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Maybe I have the wrong speakers because I can hear the highs when they are not rolled off but then they go way when they are rolled off.
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hey Tre', when I was a wee lad, just learning how to design speaker enclosures, my pop told me of a demo he witnessed. This demo had an impossibly small, impossibly wrong properties, speaker making what appeared to be music down into the low bass. There was actually no low frequency content...the engineers putting on the demo had built a processor to create the harmonics of the LF content, rolling off in a precise slope. The listeners ears heard no LF, but their computers filled in that bit of information for them...
IOW, you can be fooled, either on purpose, or by accident...LOL
Friend, I would not hurt thee for the world...but thou art standing where I am about to shoot.
My apologies-- I should be more clear.
The problem with highs in a room is how
to get the H.F. energy to propagate well--
that is-- involve the whole room with enough
energy to drive that room....
I understand what you're talking about when
you refer to tones. In that we can and do hear
the different tones.
The problem arises when one tries to involve
a whole room. Small-surface transducers can
get the tone and bandwidth right, and at near
field, one can hear the tonal differences, but
these small-area transducers do not have the
power and dynamics to drive the whole room with
those tones.
One of the amps that I had that rolled-off so
severely was the Western Electric Model 91A.
With the right transducers, you could not want
any more high-end energy. A cymbal clash, for
instance, was complete despite the amp's limitations.
This only happens right when the correct Western
Electric transducers are used with their amp. It can
be stunningly good, and very accurate across a wide
bandwidth-- most all of human hearing.
Without those transducers, you'll not get the energy
that W.E. intended to put into a theatre audience.
With the recent S.E. amp revolution (started by Japanese
Western Electric Theatre component collectors), Japanese
collectors began resurrecting what Americans had forgotten
existed: movie-theatre sound. The Japanese wanted this
even in their tiny apartments!
Today, we're mostly trying to get the whole human hearing
range measured accurately inside components without any regard
for the room or the listener. Theatre people had to involve
the audience or sell fewer tickets. Japanese collectors,
tired of their own "perfect" measured equipment, snapped
up old American and German transducers, amplifiers and tubes.
Some even went so far as to use old Sprague electrolytic
capacitors, and Allen-Bradley Carbon-composition resistors--
things that add distortion to music. If the Americans did
it, then collect it and use it to sell equipment using it
back to them-- and be able to pay for collecting the "good
stuff", old theatre gear.
When a frequency rolloff involves hearing only tone, it is
immediately obvious. When H.F. CONTENT (should I say CUBIC
FEET of air affected by "highs"), is discussed, perhaps it
could be better understood that mild frequency rolloff is
not a factor, or it is ridiculously easy to correct if it is--
in the listening room..
Many people think that there's too much "highs" in a room
when the air volume affected by higher frequencies reaches
a certain upper limit. This is also true at the low end,
but it displays differently.
Amplifiers and transducers are at their best when they,
together, can drive a room completely acoustically. Good
equipment can deliver the entire human hearing range as
long as it has the speed and dynamics to get it done.
This can be done with amps that measure linear across
20HZ to 20KHZ. It can also be delivered accurately by
amps that are down at 80HZ, and put out almost nothing at
12 KHZ. What happens depends on the room and the trans-
ducers that are used in that room.
I realize that all this talk doesn't relate very much
to what we are told and sold today. Bandwidth and linearity
are cheap, accurate room coverage is costly, and involves
very few audiophiles.
It is possible, however, to experience the delights of
a good movie theatre system in the home. If you do use
large-area transducers, you will require that either the
amplifiers or the source components are going to have to
be rolled-off. Otherwise, people will tell you that
horn-loaded transducers are "yelling" at them.
What is more true-to-life? A tiny H.F. transducer being
driven beyond 22KHZ desperately stressing, straining, and
being driven way too loud in order to get some "highs"
into a room--
OR-- would you maybe prefer a nice theatre transducer
being driven to only 11.5KHZ-- or less than that--
smoothly and effortlessly, with terrific dynamics
delivering all the "highs" that one could possibly hope
for, stand or ever want?
Doing music reproduction effortlessly, dynamically,
and in a non-fatiguing way demands theatre-style gear.
It's the province of amplifier rolloffs, mini-watts
and large-area transducers.
Human hearing bandwidth is easily accommodated with energy
to spare. You don't need super wide bandwidth, or
extra claims to linearity.
What you DO need is to engage the
listening room fully.
Most source material and amplifiers are long on bandwidth
and tone. What they're short on is true-to-life dynamics,
perfect event-timing, and a sense of presence-- total room
coverage that converts the listening room as much as possible
into the recorded venue.
Large panels, theatre speakers, etc., are
designed to get this job done. What audiophiles
call "near-field" listening calls attention to
tone over much more important dynamic contrasts
in music.
There always will be different personal tastes
on how to reproduce music. Fortunately, most
people can recognize a good thing when they hear it.
Now you are an expert on home theater audio?
"It is possible, however, to experience the delights of
a good movie theatre system in the home. If you do use
large-area transducers, you will require that either the
amplifiers or the source components are going to have to
be rolled-off. Otherwise, people will tell you that
horn-loaded transducers are "yelling" at them."
I showed you my HT above. Let's see yours!
Edits: 03/25/17
Hi Gusser!
The truth is, I'm not into the
internet like most of you are.
Perhaps you've noted this-- I don't
really know how to load pictures onto
the forum with the expected finesse.
I know-- what an idiot I must be! I can
take pictures, but haven't posted any.
OK, now you know about that, I'll see
if I can get some good ones-- that is,
after I get my taxes done.
My Home Theatre is simple-- something I
really enjoy without much fuss. A good old
Panasonic Plasma T.V. is all I have and
really need, although OLED T.V.s and the
new SONY XBR series, and that big Samsung
78-incher curved T.V. interest me.
I like Blu-Ray and DVD movies, and what
I can get off-the-air-- I don't pay per-
month on services I don't need.
Most of the system you might have seen
at audio shows-- a pair of my amps, my
big GPA transmission-line speakers, computer
audio, (library is Media Center-- J. River.
A P.C. running Windows 7-- modified to
eliminate all non-audio functions. I built
a 12VDC X 3 power supply to run the processor,
the sound card output, and the microprocessor.
All 3 are in one box, and all 3 are Linear-Tech.
regulated-- each has its own FWB rectification.
Output from each reg. goes straight into a choke,
then a cap, then more choke, and then a Foil-cap.
Power is routed into the computer using 3 Belden
12ga. shielded fire alarm wire pairs, cryogenically
treated. Bleeder resistors are across the outputs
I just used plain old Neutrik XLR connectors for the
12V runs. Makes it nice to unplug.
This P.S. made the whole thing into a superior sound
source. I wouldn't run any audio computer without it.
Blu-Ray player is Pioneer Elite's latest flagship,
their BDP-88FD. I really like this thing-- good
picture, and it sounds good. Audio goes into Berkeley
Audio Designs Alpha-DAC2 via SPDIF/BNC. Computer audio
gets into the same DAC via Berkeley's USB link, which
bypasses USB problems, and sports asynchronicity.
Recently I acquired a Pioneer PLX-1000 DJ turntable.
I was attracted to this thing because it has a nice
Direct-Drive base with fast stop and start controls.
I don't like belt drives because they delay and distort
music. A Direct Drive, DRIVES! I also like something
rugged that doesn't break easily.
I knew this thing would need help, so I called SME
up in Canada. Sent Alfred the stock tonearm-- I was
too lazy to tear it down myself, I think.
Alfred changed the tonearm wire to Cardas gold litz.
Al tossed the RCA connectors and ran the tonearm wires
all the way to the phono stage. I got that from Kevin
at K & K. I had a great design to build one, but had
to make it to RMAF first. I looked at it all over and
decided how to modify Kevin's phono stage. It got lots
of silver wire, more chokes, more small film caps, and
better RIAA parts from Rel-Caps Teflon stash. RIAA
resistors I changed later. THAT sure helped!
An Extreme Phono doughnut and mat really helped the
lowly TT, as did a new ClearAudio Maestro Ebony V-2
cartridge. Michael Fremer (at Stereophile) intimated
it to be world's most expensive Moving Magnet cart,
he was hinting at going further, but I read between
the lines-- got it, Dude! It's GOOD! (REALLY good, I
found out later). I love it more everyday.
I had a collection of Grado signatures, Shure items,
Stantons, Pickerings, Ortofons, Hanas, etc., but I'm
happy with the Clearaudio. Kicks ASS, and sounds
very dynamic, but lovely.
I'd say buy one....
All the sources go into a passive Ladder Attenuator, and out
to the 2 amps. The Alpha-DAC2 has remote volume control, but
I run the thing wide-open. Let the passive handle it-- better.
All levels match very nicely and close, so manual V.C. isn't
a chore.
It's a simple little system, but sounds very dynamic and
powerful-- movies certainly have lots of "bang" when called
for, and it's very clean, dialogue stays sharp through it all.
When I get rich, I'll get a huge Hi-Rez T.V. I'm waiting
for them to get better and more realistic in pricing.
I don't have any quarrel with introductory pricing--
development cosst get paid that way-- it's very good.
This system isn't Mega-Buck, but it's very good. Know
anybody with a deal on that new Samsung 78-incher,
curved screen model? It's dropped from $10,000.00 to
about $6900.00
I Still can't justify it.
Whoa! End of letter.... love your system!
"It can also be delivered accurately by
amps that are down at 80HZ, and put out almost nothing at
12 KHZ. What happens depends on the room and the trans-
ducers that are used in that room."
The amplifier is a equalizer as well as a amplifier?
"It is possible, however, to experience the delights of
a good movie theatre system in the home. If you do use
large-area transducers, you will require that either the
amplifiers or the source components are going to have to
be rolled-off."
Yes, I see. That is exactly what you said.
We should all be using speakers that do not have a flat frequency response coupled to amplifiers that also do not have a flat frequency response.
Kind of like how when a LP is made they cut the bass and boost the highs and then in the phono preamp a reverse EQ is applied to get us back to flat.
Dennis, that is just brilliant.
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I can't blame you.
I didn't say it was brilliant, did I?
Transducers aren't linear, listening
rooms aren't, and our hearing certainly isn't.
But many audiophiles and their engineers
demand it anyhow.
Perhaps I could describe it this way:
Go out in your yard and take a look at
the weeds and flowers that are there.
Some smell very nice, some look pretty,
and some are so good, you can eat them.
Deer, rabbits, and other animals love
them. But take a look at them-- they're
all different-- each and every one.
There isn't any Linearity at all! NONE!
But, it IS a good flower-- etc.
Now, let's find a LINEAR flower. This is
easy. Just go over to Wal-Mart, Target, or
whatever, and get some of those artificial
plastic flowers. Those Dudes ARE linear.
Why, they're all made alike-- if they're the
same ones. If they're different ones, then THOSE
are all like each other.
The problem is that they don't smell like
a real, non-linear flower, and Deer certainly
won't eat them. But they ARE linear!
OK- audiophiles like linear. And engineers are
oh so happy to accommodate their tastes. Whatever
the market desires can be engineered by someone.
Movie theatres, however, must cater to
natural occurrences in nature and recording scenes.
They also have to cater to the non-linear human
hearing in their theatre patrons.
You can sell tickets when you involve the
theatre-goer in the picture, the sound equipment
had better disappear....
That is how we got our ALTECS, JBL's, Klangfilms,
even W.E. and RCA theatre transducers. They weren't
designed for audiophiles, they were designed to
address our non-linear world and interface with
our non-linear hearing.
Surface area. Coverage area. That's the Fun-Factor!
That's all there is to it-- get it to mimic
the real, non-linear world as best you can.
I have extensive experience with some RCA theater gear, and seen some comprehensive measurements done on them. Both the measurements and the listening experience indicates they are *QUITE* linear.
I think you are on dog food...and not the expensive stuff they keep in the refrigerated section either( also excluding the more specialized low-ingredient count stuff ).
Friend, I would not hurt thee for the world...but thou art standing where I am about to shoot.
Edits: 03/26/17
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Nothing Egg Harbor Township does this season should surprise anyone.
The Eagles return numerous standouts from last season's 6-4 team and are the preseason favorite to win the Cape-Atlantic League American Conference.
"We're taking it in stride what the papers are saying," EHT coach Tony DeRosa said. "But we have to take care of business."
EHT showed its potential and stunned fans when it nearly upset undefeated Mainland Regional last Thanksgiving.
The Eagles led Mainland 27-7 in the third quarter but lost 30-27. Ten days later, Mainland beat Southern Regional 21-14 to win the South Jersey Group IV title and finish 12-0.
The Eagles spent the off-season building toward the fall. They were involved in a seven-on-seven event at Monmouth University this summer and beat traditional state power Don Bosco Prep.
DeRosa was quick to say that seven-on-seven does not equate to "real" football.
"We're becoming a team again (this summer)," DeRosa said. "Our kids are very, very excited about the season. We want to be the hardest working, best conditioned, most disciplined team in the CAL."
EHT must replace quarterback Tim Little, who graduated after throwing for 1,662 yards and 20 touchdowns. (Little is now at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn.)
EHT plans to shift Scott Miler from wide receiver to quarterback. Miller caught 44 passes for 600 yards and 10 touchdowns. He is being recruited several I-AA schools and Ivy League schools.
"Scott gives us such an athlete back there," DeRosa said.
Wide receiver and defensive back Tejay Johnson is one of the state's top college prospects.
As talented and speedy as the skill position players are, EHT's strength is its defense.
Linebackers Zach Agostino, Stephan Thomas, Mark Capetola and Christian Santiago are at the core of that unit.
LEAGUE/GROUP: Cape-Atlantic League American Conference/South Jersey Group IV
COACH: Tony DeRosa (63-49, 12 seasons)
2009 PREDICTION: Favorite.
The Eagles feature tremendous speed and athleticism at the skill positions.
EHT has number of talented backs, including Tejay Johnson, Zach Agostino and Stephan Thomas.
KEY RETURNEES: Zach Agostino, Sr., FB/LB, 5-10, 205; Matt Capetola, Sr., RB/DB, 5-8, 180; Mark Capetola, Sr., TE/LB, 6-1, 220; Tejay Johnson, Sr., RB/DB, 6-2, 178; Scott Miller, Sr., QB/DB, 5-11, 175; Christian Santiago, Sr., OL/LB, 5-11, 225; Joe Borden, Sr., OL, 6-0, 290; Joe Magosin, Sr., SE, 6-1, 165; Darryl Pratt, Sr., OL/DL, 5-10, 205; Shane Delaney, Sr., LB, 5-10, 215; Alex D'Aloia, Sr., SE/DB, 5-11, 165; Jim Huntzinger, Sr., OL/LB, 5-10, 215; Stephan Thomas, Jr., RB/LB, 5-10, 180; Kevin Marquez, Jr., TE/LB, 6-0, 200; Jordan Newmones, Jr., RB/DB, 5-9, 160; Dominic Moody, Jr., RB/LB, 5-10, 195.
TOP NEWCOMERS: Jeremy Hudson, Sr., OL, 6-4, 290; Marcos Martinez, Sr., OL/D1, 5-9, 230; Mike Morgan, Sr., QB, 6-2, 185; Cody Ng, Sr., DB/RB, 5-6, 155; Mike Tweedle, Sr., DB/RB, 5-8, 150; Jay Atwell, Jr., SE/DB, 5-9, 155; Alan Banaga, Jr., OL/D1, 6-0, 255; Alex Banaga, Jr., OL/D1, 6-0, 255; Doug Bolden, Jr., SE/DB, 6-0, 150; Dion Harris, Jr., OT/DT, 5-2, 220; Stephan Johnson, Jr., SE/DB, 5-8, 155; Markendy Smith, Jr., RB/DB, 5-8, 155; Maurice Stockoly, Jr., SE/DB, 6-2, 165.
Egg Harbor Township's Schedule
Sept. 11: at Atlantic City 7 p.m.
Sept. 17: at Millville 7 p.m.
Sept. 25: at Oakcrest 7 p.m.
Oct. 2: Absegami 7 p.m.
Oct. 9: at Kingsway Regional 7 p.m.
Oct. 16: Vineland 7 p.m
Oct. 23: Ocean City 7 p.m.
Nov. 6: at Hammonton 7 p.m.
Nov. 26: Mainland Regional 10 a.m.


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Comic Book Urban Legend Revealed #48!
This is the forty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book urban legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous forty-seven.
Let's begin!
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Dazzler was created as a cross-promotion between Marvel and Casablanca Records.
STATUS: True
In Comic Feature #7 from November 1980, Richard Howell and Carol Kalish interviewed Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco and Louise Jones about the debut of Dazzler, and how the character came about. According to the article,
The collaboration with Casablanca caused many development difficulties in the Dazzler concept, leading Marvel to cancel the book "five or six times" previous to the publication of its first issue (a possible record). Although over the past year, Marvel had begun to guest-star The Dazzler in various targeted-circulation titles in their own comics line, the corporate vacillation of Casablanca over the character's future caused several significant variations of powers and personality between her various depictions. At the time, The Dazzler was guest-starring in SPIDER-MAN, for example (#203), Spidey's then-scripter Marv Wolfman called DAZZLER-writer Tom DeFalco to ascertain the nature of The Dazzler's powers. "At that time," says DeFalco, "I had gotten three different power suggestions from Casablanca. I had to tell Marv, 'Marv, I can't tell you! I told him what the three powers were…'"
Later on, when discussing how Dazzler developed from an initial concept called "The Disco Queen," the interview proceeds…
Comic Feature: Did Casablanca's interest precede DISCO QUEEN or was it the spark for THE DAZZLER?
Tom DeFalco: Casablanca's interest was before DISCO QUEEN.
Louise Jones: Casablanca just came to Marvel and said, "Hey, you make a singer and we'll create someone to take on the persona." It was a wonderful tie-in. And then Casablanca… (Jones puts thumbs down)
DeFalco: So anyway, we worked out a plot, Jim Shooter and I. Jim was editor-in-chief so it was accepted by Marvel. The plot went over to Casablanca. Casablanca said, "No, this is nothing like what we want." So they bounced it back.
Comic Feature: Did they say what they did want?
DeFalco: They had about ten or twelve different things that they wanted. I'm a professional commercial writer and I can put in anything that a customer wants. Especially if they were willing to pay for it over and over again. So we went and did everything that they wanted. Sometimes it was pretty silly, but we did it just the way they wanted.
Comic Feature: Anything in particular?
DeFalco: At this point I can't remember the silly things but it didn't really matter because the second time they saw it they decided again that it wasn't what they really wanted. So I think around the third or the fourth time we finally got what they wanted, more or less, and we had essentially the story that will appear in Dazzler #1 and #2. They wanted some strange things done with the artwork. Take the X-MEN pages which basically come across like bubblegum cards. They said the story was fine and basically everything was fine – they wanted the F.F., THE NEW X-MEN, SPIDER-MAN, THE HULK, and a bunch of other characters thrown in.
Comic Feature: All in one issue?
DeFalco: Yes. By this time we had already decided not to publish it as a regular comic book. We were going to bring it out as a Super-Special. So we had like 34 superheroes in the book?? I don't remember what it was – some outrageous number – and we were going to publish a 34-page book. They liked all the introductory scenes where all the characters were introduced, but they just didn't see any need for a fight scene. Originally there was just a one page fight scene. Didn't you realize that in issue #2 there was only a one page fight scene (to Jones)?
Jones: Oh, I realized that, we changed it…
DeFalco: J.R. [John Romita Jr, the artist] made it work. You almost wouldn't notice it. J.R. really worked on this project, and when he's good, he's fabulous – when she's having an off-day, he's merely brilliant – still they wanted so much introductory stuff in the space allotted, especially the way they wanted it written…
Jones: That's exactly what I thought happened… that they wanted so much introductory stuff that there wasn't room for a fight scene.
DeFalco: They wanted so much introductory stuff that we had a 34-page story with a one page fight scene. It was a weird story with these 34 characters fighting the Enchantress in one page.
At one point, Casablanca wanted the character to be black, hence the following piece that John Romita drew for Casablanca president Neil Bogart in 1979 (with Bogart in the piece), during the creation process (drawing courtesy of Novaya Havoc).
Weird, eh?
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: DC stopped letting writers edit their own titles in an attempt at squeezing Jack Kirby from the company.
STATUS: False
Reader Ted Watson wrote in with the following question,
Actually, I don't know that this qualifies as an U.L. or just a mystery, since I've never encountered a suggestion that anybody else suspects it, but I've wondered about this ever since the underlying event happened in the mid-70s. At that time, DC instituted a new policy, prohibiting an editor from writing for his own comics. They even changed the job title, with "Story Editor," if memory serves. It didn't last long, and was history when Roy Thomas arrived from Marvel (Gerry Conway also edited his Firestorm revival, Fury of….). As the new policy went into effect, the first issue of Kobra was published, a comic created, plotted and pencilled by Jack Kirby, but admitted to have been reworked by scripter Martin Pasko, with the artwork retouched, by Pablo Marcos, I think. The question: Was the new rule motivated by a desire to get rid of Kirby, who was essentially running his own company out of his studio, and putting out comics that the vast majority thereof suffered from poor sales and quick cancellations (in those pre-direct-distribution-to-comic-shops days)? Please note that no disrespect whatsoever to the King on my part is intended by the above theorizing.
It was an interesting question, so I put it to everyone's favorite "guy who knows a lot about comic, specifically Jack Kirby comics," Mark Evanier.
Here is Mark's reply:
The policy was instituted after Kirby left. KOBRA was published some time after it was done. And Kirby's sales track record at the time was no worse than anyone else's. DC had dozens of comics that were quickly cancelled.
The no writer-editor policy was instituted because there were several people who wanted that status but DC's then-management felt they were not worthy. Rather than alienate those people, the publisher decided to just eliminate the position. But this was a decision made after Jack was already back at Marvel.
Thanks, Mark!
Glad to hear it!
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: John Byrne's first Fantastic Four work as writer/artist originally was meant for a Coca-Cola giveaway.
STATUS: True
In his great book of interviews, Comic Creators on the Fantastic Four, Tom DeFalco asked John Byrne about Fantastic Four #220 and #221, which were the first two issues of Fantastic Four that John Byrne both wrote and drew.
Byrne responds:
Jim Salicrup, who was editing Fantastic Four at the time, called me up one day and asked me if I would like to do a comic book that would distrbuted by Coca-Cola. They wanted me to use the Fantastic Four, so I came up with a self-contained, very innocuous kind of story because that was what Coke wanted. They didn't want anything huge and cosmic with planets exploding or anything like that. My story was slightly less than a double-sized issue, and when it was all finished, Coca-Cola said that the story was much too violent. If you go back and look at it, you'll see that the Thing hits a couple of robots. But it was too violent for Coca-Cola and they rejected it. Jim suggested we cut it in half, add a couple of pages and turn it into two issues of Fantastic Four. They're the two dullest issues of the FF ever published.
Five cool points to anyone who can tell me if Coca-Cola ended up doing a comic, and if so, what was it like?
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With a new stadium on the way and a division championship in their possession, the San Francisco 49ers' leadership has fresh opportunities to enjoy the sporting spotlight.
Those opportunities have not been missed this week.
Interviews with CEO Jed York and general manager Trent Baalke have hit the news just as the NFL was announcing five prime-time games for the 49ers in 2012, tied for most in the NFL.
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News gathers thoughts from Baalke on parallels between the 49ers and San Jose Sharks, drawing on the relationship between Baalke and the Sharks' leadership. Baalke on Sharks GM Doug Wilson: "Everyone has an individual style; some styles mesh closer with others. I think with Doug and I, there's a strong mesh. I like how he conducts business. He keeps things very private. We like to keep things really private. He's not a guy that wants to be the face of the organization, nor am I. We like to do things subtly and behind the scenes and I respect that out of him."
Mike Rosenberg of the San Jose Mercury News offers part three of his interview with York, who has this to say about the technological vision for the new stadium: "It's not putting something in there that's a hardware-driven stadium; you want to make sure it's a software-driven stadium. Smart phones in two years are going to be different than what they are today, the same with tablets. I'm not going to limit what HP, Apple, Google create. I just want to make sure that the experience is enhanced and you can use those devices to the fullest capability and beyond."
Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com offers thoughts on the 49ers' schedule, including this one about the Week 17 game against Arizona: "In two games against the 49ers last season, Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb attempted just one pass. He missed one game with an injury and he was knocked from the second game with a concussion after throwing his first pass. Like the 49ers, the Cardinals went after free-agent quarterback Peyton Manning. Failing in that bid, Kolb is back for his second season."
Also from Maiocco: a 49ers offseason scorecard.
Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee points to the 49ers' game against the New York Giants as a highlight. Barrows: "This could be the best game of the season. The 49ers and Giants are evenly matched and they meet for the third time in a year. Did the Giants target Kyle Williams in the NFC Championship because they knew he had previous concussions? Will the 49ers be avenging that still-painful loss? The fact that San Francisco has added two ex-Giants, including one, Brandon Jacobs, who wasn't always happy with his former team, only adds to the drama."
Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic says the Cardinals should be "pleased" with their 2012 schedule. Somers: "They need to start fast and three of the first four games are at home. They play at New England on Sept. 16, so they won't get clobbered in the snow, as they were in 2008. The game in Green Bay is on Nov. 4, so it would take an unusually early dose of winter to impact the game."
Also from Somers: The Cardinals' schedule should help them avoid another slow start. Coach Ken Whisenhunt: "The first thing that jumps out at me is something that's been different for me, is a lot of home games at the front end of the schedule. We've talked about trying to carry the momentum we built at the end of last season into next season, and you'd like to think playing at home would give us a better chance to do that."
Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch checks in with Rams quarterback Sam Bradford for thoughts on the team's new offense. Bradford on having a position coach this year: "I'm glad that we have a quarterbacks coach now. Obviously, with Josh (McDaniels) trying to do both last year, I think it was just a lot for him to handle. Sometimes some of the little things such as drops, footwork, throwing mechanics kind of got put aside as opposed to putting reads and everything in front. ... I think it's going to be great for my development."
Stu Durando of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says defensive line coach Mike Waufle played a role in recruiting free agents to the Rams.
Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch checks in with Rams coach Jeff Fisher as the team holds its minicamp. Burwell: "We've been through this a lot with the Rams, listening to the predictable comments of the players after another coaching change. Every time, it's the same stuff, as the team kept shifting leaders, kept shuffling the deck, kept hiring and firing, kept searching for the man with the magic touch. Fisher is the first one since Dick Vermeil to show up with a résumé that had some head-coaching heft behind it. And that matters to this group of players, who are sick and tired of being sick and tired."
Nick Wagoner of stlouisrams.com offers notes from Rams practice, including this one: "Jason Smith also was back on the field and he appears to be more chiseled and focused than ever. I'll have more on Smith's enthusiastic return to the team in a full story for the front page tomorrow but Smith wanted it known that he has used his battles with concussion to really zero in on the important things. To the point where he says the experience has been life changing."
Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times runs through the Seahawks' schedule, game by game. On the December game at Chicago: "This is the sixth time in seven seasons the Seahawks and Bears will play in the regular season. They've also met twice in the playoffs in that time. This is the third year in a row the Seahawks play at Chicago, Seattle winning there each of the previous two regular-season meetings."
John McGrath of the Tacoma News Tribune says the NFL's schedule rollout stands as the latest example of the league's domination. McGrath: "During the first week in April, fans figured to be savoring a heavenly confluence of sporting events: The NCAA tournament championship game on a Monday, the domestic opening of the Major League Baseball season on a Wednesday, the first round of the Masters golf tournament on a Thursday. And in the Pacific Northwest, what was the most talked-about story that week? The unveiling of the new Seahawks uniforms on a Tuesday."


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German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said Friday his country would never again return to nuclear energy, hitting back at a top EU official who doubted Berlin's commitment to phase out nuclear power.
"I cannot see any plausible political line-up that would enable a revival of nuclear power in Germany," Altmaier told Friday's edition of the Leipziger Volkszeitung regional daily.
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, Germany embarked on an ambitious "energy revolution", deciding to phase out its nuclear power plants by the end of 2022 and bolster renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind power.
However, concerns have mounted that this would entail a sharp rise in electricity prices amid difficulties in building a network able to transmit energy from the North Sea coast to the energy-hungry south of the country.
The European Union's Energy Commissioner, Guenther Oettinger, told Monday's edition of the Rheinische Post regional daily that there would "still be nuclear power on the German network in 40 years."
He said there were still 140 nuclear power stations in Europe and that nuclear fusion technology was progressing rapidly. "Maybe this technology will one day be accepted in Germany," said Oettinger, himself German.
Altmaier also vowed to find a permanent national storage site for nuclear waste by 2030. "We are together looking country-wide," he said, adding that the search would be accelerated in the coming years.
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That changes with Android 4.0, known by the code name "Ice Cream Sandwich." Devices that ship with the new version must bundle an unmodified version of Holo, Google's new default theme. Vendors are still free to include their own themes, but Holo must always be available. To coincide with the release, Google has issued a set of user experience guidelines to help developers make their apps play nice with the new standard UI.
Whose UI will be a winner?
These changes give mobile app developers much to ponder. For starters, will they be successful? Bold product design can sometimes backfire. The clearer the distinction between your product and those of your competitors, the more aggressively you steer your potential customers -- either toward your product or away from it.
Microsoft knows this as well as anyone. For example, the Zune was a perfectly serviceable portable audio player, but Microsoft's decision to wrap it in brown plastic mystifies analysts to this day. There's a chance history could repeat itself with Metro.
For its part, Microsoft claims to have based its recent UI decisions on extensive user research. Still, some critics complain that Metro seems to be a poor fit for the PC desktop -- myself among them. If Metro wears out its welcome on Windows PCs, that negative sentiment could harm sales of Windows smartphones and tablets.
Equally important for developers, the more the leading smartphone platform UIs differ from one another, the more effort is required to write apps that function comparably across all of them. Dialog boxes, screen transitions, and gestures that are appropriate for one platform might be all wrong for another. Coding the same app for three or four different sets of user interface guidelines adds yet another layer of cost and complexity to cross-platform app development -- as if it wasn't already hard enough.
Native apps trump the mobile Web
It's easy to see why. The Web has never presented anything even close to a consistent UI. Buttons, menus, preferences, dialogs, fonts, and icons all differ wildly. Each site is like a completely new platform unto itself.
It's very likely that this cacophony is a big part of why users have responded so well to native smartphone apps. Users crave consistency, particularly with lightweight, easy-access devices like smartphones and tablets. The more platform vendors encourage developers to code their app UIs to uniform standards, the more attractive those apps will become when compared to the Web.
For users this is undoubtedly a good thing, but for developers it's troubling. It's yet another way in which the mobile development market is becoming increasingly fragmented. The more distinctive the mobile platforms become, the more developers are forced to become specialists to deliver successful apps for them. Smartphones may still all function pretty much alike, but it's getting harder and harder to avoid falling into the vendors' walled-garden ecosystems.
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Saw this on my local paper's website.
I'm not a gamer, but thought it might be of interest to you lot...
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Jun 30, 2013 at 2:39 UTC
I would probably have added Warthunder rather than World of Planes, but other than that it's a decent list.
Jun 30, 2013 at 10:37 UTC
the first image has no name? lolwut?
it should not be listed on there if it was ever not free...such as rift..was once p2p i believe and recently became f2p...
Jul 1, 2013 at 3:52 UTC
That is a great list, brings back some good memories.
Jul 1, 2013 at 12:58 UTC
I would probably have added Warthunder rather than World of Planes, but other than that it's a decent list.
yea, the "world of X' games really aren't that great.
Jul 1, 2013 at 3:56 UTC
Jul 1, 2013 at 4:20 UTC
I just recently found MechWarrior Online, much the dismay of my oldest son who's World of Tanks time has dramatically dropped since I reclaimed the computer in the evenings.
Some of those old ones bring back some memories.
Jul 1, 2013 at 5:20 UTC
Mmm, games + free = win
Jul 1, 2013 at 9:54 UTC
Not a bad list overall. We should try and put together a community version with maybe just a top 20?
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(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat who's running for his party's presidential nomination, conceded that infant cerebral palsy usually is not the fault of the doctors who deliver the baby -- even though he argued otherwise in his days as a trial lawyer.
Edwards was responding to allegations first reported by CNSNews.com on Jan. 20. The CNSNews.com report noted that a large part of Edwards' legal career was based on "junk science," which allowed him to win hugely lucrative legal judgments or settlements against the medical profession.
According to the Saturday's New York Times, "...Mr. Edwards did not dispute the contention...that few cases of cerebral palsy are caused by mishandled deliveries." Edwards did say that during his legal career, he represented only the few cases that were the exceptions to the rule.
The outcome of those cases, many of them dealing with the debatable cause of cerebral palsy in infants, made Edwards a rich man, allowing him to self-finance a 1998 run for the U.S. Senate from North Carolina and position himself as a presidential candidate in 2004.
As CNSNews.com reported on Jan. 20, Edwards won record jury verdicts and settlements by arguing that in certain cases, obstetricians and the hospitals where they practiced had been responsible for botching the treatment of women in labor and the delivery of their babies. It was that botched treatment, Edwards argued, that resulted in the infants sustaining either brain damage or developing cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is a brain disorder that causes motor function impairment and lifelong disability.
The CNSNews.com report pointed to medical studies dating back to at least the 1980s which asserted that doctors could do very little to cause cerebral palsy during the birthing process. Two new studies in 2003 further undermined the scientific premise of the high-profile court cases won by Edwards.
Edwards now insists that the cerebral cases he represented were the exceptions.
"I took very seriously our responsibility to determine if our cases were merited," Edwards told the New York Times in an interview on Friday, just days after refusing to answer CNSNews.com's questions on the same topic.
"Before I ever accepted a brain-injured child case, we would spend months investigating it," Edwards added.
The Times also noted that between 1985 and 1995, "Edwards filed at least 20 similar lawsuits against doctors and hospitals in deliveries gone wrong, winning verdicts and settlements of more than $60 million, typically keeping about a third. "
Dr. Murray Goldstein, a neurologist and the medical director of the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation, told CNSNews.com that brain damage resulting from the techniques used in a delivery were possible, but "really unusual."
"The overwhelming majority of children that are born with developmental brain damage, the [obstetrician/gynecologist] could not have done anything about it, could not have, not at this stage of what we know," Goldstein said.
Eldon L. Boisseau of the Kansas-based firm Turner and Boisseau, which specializes in defending doctors' insurance companies from medical malpractice lawsuits, said he believed "junk science" was used by lawyers in cases similar to those Edwards argued during his legal career.
And while obstetricians were generally blameless in cerebral palsy cases, according to Boisseau, he said he believed there would be more legal judgments and settlements in the future similar to those Edwards had won during his legal career.
Some of Edwards' critics told CNSNews.com that as a trial lawyer, Edwards relied more on his verbal skills than the latest scientific evidence to persuade juries that the doctors' mistakes had been instrumental in causing the cerebral palsy in the infants.
But last week, following his fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Edwards did not want to address the allegations. His campaign spokesmen also refused to comment on the issue prior to CNSNews.com's publication of its Jan. 20 story.
"How do you respond to allegations that trial lawyers like yourself made a lot of money off cerebral palsy cases using 'junk science,' when scientific studies show that cerebral palsy isn't caused by botched deliveries?" CNSNews.com asked Edwards last Tuesday night.
Edwards did not say a word, despite two more attempts to elicit a response. His aides intervened and moved the senator along.
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Did 'Junk Science' Make John Edwards Rich? (Jan. 1, 2004)
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This season ripped jean's are definitely getting popular. I've never actually owned any ripped jeans well, apart from when I was going through my tom-boy stage. (let's not go into that) I'm currently questioning whether to get a pair of white jeans (ah scary!) Tomorrow I'm off shopping so I'll be trying on a pair in Primark just for the trial of course! Anyway, Last week I was feeling very confident and decided to put my five years of textiles qualifications into use and did some DIY on some very un loved jeans. Not too sure why I never wear black jean's I wear black all the time but never black jeans! I decided to rip them up and give them an added edge by applying light rips to the knee's.
STEP ONE // cut into the jeans where you want the rip's to be. I only made a small cut so I could then look at the scale and what size I wanted the rip to be. I then mirrored the cut about 10cm away from the previous cut. creating a cut out bridge.
STEP TWO // I then took a mini grater from IKEA, and then basically just grated the grater against the already made rip. Here you can be as rough and angry as you like as the more ripped and messy you get it the better! You can also go in with the tweezers, and pull out the cotton and create a more derailed rip.
STEP THREE // you can then go on to make more rip's in other areas. I decided to only go for three rip's on the knee as I didn't want a block of my knee on show.
STEP FOUR // This step is optional, however I do feel it helps. You then want to put the jeans into the wash, of course this will happen every time you wash them, but they will begin to pull out more cotton and appear more ripped and rough around the edges.
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With three pre-season games behind them now, the San Francisco 49ers have made their first round of player cuts and are eyeing their season opener against the Green Bay Packers. Thus far the team has looked very efficient and very motivated in their pursuit of a championship for Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. Regardless of whether or not most of the players that see extended playing time in pre-season games are ultimately not the feature player for that position, the 49ers players that have taken the field have played quite well.
The first pre-season game against the Minnesota Vikings saw a 17-6 victory for the San Francisco 49ers. Alex Smith saw limited playing time in favor of Colin Kaepernick and Scott Tolzien, both of whom were very efficient. Reserve running back Anthony Dixon led the running game with 12 carries, and the receiving unit was well rounded as 12 different receivers caught a pass.
Pre-season game two was a losing effort to the Houston Texans 20-9. But there was a silver lining to the cloud. Alex Smith was as efficient as ever, though again in a limited role. Running back Kendall Hunter also displayed his worth, rushing for 46 yards on only six carries. The real standout of the game was none other than Randy Moss, who in very limited playing time caught three passes for 24 yards. Moss is proving to be worthy of another year in the NFL.
The third pre-season game was a come from behind victory for the 49ers against the Denver Broncos. In which the Broncos inexplicably kept their superstar quarterback Peyton Manning in the game for quite a long time. Conversely, the 49ers chose to keep their reserves in for the majority of the game. Dixon again led the rushing attack and again the passing was spread out to a multitude of different reserve receivers.
Their fourth and final pre-season game will be tomorrow against the Chargers from San Diego. While most of the starters for the 49ers will probably not see much playing time again, it does stand to reason that they should. The Green Bay game is right around the corner, and one can never be too prepared for them.
With so many of the reserves playing at such a high level during these pre-season games, this no doubt leaves coach Harbaugh with some very difficult decisions to make. The first round of cuts made saw 14 make their exit, with quite a few more to come. Those left fighting for a spot in the receiving and running back groups will not have an easy go of it. A few names from last years squad just might see the door.
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Ever feel intimidated by researching your geneology, or don't know how you could find the time? The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah just released the first video in a fun step-by-step series to help anyone, anywhere, find info about their ancestors online … all in just "5 minutes or less"! Who knew Family Research could be so quick and easy? Check it out! Continue reading
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Closer To God One Synthetic Cell At A Time
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What do a beautiful pageant contestant and a large group of American pediatricians have in common? In a word: Honesty. This month both Prejean and the ACPeds give us pause to consider that perhaps when it comes to a choice between "Political Correctness", and just plain correct-ness; PC is passe. Case #1. When California's Miss USA contestant … Continue reading
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Naomi Cantonwine no longer leaves the premises to buy the beads she sells at Beadline, the Laguna Beach store she started with her now-late husband in 1987. She doesn't have to – the beads come to her.
"People walk in all the time with these treasures, something they found on a trip or maybe something that was their grandmother's," Cantonwine said. "I'll get people coming in with a full stock of beads in several boxes. Mostly they don't have too much value, but sometimes they do. … You have to know what to look for, and I do – I've been doing this a long time."
Cantonwine, 77, doesn't rely only on strangers stopping by. She always looks forward to visits from African traders. She says in the past it would be common for traders to pull out their stock, or "beadies," and lay them across the floor, with every square inch covered. Cantonwine would then go over everything, picking the best and most interesting items to sell in her store.
She began to decipher the meanings and stories of the necklaces she bought, and it wasn't long before she was hooked.
"It's different now," she said. "The older African traders back then didn't know too much about the beads they had. I found out a lot on my own. Now the second-generation traders know quite a bit about what they have, so it confirms what I already knew."
In the days when many people in some cultures carried everything they had with them, beads worked much like a business or calling card, Cantonwine said. They could show social status or carry medicinal herbs and charms used in healing, along with prayers and hopes for good luck.
"Every society has used beads," Cantonwine said. "I have Chinese beads, beads from Nepal, Mexico, Guatemala. The most prized or sought-after beads are probably the chevron Murano beads from Italy. They have different layers, and those with seven layers are the most valuable. Explorers used them to trade for goods."
Cantonwine shows off a string of several hundred coins issued by the British empire for use in Africa. The thin coins sport a neat, centered hole so they can be carried on a stand and worn around the neck or waist.
"I had been in the bead business only a short time when I heard about some glass Czech beads in New York," Cantonwine said. "So I went and I bought 2,000 pounds of them. They were handmade and handstrung as mambo beads, after the popular dance of the time.
"People who had been in the bead business could not believe I had found something like that so early on. I was really lucky, but then, you have to know what to look for!"
Q. What is the best thing about owning your business?
A. It's being my own boss, but really, it's been so long since I have worked for anyone, I have forgotten what it's like. In my own shop I can conduct my business the way I think best. There's no one here to tell me what to buy and how to sell what I have.
Q. What is the most challenging aspect?
A. The biggest challenge is staying alive in this economy. In the last five or six years it has been tough, and you have to look at everything to stay afloat. When there are so many things you need to buy to live, who needs beads?
Q. What advice do you have for anyone opening a business?
A. Get everything into your computer on Day One and start from there. If you don't keep up on everything that comes in, you lose track and you can never catch up.


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This episode was a retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," and I am going to trust that you all have at least seen the Disney version. The episode was kind of a chaotic jumble and it's going to be hard to give you a play by play so apologies in advance.
(Need to catch up? Check our our previous Once Upon a Time recaps:
Episode 1| Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | Episode 11)
Our story opens with in Fairytale land, where a king is poring over a map with his staff. They are clearly trying to stave off a war, and are hoping for help—help they are certain will not arrive. A woman tries to comfort the King, and it's his daughter Belle. A hunky boorish guy speaks up, saying he'll save everyone, oh hello Gaston, yep, still stupid. There's a knock at the gate, the guards open it, no one is there—but that's because he's right behind you, and yes it's our own David Bowie wannabe, Rumpelstiltskin! He strikes a deal with the King to save the country for the price of...uh huh, his daughter, Belle. Everyone cries outrage, but Belle goes willingly.
So R is our "beast du jour" of the evening. I'd go with him too, he's hawt!
Meanwhile, back in Storybrook, Mr. Gold is repossessing the florist's truck that is full of roses because it's the day before Valentine's Day (Oddly, the florist looks like the King from previous scene..duh). The florist is way angry.
Mayor is watching all this go down, she summons Gold and says she wants to chat with him. He refuses and she pushes, he looks her in the face and say No PLEASE (the magic word) and she backs off immediately.
(I should mention there is a subplot about the love of a good man involving Mary Margaret, Ashley (Cinderella), and Red. I'm not going to talk about it more than to say it's cute and all Valentine-y, but really not central to the plot.)
Mr. Gold goes home to find his door is open, so he enters the house with his gun drawn, and turns a corner, only to walk right into Emma with her gun drawn. They stand that way for a minute, then Emma tells him he was robbed.
Duh, obvious much?
Cut to the past in FTL (not FTD!)
R puts Belle in her room/cell and dances away giggling. He returns a short time later to give her a tour of the house, telling her she is to cook and clean and answer his to his every need. She seems all right with this till she is about to serve him a cup of tea in a chipped cup. (Isn't that Angela Lansbury you're holding, Belle??) R shrugs it off, telling her it's only a cup and not to worry. He is visibly cheered by her presence.
In Storybrook, Gold tells Emma the florist is the thief, and then tells her he isn't shocked he was ripped off.
In a moment of 'WTF?' he says one of the dumbest lines ever, telling Emma 'bad things happen to bad people.' DUH!
So in the land of Fairytales, Belle is talking to R. It's kind of sweet, he's acting all charming and cute cracking jokes and dancing around. You see he is starting to have feelings for her and is stymied by the whole thing.
Back in the city, Emma finds Gold's stuff, she calls him in and expects him to be happy. He isn't; he says something's missing, but he won't say what. Then he tells her that she better find the Florist Monard before he does or they might never find him at all. DUH DUH DUH...
In the other world, you know the one with fairies and dragons, Belle and Rumpy talk . Belle is asking a lot of questions, including one about R's son. He acknowledges that he used to have a son but lost him.
Just when it gets heavy, there is a knock at the door. Rumpy goes to answer it, and it's Gaston.
He's making some great grandiose gesture, but R is bored. He turns Gaston into a rose, then presents the rose to Belle, but doesn't tell her who it is. R asks Belle about why she came with him, and she tells him that she wanted to be brave and see the world. Then she asks about Gaston, and she says he's kind of superficial and dull, not her type. So in a moment of weakness R plays a game of trust with Belle, he sends her to town to see if she will actually return.
In Storybrook:
Gold has kidnapped the florist and he is lying in the back of the flower truck all gaffers taped up like some BDSM romance novel. They go to a cabin in the wood and Gold starts yelling at him "where is she? What have you done? And who put you up to this?," then he promptly starts beating the shit out of him. It's a tense scene, the kind at which Robert Carlyle excels.
Belle is walking down the road with the intention of escaping the clutches of our beloved Beast, when the Evil Queen comes barrelling down the road in a carriage that is the stuff Goth dreams are made of.
She gets out and has a chat with Belle about true love. She convinces Belle to kiss R to break the curse.
The Queen looks fantastically bitchy at this moment.
R is watching out the window for Belle, he sees her and runs back to the wheel acting all, 'no I wasn't waiting for you.' She asks him to tell her about his son and when R gets a bit emo she moves in for the "kiss." She kisses him, and he starts to turn human! He goes mental, he screams and yells at the mirror telling Belle that he "knew" she never cared for him, how could she? That she was in cahoots with the Queen the whole time. He has completely lost it, and throws Belle in the dungeon.
Then he goes upstairs and destroys the house like any good rock star would. He is about to smash a tea cup but realizes it's the chipped one, and instead sets it down reverently before going back to getting medieval on his, um, medieval home.
Back in Storybrook, Emma shows up just before Gold kills the florist. He's hurt but not dead. Emma tries to question Gold but he won't have it, and he dismisses her. She laughs, pulls out handcuffs—and arrests him. (See, it is a BDSM romance!)
Back in the Dungeon, R shows up and tells Belle to leave and just go home. He tells her he doesn't "want her" and again is visibly shaken. Belle calls him a coward because he is afraid to love someone.
In a complete bastard move he tells her his power means more to him than she does. Belle doesn't buy it, but she's hurt, so she leaves. Rumpy also knows he blew it. It's one of the sadder moments of the season.
In Storybrook, Emma and Gold are sharing quips in the police station while Emma enjoys a pastrami sandwich. THANK GOD there is a deli in Storybrook, I was so worried!
Mayor Biotch shows up, and uses Henry as a bribe to get Emma out of the station, they go off to have ice cream.
Mayor gets all up close and personal with Gold, telling him she has what he needs. She only wants one thing first...DUDE...HIS TRUE NAME.
He dances around it for a few minutes, but she keeps pressing.
So he says it—Rumpelstiltskin, like he just ate some bad fruit. She smiles her best bitch grin and hands him the chipped cup. He inclines his head and thanks her as "her majesty" but then adds that when he's out she should be afraid...very afraid.
She leaves and he fondles the cup.
The final scene (the best part!) takes place in Storybrook with the Evil Queen paying Rumpy a visit. She asks questions about Belle, and then innocently alludes to Belle's demise. R asks what happened, and after many bad things, Belle kinda lost it and threw herself out a tower window. The Queen looks pleased with this fact, and she leaves. R is in ruin as he places the chipped cup in an honored place.
Okay, finally we see the Mayor go into a secured part of the hospital, she asks if the "girl" is any better.
The nurse who looks a bit like Nurse Ratchett shakes her head sadly. The mayor walks down a long hallway and stops in front of a metal panel. She opens a small panel and looks in..Guess who???? Yup, it's Belle, all drugged up.
Holy Crap, guess who's going to be pissed off when they find out!!!
Synde Korman talks music and books on her website Tombstone Tails, along with creating a line of literary jewelry on her etsy site Cemetery Cat Designs.
When she's not herding cats or creating art, she works as a part-time bookseller. You can find her on twitter as @psynde.


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Time to get started on wedding planning for my interfaith/intercultural Hindu and Scottish wedding! It's going to be... interesting.The first step, I think, is to get inspiration and ideas. To see how my thoughts can integrate into a cohesive whole.Here are a few great finds from the comments on my wedding announcement post of non-Indian Hindu weddings! I said I hadn't ever seen a Hindu wedding where neither the bride nor the groom was non-Indian and our friends pipped up with a couple … [Read more...]
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Another awful Rasmussen poll
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This one's a couple days old, but it still deserves to be mocked. And yes, it's by the GOP's favorite polling firm, Rasmussen, which seems to have a patent on asking really dumb, and misleading, polling questions designed solely to generate dubious "buzz."
Behold the latest [emphasis added]:
The good news for Senator Ben Nelson is that he doesn't have to face Nebraska voters until 2012.
If Governor Dave Heineman challenges Nelson for the Senate job, a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows the Republican would get 61% of the vote while Nelson would get just 30%.
That's right, Rasmussen is now polling hypothetical election match-ups that may or may not take place 33 months from now. I believe in the polling industry the Rasmussen survey would be what's known as "utterly useless."
UPDATED: Turns out lots of people have problems with Rasmussen's work.
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A cup of steaming tea has a wonderfully restorative and calming effect. But what if your warm drink went one step further? Infuse Your Mood tea uses the safe, balanced power of the adaptogen
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Stargazing to take place at Spooner Lake State Park
August 22, 2013
Professional stargazer Gigi Giles will host a laser-guided tour of the night sky Saturday at Spooner Lake State Park.
High-powered telescopes and astronomical binoculars will be available during the tour.
Guests are asked to wear comfortable shoes and bring a light jacket and flashlight. The tour is not recommended for young children and pets. Park entrance fees will be waived for the event.
The tour will take place from 8:30-10 p.m. Guests are asked to meet at Spooner Lake Park's upper parking lot. The park is located near the intersection of Highways 50 and 28; from the intersection, travel a half-mile north on Highway 28 to the Spooner Lake Park's entrance.