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Huckleberry_G. wrote:okay then please explain...
12 planets in all... if you debate that the sun is in the center of the solar system depiction I don't know what to say... clearly it is a sun, and 11 orbs rotating around it... again, 12 in all...
to deny this is to simply say that the people who are currently at the head of this research are simply lying for their own malicious purposes.... personally i do not believe that, as the evidence speaks for itself
I assume you're talking about cylinder seal va243?
This is it:
In the upper left of the seal is what some people refer to as our solar system, but it is not. It is a constellation - likely the Pleiades.
Incidentally, the inscription on the seal says "Dubsiga, Ili-illat, your/his servant."
Dubsiga is the name of some particularly important person, and his name is repeated on the right side of the seal.
Ili-illat is the name of the seal's owner.
Here's the Sumerian symbol for our sun (note the wavy lines):
The above symbol is very often combined with the symbol for the Moon and the star symbol (or Inanna - Venus) throughout mesopotamian cultural tradition.
Such as here:
And here:
And here:
And here:
Things like the constellation in that cylinder seal were used sort of like a date stamp for the seal. It signified what time of the year the seal was made. Such seals were used to create chits or IOU's for debts owed or reciepts for debts or taxes paid, so the time of year stamp has some relevance there.
I've seen an example of this depicting a crab in the sky. Sumer was where the zodiac originated and Cancer was seen by them as a crab, a daddy longlegs spider, and a turtle in different eras.
I can't find that particular seal right now online or I'd link you to it. When I come across it again, I'll do so.

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PHOTOS: A History Of Man-On-Man Affection
A recent study found that some straight guys still think gay guys aren't masculine. Evidently, one male displaying affection towards another male isn't considered "manly." But that wasn't always the case. Once upon a time, men were much more forthcoming when it came to showing their softer sides.
Check out these vintage pictures of men from yesteryear displaying sweet man-on-man affection.
h/t Art of Manliness
great to see'em
Fifth photo down, in front of the Idaho National Bank, those guys are flirting with two pretty girls standing in front of them. Doesn't diminish the affection they're showing each other, but shows we can't assume all of these photos are expressing homosexual love. And, yes, I'm as gay as you are.
Awesome pics. Doesn't that sailor sitting on the barrel look like a young George Bush? :-)
I like the third photo, from bottom to top. The guys are impressively beautiful.
@Billy Budd
I agree with you about the third photo from the bottom. Those guys are handsome, but they look like brothers to me, not boyfriends.
I have old pics of my grandfather in World War 1 which show him and his buddies with their arms over each others shoulders and in virtually the same pose in trunks at some lake/beach in France. He was definitely uber straight. Also, tt wasn't unusual for men to sleep in the same bed at the turn of the 20th century.
Although the homophobia back then was much worse than it is today obviously, I don't believe this kind of touching between guys was necessarily viewed as evidence of being gay in those days. Some of these guys are probably gay but I think many are friends–or just goofing off.
Don't kid yourself. Affection may not be considered 'masculine' by str8t guys standards but there are way more hetero/mano-on-mano sex occurring daily than statistic reports.
I think so too.My friends and I we talk pretty open about sex .And I know more than one"straight " men who call this"watching a porn together":) .My personal statistic is around 8% of men are gay/bi plus around another 12% who have a least one or more than 1 same experience ( maybe women even a few % more).
This is no scientific report , just based on what I read plus reality I know about.
Who knows?
awesome pics!
Guess I didn't know the meaning of masculine. Never felt that showing another man affection or emotions made me any less masculine. All the photos here I would say are very masculine men. To me those who are feminine (or less masculine) are the limp wristed, fem sounding, queen types, the ones going around calling each other girls and women's names. No judgement, just my definition. I am a man, I love men, I do man things with other men and that includes sometimes shedding tears at a movie or cuddling when feeling down.
loren_1955::)I think so too was to the "hand job" /"straight' men Thing and NOT to the affection Thing.Beside I think it makes a man more man anyway if he is able to show affection/ emotions And who knows the sexual orientation of all these man anyway? I am sorry for not writing it more clearly.Its late here and I have to stay awake till 6.30 am.Got it and stop writing tired comments!
At least one of these men-on-men is sitting on something nice (sailor, picture #12) :-)
#3 from the top, on the right, is young Barack Obama, right?
Homophobia was not as big in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Male affection was shown rather openly as gay was not the big issue it would become. It was not until after WW II that gay would start to become vilified.
I had an older friend who was in the Army in WW2, and he told me stories of a man in their unit that would give BJ's and a lot of guys would line up for one. I don't know how accurate this account was, but that is one of the stories he would tell. It seemed that men of that era were not so rigid about things. It seems that the very hard lines between gay/straight (and points in between) came about later.
I read all the comments but didn't see the word 'bromance' used in any. This is just a word that has come up recently to describe two really close straight friends. I would say almost all the guys in these photos are just close friends and/or having fun. I can see that the modern industrial/corporate age after WWII may be to blame for tightening men's sexual identity & codes. But, with the acceptance of gay men,, particularly among the young we see the phenomenon of young male cuddling. Acceptance that sexual &, more broadly, emotional expression can vary by many degrees is breaking down the walls that built up around male-to-male contact. Huffpost Gay Voices, where I read this piece, recently had a video in which several pairs of close friends had to say 'I love you' to each other just as, it was pointed out, girls do. With hesitation they each did so with a 'Hey man, I love you'. And, so the barriers are falling and drawing us back to the past in all those beautiful photographs.


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Skip to comments.Arrested on fishing without a license charge, is it unusual or not?
Posted on 08/15/2008 9:48:02 AM PDT by AuntB
GRAHAM - The arrest of five men for fishing without a license has many people in Graham talking.
And while these types of arrests are not common in Alamance County, N.C. Wildlife Commission officers say they are not all that unusual.
According to court documents, Juan Carlos Arias, 23; Jose Ernesto, 21; Javier Jimenez, 30; Edwin Alexander Marquez Rosa, 26; and Antonio Ordaz, 34, all of Kernersville, were arrested Aug. 6 at around 8:30 p.m. by N.C. Wildlife Resources officer J.R. Brown and charged with fishing without a license and a wildlife violation (taking non-game fish by an authorized method).
Brown said he ran into the men that day as he was patrolling the Haw River near Cooper Road in Graham. He said that, at first, he only saw a car parked there and decided to check it because it was in an area where he had cited people for loitering in the past.
He said he walked toward the edge of the river bank and saw someone throwing a net in the water. He ran the car's license plate number through his computer and it came back as registered in Forsyth County.
He began talking with one of the men as the man approached the car. In broken English, Brown said, the man told him that he had no fish. As the rest of the group also began walking toward the car carrying fishing rods, Brown said he noticed a cooler nearby. Inside he found several fish.
Brown said he asked the men for identification. Two of the men, he said, produced a Mexican or Central American identification card. Another one showed him an expired California identification, which Brown described as false. He said the men told him they live in Kernersville.
"At that time, I could have wrote them out a ticket or a citation," Brown said. But, he added, since he couldn't establish their identity or place of residence, he knew that the chances the men were going to show up for their court date were very slim, so he decided to arrest them.
Brown said arresting people under these circumstances is not uncommon, adding that in the past he has arrested people from Virginia who didn't have identification on them while patrolling other lakes in the state.
An unscientific search of court records revealed that Brown has charged at least 51 people for fishing without a license, a misdemeanor, between 2006 and July 2008 in Alamance County. All but the five recent cases were citations only.
Those cited had addresses from different parts of the state, including Burlington, Graham, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Reidsville and High Point. At least one person cited listed Fort Mill, S.C., as the place of residence. It is not known by looking at the records whether identifications were provided in those cases.
Brown said that on an average week he can check up to 150 fishermen in the areas he patrols. "We are looking for anything," he said, adding that he is responsible for enforcing game, boating and fishing laws.
Geoff Cantrell, public information officer with the Wildlife Resources Commission's Division of Enforcement in Raleigh, said patrolling and enforcing these laws are daily occurrences. He said that on average, every year 5,500 people across the state receive a citation for a fishing violation, which includes fishing without a license. He said arrests are "quite common as well," though he didn't know the number of arrests every year.
He said one thing that can prompt an officer to arrest a person is if the person does not have a valid identification. Wildlife enforcement officers are sworn, full-time law enforcement officers who have full arrest authority for state and federal violations.
THE FIVE MEN ARRESTED last week, who listed Mexico as their place of birth in the citation, were given a court date of Aug. 21. One of the men already had a citation for driving without a license in Kernersville, Brown said.
The men were each put under a $200 bond but, because they were processed through the 287(g) program when they were taken to the Alamance County jail and found to be in the country illegally, they could not be released on bond.
On Monday, the men pleaded guilty to the charges in Alamance County District Court and were given credit for time served. They are still in jail under a federal detainer on immigration proceedings.
Attorney Ehber Rossi said he found the situation "curious."
"I've been practicing law in Alamance County for eight years," he said. "In that time, having been in court four days out of the week, I've never seen anyone arrested for fishing without a license."
He said that not having identification should not be grounds for arrest. "I am not aware of any requirements under the law to require someone to carry an ID," he said, adding that based on the officer's account, some of the men did provide identification from their country of origin. "Perhaps the officer thinks he is an expert in international documents," he said.
Rossi said he didn't think that the fact that all the men arrested were Hispanics was a coincidence. "I'd be glad to be wrong," he said. But, he added, "If you've done it before, give me the names. Tell me when that was."
He continued, "Absent that, people might get the wrong idea and think that the criteria being used to arrest has to do with national origin."
Good for N.C. Wildlife Resources officer J.R. Brown. Sounds like he caught his limit of illegals.
Wasn't there a thread just yesterday about a bus full of "foreigners" being detained in Almance County NC?
"Arrested on fishing without a license charge, is it unusual or not?"
I can tell you this, if it were a US citizen caught fishing with a net in restricted wildlife areas, they'd throw away the key in most locations of the PacNW. Of course, unless you are from a tribe that has been given the right to take any and all fish they want, endangered or not. Something else that is just plain stupid.
The lawyer can b*tch all he wants, it's a misdemeanor and yes, he can arrest you if you don't show ID when caught breaking the law.
How can he cite someone and demand they pay the fine or show up in court if he doesn't even know who he is giving the ticket to??
Have they lowered the standards for being a lawyer lately???
"Good for N.C. Wildlife Resources officer J.R. Brown. Sounds like he caught his limit of illegals."
There appears to be no 'limit' of illegal aliens. :<)
Missouri is another state in which you dare not fish without a license. They take all your fishing equipment and when you appear before the local (fisherman) judge, any excuse is laughed at.
catch and release.
Arrested for breaking the law, is it unusual or not?
Maybe we should ask a cop, but I think that's what they usually do.
Yup. They're doing their damndest to spin this as a story of poor (likely illegal) immigrants kept down by The Man. The truth is, they probably couldn't get licenses because they were in the country illegally, and they were fishing with a net, which is going to draw the attention of the authorities every time.
It's not their race that caused their troubles, it's their stupidity.
They got off easy.I'm on $300 bond pending my payment for fishing without a license last week.Plus,I have to buy a fishing license and show it to the judge,in order to reduce my charge to $50,from $100.
Good luck with that!
Well, lying to a law enforcement officer about a crime AND having no ID is a great way to get arrested.
Thanks.It was no biggie.Thought I had my license and didn't.First time I've ever NOT been in compliance.Showed my id and was issued a citation with a $300 bond amount and let go(to fish some more,no less).Now,if I had been caught illegaly obtaining fish(net,box,snagging,etc.,,)I'd been taken to jail as well.
I was "arrested" for fishing without a license in NC in 1976 or so. Hauled before the local JP and paid a fine of $25...............
From the article, they were arrested, put in jail and held in indefinite detention without bond at all. I'm not sure how that is "getting off easy".
i always take a net when i go fishing. i use it to catch bait shrimp in the bay or shad in fresh water. since they weren't charged with fishing with a net, what's all this chatter about net fishing?
ALL licensing is a TAX...
Is that actually possible? Just sayin'...
Standard's? We don't need no steenkin' standards!
doubt that is the reason. i wonder if this is a continuation of the lawlessness from a group of people that enter the country illegally?
i have wished that someone would do a study and see if overall numbers for various types of crimes (and who commits them) have increased.
my physician said his practice is being robbed blind by cleaning people who are illegals who grab up everything that isn't nailed down.
Is it still illegal to go cat-fishing with explosives?
This is the kind of thing that Guiliani used to clean up NYC.
You're joking right? There is no lower standard than those of a lawyer.
Which reminds me, what is the difference between a dead lawyer in the middle of the road and a dead skunk in the middle of the road?
. . . . You swerve to avoid the skunk.
My apologies to all the good FReeper lawyers out there, I'm sure there are some.
I'm pro-anything that does something about all the illegals here in Alamance County. I wish this officer had some kind of authority to bust illegals in the Graham Wal-Mart.
"whats all this chatter about net fishing?"
Just me. I dont' think they're talking about a little bait net here. You catch more with a net than a rod and bait. I'm sure you would agree. Net fishing is illegal just about anywhere in the US unless you are a privledged native American tribe....and that is just more PC nonsense.
how many fish in the ice chest? get a bigger net.
Crime rates for all types including murder, rape, etc. were at 40 year lows in 2005 and have slightly upticked the last 2 years. Immigration, illegal or otherwise has a positive correlation with reducing crime rates WHICH DOES NOT MEAN CAUSE AND EFFECT. Unemployment also has been at historically low levels for the last 5 years. Housing prices and stock prices, until the last 2 years, have been at all time highs.
By every measure you can think of, immigration (legal or illegal) has had a positive correlation with improving statistics in the US WHICH ABSOLUTELY MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT SHOWING DIRECT CAUSE AND EFFECT.
But if you want to play the correlation game, one would conclude that illegal immigration has lowered unemployment, increase stock prices, lowered interest rates, lowered crime rates, lowered teenage pregnancy rates, increased lifespan, increase cancer survival rates, etc.
BOTTOMLINE, Statistics can be BS.
A game warden caught me last year fishing with an out of state license. I live in Ky and was fishing in Indiana. My wife and kids thought he was going to lock me up but he turned out to be a pretty nice guy and let me off with a warning. One of my teenage boys was running his mouth to the guy as he was walking me up to his car so I had to tell him to shut his mouth. After it was over I had a nice long talk with the boy about showing respect (especially when someone can confiscate all your stuff and fine you $300.00 bucks.
Never lie to law enforcement.
You can refuse to answer questions, but if you answer, tell the truth.
Cause if you're fibbing, all you have to do is look at him sorta sideways, and you're looking at at least a few hours of concrete floors and steel bars.
Well we didn't treat them like Mexico treats illegals from their southern border. ;)
Only on the Rio Grande.
I just got back from vacation. Paid $53 for a family license so I could take the kids out fishing. Lines were wet for a total of perhaps 4 hours (and six fish). Expensive fish (catch a release anyway) - but cheaper than a movie (4 fishermen x 4 hours). And a whole lot of fun. I figure the $53 is going to a good cause too.
Years ago I got caught fishing on the wrong (Canadian side) of a lake. The mountie/warden gave me a ticket - on the low side as I was young and pleaded ignorance as I had a valid U.S. fishing license and thought that was good for the whole lake (well, that's what I told him anyway although I had my doubts!).
Caught up to him at the next portage and he invited me over for a snack!
People have been killed for a lot less than this..... In Mexico......
The officer was also casting a wide net; bully for him.
Yes, but I really don't mind buying hunting and fishing licenses because the money goes to improve hunting and fishing.
New York and Connecticut, also, particularly in the NYC Watershed areas and the Housatonic River. I recently saw a DEC officer handcuff and arrest three people for illegally fishing, without a license, using handlines with organic bait in a no kill area that is reserved for fly fishing.
A couple of years ago, a bunch of friends of mine were at a UKC Retriever Hunt Test in NC. This is of course an organized hunting test of retrievers (Labs, Goldens, and so forth) with the dogs running an artifical test, not an actual hunting situation. Farm-raised mallards (already dead, some of them for far too long!) are fired into the air via catapults, the handler or judge pretends to shoot them with blanks in a shotgun, and the dog goes out to retrieve the dead ducks and is judged on style, nose, marking, steadiness, etc.
Anyhow, in the middle of the hunt test here come a squad of NC Game Wardens all hot and agitated. They demanded to see EVERYBODY's hunting license -- judges, handlers, dog owners, the gallery -- and started arresting people. Protests that nobody was hunting anything, receipts for the delivery of the farm raised birds, all fell on deaf ears.
A state senator or some other bigwig was present and eventually convinced the GWs to see reason . . . and as I understand it there were some later repercussions for the overzealous enforcement.
But everybody has gotten really jumpy, and most everybody I know now springs for a license and duck stamp before a hunt test!!!! (and I think a number of NC clubs cancelled their hunt tests).
As an avid fly fishing river chick in central North Carolina, I can attest to the problems we have with illegal fishing. Not only do they not have a license but they keep fish that are below legal limits and keep more than they are allowed. There is also a huge problem with fisherman cheating during bass tournaments by catching bass and hiding them before the tournament begins and then retrieving them to win big bucks. These problems are certainly not limited to illegal immigrants however. Most cheaters I've seen are native tar heels.
The limit is zero seems to be the reporter's belief.
I don't think applpie is looking for correlations. It is pretty straightforward to determine crime rates for any given group (applpie's "who commits them") are higher or lower than the norm, no correlation with other indicator variables is needed.
Of course, it is very non-PC to report crime rates using racial or ethnic identifiers...
He did the right thing within the law, and his instincts were proven correct when it came back that these fellows were in our country illegally. For the vast majority of illegals, they are not going to show up for court dates, because it would put them at risk of 1) being found out as illegals, and 2) deportation.
Thank you, Officer Brown!
The men produced Mexican and Central American IDs, plus a fake Cali ID, and had no local ID or addresses. Easy case to me: Call ICE, and deport them.
Quislings like the traitor in the above quote should be horsewhipped for assisting the illegal alien invasion.
Their ethnicity was immaterial. Their inability to speak English and the fact they carried non-citizen or phony IDs was critical.
Thank goodness they were finally caught.
Deport them all.
>Is it still illegal to go cat-fishing with explosives?<
My neighbor would almost certainly get upset if I tossed a stick of dynamite over the fence at her cat. Is it illegal? I don't know.
Had ICE been involved it would have been a "Catch and Release" situation.
Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant"
is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist ".
All passed the legal-size limits too!!!
There isn't a catch limit when fishing for illegals, just like there isn't a quota on terrorist hunting licenses.
Brown is lucky that Johnny Sutton isn't in that district.
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Dead Space 2 ReviewBy Bryan Stratton - Posted Jan 25, 2011
Three years after battling the Necromorph invasion on board the U.S.S. Ishimura, Isaac Clarke again finds himself consumed by the horror he narrowly survived. New gear and gameplay refinements, plus an all-new multiplayer mode, help make Dead Space 2 an absolute nightmare—in all the best ways.
The Pros
- An immersive blend of creepiness and outright horror, paced perfectly
- Refined controls make it a less frustrating experience Lots of reasons to continue playing after beating the game once
The Cons
- Plot occasionally feels repetitive
- Last chapter is outrageously difficult
Just over two years ago, EA unleashed the original Dead Space, a sci-fi survival horror story that earned rave reviews and used a rabid fanbase to incubate a multimedia infestation. With that kind of success, it was inevitable that protagonist Isaac Clarke would be forced to relive the terror of the Necromorphs: grotesque, reanimated human corpses with an unquenchable thirst for blood. Fortunately for fans—and unfortunately for Isaac—Dead Space 2 is everything that its predecessor was, and more.
At the start of the game, Isaac is in a bad way, reduced to a shell of his former self by aggressive chemical therapy intended to rescue him from the horrors of the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, which his doctors insist is a delusion brought on by a psychotic break. But Isaac's memories are validated in the worst way when the Necromorphs reappear, leaving him to fumble desperately for a safe haven with arms bound in a straightjacket.
When Hell Is Full, The Dead Will Walk The Earth…
… Or, rather, the Saturnine moon of Titan. In Dead Space mythos, Titan was the target of the first "planetcrack" hundreds of years ago by a human race on the verge of extinction, fleeing an Earth whose natural resources are utterly depleted. After cracking Titan and harvesting its resources, humanity settled the small remaining chunk of the moon and used it as a base of operations for its planetcracking missions. Dubbed "The Sprawl," the base is home to thousands of human soldiers, engineers, researchers and families, all of whom are quickly and brutally being transformed into Necromorphs.
Isaac learns that the reason for the Necromorphs' return has something to do with the presence of a Marker on the Sprawl, an object of almost religious significance to the Necromorphs. Isaac encountered one in the original Dead Space. To make matters worse, Isaac experiences ghastly hallucinations of his late girlfriend, Nicole, a casualty of the Necromorph outbreak on the Ishimura, and one of his few surviving human allies is a clearly insane man named Stross, who makes Isaac's delusions seem like idle daydreams.
The Right Tool For the Job
Fortunately, this time around, Isaac has access to a few additional weapons and abilities that might improve his odds for survival. In addition to the original seven Dead Space weapons, three more have been added. The Seeker Rifle is Dead Space 2's sniper rifle, which fires single rounds with tremendous precision and includes an optional scope. The Detonator allows Isaac to lay down proximity mines and set traps for Necromorphs; he can also recover unused mines to preserve ammo. Finally, The Javelin Gun fires electrified pneumatic spears that impale and fry enemies to a crisp.
As in the original Dead Space, Isaac can purchase new items at store kiosks for credits he collects in the game and use Power Nodes to upgrade his weapons and suit. This time around, instead of having multiple versions of an engineering suit, Isaac can purchase a variety of suits with unique abilities, including a Security Suit that boosts the offensive power of his Assault Rifle and an Advanced Suit that increases the recharge rate of his Stasis energy.
And yes, you read that right. Not only does Isaac retain his Stasis power from the first Dead Space, which lets him freeze enemies for a short time, Stasis now regenerates very slowly over time.
Additionally, Isaac can still use Kinesis to telekinetically manipulate objects, and spear-like environmental objects are scattered liberally around the environments, perfect for grabbing with Kinesis and impaling a charging foe.
Best of all, the controls have been tightened up from the previous game. Isaac might still be more engineer than soldier, but he's more agile this time around. His movements are quicker and more responsive, and his crushing stomping attack (which is now used to squish rewards from fallen foes) is much more useful than it was before.
Oh, The Humanity!
The most striking difference between Dead Space and Dead Space 2 isn't Isaac's weapons or abilities: it's the environment that you use them in. Dead Space was spent almost entirely on the USS Ishimura, a huge mining vessel that felt like it was composed almost entirely of narrow submarine-like corridors.
But the Sprawl is a fully functioning colony, which gives it a much greater diversity of locales. A fair amount of the game is still spent mucking about in futuristic boiler rooms (Isaac is, after all, an engineer), but the monotony is broken up with chapters set in a recruiting center for the Marker-worshipping Unitologists, a subterranean mining operation and—most disturbingly—an elementary school.
Ironically though, despite being constantly surrounded by reminders of the human presence on the Sprawl, Isaac doesn't interact with many actual humans. That made sense in the previous game, since Isaac's arrival on the Ishimura came long after the Necromorphs infested it. But it feels awkward and empty in Dead Space 2, especially when most of Isaac's non-Necromorphic interactions take place at arm's length, over his RIG's video channel or by discovering text and audio logs left behind by deceased colonists.
The supporting characters also feel a bit one-dimensional, which is a shame considering that the franchise's biggest strength is its storytelling. To avoid getting into spoiler territory, suffice it to say that there are twists where characters' true motivations are revealed, but few feel truly important. In a game where shocks and surprises are the bread and butter, it would have been nice to have been shocked and surprised by the characters' development.
Another minor quibble is that, although the pacing of the game is much improved from the original, it has the same problem with its plot that the first one suffers from: namely, some of Isaac's goals start feeling repetitive once you're past the halfway point. Much of the game has Isaac trying various methods to escape the Sprawl, each of which fails predictably.
After a certain point, you start feeling like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, knowing before you begin that Lucy is just going to yank it away from you again when you reach it. Still, making that run at the football is an awful lot of fun. And when Lucy snatches it away, there's a part of you that's excited, because it means that you get to keep playing.
Friends and Fiends
One complaint about Dead Space was that it lacked multiplayer. Dead Space 2 resolves that problem with an "Outbreak" mode that pits a team of four humans against four Necromorphs. The four controllable Necromorphs (Spitter, Puker, Lurker and the cringe-inducing Pack Baby Necromorph) spawn from vents and can see all human players on the map at all times. The human team has a mission to complete within a time limit that varies depending on the map.
If this sounds familiar to you, you're not alone. It's so similar to Left 4 Dead's versus mode that you can imagine Valve's lawyers sitting around deciding whether or not to draft a cease and desist letter. But just because it's been done before doesn't mean it hasn't been done well in DS2. Multiplayer is a literal hell of a lot of fun, and having the ability to unlock new weapons and suits will keep players shredding each other long after the single-player experience has lost its shine.
No Pay, No Play
Dead Space 2's derivative multiplayer is a separate piece of content from the main game, so if you purchase the game new, it includes a code to unlock multiplayer for free. However, each code can only be used once, so if you purchase it used, you have to pay an additional ten bucks to play online, although the game allows you a free limited multiplayer trial so you can see if it's worth the investment.
The Horror… The Horror…
So the question is: even without multiplayer, is Dead Space 2 worth the price of admission? Absolutely. With variable difficulty options and the ability to replay the game from the beginning with all upgrades, the 10-12 hour story is worth at least a couple of playthroughs—even though the final chapter will have you tearing your hair out both times.
Only Alan Wake stands a chance of rivaling Dead Space 2 for best survival horror game since Resident Evil 4. It absolutely deserves a place in any true gore gamer's collection, and it's a nightmare you won't want to wake up from.
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Nikon 1 AW1 Review – The Nikon 1 AW1 is a rugged compact that merits a rugged test. With a storm approaching, what better way to test Nikon's latest 1-series camera than heading out into the North Sea with the RNLI?
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If there's one thing I strive for as a photographer, it's getting a great shot whatever the weather. As I set my car wipers to high speed to shift the monsoon rain off my windscreen, I realise today's weather isn't the finest for photography, let alone testing a new camera. To my disbelief the rain turns to sunshine as I arrive at the location for today's shoot – the RNLI lifeboat station in Cromer.
On my arrival, one of the first questions I get asked by a volunteer crew member on today's practice mission is: how waterproof is the camera you're going to be testing? As I begin to explain that the camera in question is the Nikon 1 AW1 – the world's first fully waterproof and shockproof system camera – I glance down the long slipway and look out to the horizon where the waves and conditions are said to be worsening further out to sea.
As I think about the brutal conditions the AW1 could be exposed to on this shoot, getting it soaked in salt water is about as good a test as any for a camera that's claimed to be waterproof down to 15m (49ft) and able to withstand the inevitable rough and tumble that comes with shooting off limits.
After explaining the concept of the AW1 to the enthusiastic crew and the way it incorporates a 14.2MP CX-format sensor that's larger than the 1/2.3in type typically found within most waterproof compact cameras, they're quick on the uptake that the AW1 is all about capturing better image quality in demanding shooting environments. As I attach the neck strap to ensure the gloss white body doesn't slip from my grasp, a member of the inshore lifeboat crew suggests taking the AW1 out to capture shots of us launching the slipway lifeboat. I oblige, handing him the camera, not knowing what he was about to do.
Ready to Launch
Ten minutes later and launch complete, the inshore lifeboat pulls alongside. The AW1 gets passed back dripping with seawater and droplets covering the front element of the lens.
An inspection of the images on the crisp 3in, 921k-dot screen revealed the crew member took me at my word about it being waterproof. He'd shot some superb images from the surface of the water, and as it passed the initial inshore test, I now had to put it through its paces out on the North Sea.
As we head out to the point where the crew would practise their rescue exercises, I get the chance to refine the AW1's settings. Regrettably, there's no P,A,S,M mode dial, which is in keeping with the Nikon 1 system, but presumably excluded to prevent sand and moisture creeping into the internals. What there is however, is what Nikon calls Action Control, which allows me to tilt the camera to choose my shooting mode, provided that the Action Control button is depressed.
The main menu system has a similar layout and two-tone grey appearance to other Nikon 1-series cameras, but what I really need is a quick menu to access frequently used settings on the fly. After selecting Creative Shooting mode, I toggle through to Aperture-priority auto mode, but then I realise there's no indication on the body as to which buttons are used to manually change the aperture value.
Seconds later and I discover the playback zoom buttons are assigned to this task. With no option of changing the ISO other than via the convoluted route of going into the processing menu, this could lead to missing a shot, so I opt for ISO 400 – as good a starting point as any.
Stormy seas
Just as I get my sea legs, disaster strikes. A huge wave tips the boat, and me off balance, colliding the AW1's 11-27.5mm kit lens with a solid support beam inside the cabin. 'Any damage?' a crew member asks. I point out that the lens is designed to be as shockproof as the body and is able to withstand heavy impacts, as well as drops, from a height of 2m. 'Just as well,' he replies.
Within seconds of stepping outside I find myself pulling my lens cloth from my pocket to wipe off the mist of seawater sprayed across the lens.
As I begin to take my first shots I find myself wanting to raise the AW1 to my eye, but with no viewfinder and no option to attach an EVF with its lack of a hotshoe, I'm reliant on the screen for compositional purposes. While positioning the AF point off-centre, I discover the focus point can be set to the far edges of the frame and thanks to the Hybrid AF system, the lock-on speed is snappy – good news because the crew are quickly manoeuvering into position.
I shuffle down the side of the boat and it strikes me just how much of the scene I'm able to fit in the frame. The kit lens is equivalent to 16.5-41mm in film terms – wide enough for what I need, but for those who'd like a faster and wider alternative, Nikon has also produced a 10mm f/2.8 lens that's also fully water and shock resistant.
Fogging lens
Just as I go to shoot a few more frames, I notice the lens is showing signs of fogging, so I retreat to the cabin and inspect the O-ring between the lens and the body. It's as dry as a bone, leading me to think it could be the sudden change in humidity that's causing the issue. Leaving the AW1 in the dry confines of my bag for ten minutes resolves the problem – just in time to capture a series of dramatic waves crashing over the crew outside.
To record the action I put the AW1's rapid burst rate to good use, setting it to 15fps rather than 30fps or 60fps to ensure I don't risk overloading my SD card with redundant shots and can continue shooting in continuous AF. I rattle out 22 frames at 15fps, giving myself a few seconds between bursts for the buffer to recover.
Rugged body
As the conditions worsen, the waves become higher, but thankfully the AW1 continues to repel the water. The combination of my 1/3200sec shutter speed, rapid burst rate and the AW1's rugged design are allowing me to capture some amazing images in brutal conditions where non-waterproof cameras would have drowned. It's safe to say the AW1 has passed the waterproof test, albeit with some fogging issues early on that thankfully haven't reoccurred since.
As the crew wrap up their exercise, I take the opportunity to review my shots on the screen using the AW1's Action Control. By tilting the camera to the left I quickly scroll through the shots to pick out my favourites to show the crew. As we head back to shore, I realise I'm in awe of the AW1 and what it has survived. Few cameras would have put up with what the AW1 was subjected to in this test, unless of course, an expensive waterproof housing was used. To sum up, it's the most rugged system camera we've used, and boy did it need to be!
Nikon 1 AW1 Review – Design
Available in black, white or silver, the Nikon 1 AW1 shares many similarities with its 1-series cousin, the Nikon 1 J3. Using the same 14.2MP CX-format sensor, the AW1 has an identical 160-6400 ISO range as well as other features that include 15fps continuous focusing with autofocus, an advanced Hybrid AF system, Best Moment capture, Motion Snapshot and a 3in, 921k-dot LCD screen.
As one would expect, the build is far more robust than the Nikon 1 J3 and survived our drop test onto a solid floor from waist height with barely a scratch. It does lack a rubberised grip – something that's improved with the CF-N6000 silicone jacket (£25) and AH-N6000 hand strap (£15).
While both of these accessories can transform the handling of the camera for the better, we'd rather see them built into the AW1's design than being available as optional extras.
Nikon 1 AW1 Review – Image Quality
Colour and White Balance
As one might expect, the Auto White Balance setting produces perfect images in bright daylight, but we found that it tends towards the cooler end of the temperature range in low light.
The AW1's metering is accurate, however with a chip that's smaller than an APS-C sensor, the dynamic range sadly isn't as impressive. This results in some detail being lost in the brightest highlights and darkest shadows in extremely bright conditions, but users do have the options to refine their exposure using the AW1's exposure compensation that's effective to +/-3EV.
With the same sensor and image processor as found within the Nikon 1 J3, it's little suprise the resolution results are virtually identical. The 14.2MP sensor managed to resolve a maximum of 24 lpmm (lines per mm) on our test chart at ISO 160, decreasing to a more conservative 18 lpmm at the maximum ISO 6400 setting.
Image Noise
Noise is an area where Nikon's 1-series system cameras have struggled to impress, and regrettably the AW1 is no different. While luminance noise isn't a concern between ISO 160 and 400 it's much more visible at ISO 800 and above, with traces of colour noise starting to appear at ISO 3200 and 6400.
Nikon 1 AW1 Review – Verdict
Although the AW1 is built like a tank and survived our brutal test at sea, it's not entirely faultless. The lack of manual controls on the body means you'll constantly have to fight your way through the menu if you like to be in charge of frequently used settings, and in that respect it's just like other Nikon 1 system CSCs – great for the point and shoot snapper who wants no fuss, but not as good for the more advanced photographer who likes to get creative.
As a system camera, it's currently in a niche of its own. With no other fully waterproof or shockproof CSC like it, it suggests the AW1 could be the first in a new line of similar rugged CSCs from other manufacturers.
Though the build will shake off the worst knocks and drops, we'd like to see the design improved with a rubberised grip and a fully waterproof fisheye lens added to the NIKKOR 1 range, which we see as a must for underwater photography.
Nikon 1 AW1 Review – First Look
Nikon has entered new territory by announcing the world's first fully waterproof and shockproof interchangeable lens camera – the Nikon 1 AW1. Positioned beside the Nikon 1 S1, Nikon 1 J3 and Nikon 1 V2 in the company's expanding 1-series lineup, the AW1 has been designed to be waterproof to depths of 15m, shockproof from heights of 2m and freezeproof to temperatures as low as -10°C.
// What Digital Camera's Reviews Editor Michael Topham speaks to Thuan Bui, Product Manager for Nikon 1 products at Nikon UK, about the Nikon 1 AW1.
Adopting the 14.2MP CX-format CMOS sensor from previous Nikon 1-series models, the AW1 provides an ISO range up to ISO 6400 and meets the demands of photographers who'd like to shoot at exceptionally high speeds by featuring Nikon's EXPEED 3A image processor, which allows the camera to shoot continuously at up to 60fps, or 15fps in AF continuous mode.
With inspiration clearly taken from Nikon's fully weather sealed AW100 and AW110 compact cameras, rubber sealing at critical points on the camera – including a rubber O-ring around the lens mount – are designed to keep water and moisture at bay and away from the cameras internals. What's more, a dual altimeter/depth gauge offers users a clue as to how deep they are below the surface of the water to ensure the maximum permitted depth (15m) is not exceeded.
Other features include GPS, full access to PSAM shooting modes and a selection of underwater settings that are designed to help produce faithful colours depending on the visibility below the surface of the water. Although the Nikon 1 AW1 doesn't feature built-in Wi-fi connectivity it has been made compatible with Nikon's WU-1 wireless mobile adapter, while it also carries across Best Moment Capture – an innovative solution to shooting images at the perfect moment by capturing up to 20 continuous shots and displaying them in slow motion on the LCD screen, or shoot up to 20 high-resolution images before recommending five of the best.
In addition to the body, Nikon has launched two new NIKKOR all weather (AW) lenses for the AW1. The NIKKOR AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens will be sold with the Nikon 1 AW1 in kit form. There's also the new 1 NIKKOR AW 10mm f/2.8 wide-angle lens and the option of attaching other NIKKOR 1 system lenses, though it must be stressed any NIKKOR 1 lens that isn't the all-weather type isn't waterproof.
The Nikon 1 AW1 will go onsale from the 10th October at a price of £749.99 with the NIKKOR AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens. A twin kit with both the 1 NIKKOR AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 and 1 NIKKOR AW 10mm f/2.8 will also be available for £949.99, and the 1 NIKKOR AW 10mm f/2.8 lens will be available to buy separately for £299.99.


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In my mind, Ohio State losing its first NCAA tournament game — to a "little brother" it would rather avoid, no less — equates to an OSU football team losing to anyone. Which is a long way of saying y'all have the floor …
Ray: Another year, another underperforming Ohio State basketball team. This team was picked preseason top 10, believe it or not. With an all-upperclassman starting lineup returning from an Elite Eight appearance last year, there was no reason to believe otherwise.
At some point, Ohio State fans need to start looking at the top. After a one-and-done in the NCAA tournament, looking uninspired and losing to 11th-seed Dayton, LaQuinton Ross was honest: " This team wasn't ready to play."
The blame for losing to Dayton, Penn State (twice) and nearly losing to Purdue in the Big Ten tournament has to fall squarely on Thad Matta, because motivation starts with the head coach.
You can't blame players for an offensive strategy of dribble, dribble, dribble, take 33 out of 35 seconds on the shot clock, then hoist a desperation shot. You can't blame players for not calling timeouts. It's one thing when the other team is more talented, but mental errors and lack of discipline, such as turnovers from lazy and sloppy passes, and fouling a three-point shooter with the game on the line is simple lack of coaching.
— David K. Greer, Gahanna
Mr. Stein: Mercifully, now that the season is over, we won't have to endure any more articles about how the Buckeyes didn't play to their full potential this season. Anybody who watched more than a couple of Big Ten games knows that's nonsense.
Sure, they're capable of playing really good defense, but it's also a team that shoots poorly from the outside, doesn't consistently make their free throws, and has very little inside presence and a short bench. On top of that, it has several players who struggle to stay dialed in for a full game.
If I described that team without attaching a name to it, most fans would say it would be fortunate to win 15 games. So let's be honest and recognize that this team may have actually exceeded its potential this season.
— Dana Weese, Dublin
Editor: The fundamentals we all learned in high school are missing. OSU coaches are not teaching them. There is no boxing out on rebounds. That's been bad all year. Jump-shooters don't square up to the basket when they shoot.
Amir Williams walks and runs flat-footed, never on his toes and ready. He also crow-hops on the few offensive rebounds he gets. He brings the ball down instead of keeping it high, allowing smaller players to strip it. To make it even worse, he tries to dribble, giving more defenders time to tie him up. Back in the day, as they say, he would have been benched for good.
These are just a few fundamentals we were all taught in high school. The OSU coaching staff is extremely disappointing. For the money they make, we expect more.
— Richard Hunter, Columbus
Editor: What in the world did Ohio State see in Amir Williams when he was recruited? He is not mobile around the basket. He sometimes looks like he is not in the game, as he stands around and does not fight to get free for inside shots. And his screens are not effective at all.
Another issue is that Ohio State doesn't have a reliably consistent shooter/scorer. It is probably good that they did not advance to play Syracuse. That could have been a very embarrassing blowout.
— Herbert Bolinger, Indianapolis
Editor: Columbus Crew owner Anthony Precourt is a genius! Rumor was that, when he bought the team, he wanted to move it to California. What better way to do it than to sign a TV contract so very few people can see the games on TV?
Fans like me lose interest when we can't see them play. Kids don't care if they can't see them on TV, so no next-generation fans. Soon he will take the Crew west, and no one will even know they'r e gone.
— Tim Kessler, Harlem Township
Editor: One game into the tournament, and I have already lost a billion bucks! Oh my, Bucks, you let me down. Oh well, what would I have done with all that money anyway? There is always next year.
— Jackie K. Albert, Columbus
Write me at 34 S. 3rd St., Columbus, 43215, or email me at the address below. Ray Stein is sports editor of The Dispatch.


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First: I'M ALIVE! THANK YOU FOR READING STILL, READERS!
Now, down to business: Hats are never, ever the first thing you want people to notice about you. These days (yes, they used to be a fashion statement in the 1800's), one uses hats for primarily functional purposes: to keep one's head warm, to mask a bad hairline (don't do this though), to focus others' eyes on the FACE versus hair or ears.
Obviously then, Christian Audigier is doing something grievous by selling people junk like the above piece. Yes, psychedelic colored items is fun in concept (when high), but so is Learyean enlightment theory. Chris, please stop doing acid and thinking you're cool enough to play with the designers who have real insights, k? Wonderful. Moving on…
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Emmalynn Marie
Born at 37 weeks on 12/22/06
5lbs 1oz 19 1/2in
Owen Charles
Born at 29 wks 6 days on 01/17/09
2lbs 14oz 15in
In NICU for 2 months
the situation has changed quite a bit again. Yesterday we finally met a LC that saw my son in a quite fussy mood and told us that he does only suck by chance and rather is chewing all the time. He does not even suck on a finger anymore. He did suck great on the physiotherapists finger last Friday. She said we should first make him suck to get his milk by feeding him by putting a fingertip to his palate and a syringe with milk in the corner of his mouth. And that we should not offer the breast anymore before he really got it, so that he does not take the breast for a pacifier. Has anyone used such a method and succeeded yet? I don't feel comfortable with this method, I feel that with always putting (carefully) a finger in his mouth he will surely develop an aversion. But it seems that he is loosing more and more of his ability to suck right now and we have no idea how to get it back. Although the situation changes every other day, like you can see from my postings already.
We also share a bed. Since he does not wake up or cry during his sleep, he hardly ever nurses during the night. Nevertheless I meanwhile realised that he latches on way easier when he just woke up. And I also carry him around a lot
Thank you for telling me how long it took you, this was quite a lot of work!
Unfortunately I don't have anyone besides my husband, but he is working all day. Cynically we would get a nurse paid for one hour a day by the insurance but since she does not do the chores and we prefer to do the childcare ourselves and don't want to give him away for one hour a day, we don't invite her anymore.
I tried to offer him the breast as often as possible and I feel that offering a bottle or pacifier is the wrong way. Maybe bottles would have been a good idea at one point to let him know that food goes through the mouth - but he used to drink milk on the breast, so he obviously used to have this connection. But pacifiers might be one reason why he is not sucking anymore, just chewing.
I am sure that he likes being at the breast and the taste of the milk and if he wants to, he also latches on, but maintains only a very shallow vacuum.
There are so seemingly contradictory things going on:
He used to drink more and nowadays he sometimes drinks somethings, on the other hand for example with finger feeding now, he sometimes retracts as soon as milk is flowing into his mouth from a good suck - is he (generally) irritated by the flow of milk? Does he (generally) have problems with swallowing? Doctors say, he should not.
He is smacking, turning his head, licking on everything a lot like he has some appetite, on the other hand when he does not get food for 8 hours he does not seem to care and behaves just like every other day - isn't he hungry? During his NICU time he sometimes did not get any food for days, once for whole seven days and it seemed to us that he went mad at times. Maybe this has changed?
I recommend going to www.inspire.com and heading over to the preemie forums. There are many moms on there with 24 weekers who hopefully can give you some insight and suggestions on the sucking issues. Another suggestion is seeing a feeding therapist.
What a confusing place this must be for you, I'm sorry!
Mommy to:
Emmalynn Marie
Born at 37 weeks on 12/22/06
5lbs 1oz 19 1/2in
Owen Charles
Born at 29 wks 6 days on 01/17/09
2lbs 14oz 15in
In NICU for 2 months
Hi again,
his medical condition is still not really stabile. He now has a VP shunt and big problems with it - since about the operation his head does not grow anymore and we hope that he gets a new valve soon. Plus since the tube weaning (tube free since the end of September) he lost a lot of weight and is not gaining anything now that he is exclusively breastfed (more on this elsewhere).
At nights he still does not wake up, but he turns his head wildly during his sleep and since I keep skin contact with him, I nowadays wake up from this and he drinks while sleeping.
During tube weaning we actually wanted to start solids, but he was not interested in taste and had an aversion to anything but skin in his mouth etc. so we came out of the weaning exclusively breastfed. That was then not too bad to me. He seems to have a good appetite and I felt it was just a question of time with starting solids. Since a week or so now he finally became interested in taste and I am sure by time he will start to eat as well.
If anyone is interested, I can tell our "tube-weaning-story", but in short we were coached by a specialized doctor to how to reduce the feeds since DS was completely overfed and hence did not want to eat himself. To start offering the breast as early as the sucking reflex came in in hospital, keep up the pumping and always offering him the breast while tube feeding as soon as we were allowed to do this and as often as he liked at home, has helped a lot, I think.
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Kara. still my favorite raid. tanking so .. not soon as i dinged anything. had to gear first.
Kara. still my favorite raid. tanking so .. not soon as i dinged anything. had to gear first.
Strat-Undead, when it was still a 10player dungeon (or was it 15?). I was so happy with the blue polearm my hunter got that run :-P
First 'real' raid would have been AQ20 followed by MC. I still remember my jawdrop moment seeing a place as big as MC, since I was used to the 5mans and hadn't seen anything like it.
Wrath Naxxramas 10 man on my death knight.
naxx @ wotlk as disc priest
First WoW raid was back in Vanilla doing the likes of Scholo, Strat, and U/LBRS and then of course Molten Core.
First ever raid in an MMO was EQ, and it was Nagafen or Vox pub run.
That would be my weekly saturday runs in UBRS.
"In WoW there are two things that will always remain true: people will always QQ and people will always forget that they have interrupts." -Nachopie
First raid ever? Tarasque in Anarchy Online, first WoW raidgroup Death Mines, first WoW raidbosskill Tenebron, first WoW raiddungeon Onyxia
Molten Core, in a pug with my priest at lvl 58 we killed first boss ..barely..
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actual place classified as a raid by blizzard was molten core for me, and i was terrible lol, guild was already working on ragnaros but i had never even heard of raiding until my friend asked me if i wanted to join his guild and help them. I was facepulling core hounds and surgers the entire time lol.
I think before molten core i ran a few 10 man strat/ubrs runs, was pretty fun.
Hmmm... that'd be a Guild raid on Lady Vox in EverQuest. Downed that bitch on the first attempt!
In WoW it was Kara back door about 30 mins after hitting level 70. Not sure why the guildies thought it would be a good idea to ask me, must be an OP Warlock thing. I was greeted with several "wtf greens" and "lol fresh 70" comments.
ten characters
Another Karazhan kid here. Felt so epic.
ZG, was a wipe fest. Was a healer and didnt know you could get addons for the game.
Wrath Naxx. Had to install&learn Decursive as a mage
ICC never started actually raiding till cata
Krakshot - MM Hunter
Humiliation - Prot/Holy Paladin
Purification - Disc/Holy Priest
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