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Dorm Dorks is currently on hiatus.
Feel free to peruse the archives. The storylines page contains links to all the major events of the series.
The most popular stories are by far: The Techno-Zombie-Opera (Twitter Saga), and The Fitness Column, so those are great places to start.
Feel free to contact me using the Contact Form, or send me an email at hankinstien (at) gmail.com. I love hearing from you!
For questions about the return of Dorm Dorks, please take a look at the SAQ (seldomly asked questions).
Thank you to everyone who has taken their time to read and enjoy the comic. I had a blast making it, and can't wait to return to the world of comics, if and when I'm able to do so. Thank you!
Today's strip, entitled "Another Marathon" is our next-to-last installment of Dorm Dorks before the dreaded hiatus. I thought I'd take a page out of Seinfeld's book and make it a callback to the first Dorm Dorks strip, which was entitled "Marathon."
I'm always one to overplay the drama. But man, looking at that older comic is embarrassing. I've really changed the art style and even character designs over the years. And I think we can all say that a good thing.
Be sure to come back Friday for the finale!
Everyone, I have an announcement to make:
After the end of this week, "Dorm Dorks" will be going on a hiatus.This Friday (April 2nd) will be the last comic for a while.
I'm sorry to say it, but the time has come. I want to express the biggest "thank-you" ever to everyone who's been reading the strip, everyone who took the time to email me, or talk to me at a convention, or pick up a book, or otherwise give me encouragement. I've had an incredible time making this strip, and every single reader out there has made it more than worth it.
I sketched out the first Dorm Dorks strip about five years ago, and since then have made over 500 strips, and I've grown leaps and bounds as an artist and writer. I've learned a lot from the strip, and it's the readers that made it possible. So, seriously, thank you!
We still have two strips left, so be sure to come back Wednesday and Friday this week for the final installments!
Until then, I've prepared a list of Seldomly Asked Questions, so, by all means, take a look at the S.A.Q.:
What? You're Quitting? Why?
I'm not hanging up the drawing pen just yet. I'll be putting more time and energy into my Caricature business (www.24HourCaricatures.com). There are a number of things going on in my personal life, big directional changes, and maintaining the strip is simply no longer viable. For now, I need to pursue a more reliable revenue stream, so by all means, if you want to see more of my work, head on over to www.24HourCaricatures.com and support me that way. Building up that business will help me be able to start making a strip again, eventually, which would be great.
Does that mean you'll be coming back to Dorm Dorks?
Possibly. I don't want to put any promises out there, but I would like to return to the strip some day. Comics are my first love, and I'd love to make more. I've come to really love these characters, too, and I'd always like to see what they're up to. On the other hand, I've got plans for other strips that I was never able to produce before, so maybe some of those would be able to see the light of day. I've got tons of characters and stories that I'm already in love with in my head, that no one else has seen yet. I'd love to have other people fall in love with them, too.
Are there going to be any more Dorm Dorks print collections?
I would love to make a book that collects everything that wasn't in the first book, which would be about 400 strips or so, but honestly I don't think there is enough of a market for it. Just crunching the numbers, it doesn't seem likely that I could recoup the cost of printing them up. But, if there was enough of a swell of interest, maybe we could get that going.
Is the website going away?
Nope. All the strips will still be here for you to read through at any time. And do keep checking back every once in a while, or subscribe to the RSS feed. If and when I am able to return to comics, this is the place I would announce it! Also, you can watch for further announcements on my Twitter feed.
How can I protest this?
I can still be reached via this Contact Form, or just send me an email at: hankinstien (at) gmail.com. I still want to hear from you, so send me a message anytime!
Again, big thanks to everyone! And come back the rest of this week for the last few installments!
In some ways, I feel like it's not a true "nerd-culture" comic if I don't throw in some D&D references. I got into the D&D band-wagon pretty recently, I didn't grow up with it like most nerds do (blame that on the "D&D is evil and will send you to hell" movement) but it's a lot of fun, and a constant source of humor. Don't worry, I just have a couple of these jokes to get out of my system, this isn't a storyline or anything…
I don't quite understand why it gets such a bad rap among some people. I guess some of it's more vocal fans are kinda creepy, and that can be dissuading. But really, it's just a fun game, and I think encourages good problem solving and social skills. And seriously, if you play Warcraft, you can't make fun of people who play D&D… That's like a Trekkie making fun of a Star Wars fanatic.
Atleast we can all make fun of Babylon 5 fans.
Today's strip is a few hours late, sorry about that, but here's the exciting conclusion to our foray into the exciting world of insane religious cults based on genetically abnormal rodents. Hard-hitting topical social commentary, as always, here at the Dorks.
"Geez Ray, you always seem to have plenty of explosive devices. What's the deal with that?"
"Let's just say I had a troubled past…"
I realized I'd forgotten to add the previous storyline "The Fitness Column," to the sidebar, and the storylines page. So I added it now, it's a good time to go back and read it all at once.
I still haven't figured out if my stories make more, or less sense when you read them in one sitting, as compared to waiting for each separate strip. Good luck.
It's that time of year again: the annual Independent Comics Expo in Austin, TX, otherwise known as: Staple!
March 6th, if you're in or around the Austin area, be sure to come pay me a visit, along with a ton of other fantastic artists and creators. This is always one of the best shows of the year, a favorite for fans and creators alike. For more info, go to www.staple-austin.org
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Bloomingburg, NY
Margaret Mirabella, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died on Friday, April 26, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 80.
The daughter of the late Salvatore and Frances LoPiccolo Termini, she was born on October 9, 1932 in Manhattan. She married Natale J. Mirabella on August 2, 1952.
Margaret and Natale moved to the area in 1985 from Rockland County. She was a volunteer for the Head Start Program in Middletown for over 20 years. She was a compassionate person who enjoyed being with children. She cherished spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The kids always loved being with her too, because she was young at heart. She loved dancing, music and movies. Margaret was also a great cook who was famous for her fabulous meatball recipe.
She is survived by her loving family: her husband, Natale at home; son, John and his wife, Mary of Goshen, and daughter, Diane Zayas and her husband, Charles of Bloomingburg; sister, Jenny Messina of the Bronx; grandchildren: Jessica, Emily, Christopher, Natalie and Lynda and great-grandchildren: Jenna, Joseph, Julia, Bella and Maggie; and her daughter-in-law, Theresa Mirabella. She was predeceased by her son, Richard in 1993.
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Just found this on the usual feeds, a quite ambitious project called The Universe. It basically wants to imitate real life by creating a virtual world that houses our universe, with Earth being the starting planet. Initially it would start off desolate and rich with sources of survival with players beginning the very early life. As players progress they can develop infinite sets of skills ranging from really whatever you want to do.
As you progress, you'll be able to explore more of the world, including the chance to explore the galaxy and what it holds. Apparently it will be to scale of the earth, meaning walking around the entire circumference would take 1 year. It really is quite an ambitious project, one that has seen the light with smaller projects like Darkfall or Second Life but never this big.
Honestly, I think it might be possible if the assets aren't to heavy on servers, but it would be amazing to watch evolve. Seeing people work together as a group or fight it out alone would definitely simulate real world ethics and growth. You could even have crazy people claim the world is going to be destroyed because an ancient race said so.
You can check out the YouTube pre-Kickstarter video below but they do have one screenshot that I found on there Facebook, which obviously looks well under-developed, but that style of art could work well. The developers have mentioned they want it to be 2D/2.5D to begin with, but cross to full 3D later on in development. It will also be cross-platform on multiple devices (mobile, console and PC/Mac/Linux) with every device being able to connect to the world.
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Any links?
I'm interested, very interested.
Edit: can just see www.universeprojects.com in the youtube title(I'm on phone).
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f** yes.
I don't get it, there is f*** all information?
Is it pretty much, they have a half baked idea to simulate reality, it'll start off really s*** but people will keep upgrading it to make it more realistic?
Because that's risky, it might be such a let down to start with that people lose interest and it dies.
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It's not going to happen in one fell swoop. It's been dreamed up a million times by a million devs, and there are technical reasons why it hasn't been done already.
They might make some excellent innovations which move the genre forward, which could be awesome on their own, just don't expect the universe.
I don't get it, there is f*** all information?
It looks to be in pre-development stages with mock ups etc to showcase towards Kickstarter later on. Basically from what I've gathered its an open-world simulator where the tools and skills are infinite to what players decide to do. You'll advance in what seems to be stages ala Stone Age, Iron Age etc, but this may just be a way to classify what players have the chance to do, but through common sense it will be the likely situation. Can't have rockets without technology.
I just love the fact that my mind has already raced off into numerous ways I could play this. Imagine logging into a virtual world where we have created vaccines for diseases, explored worlds outside of ours or lived through various changes to the world. Would we repeat our own real life mistakes? I think that is why it is probably a little too ambitious, because it is quite a large scope and developers have tried beforehand and had to take what small sections they could develop.
this will never happen
It looks to be in pre-development stages with mock ups etc to showcase towards Kickstarter later on. Basically from what I've gathered its an open-world simulator where the tools and skills are infinite to what players decide to do. You'll advance in what seems to be stages ala Stone Age, Iron Age etc, but this may just be a way to classify what players have the chance to do, but through common sense it will be the likely situation. Can't have rockets without technology.
OK if it was like the real universe, simply the fact that the player knows about iron, and science stuff, means you would be able to work towards that fairly quickly.
I guess the information I want to know is what exactly is their idea of "the universe"? how far do they wanna take this? and what is the approach to making something like this? Do you program every little thing someone can do into it, or is it more hands off somehow allowing for spontaneous possibilities?
I also get the feeling that since it will be playable on iphone and such it will be limited and lame and just a fad.
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Unless they're going to simulate all of physics (which we can't even do for one atom, and need enormous computing power to handle a few molecules with rough precision), this is going to necessitate being dumbed down dramatically until you're making tools from a set list with perhaps minor visual variation, finding predefined ore nodes, moving about a gameworld by predefined rules, gimmicky and probably frustrating building which can't possibly match real life, bland endless terrain, etc.
Wurm Online promised much of the same and actually did turn out to be moderately interesting from what I heard, but took 7 years (and had people like Notch working on it, and despite minecraft's s***** performance, Notch is an amazing programmer), yet still didn't come close to meeting its goals from the looks of things.
I wonder if it could offer programming skills like Scribblenauts or Little Big Planet, where you are given classes that the game knows can be filled with certain objects, and then allows players to create whatever they want.
It is definitely a genre that would benefit the most from technological advancements, and hopefully we will see more as we get older. I'd love to one day be able to play a game like this, where I'd login to a virtual world that is parallel to what we currently have.
For once, god help me, I actually agree with nerf
I just have this vision of minecraft in space... with trading.
I just have this vision of minecraft in space... with trading.
I see that in the pitch, I also see some sort of Civilization-type tech tree...
Sadly, the pessimist in me doesn't see this gaining traction. I'll keep this on my radar for a little while, but I can't see 'gameplay' mechanics that allow this to be quick and easy enough, whilst maintaining a challenge.
Don't people know we've ALL been playing the 'hardcore' version of this for millenia already?
This is an idea for the future.
I don't think its feasible today.
Not going to happen. 'On mobiles at the same time'. We havent even mastered cross platform console <--> PC yet let alone all at once with mobiles. (Which don't they still have troubles getting apps to work effortlessly on all mobiles?)
It just sounds like a bunch of gamers got high and started throwing out ideas and convinced each other they could make it "Woooaaahh man, wouldn't it be cool if like, there was this game, and while you were playing the game you were, like, playing REAL LIFE in a parallel universe. And then it'd evolve and stuff and people could do anything they wanted!"
Don't people know we've ALL been playing the 'hardcore' version of this for millenia already?
Once again, greedy developers dumbing down a core experience for the casual gamer.
The Universe Project might work on 'tablet gaming' but everyone these days is looking to a PC lounge room environment. Console environment well that depends how you define "console."
On the ongoing development size of things.
There already is a MMOG game that is aiming for open world and user feedback...
Oh and staged content:
Also they are trying to make their own youtube channel and have updates usually every Friday:
I'm thinking "The Universe Project" is aiming at an up and coming Tablet or palm/tabtop market.
Firefall is kind of aiming at a wider margin. In one of the videos there was a proposal to have airstrike authorization via tablet / smartphone / ??? which was slightly different in the terms of MMOG venturing out into different areas.
If I could find the video it would be great but theres a lot of hours to watch. My best guess is the video in question is Day 4 under Firefall Fest.
computational power doubles roughly every 18 months. This won't be technically possible for around a decade and even then if it does actually happen we would become 'god' by our own definition and prove the theory of simulated reality.
I don't even think it has anything to do with computational power, think of how much content you'd need to build if players can do absolutely anything, go absolutely anywhere and make whatever they can imagine. Even if the game is player driven, someone still has to be making models and textures and sounds and animations for every conceiveable thing a player could make or every place they could go. Even if its randomly generated to an extent, the base building blocks still need to be there, and to build such an infinite number of possibilities you would need a LOT of building blocks.
Unless you wrote an AI that could dynamically build its own content and recode the game on the fly as needed, but then comes Skynet and the war against the machines begins.
there is a finite amount of matter in the universe
Khel all you really need to do is simulate the big bang, and then have a 'fast forward' function to a more interesting time.
Sounds cool but the pessimist inside me says it's too ambitious.
but everyone these days is looking to a PC lounge room environment.
whats to say all you c**** aren't in a simulation of its own and what you think is reality is just a computer game/simulation that you as an AI became conscious in ?
whats to say all you c**** aren't in a simulation of its own and what you think is reality is just a computer game/simulation that you as an AI became conscious in ?We don't think this because we aren't schizophrenic.
whats to say all you c**** aren't in a simulation of its own and what you think is reality is just a computer game/simulation that you as an AI became conscious in ?
That is a very common idea in philosophy, it might even be considered a core concept. People were talking about that idea hundreds of years ago before any computers or anything even existed to give plausibility to such a notion. Various lines of scientific inquiry, religion and spirituality, art, and literature are concerned with this topic.
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1. Overly dramatic music stolen from a blockbuster film... check
2. Cherry picked science... check
3. A whole bunch of unverifiable facts... check
4. Posted by a known internet conspiracy retard... check.
I was just going to say that it was just a big of a waste of time to watch your video as it would be to watch a faceman video, but I knew you'd have a little victimised hissy fit and claim that I am just avoiding the truth or scared or something so I decided to watch the whole thing. I'll know better next time.
I thought the first part of the video where Neil Degrasse Tyson was talking to the guy was interesting, was only from the 6:40 or so point where the other guy and the dramatic music started that it got ridiculous. I think its pretty interesting that at the sub-atomic level theres some kind of error correction built into the fabric of the universe, thats an interesting theory, but its a pretty retarded leap to them assume the universe is a computer program (a leap that the actual scientists and smart people working on it obviously don't make or the video wouldn't need to cut away to a crackpot).
it must be awesome knowing you're just absolutely right about everything. even though you don't know what you don't know, you're still right about that as well!
Yeah and notice he encouraged us to skip over that bit straight into the Inception/Matrix virtual reality BOMBSHELL.
i thought the first part was beyond your intellectual comprehension fpot so i suggested you goto the sensationalised bit. seeing as you already dismissed something you didnt know about i'd just have to assume you mental capacity to absorb any technical gobbledeg*** as a basis for the theory in question, it was a no brainer.
I don't assume I'm right, I just don't jump to ridiculous conclusions based on nothing. A quick slash with Occam's Razor usually cuts away the crazy and leaves the more realistic theories behind.
I think a big problem is they keep calling it 'computer code', even the guy in the initial bit goes on about it being computer code, and I think thats a bit misleading. These block linear self-dual error correcting codes he mentions are just an application of self-dual linear algebraic equations, used by computers sure, but at the core its just maths. Mathematics has been used to describe various aspects of the natural world and sub-atomic world for as long as theres been mathematicians and scientists.
So while I find it interesting that it appears these particular sets of algebraic equations have been found in the building blocks of the universe, its not really at all suprising to find that another aspect of the physical world can be described with mathematics. it doesn't make me leap to the conclusion that we're all living in a computer, but it does make me think how f*****g amazing s*** really is.
i thought the first part was beyond your intellectual comprehension fpot so i suggested you goto the sensationalised bit. seeing as you already dismissed something you didnt know about i'd just have to assume you mental capacity to absorb any technical gobbledeg*** as a basis for the theory in question, it was a no brainer.You are just adorable, aren't you?
For anyone who's interested, the first part of the video was taken from a debate about string theory and a unified theory of everything. Of course the actual debating where people would respond to that guy's points was edited out in the video above, so its interesting to hear it in context (and they do actually bring it around to being about mathematics being used to describe the universe rather than continuing to refer to it as computer code).
Its long, but interesting watch if you're interested in stuff like this, and its chaired by Neil Degrasse Tyson
I'd love to hear cainer's thoughts on the Sandy Hook shooting.
I love Neil Degrasse Tyson, thanks for that video.
whats to say all you c**** aren't in a simulation of its own and what you think is reality is just a computer game/simulation that you as an AI became conscious in ?http://www.memes.at/generate/conspiracy_keanu.jpg
well i spose in fpot's situation, he's an AUI
Hey cainer come on don't be shy we need to hear your Sandy Hook thoughts. There were so many inconsistencies and obvious crisis actors at play there. Surely it's not as simple as the lamestream media (voice of the sheeple) is saying. Start a thread about it the truth-voice of QGL needs to be heard.
some dude on prozac went nuts with his mom's guns and took out a heap of kids ?
pretty self explanatory.(but ya moms still a)ho ho ho
So you're balls-out retarded about 9/11 and global warming yet you buy the whole Sandy Hook thing? Really odd.
cmon fpot, you cant call anyone else out on being balls out retarded when youve been immortalised eating samboy chips
Whoa, a slugman joke. That's fresh.
if this life is a game the guy playing me must be really bored
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BEDFORD - Students and teachers at Bedford schools can expect to soon see more police officers walking the halls.
A community outreach program aimed at increasing the visibility of daytime patrol officers in the schools is set to begin on April 8, said SAU 25 Superintendent Tim Mayes. The program was recommended by Police Chief John Bryfonski, whose desire is to step up community policing by establishing relationships with different groups in town.
"About a month ago I was approached by the chief about a program to improve the visibility of the police department in all the schools," Mayes said. "To have the kids and the faculty see the officers in the school helps everybody feel a little safer given the things that have transpired." Mayes was referring to the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman on Dec. 14 killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Mayes made the announcement about the program at this week's school board meeting.
"I think it is a marvelous, fantastic idea," said school board member Cindy Chagnon.
The plan is to have one of the police department's five daytime patrol officers visit each of the town's six schools once a month, said Mayes. The school department will schedule appointments with the officers to come in and get tours of each school building.
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After the tours, officers will visit the schools and work to establish relationships with students and faculty. Some officers, Mayes said, could read to younger students.
In February, Bryfonski suggested officers might also join older students at after-school sports events. "It allows them to interact on a different level," Bryfonski said of the officers. "I want folks to feel like they can contact any of us at any time. It's what we're here for."
The outreach to the school population is just one facet of a multi-pronged community policing program that Bryfonski has launched. Last month, he announced the Meet the Chief program, which is held the second Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bedford Safety Complex.
In addition, a program targeted at senior citizens called Are You OK? was initiated last year. A daily computer-generated wellness call is placed to seniors who sign up for the program. If a particular senior citizen fails to pick up the phone or otherwise acknowledge that they are OK, a patrol officer is dispatched to their home to check on their condition. The program is privately funded.


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Lionsgate has announced the next wave of Ghost House Underground titles. DVD and Blu-ray releases of Seventh Moon, The Thaw, Offspring, and The Children will each be available to own from the 6th October. The Seventh Moon will include a commentary with director Eduardo Sanchez and actress Amy Smart, and 3 featurettes ("Ghosts of Hong Kong: The Making of Seventh Moon", "The Pale Figures", "Mysteries of the Seventh Lunar Month"). The Thaw will include 1 behind the scenes featurette. Offspring will include a commentary with writer Jack Ketchum, director Andrew Van Den Houten and producer William M. Miller, a Progeny: The Birth of Offspring featurette, webisodes, a photo gallery, and a printable script. The Children will include deleted scenes, and 6 featurettes ("The Making of The Children", "Shooting on Location", "Paul Hyett Talks Prosthetics", "Snow Set Design", "Inside Tom Shankland's On Set Lair", "Working with The Children"). The artwork is attached below:
Seventh Moon Synopsis
Quote: Seventh Moon "will send chills down your spine…" (Dread Central.com). Director Eduardo Sanchez, winner of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival Award of Youth for The Blair Witch Project, "returns with a brilliantly conceived and executed supernatural thriller" (Fantastic Fest). According to an ancient Chinese myth, on the full moon of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open and the dead are freed to roam among the living. While honeymooning in China, a young newlywed couple takes part in a sacred event that honors these spirits. Unfortunately their enthusiasm borders on mockery and their disagreeable charm ends in angry glances among the locals. As night falls, their tour guide abandons them in a desolate field. What they thought was a joke is becoming far too real as they fight to survive the night of the Seventh Moon.
Offspring Synopsis
Quote: They Hunt in Packs. They Feed on Flesh. They prey on innocence. †They are back with a vengeance and an insatiable appetite for human flesh. Their time has come – again. Based on the acclaimed novel and adapted for the screen by bestselling author Jack Ketchum, Offspring follows the survivors of a brutal flesh-eating clan that has re-surfaced in the once sleepy town of Dead River, Maine. †The locals are in for a rude awakening when they realize it's the same pack that the sheriff thought he killed off a decade ago. †Just when they thought the nightmare was over, they're about to discover that the fight for their lives has only just begun. The film was included in the Fangoria Weekend of Horror and Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear.
The Thaw Synopsis
Quote: Val Kilmer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) stars as a renowned environmental advocate, Dr. David Kruipen, who discovers the real horror of global warming in the frightening new film The Thaw. When Dr. Kruipen discovers the carcass of a woolly mammoth in a polar ice cap, he helms a team of four bright ecology students and leads them in a research mission at a remote Arctic station. The group uncovers information beyond their wildest dreams…and nightmares…when a pre-historic parasite revives and searches for a new warm-blooded host. Now, infected, the unsuspecting students are forced to choose between a quarantine that will result in their burial ground or a global epidemic.
The Children Synopsis
Quote: You brought them into the world. They will take you out. A family anticipates a Christmas filled with sledding, laughter and hot cocoa as they head to their vacation home in the secluded backcountry. The holiday cheer takes a fast turn for the worst after a mysterious flu-like virus sweeps through the kids. One by one the children become deadly. Amidst the suspicion, mayhem and murder, the parents must fight for survival against their own twisted offspring. The Children was declared "relentless, primal horror" (Guardian), a "taboo shattering movie" (Time Out), "Village of the Damned for the 21st Century" (IGN.com) and Steve Niles, author of the graphic novel 30 Days of Night says, "I will never go near a playground again!"
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Fabricio De Zuasnabar wrote: i'll get 'The Thaw' , 'The Children' and maybe 'Seventh Moon'
Those are the ones to certainly give a look (not sure about purchasing yet, though), me thinks.
Those are the ones to certainly give a look (not sure about purchasing yet, though), me thinks.
nice cover art
i'll get 'The Thaw' , 'The Children' and maybe 'Seventh Moon'
The Children was good.
The Thaw looks good, and The Children looks minorly interesting. The rest look awful.
I purchased The Children on Blu-Ray from the UK a few months ago. It's officially one of my top 20 favorite horror films of all time.
Do not listen to the naysayers. The film is kind of a slow burn, with stark, beautiful winter photography and spacey ambient score. It actually requires an attention span and appreciation of quality filmmaking.
I'm still amazed at how the driector was able to get the performance from the youngest child. That kid was pretty amazing.
Do not listen to the naysayers. The film is kind of a slow burn, with stark, beautiful winter photography and spacey ambient score. It actually requires an attention span and appreciation of quality filmmaking.
I'm still amazed at how the driector was able to get the performance from the youngest child. That kid was pretty amazing.
I hope that I wind up getting all of these. I'm excited for The Thaw and The Children.
IIs this a case then of lots of promise but no delivery?
Looks pretty bad.
Seventh moon looks a little cheesy. Though I wanna see The Thaw.
"The Children" got quite a bit of favorable reviews from critics over in the U.K. where it was released theatrically.
I loved "The Children" its one of the most effective killer children I've see in recent years along with Eden Lake, the others don't say much to me but will probably check them out.
I saw 'The Children' a while back, it's... not good. Not good at all.
Looking forward to 'Offspring', though.
Looking forward to 'Offspring', though.
Hopefully, these are better than the first go around for GH Underground, which released a bunch of mediocre horror films. In fact, these sort of multi-film releases usually don't produce much quality as also evidenced by the AfterDark Horrorfest films over the years.
Still, I'll have to check out Seventh Moon for Amy Smart, The Thaw because it has the best cast, The Children because the plot is creepy, and Offspring because it's based on a Jack Ketchum novel and he's a good horror novelist.
Still, I'll have to check out Seventh Moon for Amy Smart, The Thaw because it has the best cast, The Children because the plot is creepy, and Offspring because it's based on a Jack Ketchum novel and he's a good horror novelist.
These actually seem better than last year's.
If nothing else, the artwork is a lot better.
If nothing else, the artwork is a lot better.
...i think "Seventh Moon" will be one of the best films of this 4 releases, i trust in Eduardo Sanchez because "Blair Witch"(one of the best horror films of the all times) and "Altered" is the best proof of his magnificent work. I want to own all of them in blu ray
the plot of Seventh Moon seemed interesting.
"Room 205" is my favorite one, is really scary
The Substitute was the only real quality film out of last year's mess.
I actually have one of the Wave I titles, "Dance of the Dead". It's a pretty decent movie. I'm waiting for the prices to go down on the Wave I titles to complete the collection. As for these Wave II titles, I'll have to reserve judgment until I look at previews or something.
I don't know, I was actually pleasantly surprised with last year's set so I am more then willing to give these titles a shot.
With the exception of The Children (which could turn out to be half decent) these movies look pretty awful.
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Harming veterans: The VA scandal is incredibly bad
The Veterans Affairs scandal is deeper and more troubling than most Americans probably realize. The long wait times have been a problem for more than a decade, the coverup has been going on for years, and whistleblowers have been ignored or threatened with punishment. It is neither a new nor transitory problem. It is huge, long-standing, systemic, and fatal.
On Monday the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Carolyn Lerner, wrote to President Obama to outline problems her office found. The OSC handles whistleblower complaints. She reported two cases of VA employees being punished for refusing to participate in the coverup of patient wait times. She listed shockingly long waits for mental health care in Brockton, Mass., highlighting two veterans who waited seven and eight years, respectively, before receiving their first psychological evaluation.
On Tuesday Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., released a lengthy report on VA mismanagement and abuses. It included April, 2012, testimony from retired VA Mental Health Administrative Officer Nick Tolentino, who worked at the VA Medical Center in Manchester and told how he and other staff were instructed to cover up the lack of access to services.
The problems predate the Obama administration, which was briefed on the issue in 2008. Yet Obama began a top-level investigation only after the scandal broke into public view in April. We bet the problem would have been solved immediately had there been seven-year waits for tee times at the three Andrews Air Force Base golf courses.


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Clarkson University Professors Receive Top Marks From Critics
Clarkson University Physics Professor Physics Daniel ben-Avraham and Assistant Professor of Mathematics Takashi Nishikawa recently received top reviews for a paper they published in Physical Review E, a leading journal published by the American Physical Society.
The paper was co-written by Clarkson mathematics graduate student Jie Sun of Shanghai, China.
In the report of the critic, or "referee," the group's paper, titled "Sequence Nets," was "written with great clarity and precision" and is "without blemish."
Of the news, ben-Avraham said, "We are flattered. Networks have been a very hot topic in physics lately, and being singled out among the avalanche of papers on the subject feels particularly good."
The group's sequence nets serve as suitable models of these everyday-life complex nets, but are much simpler to work with.
The referee concluded, "This paper presents an elegant and useful formalism for classifying and analyzing networks. . . [it] has great future potential and influence."
"This paper is on a new idea we have stumbled upon," said Ben-Avraham, He has been conducting research on complex networks for eight years, but was recently joined by Nishikawa.
"We are definitely interested in further work on sequence nets, and depending on the progress, we may have another publication in the near future," said Nishikawa.


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After a breakout 2012 season, which saw him win three Grade 1 races, including the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf Stakes, Little Mike earned another accolade recently when he was named Florida-bred Horse of the Year.
After a breakout 2012 season, which saw him win three Grade 1 races, including the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf Stakes, Little Mike earned another accolade recently when he was named Florida-bred Horse of the Year.
The 6-year-old gelding received the honor during an awards ceremony in Ocala, held Monday by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association.
In two weeks, Little Mike tries for another milestone as he vies for a piece of the $27 million up for grabs at the Dubai World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The gelding will likely start in either the $5 million Sheema Classic at 1� miles or the $5 million Duty Free at 1 1/8 miles on March 30. Both races are on the turf.
The gelding was being pointed to the $10 million World Cup, but a prep race over the synthetic surface of the Meydan Course on March 9 did not go well and those plans were scratched.
"I think he will do well there. We tried on the (synthetic) surface, but he didn't get a good ride so we decided to go back to the turf. But I want to see him try the synthetic before it's all over," said Carlo Vaccarezza, who bred the horse, which was foaled in Ocala and broken at Crupi's New Castle Farm.
Little Mike, a son of Spanish Steps, earned more than $2.6 million in purses and won some of the more prestigious turf races in the country last year. He got off to a slow start early in his career. He didn't win his first race until his fifth try, but steadily improved through his third and fourth year, when he won two graded stakes at Gulfstream Park.
About halfway through last year, the gelding seemed to figure it out. He won the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day by more than two lengths as a 12-1 longshot.
He proved that race wasn't a fluke when he came back in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile Stakes at Hollywood Park in California a month later and finished a close third. Then, in August, he won the Grade 1 Arlington Million Stakes at Arlington Park in Illinois. That set him up for another trip back to the West Coast for the Breeders' Cup win at Santa Anita Park.
"He had a great year. It was well deserved. He was by far the best Florida horse this year," Vaccarezza said.
He also still thinks the horse was the best in the country and should have won an Eclipse Award.
"He won the biggest races of the year at three different distances. Wise Dan (the eventual winner) won his turf races at a mile. There was no comparison," he said. "I was really upset at first, but I got over it,"
Little Mike's 2012 accomplishments had long coat tails as his dam, Hay Jude, was named broodmare of the year and his owner, Priscilla Vaccarezza, was named owner of the year.
The Florida breeder of the year award went to Ocala Stud for the third consecutive year.
Ocala Stud had five Florida-bred stakes winners in 2012, including Grade 1 winners Musical Romance and Turbulent Descent.
"It's been an unbelievable ride. It's really indescribable to be the leading breeder. We had a big stroke of luck here in the last couple of years. We've produced some nice horses. I wish I had the secret; we have some nice young mares and we breed them to nice horses and hope for the best," said David O'Farrell, Ocala Stud farm manager.
The farm was established in the late 1950s and is one of the last remaining historic farms in Marion County.
"It takes a lot of work and we have an unbelievable staff. Everybody pitches in. It really takes a lot of effort to to raise these horses right," he said.
Other winners Monday included:
* Champion older female; Champion female sprinter: Musical Romance
Breeder: Ocala Stud
Owners: Pinnacle Racing and William Kaplan
* Champion 2-Year-Old colt: Merit Man
Breeders: Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds and Stephen Barberino
Owners: Bruce Chandler, Double Kee LLC and Purple Shamrock Racing
* Champion 2-Year-Old filly: Verso a Verso
Breeders: Brent and Crystal Fernung and Dr. Phil Matthews
Owner: Frank Calabrese
* Champion 3-Year-Old colt: Fort Loudon
Breeder/Owner: Jacks Or Better Farm
* Champion 3-Year-Old filly: Eden's Moon
Breeder: Bridlewood Farm
Owner: Kaleem Shah
* Champion male sprinter: Coil
Breeder: Glen Hill Farm
Owners: Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram and Paul Weitman
* Champion turf female: Bay to Bay
Breeder: Adena Springs
Owner: Robert Smithen
* Stallion of the Year, leading juvenile sire: Put It Back
* Leading freshman sire: Circular Quay
* Needles Award: John and Carol Rio
* Joe O'Farrell Memorial Award: Thoroughstock consignors
Horse: Flat Out
* Leading Florida trainer by state-bred earnings: William Kaplan
* Leading Florida trainer by state-bred stakes wins: Stanley Gold
* Leading Florida trainer by state-bred wins: Kathleen O'Connell and Kirk Ziadie (tie)


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Woman celebrates 106th birthday
Woman celebrates 106th birthday
OMAHA, Neb. —
An Omaha woman celebrated her 106th birthday on Friday.
Florence Young celebrated with friends at the Skyline Retirement Community.
She said one of her greatest memories is traveling to all the continents with her husband. She said the key to life is being happy.
"Don't worry and enjoy people. Enjoy everything you do," Young said. "I think whatever you do, try the very best you can, and like my mother said, 'Always look the best you can.'"
Young doesn't take any prescriptions and just stopped driving six years ago.


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Federal prosecutors say they have dropped its doping case against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. For two years, prosecutors looked into allegations that Armstrong and his United States Postal squad used performance-enhancing drugs.
"In a press release, United States Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. says the case has been closed but didn't disclose the reason for the decision.
"Investigators looked at whether a doping program was created to keep Armstrong and his teammates running at the head of the pack while, at least part of the time, they received government sponsorship from the U.S. Postal Service."
As we've reported, Armstrong has been dogged by allegations of doping for years. He has always denied the allegations, saying that he has never taken performance-enhancing drugs.
Several associates testified before a grand jury in Los Angeles after his ex-teammate Floyd Landis leveled doping allegations against Armstrong.
The AP reports that this investigation was led by federal agent Jeff Novitzky who also investigated baseball stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. Back in December, Bonds was sentenced to 30 days in house arrest for an obstruction of justice conviction that stemmed from his doping case.
The Los Angeles Times reports that U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said an announcement about the case's closure was needed, because the investigation had already been made public in press reports.
We'll have more on this story as it develops.
Update at 5:39 p.m. ET. 'Great News':
The AP has obtained a statement from Armstrong's lawyer:
"'This is great news,' Armstrong attorney Mark Fabiani said in a statement. 'Lance is pleased that the United States Attorney made the right decision, and he is more determined than ever to devote his time and energy to Livestrong and to the causes that have defined his career.'"
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
Lance Armstrong received some welcomed news today. Federal prosecutors are dropping their investigation of the champion cyclist, which had gone on for nearly two years. Investigators had been looking into doping allegations against the seven-time Tour de France winner and his cycling teammates. Armstrong has denied those allegations.
And joining us now is NPR sports correspondent, Tom Goldman. Hi there, Tom.
TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Audie.
CORNISH: So, what can you tell us about this decision by federal prosecutors?
GOLDMAN: It's surprising because many were expecting indictments, especially after, as you said, nearly two years. It's surprising that the decision to close the case was announced publically. It's rare that they would say that they were not proceeding. But, you know, there's been so much press about this, the U.S. attorney's office in L.A., where the grand jury had been hearing testimony, felt that some type of comment was needed.
CORNISH: Why is the Department of Justice dropping the case? Did they say?
GOLDMAN: Good question. No reason is given in the statement and U.S. attorney Andre Birotte was not commenting. I spoke to someone with knowledge of the decision who asked not to be identified, and that person said the decision was based primarily on not enough evidence. As it's been widely reported, federal prosecutors were approaching this case from a fraud angle. Were Armstrong and his teammates, when they rode for a team sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service, were they involved in a scheme to defraud the USPS, and thus the federal government, by taking part in a doping program? The USPS had a no-doping clause in its contract with the cyclists.
Now, according to the person I spoke to, federal prosecutors asked the basic question – are we going to be able to convince a jury that Lance was a doper and that he and his colleagues set out to rip off the federal government? Their answer was no, they didn't have the evidence. And also, Audie, there were secondary factors that reportedly went into the decision as well, such as – the alleged doping took place in France, it took place a long time ago, is the Department of Justice going to be an enforcer in professional sports?
Now, while I was told that the evidence was not there, I also heard from another source who said investigators in this case stressed as recently as a week ago that the evidence was rock-solid.
CORNISH: At this point, does this mean that the case is actually closed on Lance Armstrong.
GOLDMAN: Well, not in the big picture. This case specifically dealt with the fraud issues which I mentioned. Today's statement said the U.S. attorney's office is closing an investigation into allegations of federal criminal conduct. But there are potential civil lawsuits against Armstrong. And the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency continues to investigate.
Here's a statement from the head of USADA, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart. And he says, unlike the U.S. attorney, USADA's job is to protect clean sport, rather than enforce specific criminal laws. Our investigation into doping in the sport of cycling is continuing and we look forward to obtaining the information developed during the federal investigation.
CORNISH: Tom, just a few seconds left here. Any response from Lance Armstrong's camp?
GOLDMAN: Not surprisingly, his attorney, Mark Fabiani said it's great news. Quote, in a statement, quote, "Lance is pleased that the United States attorney made the right decision, and he is more determined than ever to devote his time and energy to Livestrong and to the causes that have defined his career." Of course, Lance Armstrong's supporters also applaud the decision. His detractors – the Armstrong camp calls them haters – are upset...
CORNISH: Tom...
GOLDMAN: And they continue to believe that Armstrong cheated, which he has always denied.
CORNISH: Tom, thanks so much.
GOLDMAN: You bet, Audie.
CORNISH: That's NPR's Tom Goldman, reporting that federal prosecutors have closed their doping investigation of cyclist Lance Armstrong. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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TRANSPORT bosses have insisted they are doing all they can to help Bolton commuters during the rush hour crush.
Representatives from First Transpennine Express (FPTE), Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Bolton Council met MP David Crausby to see the situation first-hand at Bolton station.
They say that while train services running through Bolton are busy, they are no worse than other parts of Greater Manchester — and that there is a national lack of carriages for commuters.
The meeting follows the launch of The Bolton News' Let's Get Back on Track campaign, which is calling on train bosses and the Department for Transport to provide more carriages for peak-hour services.
Kathyrn O'Brien, head of franchise development at FTPE, said that over the past six weeks the company has closely monitored the number of passengers getting on trains.
She added: "We want to thank customers for their understanding and patience while the new timetable has been implemented.
"Our observations to date are that while train services are busy, on the vast majority of occasions all customers are able to board their intended train.
"Additional services have been provided from Preston to Manchester via Wigan and that is freeing up capacity from Bolton.
"We were delighted to welcome Mr Crausby and representatives from TfGM and Bolton Council to the station.
"We are pleased that we were not only able to discuss the situation with them, but they were also able to witness first-hand the successful passenger movements.
"We will continue to work with all parties and continue to lobby for increased capacity options."
But Mr Crausby, who represents Bolton North East in Parliament, said more still needs to be done.
He added: "At the end of the day it's not rocket science — there's not enough carriages.
"I know that everybody is doing their best, but it's not that complicated. There's just not enough space and we want more carriages.
"People are entitled to a seat when the authorities have put the prices up.
"We are arguing that people should go to work and not be on benefits — but commuting like this makes life so difficult.
"This problem has been going on for years and years and it needs to stop."
The Bolton News' Let's Get Back On Track campaign is calling for a dramatic improvement to the town's "cattle truck" rail services.
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I've never used hamtronics *preamps*, but I've built some of their other stuff. It seemed to me that the manuals assumed you'd built things before (not a problem for me), and they weren't real "user friendly" like Heathkit or Elecraft. The pines shouldn't be too much problem at VHF/UHF, but will kill you on 2.4GHz. 73, Jim --- Bryant <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Dave and the BB- > > The thread on antenna preamps has been very > interesting and helpful to me as I'm in the final > stages of] putting my satellite station on the air- > [determining where to mount the antennas at the > moment]. I checked your reference to Hamtronics > and they are still in business and do offer a wide > range of inexpensive preamps. See > http://www.hamtronics.com/lnk.htm. > > I wonder if anyone else has had any experience with > these preamps and, if so. what were your > conclusions? > > Also, does anyone know how much affect pine trees > have on ham satellite communications? There are two > tall ones within 30 meters of where I'm considering > mounting my antennas. > > Thanks for all the good ideas that the BB members > have shared over the years. > > Bryant, W2RGG/6, > AMSAT member # 25030 > > Original Message ----- > From: Dave Guimont > To: Jim Jerzycke > Cc: email@example.com > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 10:53 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New Preamp > > > At 09:25 PM 9/17/2007, you wrote: > >Welcome to the wonderful world of mast-mounted > >preamps! 90% of the people who get involved with > >satellites (INCLUDING myself) think they don't > *need* > >a preamp. After doing all you can (better > antenna, > >lower loss feedline, etc) to get your receive > setup > >maxed out, you finally decide to "just try one; I > can > >always sell it on eBay", and are usually amazed > at the > >improvement it gives you. > >The _first_ thing I suggest to newcomers is to > buy a > >good preamp. Sadly, most are like I was, and > stumble > >around for weeks or months worrying about other > things > >before finally buying one. > >Congrats, and enjoy your preamp! > >73, Jim KQ6EA > > Right on the nose, Jim, and they don't have to be > expensive > either,....the ones I use are from HAMTRONICS > (assume they are still > in business). they are at least 20 years old, > built from a kit, and > mounted in a wx proof box at the antenna, still > functioning 100% and > as I remember about 18 bucks at the time. They > outdid others on a > side by side coax switched test, and needless to > say the owner of the > "big time charlie"was not too happy!! Hamtronics > has pre-built for a > few bucks more, or did at that time...Use them, > and hang just about > any kind of antenna on for what we have flying > now....One made from > coat hangers would work just fine...And I've said > this before.....low > loss coax, and prime connectors properly attached. > > I see the "antenna discussers" on here having the > time of their life, > and more power to them, probably on of the most > fun parts of ham > radio for some of us, but don't forget to include > and calculate LOSES > in the entire system. Your most magic antenna can > go down the tubes with them. > > > > > 73, Dave firstname.lastname@example.com > Disagree: I learn.... > > Pulling for P3E... > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed > are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the > amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > __________ NOD32 2539 (20070918) Information > __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus > system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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text: Fishing: Story Story Posted 04-18-2013 Fearless in Face of Sharks Guide's wife jumps right in for Madfin Shark Series Catherine and Rob Fordyce cast to sharks. (Courtesy Madfin) By: Steve Rogers, OutdoorChannel.com Catherine Fordyce had not gone shark fishing in more than five years, and she had no experience in the dangerous art of dehooking the thrashing and rolling sharks. But she had no fear. Zero. Catherine and her husband Rob Fordyce comprised Team Yeti during the seventh annual Madfin Shark Series held in the Florida Keys in March. During the tournament, teams could double their points by successfully removing the hook from the mouth of each shark, which weighed 100-800 pounds. And during the tournament, which for the first time included couples, the teammates were required to alternate on catches, including reeling in the sharks and attempting to remove the hooks. So it was good thing that Catherine, a firefighter/paramedic for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, doesn't frighten so easily. Click the image for Madfin photos "She was fearless," said Rob Fordyce, who operates a fishing guide service in south Florida. "But she's pretty much an adrenaline junkie." The Madfin Shark Series airs on Outdoor Channel throughout April and May at noon on Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m. on Friday and 3:30 p.m. on Sundays. The tournament is the only nationally televised catch and release shark competition in the world. This year, it returned to Key West, Fla., and the clear, shark-rich waters of the Florida Keys. The broadcast is hosted by famed outdoor host Tommy Sanders and British actor Butler Yates serves as narrator. The four teams participating – two involving married couples and two more who are dating – earned varying numbers of points depending on the species of shark. Then that total could be doubled with the removal of the hook. "I had zero experience doing that," Catherine said. "I had never even tried it. "The sharks, when you're pulling them in, they like to roll and they could roll up into your hand. They were very unpredictable. Then the (dehooker) is only about 2 feet long, so you had to get you hand right down there next to its mouth." One of the other Madfin competitors, Bryan Bear Holeman – the captain of Team Bear – suffered a bite while attempting to dehook a shark. Rob Fordyce said he worried while watching his wife trying to dehook his catches. "When she was leadering a fish in, she would start rolling the line around her hand," he said. "That can be pretty dangerous because if that shark starts to roll at that point, it can roll your hand right into its mouth. "And when you're dealing with an 8- or 10-foot bull shark or lemon shark, its head is more than 12 inches wide. I was concerned for her." Catherine and Rob, both 43, dated in high school, have been married for 18 years and have two children – Kaylee, 17, and Kyle, 15. Rob has been working as a guide for more than 26 years. "I don't take her fishing nearly as much as she would like," Rob said. "I'm on the water 280-290 days a year, but that's work." "He started guiding in high school," Catherine said. "That's his office." Rob has also been a part of several fishing shows on television throughout his career. A new show that was developed and slated to be produced by his good friend, the late Jose Wejebe, begins filming in May. It is scheduled to begin airing on Outdoor Channel in 2014. As for the Madfin Shark Series, Rob said all of the teams were affected by a cold front that moved into the area on the opening day of the tournament. "That changed the shallow game, and this is traditionally a shallow water tournament," he said. "So I went offshore to try to get some hammerheads. They were there, but we didn't do as well as we would have hoped." As for his teammate, Rob said he couldn't have asked for more from Catherine. "I know she caught more sharks than any other woman in the tournament, and most all of them came on the last day," he said. "There were a couple of mistakes early on by both of us, but overall I would not have picked another teammate. She did great." Share This Story Next From Story Major League Fishing Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary with Top Rating Related Fishing : Posted 04-08-2013 'I Was a Human Chum Line' View Fishing : Posted 08-24-2011 2012 Madfin Final a Blowout View Fishing : Posted 06-09-2011 A Day Of Firsts View Fishing : Posted 03-16-2011 Meet The OTHER Stars Of The Madfin Shark Series View Fishing : Posted 03-16-2011 What's The Story Behind The Madfin Shark Series? View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features MAP: Find out where the fish are biting in your area Out There Fishing with Keith "Catfish" Sutton Major League Fishing World Fishing Network Feature Fishing Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


text: What happened blaicasly was because of assuming that a trend was permanent. In the financial world, this is a form of mental disorder. Trends are why anyone could be a day-trader and make money, for a while. Their impermanence is why anyone that didn't get out of that in time lost their shirts. The subprime loans were designed to churn the loans. You had loans that were fixed for usually two years, then would become variable. The whole intent was for the borrower to refinance in two years, again generating all of the bank's new-loan fees. The trend for real estate to appreciate rapidly was counted on to continue to keep this attractive for the borrower. Borrow 100 with 5k in costs to pay off a loan of 95, wait two years, borrow 105k with 5k in costs to pay off a loan of 100, wait two years, borrow 110k with 5k in costs to pay off a loan of 105 but then the trend didn't cooperate by giving a home value of 110k, and the balloon broke. People still had the same house they did, but now a loan for more than they originally paid for it, and they can't get refinancing, and can't sell it for what they owe. Trends are temporary. People that think otherwise will eventually lose money. Now, how do you know when a trend is coming to an end? There's a story about the Crash of '29 about a broker who was getting a shoe shine, and the shoe shiner gave him a hot tip on a stock. He realized that when shoe shine boys were giving stock tips, the market was about to crash and he got out. During the day-trader era, there were stories about bus drivers and janitors making huge money in day-trading, just before that went south. How many times have YOU seen people offering to help people get loans in their answers right here on Yahoo, offers totally unconnected to the question being asked? It was a trend. Now it's not.


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Alyson Footer's blog post shook me to my very core.
Chris Johnson, Jason Castro, and Jason Bourgeois were all called up and will be in uniform on Tuesday. That means three dudes are out of a big-league job. And those three dudes are Cory Sullivan, Casey Daigle, and Kevin Cash.
Because Humberto Quintero got popped in the coconut, but may not go to the DL, Castro will be your C1 for the time being. Chris Johnson? 3B1. Pedro Feliz? Bench player. Jason Bourgeois is now OF5.
On SportsRadio 610 this morning we discussed what it would take for the Astros to become interesting again, and this was the answer.
This season just got way more interesting.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Dayum! Now it's on.
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- Joel said...
Wonderful news!
- June 20, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- John Royal said...
But now Mrs. Casey Daigle won't be in the stands, and she was about the only thing currently associated with the Astros worth watching.
- June 20, 2010 at 8:46 PM
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Hennessy held a private ceremony in Long Island City, NY to celebrate the success of 2 Chainz's album Based On A T.R.U. Story. Def Jam President, Joie Manda and Senior Vice President, Sean "Pecas" Costner were on hand to present Tity Boi with Gold plaques for "Birthday Song" and "I'm Different," and a Platinum plaque for "No Lie" featuring Drake.
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As the pianist and writer about music Charles Rosen put it, "it's like tightrope walkers. Unless you start when you're four you tend to fall off." While it is true that almost all professional musicians exhibit some degree of exceptional talent as children, musical history is also littered with stories of child prodigies who did not go on to fulfil their promise. The margins between success and failure can sometimes be remarkably thin.
In 1999, aged just 13, the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang was engaged to play with Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She had already been playing professionally for several years, but this was a significant step up. "I was told that I was free to play whatever I wanted, and as I was just beginning to discover opera at the time I chose Sarasate's Carmen Fantasia. When I met Jansons he wondered why I hadn't chosen Mozart or Mendelssohn, both of which would have been excellent to play. But he said yes to the Carmen and I will always be grateful for how much flexibility he showed in letting me make that choice. Even though it wasn't an obvious thing to do, it was perfect for me at that time and he appreciated that. It might seem like a small decision, but these things can be very important."
The concert was a huge success and Frang was launched on an international career. "She was a wonderful young musician and it was a memorable performance," recalls Jansons. "But for all that you can never be completely sure how things will turn out." He discovered how things turned out a few weeks ago at the Lucerne festival where Frang, now 26, played Bartók's first violin concerto with him and his world famous Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In the years in between Jansons concerts Frang had studied in Oslo and then Hamburg, been taken under the wing of German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, worked with some of the best orchestras and conductors in the world and released an award-winning debut recording of violin concertos by Sibelius and Prokofiev. She returns to Lucerne in September as recipient of the prestigious Credit Suisse young artist award, which not only gives 75,000 Swiss francs to the winner, but also an engagement with Bernard Haitink and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. But before then she plays the Bruch violin concerto in London next week with Jansons's protégé Andris Nelsons and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
"I have so much respect for British orchestras and the way that they work," she says. "I recently toured with the Philharmonia and was astonished at the intensity and discipline with which they play. They are super professional and super flexible. That was how I was brought up and I still love that attitude."
Frang was born in Oslo in 1986 into a musical family in which both her father and sister were double bass players. "I assumed I would be the next in line but my father used the argument that as our car was rather small we could never again go on holiday if I took it up, and so he made me my first violin, which was tiny and I hated. Even at that age I had in my head an idea as to how I wanted things to sound and this thing hardly made any sound at all."
As a child everything she did was "somehow accompanied by music. It was sort of blended into my life. It was always under my skin." She says there was never a specific moment when she realised she was going to be professionally good. "No one ever said 'ah-ha'. Every step has felt very normal and the obvious thing to do." Even that first Jansons concert felt like a natural progression. "He had been chief conductor in Oslo for many years, and my parents took me to concerts. I'd heard his great Bruckner and Mahler symphonies and he didn't feel like a famous maestro from another planet. He was as familiar, as the king's head on the coins were familiar."
Although she says she "belongs" to Scandinavia, "that's where I have my roots, where I was shaped as a musician and a personality," as a professional musician Frang now feels more comfortable in Germany. "It's as if I can breathe more easily in Germany. You need to be near colleagues and have people around you who you can really connect with. Scandinavia can be a little like Switzerland. It is very clean and safe and the people are a little bit spoiled and they don't have much to worry about. I need things to worry about. I need some resistance and struggle. That's part of my music-making." As her schedule becomes busier Frang says she is having to make a conscious effort to find time for life away from the stage. "I've never really separated my life inside and outside of music, but if you only see the hotel and the concert hall, then you have nothing of life to enrich your music. So I'm looking forward to coming back to London and also to giving people another look at Bruch."
Considering her recording and concert repertoire, the Bruch appears a conservative choice. "In a way it has become a tourist trap in the violin repertory. It is something that students are given when they reach a certain level, and an 'audience friendly' piece to play alongside, say, the Lutoslawski partita on tour. A piece suffers by being treated like that and so for many years I was completely against it. But when I eventually started to engage with it I was astonished at just how much you could express through it. It feels like I am singing it, not playing it, and while such a great piece of music doesn't need too much help from me, I do hope that I can help rescue it from being just a victim of its reputation as music only for student classes and old ladies."


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Executive Summary:
The script included with this article lets database administrators move tables and indexed views between filegroups in SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 more efficiently than moving tables and indexed views manually.
Filegroups are useful tools for controlling a database's location and size because they let DBAs easily move files between different disks or network computers. But using filegroups can present problems when you need to move tables because if you define multiple filegroups for a single database, then some tables can reside in one filegroup while other tables might be stored in a different filegroup. If you then need to move data files, the fact that the data is spread out among filegroups means you'll likely have to move tables from one filegroup to another. Here's a sample scenario: A database called \[MyDB\] has two filegroups, which the sample code in Listing 1 shows. The first filegroup, called \[PRIMARY\], contains the data file C:\MyDB_Primary.mdf; the second filegroup, \[MyFileGroup\], has the data file D:\MyDB_ MyFilegroup.ndf. If I want to move all the table data to drive D while maintaining 100 percent uptime (in which case detaching databases or taking files offline is not an acceptable option), then I must move tables from one filegroup to the other. The need to move tables arises in other situations, such as in filegroup consolidation or before deleting database files. To make moving tables between filegroups easier and more efficient, I've written a SQL script that moves one table between filegroups. The script doesn't assume any prior knowledge about the table and can be used to move tables that have a clustered index and also to move heaps. In addition, the script lets users specify whether a table's nonclustered indexes and unique constraints should be moved as well.
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My script is useful for moving tables or indexed views for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000. If a table you want to move has full-text indexes, the script won't register those indexes with the full text catalog, nor will the script move user-defined statistics. Note that although I composed the script to move single tables, you can easily modify it to move a collection of tables and indexed views. Before I explain how my script works, let's take a look at the basics of tables and moving them between filegroups. (The description following applies as well to indexed views because indexes on views have the same underlying architecture that table indexes do.)
Understanding Table Types
A table is stored on the filegroup that holds its data pages. In order to move a table between filegroups and keep the table schema intact, it's important to distinguish between two types of tables. The first table type refers to tables that have a clustered index. When a table has a clustered index, the data pages are the leaf pages of the clustered index B-tree. To move such tables, you must recreate the clustered index on the target filegroup and also move the nonclustered indexes and constraints. The second table type refers to heaps. With tables that don't have a clustered index, you can move the data pages by dropping the table, then recreating it on the desired file group. A better solution that omits the need to drop the table creates a clustered index on the target filegroup, then drops the clustered index later.
Although it might seem from the foregoing explanation that tables can be moved easily, keep in mind that changing clustered indexes can negatively affect a server's performance and thus the availability of data, especially in large tables. When it comes to moving tables, the devil truly is in the details.
Existing Table-Moving Techniques
Assume that the database \[MyDB\] contains the table \[dbo\].\[MyTable1\]. This table has a primary key that is also a clustered index, a nonclustered index, and a unique constraint (the Data Definition Language—DDL—for the table is provided in the sample code in Listing 2). The indexes and constraints for this table all reside on the \[PRIMARY\] filegroup—we can validate this by running the SQL code in Listing 3 against the \[MyDB\] database. This SQL statement returns the filegroup information for all indexes and constraints that belong to the table \[dbo\].\[MyTable1\].
One technique for moving a table to a different filegroup is to use Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000. In Enterprise Manager you can right-click the table, select Design Table, click the Properties icon, then select the desired filegroup from the Table Filegroup dropdown menu, as Figure 1, page 38, shows.
To move the table's indexes and constraints, you can go to the Indexes/Keys tab on the Properties page, as Figure 2, page 38, shows, change the filegroup for each object in the Index Filegroup dropdown menu, click Close, then click Yes when prompted to apply the changes. Unfortunately, the ability to move a table to a different filegroup from the UI is no longer available in SQL Server Management Studio.
This technique's main benefit is that it's straightforward. However, a quick look under the hood reveals that it isn't particularly efficient: Moving several tables requires a lot of tedious and manual work. Moreover, if you were to run SQL Profiler during the table move, you'd see that the GUI creates a new table called \[dbo\].\[Tmp_utbMyTable1\], moves the data from \[dbo\].\[utbMyTable1\] to the new table, then makes the new table assume the identity of the original one. These actions are inefficient because the table data is duplicated and stored twice in the database (once in \[dbo\].\[utbMyTable1\] and once in \[dbo\].\[Tmp_utbMy- Table1\]), which is extremely wasteful, especially in the case of large tables. Another problem with this method is that if the table \[dbo\].\[utbMyTable1\] has user-defined statistics, those statistics are dropped without warning and are not recreated. These actions are embedded in Enterprise Manager and in the SQL Distributed Management Objects (DMO)—both for SQL Server 2000 and the SQL Server 2005–compatible DMO—and therefore can't be controlled by the user.
Another simple and popular way to move tables with a clustered index is to recreate the clustered index using the CREATE INDEX command together with the DROP_EXISTING clause, as the sample code in Listing 4, page 38, illustrates. This method is quick and easy; however, it results in redundant and wasteful operations. The SQL statement in Listing 4 moves only the clustered index and therefore has to be followed by similar statements for all nonclustered indexes. The recreation of the clustered index forces a rebuild of all nonclustered indexes and B-trees because the leaf pages of the nonclustered indexes must be redirected to point to the leaf pages of the newly reconstructed clustered index. In other words, using this technique rebuilds the nonclustered indexes twice—once when the clustered index is moved and again when the nonclustered indexes are recreated on the target filegroup.
A More Efficient Solution
As I've mentioned, the script I've written can move any type of table, including heaps. Here's how it operates. The script accepts five user-assigned parameters: The variables @SourceFileGroupID and @TargetFileGroupID are set by the user and hold the original filegroup ID for the table to be moved, as well as the ID of the target filegroup. You can obtain the IDs of the database file groups by running EXEC sp_helpfile or by querying the system object \[sysfiles\]. Before running the script, you should also specify the name of the table to move as the variable @TableToMove. Moreover, you can indicate whether the primary key and constraints should also be moved by setting the value of the bit variable @MovePKAndAllUniqueConstraints to 1. In the same way, the bit variable @MoveAllNon- ClusteredIndexes indicates whether to move the nonclustered indexes. In order to move the table, the script performs the following steps and actions. First, the script determines whether the source and target filegroups and the requested table indeed exist, and aborts if they do not. Then, the script checks whether the requested table has a clustered index or is a heap. If the table is a heap, the script determines whether the table contains a unique column (i.e., an identity column or a column with a primary key or unique constraint). If a unique column indeed exists, the script creates a nonunique clustered index on that column on the appropriate target filegroup. Applying the clustered index on a unique column is useful because the column data has high cardinality even if duplicate data entries exist (e.g., as in the case of manually populating an identity column with SET IDENTITY INSERT), which guarantees fast and efficient creation of the clustered index. In the event that no unique columns are available, the script adds a new identity column and builds a clustered index on it. All items that are added to the table as part of the move process are later dropped to ensure that the table schema remains unchanged.
In a case where the requested table has a unique clustered index, the script will first drop all foreign keys that reference the unique index. (If the clustered index is not unique, then there's no need to drop foreign keys.) Next, the clustered index is dropped. If you instruct the script to move the nonclustered indexes and the table constraints, they will be dropped to avoid the duplicate index rebuild I described previously. Finally, the script creates the clustered index on the target filegroup and also recreates all the indexes, constraints, and keys that were dropped earlier while maintaining all properties and attributes for all objects (such as PADINDEX and FILLFACTOR).
Moving IMAGE and TEXT Columns to Other Filegroups in SQL Server 2000
In SQL Server 2000 we have the option to explicitly specify the filegroup for columns that use long data types (i.e., IMAGE, TEXT, NTEXT) by using the TEXTIMAGE_ ON clause. For example, we can change the table creation statement in Listing 1 to write:
CREATE TABLE \[dbo\].\[utbMyTable1\] (\[Col1\] INT IDENTITY(1, 1), \[Col2\] NVARCHAR(10), \[Col3\] BIGINT, \[Col4\] IMAGE) ON \[PRIMARY\] TEXTIMAGE_ON \[MyFilegroup\]
in which case the IMAGE data stored in column Col4 would reside on the filegroup \[MyFilegroup\]. If a table has more than one column that utilizes a large data type, then the data for all such large columns will be stored on the filegroup specified in the TEXTIMAGE_ON section. In SQL Server 2005 the TEXTIMAGE_ON clause is no longer available—the data contained in IMAGE, XML, TEXT, NTEXT, VARBINARY(MAX), VARCHAR(MAX), and NVARCHAR(MAX) columns always resides on the same filegroup as the table's data pages. It's important to note that my script doesn't move data for the column types specified above because the only way to move these data entries is by dropping and recreating the entire table.
Limitations and Possibilities
My script doesn't handle the case in which two objects in the database have the same name and belong to different schemas. On top, the script handles one table or indexed view at a time. I encourage interested readers to tune the script to move multiple objects and handle richer scenarios to fit their database environments.
Learn more: Using T-SQL To Automatically Move Tables


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Pregnancy hasn't put a damper on Marisa Miller's decision to dare to bare.
Showing off her sexy new shape for Allure.com, the model — who is expecting a boy this month — shares her secret behind her successful stance.
"I always felt, even before I got pregnant, that it's better to accentuate your curves. A lot of women try to tuck their butt in or kind of slouch because they're trying to hide," Miller, 34, says.
"Obviously you can't suck it in, but it's important to really show off the belly. For some reason, for me, from the side, it looks the biggest, so that's what I tried to do."
Celebrating the changes to her famous figure, Miller has learned to "embrace" all pregnancy has to offer — even the extra pounds.
"My sister said to me, 'You're eating healthy and you're working out, so whatever your body gains, it knows what it's doing,'" she explains.
Transitioning from never tracking her weight — "I had never even owned a scale," Miller admits — to watching the numbers slowly start to climb was a challenge for the mom-to-be. But, by surrounding herself with "a lot of positive support," she chose to put a sunny spin on the situation.
"Gaining weight is part of charting your progress," the actress notes. "Yes, I was seeing numbers I had never seen before, but I let go out of that because I had a new goal and focus."
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Her belly isn't the only thing growing by leaps and bounds; To accommodate an "increased blood flow," Miller has had to make amends to her grooming routines. "It was the first time in my life I'd actually cut my nails with a clipper!" she says with a laugh.
But perhaps the biggest change — or lack thereof — for Miller was to her luscious locks.
"When I found out I was pregnant, I cut all my hair's breakage off thinking, this is the only time I can have a break and do a little hair boot camp. My stylist was worried I was going to cry, but it was for my hair's health — I didn't care how it looked," she says.
"Once I got into my second trimester, I asked my stylist about a few small highlights around the face, just to break up the color a bit. We used organic dye and to make sure I didn't inhale anything, we even did it outside."
As a first-time mom, Miller has had her fair share of surprises as she navigates her way through pending parenthood. Fortunately for the expectant model, there have been plenty of newly minted mamas to offer tips, tricks, and tried-and-true concoctions to a few of pregnancy's side effects — particularly stretch marks.
"I'd been on Molly Sims's blog a lot — she was in her third trimester when I had just gotten pregnant — and she posted this recipe: shea butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil and Vitamin E," she says. "I made it myself, boiling the ingredients, and I poured it into mason jars."
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Ask any diesel enthusiast, and he or she will admit that most "project" trucks are never really done; they just become a work in progress.
Such has been the case for our own Project Beat-to-Neat, or Project 1st-Gen, as it has been called from time to time.
Nearly two years ago, we introduced you to our well-worn 1992 first-gen Dodge that was taking up residence in a farm field. The owner bought it for a song and has spent a lot of time and effort transforming it into a first-gen that any diesel enthusiast would be proud to own. (more…)


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Curity Runarounds Training Pants for Boys are for potty training juveniles. Combines the protection of a diaper and the feel of real underwear. Leg gathers and leak barriers for improved protection. Stretchy sides and waistbands for better comfort and fit. Tear-away sides for easy removal. Wetness indicator that fades when wet.
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ASUS ROG Orion Pro Gaming Headset Review
ASUS's Republic of Gamers (ROG) series has some of the highest quality, top-end peripherals on the market for gamers. Today, we'll take a look at the newest member of headset crew, the ROG Orion Pro Gaming Headset. The Orion Pro has 50mm drivers on a standard 3.5mm jack with a 2.5m braided cable. Unlike other headsets on the market with a USB sound card, the Orion Pro comes with a driverless sound card via USB that requires no setup whatsoever; the literal meaning of Plug-N-Play. The ear cups are over-the-ear circumaural and fully round (non-oblong) with soft pleather padding and red-accented cone covers. The band that rests on the top of your head comes with the same padding as the ear cups, and appear to have some potentially great comfort overall. In general, the Orion Pro has the appearance of some serious greatness in both features and physical appeal – however, no matter what the specs say, it's how they really sound that determines their true "goodness".
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In the box, the Orion Pro gaming headset takes on the nice red ROG theme. The front of the box has a nice peek-through window that gives you a glance at the headset itself and perhaps a little more if you're willing to flop the box around. The main feature listed on the box is inset on the window as "Powered by ROG Spitfire USB Audio Processor" which is the ASUS driver-less USB sound card that providing 7.1 virtual sound and FPS EQ modes. Although there is no active noise canceling, there is an effective 30dB noise isolation for "full battlefield focus".
On the back of the box, there is a full sleek picture of the headset itself. The ROG Spitfire is explained a little more in detail, again referencing the lack of need for drivers. Here, we also find details on the retractable microphone (awesome for travel), the in-line volume controller, and an included cable organizer accessory. The specifications are listed along with a few pictures. Pretty simple, yet rather detailed for a box.