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NEW YORK (AP) — Hard to believe now, but Bobby Cannavale at one point felt invisible in the casting room.
Before the Tony Award nominee became known for his stage work and roles on "Nurse Jackie" and "Boardwalk Empire," Cannavale was a reader for the Roundabout Theatre Company in the late 1990s — a low-level guy who runs lines opposite actors auditioning for roles.
The dream, of course, is that the director will be bewitched by the person reading and hand him the role. But while Cannavale was earning a steady paycheck and learning how the business worked, that wasn't happening.
"I would be the reader for the understudies," says the 42-year-old Cannavale backstage at the American Airlines Theatre. "I couldn't even get an audition to understudy."
When Frank Langella was directing and starring in a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in 1997, Cannavale was putting his heart and soul into showing Langella that he had the goods. "I remember thinking, 'Oh, man. Why doesn't he let me be Christian?'" Cannavale recalls.
Maybe it was because Cannavale was reading Roxane's part.
"OK, I had no shot at that one," Cannavale confesses with a laugh.
Cannavale also twice struck out at impressing director Michael Mayer when he was a reader for "Side Man" — "That one I really thought I was going to get," he says with a sigh — and then "A View From the Bridge," where he longed to play Marco.
"I remember being like, 'C'mon. The guy's Italian. I'm Italian. Anything going on here?'" Cannavale says. "But I was like invisible to those guys at that point."
He's definitely not anymore.
Cannavale's work ethic and lightning-quick ability to access raw emotion has steadily gotten him noticed, from understudy roles to sharing a Broadway stage with Al Pacino.
These days, he's starring in a revival of Clifford Odets' "The Big Knife" for the very company that gave him his first job as a reader — the Roundabout Theatre Company.
"He sure as hell didn't have to audition," says Todd Haimes, artistic director of the Roundabout. "It's great. The universe doesn't always work that way but it's notable when it does."
In a strange twist, Cannavale was first exposed to the play while reading lines opposite Richard Kind, who was auditioning for director Joanne Woodward in her Fifth Avenue apartment. (He remembers being given lemonade.)
Sixteen years later, Cannavale is starring in the same play and opposite Kind, who is reprising his old role. "It's all funny how it connects," says Cannavale.
In the play, Cannavale portrays Hollywood's biggest star, a leading-man type whose marriage is on the rocks and who is being asked to compromise what little is left of his artistic integrity by signing a long-term studio deal. Oh, and he's also being blackmailed.
Cannavale has long been a fan of Odets, whose other plays include "Waiting for Lefty" and "Golden Boy." As a young actor, Cannavale cherished a volume of six collected plays by the playwright.
"I was a fan of that idealistic writing, that struggle between holding onto your ideals in a culture where that wasn't necessarily encouraged, particularly in a country where commerce took precedence," he says. "I was just very attracted to that as a young person. I very much saw myself as an artist. It was the only thing I knew I wanted to do."
Raised in Union City, N.J., Cannavale's days as a reader ended thanks to the "Spice Girls" movie. In 1998, the actor and director Bill Irwin asked the young man to understudy the role of Carlos in the off-Broadway revival of "A Flea in Her Ear."
A few weeks after it opened, the actor playing Carlos, Mark McKinney, left to film "Spice World" and Cannavale took over the role. "It was a huge breakthrough for me, both creatively and in the business. People saw me and casting directors came and saw me," says Cannavale.
One person who saw him was John Wells, the producer of such TV shows as "ER" and "The West Wing." Cannavale soon landed a part on Wells' short-lived "Trinity," but bounced back to get a spot on his "Third Watch."
Two other people who saw Cannavale in "A Flea in Her Ear" were director Christopher Ashley and playwright Paul Rudnick, who cast Cannavale in "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
From there, a collaboration with playwright Lanford Wilson and membership in the now-defunct Circle Repertory Company led to steady work for Cannavale and an ever-increasing profile.
He made his Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius" in 2007, earning a Tony nomination, and got a second nomination playing a recovering addict opposite Chris Rock in the 2011 play "The Motherf---- With the Hat." He was also in this season's revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross."
He has his biggest movie role so far in Woody Allen's latest film, "Blue Jasmine," which opens this summer. How did he snag such a plumb part? Allen saw him in "The Motherf---- With the Hat," of course. It's also why he got the part in "Boardwalk Empire."
"See how it all connects?" the actor says, smiling.
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TORONTO — The NHL and the players' association quietly resumed collective bargaining talks Friday and expect to be in contact again in the upcoming days.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly met with union head Donald Fehr and special counsel Steve Fehr in the NHLPA office on the 20th day of the NHL lockout.
"We met with the Union today in Toronto," Daly told The Associated Press in an email. "We are supposed to touch base over the weekend. Nothing more to report right now."
NHLPA spokesman Jonathan Weatherdon said any discussions this weekend won't be in person.
The meeting on Friday marked the first negotiating session since talks broke off Tuesday in New York, where the sides had met four times in five days to discuss issues other than core economics.
No specifics were given about Friday's negotiations.
"Just general discussion of where we are and how to move the process forward," Daly said.
The sides hadn't been expected to get together before next week, and the meeting didn't become public until it was over. It took place one day after the NHL canceled the first two weeks of the regular season, wiping out 82 games from Oct. 11-24.

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Casefile Clues Assessment
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Casefile Clues is Michael John Neill's weekly how-to genealogy column. Casefile Clues is not copied and pasted text from other articles or press-releases. Rather, it is fresh material drawn from Michael's own research experiences in nearly twenty states and seven foreign countries. Casefile Clues discusses the thought process of how to analyze and interpret documents; how to problem-solve; and how to decide "where to go next." Michael has been actively involved in genealogy research since the mid-1980s.
What is a case study? George C. Morgan writes in his article, Study a Case Study, "Genealogical case studies can be fascinating, educational glimpses into other researchers' perspectives. You gain the experience of the writer and can apply it to your own research." Some of you may be thinking that you have your plate full with your research. Can subscribing to Casefile Clues help you in your genealogical endeavors? I decided to seek this answer out for myself. I had some experience in doing case studies by participating in a genealogy study group; we read a monthly case study and met monthly as a group to review and discuss the case studies merit. I wondered how Casefile Clues would compare in terms of readability, knowledge and value.
I read and studied Casefile Clue, Volume 1, Number 2 named Framing a Passport Application. It quickly got my attention as my husband's side is from Sicily and immigrated to the United States. While I had occasionally glanced at the passport applications, I had not given them serious reflection. He wrote about discovering a passport for the brother of his wife's great-grandfather. While there were few records on the grandfather, what he learned with the information taken from the passport gave him insight into this side of the family. He learned places, dates, physical description, and employment for this brother which led him to clues for his wife's side of the family. While every passport is not the same, depending on the time period and the place, valuable information can be learned if passport applications are studied as part of our research plan.
I decided to give what I learned a try. I went to Ancestry.com to do a quick search on the U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 site. I entered Termini, where my husband's side is from in Sicily and Memphis, where most of this family came to live. There was a Salvatore Mascari listed who was the grandfather of my husband's second cousin's wife. We live in the same city of this cousin and I have actively done his genealogy for him. I had very little on his wife's line and had set her family research aside for the last couple years. Now, prompted by Michael John Neill's Casefile Clue's Case Study, in less than 15 minutes this is what I learned form a simple passport lookup.
Salvatore Mascari was born September 15, 1858 in Termini, Sicily. He was 5 foot, 10 ½ inches with dark brown eyes. He had a large nose, black hair, long face with an olive complexion. The passport gave the name of the ship, although a little fuzzy to read, along with his naturalization date of March 15, 1905. His witness was R. F. Arata of Memphis (someone I need to do some research on to see if a relation) and it was signed with Salvatore's signature and his address. While this particular passport did not have a photo, I came across many that did. To my husband's side of the family, to learn this of her grandfather was a goldmine.
Learning this information, based on just reading one Casefile Clues, was definitely worth the price I paid! But, I still have many more Casefile Clues to study and I am looking forward to the new ones I will receive. The subscription is only $15 that can be done quarterly or annually.
In conclusion, here is Michael John Neill in his own words: "For over the past ten years, I have written over 600 weekly genealogy columns, first for Ancestry.com and then for Dick Eastman. My new columns are now distributed through "Casefile Clues." Additionally I have lectured at local, regional, and national genealogical society seminars and workshops and have presented numerous hands-on computer genealogy classes as well. I was formerly on the board of directors of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and have served on FGS conference committees in a variety of functions. I have a master's degree in mathematics and have been on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, since the early 1980s. I have done additional graduate work in education.
My writing style is not overly formal, but focuses on sound methodology, practice, and readability. I write about problems and families I am working on, or interesting records I have discovered in my own research–with the intent of showing how the record could be used, what it means, and why it was created. Every family I write about is one I am researching and every record is one I have actually used."
Tina Sansone, Bellaonline's Genealogy Editor is a subscriber to Casefile Clues and recommends taking advantage of this great subscription. I look forward to hearing comments about your success story as a result of Michael John Neill's case studies. I was not compensated for this review; it was written based on my reading and applying the lessons I learned.
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I was standing along side a beard groomer's cart at the eastern gate of the city shopping for a beard lizard. I had recently had a bad case of chin chiggers and in my zeal to be free of the pruritus I bought a score of beard spider eggs. I even had the eggs blessed by a priest. The chin chigger problem had been resolved though the beardspiders had gotten out of hand. I woke every morning covered in webs, every time I sneezed I ejected a couple of beardspider corpses encased in my mucus. They were no doubt starving the little fools, cause they were fleeing my beard like rust monsters from a played out mine. Every time my beard brushed a surface I deposited at least one beard spider and if there was a strong wind scores of beard spiders would glide from my beard on streamers of their own webs. The other constables mocked me and I been refused entrance to two taverns. I didn't want to get rid of the beard spider population all together, that is how the chin chiggers got out of hand, but I need to scale back the population. The introduction of a predatory beard lizard would strike a balance between the spiders and the parasites. I was trying to decide on the correct color of beard lizard for my auburn mane, when the merchant standing in front me immediately recoiled. My immediate assumption was that beard spiders were streaming from my beard again, and looked to my beard. The next thing I experienced was being roughly lifted off the ground and hurled into and through a stack of ceramic jars of beard spiders. I turned quickly to see Ustanely, the missing camel herder, wearing a bloody and tattered tunic with a quarter meter long obsidian shard sticking out of his neck. I was slower to respond than I would have liked, and zombie Ustanely had time to lift a coaloil lantern from the front the wagon and hurl it at me. I thought for a second that my lease was cancelled and I would go up in the flames: me and a thousand of beard spiders. The reservoir of the clay fired lantern shattered on my head and coaloil spilled into my eyes and nose. But blessed be me: the lantern was blown out by the force of throw. I looked up just in time to see two other constables tackle Ustanely and force him to the ground. With Ustanely shackled we led the hissing snapping undead beast into a holding cells in our central dungeon.-Excerpt "Beard of Darkness A Guild Wars Tale"
Behavior: The beard-spider is one of several domesticated arthropods maintained by advanced dwarven cultures. The beard-spiders are derived from the common cold forge spider endemic to most higher elevations. Close to a thousand years of selection and inbreeding has produced an extremely homogenous population of spiders with a limited behavior set and a very predictable life-cycle. A beard-spider's activity is regulated by stimuli and temperature. Typically in warm dark conditions the spider is more mobile and aggressive. Bright or cold conditions will normally force a beard spider to withdraw or stay immobile. However the popular beard-spider breeds also have specific behavior linked to food intake. While most species of spider behave either as wolf spiders or web spiders, the beard-spider can behave as either. During times of regular food intake the beardspider does not spin webs, and maintains the normal light averse and thermophilic behaviors. When food intake becomes irregular, the behavior of the domesticate beard-spiders changes to web spinning and migratory behaviors.
Diet: Beard-spiders prey on small insects and arthropods found in the beards of dwarves. The beard-spider hunts primarly by running down its prey; stalking its query by following vibrations along the beard hairs. When food is scarce the beard spider will spin a pocket web to catch insects that either try move through the beard or fly into the beard. Unlike their wild-type cousins beard-spiders will not eat other beard-spiders, this facilitates commercial colony breeding. Like all spiders the beard-spider employ a system of external digestion. The beard-spider will inject its prey with a potent neurotoxin, and then inject the stunned insect with a slurry of digestive proteins that dissolve and digest the internal structure of the prey. The spider then drinks this digested material.
Appearance: Beard-spiders ranch in size from 5 to 100 millimeters long. They are white and covered in short hairs and have two tight clusters of red eyes that appear as two red spots on the head to the naked eye. The beard spider mandibles are small as it was bred to look less menacing and beard friendly. Both male and female beard spider have rounded abdominal sections. The wild-type parent of the beard spider, the cold forge spider, looks much the same save three important details. The cold forge spider has considerable longer mandibles, the male cold forge spider has a diamond shaped abdomen as opposed to a round abdomen and the female spider has hammer shaped marking on the dorsal side of her abdomen.
Breeding: Domesticated beard-spiders breed all year round and can be bred in large colonies. The colonies are easy to maintain, a dark five liter ceramic jar filled with fruit flies is sufficent to breed as many a as five thousand beard spider. The beard-spiders are occasionally harvest from these jars, but more often the eggs are harvested and sold. The beard spider's eggs appear as a blue bubblely film that is sticky but relatively stable. One hundred micro-liters of beard-spider foam carries at least 50 beard spider eggs. Gestation at ambient temperatures is roughly 20 days, but by keeping the foam just above freezing the breeder can extend this gestation to us much 6-months with a loss of only 50-60% of the viable eggs.
Predators: The beard-spider's common predator is any member of the viviparous lizard family. The viviparous lizard family are domesticated lizards that range in size to five to ten centimeters in length.
Economic Value: Beard-spider egg sacks are a ubiquitous commodity. For a few coins the church will prepare blessed beard spiders to deal with undead vermin. A correctly size beard will require no less than forty beard-spiders. The neurotoxin produced by the beard spider will effect mammals and dwarves as well. There has never been a death related to a beard spider bite for two reasons. Beard spider bites are very rare and occur only when the flesh of a dwarf is some how forced into the mouth of spider. Or course with a thousand years of cohabitation, this has happened. The dose of neurotoxin is very small and the mandibles generally not capable of breaking the skin. The bit will be noticed 20-30 hours later when a small blister forms at the site, and though there is immediate numbness at the site. The toxin can be isolated form the spiders and doses of around one milligram per fifty-kilograms of body weight injected into the blood or muscle tissue will cause a permanent paralysis that often results in suffocation. Smaller doses can cause seizures, and partial paralysis. The action of toxin is almost immediate. The poison is very pH sensitive and oral administration is ineffectual. The isolation of the poison is difficult. The beard-spider almost completely voids its poison sack during a meal, thus the beard-spiders must be starved for at least 12 hours to allow for efficient poison isolation. The other problem is the digestive enzymes the spiders produce. When homogenizing the spiders corpse the two compounds will mix the and the digestive enzymes will degrade the poison. Thus isolations needs to be carried in pH buffer alcohol solutions that are kept below zero degrees. The low temperature slows the degradation of the poisons by the enzymes. The other option would be to dissect out the poison sacks from the spiders prior to isolation, but seriously trying to get 1mg of poison by dissecting out the poison sacks of 50mm spiders, you would have to a lot of time on your hands and very good eyes. Once the spiders are homogenized the poison, which is a a lipid, can be isolate by a gradient. The yield of poison by weight from beard-spider is 0.05% of the starting mass. This may seem low, but the spiders are bred in mass. Thus it would not be unexpected to find spider breeder looking for a different use of their unsold wares.
As the dwarven warlord and philopsher Thur Conan Dwoyle said "When ever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains however imporpable could likely be explained by an elf." This seemed to apply directly to my current situation, though I am certain this was not what Dwoyle meant. I am also completely sure Dwoyle would not have approved of my alliance with this spritely mage Barb Ahra or his human companions, but more than half my city was aflame and most of my population was possessed by this zombie plague. According to Barb Ahra the Necromantic Lord Mourngrym had transferred his soul into a common flea to avoid destruction, and that somehow that flea had found its way to Brewkettle. The Mourngrym flea has since spawned a whole race of undead beard fleas. Worst of all the bite from these Mourngrym spawned fleas caused the victim to come under the control of a Necromantic curse, that perverted them into some sort of half dead zombie that was under Mourngrym's direct control. I had been immune to this affliction because I carried this abnormally large population of blessed beard spiders.
I am not sure if their plan was brilliant or foolishly desperate, but Ahra and Slipnot determined that the Ustanley zombie was Mourngrym's current base of operations. Any attack we made on him had to be made secretly, if he saw us coming he could abandon the zombie beard and a single flea would be too hard to track even with all this magic. Or worse, he could call down the whole horde of dwarven zombie upon us. Slipnot believed that once Mourngrym was defeated the curse would be lifted and that my brothers and sisters would return to normal. Thus, we did not want to move through the city in a fashion that might force a conflict.
Father Slipnot decided that our best chance would be have Ahra transmute us into Beardspiders. Ahra and Slipnot could still call upon their supernatural power, Ash could still use his runes, only I would be without any distinct advantage over a typical beard-spider because I lacked any mystical attributes. But they needed me to travel with them, I knew the city and I knew were Ustanely could be found. Thus I submitted myself to elven magic and allowed my noble dwarven form to perverted into that of a small spider. On the upside, following the transmutation, all the beardspiders would be gone from my beard. -Excerpt from "Beard of Darkness: A Guildwars Tale"
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Leave me alone on my web tangent. I was hoping they were going to be the spiders that braided the beard. There is so much opportunity there. Lots of dwarves braid their beard. Having these spiders make "webs" out of their beard could be such and awesome thing to use!
- Beard braid/web contests.
- Stature could be based on the intricacies of the beard.
- Certain patterns could even determine their rank, job or position in the church.
- Dwarves with the best patter could sell their Beard Spiders for a high premium. However, each one sold would change the overall braid/web.
- Malicious spiders (or a bad batch) could cause all kinds of mayhem. Tie knots, tie beard to bed posts at night. Grapple onto any grass or strings or anything that gets into the beard and just be a general pain in the ass.
- Spilled ale into the beard would intoxicate the spiders. Some would improve, some would cause mayhem. Either way, they would have issues with the ale somehow.
- Embarrassing is the dwarf who can't control his beard spiders and they go up into his hair.
- Even worse is when his Dwarven lover has the same braids in her beard
- Maybe that isn't bad, maybe that is a sign of relationship, the same web/braids
- Hey, that Elf has the same Braids as Dunder the ThunderHammer. What in Hurl's Hammer!?
- Hey, that sheep has the same...
- Ok, enough, getting weird.
Plot Hook: during a bawdy night at the local tavern (while off-duty), the local dwarven constable nods off briefly. He wakes to nothing amiss, other than a mild headache and a slight numb feeling on his chin, presumably from resting his head on the table for too long. He resumes duty, only to go into a coma a day later. The doctors who treated him think the coma was caused by bad alcohol and are ready to dismiss the case, but the constable's deputy is suspicious. In reality, someone took the constable's inebriation as an opportunity to plant a few cold forge spiders in his beard (which are decidedly more toxic). They look enough like beardspiders to the untrained eye, and have blended in with his colony. The constable will remain in a coma until the cold forge spiders are found and exterminated (the aggressive invaders bite him almost every day, keeping his system flooded with toxin).
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Sure, I can get rid of whining too...with a quiet, or no command...but for serious whining...anything? I never realized how annoying it was until Elwood came into my life. The others all whine for things, but not constantly.
When is the dog whining and when does he do it? Until that gets addressed everything else is superfluous.
In this case, it sounds like something that has been inadvertenly reinforced to death by someone else. Also, for some dogs, vocalization is a self-rewarding behavior. I think it goes back to genetics and wild dogs. Coyotes, for example, sing in unison for a number of reasons but it is mainly a social activity that just feels good. Some domesticated dogs are wired to, or in some cases learn to, vocalize to relieve stress or elicit a reaction from their owners as a form of very subtle manipulation. Connor whines in the crate peridodically when we have guests and/or their dogs over and was really getting on my nerves tonight, for example. He abandoned that strategy when he realized it was getting him nowhere and Dad wasn't happy with it.
For a chronic crate whiner, typically, I would introduce an appropriate correction via a long line strung out the door. We are not so much trying to "punish" the vocalization as we are trying to break the cycle of vocalization to create the desired behavior. I've also heard it referred to as a "pattern interrupt" in training circles. Couple the correction with a "quiet" command previously taught through marker training, and (this is crucial) IMMEDIATELY reward the "quiet behavior" with a mark and treat.
I normally don't like to use a correction when the dog doesn't know what is being asked of him but in this case the correction creates the desired behavior that we need to mark. The goal is to place the dog in a very black and white place where vocalizations result in unpleasantness while quiet gets him treats. It is absolutely necessary to prime the dog by marking and treating quiet behaviors away from stress by specifically eliciting vocalization and ignoring everything but its cessation and labeling the "quiet" behavior.
This must be repeated until the dog understands that the crate is a place for him to retreat into for quiet, restful time. Another major part of this is to make sure that his "crate time" is largely enjoyable anway, so he should enter his crate to discover peanut-butter stuffed Kongs, treats, or whatever else floats his boat. What we want to do is teach him that stress is a no-brainer when in the crate; it can be avoided by sleep and relaxation.
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text: I've had somewhat limited internet acess this week, hence I haven't been able to catch up with this new forum right away Anyway, here goes. (sorry no pics yet) Here's some info from my other threads on the different Doctors (The pics sort of took up space last time, so I'll post the descriptions). This can serve as a primer of sorts should you wish to get into the series. Basically, the series revolves around the Doctor, a member of an near-human alien species known as the time lords, who have mastered time and space travel. However, they choose to sit back and observe the universe, only interfering when absolutely necessary. The Doctor however grew sick of time lord society, and rebelled; he stole a time machine or TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in space) and decided to go on adventures throughout all of time and space, fighting injustice and sometimes just trying to enjoy himself. At one point, his time machine's Chameleon circuit-which allows the TARDIS to blend in with it's surroundings-jammed and now it's been stuck in the shape of a Police box-on the outside at least. Inside the TARDIS is a massive spaceship with near-infinite rooms and corridors, although the 'bridge' of the TARDIS is the console room, which houses the ship's main controls, enterance and viewscreen. The Doctor is frequently accompanied by companions, who are usually humans, although there have been other aliens and robots among the 'crew'. He has a big sense of humor, although what type of humor changes with the incarnation. Time Lords have the ability to 'regenerate' when near death, changing into a new body. Although the mind and memories of the Doctor remain the same, there are often radical changes in his personality and methods. After his regeneration the Doctor also often experiences temporary amnesia and psychosis-this is mostly due to the Doctor's regeneration's being more traumatic than most other time lords (Who pretty much just die when they get old). Part of Who's appeal is it's flexibility; the show has reinvented itself many times. It started as a semi-educational show(Early Hartnell), became a sort of time/space travel adventure show with monsters(Late Hartnell, Troughton era), then a kind of alien James Bond(Pertwee era), gothic horror(Early Tom Baker), than sci-fi comedy(Later Baker), than hard sci-fi(Tom Baker's last season, some of Peter Davison's stuff) celebrating the show's own history(Some of Davison's and most of Colin Baker)Pantomime(Early McCoy era) and finally a return to Gothic horror(Final season). The new series mixes some Soap Opera elements with a general action/horror/sci-fi feel... The show's main weakness, at least in the first series(1963-1989) was it's low budget; The show rarely exceeded the effects and set standard of most other 60's sci-fi series, although at times the production team have been able to exceed their limitations. I could list a lot more about the series, including a general outline of all the actors who have played the Doctor (On TV at least) as well as the Doctor's companions, series villains etc, if you want me to. As for a show being accessible, the show did rely too much on continuity in the 80s but the new series was designed to be highly acessible to new viewers. Continuity references to the old show are kept to a minimum and everything's pretty much explained. There's only two recurring bad guys from the old series at this point-The Autons who are basically animated plastic (and posess store dummies) who appear in the pilot episode, "Rose"; and the Doctor's classic villains the Daleks, Octopus-like creatures that are encased in war machines. Here's a general rundown of the Doc's incarnations. There are some spoilers ahead. I've included some qoutes, as well The First Doctor (William Hartnell) 1963-1966 "One day, I shall come back; yes, I shall come back. Until then there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine." When we first meet the Doctor, he's an apparent exile from some strange civilization. He appears somewhat sinister at first, but then sort of adopts a kind-if stern-attitude. He also had a mischevious sense of humor. In his youngest incarnation, the Doctor fought the Daleks and Cybermen for the first time and crossed paths with the Aztecs, Marco Polo, King Richard and other historical figures. His era ended when Hartnell had declining health problems, and so the concept of regeneration was brought into the show. Collapsing after a battle with the Cybermen, Hartnell regenerated into: "There are some corners of the universe that have bred the most terrible things. Things which act against everything we believe in. They must be fought." The Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) 1966-1969 This Doctor was much younger-looking and energetic than his predecessor. A sort of 'galactic hobo', this Doctor was more humerous than his predecessor, although his clownish antics hid often an incredible intelligence and a slightly more manipulative nature. This Doctor fought the Daleks and Cybermen multiple times and also was the first to encounter the Yeti, Ice Warriors, and UNIT. At this point, the Doctor's past caught up to him and he was captured by his own people, the time lords. Putting him on trial for taking a time machine and interfering in the universe, they forced him to be exiled to Earth and regenerated into: The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) 1970-1974 "You know, sometimes I think military intelligence is a contradiction in terms!" This Doctor, who had the appearence of a middle-aged man, became military advisor to UNIT, a military organization that dealt with strange occurences. Mostly, he helped repel alien menaces bent on invasion as well as a rival time lord known as the Master. He also made the ocassional trip in the TARDIS, but not as much as his other incarnations. Personality-wise, he was very much an authority figure, more serious than his previous incarnation but also more flamboyant, with frilled clothing and a large variety of gadgets, including two customized cars (One of which could fly). He was very much a man of action, often using karate to subdue the bad guys. After a run-in with a dangerously radioactive cave, the Doctor regenerated into: The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) 1974-1981 "The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots..." The longest-running Doctor, this Doctor was perhaps the most eccentric of the incarnations, wearing a long scarf and having a taste for sweets. Breaking most of his contact with UNIT (Although ocassionally helping them out), he resumed his travels in time and space. Like the second Doctor, his goofball persona hid a vast intelligence, and the fourth Doctor was also very contemplative of things, which led to him brooding from time to time. In this incarnation the Doctor first encountered the creator of the Daleks, Davros, a mad scientist who would continue to haunt the Doctor in later incarnations. He also encountered memorable one-time villains such as the Zygons and Sutekh. Toward the end of his reign, the Master returned and nearly destroyed the universe. In an attempt to repair things, the Doctor was forced to work with the Master, but the Master betrayed him, causing the Doctor to plummet off a radar tower. He regenerated into: The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) 1981-1984 "An apple a day keeps the... Ah, never mind." This Doctor, although older than his previous incarnations, appeared as a man apparentally in his early thirties. Although one of the kindest and selfless of the Doctors, he did have a somewhat short temper, especially when it came to his often-complaining companions. He was also very energetic, often bursting into runs when danger was ahead. Unfortunately, his nature often let villains easily take advantage of him, especially when his companions were threathened. It was for a companion that this Doctor gave his life-after contracting an illness on the planet Androzani minor, he only had enough antidote for one person. He gave it to his companion, Peri, and changed into: The Sixth Doctor (1984-1986) Colin Baker "I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not." The Sixth Doctor was loud, arrogant, and at times borderline psychotic, choosing to wear a wacky patchwork coat. However, beneath all his gruff exterior there was a very compassionate and poetic man who cared deeply for his companions. However, slipping ratings, an eighteen month hiatus and behind-the-scenes drama at the BBC cut this Doctor's reign short, although the actor Colin Baker showed a great enthusiasm for the role. Without much explanation, he regenerated into: The Seventh Doctor (Sylvestor McCoy) 1987-1989; 1996 "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do." The Seventh Doctor is perhaps the most egnimatic of the Doctors. Originally somewhat of a clownish, clumsy character, he soon became a darker persona, often manipulating his enemies and his companions for his own ends. Apart from this, he liked to play with spoons and enjoyed blues and jazz. However, it was during McCoy's era that the show continued to decline ratings-wise and Doctor Who was canceled after over twenty-five years. Nevertheless, fans were adamant about bringing it back. A novel series continued the adventures of the Seventh Doctor, and the BBC explored options to bring the Doctor back, perhaps through an independent company. Eventually, they struck a deal with FOX to produce a television film, which *might* lead to a new series. The movie would be aired in Britain and America, and was a co-production. For the film, McCoy returned to reprise his role as the Seventh Doctor, who is escorting the remains of his enemy, the Master, to Gallifrey, his home planet. However, the Master isn't quite dead and the TARDIS is forced to materialize in the middle of a San Francisco gang war. The Seventh Doctor is shot, and the Master posesses his Ambulance driver. Eventually at the hospital the Doctor regenerates into: The Eigth Doctor (Paul Mcgann) 1996 "I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there." Very energetic and full of an enthusiasm about life, the Eigth Doctor only appeared once in the TV movie, although the adventures of the Eigth Doctor, with new companions and enemies, continues in novels and audio dramas(Where Mcgann reprises his role). Some major spoilers for the new series: Spoiler: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometime during this Doctor's life, a massive time war erupted between the Daleks and Gallifrey. The Doctor, in order to bring an end to the war, presumabely destroyed both Gallifrey and the Dalek fleet, an incident which also caused him to regenerate into the Ninth Doctor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eventually, new management took over at the BBC that was favorable towards the show, and decided that it was time to bring it back. The New Doctor Who series debuted to strong ratings and was mostly well-received, and has been renewed for at least two more years and for two holiday specials. The Second season and Holiday special are currently in production. The new series started off with: The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) 2005 "I saw the Fall of Troy, World War Five... I pushed boxes into Boston Harbor at the Boston Tea Party. Now I'm gonna die in a dungeon... In Cardiff!" SPOILERS for the new series: Spoiler: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Doctor, under his energetic nature and sense of humor, also harbored a deep sadness about the fate of his homeworld and a deep hatred of the Daleks. He cared deeply for his companion, Rose, and was somewhat distrustful of most male company she kept, including her boyfriend Mickey and alien expert Adam, although he eventually found an ally with companion Captain Jack. Eventually, in order to stop the Daleks, Rose absorbed the power of the time vortex into herself, which proved too powerful for her frail human body. The Doctor sucked the energy out of her and dispersed it, but in doing so damaged every cell in his body. He regenerated into -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) 2005-??? "Let's RIP through that vortex!" To be continued.... Some of the Doctor's companions: The Doctor's companions (Well, a few of them, at least) Susan (Carole Ann Ford) 1963-1964 The Doctor's first companion, Susan was apparentally the Doctor's grandfather and a fellow exile/renegade, although her exact past and relationship with the Doctor has never really been explained. She left the Doctor when she fell in love with an Earth resistance fighter in "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth" and returned for the special "The Five Doctors". Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) 1974-1976 For many the definative companion, Sarah Jane Smith first appeared during Pertwee's last season and stayed with Tom Baker for two and a half years. A journalist, she enjoys adventuring with the Doctor and has a sense of humor. She's also a bit of a feminist, although this is toned down in her later stories. She returned in the special "K-9 and Company" as well as "The Five Doctors" and will be making a return appearence next year in "School Reunion". Leela (Louise Jameson) 1976-1977 A Savage human from the future, the Doctor brings her onboard the TARDIS where he acts as a semi-mentor to her on the ways of science instead of magic. She's a strong-willed warrior woman, sort of a Xena before Xena. Romana (Mary Tamm, Lalla Ward) 1978-1981 A timelady from Gallifrey, she initially was sent to help the Doctor recover the Key To Time, after that quest was completed, she stayed on until the Doctor ended up in the parrarel universe known as E-space, where she stayed. Romana is about equal with the Doctor in terms of intelligence, although she initially lacks the adventuring experience. Later, when she regenerates into a new form, she becomes much more Doctor-like in her personality. Brigidiar Alistar Gordan Lethbridge Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) various Head of UNIT, the Brigidiar first appeared in the second Doctor era, and was featured prominently in the Third Doctor era. He made appearences in the Fourth, fifth, and Seventh Doctor eras but has been absent from the sixth, eigth, and ninth Doctor eras although the first two have been rectified by audios and novels. He didn't appear in the First Doctor's era (Although the actor did play a character) but he's met the first Doctor in the multi-Doctor stories. The Brigidiar is perhaps the Doctor's most constant ally on Earth, and one of his good friends, although they do tend to get on each other's nerves-especially when the Brigidiar feels that force is the best solution when the Doctor would settle for a more peaceful way out. Josephine "Jo" Grant (Katy Manning) 1971-1973. The companion mostly closely identified with the Third Doctor, Jo wasn't the brighest companion, but still had a good heart and became good friends with the Third Doctor. Tegan Jovanka (Janet Felding) 1981-1984 Tegan appears in all but one of the Fifth Doctor's stories. She's an air hostess from Australia who often complains about the Doctor's inability to control the TARDIS, and has suffered considerable trauma on her journeys, being posessed by the entity known as the Mara at least twice. Perpigilliam "Peri" Brown (Nicola Bryant) 1984-1986 Initially a companion of the Fifth Doctor, it wasn't long after they met that he regenerated into the Sixth. Peri had a somewhat difficult relationship with the Sixth Doctor, but for all their arguing there was friendship between the two. Dorothy "Ace" Mcshane (Sophie Aldred) 1987-1989 This troubled teen was taken from her home by a time storm and wound up on the planet Iceworld, where she first met the Doctor. She often talked in a lot of street slang and often did a lot of physical stuff, tackling the Doctor's enemies with a variety of weapons. She also became sort of a pawn in the Seventh Doctor's games at times, which put somewhat of a strain on their relationship. Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) 2005-? One of the Doctor's most recent companions, an intelligent but slightly typical teenager. She enjoys her travels with the Doctor but it sometimes puts a strain on her domestic life. Captain Jack (John Barrowman) 2005-? A bisexual from the 50th century, Jack's sort of a man's man and a Ladies's man. He first meets the Doctor and Rose during an adventure in 1940's London. The Doctor's enemies: The Daleks. The Mutated survivors of a nuclear war, the Daleks were encased in metallic war machines by their creator Davros. Each Dalek is encased in thick armor, carries one powerful weapon (Capable of scrambling one's insides) and a manipulater "plunger" sucker arm capable of crushing skulls or cracking a combination very quickly. Later generations of Dalek have force fields and are capable of flight to get over obstacles. The Daleks believe they are the superior beings in the universe and wish to either rule over or destroy all others. Davros. Creator Of The Daleks, Davros is pretty much the model on which they are based as well. Initially believe killed by his creations, he eventually was revived and brought some of the Dalek race under his control, creating a civil war in the process. The Master Roger Delgado 1971-1973 Peter Pratt 1976 Geoffrey Beevers 1981 Anthony Ainley (Pictured) 1981-1989 Eric Roberts 1996 The Doctor's arch-nemesis, a renegade time lord who is bent on universal domination. He's also a bit of a body-snatcher as well, since he's exhausted all his lives and seeks to extend his life in anyway possible. The Master first appeared during the Third Doctor's era, appearing in a large number of stories. He later showed up in the Fourth Doctor's era as a walking corpse before gaining a final body towards the end of Tom Baker's run. In this new body he caused trouble for the fifth, sixth, and Seventh Doctors. He gained another new body in the TV movie and caused problems for the recently regenerated Eigth Doctor, before being sucked into a black hole...his present whereabouts are unknown. The Cybermen The Cybermen are from the Planet Mondas, which replaced most of their body parts with cybernetic replacements, a process which also eliminated their emotions. The Cybermen are bent on conquest, not only of Earth but also of humans themselves, who they wish to convert into Cybermen. Cybermen have the appearence largely of humanoid robots but still posess living matter in their bodies. They have a largely military structure, with most squads being led by "Cyberleaders" who are distinquished by their black headsets.


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Stephen Farrow murder trial: 'Christian scum note left'A man accused of murdering a vicar and retired teacher carried out a burglary where a death threat to "Christian scum" was left, a court has heard.Stephen Farrow, 48, admits the manslaughter of Reverend John Suddards, 59, near Bristol, and denies the murder of Betty Yates, from Worcestershire.He has admitted a separate charge of burglary where the note had been knifed into the kitchen table.Bristol Crown Court was told the note could link the burglary and killings.The prosecution read out the note, which said: "Be thankful you did not come back or we would have killed you Christian scum. I...hate God." Mr Farrow has admitted the manslaughter of Mr Suddards on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to his mental state, but denies murder.Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19813484
Actually it doesn't. One could conceivably be all-powerful but not exceptionally intelligent.
I wonder what Frank would make of this.
Enough with your bullshit.
. . . Mr. Friday . . . that post really is golden.
Are there atheists who "hate God"?
Being a Christian, I've made my decision. That decision offers no compromise; therefore, I'm closed to anything else.
Quote from: Dante on October 04, 2012, 07:56:28 AMAre there atheists who "hate God"?No, because it is not possible to hate someone whose existence you don't believe in.
Wow. There's plenty of fictional characters that I hate. When I grant my willing suspension of disbelief, I suspend the crap out of it! I sympathize with some characters, I loath others, and hate still others. I welcome the emotional manipulation. Even after the book or movie is over, I can discuss the characters in terms of those I hate and those I like.
That said, I certainly wouldn't kill anyone for liking a character that I hated. :-(
Quote from: dloubet on October 10, 2012, 03:05:53 AMThat said, I certainly wouldn't kill anyone for liking a character that I hated. :-(Well, this is another thing, too, isn't it? There are more than a few people who have difficulty making appropriate differentiations. After Star Trek: Generations came out, for example, Malcolm McDowell received a lot of hate mail and death threats because "he" had "killed Captain Kirk". This is the same phenomenon we see with religion, but with religion, of course, it's much more widespread.


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Phoronix: ATI X.Org Driver Sees Significant Update
The last time there was an official release of the xf86-video-ati DDX driver was back in May, but this morning Michel D?nzer has announced a new version...
No announcement yet.
ATI X.Org Driver Sees Significant Update
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it deals with displaying the image
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The only significant thing to ever happen to the DDX driver is when it disappears into xorg state tracker in Mesa. Everything else is shite.
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Hmm... for me game performance is much more important and video acceleration is a side interest, which shows the danger of making such sweeping statements such as the one above. I do not think anyone can argue with power management being a priority though.
Keep in mind, video playback can be handled with a decent CPU and you can also get a Crystal HD video accelerator if it is that important to you. I welcome further work on on all of these areas, but I do not think any one area (except for maybe power management) should be viewed as "more important" than the rest.
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when comes gpu accellerated x264 playback?
Somebody said that at the moment there is only mpeg2 supported, are there any predictions when x264 could be kind of usable? That would be very great. Hope that comes fast, more importend than anything else I think. Gaming is ok to get further with speed and features, but installing closedsource-blobs to play it with non-closedsource drivers is not that importend. I gave it up to try to use linux for gaming. Or if I really would want to, I would install on a only-gaming pc the fglrx drivers. So opengl features and such stuff is only important for stuff like google maps I guess.
So I hope that most effort goes into this video-accelleration and powermanagement stuff, dont get me wrong more speed or such stuff is good also but not that important I think.
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Good Timing
I have an A8-3850 and F1A75-I Deluxe arriving by UPS today. I hope this driver finds its way to Fedora, even if only rawhide, fairly soon.
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Assuming that Fedora 16 ships with this version of the ATI X.Org driver, a git snapshot of Mesa 7.12, and Linux 3.1, would I be able to play around with VDPAU without grabbing any code upstream? Or would that have to wait until Fedora 17?
I know it is only for MPEG1 and MPEG2 but I could still find that rather useful for a certain use case.
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Is there any news on HDMI audio for Evergreen+? Is anyone working on it right now?
I'd like this very much.
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While it isn't likely getting interesting features, it's still quite an important component. In both good and bad :P
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Come here. Have a great time!
Welcome to BasedWorld Airlines
Based Jam heyyyyy
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Ayy I'mma tell you what it is man, it's Lil B
Hey Bitch
[Verse 1:]
Riding downtown with the AC on
Bitch sit down, this a gangster phone
Had to shut her up like the dial tone
I'm always real, right or wrong
Look MySpace, had to change your places
This is gangster rap with a twist of based
Pay me now, pay me later
Riding down the strip and I fuck off paper
Never been a bitch, I need my paper
I handcuff bitches that's why I'm a player
And I pay, that's why I'm a trick
I finesse a bitch
Double pump shots end the game
Pull a triple-double, relax with the fame
Got a hundred mill
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Lil B for Lil Boss like the 5th wheel
I don't gotta speak and they know what's real
Touched a girl forehead she seen a mil
Number 1 pick, that's before the deal
I got hard like Florida will
You might see me in a spaceship Phantom
Gotta drop caskets, shit they can't handle
And I got ten bitches
25 swishers, smoke stay with me
I'm like a pot cause the dope came with me
Feed the whole hood, close the city
Watch from the top, the scope and the beam
Watch for the cops, fuck the greed
And I'm green like spinach
Copped off the lot, the umbrella came with it
Stay on your head like a New York fitted
Where the same clothes... fuck it
Yeah... I compete with the stores
Always real I'm the same as before
I'm the same OG
Stay low-key
With the banger
Gangstas know me
I still burn tree
My name Lil B
Ay bitch, fuck with me
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Niggas keep it real with me
Bruh came up with them deals for me
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Life so real, I got meals for free
Hate in your heart, you gotta chill with me
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Keep it on tight bitch I'm jacking hoes
Throw them in the trunk, I throw them in the Rolls
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I met BasedGod, that's a fact
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Speaking on facts let's talk about me
B for Lil Boss
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Brrrangthangthang the world's in my hand
Life just like sands
Slip through your hands
But everywhere
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Based Jam mixtape always there
I keep it real whodie
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Saturday, September 12, 2015
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Swollen Stomach
My dad has had pulmonary hypertension now for three and a half years. He is now more tired than not and his stomach, when he sits up, looks like it is an inner tube around him. When he lies down he looks like he is nine months pregnant.
What is causing this fluid buildup in the stomach and what does it mean for him health wise? Thank you.
Pulmonary Hypertension, which is increased pressures in the vessels in the lung, puts strain on the right side of the heart. As the disease progresses, the right side of heart may start to fail and patients then develop leg swelling and fluid build up in their belly.
You do not state what is the cause of his pulmonary hypertension. I would encourage him to discuss his symptoms and treatment options with his physician.
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Scheduling continues to kick us while we are down. We've got another episode in editing though, and that will come out soon.
We had the chance to talk with Jerry Grayson recently. To be fair, Jerry tracked us down, ducked taped us all to chairs and did unspeakable things. Like eat in front of us in his underwear. No really, we have pictures!
After he let us go though, for some reason we felt compelled to continue talking with him. Must be Stockholm syndrome or something.
We talked with him about the newest Hellas expansion, Princes of the Universe. We posted about the Kickstart in an earlier post. I am happy to say that it has made it's goal! So we will be seeing it in it's full color print glory soon.
In addition to Princes of the Universe, we did our best rabid dolphin impression, like we did with Fred Hicks, and talked about a wide range of topics (some gaming, some not). We look forward to seeing him at Gen Con, and hope you do to at one of the games he is running. Until then though, enjoy our episode!


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Wheatfield residents Jesse Gooch and Kevin Garlock didn't have a bottle of champagne to christen the new recycled rubber path at the Niagara County SPCA on Tuesday. However, a rescued 4-month-old pit bull puppy happily did the honors.
The two men were instrumental in the installation of the 60-foot-by-4-foot path, which leads to the two fenced play yards where potential new owners can get to know prospective pets, plus the 10-foot-by-8-foot pads just inside the gates to the yards.
Gooch, the owner of Painters Plus in North Tonawanda, started Goochfest as a backyard party in 1995. It has grown into a huge fundraiser with live bands held annually at Wheatfield's Five Senses Nature Park. Proceeds go to a different charity every year.
Gooch held an online poll on Facebook to help determine where to spend the money from this year's July 7 Goochfest and found there was overwhelming support for the SPCA.
"With all that they have been through this year, I feel it was the right choice for the charity this year," Gooch said.
Instead of just handing over cash, Gooch was asked if he could pick a project to do at the Lockport Road SPCA facility in Wheatfield.
The path leading to the back yard play yards became muddy and sloppy in bad weather, plus presented a danger of tripping or slipping. When the SPCA asked about the possibility of a rubber dog path, Gooch thought of longtime friend Kevin Garlock, owner of Custom Curb Appeal of NY, who uses a recycled tire product to provide a durable rubber surface for places such as driveways, playgrounds, porches, basement floors and pool decks.
"Thanks to all of the community help and Kevin's service, my goal was accomplished," Gooch said, noting that the value of the dog path was about $4,000. "I am glad that this one-day event changed the way of life for the people and animals at the shelter forever."
Lauren Zaninovich, lobby supervisor/dispatch for the SPCA, and the puppy she brought out to play in the yard agreed.
"It's a lot easier for handling when the dogs are coming out in the play yards, and it's a lot safer," she said.
On the new path leading to the Niagara County SPCA play yards are, from left, Wheatfield residents Jesse Gooch, owner of Painters Plus in North Tonawanda, and Kevin Garlock, owner of Custom Curb Appeal of NY in Wheatfield, with Lauren Zaninovich of the Town of Niagara, SPCA lobby supervisor and dispatch, holding a rescued pit bull puppy.


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Anti-discrimination body FARE believes Inter Milan will face no more than a fine for the racist abuse directed at Tottenham players on Thursday night.
Inter fans were heard making monkey chants towards Emmanuel Adebayor during their team's 4-1 victory at the San Siro on Thursday night, which led to their elimination from the Europa League on away goals, and there were claims of further abuse at half-time and full-time.
UEFA is expected to charge Inter but, given that it is their first offence in Europe, FARE's executive director, Piara Powar, feels they are likely to face a relatively light punishment.
Powar told the Press Association: "Our observer at the match did hear monkey chants towards Adebayor and other things. The issue with Inter is that this is their first offence in Europe so if they are found guilty they are only going to be facing a fine. One of the things we are pushing for is that the sanctionary process is unsatisfactory."
It is not the first such incident involving Inter this season, with the Italian FA fining the club €50,000 after they waved inflatable bananas and unfurled abusive banners aimed at AC Milan duo Mario Balotelli and Sulley Muntari in last month's derby.
That followed a fine of €15,000 when Inter fans chanted racist slurs about Balotelli, who left the club in 2010, during a game against Chievo.
Spurs also faced significant problems when taking on Lazio in the group stage and Powar added: "All the Spurs matches in Italy this season have gone down as among our 'risk matches' for racism.
"I think this shows in terms of racism and racial abuse that there is a mini crisis that Italian football is going through - probably because Italian society is only just coming to terms with its own diversity."
Anti-racism group Kick It Out has also called on UEFA to do more to protect black players.
"This trend of black players representing English clubs abroad being roundly abused in this way needs to be dealt with,'' Kick It Out chair Lord Herman Ouseley said. "Again, it appears that the match officials have failed in their duty to protect the players under their watch.
"Campaigning groups like Kick It Out, particularly in the face of domestic issues here in the UK, can only do so much. Unless UEFA does more on the issue, we stand still."
Spurs defender William Gallas said he could understand why players refused to play when subjected to racial abuse.
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Violence can be defined as causing injury to oneself or another. Violence can occur in any setting, between members of the same household or total strangers, and it can be deliberate or accidental. Power and control appear to be the basis for much of the violence that occurs. Firearms play a large role in violence in the U.S. because of their availability and ease of access. Consider the following figures
Firearms and Violence in the United States
In 1996 there were 32,436 firearm-related deaths. These included:
More than 70% of homicides are committed with a firearm.2
Firearm assaults on family members and other intimate acquaintances are 12 times more likely to result in death than are assaults using other weapons.3
People living in households in which guns are kept have a risk of suicide that is 5 times greater than people living in households without guns.4
The magnitude of this problem can be simply stated: Each day, 17 youths between the ages of 15-24 are victims of homicide.5
Statistics on Youth and Violence
In 1997, 6,146 young people 15-24 years old were victims of homicide. This amounts to an average of 17 youth homicide victims per day in the US.2
In each year since 1988, more than 80% of homicide victims 15 to 19 years of age were killed with a firearm. In 1997, 85% of homicide victims 15 to 19 years of age were killed with a firearm.2
Arrest rates for weapons offenses among youths 10 to 17 years of age doubled between 1987 and 1993, then dropped 24% by 1997.7
In 1997, 5.9% of high school students in a national survey reported carrying a firearm at least once in the previous 30 days. In 1995, this was true of 7.6% of students --- a decline of 22.4% over the two-year period.8, 9
It is impossible to ignore the patterns of violence that emerge by race and gender. While these patterns are obvious, the causes that give rise to them are not. To get a complete picture of violence across the various populations of the United States, it is important to also look beyond gender and race at issues such as poverty, education and geographic location. This type of analysis goes beyond the purpose of this editorial. It is eye-opening, nonetheless, to look at superficial patterns, presented below:
Statistics on Violence by Race and Gender
In 1997, 4 out of 5 deaths by homicide and legal intervention were male, and 6 out of 7 were African Americans.1
The number of African Americans who died from injury by firearms in 1997 was 24.7 per 100,000, as opposed to 10.5 per 100,000 for whites. 1
The number of African American males who died from injury by firearms in 1997 was 46.1 per 100,000 (18.1 per 100,000 for white males).1
For males age 15-24, 119.9 per 100,000 African Americans and 24.8 per 100,000 whites died from injury by firearms.1
The number of African American suicides in 1997 was 3.6 per 100,000, as opposed to 7.2 per 100,000 whites.1
Life expectancy for white males was 7.1 years longer than for African American males in 1997 due to an advantage in the areas of heart disease, cancer, homicide, HIV infection and perinatal conditions. However, suicide and Alzheimers, killed more white males than African American males.1
The rise in violence peaked in the year 1993 when there were 15.4 deaths by firearm injury per 100,000 people. This fell to 12.1 per 100,000 in 1997. The reasons for this decline in recent years are unclear. It may be due to a number of factors such as better law enforcement, better prevention programs, the decline in crack use, and the incarceration or the death of many of the individuals in high-risk groups. In 1993 worldwide, over one million people died as a result of suicide or homicide.12 As a result, there is a widespread belief that much of the world is experiencing an epidemic of violence.
The following graph compares the homicide rates for males 15 through 24 in America with those in a sample of other developed countries.13
The economic impact of firearm-related homicide is substantial. In the United States, we spend more than $4.5 billion each year on medical costs for operations, hospital care, rehabilitation (such as physical and occupational therapy), and other forms of therapy and long term care. Most of that cost (85%) is for uninsured care, meaning that in the end taxpayers pay the bill. The economic impact in terms of lost wages and earning potential for those who are either killed, or temporarily or permanently disabled, is more than $20 billion per year. Since most victims of violence are in their teens or twenties, nearly 40 years worth of wages are lost. The social and emotional cost to families who lose loved ones, and to those temporarily or permanently disabled, are enormous. These costs cannot be expressed in terms of a dollar amount.
Violence prevention strategies are designed to reduce the likelihood that those who have not yet engaged in violent behavior will do so in the future. They are also designed to teach people how to avoid becoming victims of violence. Violence intervention is needed if a person has already engaged in violent behavior, or is at high risk for being victimized or of committing violence against another. Three essential components of violence prevention and intervention programs include:
Adolescents are in a high-risk group - they are the most likely to be both victims and perpetrators of violent behavior. Violence is a learned behavior, and prevention programs should focus on teaching young children positive attitudes, interpersonal skills, and basic values. Families can play a key role in lowering the risk of violence among youth. Good programs support parents and provide intervention during family crises. Other positive role models for youth include extended family members or friends, teachers, counselors, and social workers. Adult mentoring can provide a positive, caring influence, and proper standards of conduct. A single adult mentor can serve as a powerful alternative to negative role models and help reinforce positive attitudes and behavior.
Violence intervention programs should be geared more toward specific high-risk groups, or individuals who display high-risk behavior such as injuring someone else or becoming victims themselves. Examples are gang members, youths who carry weapons, drug dealers or users, juvenile delinquents or youths with a history of fighting or victimization. Other high-risk youth are dropouts, the unemployed, the homeless, and immigrant or relocated youths. Abused or neglected children, children who have witnessed violence, and children with behavior problems are also at risk for violence.
Ideally, communities need to work together to provide many settings to reinforce positive messages. Effective programs designed to target at-risk youth and prevent violence can take place in churches, schools, homes, the playground, daycare centers, juvenile justice facilities, or at a medical center. The setting should be one that can reach the target group and should be appropriate for the strategy. In turn, program strategies should be appropriate for the setting. Adult mentors help many young people raised in high-risk conditions "make it" in life.
Conflict resolution works very well in schools. The goal is to teach students to develop empathy towards others (i.e. being able to "walk in another person's shoes" to understand their situation and how they feel), to learn self-control, and to develop problem-solving skills and anger management. Methods might include role-playing, and analyzing responses to-and the consequences of-violence. Students generally undergo many hours of training and often work in pairs. The training situations can involve bullying, stealing, spreading rumors, prejudice, competition, miscommunication, the inability to express feelings, lack of respect and concern for others.
Social skills training gives individuals the ability to interact positively with others, to learn self-control, communication skills, friendship, how to resist peer pressure, become assertive, and develop healthy relationships with adults. The goal is to teach appropriate standards of behavior, a sense of self-control over one's behavior, and to improve self esteem.
Legal strategies might include laws regulating the sale, ownership, and use and carrying of guns. Other laws relating to school dress codes are also options. School uniforms reduce theft since students can no longer bring expensive designer clothing to school. Uniforms also prevent students from wearing gang colors to school.
While recent statistics show a steady declining trend, violence still remains a major public health problem. Prevention needs to occur at an early age, preferably before age 10. Behavior patterns become established and intervention becomes the goal beyond this age. Violence is a serious social and economic problem. Prevention programs must identify high risk groups such as adolescents and focus on teaching positive attitudes, conflict resolution, and social skills training. Success will require a comprehensive approach that addresses this issue on many different levels.
1. National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 47, no. 19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, June 30, 1999.
2. National Summary of Injury Mortality Data, 1987-1994. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, November, 1996.
3. Saltzman LE, Mercy JA, O'Carroll PW, Rosenberg ML, Rhodes PH. Weapon involvement and injury outcomes in family and intimate assaults. JAMA 1992;267:3042-3047.
4. Kellermann AL, Rivara FP, Somes G, Reay DT, Francisco J, Banton G, Prodzinski J, Fligner C, Hackman BB. Suicide in the home in relation to gun ownership. New England Journal of Medicine 1992;327:467-472.
5. National Summary of Injury Mortality Data, 1981-1997. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Unpublished).
6. National Vital Statistics Reports, vol. 47, no. 19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, June 30, 1999.
7. Snyder HN. Juvenile Arrest Rates for Weapons Law Violations, 1981-1997. Washington,
8. Kann, L., Warren, CW., Harris, WA. et al. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 1995. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Surveillance Summaries, September 27, 1996. MMWR, 1996; 45, (No. SS-4).
9. Kann, L, Kinchen SA, Williams BI, et al. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 1997. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Surveillance Summaries, August 14, 1998. MMWR, 1998 ; 47, (No. SS-3).
10. Max W, Rice, DP. Shooting in the dark: estimating the cost of firearm injuries. Health Affairs 1993;12(4):171-185.
11. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism No. 38 October 1997.
12. World Health Organization (www.WHO.org.) - Emergency Humanitarian Action - Violence and Injury Prevention.
13. Fingerhut, Lois A., Kleinman, Joel C., International and Interstate Comparisons of Homicide Among Young Males. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) June 27, 1990 Vol 263, No. 24.
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The Closing Post of the Indie Travel Challenge 2012
Just over 1 year ago, we ran the #indie30 blogging and sharing month on BootsnAll. We all had so much fun, that we decided to try a weekly Indie Travel Challenge for 2012.
When we started the ITC in January, we intended to do it for the whole year. But with 2012 coming to a close soon, and the year anniversary of #indie30, I decided to end it with this blog post.
We had a lot of fun with the folks that participated and we are impressed with the folks that stuck with it. It was a challenge for us to run it as well for the whole year! Coming up with ideas, getting them out there, and managing the real entries as well as inevitable spam that can with the mini-site that we built for the ITC.
I think that the month long version was more fun, and easier to mentally handle than the year-long idea. It was an ambitious idea and we gave it a good shot. We will probably do a shorter version again in 2013.
To wrap it up, I'm going to link to an assortment of participants. Thank-you for playing and sharing!
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