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Bedford High senior puts on variety show for senior project
BEDFORD — Behind every great performance, there are a lot of hard-working people.
That's what Sam Daly, 18, a senior at Bedford High School, figured out May 4 as he was completing his senior project — producing and performing in a variety show that was a mix of stand-up comedy, live skits and videos.
"I had a lot of my friends help me out with this," he said. "I learned that it takes a ton of hard work to put something like this together. It also taught me that I've got some of the greatest friends in the world."
Daly estimated that anywhere between 20 and 30 of his friends and fellow students put some time in to his project, assisting behind the scenes with lighting and stagecraft, rolling film for videos, giving pointers on what content was working and what wasn't, and selling tickets.
"They gave up a lot of their free time to help me, and it showed that they've got my back," said Daly. "I couldn't have done this without their help."
The variety show took place at the Bedford High School auditorium, and it was a fundraiser for an organization that is close to Daly's heart – the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Each ticket sold went for $5, and the variety show raised $1,200, all of which will go to the Dana Farber Institute.
Daly chose Dana Farber to honor the memory of his mother, who died of colon cancer three years ago. "She was a great lady who touched a lot of people," he said. "The amount of support we got from Bedford was amazing. We got a ton of condolence letters from people I didn't even know. That was really cool to see."
One person who helped in producing the variety show was Daly's brother, Scott, a sophomore at Bedford High. Daly said his brothers inherited his mother's math skills while he inherited her sense of humor.
The hours of practicing and honing his delivery didn't prevent the butterflies in the moments before the lights went up on his show, which included a standup routine that lasted more than 40 minutes. "About 20 minutes before, I got real nervous," Daly said. "But once I told my first joke and people started laughing, I felt a lot better."
Despite his ability to make people laugh, Daly believes the variety show was his last foray into the entertainment arena. "This was probably a one-hit wonder kind of thing," said Daly, who plans on studying business when he attends Fairfield University in Connecticut this fall. "It's not out of the question that I might do something with performing, but I don't really think so. If something presents itself, then maybe, but I'm not planning on anything."


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Hello group,
I followed this YOUTUBE.com video to the letter.
I was able to get to 5.0Ghz for my CPU.
However, for the RAM the highest I can go is 1600Mhz!! I have new RAM that can go at 2133Mhz.
So, why will the BIOS not accept a higher level of RAM ??
In the video he wimped out and used 1866Mhz, but I cannot even get that!!
So what is wrong here?
Thank you,
As you increase the memory frequency, you need to lower the timings.
The motherboard probably automatically detected the memory at 1333 Mhz and read the timings from the RAM for that frequency and populated all the fields associated with the memory.
When you went up to 1600 Mhz, the memory was still good enough to work with the same low timings but when you go higher, it can't handle anymore - you need to lower them.
Use an application like CPU-Z and write down the timings that are saved in the SPD, then go in bios and lower the timings when trying to raise the frequency... for example take this picture:
This 4GB module from Corsair is rated for 1600 Mhz but by default the motherboard will probably either set it at 1066 mhz CL 7(518 x 2 = ~ 1066mhz) or 1333Mhz CL 9 (666x2)
If it's by default at 1066 mhz and you raise it to 1600mhz, it won't work because the memory can't handle CL7 and 1600 Mhz, the timings need to be lowered to the ones that are on that column, 8-8-8-24-41. If it's set by default at 1333 Mhz, notice the column says 9-9-9 and the 1600 Mhz profile says 8-8-8 ... so your memory would work fine at 1600 Mhz with those conservative timings. But when you go over 1600 Mhz, CL8 may not be good, you may have to go to CL9 or CL10.
If you want to go higher, you may find out you can run them a bit higher with no changes and you may be able to run them at 1666-1700 Mhz just by going to 9-9-9-24-41 as most memory modules. But higher than this, this particular memory module in the picture may need to have its voltage rised a bit.
If I had this memory module, I would lower the timings to about 11-11-11-33-48, which I see for example that Kingston uses in a module to get stable 1954 mhz:
Then, I'd up the frequency and test to see where it stops working. Then, I would probably raise the voltage a bit to see where it's stable again. If the memory is 1.5v as the ones in the pictures are, I would have no problem trying 1.51-1.53v and maybe even more - I think about 1.56-1.58v should be safe. Don't go over 1.65v though, it can hurt the cpu.
I am using this RAM what would be the best setting for my bios?
I have software that tracks the bios, what is the command to copy the image from my computer screen and paste it here on the forum?
I switched the memory to 11-11-11-30-3 and it seems to only be running at 1066Mhz.
Looks like I am not doing something quite right.
Last edited by Chess Gator; 09-10-2011 at 07:07 PM.
How should I know?
Download CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Click on the SPD tab and you should see the values there.
If you check the Description on Newegg, you will see this:
Cas Latency 11
Timing 11-11-11-30
Voltage 1.5V
This means that the memory modules can probably achieve 2133 Mhz when you set those timings to 11-11-11-30. By default, the motherboard probably set everything to 1600 Mhz 8-8-8-24 or something like that, so when you try to raise the frequency you're blocked by those timings. Raise them to 11-11-11-30 and you'll have more room to play with.
Oh... now that I see you're using four modules... you should know that some motherboards achieve much higher frequencies and timings with just one or two memory modules. When all slots are populated the circuitry on the motherboard and the memory controller in the processor are more "stressed" so it's not unusual to see lower frequencies/timings.
I just uploaded one low quality image from the software I am using. Perhaps, it will be enough for you.
From the looks of that picture, you're probably looking at the MEMORY tab. This tab tells you just the frequency and timings your memory currently runs at right now, which is not very useful.
There's one next to it called SPD... on that page you will have the information.
For ***'s sake look at the pictures that I posted above, your screen should look like those look (the window split in two sections about equally sized and the bottom section showing several columns of information)
And next time use Alt + PrintScreen - it captures just the window you're looking at, not the whole screen. After you press Alt+PrintScreen, go in Paint, paste the screenshot, save as PNG - JPG is designed for natural photos, not screenshots.
No need to get upset, it is just overclocking. Instead of setting the RAM manually I have selected XMP. This seems to default the RAM to it's maximum setting of 2133Mhz. I have attached a new SPD image with the XMP setting. Would you mind taking a look at it and decipher it. It seems to be picking up the XMP setting. Whether it is using it, I do not know.
can you show the memory tab?
System specs: AMD Athlon II X2
8GB(2x4GB)system is maxed
Mainboard is OEM can post CPU-z for it if necessary
Ok so I've been reading this post and I have to say I'm a little confused.. According the replys in this thread and this one http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ce,3017-2.html ....are the statements true about my Ram not being able to use CL 7 at 1333mhz .. Or am I misunderstanding them and they are referring to the motherboards ability to clock it at default..
But if I go by what mariush said then my ram can't run at CL7 and 1333mhz according to CPU-z post any way.. Wondering coz I paid 15-20 extra bucks to get cl7 @ 1333mhz ram .. although i cant get that out of it any way since my motherboard is OEM. and defaulted to CL8 @ who knows since it fluctuates so much(is that normal).. guessing 1066 though
And this pic is from it's the actual RAM that I have http://www.crucial.com/store/partspe...4G3D1337DT1TX0 it's the actual RAM that I have
Or if the CPU-z thing is correct I can only get CL7@1333Mhz on XMP? If that's the case I feel cheated by crucial since it doesn't say any where that i've seen that you can only get CL7@1333Mhz only on XMP.
But I also read on AMD's website that you can't get full 1333 Ram unless you have a Corex3 or higher CPU..
Thank you for reading my ranting.
You need to understand that by default, RAM will run at official JEDEC timings for compatibility reasons. It's a universal standard for PCs, as if the user buys higher performance RAM then they can modify the appropriate settings to get the performance.
If you want to run your RAM outside that spec you need to do so manually by either changing the settings yourself or by selecting XMP in your BIOS. You have either option, but XMP is easier since it automatically adjusts subtimings to match the lower CL timing.
The reason they do this is simple... imagine if you bought two of those memory kits. If the motherboard defaulted to XMP then odds are your system wouldn't even boot, or it could boot with unstable RAM. The XMP profile does not take into account if you are running double the memory modules the profile timings were created for. My system can't even boot if I use the XMP profile because I'm running two high-performance kits, but it boots fine on the default memory profile. There's other considerations such as RAM voltages and the CPU's memory controller rating and still other factors that can affect RAM stability as well, which is why by default motherboards automatically use the JEDEC profiles unless told otherwise.
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There is some sound advice in here but it's diluted with filler material and what-works-for-you and generalities to the point that I felt it wasn't of value. It's a shame because I'm sure the author knows A LOT MORE than me about being a GM and preparing for sessions. I'd love to learn from him.
For example: There's a whole section on pens and paper vs. electronics but not a mention of any online tools like Obsidian or even Google Docs. Dropbox gets a passing mention but there are paragraphs about pens and pencils.
Selecting your tools has questions like: Are your tools reliable and available when you need them? Do the devices you use have long-lasting batteries? Do your tools work well in those locations?
Some of the best advice is to build templates and put fields on the templates for the things you are weak at, so you're reminded to do them. (Do you forget weather in your scenes? Add a weather field. Forget signature combat moves or tactics for your NPCs? Add a field.) It's good advice. I feel like I read 130 pages for that, and didn't get to see any true sample templates.
This book needed an editor. A ruthless, heartless editor.
There's a really long review here by Jordan R. and he's word-for-word correct.
Solidly ok. I really enjoyed Chapter 7 on how to review your prep, and Chapter 10 on creating and using templates for your scenes. For the value of those two chapters, I felt it was probably worth the price and worth my time spent reading the whole thing.
Much of the rest read like painfully dry time-management self-help. Maybe that's something other GMs need, but I don't need to be reminded of how few hours in the day I really have or how to shift my other tasks around to make room for game prep. I definitely, definitely don't need special little names for each type of life's normal interruptions. I'm an adult and have been juggling various combinations of marriage/school/work/kid/hobbies for a while. If I wanted a self-help time-management book I'm not sure I'd come here for it. But maybe this would help someone who is just getting started with trying to strike a balance in life.
I strongly suspect this guide would be more helpful for someone running a campaign. At present and for the foreseeable future I run published one-shots or short modules. I want to be better prepared for those, and as a newish GM, I hoped that this guide would help me. But I don't really need to brainstorm, somebody else wrote the material for me.
I do appreciate that the PDF was well bookmarked, so that if I do find myself wanting a refresher on brainstorming, conceptualization, and documentation, I might come back to this guide. If I can talk my new group into committing to a campaign one day, I'll probably be more glad I read this.
This is project-management for Gamemasters - to me a very motivational and truly helpful little book! As a beginner GM this well structured text helped me get a good grasp and an overview on the different tasks involved in gamemastering. This in turn makes it easier to fit this hobby into my weekly schedule. Especially if you liked David Allen's GTD, you will also enjoy this book. And as I am sure I will read it again, I can only give this book the best rating.
This book is pure gold. As the author states quite a few times - most people "do their thing" mostly on intuition. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it's so terrible it actually multiplies your work load.
I like the fact the author takes a step back and doesn't enforce his views and solutions onto the reader but offers self-evalutation, while often stating the obvious and offering a possible way of solving different problems
This book aims for no specific system, as that's something the reader must figure out for him self, however the pointers and hints dropped all along the book should facilitate this task greatly.
All in all, if you struggle as GM or don't feel like everything is going as well as it should, this book is for you.
Even GMs who have been running games for quite a few years might learn something new as this book demands to evalute one-self.
If you feel like you could improve don't look any further. You have arrived at your destination.
I have been Gming games for decades and teach project management. It would seem I have little to learn from a short book on GM prep by a project management perspective. I was happily surprised. The book was inspirational -- particularly the system for session documentation. The book is professional organized making it an easy read and a satisfying buy.
So many good - and true - praises! Really, this book turns the GM's prep work almost into exact science. It really puts things in a good perspective! The author even analyzes possible 'short-of-time' scenarios and suggests how to cope with them. Love it!
I'm not a very experienced GM (just a dozen sessions), and this book showed me many things puzzling me before.
Very useful, it helped me flesh out techniques I had already been using and organize processes I already was employing. Recommended.
I wish I would have known about this earlier. It was reviewed on a podcast a very long-time friend of mine has been involved in for some time, and I only recently heard about this, purchased it and have been making my way, VERY slowly -I read slowly- through it. I agree with many of the other reviewers of this fine work... it's really about time we had something like this, essential and inexpensive.
This is some of the best Gamemaster advice I've ever read, and I've been GMing for almost twenty years, on a daily basis in some cases. The book is very well-organized, enough that I was able to implement its suggestions in real time as I was reading through it. While most of these concepts are things I've subconsciously discovered throughout my time as a GM, they're also concepts I've never properly mentally organized. This book makes the process faster, helps me remember every step, and brings up some ideas I never consciously considered.
Overall, one of the best RPG supplements I've ever read.
This was a really good book. It has some great insights and methods into how and why to prep for sessions. It's easy to read and understand. One caveat might be that it is somewhat loose, it doesn't tell you PRECISELY what to do but it does the next closest thing.
This book is solely about prep, and how to make prep more enjoyable. It's not about running a session or anything like that.
If you're looking for tips about prep, and want to find a good mentality and methodology around it, then buy this book.
One of the reasons this is so successful as a MUST HAVE is the price point. There are a lot of "must have" books or collections that aren't really must-have because of their cost and sadly a lot of people don't purchase them. Never Unprepared is the perfect read for the perfect price.
[Originally posted at http://secondleft.blogspot.ca/2012/10/review-never-unprepared-complete-game.html]
I've recently finished reading through Phil Vecchione's, Never Unprepared: The Complete Game Master's Guide to Session Prep, and now that I'm finished, it's review time.
Never Unprepared is 134 pages long in what appears to be a large digest format (I only have the PDF version, not the print copy.) This short length of the book, plus the easy writing style, make it very accessible and easy for even a busy GM to read and get something out of. Additionally since the pages are in a smaller format, it's easy to read on a smartphone or small screen tablet.
Screenshot taken from DriveThruRPG for illustration purposes
First off lets go over what this book is not. This book is not a plan to tell you how to do your session prep. It will not say you should do X and Y before a game, and will not solve all the problems that you have in getting preparation done before your game.
So, what is it? I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole. Sorry, been watching too much Red Dwarf lately (if you've never seen the series it's a BBC sitcom set on a deep space mining vessel, and the early seasons are really good.)
So, what is it? Well Never Unprepared is a book that takes some project management principles (don't worry, it's not scarey) and attempts to apply them to the art of game mastering. Effectively treating the approach to game prep the same way one would a project plan for a large project. Yes this may sound daunting, but don't worry it's all distilled down in the book. The aim of the book is to provide you with a means of developing your own method of gaming prep that is repeatable and honed to suit your gaming needs and your GMing strengths and weaknesses.So the book doesn't tell you how to prep your games, it tells you how to go about working out how is best for you to prep for your games.
I'm going to borrow from the index now to guide you through the book contents.
How to Use This Book
Understanding Prep
Prep is Not a Four Letter Word
The Phases of Prep
Prep Toolbox
Tools for Prep
Mastering your Creative Cycle
Evolving Your Style
Your Personal Prep Templates
The Prep-Lite Approach
Prep in the Real World
References and Inspiration
The core content of the book is explaining the five phases of prep that Phil has identified over his years of GMing. Brainstorming, Selection, Conceptualization, Documentation and Review. Each of the sections on that particular area of prep goes into details on what would be contained in that phase, some common pitfalls to avoid, and a quiz to rate your effectiveness at the particular phase. Additionally there are a load of hints and tips along the way on how you may be able to accomplish this phase without telling you how to do it (in other words it doesn't dictate a methodology.)
For example the section on brainstorming suggests just throwing ideas down on paper that seem vaguely interesting. Don't think about them in great detail, don't analyze whether or not they'd be useful or how you can use them, just basic thoughts. Deciding if they're good comes in the Selection phase, and fleshing them out in Conceptualization. Some hints on capturing your brainstorming, such as always having a note application on your smartphone, or a small notebook tucked in your pocket.
There is advice on how you can improve what you do in each section, and how to spot when you are doing too much. For instance are you really good at coming up with evocative location descriptions on the fly? Then you really shouldn't be wasting your time writing it out in more than a bullet point or two to keep a focus.
Yes some of the advice in the book may see obvious to many, but sometimes you still need someone to point it out to you to make it stick in your mind.
It's hard to pick out specifics that are good, and what is bad, but there is so much useful ideas in the book that I'll end up taking on a lot of them and most won't even be conscious. From that perspective you can get more out of the book that you think. In many ways it's a self help book to give you the push towards thinking in a more efficient way about the approach you take to gaming prep.
Conclusion: Is this a book worth reading for any GM? If you find you're not ready in time for your games, or that the gaming prep is taking too much of your time and you consider it sometimes to be time wasted, then definitely buy this book. In fact I'd recommend buying it anyway as even the most experienced Game Masters will likely find something in there that is useful to them. Myself, I'm taking the templates concepts and applying them into my notes, it's already improved things. And since reading the book, I now use Evernote on my smartphone constantly to enter ideas and carry a small notebook in my jacket pocket.
Often times game masters (GM) spend as much time preparing for games as they do running them. Every GM has their own methods which are usually developed through trial and error because quite frankly, for everything written about game mastering there is very little said about the process of "session prep." The lucky GMs have someone to guide them but the unlucky ones are forced to stumble through until they eventually figure things out for themselves.
Never Unprepared shows GMs how to skip the grueling task of learning game prep. Based on decades of experience this book helps GMs boil down session prep to a simple but thorough process with allows for focus on what is most important to the game. Then it shows you how to schedule those tasks so your session prep can go as smoothly as possible.
This book is written independent of system so GMs will find it useful for any game. I have been a GM for over two decades and I found this book had plenty of suggestions to make my session prep even easier.
Originally posted at: http://diehardgamefan.com/2012/08/15/tabletop-review-never-unprepared-the-complete-game-masters-guide-to-session-prep/
Never Unprepared is a book that offers Game Masters (GMs) of all levels, from the brand new to the grizzled, advice from seasoned GM and self-described lover of organization and preparation Phil Vecchione. Is it good stuff or is it a bunch of crap?
Prep yourself before you wreck yourself
As might be expected from a GMing tome, a lot of the advice is about prep. This is great, because a lot of the GM's job is about prep. Phil has a lot of good stuff to say about getting your ideas together and making them come to life. He advises you not to just sit down and start writing without ideas. Instead, the preparation cycle begins with brainstorming several ideas and then working out the ones that have staying power. After that, there are a few more stages that an idea will probably go through before it has metamorphosed into a full session or campaign. Phil outlines all of these stages, and then goes into them in detail so that anyone can see a clear line of development from conception to implementation.
Now, examining and taking apart the process of turning your idea into a working session may not sound like much fun, or maybe it takes the magic out of GMing a bit, but I think the goal of looking at prep this way is to give you tools and structure to work with so that you can make the methods your own according to your own work habits. And, if your work habits happen to be not very good at the moment (as happens a lot, let's be honest), there are plenty of suggestions from Phil to help get you in the mindset to really construct a session for your players, and enjoy it too.
This prep is juuuuuust right…
One problem that the book deals with a lot is the idea of over- or under-prepping. It's happened to anybody who has GMed several times: you've ended up with more than the players ever bothered to even explore, or you've ended up with not enough stuff and the players deviated slightly from the plan, leaving you struggling for ideas. Phil tries to help GMs assess how much prep they need for the game they are running through things like checklists and questions, such as what kind of players do I have? Will they get really involved in the details or will they skim over everything looking for what's next? Do I have the general plot of the story covered from beginning to end? Do I have enough of my NPCs statted out? He gives a few examples of what can happen when we're underprepared, like moving the players from place to place with no apparent connection ("wait, we were just in the Emperor's throne room, now we're being rescued from a prison cell?").
One of the phases in the prep process is the "Selection" phase, where you decide what stays and what goes. The object is to get weak ideas out, and strong ones in and tied together. This is part of having the right prep level: if you don't get selective about ideas then you can easily end up with too much material and you might end up using what turn out to be the weakest ideas. On the other hand, if you cut out nearly all the ideas for whatever reason, what are you going to craft a session out of? Phil advises keeping ideas that you cut somewhere nearby in case you are struggling for some more material and that idea you threw away yesterday starts to stir your imagination today.
Am I hot or not?
This book gives the GM several opportunities to take stock of their own skills and preparedness. You can read over the questions and give yourself an honest appraisal: how often do I conceptualize? How well do I put my story together? Admittedly, it feels a little arrogant to rate yourself highly, but hey if you've got most of this stuff down you might as well admit it.
One of the best parts of the book is the section on the Review phase. In this phase Phil asks you to take a look at your session material from three different perspectives: the Proofreader, the Director, and the Playtester. That is, look at it for general errors like leaving stuff out or grammar, then look at it from a cinematic view imagining how the story and the session flows, then look at it from the perspective of a player and what it will be like to be in your game. This is great, because in the game you can know that you looked at the session from all of these angles, and it is more likely that you will know what a player might do or how a certain scene might work out. In addition to that it just gives you such a great handle on the material you can feel more confident at the table, and your players will probably pick that up and get more into the game.
Space…the only frontier
The latter sections of the book deal a lot with how you work. Phil goes over his love of office supplies (which I totally empathize with) and finding out which tools work for you. Is it as simple as a notebook and a pencil? Great. Do you want your stuff organized with tabs and post-its and binders? Cool, get yourself to the office supply store! I would even add techniques like mind-mapping (Google it), and other less linear methods of writing ideas. Again, Phil emphasizes getting organized.
He mentions that finding prep-time can be difficult if you have a busy home or work life (or both). In those cases, he has some great suggestions for working out when you can work on your session material. They are generally centered on the particulars of his life but you will get the idea, which is basically that you have to make time. It takes dedication, sure, but if you've got a group ready and have a game planned, that should be enough to get you motivated. Many of his tips can be applied to just about any objective you are working toward in your spare time, you just do it when you can.
One really cool thing addressed in this book is finding out how to work with your creative cycles. As a creative person, I totally understand the idea of creative periods and the whole cyclical nature of being able to do great work on a project one day and have nothing good come the next. There are some great ideas and tools included in the pages of this section to help an eager GM find the best times to work, and find out how to cultivate their creativity.
Wait, you don't want to spend that much time on prep, don't want to figure out your namby-pamby "creative cycles" etc.? Well, Phil has some good suggestions for doing light prep. This is another excellent section of the book, giving examples on simplifying NPC stats and maps into things that you don't have to look up and pore over.
So? Is it good stuff or crap?
This is good stuff! Admittedly, there are some things in here that experienced GMs are going to read and say "duh!", but then this book really comes at this Game Mastering thing from all kinds of angles. It wrestles GM duties like Paul Bunyan wrestling a whale shark. Even folks who have been running games for a long time will find something in here that they look at and say "hey, that's not a bad idea". This guy is serious about his GM-ing, and he wants you to be too, if you have the will. This book will be great for those who have a group where they are struggling to come up with material on a regular basis. For people who have no pressure on them to create, well, they might read it and give the old "not bad" and keep it in mind for the next time they need to run a session. If you know you are the kind of GM who doesn't like to prep, doesn't like to be told how to GM, etc. then don't bother reading this book. It's got a lot of good ideas in it, but really we all know next time we sit down with you, oh GM-deity, you will just run it the same way you always do (and hey, sometimes that's why we love you [or hate you]). Check out more of Phil's work and more GM advice at Gnome Stew.
I'll say it right off the bat : "Never Unprepared" is not the book you are looking for if you want to actually get better at preparing your games. Even if there are some useful things buried in it, it's mostly hollow talk and useless advice. This comes as a big (and bad) surprise to me : Eureka and Masks are both very good products that you should buy, Gnome Stew is a very interesting blog that you should read, and posts from NU author Phil Vecchione about prep are really a must. Here is my more detailed review.


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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The nation's most active death penalty state says it won't change its execution drug, but won't say how it will replace its supply that expires this month.
"We have not changed our current execution protocol and have no immediate plans to do so," Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, shortly before the state was set to carry out its 12th execution this year. He would not elaborate on how the state will obtain the drug.
Texas switched to a lethal, single dose of the sedative pentobarbital last year after one of the drugs used in its previous three-drug execution process became difficult to obtain and the state's supply expired. Other death-penalty states have encountered similar problems after some drug suppliers barred the drugs' use for executions or have refused, under pressure from death-penalty opponents, to sell or manufacture drugs for use in executions.
In the past two years, pentobarbital has been used alone or in concert with other drugs in all executions in the U.S.
Some death penalty states, including Georgia, have said they're turning to compounding pharmacies for pentobarbital. Such pharmacies make customized drugs not scrutinized by the Federal Drug Administration. It's hard to tell exactly how many states have used or are planning to use compounding pharmacies for execution drugs because states frequently resist disclosing the source of the drugs.
Missouri, meanwhile, is planning to use propofol, an anesthetic which gained infamy in the 2009 death of pop star Michael Jackson, as the lethal drug for scheduled executions of two convicted killers later this year.
If Texas plans to continue using the same execution drug, it would make sense that it would get it from a compounding pharmacy, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington.
"States are taking different routes, but they're all facing this kind of crisis," he said.
Dieter said it's hard to know if getting execution drugs through compounding pharmacies will become the norm for states. But he expects there will be legal challenges to the procedure as inmates and their attorneys will want to find out information about the drug, its dosage, the reliability of its manufacturer.
Georgia's first use of an execution drug obtained through a compounding pharmacy was put on hold in July after the condemned inmate challenged a new state law that bars the release of information about where Georgia obtains its execution drug.
"This is a basic matter of due process. A defendant has a legitimate interest in how he's going to be executed," he said.
The FDA considers compounding pharmacy products unapproved drugs and does not verify their safety or effectiveness. However, such businesses have come under scrutiny after a deadly meningitis outbreak was linked to contaminated injections made by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.
As of May 2012, Texas had 46 of the 2.5-gram vials of pentobarbital — presumably enough to execute as many as 23 prisoners, since each execution requires a 5-gram dose. The execution Thursday of Robert Gene Garza, convicted of being involved in the fatal ambush shootings of four women in the Rio Grande Valley, would be the 21st lethal injection since that disclosure.
Texas by far has executed more inmates than any other U.S. state since a Supreme Court ruling in 1976 allowed executions to resume. Since 1982, when Texas resumed carrying out capital punishment, the state has executed 503 inmates.
It's possible the drug issue could result in court challenges by death penalty opponents or attorneys for the inmates facing imminent execution, such as Arturo Diaz, set to die in Texas next week for the slaying of a Rio Grande Valley man stabbed nearly 100 times during a 1999 robbery.
Garza, in late appeals Thursday to the U.S. Supreme Court, contended the state should disclose the expiration date of drugs intended for his execution, arguing that those nearing the end of their shelf life could fail and leave him in pain, paralyzed or comatose.
Associated Press writer Juan A. Lozano in Houston contributed to this report.


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Earlier last week, Dart from the Legend of Dragoon, was leaked for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale but unfortunately this content was cancelled. This was leaked by Mike Edwards on www.shapeshif3r.com, who was an artist of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and below the picture, he told us that the character was cancelled. The shapeshift3r website is currently down as a result of this leak so this is most likely true.
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Dart is at least as legendary as The Legend of Dragoon.
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As both Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Music, Cristle Collins Judd brings to Bowdoin a deep understanding of the role of the arts in learning.
Dean Cristle Collins Judd describes how music, art, learning, and athletics interconnect in Bowdoin's transformed cultural spaces—including the newly completed Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium. The former Curtis Pool building features a stunning, acoustically sophisticated 280-seat concert hall and state-of-the-art practice rooms, where student and professional performers alike are reaching new levels of excellence.
This challenging $15 million project is part of Bowdoin's commitment to bringing world-class arts and culture to the College community and the region. Other completed projects include the renovation of the 610-seat Pickard Theater, construction of the 150-seat Wish Theater, and renovation and expansion of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, home to one of the most historically significant college art collections in America.


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Hurricane Sandy is continuing to take its toll on New Jersey, with Verizon no longer supporting Mantaloking's copper-line telephone network.
In lieu of new copper wiring, Mantoloking will be the first New Jersey town, and one of the few areas in the country, to have Verizon Voice Link, which connects wired and cordless telephones to the Verizon Wireless network, reported the Asbury Park Press.
While Verizon says newer wireless and fiber optic networks are more reliable than copper wires, as they are less vulnerable to falling trees or poles, or getting damaged by heavy flooding, in many areas, the copper networks were the only ones operating after Hurricane Sandy, reported Huffington Post last November.
Thousands lost power because of Hurricane Sandy, making access to Internet-based landlines, as well as the ability to recharge cell phones, impossible. At the same time, about a fourth of cell towers were knocked offline, further compounding telephone access. Copper wired phones still worked, however, because the lines carry electricity from the phone companies' offices.
"This storm highlighted that you might want to think twice about removing copper because it provides an alternative source of access," Christopher White, an attorney with the New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel, which represents consumers on utility issues, said in the Huffington article.
Presumably the reason for this tack is cost savings, combined with the Federal Communications Commission's deregulation of the industry, which allows network providers such as Verizon and AT&T to step away from supporting their copper telephone networks.
Last November AT&T's CEO and chairman Randall Stephenson announced it was dropping support for its copper network and DSL lines, Gigaom reported. Instead, AT&T is investing $14 billion over the next three years in its wireless, business services and fiber-to-the-node U-verse product, which make up 81 percent of AT&T's revenue and collectively are growing at 6 percent a year.
Many American households have already discontinued landline usage, so the moves by Verizon and AT&T may simply accelerate an already occurring trend. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control in an October 2012 report, as of the second half of 2011, 34 percent of U.S. households had only wireless telephones, compared to 10 percent of households having only landlines. In addition, nearly one of every six American homes (16 percent) received all or almost all calls on wireless telephones despite also having a landline telephone.
Tom Maguire, Verizon's senior vice president of national operations, cited this tendency in Verizon's decision to no longer support Mantaloking, N.J.'s copper lines. "If you go down the block, there are people that are using other technologies, so I can spend a fortune running copper down there and have nobody use it," he told APP.
According to Verizon, prices for the Voice Link service will be at or below what the customer was paying previously, and installation is free. The device, which consists of a small box and antenna, plugs into an electrical socket and telephone jack, and also accepts AA batteries or has a rechargeable battery pack if there is a power outage. Three AA batteries provide 36 hours of standby time. Thirty customers have signed up so far, reported APP.
"It acts just like a regular phone," Maguire said. "There's a dial tone. It has 911 capability, so if you dial 911 the emergency services guys are going to know exactly where you are."
However, although commercial tools for determining the location of mobile phones being used indoors show "significant promise," they are not yet good enough for first responders to depend on them when answering 911 calls, according to a Federal Communications Commission study.
Other demographics potentially affected by all-wireless service include the poor and rural residents, both of which have limited access to broadband, either due to network availability or cost.
The FCC's Eighth Broadband Progress Report found that 19 million Americans -- 6 percent of the population -- lack access to basic broadband, as do one-fourth of rural populations and one-third of tribal populations. An additional 100 million Americans who do have broadband access don't subscribe because of the cost.
On May 4, the Agriculture Department announced new broadband funding grant rules to better target unserved rural communities.
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It is my understanding if you have copper landlines you may have a choice of carriers. The copper was probably AT&T's and they were required to offer choices. However, if you replace copper with company X's fiber you lose the option and are stuck with company X as your landline provider.
Maybe I am not on top of Federal Wire Tapping laws and copper is the only medium for which you need a warrent for doing a wire tap on someone. So if this is true, then Verizon is effectivly stripping citezens of their rights of privacy.
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2002 Press Releases
December 13, 2002
Minimally invasive procedure helps patients with chest deformity
A new minimally invasive procedure offers patients suffering from pectus excavatum--commonly known as funnel chest--better results than conventional surgery.
December 2, 2002
Hospital-care specialists improve outcomes, reduce costs
Physicians who concentrate on hospital care produce better results than the general internists who have traditionally managed hospital stays, reveals a study by researchers at the University of Chicago.
November 13, 2002
Graeme Bell wins Canadian research prize
Graeme Bell, PhD, the Louis Block Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Human Genetics, has been awarded the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize for Medicine.
November 7, 2002
Social determinants conference
To explore the links between social status, financial resources, education, cultural background, and disease risk, researchers from the University of Chicago have organized a two-day conference on the "Social Determinants of Health and Disease."
October 25, 2002
University of Chicago Hospitals receives "President's Award" from Black Contractors United for minority hiring
On Oct. 25, Black Contractors United presented an award to UCH for their extraordinary effort on behalf of African American contractors in the construction of the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
October 25, 2002
Patients picture holiday season for Child Life program
Young patients have again designed holiday greeting cards. Proceeds from the sale will directly benefit the child life program at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital.
October 21, 2002
Good Samaritan kidney donor to meet recipient
On October 21, Willie Morris will have his first opportunity to thank Bill Van Pelt. Although they have never met, since June 20 Morris has been kept alive by a kidney that was donated--to whoever needed it--by Van Pelt.
September 30, 2002
Bernard Ewigman appointed chairman of family medicine at University of Chicago
Bernard G. Ewigman, MD, MSPH, a pioneer in applying the specialized tools of clinical epidemiology to the fields of primary care and family practice, has been appointed chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center, beginning September 1.
September 20, 2002
Richard G. Fessler appointed chief of neurosurgery
Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD, has been appointed professor and section chief of neurosurgery at the University of Chicago, effective September 2, 2002.
September 16, 2002
Prominent forensic pathologist, human rights activist Robert Kirschner, 1940-2002
An internationally recognized authority on forensic pathology, human rights violations, police brutality, torture and child abuse and an outspoken opponent of the death penalty, Robert H. Kirschner, MD, a clinical associate in the department of pathology and pediatrics and a founding member of the faculty board of the human rights program at the University of Chicago, died at the University of Chicago Hospitals on September 15 from complications of cancer. He was 61.
September 4, 2002
Doctors seek African American bone marrow donors for infant with rare disorder
The best chance for a cure for a 10-month-old Chicago area boy may be a bone marrow transplant--but his doctors have not yet found a compatible donor and are asking the African-American community to help.
August 27, 2002
Chris Klug, Connie Payton and Jesse White join University of Chicago transplant celebration
To celebrate life after an organ transplant, University of Chicago Hospitals transplant teams and about 200 transplant recipients will host Olympic medallist and liver transplant recipient Chris Klug; Connie Payton, wife of the late Walter Payton.
August 11, 2002
Researchers find gene that causes leukemia in children with Down syndrome
Researchers from the University of Chicago have identified a gene defect that causes the development of leukemia in children with Down syndrome. The discovery could speed diagnosis and provide a new target for therapy.
August 7, 2002
U of C researcher tracks path of flying snake
Snakes crawl, slither, swim, burrow and climb. But fly? They do in Southeast Asia. University of Chicago biologist Jake Socha has been studying the flight patterns of these airborne snakes for the past six years. In the Aug. 8 issue of Nature, Socha describes some of the aerodynamics of the C. paradisi, or paradise tree snake, one of five species of flying snakes.
August 5, 2002
Gene therapy boosts cancer chemotherapy
University of Chicago researchers have found a way to use cancer chemotherapy to turn on gene therapy designed to disrupt the growth of blood vessels to a tumor. The combination, tested in mice, is far more effective than standard chemotherapy and has no additional side effects.
August 1, 2002
Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets increase risk of kidney stones and may raise bone-loss risk
Diets that are high in protein and low in carbohydrates are more acidic, which changes the urine in ways that increase the risk for developing kidney stones. They also cause calcium loss, which may increase the long-term risk for osteoporosis.
July 12, 2002
National survey names University of Chicago Hospitals one of best in U.S.
For the sixth year in a row, the University of Chicago Hospitals have been selected as one of the 17 best hospitals in the United States by U.S.News & World Report.
July 11, 2002
Business leaders honor University of Chicago Hospitals for employee development
Mayor Daley joined the CEOs of Boeing and Exelon to honor 11 leading Chicago companies--including UCH--for their successful educational programs.
July 2, 2002
Richard Baron appointed chairman of radiology at University of Chicago
Richard L. Baron, MD, a pioneer in abdominal imaging and in the gastrointestinal applications of magnetic resonance and computed tomography scans, has been appointed chairman of radiology at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
July 1, 2002
Common diabetes drug causes arteries to spasm, endangering heart
The oral medications most widely used to lower blood-sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes are likely to increase the risk of spasm of the coronary arteries.
June 10, 2002
New VPs for marketing and managed care appointed at University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System
Mayumi Fukui has been appointed vice president for managed care at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and Ivy Bennett has been appointed vice president and chief marketing officer.
June 5, 2002
Pritzker family donates $30 million to the University of Chicago
The Pritzker family of Chicago is making a gift of $30 million to the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
May 24, 2002
Ginseng berry extract shows promise for diabetes, obesity
An extract from the ginseng berry shows real promise in treating diabetes and obesity, reports a research team from the University of Chicago's Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research.
May 22, 2002
U of C medical students travel on missionary trip to Cuba
University of Chicago medical students will travel to Havana, Cuba, June 9-18 bringing with them medical supplies for area hospitals and clinics.
May 20, 2002
Pemetrexed shows survival benefit in patients with pleural mesothelioma
Patients with pleural mesothelioma live longer and have less pain and shortness of breath if they receive the new chemotherapy drug pemetrexed.
May 2, 2002
Study shows infliximab can prolong remissions in Crohn's disease
Sustained treatment with the monoclonal antibody infliximab can prolong remissions in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease.
May 1, 2002
Endowed Lectureship Established at the University of Chicago
Alumnus Attallah Kappas establishes an endowed lectureship in the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics in honor of eminent physicist Frederick Seitz.
April 24, 2002
Scott Hamilton to speak at University of Chicago Hospitals cancer survivors celebration, June 2, 2002
World renowned figure skater Scott Hamilton--who won the Gold Medal at the 1984 Olympics, the National and World Figure Skating Championships from 1981 to 1984, and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1990--will be the keynote speaker for the University of Chicago Hospitals' 12th-annual Cancer Survivors Day celebration on Sunday, June 2.
April 24, 2002
Biodiversity crucial to Earth's ecosystems
Researchers have discovered that the type of species lost within an ecosystem may harm the productivity of that system more than the actual number of species lost.
April 23, 2002
Weiss Hospital to enter joint venture with Vanguard Health Systems
UCHHS and Vanguard Health Systems have agreed to establish a joint venture that will acquire Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, UCHHS's North Side affiliate.
April 17, 2002
University of Chicago chosen as Sun Microsystems Center of Excellence in bioinformatics, computational biology, and medical informatics
Sun Microsystems, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., today announced that it has selected the University of Chicago as a Sun Center of Excellence (COE) in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Medical Informatics.
April 10, 2002
Men regain evolutionary driver's seat
Mutation study confirms strong male-driven evolution among humans and apes.
March 21, 2002
A Perfect Match: Match Day sets course for future physicians
On March 21, medical students across the country simultaneously discovered where they would continue their training during Match Day, an annual rite of spring since 1952.
March 13, 2002
Lack of inhibition strengthens nicotine addiction
Brief exposure to nicotine not only boosts the brain's reward system but also blocks a rival system that limits the duration of such rewards.
March 12, 2002
Cigarette ads target youth, violating $250 billion 1998 settlement
Despite an explicit ban since 1998 on directing advertising at children, U.S. tobacco companies selectively increased youth targeting in 1999 and 2000 report researchers from the University of Chicago.
March 11, 2002
Quilt show at University of Chicago Hospitals depicts cancer-fighting plants
The Healing Garden Quilt Show, a nationally traveling exhibit, is currently on display at the Hospitals through April 30, 2002.
March 4, 2002
Steroid nasal spray more effective against hay fever
Fluticasone propionate (Flonase®) is slightly more effective at controlling seasonal allergies than a combination of two popular anti-allergy drugs: loratidine (Claritin®) and montelukast (Singulair®).
March 1, 2002
Noted Chemist Martin Mathews, PhD, 1912-2002
Martin Mathews, PhD, professor emeritus in the departments of pediatrics and biochemistry, and former faculty member of the Kennedy Mental Retardation Research Center at the University of Chicago, died Feb. 6, 2002, from heart failure at his Hyde Park home.
February 27, 2002
Human and fly studies tally good and bad mutations, stress ongoing role of natural selection
Natural selection plays a much larger role in molecular evolution than suspected. About 25 percent of genes are evolving rapidly. The researchers calculate "good" and "bad" mutations in the fly and human genomes.
February 1, 2002
School play aims to help parents stop smoking
On February 5 and 7, students from three South Side elementary schools, with some assistance from the Music Theater Workshop and the University of Chicago Hospitals, present an original musical production, "I'm Not Jokin' If You're Smokin'," designed to persuade students and their parents not to smoke.
January 23, 2002
Structure of anthrax toxin offers clues to treatment
Researchers describe the 3-D structure of edema factor, one of the three toxins that make anthrax so deadly.
January 20, 2002
Researchers discover first scientific evidence for inherited preferences
In the first study to demonstrate that people can inherit preferences, Chicago researchers show that women prefer the scent of some men over other men because of genes they have inherited from their fathers.
January 16, 2002
Janet Rowley of University of Chicago selected for President Bush's Bioethics Council
Janet Rowley, MD, has been selected as one of 17 members of President Bush's Council on Bioethics, formed to advise the President on issues of scientific and ethical policy.
January 14, 2002
Senator Barack Obama to speak at University of Chicago Hospitals celebration of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Hospitals will celebrate Dr. King's birthday with the announcement of the winner of the 26th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award at its ceremony to be held from 12 to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The keynote speaker this year will be State Senator Barack Obama.
January 13, 2002
Antibiotic prescription patterns violate guidelines, increase costs
Despite guidelines that have been in place for nearly a decade, only 24 percent of the antibiotics prescribed for women's urinary tract infections are the recommended drug, down from 48 percent 10 years earlier.
January 3, 2002
Discovery overturns long-held genetic belief
A classic belief found in genetics and evolution textbooks since the 1930s has been overturned. Contrary to expectations, the tiny fourth chromosome of the fruit fly, believed to be identical in every member of the species, actually has several regions that vary.


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SEATTLE (AP) — A pilot driver escorting an oversize load that triggered an Interstate 5 bridge collapse north of Seattle told investigators that the clearance pole mounted on her car never hit the structure.
But in documents released by federal investigators Wednesday, one witness reported seeing the pole strike the Skagit River bridge several times, indicating there may not have been proper clearance for the oversize load.
The National Transportation Safety Board will have to sort through the conflicting accounts as it determines what likely caused the May 23, 2013, bridge collapse. The agency, expected to release its final report this summer, made public more than 2,000 pages of documents, including interviews, cellphone logs, and incident reports.
A section of the span fell into the water after a truck carrying a tall load hit the bridge in Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of Seattle. Two other vehicles fell into the river, and three people were rescued with minor injuries.
William Scott, who was driving the truck with the tall load, told investigators that a freight truck "came up very fast on the left" and "squeezed me as we were coming to the bridge." He told investigators that he moved his vehicle to the right side of the bridge.
The right side had a lower vertical clearance than the center lane of the bridge, the NTSB said.
As they approached the bridge, Scott said there was "a horrendous boom," and "it was violent in the cab."
Scott told investigators that the pilot car driver was in the right lane when she entered the bridge. He says "the pole went through," and that she didn't say anything about the pole hitting the bridge. The two drivers could communicate via radio.
At the time of the bridge collapse, the vertical clearance was 18 feet above the center lanes, but it tapered down to 15 feet, 5 inches at the fog lines on the right side of the roadway. The lowest portion measured over the shoulder of the roadway was 14 feet, 8 inches, according to the NTSB.
Scott said he thought his load was 15 feet, 9 inches. A Washington State Patrol report notes that the right front of the load was later measured at about 15 feet, 11 inches. The top of the load, a blue casing shed, collided with the far right side of the overhead truss structure.
The trusses have since been reconfigured by state transportation officials, giving 18 feet of clearance for all traffic lanes.
According to the NTSB, the driver of the pilot vehicle, Tammy Detray, said the clearance pole mounted on the front of her vehicle was set at 16 feet, 2 inches. A state trooper measured it at 16 feet.
According to notes from an interview with Detray, she said the pole on her vehicle did not strike the bridge, and that "a cloud of dust was the first indication she had that something was wrong."
"She was watching the accident truck cross the bridge in her rear-view and side mirrors and saw dust and the bridge collapse," the notes of the interview read.
She also told investigators that she was using her cellphone on a hands-free device at the time of the accident and was talking to her husband about a route she would be taking the next day, according to a summary report.
Detray and Scott both said the pole didn't strike the bridge, but the driver of a Ford Ranger, Dale Odgen, who was passing both vehicles, told investigators that as he was looking at the pilot car, he "saw the pole strike 4 or 5 of the bridge elements.
"The Ford Ranger driver looked in his mirror and saw the load strike the bridge," the report read.
A message left at a number believed to be Detray's was not returned, and a woman who identified herself as Detray's daughter at another number said that her mother was not interested in talking.
Scott cleared the bridge and stopped on the right shoulder, not realizing that the bridge had collapsed until he was told by another driver who had also pulled over, according to the documents.
The 59-year-old bridge carries an average of 71,000 vehicles a day over the Skagit River on I-5, Washington's major north-south roadway between Oregon and Canada. Workers installed an emergency span and then replaced it with a permanent one in September.
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today issued the following statement on the announcement that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) will not seek re-election in 2014:
"It is with regret that I learned this morning that Spencer Bachus, our Chairman Emeritus, announced he will not run for re-election. Spencer is a true original. Spencer has always been a tough fighter for the causes and principles he believes in. But no matter how heated the debate gets, Spencer remains a gentleman and respectful of all, something that we don't find often enough in Washington – just a truly nice person.
"His achievements during 11 terms are notable and many. As ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, Spencer provided outstanding leadership during the debate on the Dodd-Frank Act and fought against its job-killing overregulation. As chairman of the committee, his work to pass the bipartisan JOBS Act was essential. Other important accomplishments include his authorship of strong identity theft protections in the FACT Act; legislation that modernized the check clearing process; and a law that helps protect Americans from illegal offshore online gambling.
"It has been my great privilege to work with Spencer over the past decade on the Financial Services Committee. He is my friend and he has led the committee well. I look forward to continuing our work together as he concludes his service in the House over the next year, and we will miss him when he departs."
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Star Citizen adds cockpit decoration stretch goal
You'll be spending a lot of time looking at your cockpit in Star Citizen, so why not kit it out with a bobble head, family photograph or hula girl?
With a new cockpit decoration stretch goal, Roberts Space Industries has promised to add all of these and more – it's taking suggestions – should its primary funding platform reach $3.5 million. After that, every $100,000 up to $4 million will unlock a new star system.
Meanwhile, the Kickstarter campaign has accumulated over $1.1 million, bringing the combined total to over $4.1 million.
The space sim from the creator of Wing Commander has seven days left to crowd fund; it will also be backed by traditional investment. It's expected in late 2014.
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"So You Think You Can Dance" is BACK, and in the three weeks since the last show I've forgotten who everybody is, which ones I like and dislike, and maybe even what dance is.
The whole show tonight will be the work of just one choreographer -- the Emmy-winning Mia Michaels. So, if you've watched this show as long as I have, all of tonight's numbers will be reruns of a sort.
Cat also informs us that they're cutting four dancers tonight to get us to a Top 10. It'll be a bottom six based on votes cast three weeks ago, so I hope you can remember who you wanted to go home that night.
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Skip to comments.Scientists Claim That Quantum Theory Proves Consciousness Moves To Another Universe At Death
Posted on 01/17/2014 7:43:11 PM PST by DaveMSmith
A book titled Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe has stirred up the Internet, because it contained a notion that life does not end when the body dies, and it can last forever. The author of this publication, scientist Dr. Robert Lanza who was voted the 3rd most important scientist alive by the NY Times, has no doubts that this is possible.
The theory implies that death of consciousness simply does not exist. It only exists as a thought because people identify themselves with their body. They believe that the body is going to perish, sooner or later, thinking their consciousness will disappear too. If the body generates consciousness, then consciousness dies when the body dies. But if the body receives consciousness in the same way that a cable box receives satellite signals, then of course consciousness does not end at the death of the physical vehicle. In fact, consciousness exists outside of constraints of time and space. It is able to be anywhere: in the human body and outside of it. In other words, it is non-local in the same sense that quantum objects are non-local.
He adds: If theyre not revived, and the patient dies, its possible that this quantum information can exist outside the body, perhaps indefinitely, as a soul.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com ...
So Scientology is RIGHT! I KNEW IT
Science doesn't explain consciousness. Quantum mechanics is the only science that even touches it. Nothing exists without a conscious observer. Existence of the universe would require a conscious entity to bring it into existence.
Well I'm not going to believe it until Bill O'Reilly writes a book about it!
Well I'm not going to believe it until Bill O'Reilly writes a book about it!
I'm gone.
by Lothar Schäfer
That the basis of the material world is non-material is a transcription of the fact that the properties of things are determined by quantum waves, - probability amplitudes which carry numerical relations, but are devoid of mass and energy. As a consequence of the wave-like aspects of reality, atoms do not have any shape - a solid outline in space - but the things do, which they form; and the constituents of matter, the elementary particles, are not in the same sense real as the real things that they constitute.
Rather, left to themselves they exist in a world of possibilities, between the idea of a thing and a real thing, as Heisenberg wrote, in superpositions of quantum states, in which a definite place in space, for example, is not an intrinsic attribute. That is, when such a particle is not observed it is, in particular, nowhere.
In the quantum phenomena we have discovered that reality is different than we thought. Visible order and permanence are based on chaos and transitory entities. Mental principles - numerical relations, mathematical forms, principles of symmetry - are the foundations of order in the universe, whose mind-like properties are further established by the fact that changes in information can act, without any direct physical intervention, as causal agents in observable changes in quantum states. Prior to the discovery of these phenomena information-driven reactions were a prerogative of mind. The universe, Eddington wrote, is of the nature of a thought. The stuff of the world is mind-stuff.
Mind-stuff, in a part of reality behind the mechanistic foreground of the world of space-time energy sensibility, as Sherrington called it, is not restricted to Einstein locality. The existence of non-local physical effects - faster than light phenomena - has now been well established by quantum coherence-type experiments like those related to Bells Theorem. If the universe is non-local, something that happens at this moment in its depths may have an instantaneous effect a long distance away, for example right here and right now. By every molecule in our body we are tuned to the mind-stuff of the universe.
In this way the quantum phenomena have forced the opening of a universe that Newtons mechanism once blinded and closed. Unintended by its creator, Newtons mechanics defined a machine, without any life or room for human values, the Parmenidian One, forever unchanging and predictable, eternal matter ruled by eternal laws, as Sheldrake wrote. In contrast, the quantum phenomena have revealed that the world of mechanism is just the cortex of a deeper and wider, transcendent, reality. The future of the universe is open, because it is unpredictable. Its present is open, because it is subject to non-local influences that are beyond our control. Cracks have formed in the solidity of the material world from which emanations of a different type of reality seep in. In the diffraction experiments of material particles, a window has opened to the world of Platonic ideas.
That the universe should be mind-like and not communicate with the human mind - the one organ to which it is akin - is not very likely. In fact, one of the most fascinating faculties of the human mind is its ability to be inspired by unknown sources - as though it were sensitive to signals of a mysterious origin. It is at this point that the pieces of the puzzle fall into place. Ever since the discovery of Humes paradox - the principles that we use to establish scientific knowledge cannot establish themselves - science has had an illegitimate basis. Hume was right: in every external event we observe conjunction, but infer connection. Thus, causality is not a principle of nature but a habit of the human mind. At the same time, Hume was not right in postulating that there is no single experience of causality. Because, when the self-conscious mind itself is directly involved in a causal link, for example when its associated body takes part in a collision, or when the mind by its own free will is the cause of some action, then there is a direct experience of, and no doubt that, causal connections exist. When this modification of the paradox is coupled with the quantum base, a large number of pressing problems find their delightful solutions.
Like the nature of reality, the nature of knowledge is counter-intuitive, and not at all like the automatic confidence that we have in sensations of this phenomenon. The basis of knowledge is threefold. The premises are experience of reality, employment of reason, and reliance on certain non-rational, non-empirical principles, such as the Assumptions of identity, factuality, permanence, Causality, and induction. Where do these principles come from? Neither from an experience of external phenomena, nor from a process of reasoning, but from a system program of the self-conscious mind. By being an extension of the mind-like background of nature and partaking of its order, mind gives the epistemic principles - those used in deriving knowledge - certainty. Since they are not anchored in the world of space-time and mass-energy but are valid nevertheless, they seem to derive from a higher order and transcendent part of physical reality. They are, it can be assumed, messengers of the mind-like order of reality.
In the same way, moral principles. Traditional societies based their social order on myths and religious explanations. By assuming a purpose in the world, they told people why things are the way they are, and why they should act the way they were supposed to act. In the animist ontogenies values and knowledge derived from a single source, and life had meaning in an animist covenant as Monod called it. By destroying the ontological base of the animist explanations, - their astronomy, physics, and chemistry, - science also destroyed the foundations of their values.
In this process Monod saw the origin of the contemporary sickness in culture, das Unbehagen in der Kultur: on the one hand science is the basis for our power and survival; on the other, it has broken the animist covenant, rendered life meaningless in the process, and disconnected the world of values from the world of facts.
The sickness of spirit and the concomitant erosion of moral standards are the great danger for the future of mankind, already apparent in the public adoration of violence and debased behavior. At its roots is the unsolved question, on whose authority are the moral principles to be based now that the authority of the animist myths has been found lacking?
For those who are willing to listen, the answer is: on the authority of mind. In the same way that the self-conscious mind grants certainty to the epistemic principles, it invests authority in the moral principles. Like the former, the moral principles are non-empirical and non-rational, - not derived by a process of logic nor verified by experience - messengers from a higher reality beyond the front of mass-energy sensibility.
Epistemic principles give us a sense of what is true and false; moral principles, of what is right and wrong. The former establish the certainty of identity, permanence, factuality, causality; the latter, of responsibility, morality, honesty. By the same process that allows us to accept, without possible verification, the epistemic principles, we can also accept the authority of the moral principles. Violation of any one of them will put us in contrast to the nature of reality. If the nature of the universe is mind-like, it must be assumed to have a spiritual order as well as a physical order. As the epistemic principles are expressions of physical order, the ethical principles are expressions of the spiritual order of physical reality. By being an extension of the transcendent part of the nature and partaking of its order, mind establishes the authority of the ethical principles.
The challenge of reality and the ability to explore it are wonderful gifts to mankind. Understanding reality requires refinement of thought. That is, it has to do with culture. It requires an effort, is not afforded by automatic, intuitive reflex. Making sense of the world takes the response to a challenge, not the complacency of common sense. It is one and the same as striving for the moral life. An important part of it is the need to become aware of the specific character of human nature, to recognize the human mystery as Eccles called it: the mystery of how mind and body interact, how self-conscious human beings with values emerged in an evolutionary process supposedly based on blind chance and brutality. The evidence is growing that there is more to human nature than the laws of physics or chemistry, more to the process of evolution than blind chance and brutality; that evolution is more than, as Monod wrote, a giant lottery, and human beings live at the boundary of an alien world that is deaf to our music and indifferent to our hopes and suffering and crimes.
The barbaric view of reality is mechanistic. It is the easy view of classical science and of common sense. In epistemology mechanism is naive realism, the view that all knowledge is based on unquestionable facts, on apodictically verified truths. In physics mechanism is the view that the universe is clockwork, closed, and entirely predictable on the basis of unchanging laws. In biology, mechanism is the view that all aspects of life, its evolution, our feelings and values, are ultimately explicable in terms of the laws of physics and chemistry. In our legal system, mechanism is the view that the assumption of precise procedural technicalities constitutes perfect justice. In our political system, mechanism is the view that the assertion of finely formulated personal rights constitutes the ideal democracy. In our public administration, it is the view that responsible service manifests itself by the enforcement of finely split bureaucratic regulations. All of these attitudes are the attitudes of barbarians.
The quantum phenomena have taught us that, without naive realism, knowledge is possible. They have taught us that, without naive animism an ethic of knowledge, as Monod has called it, and a life with values are possible. Principles exist which are valid even though they cannot be verified. The discovery of the quantum phenomena has established a new covenant - between the human mind and the mind-like background of the universe - one that provides a home again to the homeless and meaning to the meaningless life. Whether or not the human mind is separate of the brain, as Sherrington and Eccles thought, I do not know. But I do not doubt that it is human only in some parts, and in others shares in the mind-like background of the universe. It is now possible to believe that the mind is the realization of universal potentia, a manifestation of the essence of the universe. Therefore, the only good life is in harmony with the nature of reality.
How about when we sleep or are under anesthesia?
I had considered that our bodies and life timeline are really the intersection of our mufti-dimensional selves with a 4 dimensional perceivable universe. If the universe is 22 dimensions or whatever, and we are only able to perceive 4, then our existence could very well extend beyond the 4 perceivable dimensions...
Thus, in the same way in which dead atoms can form living organisms and stupid molecules can form intelligent brains, the metaphysical can engender the physical.
Without the employment of advanced mathematics, the book uses the phenomena of Quantum Reality to provide a clear and generally understandable description of the concepts of Quantum Mechanics and its consequences for our views of human nature."
Lothar Schäfer is the Edgar Wertheim Distinguished Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He received his Ph.D. (in Chemistry) from the University of Munich in 1965, and is the recipient of numerous awards for his scientific work. His current research interests include topics in Applied Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Structural Studies by Electron Diffraction.
In a review of Schäfers book, Professor Quentin Smith, Department of Philosophy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, writes:
Schäfers book is an integrative approach to Modern Science and Religion that aims to show how some traditional religious and philosophical notions can be understood or redefined in terms of modern science. The scientific explanations are reliable and the scientific interpretations of religious ideas are interesting and should be taken seriously and respectfully by even the most sober-minded adherents of the scientific world-view. Rather than science being opposed or subordinated to religion, religious views are refashioned in terms of currently accepted scientific theories. Most of the arguments of the book are based on conclusions drawn from the phenomena of quantum reality and it is one of the clearest introductory explanations of quantum mechanics on the market. Schäfers book is written in a lively and accessible style that will appeal to the general reader. I really enjoyed reading this book...."
There are many many instances of Near Death Experiences that confirm observation of the spiritual world.
I suspect that there are a lot of closeted Christians or at least believers in a higher power among astrophysicists. People who spend that much time thinking that deeply about the nature of the universe must reach a point where they run out of conclusions.
I know that for me, my love and interest in science only deepens my faith.
The open atheists among them like Steven Hawking tend to be angry and I think its because they're frustrated that they can't disprove God but can't accept God either.
That's only one school of quantum mechanics [Copenhagen Interpretation.] There are others.
LOL You had to ruin the fantasy, didn't you?
Sounds like ye old belief in reincarnation espoused by many eastern religions.
Ping. Looks like modern man is starting to discover what the Buddha knew 2600 years ago.
Perhaps they need to read some yogacharin abhidharma to completely catch up.
To move on in this life we have to answer the existential question "Are we a transcendent being on not"
Do any of them explain consciousness?
What is it which dreams? What is it which says"I" am going to do x? The soul needs a living body with which to function fully. It does not need it to exist.
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