, that is what they used to call my grandfather on my mother's side. Chico Giants sounds like an oximoron as chico means small. So Rubber game at San Pancho.
Two lefties to the mound: Clayton Kershaw (12-8 2.79) against Barry Zito (10-8, 4.51) I hope Kershaw gets better run support.
OH NO! PANIC! CRISIS! Clayton Kershaw has been scratched!
Does that baseball Rubber ducky stress reliever work????
Good luck Kerhsaw
And good luck Joe Blanton! May the Dodgers give you some runs
OK, like my friend Rosie said, at least is not Kershaw's arm. Dylan Hernandez just posted that Kershaw is scheduled to pitch at Arizona. I feel a little better.
Let's Go Blanton! Let's go Dodgers!
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INGREDIENTS:1 small fall pumpkin 3 cans coconut milk 2 pints chicken stock 1 leek, washed and roughly chopped 1 Tbsp. ginger, peeled and roughly chopped 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped 1 stem lemongrass, chopped 1 bunch cilantro, washed and picked ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup chives, choppedDIRECTIONS:Preheat oven to 375°F. Peel the pumpkin; remove seeds and set aside. Chop pumpkin into large pieces and place on a baking tray . Coat with olive oil and sprinkle on brown sugar and a little ...
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The wife of this former A+ list mostly television actor who has not done much successfully as of late plays the dutiful wife despite the fact her husband cheats on her with a string of women that she knows about.
Alan AldaReplyCancel
Van Der Beek wasn't ever A+ and Alan Alda did a lot after MASH. I go with Seinfeld.ReplyCancel
I know @Violet and I still will never believe!!!!!!!!!ReplyCancel
@msgirl That's true. I got nothin'ReplyCancel
Not me.ReplyCancel
Kelsey Grammer? Was he A+? He seems the cheating type.ReplyCancel
I realize people stop having sex after the age of 42, but I thought I'd give it a shot. Go for something besides the usual suspects.ReplyCancel
Matthew Fox ?ReplyCancel
Or Dempsey?ReplyCancel
@alita, David has never and will never be A+ not even in Enty's twisted grading system.ReplyCancel
@ladyh, Grey's in still on though and probably will be forever.ReplyCancel
Everything comes full circle, Alita. So long, and thanks for all the fish.ReplyCancel
paging dr.Frasier Crane.ReplyCancel
@alita, lol I was like 5 or 6 when that show originally aired but I think only SMG could be considered A list from that show and I don't even like her lol.ReplyCancel
Not a teenage girl then, then 😉
I refer you to THE LIST; I reserve the right to call shenanigans on anybody trying to make rhyme or reason of the unreasonable. Tu wit, Entward's rankings. Find blind cannot be David B, but the ranking isn't the reason … Enty used a broken magic 8 ball to discover those.ReplyCancel
Jessica Seinfeld. She signed a crummy prenuptial and will get nothing and lose all the Mrs. S. Perks. So she plays her part.ReplyCancel
So I've only got one year left?? And only half a year at that?? I gotta go, time is ticking! Maybe I should start a spreadsheetReplyCancel
Alita, my lips are sealed. I'm very good at keeping secrets. "Isn't that right, Judge Crater?"
TTM, it's not written in stone, but I wouldn't dilly dally either. Excel is your friend.ReplyCancel
I don't know who Judge Crater is. It's probably one of those 'too old to have sex' people things. But really Charlie, the entire basis of this website is that secrets are fun. And knowing a secret is fun too. This secret isn't fun at all. Frankly I think you should be ashamed of yourself. Is remonstrate with you further, but I have some excel stuff I have to do.ReplyCancel
Alita, can you help a girl out? No time for dilly dallying! If I could just figure out a way to increase my odds..ReplyCancel
^5s to both of you! I hate it when a decent subtle joke feels wasted.ReplyCancel
Jessica Seinfeld probably would, though. She's adept at veggie hiding.ReplyCancel
I really would like this to be Seinfeld because I never liked the Mrs. I mean, she married a rich guy, then (literally) about two weeks later ran off with richer Seinfeld. That's just stuff a not-good person does, no matter how they try to spin it.ReplyCancel
As good as Pacey?..
Extra points for the Judge Crater mention. Never thought I'd see that here.ReplyCancel
Dirty birdie!ReplyCancel
Sorry, Seven, apparently I've only got six months left!ReplyCancel
I am obsessed with that blind!ReplyCancel
Well Trixie and Trilby, I'm not just eye candy. I have some width to my personality as well.
BTW, thanks for catching it.ReplyCancel
I would love for this to be Seinfeld!
Did I read correctly when I saw that there is a rumor Tom Selleck is gay??
I believe this is the time to say "Welcome back" to the land of the rumor mill to Mr. Gabe Kaplan. Of course he does all his cheating in his secret identity of Ron Jeremy.ReplyCancel


text: My LO is 3 1/2 months and I go back to work in 3 weeks. My supply seems to have been a struggle since the beginning. He still eats about every 2 hours and is not overweight (he isn't underweight either). Does that mean he has to eat that often to get enough? He eats ALL throuh the night too. When I pump I get MAYBE an ounce. I went out and bought a Medela since I thought maybe it was the pump's fault but I haven't noticed any difference. I started taking Reglan Thursday evening but haven't noticed anything different. I pumped earlier (1 side only) and got 1/2 ounce. However, that is not for a missed feeding, it was between feedings. I am on my period, maybe that is holding things up some. I am just so confused and stressed. I really want to continue BF him exclusively but I have NO freezer stash b/c I can't hardly get anything extra. My mother, who has never BF, thinks he is only getting enough b/c he eats constantly...that scares me. How long will it take the Reglan to work and how much difference did you notice with it? Or any new ideas? I am out of them at this point.


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We started solids with my baby at 6 months, and now she's 7.5 months. We started slowly--once a day the first month, now twice a day. Very small portions, usually 1-2 oz per meal. I give her fruit and veggie purees, and brown rice cereal (Happy Bellies). For the first month and a half she's been very regular, with one big poop in the morning and 2-4 smaller poops throughout the day (she's always been a pooper). This week, however, she's been plugging up. She went two days without pooping, then when she pooped (after a whole day of only BM, no solids) the first poop was the consistency of peanut butter. Then another big poop with the normal consistency for her. I thought she had unplugged, but... then the next day no poop. Today no poop. So two days again with no poop. Lots of gas though.
Any suggestions on how to change her diet to improve this? I will start giving her prunes but was wondering about other things.
Also, she has a lot of food sensitivities (I'm off dairy, soy, nuts, and gluten) so a lot of things are off-limits now.


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The banner is a point of pride. But it also represents months of waiting for Joann and James – waiting for their son to come home.
James said he gets emotional when he thinks of taking the banner down. And he expects to shed some tears when it comes down.
"It's the waiting that's hard," Joann says.
Their son, Marine Cpl. Joseph Gonzales, 23, just completed a second tour of duty in Afghanistan and arrived back in the states Monday evening.
"He graduated from Woodsboro High School in 2009 and went straight into the Marine Corps," Joann said.
Her son's decision to join the Marines was no surprise.
"He was dead set on it. His oldest brother was a Marine. He always talked about it, so we knew it was coming," she added.
Joseph's uncle, Eddie Abila, of Woodsboro, also was a Marine.
"He looked up to his uncle, and they talked about being a Marine," Joann said.
So, after Joseph graduated in June 2009, he joined the Marines and went to boot camp in San Diego, Calif.
Joseph then married. He came home for a couple of weeks after boot camp and then took his wife and children to Cherry Point, N.C., where he is based out of.
Joann said Cherry Point is where she acquired the banner when Joseph was first deployed to Afghanistan for a year. She said the star or stars on the banner represent one or more family members who are in a war zone.
"They do it up to five stars," she said.
Joseph is in MALS 14 attached to VMA 231 Operation Enduring Freedom. He works as an air frame mechanic.
"Every time I walk in the door, I think of him. I'll be elated to take the banner down. It means he's home and back on U.S. soil," Joann said.
"People always ask me what the banner is. Not many know what it means," James said.
The banner originated in 1917 when U.S. Army Capt. Robert L. Queisser flew it, honoring his two sons who fought in World War I.
The idea was embraced by the public and government, and on Sept. 24, 1917, the banner was put in the Congressional Record when an Ohio congressman read this: "The world should know of those who give so much for liberty. The dearest thing in all the world to a father and mother – their children."
"Once he returns home, he has a year and three months left on his five-year contract with the Marines," Joann said.
She said re-enlisting is on the table for Joseph.
"Money isn't a big issue. The benefits are still there – insurance, housing and health care," she said.
"In my heart, I feel like he is going to re-enlist," she said.
Joann recalls how she prayed before Joseph went to Afghanistan.
"We always pray for our kids. We want them safe. When you have one in a war zone, you go to a different level of prayer," she said.
Joann said she has gone deeper into prayer and become closer to God more than ever before.
While Joseph was gone, she always wondered, "Am I going to get to hear from him today?"
She said Joseph didn't call too often, but he would message her.
One of the more recent text messages was this: "Looks like the U.S. is having more problems than us in Afghanistan," alluding to the Boston bombing.
"He's still glad to come home," Joann said.
Nicole, Joseph's wife and also a Woodsboro graduate, phoned Joann on Friday to say he had boarded a plane at 6:30 a.m. in Afghanistan and was on his way home.
"On a mother's part, you have no idea how happy I am ... knowing he's safe, and he's home."


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Xander (01/19/07) nursed for 30 months
Liam (12/12/09) still nursing through the night and in the mornings!
Sebastian (7/29/12) my newest little nursling who graciously shares his milk with big brother!
I totally understand. Will has been staying latched on so long I just give up unlatching him and try to sleep. I use tylenol and it will help put him to sleep for the first few hours. Takes about an hour to kick in.


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Happy Birthday, Matt Wilson... Coming To WBGO In 2014!
September 27, 2013. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: JazzSet, matt wilson, Playdate
NEWS FLASH: Coming this winter, PLAYDATE WITH MATT WILSON brings you the drummer's choice of music from WBGO's amazing secret stash.
In the 1980s, WBGO produced "Big Apple Jazz" live from Sweet Basil, the Jazz Forum and Fat Tuesday's, and uplinked it via the NPR satellite (new technology at the time).
Next, the "American Jazz Radio Festival" -- hosted by Al Pryor and later, Michael Bourne -- presented bands on stages across the country for TWO hours every week. Yes, two hours.
Then in 1992, we launched "JazzSet with Branford Marsalis." Branford handed the host mic to Dee Dee Bridgewater in 2001.
And there is more. We ran marathons. Early on, WBGO became known for live Jazzathon fundraisers and our all-night, coast-to-coast New Year's Eve specials.
Now the music from 1980-2000, and the great musicians who happily played it for WBGO, will be the source for PLAYDATE WITH MATT WILSON, an eight-week series curated and hosted by Matt (a/k/a M@) with producer Alex Ariff.
Besides the PLAYDATE radio shows, there will be extra Bright Moments of music on the WBGO blog. Coming in February. Stay connected for more information.
Funding for PLAYDATE WITH MATT WILSON is coming from the National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works!


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Beall competed in chute dogging, tiedown calf roping, team roping and ribbon roping.
He placed third in the second go of chute dogging. He qualified for the final performance in chute dogging and tiedown calf roping.
In the short go, he placed third in the chute dogging and 12th in the tiedown calf roping.
With an average on three head of 16.47 seconds in the chute dogging, he was named Texas Junior High State Champion Chute Dogger.
With this title, he has qualified to compete at the world's largest junior high rodeo. He earned a position on the Texas National Junior High rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Des Moines, Iowa, June 22-28 to compete at the 10th annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in the chute dogging.
Featuring roughly 1,000 contestants from 42 states, five Canadian provinces and Australia, the NJHRF is the world's largest junior high rodeo.
In addition to competing for more than $75,000 in prizes, NJHFR contestants will also be vying for more than $100,000 in college scholarships and the chance to be named National Junior High Finals Rodeo Champion.
To earn this title, contestants must finish in the top 20 – based on their combined times/scores in the first two rounds- to advance to Saturday evenings's final round.
National champions will then be determined based on their three-round combined times/scores.
The Saturday championship performance will be televised nationally as part of the Cinch High School rodeo tour telecast series on RFD-TV.
Live broadcasts of each NJHFR performance also will air online at NHSRATV.com. Performance times are 7 p.m June 23, and 9 a.m and 7 p.m each day thereafter.


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Home List of Titles Microcup arrays featuring multiple chemical regions patterned with nanoscale precision
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/191962
- Title
- Microcup arrays featuring multiple chemical regions patterned with nanoscale precision
- Author(s)
- Ogaki, Ryosuke; Cole, Martin A.; Sutherland, Duncan S.; Kingshott, Peter
- Abstract
- A micrometer-scale cup array containing four spatially resolved material regions is fabricated in a parallel manner using multiple deposition methods. Individual regions are chemically functionalized with nanoscale precision and characterized by high-resolution time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) imaging. The robustness of the chemical patterning strategy is realized by site-specifically positioning ferritin molecules by immobilizing protein repellant/adherent self-assembled monolayers.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
- Source
- Advanced Materials, Vol. 23, no. 16 (Apr 2011), pp. 1876-1881
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry; 0904 Chemical Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Chemical patterning; Colloidal lithography; Plasma polymerization; Surface analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag
- 0935-9648
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- Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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"Gasland Part II" played to a packed house in the Callicoon Theatre on Saturday, June 8. The documentary about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, by director and Milanville, PA resident Josh Fox picks up where it left off in the 2010 release of Academy Award nominated "Gasland." Fox said Callicoon is his favorite theatre, and that they hadn't had that many people there since "Titanic."
The film begins with shots of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. While the media was restricted to fly a certain distance over the gulf, Fox was able to get permission to fly at a lower altitude, getting shots of oil-streaked waters and cleanup ships spewing fire from smoke stacks. He goes on to interview a gulf resident, the wife of a fisherman. In an eerie foreshadowing of what could occur in our area should fracking happen, she talks about her anger at their way of life being disrupted. No longer can they fish the waters and share their catch with neighbors and friends. If they don't have that, she says, they may as well move.
This becomes the theme for the second iteration of "Gasland"—with health and legal problems abounding, many families are moving out of their homes. In the first film, Fox goes all over the country, interviewing families who are facing fracking. In part two, he returns to some of those families, as well as new ones, and travels to Colorado, Texas, Dimock, PA and more. One memorable character from the first film was the mayor of Dish, Texas, a town named after Dish Network. When Fox speaks to him, the mayor is packing up and moving his family out of their home. Fox says you know it's bad when the mayor leaves town.
The film, which one viewer described as depressing but inspirational, focuses a lot on the bureaucratic side of the fracking battle. Fox speaks to Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency and many congressmen, and shows a part from President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address, in which he advocates natural gas. He even gets arrested for trying to film a public hearing. He makes the point that with so many politicians receiving money from gas company lobbyists, it is up to the people to see changes. The crowd in the Callicoon Theatre applauded, as they did many times during the film, in a showing of solidarity.
Another aspect that Fox focuses on in "Gasland Part II" is the public relations side of the gas industry. Since "Gasland" first came out, there have been many ads from gas companies about natural gas, and even children's books featuring the dinosaur "Friendly Fracosaurus." Fox compares the PR campaigns to the cigarette industry, making the conclusion that just like there's no safe cigarette, there is no safe fracking.
Other highlights of the film are clips of Stephen Colbert interviewing Tom Ridge, former Pennsylvania governor and gas industry lobbyist (www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzYC-1Ifng [2]). In the clip, Colbert lists some chemicals used in the fracking process and then says, "How many of those can I feed my toddler?"
Fox also interviews Tony Ingraffea, a professor at Cornell University, who explains that the pipes used to carry natural gas are surrounded by a layer of cement, and that many times the cement either cracks or breaks, allowing gas to leak out. This is why there have been so many reports of groundwater contamination.
As with "Gasland," in part two Fox ends with shots of the streams and trees around his house and the Delaware River, bringing it back to a moment of peace after the whirlwind of technical information and personal stories seen throughout the documentary. After all the scenes of people leaving their homes in Texas and Dimock and more, Fox says, we cannot leave. This is our home.
Once the film finished, a panel of local experts gathered at the front of the theatre and answered questions. They took a photo of everyone in the crowd raising peace signs in the air, which is for a Twitter campaign with the tag "Not from Gasland" (www.twitter.com/gaslandmovie/status/343448927569330177/photo/1 [3]). "Gasland Part II" was shown as part of a grassroots tour, going on now and throughout June; the film will debut on HBO on July 8. For more information, visit www.gaslandthemovie.com [4].


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Dr. Jose M. Oclarit born in Saray, Salay, Misamis Oriental, Dr. Oclarit comes to Mountain View College with a string of impressive academic credentials. In 1979 he finished his BS Zoology/Marine Biology from the Mindanao State University, Marawi City and 1987, his Master of Science in Physiology from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. In 1984, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan conferred on him his Ph.D. in Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His research title was: Chemical and Biological Studies of Bioactive Compounds Obtained from Marine Sponges of Japan.


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Hi everyone -
Boy am I glad to have found this website, because first of all I have to say it helps SO MUCH to learn that other people have the same problems I do. I have a number of books on breastfeeding and some days just looking at the illustrations of happy mothers and happy babies peacefully feeding makes me burst into tears. I know it doesn't start out that way, and that it does get better, but it's hard to keep that in mind sometimes.
Anyway, Dorothy was born by C-section 12 days ago, and breastfeeding has been a struggle from the start. There were so many C-sections that day that the nursery didn't get her to me until about four or five hours after birth, and neither of us knew how to nurse well enough to get very far. She was given formula that night, and several times the next couple of days, but over the next few days she lost close to 11 oz, 10% of her birth weight. I saw the hospital's lactation consultant every day after that, and started pumping my milk and bottle-feeding her after trying to breastfeed, and she gained back 2 oz in a day; her first doctor's appointment was last Wednesday, and she had gone from 6lbs 2.9oz at discharge to 6 lbs 6 oz in the two days since leaving the hospital. I think she's gaining weight alright now, and we're off formula entirely. I'm pumping regularly but trying to limit bottle-feeding to only one or two a day.
My right breast has an inverted nipple, and Dorothy has never been able to nurse on it (I do most of my pumping on that side);
Despite all my efforts, we have latch-on problems no matter what position I'm in - she seems to have learned to clamp down. We started with the football hold and that got too painful so I started over with the cross-cradle hold; that started out very well but now she's clamping on that one, too. Is this something she'll grow out of? Is it too late to teach her to stop, and how?
She seems to be having enough wet diapers, but the past few days the number of wet diapers seems to have gone down in comparison with the number of poopy ones. She poops nearly as much as she pees, and sometimes it seems like more. She also can be rather gassy, despite burping.
She can be very hard to get onto the breast, and once she's there, I'll get a good few first minutes of sucking and swallowing but then I don't hear swallowing anymore even though she seems to be taking long sucks. She'll stay on for quite a while on her own, just sucking, until she falls asleep and the nipple falls out of her mouth; but when I move her, she is clearly still hungry and usually starts rooting again or chewing her hands.
She also cluster feeds, usually from about 7 pm until 10 or so, then wakes up about two to three hours later for the first late feeding. Much of the time I have to give her a bottle at least once in the night or she won't go back down.
That's most of the problems, or the ones I can think of right now; I'm sure my positioning isn't quite right, but I'm most worried about the initial suck-swallow and the lack of it later. I can't really afford regular meetings with a lactation consultant and I'm not sure what to do... I wish I could see what's going on inside her mouth and my breast so I could be sure! Any help is appreciated, and I'm so sorry this is so long - I think I had to get everything out.


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