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When other treatments for impotence or erectile dysfunction are ineffective, unsatisfactory, or cumbersome, some men turn to penile implants. Whether impotent because of diabetes, radiation therapy, prostate surgery, or another physical cause, a surgical implant can help men regain erectile function.
What Types of Implants Are Available?
There are different types of implants. The simplest, called a malleable implant, consists of a pair of silicone rods. They are bendable, yet stiff enough to allow penetration.
To initiate sex, the penis is lifted to position with the rods straightening out. Men can conceal this type of implant by bending the malleable rods downward; however, the penis will appear semi-erect.
The second type of implant is an inflatable or hydraulic implant. The device uses fluid to achieve an erection. Fluid is controlled by a pump. It allows men to experience a natural erection. The device is easily concealed when not in use.
A urologist can provide you with more information on both options that take into account your specific anatomy and needs.
What Can You Expect After Surgery?
None of the implants affect your ability to ejaculate or have an orgasm. Rarely, some men end up with persistent pain or a loss of sensation in the penis. Many men are surprised to learn that, with an implant, their erection does not appear as it once was. For example, the erection may be shorter. Also, the flaccid penis is not quite as relaxed as it used to be. But, these outcomes generally depend on the type of implant used and how well you heal. Overall, the success rates are high for penile implant surgery.
What Are the Potential Risks?
No surgery is without its risks, and that includes implant procedures. In a very small percentage of cases, the wound can become infected. While implants have gotten more reliable over the years, a variety of problems may still arise.
In general, the more complex the implant, the greater the likelihood there will be mechanical problems. For example, saline can leak out. While saline presents no medical risk, a second operation would be needed because the implant would not work without this fluid.
Sometimes the reservoir or pump may protrude through the skin. Occasionally, the unit will auto-inflate or deflate without warning. Or, the healthy tissue adjacent to the implants may break down. Men should accept that there is a chance they might need to have a second operation either to remove the implant or have another one inserted. It is hard to say how long an implant will last, because, as with any medical device, there is ongoing wear and tear.
Silicone penile implants, though solid and not gel-like, carry the same risks inherent in silicone breast implants. There have been reports that silicone particles, shed from the implant, can migrate to other parts of the body. But, there are little data to confirm silicon-related health problems associated with these devices.
Think carefully about an implant because they are generally irreversible. The penile chambers are permanently altered by the device, making it unlikely that natural erections could ever return. Despite the risks, many patients and their partners are satisfied with the decision to get an implant. For these men, implants mean a renewed confidence in their ability to perform.
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The Los Alamos Mountaineers on Wednesday evening will host long-time cavers Brian Kendrick and James Hunter as they share their incredible photographs of and exciting adventures in some of the most spectacular caves in the world.
Brian Kendrick has been actively caving for over seven years primarily in New Mexico with a few caving trips to Colorado, Arizona, and the Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia (TAG) areas.
Until recently, Kendrick served as chairman of the Pajarito Grotto, a post he held for five years. He has participated in numerous cave restoration trips in the Guadalupe Mountains and is level-one certified in cave rescue by the National Cave Rescue Commission.
He is actively participating in the exploration of all three branches of Lechuguilla Cave, Ft. Stanton Cave, and several smaller caves.
He is an avid cave photographer, and will share many of his own very special photos.
During this presentation, Kendrick will discuss basic caving and expedition caving, which include the recent exciting discoveries in Lechuguilla and Ft. Stanton caves.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 — NASA's Opportunity rover took microscopic images Sunday of a bedrock outcropping on the surface of Mars that scientists hope will answer questions about whether the rock could have formed in water.
The images will help scientists understand what the environment was like when the rock was formed, said Jim Erickson, deputy mission manager.
Opportunity's camera spotted the outcropping, which is about 50 feet (15 meters) long and a foot (30 centimeters) high, within days of its Jan. 24 landing. It is the first bedrock outcropping seen on any Mars mission.
The microscopic images and other tests could shed light on whether water — a key ingredient for life — ever flowed freely on Mars. NASA planned to use an instrument Monday to determine the rock's chemical makeup.
Studying a hole on Mars
Also Sunday, scientists were studying data that the Spirit rover had gathered Saturday by drilling a small hole into the sharply angled rock dubbed Adirondack.
It was the first rock to be drilled by either of the two rovers on the Mars mission.
Opportunity, meanwhile, remained stationary as it examined the bedrock outcropping. It was expected to move along the rock formation late Sunday.
The rovers are exploring opposite sides of the planet as part of their $820 million mission. The objective of the mission is to determine whether liquid water persisted on ancient Mars long enough to support the development of life.
Each of the rovers was designed for a primary mission lasting 90 days, but mission managers say the solar-powered spacecraft could keep going for a significantly longer time.
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Jason Aldean Files for Divorce
Less than a week after reports of their separation, country superstar Jason Aldean and his wife of 12 years have decided to legally end their marriage. The 'Take a Little Ride' hitmaker filed for divorce on Friday (April 26), citing irreconcilable differences.
People magazine reports that Aldean filed for divorce from Jessica Ussery in Williamson Country in Tennessee on Friday, just one day after a representative for the singer commented on reports of their separation. "I can confirm that Jason and his wife are having problems, but there is nothing more to share with the press at this time," his rep said. "It's a private family matter, and we hope everyone will respect that he would like to keep it that way."
The separation came less than a year after Aldean was photographed kissing Charlotte Bobcats dancer and former 'American Idol' singer Brittany Kerr in a bar. He and his wife projected a united front in subsequent interviews, but sources told Us Weekly that the couple may have been separated since January. They were photographed together at the 2013 People's Choice Awards in January, but Ussery didn't attend the ACM Awards in Las Vegas earlier this month.


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International Writing Program Sends Former U.S. Poet Laureate to Burma
Ann Stock serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
For centuries, great writers have opened windows into other worlds, and allowed countries -- often for the very first time -- a glimpse into a different culture and a different way of living. Through their work, writers connect cultures on a people-to-people level. The art of creative writing is fundamental to freedom of expression and a reason why the U.S. Department of State has sponsors exchange programs like the International Writing Program.
This past month, the State Department sent four of the best American writers and poets on our first International Writing Program delegation to Burma. The group included former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, writers Brenda Hillman and ZZ Packer, and Christopher Merrill, director of the International Writing Program. During their historic visit, the group led creative writing workshops with university students and local writers and presented readings of their own work. The visit marked the first time in recent memory that U.S. Embassy Rangoon collaborated with state-run universities on programming and guest lectures.
Through this exchange program many of the students and faculty gained new exposure to modern American literature. The American writers brought a different perspective on literature as a means of expression, and welcomed the students' personal thoughts on pieces of their own work. The Burmese students and faculty questioned the writers on the creative writing process, the rules for writing a poem, and literary theories. Later in the week, the American writers had a chance to meet with local poets, writers, and artists to get a pulse on the writing scene in Burma.
Each fall, the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' International Writing Program hosts the oldest and largest multinational writing residency in the world, bringing outstanding authors from every continent to the University of Iowa. Since 1967, over 1,400 writers from more than 130 nations have taken part in the Fall Residency. Throughout the year, the program sends delegations like this one of American writers and professors to select countries for tours, lectures, and workshops.
This delegation is just one example of how the Department of State cultivates the relationship between the United States and Burma, not only between our governments, but also our people. It was only fitting that we continue this dialogue with writers: practitioners of one of the first forms of cultural diplomacy.
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March 2008
A colorized, electron micrograph of Influenza A virus, subtype H5N1, a fast-mutating, highly pathogenic avian flu virus. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith
Why does it seem that viral diseases are on the rise?
Holmes: I think most emergent diseases are either newly described or increasing in their prevalence and range. The reason why we think that is most likely is that the RNA [ribonucleic acid] viruses1 evolve much faster than an antivirus. Essentially, an RNA virus will evolve in six logs faster than human DNA. And the more you evolve, the more you mutate, the more you are able to generate mutations that will adapt you to new environments like a new host species. And, if you can get a new host species, you have a new disease. So, I think the reason why most RNA viruses are most comparable to new diseases is rooted in their basic evolutionary power, which is way more virulent.
What are some of the viruses that are a continual threat to human health?
Holmes: That is a big question; but we can look at it by grouping emergent diseases. First, there are those that are "normal" new viruses. Because they are new we don't know what they are. Over the last few years, we have had a few of these that seemed to come from nowhere—the two most famous would be HIV and SARS. Although HIV is in monkeys and the SARS relative is in various animals, this particular virus was completely new. So there are those that are completely novel; it is difficult to predict what those are going to be.
American Red Cross tends to patients in wards set up inside an auditorium in 1918. The influenza that year may have killed 40-50 million people. Photo: Edward A. "Doc" Rogers, Oakland Public Library.
The second set consists of viruses that have been around for a long time but continue to cause problems. First, I would say, would be the rotaviruses—the rotaviruses2 cause diarrhea diseases, and probably in terms of human health, they infect the most people. We don't think about this group in the west because we can cure those diseases. In developing countries, though, such as Africa, rotaviruses are really devastating. There is also influenza, which, every year still kills about 36,000 people in the USA—a huge number. Influenza is kind of a hardy perennial disease, and every so often, it emerges with a real vengeance. For example, the 1918 influenza may have killed 40-50 million people in one year, which makes it the biggest single death toll in human history for any one event. So there are the common ones we always need to be worried about, and then added to that, are the viruses that appear out of nowhere every few years.
How is it that viruses can jump from species to species?
Holmes: That involves two things. The first thing is being exposed to a new species. As human ecology has changed, we have changed our relationship to the animal and the plant kingdom, and by so doing, we exposed ourselves to new pathogens.3 So, for example, when farming was first developed thousands of years ago, we lived near animals for the first time. That allowed us to acquire the antigens.4 Further on in our history, when people started to congregate in cities, disease could spread rapidly for the first time. And in more recent years, things like global air travel, deforestation, wars, changes in agricultural practices, and so on, have changed our relationship with flora and fauna. So new diseases emerged. HIV is a great example. It looks very likely that the change in land use in West Africa—when logging in proximity to monkey habitats—people acquired their viruses.
What makes the virus so unique that it can make that jump between species?
Holmes: What a virus wants is simply to self-replicate. Viruses are the ultimate parasite—they cannot exist by themselves; they need a host. So whatever species it settles in doesn't really matter, as long as it can engage that cell. Whether the HIV infects T-cells of the chimp or an ape, it doesn't matter. Once a virus is in the T-cell, it is going to make its life. What a virus is looking for is cells of the right kind. And if that means jumping species boundaries to find that cell, that will happen. Disease is simply a secondary effect. What viruses are interested in—similar to any natural selection process—is a numbers game. Reproduce quickly with as much progeny as possible.
Why is it important to understand the origins and the evolution of viruses?
Holmes: It is important for a number of different reasons. Emergent diseases have caused, and will continue to cause, a great human burden. As scientists, it would be beneficial to be able to predict what is going to come next. If we had predicted HIV and SARS, many more people might have been saved. Evolution gives you some rules. — about what can evolve, what can spread, and what can't. So, if we know some rules, then we can start to predict what is going to happen.
It is also very important that, if we know how viruses and other pathogens evolve, then we are better able to treat them. One of the big problems we have at the moment—with both viral and bacterial diseases—is resistance to drugs; antibiotics in bacteria, antivirals in viruses. For example, bacteria causing tuberculosis is now resistant to three, maybe four, different antibiotics. We need to know the rules and there are new treatment strategies that actually utilize evolutionary data directly. So, evolution helps us to predict what comes next as well as to control what we have.
If we had known about evolution more in the old days, the problem that we have now with staphylococcus, for example, wouldn't be as severe. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is very scary—streptococcus, TB, and many other diseases. We urgently need a new generation of antibiotics to thwart that. Antiviruses are slightly different because in many cases when you have a viral infection, your infection is very short lived. Maybe three or four days at most, so by the time you go to the doctor your virus is gone. And, all you see is the immune system causing symptoms—not the virus. Antivirals are very good for diseases that last a long time, like HIV, but for quick infections, probably not so useful, because by definition you have less time to treat them. Antibiotics and antivirals are important but vaccination is more important. Vaccination is better than drugs because it prevents transmission. Medical professionals are always saying vaccines are ultimately the key, and that is true.
Why do some pathogens infect millions while others do not?
Holmes: There are a number of very critical evolutionary parameters. One of the most important—and why I mentioned previously that human evolutionary ecology has changed—is population size and density. From a human ecology standpoint, the more hosts you have, and the denser they are, the more likely the pathogen can get through and spread. So put in another way, when you are infected by a pathogen, the virus needs a new host to infect to keep itself going. If you have a small population, that is not that likely to happen. If you have a bigger population, you have more chances of transmitting the disease.
There have been some amazing studies of measles in populations. Some years ago scientists looked at islands and discovered an amazing statistic. They showed that measles can sustain itself on islands with a population size of something like 300,000 people. Below that number, measles dies out because there are not enough hosts for the virus to maintain itself. Above 300,000, it can keep itself going. So ecology plays a big role in disease.
Will viral diseases escalate in the future?
Holmes: As humans get to live in more dense environments, as the world becomes more connected , as we cut down rainforests, as we kill each other in world wars, as we make land use changes—yes, we will expose ourselves to more diseases, there is no doubt about that. However, to counter that, we are also getting better and better at working with biopathogens and learning how to control them. And, the connectedness of the world—which actually helps pathogens spread—also allows us to counter them. SARS is a great example, where global research contributed a lot to its control. So yes, we will get more and yes, they will be increasing, but one hopes as knowledge improves, that we will be able to counter them more quickly.
What do you think of the networks that now exist to control emerging diseases?
Holmes: I think they are good—much better than they were some years ago. As to whether they are ideal, we need a new test case. One thing I think we need to do is to go out into the field and find where the viruses may come from. That is a big undertaking. All of biodiversity may be a factor because viruses come from animals that live on this planet already. So potentially, although it is very hard to do, we could screen all the pathogens that live in animals on Earth. This might sound like science fiction but I don't see why it couldn't be done in the future. The technology is slowly getting there where it might be possible.
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Getting to Know Los Angeles, CA
Ranging from beachfront to mountainside, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is the second largest in the United States, offering its almost 20 million residents a seemingly endless variety of restaurants, theaters and adventures. The city caters to the entertainment whims of almost every resident with family-friendly fun in Anaheim, exciting nightclubs in Hollywood and hiking in the beautiful Angeles National Forest.
Did You Know?
You may have heard that "Los Angeles" means "The Angels," but the original name for the city is up for debate. Some historians say the first settlers called it "El Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles Sobre el Rio de Porciuncula."
Insider Tip: Sound like a local by learning the lingo: Think Venice Beach when you hear "the boardwalk," and try to avoid traffic on "the 405" (the San Diego Freeway).
Attractions in Los Angeles
Home to iconic landmarks like the Hollywood sign, the Santa Monica Pier and the super-modern Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles is instantly recognizable to movie lovers. Hop on a tour bus to see the homes of famous celebrities, or create your own tour of trendy spots like Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Here for school? You're not alone in a city with more than 100 colleges and universities, including USC and UCLA.
LA's Art & Music Scene
With more museums and theaters than any other American city, Los Angeles offers something for nearly any taste, from LA Philharmonic concerts to DJ-driven dance parties.
Los Angeles Apartments and Neighborhoods
Looking for the best places to live in Los Angeles? Prices reflect demand near the ocean and in the posh neighborhoods west of downtown, but you can find good values on apartments in thriving areas like Faircrest Heights, Encino and Altadena. Downtown LA and Los Feliz are good bets for walkability and public transit links if you don't have a car. Thanks to the expansion of train service on the MetroLink, up-and-coming neighborhoods like Monrovia and Glendora are also great options for affordable apartments in Los Angeles County.
Check out some of the different neighborhoods LA has to offer:
LA Public Transportation, Commuting & Jobs
With low unemployment, a robust entertainment and tourism industry, and more than 300 aerospace companies, Los Angeles is a great place to work. Skip the congested freeways and hop on the LA Metro for stress-free commutes on the country's third-most comprehensive public transit system. Air transport links are also plentiful, with international flights at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and domestic routes out of suburban airports in Ontario, Burbank and Santa Ana.
Fun Things to Do in Los Angeles
LA crackles with energy all year long, offering everything from foodie festivals and holiday events to major concerts and massive parties. Here are our top five picks for the best festivals and events in Los Angeles:
Los Angeles also abounds with fun free things to do, such as beachfront yoga, world-class museums like The Broad, and concerts by performers on the verge of stardom.
Los Angeles Activities for Families with Kids
Family activities are nearly limitless, from train rides at Griffith Park to the Los Angeles Zoo to amusement parks like Universal Studios Hollywood. If excellent public schools are at the top of your priority list, rent an apartment in the more affordable eastern LA school districts of Walnut Valley or Temple City.
Pet-friendly Things to Do in LA
Moving to Los Angeles with your four-legged companion? You'll be thrilled to learn just how pet-friendly this city is, from dog parks to inclusive restaurants and breweries. Don't miss a trip to the Arts District Dog Park on the corner of 4th and Molino in downtown.
Outdoor Living in LA
With more than 180 days of sun every year and easy access to the Pacific Ocean, the City of Flowers and Sunshine is a paradise for outdoor lovers. Hike Griffith Park and Runyon Canyon Park, surf and swim at the beach, or head to The Strand for 22.5 miles of cliff-top bicycling.
Getaways from Los Angeles
LA is nearly synonymous with postcard-worthy spots like Venice Beach and Santa Monica State Beach, both famous for great people watching. The best beaches in Los Angeles also include El Porto Beach, known for its gnarly surfing opportunities, and Rosie's Dog Beach, the only sands in LA County that allow dogs to roam without a leash.
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The automatic spending cuts mandated by the sequestration are set to take effect next week, and the FAA is preparing to cut about $600 million in expenditures for the remainder of FY 2013.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta laid out the plans to do that in a letter today.
It's bad news for FAA employees, as well as travelers.
Changes in consideration include:
Eliminating midnight shifts in 60 airport control towers around the country
Closing more than 100 control towers at airports with fewer than 10,000 annual commercial operations
Furloughing the vast majority of the 47,000 FAA employees for one day per pay period, through September
Reductions in equipment maintenance and having fewer air traffic controllers on staff will likely lead to delays, LaHood and Huerta warn:
Flights to major cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours...
We also expect that as airlines estimate the potential impacts of these furloughs. they will change their schedules and cancel flights.
None of the plans are set in stone yet, and the sequestration could be avoided. But the more likely outcome is that the cuts will go into effect, and air travel will become even less pleasant than it already is.


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Deborah Digges
About the Author
The poet Deborah Digges was born and raised in Missouri. Her first collection, Vesper Sparrows, won the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize from New York University. Late in the Millennium was published in 1989, and Rough Music, which won the Kingsley Tufts Prize, was published in 1995. Trapeze appeared in 2004. Digges also wrote two memoirs, Fugitive Spring (1991) and The Stardust Lounge (2001). The recipient of grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation, Digges lived in Massachusetts, where she was a professor of English at Tufts University until her death in 2009.


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Learn more about the master plan that will put KMSKA on the map even more prominently than before.
The imposing museum building in Antwerp's Zuid or 'South' quarter celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2010. In all those years, the building was never thoroughly renovated. The last partial overhaul was carried out in 1999, in preparation of the major Van Dyck exhibition. So it is high time that the 19th-century art temple should be converted into a modern museum building fit for the 21st century.
New look
It quickly became apparent during the partial renovation in 1999 that a more structural
intervention was required in order to maintain the building and infrastructure adequately. In 2003,
the Flemish Government Architect therefore launched a call for public tenders. One year later, the
Rotterdam-based firm of
Claus and Kaan Architects was commissioned to design a master plan. By 2006, it
presented a renovation project in six phases. This plan was subsequently reduced to two phases
because of budgetary constraints. Phase one encompasses demolition work and the construction of a
new depot. During the second phase, the building will be refitted and a new roof will be installed.
In addition, the original route through the museum is to be reinstated and the surface area
expanded. The architects will add additional floors in four large patios that are presently unused.
This way, they intend to create a modern – vertical – museum inside the historical exterior.
The actual construction work will get under way in the autumn of 2011.
The Flemish Community is investing EUR 44 million in this thorough renovation of the museum
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Science's Alliances
Mom and apple pie. Computers and silicon. Martians and death rays. Some things just go together naturally. But how about science and politics? Science and religion? Science and fiction? These pairings are often unnatural and contentious … but they don't have to be.
Discover how science can team up with other endeavors in productive, if surprising, symbiosis.
Meet a particle physicist, turned U.S. Congressman, who calls for more scientists on Capitol Hill. Also, a tour of the Golden Age of Islamic Science.
Plus, scientists named Elmo and Super Grover 2.0 teach small children to conduct experiments with the help of chickens and dancing penguins.
And, it's not quite science but it's not entirely ficition either: how sci-fi helps shape our cultural debates about the future.
- Bill Foster – Physicist and former U.S. representative from Illinois
- Carol-Lynn Parente – Executive Producer, Sesame Street
- Ranjana Mehra – Docent at The Tech Museum, San Jose, California
- Brooks Peck – Curator, EMP Museum, Seattle, Washington


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Australia: Racial Discrimination and Apartheid
Opposition growing to racially discriminatory intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal Communities17 Mar 2012 11:31 GMT
Australian Lawyers Alliance, National President, Greg Barns said in a 14th March media release (PDF) "This legislation is racist, oppressive and the product of poorly conducted consultations," and compared it to Apartheid in South Africa or segregation in the USA. In an opinion article in the Sydney Morning Herald he said "In Australia, policy-makers are paying lip service to human rights considerations and repeatedly developing policy that is in breach of international law." The legislation may come under challenge in Australia's High Court.
The Senate Committee charged with reviewing the Stronger Futures Bills on 14th March announced in a majority report it supported the passage of the controversial legislation despite widespread community concern about its coercive measures according to the Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTar) organisation. "Despite strong public opposition, the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee last night delivered a majority report which supported passage of the Stronger Futures bills with only minor amendments." The Greens Senator on the committee issued a minority report urging the Senate to reject NT Intervention Expansion.
The campaign against this bill has been gathering momentum. Watch this video here on the Stand for Freedom website. Sign the petition which now has over 30,000 signatures. The Government is deliberately ignoring the consultation process in the form of the Senate Committee where communities such as Maningrida expressed their hostility to the bill. The Nygoongar Embassy in Perth has also rejected the bill instead calling for Australia to Pay the Rent.
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Goodooga, northwest NSW, 19 March 12 – An Aboriginal leader has thrown open the possibility of Commonwealth government having "committed a major fraud against the Australian public" in connection with the 1967 referendum that included Aborigines in the national census for the first time.
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The 33-year-old gunman, who has not been named, threatened police when they tried to arrest him and was shot in the chest before being arrested and taken to hospital, police in the Swiss canton of Valais said on Thursday. No police officers were wounded.
The shooting is likely to stir a fresh debate about Switzerland's fire arms laws that allow its male citizens to retain guns after their mandatory military service.
The Daillon gunman was a local resident who had been in psychiatric care in 2005 and was unemployed and living on welfare benefits, police said. His only previous conviction was for marijuana use.
The village is close to the town of Sion, the capital of the canton - or region - of Valais, known for its world-class ski resorts such as Verbier.
The women who died, aged 32, 54 and 79, were all shot at least twice, in the head and chest. The youngest was married to one of the injured men and they had young children together, regional public prosecutor Catherine Seppey told a news conference. The injured men were aged 33 and 63.
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|2008-06-13, 22:12
|Link #21
Falling for Ginsama ^3^
Graphic Designer
If you ask me i don't really care that much.
once i got use to everything in Gimp i could do a decent amount of things in it i could do in Photoshop the Big difference between them are options and customizable additions.
like the nifty save for web isn't on a Gimp
and if u want to animate ur name or something for a sig u can do it in both programs. Its just that in one it has the tools to do it easily, while the other also can do animation but its a strenuous task. but in the end u still end up with the same animatoin.
I'd say if ur more a hands on kind of guy use gimp, if ur not use to it and how u have to figure out how to do something the same way in Gimp as in Photoshop then just use photoshop.
personally i didn't mind Gimp. actually a good deal of my more older sigs and the c4d ones were made using Gimp. After i finally got myself a PS it kind of felt harder to readjust back to it. And there are some pretty neat things u can do for gimp too.
like u can find a script to do a lot of things in the click of an action.
and there are color options in gimp which are similar to those in PS but i actually preferred gimps for watever reason.
|2008-06-13, 22:39
|Link #22
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Using my yokai glasses to save Mana again
Age: 69
Please don't suggest that the collaborative development model used for the GIMP is somehow incapable of producing software that competes effectively against proprietary products. The list of contrary examples is too long to detail, but I'd start with Apache, BIND, and CUPS if I were making an "ABC."
The GIMP is probably somewhat less full featured than Photoshop because it does rely on voluntary labor, and also because it's taken a while for developers to join in. I think it's come remarkably far in the past five years or so.
Adobe's market is the professional users and the companies they work for who will pay top dollar for Photoshop because it's the "industry standard." Paying thousands of dollars to Adobe is just a normal cost of doing business in that world. I doubt many design houses have ever invested the effort to determine whether they could adopt the GIMP and drop Photoshop.
I also doubt Adobe cares that Photoshop is so widely pirated. They know that most of the people with illegal copies aren't capable of paying for the program. In fact, Adobe probably benefits from this piracy since it reinforces its brand in the minds of upcoming designers like many of the people here at AnimeSuki.
All that said, if you don't like GIMP's interface, try using GIMPshop, a modification of the GIMP interface to make it more like Photoshop. And, like WanderingKnight, I'd say that if you're thinking about downloading a copy of Photoshop from some warez site, try the GIMP first. I know that might sound weird on a forum where everyone is more or less an admitted copyright infringer, but I see a big difference between watching Japanese television programs that I'll never be able to obtain in the US and making an illicit copy of a program that I can buy from dozens of retailers.
Both Microsoft and Adobe owe a portion of their dominance worldwide to software piracy. In the long term it's all about marketing and keeping the brand in the customer's mind.
In answer to your original question, I've never used Photoshop since I couldn't possibly justify spending hundreds of dollars on a program to play with pictures, nor could I justify pirating it either. A few years ago I tried using the GIMP to do some simple photo editing. At first found it difficult to use, but that was mostly because I had never used a graphics editor before, and I really had little idea what I was doing. Nowadays I can make a fairly decent animated avatar using the GIMP (and mplayer for frame capture) in under an hour.
My guess from what I've read is that novices with no Photoshop experience would do just fine, but people converting from Photoshop will have to do some relearning. Maybe GIMPshop would make the transition simpler. I've only ever used the GIMP since that's what I started with, and it works for me. I'd also imagine that "intermediate" users, on your scale, would be fine with it, too. Whether "professional" users could adopt the GIMP is clearly a subject of intense debate here, and one well outside my competence.
|2008-06-14, 00:37
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I suppose this could have been a nice thread for fielding questions about GIMP features versus Photoshop features but instead it's been derailed about piracy comments that weren't even the topic of the original post.
I'd be happy to discuss the merits of piracy as a form of free advertising or the resulting effects of piracy on open source software but this really isn't the place for such discussions. Could GIMP be better if Photoshop was harder to get, due to more interest in improving the open source software? Perhaps, but it's not exactly relevant to the original question either.
We do have quite a few users who do use GIMP (and other free programs) instead of Photoshop for doing image work, and there really isn't a central place to discuss that in Fan Creations...perhaps we should try to steer this thread in that direction instead?
|2008-06-14, 01:17
|Link #25
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Join Date: Dec 2005
if you are just cutting out pictures you can use safety scissors and elmer's glue to do the same job.
once u get into the advanced features of photoshop there is no comparison. most professionals use illustrator, btw. (or quark express if thats still around, I think another company bought them)
basically this thread would be like comparing virtualdub to final cut pro. its not exactly the same thing.
|2008-06-14, 01:34
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Get the best of both world (GIMPShop)
|2008-06-14, 01:36
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|2008-06-14, 01:41
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I think I'll try out GIMPshop, thanks for the mention (and thanks KiNA and SeijiSensei for the link). It sounds like for the majority of day-to-day things I do in Photoshop, GIMP would be more than able to handle it. I'll have to see whether it supports my camera's RAW format (.ORF) and what sorts of features it has. I know most people here do tons of advanced filter business, but the most advanced feature of Photoshop that I touch is probably the "HDR Merge" feature.
Someone already mentioned that GIMP supports automated/scriptable actions, which is a relief. I'll post back here with my own impressions when I get a bit of a better feel for it.
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|2008-06-14, 01:52
|Link #30
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Location: Northeast USA
Age: 33
Er, I might have to go with GIMP alone actually. It seems that the latest GIMPShop is based off of GIMP 2.2, but based off of a forum post I found two or three people remarking that GIMPShop doesn't work with OS X 10.5. GIMP 2.4 is required for 10.5 support. Curses! The admin replied back and said that a recompile based on 2.4 would be coming soon, but that was made back in October of 2007. Sadness.
|2008-06-14, 02:06
|Link #31
Gregory House
IT Support
It doesn't work? Have you tried downloading the source and manually compiling it?
I suppose you should have available in some form or the other the basic C compiling tools under OS X, but I'm not sure how.
|2008-06-14, 02:58
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Location: Northeast USA
Age: 33
|2008-06-14, 04:02
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 28
@Ledgem If you want to have use the newest version no matter what maybe you could use an emulator / Windows for mac thingy there? (I guess you know more about that than me )
|2008-06-14, 07:43
|Link #36
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Using my yokai glasses to save Mana again
Age: 69
As for comparing features between the programs, a quick Google search brings up dozens of articles: http://www.google.com/search?q=gimp+...res+comparison. This one is quite informative.
My reply was mostly in reaction to the rather ignorant suggestion that free software is per se inferior to proprietary products, and that the widespread use of Photoshop represented an active choice by users after careful comparison. The first of these is definitely false, and I suspect the second is false as well.
|2008-06-14, 10:06
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Didn't even know if that was a real option. Now the problem is, how to get that on GIMP :/.
|2008-06-14, 10:23
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Silicon Valley
I've been skimming through this thread and decided to put in my two cents lol. I currently use the new iMAC 24in and running OSX Leopard plus CS3. In the past, I used to be a dual user with Gimp as well. Around here, I'm know for my c4d style sigs and achieved positive results on both programs. On top of that, I'm also known for making vid tuts for end users on sig creations for both PS and Gimp. I've been a PS user for centuries and since there were end users who only have Gimp, I decided to cross over and help them out. I proved to everyone you can achieve similar effects in both programs.
Granted that my forte is not in Gimp, but learned it in a couple of minutes in how to utilize basic functions. Once you get up and running, it's like Photoshop. Of course it's not mainstream or anything, but it will get the job done none the less. Although I have to admit that Gimp does have better functionality in brushing and their brush packs are better as well. Below you'll find some of my Gimp work:
At the time I was learning Gimp, I wanted to see if I can output the same kinds of results in Gimp that I can do in PS. As it turns out by looking at these raw sigs, I can output similar results. I'm actually quite impressed with Gimp after giving it a chance.
Honestly, it comes down to the end user and their preference. There's no right or wrong with either depending on what you want to do. I wouldn't write off that Gimp sucks because it's not famous as PS or because it's free... I thank the development team who created Gimp in order for those who wanted a chance to join the gfx world. I'm a PS user to heart but I can't ignore the fact that I do like Gimp as well.
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The Hillsboro High School girls' basketball team defeated Marion, 59-12, on Dec. 21 in Marion.
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Bina has developed into a reliable third playmaking option after Loewen and Lackey, however, freshman Alex Ratzlaff might be vying for a similar status. Ratzlaff was the second leading scorer for Hillsboro on Friday with 13 points. The way she scored showed an all-around offensive game she had not unleashed this season. Ratzlaff went 2-for-4 from the 3-point arc. She also hit three free throws. Being a gifted athlete, it would make sense that Ratzlaff would pickup points on layups running the floor. However, the development of an outside game for the freshman might speak to her being ahead of schedule picking up the Trojans' offense.
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Police said they also found a man who had been in the basement and apparently was asleep. He was unharmed.
Michael French Jr., 42, said he watched from his back porch as police led away a man wearing only his underwear in handcuffs. Baltimore County police spokesman Shawn Vinson said that was likely a precautionary measure.
Vinson said the couple had domestic problems, but did not elaborate.
French, who said he had lived in the neighborhood his entire life, described the Burnhams as "a quiet family."
"There was never any problems or nothing," he added. "I've talked to them all the time."
Detectives continued to investigate at the house Saturday morning. An enlarged portrait of two young children hung on the wall of the front room, and officers shuffling back and forth inside could be seen reflected in the glass door of a trinket cabinet.
John Gorrera, 62, described the Burnhams as good neighbors. "The guy would do anything for you," he said of James Burnham.
Brittany Lowery, 23, said she had been friends with Nicklas as a child but they grew apart when they went to different high schools.
"I hope that she's OK at least," Lowery said.


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TRABUCO CANYON – Residents are urging county supervisors to stop fighting for Saddle Crest, a 65-home development shot down by a judge in late July.
"This case seems to be a legal loser," Modjeska Canyon resident Steve Duff told the Board of Supervisors during a meeting earlier this month.
Meanwhile, the project's legal opponents are tallying up their costs, filing paperwork with the court to recoup money from the county and the Irvine-based developer pursuing the project.
So far, they've asked for $4,378.93 to cover filing and hearing fees. Soon, tens of thousands likely will be tacked on to cover nine months of legal fees, though attorney Ellison Folk said her office doesn't yet have an exact total.
Developer Rutter Santiago got county approval Oct. 2 to build Saddle Crest on 114 acres that Rutter Santiago owns just north of Cook's Corner. On Oct. 31, a coalition of environmental groups and canyon activists filed a lawsuit against the county, the supervisors and Rutter Santiago.
The lawsuit alleged that the county violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not adequately analyzing how Saddle Crest will affect traffic, vegetation and wildlife. The suit claimed the county also violated its own general plan and the 1991 Foothill/Trabuco Specific Plan by amending 15 density, grading and environmental laws to make way for the project.
Judge Steven Perk agreed. In his July 26 ruling, Perk said Saddle Crest can't move forward unless the development is revised to comply with original planning mandates.
"Saddle Crest is an inappropriate project for this area – not because I say so, not because the plaintiffs say so, but because the plans say so," Duff argued. "These plans work," he said, citing the time, money and attention that went into developing them. "They're doing the job they intended to do, and that is why they had to be vivisected, essentially, with dozens of bizarre amendments to make way for this project."
Rutter Santiago hasn't responded to inquires about whether it plans to appeal the ruling – or what will happen to the property if the ruling stands. However, the day the ruling was released, county spokeswoman Jessica Good said the board planned to appeal.
Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who represents the canyon areas as part of his Third District, said he's still doing research, since the project was approved before he joined the board.
"Rest assured I haven't formed any opinions, and I'm still working on it," Spitzer told Duff.
It's not clear, Spitzer said, when the board will discuss whether to take further action – a discussion that will occur during closed session, since it involves litigation.
The county and Rutter have 60 days from the ruling, or until Oct. 5, to file an appeal.
Duff predicted any appeal likely will go much the way it did when the same groups butted heads a decade ago.
In 2003, the Board of Supervisors approved plans for Rutter Santiago to build 162 homes on the Saddle Crest property along with acreage to the east and south, known as Saddle Creek. Activists filed suit that time, too, and a state appeals court threw out the project in 2005.
Rutter Santiago later sold most of its 600 acres in Trabuco Canyon, with most dedicated to conservation and the company's last 114-acre parcel set aside for Saddle Crest.
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