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In a review of "The Return of the King" published in the Observer in 1955, Edwin Muir criticizes that "all the characters are boys masquerading as adult heroes [...] and will never come to puberty [...]. Hardly one of them knows anything about women," and similar observations have been made by critics over time. Yet can Tolkiens portrayal of masculinity truly be reduced to such a simple formula? Are his men all simply "boys" or, as other critics argue, simplistic good heroes, a romanticized version of the medieval knight who fights a dragon to win the princess in the end?In Masculinity in Tolkien, Rost argues that despite Tolkiens often conservative views when it comes to sex and gender, a closer look at how masculinity is performed in his works actually shows the social criticism hidden within, the rejection of the heroic code and the search for a hero and a masculinity which is built on love and loyalty, not the excess of courage and pride that can be found in many of his mythological and literary sources.To do so, Rost looks at Anglo-Saxon literature, and how Tolkien criticizes the heroic code by his portrayal of the costs of pride. Afterward, she explores the concept of Chivalry which Tolkien describes in his essay on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to show how this chivalrous masculinity is criticized and rejected in Tolkiens fiction. Rost furthermore examines Tolkiens conception of and kingship, and afterward looks at Tolkiens war experiences and how this might have shaped the portrayal of his hobbit characters inThe Lord of the Rings. At last, she looks at contemporary, queer readings of Tolkiens portrayal of masculinity which try to deconstruct the conservative heterosexual matrix of his world.
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- Assunto: Ciências Sociais - Sociologia
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Paul wants a job in Brisbane - but only for one week
04 June 2012 , 8:07 AM by Spencer Howson
Have many different jobs have you had (or did you have)? They say that (unless you're the Queen) we're less likely these days to stay in the same job for life.
But a bloke from Redcliffe is taking that the extreme -- he's doing 52 jobs in 52 weeks.
You might have heard about Paul Seymour and this challenge of his. He's come to us because he's looking for a job in Brisbane (for just one week) from June 25th-June 30th:
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WirelessHD (WiHD) is a consumer electronics standard for the transmission of audio and video data signals. Because it is intended for the consumer market, where hundreds of thousands of units are expected to ship, the price of the equipment can be quite low. We decided to adapt these tools for professional use, creating the AbelCine Wireless Video Solution. Consumer technology uses HDMI to carry HD video with embedded audio, so we added Atomos Connect H2S and Atomos Connect S2H converters to make the transmitter and receiver each accept either HDMI or HD-SDI signals.
The system works with all formats of HD video, including some that other, more expensive professional devices do not. Any combination of HDMI or HD-SDI at either end can be used, so a camera could output HDMI and a monitor could see it via HD-SDI, or the reverse. We also added a custom power regulator, which runs the complete transmitter kit and the complete receiver kit each off a single industry–standard 12v P-Tap. Locking HDMI cables are used to protect connectors and prevent accidental loss of signal.
The AbelCine Wireless Video Solution is rated up to 150 feet (line of sight), and each end weighs less than a pound. The complete kit sells for less than $1500. Watch my video above for more details.


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Outages could rattle BlackBerry's iconic status
By Wojtek Dabrowski
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion's BlackBerry could lose its iconic status in the eyes of corporate and retail subscribers alike if it doesn't manage to stem service problems such the ones that led to two major outages in less than a year, analysts say.
A three-hour service problem left subscribers across the Americas with spotty or nonexistent access to wireless e-mail on Monday.
RIM said late Tuesday an early investigation pointed to a problem with an upgrade of a data routing system. The upgrade was part of an ongoing effort to expand capacity for long-term growth, it said.
The outage hit RIM's most important market, with about two-thirds of its roughly 12 million subscribers in North America.
The region was also the center of a longer outage that snarled wireless e-mail last April. That time, RIM blamed a new storage feature that hadn't been properly tested.
Research Capital analyst Nick Agostino said that in previous years, there was "relatively little" disruption to RIM's service, used by executives, politicians, lawyers and other professionals to send secure e-mail to and from handsets.
Now, two major outages have occurred in the space of 10 months.
"Obviously, if this sort of frequency and pattern continues, then it'll certainly start to turn people off longer term," Agostino said. Continued...


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Cancer support group hosts Marc-Aurel
BRUNSWICK James Marc-Aurel will be the featured speaker at Tuesday's meeting of the Bath/ Brunswick Prostate Cancer Support Group. The meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room adjacent to the cafeteria at Mid Coast Hospital. Admission is free and all are welcome.


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Pac-Man—the little yellow guy who runs around a dark room eating as many pills as possible while being chased by four ghosts—is coming to DUMBO to do a live-action version of his popular video game act.
On Friday July 18th, international celebrity Mister Pac-Man himself (or rather, someone dressed like him) will be running around the streets of DUMBO and will apparently be controlled using social media accounts and cell phones. The ghosts are played by four other players who are also being controlled by THE UNSEEN HANDS OF THE DEVIL HIMSELF players on their cell phones, who'll have a full view of the "game" (via sat-nav systems and Apple/Google Maps) and will be able to control the players on the ground. Players take turns being either a ghost or Pac-Man and everyone has a big, fun day running around one of Brooklyn's toniest neighborhoods. Oh, and to make matters more interesting, they still have to follow city street rules such as traffic lights. We wouldn't want Pac-Man running into traffic, right? How else is he supposed to get the cherries? Oh, those rascally, rascally cherries.
Tickets are available here. The event runs from 3-6pm (and spaces are filling up as you read this very sentence). You have to arrive at 30 John Street in DUMBO with a charged cell phone in order to play. Roles will be assigned at random; you'll either be a ghost or Pac-Man or a controller from the home base at 30 John.
The Pac-Man day is being run by NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts and their Interactive Telecommunications Program. The program director Franc Lantz has this to say:
"In addition to making Pac-Man extremely social, PacManhattan also brings an extreme physicality to the game. Not just in terms of the athletic skill and nontrivial endurance required, but also in the way that the physical details of the urban environment affect the gameplay. Traffic, pedestrians, lines of sight, and points of access- all the complicated and arbitrary concreteness of the world- these things that are abstracted out of the platonic geometry of the Pac-Man maze become the endlessly surprising contours of PacManhattan's unpredictable terrain. The public setting contributes a palpable sense of risk to the player experience, created not only by the physical danger of dodging cars and people in a crowded, busy urban environment, but also by the social buzz of behaving in a highly unconventional manner that cuts across the normal rules of civic life."
Which is all a great big way to say that you should get to DUMBO on the 18th for an unforgettable social experience. Or possibly just to watch adult humans dress as ghosts and run around the neighborhood. Whatever floats your boat.


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What is STEM?
For more than a century, 4-H has engaged youth in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This has traditionally meant a solid focus on agricultural science, electricity, mechanics, entrepreneurship, and natural sciences. Today, 4-H has grown to include rocketry, robotics, bio-fuels, renewable energy, computer science, environmental sciences, and more. 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology provides hands-on learning experiences to encourage learning about the world around you in partnership with adults that care about your learning and are crazy about STEM.
Our lives are completely immersed in science and technology. Cell phones, MP3 players, computers, cameras, digital video, internet, social networking, and on and on. We hear science claims in the news and it can be hard to make sense of the changing messages. Understanding how science, engineering, and technology impact our lives, solve problems and create new ones makes it easier to navigate our modern world. STEM skills can make you a better consumer of science and technology and maybe you will become the next scientist or engineer who's work makes a big difference in people's lives.
In school, science classes need to cover a broad range of topics in a limited amount of time. 4-H STEM allows time to dig deeper into what interests you. You can spend as much time as you want and choose what you want to work on based on your interests, questions, and skills. Get expert support by working with adults who have made science and engineering their life's work. Search CYSTEM to Find a mentor with expertise in what you want to learn about.
4-H STEM allows you to work on your questions, design your own tests, create your own models, build your understanding, and share your work with others. That's what science and engineering are, trying to understand the natural universe and develop solutions to the problems faced in our world today.
Science is inquiry that uses a specific approaches and skills. But all learning is an inquiry process so working with science helps develop your learning muscles.
When you were young you were always asking, "why?" That is what science is all about. Looking around at our universe and asking "why?" and then trying to answer the questions by using tests which find the information needed to produce answers. Nurturing your natural curiosity isn't just great fun, it is one of the best things you can do for your mind. In using science to search for answers to your questions you are preparing yourself for an exciting future.
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Scientists have a toolkit of skills that they use to develop answers to their questions. Getting involved in 4-H STEM will help you develop those same abilities, and it provides practice so you can become better at skills like observation, interpretation, problem solving, communication, and more. Skills which are great not only for increasing your personal success in a future science and engineering activities, but they also will apply to any career and to all the things you learn and do!
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The information we hear everyday on the news about science and science claims can be confusing and is constantly changing. Being literate in science and it's engineering and technology applications allows you to make sense of the confusion. Science is always trying to improve itself and that means it changes over time. Understanding why and how science changes is valuable to everyone, whether or not you are interested in science careers. STEM literacy lets you in on how science works and gives you a better understanding of the information media presents about science.
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In the market for a flat-screen HDTV for the holidays or the Super Bowl? Even if you're planning to buy this key element of your home theater online, you should still eyeball sets in the store. Only by checking out the types of content that you watch most--movies, sports events, standard-def shows, or video games--can you evaluate subtle differences in picture quality.
Following are some tips on prepping for shopping, evaluating sets in the store, and, not least, taking delivery. And for additional help, see "How to Buy a Flat-Screen TV" and "How to Buy a Rear-Projection TV," as well as our tests of recent models, "Top 10 40- and 42-inch HDTVs."
And to get a handle on what the current prices are before shopping retail, be sure to check online pricing. A good place to start is PC World Shopping
Before You Go
Check your video sources: If you don't already have high-def video sources--an HD digital cable or satellite box, a DVR, or a Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD player--at least investigate them beforehand to determine the number and types of inputs and cables you'll need. If you buy your HD gear first, an installer will be able to hook it all up to your new set and troubleshoot problems.
If the set you like is short on inputs, don't despair. Add-on HDMI 1.3 switcher boxes from Gefen, Iogear, Oppo, and others cost about $100 to $200. But refrain from purchasing add-on surround-sound speakers until after your HDTV is installed so that you can correctly evaluate sound quality and speaker placement with the new set.
Choose a showroom: Go first to specialty home theater shops that stock the sets you like. They tend to have quiet, dimly lit areas much like real living rooms, while the brightly lit, noisy showrooms at the big-box stores make comparisons difficult.
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New UM President from Brown University
The new president of the University of Michigan will be Mark Schlissel, who currently is the provost of Brown University.
Schlissel becomes the 14th president of the U of M.
He was selected Friday morning by the U of M Board of Regents.
The 56-year old Schlissel succeeds Mary Sue Coleman, who announced last year that she would be retiring.
Schlissel has been Brown's chief academic officer since July of 2011. He previously was dean of biological sciences in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California-Berkeley.
Schlissel is a graduate of Princeton University. He earned both M.D. and Ph.D. degress at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.


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Well Guys,
I got creative the other day before the September Goose Season went out.
If some of you do not know, GHG makes flocked replacement heads for the BigFoot decoys. I tried some on my BigFoots, they look pretty good. So I had a couple dozen Old Flambeau Persuaders.
I cut the neck & heads off the Persuaders, trim the bottom out of some GHG replacement heads, slid the GHG heads up on to the Persuaders, anchored the heads with a small sheet metal screw painted with fingernail polish.
They look pretty darn good. So, with my Avery, BigFoot & Flambeau dekes, I now have 16 different style decoys. By rotating the modified heads, I created a couple new style dekes. My favorite is the feeding greeter.
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Multi-sensory impaired children in hospital
Going into hospital can be a daunting experience for any child. For children who are deafblind or have multi-sensory impairments (MSI) the challenges are even greater.
Because they have little or no sight or hearing, often combined with other disabilities, children who are both deaf and blind can easily become frightened and disorientated in unfamiliar surroundings.
We know that hospital staff will only meet deafblind children occasionally and may be uncertain how best to support their MSI needs. However, there is a lot that can be done to make a child's stay more pleasant and comfortable, plus plenty of information on the various different causes of deafblindness.
Hospitals booklet
To help support hospital staff we have produced a practical booklet – Multi-Sensory Impaired Children in Hospital. This explains what is meant by multi-sensory impairment and how this affects the everyday lives of children and families. It also offers practical tips and ideas to help make the hospital stay less stressful - and includes resources for staff who would like to know more.
The booklet is available for download and would be of interest to all hospital and community medical and support staff and to parents.
Download Multi-sensory impaired children in hospital booklet
Other resources for parents
You can help hospital staff understand the needs of your child by using one of the following:
Personal Passport – passports are a good way of bringing together the most useful information about your child, the people in their life and their likes and dislikes. Passports can be left by your child's bed, so that anyone visiting them when you are away can look through and find out more about them.
My Visitors – children in hospital are often visited by a wide range of staff. 'My Visitors' is a way of encouraging staff to let you know they have visited your child and gives them chance to leave you a message.
Come and Say Hello - a bright sheet for you to complete and put up above your child's bed. There's space for a child's name and photo and a message to encourage staff to communicate with your child.
My Place Mat – every child has their likes and dislikes around food. This is an eye catching and simple way of getting that message across. There are spaces for you to add information on what you child does like to eat, what they don't like and the texture of food that might work best for them.
Further support for parents
If your child goes into hospital and you would like some support around this please contact your identified Sense worker. If you are new to Sense, then please contact Sense's Information and Advice service who will ensure that you are put in touch with the right person.
Further support for staff
Sense Children's Specialist Services also have experience of providing training for health services staff on deafblindness and are able to offer practical suggestions about how best to support MSI children in hospital.
If you would like to find out about commissioning Sense to provide training for your team, please contact Sense's Information and Advice service.
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Oprah Winfrey had her own talk show for 25 seasons and she has seen it all, but one story that will be appearing on "Iyanla: Fix My Life," on OWN had the Queen of Talk screaming at her television screen.
Describing the show that had her creaming at her television screen, Winfrey said,
"It's so eye-opening on so many levels."
On the episode of "Iyanla: Fix My Life," that will air on Saturday night, Iyanla travels to Louisiana to help a pastor and his wife who are in crisis. The pastor's wife is devastated because her husband has confessed to cheating on her with over 20 women during their 10 year marriage. As if that were not bad enough, some of the women that the pastor admits to sleeping with are members of their church. Unfortunately, it gets worse still; the pastor made one of his mistresses pregnant and they now have a child.
Iyanla enters the picture because the pastor's wife wrote to her asking for her help with deciding if she should stay with her cheating husband or if she should leave him.
The story of the cheating pastor and his wife was so compelling that Oprah made a video and posted it online. Talking about Iyanla's ability to help people, Oprah said,
"At the end of every show, you can see there's a crack, an opening for healing."
Talking about the episode in which Iyanla works with the pastor and his wife, she said,
"What Iyanla says to the pastor and his wife is worth your time to hear it and to see it. I promise you that."
"Iyanla: Fix My Life" comes on the OWN network on Saturday nights at 10/9C.


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Greenpeace Mexico oceans campaigner Alejandro Olivera, reveals how the thriving 20-year old marine reserve at Cabo Pulmo, which has seen fish increase by 463 per cent in ten years to become the world's most successful, is now under threat from massive local development...
Twenty years ago, fishermen near Cabo Pulmo - the northern-most and one of the most important coral reefs in the east Pacific, a few hours from Los Cabos - noticed that they had to go further from the coast to catch fish and that annual catches - and profits - were declining. So they decided to trade in their fishing nets for scuba diving gear.
The local communities supported the shift from fishing to eco-tourism and the area became the best-enforced no-take areas (meaning fish aren't removed from a designated area of water) in the Gulf of California, nicknamed the 'world's aquarium' by Jacques Cousteau because of its unique range of marine biodiversity. (You may remember Greenpeace's 2006 ship expedition to the Gulf of California.) The people of Cabo Pulmo still believe that showing a fish to a tourist is more profitable than fishing it.
Once the Cabo Pulmo reef area was declared off-limits to fishing, an amazing recovery began. Marine life around the reef began to flourish and the area was designated a national marine reserve by the Mexican government, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and named a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention.
Mexican scientists recently released the results of a research project (pdf), showing that the increase in fish populations in Cabo Pulmo in the last decade is the largest increase ever measured in a marine reserve! This increase is likely due to a combination of social and ecological factors, such as strong community support for the protection of these waters and effective enforcement. In a period of 10 years, fish biomass increased 463 per cent.
What's even more incredible is that you can see the results of this change in Cabo Pulmo first-hand. I've dived in the Caribbean, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the east Pacific, and Cabo Pulmo is the most amazing diving location I've experienced.
I've never seen so many large groups on a dive, let alone all swimming together. During my last dive in Cabo Pulmo, I suddenly felt a cloud above me and when I looked up a huge school of jacks began to surround me, and we had to rise through them to reach the water's surface. It is strange that the fish in Cabo Pulmo are so used to the presence of divers that you can get very close to them, as if they were domesticated. It was marvellous.
Unfortunately, this underwater paradise - which has recovered and is thriving - is now under threat. Earlier this year, the Mexican government approved a huge coastal development project next to Cabo Pulmo marine reserve named Cabo Cortes. A Spanish development company is hoping to build a new city in this semi-desert area that will have more than 27,000 rooms, two golf courses and a marina that can hold 490 yachts - a resort nearly on the scale of Cancún.
Greenpeace Spain and Greenpeace Mexico have been campaigning to protect this gem in the World's Aquarium. So far, construction of the Cabo Cortes project has not started and we will not let it happen, as the Cabo Pulmo marine reserve has brought significant economic benefits to the region. Community-managed marine reserves are a real solution and a better alternative to unsustainable coastal development, which could lead to fisheries collapse in the Gulf of California and beyond.
If we want ample fish and healthy oceans tomorrow, we need more marine reserves like the one in Cabo Pulmo today. Greenpeace is campaigning globally to change fishing practices and create a global network of marine reserves covering 40% of the world's oceans. These are necessary steps to restore our oceans - which provide food and jobs for millions - to health as the overfishing crisis continues.
Greenpeace México oceans campaigner Alejandro Olivera onboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during last year's expedition to the Arctic, who works in our Mexico office, D.F.
Find out more about Greenpeace UK's work on marine reserves:
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>> Guest blog: Britain's Secret Seas - by Frank Pope
>> And then there were none: John West changes its tuna to drop FADs
>> Common Fisheries Policy reform: glimmer of light in a sea of darkness
>> Projecting change for our oceans in South Korea
>> African Voices UK video: speaking out against EU ocean plundering


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Episode 3: "Walk With Me"
The opening "Previously On" got me
all excited because they referenced Merle – could he be coming
Yay! FINALLY more from Andrea and
Can I just say how awesome the zombie
effects are getting? It goes beyond the military man who was cut in
half outside the chopper. Even the zombies they fight around that
area are looking great. And Michonne's pair... yuck but awe-some!
Those lower jaws gapes are just cringe-worthy.
And it's nice to see someone else using
a ranged weapon other than a gun and other than Daryl.
...and there he is: Merle's back! And
with a nice new little built in weapon. The kill scenes he had with
the two ladies was a little cheesy and dramatic, I thought. He's all
clean shaven and decent looking, not sure I like that, but we'll see. I would like more focus on his arm casing, I can't really tell what all is going on there.
I did like how they only showed their
arrival into the compound in blurry snippits, leaves a lot of room
for them to explore and expose more as needed.
I thought it was interesting that
Andrea left Shane off the list of people who died when she was first
talking to Merle. She listed off a lot of people I didn't know the
names of or had forgotten, but not the guy who stepped up as their leader when Merle
was still with them. But then when I mentioned it to a co-worker on
Monday, he and I started wondering if Andrea even knew about Shane.
Rick went back to the house after he killed him and before she got
split up, but did he have time to tell her?
Geez, Woodbury seems like a slice of
paradise in a world gone to shit. Plenty of supplies, enough to give
to travelers who leave (unless that was a lie, which I would have to suspect it was), running water,
electricity, well protected wall, doctor.... I liked Andrea's comment "Looks
like you're sitting pretty at the end of the world" and the ironic comparison to Rome.
Oh my god, when the Governor was
putting his hand in the zombie heads' mouth, I had the chills! Even though it can't bite him, icks!
I loved how they were explaining
things when the Governor was with the scientist guy, especially about them not being starved yet.
It was nice to see that some of the
military is still in tact, and a great display of how batshit crazy
the Governor is. His little speech when he got back to town was a
good ploy, and as Wayne said "That's the worst kind of leader: a
charismatic one."
I think he'll work up to a pretty nice
breakdown, if they develop him the way they seem to be leaning.
….and wtf is up with the tanks of
zombie heads?! I want to know more about that!
...and if Merle wasn't the one watching
Carole perform her practice c-section, who was it?
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Episode 4: "Killer Within"
LOL @ Maggie and Glen. Bumpin' uglies
and can't get any peace.
I really had hoped the two prisoners
would become part of the group, so this scene at the beginning makes
me happy. I can understand everyone's wariness towards them, but
they could use the help....
I enjoyed Michonne's exchange with the
Governor, nice to see her actually getting some lines and making good
points about the bullet holes. Of course that put a target on her
back.... She seems to be very good at strategy, like wanting to get
the ocean on one side of them, which makes me wonder about her
I liked when the black prisoner told
Axel to get grow some balls, lol. But I really like Axel and want to
see more of him!
Nice to see Hershel up and moving
I caught that half-smile Rick gave
Lori, right before the big invasion of walkers. Is he warming back
up to her? Then he called her name while running to them, so I guess
we'll see another turn in their relationship. Not that I'll mind it,
I don't like this hard-hearted Rick so far.
If I had been in the group with Maggie,
Lori, and Carl, I think I would have passed out from an asthma
attack! Eek!
…..not T-Dogg! Dammit! They finally
start giving him a bigger role after him just sort of being there for
two season, then he gets bit?! Thought I kind of suspected his end
was near, it still makes me sad to see it.
I liked Merle's speech to Andrea,
trying to sway her to stay. Left by the same group, rescued by the
same man.
Day-um, nice decap scene in the prison
Nice timing with Lori going into
labor... poor Carl is about to have an experience he'll never forget,
even in a zombie apocalypse.
At least T-Dogg had a good final scene,
holding back the two zombies and allowing Carol to escape. He will
be missed. Wayne said "Carol better be worth it." But I guess
now they'll have to allow the two prisoners into their little group,
have to restock the numbers and all.
Did anyone else notice that the Gov
didn't drink whatever he offered to Andrea? In the last episode, he
said to Milton, the scientist, that he needed his tea, and people in
town seem awful docile... could there be a connection?
I really thought he was going to kiss
Andrea after telling her his name. He went to open the door and sort
of leaned in. They are really playing up a possible romance between
the two, but I can see it ending very badly. Andrea's attitude
certainly changed when we next saw her with Michonne, wanting to stay
an extra day.
And here we have Rick's anger and new attitude coming
back to bite him in the ass. He put that young black prisoner out to
fend for himself, and now that prisoner has caused the death of
T-Dogg and Lori out there giving birth who-knows-where. At least the
other prisoner proved his loyalty by killing him and turning over the
Is it bad that as I'm watching the
scenes with Lori, Maggie, and Carl that I'm cheering for Lori to die?
I grew to hate her so much during season 2, with all her playing
Rick and Shane against each other, even if it was due to bad writing.
It was sad that Carl had to go through that, but I'm glad she won't
be around anymore. Carl has really changed from the last season,
it's almost hard to watch. The kid that plays him is doing a great
How the hell is the group going to
survive? They now have a new born baby – with no mother to breast
feed it and no formula, and an elderly cripple.
In the preview it looks as if Daryl and
Maggie make a run for formula... I had to wonder if Maggie won't meet
her end out there. In the first two episodes she was very kill-happy
and seemed to be getting careless in her eagerness to prove that she
could do it. Guess we'll find out in 7 days....
Nov 7 12 6:41 AM
Wow... just wow...
What an awesome episode.
One thing I noticed that pulled me out of the show for a moment was... I guess I've gotten used to seeing Andrea without make-up for the last two seasons because, even though it was subtle, her make-up during her scene with the Governor seemed overdone. I mean comparatively of course. I suppose someone in town might have given her some blush, rouge and lipstick but I highly doubt she's been carrying her kit with her since Atlanta. Totally minor gripe though.
Again, the FX continue to please me.
And the acting, especially from Carl, Lori and Maggie... I was nearly in tears myself. I've been eager for her to die since the beginning and I thought they handled it really well. There's a saying about acting in an ensemble cast. "Be happy with the table scraps you get. Lines are lines..." Well, they gave those two actors prime rib platters and they both dove in with relish. They could have handled that scene in many different ways and I'm impressed with the show's restraint and depth in this case. The writing was spot on. Minor gripe... the baby got awfully clean between cuts.Lincoln again owns every scene he's in. His reactions are powerful and he does good work without much to say. T-Dog's end surprised the hell out of me. I liked the choice he made once he knew he was doomed. Did Carole make it? Or is she dead too? I wasn't clear on that but it looked like her corpse on the floor in front of T Dog's. All in all, I need to rewatch it. Two thumbs way up from this guy on a first viewing.
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Man, after rewatching the ending of the
last episode, Andrew Lincoln did just an amazing job with Rick's
breakdown at the end. I didn't feel very moved the first time I saw
it, but I felt myself tearing up this time.
What the hell is up with the Gov? He
has fish tanks of zombie heads, and a little girl zombie pet? ...and
his daughter, to boot? What a creep. Does he have Milton working on
a cure, possibly? So many questions brought up.
And there's Michonne, standing outside
looking up at him. Could this be the end of their stay there? Seems
like a big set up for such a short stay, but it opens the path to a
great dramatic build up.
I think it's funny how Daryl is the one
who brought up feeding the baby. That was my very first reaction
after she was delivered. I asked Wayne "What are they going to do
with her? There are no lactating woman and no formula." Of
course, there is a woman in Woodbury about to give birth.... could
this be the bridge to bring the two groups together?
I like seeing Daryl step up in more of
a leadership role – it makes all kinds of scenarios play through my
head about what will happen when he sees Merle again. He's stronger
now, more independent, so hopefully he won't simply revert into the
cowed little brother role again.
We get to see some more of those great
effects as Rick goes on a killing spree in the jail. Loved the
zombie with his head split in half! Very nice.
Holy crap, Michonne doesn't play
around! Although the repeat of effects was kind of disappointing.
We've now seen 3 heads cut in half (Glen last week, Rick and Michonne
this week), two split in half from the top down. But when she
stomped on that one, ick and awesome! And the one she cut in half on
the diagonal, great!
I'm still not sure what's going on with
Andrea. I don't know if the Gov and his people are drugging the
folks of Woodbury, or if she just got changed to appease the fans.
In the last season she was all about being a strong, independent
woman. She wanted to learn to shoot, she wanted to patrol, she
didn't want to do the whole cooking and cleaning business. She
wanted a part, a role, she wanted to be strong on her own, but now
she seems happy to just sit back, relax, and possibly play the love
Does Milton have a jacket with duct
tape sleeves? Good idea, I guess, but looks silly. Especially with
all the fun new colors and patterns of it you can get, lol.
Going to the day care was a great idea,
not sure I would have thought of that, a lot of people probably
wouldn't, but they would have other food too for snack time for older
kids such as fruit cups, crackers, juice boxes. They would have
plates, cups and utensils. Have to keep that in mind for 'just in
Did you catch Daryl's reaction when he
saw the hand that said 'Sofie'? That pang of guilt. Subtle but
effective scene.
A small side note: Has anyone else
noticed the use of Native American prints this season? Andrea's
blouse, Michonne's head wrap, Daryl's poncho.
I just don't think I would have been
brave enough to walk out those front gates. I have a feeling that I
would be shot in the back just before I hit any cover.
It was weird to me seeing Daryl
instantly go and take the baby from Carl and feed it. It just
doesn't fit with his bad-boy-biker image, and the smiles everyone
shared as he stood there rocking her made it seem like they felt the
same way. It's also odd, but understandable, that we haven't seen
Rick with the baby yet. I guess he doesn't trust himself enough for
that task.
Speaking of Rick, watching this
breakdown is rough, as it's supposed to be. Watching him go to town
on the engorged zombie had me wincing, not because of the violence
but because of the emotion behind it.
And what a way to end the Woodbury
scenes this week... an arena of chained zombies around a wrestling
ring. Milton seemed utterly disgusted by the event (probably just at
losing energy and potential test subjects), and thankfully so did
Andrea. It was weird seeing all the people of Woodbury cheering the
fight on with their kids, after just seeing them all smiles with
lemonade and cold beers at the friendly neighborhood barbeque, but it
goes back to displaying the baser human drives which any good zombie
story does. Even in a bastion of civilization during the zombie
apocalypse, people still want to see barbaric displays of brute force
and power. I personally would like to think, in my naïve and
idyllic world view, that once the majority of us are gone those left
would rise above the greed and corruption that tainted what we had
before, especially those that come together and attempt to reform a
community, but sadly I know deep down that we wouldn't. This was a
great scene displaying that no matter how much society changes, we're
still the same secret voyeurs deep down inside.
And my bold prediction about Maggie was
incorrect. Shucks, lol.
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week, we weren't at home so I couldn't do it as I watched.
Overall I liked the episode but
everything seemed too.... scripted. The characters and their actions
were very predictable, and I'm not sure I really like what's coming
up in the next few episodes.
But anyway, on to this week.
"When the Dead Come Walking"
I liked the scene between Glen and
Merle, tying in the first season and what happened with Merle. I
like how it shows that 8-9 months down the line, even after all that
happens, you still hold on to things, which is just human nature.
It was weird when the zombies just sort
of went "Oh hey, you're not a zombie after all," with Michonne,
why did it take that long to kick in? It may have been only a few
minutes, but still, it's not like she got cleaned up in the meantime.
I just love seeing Carl in action now,
when he went outside the fence with Rick to get Michonne. Sad that
he's a hardcore little killer now, but still... I love him.
I'm so glad Carol's back. She was so
useless last season and she's starting to get likeable, just like
T-Dogg, so I'm thankful they didn't kill both of them off. Of the
two, I would have preferred T-Dogg, but at least we get to keep one
of them around.
I think it's funny how they've done the
duct tape trick twice now. But then again, I've seen them repeating
several little things like that this season.
I liked how they included Oscar, the
black prisoner, in their outing to Woodbury, though it seemed very
misplaced to me. They didn't trust them when they had their full
compliment of people, but now that some died they just instantly
enfold him into their crew and trust him implicitly? Who's to say he
won't turn coat when they meet up with other survivors? It just
seems too quick of a flip, but then again, it's not the first
inconsistency in this show... I dunno.
I thought what Milton was doing with
the cancer patient was interesting, but to what point? What can one
man do again something so big? Perhaps it's the ego of the scientist
to either assume he can do it alone or desire to go it solo for the
notoriety, but it just seems overly complicated that he would think
he can handle it on his own.
Oh silly Maggie, giving away their big
I'm interested in seeing what Andrea
does when she sees her old group for the first time. I have a
sneaking suspicion that she'll turn on them and stay with the
Governor, because that's what would be easiest for them to write.
I'm very torn on my feelings of this
season so far. It seems like so many of the characters have done a
huge about-face to areas I don't really care for, which sucks because
I didn't like a lot of them in the first place. It also seems like
they are over simplifying the characters and storyline, that there
could be so many undertones that would make the story go from great
to amazing, but they are too focused on the surface to pay attention
to the currents beneath. It just seems very flat to me so far, like
they've taken focus away from the character development and moved
more to action. From what I've heard, the character changes have to
do with what the fans say they wanted to see [ like making Rick more
of a dictator ], but I guess I'm not most fans because I haven't
really cared for it.
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Episode "Made to Suffer" - the
mid-season finale
Nice face wounds on the male walker
right at the beginning. I like how it was close up, too.
Seems we're about to meet another group
of survivors, headed towards a "tower"...the jail, a guard tower?
Replenishing the ranks?
I didn't care for setting up the
emotional scene with these new faces. I don't know them, I don't
care about them yet, don't try to force it on me. And why do all the
woman keep getting killed off? It's so stupid in movies and shows
how they keep minorities and females to a minimum. Is it really that
hard to cast for those roles, or do they think men will stop watching
if there are too many va-ga-gas? Just a brief tirade, sorry.
I'm also very disappointed in the
storyline with Andrea. In the last season she went from depressed
and brooding to little bad ass zombie killer. Now she's a concubine
and willing to take second seat to the Governor? It leaves a bad
taste in my mouth. They took the only female I found remotely
likeable and tore her apart. They tossed me Michonne, and I was all
goosebumps and coos at first, but all she does it stare defiantly and
swing her sword around, I don't get any substance from her and I want
it. I need a strong female character, and I don't want it to be
How does the Governor keep his place
from stinking with Penny in it? And the zombie head tanks, surely
they must be rancid. Does he replace his Gland plug-ins like every 2
weeks to make it smell like grandma's kitchen with fresh cookies in
the oven?
Hmmm, neat trick Glen did with the dead
walker, making weapons with the materials he has available. Really a
great idea and usage, come to think of it. Though I'm not sure
that's the best material to use; I mean, look at how soft the zombie
skulls have been in this series, why expect their other bones to be
any stronger? Guess we just have to take it on faith...
I got a chill when Axel was talking to
Beth, asking about her age and such. I hope they don't have him do
something bad and have to get rid of him... I've liked him up to this
point. Nice brush off from Carol! Hand's off Daryl's gal.
Back to Andrea... she's trying to
defend her case, trying to get herself in a better position and be
more useful, but the Governor won't listen, and she just sort of...
takes it. I want to see her stand up to him, to get loud and in his
face and be like 'look, ass, I'm better than that and I'm not going
to keep letting you put me in the back!'
I did like how they only had her see
Oscar so she had no way of knowing it was her old group she was
shooting at.
WTH, Oscar gets shot? Oh wait, that's
right, a new black guy was sneaking into the back of the prison....
/eyeroll I didn't see an Asian, so maybe Glen is still safe. But
now there are two black woman, so one will have to go, according to
their formula.
Carl certainly has bigger balls than I
do. Even when someone screaming, I don't think I would ever be able
to go down into tunnels filled with zombies to see what was going on.
I LOVED the scene with Michonne
fighting the Governor, the zombie heads chomping away, her taking out
his eye. Awesome.
In the final scene, I kept waiting for
Andrea to run out there, to step in somehow, and again she simply
remained silent. Bah.
But the mid-season finale did lead up
for a great return. I enjoyed this episode more than last week's,
but I wasn't as in love with it as I was hoping to be. Now we wait
for 2 months to see how things pan out....
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The Boy Scouts of America has agreed for the first time to allow openly gay boys as members, but a vote of the organization's National Council left in place a ban on gay Scout leaders.
The Associated Press reports that of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. The policy change approved by the 1,400-member National Council would take effect Jan. 1, 2014, the organization said.
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"For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of the fabric of this nation, with a focus on working together to deliver the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training.
"Based on growing input from within the Scouting family, the BSA leadership chose to conduct an additional review of the organization's long-standing membership policy and its impact on Scouting's mission. This review created an outpouring of feedback from the Scouting family and the American public, from both those who agree with the current policy and those who support a change. …
"The resolution also reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting. A change to the current membership policy for adult leaders was not under consideration; thus, the policy for adults remains in place."
As Reuters reports, the National Council's decision came amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative organizations.
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"Today's vote is a significant victory for gay youth across the nation and a clear indication that the Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders will also inevitably end," said GLAAD spokesperson Rich Ferraro. "The Boy Scouts of America heard from religious leaders, corporate sponsors and so many Scouting families who want an end to discrimination against gay people, and GLAAD will continue this work with those committed to equality in Scouting until gay parents and adults are able to participate."
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This is a discussion on Range and Carry Report Kahr PM .45 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; On going Range and Carry report on a Kahr PM.45 First let me say that never thought I would ever trade my .380 away for ...
On going Range and Carry report on a Kahr PM.45
First let me say that never thought I would ever trade my .380 away for a .45, even thought I have two larger frame .45's. I always like carrying my smaller and lighter .380's. But for a defensive carry weapon, my personal preference has always been .45 since that is what I was trained with and carried as part of my job. So with that all said, I did indeed trade a Keltec. 380 and a Sig.232 in for a Kahr PM .45 and I haven't looked back. No buyers remorse, no regrets.
The Kahr seems to be one of those guns that you either hate or love. I've spent several nights reading reviews, forums and watching videos and I have yet to find much middle ground on opinions. Also while studying reviews there seems to be Kahrs that come from the factory finely tuned and fully operational, and Kahrs that come from the factory that will hardly cycle a round, bind up or have other issues. I'm not sure if it is older models or just dumb luck, but the one I bought has been flawless so far.
The Gun:
Caliber: .45 ACP
Capacity: 5+1
Operation: Trigger cocking DAO; lock breech; "Browning - type" recoil lug; passive striker block; no magazine disconnect
Barrel: 3.24", polygonal rifling, 1 - 16.38 right-hand twist
Length O/A: 5.79"
Height: 4.49"
Slide Width: 1.01"
Weight: Pistol 17.3 oz., Magazine 2 oz.
Grips: Textured polymer
Sights: Drift adjustable, white bar-dot combat sights
Finish: Black polymer frame, matte stainless steel slide
Magazines: 2 - 5 rd, Stainless
Well, it's small for a .45...really small. It is also very light weight. It is easy to carry concealed IWB and easy to carry OWB, it is great in my belly band that I used for my Sig.232. The fit and finish on the PM seems to be a tad bit more refined that on the CW and that might be just the way I look at it. There is some additional machining on the slide that gives the PM a little less boxy look. There are some other differences in the rifling, sights etc. but there is also a big price difference in the PM and the CW. If you're looking for economy the CW offers a lot of gun for the money, the PM maybe a little more refinement. Did I mention that it was small? It is....small.
Well, here is where the rubber meets the road. Doesn't matter if it's pretty, ugly, or somewhere in between, if it doesn't shoot well, not much of a gun.
Kahr says there is a break in period of at least 200 rounds for the PM .45. I have now fired 305 rounds through the gun without a single glitch. The action is smooth as glass. I expected some trigger stacking and a then a break point but honestly if there is any stacking I can't tell it. For me the trigger is smooth all the way back until the gun fires. The trigger pull is somewhat long, but on a striker fired gun without any external safety, I prefer that. I also cannot determine when the trigger re sets. It's just as smooth going back. I took me some getting use to.
The gun is very accurate for such a " little" gun. I did mention it was little didn't I.
I guess that might be why it is checkered like a cheese grater.
The first 5 rounds all shot at 21 feet at an indoor range went into the center mass area of the target. The group was 5" across for 5 rounds but after shooting 50 rounds my hands were killing me. The front strap and the back strap were eating into my hands, well, like a cheese grater. I was done after 50 rounds of .230 hard ball. Happy with the performance, the accuracy but very concerned about the comfort of the grip.
Of course, it was off to the internet to see what others had done. Long story short, I ordered a grip sleeve for the gun and it made a huge difference. The next 105 rounds were indeed a pleasure to shoot. Now, don't get me wrong...this gun has some kick too it. But no where near as bad as I thought it would be. Here is my best example. My wife shot it and I was really expecting her to look at me like I was crazy. She's actually more accurate than I am with it. She went through several magazines and you could tell she loved it. I then let her shoot my Para CW Stainless .45 LDA and she said she preferred to shoot the Kahr. I thought the heavy Para would be more comfortable for her but she liked the " little" gun!! Oh well, you never know unless you shoot it.
The last 50 rounds were +p 185 gr. PowerBall. I would not recommend shooting up expensive ammo like this for range practice, but I wanted to make sure that the gun would cycle the round ok. It too was flawless.
The gun is small! Light weight and easy to carry.
The gun shoots very well, has a smooth trigger and is accurate at self defense distance.
The gun is well made, the fit and finish on the PM is excellent.
The gun has some really REALLY stiff springs so racking the slide takes much more effort that any of my other guns.
The grip if not modified could be used as a cheese grater or in a survival situation you might be able to cut down a tree with it. GET A GRIP....sleeve that is.
After another 200 or so rounds this will be my EDC.
Happy and safe shooting.
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Up date May 9th:
I have just finished putting 600 rounds total through the gun. Not a single issue, no FTF, FTF, FTE or Stove Pipes. Everything I've fed through it including a number of different types of defensive rounds have performed flawlessly. The Pachmyer grip sleeve works great and makes a huge difference in the comfort of the grip. I'm pondering if I should/could file down the checkering a bit more and maybe use it without the grip.
I've taken it down 6 times and have noticed some plastic " dust" around the polymer slide. This only happened during the first few hundred rounds and has stopped. The only lubricant I use has been BreakFree and a little Hopps to clean the barrel. If I had one issue with this gun it's racking the slide back and locking it using the slide lever. I'm a pretty big guy but I swear this gun has the strongest springs I've ever encountered. I finally figured that if I just stick in a unloaded magazine, I could lock it back and then just drop the magazine. I still recommend this gun if you want a really small .45 that is not a bear to handle ( only to rack ). So far, completely dependable, light, small, accurate and reasonable recoil. As Jeff would say " a dandy little gun".
June 11th Update:
Just a short update on the Kahr PM .45. I have been carrying this in a Galco B129L holster IWB and using a Wilderness Belt with stiffener. I changed my carry position from about 3:30 to about 1:30, really close to the appendix carry position. Every gun I've ever tried to carry there just killed me when I sat down. The Kahr in the Galco was such a pleasant surprise. Very comfortable and much easier for me to clear my shirt and reach the weapon. I had to take a two hour " holster " class to be able to use the tactical range at the local shooting range I belong to and the combination just performed flawlessly. I've now have put over a 850 rounds through the gun and have yet to have a malfunction of any kind. I picked up a 7 round spare magazine and that is what I carry as my extra ammo. I am still very please with the gun, I also gave all my .380 ammo and holsters to a friend of mine who uses a .380 off duty and as a back up. I have really become a fan of the Kahr PM .45. Hope everyone has a great summer, stay safe, and may all your shots be on target.
Update July 27th
Just a quick update. I finally after better than a thousand rounds had my first failure to feed. I had purchased two Kahr after market 6 round magazines and after firing one magazine I loaded the next, hit the slide release and it did not feed the round into the chamber. I did a tap/rack and it went bang. I have not had any failures since and have also installed a crimson trace laser on the gun. I really makes a difference in getting back on target fast for the second and third shots. I've had CTG on several of my guns but they were always the grip type, this is my first under the barrel laser. Just as easy as it comes on as soon as you wrap your fingers around the grip. I still highly recommend them and it works really well on the Kahr PM45. I did have to do a little stitch cutting to get it to fit in my two favorite holsters, but that was the easy part.
Safe Shooting and keep fighting for the 2nd Amendment...seems we are under fire more than ever.
Update September 15th
Well, we're a little over 4 months and close to 2000 rounds through the Kahr PM45. Have not had any issues since the one failure to feed. I'm duly impressed. I carry the weapon every day, most of the time in a IWB but recently purchased a Simply Rugged Cuda for OWB. This is a great all leather holster at a fair price, more overly it only took about two weeks to get it.
I've been doing some shooting from various positions, such as sitting behind a table or from prone. Since this CTG does not have a on off switch it's always working. It does make a huge difference, especially in evening shoots down in the bottom behind the house.
I have tried to carry in the pocket and it works good with several coats I have, but even at my size, it's just a tad to big for me to consider it a pocket gun.
I'll give one more update after another thousand rounds or so or if something happens,. As of now, I have 3, .45's a full size Colt 1911, a Commander size Para .45 LDA CW and the Kahr. PM45. The Kahr is by far my favorite EDC. Carried with one extra magazine and a good pair of New Balance shoes, I feel very satisfied that I have a great weapon and enough ammo to see me through a bad situation.
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Good report - thanks for the post.
Re magazines, I've had my experience with aftermarket mags for the Kahr, specifically, ProMag. I won't even use those miserable things for paperweights. One came with a K40 that I bought used, the other I bought for the CW9. That thing was so unreliable, I pounded it flat before throwing it out because I didn't want some scavenger thinking it was good (or worse, seeing it show up on fleaBay). Strictly OEM mags for my Kahrs from now on.
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Bell remained loyal to the end when, as a Thatcher family spokesman this week, he announced her death.
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Well I'm in Florida, heat is plentiful, would sitting on a book help? Lol
No longer driving a VT (not by choice) still love it.
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If you had your girlfriend in the passenger seat, you could start a whole new (much more interesting) thread.
But seriously, you drove for two hours sitting on your cell phone?
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Seriously my seats dont seem to do that...looks like you can see the seams from the pants too?
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i would take it to the dealer. thats rediculous....
it will go away natuarally
Didn't you have water in the car the other day?
Water+heat=wet molded leather.
I'd not worry too much about the impressions they'll work themselves out, but I'd definately be working on getting the moisture out of the cabin.


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