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Your name: Renae Hipp.
Your job: Social worker at Portales Municipal Schools .
Your age (and Birth Date): 39; April 17, 1965.
Your hometown: Gillette, Wyo.
Occupation: Social worker.
Your family: Husband; Jamie. Four children; JD, Kelly, Keri and Davis.
Your Hobbies and groups you are involved with, volunteer work: My hobbies are reading, decorating, camping, growing flowers and archery.
What do you think of Portales?
"I like living in a small town. Portales has been good to me and my family."
What do you visualize your life being like in 10 years?
"I hope I have a bunch of grandchildren and I hope to have started writing a novel by then."
Who is someone you admire in life? Why?
"I admire Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart for being strong, independent women who overcame adversity."
What is your greatest hope?
"That my family remains healthy."
If money were no object, what would you do to make the world a better place?
"I would own and operate a drug and alcohol inpatient treatment center in eastern New Mexico."
Tell us about your greatest individual accomplishment:
"Raising four teenagers without going crazy and getting my master's degree. Both at the same time even."
When you were a kid, what did you think you would be doing as an adult?
"I thought I would be a psychiatrist."
If I could do anything, I would…
"Find a doctor who could help my mother. She has nerve damage from a surgery she had and she's in chronic pain."
Do you have children? Have they influenced your life?
"I have four kids. They've given my life direction."
What is your favorite TV show? Why do you relate to it?
"Law and Order. I like to figure things out."
If you could go on an adventure, what would it entail?
"I would love to travel all over Europe to see the architecture and museums."
What is your favorite smell?
"Russian olives in bloom."
What do you enjoy doing with your free time?
"Camping, reading, watching movies with my family, and shooting my bow."
What would you like printed on your gravestone?
"Beloved mother and wife."
What is your favorite song? Why?
"Led Zeppelin's 'Thank You.' That was the song played at my wedding."
What is your idea of a perfect day?
"The sun is shining, the wind is not blowing, I'm at the lake and I don't have to cook."
What do you like about your job?
"I like working with children. I like to problem-solve and trying to make things a little better."
Tell us about your spouse:
"My husband's name is Jamie. He is a carpenter. He loves hunting, fishing, camping and just about anything outdoors. He's a good guy."
Name one thing you like about yourself.
"I'm persistent. I don't give up easily."
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The physics education research literature has laid bare an embarrassing fact. On the whole, students who complete any traditional first course in introductory physics do not take away from the course anything close to the understandings and skills set down as course objectives by the instructors. On top of that, traditional curriculum alterations of any kind (including change of lecture style) have no significant impact on the problem. The purpose of this paper is to describe a low technology curriculum at Columbia College that makes significant strides toward promoting the kind of learning physics educators seek for introductory physics students. In the following sections I will address why and how the curriculum was reinvented, how the new curriculum is different from the traditional curriculum, and the impact of the new curriculum.
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November 15, 2007
Westwood Baptist Church, Forestdale
Birmingham Baptist Association
Favorite Verse: Romans 8:28
Favorite Hymn: "One Day at a Time"
Hobbies: Cross-stitching, canning and housekeeping
Family Status: Married to John for 54 years; three children, Sally, Phillip and Tanya; six grandchildren; one great-granddaughter.
Mary Jane Isbell joined Westwood Baptist Church, Forestdale, in 1984, and for the last five years, she has directed the church's homebound ministry. At 73 years old, she spends many hours each month coordinating and implementing various projects including delivering gifts and flowers to homebound members.
Q: What led you to work in this ministry?
A: I was involved with the homebound ministry back when we lived in West End. I have been involved with Westwood's homebound ministry for the last five years. That's where my heart has really been.
Q: Why have you continued through the years?
A: I just enjoy visiting the elderly and doing things for them.
Q: What does the ministry demand?
A: It demands that you check on your workers and see how their (homebound) person is doing. You really have to work at it sometimes a good bit. It's letting the family know we want to [help] them. If they need us, call us.
Q: What do you get from the ministry?
A: I think it strengthens me as a Christian. It makes me feel real good that the Lord has given me the strength to do it. It gives you a good feeling to know that you are able to minister to people like that. I don't do it to be recognized. I just do it because I love it. I guess it's my calling.
Q: How do others support you?
A: I get good response from the church and friends. I'm over an eight-person team. I could not do it alone.


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The Obafemi Awolowo University should be a national monument and a pride to all the children of Oduduwa at home and in the diaspora. As the name implies, it is a national recognition of the landmark work of the indomitable lion, Chief Obafemi Awolowo of greatly cherished memory. We may care to make a comparison to other monuments erected to propagate the memory of great men.
In societies which realize the importance of keeping the memory of those who had served society meritoriously alive such monuments are handled with great care and nurtured with affection. A couple of examples should suffice. Churchill College, Cambridge was founded in 1960 as a national memorial dedicated to celebrating the life of the great wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill. A component of the University of Cambridge , it has gone on from strength to strength. A cherished and carefully nurtured and nourished national edifice. The same goes for the John F. Kennedy School of Government a component of America 's Harvard University . So highly rated is this school that our freeloading governors in Nigeria wanted to go there to build up their self-assessed inadequate capacity.
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) should not be different. It was well conceived and put together by a man who resisted the vaingloriousness of naming it after himself. The neglect and increasing despair of a hitherto fine institution constitutes devastating indictment of the present crop of leadership in Yorubaland. With the University of Ibadan (UI), the OAU should be the foremost centre of learning and skills development in Yorubaland. Apart from the historic value of this institutions, Yorubaland as elsewhere suffers from a dearth of a critical shortage of skills. The modern global knowledge economy is based on skills, lack of it leads to an inability to compete. Therefore, self-interest and self-preservation alone should provide the key reason why these institutions should become centres of excellence. They are extremely vital to the development of the economy.
The Yoruba state governments made up of Lilliputians induced by the Obasanjo/Iwu era 'do-or-die' selection mode obviously do not give a damn. This should not surprise us. Governments whose operating mode is based on corruption and fiscal profligacy cannot be expected to think let alone act sensibly. However, every Yoruba person has a moral obligation to find a solution to what is now an embarrassment. OAU is simply falling apart! As this paper has correctly pointed out, a lot has to do with managerial ineptitude. In our own words, "O.A.U. has been turned into a campus of multiple crises. On the part of management, a combination of dereliction of duty; misplacement of priorities; laissez-faire attitude and insensitivity to others' genuine and deserved needs; corruption and inordinate ambition to acquire wealth;" The litany of woes is long, but this captures the genesis in a nutshell.
The terrible infrastructure of the OAU will make Awolowo who was a stickler for excellence spin in his grave. Scam after scam as well as misappropriation and mis-allocation of resources prevents the infrastructure from being maintained. For example, accompanying the debilitating acute water shortage is a disgusting N400 million heist. The N400m has simply vanished and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be very interested in this misappropriation. This particular heist is extremely dangerous. It means that thousands of people who use the campus on a daily basis are now exposed to the threat of an epidemic. Anyone who has seen pictures of the 'toilets' on campus will realize that this is no hyperbole.
We cannot just lament the disgraceful atmosphere. The sage, Obafemi Awolowo, would want us to provide an answer to the question – what is to be done? The road ahead is straightforward. Every Yoruba speaking state must set aside self-defeating statism and get involved. They must make budgetary allocating to rehabilitate OAU. In addition, the alumni association which has commendably done so much must do more. All the modern forms of fund-raising used by alumna associations in the advanced countries must be copied, modified and put into place. Alumnae and Yoruba in the diaspora must be marshaled to make an input into a worthwhile cause. A central endowment fund to which all the Yoruba are obliged to contribute must be put into play immediately. It will be an on-going and continuing project.
The self-esteem of the Yoruba is tied up with the state of health of the OAU. Everything must be done to restore it back to good health.


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It's February, almost time for the poppies to begin blooming in the Merced River canyon along Highway 140. Two years ago the poppies were phenomenal…I think it was 2 years ago. This week I painted two new miniature pastel paintings, both 4 inch square. The first one is of a poppy covered canyon hillside, along the Merced River.
Beginning layers. I first lightly sketched the scene in red pastel pencil. I save scraps of photo paper when I make a mistake printing or don't need an entire sheet of paper. These are handy for printing little photographs for guides when painting.
The finished painting, 4" x4".
The second 4" x 4" painting. I did not print out a photograph to use for this painting. I simply looked at my photograph on the computer….full screen. This scene was of the last fading light casting warm tones on a hillside.


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A new vacuum from Kenmore could be the answer to one of the main reasons vacuums stop working, the belt breaks. Consumer Reports just tested the Kenmore Elite 31150 beltless vacuum that costs $350. It's what's known as a direct-drive vacuum, where the motor drives the brush directly without a belt. Consumer Reportsput Kenmore's beltless vacuum through its standard tests. Technicians sprinkle sand onto bare floors, embed sand and talcum powder into carpets, they even use pet hair to challenge the vacuums. The Kenmore Elite 31150 cleaned up outscoring every other vacuum. It did an excellent job on bare floors and was impressive on carpets and has strong suction. Most vacuums still come with belts. And if yours breaks, Consumer Reports says it isn't hard to replace. There are basically two ways to access the belt. One requires a screwdriver and the other one just requires releasing a couple clips on the cover. You just undo the clips and the cover slides off. Then you slide the brush off the belt and then slide the belt off. Now you can install a new one. Consumer Reports says to maintain your vacuum, it's a good idea to clean hair and carpet fibers from the brush roll on a regular basis. Also, change bags before they are totally full. If you hear or feel anything unusual consider taking it to a repair shop before it becomes a major issue.
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A Conversation with James Newman, Author of 'The Wicked'
Interview conducted by Marc Patterson – July 2012
I first met James Newman many years ago, at some point back in 2004. We both were participants in an online horror film forum and right from the start I felt like he was a fellow compatriot in all things horror. He had recently published Midnight Rain and kindly sent me a signed copy. I put everything else aside and took to reading his thrilling story of a young boy caught up in a small town murder. The first thing I noticed about his writing was how natural the prose flows off the paper. His books are incredibly quick reads, but not superficial pulp, or even elementary grade writing. Contrary, James is quite an accomplished storyteller with a strong sense of narrative and executes his pace expertly. He also has a distinct knack of being able to quickly connect with the reader, pulling them into his universe, and not letting go until the final sentence has been written. With both Midnight Rain and The Wicked I read them through to completion in near record time. For a guy who spends most of his time watching and reviewing as many movies as possible in a week this was quite the feat. Ironically, I've never even thought to interview James. In many ways I've viewed him more as a peer, an online buddy, and a guy to chat about films with. However, with Shock Totem's beautifully rendered release of The Wicked I shot James an email and asked, "Hey, I was curious if you might be interested in doing an interview around the new release of The Wicked?" His response was simple – "I never thought you'd ask, good buddy". So casual is the style in which we speak. Here then is that conversation with James. Please enjoy and please make sure to read our official review and pick up a copy of The Wicked from Shock Totem Publications.
Brutal As Hell: First off – congrats on seeing The Wicked published through Shock Totem. This is their first novel that they've ever published. It might be an inconsequential detail to some, but I'm really curious how this came about and your choice to team up with them?
James Newman: Doesn't the book look incredible? I couldn't be more pleased with the way it turned out. Shock Totem really nailed my vision. As for how we hooked up, it was just a series of conversations between friends, the kind of thing that starts with someone saying "wouldn't it be cool if…?", and before long it snowballs into reality. I've been friends with one of the ST guys, John Boden — he of the mighty sideburns — for several years. A little while ago I mentioned to John my ideas for a paperback edition of The Wicked — the whole 80's look and everything. Last year at the Horrorfind Convention, John introduced me to ST's head honcho, Ken Wood. All weekend long we stayed up way past our old-man bedtimes, talking about rock n' roll, horror movies and books. Ken asked me about The Wicked, 'cause John had planted a bug in his ear about it. We started brainstorming and the next thing I know, these guys made it happen. If it could always be so easy!
BAH: The novel itself – fantastic! I thought this was a nicely polished story. I knew going it that it was going to be a riff on the schlock paperback horror fiction of the 80's, but was surprised to see that you didn't play it two-dimensionally. Talk to us about your process as you went into this and what you were setting out to do.
JN: I just wanted to write a good supernatural horror tale. While I never intentionally set out to write a "tribute" to the books I adored when I was a teenager, that's what came out. I realized about halfway into it that I was writing another one of those "evil in a small town" novels that had been done to death in the 80's, and it was too late to turn back! So, while there's nothing about The Wicked that's "tongue in cheek" or even close to "spoof" — I'm sure you'll agree that the tone is dead-serious and very, very dark — there's a bit of a "self-awareness" to it, I guess. My goal, though, was to populate The Wicked with characters who live and breathe, imperfect people with real problems and real fears. Most importantly, I wanted to do it better than most of the books I read back then ('cause we all know there were plenty of bad ones to go along with those that have stood the test of time!)
That's why I was so excited to get the paperback out there, with its obvious aesthetic nods to those old horror paperbacks of the 80s. I knew I wasn't the only one who loved them. Folks are "getting it", which is so cool.
BAH: Was there any particular author(s) or book(s) you leaned on for inspiration?
JN: Not really. Anything and everything. The good and the bad! Even the bottom-of-the-barrel books that were published back then were fun, weren't they?
Okay, some were just crap. Cool covers, and that was about it. But you get what I'm saying. If nothing else, for a young wanna-be writer beginning to learn his craft, the bad ones showed you what NOT to do.
BAH: Clearly some of the stuff you write comes from personal experience. I mentioned in my review that some of the details you hit on with David are thoughts and feelings that only fathers and husbands have. Man, some of the conversations you put David and Kate in are practically verbatim conversations I've had with my wife. How do you approach putting this level of exposure into your writing? It obviously lends to great depth and dimension of story.
JN: I tried to do the same thing with The Wicked that I do with all my writing. Whether I'm writing about an entire town besieged by ancient evil, or a more intimate story about a horror writer whose neighbors turns against him after he finds the body of a murdered child, I always try to create characters that are nothing less than three-dimensional and real. If I've done my job, these are people the reader will recognize in his or her own next-door neighbor, a family member, maybe even themselves. My characters aren't always perfect, and they don't always deal with their problems the right way — but that's real life, isn't it? These character have their own flaws and their own problems that readers can relate to — whether it's another argument between a husband and wife about an overdue bill (which I can relate to), an argument about suspected infidelity (which thankfully I cannot) — and hopefully after I've established that background the reader is willing to come along with me and suspend disbelief when I get to the down n' dirty stuff. They're buckled in, the roller-coaster is climbing that hill, and now it's time to enjoy the ride.
You know, it's funny, I hadn't really thought about this before now, but I can remember when I was younger and just starting to think about writing professionally, I used to always find the character stuff hard to write. In the first few stories I wrote many years ago, I always wanted to rush through the world/character-building to get to "the good stuff". Usually, that meant blood and gore. What can I say? I was just a kid. These days, I find myself having just as much fun creating these people and their everyday lives as I do when I'm writing about them being ripped apart by monsters. I think that's the key to any successful story — as long as the writer believes in what he's writing, no matter what it is, so will the reader. It all starts with people the reader will want to know more about.
BAH: George Heatherly, the aging tattooed ex-Marine was one of my favorite characters. Where did you get the idea for this guy from?
JN: Wasn't he fun? I need to revisit him one day, see what ole' George has been up to. I'm sure he's just as ornery now as he ever was. But I like to think he's living a very uneventful life these days, and he likes that just fine. Drinking margaritas on the beach, thinking dirty thoughts about the girls walking by in bikinis, enjoying his retirement without any pesky demons getting in the way.
George was an amalgamation of all the old folks I've known who don't quite act their age. You know the type — a little bit grumpy, but still fun to be around? There's probably a touch of my grandfather in George; he's still going strong, puttering around on his tractor every day at 91 years young. I always thought he was the tallest man alive, growing up. As for George's crude sense of humor, that was inspired by my wife's grandfather, God rest his soul. He would often drop by my house and ask to borrow "a stack of scary movies" — how cool is that? He always kept me laughing, and he was a huge John Wayne fan. Although I never mentioned it in The Wicked, you know George Heatherly had to be a John Wayne buff. I'm intrigued by old men who were obviously bad-asses once upon a time, with their faded tattoos and their endless supply of war stories. That was George.
BAH: I liked that you were really respectful of the Christian faith in this book. I myself am a non-believer, but was raised in the church and I saw that you probably were too, or at least had some sort of connection, since again – some of the details you include are things only those who have spent time in a church would get. So how did we get this match up of Kate, the God-fearing Christian and David, the near atheist horror artist?
JN: Yeah, I was raised Southern Baptist, although these days I find myself annoyed — if not outright enraged — by typical "Christians". The majority of these assholes, I don't choose to align myself with anything they're preaching. I do have my faith, and I'm a believer, but it's a very personal thing. I'm the last guy who's gonna beat you over the head with any proselytising.
I think both the good and bad sides of religion show up in my stories a lot — whether it's the twelve-year-old protagonist of Midnight Rain pleading with God to protect his family after he witnesses a brutal murder, or through the misguided fanaticism of certain characters in The Wicked, a blind loyalty that ultimately seals their fate.
Again, I try to populate my stories with characters that are REAL. People the reader will recognize. I know a lot of really good folks who don't believe in anything, and I know devoutly religious people who inspire me to be a better person. At the same time, I know folks who go to church every Sunday, but the closed-minded, bigoted filth that spews out of their mouths every time they speak makes me want to punch them in the face.
I haven't really answered your question, have I? It's a great one, though. I'm not sure how Kate and David hooked up. Opposites attract? No, I don't think it's anything as simple as that. Kate's Bible would have warned against their hooking up, I do know that — "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness?" (I admit I had to look that up). Knowing Kate, she probably felt a lot of guilt early on in her relationship with David. And then there was the matter of her brother coming out of the closet.
As for David, I imagine those moments when Kate gets a little self-righteous (remember how she scolds him for the slightest bit of profanity?) have probably grated on his nerves more and more as the years pass by. He knows her heart is in the right place, though. David's a good man, and he has his own moral code even if it's not tied to anything Biblical. For that matter, I would argue that David does believe in a higher power, deep down inside. It's just not the vengeful Old Testament God his wife worships.
BAH: Moloch. We can't not talk about the arch-enemy here. This guy is pure madness. I'm aware of his existence in the realm of demonology. How did you land on him as the villain you wanted to employ, and further – what liberties did you take with him?
JN: I honestly don't remember where I came up with the idea of Moloch specifically, although I do recall wanting to create a bad guy who really existed. Of course, by "really existed", I mean an ancient god or demon that was worshipped at one time, had its own documented rituals/lore/etc. In this case, it was an entity worshipped in in Canaan, long before Christianity.
I thought it would be fun to do the research, fill the story with stuff that really happened once upon a time (yep, you read that right — I just used "fun" and "research" in the same sentence! I'm sure it will never happen again). And it was. Everything in the book is true, from the numbers, colors, and month that represented Moloch, to the grisly sacrifices made to the bull-demon by those who worshipped him. It's pretty fascinating stuff.
BAH: Gore. Just because this a "mature supernatural thriller" doesn't mean it's without gore. There are some fucked up moments in this book. Heads getting blown off, penis mutilation, mutated insects with the faces of children, a drunken mall Santa that puts all other drunken mall-Santa's to shame with his antics. How do you push the envelope without feeling like you've gone too far into the realm of the bizarro?
JN: Again, by rooting it all in reality. The Littles have their own real-world problems long before they encounter Moloch and his minions. By the time we get to the demonic goings-on in Morganville, we're already invested in these characters. They've lived through one horror story. We want to see everything turn out well for them.
I've never been a fan of the bizarro stuff at all. I know it has its place, and many of my friends are really into it, but it's just not my thing. When all was said and done, l still wanted to keep it down-to-earth. Or, at least, rooted in a sort of insane "hyper-reality." As over-the-top as things get in The Wicked, folks can still relate to bee-stings, mall Santas, and blowjobs. Hopefully for most people, though, only the first one's a bad thing.
BAH: You wrote this novel back in 2007. So what's the project you're working on now that's keeping you up late at night? You also have a new book just released in limited edition (sorry I can't remember the name). What's the scoop on those – and do you anticipate releasing your new work in a more mass market paperback?
JN: As a matter of fact, I have been hard at work lately pursuing that next mass-market release. It's been a long time since Midnight Rain! I do have a possible "in" with an agent, but we'll see how that goes. I don't want to get my hopes up until I've actually signed the paperwork, ya know.
Animosity was the last novel. That one was released a little over a year ago in a limited hardcover edition from Necessary Evil Press. It's gotten a lot of great reviews, but I need to get the book out there in a more accessible, less costly edition. I want to be read, not collected! Animosity is my most personal novel yet; it's a story that says a lot about how the "normal people" view those of us who can't get enough of the "things that go bump in the night." What if one day your obsession with scary books and movies placed your life — and the lives of your loved ones — in danger?
As for what I'm currently working on: Oh, man, I can't wait for folks to read this one. I'm currently on the home stretch, and I think everybody's gonna dig the hell out of it. It's called Ugly As Sin, and while it's not quite horror it has some very, very dark moments. I'm calling it "white trash noir". Ugly As Sin is about a former professional wrestler, Nick "The Widowmaker" Bullman. Nick was horribly disfigured by two psychotic wrestling fans who kidnapped and tortured him because they thought his lifelong heel character was real. As if his life hadn't spiralled downward enough, not long after his ordeal Nick gets a phone call from his estranged daughter. She has a shocking revelation for our hero, and then tells him about her problem. It's a big one; the cops are no help, and she's reaching out to her father as a last resort. This one's been so much fun to write. If readers get half as much enjoyment out of reading Ugly as Sin as I had writing it, then I'll consider it a success.
BAH: On the topic of what you're reading. I'm always looking for good recommendations. Are there certain authors that are rising to the top of the pile in the world of horror lit these days? Anyone you care to comment on?
JN: Hmmm… She's not horror, but I recommend Gillian Flynn to anyone and everyone who will listen. I'd classify her stuff as "Southern Gothic," I guess, or maybe Midwestern Gothic. Flynn is the kind of writer who just makes me insanely jealous. She's so damn good. Her first book, Sharp Objects, was the best debut novel I've read the last 10 or 15 years. Dark Places followed that one, and then I'd highly recommended her new one, Gone Girl.
I honestly haven't read a lot of new horror lately. With the exception of Bentley Little's latest — and, on the nonfiction side of things, Jason Zinoman's Shock Value — I've mostly been reading stuff that leans more toward the crime/suspense genres. I'm ready for something new to come along in the horror genre that really kicks my ass. I just got word that Lee Thomas's Torn is on its way to me from Cemetery Dance Publications as we speak — I'm looking forward to tearing into that one. I've heard nothing but great things about it.
BAH: Thanks again James for being such a good sport and waiting all of these years for a proper interview. I'm sure we'll be speaking again soon!
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Angeline Jolie set to direct her second feature film based on the national bestseller, 'Unbroken'
Even though Angelina Jolie's directorial debut 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' wasn't seen by many people, it certainly generated a lot of buzz for the Oscar-winning actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe (Best Foreign Film), and she also won the Stanley Kramer Award at the Producers Guild Award. I did want to see the movie, but honestly I just never cared enough. I realize it was probably a pretty good movie, I just never got around to seeing it.
Well, studios must have a lot of faith in the actress, because she's just landed a HUGE job, directing the feature-film adaptation of the bestselling book 'Unbroken'.
Angelina Jolie is ready to spend more time behind the camera. The Oscar winner is planning to direct the feature-film adaptation of the Laura Hillenbrand best-seller Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, a true story about Louis Zamperini, a competitor at the 1936 Olympics who, as a U.S. Army Air Forces bombardier during World War II, survived a plane crash and then spent the rest of the war in a Japanese prison camp.
Now that's a story just made for the big screen—and Jolie knew it, too.
"I read Laura Hillenbrand's brilliant book, and I was so moved by Louie Zamperini's heroic story, I immediately began to fight for the opportunity to make this film," Jolie said in a statement. "Louie is a true hero and a man of immense humanity, faith and courage. I am deeply honored to have the chance to tell his inspiring story."
Added Universal Pictures cochairs Adam Fogelson and Donna Langley: "In her life and in her work, Angelina has embraced stories and causes involving great struggle and triumph over tremendous odds and the basic human condition. She has a real ability to illustrate the strength in human spirit which will be essential in telling Lou's story of survival and great heroism." (E! and Universal Pictures are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
Jolie, who seemingly spends as much time (if not more) on humanitarian missions in war-torn countries these days as she does acting on movie sets, made her feature directorial debut with the Bosnian war drama In the Land of Blood and Honey.
Hillenbrand, meanwhile, is two for two: Unbroken is only her second novel after Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which also got the Hollywood treatment.
How many of you read that book? I read it a while back, and to this day it still gives me chills. It was an absolutely BRILLIANT story. So shocking you can't believe it's true, and even more that the poor man survived all that he survived. With every chapter you are shocked to learn what he went through. I haven't read a more shocking and inspirational story – ever. If you haven't read it, you owe it to yourself to check it out.
As far as Angelina directing it, I'm more excited she's in the seat – than say – Michael Bay. The movie will need to be more gritty, less Hollywood. I think Angelina could pull that off. I hope she does the book justice, that's all I'll say about that.
Can't wait to hear who they cast to play Louie. I'm just gonna throw Michael Fassbender's name out there…. He would be PERFECT.
Plus the thought of Angelina and Michael working on a piece together is somewhat hot. You know I'm right.
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May 31st, 2011, 05:27 PM #1
Who is doing IG girl diet?
I have really started doing the IG diet about 2 weeks ago.
- I am skipping breakfast and have a glass of skim raw milk around 11-12 with a few raspberries or strawberries.
-I will have a cup of non-fat yogurt with a pack and half aspartame and a few raspberries or strawberries.
- Now dinner is confusing on the IG diet. She says we can only have 1-2 at the most from Tier 2 a day (are you kidding me???). I have a little bit more.
I eat the most, which isn't a lot, at dinner (because I need the energy to go outside and run/walk 65-70 minutes up and down hills 6 days week. I live in the mountains.) I have either 4 1/2 oz of wild pacific cod on the grill with unsalted butter and Mrs. Dash(80-85mg of Sodium) every other day. I have 4 1/2 oz of chicken on the other days. I might eat lamb once a week. I am going to start trying to make a egg fried rice dinner. I am going to cook some white rice and cook an egg in the finish rice on my flat iron grill with some shredded Parmigiano Reggiano maybe twice a week at dinner.
I eat either white rice or pasta with a tablespoon of Costco's Kirkland Shredded Parmigiano Reggiano at dinner too. It has 30mg of sodium per tablespoon. I sometimes will have a few green beans or skinless cucumbers too. I am also having another 8oz of the skim raw milk too. Is this really too much on the girl diet from tier 2? I might be eating at most 1100-1200 calories a day on top of doing cardio that I am burning 450-600 calories a day (6 days a week). I am under my sodium and potassium intake. What do you think? I also take chitosan before my dinner (it asborbs that fat in your food).
I am also taking the 1250mg of calcium citrate, 300mg of Magnesium citrate, 800 mg of vitex 2 times a day, 1 saw palmetto, cranberry(equivalent to 6000mg of fruit) 1200mcg of folic acid, 100-200mcg of B12, 200IU of Vitamin E, 25mg of 25 mg of Zinc.
Oh and don't forget the 3x times a day of 16 oz of crystal light in aquafina water, 1-2 aquafina water, and 1-2 16oz of perrier water.
I am losing the weight though....
Side note... For my cheat treat I will have a 1/2 cup of dryers slow churned light no sugar added vanilla ice cream that has Splenda in it.... It only has 30mg of sodium per serving.
Last edited by jjc3434; May 31st, 2011 at 05:33 PM.I have 3 boys. I lost about 40 lbs since last year. Did the LE and BD once and got a BPF ( late April). Sort of in shock! I was planning on moving on with my 3 boys in life and not TTC anymore after April, but God had another plan.
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May 31st, 2011, 05:50 PM #2Dream Vet
I'm not doing the IG diet (I'm doing the low-everything diet!) but I wanted to say it sounds like you're so dedicated - especially with all that running and walking! How long did it take you to lose 23lb? I'm only on day 1 of my diet and I so hope it gets easier!2005 2007 2009 2012
May 31st, 2011, 06:18 PM #3
I started eating less, better, and working out in February. I was breastfeeding though and only could manage to lose 10lbs over 3 months. I just can't lose the fat on my hips and stomach while breastfeeding. I have dropped the other 13lbs a lot easier since I stop breastfeeding at the end of April. This diet sure drops the weight fast for sure too.
I have to force myself to do the cardio... but I remind myself though exercise maintains low blood sugar, increase progesterone, decreases estrogen and testosterone. I didn't exercise before all my 3 sons. I added salt to everything, was the same or gaining weight, ate a lot of meat, tomatoes fresh and cooked, ate a lot of fruit and veggies, chocolate, and had a half of avocado everyday...lolI have 3 boys. I lost about 40 lbs since last year. Did the LE and BD once and got a BPF ( late April). Sort of in shock! I was planning on moving on with my 3 boys in life and not TTC anymore after April, but God had another plan.
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May 31st, 2011, 08:55 PM #4
I'm sort of combining the low everything diet and the IG diet. I'm eating similarly to you - I don't eat much all day: no breakfast, a yogurt for lunch, pretty much no snacks all day....but then I eat a pretty big dinner because I'm starved! I usually keep well within the sodium guidelines, and like you only eat about 1000-1200 calories a day. I found when I started out on the low everything diet I just wasn't functioning with such little protein, so I eat chicken or fish about 3-4 times a week and have pasta the times in between. I've been making some of the recipes from the IG girl cookbook, and they're not bad. I also snack on strawberries or raspberries in the evening. The one thing I don't do is eat/drink lots of aspartame - I'm just leary of the stuff. I may add some CL to my diet in the week of O, but other than that I don't want to go overboard on it.
I was a big salt eater before too, so this diet is really hard for me. I've never been more aware in my life of the sodium and protein content of food. I always ate what I wanted when I wanted. I've lost about 5 lbs on 3 weeks on this diet - I'm now 125 lbs, which I haven't been since I was a teenager.
May 31st, 2011, 10:35 PM #5
I cooked up some white rice and then I put it on my iron skillet with a little unsalted butter and cooked one egg with 1 1/2 tablespoons of Shredded Parmigiano Reggiano. It was really good and filling. I think I am going to eat this 3-4 times a night at dinner now. I made sure to take my chitosan before the meal.I have 3 boys. I lost about 40 lbs since last year. Did the LE and BD once and got a BPF ( late April). Sort of in shock! I was planning on moving on with my 3 boys in life and not TTC anymore after April, but God had another plan.
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Dot Harris, Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, speaks about her engineering career to Native American students at the Intertribal Youth Summit on July 30. | Photo Credit: AnneMarie Ashburn, Department Of Energy.
As the Director at the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, one of my favorite aspects of my job is encouraging new generations of students to become engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and our all-out, all-of-the-above American energy strategy.
This is a particularly strong need for American Indian students in Indian Country and urban communities. Many tribal lands are situated on great natural resources like coal, oil, and renewable technologies, but Native Americans pay some of the highest rates for fuel and electricity and a high percentage of un-electrified and un-weatherized homes.
American Indian students, whether enrolled in undergraduate or in K-12, need to acquire the education and skills to enter careers in STEM fields to have an impact on their energy futures. Students often recognize the importance of reinvesting their knowledge in STEM back into their home communities, bringing their skills back to their home tribes or urban neighbors.
On Monday, I attended the 2012 InterTribal Youth Summit in Maryland to discuss the benefits of STEM education to youth from Tribal Nations around the United States. I was joined on a panel by two very talented engineers: Noller Herbert, a conservation engineer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Agency, and Stan Atcitty, an engineer with Sandia National Laboratories' Wind Technology Program. We had a great time with the students discussing our experiences as engineers and the importance of students becoming more interested in STEM.
STEM is near and dear to my heart as I am an engineer by trade. I graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Carolina and an M.S. in Technology Management from Southern Polytechnic State University. Engineering has greatly enhanced my critical thinking and analytical skills and has afforded me the flexibility to work in various aspects of the energy field. I encouraged the students at the workshop yesterday to become trailblazers, jump into new opportunities and break barriers as they move forward.
Dr. Atcitty knows what it's like to break barriers as a Native American engineer. This year marked his 17th year at Sandia National Laboratories, where he works day in and day out to assist reservations and communities like the one he grew up in to acquire more cost effective and accessible energy. He is a member of the Navajo Tribe and grew up on the Diné Reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. Dr. Atcitty has won numerous awards including four awards for his technologies from R&D Magazine and an award from President Obama for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Likewise, Noller Herbert, also a member of the Navajo Nation who is using his engineering skills to conserve the land and sovereignty of tribal nations, believes that Native American students should work hard to get into STEM fields to make a difference for the next generation.
I hope that stories like Stan's and Noller's help to inspire more Native American students to consider STEM careers. Once they do, there are plenty of challenging opportunities are awaiting them.


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Casualty of 'freedom'
The troubling story of Dodger Stadium's construction remains part of Frank Wilkinson's heroic legacy
By Lionel Rolfe 01/19/2006
Frank Wilkinson, who just died at 91, wasn't the first person to attempt to stare down Joe McCarthy and the House un-American Activities Committee, but he was the last man to go to jail for trying.
What's more, he had a unique approach to battling the communist witch hunt. He didn't object to answering questions because it might incriminate him, but because of his First Amendment rights to free speech.
By a 5 to 4 vote, the US Supreme Court disagreed. So as he entered prison, he began a 15-year effort to rid the nation of the un-American congressional committee that had terrorized a generation of progressives.
"We will not save free speech if we are not prepared to go to jail in its defense. I am prepared to pay that price," he said as he began his term at federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
About the same time, construction was completed on Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine. It was the early 1960s and by 1975 HUAC was abolished, with congressmen crediting Wilkinson for the campaign to do so. But Dodger Stadium, sad to tell, remains as a symbol of that struggle.
Wilkinson's saga was all tied up with the story of Chavez Ravine, one of the saddest episodes of the tortured history of the City of the Angels. It was retold recently by Ry Cooder, in his song "Don't Call Me Red," about Wilkinson's role in the battle of Chavez Ravine.
A few hundred acres just east of downtown, Chavez Ravine was the soul of the barrio. It was destroyed in a sinister land swindle that used Frank Wilkinson as the fall guy by calling him a communist.
The ravine was a place where some 300 Mexican immigrant families, many of them retired railroad workers, lived in conditions reminiscent of rural Mexico. Goats wandered the dirt road. It was a tight-knit community whose local institutions - churches and the schools - were run by the neighbors.
The late 1940s, when Wilkinson began battling for public housing in Chavez Ravine, was one of the most politically optimistic periods of American life, mainly because it was molded by a generation of Americans who faced down fascism in Europe and weren't about to let it sprout in their own land.
Theirs really was a battle against darkness, not like the increasingly blatant colonial battles that followed in Korea and Vietnam, capped by Bush Jr.'s dirty little oil war in Iraq.
McCarthyism was designed to curb those democratic and progressive tendencies that the war against fascism had engendered. What happened to Wilkinson was an example of this. Wilkinson joined the Los Angeles Housing Authority in 1941, a year before the Zoot Suit Riots. The authority hired the great architect Richard Neutra to design public housing for about 10,000 people: not only for poor immigrant Mexicans, but Asians and blacks and working people of every kind.
"It meant bringing black people and brown people and Asian people out of ghettos of various kinds and have them living with Anglo people in Chavez Ravine," Wilkinson later told the Los Angeles Times.
Instead, the bulldozers were called in to shove the poor Mexicans out and clear the land for a baseball stadium. People cried foul - the land was supposed to have been for public housing.
Those opposing the stadium were tarred as subversive. Ronald Reagan, a B-rate actor just beginning his political career as a right-wing henchman, said people who were against baseball in Chavez Ravine were un-American.
Wilkinson indeed had been a communist, but that was not yet a capital crime in America.
Despite all the sound and fury of McCarthyism, the McCarthyites were really never about communism. They were Republicans who even then wanted to make it a capital crime to be a Democrat.
As an old-fashioned American who took literally the Bill of Rights and once planned on becoming a Methodist minister, Wilkinson said his life was changed by a quote from Alexander Meiklejohn, a famed civil libertarian of his time.
"The First Amendment seems to me to be a very uncompromising statement. It admits no exceptions. It tells us that the Congress and, by implication, all other agencies of the government are denied any authority whatever to limit the political freedom of the citizens of the United States. It declares that with respect to political belief, political discussion, political advocacy, political planning, our citizens are sovereigns, and the Congress is their subordinate agent," Meiklejohn wrote.
"Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to that safety arising from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. That is the faith, the experimental faith, by which we Americans have undertaken to live"
Be all that as it may, Wilkinson could not immediately fight back against the combined power of the city's police and press and real estate lobby. At one point he was reduced to being a night custodian in a Pasadena department store, with the promise not to tell he had been given a job there.
In the end, however, he prevailed for his generation in blocking fascism - at least for a while.
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Los Banos City Council approved an alcohol license, despite protests from area pastors, for a market set to open in June.
The unanimous decision allows the 20,951-square-foot Dollar General Market, going up on 2.58 acres at the intersection of Mercey Springs Road and Santa Barbara Street, to sell all manner of beer, wine and spirits, provided that beer is sold in no smaller than a pack of four and wine in no smaller than 750-milliliter bottles.
"I think that this (grocery store) is going to fill a need on the north side of town to have a place that's quick and easy to do their grocery shopping," said Councilman Scott Silveira. "The liquor part of it -- that's part of business, you guys are into business to make money."
Area church leaders voiced opposition to alcohol sales. The project is a block north of New Canaan Baptist Church and south of Mercy Springs Church of the Nazarene.
The Rev. Phil Jenkins of New Canaan said while he welcomes a grocery store for families and people on the northern end of the city, he has reservations about adding alcohol to a census area that sports two already.
"There's certain things we don't need more of in our community," Jenkins said, adding that his church ministers to young people and adults who abuse alcohol.
"We just want them to think about that a little bit before they make a final decision to sell alcohol," he said.
Jenkins' feelings were echoed by the Rev. Steve Hammond of Bethel Community Church, who appeared before the council, and the Rev. John Rusk of Church of the Nazarene, who submitted a letter.
Councilwoman Deborah Lewis, who served on the planning commission when the plan was unveiled, said she remembered no plan in the original application to sell alcohol.
Steve Rawlings, a consultant for Dollar General Market, said the store will be a tenant of the building. He did not know if Arizona-based owner Evergreen Development expressed plans for alcohol originally. An Enterprise story from June 2012 reported the market planned to apply for a permit.
However, Rawlings said the standard Dollar General model of store in California offers alcohol. He said there are more than 50 in the state, and more than 10,000 nationwide.
"We have alcohol sales throughout the country, and we're very pleased with our record," he said.
The store trains employees on alcohol sales and requires verifying date of birth from every customer before a transaction is complete, Rawlings said. The spirits are maintained in a locked cabinet that requires a manager's key, and each bottle is covered by a security cap.
Dollar General Market stores offer an expanded array of home goods and clothing and grocery store items. It is a store with discounted items, not a dollar store.
Dollar General Market plans to hire 35 to 40 employees, including five full-time managers.
Enterprise reporter Thaddeus Miller can be reached at (209) 388-6562 or by email at tmiller@losbanos
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Nearly half a million elderly and disabled people have been denied social care due to a sharp squeeze on council funding over the past five years, it is claimed.
Research by the London School of Economics shows that 483,000 people have either lost their homecare support or are no longer eligible to claim it compared with 2008 after the financial crisis began. It follows tighter council restrictions on those who are entitled to care support such as meals-on-wheels and help with bathing, dressing and cooking. There has been a big rise in the number of over-65s, coupled with central funding


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Today, I was chatting online with several relatives, discussing our family reunion. Bored out of my mind, I clicked to rename the conversation to "Boring shit with almost dead people." I didn't know it'd rename it for everyone. FML
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Today, I woke up at my cousin's house after staying the night. I went into the bathroom like I usually do and shut the door. Apparently the door lock on this bathroom doesn't function properly. I discovered this when my 4-year-old cousin walked in on me putting a tampon in. FML
by amanderpthepanda / 07/03/2013 at 1:21pm / United States (Washington) / Kids
Today, I realized that getting wasted before finals is not a good idea. I sat down in the test hall, reached into my bag for a pencil, and found instead three baby carrots and a spoon. FML
by Anonymous / 07/01/2013 at 10:39am / United States / Work
Today, I got to explain to my co-worker again why I can't move my "vacation" so she can take hers when she wants. Apparently, in her mind, her seniority at the company trumps my due date. FML
by sulitak / 07/02/2013 at 2:35am / United States (Illinois) / Work
Today, I had the opportunity to taste a live spider by walking into its web in the dark. FML
by pinkXpress1023 / 07/08/2013 at 2:55pm / United Kingdom / Miscellaneous
Today, I got shut in the walk-in freezer at work. I started banging on the door. My boss wouldn't come and open it because she didn't "play games". She thought I was kidding. FML
by anonymous / 07/02/2013 at 5:08pm / United States (Maryland) / Work
Today, as I was enjoying a nice fish salad, my father looked me dead in the eyes and said, "Ahh, salmon. The 'other' pink meat", then winked suggestively at my mother. I don't think I can ever eat fish again. FML
by ugh / 07/04/2013 at 2:28pm / South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) / Intimacy
Today, I found out that my 16-year-old son bought a huge amount of grape juice, because he thought he could store it under his bed and wait for it to turn to wine. FML
by StockedWithJuice / 07/06/2013 at 11:14am / United States (Texas) / Miscellaneous
Today, I politely asked a man to not sleep on a tram stop that I had to clean. He got up, and while I leaned forward to pick up some trash from the ground nearby, I felt a warm stream on my back. Now I can't get the smell of urine off my clothes. FML
by FUCK.THIS.JOB. / 07/08/2013 at 1:57am / Finland (Southern Finland) / Work
Today, as a joke, my friends pushed me into the men's restroom and held the door shut. As I was trying to push the door open, I heard a voice behind me say, "Wow. Immaturity, huh?" I turned to find a guy taking a dump in one of the urinals. FML
by Anonymous / 07/01/2013 at 1:50am / United States (Texas) / Miscellaneous
Today, I woke up from an extremely intense and pleasurable wet dream. This wouldn't have been bad, had it not been about Velveeta cheese. FML
by idk ask freud / 07/04/2013 at 12:11am / United States (Oregon) / Intimacy
Today, at a family dinner, my mother-in-law talked me into showing off some moves that I've learned in martial arts. I gently did a restraining hold on her. She screamed that I was trying to break her wrists, and kept the wounded act up all night, smirking as everyone gave me death glares. FML
by -_- / 07/05/2013 at 5:59pm / United States (Michigan) / Miscellaneous
Today, while out for lunch, a guy approached me and asked for my number. I politely declined. To my dismay, he dropped to his knees, grabbed his head, and started moaning about how nobody ever gives him a chance. I felt the accusing stares. FML
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The U.S. ranks highest in utilization of high-tech imaging compared to other countries worldwide, while Germany and Singapore ranks high in utilization of both high and low tech imaging, a new study shows.
The study compared utilization of radiography (low-tech imaging) to CT and MR (high tech imaging) in 15 countries (U.S., Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, South Korea, China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil and Mexico) to determine how the worlds radiology resources were being used.
Germany, Singapore and South Korea had the highest per capita utilization for X-ray, with the lowest utilization in India, China and Indonesia, said Mark Schweitzer, MD, of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute in New York, and one of the authors of the study.
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This must e referring to the Fl. Prosecution team.
A brilliant series from the 80s was called, The Bill of Rights: A Delicate Balance. On one of the episodes, one of the panel members was a leading defense lawyer and he said, "Great lawyers are not masters of the law. They are masters of language." He went on to explain how wordage, tone, & body language often had a bigger impact on verdicts than evidence. We saw this, ad nauseum, with the OJ trial and should not be surprised to see it again – especially on an over televised, over hyped, and over emotional case that was the Zimmerman trial.
The dead youth's parents said that they are unhappy with the verdict, but that at least Zimmerman was arrested and went to trial, an option they had feared they'd have to endure.
And just like OJ, Mr. Zimmerman will face a civil suit (I don't think the much bally-hooed civil rights class holds water) and he will HAVE to testify at that trial. But this even could have a positive outcome that does more justice to Trayvon Martin who died standing HIS ground outside his father's house….
Zimmerman and Martin have revealed that the circumstantial crime of driving/walking/breathing while black is still prevalent in some minds in our nation. Some folks have personal or anecdotal reason to be nervous around another race/culture, but some of our neighbors' paradigms have deep roots in a soil rich with bigotry and prejudice.
Women with children in the grocery stores get glares because of their burkahs, and mennonites/amish in their bonnets and 'sensible' shoes receive patronizing grins or snarky fashion advice. Brown, white, black, and asian people with heavy accents often hear an American say something like…
"Learn english you jerk!" And even if they don't speak the language, they understand the tone.
Mr. Zimmerman should have listened to the 911 operator's advice to not follow his target. He DEFINITELY should have stayed in his car until police arrived.
He is DEFINITELY not guilty of murder by verdict of a jury of his peers. If you don't like that decision, wait for the civil case. But if you deny Mr. Zimmerman his day in court, you give others the right to deny you your own rights.
Mr. Zimmerman will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life no matter what happens. But if we, the people of these United States, begin a civil and respectful conversation on these topics, we may open some hearts and minds. Sometimes it starts with just saying hello to someone in line with you.
F. Lee Bailey, in "THe Defense Never Rests" said "it doesn't
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The facts obliviously said they did not have enough to convict means nothing to a TROLL. I also noticed that in your summation that you choose to leave facts out just like the media when they started to tailor their campaign against Zimmerman.
As Homer Simpson said, "Florida is America's wang".
The didn't have enough evidence to get past the parameters of Stand Your Ground. They had plenty of evidence that George was the aggressor in the situation. Without Stand your ground, he gets manslaughter. In fact, he pleads guilty, because he has no shot at acquittal. The law needs to be eliminated.
Actually the american people fail whenever they choose to listen to the likes of al sharpton instead of looking at all the facts themselves. Listen to the entire unedited 911 call. It made me realize how misleading a lot of the information on the case was.
Where is the outrage? 3 black men murdered a white woman walking home from work. No national outrage about this.
Marley Lion was a seventeen year old white kid. He got lost driving home from a party. He pulled into a parking lot in a black neighborhood and was immediately attacked. Where was the national outrage???
"As Homer Simpson said, "Florida is America's wang".
And that's the reason why we get to efff with the rest of the country.
It does mean something, Mr. Robinson, it means a lot. The criminal trial found Mr. Zimmerman innocent based on the evidence and testimony.
I mention the media in other posts, but I totally agree that they fanned the flames and put oil on the fires that were already burning.
I still say that if Mr. Zimmerman had listened to the 911 operator OR stayed in his care, then he would not have had to go through the last 17 months the way he has.
Harley, please pardon my word usage.
When I heard about this, I was angry there had been no arrest. The fact that this shooting wouldn't have happened had Mr. Zimmerman stayed in his vehicle or simply obeyed the 911 operator. The cops wouldn't have had to arrest anyone and Trayvon would have gone inside his home to watch the game with his dad and Mr. Zimmerman wouldn't have been going through 17 months of legal hell.
What would YOU do if you had a stranger following you to your home?
Nothing else in this case matters to me. Mr. Zimmerman stalked and confronted a teen who stood his own ground, but didn't have a gun.
I HAVE been followed home by two men in a car. It was after midnite and they followed me from the all night drug store. I drove past my home and to the convenience store near my home that has security cameras. They followed me until I pulled into the parking lot.
Maybe if Trayvon had been mature enough to make that same decision and return to the convenience store or to call 911 himself this wouldn't have occurred,but people don't always have presence of mind.
How can you make Mr. Zimmerman out to be the victim in this? All he had to do was wait for the police like EVERY neighborhood watch tells their members. Observe and report, not confront and kill.
You don't need to defend Mr. Zimmerman, he's been found innocent. Just like OJ.
But I thought OJ was guilty too.
A guy with a history of being "creepy", WITH POLICE, tracks down a kid and kills him, after police POLICY dictated the 911 operator told him: "You don't need to do that.".
Then in blogs and media, the kid, whose entire "criminal history" is getting suspended from school for smoking a doobie, becomes a "master criminal" based on total B.S. distributed by the extremist right-wingers.
It becomes suspect that in the great state of Florida (not!) the D.A. and prosecution may well have sought, as is often the case elsewhere as well, a criminal charge that seemed extreme to some jurors, simply to get a "not guilty" verdict. Even though the lesser charge of manslaughter was theoretically on the table (and totally appropriate and descriptive of Zimmerman's actions- you start a fight, then someone dies, it's manslaughter), jurors in the majority didn't go there, though some initially did.
It's SOOOOOOO good to see that with the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency, "racism" is totally dead, from ALL sides, in America. Yeah, right!
This fascist would like to know:
If Trayvon's past has any relevance on the night of his death, then Zimmerman's troubled past with the police, his ex-wife & disparaging remarks about Mexicans should be relevant, too.
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I have a moving Ball
- The Ball moves at speed V
- The Ball has an InitialSpeed V_i
- The Ball has a TargetSpeed V_t
Every second:
- Ball is displaced V number of pixels
- V is multiplied by deacceleration D ( D is a number between 0 - 1 )
I need an expression, returning how many seconds it takes before V reaches TargetSpeed V_t ( V_t is allways lower or equal to V_i )
( Time is integer only )
Im quite rusty when it comes to math, but i think i know where to start with this:
V_i * ( D )^x <= V_t
Now i need to isolate the X?
However im not sure how to do that, or if this is what i need to do at all.
Pleace correct me if im wrong.
cakespear - you asked this exact same question 2 days ago and it was answered then - see:
Predicting Tartget Speed.
If you need any clarification regarding the answer provided then please ask about it with follow-up on the original thread.
First of all, thank you for helping me with the other problem i had "Predicting Target Speed", much appreciated.
However this is clearly not the same question although the formulation of the problem is similar.
The Topics are not the same, the question i ask in the posts are not the same.
Time is not the same as Speed.
Theese are two different questions.
Im not sure about the posting culture around here, but since i had a different question, i created a new Thread.
I cant believe i got that correct, i hope im slowly getting the right mindset for this stuff!
Ah i see, so by multiplying with Log on both sides, the exponential x is removed.
Im not sure how or why the Tall Pins come into play however...?
As a programmer i do know what a Ceiling function is ( rounds a decimal number up ), but i dont know if this is the same as the Tall Pins.
"This is correct. If V_i and V_t are positiv"
The equation needs to work for two different situations
V_i and V_t are both positive
V_i and V_t are both negative
Anyways, ill play around whith this and post back how it turns out
OK, I missed the nuance that you are asking for the time to reach target speed, as opposed to distance covered. But actually in the other post I provided that calculation, as I used it to derive the distance. If you check the other post you'll see that the formula is:
I did end up with alsmost the same solution as you:
V_i * ( D )^x <= V_t
( divide by V_i )
( D )^x <= V_t / V_i
( apply Log )
Log( D )*x <= Log( V_t / V_i )
( divide by Log )
x <= Log( V_t / V_i ) / Log
Log( V_t / V_i ) / Log is the answer and gives the correct output, both for possitive and negative V_i V_t, in my test application!
Im guessing i could just do the exact same thing with Ln as i did with Log, not sure what the difference is.
Im guessing inverse of ^ is both Log and Ln...?
Anyways, Emakarov and Ebainese, thank you for getting me this far!
Second, since D < 1, Log(D) is negative. I am guessing that this is logarithm to base 10. See its graph here. Logarithms to other bases are obtained by multiplying this function by a constant. So, since Log(D) < 0, when you divide Log( D )*x <= Log( V_t / V_i ) by Log(D), the direction of the inequality reverses to give x >= Log( V_t / V_i ) / Log(D). That's why the first integer solution x is Ceiling(Log( V_t / V_i ) / Log(D)).
Euler's number.
Emakarov, most of your sentances are like bullets burning holes straight through my brain.
Im not saying i dont appreciate the bullets.
Two remarks about this solution. First, Log is a function while, e.g., Log( V_t / V_i ) is a number (the result of applying Log to V_t / V_i). As a programmer, you should appreciate the difference between values of different types. The type of Log is something like (float -> float), while the type of Log(D) is float. In particular, you can't divide by Log, but you can divide by Log(D).
Out of curiosity, are you saying Log is an undefined float( 10^x ? ) existing somewere within a specific range?
I know i can easily google Log and find out what it is, but i ask anyway ( i see you have explained it below already ).
And sorry about the typo, i meant to say i divided by Log( D ) and not Log alone.
V_i * ( D )^x <= V_t
( divide by V_i )
( D )^x <= V_t / V_i
( apply Log )
Log( D )*x <= Log( V_t / V_i )
( divide by Log( D ) )
x <= Log( V_t / V_i ) / Log( D )
Second, since D < 1, Log(D) is negative.
So, since Log(D) < 0, when you divide Log( D )*x <= Log( V_t / V_i ) by Log(D), the direction of the inequality reverses to give x >= Log( V_t / V_i ) / Log(D).
However, and to my surprise, the solution to my problem was solely the right side of the inequality.
What i mean is it didnt matter at all if it was x <=, x= or x>=, the right side of the equation/ inequation was what mattered and gave the correct return.
In a pure mathematical context i do understand that this matters much, and i vaugely remember now how an inequation sometimes(?) switches sides when multiplying or dividing ( from early school ).
Yes, \log_b(x^p) = p \log_b (x), which is the identoty you used in your solution, holds for all bases b (of course, logarithm is only defined when the base is positive and different from 1). If Log is logarithm to base 10, then Log(y) is the inverse of y = 10^x, and Ln(y) is the inverse of y = e^x where e ≈ 2.718 is Euler's number.
Ah, im starting to remember this, Log is 10 based, Ln is e based, thanks for explaining
And ill have to read about this Euler and his number ( e ), gave it a quick look and sounds crazy


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Courtesy photo Edith Payton, 40, was driving her pickup with passenger Mary Castillo, 56 at the time of the accident.
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A Clovis police officer was driving more than 20 mph over the speed limit and accelerating when his car crashed into a pickup truck, killing one woman and injuring another, court records show.
The last thing Officer Stephen Gallegos said he remembered before the crash was seeing Christmas lights on a house, the records show.
Police have said Gallegos, eastbound on Grand Avenue on Nov. 17, failed to stop at the marked intersection with Sycamore Street. The police car smashed into a pickup northbound on Sycamore and driven by Edith Payton, 40, of Clovis.
Mary Castillo, 56, died the following day from injuries sustained in the crash.
Payton was critically injured but has since been released from a Lubbock hospital.
Gallegos has not been cited and is restricted to office duty, Police Chief Steve Sanders said Tuesday.
Payton, the driver of the truck, was giving Castillo a ride home from work the night of the crash, Castillo's family members said.
In search warrant affidavits filed Friday in the 9th Judicial District Court, officers detailed tests run on the airbag control module from Gallegos' unit.
Data from the module showed four seconds prior to the crash Gallegos' vehicle was slowing from 58 mph and had reached a speed of 53 mph, but his throttle had increased by 8 percent one second before impact, the affidavit said.
In the one second before the crash his speed was documented at 56 mph, according to records.
Castillo's sister Tita Romero said she didn't know what to think before learning crash details Tuesday afternoon.
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Romero said while family had speculated the officer's unit was speeding, she was surprised to learn how fast he was going.
According to crash reconstruction performed by police, Payton's vehicle was traveling 38 mph in a 30 mph zone.
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Sanders said one other search warrant has been issued in the case for Gallegos' cell phone records.
Gallegos, who said he never saw the truck as he approached the intersection, told police he wasn't on his cell phone at the time of the crash, court records show.
Gallegos said the last speed he remembered traveling was 45 mph near the house with the Christmas lights and couldn't account for his speed at the time of the crash or the reason for the increase in throttle right before impact, according to the affidavit.
Officers noted in the affidavit while there was no smell or observed indication of alcohol use, they wanted to obtain medical records to document injuries in the crash and to rule out any medications given to those involved by medical responders, which may show up in blood tests performed the following day.
Sanders said a determination in the case is pending completion of the investigation, including receipt of cell phone records, autopsy and laboratory results.


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