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Volume 102, Number 4
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In September 2016, NASA will launch the OSIRIS-REx probe and embark on what may be the most delicate space mission ever attempted: Maneuvering next to a 500-meter-wide asteroid, brushing a robotic arm against the surface, collecting at least 60 grams of material, and flying the sample back home to a soft landing in Utah in 2023. Dante Lauretta, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona and the mission's principal investigator, is keenly aware of both the challenges and the potential payoff. This would be the closest-ever study of an Earth-threatening asteroid, and the first chance to study up close the type of object that may have seeded our planet with the chemicals of life 4.5 billion years ago. Corey S. Powell, interim editor of American Scientist, spoke with Lauretta about what he hopes to learn.
Out of all the asteroids in the solar system, how did you decide where to go?
When we were making a target selection, there were around the order of half a million known asteroids. The first thing we did was say, "Well, we're not going to get out to the main asteroid belt, get a sample, and bring it back." That takes too much energy. We wanted to be solar powered, so we didn't want to get too far from the Sun. And we didn't want an asteroid that's too small or spinning too rapidly. As we looked at the data, I learned about a fascinating trend: There's a correlation between the rotation rate of an asteroid and its diameter, and there's a natural break at 200 meters. Asteroids that are 200 meters and smaller are rotating really rapidly, some of them with rotation periods of less than a minute. It looks like 200 meters is the fundamental building-block size. Most asteroids are probably rubble piles, and if you took a rubble-pile asteroid a kilometer wide and spun it that fast, it would quickly fragment into those smaller pieces.
What is so scientifically interesting about this particular asteroid?
We want to understand the organic molecular evolution of the early solar system. We want to investigate whether asteroids seeded the early Earth with the fundamental molecules that led to DNA and proteins. We're also very much interested in the origin of volatiles [compounds that vaporize at low temperatures], in particular water, and why we have so much water on Earth. If you want to understand volatile and organic evolution in the early solar system, the best place is to go is a carbonaceous primitive asteroid.
The one we selected—a 500-meter-diameter asteroid then known as 1999 RQ36, now called Bennu—also had a phenomenal data set already in place. It had made a series of close approaches to the Earth in 1999 and 2005. The Arecibo and Goldstone radio telescopes got great radar data on this object: rotation period, pole orientation, overall structure. It has one of the best known orbits of any asteroid in the solar system. And it turned out to be one of the most potentially hazardous asteroids, too. It has a 1 in about a 2,400 chance of impacting the Earth late in the 22nd century.
The most challenging part of the OSIRIS-REx mission will be nestling up to the asteroid and collecting a sample. Are you worried about whether the technology will work?
We recently did our first dress rehearsal and stepped through the whole sample acquisition sequence—it's about five hours from when we decide we're going for the sample to when we contact the asteroid surface. It started to dawn on me how nerve-wracking those five hours are going to be. We're hoping to get it in one shot, but we can get three shots if needed.
This will be the first time a spacecraft has brought a sample of an asteroid back to Earth. What will a direct sample tell you that you can't learn remotely?
OSIRIS-REx will allow us to map the distribution of water and organics in the inner solar system. That will be important for people who are thinking about going out to these asteroids as resources for use in human exploration. It will also allow us to get a much better understanding of the distribution of the kind of material that's preserved there, and tie that back to our models for the formation of the solar system. We're trying to compare meteorite spectra to asteroid spectra to understand why they're different—and they really are different.
Studying the formation and delivery of organic material to the Earth is really hard with any meteorite that fell on this planet because of contamination. It's why a sample return mission is so critical.
OSIRIS-REx will also explore the structure and dynamics of asteroid Bennu. What are your goals there?
One of the things we're excited about is that we're going to get up close with a rubble-pile asteroid and really get into the surface geology. If a rubble-pile asteroid comes close to the Earth it gets stretched out, almost like a cigar, and then it will snap back. That may be why Bennu has a spinning-top shape. That process may also generate particles as a result of friction, and all that material should be accumulating at the equator. I've challenged my science team to figure out where this asteroid originally came from. How did it get into the inner solar system? How many planetary close encounters has it had during its lifetime? Then we're going to get a piece of it back on Earth and run all kinds of tests that are going to tell me the history of this material. How long has the surface been exposed to space? When was the last major impact on this asteroid? We're going to test—for the first time—the geologic and dynamic theories of asteroid evolution.
How do you study the geologic history of an asteroid?
We're going to track it very precisely for six days, and we'll get a very nice map of the gravity field. We're going to image the asteroid from all kinds of illumination angles and build up a three-dimensional model based on how the shadows change. From the shape and gravity field, you can tell if it's homogeneous or if there's a density variation inside. We'll also look at any surface expressions of internal structure. Do we see faulting, ridges, scarps, anything that would give us some insight into deeper geophysical occurrences?
Your current thinking is that Bennu is the debris from a collision between two larger parent bodies, is that right?
Yes. We're looking at three asteroid families in the inner main belt as the most likely source. These families are a result of major collision between two large bodies in the main asteroid belt [between Jupiter and Mars], anywhere from 200 million to 2 billion years ago. The collisions take two asteroids and shatter them to thousands and thousands of fragments.
One of the big surprises to me is that sunlight can move asteroids by heating the surface: Thermal radiation exerts a small push that can change shift its orbit (called the Yarkovsky effect). How does that affect Bennu?
What happens is the smaller you get, the more the Yarkovsky effect changes the semi-major axis [the size of the orbit]. Yarkovsky appears to be a size sorting mechanism in the main asteroid belt, where the smallest asteroid from a collision like the one that formed Bennu gets pushed really quickly and delivered into the inner solar system. This size sorting effect explains the size distribution of asteroids in the inner solar system.
What if the day comes when we find an asteroid that has a high likelihood of hitting Earth? Will OSIRIS-REx help figure out how to avoid an impact?
Absolutely. We're building a spacecraft that's going to launch from Earth, rendezvous with an asteroid, characterize its fundamental properties, and ultimately descend to the surface in a series of precision maneuvers to a spot of our choosing. Any kind of deflection where you want to rendezvous with the asteroids is going to require those techniques. Ultra-fine thrusting in microgravity—it's never been done before. That's the first critical thing.
The second thing is we're going to measure directly the Yarkovsky effect, which is the largest uncertainty in orbit propagation into the future. If you've got a couple of decades before an impact is going to occur, you can actually use the Yarkovsky effect—you can direct it. You could paint some areas of the asteroid white, some areas black. You could control that Yarkovsky force, but only if the theory matches the observed acceleration. We're going to test that. I think that is one of our most valuable contributions to an impact hazard mitigation.


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This time around we will just be focusing on the ATI Catalyst Control Center features, which has options for overclocking the video card and adjusting fan speed through the ATI Overdrive tab, as well as options for adjusting desktop and monitor controls for the perfect setup. Users can also adjust game, video, and photo qualities by either forcing certain features or by letting the application use its own settings. To install the drivers, I suggest using the express option – it installs to the default location quickly and easily. Users will be prompted to install extras at their will, such as the [email protected] client. Overclockers Club has its own folding team where anyone is welcome to join; our team number is #12772. When overclocking with the ATI Overdrive feature, users are likely to hit a brick wall. The new drivers allow for manual fan speed control, but otherwise the only other capabilities of the program are running a rudimentary stability test, basic monitoring, and using sliders with limited ranges to adjust speed. Once the drivers are installed, a quick system restart will get things on the right path and allow the Advanced ATI Catalyst Control Center to be used. The first page to open with ATI Catalyst Control Center is the Welcome page, which has quick hyperlinks to check for driver updates, get in contact with customer care, to give feedback, visit the AMD website, or to join the [email protected] cause. The next page is the Information Center; the Information center is split into two tabs – one for Graphics Software information and the other for 'Graphics Hardware information'. These two tabs can be very handy for troubleshooting any problems a person may run into.
The Graphics Hardware tab of the information center contains information about the video card including BIOS version and date, chipset, memory, vendor code, and so on. Most people shouldn't need the Graphics Hardware and Software information, but it's definitely handy when a problem may occur. The next page is the Desktops & Displays page – this page is for the basic settings of the monitor(s) and desktop. Users can figure out which monitor is which and rotate the outputted image. Clicking the properties or moving along brings us to the Desktop Properties page.
The Desktop Properties page has much more control over the desktop with settings such as desktop area, color quality, refresh rate, and again rotation. The next tab in the Desktop Properties page adjusts the color, contrast, brightness, and gamma output. This can be handy on monitors that need some help putting out the appropriate colors. Back when I used a CRT, a long time ago, it helped keep the colors closer to reality when the monitor would get a gray or yellowish tint.
The Display Options page is very short and is used just for one option – Display Detection Option. The options are automatic or manual detection of displays. The 3D page has several tabs that allow users the ability to define a custom scheme for their games. There are previews for the effects or users can power through all of the settings on the 'All' tab at the end.
The Avivo Video page has five tabs dedicated to performance and quality adjustments for video output. A preview is included of a woman with flowers and fruit. Again, just as with the 3D page, there is an 'All' tab that can adjust all of the settings for the Avivo Video at once.
The last page on the graphics menu is the ATI Overdrive. To first use this feature, users must click the lock to 'unlock' the program, after agreeing to some terms. The software is capable of automatically overclocking the video card through Auto-Tune, but I prefer using the manual settings. Users can test their settings using the Test Custom Clocks button. Fan speed control is relatively new to ATI Overdrive and allows users to define what speed the fan or blower runs at. Underneath and to the right of this are gauges and readouts of some of the more important data for this card – temperature, usage activity, fan speed, GPU clock speed, and memory clock speed. The test feature brings up a full-screen image that is pretty basic – greenish reddish with an AMD logo in the bottom left.
The new additional menu is the HydraVision menu. The first page is the HydraGrid page, which allows users to define a grid-like component to lock applications to a certain chunk of desktop real estate. Options such as showing the grids when moving a window and showing an icon in the tray are able to be configured at the bottom, while adjusting the grid is near the top. The grid can be previewed, as the default layout is seen with white bars representing the grids. Users can customize the grid layout to whatever they desire, the keyboard shortcuts are listed out in the image while the red bar means it is the selected grid component to be adjusted.
The next page is the Desktop Manager, which does exactly what the name implies – it manages the desktop. The desktop manager can keep track of application position and size, and allow spanning across multiple displays. The last page is the Multi Desktop. This name is also suggestive to its use – this program allows users to have multiple desktops ranging from two up to nine. Users can rotate between desktops with the scroll wheel, preserve display settings, and enable another tray icon. This can be useful for those who have a ton of desktop icons as a means to separate them out. One could, for instance, even make a desktop for each category of their own choosing even – gaming, work, school, and whatever else.
Now we can go test out the new video card!

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You don't stay at the top of the sales charts by shooting blanks but rather hitting the Bullz-Eye, and Toyota did it again with the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Sedan. We had the chance to spend a week behind the wheel of this top seller that was redesigned and recharged for another sales crown dash. Things are looking good for the new Camry!
The bold new design of the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Sedan has turned the Camry into a real head turner for many reasons. When you first see the new 2012 Camry there is still no mistaking that it's a Camry, but the new look is a smart balance of sophistication and fun. The design conveys an "architectural statement" through crisp, precise character lines, while a more strongly curved door cross-section and more defined rocker panel molding (chrome accented on our XLE) give the Camry a more expressive appearance. Our test model was a striking Clearwater blue metallic that garnered compliments all around town. Also adding appeal to the exterior were projector beam headlamps with auto on and off, daytime running lights with on/off switch, folded heated power outside mirrors, integrated chrome trimmed fog lamps, side rocker panels with chrome inserts and dual chromed tipped exhaust. That's right, the new Camry has enough bling to get noticed but not too much to look cheap. The 17inch alloy wheels looked sharp and fit in well with the new athletic styling cues.
When you redesign the best selling car in America, you had better get the interior right or things can go south quickly. There is no doubt when entering the cabin of the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Sedan that the folks at Toyota were serious about keeping the sales crown in their possession. While featuring nearly the same external dimensions as the previous generation, the 2012 Camry offers a more inviting and spacious interior. A new dashboard design, modified seat locations, redesigned seats and "lean" door, pillar and headliner trim all combine to add both real space and greater perceptual spaciousness while also enhancing outward visibility. Repositioning the driver's seat and the standard tilt/telescoping steering wheel (tilt has increased 33 percent for greater driver comfort) also aid forward visibility and enhance the driver's positioning. Toyota had it right when announcing that the "three-dimensional construction and contrasting-material textures give the new instrument panel a feeling of depth, while the shapes themselves contribute to a more spacious cabin and improved forward sightlines. The prominently curved center cluster appears to float over the instrument panel, reducing its visual mass. Soft textures used on the upper instrument panel, upper door trim, door armrests and center console armrest contribute to greater comfort in the Camry. Stitching on the instrument panel soft padding and matching stitching-look trim elsewhere helps to create a sense of luxury. Aluminum-color and chrome trim are used judiciously." To say that the interior went upscale doesn't totally do the new Camry XLE justice as you can judge for yourself when you check out the car.
I have to say that this was the most surprising feature of the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Sedan and in a very good way. Along with the sleek and muscular look of the all new Camry comes the 3.5 liter DOHC 24 valve V6 option that delivers a powerful alternative for those who like that stuff! And with its more rigid body structure and modified front and rear suspensions, the Camry boasts improved steering response and a more comfortable ride overall.
The 2012 Camry is also lighter and stronger than previous models thanks to a greater amount of high tensile steel (440 Mpa or higher) and stronger high tensile strength sheet steel (590 Mpa or higher). The Camry XLE V6 is built to handle as well or better than much more expensive sedans and we see why this venerable sales leader keeps customers coming back. To assist drivers while driving they will appreciate Toyota's latest electric power steering (EPS) control system, which will offer more flexibility to steering-feel tuning. The system regulates power-assist response based on vehicle speed, and for the first time steering-input rate. The vehicle-speed sensing feature will provide light effort during low speeds, changing to moderate effort during higher speeds.
While having fun driving the all new Camry XLE, there are no worries with fuel efficiency as the new sedan with the V6 option came in at 21mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway.
The Toyota Camry has been so successful that redesigning the car must have been a pressure cooker for the engineers at Toyota. After spending a week behind the wheel of the 2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Sedan we are convinced that this new Camry will continue to win the hearts of car buyers and provide a safe and stylish sedan for many. The car looks great but the interior and handling really scored high with us and at a sticker price of $33,105 for our loaded XLE V6 model, that's basically a bargain. With the styling stepped up a few notches, we're probably going to see new shoppers for the Camry and that's how you keep growing a nameplate!
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Wayne Davis and David Disiere of Fort Worth, Texas-based DADI LLC have announced the acquisition of Tuscany, the leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles, including luxury vans, personal use mobility vans, hotel shuttle vans and specialty trucks.
The company will continue operations in Elkhart, Ind., with headquarters and product development located in Fort Worth, according to a news release. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The move marks the re-entry of Davis into the custom automobile conversion industry, where he will be joined by partner Disiere, the former CEO of a top insurance MGA based in Dallas.
"This is a great day for DADI LLC. We couldn't be more pleased with this new opportunity because it will rapidly expand our presence in a growing market that is also underserved," said Davis, principal and CEO of Tuscany.
Tuscany is ranked No. 1 with Ford Motor Co. in total volume of all personal use specialty vehicle manufactures and has earned Ford's prestigious Quality Excellence Award a record seven years. The company is also the leader in 12-14 passenger shuttle vans that serve hotel and air transportation markets.
"Tuscany is the standard in the custom automobile conversion industry. This is a great acquisition for DADI LLC and fits in perfectly with our overall long-term vision," Disiere added.
Its luxury vans are configured with seven- to nine-passenger seating with luxury appointments such as 22-inch LCD TVs, DVDs, iPod stations and leather seating on both the Ford and GM full-size van chassis. Their mobility vans are equipped with wheelchair lifts and other adaptive equipment for transporting people in wheelchairs and able-bodied passengers.
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Head back to Packie's place in Dukes on Savannah Avenue. When you arrive, you'll meet up with his sister Kate once more, but that meeting will be brief. On the agenda this time around is to rob the Mafia. Apparently, Packie and his friends have balls, because the consequences of failure here can be dire indeed. Organized crime should be the last thing one goes after, but these guys promise that the payoff outweighs the risk. Niko eventually agrees to go on this excursion, and the four men end up outside of Packie's place thereafter.
Since there's four guys going on this mission, and not the usual one or two, the game instructs you not to steal just any car, but to steal a four door car. Doing so should be pretty easy, though, so we'll wait. Got your car? Good. Once you're in, the HUD will show your GPS route to your destination, which is on Colony Island in between Algonquin and Dukes/Broker. To get there from Packie's place, you're going to have to take a bit of a convoluted route over the Algonquin Bridge, and then back east over Leaper's Bridge. This will allow you to meet up with President Avenue, the only road on Colony Island. Head to the parking lot as designated by your HUD/GPS, and you'll be able to take on the next leg of the mission.
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STONINGTON (AP) – Thousands of tiny 2-week-old lobsters were released into Maine waters during the weekend as part of an ongoing effort to keep the state's lobster populations strong.
Working with local lobstermen, staff from a Stonington lobster hatchery released an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 of the half-inch-long lobsters at two sites off of Vinalhaven on Sunday. Another 17,000 juvenile lobsters were released in June.
This is the second year the Zone C Lobster Hatchery has released young lobsters in Penobscot Bay waters, said hatchery director Ted Ames.
Depending on how many egg-bearing female lobsters the hatchery can acquire, the process could continue into October with the potential of releasing a total of 100,000 more tiny lobsters, he said.
The aim of the project is to provide young lobsters for traditionally good lobster fisheries that for whatever reason have become depleted.
"The idea is to place lobsters in good locations to rebuild the populations that have disappeared," Ames said.
Hatchery staff also plan to release lobsters that have been raised in the hatchery for up to five weeks, rather than just two weeks, in hopes of being able to track the shellfish better. The older lobsters are more likely to settle immediately on the ocean bottom, making it easier to determine how many survive to adulthood.
"This is a critical step for the work we are doing to determine whether hatcheries can successfully enhance the fishery," Ames said.
The hatchery was created and built two years ago by lobstermen in Zone C, a management area that covers portions of Hancock and Knox counties, with staffing and support from the Penobscot East Resource Center, a Stonington-based nonprofit.
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STONINGTON (AP) – Thousands of tiny 2-week-old lobsters were released into Maine waters during the weekend as part of an ongoing effort to keep the state's lobster populations strong.


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I goofed up late last year and pitched the Unibroue yeast into my strong stout. It's actually pretty good. The OG was a little higher than you're shooting for, but the grain bill is similar. I also add chocolate, molasses and honey but in your case I think the D-180 would be a nice addition.It was never intended to be a Belgian-style beer, so the hops are all Fuggles and EKG. It's not too heavily hopped anyway.Typically with my Belgians I use a lot of Styrian Goldings. Some Strisselspalt. Sometimes whatever noble hops I have on hand. I've used magnum for bittering. I think I may have used nugget in my last blonde.
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It's the middle of summer and the mosquitos are out and hungry. We have lots of tips and tricks to beat them, but my favorites are the ones you light. Here are five that use natural ingredients — perfect if you're looking for a seasonal housewarming gift or if you simply want to treat yourself.
1. Without Mosquitos Candle Making Kit, $28 from The Greatest Candle In The World: The kit includes powder to create several vegetable candles at home with recycled (or virgin) cooking oil. Kit makes 6 candles. If DIY is not your style, you can buy candles that are ready to go here.
2. Coffee Tin Candles, $18 from Prosperity Candle: Made with citronella, these soy-blend candles feature a wood wick for a long-lasting, wind resistant flame. Each candle is handmade by Burmese women who are rebuilding their lives in the U.S. after years in refugee camps, and arrives with the story of the woman who poured it.
3. Summer's Night Citronella Candle, $24 from Terrain: Made of clean-burning soy wax and scented with citronella, this candle is hand-poured in a recycled glass coaster. Made in the USA.
4. Mosquito Repellant Candle, $59 from Hillhouse Naturals: Soy mosquito repellent candle in a reusable concrete planter. Citronella and DEET free, the essential oils naturally repel mosquitos. Available in Wild Mint, Juniper & Tea Tree and in Eucalyptus, Lemongrass & Mint Leaf.
5. Fly Away Sticks, $14 from Madison James: Incense sticks buzz off bees, mosquitoes and other flying pests with orange and citronella oils. Simply light and allow the pleasant scent to clear the air of buggy intruders. Made in the USA.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Mar. 12, 2012) – After clinching its third straight series on Sunday, the ETSU baseball team returns to action for a pair of midweek games against Southern Conference foes Furman and Wofford.
The Bucs will host Furman on Tuesday at 3:05 p.m. inside Thomas Stadium and will travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to face Wofford on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Live stats will be available through Gametracker at ETSUBucs.com. In addition, Wednesday's game at Wofford will have a live audio stream on ETSUBucs.com as well.
ETSU will go with Jimmy Nesselt (Plantation, Fla.) on the mound against Furman's Tyler Wood. Nesselt is 0-1 with a 3.60 ERA in 10 innings of work. Nesselt leads ETSU with a .118 opponent batting average. Wood is 2-1 with a 4.97 ERA in 12.2 innings of work.
The Bucs will send freshman Will Carter (Johnson City, Tenn.) to the mound on Wednesday against Mason Bradley of Wofford. Carter is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA in 7.2 innings of work. Bradley owns a 4.05 ERA in 6.2 innings so far this season.
ETSU won two out of three games against La Salle at home over the weekend. The Bucs defeated the Explorers 9-6 in the series opener on Friday and won the finale on Sunday 15-3. La Salle took game two 6-3 on Saturday.
Senior Matthew Scruggs (Knoxville, Tenn.) led the way for the Bucs in the series after hitting .584 on the weekend. Scruggs had an incredible performance in Sunday's finale as he went a perfect 5-for-5 with two homers, five runs scored and five RBI. In addition, he was just a double away from hitting for the cycle. For the season, Scruggs is hitting .385 with a league-leading eight home runs with 17 RBI.
Meanwhile, Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) has been ETSU's hottest hitter so far this season as he leads the team with a .400 batting average. Freeman has six doubles, a triple, two home runs and 12 RBI on the season.
Senior Dylan Pratt (Johnson City, Tenn.), who has reached base in every contest this season, is batting .341 with three home runs and eight RBI. Pratt is just behind Scruggs with a .453 on-base percentage.
Furman enters the contest with an even 8-8 record and the Paladins are coming off a conference series against College of Charleston in which they dropped all three contests. Will Owens leads Furman with a .424 batting average, while Will Miller is the team's biggest power threat as he leads the squad with four home runs. He is the only member of the team with multiple home runs.
Wofford is also 8-8 on the season after most recently dropping two out of three against Eastern Kentucky. The Terriers are led by Stephan Cantrell and Mac Doyle as both are batting over .400. Doyle leads the squad with three home runs.
The Bucs return home to open Atlantic Sun play this weekend with a three-game series against Belmont beginning on Friday at Thomas Stadium. Friday's game will be at 2:05 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday game times beginning at 1:05 p.m.
For more information on ETSU baseball, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the baseball link.


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I am trying to visualize what that first Thanksgiving at Plymouth was really like. You all have seen illustrations of immaculately dressed Pilgrim families: men, women and children, sitting around neatly set tables outdoors. So where are the Indians? And it was the Pilgrim custom for men to eat first, served by the women (I don't know where the children and adolescents fit in). Indians normally ate sitting on the ground on skins and just used their hands to eat with, and Indian men and women ate together. Some accounts have the Indians joining the Pilgrims at the tables. Did the squaws sit with the braves and Pilgrim men while the Pilgrim women still stood behind? Another question, where did the 53 Pilgrims get enough tables to seat 90 Indians? Pilgrims ate three meals a day, their big meal being at mid-day and their breakfast being leftovers. Indians just ate when they were hungry from continually simmering kettles rather than having meals (that is when they had food). And we know the Pilgrims had beer. Did they share with the Indians?
The accounts by Winslow and Bradford that I sent you yesterday are the only primary sources of information on the First Thanksgiving so everything else that has ever been written about that three-day harvest celebration is second-hand speculation at best. Thus I feel free to make up my own account (with the help of a lot of Googling) and share it with you.
My guess is that it was more like a three-day tailgate party than a sit-down banquet. I would also like to think the Wampanoag women and children were included ( Winslow said "...some nintie men..."). Probably it was a sort of long-running buffet interspersed, as Winslow indicated, with "rejoycing'", " Recreations" and discharge of "Armes". Certainly some prayers of thanksgiving.
Massasoit's hunters went out with their bows and arrows and brought down five deer (probably fat does instead of bucks in rut). They had to have been butchered and roasted outdoors. Did that much venison all get devoured in three days? Probably, there were 143 mouths to feed plus the dogs (the Pigrims had a female Mastiff and a small Spriger Spaniel that survived the Mayflower trip. Did the Indians leave their dogs back at the wigwam with no food for three days?)
In addition to venison the Indians would have contributed corn (as meal and cornbread) and beans and turkeys. Lobster, eels, clams and mussels were plentiful as were fish. Winslow indicated that the four men sent "fowling" were very sucessful. The"fowl" would have been migrating waterfowl; ducks, geese, swans and maybe cranes. They were probably shot on the water. The Pilgrims' "fowling pieces" were muzzle loading, funnel shaped matchlock shotguns, not hardly suitable for shooting birds on the fly like in skeet-shooting. Wild turkeys were very plentiful.
Wild food collected by the Pilgims in the fall season would have included grapes, both red and white, plums and rose hips. Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries would have been gone by then. I think that the huckleberries would have been gone too. Cranberries would have been avilable, but not for cranberry sauce (they had no sugar). Likewise they had pumpkins but no pumpkin pie (not only no sugar, but also no shortening or wheat flour or ovens). They collected walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, acorns and maybe chestnuts. Indians harvested wild onions, wild garlic and watercress to jazz up their diet.
What else did they not have that are part of traditional Thanksgiving menus today? No mashed potatoes. White potatoes were not yet in cultivation anywhere. No yams or sweet potatoes either. Sweet potatoes were rare, thought to be aphrodisiacs, affordable only by the wealthy. No apples or apple sauce. Apples were not native to North America. (Also no ham or bacon. The Pilgrims had no hogs).
So what did they have? They grew corn, onions, garlic, parsnips, collards, carrots, parsley, turnips, spinach, cabbage, pumpkins, squash, beans, sage, thyme and marjoram. Maybe radishes and lettuce. And they had salt and pepper but they didn't put a pepper shaker or mill on the table, using it only for cooking. In Pilgrim houses, all cooking was done in the fireplace.
As for table manners: As I said, the Indians used their fingers. The Pilgrims did not use forks. Their "silverware" consisted of a spoon and a knife. At that early stage they used wooden plates. It is said that they also handled food with a piece of cloth. I can't quite figure out how that went. Did they reach over and pull off a drumstick with the cloth? (I devour drumsticks with my bare hands and then use a piece of cloth to wipe my mouth and fingers).
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During a talk at the 2010 Develop Conference in Brighton, England, Double Fine headman and video game developer legend Tim Schafer said his studio now has four projects in development and none of them is Brutal Legend 2.
He admitted the company is working on "indie-style" games, which may be downloadable. Schafer's video game output has rarely failed to impress critics, but sales have sometimes been lower than expected.
Schafer said the "indie approach" will let them play with different demographics which should give them "more chances at having a hit game."
Brutal Legend was a disaster. Even at $5 dollars retail price, no one still wants to pick it up.
Heh, it was only scrapped because it sold poorly. It only sold poorly because it didn't have enough of that "Schaffer Magic".
Brutal Legend was a great game but it got released with many AAA games comeing out at that time


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Masterpiece Mystery! "Inspector Lewis, Series IV: The Gift of Promise" Andrea De Ritter, founder of an organization that supports gifted children, is murdered after making a presentation to Zoe Suskin, a gifted Oxford student. Earlier that night Andrea resists the advances of another student, who is also killed, and she sends a book by a former spy mistress with a cryptic note to Zoe's father. Lewis follows the tangled threads of lovers and spies to Belfast of the 1980s to find answers for the killings.G
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Broward GOP elects former Davie mayor Tom Truex
On the national stage, some Republicans say their party must ditch the social conservative label and loosen their opposition to gay marriage. But in Broward County Monday night, the local GOP elected one of the county's best-known social conservatives to lead them through the 2014 elections when everything from the governor's mansion to local offices will be in play.
Tom Truex, a former Davie mayor, was chosen to replace Rico Petrocelli, a former Plantation council member who quit the post in February with a vague explanation that he wasn't getting along with the board. The chair position has been plagued by turnover — a handful of activists have served as chair since 2010.
Truex served on the Davie Town Council until he lost the mayor's seat to former council member and Democrat Judy Paul in 2009. He lost a race for Broward GOP chairman by four votes in 2010.
In his speech to the Broward Republican Executive Committee, Truex emphasized he was "battle tested" and "experienced as a past elected official."
He called for allowing the media to attend all party meetings.
"The perception of the Republican Party isn't that great," he said. "The way to improve the reputation of the Broward Republican Executive Committee isn't to hide silly things we do, but to stop doing so many silly things." Read more here.


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ESEA Programs - Authorizations of Appropriations
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$16 billion in FY2003
$18.5 billion in FY2004
$20.5 billion in FY2005
$22.75 billion in FY2006
$25 billion in FY2007
|Reading First (I-B-1)
|$900 million & such sums
|Early Reading First (I-B-2)
|$75 million & such sums
|Even Start (I-B-3)
|$260 million & such sums
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|$450 million & such sums
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Pearl Jam @ Milton Keynes Bowl
July 11th 2014
I'm never going to see Pearl Jam, ever, am I?
This makes me sad.
They are a great live band
but Milton Keynes Bowl? Nope
I've seen them a few times over the years. The best
was at The Astoria maybe five or six years ago. My mate struck gold by getting a pair of tickets for that venue. I saw them at Hyde Park a few years back too. They're an excellent live band but Milton Keynes is a hassle for me to get to. I hope not but maybe they've signing an exclusivity thing where they won't play Hyde Park or Wembley Stadium etc.
Yeah I've totally missed my chance.
Would have been amazing after Riot Act, but I've not listened to anything new since then and in my old age I'm disliking even slightly bigger gigs more and more. Sad :(
are only playing 11 european dates, so i think Milton Keynes and Leeds first direct Arena, Tue July 08 2014 are the onlt two uk dates
Leeds Arena too!
I might try and make the pilgrimage up for that...
I didn't realise they still did music at the Bowl
I went to Ozzfest there in 2001 :')
I had literally no idea that Pearl Jam were still big enough to play venues of this size
I assume that it's going to be an all-day/four bands type affair?
i like them pearl jam
i like them a lot. i can't imagine a world in which i go back to milton keynes though.triad this'd this
Is that just because of it's size?
Or is it noticably worse in some way than other large venues e.g. Wembley Stadium, Hyde Park, etc?
i've seen them in bigger places
or just the same size i suppose - headlining reading, hyde park etc. but the size combined with travel combined with milton keynes itself being a pretty shitty place (and i don't fancy being stuck in the venue for a whole day - i dread to think what kind of dross they'll stick on as support - hey, i could be wrong) it just doesn't lend itself to what i'd imagine being a great gig-going experience.
I really want to see them next year
But not liking this choice of venue at all. If they add some other good bands to the bill that might improve things, although iut's on a Friday, so then requires time off if it's a full day thing. Boo hiss.
Never been to MK Bowl - do they time the end of the gig so that people can catch trains back into London?
For Metallica
in 1999 (Big Day Out) they had courtesy buses going between the venue and station. The buses and trains were jam packed though, and it was touch and go whether you arrived back in London in time to catch ongoing connections. I'm tempted to go the Leeds Arena gig and stay overnight instead...
The LME whingeing in here is a thing of beauty.
Difficult to get to? Train times?
Although, to be tbf, doing just 2 UK dates, and as many tour dates in Australia as they are in the whole of Europe strikes me as a little odd.
Have never been to the Bowl* myself, but MsWza grew up just around the corner from it, has been a couple of times, and hasn't come up with any scare stories or major problems.
Fingers crossed for a decent support line-up.
*Second-biggest ampitheatre in the world, going by this list - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_contemporary_amphitheatres
I got tickets
And am looking forward to it. Have never seen them, so it's about damn time I did. Venue is not ideal, but it's hardly like PJ are going to be playing Brixton or somewhere like that, so it's fine. Hoping indeed for some good bands on the undercard.
despite having not yet got around to listening to 'lightning bolt'
i would be really up for this.
such a great band live, can count on a few great surprises in the setlist and for a rock band of that size they manage to not draw a crowd full of non-fan dickheads, even to a show at hyde park.


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(Feb. 4, 2005) � The Southern Conference announced today its 2005 softball preseason all-conference teams as voted on by the league's head coaches.
All of the eight softball-playing schools were represented by at least one player, with 2004 tournament
UNC Greensboro placed first baseman Jennifer Bonilla, a 2004 first team all-league pick, on the first team. Elon's Megan Borgaard repesented the Pheonix on the first team as a utility player, and Kristyn Hurt reprented Appalachian State on the first team as a designated player. Both Borgaard and Hurt earned second team All-SoCon honors last season. Georgia Southern's Shanita Black, a 2004 second team all-league outfielder, earned preseason first team honors for the Eagles, while Paladin catcher Jessica Matthews, a first team All-SoCon pick last season, was named to the preseason first team for Furman.
Play starts on Friday, February 4 with Appalachian State heading to the
2005 SoCon Preseason All-Conference Softball Teams
First Team
P Rachel Stern, College of Charleston
P Lacey Swarthout, Chattanooga
C Jessica Matthews, Furman
1B Jennifer Bonilla, UNC Greensboro
2B Bridgette Loudermilk, College of Charleston
SS Mary Beth Hazelwood, East Tennessee State
3B Melissa Ramirez, Chattanooga
OF Leshe Russell, College of Charleston
OF Shanita Black, Georgia Southern
OF Janine Sprague, East Tennessee State
DP Kristyn Hurt, Appalachian State
U Megan Borgaard, Elon
Second Team
P Tiffany Urena, Georgia Southern
P Rachel Henley, Furman
C Robyn Johnson, Chattanooga
1B Leslie Barron, Chattanooga
2B Paige Goss, Elon
SS Maria Laurato, Georgia Southern
3B Lindsay Lane, East Tennessee State
OF Jessica Swearegin, Elon
OF Aurora Johnson, Georgia Southern
OF Danielle Spetar, East Tennessee State
U Brittany Whitter, Chattanooga
The Southern Conference softball coaches picked
Play starts on Friday, February 4 with Appalachian State heading to the
2005 SoCon Preseason Softball Poll
4. Elon
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Dean Kennedy completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Derek Wager as time expired and Myles Allen rushed for the two point conversion to lead the University of Rochester to a 36-35 Division III football victory over Springfield College at Edwin Fauver Stadium.
The Yellowjackets (2-1 overall, 1-0 Liberty League) marched 63 yards in seven plays for the winning score. Kennedy completed three of five passes in the drive. On third-and-six from the Springfield 44, he completed a pass to Thomas Hayes for 26-yard gain down to the 18. After a throwdown to stop the clock and an incompletion to Hayes, Rochester faced third-and-10 at the Springfield 18. Kennedy scrambled from pressure, then rolled to his right and lofted the pass to Wager who made a leaping catch over a defender. Allen bulled his way off right tackle for the winning conversion.
Kennedy completed 26 of 42 passes for 282 yards and two touchdowns. He was sacked once and intercepted once. Wager caught four balls for 78 yards. Hayes caught seven passes for 86 yards. Kennedy rushed 11 times for 70 net yards and one TD – a 24-yard run late in the first quarter that gave Rochester a 14-7 lead. Allen rushed eight times for 50 yards and one TD. He scored on a one-yard plunge with 3:24 remaining and Kennedy threw a two-point pass to Willie Roberson to tie the score at 28-all.
Springfield (3-1 overall, 0-1 Liberty League) marched straight down the field after the Allen TD to take a 35-28 lead with 49 seconds remaining. The Pride returned Rochester's kickoff to the SC 36. Keith Rodman rushed for 17 yards on two carries and Joel Altavesta gained 22 more on two carries. After a one-yard gain by Alex Martin, Jonathan Marrero threw incomplete for James Poggio at the UR 24. Facing fourth-and-seven from the 24, Marrero's pass was incomplete but Rochester was flagged for pass interference. The ball was placed at the 10. Altavesta gained nine yards and Marrero battled his way into the end zone for the score. Tyler Rouse's PAT made it 35-28 with 0:49 left.
Marrero rushed 22 times for 154 yards and three touchdowns. The Pride rolled up 403 yards rushing. Marrero completed four of 14 passes for one TD with one interception. He was sacked once.
The game swung back and forth. Marrero opened the scoring with a 39-yard TD sprint just 4:13 into the game. Rochester tied it on a five-yard run by Nick Perpginan with 4:42 left in the quarter. That came five plays after Ugwu Okeke Ewo recovered a fumble by Marrero at the Springfield 30. The Pride fumbled five times in the first half, lost three of them, and the Yellowjackets scored TDs twice. Springfield scored one TD off a Rochester fumble (the Marrero 39-yard run) and one after an interception (a 17-yard TD run by Marrero to start the third quarter).
Rochester recovered a fumble by Altavesta at their own 23 late in the first. Kennedy found Wager behind the defense for 46 yards. Three plays later, Kennedy ran for 24 yards and a 14-7 lead.
A 42-yard pass from Kennedy to Justin Redfern put Rochester ahead, 20-7, with 12:43 left in the second quarter. Late in the quarter, the Yellowjackets drove from their own 30 down to the SC 5 where they faced first-and-goal. They were set back by a false start penalty, a holding infraction, and a sack when Danna Macalena caught Kennedy for an eight-yard loss back to the 24. Kennedy's pass on fourth down was incomplete and Springfield started there with 2:42 left.
Rodman. Marrero, and Alex Martin all rushed for positive yardage, moving the bal down to the Rochester 21. After a nine-yard gain by Marrero, the senior quarterback hit Poggio for a 12-yard TD with 20 seconds left in the half. Rouse's kickoff brought the Pride within 20-14.
Springfield scored twice in the third quarter to take back the lead at 28-20. Marrero rushed for the 17-yard TD after Kennedy was picked off by Sam Weiss who returned the ball to midfield. Rodman rushed for a 26-yard TD with 6:49 left.
The early part of the fourth quarter was quiet. Kennedy did direct Rochester from its own 31 to the Springfield 16. On fourth-and-one, the snap was fumbled and recovered by Allen. Springfield took over with 7:05 to go.
Marrero's third down pass for Poggio deflected off the receiver and into the arms of Rochester's Jordan Honjiyo. That set up he eight-play, 31-yard drive that tied the score at 28-28.
Defensively for Springfield, Mike Dublin and Matt Berni had 11 tackles each. Umberto DiMeo had 10. For Rochester, Tony Ortega had 17 (11 primary) plus a forced fumble. Zach Cicero had 10.
Marrero rushed 22 times for 154 yards. Rodman gained 109 on 17 carries (one TD) and Altavesta had 98 on 20 tries. The Pride rushed for 403.
Rochester's ground game was led by Kennedy with 70 yards on 11 carries (one TD). Allen had 50 yards and one TD. Perpignan gained 34 with one TD.
Notes: Both Rochester victories this season have come on the team's final possession. Kennedy threw a three-yard TD pass to Thomas Hayes, then ran for a two-point conversion with 0:15 left vs. Thiel College two weeks ago…Springfield had a shutout streak of 1:21.59 entering the game. The Pride allowed a score by Western New England with 1:59 left on September 7. Springfield shut out Husson (36-0) and Mount Ida (41-0) in the last two weeks.


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Tuesday was Tax Day and our local FOX affiliate KPTV invited me into the studio to make viewers a Tax Day cocktail. Since taxes make me want to bang my head against the wall, this seemed the perfect time to present the Harvey Weissbanger. I don't have tiny hands, Galliano bottles are just really big. (It's a good thing there weren't any wardrobe malfunctions…) Watch the clip here; autoplay warning!
Among other changes, Metrovino is now open for brunch on Sundays from 10 am to 2 pm. This has given me the opportunity to put my barista skills back into practice. I'm not quite where I used to be, but the latte art is coming along nicely.
I didn't expect to get excited about brunch or brunch cocktails, but making a morning drink menu turned out to be surprisingly fun. Our most unusual cocktail is an East Indies Bloody Mary, made with Batavia Arrack, fish sauce, and a blend of Indonesian spices, then garnished with house pickles and a whole prawn. It sounds crazy but it's selling just as much as our classic vodka Bloody Mary. Here's our full brunch cocktail menu:
classic bloody mary 8
east indies bloody mary 11
batavia arrack, tomato juice, indonesian spices, prawn
quick little pick me up 7
espresso-infused ramazzotti, lemon twist, rocks
harvey weissbanger 9
boulevard wheat beer, galliano, orange juice
sherry cobbler 7
manzanilla sherry, orange, sugar, nutmeg
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A $1.2 million Denver dream home — or $1 million cash — can be yours, provided you hold the winning ticket in a raffle benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver.
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January 23, 2013 10:32:13 AM
Susan Estrich -
It is hard to remember how much better things are in America today than they were four years ago when Barack Obama took the oath of office for the first time.
Then, we were in the middle of two raging wars, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.
Now, one of those wars is ending, the other is over, and the most hated and feared man in recent times, Osama bin Laden, is dead.
Then, we were in the throes of an economy on a dizzying downward slide, the worst and most frightening recession since the Great Depression.
Now, while many of our fellow citizens are still looking for work and can't find it, or are working in jobs that don't meet their wants and needs, unemployment is heading downward and housing prices are heading upward.
It may not be "morning in America" -- the theme of Ronald Reagan's successful reelection campaign in 1984 -- but it is not midnight, either. We did not go over the fiscal cliff.
So why doesn't it feel better?
When I think back on the first Obama inauguration, it seemed to be a moment of optimism and celebration.
When I think on this one, it was Monday. I almost forgot to turn on the speech. It seemed like a very nice speech, but if you asked me to remember a single line just one day later, I'd be stumped.
When I asked other people what they thought of it all, I heard more opinions about Michelle's new hairdo (the bangs -- people loved them or hated them; does she really look like Flip Wilson's long-lost twin) than about the president's words or the power of the moment.
There is an old saying in Washington that watching legislation get through Congress is like watching sausage being made. Not pretty.
But it's not just the legislative process that has turned ugly and off-putting. It's almost everything that has anything to do with politics. It's the endless fundraising and spending and attacking; the endless noise of screaming extremism; the nastiness of virtually every aspect of our political life, intensified by the constancy of the drone.
I used to love politics. I spent much of my youth reading political novels and dreaming of the day when I would go to Washington and change the world, the day when I would know my way around the halls of Congress, see inside the White House, be a part of it. I will never forget my first summer as an intern in Washington, the thrill of all that, up close. I will never forget the first time I walked into the White House, the West Wing, when a friend was working there. I pinched myself. Susan Estrich, from Lynn, in the West Wing? Only in America.
I don't love politics anymore. As my mother would say, what's to love? It's always been a tough business, but now it's beyond tough. It's mean and ugly and nasty, and too many of those playing it seem to have forgotten that the game is not the thing.
Obama kept more of the promises he made in his first inaugural address than most presidents. He tackled the failing economy, the unpopular and expensive wars, the needs of millions of Americans for access to health care. He got things done. And I expect he will continue to do so, as he always has, by picking off the necessary handfuls of Republicans he needs in the House and Senate.
He has figured out how to work the system -- not change it.
This is not the business I fell in love with, even when my side is winning. And I have no faith, none, that one man, the one sworn in on Monday, the embodiment of hope just four short years ago, can change that.


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Siren (UK - DVD R2)
Marcus hears a distant song and ends up stuck on an island with some jerks...
When a group of friends decide to get away from it all on a boat trip they find themselves lured towards a strange island and a mysterious young woman, whose song entrances them all. Now Rachel (Anna Skellern), Ken (Eoin Macken) and Marco (Anthony Jabre) fight to escape the deadly girl, but getting off the island may prove harder than they thought.
Siren is like eating revels. For the most part it's all going well but once in a while you will get a weird flavour or a harder bit to chew than you were expecting and it reminds you the whole isn't as good as you thought it was. What starts as a fairly typical prospect of Ken and Rachel meeting up with Rachel's old boyfriend for a boating trip (not too much tension there then) soon begins to fall flat as the acting, dialogue and more so the delivery the dialogue is atrocious across the board. Every line feels like a heavy handed way of giving us some back story we simply don't need to get what's going on. Stuff like "Haven't seen you since college" or "It's good your boss let you borrow his boat" or "You're the one that got away" are dropped on us with a massive thud, especially with the British accents from the cast and other than being quite happy taking in Anna Skellern's good looks, I wasn't enjoying this at all.
Then we get our first run in with the island and a foreign guy they pick up dies on the boat and the intrigue set in. It's not all that compelling but when we meet Silka (Tereza Srbova) and the movie's title starts to come into play I got a little more involved. Seducing the three friends, Silka is one of those baddies that doesn't do a lot except look a bit mischievous. She drops her song on them, makes everything go a bit trippy and then stands in the distance a lot luring the group apart. Sure, there's a pretty bloody way of killing people with her shrieks but generally she looks like a perfume advert with her hippyish good looks.
Siren was one of those movies I knew was a bit flat and unexciting but still went along for the ride. Nothing was all that new and there was nothing that threw a curveball on the mythology of The Siren, and really all of the characters were thin, annoying and typical but again I still enjoyed it for what it was: a slow burning spooky story with some slightly disturbing twists and turns and a bunch of pretty people losing their minds.
What's initially impressive with this transfer are the bold colours. Blue skies are bright and beautiful, the sea is dark and sparkly and Rachel's red dress in the opening erotic role play with her lover pops off the screen in an impressive fashion (and it wasn't just because Anna Skellern looked so good in it - promise).
All of the bright, grain free good looks remain in the open sea and on the island scenes with nice details, plenty of skin textures and noticeable changes in facial colour pigments as the characters get more flustered. The only change of gears is the trippy hallucinations. Blacks blast out causing a grainier image and the colours turn up the heat to offer up a patchier more dreamlike appearance to the visuals. The transfer here is a good one, albeit a pretty straight forward one and there are no obvious issues with it at all.
For the most part the Dolby Digital 5.1 track is straight forward with dialogue in the fronts and tonal score in the rears but the freakier the movie gets the more playful the track gets. The hallucination scenes mix things up a bit and add a stronger bit of bass and the search for Silka in the woods bring whispers dotted all about the speakers to creep us out. There's also the odd bit of atmosphere with natural sounds and a tension building ticking from time to time. Again it's a serviceable track but never does anything to really impress.
The only extras here are five deleted scenes clocking in at about nine and a half minutes in length.
Siren was an easy watch with little in the way of real highlights. Catch this in the middle of the night and it'd be easy to get pulled into but throw it on hoping for a memorable horror and it will only disappoint. The disc looks fine and has a serviceable audio presentation but with nothing beyond deleted scenes the extras let it down a little.
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Gotta say it, gotta say it, gotta say it...
"Oooh, I hope she doesn't go off!"
©1964 Talbot Rothwell.
Gotta say it, gotta say it, gotta say it...
"Oooh, I hope she doesn't go off!"
©1964 Talbot Rothwell.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 24th June 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Deleted Scenes
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Andrew Hull
Cast: Eoin Macken, Anna Skellern, Tereza Srbova, Anthony Jabre
Genre: Drama, Horror and Thriller
Length: 76 minutes
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Delaney: "Because he walks after he catches and after the foul so he gets two shots but he can't score a basket on a walk..."Maurice Williams: Cleveland's only All-Star made some obligatory supportive-of-teammate leadership comments in favor of Mo's inclusion to the weekend in Phoenix. "He deserves it. Look at our record. Look at the way he's playing. … I'll be really disappointed because he's part of the reason we've played the way we have, and he's put up the numbers."
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Thanks for your comment. I think that papanca is a matter unrelated to whether one follows Theravada or Mahayana.alan wrote:Jechbi-- In this context I'm saying it is so much easier to proliferate ideas, concepts, and thoughts within the Mahayana. "Emptiness", "Original Nature", etc. They don't really give us any way to judge them. Too easy to just go off on a non-rational rant. Within the Therevada, however, claims must be backed up. That is why I say there are many more ways for the mind to proliferate outside Therevada.
Don't see anything dangerous or conceited about that.
Kamma is volitional action.alan wrote:Jechbi,
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Microsoft kicks off Xbox 360 Games on Demand sale
Xbox Live is making a rare move by taking on High Street pricing in what Microsoft has dubbed the 'Xbox Ultimate Game Sale'.
The promotion will see a number of Games on Demand titles slashed by as much as 85 per cent, with a different set of games available each day.
Today's offering (Tuesday February 26th) is Halo 4 for 24.99 while Halo 3, Halo Reach and Halo Wars are available for 8.99 a pop.
The schedule for the sale hasn't been revealed but we do have a list of other titles that will be included at some point:
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Mitarai, could you please comment on this reply of mine. It was directly targeted to you and you owe me an answer.
Sure, as a user I would use the one that feed my needs, if TaksJugger is better than planner the I'll prolly useit, but I don't use that kind of software, I'd use it for the same reason I would use GIMP and INKSCAPE over Krita and Karbon14, because both do the work better than the other.
Now if I have to answer that from the developer point of view, I can tell you that Qt is hands down a better toolkit but I don't have money to pay for a license and I don't wan't to GPL my code, so I prolly go with pyGTK despite of its inperfections it simple feed my economic needs, you may argu that in the long run Qt can be more cheaper but Im on the risk of not being succefull and Qt won't allow me to make my software as a shareware.
Now, why is windows software with of its flaws more succefull, they simple feed the needs of the people, it doesn't have to be the best, it just have to get the work you need done, and GNOME does that, but I don't get apassionated with it, if KDE 4 were going to be a piece of art I'll prolly use it only as a user, as a developer never, Im don't have any religious commitments with GPL, im just realistic.


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I'd like to see an all out fight between Bob and Delaine, simply because both of them are good at sword play (or at least Bob is thanks to Nefarious).


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by chap22 » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:19 amI really liked the first issue, and more than that, I loved what Remender's had to say about the character of Cap in the letters page of that issue. Then he turned around and dropped a second issue that lost a pretty good bit of that goodwill. I'm gonna stick with it, because I love Cap and I love Zola and I didn't hate issue 2 (just didn't particularly like it either), but the leash has shortened considerably.
by Eli Katz » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:29 amI agree with much of what Melon and Chap are saying. Because I liked the first issue, I'll stick with the book for now.
But I hope that there aren't more wandering-in-the-dystopia issues.
by MikeinLA » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:37 pmI didn't like the scene with Cap staring at the bullet Sharon gave him either. It felt like Remender wanted it both ways: here's Cap contemplating killing himself (or perhaps Ian) if things get too tough, but he really isn't. Very manipulative.
by Grayson » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:54 pmHonestly, I really like the fact that Remender is trying to do something a little different with Cap in this series. That being said, as much as I really enjoyed the first issue of this run, the second issue really dropped off in terms of quality. I still enjoyed it but I wasn't as excited about it. I am hoping to give this series at least 1 story-arc before I make up my mind but 10 issues for the first arc seems a bit much.
Anyways, about the actual story itself, does anybody else suspect that Cap is still strapped to a table in Zola's lab? I don't know exactly what Zola is up too but I don't think that Cap's adventures in Zola's alternate reality are actually happening to him.
by Zero » Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:09 pm
I've only read the Batman issues of DotF, and it's not lost anything for me.
by Keb » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:35 pm
Interesting theory. It could be. Much of Zola's abilities of control (in the Kirby stuff) stem from being able to manipulate things mentally, so he could be manipulating everything on a dimensional level or he could just be manipulating Cap alone. I'm hoping Remender doesn't use the typical cop out for these kinds of stories. He's way too good of a writer for that.
I can definitely see where Brubaker fans would hate this story. Brubaker Cap is the only other Cap I've read besides this and Kirby but I was pretty bored by it. I got through Red Menace and didn't bother with anything else.
I like that its a long story. Granted, long stories can go bad (see: Superman For Tomorrow) but I think after the long stories in the Uncanny X-Force run by Remender, this will have its pay offs.
Its pretty obvious he's fanboying Kirby big time. Even that run started off with a long ass story arc that took a long time. Its very good though. I just finished it last week and I loved it.
by Grayson » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:06 pm
I'm sure that Remender has some type of interesting twist in store but the fact that he kept mentioning Cap's headaches and the pain from the place where Zola injected him is still bothering him a "year" after he escaped, sorta throws up a red flag for me.
I was a fan of Brubaker's run but so far I have enjoyed this story, in fact part of the reason why I like this story so far is because of how different it is from Brubaker's run. We always get to see Cap interacting with characters like Thanos, Loki, the Kree, and the Skrulls in comics like Avengers and event books but it's been a long time since we got to see him running solo in a sci-fi setting.
See, I would think that after finishing such an epic run as his Uncanny X-Force, Remender would want to slow down a little and take it easy for awhile.
Great, now I am going to have to go out and find the Cap Kirby Omnibus...
by Keb » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:46 pm
I thought maybe it was a virus or something, like the eZola virus. Your theory is more sound when I think about it.
I guess he likes writing long arcs. I never read the Dark Angel Saga monthly (I read it all in one sitting) but the story was good. Plus I'm enjoying the monthly speculation. Its been a long time since I've done this.
You don't HAVE to. Actually, you really don't. The omnibus is pretty expensive but its available on Amazon so you probably won't have to track it down. You could also buy the paperbacks which while out of print aren't hard to find and are usually cheaper. I found mine at a used book store and paid around $10 a book. They won't be as rare as Jack Kirby Black Panther or Eternals books.
by Draco x » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:09 pmRIP to Jack Kirby who truly did a lot for comics.
by Drcharles » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:31 pmThis series lost a lot when Brubaker left, all the good elements have gone. Cap is at his best when hes teamed up with Nick Fury,SHIELD, Sharon Carter and the Falcon and fighting against the Red Skull, Hydra, and Nazis...............
I Dropped this book on issue # 2
by covalesky » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:55 pm
This is not something new. Remember when Black Knight got a lightsaber?
by GOSD » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:58 pmIt's ok.
by eltopo » Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:08 pmI dunno I'm torn becuase I like the art and I do like the idea of a cap book that's not trying to be Brubaker becuase honestly how are you gonna live up to that run? But having said that I dunno there's just not much to this story I just find it kinda bland thus far
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:07 pm
Thank god, no!
Really? Me too and I read #16 today, and felt that most definitely not to be true.
by chap22 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:09 pm
WTH was in today's issue you couldn't grasp about the plot? all you need to know is that Joker hates all the sidekicks and wants them gone (which he's made pretty clear in Batman 14 and 15), and he showed Bats video that they're all individually getting worked over while Bats is in Arkham fucking around with skin-mask. i mean really, that's the whle story in a nutshell.
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text: "At the Verge" by UWRF Scultpure Professor, Asako Nakauchi, now showing the Harriet Barry Gallery. Asako's work will remain on exhibit through June 14th. The gallery is open during public hours: http://www.uwrf.edu/Library/Hours.cfmAsako's artist statement: Since the time I was very young, I have been conscious about environmental issues. As a child I recall learning about the exploding global population, pollution, the endangered status of uncountable species, the challenges of waste and landfill management, the human health impacts resulting from these issues, and finally, global warming. So, I, like many of us "know" about those problems. Lately however, my apprehension around these issues has grown dramatically as I've started seeing more visible examples. It feels like things are moving at a faster rate. For instance, the glaciers are melting at 10 times the pace that scientists had predicted. I have always believed that we are capable of solving the hardest problems we put our collective mind to. But lately I find myself wondering, can we really find a solution before it's too late? An astonishing number of species are disappearing. We are witnessing the mysterious disappearance of a large population of bees. For many problems, we don't even yet know or understand the cause. I like efficiency, convenience, and comfort in our modern life as much as the next person. But I do wonder if we yet really know what we are trading for it? What if it is something that is out of our hands? In the show, I use old VHS tape, window blind materials, coffee filters, Plexiglas, and yogurt cups. The 99% of the materials in this installation are salvaged. I would like to express the urgency I feel within this particular moment by giving those discarded materials a second life.


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