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IRA FLATOW, host:
Turning now to your arachnophobia. I know some of you have some of that. If you have any arachnophobia, I want you to try to hang in there for the rest of the hour because we're going to be talking about spiders. I think you're going to learn stuff about spiders that you didn't know before.
Personally, I like spiders. I mean, I never kill one if I don't have to. I take them outside. I'm the kind of - I'm actually the guy on the block whom your kids or your neighbors call over to get the spider out of the bathtub or wherever it is. I'm that guy who does it because I really like - I think I like spiders. There are some of them that I'm not so crazy about like the wolf spider, fury little spider. I'm not crazy about it. But other spiders I know I'm interested in.
And I can understand why some people don't like spiders. Some of them are big and ugly, downright yucky-looking. Spiders are predators. They're cannibals. They won't hesitate to eat their own kind, even their mates. And mothers will eat their babies and the babies, once they're big enough, they're going to eat mom. Some spiders have deadly poisons, you know. If they bite you, you can get stung pretty badly.
But that hasn't stopped. All these things hasn't stopped some people from being fascinated with the spiders and their relatives. And one of those people is Dr. Greta Binford. She's an arachnologist who studies spiders that can kill you and she has hunted down venomous spiders all over the world, including this really unique place in Los Angeles. I remember a basement in Los Angeles, in a store, that harbors some of the world's deadliest spiders.
And Dr. Binford studies spider venom, and that means that as part of her job she has to milk the venom from the fangs of the spiders. Now I've seen snakes being milked for venom. We're going to find out how you milk a spider for venom. She has milked more than 10,000 deadly spiders. And she says she can carry on a conversation while she does it. Now that's - how's that for a web of intrigue?
Dr. Greta Binford is assistant professor of biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and she joins us from Portland.
Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY, Dr. Binford.
Dr. GRETA BINFORD (Biology, Lewis & Clark College): Thank you, Ira. Thanks for having me.
FLATOW: How do you milk a spider? So tell me very carefully.
Dr. BINFORD: Well, first is I put the spider to sleep. It makes it much easier. As you know, spiders ranged a lot in size. The ones I study are fairly small and that presents a challenge, a number of challenges. So I put them to sleep. I put them under a microscope and then I rinse their fangs gently with water.
And their fangs are very close to their mouth so some people aren't clear that their venom actually comes out of separate openings than their mouth, and spiders digest their prey externally. So they have a lot of digestive enzymes as well.
And so I clamp them under a microscope and I give them an electrical shock, about 12 volts, and that makes their muscles contract. And their venom glands are surrounded by muscles and so the venom squeezes out. But what also happens is they vomit. And so one of the big challenges is trying to keep the venom from being contaminated by vomit. So I have, literally, have a vomit vacuum on the mouth of the spider.
FLATOW: Well, if...
Dr. BINFORD: And - but when it's done right...
FLATOW: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: ...the venom just flows right into a glass capillary tube and it's pure.
FLATOW: Well, on our Web site, it's ScienceFriday.com, you can actually see one these spiders in action and shooting the venom out. So if you want to go ScienceFriday.com, you can see Dr. Binford's spiders. We're talking spiders this hour on TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News.
How did you get started with this? What made you interested in venomous spiders?
Dr. BINFORD: Well, I'll start by telling you how I got interested in spiders. I was very lucky as an undergraduate to have an opportunity to work with Ann Rypstra at Miami University on a project in Peru. And Ann and I had grown up with an interest in the outdoors and biology but I hadn't thought that much about spiders and - but this project was focused on spiders.
And I spent a summer in Peru watching social spiders, which were fantastic, and that opened my eyes to just how diverse spiders are, how the general message of spiders are nasty is not accurate at all, and also about just how little we knew about spiders, and so they present a really great opportunity for discovery...
FLATOW: Right.
Dr. BINFORD: ...at the species level, at characteristics of the organism. And so I was introduced to the process of science with that opportunity. And I recognized that, wow, I can make it a contribution. And there's a lot that we need to learn about spiders.
Now, my interest in venom sprouted out of an interest that started back in Peru, in biodiversity in general. So spiders are diverse. There are about 40,000 species of them that we know and many more that are yet to be discovered, and each of them have to capture prey to live. And so they have venom as one of their, you know, part of their arsenal for doing that.
And a venom of a single spider can have 50 to 100 different components in it. And we know very little about the composition of those mixes, but we know enough to know that the venoms differ a lot among species. So if you think about it, there are 40,000 species, each with 50 to 100 different toxic components. That's just a world of diversity and we know - we've just scratched the surface of beginning to explore diversity. So it's a great way to study how biodiversity originates, so I really used it as a tool to study the evolution of biodiversity.
FLATOW: Tell me about this basement in Los Angeles.
Dr. BINFORD: The famous Los Angeles basement. Well, it had been discovered in the '50s that a species related to the brown recluse had been brought up to Los Angeles and colonized a few places. And so the species - it's called Loxosceles laeta. Loxosceles is the genus that includes the brown recluse.
And the brown recluse is one of the few that has venom components that can actually cause damage when they bite people. And the species from South America that's in the basement of the Goodwill in L.A. is a large relative of the brown recluse. Now it's been there for nearly 50 years and it isn't linked to any problems outside of that area. But it's a great way for me to go get a spider that's native to South America for my comparative research.
FLATOW: When you milk the spiders of their venom, I know with snakes they make anti-venom out of it, right? Do you that with spiders, too?
Dr. BINFORD: Yeah, we do. So one of the - the best way we have for treating venomous bites is by raising antibodies against those same toxins and then you can inject antibodies into bite victims and the antibodies will neutralize the toxins in the venoms. And so yeah, collecting those venoms is a starting point for creating the anti-venoms that are used for treatment.
FLATOW: And how does the venom attack us? What does it do to us if we're bitten?
Dr. BINFORD: Well, brown recluse - so that differs, depending on a species, but the brown recluse group has a toxin, which is what captured my interest in them; it's a toxin that's called Sphingomyelinase D, an enzyme, and it works by snipping a molecule in cell membranes, a molecule called sphingomyelin that's found everywhere. And that causes cells to rapture.
Now, that creates a little local problem, but the problem that causes the damage in people is an immune reaction to something about that clipping of the cells. And so it's a complex cascade of immune events that we're still trying to fully understand.
FLATOW: All right. We're going to...
Dr. BINFORD: And so that means that - I'm sorry.
FLATOW: I'm sorry. I'm going to have to rudely break in, as I normally do every week, because we have to go to a break, okay? So Dr. Binford, stay with us. We'll be right back. Talking with Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology, Lewis & Clark College in Portland. We're going to take a break and bring in another spider expert in it. One spider not enough? How about two? Stay with us, we'll be right back.
I'm Ira Flatow. This is TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News.
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FLATOW: You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow.
We're talking for the rest of the hour about spiders. My guest is Dr. Greta Binford, associate professor of biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
You were telling me, before I rudely interrupted, about how spider venom works. Does it attack the nervous system eventually or what?
Dr. BINFORD: It does. Well - so venoms are these mixtures. The enzyme I was talking about in the brown recluse venom is just one component. So most spider venoms, I mean they're there to immobilize insect prey, primarily. And so they have a complex of toxins that have very specific activity on the nervous system. And so, yeah, they're neurotoxins.
And what's exciting for many people about that is that the specificity with which they target the nervous system is really impressive, and we've learned a lot from that specificity, about the diversity of what are called ion channels in the nervous system. And there's a lot of excitement about potential for drugs...
FLATOW: Right.
Dr. BINFORD: ...and insectides and specific applications of that diversity.
FLATOW: Phil in Syracuse, New York, welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY. Hi, Phil. Go ahead.
PHIL (Caller): Yes. Yes. Hello. I'm here.
FLATOW: Yes.
PHIL: A couple of questions; one dealing with the topic you were just dealing with. Are all known spider species venomous to some degree? And the second one, though, I'm really interested, in my house, down in my basement I've got these spiders. I've looked them up. They're called house spiders. They only seemed to exist in the house. They seem to sit around for months doing nothing. I chase them out of the basement...
FLATOW: Couch potato spiders.
PHIL: And what do they - do they just eat each other? I find - what looks like pregnant ones and, you know, and they don't really build much of a web, just kind of this...
FLATOW: Lazy.
PHIL: ...silky thing, and what are they doing?
FLATOW: They were TV clicking...
PHIL: what - they just cannibalize each other? I mean...
Dr. BINFORD: Okay. I'll get to that after I answer your first question.
PHIL: Okay.
Dr. BINFORD: Most spiders are venomous, but there are a couple of groups that don't have venom. One is an orbi(ph). They're called uloboridae. They're a feather-legged spider and they're common actually, but they simply wrap their prey to death.
PHIL: Okay.
Dr. BINFORD: Grim. Otherwise...
PHIL: And they have - do they have fangs or...
Dr. BINFORD: They have fangs, yeah...
PHIL: But not venoms.
Dr. BINFORD: ...and a lot of spiders use...
PHIL: Yes.
Dr. BINFORD: So the way spiders capture prey varies enormously across species. So some species...
PHIL: Okay.
Dr. BINFORD: ...use venom. Others don't use venom very much but they crush prey with their jaws. Others use silk to wrap prey and immobilize. Some use a combination. Most do the combination of those tactics.
PHIL: Cool. Okay.
Dr. BINFORD: So the relative role in them varies a lot and that's something that's very interesting to many of us.
PHIL: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: Now, the spider in your basement...
PHIL: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: The common name house spider isn't super-informative.
PHIL: Well, it's got really long legs, very small body, and it just hangs out in corners...
FLATOW: Maybe it's not a spider.
PHIL: They just do nothing for months on end sometimes.
FLATOW: How do you know it's a spider?
Dr. BINFORD: So if it's long...
PHIL: Oh, it's definitely a spider.
Dr. BINFORD: If it's in a web, it's going to be spider probably. My guess is you're talking about something we call pholcid or a cellar spider is the common name.
PHIL: Okay. Okay.
Dr. BINFORD: And they are super common, and they have these kind of small roundish to cylindrical bodies and long hair-like legs.
PHIL: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: They are actually doing a lot down there. They're great for eating other arthropods, including other spiders and they...
PHIL: Well, we have a centipedes. I suppose there's a war going on in my basement. That's what I always think. The war between the centipedes...
Dr. BINFORD: Lucky you.
PHIL: I mean, is that happening?
Dr. BINFORD: They're completely harmless spiders, though.
PHIL: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: They are commonly referred to, in some areas, as Daddy Long Legs (unintelligible)...
FLATOW: That's what I thought.
PHIL: Well, you know, it's not Daddy Long Legs.
Dr. BINFORD: Okay.
PHIL: Do they eat flies?
Dr. BINFORD: Well, the common name Daddy Long Leg is confusing because some people refer to what arachnologists call opiliones or harvestmen...
PHIL: Right. Right. Right.
Dr. BINFORD: ...as Daddy Long Legs...
PHIL: Right.
Dr. BINFORD: ...and those aren't spiders at all. They're arachnids.
PHIL: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: So - but the other form of Daddy Long Leg is a pholcid that hangs in webs...
PHIL: Okay.
Dr. BINFORD: ...in the corner of cellars. So my guess is that's what it is, but I really have to see a photo.
PHIL: Yeah.
Dr. BINFORD: You're welcome to send me a photo and I can confirm.
FLATOW: Thanks, Phil. 1-800-989-8255. Now for a spider of another kind we're going to bring in another spider expert. This is a spider with an unusual trait. If you saw the last Harry Potter movie, you know, you caught a glimpse of a whip spider. Believe me it wasn't pretty. Whip spiders have incredibly long front legs or whips that they weave around.
But my next guest has discovered that the spiders can amazingly behave very nicely. Dr. Linda Rayor is senior research associate in the department of entomology at Cornell, and she is so fond of spiders that she has started the Eight-legged Ambassadors; that's Cornell's spider outreach program. Yes, even spiders have an outreach program. She says that she and her students have persuaded thousands of school children and community groups that spiders are hip, not horrible.
She joins us from Cornell. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.
Dr. LINDA RAYOR (Cornell University): Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
FLATOW: Tell us about this whip spider. In fact, we have a video on our Web site at Sciencefriday.com of the whip spiders. It's just absolutely fascinating. It almost looks like a lobster to me.
Dr. RAYOR: Well, I should clarify something. So the so-called whip spider, it's not a very good common name. They're actually not spiders. They're other arachnids and I'm going to refer to them as Amblypygids. It's an order at the same level as the spiders, scorpions, harvestmen and so on.
So these Amblypygids are an entirely different group. But like all spiders, they have two body parts, eight legs and pedipalps. And in the case of the Amblypygids, the palps are used to - they have a stiletto-sharp tip that basically spines the prey.
FLATOW: Wow. And one thing that you discovered and you published is that the spider acts very lovingly to its young, maternally.
Dr. RAYOR: Yeah. It turns out that these Amblypygids, at least prior to sexual maturity, are found in incredibly interactive, friendly groups. Instead of the youngsters just sitting together somewhat near mom, instead they're constantly touching each other with their whips, and there's this constant state of interaction. It's really exciting to watch.
FLATOW: And the video we have on our Web site of the whip spider - I'll have to continue to call it that, if you'll forgive me - actually shows that the mom is carrying the spiders in a little group on her back.
Dr. RAYOR: Well, this is typical of a number of the groups of arachnids, the Amblypygids, the Vinegaroons and scorpions - their youngsters are born and then crawl onto mom's back and stay there for an (unintelligible) so about a week where they are totally helpless, and if they fall off they don't have any chance of survival. After that, they climb off the mother's back and what I've got there is a video that shows the youngsters actually molting and coming off the mother's back. I was really lucky to see it.
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FLATOW: How lucky do you have to be? You just have to be there at the right moment.
Dr. RAYOR: Out of many, many arachnids, yeah, I've only seen it a couple of times.
FLATOW: 1-800-989-8255, let's see if we can get a couple of phone calls or two here. Let's go to Terry. Hi Terry, you're at Norman, Oklahoma.
TERRY (Caller): Hello. Yes, I'm calling because we have - I just started doing backyard and house biology in our house several years ago, and if you just stopped to look, you can see a lot of things. And so we have videotaped a black and yellow Argiope couple mating, and it's a really exciting process to watch.
And letting those spiders live in your basement or the jumping spiders live in the windows, we've decided is a good thing because they eat other critters that you probably don't want in the house. And the most exciting thing I found last year was in our basement; there was a very large wolf spider known as a Geolycosum ossiriensis(ph) on my basement floor.
FLATOW: Oh, I've seen many of those.
TERRY: And so we put her outside. I consulted with my brother, who is Jim Carrel at the University of Missouri, and he's the editor of the Journal of Arachnology. The guest might know who he is.
Dr. BINFORD: Yes. We know Jim.
Dr. RAYOR: We do indeed.
TERRY: Yes. And he's a graduate, his Ph.D. is from Cornell. And actually I just went down to Archbold research station to visit Jim a few weeks ago, and he works on another burrowing wolf spider.
FLATOW: Wow.
TERRY: That was a very interesting experience.
FLATOW: Hey, are wolf spiders that common? Are they the big basement spider? I mean, I'll ask my guest, Dr. Raynor?
Dr. BINFORD: They are very common. I don't know if Linda wants to chime in here, but they are among the most common spiders that people see in the United States. They are very diverse in North America and they are harmless.
Dr. RAYOR: Yeah.
FLATOW: Do you think that they look so hairy, is that what makes them so unattractive to people?
Dr. BINFORD: You know, I -
Dr. RAYOR: This is Linda.
FLATOW: Yeah.
Dr. RAYOR: I've thought about this a lot, and I think it's that one, they don't have two cute little eyes, instead most of them have eight eyes, and the way they walk is much jerkier than many of the insects. And so it just seems more extra-terrestrial to people.
Also, the way silk hangs down, it's easy to walk into silk or into a spider in a web without really feeling that there ought to be something that close to you.
FLATOW: Is there a proper way to handle a spider if you - you don't want it in your bathtub.
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FLATOW: You don't want to step on it, but you want to get it - you want to liberate it, how's that?
Dr. RAYOR: In a cup.
FLATOW: In a cup.
Dr. BINFORD: Yes, and I'd just recommend against grabbing them with your hands. Most spiders are not aggressive but, you know, if you squeeze it enough, it will bite.
FLATOW: And is the venom from most spiders is something to be worried about, or does the common household spider give you just a little pain, and you don't have to go to the emergency room?
Dr. BINFORD: True. The common household spiders are not harmful at all. And in many cases the bites are not felt. And in contrast to insect bites, spiders' bites don't tend to cause itching - maybe a little bit of redness, maybe a little bit of soreness, but the majority wouldn't cause any reaction at all.
FLATOW: 1-800-989-8255. Can you have the amblypydia(ph) as a house pet? I mean...
(Soundbite of laughter)
Dr. RAYOR: You know, actually, the amblypygids are wonderful pets. You can keep them in relatively small containers. And what I found is that I had originally been keeping them in - solitarily, just by themself, and I think they were relatively depressed. And so once I started allowing youngsters to stay in groups, they were much more active, much more interactive.
And so basically, you just need a container with a good bark substrate up against the glass that they can move on.
FLATOW: Well, two questions then: where do you get them, and what do you feed them if they're going to do this?
Dr. RAYOR: Most spiders are - I feed everything on crickets or flies. And I actually buy - I buy crickets, buy about 3,000 every couple of weeks for my lab. Where do you get them? Actually, I've gotten most of mine from Internet dealers. And the ones that I think are particularly interesting are - is this Tanzanian species that you got on the Web site, Damon diadema.
FLATOW: Don't you think there's something poetic about buying spiders on the Web?
Dr. RAYOR: It's an amazing world.
(Soundbite of laughter)
FLATOW: I'm glad you got the joke. Thank you. We're talking about spiders this hour in TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY from NPR News; talking with Greta Binford and Linda Rayor, both arachnologists - is that the right word?
Dr. BINFORD: Yes.
Dr. RAYOR: Yes.
FLATOW: Yes. And did either of you ever have a fear of spiders that you had to overcome? Or were you just born loving spiders - or not being afraid of them, might be more proper?
Dr. RAYOR: For me - Greta, you want to go first?
Dr. BINFORD: No, you go ahead.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Dr. RAYOR: Okay. So I'm from Denver. I know that - now I know that there are spiders there. I basically do not remember spiders growing up at all. When I started my graduate work at the University of Kansas, this was my first real exposure to eastern deciduous forests. And my first semester I was walking around outside, and I was seeing these amazing spiders that were so cool and I was bringing them back to the entomology grad students to identify. And they were very snooty with me and said, you know, I don't know what they are; they're spiders, who cares?
And I found a very nice-looking grad student who was also interested in spiders, and we did science together, and I married him.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Dr. RAYOR: That's how I got interested in spiders.
FLATOW: He fell into your web, as...
Dr. RAYOR: It was a romantic adventure for me.
FLATOW: Let's go to Terry in Luze(ph), Delaware. Hi, Terry. Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.
TERRY (Caller): Hi, thanks so much for taking my call. I'm an arachnophile from way back, and I had for 13 years a Chilean rose-haired tarantula that I would take into my classrooms at the beginning of each school year. I was a middle school teacher, still am. So we would have what I would call, you know, Arachnid 101. And I would teach them about the spider. Some of them were terrified at the get-go, or used it for a great excuse to jump out of their seats and make a lot of hollering noises.
But eventually, once I'd talked them through it, and I walked around holding Rosie in my hands and showed them the different parts - the fangs, the silk coming out, the eye spot - they got fascinated. I told them they didn't have to touch it, didn't have to even come near it, but if they wanted to, they could touch it while I held her.
And almost, you know, all of them ended up wanting to touch her and becoming very fond of her. I regret that after 13 years - she died recently. And I tried to...
FLATOW: Thirteen years. That's a pretty good life.
TERRY: Yeah, yeah. Apparently, they could grow, you know, live to about 35 if they were well treated. And when I got her, she was the same size as when she died. So I'm not sure how old she was.
FLATOW: Let me ask this, because we're running out of time. Are there - and thank you for the call - are there spider clubs that people can join, who have spiders for pets?
Dr. BINFORD: Yes. There's an excellent organization in the United States, the American Arachnological Society. And it's the - the best scientists in, actually, in the world are part of this organization. But also many lay people come to our meetings. You can learn a lot at the Web site, www.americanarachnology.org. There are great links there for general information about spiders and to a new book that's a manual of spiders of the North America, which is a great start for people.
FLATOW: Can you learn how to raise an amblypygid?
Dr. BINFORD: There are other hobbyist focus groups. And Linda, do you want to chime in there?
Dr. RAYOR: Yeah. Probably the first place I would look is petbugs.com. And this has a lot of information on care sheets. And also I think my references are there on how to take care of amblypygids basically.
FLATOW: Mm-hmm. Is the spider a bug?
Dr. BINFORD: No.
Dr. RAYOR: No, it's an arachnid.
FLATOW: I'm used to petbugs.com. I thought maybe even they are making that mistake.
Dr. RAYOR: They're willing to subsume the spiders.
(Soundbite of laughter)
FLATOW: Well, I'm hoping, you know, I see people cringing all over America who are arachnophobics. So I'm hoping that we haven't really upset too many people today. But I certainly...
Dr. BINFORD: I've been thrilled with the calls from the arachnophiles and the arachnocurious. I think that's a good sign.
FLATOW: The arachnocurious. Well, on our Web site, when we have the spiders shown on the videos, we have - arachnofriendly I think is the name we've dubbed them. I want to thank you both, ladies, for taking time to be with us today. And good luck with your spiders.
Dr. BINFORD: Thanks very much.
Dr. RAYOR: My pleasure. Thank you for having me.
FLATOW: You're welcome. Dr. Greta Binford is assistant professor of biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland - that's in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Linda Rayor is senior research associate in the department of entomology at Cornell University.
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The team at Zen Organic Farm must be doing something right as I keep being amazed at every visit. I can't put myself together to organize birthday gathering for our son in some function rooms with a sad clown, a jumping castle, balloons and the odd HAPPY BIRTHDAY sign on the wall (in case people … Read more
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Winning the last Eat Your Words event by teaming up with talented Ale Wilkinson in support of FoodLink and boasting an auction price of a baking class for 10 people at Bread Elements was the easy part… Indeed, making it happen in a 6 month young bakery, in full development wasn't the easiest part at … Read more
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THE SPACE – That was the name of the place were The Green Queen Market took place last Saturday and space was pretty much were we ended from 11am to 4pm – in absolute space let me tell you! We should have lasted until 6pm, but we were sold out by 4pm. I am saying … Read more
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I have to say that we are living in a rather abnormal period of bread or should I say food history on a more general scale; on one hand you have people like us trying to bake wholesome artisan bread using natural flour and sourdough, and on the other hand you have the Cronut, which … Read more
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That's the name of the newly launched quality pastry magazine PASTRY REVOLUTION: made in Spain! Pastry Revolution: A massive 180 pages all about pastry – nothing short of a must-have for any patissier out there (especially if you want to learn Spanish!). For their July/August issue, I have created two desserts, the first one is … Read more
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For the 10th edition of SoGood Magazine the challenge Joe and I ignited was on revisiting creme caramel! Talk about a delicious piece of soft curd! But how could we shape this timeless classic in any different way? If you bake a regular creme caramel in a mold and try to freeze it to obtain shapes, it will … Read more
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Two quotes worth considering in this day when evangelical Christians are so intertwined with Republican politics.
"We as a church have become spiritually lazy, substituting aggressive culture-war tactics for the generous, self-sacrificing humility Jesus taught and modeled. Cultural aggression is easier, and it allows us to think we're still 'not of this wold,' even as we use worldly strategies to get our way." (Justin Lee, "Torn")
Philip Yancey tells of asking airplane seatmates what the words "evangelical Christian" bring to mind. "Mostly I hear political descriptions: of strident pro-life activists, or gay-rights opponents, or proposals for censoring the Internet…. Not once–not ONCE–have I heard a description redolent of grace. Apparently that is not the aroma Christians give off in the world."
Because evangelical Christians have so closely aligned with conservative politics, I suspect way too may nonChristians lump us all together as narrow-minded, Obama-trashing, immigrant-hating, gay-bashing, science-denying, poor-despising, FoxNews-worshiping, war-mongering, and generally government-hating zealots.


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Owings leads D-backs to 12-7 win over Rockies
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DENVER — Chris Owings has been in a little bit of an offensive funk. Leave it to hitting friendly Coors Field to snap him right out of it.
Leave it to this park to get the entire Arizona lineup revved up.
Owings, Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero homered as the Diamondbacks reached double-digits against the Colorado Rockies again, completing a sweep with a 12-7 win Thursday night.
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The day we got our schedules, I was overjoyed. My first visit would be at the University of Missouri, or Mizzou, and my second visit would be to the University of Mississippi, or Ole Miss. As a Louisiana girl who graduated from LSU, I felt a sense of relief that I would be visiting two SEC schools. What I did not realize in that moment is how much I would learn to love each of these schools as if they were my own.
I was at Mizzou for all of their polish week and formal recruitment. Of course, as with any recruitment visit, the recruitment team and I had some very early mornings and really late nights. The Starbucks baristas almost knew our orders by the end of it all. While in Columbia, Missouri – or CoMo, as the girls call it – I got to experience some of things that make the Omicron chapter and Mizzou so special: O rings, Andy's Frozen Custard, Shakespeare's Pizza, the TFL, Greek Town… I could go on and on. I also made friendships that will last much longer than my two-week visit. I watched the Omicron chapter grow and become even stronger than it already was. All of those things combined are what made it so difficult to leave. When my visit was over, I packed up and headed for Oxford, Mississippi. I was excited to be heading to Ole Miss to help start a new chapter there, but sad to be leaving Mizzou, the first school I had visited and gotten so attached to. It was definitely a bittersweet feeling.
It was that day that I realized how unique being an Educational Leadership Consultant really is. Every experience is unique; no two ELCs will have exactly the same experience even if they are sent to the same chapters. I don't know where I will go next, but I know I'll love it just as much as I've loved my other visits.
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Here's a look at SyFy's upcoming Riverworld series. Looks interesting – the costumes appear to be a mix of modern day fashion, combined with robed knights and blue aliens. Not to mention a young-looking Mark Twain.
I've read these books and thought they were fantastic. From what I gather, SyFy is only loosely basing their series on the novels. They're adding new characters and changing the story quite a bit. Though Mark Twain was in the books, and he's the MAN.
The basic premise is that a large group of people in history die – then strangely wake up on a new world. I hope SyFy does this with style.
Here's the official premise:
When American war zone journalist Matt Ellman (Tahmoh Penikett, Battlestar Galactica) and his fiancée, Jessie Machalan (Laura Vandervoort, Smallville), are killed in an explosion, Matt awakens, separated from Jessie, on the banks of a river snaking endlessly across a mysterious new plane of existence. On Riverworld, everyone who has ever lived on Earth, ever soul throughout time, has been reborn along the banks of a seemingly endless river. Determined to locate Jessie, Matt aligns with Tomoe (Jeananne Goossen, Falcon Beach) , a 13th century female warrior, Allegra (Romina D'Ugo, Hairspray), a 15th century courtesan of shifting alliances, and American novelist and Riverboat captain Samuel Clemens (Mark Deklin, Justice), better known as Mark Twain. With a full crew of adventurers, they embark upriver to understand where they are, why they are here, and to what unknowable end the river winds.
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'It's been a long four weeks' - Irish players meet wives and children on Father's Day
Some Irish players got the chance to meet their wives and children today after up to a month apart.
Following their crushing defeat at the hands of Belgium the squad was given some down time to meet their families on Father's Day.
Finally some amount of travelling but kids got 2 spend time with daddy on such a special day,been along 4wks pic.twitter.com/V5l3A7KBlo— Karen Whelan (@karen3403) June 19, 2016
Karen Whelan, the wife of midfield stalwart, Glenn Whelan posted an adorable picture of her family on twitter.
She wrote: "Finally some amount of travelling but kids got to spend time with daddy on such a special day, been a long four weeks."
- Read More: Wife of Ireland star Glenn Whelan left 'fuming' after family flight to Euro 2016 was cancelled at last minute
Previously she had written about her frustration at not being able to see Glenn during his time at the tournament and in their training camp.
Claudine Keane also posted a cute picture of captain Robbie Keane with his two sons on twitter today.
Happy Father's Day Rob. Your an amazing dad, your boys adore you. Wish we could spend it together today Love you pic.twitter.com/jGEf0jsMYA— Claudine Keane (@ClaudineKeane1) June 19, 2016
The former model, who has been using the tournament as an excuse for a family holiday in France, wrote: "Happy Father's Day Rob. Your [sic] an amazing dad, your boys adore you. Wish we could spend it together today Love you."
Earlier Kayleah Long, the wife of striker Shane Long, posted a heartwarming message on Instagram about the Southampton star.
She wrote: "Happy Father's Day to one of a kind! The girls are so grateful for everything you do and love u more than anything, even more than chocolate spread? You're the best daddy they could ever wish for and miss you millions.#happyfathersday #bestdaddy#trulyblessed"
Ms Long is currently pregnant with the couple's third child.
Becky-Jane Gibson, the partner of goalkeeper Shay Given also took to social media to wish him luck on Father's Day.
She wrote: "If carlsberg made fathers... @No1shaygiven #HappyFathersDay #BestDaddy"
If carlsberg made fathers... @No1shaygiven #HappyFathersDay #BestDaddy— Bky-jane Gibson (@MissBkyGibson) June 19, 2016
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One night, I decided that I wanted to visit New Hampshire. A week later, we loaded up the car and left for Labor Day weekend. It was an exhausting trip. We ended up skipping the hike up Mt. Washington given the 2hr drive from Lake Winnipesaukee. Our detour hike up Mt. Major was still fabulous nonetheless. Though we "slept" in and woke up around 9:30am each day, we were still exhausted. We ended up breaking the final drive home into two legs after we got lost and ended up in Boston. Luckily, we were able to pull into a service station and book a hotel in Stamford, CT courtesy of the free wifi at McDonalds (this is what happens when you refuse to get a smartphone). We couldn't believe our luck- $30 for the night at a legit hotel? Well, the manager told us later on that he had accidentally entered the wrong price into the system and woke up from his nap to a $130 room being booked for $30. He was nice enough to honor our $30 price. But this is how most of the trip went- we were blessed and lucky to happen upon some good food at Lago, spectacular weather during our hike up Mt. Major and have the clouds clear away to some breathtaking views at Castle in the Clouds.
Mileage: 1,015 miles
Hours on road: +17hrs
Dates: 8/31-9/03/2012
Lago is most certainly a gem. Very few times do restaurants hit upon all four points- experience, taste, location and value- but Lago did it. Mark and I walked out agreeing that this was the best restaurant we'd ever been to together.
Before the bread is even served, you can grab a few crackers and slice your own cheese from a cutting board across from the hostess's table. The ciabatta bread is mind numbingly amazing. It's toasted slightly crisp on the outside but when you break into it, you're literally pulling away fluff. It's served with their rosemary infused olive oil, with a side of kosher salt, shaved parmesan and pepper. Delicioso.
Olio di Rosmarino e Aglio – Rosemary infused olive oil served with ciabatta
You can't tell from this photograph, but we had a prime view of Lake Winnipesaukee from these windows. While the lake was indeed pretty, we were both captivated by the ambiance and decor inside. Details are littered abound. Each table has its unique design. The napkins have a double thin red line running through the corners. The candles aren't just candles- they're lamps and you can adjust the height of the flame.
Zucchine Fritte: Fresh zucchini with panko Parmesan crust. Spicy tomato sauce ($7)
We almost mistook these for mozzarella sticks. They're actually thin slides of zucchini coated in a thick batter and fried. They were piping hot when they were first served but absolutely delicious.
UnCommon Sangria: OLE! By the glass or carafe – secret family recipe ($7/glass or $14/carafe)
The Sangria was probably my least favorite of everything we got. That being said, it wasn't too bad. I thought there was a bit too much ice, which not only watered down the flavors, but also hurt my fillings. Still, for $14, we each got a full two glasses.
Bistecca di Lago: Seasoned, char-grilled steak with Gorgonzola butter ($19)
Mark's first reaction to the steak was, "It could be better." But the Gorgonzola butter completely changed everything. Mark actually abhors butter. In fact, I've never seen him eat it. In this case, however, he slathered the butter all over the steak, coating it with its richness. The only way I can begin describing this steak is through the Merovingian, who said, "You see, it's like wiping your ass with silk, I love it."
Spaghetti alla Carbonara: Pancetta, cream, peas, Parmesan and cracked black pepper ($14)
The Carbonara was to die for. I've never had such awesome carbonara. Given that it's practically made with all cream and butter, you'd expect this to taste too rich after the first few bites. Nope, it was rich without being overboard and it took all of my willpower to stop myself from eating the whole thing. I thought my stomach was going to explode. They don't skip out on the pancetta either. There's a ton of it and it's in thick chunks. We ended up boxing it and ate it for breakfast the next day. Microwaved, it tasted the same!
Cioccolato Budini: A rich dense chocolate ganache pudding, shortbread crust and espresso mascarpone cream, dusted with sea salt ($6)
We went with the server's suggestion and got the budini. I can only describe it as a chocolate tart. The ganache was very, very dense, but the mascarpone helped mellow it out. This is the first time I've had ganache with mascarpone, and I think it works wonders more than cream. The best part about the whole dish was the sea salt. I could cry. It was so spectacular.
Perhaps it's because we were at the restaurant for nearly 2.5 hours, but our server, Karen, dropped off two shots of Limoncello and some white chocolate before giving us the check. What a thoughtful gesture.
Mark and I were head over heels with our experience at Lago. We felt as if we ate like royalty and the check came out to around $75 including a 20% tip. With a lakeside view, an incredible ambiance and ridiculously delicious food, what a steal! You're talking about appetizer, alcohol, two entrees and a dessert. We checked some nearby towns for similar restaurants but couldn't find anything even remotely similar. One guy on Yelp put it precisely- "When looking for a nice elegant yet not stuffy place to enjoy a great meal in the lakes region, Lagos is your place."
Mount Major
There's not much to say about Mt. Major other than it offers some of the most breathtaking views of Lake Winnipesaukee. The summit is mostly rock with few trees, offering a gorgeous panoramic view of the lake. The hike itself is about an hour each way. It took us nearly three hours since we stopped to take pictures and eat lunch. This is a hike that's totally doable with sneakers. Get here early on the weekends. It's packed and parking overflows to the highway.
We took the blue trail up and the orange trail down. The blue trail is mostly pebbles with a well maintained path. There are some steep climbs toward the end that require using hands. The orange trail is known as the boulder trail. Both are very family friendly.
Wolfe's Tavern
Castle in the Clouds
And with that, we were on our way home!
Lago Menu
1 US Route 25
Meredith, NH 03253
(603) 279-2253
Mount Major Hiking Info
Route 11
Belknap, NH 03809
Wolfe's Tavern Menu
90 North Main Street
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
(603) 569-3016
Castle in the Clouds Website
Route 171,
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Christie's Russian Works of Art Sale features collections with imperial provenance
An Important Jeweled and Enameled Gold Imperial Presentation Snuff Box, St. Petersburg, 1899. 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide. Estimate: $120,000 – 180,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2015. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announces the sale of Russian Works of Art on May 20 in New York. Offering an exceptional selection of fresh to the market Fabergé and Russian works of art from American private collections, the auction includes rare books and photographs from the Russian imperial family as well as fine icons, porcelain and early... [Lire la suite]


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Logitech's sub brand, the Ultimate Ears, has launched its latest Bluetooth Speakers called UE ROLL 2. It is IPX7 rated making it waterproof for up to 30 minutes at 1 meter depth.
The speakers are said to be 15% louder than its predecessor. It has Maximu Sound level of 85dBA and Frequency Range of 108Hz – 20kHz. It has one 2″ driver and two 3/4″ tweeters.
The UR ROLL 2 bluetooth speakers are big, bold, beautiful and comes with stretchy, attachable marine-grade bungee. It can be used to strap the BT Speakers on bikes, backpacks etc.
Not only are they stylish but equally light weight. They work using Bluetooth, that boasts wireless range of 100 ft. It has 9hr rechargeable that keeps the music playing for hours.
It comes with UE ROLL companion app that allows one to pair it with another Ultimate Ears speakers. In terms of design, it is sleek and round in shape (just like a disk).
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The sensitive period for movement can be divided into different classifications. For acquisition of gross and fine motor (walking and the use of the hands) is from 0-2.5 years of age. The environment we prepare for this is the opportunities for the child to crawl, pull up, encourage to walk with or without assistance and not just left to sit by themselves. A child is also given toys/materials that allow their hands to hook, bat, touch, turn, insert and grasp small items within their abilities. We have to give them toys or materials that improve the movement of the hand, and improve eye/hand coordination. These opportunities given to them need to be repeated in order for these skills to be refined.
Refinement/coordination of movement is from 2.5 to 4.5 years of age. This is when the child may start using both hands in coordination of fine movements, being able to hold small items with pincer grip and release voluntary. Gross motor can be coordination of walking, running, balancing while carrying a jug of water and jumping. The child acquires this coordination through repetition of purposeful motor activity. Regular visits to the park or outdoor environment is likely to help this sensitive period.
Sensitive Period for Order (age 18 months to 2 years)
Sensitive Period for Language (birth to 6 years)
Sensitive Period for Movement (birth to 4 years)
Sensitive Period for Refinement of the Senses (birth to 5 years)
Sensitive Period for Weaning (5 to 6 months)
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As I've said before, I believe that Facebook Messenger's Instant Games platform has the potential to disrupt the App Store distribution model of mobile games, at least pertaining to casual games.
Playing a snackable, casual game inside a messenger chat feed is far more seamless, in my opinion, then going to the App Store, hunting for a title, downloading, installing, etc. Moreover, I suspect that the inherent social context of the platform should naturally foster casual games which are more interactive among friends.
Today, Facebook Messenger counts over 50 games from 30 game publishers. The game publishers who are currently on the Instant Games platform are the lucky ones. For now, this remains an exclusive club because Facebook has closed the gates to the party. Below is an infographic of the current games on the platform (note that some of these games may not be yet be available in all countries). Special thanks to my intern for helping me compile this matrix.
As investors in one of the publishers on this platform (CoolGames), we are monitoring closely the adoption and engagement metrics of the various games. For example, although it is still early days, we are already seeing viral adoption metrics which are orders of magnitude higher than conventional metrics prior to launch on Instant Games.


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...is closed! We ate here two years ago and it was wonderful-unfortunately it was closed on subsequent visits
This restaurant is closed since the end of last season.maybe should be removed from list to avoid any confusion
I'm writing this review a little after the time my partner and I went here for the second time during our 2 week stay in Lindos, because I feel bad for not giving them 5 stars the first we went! This happened because our first...More
We thought we had experienced the Greek cuisine, but boy were we wrong. Hadn't we discovered the unique atmosphere of Amfithea, it would without a doubt have left the memory of our honeymoon with a feeling that something was missing. The food is just delicious...More
We had a great time me and my friends back then in their restaurant. Tasty mediterenean food. The service was fast which was a plus since we were hadn't eaten anything yet that day. Even though we were a group of friends its an even...More
Amfithea is located directly above the main square in Lindos with both inside and outside dining areas. We went on a Tuesday night and it was quiet, only a few other diners (8pm). We only had a main course, one pasta with vegetables and tomato...More
Don't succumb to the people standing outside restaurants trying to get you to come in - we chose Amfithea not for its menu but because the staff was unobtrusive, and we were pleasantly surprised. By pleasantly surprised, I mean we had the best meal we've...More
I couldn't work out from the other reviews what sort of restaurant this was. It was on my list to try because it was highly rated, but the menu outside wasn't tremendously appealing. Somehow ended up in the next door Mythos instead after visiting an...More
Me and my husband went here and it took 25 mins for the waiter to give us the menu we then ordered some water and our starters plus main another 30 mins later no food and when asked when food would be served he replied...More
We have just eaten at this gorgeous restaurant. The staff made us feel so very welcome We were seated on the terrace/balcony which has only room for one table, so we had no idea of other people in the restaurant and it was only when...More


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40 Questions We're Afraid to Ask – #40
How short would my life have to be in order for me to start living differently today?
I can't think of a better way to bring this 40-day series to a close than by pondering how short my life would have to be in order for me to start living differently today . . . right now . . . right this moment.
As I suggested in my previous post, change can happen in a moment. The decision to make that change is the only thing that holds me back. The very first question I posed in this series asked, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I'm doing today?" If not, what would I be doing?
I've explored a number of questions that hopefully helps each of us to ponder how we are living and what we're doing with our lives . . .
. . . but as the name of the series suggests, we are all too often afraid . . . or we simply get too tied up with our daily challenges — to ask them.
. . . and so on.
Of course, I could ponder these questions
until kingdom come, as they say . . .
. . . but until I actually decide to make whatever changes in my life are needed, nothing is going to happen. If I'm not living the life I truly desire, it's not going to happen. Until I decide to live my life differently, I'm not going to do so.
What if today were the last day of my life? What if I knew I had only five more years on this earth? Two more years? One more year? Six more months? One week? One day? How short would my life have to be in order for me to start living differently today?
Working with the elderly in a local retirement community has really helped me to focus more on these kinds of questions. I see people in their 90s who I can tell have lived a wonderful life and are still living life to the fullest. Others have just given in to what life has dealt them, and it shows. I've also seen people in their 20s and 30s who have done exactly the same. I have friend whom I have known since childhood who falls into the latter category, and whenever I see him, I see a man who looks and acts twenty years older than he actually is. He doesn't seem to see the possibility of living differently than he has for the past several decades.
Every day . . . every moment . . . we have on this earth is an opportunity to start fresh,
to see and experience possibilities . . .
. . . and those possibilities are based on my own perceptions and the choices I make. I am not ruled by fate, but only by the beliefs I hold about life and the actions I take based on those beliefs.
Over the past hundred years or so, the study of quantum physics itself has given solid evidence of this very fact. In his book Moving Through Parallel Worlds To Achieve Your Dreams, author Kevin Michel states this as nicely as I've seen it stated anywhere:
"The 'Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics' speaks to possibility and it speaks to opportunity. By appreciating its existence and adopting the paradigm of its existence, we start to realize that our future has infinite potentiality, and we realize that the 'Ideal Parallel World' of our dreams already exists along one path of our potential future; therefore our behaviors in the present can guide us to that 'Ideal Parallel World."
So . . . it really comes down to this . . .
What beliefs to I hold about my life?
Am I truly happy with my life as it is right now?
How long do I believe I have left to live?
What do I want to do with the time I have left?
How long am I going to take to make the changes necessary for me to live the life I want to live and believe I should be living if I want to live life to the fullest?
How short does my life need to be in order to start living differently
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Justin Timberlake was just minding his business, trying to do his patriotic duty to vote and encourage others to do the same by posting a selfie of him doing it.
His caption to the photo above read, "I just flew from LA to Memphis to #rockthevote!!! No excuses, my good people! There could be early voting in your town, too."
As of last year, Tennessee law prohibits the use of cell phones to talk, record, or take photos or videos in a polling site, and this selfie directly violates this new rule. This law is categorized as a class C misdemeanor and anyone convicted could either serve 30 days in prison, pay a $50 dollar fine or both. If Justin is convicted, he would make history as the FIRST. I doubt it would lead to jail time, but I'll follow the story for updates.
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How to See the Glory of the Lord
I'm so glad you are here! I hope during your visit you get a glimpse of God's heart for we become what we are gazing at. I pray that God refreshes you and gives you readiness to persevere in what He has for you today. My desire is to be a blessing to you in helping you know God more and make Him known so I've made these Resources available to you and have the Missional Living blog tab for practical ideas of how to live on mission right where you are. If you are blogger please come by on Friday to link up for Brag on God Friday.
Seeing the Glory of the Lord
" When the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian, he sent them a prophet, who said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land. I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God..." Judges 6:7-10
When you cry out for the Lord to come through, have you ever wondered what He would say if He were to talk to you? Perhaps He would recount His personal rescue of you.
Why not spend some time asking Him to remind you how He has rescued you and write it down.
Can you see from Judges 6:7-10 what attributes/characteristics of the Lord the Israelites saw?
It seems the Lord gave them a glimpse of His glory as the One who...
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Now look at each thing you wrote down of how He rescued you and write beside it a one or two word description of how God's character was revealed.
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With our first triathlon, Elkhart Lake, fast approaching, I began my search to find a wetsuit. Nick and I decided we would rent wetsuits for this sprint since they are "highly recommended" for the race, and possibly buy one in the upcoming months for our big race, Steelhead 70.3 in August.
I tried on my first wetsuit the other day, an Aquasphere. I was sweating trying to get it on. I figured it would be similar to putting on tights. I was prepared for it to be difficult, however this was quickly becoming a workout. Sweat was pouring down my face. I finally got both of my legs in and the wetsuit was about mid-thigh, but couldn't get it up any further. I walked out of the dressing room in despair, defeated by the wetsuit.
Knowing my legs are quite large, my calf measures 16 1/2″ on a good day and we're not even going to discuss my quads. I decided to try on a larger size. Same thing, I couldn't get it past my thighs. I was beginning to get discouraged.
I tried on another brand, TYR in a women's extra large. I was able to pull it over my legs without a struggle. Ah, I was finally getting somewhere. Once I got it over my torso, it was obvious I was in the wrong size. There was a huge gap above my shoulders. I zipped it up anyway and immediately dismissed it due to the neck. I have an extremely sensitive gag reflex. I cannot wear anything tight around my neck, most crew neck t-shirts bother me.
Next up was Zoot. This wetsuit fit my legs. I was able to pull the sleeves on, and felt my shoulders were a little constricted. I zipped it up anyway, and the neck was high and tight.
The search for a wetsuit continued. I read that a person will try on approximately 5-7 wetsuits before finding one that fits his/her body. This is due to the fact that each brand is cut different, yet the only measurements they advertise are height and weight. So it is pretty much a guessing game as to whether or not a particular brand will fit your build.
With the brand selection limited in the Milwaukee area, I began to feel the pressure to find a suit that fit. The alternative is to rent one online either through a specific wetsuit manufacturer or an online rental store that matches your height, weight, and body type to one of the brands they have in stock. This option scares me a little. What if the one I order doesn't fit? I know I'm a "special case" and hate being that way.
I went to another retailer that carried Zoot and Orca. I told the salesman my height and weight and he recommended I try an Orca. I got my legs in the suit without much of a fight, and was able to put the suit on and zip it up. The neck design was comfortable, yet felt like it was snug enough to keep water out. I was pleased with the fit of this suit.
I went ahead and tried on the Zoot wetsuit for good measure. Again, it fit my body, but the neck was too high and tight. This confirmed that the Zoot was not a good fit for me, which was a little disappointing because I really like my Zoot tri shorts.
With a wetsuit that finally met my needs (large legs and low-cut neck), I reserved the Orca for my first race. I'm excited to see how it performs!


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Can't install W7 - Required CD/DVD Device driver missing!
Help please!
I have a Vista Home premium Acer Travelmate 5720G laptop and am trying to update it to W7 Pro 32 bit with a fresh install using a Microsoft Volume Licensing DVD.
The DVD is read, setup loads and I get as far as the language and keyborad selection screens. After completing the selections and pressing Next I get a Load Driver pop-up - "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD or USB flash drive, please insert it now. ....."
The DVD drive in the laptop is a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20N and I have been unable to locate a suitable driver on the web. I have tried copying parts of the System32 folder from the existing C-Drive to the D Drive and browsingto the CD Rom inf files in the FileRepository folder but without success.
Since the W7 Setup DVD is seen to read the setup files I cannot understand why a driver is suddenly needed after setup has started.
I am even more flummoxed because I have already updated an exactly similar laptop (only the serial number is different) with a different Windows 7 edition - also volume licensing but from a reseller rather than direct from Microsoft VLC (which is now available to our church after registration for the Microsoft Charity Software scheme).
The existing DVD driver is Microsoft 21/06/2006 V 6.0.6002.18005
I would be grateful for some advice please.
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Problem solved!
When I downloaded the W7 ISO from VLSC I had not used the download manager. I decided to download the file again but, this time, with the download manager. This second try completed but the download manager told me that the file was corrupted. I tried again and this time it seemed OK. I then compared the checksums of both the original file and the latest. When I saw thst they differed I msde a new DVD which has installed perfectly.
The moral - ALWAYS USE THE MICROSOFT DOWNLOAD MANAGER!
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Vol XCIII, No. 311
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Media manipulation in TV
(part 2)
An earlier look into film's influence...
Manipulation in children's entertainment
An earlier look into film's influence...
Film's violent influences
Excessive violence is now another problem we face with the film industry. Americans are exposed to heavy doses of violence, which dominates the big screen. With the steady decline in PG-rated movies, which often times nowadays contain more violence than ever before, people of all ages are being exposed to violence more and more.
Aggressive attitudes can be easily adopted by younger people, especially children, who we already know are quite impressionable. Youth need reference points and will borrow from and emulate what they see in the media, and with the growing number of violent influences, we may see an increase in violent youth throughout our country.
Media Manipulation in Film
Backmasking and phonetic reversal
Orson Welles and the War of the Worlds
Talk radio and its influence on America
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles made what became an infamous broadcast of a radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel
The War of the Worlds
. The radio play was essentially the same as the book. Only the time and place had been changed to accommodate the listening audience. The broadcast would go on to be described by Scott O'Callaghan as a Halloween prank and one of the greatest hoaxes in the history of media.
Talk radio was once regarded as a forum the lay person can get information from about certain subjects. (A new film, novel, etc.) When we hear the phrase "talk radio" now, we think of masters of bloviation like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Alex Jones, etc. Each of these men has millions of listeners tuning in every weekday just to hear what he has to say. The most popular is Limbaugh. Because of this, each wields a great deal of influence on his audience to either buy or boycott a certain product the host may or may not like. The medium can even be used to influence people to create groups designed to usurp the government, so to speak. Rarely do we see a talk radio program that adheres to the more traditional show format. These tend to be interview-oriented shows.
Robert Mullins
Vol XCIII, No. 311
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Manipulation in Audio and Radio
In conclusion...
Audio manipulation through radio and other means has resulted in changes in how the radio presents its news. It has also allowed musicians to sometimes deliberately -- and not so deliberately -- put hidden messages in their music. This is a social problem because without the right guidance during childhood and adolescence, a person can be susceptible to being manipulated by broadcast radio, talk radio or even a song. This can be quite dangerous, and the only way to curb it may to be to enact the Fairness Act once again.
Manipulation in Audio and Radio
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Manipulation In TV News
Media Manipulation in Advertisement
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History of Advertisement Manipulation
Media Manipulation has been around since before anyone could remember, street merchants used it, small shop owners; everyone really. As the years have passed, this technique has become well utilized. In the 50s, since the whole "perfect mom" trend was so popular, as was shown on television shows, and commercials. Manipulation was used a lot, women (at the time) wanted to be a good mother, and a dutiful wife. And so, they began marketing products for these women.
They even marketed products to the men for their wives, because men wanted the ideal family. Decades later, the Internet boomed, creating new way for people to access info, pictures, basically anything. Then photo editing programs became popular, and began being used on pictures of models. Starting a problem, no one expected to go so far.
Media Manipulation through Advertisement is a problem that directly affects everyone's lives whether we realize it or not. How else would people get people to buy their products or get people to see situations from their point of view? Manipulation can also change our ideals, and how we see or feel about other people.
Vol XCIII, No. 311
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Media Manipulation in Advertisement
I think that we as a society, have already deeply entwined our day to day lives with this problem that we have. It would be overly difficult to try and stop media manipulation, because without it a lot people would be out of a job and money.
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When it started
Subliminal messaging to manipulate behavior seems to have originated in 1957 with James Vicary, an advertising promoter who claimed to increase popcorn sales by some 58% and Coke sales by some 18% in a New Jersey movie theater simply by flashing very briefly the messages "Drink Coca-Cola" and "Hungry - Eat Popcorn."
Vol XCIII, No. 311
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Using Anecdotal (AN-EHK-DO-TAL) evidence
This is the method where reporters use a single example as "evidence". In statistical terms, this amounts to a sample size of one.
How is Media Manipulation Occurring?
Providing only one side of stories
Most journalists seem to forget there are two sides to EVERY controversial issue, otherwise it wouldn't be controversial! Unfortunately, these same journalists usually believe in one side over the other and will work to make sure only their side is fairly presented
Choosing only certain stories to run or emphasize
A media source shows it's bias not only by how it presents it's stories, but also in what stories it chooses to run.
Cherry-picking research & statistics
There are hundreds of thousands of newspapers, magazines, TV stations, and radio stations all collecting & reporting information. There are thousands of universities and millions of students doing research. All this doesn't even scratch the surface compared to the information transmitted on the Internet.
"Anonymous" or unnamed "expert" sources
A frequently-used method is to say something like "An anonymous source inside the White House has confirmed that Bush changed his policy position after blah blah blah "it all sounds so official."
Film has also played a part in the war on drugs, particularly marijuana. The 1930's had a fair amount of propaganda exploitation films to warn people of the 'dangers' of smoking weed. The films falsely claim that the product is highly addictive and is responsible for passage to violent actions such as murder or rape.
The media campaign to demonize the drug shocked the public, and caused enough influence throughout American that eventually led the vote of Marihuana Tax Act in 1937.
How does it affect us?
How do media influence public opinion?
Media shape public opinion in different ways depending on the content.
Here's an example:
Following the 9/11 terrorism, media coverage followed accusations by government authorities that pointed toward al Qaeda as the group that carried out the attack on the United States and Osama bin Laden as leader of that group. Those news reports on the attack and the aftermath shaped public opinion to support the war on terrorism.
Other ways to influence public opinion include
political advertising.
Mass Media Perception
By taking a look at old propaganda films from the WWII era, we can see one of the ways in which the big screen began its strong influence over Americans.
In these films, the goal seems to be uniform throughout: erroneously dehumanize our enemies and light a fire in the public, making them believe in the just causes for our going to war and what good we are doing for the world.
These classic war films showcased American's heroic efforts against our enemies, boosting the patriotic feeling in our country through the manipulated 'true' stories and glorified war scenes.
While we see many war films aimed at older audiences, that does not mean that children were excused from the clutches of manipulation. Plenty of cartoons related to the war-time efforts were released into theaters for children to watch.
(part 1)
Another issue involving the film industry is the racy, subliminal additions to children's animated films. Disney's many suspicious 'slip ups'. The powerful animation company has refuted the claims time and time again, but the large mass of seemingly perverse imagery and suggestive dialogue in the classic movies is almost too suspicious to simply be coincidental.
How do we fight manipulation by media?
This section takes a look at the influence radio and sound have on the American public at large.
Welles did this by capitalizing on how radio news was presented at the time of the broadcast. In other words, he molded the now legendary radio adaptation around the format of the day. He was also able to do this because he loved the media, and the media loved the story. He feigned outward concern when reports came out that some people had gotten hurt or were even killed. Secretly, though, he was thrilled with the coverage he got.
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Version 3
4 Nodes included:
- Atlaser Grayscale - Creates an atlas from multiple grayscale images (Max. 64)
- Atlaser Color - Creates an atlas from multiple Color images (Max 64)
- Material Atlaser - Creates an atlas from multiple materials (Max 16)
- Atlaser FX - Creates an atlas from different inputs and parameters (experiment!), or extracts a single image from an atlas.
Useful for spritesheets, atlasing, VFX flipbooks etc.
These nodes have been rebuilt from scratch and they perform much better than the previous versions.
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Seriously? no 5 stars? This is really useful, thanks Bruno!
I'm glad you guys found it useful! Perhaps the name/thumbnail image doesn't communicate it that well? I'll think about it :)
It would be nice to know what you can do with it. "Packing multiple images into a single atlas." sounds great, but what kinds of cool things will this allow you to do?
Extremely useful, I wish I'd found this sooner. Thanks!
maybe the image should be changed to show 4 atlases ?
OK, this is really really useful. Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback! I've updated the node with extra functions and it performs MUCH better!
compatible with substance painter 2?
Hi greatclouds, I haven't purchased it yet so I'm unable to test at the moment, sorry about that!
Let me start by saying this utility is amazing.
I was testing this in conjunction with your liquid substance, and I'm so happy that I found a quicker method to make sprite-sheets for my particles. I do wonder however if the contrast is supposed to be so 'extreme' in the atlas itself? the height-map of your liquid has a range of grey values, that are lost in the atlas (they're basically pure white / resemble the mask). After opening the atlaser up and lowering the histogram contrast the 'threshold texture' input is fed into, I got the range of values back.
is there a reason for the high contrast that I'm simply unaware of or something? or am I doing something wrong?
cheers for the atlaser tho :)
I guess the 'position' of the histogram 'fakes' the animation, guess that explains it :P
I wish there was something in here for feeding actual animation and splitting it up into frames, then you could fully unleash animation textures. Don't get me wrong, there are some neat things one can do with gradient and histogram selection over time, but it's not true procedural animation.
I have one feature request. Could you add border width parameter to separate the textures?
Saved me so much time. Thanks!
Hi sanmn19, that's actually a great idea :) It's on my list, should take me a while to get to it but I'll do it eventually. In the meantime maybe use it along with this one? https://share.allegorithmic.com/libraries/2403