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BWW's Top Austin Theatre Stories of 2012
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Austin in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
WICKED Announces $25 Lottery Seats at Bass
A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of $25 orchestra seats will be held prior to each performance of WICKED, playing January 25 - February 12 at Bass Concert Hall. Each day, 2½ hours pri... (read more...)
Austin's Wizard, Don Amendolia, Chats WICKED
Worldwide smash musical Wicked is set to open at Austin's Bass Concert Hall on January 25, and its Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Don Amendolia, took the time to answer a few questions for BroadwayWorld.... (read more...)
Rockettes Summer Intensive Holds Auditions in Austin, 1/14
The Rockettes Summer Intensive is holding auditions for the 2012 training program in Austin, TX on Saturday, January 14 at 2:30PM at Ballet Austin.... (read more...)
Idina Menzel Announces North American Concert Tour!
According to the star's official web site, hot on the heels of her wildly successful 2011 Symphony Tour, Idina Menzel will be hitting the road again with a brand new show on an extensive North America... (read more...)
BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Collin College
Last year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country. This fr... (read more...)
STAGE TUBE: In Rehearsal with Ballard, Montevecchi, Reams in DOIN' IT FOR LOVE
Hollywood and Broadway award-winners Kaye Ballard, Liliane Montevecchi, and Lee Roy Reams are to star in 'Doin' It For Love,' a Broadway-style tribute to the standards and the stories behind the music... (read more...)
BWW Recaps: LOVE NEVER DIES on the Big Screen
Across the United States, many movie theaters showed the latest recorded production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES. Set up as a sequel to Webber's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, this show picks up te... (read more...)
French Indie Rock Duo, The Two, To Perform in Austin, San Fran, NY
After the release of their self-titled debut-and a "Spotlight" feature on "Last Call with Carson Daly" this week-The Two (Ara Starck and David Jarre) will perform March 14 in a SXSW at Austin club Moh... (read more...)
UT Jazz Orchestra Performs with John Clayton, 4/14
Texas Performing Arts celebrates the Butler School of Music's annual Longhorn Jazz Festival with a performance from the UT Jazz Orchestra joined by Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer John Clay... (read more...)
StarKid Launches 2nd National Tour, APOCALYTOUR, in Chicago, 5/9
Following the success of The SPACE Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid announces a second national tour: APOCALYTOUR, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company's acclaime... (read more...)
Singer Eddie Vedder Plays Solo Concert with Glen Hansard Tonight
Eddie Vedder will be performing his solo show at the Bass Concert Hall tonight, April 27, 2012. Special Guest Glen Hansard (The Swell Season, The Frames) will again join Vedder on the road.... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: MARY POPPINS' Magic Connects at Bass Concert Hall in Austin
This week has a great show playing at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas. MARY POPPINS takes the stage and it is non-stop entertainment. ... (read more...)
BWW Interviews: Peter Lockyer on LES MISERABLES, Coming to Austin May 29-June 3
In April of 2012, Peter Lockyer joined the U.S. Tour cast taking over the role of Jean Valjean. Peter Lockyer played Marius on Broadway many years ago and now has this new opportunity to play Jean Val... (read more...)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Announces National Casting Search
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the hit musical with productions in New York, Chicago and touring across North America, is launching a national casting search seeking musicians/actors for the roles of Elvis P... (read more...)
BWW Student Center's School in the Spotlight: Sam Houston State University!
Last year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the country. This fr... (read more...)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Holds Open Casting Call Today, 6/27
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the hit musical with productions in New York, Chicago and touring across North America, is launching a national casting search seeking musicians/actors for the roles of Elvis P... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: LES MISERABLES U.S. Tour Is Worth the Trip
It all started with a book written by a genius named Victor Hugo. Today, 150 years later, the story lives on in the musical, LES MISERABLES. Its recent run in Austin, Texas was a complete sell-out as ... (read more...)
BWW Interviews: Max Quinlan Talks LES MISERABLES U.S. Tour & 'Marius'
Max Quinlan is currently starring as Marius in the 25th Anniversary U.S. National Tour of LES MISERABLES. Max has been with the show for 16 months. He has been playing Marius for 7 months. Max grew up... (read more...)
BWW Interviews: LES MISERABLES' Jason Forbach Talks His Classical Music Training & Life as Enjolras on the Road
Jason Forbach has always had music in his heart. As a child, he enjoyed listening to music with his headphones and singing along. As he grew, he knew that music was the passion he wanted to pursue.... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: XANADU at Austin's ZACH Theatre is a Disco-tastic Delight!
Xanadu presented by the Zach Theater in Austin is two hours brimming with joy, laughter, and sequins.... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: THE SOUND OF MUSIC Soars in Austin's Zilker Park
The Sound of Music, the final collaboration of Musical Theater Gods Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, is quite possibly their most popular and most famous; judging by the current production by... (read more...)
BWW Review: 37 Years Later, A CHORUS LINE Still Has Legs
A CHORUS LINE at The Palace Theatre in Georgetown is a thrilling, gripping, highly entertaining masterpiece and a fitting tribute to the late Michael Bennett and Marvin Hamlisch. This show is truly a... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD is a Joy for All
While A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD is not a wildly well-known or popular show, it still is a fantastic piece. Brought to life by a talented ensemble of young actors, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD is a whims... (read more...)
Laurie Anderson Performs DIRTDAY! at Texas Performing Arts, 9/20-21
As the country prepares for the 2012 presidential election, Texas Performing Arts welcomes one of America's premiere artists, Laurie Anderson, performing her intimate but volatile piece, Dirtday! Ande... (read more...)
BWW Interviews: ROCK OF AGES' Dominique Scott Never Stopped Believing in His Dreams
Dominique Scott was born and raised in South Florida where his passion for music began. Currently playing Drew in the enormously popular Rock of Ages and touring around the United States, Dominique to... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: Blue Lapis Light's HEAVEN-EARTH-ONE is Heaven on Earth
With HEAVEN-EARTH-ONE, Blue Lapis Light gives Austin a tailor-made show that is unique, remarkable, intimate, mesmerizing, and literally breathtaking. This is an event that must not be missed from a ... (read more...)
ZACH Theatre Presents World Premiere of MARIACHI GIRL, 10/5 - 11/4
ZACH, Austin's Theatre and Texas' longest running theatre, in its first youth production of the season, presents the world premiere of MARIACHI GIRL, written by Roxanne Shroeder-Arce, Music and Lyrics... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: Zach Theatre Rides the Wheels of a Dream with RAGTIME
The current production of RAGTIME, produced by Zach Theatre in its new Topfer Theatre, shows precisely why RAGTIME is such a respected and important piece of theater. This dazzling and flawless produ... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: A Hootenanny of Hijinks at Penfold Theatre Co's MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
Fiddle-dee-dee! As God as my witness, I'll never laugh this hard again! With MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, a behind-the-scenes comedy about the film version of Gone With the Wind, Penfold Theater Company... (read more...)
ZACH Theatre Invites Community to Open House Celebration, 11/3
ZACH Theatre invites the entire community to its open house celebration. The program includes the official dedication* of the new Topfer Theatre and the new sculpture Rhytons, which is part of the Cit... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: Austin Lyric Opera Presents a Perfect PAGLIACCI
Whether you are an opera connoisseur or an opera virgin, Austin Lyric Opera's production of PAGLIACCI is a must see. The music is beautiful. The visuals are mesmerizing and stunning, and the cast is... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: Sam Bass Community Theatre Presents Family Friendly CHRISTMAS CAROL
It may not even be Thanksgiving yet, but at Sam Bass Theatre, the halls are decked and the mistletoe is hung. With their current production of A Christmas Carol, one of the first Holiday offerings in... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: Texas State University - San Marcos Offers a Magical INTO THE WOODS
I am very pleased to say that Texas State University - San Marcos's current production of Into the Woods is easily the best live production of the show that I have yet to see. This winning cast, smar... (read more...)
Austin Lyric Opera Receives NEA Grant
Austin Lyric Opera (ALO) has announced that it has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) "Art Works" grant for $15,000 for its 2012-13 Season production of Gounod's Faust. This grant su... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: Georgetown Palace Production of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET is Pure Holiday Magic
It's a Christmas Miracle! With MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, the Georgetown Palace Theatre has breathed new life into a loveable but flawed and forgotten musical and in the process has given Austin a spark... (read more...)
BWW Reviews: City Theatre Offers a Fun Trip OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
Family. They'll always be there for you, and odds are they'll drive you crazy, too. That seems to be the general idea of Joe DiPietro's dramatic comedy, Over The River and Through the Woods, current... (read more...)


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ESPN's Jayson Stark caused a fuss yesterday by discussing a potential Mets-Phillies trade. The parameters: pitcher Vance Worley, outfielder Domonic Brown and at least another top piece for David Wright.
Before we get into the specifics here, a few words of warning about those who would dismiss the rumor for one reason or another.
To those who would take issue with Stark, since he is a Philly guy, I'd respond: you aren't paying attention. Stark is one of the best, most plugged-in writers in baseball, and has been for decades. Whether his loyalties as a fan are with the Phillies, or any team, it is his professional responsibility to get it right. Over and over again, he does. That's what matters.
And for those who claim the Mets will suffer an attendance hit by dealing Wright- have you been paying attention since 2009? Attendance went from 3.1 million in 2009 to 2.56 million in 2010 to 2.35 million in 2011. But attendance, absent Reyes, won't keep dipping in 2012 because the Mets keep Wright? I'm sorry, but "Hey, we didn't lose both cornerstones!" isn't a slogan bringing fans into Citi Field in droves.
As for the idea that if the Mets trade Wright, it shouldn't be in-division: I don't get it. Sure, the Phillies are a direct rival, so giving them David Wright makes no sense. But the Mets wouldn't be giving Philly anything. They'd be trading. And the essential aspect of a swap is that you are getting something in return. Moreover, if you are making the trade, you at least think you are receiving more than you are giving up.
By that standard, isn't an in-division trade ALWAYS better than a trade with, say, someone in the AL West? It is the equivalent of an in-division game: you get to help yourself and hurt an opponent at once! I'd also bet on Sandy Alderson over Ruben Amaro, Jr. in trade negotiations.
The proposed trade would do that, too, since the Phillies are rapidly reaching their expiration date. With some of the best starting pitching in recent memory, the Phillies won 102 games despite a below-average offense. In other words, this Phillies team will rise and fall on the performance of its aging starting pitching staff. Whether you think that happens in 2012 or 2013, it is likely to happen sooner than later, especially as the offense continues to deteriorate. The bloated salaries on the books also limit Philadelphia's ability to retool. They've largely emptied the farm system, and haven't been spending on player development over the last few years. Now, can David Wright help delay that offensive downturn? Yes, but he can't make up for the declines of Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins (if he even returns) all by himself.
Meanwhile, if Jose Reyes doesn't return, and the smart money says he doesn't, the Mets aren't realistically looking to contend in 2012, and probably not 2013, either. In other words, they'd be getting young talent in Worley, who'd instantly become a top-of-the-rotation starter for the Mets, and Domonic Brown, who is valuable if he plays right field, super-valuable if he can stick in center field. By 2014, Wright is on his next contract, anyway- and 2013 if he gets traded, since that voids his 2013 club option.
I do feel the need to put this standard caveat in my analysis- the "this could all be avoided if ownership still had the capacity to spend generously on MLB salary, allowing them to keep Wright/Reyes, augment them, while also spending money to properly develop young talent, you know, like a big market team should" caveat. I'm providing analysis based on what is- but I don't want people to forget that this was no more inevitable than any other man-made crisis.
So with that caveat, good luck, Sandy Alderson. If significant talent can be had for Wright, make the deal.

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Suspect in Boston Marathon bombing indicted
A federal grand jury has returned a 30-count indictment against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was indicted Thursday on charges including using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use, resulting in death.
Three people were killed and more than 260 injured in twin explosions near the finish line of the marathon.
Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed following a shootout with police on April 19.
Authorities say the brothers used shrapnel-packed pressure cooker bombs in the bombing. They are also accused of killing an MIT police officer.
The U.S. attorney's office says 17 of the charges against 19-year-old Tsarnaev could bring life in prison or the death penalty.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured hiding in a boat. According to the indictment, he wrote messages on the inside of the boat that said, among other things, "The U.S. Government is killing our innocent civilians" and "We Muslims are one body. You hurt one, you hurt us all."
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"Once it was set, I brushed out and lightly teased the top and pulled the hair into a ponytail. I lightly teased small sections in the pony and sprayed Kérastase Double Force Controle Ultime on it before brushing it out. I then took the ponytail and twisted and pinned it making sure to keep the shape full, but looking effortless. I smoothed the sides with Kérastase Elixir Ultime when I was done."
"It's great when a dress, like the one Kerry wore by Marchesa to the PGAs [Producers Guild of America Awards], allows you to downplay it's formality, and emphasize its sexiness when choosing a hairstyle," said Francis. "Keeping the texture relaxed but with polished movement made the overall look feel young on the red carpet."
"I started by towel drying Kerry's hair and then adding in Kérastase Volumeactive spray from her roots to her ends before blow-drying with a round brush." Pro Tip: Use a smaller round brush on bangs, like Francis did with Washington.
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The Crap We Missed – Monday 1.4.13
Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed that has so many randomly hilarious pics I don't even know where to begin. Ok, I do and it's here with this pic and this pic that I'm not saying happened at precisely the same moment, but let's all just agree that George Lucas is in a shallow grave in Haiti right now. Then there's the always amazing drunk as fuck Gerard Depardieu, followed by Ben Affleck's personal scat wrangler, and Jeremy London's kid who is now my personal goddamn hero.
I'm going leave you with Tom Cruise helping to frame the next shot, which is in no way a euphemism for "whispering Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away' into that man's ear while ever so gently rubbing the small of his back."
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The English suffix -mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania. The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders. It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.
Psychological conditionsEdit
- ablutomania, washing or cleaning oneself => [luto-] (Latin) meaning 'wash' or 'clean'
- aboulomania, indecisiveness => [aboulo-] (Greek) meaning 'irresolution' or 'indecision'
- acronymania, acronyms => [acro-] (Greek) meaning 'highest', 'top', 'tip end' or 'outermost' | [-onym, -nym] (Greek) meaning 'name' or 'word'
- agromania, being in open spaces => [agro-] (Greek) meaning 'land', 'soil', 'field', 'earth' or 'wild'
- aidoiomania, sexual intercourse
- ailuromania, cats => [ailuro-] (Greek) meaning 'cat'
- alcoholomania, alcohol => [alcohol-] (Arabic > Latin) meaning 'alcohol'
- andromania, human sexual behaviour/desire towards males (in females only) [obsolete - replaced by synonyms: nymphomania, cytheromania or hysteromania] => [andro-] (Greek) meaning 'man', 'men', 'male' or 'masculine'
- androphonomania, homicidal insanity => [andro-] (Greek) meaning 'man', 'male' | [phono-] (Greek) meaning 'slaughter', 'kill', 'murder', 'homicide'
- Anglomania, England and the English
- anthomania, flowers => [antho-] (Greek) meaning 'flower'
- aphrodisiomania, sexual interest => [-aphrodisia] (Greek) meaning 'Greek goddess of love'
- apimania, bees => [api-] (Latin) meaning 'bee'
- arithomania, numbers & counting [synonym - arithmomania] => [arith-] (Greek) meaning 'number'
- arithmomania, numbers & counting [synonym - arithomania] => [arithmo-] (Greek) meaning 'number'
- balletomania, ballet
- Beatlemania, the Beatles
- bibliokleptomania, stealing books => [biblio-] (Greek) meaning 'books' | [klepto-] (Greek) meaning 'stealing' or 'stealing'
- bibliomania, books & reading => [biblio-] (Greek) meaning 'books'
- Bracteomania, excessive production of bracts, a type of leaf (in plants only) => [bracte-] (Latin) meaning thin 'plate'
- bruxomania, grinding of the teeth => [bruxo-] (Greek) meaning 'grinding or gnashing the teeth'
- brycomania, severe bruxomania
- cacodaemomania, one's own inhabitation by evil spirits (delusional conviction) [synonym - cacodemomania] => [caco-] (Greek) meaning 'bad', 'evil' or 'unpleasant') | [daemon-] (Greek) 'devil',
'demon', 'evil spirit', 'an intermediary spirit between gods and men which could be good or evil'
- cacodemomania, one's own inhabitation by evil spirits (delusional conviction) [synonym - cacodaemomania] => [caco-] (Greek) meaning 'bad', 'evil' or 'unpleasant') | [demon-] (Greek) 'devil',
'demon', 'evil spirit', 'an intermediary spirit between gods and men which could be good or evil'
- cacospectomania, staring at repulsive things => [caco-] (Greek: 'bad', 'evil' or 'unpleasant') | [spect-] (Latin) meaning 'see', 'look', 'behold' or 'examine')
- capnomanioa, smoking tobacco products => [capno-] (Greek) meaning 'smoke', 'sooty' or 'carbon dioxide'
- callomania, one's own beauty (delusional conviction) => [callo-] (Greek) meaning 'beautiful'
- catapedamania, jumping from high places => [cata-] (Greek] meaning 'downward' or 'lower' | [ped-] (Greek) 'ground', 'earth'
- cheromania, gaiety
- chinamania, china
- chiomomania, snow => [chion-] (Greek) meaning 'snow' or 'like snow'
- chiromania, masturbation (in males only) => [chiro-] (Greek) meaning 'hand' or 'pertaining to the hand or hands'
- choreomania, dancing [synonym - choromania] => [choreo-] (Greek) meaning 'dance'
- choromania, dancing [synonym - choreomania] => [choro-] (Greek) meaning 'dance'
- cremnomania, climbing cliffs => [cremno-] (Latin) meaning 'precipice', 'cliff' or 'crag').
- cresomania, great wealth
- clinomania, staying in bed => [clino-] (Greek) meaning 'bed'
- chloralomania, chloral (alcohol and chlorine)
- copromania, feces => [copro-] (Greek) meaning 'feces', 'excrement', 'filth'
- cynomania, dogs => [cyno-] (Greek) meaning 'dog'
- cytheromania, human sexual behaviour/desire towards males (in females only) [synonyms - nymphomania & hysteromania] => [cyther-] (Greek) referring to 'Kytheria' - another name for Venus (Roman goddess of love) or Aphrodite (Greek goddess of love)
- dacnomania, killing.
- decidomania, decisions {see decidophobia}.
- demonomania, one's own demonic possession (delusional conviction).
- dendromania, trees and forest => [dendro-] (Greek) meaning 'tree').
- decalcomania, decal (decorative technique of transferring specially prepared paper prints to ceramic surfaces i.e. glass, porcelain, etc.).
- desanimania, mindless insanity (condition) => [anim-] (Latin) 'living', 'soul' or 'mind'
- dermatillomania, picking at the skin.
- dinomania, dancing [alternate definition: - dinosaur obsession].
- dinomania, dinosaurs [alternate definition: - dancing obsession].
- dipsomania, alcohol => [dipso-] (Greek) meaning 'thirst'.
- discomania, disco music
- doramania, furs ownership
- doromania, giving gifts => [dat-, dow-, don-, dit-] (Greek > Latin) meaning 'to give', 'to grant' or 'to offer'.
- drapetomania, running away from home [pseudoscience]
- dromomania, travel
- dysmorphomania, one's physical deformity or abnormality (delusional conviction)
- ecdemomania, wandering
- ecomania, domineering toward family but submissive toward authority.
- edeomania, genitals
- egomania, oneself and self-worship.
- eleutheromania, freedom
- emetomania, vomiting
- empleomania, holding public office
- enomania, wine [synonym oenomania] => [oinos: oeno-, oen-, eno-, oino-, oin-] (Greek) meaning 'wine'
- enosimania, one's own sinful behaviour (delusional conviction)
- entheomania, one's divine inspiration (delusional conviction)
- entomomania, insects => [entomon] (Greek) meaning 'insect'
- epomania, writing epics
- eremiomania, stillness and solitude => [eraemia] (Greek) meaning 'solitude'
- ergasiomania, work [synonym - ergomania]
- ergomania, work [synonym - ergasiomania]
- erotomania, 1) sexual desire 2) sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction)
- erythomania, blushing
- esthesiomania, insanity with sensory hallucinations [condition]
- etheromania, ether
- ethnomania, one's own people
- eulogomania, eulogies
- flagellomania, flogging
- florimania, flowers
- francomania, France and the French [see gallomania]
- fumimania, smoking => [fumi-] (Latin) 'smoke', 'vapor'
- gallomania, France and the French [see francomania]
- gamomania, issuing odd and/or extravagant marriage proposals
- Graecomania, Greece and the Greeks [see Hellenomania]
- graphomania, writing
- gynaecomania, sexual interest for women
- habromania, gaiety and euphoria
- hagiomania, sainthood
- Hellenomania, Greece and the Greeks [see Graecomania]
- hexametromania, hexameter writing
- hieromania, religious visions
- hippomania, horses
- hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliomania, excessive and persistent use of long words
- hydromania, water
- hylomania, materialism
- hypermania, (severe mania) mental state with high intensity disorientation and often violent behavior - symptomatic of bipolar disorder.
- hypomania, (mild mania) mental state with persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood - symptomatic of manic-depression.
- hysteromania, human sexual behaviour/desire towards males (females only) [synonyms - nymphomania, cytheromania]
- iconomania, icons or portraits
- idolomania, idols
- infomania, fact accumulation
- islomania, islands
- Italomania, Italy or Italians
- kleptomania, stealing [synonym klopemania]
- klopemania, stealing [synonym kleptomania]
- macromania, objects larger than natural size
- mania, severely elevated mood
- megalomania, wealth and power
- monomania, a single object, type of object, or concept.
- melomania, music
- methomania, alcohol
- metromania, writing verse
- micromania, self-deprecation
- monomania, single thought or idea
- morphinomania, morphine
- musomania, music
- mythomania, lying
- narcomania, narcotics
- necromania, sexual with dead bodies [synonym - necrophilia]
- nymphomania, an obsolete term for female hypersexuality
- nosomania, one's own suffering of disease
- oenomania, wine
- oligomania, a couple of thoughts, ideas or subjects
- onomatomania, word repetition
- oniomania, desire to shop
- onomamania, names
- onychotillomania, picking at the fingernails
- opiomania, opium
- opsomania, one kind of food
- orchidomania, orchids
- parousiamania, The second coming of Christ
- paramania, complaints
- pathomania, moral insanity
- phagomania, excessive desire for food or eating
- phaneromania, biting one's nails
- pharmacomania, trying drugs
- phonomania, murdering people
- photomania, light
- phyllomania, excessive or abnormal leaf production (in plants only) => phyllo- (Greek), meaning 'leaf or sheet'
- phytomania, collecting plants => phyto- (Greek), meaning 'plant'
- planomania, wander free from social restraints or obligations => plano- (Greek) meaning 'passively drifting, wandering, or roaming'
- plutomania, money or wealth => ploutos- (Greek), meaning 'wealth'
- polemomania, war => polemo- (Greek), meaning 'battle'
- politicomania, politics
- polkamania, polka dancing
- polymania, mania affecting several different mental faculties
- poriomania, wandering or journeying away from home => poreia (Greek) meaning 'journey'
- pornomania, pornography
- potichomania, imitating Oriental porcelain
- potomania, drinking alcohol
- pseudomania, 1) lying or falsity; 2) Feigned insanity; 3) Falsely alleging responsibility for a crime.
- pteridomania, ferns
- pyromania, fire or starting fires
- rhinotillexomania, nose picking => rhino- (Greek) meaning "nose"; tillexis- (Greek) meaning "to pluck, tear, pull or pick at"
- rinkomania, skating
- satyromania, sexual desire (in males only) => satyrisis (Late Latin); saturisis (Greek), Excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in and behavior by a man => satyr (Greek > Latin) meaning a "woodland deity, part man and part goat; riotous merriment and lechery"
- scribbleomania, scribbling
- sebastomania, religious insanity
- sitiomania, appetite => sitio- (Greek) meaning "food; eating; appetite"
- sophomania, belief in one's own incredible intelligence
- squandermania, spending money wastefully
- stampomania, stamp-collecting
- syphilomania, belief in one's own syphilis affliction
- technomania, technology
- Teutomania, Teutonic or German things
- thanatomania, belief in one's own infection by "death magic" and the resulting illness
- theatromania, performing plays
- theomania, one's own divinity or one's divine mission.
- timbromania, stamp collecting
- trichotillomania, hair removal
- timbromania, stamp collecting
- tomomania, performing surgery
- toxicomania, poisons
- trichotillomania, removing one's own hair
- titillomaniac, scratching
- tulipomania, tulips
- typhomania, typhus fever delirium
- typomania, printing one's works
- uranomania, divinity
- verbomania, words
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I think that, to remain unbiased, it would be best to put a .gif for the Mangekyo Sharingan page for the picture.
What im saying is, why are we just using Itachi's? I just think it is a little bit misleading, and that as the Mangekyo is unique to the user it should be a .gif of the known combinations. Regards! - —This unsigned comment was made by Deagonx (talk • contribs) .
- We don't do .gifs on this wiki though. We use Itachi's because it was the first seen in the series, the rest are displayed in the gallery.--Cerez365™ 16:02, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
Why no gifs? Just wondering.--—This unsigned comment was made by Deagonx (talk • contribs) .
- From the Image Policy: "Never upload .gif images, and don't bother converting a .gif into another file format before uploading. We do not need animations, and the .gif format does not handle quality properly. It has a limited color depth, and as a result the moment you save an image with the .gif format it loses a large amount of quality. We also prefer .png images over .jpg images because .jpg images slowly lose quality each time you save them. Neither of these types of quality loss can be recovered without the original image."--Cerez365™ 16:05, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
Im going to try my best not to come off as disrespectful, that is not what I want to convey. But I used the search bar and searched ".gif" and found multiple pages that use .gifs...
- I highly doubt that you found .gif on Narutopedia but please post a source. Also please sign your posts with four ~~~~.--Cerez365™ 16:09, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
If you type into the search bar .gif you'll see plenty.. for example:
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Water_Release:_Great_Whirlpool_Enfolding_Technique Deagonx (talk) 16:12, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
- Oh~ you mean a slideshow in the infobox. I don't really think that's necessary since there's the gallery of eyes down the bottom. It's not being biased when all the information is represented in the article.--Cerez365™ 16:16, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
Well, Im not saying its a big deal but I wouldnt want people to get the wrong idea of what the Mangekyo looks like. Especially for users who CBB to read the entire article, the changing eye might peak their interest.—This unsigned comment was made by Deagonx (talk • contribs) .
Putting all the 7 Mangekyous wouldn't be a better idea ... akz! (talk) 16:19, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
How would they get the wrong idea when the eye that is there is a depiction of the Mangekyō Sharingan. I'm sure people don't all think when they look at the Transformation Technique that you can only turn into Iruka. Also, if there are people that can't be bothered to read the entire article, that's there problem not ours. If the images are placed in the infobox then there'll be the issue of "not seeing it" because of the transition time or whatever.--Cerez365™ 16:26, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
it would look kinda bad if we put all the mongekyous on there so use a gif or just stay with itachis and im pretty sure you can use gifs i saw one on the page that had naruto summoning his shadow clone to release it for more nature energy.—This unsigned comment was made by Cody Buckley (talk • contribs) .
- I checked the images, the only .gif images we have is the background and the header. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 17:38, January 29, 2012 (UTC)


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Do you believe that through our social and biological evolution, we have become "hard wired" to believe in gods, the supernatural, life after death, etc, as a means of coping with our own mortality?
As you know, one can not usually point to any single gene for most traits; no one
has found a "gay" gene (or a straight one for that matter), and we know that the function of many genes are not "written in stone".
They me turned on, or off, or performing a different function intirerly as needed.
Can this be the explaination why, in spite of the overwhelming evidence from nearly every
branch of science, philosophy, and plain logic, that people still cling to the supernatual?
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In response to the statement that there is no "gay gene" that is actually incorrect one article states that the same "gay gene" in males cause increased fecundity in females. So it's a hit or miss kind of thing where its great for females, but a disadvantage for males. Although the article below does not explain "lesbianism" yet, they are working on an explanation.
Here is the link to the article:
Now in response to the fact that were hard wired to be religious. The answer is yes.
1. Community Cohesion. The fact that people are willing to die for a "god" actually shows commitment to the community as a whole, as well as religion was used to keep people in line. It is a self-regulating behavior.
2. Reproduction. Religious people tend to proliferate at a higher rate than non-religious people. This is true if you look at third world countries and developed nations. Evolution has made it so that being religious is advantageous.
3. Coping mechanism. You have to put yourself in the shoes on mankind thousands of years ago when there was not a lot of knowledge of why natural phenomenon occurred, and how it occurred. Imagine seeing lightening 10000 years ago, that would have terrified you knowing that something so unpredictable can strike and possibly kill without warning. Mankind in that age was very paranoid about the environment around and they needed some sort of explanation to feel some sort of control, although very false sense of control. Also, mankind is very fearful of its demise, so religion makes you feel better with the idea of an afterlife.
Fortunately, today we have no need for religion with the strides mankind has made, but unfortunately we are still hard wired to believe in superstitions. It will take a while to leave this part of our history behind, and when we do the world will be a much better place to live in.
I think some people are more able to feel religious euphoria than others. I have often wondered if people are more likely to become atheist after an injury or illness that alters their brain chemistry. Just like some people have depression due to chemical action in their brain, I think others have a tendancy to feel more euphoria - especially euphoria that is religious in nature. I also believe it's possible to generate mass euphoria and that this can be directed in specific ways. For example, rock concerts. At rock concerts (or other musical concerts), musicians and singers are able to stimualate this feeling of euphoria in others.
Chapter 5 of the God Delusion it pretty relevant to your question.
I don't usually think it's a acceptable to answer people's question with "go read this book", but you've not asked a easy question, the chapter isn't hard or long, and I think a lot of people here would agree with me. Okay, fine, here's a summary: http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-club-god-delusion-chpt-... (Dawkins also discusses other hypothesis like group selection or the "god gene", you might also learn that genes aren't necessarily as simple as 'theres a gene for this and one gene for that')
Hi SP,
Although my comments do not strictly relate to the god gene i have read the following:
'Personality - What makes us the way you' are by Daniel Nettle
The book mentions that two genomes have now been identified that can indicate certain personality traits, such as the degree of openness or neurosis in a person. Apparently researchers have found evidence that depending on the variance of these genes, this can relate directly to an individual's personality and that up to 50% of your personality is therefore hereditary.
Certainly interesting stuff!
Regards, Sean
I often say that humans evolved a dependency on the, "God Delusion". Fifteen years ago I was discussing religion with a Jewish intellectual named Levi who put it this way. "The God concept was designed to provide an escape at the time of development of self consciousness from the devastating impact of realization of finality and termination (Death). It offered a virtual reality to replace the cold, indifferent, harsh, cruel and futile purposelessness of life". Levi Throughout human history, human ignorance,seperstion and imagination contributed to the evolution of the virtual reality known as religion. Although the virtual reality is completely subjective and only resides within the minds of the believers, evolving religions do have a profound influence on human societies. So humans evolved this dual concept of reality. On one hand we interact with people, places and things. On the other hand, humans created a virtual reality, the stuff of Gods, spirits, ghosts, angels, demons, heaven and hell. Human brains also evolved the capacity to compartmentalize. People can be intelligent, nice and normal and still be religious. Much like bilingual? people switch from one language to another, people also hold two different concepts of reality within their brains. They can easily switch between the real world and the virtual world of religious mythology.
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TIGER-CATS (6-11) at ARGONAUTS (8-9)
Today, 6:30 p.m.; TV: TSN
Toronto line: This game doesn't mean much to the Argos, who've already clinched second place and will host the East semifinal no matter what happens this week. With nothing on the line, Toronto head coach Scott Milanovich announced this week that he will let starter Ricky Ray take the week off to rest and he will give the ball instead to backup Jarious Jackson.
Hamilton line: The Ticats need two things to happen this week in order to make the playoffs -- they need to win and Edmonton needs to lose. Any other scenario and Hamilton is eliminated and Toronto will play a team from the West Division in the East semifinal.
Bottom line: Hamilton needs it more. A lot more.
STAMPEDERS (11-6) at ESKIMOS (7-10)
Friday, 8 p.m.; TV: TSN
Calgary line: The Stamps have nothing on the line this week, having already clinched second place in the West Division no matter what happens. But running back Jon Cornish does have something to play for -- if he rushes for at least 50 yards, he will break Normie Kwong's 56-year-old record for rushing yards in a single season by a Canadian.
Edmonton line: If Hamilton wins tonight, the Eskimos will have to win this one to make the playoffs. And even if Hamilton loses, the Esks still have something on the line -- an Edmonton win and a Saskatchewan loss this weekend would mean the Esks finish third overall in the West and play Calgary in the semifinal, while Saskatchewan would become the crossover team and play Toronto in the other semifinal. Of course, you could argue that the easier path to the Grey Cup goes through Toronto, meaning crossing over might be the better scenario this year anyway.
Bottom line: Depending on what Hamilton does, the Eskimos will either need a win to keep their season alive or a win will be of very questionable benefit to them.
ALOUETTES (11-6) at BLUE BOMBERS (5-12)
Saturday, 2 p.m.; TV: TSN; Radio: CJOB
Montreal line: The Als have already clinched first place in the East Division and will start at quarterback their backup, Adrian McPherson, in place of Anthony Calvillo.
Winnipeg line: The Bombers were the first team in Canada to be eliminated from the playoffs this season and are going with third-string Alex Brink as their starting quarterback this week and will also be without both their regular tailbacks, veteran slotback, their latest strong-side linebacker, their defensive tackle etc...
Bottom line: The Bombers could at least salvage something of this season by making the final game ever to be played at Canad Inns Stadium -- no, really, this time we're serious -- a win for the home team.
ROUGHRIDERS (8-9) at LIONS (12-5)
Saturday, 9 p.m.; TV: TSN
Saskatchewan line: Again -- if Edmonton wins, then Saskatchewan would need to win to finish third in the West and face Calgary in the West semifinal. Alternatively, if Edmonton wins and Saskatchewan loses, then the Riders would finish fourth in the West and cross over to play Toronto in the East semifinal. And if Edmonton loses, Saskatchewan automatically finishes third in the West no matter what they do in this game. Got all that?
B.C. line: The Lions have first place in the West all wrapped up in a neat bow, but head coach Mike Benevides will still want to get at least some reps for starting QB Travis Lulay, who's missed the last couple weeks with a sore throwing shoulder.
Bottom line: If Edmonton wins, Saskatchewan might be better off losing this game. And that might be interesting to watch.
THE PICKS (straight up)
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Lyons: Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, B.C.
Irving: Hamilton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, B.C.
Brown: Hamilton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, B.C.
Lawless: Hamilton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, B.C.
Wiecek: Hamilton, Edmonton, Montreal, B.C.
Last week (overall): Lyons 3-1 (42-26); Irving 2-2 (40-28); Brown 1-3 (37-31); Lawless 2-2 (34-34); Wiecek 1-3 (31-37)


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In the last episode of her series Mary Queen of Frocks this week the 51-year-old eventually opened her own store — staking her professional reputation on designing, launching and selling her own fashion range.
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Mograph selection used for texture
Posted 31 May 2012 - 01:13 PM
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 05:05 PM
(id == floor(f-1))?( 1; 0)
For simplicity I mis-used the frequency input. Change the value there to address a different clone You will of course need to enable the color use on the effector. Then simply create a multishader.
Edited by Mylenium, 31 May 2012 - 05:07 PM.
Posted 31 May 2012 - 05:18 PM
Another, clumsier but perhaps more legible way - use Mograph selections to isolate the clone(s) you want to colour. Add two children to your cloner, one blue one red, and turn on 'sort' mode, then add a plain effector, with the selection active, and with all parameters off except 'modify clone' at 100%.
'Sort' mode selects which clone to use depending on the effectors strength.
Edited by ChrisC, 31 May 2012 - 05:19 PM.
Posted 31 May 2012 - 09:29 PM
which means:
if index of clone is 17 (indices begin at 0), then apply transforms in the parameter tab of formula effector which in this case is the color parameter.
(I like how mylenium misuses the frequency input
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 07:29 AM
While we're at it, I've not seen this syntax before: "(id == floor(f-1))?( 1; 0)" - what's the significance of the ( 1; 0) at the end? Is this a way of explicitly stating what the results will be i.e. TRUE = 1, FALSE = 0? So, superfluous but 'correct' if you're being thorough? Or is there something more to it?
This is as deep as i ever got into the formula effector and thanks all for the help ... @Mylenium It all worked well , thanks a lot fro the help ..I ended up not needing to isolate clones but its a much useful knowledge I gained here .. Thanks a lot.
@ChrisC ... I used the falloff parameter to isolate areas of the cloner but when you have a lot of animation on the cloners it gets pretty hard to work with ... as for the (1,0) is it possible that maybe it means that this appears once with no change in the amplitude , kind of like the amplitude-frequency combination in the wiggle expression in AE , maybe
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Interestingly you can add (0.5,0) and it will affect it by half so the first one seems to be the intensity .... the second one I don't know because changing it to anything but 0 will result in the whole thing changing
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"When the Imam Mahdi calls out, he will supplicate to God in Hebrew." [Al-Ghaybaa of an Numani, p.326]
In Hebrew. The Jews will dance with joy, insha' Allah, according to the hadith.
"THERE WILL BE A PEOPLE FROM THE TRIBE OF MOSES (AS)... ALONGSIDE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)." [Sheikh al-Mufid, Kitab al-Irshad, p. 402]
Maybe the top names from the Sanhedrin court, and many religious Jews will support Hazrat Mahdi (as). Who says this? The Prophet Mohammed (saas) says this.
Prophet Mohammed (saas) says "We have Al Jafr. Do they not know what Al Jafr is? So, I asked. What is in Al Jafr? The scholars of the prophets and those who achieved their hopes and the knowledge about the past Israeli scholars."
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will work out this knowledge from the Torah, from the unaltered parts of the Torah. So we understand that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will announce the information about the Messiah, Hazrat Mahdi (as).
"When Mohammed Mahdi Qaim, from the family of the Prophet Mohammed (saas) appears, he will rule according to the sharia of David and Solomon."
What does it mean? He will act like Prophet David (as) in the Qur'an, like Prophet Solomon (as) in the Qur'an. Indeed, another name of his is the son of David. He is mentioned as the son of David in the Torah. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be a descendant of Prophet David (as). "He will rule according to the sharia of David and Solomon." In other words, he will be similar in terms of the character, soul, belief and understanding of Prophet David (as) and Prophet Solomon (as) according to the Qur'an.
"The world will not come to an end until a member of my family appears and rules according to the rules of the family of David." Prophet Mohammed (saas) says, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will spread justice just like Prophet David (as). How? He will refer to the Qur'an to do that, insha' Allah.
Imam Ali (ra), in his famous diwan, mentioned Hazrat Mahdi (as) and some of the things that will happen in the End of Times. Some of it reads as follows:
Translation: "My son! When the Turks rise, be ready to see Mahdî-i Âdil. His name is similar to Mohammed's ancestors' name, let my soul be his." Meaning, for Allah's pleasure, I would have sacrificed myself for him. Know that he is the one. Be sure that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is the one that will guide. Do not take him as an unimportant man and rush to his side. Go quickly and swear allegiance to him. He shares a name with Mohammed (saas)'s ancestors'. In other words, B'nei Adnan. Hz. Ali (ra) says this in his diwan. What is the lineage of Prophet Mohammed (saas)? B'nei Adnan. He shares a name with B'nei Adnan. In other words, when the Prophet Mohammed (saas) said his name is equivalent to my name, and his father is equivalent to my father's name, he meant this and Hz. Ali (ra) explains it. Indeed, Hz. Ali (ra) calls the Prophet Mohammed (saas), Mustafa Adnan Prophet in his eulogy. The Prophet Mohammed's (saas) name was Mustafa and his surname was Adnan.
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The Los Angeles Clippers are unlikely to trade Eric Bledsoe because of concern about what a deal could do to team chemistry.
Bledsoe has started the last two games due to an injury that has Chris Paul sidelined.
"He's been unbelievable," Clippers VP of basketball operations Gary Sack said of Bledsoe. "Even in the role he's been playing coming off the bench as a backup point guard, he's been unbelievable. And then the last two games, running the show, he's been great. He can really run an offense, run the team and still plays the way he plays – attack, get to the rim, block shots and do all the other things that he still does. He's really grown as a player."
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It is generally travel that serves as a starting point for Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez's collections adventures—Marfa or the American Southwest, say, or locales as far-flung as the Himalayas and Tahiti. This season, however, as the couple worked on a house in Brooklyn together, it was "the warmth of domesticity" that proved the inspiration for their sleek, ultra-sophisticated collection, as they "pulled a lot of ideas from that world of interiors."
Zeitgeist-sensitive as McCollough and Hernandez are, that meant looking at the ice-cool seventies interiors of architects and designers like Joe Colombo and Paul Rudolph, and the monumental organic furniture of the Brazilian Sérgio Rodrigues, and the North Californian J. B. Blunk. "Glass and chrome and white lacquer," said McCollough of those vintage interiors that turned them on, "mixed up with a shaggy Moroccan rug." "It's minimal," added Hernandez, "but there's a warmth, an earthiness to it with all those green plants."
This starting point translated into almost monastically severe chasuble dresses and wide pants cropped just below mid-calf in suede and cotton crepe in a seventies palette of ecru, peach ice, cinnamon, and black, with fastenings that included chrome switch lock plates or ball-and-bar closures.
Those Moroccan Beni Ourain rugs in bone-colored tufted-wool trellised with lozenges of deep brown were translated into shaggy handwoven coats; and that crafty feeling (channeling Sheila Hick's textile art and the wildly influential artist Piero Manzoni) was also interpreted in tassel-fronded purses and leather-lattice shoes perched on conical "balsa wood" heels. McCollough and Hernandez were also deeply inspired by the Prada Foundation's re-creation of the watershed 1969 Bern Arte Povera show during the Venice Biennale, and in the spirit of those artists, they experimented with crushed, textural fabrics, and with overprinting garments after they had been already made up. This created the illusion of shadows on mono-colored garments, or of random Franz Kline paint strokes, and deliberately played-up imperfections. A similar strategy was employed to print sunray-pleated skirts with painterly applications of black and white lacquer, and copper and silver metallic leaf, an effect echoed more conventionally in Lurex knits, the points of their pleated skirts tipped in metallic knit.
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ELECTORS go to the polls on Thursday to choose a Police and Crime Commissioner to represent Lancashire – a role that is being introduced across England and Wales for the first time. It will signal the biggest reform to policing since the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829. But how do the four candidates intend to make their mark on the role? To help electors make an informed choice at the polls, reporter Vanessa Cornall put some key questions to them.
What will be your first priority if you are elected, and how will you tackle it?
AFZAR ANWAR Lancashire led the way in bringing back local community policing. I will make sure this success story is not undermined by spending cuts. My top priority is frontline community policing so that everyone feels safe and secure in their home and neighbourhood. In my experience as a criminal barrister, a conviction is more likely to be obtained when the intelligence and evidence comes through the community via the frontline police officers. These officers are in close links with communities and also are aware of the usual culprits in that same locality.
TIM ASHTON My first priority is my main priority – to get police to spend more time on the streets, instead of being stuck in an office, filling in forms or worrying about health and safety directives. I will scrap any daft target or red tape that prevents the police from catching criminals.
ROBERT DROBNY My first priority is to get more police back into our communities. That includes rural communities, not just towns and cities. I want to see the return of the police 'force' as opposed to a police 'service' and show the criminals of Lancashire that we will not tolerate anti-social behaviour and violent crime. I will be turning PCSOs into fully warranted police constables, with real powers. I will also recruit more Special Constables. I will campaign for less paperwork for the police, enabling them to be back out there on the streets of Lancashire keeping us safe.
CLIVE GRUNSHAW The main theme of my campaign is to protect frontline, visible policing. We will have lost over 500 police officers through the cuts and still have more to find. As a member of Lancashire Police Authority I know that the police are already stretched and this situation will get even worse. We must ensure that the police service is maintained and the public are protected. If I am elected, the mandate of the public will be a powerful voice against the cuts and I will use my position to fight for more investment in policing.
What do you think the biggest crime concerns are for people in Lancashire?
AFZAR ANWAR My priorities will be to combat serious organised criminals and stop drug dealing on the streets of Lancashire. I will have more visible policing on the main routes entering Lancashire to deter cross-border criminals. I will also have a zero tolerance policy on domestic violence and make sure sexual exploitation of children is met with successful prosecutions and offenders receive long sentences. I will work with the Crown Prosecution Service, Probation Service, courts and the local victim support service to make sure that offenders are convicted and punished accordingly. There will be no compromise on civil liberties.
TIM ASHTON Being burgled – especially if you are at home when an intruder breaks in. Anti-social behaviour, including alcohol-fuelled problems, and the grooming of young girls for sexual abuse.
ROBERT DROBNY Anti-social behaviour is the blight of our communities. We need to crackdown on this. Why should the law abiding citizens of Lancashire put up with the yob culture? Domestic violence is a real ill in society. I want to put more resources into protecting victims of this dreadful crime. We need to take a firm approach in prosecuting these cowardly offenders. Violent crime needs to be stamped out. People deserve the right to live without fear of being attacked. There's only one place for violent offenders and that's looking at a cell door!
CLIVE GRUNSHAW Every time I go out and meet people on the doorstep or in the community there is one recurring theme; the worry people feel about the loss of police jobs and PCSOs. The public want direct contact with the police and to maintain and build on the relationship of trust and support. People want visible policing and a fast response to anti-social behaviour. Concerns have also been raised about road safety, people drinking alcohol in the street, domestic violence, child sexual exploitation and tackling persistent offenders.
How will you address concerns about crime?
AFZAR ANWAR I will hold regular sugeries with the public in different parts of Lancashire so people have more say about policing in their areas. I will make sure that young people are part of our policing plan and engage with the larger community through schools, colleges, universities, churches and local mosques. I will continue the good work of community safety partnerships and involve more voluntary and statutory organisations to reduce reoffending and anti-social behavior issues. I will work with the Crown Prosecution Service, Probation Service, courts and the local victim support service to make sure that offenders are convicted and punished accordingly.
TIM ASHTON I will make sure that householders are given legal protection to use reasonable force to defend themselves. I will push councils to use the new powers they have to ban drinking in early mornings on the streets and I'll come down like a ton of bricks on the places that sell booze to kids. I will also expand services that deal with sexual abuse and domestic violence.
ROBERT DROBNY I will be putting the message out to criminals that Lancashire will not tolerate you any longer. More warranted constables on the streets will show them the way. I will be robust in my approach to carrying forward the wishes of the population. I will also be making the Chief Constable aware of what my priorities are and ensuring that they are carried out. I will also work for the victim and liaise with the sentencing authorities to ensure that tougher sentences are dished out for repeat offenders.
CLIVE GRUNSHAW Through incorporating the issues raised by the public into the Police and Crime Plan. The Police and Crime Commissioner's role is to be the voice of the public in policing so the concerns raised by the public must take priority. Then I would discuss the priorities with the Chief Constable and the options available for him to deliver them? It is important to stress that operational policing is the responsibility of the Chief Constable and is protected from any political interference.
How will you ensure cuts to not affect the service police provide?
AFZAR ANWAR I want to be clear that I do not want anybody who is elected to be police and crime commissioner to make cuts an excuse for not delivering the results. One of the ways forward would be to stop achieving central government-led targets and focusing on reducing crime. You can then identify any waste of resources. One option includes the precrept on council tax which I am not very keen on as a council tax-payer.
TIM ASHTON First, we need to recognise that while the number of police has gone up, so the number of burdens placed on them by the previous Government have also gone up. We need to make sure that cuts do not affect frontline policing and we'll do that by scrapping unnecessary back office functions and processes.
ROBERT DROBNY The Police and Crime Commissioner will have to make extremely difficult decisions in relation to how the budget is used on policing. If there are cuts to be made, let's be clear, the people of Lancashire do not want to see job losses for our police constables and neither do I. We should look at the management jobs at the top first and work down. I say, 'start as we mean to go on', and the first salary that I will be cutting is the Police and Crime Commissioner's wage. I will lead by example.
CLIVE GRUNSHAW Through collaboration with other forces and working more effectively with the voluntary, community and faith sector. We would look at innovative schemes such as targeting persistent and prolific offenders. This is because, if done properly, it will make a real difference to the safety of the residents in Lancashire and save a significant amount of funding that could be reallocated into other areas of crime reduction. It would be achieved through working more intensively with persistent offenders, and their families, in a multi-agency partnership approach.
How will you cater for East Lancashire's needs when force leaders are based in Preston?
AFZAR ANWAR I am the only candidate from East Lancashire. The only way forward is fairness. If we get the fair share of our budget there is no issue. At present the East Lancashire area is the most populated area in Lancashire and therefore needs to be looked at fairly when it comes to deal with budget allocations. If elected I will make sure East Lancashire is not left out.
TIM ASHTON Well, if I am elected as Lancashire's first-ever Police and Crime Commissioner, I will not be spending every day sat behind a big desk in Preston. I have spent the last few months getting out and about across the county, in shopping areas and villages, such as Colne, Rawtenstall, Burnley, Blackburn, Clitheroe and Oswaldtwistle and, if I win on Thursday, those roadshows will continue, month in, month out. Nothing fancy or expensive – just meeting the public on the streets and keeping in touch.
ROBERT DROBNY I will be setting out a community policing plan for the county. The 'one size fits all' policing plan will simply not work in a county that has such diverse communities. We have both rural and urban areas in our county. We cannot afford for the rural communities to be neglected and forgotten but we also have to protect our towns and cities. If necessary, I will put resources into not just areas but streets. I will be prepared to listen and to take a pro-active stance towards issues that may arise.
CLIVE GRUNSHAW Lancashire's police service should be delivered locally, throughout Lancashire. At present it is a divisional structure with each area have its own command unit. This will continue and I would look to strengthen the local bases. This will include opening a new police station in Accrington as the present one is not fit for purpose. Lancashire is a diverse county, culturally and geographically. We must ensure that the police service is also able to cope with the different needs from the rural communities.
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ANAHEIM -- Matt Shoemaker was in and out of trouble but he was never out of control.
Shoemaker pitched around jams in the first and third innings to strand runners in scoring position and lead the Angels to a 5-2 win over Houston on Thursday night at Angel Stadium.
The win was the seventh home victory in a row for the Angels (48-36) and left them with a 13-1 record in their last 14 in Anaheim. The loss was Houston's fourth straight and seventh in their last eight road games. The Angels remained 3 1/2 games behind division-leading Oakland.
Shoemaker stranded six Astros, including four in scoring position, over his six innings, but perhaps none bigger than in the third inning.
With two runs already in and runners on first and second with one out, Shoemaker coaxed a pretty 3-6-1 double-play ball from Matt Dominguez to end the inning and the last real Houston threat.
"In those situations, the best thing is to try to get a double-play ball," Shoemaker said. "Just really trying to pitch low in the zone, get a double-play ball, ground ball."
But Shoemaker's first escape did not even require a pitch.
In the first inning, Shoemaker nabbed George Springer at first with a quick pickoff to end a first-and-third threat. The pickoff came after allowing back-to-back hits to open the game.
"He had to work hard to get through six innings tonight," manager Mike Scioscia said.
Less than a week ago at Kansas City, Shoemaker could not get out of a jam, falling victim to a seven-run third inning and lasting just four frames against the Royals while allowing eight runs on 11 hits.
"It's a positive thing to bounce back from last outing to this one," Shoemaker said. "This one, if you really look at it, was a successful outing but a little bit of a struggle, had to make some big pitches to get out of jams."
On Thursday, the Astros went just 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. Kansas City went 5-for-8 last Friday against Shoemaker (6-2).
"He's given us a chance to win the vast majority of games he's pitched in so I don't think you're going to put any more weight or pressure on one game depending on how your other one went before and certainly, he's not going to let up his next start because he had a good one this time," Scioscia said. "I don't think we need to look back."
After Shoemaker got out of the third inning, the Angels backed him with a four-run fourth, highlighted by David Freese's two-run double to right. Freese's double capped a string of four consecutive Angels hits and gave them a lead they would not give up.
C.J. Cron had an RBI-single and Chris Iannetta drove in a run with a deep sacrifice fly during the rally.
Freese started slow this season but come on lately, with six RBIs and three multihit games in his last five games.
"We need him," Scioscia said. "Hopefully, he's finding a comfort level. His last 30 or so at-bats, he's starting to hit the ball a little bit better and drive the ball a little bit better. We need David."
But, perhaps, the Angels have needed Shoemaker more.
Shoemaker, a 27-year-old rookie, spent most of his career in the Minor Leagues before starring as a key cog in the Angels rotation this season.
"I'm not going to say I'm surprised because Matt has the potential to do what he's doing," Scioscia said. "I think the fact that he's doing it and doing it in a role that we need so badly says a lot about his makeup and character and hopefully it'll continue."
With seven strikeouts Thursday, Shoemaker has now struck out more batters (57) in his first 10 career starts than any Angel had before him. He passed Bo Belinksy, who had fanned 56.
"He has struck out his share of guys if you look statistically through his career in the Minor Leagues," Scioscia said. "You never how stuff is going to play up in the Major Leagues until a guy gets an opportunity. Shoe definitely has some out pitches and some pitches he can get strikeouts with."
Houston left-hander Brett Oberholtzer (2-7) took the loss for the Astros (36-51), surrendering nine hits and five runs in 6 1/3 innings.
With the win, Scioscia tied Whitey Herzog on the all-time wins list at 34th with 1,281.
Matthew DeFranks is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @MDeFranks. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Banderlog is a monstrous humanoid. The Banderlog resembles a fat Baboon with green skin, brown fur (this creates an almost violet look) and a large mouth and lips. It is a mischievous, fun-loving creature which lurks in trees and throws fruits such as mangos and coconuts filled with a nauseatting juice down at passerbys. If it is throwing these at an enemy, they cause poisoning and strength damage as well. They are clearly inspired by the Bandar-log monkeys from Rudyard Kipling's book The Jungle Book.
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Sleep is an overlooked area of metabolic processes and an important modulator of endocrine function. Despite a large body of evidence suggesting that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes, the underlying pathogenesis of impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) in OSA remains less well understood. The recent findings of Papaioannou and colleagues showed no clinically significant abnormalities of appetite regulating hormones in OSA that would suggest a cause for IGM.1 While the study provides an important insight into the phenotypic spectrum of OSA, it also raises questions related to possible yet unexplored more complex pathomechanisms linking appetite hormones with IGM in OSA.
From a pathophysiological point of view, insulin resistance (IR) and beta-cell dysfunction both play a role in the development of IGM. While research has documented that OSA can contribute to IR independent of obesity, there is a paucity of information on leptin resistance-related IR in OSA that may potentially impair glucose homeostasis. Leptin is a well-known adipose tissue-derived hormone that binds to receptors in the brain and inhibits expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY). Most obese humans produce large quantities of leptin but are insensitive to its effects. The suggested mechanisms underlying leptin resistance include defective leptin receptors and/or post-receptor signal transduction, reduced numbers of leptin receptors, interactions between leptin and plasma circulating factors, and other factors that override the leptin satiety signal. It is plausible that OSA-stress-related release of NPY from sympathetic nerves and activation of its Y2 receptors in the adipose tissue might stimulate fat angiogenesis and the proliferation and differentiation of new adipocytes, resulting in abdominal obesity, while closing a vicious cycle of increasing leptin-insulin resistance. Considering different receptor-mediated effects of NPY, the plasma level of NPY might not necessarily be the best parameter to assess NPY effects in peripheral tissues.
In our study,2 we demonstrated that OSA is associated with specific cytokines that reflect link between OSA and glucose metabolism. Specifically, nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturations in OSA were closely associated with interleukin-6 (IL-6) production in obese women with IGM, but not in controls with normal glucose metabolism matched individually for sex, age, adiposity, and apnea-hypopnea index. Moreover, cross-sectional data from our study showed additional close associations of IL-6 with leptin-to-leptin receptor ratio and markers of adiposity only in IGM. These findings support the role that IL-6 plays in obesity and extend it to possible pathophysiological processes linking obesity to IGM via leptin resistance and hypoxic stress in OSA.
Further prospective studies are needed to explore the dynamic interactions among appetite regulating hormones, their receptors, and glucose homeostasis in OSA to develop novel interventions to prevent metabolic sequelae of OSA.
Dr. Pallayova has indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Pallayova M. The vicious cycle of leptin-insulin resistance predicts impaired glucose metabolism in obese adults with obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(2):227-228.
Dr. Pallayova received grant support (November 10, 2008 - November 9, 2009) from the European Respiratory Society (Fellowship Number LTRF 15 - 2008), and was supported through a National Institutes of Health grant (November 10, 2009 - June 30, 2010). The sponsors had no involvement in the writing of this manuscript, or submission of this manuscript for publication.
Papaioannou I, Patterson M, Twigg GL, et al., authors. Lack of association between impaired glucose tolerance and appetite regulating hormones in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2011;7:486–92B. [PubMed]
Pallayova M, Steele KE, Magnuson TH, et al., authors. Sleep apnea predicts distinct alterations in glucose homeostasis and biomarkers in obese adults with normal and impaired glucose metabolism. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2010;9:83[PubMed Central][PubMed]