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FSC is 18 days away! Over 30 New Comic Book, Cosplay, Music, Wrestling and Media Guests announced for June 18-20, 2010 show
Plus: FSC's very first variant comic books announced!
Miami, FL – Florida Supercon continues to grow! Florida's most exciting and fun genre convention continues to add more guests and events for the 5th annual Florida Supercon, set to occur June 18-20, 2010 in Miami, FL. Over thirty new guests have been added from the worlds of Comic Books, Cosplay, Music, Horror, Video Games and Wrestling with more still to be announced as we get closer to the show!
Florida Supercon (FSC) is South Florida's Comic Book, Anime, Animation, Video Game and Sci-Fi / Fantasy Festival, a three day festival that includes celebrity guests, comic book publishers, artists, writers, vendors, Q&A's, parties, costume contests, anime programming, cosplay, panels, photo shoots, live music, video games and more. The event kicks off at 12:00PM, Friday, June 18 and the fun continues almost around the clock until 6:00PM, Sunday, June 20. FSC returns to Miami for its 5th year as it takes over almost 150,0000 square feet at the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel and Convention Center to become the largest genre convention in the history of South Florida! Over 200 guests will be in attendance at the event.
New comic book industry guests include:
· Jose Delbo: Argentinian born artist Jose Delbo has a career that has spanned 50 years, starting in the Silver Age of the early 1960's until today. Fans will best know Delbo as the main artist on Wonder Woman from 1976 to 1981 and The Transformers (Marvel Comics) from issue 36-67 (1987-1990).
· Clay Mann: Comic Book artist of X-Men Legacy, Dark Reign: Elektra, Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men, Thor: Man of War, Heroes For Hire, Marvel Knights 4, Four, The Immortal Iron Fist, Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four, X-Men Unlimited and more!
· Tommy Castillo: Comic Book artist of Batman: Gotham Knights, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Detective Comics, Dungeons & Dragons, Evil Ernie in Santa Fe, Fear the Dead: A Zombie Survivor's Journal, Green Arrow, Grimm Fairy Tales, Hari Kari, Se7en, Toe Tags Featuring George A. Romero, G.I. Joe, Vampirella and more!
· Chris Brunner: Comic Book artist of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Dark Horse Presents, Hellblazer, Resident Evil, Star Wars Tales, Ghost Handbook, The Ride, The Ride: Foreign Parts, The Ride: Savannah, X-Omnibus, Robin, Hellhounds, Wolverine / Punisher, Gotham Central, Savage Dragon and more!
· Steve Borock: Industry Guest. Steve is the Consignment Director for Heritage Auctions. He is the former (and first) President, Primary Grader and Restoration Detection Expert at CGC (Comics Guaranty Corporation) from 1999 – 2008. Steve was a key figure in introducing third-party certification to the comic book hobby and helping to change the hobby forever.
· Koi Turnbull: Comic Book artist of Fathom, Wolverine, Aspen Seasons, Batgirl, Batman and the Outsiders, Batman: Gotham Knights, Black Panther, Detective Comics, Fathom: Cannon Hawke, The Flash, Green Lantern, Heroes, New Warriors, Nova, Outsiders: Five of a Kind, Superman Confidential, What If…?, Worlds of Aspen & more!
· Louis Small jr.: Artist of Vampirella, Vampirella Strikes!, Vampirella / Lady Death, Vampirella / Shi, Adventure Comics 80-Page Giant, Batman, The Chaos Effect, The Darkness, Codename: Knockout, JLA Secret Files, Ka-Zar, Kabuki Gallery, Witchblade, Solar: Man of the Atom, Lady Death, Chaos! Quarterly & more!
· Stephan Nilson: Comic Book writer of Monsterpocalypse, Justice League Unlimited, Atomik Mike, Batman Strikes! and Danny Husk. Stephan's Television and TV related digital material includes Smallville (seasons 6&7) Justice and Doom and Visions, Ghost Whisperer and Red Dwarf.
· Daxiong: Hailing from China, Daxiong founded QiCartoon Studios in 1999, where he produced over 100 publications. He is currently one of the most successful artists in Chinese and European comics. Now living in the U.S., his American credits include: Star Wars Adventures, Top 10 Season Two & Justice League of America 80 Page Giant.
· Don Hillsman II: Comic Book Artist. Pencil credits include: Street Fighter, By Any Means Necessary: The Life & Times of Malcolm X, Daemonstorm, Devil Dinosaur Spring Fling, JLA Secret Files & Origins, Marvel Comics Presents, Southern Knights, Ultraverse Unlimited & Xavier Institute Alumni Yearbook. Inking credits: X-Men, Iron Man, Gambit, Damage, Scion, Sigil & more!
New Media Guests include:
· Andy Sipes has been seen/heard/felt in some of your favorite things: Code Monkeys (art director and character designer, voice of Mr. Larrity, Dean and more), Archer, Last Call with Carson Daly, Adult Swim's Saul of the Mole Men and Minoriteam, Comedy Central's Crank Yankers, MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show and DJ and The Fro plus many more.
· Dawn Wells: Best known as Mary Ann in the Gilligan's Island TV series, multiple reunion specials and the Gilligan's Planet animated series
· Cindy Morgan is best known for her role as Lora / Yori in Tron and as Lacey Underall in Caddyshack. She recently was the voice of Ma3a in the Tron 2.0 video game and has been a part of the viral marketing for the new Tron Legacy film in the role of Lora Bradley once again.
· Larry Thomas is best known for his role on Sienfeld as the tyrannical Soup Nazi. Larry's other credits include: Austin Powers, A Fist Full of Quarters, Spaced Out, Postal and The Warehouse Job and much more!
· Alex Vincent is best known for his role as Andy Barclay in the Child Play series of films, including: Childs Play and Child's Play 2.
· Joseph Culp is an accomplished actor who can most recently be seen on the AMC hit series Mad Men as Archie Whitman (Don Draper's father). To the comic book world, he is probably best known as Dr. Doom in the original 1994 Fantastic Four movie. His many TV roles include appearances on House, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Greatest American Hero (with his dad Robert Culp) and ER.
· Sally Kellerman is best known for her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the film MASH (1970), for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Sally has dozens of credits including starring roles in the classic Star Trek 2nd pilot episode Where No Man Has Gone Before, as Rodney Dangerfield's teacher / love interest in Back To School, The Boston Strangler, Brewster McCloud, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Lost Horizon, Centennial, Foxes, Moving Violations, Meatballs III: Summer Job, That's Life!, Boris and Natasha, Prêt-à -Porter, American Virgin and many more!
· Scott Tepperman is the newest investigator on Ghost Hunters International. He has been traveling abroad investigating with the Ghost Hunters and his first episodes will air starting this summer's season premiere.
· Geretta Geretta: She played Rosemary in Lamberto Bava's 1985 film Demons (Dèmoni), where she was transformed into a demonic creature who tries to a slaughter Berlin theater audience. Her career as an actress has included roles in Susan Siedelman's Smithereens, Lucio Fulci's Murder Rock & Bruno Mattei's Rats: Night Of Terror.
· Daphnee Duplaix. Actress and Model, Daphnee starred as Valerie Davis on the TV series Passions and currently stars on One Life to Live as Rachel Gannon. She was a 2010 NAACP Image Award Nominee for "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series". Her other notable roles include appearances on Angel, The District, Dharma & Greg, Felicity, CSI, CSI: NY, The Fighting Temptations, Demon Island, The Invisible Man, Just Shoot Me! and more! She was the July 1997 Playboy Playmate of the Month.
· Lou Pizarro is Director, Producer and Star of Tru TV's Operation Repo.
· Paris Themmen is best known for his role as Mike Teevee in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, when he was 11 years old. He was also a voice actor for Macross Plus (1994) and appeared on Star Trek: Voyager (Season 6, Episode 13: "Virtuoso") in 2000 and The Ed Sullivan Show in the early 70's.
New Cosplay and Entertainment Guests include:
· Steampunk Cosplay Guests. Founded in 2004 Outland Armour specializes in metal, leather, wood working, film making, special effects, acting, sculpture, custom prop creation, custom sewing & all aspects of costume design. They are constantly expanding to better realize your imagination. The crew has worked to create and constantly improve their original steampunk characters; The sky pirates of H.M.S. Amaranth. The crew will be hosting a variety of panels all weekend long.
· The Console Alliance was started by gamers for gamers out of love for video games. The Console Alliance is known for making video game parodies, independent movies, documentaries, shorts and more. Despite the film's, The Console Alliance's main goal is to correct today's wrongful accusation of what a "Gamer" is and to correct the majorities conclusion that video games "Cause Violence" and "Desensitize children and younger players minds."
New Wrestling Guests include:
· The Original Gangsta, New Jack is coming. New Jack is best known for his run in ECW in the 90's into 2000's, where he was a 3 time tag team champion (twice with Mustafa as The Gangstas and once with Kronus as The Gangstanators). He started out in USWA (Tag Team Champion), North Georgia Wrestling (Heavyweight Champion and Tag Team Champion) and Smokey Mountain (Tag Team Champion) before ECW. Since ECW, New Jack has wrestled for XPW, TNA Wrestling, CZW and Wrestling Society X.
· Lizzy Valentine. As a wrestler, Lizzy has been featured in TNA Wrestling, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, Wrestlicious, XPW, Kapow! & Jersey All Pro Wrestling
In addition to the guests listed above, eight new bands have been added to the live music line up, including: Modify The Moment, Bell Tower Falls, Viva Le Vox, Enrique's Revenge, The Strikeouts, Protagonist, Sir Veza and Rumor Has It.
Plus: FSC is thrilled to announce the first ever variant comics produced only for Florida Supercon. There will be 2 awesome limited edition Lady Death variant comics printed just for Florida Supercon!
· The first variant is a special Lady Death: Dragon Wars #1 FSC Sketch Cover Variant Edition limited to 200 copies. Everyone loves sketch covers! Get your Lady Death sketch variant and have your favorite artist at the show do a sketch to make your variant a one of a kind collectible! Lady Death: Dragon Wars #1 is written by Brian Pulido and features art by Ivan Reis. This variant will only be available at the Florida Supercon booth at the show.
· The second Lady Death variant at FSC is Lady Death: The Rapture #1 "The End Edition". Limited to just 77 copies! Each copy will be signed and numbered by Brian Pulido (Writer / Creator). Variant cover by Louis Small jr. This limited edition will be available at Brian Pulido's booth at FSC.
More information for each of these guests may be found at the FSC website www.supercon.tv. These new guests join a line up of over 150 guests already announced for the show, and that number continues to grow every week. Some of the guests already lined up for FSC 2010 include:
Comic Book artists and writers such as Ariel Olivetti, Bill Sienkiewicz, Khoi Pham, Rafa Sandoval, Allen Bellman, Greg Horn, Brad Walker, Paul Gulacy, Fred Van Lente, Filip Sablik, Georges Jeanty, Dustin Weaver, Steve Kurth, Shawn Crystal, Joe Jusko, Clayton Henry, Brian Pulido, Bo Hampton, Alex Saviuk, Pat Broderick, Rob Hunter, Greg "Dark One" Williams, Vinnie Tartamella, Dick Kulpa, Jay Leisten, Luis Diaz and more!
Anime and Animation voice actors like Troy Baker (Naruto, Code Geass), Richard Horvitz (Invader Zim), Larry Kenney (Thundercats), Brittney Karbowski (Xenosaga, Pani Poni Dash), Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen), Charles Fleischer (Roger Rabbit), Brad Kesten (Charlie Brown), Angela Lee-Sloan (Lucy in Peanuts), Stacy H. Tolkin (Sally in Peanuts) and more!
Legendary Filmmakers Lloyd Kaufman and Hershell Gordon Lewis.
Movie and TV Celebrities such as Richard "Shaft" Roundtree, Fred "The Hammer" Willaimson (From Dusk Til' Dawn), Tia Carrere (Wayne's World, Relic Hunter), Robb Demarest (Ghost Hunters International), Brandy Green (Ghost Hunters International), Luciana Carro (Battlestar Galactica), John Wesley Shipp (The Flash), Charles Fleischer (Back to the Future II), Julie McCullough (Growing Pains, The Blob), Rebecca Staab (Fantastic Four), Anthony Forrest (Star Wars), Michelle Lintel (The Black Scorpion) and more!
Wrestling Guests such as The Iron Sheik (WWF), Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (WWF), Daffney (WCW, TNA), Stacy "The Kat" Carter (WWE, WWF), Sinn "Kizarny" Bodhi (WWE), Terri Runnels (WWE), Traci Brooks (TNA) and SoCal Val (TNA).
Musical Guests like Less Than Jake, Addax, Feeding Fingers, The Joyness, S.S. Hanami, Robbed By A Flute, Sci-Fried, The Pursuit and more!
Cosplay and Entertainment Guests such as Yaya Han, Miracole Burns, The 3000 Brigade (Smash Bros. Show), Supercon Championship Wrestling, Wasabi Anime and more!
Stand Up Comedy Guests like Lisa Corrao, The Revenge of the Nerds Comedy Show, Julie McCullough and more!
Additional guests can be found at on the Florida Supercon website at www.supercon.tv
This years FSC will have dedicated programming tracks for each of the genre's being celebrated. Some of the amazing events include:
· Q&A's with most of our attending guests
· Comic art portfolio reviews for aspiring artists
· Fan panels for all aspects of the show (Comics, Anime, Animation, Sci-Fi etc.)
· Industry panels for breaking into Comics, Anime, Animation etc…
· The FSC Costume Competition (with over $3,000 in cash and prizes)
· The FSC Cosplay Skit Contest
· Rumble Roses Cosplay Wrestling
· The Otaku Insomnia Rave
· Cosplay Deviant's Hentai Cafe
· Cosplay RockBand
· Supercon Championship Wrestling's "Supercon Mania!"
· The Smash Brothers 3000 Super Show
· Filmmaking workshops with Hershell Gordon Lewis
· The FSC Film Festival
· Live Musical Performances
· Live stand up comedy
· Over 100 video game stations
· Video game tournaments
· A 50,000 square feet exhibition room with over 400 booths and tables featuring vendors, celebrity guests, artists, filmmakers and exhibits.
Complete information on these and dozens of more events taking place all weekend can be found at www.supercon.tv
The convention hours of operation are:
FSC is located at The Double Tree Miami Airport Hotel and Convention Center,
711 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33126. Discounted room rates for convention are available. See our website www.supercon.tv for details.


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A fine art painting's value is directly tied with its past, in some cases more so than its visual appeal. If you were to take an exact, stroke for stroke, copy of Mona Lisa and try selling it, the value would be deemed as lesser than that of the original because it no longer has the history connected to it. Sentiment can not be copied, and thus a painting is only as valuable as it is considered important. So if for some reason a fine art painting were to lose it's past, the value would drop significantly.
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John McCain's senior campaign adviser, Steve Schmidt (seen here with the cardboard cutout the GOP plans to use to fill McCain's position after his death or descent into full dementia) has decided that it's not enough to campaign against Barack Obama, he's got to campaign against The Media to win the election. Luckily Spencer Ackerman just came back from an actual war zone and I am all full of piss and vinegar so we attack back in defense of partisans, rags and the women who will be on them soon. We spank Bill Clinton just a little (but not so much that he'd like it), embrace WaPo columnist George Will, and then go after Jonah Goldberg, who thinks that the only racists in America are Democrats. (Sometimes, attacking conservatives is just too easy!)MEGAN: Good morning! I am struggling for something funny or interesting to say here, so let's just pretend I said something pithy, okay? SPENCER: God, show some effort, will you? Though you always have something pithy to say. You're pith filled. Talking to you is like screening Revenge Of The Pith. Unlike this asshole. MEGAN: I had the pith taken out of my by the last half of the bottle of red I drank last night. SPENCER:
"I'm from Arkansas. I understand why she's popular…. It's the job of our side not to attack who she is but to focus on differences in policy."
MEGAN: Well, now, see, I don't disagree with Clinton, but I'm not the fucking former President of the United States saying it either. SPENCER: Please no more sir. Enough of this. You're not wrong, substantively. But you really ought to come to terms with the fact that you are no longer in a position to hector the Democratic Party on strategy. Notice that the comment implicitly presumes the Democrats are attacking Palin's character, which is a key GOP meme right now. And you know what Bill Clinton was great at, throughout the 90s? Attacking his opponents' characters. MEGAN: Right, the full article makes mention of the fact that it's echoing Karl Rove's advice, which is not something I like to hear said about Bill Clinton. The great thing about Clinton used to be that he could do it without getting caught doing it. SPENCER: Yes, Bill Clinton never got caught doing anything. Anyway. MEGAN: Well, except that one thing that one time... SPENCER: Let's not waste any time: Steve Schmidt is shanking the New York Times! And Politico's Ben Smith! And soon Marc Ambinder! You're next, whore. MEGAN: Steve Schmidt can come and get me! I will be a partisan on the rag, which is way worse than "a partisan rag". SPENCER: Sridhar Pappu and I were tossing this around in our office: clearly this is a cynical move to rally troglodyte-cons who for some reason feel threatened by a fucking newspaper. Blah blah blah that's obvious. But when you're really the sort of politician those troglodyte-cons embrace and identify with, you don't need to sound the media-bias alarm. Like Bush never did. Palin never does. Dole and Bush Senior were the ones who whined about the press. It comes from a position of weakness, exposing itself like a twisted Foucaultian undercurrent. No? MEGAN: Well, Cheney did call a reporter an asshole on mike, I think that was probably better than screaming about media bias. I honestly think it makes them look really stupid, especially when they didn't do it when the Times was all intimating that he was boinking the lobbyist. Now they're biased? Please. Even George Will is attacking McCain right now. SPENCER: No no no, they absolutely did. Rick Davis put out a huge fundraising letter that represented the campaign's first opportunity in 2008 for McCain to make a serious pitch for troglodytecons. They've been laying the groundwork to get rid of the sense on the right that McCain has always been the media's candidate. If I'm not mistaken, they rejected the NYT's endorsement. My personal favorite part in Ben Smith's piece is this cameo from tittyboy Michael Goldfarb:
One McCain aide, Michael Goldfarb, said Politico was "quibbling with ridiculously small details when the basic things are completely right."
Hahahahahahaha! I remember when Goldfarb's still-employers at the Weekly Standard were harping on that line about CBS's Bush-National Guard fabrication-story being "fake but accurate." MEGAN: Well, they have criticisms! That the criticisms themselves are flat-out lies doesn't mean the spirit of the criticisms are wrong! SPENCER: Speaking of ample-bosomed gentlemen on the right, we should probably discuss the latest moment of incandescent grace from Jonah Goldberg MEGAN: I think Jonah Goldberg should stop buying up all the nice bras in my size. SPENCER: What bra-buying tips would you offer him? I'm serious. This is potentially lifechanging for the poor fellow. MEGAN: If he's looking for a supportive garment, he should make sure to get the appropriate strap size and avoid demi-cups and balconette bras. Otherwise, he'll look like his boobs are about to spill out everywhere, which is pretty much why I buy exclusively demi-cup bras. That, and the ability to fool my eyes about their size if there isn't enough material to cover all of my breasts. SPENCER: But do you think pieces like this — wherein observations of racist intimations become indicators of a deeper-seated racism — result from, say, poor back support? MEGAN: I think that, really, the poor back-support is less problematic than the weight pulling on the muscles on the front of his chest. Only that painful sensation you get from too much jiggling would cause Jonah Goldberg to completely exonerate any potential racists in the Republican party by pointing out that there are racists everywhere! Including in the Democratic party! Well, ho-kay, Jonah, you caught us. Racism is a problem in this country. Also, I think the earlier part of his article in which he says it isn't why people are not going to vote for Obama but then admits that it is, that's totally from feeling sad watching them droop. Gravity's a bitch. SPENCER: Just a few moments of Googling resulted in such beautiful moments in rightwingery as this:
You: a racist who is not planning to vote. Me: a guy who thinks this country will be worse off if Obama is elected This comment is for you! Perhaps you won't vote, but Oprah and her followers will. You might decide to sit out the election, but Sharpton and his followers won't.
Um, what? MEGAN: Yes, I am a huge follower of Al Sharpton. Well, there was that time at the DNC when I followed him to try to get a picture, but he was walking really fast so I gave up following him. SPENCER:
You might be too busy to vote for McCain, but 85-90% of blacks will vote for Obama. Get your lazy racist scum of the earth butt out there and vote for McCain. Why? Because it is best for America. Is McCain perfect? NO! Is Obama evil, or bad, or would he be a rotten President? Nope. Obama is a liberal. That's my agenda. I don't want some liberal partisan hack from the Chicago political machine to run this great country. Will he ruin it? Nah. It would take more than one man to ruin this country, but we will be worse off with him as Obama as President, in my opinion. So vote. Everybody who is not a racist hates you, and ignores you, so I am reaching out to you and asking you to vote for John McCain for President
How brave of this fellow! He clearly was too modest to accept such accolades, so he posted this anonymously. MEGAN: Bravo, good sir! Racists have voting rights too! Unless they've been to prison. SPENCER: Here's my favorite part:
To our liberal and Democrat friends and readers: Shut up. Don't even complain about this comment.
MEGAN: Oh, well, I feel pwned. SPENCER: Jonah, is that you? Don't make me hunt down any IP addresses!


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Welcome to Night Vale: Why Everyone Is Talking About This Podcast
If you're an avid listener of podcasts This American Life or Stuff You Should Know, you may have noticed that a rising program has knocked them off the top spot on the iTunes chart. Welcome to Night Vale launched in June 2012, but this Summer it not only had people buzzing, it also hit No. 1. In case you haven't heard of it yet (or you're wondering if you should pull the trigger and download it), here's a little tutorial on what exactly Welcome to Night Vale is — and why it's so special.
- What is it? It's a podcast series about the small, fictional desert town of Night Vale. Each show is narrated by Cecil, the anchor at Night Vale's radio station. He gives updates about the community that include warnings about the "glow cloud" hovering over town, and the hooded figures that hang out in the Dog Park (no dogs allowed) and routinely steal babies. It's a bit like an ongoing episode of The Twilight Zone, except it's set in one place, and the story is really long. The bizarre part is that none of the weirdness is presented like it's a horror story; faceless children just happen to be common in Night Vale.
- How often are there new episodes? Episodes typically last around 25 minutes, and they're released bimonthly on the 1st and 15th day of every month. Sometimes, there are also live shows.
- What's the big deal? Welcome to Night Vale is unique in that it creates its own fictional world. It's like any other entertainment narrative, there's just no visual aspect — except the vivid one listeners inevitably create in their heads.
- Will you like it? Ask yourself the following questions: Do I like the works of David Lynch? Am I into supernatural and/or paranormal films or TV? Do I know how to work iTunes? If you answered yes to any of these, you'd probably be into Welcome to Night Vale.
- Where can I find it? Welcome to Night Vale is on iTunes, and yes, it's free to download.


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When a patient is diagnosed as being terminally ill, it means the illness cannot be cured and he or she is going to die of their illness. Death is not a subject that many people like to talk about. When diagnosed with a terminal illness, some people are able and willing to talk about their impending death while others are not. Likewise, family and friends may be more open or less open to talking about these issues. Talking with healthcare providers and spiritual leaders can help.
Many terminally ill people have trouble thinking about how they would like to die. There are many confusing, unexpected, and unwanted choices that need to be made. Here are a few things dying patients might consider:
Where do I want to die? At home, in a hospital, or at a hospice facility?
How do I want to die? Alone or with family?
What do I want or need to do before I die?
There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. When people begin to think about their own or their loved one's death, many spiritual and emotional issues arise. This can be a hard topic for the family and caregivers to talk about. They should listen and help sort through these issues.
When a person knows death is approaching, he or she may search for the meaning of his or her life, illness, and impending death. This is a difficult journey that may lead the patient down many different paths.
Once the patient has come to some sort of terms with illness and death, he or she might then consider relationships with family and friends. Often when people are dying they become closer with their loved ones and want to spend more time with them. Here are a few ideas that may help terminally ill people during these times:
Praying for others
Listening to family and friends
Sharing wisdom
Writing a poem or a family history
Being involved to the degree they can in things that are satisfying to them
When confronted with death, many people tend to wonder how they will be remembered. There are many ways for people to create a sense of meaning for themselves before they die. Here are four ways in which people can find meaning in their lives:
Leaving a legacy. People who are approaching death find that leaving a legacy provides comfort and meaning to their lives. Ways of leaving a legacy can include writing or making a tape of the family history, dedication to a cause, or creating a family heirloom.
Storytelling. Remembering and sharing life stories can help people to make meaning of their past, present, and future. Storytelling can also bring families closer together and help people build stronger connections with their loved ones.
Prayer, meditation, and journal writing. Whether it is done verbally, in a journal, or through meditation, prayer is very helpful in allowing people to review their lives and find out who they are. When people are dying, they often use prayer to help them cope, ease pain, and relieve stress during treatments and surgeries. Prayer also gives people a sense of hope when they feel that there is nothing to hope for. When some people are very close to death, they feel that praying for their loved ones helps them feel better about leaving them.
Dedication to a mission or cause. This can create a sense of self-worth and purpose. Some people believe that it helps them to see life differently. A few types of missions or causes are antismoking campaigns, cancer research funding, cancer support activities, and writing about the experience of cancer.
An important part of palliative care is making sure the patient's wishes at the end of life are addressed. When a person is terminally ill, legal and ethical issues may arise, such as making advance directives, and deciding about the use of life support and resuscitation efforts. The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991 states that patients may state their last wishes (or advance directives) in writing. One form of advance directive is a living will. This document becomes important when patients are not able to make or express their own wishes regarding their care. In a living will, a patient describes what type of life-sustaining measures can or cannot be used for his or her care. Another option is to name a person who is responsible to make these decisions when the patient cannot through a power of attorney for health care. The hospice team or other healthcare providers can discuss advance directives with patients and their families.
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Mahogany on Walnut, Philadelphia
One step into the earth-tone interior of Mahogany on Walnut and you realize that this is not your average 1990s cigar bar. You'll find no throbbing Gen-X dance music, no pierced cocktail waitress, no 20-somethings packed together like sardines. This is the genuine article, a throwback to the time when smoking lounges provided enough room to sit back and cross your legs, enough taste to stock several of your favorite cigars, and just enough trickling jazz to protect the privacy of your conversation.
This, then, is your father's cigar bar, and so much the better for it.
"I wanted to create a classic gentlemen's club," explains owner Tom Piazza, who opened the second-floor lounge last October. "The new cigar bars are a complete contradiction; cigars are about taking some time to relax, not about getting hyped up."
Ironically, when that notion first struck Piazza, he was tending bar at a fashionable Manhattan nightclub. But it was his immersion in the pomp of urbana that inspired his vision of a warmer, more sophisticated smoking environment. From behind the bar in New York, Piazza shared his idea with one of his regular patrons, interior designer Michelle Wenitsky.
"We both were really interested in a unique, old-world design," recalls Wenitsky, whom Piazza hired to execute the design after he'd chosen the site in Center City, Philadelphia. True to Piazza's vision, Wenitsky infused the space with a comfortable, distinguished feel. Her peach-colored wallpaper, 11-foot windows and mahogany Venetian blinds give the front room a London country club cool, while the deep wainscotting and striped duo-tone olive wallpaper give the back room a distinct Gone With The Wind aura. The front dining room is graced with the requisite portrait of Winston Churchill, and in the rear lounge, Wenitsky's wall of 112 personal mahogany humidors, adorned with brass nameplates, transforms the pragmatic into the exquisite.
Even the lounge's second-floor location enhances Piazza's vision. A flight of stairs leads from the sidewalk of Philly's bustling "restaurant row" to the more subdued, genteel lounge. "It's not usually a great thing to be up a flight of stairs," Piazza admits. "But in our case it helps, because we wanted to give it more of an exclusive feel."
Perhaps the best testimony to Mahogany's integrity, though, is the cigar menu. At least five varieties of Ashton, priced from a $10 Magnum to a $14 Cabinet Selection No. 7 are always available (the renowned brand is owned and distributed by Holt's Cigar Holdings Inc., whose retail store is one floor below Mahogany). In addition, aficionado Piazza stocks a $21 Fuente Fuente OpusX Double Corona, a $13 Padron Anniversario Exclusivo and a $9 Sosa Pyramid. Bahias, Cohibas (Dominican), Davidoffs and Macanudos also grace the list.
The drink menu is no slouch, either, with a selection of 40 single malts and more than a dozen microbrews, including a chocolate Fuller's E.S.B. In addition, Mahogany's appetizer menu offers Beluga caviar, pate and a small filet of beef.
Mahogany is not without its flaws. The television above the bar detracts from the atmosphere, especially when tuned to ESPN, and the floral-patterned bar stools feel more appropriate for a salon waiting room than a distinguished gentlemen's club. The requisite Indian statuette, while impeccably carved, is disjointedly modernistic.
Yet some of the bar's quirks enhance its personality. Piazza's collection of Cigar Aficionado magazines is dispersed among the tables of the front room, so that the wait staff refers to each table by the cover model of its issue, as in, "Hey, Joey, can you fix me a Margarita for Demi Moore? Oh, and I need a couple Montesino Robustos for Danny DeVito's table." Similarly, although the air cleaning system is so efficient that it's hard to keep a match lit, the air remains clean and cool, being recycled an incredible 15 times per hour.
"People want a place to relax and escape," shrugs Piazza, who says he draws 35 percent of his business from regulars. "And this place isn't even stressful to me."
Mahogany on Walnut
1524 Walnut St.
Center City, Philadelphia
Open Monday-Friday noon-2 a.m.(lunch and dinner)
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|2011-06-16, 12:42
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Well , just to put a brief note on the keypoints of this episode for those who didn't watch the raw:
1) Menma's father convinced the mother to watch the fireworks along with their son.
2) The gang forced Jintan to confess how he currently feels about Menma at the hideout. He finally says "he likes her" and this causes Anjou to leave the meeting along with Tsuruko.
3) Tsuruko's & Anjou talk about their feelings for the ones they like and how they are both unrequited. Anjou is crying non-stop (because of Jintan's indirect rejection) and clarifies that it's truly Jintan that she likes and not Yukiatsu. So it's still :
Anaru -- > Jintan --> Menma <-- Yukiatsu <-- Tsuruko
4) Yukiatsu has a short freaky moment with his Menma wig. (in short, the scene is saying that he is still 'stuck' with Menma)
5) The firework construction comes to an end and the gang (along with Menma's family) watch it explode in the sky.
6) Menma is still there after the firework display and everyone is now questioning Jintan and her wish.
Lastly, Tsuruko cuts her hair!!! NO!!!!! I personally am not fond of her short hair. ;/ sadface
Well, that was a very "short" input on what happened but when you guys get the chance to watch it, it will be one heck of an emotional roller coaster
|2011-06-16, 12:54
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It really sucks for the girls anaru and tsukuro really. Its bad for yukiatsu aswell but if he wanted to move on atleast tsukuro is still there for him. Anaru on the other hand might not get jintan. Always competing with menma's memory. its besy for her to move on from the whole group itself.
|2011-06-16, 13:57
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Let's not forget:
Spoiler for Cold-Hearted Tsuruko:
But, overall, another week another episode full of surprises. Whatever happens in the finale is going to be a real doozy at this point. As always I have some theories but they'll almost surely be proven wrong.
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Wow....that was painfully awkward to watch!!
hentai Yukiatsu came back to lyf and hes so funny at the end!!!
He was like "huh?? whatttttttttttt???? is she still they huh???/ Oi Yadomi!!!!! What did you do????!!!"
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Was I the only who was crying endlessly while they were forcing Jintan to come clean about his feelings? D; And then when the rocket firework lit up and the ED started playing, I completely lost it....even though I knew Menma
Spoiler for ...:
Anyway 10000000/10. BEST SHOW THIS SEASON.
BRB. Gonna go cry some more. I can't even imagine the emotional wreck I'm going to be next week when the final ep airs. D:
|2011-06-16, 14:41
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As much as I like this anime, I have to say it was hard taking this episode seriously. I was laughing so hard, I almost choked on my dumpling...
It was still fun to watch though. Just... in a different meaning.
The rocket part, Jintan's emotions towards Menma disappearing, Anal crying, and Poppo's feelings were done good.
Kind of surprised it was solved so quickly though @ Menpapa defeating Menmama, but still okay.
But Yukiatsu was terrifically priceless. Be it saying "It is something only Anal can do!", be it talking to a wig, be it jealousy (again and again), be it the last part where he was so damn panicked.
Tsuruko's little thing towards Yukiatsu and her confessing to the audience and pretty much everything surrounding this plot point just felt... odd? Fast? It just didn't work. It didn't help that her haircut fit so poorly, I'd have believed anyone who told me that it was actually Yukiatsu crossdressing again. Also, we have her stalking and attacking him.
And then, the shame that Menma didn't disappear. Though maybe the real goal is to get the other people to be friends with each other, which clearly is not happening yet.
|2011-06-16, 15:09
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I'll wait until I watch the subbed episode before I judge it, since I was just quickly skipping through the scenes while watching the ugly low-quality raw.
|2011-06-16, 15:27
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I enjoyed the emotions. Melodrama doesn't bother me. I felt very sad for Anaru and Tsuruko, but actually enjoyed their pain, too. The whole fireworks thing was such a stupid red herring. Jintan continues to be a black hole for me, an emotional emptiness sucking the show in behind it. And much as I like Menma, I so wish there was more to her and she had a better seiyuu. The characters I care about are Anaru and Tsuruko. Hayami Saori was terrific in this episode. Not just a singer, after all.
|2011-06-16, 17:59
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Lol hot Tsuroku told the girls about Yukiatsu's habits. Quite sad listening to her and Anaru's conversation.
Yukiatsu went crazy again but this time it was the wig.
Didn't want them to re-enact it, but glad that he finally confessed to Menma. Have to agree with Jintan that i was happy to see her still here, was is in tears when he couldn't stop the firework from launching.
So mother has turned around i guess. Nice to see her the father and her brother show up to see it.
|2011-06-16, 18:11
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I find funny how many people have been jumping ship from this show the last episode or two and going back to Hanasaku Iroha for their fix. I'll say it now though. Hanasaku has nothing on Ano Hana at the moment. The quality of this show, episode by episode, continues to impress, while Hanasaku has consistently gone up and down in quality. Sure Ano Hana can be a tad melodramatic at times, but the cast here is just so well developed in comparison to the one man show that is Hanasaku.
The episode manages to blend in all the characters desires, worries and problems, showcasing they're wishes and desires before the curtain closes next episode. It's a perfect setup for what I am sure will be as emotional of a conclusion as this episode was.
This episode finally presented a good amount of insight into Poppo's character. He has always been the odd ball in the group, and the one who has felt always left behind. It's why he is always trying to be the show of the party, the class clown in some ways. He expresses a clear frustration about not really being involved and being sidelined in the past, and that frustration comes out this episode as he tries to rectify the past through Yukiatsu's reenactment.
Overall there were some really great moments this episode, from the ending of the episode, to the reenactment scene, but no scene striked me better than the emotion Memma felt when her brother showed up to help with the fireworks. Maybe people see this as all a bit overwrought, but the melodrama manages to hit me spot on this episode quite perfectly.
I speculated this from the beginning, but I still believe that Memma will not disappear until Jintan finally lets go of her. Next episode will be focused on Jintan finally letting go, and it will all come with an apology to her.
Another rather perfect episode for me, 10/10.
|2011-06-16, 19:09
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hmm so gintan's mom spoke of reincarnation to mema....
how one can be reborn as a flower a kitty or a baby..
next ep gintan reluctantly let's go of menma and she passes on.... we have a time skip and menma is reborn as gintan and anaru's baby....?
hmm....l think popo saw menma drown/die back then and him being a kid he was helpless ... he really acted scary there for a sec...
|2011-06-16, 19:48
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I feel damn bad for Tsuruko and Anaru, they had chosen real jerks as their love interests =/
I really want to see them happy and probably with someone else...
I just started to like Yukiatsu but now he is back to sniffing wigs... I totally give up on him. He is a total lost case as Jinta, at least Jinta sees Menma so he has some kind of excuse. But still they both need to see a specialist and none of them is worthy of Anaru and Tsuruko -_-
Why do I have a feeling that Poppo was there when Menma was sinking? Like he actually witnessed whole scene but was damn scared to move and help...
Awww, short hair does not suit Tsuruko but I can see why she did that... Come on girl! You are too cool and good for that wig-sniffing freak! Please find someone better! Same goes to Anaru, give up on those idiots!
It is good to still remeber and care about passed ones but being stuck in the past is simply not acceptable.
P.S. Jinta saying that he would marry ghost Menma was creepy...
I don't care about anyone, just let Menma finally dissapear and give Anaru and Tsuruko some light.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Go Ask Dallas : When will the next Sookie Stackhouse book " Dead Reckoning " Chapter 1 be released by Charlaine Harris ??
When will the next Sookie Stackhouse book, " Dead Reckoning " Chapter 1 be released by Charlaine Harris ??
Will it be this week ??
Thanks, Vamp
Hey Vamp
Well "Dead and Gone" chapter 1 was Thursday December 4th 2008 and "Dead in the Family" running a little late was posted Sunday December 20th 2009.
So, I would bet it will be very, very sooon...
2 comments:
- Rita said...
Dallas it is really hard to believe that
there is still some one out there that
dose not know when chapter #1 comes out,but i guess there is.
- November 29, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- HarleyDickerson said...
Now the question is when is season 3 comming out on DVD
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Jack enjoys playing in the snow, taking long walks by the evergreens, and relaxing far away from the warm fire. He loves carrots and smiling.. His favorite accessories are his signature top hat and scarf.
Isn't he just the cutest?
Don't you want to make one too? I will tell you what I did, but first let me warn you that I am the worlds WORST tutorial writer/photographer, if you have no problem with that then keep reading.
3 White Styrofoam Balls (different sizes or all the same)
White yarn (1 skien is plenty, I had about half of one and ran out during my last ball.)
Block of wood
3/8in Ribbon (1 yard each of green, white, red)
Half of a popcicle stick or anything for the lollipop stick
Buttons for eyes, and body or whatever you want to use
Sticks or pipe cleaners or whatever for arms
Fabric or felt
Embellishments (I used modeling clay for the nose and candy pieces.)
Now, if you can't tell by the list of supplies, this is pretty flexible and super easy to do. I just used what I had around the house which means that little cutie didn't cost me a dime! For the next one I make though, I'm going to use super fluffy white yarn ;)
Step 1:
Paint your wood however you like.
Step 2:
Cover your balls haphazardly with yarn, until you get the look you want. If you have a color other than white styrofoam just paint it before you cover it with yarn. That way if you have blank spaces they won't be as obvious. Then glue them together however you choose. I used hot glue.
Step 3: Make your lollipop. Take your ribon and glue all three ends together. Fold the glued end over and glue again. Then just wrap the ribbon around in a circle gluing every couple of turns or so. Be sure you hold the ribbon tight. Glue your popcicle stick to the back, then cut a piece of felt or foam the size of your lollipop and glue it over the popcicle stick on the back of the lollipop to hold it all together. You can add a bow like I did if you want added cuteness. All the pictures I took of this step were blurry beyond repair, but hopefully your cool like me and can figure it out by looking at the picture :)
Step 4:
Glue your snowman to the wood and embellish.
And that's pretty much it. Super cute, super easy, super flexible. That's what I like to see!
So, did you get any of that or was I just rambling? I really hope I made a little bit of sense because something this adorable shouldn't get passed up by my ignorance :) Have a blast, and please comment of email me if you have any questions! (You can comment me even if you don't have questions also, it would make my day;)
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Kodak Zx1 Review
- Weather-resistant
- HD and VGA video
- Good value for cost
- Popping sound with zoom
- Controls not intuitive
- Slight video distortions
The Zx1 shares some of the same genetics as its predecessor, the Zi6. Both offer 720p video recording at 30 and 60 fps, sport a similar design, and boast up to ten hours of recorded video with an SD or SDHC card. The differences between them are subtle. The Zx1 features a slightly smaller LCD and a weather-resistant design, making this a better candidate for a camera you'd take to the beach or ski slope.
Since its introduction at this year's CES, the Zx1 has garnered some buzz and attention from the tech world. The style and concept of the camera are solid, but what kind of image and video quality does it produce? Taking it for a spin around town through rain and shine, night and day, I found a lot to like about this little video recorder.
With a slim candy-bar form factor, the Zx1 is a camera in an MP3 player's clothing. Our model is decked out in a pink rubberized coating with matching accents on the camera's controls. Don't worry – if pink isn't your thing, Kodak offers models in other (more masculine) colors.
The Zx1 is packaged with two rechargeable AA batteries with charger, an interchangeable "designer" plate for the battery compartment, HDMI cable, USB connector, and AV cable for non-HD TVs.
Ergonomics and Controls
Kodak may have taken some style cues from MP3 player designs, but it doesn't just look like an iPod- it handles like one too. Holding the device in one hand, I find it's easy to reach the controls with my thumb. The rubberized surface provides a nice grip. Those looking for extra flair will enjoy the interchangeable plates for the battery compartment. Ours features a subtle-yet-trendy leaf design.
The layout of the camera controls also mirrors that of an MP3 player. Aesthetically, it gives the device a clean, modern look. Are they intuitive? Not exactly. It's easy enough to figure out that the big red button in the middle is the record/stop button, but beyond that, I needed guidance from the product literature. The controls aren't difficult to master, they're just not obvious to a first-time user.
For example, deleting a photo requires selecting a checkmark icon instead of an icon with a red "X." Intuitively, I tried to delete the file by selecting the red X. Is that a result of my Windows upbringing? Probably. I quickly learned that the Zx1's red X doesn't make the file go away. To further confuse things, there are no words or menu headings to help the user navigate.
Menus and Modes
Scrolling left and right on the main shooting screen will toggle through different recording modes, and the up and down buttons control zoom. The playback button allows the user to review photos and videos on full screen or as thumbnails. Pressing the battery shaped button will take you back to the main shooting screen, and the tiny trash can button allows you to select items to discard.
The Zx1 features four different recording modes:
HD: Records 720p video in 16:9 format at 30fps
HD60: Also records 720p video in 16:9 but at an improved 60fps
Still: Captures a 3 megapixel (interpolated) still image
VGA: Records a 4:3, 640×480 video at 30fps for a web-friendly file
Settings can be accessed by pressing any two buttons. The menu is short and sweet, offering a few general options. User can use this menu to turn camera sounds on or off and change date and time.
The 2.0 inch display is smaller than the LCD you'll find on the Zi6. The screen is large enough for video capture and quick review. However, with only 2 inches of real estate there, you'll want to upload videos to a computer or view them on a television screen for the full effect.
As expected, the LCD was difficult to view in bright sunlight. Lining up photos or videos wasn't impossible, but it was hard to judge quality on review under bright conditions.
As mentioned before, the Zx1 is differentiated from the Zi6 in part by its weather-resistant construction. The ports on each side of the device are protected by rubberized covers, and the buttons are sealed away from rain. While not fully or even semi-rugged, this is a nice treatment that really makes the Zx1 a go-anywhere camera.
Our test model stood up to several minutes of exposure to a mild rainstorm with no trouble. Though I wouldn't recommend it for full immersion underwater (and Kodak certainly doesn't either), it looks and feels ready for a tough trip to the ski slope or just a sudden downpour.
Shooting Performance
Overall, shooting with the Zx1 is enjoyable. The feel in the hand is nice, it's easy to stow, and video quality is generally good. However, the Zx1 isn't without its quirks. We noticed a soft popping sound that crops up in videos when the zoom is used.
It's most noticeable in very quiet shooting situations, like an empty break room, but it's probably audible in noisier videos too. Some trade-offs must be made for the camera's compact design and water-resistant body, and it seems that this is one of them.
Lens Performance
The 4.1mm f/2.8 lens on board the Zx1 features a fixed focal range of 27.6 inches to infinity. The limits of the focal range rule out any macro photography, but make it easy to pick up the camera and shoot video at a moment's notice. It's worth noting that the Zi6 does offer a close-up focus option, so if that's a deal-breaker, consider the Zx1's predecessor.
This lens is also lacking any optical zoom capability, but it does allow for a meek 2x digital zoom. The lens will function best when the action is a few feet away, and that will serve the purposes of the casual video shooter.
Many cameras with CMOS sensors are prone to distortion of vertical images when the camera moves horizontally. We did notice some of this distortion with the Zx1, but it was only visible with fast camera movements on a horizontal plane and it wasn't extreme. The black wrought-iron rails in the video below show a little of the tell-tale wobble that CMOS sensors produce.
Video Quality
Bearing in mind that this device is portable and costs $150, I'd say that the video quality is very nice. We captured some sample video in each of the three resolution settings.
Details and lines are sharp in the 720p 60 fps setting. Our sample below of the fountain was recorded in this setting.
Some of the sharpness is lost in the 30 fps HD mode, but relatively speaking, it still produces a high quality video. In any setting, the sensor performed best under bright daylight conditions.
The resolution drops down considerably in the VGA mode, but it creates a file that's web-friendly and easy for a standard screen to display. Panning quickly through a scene in this setting does create a jarring effect, as in our sample video, and it's made worse under low light conditions.
Panning through a brighter scene produces less stuttering.
As expected, my own non-HD laptop screen struggled when playing back the 720p files. The video files played much more smoothly on a large high definition HP monitor. Those with HD monitors or televisions already in place will reap all the benefits from the highest resolution settings of the Zx1. Those who are still waiting to dive in and buy an HD TV will still be able to enjoy the Zx1 – and will find they have room to grow if they do upgrade.
Of course, the video quality we saw from the Zx1 won't rival that of a top-of-the-line HD video camcorder. This camera isn't built to rival those standards. For its size and price point, it performs quite nicely.
Image Quality
The 1.6 megapixel CMOS sensor at the heart of the Zx1 captures crisp, detailed videos at its highest quality settings. However, image capture isn't as stellar. Still images are boosted up to 3 megapixels via interpolation. The fixed focal length also limits the still image capabilities of the Zx1. In a pinch, it will take a decent photo, but it won't replace a point-and-shoot.
Generally speaking, images and videos were a tad on the brighter, overexposed side. White balance and exposure are all handled by the camera and there's no way to adjust them manually. The Zx1's white balance made outdoor shooting under good daylight conditions look best, and I suspect that many users will be taking this camera outside.
Battery Life
The included batteries lasted through a few weeks of moderate use, needing to be recharged only once. Since the Zx1 also uses standard AAs, it's easy to plan ahead and take the camera on a long trip.
Is the Zx1 worth a $150 investment? That depends on what you want. If you'd like an HD video recorder that travels well, doesn't occupy too much space, records decent video and does it all in style, then I'd recommend the Zx1. The video quality isn't top of the line, but at this price point, it's a good value.
Though the menu screens and controls are somewhat mystifying to the first-time user, they're easily mastered. The good qualities of the Zx1 outweighed my gripes with the interface.
Even those without HD televisions can take comfort knowing that the Zx1 will record lower resolution video until they're ready to step up and purchase a higher resolution TV. This is a sleek little device that isn't going out of style anytime soon.
- Flexible shooting options
- Attractive design
- Weather-resistant build
- Good value for low cost
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Cash-strapped game junkies can score a refurbished Xbox 360 Premium console for just $219.99, plus a very reasonable 10 bucks for shipping. That's a pretty solid deal considering that it sells for $350 new.
The Premium version of the mega-popular game system includes a wireless controller, a 20GB hard drive, and a headset. Reseller Blue Bay Electronics doesn't specify the warranty period, but based on other Xbox refurbs I've seen, it's probably 60 days (you should definitely check with the company before ordering).
In addition to playing kick-ass games, the Xbox 360 supports movie and TV-show downloads via Xbox Live. Plus, it can double as a media-center extender, streaming live and recorded TV, music, videos, and other content from your PC. Though coming up on its third birthday, the 360 shows no signs of aging. CNET loved it; I love mine; you're sure to love it, too, especially at this price.


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Home Secretary Theresa May made a "life-saving decision" when she used the Human Rights Act to block the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to the United States, his mother has said.
Janis Sharp, who was overwhelmed by the emotional rollercoaster of the 10-year fight against extradition, said it was such a relief to see her son smile for the first time in years.
Mr McKinnon was accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military computer hack of all time", but he claims he was simply looking for evidence of UFOs.
It will now be for the director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer QC to decide whether Mr McKinnon should face charges in the UK.
Mrs May stopped his extradition on human rights grounds after medical reports showed the 46-year-old was very likely to try to kill himself if extradited.
"After careful consideration of all of the relevant material, I have concluded that Mr McKinnon's extradition would give rise to such a high risk of him ending his life that a decision to extradite would be incompatible with Mr McKinnon's human rights," she told MPs.
A so-called forum bar will also be introduced to extradition proceedings to enable British courts to decide whether a person should stand trial in the UK or abroad, Mrs May added.
Ms Sharp said: "I know it's been a life-saving decision because Gary doesn't travel abroad, he doesn't go on holiday, he very rarely leaves north London, and to be taken from everything you know, your family, everything, thousands of miles away is so terrifying to him. I can understand that he felt he would rather be dead."
The last 10 years had been "horrendous" because her son would "just sit in the dark all the time", she added.
The US Department of Justice said the United States "is disappointed by the UK Home Secretary's decision not to extradite Gary McKinnon, particularly given the past decisions of the UK courts and prior home secretaries that he should face trial in the United States".


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Scientists work to save Strangford horse mussels
Queen's University Belfast is working on a three-year study to conserve and restore endangered horse mussel reefs in Strangford Lough.
Marine biologists based at the University's marine research and outreach centre in Portaferry in County Down, which is part of the School of Biological Sciences, will provide scientific and technological research to map and monitor the species and undertake trials to restore it.
Horse mussel reefs are important to the marine environment because they are 'biological engineers' which improve water quality through filtering it when they feed and also because many other species depend on them for survival.
Funded by the Department of Agriculture and the Rural Development and the Department of the Environment, the project follows a multi-agency report in 2004 which said that the beds were in serious decline.
DARD, supported by DOE, imposed a temporary ban on fishing in the Lough with mobile gear, from December 2003, which still remains in place.
As horse mussels were one of the features used in the conservation designation of Strangford Lough the UK government is obliged to protect them under European directives.
Although the horse mussel reef communities in Strangford Lough were once very rich they have declined at an alarming rate in some areas.
They are usually found in the central and northern part of the Lough, with their hard shells part buried in the soft mud sediment.
Horse mussels are important because they provide a hard surface for other species to grow on, in otherwise soft muddy areas. Other organisms also hide and shelter in the crevices and niches of clumps of horse mussels. They create a habitat for around 100 other species.
Dr David Roberts, from Queen's, who is Principal Investigator on the study entitled Modiolus Restoration Research, said it was the first of its kind for the species.
He said: "Queen's has expertise in the restoration of the European native oyster, freshwater pearl mussels and a long history of marine research. The University is therefore ideally positioned to undertake research to develop techniques and recommendations for the restoration of horse mussel reefs in Strangford Lough.
"One year into the study we have found that horse mussel reefs as not as widely distributed as they were in the 1970s and that some beds have extremely poor mussel density - less than 25% of what we would consider a good density.
"In terms of intervention we have started to culture the animals in the lab at Portaferry.
"Mussels are very important to the marine environment as they act as biological 'engineers' in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. When they feed they filter vast quantities of water thereby improving water quality. A frequently cited example is that of a population of blue mussels which were capable of filtering the entire contents of the Albert Dock in Liverpool in two days.
"Horse mussels work in the same way; they also provide habitat for over a hundred other species, serving as a nursery ground for species of commercial importance."
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Cellular automata are indeed discretizations of differntial equations: see Ablowits and Clarkson, "Solitons, Non-Linear Evolution Equations and Inverse Scattering", p. 152 for a nice account in connection with solitons. But Paul is right, Wolfram's point is quite different. Andrzej Kozlowski On 11 Nov 2003, at 09:55, Paul Abbott wrote: > In article <boif5j$oau$1 at smc.vnet.net>, > Nathan Moore <nmoore at physics.umn.edu> wrote: > >> Cellular automa has always looked like a discretization of continuous >> differential equations (ever looked closely at the Runge-Kutta DEQ >> solver? A cursory glance shows that any x(i+1) comes from x(i) and >> maybe also x(i-1) with statistical weights coming from taylor >> expansions. This means that any differential equation can be >> discretized and expressed as a "cellular automa system" >> >> There's nothing new and fabulous about that - its the standard >> approach >> in Numerical methods. > > But this is _not_ the point of A New Kind of Science (NKS): Of course > you can discretize the Navier-Stokes equations but, instead of starting > with a differential equation and discretizing, why not _start_ with a > cellular automata, modeling the microscopic behavior of fluid > molecules, > having properties directly related to the physics at hand (by > satisfying > a set of simple collsion rules). See NKS pp 376-382 and 996-997. > > Cheers, > Paul > > >> On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 04:16 AM, martinro at carleton.edu wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> A partner and I are working on a project that describes fluid dynamic >>> behavior in systems such as hurricanes and galaxy formation, for a >>> college >>> cellular automata physics seminar. It seems that research about the >>> models >>> to create these simulations are extremely hard to find, has anyone >>> done >>> this type of research on Mathematica or would know the form to write >>> the >>> programs? I know that the galaxy formation has been done on Fortran, >>> but >>> hurricanes and similar systems yield almost no results on a >>> literature >>> search. Dr. Wolfram says in his book A New Kind of Science that >>> these >>> type >>> of weather related systems can be described by cellular automata in a >>> similar manner to fluid dynamics, but gives no examples of the >>> programs, >>> can anyone help us? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Ross Martin >>> Carleton College >>> >> > > -- > Paul Abbott Phone: +61 8 9380 2734 > School of Physics, M013 Fax: +61 8 9380 1014 > The University of Western Australia (CRICOS Provider No 00126G) > 35 Stirling Highway > Crawley WA 6009 mailto:paul at physics.uwa.edu.au > AUSTRALIA http://physics.uwa.edu.au/~paul > > > Andrzej Kozlowski Yokohama, Japan http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/
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Researchers at Georgia Tech University's Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center learned last month during testing of their Wireless Emergency Communications (WEC) project that results indicate that 94 percent of blind and visually impaired test subjects found WEC to be a significant improvement over their current methods of receiving emergency alerts.
Given that 18 percent of Americans are thought to have some type of disability, and that an estimated 60 percent of Americans use wireless services, it was not surprising that the Center's Survey of User Needs (SUN) revealed that people with disabilities are significant users of wireless products and services. Further, 65 percent of those respondents said that their wireless devices were important because of the role they play in summoning help in an emergency.
This first field test involved participants from the Georgia Radio Reading Service in a full-day study to engage the effectiveness and accessibility of this prototype emergency alerting system. Subjects ranged from sight-enhanced individuals to those who are fully blind. Additionally, the test subjects' level of familiarity and use of wireless technologies ranged from technically savvy to infrequent users.
Mobile phones with WEC custom software featured an audio-oriented interface and text-to-speech reading of emergency alerts for the visually impaired; the capability to recognize an incoming alert of critical importance and override any muted sound or vibration settings to ensure that the critical alarm was delivered; and an alert attention signal that is identical to the national Emergency Alert System (EAS) tone familiar to the hearing population. WEC sent a series of SMS messages (text messages) to Cingular 3125 Smartphones provided to each test subject.
WEC tested custom software that runs on a Windows Mobile OS, designed to send accessible emergency alerts to short message service (SMS) capable handsets. The custom software then presented the content of the text alert in an audio format. WEC engineers simulated the emergency alerts, employing the Common Alerting Protocol, as if they originated from the National Weather Service.
Three separate weather alerts of increasing intensity were issued to participants over a period of time. Many of the test subjects liked the idea that with each "test message" the alert signal got louder, indicating the severity of the event. In all three test groups, affordability was raised as an important issue. Some noted they liked the "repeat" option in case they did not hear it clearly the first time, and that it was "superior to just receiving alerts from TV, radio or friends," in which cases the alerts might not be targeted or immediate. Others felt that the specialized software would not only benefit them, but also their family and friends who might be on public transportation, biking, hiking or anyone away from home carrying a mobile device.
Additional field tests are slated for upcoming months in 2008, including at Public Broadcasting Atlanta and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in Rochester, New York in June. In the NTID field test the WEC software will have the additional feature of vibration alarms that will notify the deaf and hard-of-hearing population of incoming alerts. A full report on the field tests is expected to be completed in the Fall of 2008, when all the test results and user feedback is complete. Primary funding was made possible by the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.


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There's so many things I don't understand, like why do the fish stop swimming and lie on top of the tide pools after a heavy rain? Why do you hear the waves inside the big shells? Why are all these funny hairs growing on me? I wish a big book with all the answers to every question in the world would drop out of the sky and land in my hands right now. I'd read it till I knew everything.Richard
Oh, Richard, you can't know everything. Only God knows everything.Emmeline
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What's in them pictures, Richard?Paddy
It's a story about these funny people who get married. There's a saying in each one.Richard
Give us a look.Paddy
Were you ever married, Paddy?Richard
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Paddy, what's "subjugation"?Richard
Something I've been trying to avoid all my life.Paddy
We don't wanna go swimming! We don't have our bathing costumes.Richard
To hell with your bathing costumes. You don't wear 'em when you take a bath, do you?Paddy
This isn't a bathtub! This is the ocean!Emmeline
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February 4, 1930 - April 5, 2013
Formerly of Monticello, NY
Carl "Shotzie" Gluck of Greenwood, DE died Tuesday, April 5, 2013. He was 83.
Shotzie was well known for serving the public during his life. He was involved in various businesses, The Polar Bear in Matamoras, PA, The Holiday Mountain Food Concession, Dairy Royal Custard Stand, as well as a short order cook for the Miss Monticello Diner and Gager's Diner. He also ran a hot dog wagon and Shotzie's on Route 42.
The son of the late Carl and Tillie Rubner Gluck, he was born February 4, 1930 in the Bronx, NY. Shotzie was a resident in Greenwood, DE, but spent most of his life in the Monticello area.
He is survived by his four children: Carl (Debra) Gluck of Monticello, Carol (Wayne) Keesler of Goshen, NY, Charles (Tammy) Gluck of Wilkes Barre, PA, Cheryl (Tony) of Greenwood, DE. He was blessed with eight grandchildren: Carl, Melissa, Erin, Kyle, Tyler, Charles, Cheyann, and Brandie, and two great-grandchildren: Charles and Crystal; one sister, Dorothy (William) Finnegan of California; one brother, Paul (Lynn) Gluck of Pennsylvania; one brother-in-law, Garcia (Gail) Morrow of Missouri; one sister-in-law, Marlene Pullmain of New York. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Gloria Maxine Morrow Gluck.
Family and friends are invited to gather on Wednesday, April 10th from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the VanInwegen-Kenny, Inc. Funeral Home, 401 Broadway in Monticello. Funeral Services will be Thursday, April 11th at 10 a.m. with Rev. Steven Peiffer of the Goshen United Methodist Church, at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. John Street Cemetery, Monticello, NY.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Penn Ave., NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.
Arrangements are under the direction of the VanInwegen-Kenny, Inc. Funeral Home of Monticello; for additional information please visit www.kennyfuneralhome.com


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Fidelity Investments had defined-contribution sales commitments of about $25.2 billion in assets under administration for the first half of the year, the company announced Tuesday. This is a jump of 36% over last year's sales commitments of $18.5 billion and includes 522,000 participants with 838 clients.
According to the privately held company, this marks one of the strongest first-half sales periods of the past five years.
"The defined contribution market continues to be highly competitive and clients are increasingly focused on selecting a plan-administrative service provider that has the experience and expertise to help them derive maximum value out of their workplace savings plan," said Jeff Lagarce, executive vice president of Workplace Investing with Fidelity Investments, in a press release.
Fidelity says it secured a wide variety of new clients across many different industries and markets. This included Fortune 500 companies such as Kraft Foods, which has some 51,000 participants in its DC plan and about $6.2 billion in assets.
In addition to new sales, Fidelity says it renewed more than $80 billion in business from existing clients in the first half of 2012. The Boston-based firm also said it experienced "strong growth among advisor-sold 401(k) plans," adding 450-plus new clients.
"Fidelity takes tremendous pride in the fact that our existing client base continues to see the value that we bring to our plan sponsors and participants," Lagarce continued. "It is our number one goal to provide the best client experience in the industry."
Fidelity says that overall it provides services, such as one-on-one consultations at employer locations or at 170 Fidelity investor centers nationwide, to 15.7 million retirement plan participants.
"Because retirement has always been at the core of Fidelity's business, we continue to make substantial investments in our defined contribution business to ensure the best experience for our plan sponsors and their participants with industry leading technology and robust guidance," the executive said.
Fidelity Investments has total assets under administration of $3.6 trillion as of June 30, 2012, including managed assets of $1.6 trillion, which are owned by more than 20 million individuals and institutions and are serviced through 5,000 financial-intermediary firms.
401(k) Trends
Also in early August, Fidelity said that, based on its analysis of some 20 million accounts, employee and employer 401(k) contributions increased during the second quarter of 2012 compared with the same period in recent years. Also, Gen Y participants (born between 1979 and 1991) tended to use target-date funds and Roth 401(k) plans more than those in other age groups.
The average contribution from employees grew to $1,660 during the second quarter, up $30 from the same period last year and an increase of $150 from the same period in 2009. The average employer contribution expanded to $950 during the second quarter of this year, a jump of $30 from the year-ago period and an improvement of $90 from the same period in 2009. The average 401(k) balance, though, dropped slightly to $72,800 at the end of June, a decline of 2.5% from March 31.
"Rising contribution levels from both employees and employers show a strong commitment that both have to workplace savings plans," said James M. MacDonald, president of Workplace Investing for Fidelity Investments, in a statement. "Trends we are seeing among our more than 2 million Gen Y participants are particularly exciting. They are starting off with better diversified portfolios than previous generations, which can have a positive impact over the long term."


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I think I posted last year, pictures of my friend and I riding to my old High School. Yesterday a friend brought her horse out to my barn, we were only supposed to be going for a trail ride down the road but my friend suggested riding to her brothers which is actually close to my parents. So we ended up riding into part of town. It was a TON of fun. Both horses were really good up until it was time to go home. My horse was tweaking out because we left my friend at her brothers and went to my parents - she didn't want to load into the trailer, a few come to jesus moments later she lost a shoe and in the trailer ride put a huge hole in just above her eye. She can be such a dork sometimes. But regardless, I love her so much. It's great to be able to take her places and ride in heavy traffic and not worry about her being really bad or naughty. We were pretty well received by everyone we passed. It was cool.
Oh and apparently my friend's brother let her horse into his house and he took a big crap on the living room carpet. Some people are so smart :p
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Former University of Arkansas quarterback to play in NFL
Former University of Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson was selected in the fourth round of the NFL Draft to play for the Oakland Raiders on Saturday.
Wilson is the first football player from the city of Greenwood play in the NFL.
Wilson led the Greenwood Bulldogs to three consecutive state championships from 2005 to 2008.
His high school football coach, Rick Jones, said anticipation for the announcement was an exciting feeling.
"It's been two days of waiting, and wondering, and hoping, and wishing," said Jones. "It's a fun time, very exciting."
Jones has been coaching football players for more than 35 years. He said Wilson is the first player he's ever coached to be drafted into the NFL.
"I've been proud of the way he's handled himself," said Jones. "Tyler's still Tyler. He hasn't changed. I'm proud of the young man he is."
Jones said even though Wilson faced several setbacks over the last year, he still believes the future NFL player has a promising football career ahead.
"Now the opportunity begins," said Jones. "Everything that leads up to this point is forgotten, now you're in the NFL, it's what you do from now on that counts."
Wilson said he was shopping at Walmart when he got the phone call from the Raiders head coach offering him a spot on the team.


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Collectors say they collect out of passion not profits. But given the run-ups in prices for various collectible markets in recent years, it's hard not to think of art, wine and other collectibles as investments as well as sources of pleasure.
And some investments have done much better than others. According Knight Frank's Wealth Report, an index of the nine main collectibles markets grew by 175 percent over the past 10 years – a far better record than U.S. stocks. All nine categories tracked by Knight Frank increased in value except collectible furniture.
Classic cars were the top-performing collectible. Car prices surged 23 percent in the 12 months ending in the third quarter of 2012, the report said, and racked up gains of 11 percent over five years and 395 percent over 10 years.
(Read more: Vintage Cars Fetch $53 Million in a Weekend)
The big surprise was the number two collectible: coins. They don't get as much press as art or cars, but coins have racked up even better gains over the past year (25 percent), and 248 percent gains over 10 years.
Stamps came in a close third, with nine percent gains last year and 216 percent gains over 10 years. One of the kings of philately (stamp collecting) is Bill Gross, the bond king who put together one of the top collections in the world and has sold off some of his collection in recent years.


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