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Red Lace Clasic
Added Feb 28, 2013
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I love this dress!!!! I was very please when I finished, because even that it looks so simple, it is absolutely what I like. I made this dress in 3 pieces. The skirt in silk chiffon is a simple circular shape, tiny rolled in the hem. The inner blouse, it is in silk charmeusse cut on the bies to give a flatering shape, and the top guipur lace blouse, it is all hand worked to give a perfect shape, and not to miss a detail of the elaborated pattern of the lace. at the back, I closed with hand covered buttons and hand made loops . I hope you like it as much as I do!!! .
Material Notes
100'% silk chiffon, 100% silk charmeuse, 100% silk lining, and Guipur lace.
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Jul 11, 2014, 09.35 PMby missjackieo
You are an inspiration to a youngling like me , I hope one day I will have your finesse ! xxx greetings from Scotland
Mar 3, 2013, 04.43 PMby vji
wow…it looks beautiful asusual u did ur best:-)) love the lace detail:-)))happy to see u after long time..
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.24 AMby Adriana Orozco
Hello my dear friend Vji!!! it is nice to be back and receive such wellcome from all of you!!! thank you, and I am happy that you like my dresses!!!
Mar 2, 2013, 10.30 PMby becia
This is a beautiful gown, I love the neckline and the color. As always – wonderful job.
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.25 AMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you so muchy Becia!!!
Mar 2, 2013, 05.49 PMby Irene Jones - Arias
Hola Adriana, qué belleza de vestido!!! La blusa de encaje es una maravilla, ni una costura ni una pinza visibles, qué trabajazo!!! Felicidades por los gemelitos :)
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.27 AMby Adriana Orozco
Muchas gracias por tu comentario Irene!! a mi me fascina trabajar con encajes pues es como hacer un pequeño rompecabezas!!! todo tiene que encajar!!! y, gracias estoy muy feliz con mis gemelos!!!
Mar 2, 2013, 04.53 PMby sala22
So wonderful to see your beautiful dresses once again!
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.27 AMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you Sala22!!! thank you…
Mar 2, 2013, 07.47 AMby freakusbzzz
This dress makes me smile, but having you here makes me smile more :)
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.28 AMby Adriana Orozco
but….your comment makes me smile even more!!! how lovely to see you my friend!!!! I need to send you a letter!!! much much love to you and the children….must tell me about the new life in Camberra!!!
Mar 2, 2013, 01.11 AMby momsgotanewhobby
Adriana congratulations on the birth of your grandchildren!!! I have missed seeing you (I have been off a lot myself) and your beautiful work. This is a gorgeous dress, I can just see someone on a dance floor twirling in it. Many blessings…
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.31 AMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you my friend!!! I am going to have my babies in my arms for Easter!!! and I feel so blessed…..2 of them!!! 4 little arms around my neck!!!! just can´t wait. And yes….perfect dress for the dancefloor!!! thank you!!
Mar 1, 2013, 05.18 PMby flowergirl22
oh so lovely,, fab colour,, where did you get the lace??? stunning piece,, I am not surprised its your favourite.
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Mar 5, 2013, 04.36 AMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you my dear!!!
Mar 1, 2013, 02.20 PMby 2bfabulous
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.24 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you!!! happy that you liked it!!
Mar 5, 2013, 04.36 AMby Adriana Orozco
thank you!!!
Mar 1, 2013, 10.39 AMby libra-s
Welcome back Adriana and congrats for having twins! No need to mention this dress is as gorgeous as your other creations!
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.24 PMby Adriana Orozco
Hello Libra-s!!!! thank you for your words, and it is nice to see my sewing friends again!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 11.48 PMby domestic-divaonline
This is stunning. I hope you made it for yourself because this color would look so good on you. I love the treatment on the sleeve edges. Your hand work gives your creations that very special designer look. I read what you wrote to others earlier today. Congratulations on the new members of your familly!
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.22 PMby Adriana Orozco
My dearest friend!!!! no…..no….hardly ever have time for me!!!! jajajajaja is for a very very beautifull lady…..and it is perfect on her!!! Thank you Gloria, I am going to Florida now on Easter, to spoil my babies: Alexander and Victoria!!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 11.18 PMby Irina Schwab
You're back! superb, and it's red! xx
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Hello Irina!!! in deed is red, and makes me happy your comment!!! thank you!!
Hello Irina!!! in deed is red, and makes me happy your comment!!! thank you!!
Feb 28, 2013, 09.11 PMby schnui
Welcome back Adriana. BurdaStyle has not been the same without you and now you are back with this most beautiful dress. Everything about it is so lovely and you really are so talented. Thank-you for sharing this beautiful dress.
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Oh Schnui!!!!! you make me tearfull!!! thank you so much for your words……..
Feb 28, 2013, 06.54 PMby Mary Athey
stunning dress. Its.just so gorgeous. Congrats on the twins. I've got three little grandaughters x
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.18 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you Mary!! I am glad that you like the dress, and yes…..I am so gratefull for my little ones……Blessing to yours!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 06.20 PMby merche
Te hemos echado tanto de menos! Que vestido tan precioso! Es simplemente adorable!
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.17 PMby Adriana Orozco
Que bella Merche, tus palabras me llegan al corazón y me hacen sonreir de agradecimiento!!!! Un cariñoso abrazo para mi amiga Española!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 05.28 PMby milkyway
My dear friend!! where have you been??? estuve pensandote siempre incluso te escribi algunmensaje por alli ya que no era normal en tí que desaparecieras tanto tiempo!!! como siempre amiga, este vestido es una belleza, tan delicado y laborioso trabajo es tu trademark!! besos a la distancia y bienvenida!!
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.16 PMby Adriana Orozco
Hello my dear friend!!! Fijate que no me llegó tu mensaje….pues lo hubiera contestado de inmed iato!! He estado muy ocupada, haciendo muchos cambios y tratando de guiar mi vida hacia cosas nuevas!!! Veo que estas vendiendo en Etsy!!! como me alegra que te animaras pues siempre te dije que eres muy talentosa!!!!! Espero y confío en Dios para que todo este bien para ti y tu familia. Un cariñoso abrazo…..desde el rainforest!!
Feb 28, 2013, 05.12 PMby SewNotWork
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.14 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you SewNotWork!!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 04.31 PMby velvetribbon
Hi Adriana, I am glad that you are back. Very lovely dress and love the fabric. Congratulations for the twins and looking forward for your next project.
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.13 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you velvetribbon!!!! I am glad that youlike the dress, and my twins are a blessing from God. I am going to see them now in Easter…..they live in USA…not near me….:((
Feb 28, 2013, 04.22 PMby Inga 888
it is so beautiful, skirt gives the dress romantic feel :)
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Mar 1, 2013, 03.12 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you Inga!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 02.52 PMby fashionfreek
Lovely. I love it:-D Glad you are back…been kind of missing your projects.;-) Adriana I hope you are well.xx
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Feb 28, 2013, 03.05 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you for your words!!!! Yes, I am well, and now I am a grandmother of twins!!! Alexander and Victoria!!! it is a new day everyday, and I just thanks God for His blessings. Hope you are well too!!!
Feb 28, 2013, 05.40 PMby fashionfreek
My O My Adriana..congratulations:-D xx
What lovely names for the twins.:-D
Feb 28, 2013, 02.07 PMby orchiddream
Very lovely, A. Kudos for handling the lace so perfectly. Enjoy!
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Feb 28, 2013, 03.06 PMby Adriana Orozco
Thank you, I am glad you like it!!!
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 19, 1908
Today's snow has again put a stop to the moving of the Whitewood cottage from Knowles court to Walcott avenue.
From the Newport Daily News, February 21, 1908
The work of moving the Whitewood cottage was resumed today, and good progress has been made up Clinton avenue, the building being at present opposite Mr. Charles Sowle's place.
From the Newport Daily News, February 25, 1908
Improvements, including a new floor, are being made to the Guild hall on the North Main road. This was made possible by a donation of $25 by Bishop McVickar and the efforts of the various societies connected with the North church.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 17, 1933
On the proposition of the Holy Ghost society to build a sidewalk in front of their property on Narragansett avenue, it was voted (by the town council) that the town furnish labor, also the sand and stone, providing the society will furnish the cement and all other materials.
From the Newport Daily News, February 18, 1933
The Jamestown building ordinance was brought up (at a meeting of the Jamestown Board of Trade) and the consensus of opinion of the majority of the members was that the ordinance was obsolete and should be brought up to date, and that this matter should be brought to the attention of the town council for action.
The money donated by Torpedo Station employees for the relief of the unemployed …is now available for use in Jamestown and the Station committee would like sugges- tions as to its disposal. (A committee was as appointed.)
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 18, 1958
The Sam Carr House, oldest building in Jamestown, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Only the 20-inch thick stone walls and fireplace dating back to 1683 were left standing. The building housed the offices of the Commerce Oil Refining Co. and Fluor Construction Co. … Commerce Oil and its construction contractor, the Fluor Company, said the building contained very valuable tools, records and plans.
From the Newport Daily News, February 21, 1958
Private construction of a bridge or tunnel linking Newport and Jamestown was discussed yesterday afternoon at a private conference at the Hotel Viking. … Reports that leaked from the meeting, however, indicated that what had been discussed was a bridge from Newport to Rose Island and a tunnel from Rose Island to Jamestown. … The New York engineering firm of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Hall & MacDonald in 1955 recommended to the state that a $30,000,000 tunnel be built from Newport to Jamestown. The recommendation was deferred on the grounds that estimated traffic would be insufficient to warrant construction if construction were limited to state or private financing.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 22, 1983
The Town Council discussed a map of proposed anchorage areas in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay at a workshop Monday night. The Council will have to approve the proposed map before it can go to the Coastal Resources Management Council for approval.
From the Newport Daily News, February 24, 1983
The Recreation Center in Jamestown the original home of the USO on Conanicut Island will be the location of the Salute to the USO April 23. This celebration is being arranged by the Appreciation Day committee.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, February 19, 1993
The Jamestown Taxpayers' Association will call for reducing the proposed $7.3 million 1993-94 budget when it is presented to voters at the annual financial town meeting March 1.
It isn't cheap to live in Jamestown. And perhaps no one knows that better than Jamestowners. While local real estate agents say house prices are coming down and the market is picking up, buying one of the 2,400 homes on the island is still a stretch for many, especially young couples. … The town's recently completed Comprehensive Plan … states that single family houses in Jamestown had the highest average purchase price in the state in 1990. The plan says only 11 of the 59 house sold that year fell into the affordable housing category at $122,600, based on an average Jamestown household's income of $53,000.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, February 19, 1998
Town officials will soon send out notices alerting municipal water customers to a water-use alert and a water ban that will be in effect from March 1 to May 25.
The Planning and Development wing of the state Department of Environmental Management has received permission to hire architectural and engineering consultants for the development of a marine fisheries resource center to be located at Ft. Wetherill.

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Sleep Lessons and Bees
Resources from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Pollinator Partnership will grab your students' attention—and appreciation—for the key role that sleep and bees play in our quality of life.
NIH Sleep Lessons
VISIT WEBSITE: http://science-education.nih.gov
We spend about one-third of our life sleeping. Science—and our bodies—tell us that sleep greatly influences our decision-making, livelihood, and survival. There are few text books for educators and students that address the science of sleep, which is why the National Institutes of Health (NIH) created its website and lesson plans for high school students.
The NIH website helps your students explore sleep, sleep disorders, and biological rhythms with credibility—connecting scientific research and personal data. Your students will make sense of sleep concepts using data from their personal sleep journals coupled with lesson plans, such as "What is Sleep?" and "Evaluating Sleep Disorders." Free, downloadable lesson plans are available from the NIH website. Print lessons can be ordered, too.
This should convince you and your students that eight hours of sleep not only feels heavenly—it's one of the best things you can do for your mind and body. Below are some sample lessons:
Student Sleep Journal
Before getting started on the NIH lessons, students collect data on their own sleep habits, then analyze their data in subsequent lessons. For those with Internet access, students can compare their cycles with those of other students around the country.
Click here for the Student Sleep Journal.
Lesson: What is Sleep?
In this lesson, students will express what they know about sleep, and by the end of the lesson they will understand that sleep is an essential, biologically motivated behavior. Students will also be more aware of their own sleep/awake cycles and be able to test their personal sleep data with sleep hypothesis and misconceptions. Be sure to consult the teacher's guide document, "Information About Sleep."
Click here for the sleep lesson.
Lesson: Exploring Good and Bad Sleeping Habits
In this lesson, students begin by identifying both good and bad sleep habits—and their benefits and consequences. Then, they participate in a role-playing scenario that will hit close to home: sleepiness and driving.
Click here for the good and bad sleep habits lesson.
- LEARN: For the teachers guide and complete set of lessons. You can order up-to- date print lessons too.
EXPLORE: More educational resources from NIH's Office of Science Education
The National Institutes of Health is the world's foremost biomedical research center. Its Office of Science Education (OSE) develops and offers spot-on science education initiatives and curriculum, partnering with the best minds in public- and private-sector organizations. Two key goals of OSE is to attract young people to biomedical and behavioral science careers and to improve science literacy in adults, teachers, students, and the general public.
VISIT WEBSITE: www.pollinator.org
Pollinators— bees, butterflies, bats, wasps, even lemurs—assist over 80 percent of the world's flowering plants. And, it's said that bees are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat. The Pollinator Partnership offers a wealth of resources and people power to help promote and protect pollinators—and our food supply.
Its website has eye-popping, hands-on classroom tools for your students to learn about the importance of pollinators. There are also resources for you and your local community, such as a pollinator plant guide.
The Pollinator Partnership, established in 1997, is a diverse and dedicated team that works tirelessly to promote the health of all pollinating animals and their habitats. Its National American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPCC) represents over 120 private-public sector organizations of scientists, researchers, conservationists, and other stakeholders. Using videos, community service projects, free education tools and other resources, the Pollinator Partnership raises public awareness of pollinators, which account for as much as one-third of the world's food supply.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will begin debate on a two-year bipartisan budget agreement on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday.
Reid said the Senate aimed to finish its business, including passage of the budget bill, by the end of next week when the Senate breaks for a holiday recess. The measure, which sets spending levels and aims to avoid a government shutdown through October 1, 2015, won overwhelming approval in the House of Representatives on Thursday evening.
(Reporting By Richard Cowan; Editing by Chris Reese)


text: Understanding the customer disruptors that drive churn By Christine Crandell,. Published on August 06, 2012. For many buyers, the decision to change vendors happens long before a product or service is delivered—or even before a purchase. Sellers often don't see the signs because they're focused on historical patterns, not buyers. By not understanding the buyers' experience through their eyes and how expectation gaps impact trust and credibility sellers inadvertently drive their own churn. There are four experience disruptors that drive churn: ZMOT (or what Google has termed the "zero moment of truth"), first sales call, handoff to support and the 90-day milestone. These disrupters have been institutionalized by inwardly focused, productcentric organizations that don't align themselves to buyers' experiences, expectations and sentiments. The first disruptor, ZMOT, is the point that occurs when marketing automation systems identify someone as a lead. Marketing often erroneously assumes the buyer is at the early stages of the purchase cycle when, in reality, they have already formed an opinion of the seller based on its social graph as well as by interacting anonymously with marketing assets. At ZMOT, most companies believe they can accelerate the funnel velocity and treat prospects accordingly. That's when the first disrupter happens: an inundation of marketing emails, irrelevant calls to action, "freemium" offers that don't work or aren't really free, and those creepy follow-you banner ads promoting the product a buyer just looked at. This experience differs from what the potential buyer expects and introduces doubt in their minds. Buyers typically gives a seller the benefit of the doubt and move forward; but, in extreme cases, they will completely disengage. The second disruptor occurs when marketing passes the lead to sales. Buyers expect sales to have deep knowledge of them, their companies, their problems, marketing activities they have participated in and any social media conversations about the intended purchase. Yet in more than 90% of cases, the exact opposite happens. The salesperson prepping for the initial call might only have looked at the buyer's LinkedIn page or their company's website. Sales' objective is to qualify the opportunity and perhaps schedule a presentation or demo, while the buyer expects the conversation to be continued. As a result, a total disconnect results; and, frustrated with their wasted time and the seller's loss of credibility, many buyers will eliminate that seller from further consideration. Assuming a purchase has been made, a third disruptor occurs when sales hands the buyer off to customer service/support. Buyers again expect customer service to have in-depth knowledge of them and their purchase, along with all social and physical interactions to date. Sadly, customer service teams are usually not equipped with those kinds of insight nor are they trained in delivering a consistent experience aligned to buyer expectations. This third disrupter also sets the clock ticking for exactly 90 days, when the fourth disrupter, the point of churn, can occur. Churn can be experienced in many ways, including no renewals, expansion sales or add-on sales; canceled contracts; or general relationship disengagement. However, if during that time the buyer's expectations can be understood, met and a value-based relationship built, the churn can be avoided. The outcome of the 90-day period is fully in the hands of the seller. Avoiding the point of churn requires more than just shipping a product or service that works as promised. It requires sellers to take an active interest in educating, onboarding and training buyers on how to realize the maximum value from their purchase. That means aligning field service, customer service, finance and marketing to buyer expectations and needs. Some companies do this really well. Online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos.com is frequently cited, as is airline Virgin America. In the b-to-b sphere, companies such as Dell Inc., Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and FedEx Corp. are other examples. But the list is short, although it's not impossible to instill a buyercentric culture. If anything, the financial reward should be enough motivation to do this right. Happy customers make more repeat purchases at higher price points within shorter windows. Whether a customer leaves or becomes an advocate is up to the seller. It doesn't require unnatural acts, but rather active listening for how buyer expectations change over time—and tuning the whole organization to align to the buyer and deliver a consistent experience. Christine Crandell is president of b2b marketing consultancy New Business Strategies (www.newbizs.com). She can be reached at [email protected] Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A 76-year-old man drove his car into a California tutoring center on Monday, injuring himself and five other people, including two who were trapped underneath the vehicle, police said.
Peter Hauk of Huntington Beach drove into the Tutoring Club in Orange County, Fountain Valley police Sgt. Kurt Ulrich said. Police did not say if Hauk was immediately charged or cited after being taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
David Hill, owner of Tutoring Club, which caters to kindergarten through high school students, said he was in an office on the opposite side of the tutoring center when the car rammed through the glass storefront into an open room where between nine and 12 children were brushing up on reading, math and other skills.
"All of a sudden, it was this loud screech, smash and screaming," Hill said.
Through the window, a car could be seen deep within the building, its lights flashing. Drops of what appeared to be blood trailed along the sidewalk.
Hill doesn't remember clearly what happened next, but he rushed into the next room. One of the tutors was trapped under the car, and Hill said he and others worked to try to free him. Hill said the driver spoke to him afterward saying repeatedly that it was an accident.
"He seemed a little in shock," Hill said.
Police officers nearby responded immediately and saw a 2011 black Buick sedan inside the building's plate-glass entry, which faces into a strip mall parking lot.
Firefighters extricated two victims trapped underneath the car, including a 20-year-old man with serious injuries and a 32-year-old man with traumatic life-threatening injuries. Both were transported to a hospital.
Two 15-year-old boys, a 67-year-old woman and the driver were transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
Tania Cort said her 15-year-old son was supposed to go to the center to get ready for the upcoming school year but he slept in.
"I'm thanking God now he was looking out for him," she said
The incident remains under investigation.
Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah contributed to this report.


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BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Thousands of angry people flooded the runway of the international airport in the chaotic capital of Central African Republic, shouting slogans against the nation's Muslim president, who grabbed power in a coup nine months ago.
French forces deployed at the airport were unable to stop them and international flights appeared to have been suspended.
Central African Republic has been in a state of near-anarchy since an attack on the capital, Bangui, earlier this month by a Christian militia aiming to overthrow Michel Djotodia, the Muslim coup leader. That attack unleashed a wave of communal violence.
The number of displaced people in Bangui has increased 70 percent in the past two weeks, from 214,000 to 370,000, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Between 70,000 and 100,000 people have sought refuge at the airport, the agency said in a statement Tuesday.
Until now, the refugees, mostly Christians, had been living peacefully under pieces of plastic on the edge of the airport.
The U.N. humanitarian agency said a total of 785,000 people have been displaced across the country and some 2.2 million need assistance. At the airport, humanitarian workers are trying to deliver emergency assistance, including medical care and malnutrition screening for children.


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#1 Liberal Think Tank: Working Less Could Slow Global Warming02-06-2013, 04:42 PM
by Tony Lee 6 Feb 2013, 6:35 AM PDT
A liberal Washington, D.C. think tank released a study that claims global warming can be slowed if people worked less.
The liberal Center for Economic Policy and Research suggests a worldwide switch to a "more European work schedule, which includes working fewer hours and more vacation time." The Center's study claims a more European schedule "could prevent as much as half of the expected global temperature rise by 2100." The study claims the less people work, the less carbon gets emitted.
"The relationship between [shorter work and lower emissions] is complex and clearly understood, but it is understandable that lowering levels of consumption, holding everything else constant, would reduce greenhouse gas emissions," David Rosnick, the author of the study, wrote.
According to US News & World Report, Rosnick "says that as developing countries' economies grow, they have two choices—they can have a 'European' work schedule, or an 'American' schedule of little vacation and 40-hour work weeks."
"There's a lot of controversy—should the developing world follow an American or European model?," he says. "If the world were to follow a more European model of work, we would expect fewer hours, less output, and lower emissions of greenhouse gases."
Rosnick says with a 10-hour reduction in hours worked beginning in 2013, a "1.3 degree Celsius temperature increase" can be prevented.
Read More>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...Global-Warming
Now I am starting to understand the brilliance that is Obama.Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
Then if everyone stops working that should put an end to global warming.Liberals! The real fascists.
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Super (US - BD RA)
Jonathan finds it impossible to disguise his love for James Gunn's Super...
When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson, The Office), a short-order cook, sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler, The Lord of the Rings) willingly snatched away by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and unable to cope. But he decides to fight back under the guise of a do-it-yourself superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a red hand-made suit, a wrench, a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen page, Juno) and absolutely nothing in the way of superpowers, Crimson bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. (From the IFC Films synopsis)
James Gunn is one of those directors that I selfishly wish would direct more movies. The unique brand of dark humour that drives his films isn't for everybody, but if you find yourself on his frequency his films prove to be a real treat. He got his start in the business working for Troma Studios, and helped write, produce, and even choreograph the sex scenes for Tromeo and Juliet. In 2006 he made Slither; an awesomely disgusting and hilarious homage to B-movie horror that critics praised, but most audiences sadly overlooked during its theatrical run. Now Super, from a script he wrote in 2002 (note: before the Kick-Ass comic was written), has come into fruition and the results are even more likely to divide audiences. This is not your average superhero movie by any stretch of the imagination. The lead character, Frank, has more in common with Travis Bickle than Peter Parker, and his antics as the Crimson Bolt often have realistically violent results. This is the story of a disturbed individual who gleefully beats people with a pipe wrench; sometimes over petty crimes. But chances are you'll find yourself rooting for him anyways.
Gunn owes much of the film's success to his talented cast members. Rainn Wilson (who I admit has always just been Dwight from The Office in my mind) is terrific here. Some of his scenes are very raw and emotional, and he pulls them off marvellously. He makes Frank easy to sympathize with, when we could easily just write this character off as a complete psycho. Ellen Page plays against her usual type as his sidekick Boltie. She shows a very wild and hilarious side of her acting talents that you've never seen before. If you think Frank is nuts, just wait until she becomes a bigger part of the movie. The two of them have an odd sort of anti-chemistry that is very amusing and boils over into hysterical territory more than once. Supporting roles include Liv Tyler as Sarah, who is good here but doesn't leave a very lasting impression, and Kevin Bacon as the eccentric and hilarious Jacques who steals Sarah away from Frank. I enjoyed him more here than I did as the villain in X-Men: First Class. Nathan Fillion makes some brief but hilarious appearances as the Holy Avenger; a TV-show and comic book character who teaches students how to fight evil. Andre Royo, who many will recognize as Bubbles from HBO's The Wire, plays Frank's co-worker and gets a few good laughs, and comedian Steve Agee has a brief but funny appearance. Michael Rooker (also a big part of Slither) doesn't have a lot to do in this film, but his presence and the fact that he's always eating candy from a generic box of Good 'N Plenty still brought a smile to my face.
One of the more popular criticisms of Super is the major shifts in tone and what purpose they serve. I thought the shifts in tone were very much intentional, and Gunn's commentary confirmed my suspicions. It's very clear that the movie is designed to subvert your expectations and preconceptions of what a superhero movie is. Gunn referred to the film as "anti-genre" in an interview, which is great term for it. The absurdly fun animated title sequence is set to "Calling All Destroyers" by Tsar, and features a giant fire-breathing Michael Rooker complete with an ensemble dance number. Then the immediate following scenes are bleak, depressing, and about as far as you can get from a cartoon. While I'd expect some people to find these shifts jarring and perhaps pointless, I thought they worked well and added a wildly unpredictable quality to the film that made it more entertaining and fun to follow. Match the shifting tone with Gunn's dark sense of humour and it is almost impossible to tell where this movie will head next (tentacles!). The movie did a fine job of establishing its erratic tone early on with opening scenes that mix sadness and humour to great effect as Frank shares the two greatest moments in his life. These conflicting emotions often go hand-in-hand in Super, and it's a testament to Gunn's abilities as a writer and Wilson's talented acting that I can laugh hard and feel sympathy for a character simultaneously.
Filmed on the Red One digital camera, this is a strong 1080p (h264/AVC) transfer from IFC films. The film has some varying styles. Certain flashback moments are less saturated and have a boost in contrast, and they look incredibly sharp. The more naturally lighted scenes have accurate skin tones and a great amount of detail. Colours pop, with the Crimson Bolt's outfit and Boltie's costume practically leaping off the screen. The opening titles also look sharp and rich in colour. The only small complaint I have about this transfer is some distracting digital noise in shaded areas of the picture. I've noticed this same problem in other movies filmed on the Red digital cameras, particularly the older models, and it seems to be something that comes with the source and not a fault on IFC's part. There is also some evident blocking in colour gradients when viewing stills of the movie, but they don't stand out at all when the video is in motion. Overall, this is a very satisfying transfer that is faithful to the theatrical presentation I saw.
The Blu-ray packaging only lists "English 5.1" with a Dolby Digital logo, but thankfully the disc possesses a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. Given its low budget, Super doesn't have the most technically advanced sound engineering, so this won't be a terrific movie for showing off your fancy sound system, but this audio track gets the job done. The extra sound channels are used fittingly for ambient noise and to spread the loud explosions in the film. Said explosions, along with punchy gunshots, will put your subwoofer to good use. Voices are perfectly clear and easy to interpret. The enjoyable music, which includes great songs from Cheap Trick and Monster, is very loud and dynamic as it should be. It adds a lot of fun energy to the film.
Aside from a TV Spot and a theatrical trailer, there is a commentary with James Gunn and Riann Wilson. It is one of the best commentary tracks I've heard in a long time. It's the real highlight of the special features section for me. Both Gunn and Wilson are hilarious and their passion for the movie shows. There is a lot of great behind-the-scenes information and it's packed full of fun anecdotes about the cast members and the thought process that went into certain scenes. It made me love the movie even more, which I didn't think was possible.
There is a single short deleted scene (01:08, HD), which is encoded in 1080p but has poor video quality. It's a look at the relationship between Frank and Sarah that leads to them bickering briefly in the car. It doesn't make either character more endearing and it isn't particularly funny either. It's also difficult to place on the film's timeline, so it's not too hard to see why it didn't make it into the final film.
Behind the Scenes (18:37, HD) is an enjoyable look at some of the filming of the movie. Most of it is dedicated to the origin of the film, and how the cast members and filmmakers became involved in the project. There is some fun test footage and cast preparation, including an amusing scene of Rainn Wilson and Michael Rooker messing around at a shooting range, and a clip of James Gunn playing the role of Sarah in a love making scene. Fans will eat it up and wish it was longer.
Making of the Main Titles (04:51, HD) is a look at Puny Studios (known for their work on Yo Gabba Gabba!) and their involvement with the animated title sequence. If you enjoy the opening titles, this is informative and fun. It's all interview footage with members of Puny Studios, which is fine, but it would've been nice to see some input from James Gunn himself in this segment.
How to Fight Crime at SXSW (03:59, HD) is a very strange but humorous segment that was shot during the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Ellen Page and Rainn Wilson are in character here. Rainn Wilson goes around in public as the Crimson Bolt messing with members of the public, which is interweaved with footage of Boltie being restrained by a security worker. If you love the characters, chances are you'll find some enjoyment in this.
The following special features come from an exclusive Best Buy edition of Super that comes with an extra DVD
Emerald City Comicon Panel Discussion (01:00:23, SD) is footage from Super panel where Rainn Wilson and James Gunn interact with an audience and answer questions. If you're fans of the duo and can't get enough behind-the-scenes details about the movie, it's a very worthwhile watch.
The Making of How to Fight Crime (02:07, SD) is a brief behind-the-scenes look of a behind-the-scenes feature from the Blu-ray. It's mostly just raw slapped together footage of Rainn Wilson goofing around and preparing for his public crime fighting spree as the Crimson Bolt.
Inside the World of Super (04:10, SD) is a brief behind-the-scenes feature with more interview footage from Rainn Wilson, James Gunn, and Liv Tyler. They talk about their love for the movie and the vicious shooting schedule they were on. There isn't really material here that wasn't already covered in the Blu-ray special feature.
SXSW Premier (25:18, SD) is a look at the screening from the film festival in Austin. I wasn't able to get into this premier thanks to the huge line of badge holders that have more money than me. The footage here is pretty raw and unproduced. The first twelve minutes or so are James Gunn and Rainn Wilson talking at a table, and the rest is interview footage from outside the Paramount Theater where the premier took place. There isn't a lot of valuable or informative material here, but it was nice to see some interview footage with Ellen Page. A lot of the audio here is poorly recorded and drowned out by chattering in the background.
Extended Scenes (03:41, SD): There are two of them. The first is a slightly longer version of one of Frank's encounters with Jacque. Watch it, just to see Kevin Bacon say the C-word. The next extended scene takes place in the comic shop and features more of comedian Steve Agee's rude comments towards Frank, as well as some alternative dialogue between him and his future sidekick.
There's also a little Poster Gallery feature which I would've loved to have in high resolution on the Blu-ray disc, but it's still pretty neat as it is. I hadn't seen many of them, and a few are really cool.
If it's not clear from the review, I love James Gunn's brilliantly deranged and oddly touching Super. I missed it twice during the SXSW Film Festival, and when I finally caught it during a local theatre run I was delighted to find it was well worth the wait. And it only grows on me more with each viewing. The dark humour and shifting tones will undoubtedly alienate some viewers, but I loved getting lost in its chaotic world and have no doubt that Super will have a loving cult following for many years to come. IFC has given it a solid Blu-ray release with great audio and video quality, and a decent smattering of extra features (more if you get the Best Buy edition) highlighted by an immensely enjoyable commentary track.
* Note: The below images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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Disc Details
Release Date: 9th August 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Trailer, TV Spot, Commentary with James Gunn and Rainn Wilson, Deleted Scene, Behind the Scenes, Making of the Main Titles, "How to Fight Crime" Featurette, Emerald City Comicon Panel Discussion, The Making of How to Fight Crime, Inside the World of Super, SXSW Premier, Extended Scenes, Poster Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker
Genre: Action, Comedy and Drama
Length: 96 minutes
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The King University softball team returned to Conference Carolinas play on Saturday afternoon, taking on Pfeiffer University in a doubleheader. The teams played a pair of pitcher's duels, but the Tornado came up on the short end of both. The Falcons took game on 2-1 with a sixth inning run before winning the nightcap 1-0.
In game one it was King's Hannah Light and Pfeiffer's Sam Jarmusch who matched up in the circle. Light faced some trouble in the first inning as the Falcons (9-11, 2-2 CC) loaded the bases. However, the senior induced a flyout to escape the threat and keep the game scoreless.
Pfeiffer broke through in the third, however as Sadie Saine ripped a one-out double, and later scored on an error to give the Falcons the lead. Nevertheless, it didn't take long for the Tornado (12-19, 1-3 CC) to respond. Cassie Ringstaff led off the top of the fourth inning with a single. She then stole second, and advanced to third on a passed ball. Octavia Lewis-Rand scored her with a sacrifice fly to even the score at 1-1.
The score remained the same as both pitchers continued to deal until the sixth inning. Julie Burlington drew a walk to start the bottom of the inning for Pfeiffer and was pinch run for by Lexie Brock. After she was sacrificed to second, Jaclyn Boever laced a single to right field to score her and give the Falcons the lead.
Amber Walker tried to spark the Tornado offense in the top of the seventh with a one-out single to left field. She advanced to second on a wild pitch before Morgan Lowe singled to left, putting runners on the corners. Samantha Cole worked a walk to load the bases, but Jarmusch induced a pair of pop outs to escape the inning and give Pfeiffer the win.
Light tossed the complete game, allowing two runs, one earned on four hits. For Pfeiffer, Jarmusch allowed just the one unearned run on five hits.
Ringstaff led the King offense, going 2-for-4 from the leadoff spot, and scoring King's lone run. Walker, Lowe and College registered King's other three hits.
It was more of the same in game two as Light squared off with Pfeiffer pitcher Sydney Poole. Both pitchers put up zeroes in the early innings, and King registered the best scoring chance in the third inning. Tori McComas tried to spark a one-out rally with a single down the right field line. After a fielder's choice, Lewis-Rand reached on a bunt single to put runners on the corners. However, Poole induced a groundout to escape the game.
Boever ignited the Falcon offense in the fifth with a leadoff double, but it looked as though Light too would escape the jam. The Coeburn, Va., native got back-to-back outs before Hannah Jackson singled up the middle to score Boever and give Pfeiffer the 1-0 lead.
That was all Poole needed as she retired the final 10 batters she faced in the victory. She allowed four hits in seven innings while Light allowed only the one run on five hits in six innings.
Lewis-Rand, Lowe, McComas and Fallon Thomas accounted for King's four hits in the contest.
King will be in action again on Friday when they host Bloomsburg University. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.


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Things continue to get worse for Vienna Girardi, one of the contestants of The Bachelor. First the other women in the house all seem to hate her, photos from her past were leaked, and now there's a new Us Weekly cover story painting her in a pretty bad light.
You all might be wondering why Vienna seems to be getting a lot of attention from the media, well there's a good reason for that, as the 23 year old Orlando native has been widely rumored to be Jake Pavelka's final pick. This is not a spoiler, just a rumor that has been floating around for weeks now. We won't know who won until ABC airs the finale.
Now back to the story, UsWeekly reveals Vienna, an unemployed former Hooters waitress, withdrew $5,000 from her ex-husband Josh Riley's bank account to pay for breast implants. And it only gets worse from there, as she allegedly did this while he was deployed in Iraq with the Marines.
"She took every bit of his money," her former mother-in-law Gale reveals. "I know that boob job was the first thing she had done." According to her ex mother-in-law, when her son returned from Iraq (he was injured in Iraq during an explosion) Vienna "had locked his belongings in storage and would not tell us where they were."
Vienna's ex husband also spoke to UsWeekly, and he had nothing nice to say about his ex wife. Riley, who was wed to Vienna for just 10 months after eloping, said "she slept with one of my buddies I was deployed with … I'm 99 percent sure she cheated on me." Adds Riley, "Marrying her was a mistake."
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TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with one of the worst mass shootings in the city's history, police said Thursday.
Staff Insp. Greg McLane said Nahom Tseigazab, 19, has also been charged with 23 counts of aggravated assault.
Numerous gun shots were fired during a July 16 barbecue for young people, killing fourteen-year-old Shyanne Charles and 23-year-old Joshua Yasay. Twenty-three others were sent to the hospital, including Tsegazab, who was also shot.
McLane said Tsegazab appeared in court Thursday but did not enter a plea.
Shaquan Mesquito, 18, was the first person charged in the case two weeks ago. He faces two counts of first-degree murder charges, attempted murder and 23 counts of aggravated assault.
McLane said an altercation at the barbecue, with up to 150 people in attendance, touched off the deadly violence between rival members of the Galloway Boys and Malvern Crew gangs.
He said police believe one or two other shooters may have been involved. Police recovered more than 25 fired shell casings and five firearms at the scene.
Police have linked the Galloway Boys to five other shootings in eastern Toronto between Sept. 4, 2011 and Aug. 10, 2012.
Mass shootings are rare in Canada but a series of attacks in Toronto and other cities over the summer raised fears that the country could be moving closer to U.S. levels of gun violence despite its stricter gun control laws.


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Bobbie Lou Price, bariatric program nurse manager for the Department of Surgery at the Brody School of Medicine, and Donna W. Roberson, a clinical instructor at the School of Nursing, have been recognized for their achievements in the field of nursing.
The Great 100 Foundation, a statewide grassroots peer organization, annually recognizes registered nurses who demonstrate excellence in practice and commitment to their profession.
Price also has been appointed chair of the Allied Health Science Section of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery for a two-year term. The American Society of Bariatric Surgery is a non-profit organization that works to advance the art and science of bariatric surgery and to educate medical professionals and the public about bariatric surgery as an option for the treatment of morbid obesity, as well as the associated risks and benefits.
Price earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Barton College and has been with ECU for 10 years. As nurse manager for the bariatric surgery program, Price works with morbidly obese patients who come to ECU's internationally recognized gastric bypass surgery program. Last year, the program's three surgeons saw more than 500 new patients and performed about 200 surgeries.
Roberson has served more than 11 years in the ECU School of Nursing. In addition to teaching nursing students, she also serves on the undergraduate student affairs and cultural diversity committees and mentors new faculty.
She is on hiatus as family nurse practitioner in the ECU Student Health Center while pursuing her doctoral degree in nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship to prepare nursing researchers in the prevention and management of chronic illness. Her work in student health sparked her interest in women's health research. For her dissertation, Roberson is studying the views of HIV-positive female inmates with adherence to medication therapy.
"My career is a perfect example of just how much a person can do with nursing," she said. "I'm an educator, an advanced practice nurse, a researcher and ongoing student of the field. What a fabulous way to earn a living."
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland State Police say they've arrested a Baltimore man wanted in the theft of eight Hermes handbags from a Texas home that were worth $200,000.
Police announced Thursday that 40-year-old Edward Bryant is being held on a fugitive warrant. Police say Bryant is charged with burglary and theft over $100,000. Texas authorities have begun extradition proceedings against him.
Police in West University Place, Texas, say the purses were stolen Dec. 7 and that Bryant and another person were identified as suspects. They contacted Maryland authorities this week and he was arrested Tuesday at his home.
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(HawaiiNewsNow) - Former Rainbow baseball star Vinnie Catricala was acquired by the Oakland Athletics from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later or cash, the team announced Sunday.
Catricala, 24, was on the Mariners' 40-man roster before being designated for assignment June 2. The 6-3, 220-pound Sacramento native was batting .253 (44-for-174) with eight doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI in 48 games with Double-A Jackson, Miss. this season.
The thirdbaseman was selected in the 10th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His best minor league season thus far came in 2011, when he combined for 48 doubles, 25 home runs and 106 RBI in 133 games with Single-A High Desert and Double-A Jackson.


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- With spring break just around the corner, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection wants students to share their travel plans with family members.This is to avoid becoming victims of the grandparent scam. The FTC says more than 25,000 older Americans nationwide- reported losing a combined $110 million through this scam in 2011 alone. Grandparent scams always involve a request for cash tied to a story about an emergency a grandchild is facing. The scammer poses as the grandchild asking for money to fix a car, get out of jail or leave a foreign country. The grandparent is asked by the "grandchild" not to tell anyone else about the situation. By sharing spring break travel plans with family members, students can prepare their relatives in case someone tries to scam them. Families should also establish a backup contact in case a worried grandparent cannot reach the grandchild after receiving one of these troubling calls.
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Bayonetta developer Platinum Games has revealed that it is in talks with western publishers interested in the team's future projects, and criticised previous publishing partner SEGA for "perhaps not [realising] how good [the studio's] games were".
"We have a lot of talks and a lot of contact with western publishers who want to work with us," Platinum's executive director Atsushi Inaba said in the latest issue of EDGE magazine.
"I think they respect us and recognise what we can do. They always want to work on very action-oriented titles, because they think we're the best action game developers in the world."
President and CEO of the studio, Tatsuya Minami added: "Whenever we talk with western publishers, it's always about something with a very heavy action style to it. Nobody comes to Platinum and asks for an RPG."
Discussing the studio's relationship with SEGA, who it signed a four-game deal with in 2008, Minami said that teaming up with SEGA was a great idea "at the time".
"And it is important to give them their due: we couldn't have made the games we did without them. There were certainly good parts and bad parts to the relationship. Perhaps they did not realise how good our games were. But overall it was the right thing to do.
"There's no doubt that we are in SEGA's debt for a few things," he continued. "Thanks to SEGA, we were able to grow as a company and we're pleased about that. So not it's time for us to do new things."
Platinum's final game with SEGA, Anarchy Reigns, was delayed in Europe until 2013, despite development being complete and the game already being on sale in Japan.
It's also working with Konami on next February's Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Nintendo on Bayonetta 2.
Beyond those projects, though, Minami says that he wants Platinum's "position in the industry to be something that inspires other independent developers when they look at what we're making, and how we constantly push and try to expand our boundaries."
He added: "What I really hope our staff, and the company as a whole, does is simple: never make a game that people don't like."


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With this unusual apparatus you claim to be able to test a persons aptitude to become a magician. Four novel tests are carried out to ascertain whether your human guinea-pig has a steady hand, whether he can observe accurately and think logically, whether he has sensitive fingertip touch, and whether he possesses dexterity. If the person manages all four tests you say, he will surely become the worlds greatest magician one day (and thus take YOUR place!!!). How many tests does he succeed in? Only one ... the Observation one ... and this one you can leave out if you are experimenting on a person you don't especially Iike!
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Breaking news out of Connecticut: The state has passed one of the strictest anti-gun laws in the nation, with verbiage that will ban more than 100 types of guns.
Included in this ban will be semi-autos and autos made by such companies as Armalite, Ruger, Beretta, Franchi, Springfield Armory and others.
The Connecticut bill is more than 3,500 pages long. Read it all by clicking here.
State gun owners are obviously not happy about this news.
From Deer & Deer Hunting's Facebook page:
Cindy Panioto: I live in CT and I'm undone! The gun owners never had a prayer. We rallied, brought more than 3,000 gun owners to the Capitol for a lobby day. On lobby day our own Governor called us "the fringe of the fringe"!! We have a Democratically controlled House, Senate and Gov's office. The saddest part is they so easily took away law abiding citizen's rights and the killing will continue. The anti's are so pleased they "did something" and will now go on the the next emotional cause.
Jonathan Schor: The only thing more gun laws will help are the criminals and the police. it will make it harder for the legal gun owners to get the guns to legally shoot at targets (and or protect themselves from criminals). instead of making new laws, why not enforce the laws that are in place now and stop the guns getting into the criminals hands in the first place.
Richard Onley: Sorry its not gonna fix anything.more gun laws..then theyll just us bombs to do more damage….they havent fixed chicago..where there are shootings everyday and people are dying.
Greg Tatro: Another example of the government saving us from ourselves. Enough is enough.
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Boycott Heats Up Over Gun Restrictions.
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Jennifer Aniston Strips in 'We're The Millers' Red Band Trailer!
Jennifer Aniston strips down to her lingerie in the red band trailer for her new comedy We're The Millers, in theaters August 9!
The 44-year-old actress stars alongside Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, and Will Poulter in the new film about a veteran pot dealer who creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Jennifer plays a stripper who poses as Jason's wife in the film, with Emma and Will playing the two kids.
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Gene Modification of Virus-Specific CD4 T Cells
Selected Research Highlight From CROI 2013
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Patrick Younan from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center delivered an interesting talk about transplantation of gene-modified stem cells in pigtailed macaques (abstract, webcast -- third in session). The experiment used lentiviral vectors to deliver the gene for a virus entry inhibitor, C46 (also known as M87o, it has a similar mechanism of action to the approved antiretroviral Fuzeon), into stem cells along with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) marker to make the modified cells identifiable. Four macaques underwent stem cell transplantation, with two given C46-modified cells and two controls given cells with only the GFP marker. All were subsequently challenged with the dual-tropic SIV/HIV hybrid virus SHIV89.6P. The two controls displayed typical rapid CD4 T-cell loss, and one was euthanized at week 32 due to the onset of simian AIDS. In contrast, recipients of the modified cells recovered CD4 T-cell counts after an initial dip and showed significantly lower viral loads. Levels of gene-modified CD4 T cells peaked at around 90% during acute infection, but subsequently declined to pre-challenge levels (around 20% in one animal, 55% in the other) during follow-up. Despite the decline in modified CD4 T cells, levels of unmodified cells improved over time, suggesting a protective effect of the intervention on the overall CD4 T-cell pool.
Further studies revealed that superior SHIV-specific CD4 T-cell and antibody responses were associated with the salutary outcome. SHIV-specific CD4 T cells were not detectable in either of the controls. Younan found that a striking 85% of the SHIV-specific CD4 T cells in treated animals were gene-modified, suggesting that protection of these cells had allowed them to better perform their role of providing help to B cells and CD8 T cells. One potentially encouraging implication of this work is that gene therapy approaches might not have to protect all susceptible cells from HIV infection in order to offer benefit; if sufficient numbers of HIV-specific CD4 T cells can be protected, it is possible that these cells will do a better job of coordinating the immune response against HIV, leading to improved control of viral replication. This possibility is being investigated in ongoing trials of Sangamo BioSciences SB-728-T gene therapy, which aims to protect CD4 T cells by abrogating expression of the CCR5 coreceptor.
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Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
Remember, before you post some damned rude comment on this, these hypotheses are based upon my current knowledge.
In the United States, about 30% of all marriages end up in divorce. From personal experiences (I've never had I female companion or a 'girlfriend' in my thirteen years of living) and observations; I have concluded within my own mind that monogamy is not suitable for humans.
The species 'Homo Sapiens' has existed on this planet for 250,000 years; in which the majority of these years, humans had been a race of primitive hunter-gatherers.
Since the whole point of life is to reproduce (according to me its that, and to have fun, the latter more important), people would only need to keep short-term relationships in order to reproduce, therefore meaning that humans are indeed NOT monogamists.
Bitch and whine all you want in the comments section below; but at the end of the day, you can't deny the truth.
Cool story, bro.
RE: Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
Monogamy is what much of the human species has evolved to.
Yes, sex is good for survival, but so is making sure the young survive themselves. Evolution has shown that monogamy can be effective in assuring this happens.
Many other species besides human have monogamous relationships as well.
This doesn't mean everyone feels this way or has this urge, it's just a product of evolution for some.
The same could be said that humans aren't made to want kids (my sister and her husband don't) or we aren't made to be social creatures at all (some hermatize into mountain dwelling). We aren't made to be any of these things. They are just results for some.
Monogamy is an outcome, not a rule. We aren't supposed to be anything, we just are.
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RE: Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
Technically you are correct since "survival of the fittest" describes an organism that has the most offspring. Animals that mate prodigiously have low male parental investment (MPI) because their children are born relatively strong and need little to no care to survive to pass on their own genes. Chimps, our closest cousins, are good examples of this. Their offspring may be weak when compared to other animals, but they are strong enough to hold on to their mothers' bellies, as well as walk, from an early age. They develop physically much faster than human children. It is important to note that chimps live in a violent patriarchal society where the males fight for alpha status so that they can have mating rights with all of the females in a community. Newly established alphas are known to sometimes kill the offspring of their predecessors to avoid gene competition. The joint human-chimp ancestor may have lived in such a society.
However, after we parted ways, the human lineage adopted an egalitarian society, one in which males do not compete for multiple females. We started having fewer children because our ever-growing brains required more and more time to mature. Hence, we are born weaker and have longer periods of immaturity in comparison with chimps. Animals that have fewer children tend to have higher MPI because it takes two parents to care for such helpless creatures. Too much energy has been put into the child—i.e., the creation of the sperm and egg and the calories sacrificed by the mother to bring it to term—for the father to just leave to go impregnate the next female. This may sound like a common occurrence in today's society, but you have to view the situation through the lens of deep history. Anatomically modern human males living in the semi-forested grasslands of ancient Africa couldn't just leave their wives and move to a new city to chase younger women. There were very few humans at the time, so they had to stay in tightknit hunter-gatherer groups. They all depended on each other for survival. Monogamy as far as wedlock is concerned is a modern invention. Biological monogamy is much, much older.
It is interesting to note that Gibbons, the "lesser apes," are monogamous because they are small and can only protect a single female, a limited number of offspring, and a small patch of territory. I think this mirrors what it was like for early humans.
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(03-01-2013 10:04 PM)Refuting_Ignorance_Every_Day Wrote: Remember, before you post some damned rude comment on this, these hypotheses are based upon my current knowledge.
Is incompatible with this:
(03-01-2013 10:04 PM)Refuting_Ignorance_Every_Day Wrote: Bitch and whine all you want in the comments section below; but at the end of the day, you can't deny the truth.
It's hard to take you seriously with comments like that, especially the last bit. Bitch and whine all I want? How about I do neither and still pwn you like the child you are?
First, get your facts straight. The divorce rate in the US for first marriages is over 40% and close to 50% in some states, while second and third marriages are even higher than that - average them all together and divorce rate is over 50%. That would seem to support your presumptuous theory.
However, many species on this planet are monogamous. Did you know that about 90% of ALL avians are monogamous? (That's birds, in case your wondering). Only about 3% of all mammals are monogamous. Significant? There are about 6,000 species of mammals on the planet and about 10,000 species of bird. You do the math.
Why is monogamy useful to some species and not to others? One currently wide-held belief (based on expert observation of trained scientists, rather than the wild assumptions of thirteen year olds), is that in species where the young are particularly vulnerable and may benefit from protection by both parents, monogamy may be an optimal strategy. Birds survive by flying but young birds cannot fly, so extra protection for the young is important. Most mammals, however, have their defense mechanisms in place practically from birth - the dama gazelle, for instance, can run and keep up with the herd unassisted at just a mere 3 days old.
So why are humans in the 3% minority? Because our infants are feeble. Very feeble. Probably the feeblest of all infants of all mammals, though I'm speculating there. If the prevailing theory about monogamy and its relation to infantile protection is correct, then it was a biological and evolutionary imperative for our species to evolve with predominantly monogamous social behavior.
So check your facts before you come onto a site with grown-ups who are more than willing to do a few minutes of fact finding before we decide whether we can or cannot deny your parody of the truth.
To your credit, I grant that you claimed this was merely the hypothesis of an adolescent, and knowing that, I might have chosen a less aggressive approach to refuting your hypothesis except for the fact that you embedded your hypotheses in such silly adolescent bluster that I felt compelled to refute the bluster as well.
In fairness, your hypothesis is not unfounded and I approve of your willingness to observe nature with a skeptical eye and question what you see around you, but I suggest that prefacing your guesswork with a little research will go a long way toward guiding you more successfully on your road to scientific discovery.
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03-01-2013, 11:43 PM (This post was last modified: 03-01-2013 11:47 PM by Hafnof.)
RE: Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
"Social monogamy is relatively rare in the animal kingdom. The actual incidence of social monogamy varies greatly across different branches of the evolutionary tree. Over 90 percent of avian species are socially monogamous.[14][21] This stands in contrast to mammals. Only 3 percent of mammalian species are socially monogamous, although up to 15 percent of primate species are.[14][21] Social monogamy has also been observed in reptiles, fish, and insects.
Sexual monogamy is also rare among animals. Many socially monogamous species engage in extra-pair copulations, making them sexually non-monogamous. For example, while over 90% of birds are socially monogamous, "on average, 30 percent or more of the baby birds in any nest [are] sired by someone other than the resident male."[22] Patricia Adair Gowaty has estimated that, out of 180 different species of socially monogamous songbirds, only 10% are sexually monogamous.[23]"
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sexuality
"The incidence of sexual monogamy can be roughly estimated as the percentage of married people who do not engage in extramarital sex. Several studies have looked at the percentage of people who engage in extramarital sex. These studies have shown that extramarital sex varies across cultures and across genders.
The Standard Cross-Cultural Sample describes the amount of extramarital sex by men and women in over 50 pre-industrial cultures.[66][67] The amount of extramarital sex by men is described as "universal" in 6 cultures, "moderate" in 29 cultures, "occasional" in 6 cultures, and "uncommon" in 10 cultures. The amount of extramarital sex by women is described as "universal" in 6 cultures, "moderate" in 23 cultures, "occasional" in 9 cultures, and "uncommon" in 15 cultures. These findings support the claim that the amount of extramarital sex differs across cultures and across genders."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy
However, one cannot derive an "ought" from an "is"[1]. Views on what "ought" to happen sexually between humans vary widely. As we are an intelligent species who can perform our own moral reasoning there is no reason for us individually to be bound by trends in the population. Humans around the world have very different attitudes towards sexuality, and these interact with our individual moral value positions. Some believe that when you can get some you should, and if that's the view of all parties in the exchange then there is not necessarily anything wrong with that. However, at a moral level I see it as important to understand and respect the needs and biases of all involved.
As for a 30% divorce rate - I really don't see this as being tied to the question of sexual monogamy. People can and can't live with each other for a number of reasons, and availability of sex is one of those things... but family dynamics are much more complex than that. Poor choice of partner, poor relationship skills, personal baggage, unwillingness to commit, external stresses, demands of children, and any number of other factors can be involved.
As for social monogamy - the family unit is still a major force for good in the raising of children. If children are not involved then only the needs of the parties involved are important... but when children are involved having a stable set of adults involved in their life, sharing the parenting burden, sharing the burden of acquiring necessary resources for the family, etc, are all important. It's seriously hard to raise a child alone. Family matters, and social and to a slightly lesser extent sexual monogamy play an important role in the definition and sustenance of a family. "short-term relationships in order to reproduce" don't cut it. That's something that's difficult to understand without actually being a parent, but if you seriously research what it takes to look after even a single child from birth I think you'll see that. Social monogamy is not the only way to build a family, but it is one way and family is important to the raising of children.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem
Give me your argument in the form of a published paper, and then we can start to talk.
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(03-01-2013 11:43 PM)Hafnof Wrote: As for a 30% divorce rate - I really don't see this as being tied to the question of sexual monogamy. People can and can't live with each other for a number of reasons, and availability of sex is one of those things... but family dynamics are much more complex than that. Poor choice of partner, poor relationship skills, personal baggage, unwillingness to commit, external stresses, demands of children, and any number of other factors can be involved.
I would argue the divorce rate is higher than 30%. I know in parts of California it was much closer to 50%. However, I'd agree the reason for a marriage ending had little to do sex and a lot more to do with life and all the stuff that goes along with it --- very much like the things you mentioned in your comment.
Sex is actually a really small piece of the puzzle that is human relations.
But as if to knock me down, reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch, cut me into little pieces
Re: Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
Sounds like someone is trying to justify being a shitbag partner in a marriage.
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RE: Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Monogamists
1. One country, within a very small time period, is not representative of the billions of other humans and societies.
2. Technological level doesn't have anything to do with sexual or social habits. There are more "primitive" species (basic animals) that are monogamous.
3. Humans don't have the "luxury" to reproduce and leave. One child is produced, and MUST be taken care of and supported for a decade at least. Both partners have to invest a lot of time and energy to ensure their prodigy survives and thrives.
4. The "point of life" is not to reproduce, or survive at any individual level. It's about ensuring that a gene pool survives. If may very well be that a species develops in a way which 99% of them will die to ensure that 1% of the population is guaranteed survival. An ant colony for example- Only the Queen reproduces, and the millions of others cannot. They don't ensure their own genes survival, but the "gene pools" survival.
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(03-01-2013 10:27 PM)LadyJane Wrote: Monogamy is what much of the human species has evolved to.This.
There is one issue I have with those who support polygamist marriage though. I foresee difficult issues in making polygamist marriage legally binding, such as inheritance, power of attorney, custody, etc. I am in full support, however, of those who either choose to live with each other and don't get married, open marriages, or bachelors/bachelorettes with several partners.
Occasional TTA returner then leaverer.
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(04-01-2013 12:47 AM)Logica Humano Wrote:I've know quite a few polygamy based relationships and few have lasted. The undoing seems to be jealousy -- No matter how hard they try the jealousy thing seemed to be end game for them. I've known two that are successful with an awesome dynamic. But both have rules respecting privacy and maintain somewhat separate living spaces (one owns adjoining condos and the other lives in a duplex). Both are triads and are married to one of the partners -- "one couple" owns the condo and the other owns the other condo and they do make all medical decisions together, But those are the exceptions not the rule...(03-01-2013 10:27 PM)LadyJane Wrote: Monogamy is what much of the human species has evolved to.This.
There are some with more devil-may-care attitude toward relationships but they more or less flit around until they find the next great thing in their lives.
I see similar situations involving "open marriages" too. But as far as property rights or legalities, the person outside the "marriage" is left out of those...They take more a don't ask, don't tell attitude.
None of this is from my own personal experience (my husband and I don't swing that way) but we do many people who do (you could say our friends are eclectic and eccentric) but more from personal and very direct observations.
But as if to knock me down, reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch, cut me into little pieces
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