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Coming out of the Marvel Comic-Con panel was the announcement of a few new characters to Agents of SHIELD. All are pretty major.
Lucy Lawless is now confirmed to be playing SHIELD agent Isabelle Hardley. Nick Blood is playing Lance Hunter, who is a mercenary in this iteration. And Dollhouse alum Reed Diamond will play this season's big bad Daniel Whitehall.
The big news came courtesy of a video with Patton Oswalt in character as Agent Koenig, who hinted that Mockingbird was going to be around to help out new Director Coulson.
They also showed this blooper reel, where you see how a fly can derail the entire production.


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Callipo was founded in 1913 by Giacinto Callipo, the great-grandfather of the present company's President and owner, in Pizzo, a small city located in the heart of the Gulf of Sant'Eufemia recognized for their fishing and production of tuna. The company was the first in Calabria and amongst the first in Italy, to process the prestigious Mediterranean Tuna fished using the "fixed tonnare" system. Today, the company relies on tuna fished in the Pacific Ocean, as stocks in the Mediterranean have dropped to critical levels.
Callipo tuna is unique in that it is processed entirely in Italy from the raw fish, at their plant in Pizzo, undergoing a meticulous, laborious process. Most other tuna products with Italian-sounding names are processed in Vietnam or Ecuador, then perhaps canned or jarred in Italy, allowing the brand to claim "Packed in Italy" on its labels. Demanding Callipo brand tuna means you will get only the best the world has to offer.


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Report from Hell
Nunca Mas, which was published in Argentina in 1984, is a report from Hell. The work of a special commission appointed by President Alfonsín, it describes in detail almost unbearable to read the system of licensed sadism the military rulers of Argentina created in their country from 1976 to 1979, when more than twelve thousand citizens were "sucked" off the streets, tortured for months, and then killed.1 The roots of this horror are deep in the modern history of the country: Argentina has been a political and economic paradox for almost a century. It has extraordinary natural resources, rich and vast agricultural land, and an educated population of mainly European stock, and it benefited, early in the century, from heavy foreign, particularly British, investment in its railways and industry. Economists routinely predicted, fifty years ago, that it would become the most prosperous of all Latin American countries. But it never achieved the political stability economic success required, and the peculiar role of the military in its politics was both a cause and an effect of that failure.
In 1930 the Argentine armed forces overthrew the elected government of President Hipólito Yrigoyen, of the Radical Civic Union party, in an unconstitutional coup; since then they have overthrown five more elected governments, and ruled Argentina for a longer period, in the aggregate, than all these democratic governments together. Juan Perón, who was then a colonel, participated in the coup that unseated President Ramón Castillo in 1943. He used his position as head of the National Labor Department to take control of the developing trade union movement, which he corrupted into an instrument of personal power. With the help of his wife Evita, who has been a glamorous radio star, he was elected president in 1946 and governed autocratically until he was himself overthrown in 1955 and exiled, eventually to Spain. In his years of power he created a cult of personality, particularly among workers, by lavish spending that exhausted the huge financial surplus Argentina had amassed during the Second World War. He also created a police state, using informers and torturers, and Robert Cox has convincingly argued, in these pages, that Perón's administration prepared the way for the terror described in Nunca Mas.2
Perón was worshiped by both left and right extremists, and they worked together in 1973 to elect a Peronist president, Héctor Cámpora, who had vowed to call Perón back to power. But before Perón returned in June 1973, to dismiss Cámpora and become president again himself, the two wings had split apart, and the enormous crowd that gathered at the airport to welcome him from Spain turned into two warring armies before his plane landed. An estimated two hundred young people died in the fighting between them, and that airport slaughter was a dramatic signal. Argentina had begun its nightmare.
Perón immediately sided with the right. (When a reporter from a newspaper financed by the Marxist-Leninist People's Revolutionary Army [the ERP] asked him, at a…
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Enter Pho Duy II, way out of the way on North Peoria somewhere a little south of the train tracks and I-70. The sign is glowing white and blue, prominent at night against the dark, vast background of empty lots and open spaces in this forgotten corner of Aurora.
It's Saturday night and the place is about as packed as I have seen, mostly with Mexican and Asian families. My wife and I are seated symbolically in the middle of this cultural medley. I look up at the muted NCIS episode playing in the corner but my eyes are diverted by a wonderfully tacky painting of idyllic waterfalls and soaring gulls.
The menu is straightforward pho. I ordered a large raw beef, my wife a small chicken. The broth is consistently a little plain here, but it does the trick, and is salvageable with the right balance of fresh herbs, lime juice, fish sauce, Hoisin and Sriracha. My beef was tender and plentiful as always. The chicken, which my wife loves, was as usual, a little chewy, and in my opinion not worth getting when the beef is this good. Inhaling the spicy steam was just what I needed for some sinus relief. After a few delicious slurps I was breathing right again, my dry throat was soothed and I was feeling much better.
We also ordered the spring rolls which came with beef and shrimp. Wrapped in thin rice paper and dipped in an average peanut-type sauce, they were good enough to bide time while waiting for the pho, but it's best that this place keeps its focus on just pho.
After ordering I continued to peruse the interesting selection of drinks opposite the pho items. To pass the time, I flagged down our server to ask her about something that caught my interest: salty lemonade. What ensued was an extremely awkward conversation where I couldn't understand her broken English nor she my broken, hoarse voice. My wife served as our interpreter of sorts, and what I gathered was that lemons sat curing in salt for a month or so, then were made into lemonade. One of those lemon slices would even appear in my glass, the server assured. Sounded pretty awful, but I ordered one despite my better judgment. It tasted like swimming in the ocean then sucking on a pickled lemon; all salt with the first sips and then the fermented lemon hits hard. It actually made my stomach turn a little bit.
Nevertheless, Pho Duy II provides a reliable bowl of Pho. When I'm sick there is nothing better. I will admit that it probably won't win awards as Denver's best pho, but it is quite good, and I do end up there with some regularity. The service is friendly and efficient, it's never too crowded and the atmosphere is authentic Denver. 3371 N. Peoria St. in Aurora.


text: Amber may look sweet and innocent but she admits underneath the girl-next-door exterior there lies a sexy bad girl just waiting to get out. In fact, when she's at home with just her roommate, Amber confesses that she rarely wears clothes because she loves to be naked! To learn more about Amber's crazy habits check out her interview featured in the members area.


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Last Friday, I heard that Activision and Terminal Reality would be making a first-person shooter out of the Walking Dead. Shortly afterward, I witnessed people (read: co-workers, folks I follow on Twitter, etc) freaking out.
Why does everything have to be a first-person shooter?, people howled. This is not what The Walking Dead needs, others exclaimed.
I am both an optimist and a contrarian, so I started to shake my head.
Why is this anti-FPS spit and snark always the reflex? What do people have against first-person shooters? I think the problem must be that there are so many of them, but what to make of the fact that so many of them are very good? Are we not counting Portal 2 as a first-person shooter? Are we not counting 2012 zombie-survival phenomenon DayZ? Does multiplayer Battlefield 3 not count, or is it that the millions of people who enjoy Modern Warfare 3 don't know what a good thing is?
I think some people groan about the possibility that something they love will be ruined because it is being turned into a first-person shooter. We all remember how James Bond games were ruined by turning into first-person shooters, right? GoldenEye, anyone? Oh, no. That was a good game. Remember the side-scrolling Metroid series being mangled into a...uh...magnificent, critically acclaimed trio of first-person shooters? Star Wars? It had Republic Commando, among others. That Syndicate remake? Turns out it was a pretty good FPS. It wasn't all that Syndicate-y, but it was good. Remember how they ruined X-Com by turning it into an FPS? No? Of course not. It hasn't happend (yet?).
The only franchise that was turned into a first-person shoote that I believe there is actual negative consensus about is Shadowrun. Right? Am I missing any?
Remember the side-scrolling Metroid series being mangled into a...uh...magnificent, critically acclaimed trio of first-person shooters? Star Wars? It had Republic Commando, among others. That Syndicate remake? Turns out it was a pretty good FPS,
Last year, I played parts of the newest Zelda in first-person. It was fine. I liked Mirror's Edge enough—and I trust Nintendo enough—that if you told me I would be playing a first-person Mario platformer someday, I'd be cool with that. I recognize that people's objections aren't really about the first-person part. First-person is, after all, gaming's favorite camera angle. The objection is to the damaging impact the "shooter" part of the equation could bring. The objection is, I believe, to the fact that first-person shooters reduce the complexity of interactions characters can have with each other to shooting them, being shot by them or maybe something involving the burying of a knife into flesh. There's not much emotional range in that. (Don't tell these critics about BioShock.)
First-person shooters introduce the opportunity for a more intimate connection to a game character. They enable the player to feel like they are in a virtual world instead of just manipulating a puppet that lives in one. They let you see a narrower breadth of the world, but they let you see it more closely. They often compel you to shoot, shoot, shoot, but they don't always. Sometimes, they simply want you to be able to look someone in the eye. At worst, they're as wonderful and as flawed as any other style of game.
I understand that the reflex against the announcement of a new first-person shooter—from Terminal Reality, the main studio behind Kinect Star Wars, no less!—is seen as the lazy, easy decision flow-charted by an Activision marketing team that may want to marry a hot license with the a crowd-pleasing genre. I understand that the news of an FPS Walking Dead published by Activision feels like an affront to the subtler, more lovely and acclaimed Walking Dead adventure games from scrappy Telltale Games.
But, really, what's so bad about first-person shooters? What series and franchises have they actually ruined?
If you choose to bash the FPS, don't let the people who are making The Unfinished Swan hear you. They're busy making one of the coolest games of the year (and it's an FPS).


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So This is a Thing: Megaburger Pizza
If you thought the whole pizza-meets-burger trend would end with Boston Pizza's Pizzaburger, you were wrong. Japanese pizza chain Pizza Little Party will debut the Megaburger pizza this coming Sunday.
Weighing in at 2.65 pounds, the kooky creation features two 11-inch pizzas serving as buns, with burger patties topped with cheese, ketchup, mustard, and pickle slices sandwiched in-between. According to online reports, the combined weight of the beef patties is 400 grams, or 0.88 lbs, so it's about the same as topping a small pizza with four McDonald's cheeseburgers (minus the buns), then slapping another small pizza, face down, on top of it.
The Megaburger pizza retails for ¥2,580 (about $26 USD) and is a limited-time item, available only until November 22nd.
A quick look at the English version of Little Pizza Party's menu reveals that the Megaburgerpizza might not be the Kyoto-based chain's weirdest creation. That honor goes either to the creamed corn and potato pizza, or the Taramayo,with Tarako (salted cod roe) sauce, squid, asparagus, potatoes, rice cake, and mayo.
I'm not sure about you, but a few things about the Megaburgerpizza look off. For one, the pizzas in the publicity shot look a lot like those ready-made crusts you can get at the grocery store, and I just can't get past the idea of yellow mustard co-mingling with pizza sauce. What are your thoughts? Would you try it?
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i wanted to play at start but was disapointed as well form the wep switch and seem to be little complicated kits bags dunno...
i wanted to play at start but was disapointed as well form the wep switch and seem to be little complicated kits bags dunno...
Wondering if anyone knows what the naming of toons is like in GW2? Do you get a last name? how long a name do you get? Have some ideas for my char Engineers name.
Ever since the Engineer was revealed, I knew that this would be my main class. =) I'm so excited for it, and I can't wait to try out the numerous kits that they have. Particularly looking forward to that flamethrower. (; And while a lot of people seemed to be turned off of the idea of the engineer class in a fantasy setting, I really like it a lot. The aesthetic of it was what attracted me to it in the first place, and once I learned more about it I was hooked.
Definitely gonna be my main . Currently looking towards Rifle and mainly using Grenade Kit as a setup I think, can't quite decide on which Tool Belt abilities but guess they're dependant on what you're doing.
Planning on rolling a charr engineer, despite worries of singed fur
That's more just coz well, charr engineer just seems completely badass. For the playstyle, I've read as much as I can and watched videos but it really seems one of those professions that it will difficult to truly judge how it plays until you can try it.
Sooo looking forward to "charring" some pitiful human scum with my flamethrower
This build might be old but it shows an Engineer doing a Dynamic Event
P.S Katy Perry is hot.
Katy Perry is so out of place in that video that it fits. I love it. Also, those gunshot sounds are very, very nice. The combat should be very satisfying.
Hmm, so that there are 2 Special skills for each profession, an Engineer gets a Support carepackage. Or an Elixer that gives a random effect that another class has.
i know that Elixer sounds cool, but if you do not know what you are getting it makes for a poor to plan ability. Need to get out of a tight spot? hope you get that Stealth? Nope, sorry... Haste buff. Need to inflict some serious AoE wreckage? Nah, you got the Stealth.
It sounds cool in its use, but im wondering if its practical if you simply do not know what effect you are getting you cannot plan for it.
Yeah, I'm definitely not a fan of Elixir X. Having your single most powerful ability governed by RNG is not desirable.
That said, there are meant to be a few other Engineer elites we haven't seen yet.
But this could make Elixer X either a rarely used Special because of the unpredictable nature of it. I can already picture a situation you might even nerf yourself using it. Turning into a tornado also replaces your skills, it could take away an ability you absolutely needed to use by transforming you. "Ow, i needed to Heal that guy and now i cant!"
Or it finds some unexpected synergy we do not know of yet with another Engineer ability (if i get lucky with THIS proc on Elixer X and use it with THAT Engineer ability, i 2shot someone!<- Just a crazy example).
Time will tell, but on paper it doesnt look verty good <.<
I think they said there will be around 6 elite skills available for each profession.
I mean, in structured PvP if you are a roamer Elixir X can really shine, because it makes you unpredictable and it's only down to your skill if you can adapt and use the gained boon to your advantage. Of course, if your role is defending the points it's less optimal. So yeah, it's all about what is your objective.
I'm still really torn between Ele and Engineer for my main. I'd really like to see more pistol/shield videos just to see how much the shield can actually do. I really am interested by the Elixir gun and the Flamethrower. I'm cautious about the turrets as well. This may only be because I played a shaman in WoW for so many years, but I don't want them to become 'one of the main features that makes the class interesting' like totems did for shaman. Then constantly changing how the feature operates.
Having said that, I'm excited about how the Engineer will play overall, and can't wait to start playing one... even if it does turn out to be my alt.
Why do I run? Why do I slay? Why do I play? ...Carrots? Nay.
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New Orange Line train taken out for a spin
— MBTA (@MBTA) October 10, 2017
The MBTA has released this video of a new Orange Line train being tested in China. The first cars could arrive here by year's end for months of testing; it will take several years to roll them all out.
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Will they work and be
Will they work and be compatible and crash proof on our rusty old crooked rails? Ours certainly don't look as nice as the ones in the video.
Crash proof? How many orange
Crash proof? How many orange line crashes have you lived through?
My point is our rails don't
My point is our rails don't look like the ones in the video (very old and in bad shape). They may cause a derailment with the new wheels? Please prove me wrong, I pray.
Hey, they come pre-squealed!
Hey, they come pre-squealed!
Reminds me of...
...the squeal going around the curve at Dudley. Never forget that, nor the sound of the escalators at Forest Hills.
Talking about pre-1987 on the old elevated Orange Line, for all you kiddos out there!
I would always close my eyes
I would always close my eyes taking that corner on Dudley!
That squeal...
...actually sounds right. It's just the AC traction motors/inverters/regenerative braking/etc. All newer rapid transit equipment makes some version of these sounds, going back as far as the Bombardier 01800's on the Red Line.
Completely different from the flange squeal (that's a wheel/rail issue) you get so many places on the T.
It's beauteous!
It's beauteous!
Max speed?
Who wants to bet the first one is broken before the last one is delivered?
If they don't get the tracks here in Boston up to snuff,
then there certainly will be trouble. Look at all the problems (i. e. delays, etc.) they've been having on the orange line, and on the MBTA, generally, due to the signal problems, as well as the track problems.
Or falls off the track like
Or falls off the track like the Breda Green Line trains did.
Probably as fast as they will
Probably as fast as they will ever go on our deplorable tracks
If there is a bear ...
If there is a bear ...
Pretty sure they won't get up to that speed here
even on the third track they're rebuilding between Community College and Wellington.
Because I really don't know
Why does it seem that every time the T buys new rail cars, it's like they are inventing a product that has never existed before, with all the bugs that are therefore inherent in version 1.0 ? Cities around the world must buy new trains all the time. Why is it such an ordeal to buy new cars?
New York has been having
New York has been having major problems getting their most recent order of new subway cars delivered:
We've been through this before
Simply put, it's not like there are rapid transit dealers with a subway car showroom displaying "The 2018 METRO CAR line" out there. Although certain elements of rail cars, such as voltage (usually 600 volts) and the track gauge (width between wheels), are standardized, different systems were built to different standards for height, width, and clearance to obstructions. This is why, for example, a car built for Chicago can't operate on any of the T's rapid transit lines.
While some systems, such as New York City, took steps years ago to rebuild some segments of their older lines to allow for a unified fleet of cars that could operate anywhere on the system, the physical differences between the Blue, Orange, and Red Lines - as well as the lack of connections between any of the lines - are significant enough to make such unification impractical in Boston.
Likewise, because of technological advances and changes in requirements for on-board systems and amenities, it is not possible to "dust off" an older design and replicate it for the current orders.
Yes, but...
Everything you say makes sense.
However, having to build a new factory to build the cars still seems like going back to square one. If Chicago had cars built last year (just hypothetically) then that factory would have 95% of the latest innovations and safety requirements already in the book. Isn't there enough demand, worldwide for rail cars that there would be 2 or 3 big makers (like the Boeing of trains) so that they don't have to BUILD A NEW FACTORY when someone wants to buy a few hundred cars?
The problem is that worldwide
The problem is that worldwide there is enough demand to keep factories running from order to order, but the US government requires cars to be made in the US if federal funds are used to purchase them, and there aren't enough American transit agencies buying cars to sustain that. Plus American politicians have an easier time selling transit-adverse voters on funding for things like new subway cars by promising jobs building them, which means the factory usually needs to be local.
CRRC is hoping they can keep the Springfield factory open after the MBTA order is done, but we'll see if they can manage to. They did win another contract for CTA, but they're building a factory in Chicago for those.
OK, that helps
The Buy American thing is the kink. I LOVE the idea of buying American, as long as the quality is there. Hopefully the Springfield plant will make a good product and keep going after the T order is done.
Self-serving calculations
GE is fighting tooth and nail to install a new factory in India to manufacture a 1,000 diesel locomotives. This is despite the railway minister's insistence to electrify the country's entire railway system which makes sense at so many levels for a heavily polluted country like India.
One may wonder why GE (the company started by Edison most known for the light bulb) would not propose to build electric locomotives at their new factory. Obviously, GE locomotives' bread and butter business is building diesel engines and they would not wish to jeopardize any of that.
Is it any surprise that Chinese companies are having such great success selling their state-of-the-art technology all over the world?
GE's locomotives are electric
They use a diesel generator to produce an electric current that drives the wheels. The technical phrase is "diesel electric." General Electric was the industry innovator in diesel electric locomotives. They are much more efficient than straight diesel.
As far as what India wants, probably the Chinese, Germans, or French will have the superior product. The Chinese knockoff will just be cheaper.
Yup, you are indeed correct.
Yup, you are indeed correct. "Diesel-electric" is what they have been for ages - not just GE, but all around the world. As pretty much everyone is aware by now - an electric motor's torque from standstill far surpasses that of a diesel-only engine. Does that not mean that it should be significantly easier and more profitable for GE to build an electric locomotive? Why then stick to only building engines using certain-to-be obsolete technology?
Not soon-to-be obsolete
No, you didn't write that, but that's the answer as to why GE and EMD and a host of other locomotive manufacturers still do what they do. Most of the US rails don't have electric lines above them. Same thing with England outside of the southern region. Canada makes the US look like leaders in electrification of railroads. Then there's basically all of Africa and Latin America. That's a huge market for locomotives.
I do want to note that my comment earlier was more along the lines of why a company whose history is in electricity (you know, half the company's name) builds the locomotives they do.
Details of GE's $2.5 billion deal
A recent update, for those interested in these things
Yes, GE bid and won the diesel-electric locomotive factory, and did not bid on the electric locomotive version. GE executive acknowledges that electrification is the future but also adds that diesel locomotives are "efficient and affordable". Sure, if you took a single instance of one and compared with a single instance of the other. If you are looking at upgrading an entire country's railway system that likely is not true.
I'm sure
That when GE finds a country interested in upgrading its rail system, they will sell them electric locomotives.
Interpret it as you will.
Interpret it as you will. The details are in the article.
GE neither bid on the electric version nor were they willing to work with the government to build an electric version in parallel with the "diesel-electric" version. Sure, government contracting is not a cake-walk process and GE has *every right* to stick to the bid that it won. Maybe the government was playing a game of switheroo with GE. Maybe the administration changed between the time the bid was put out and the contract was negotiated and signed.
Note however, that building a 1,000 locomotives might fall within the category of a rail system upgrade in many countries but I certainly do not know if that is just a drop in the bucket with regards to the total number of units they have in India. GE did what's best for their business and that's that.
There are railcar factories
There are railcar factories in the U.S.
The problem is Massachusetts took it one step further and declared that the bidder had to build a brand new factory here.
Actually, companies can meet Buy America requirements
even if the components are made overseas provided final assembly is done in the US.
It was DeValue who both rejected requiring bidders on these cars to already have an US presence and required construction of a new plant in Massachusetts. Thus insuring the new order would be unnecessarily delayed.
Yes, but my entire comment
Yes, but my entire comment still applies. Just substitute the word "made" with "assembled". Assembling them from foreign parts still requires a factory here.
"it's like they are inventing
"it's like they are inventing a product that has never existed before"
Because that's basically what they're doing.
All four MBTA lines are different from each other, and different from all other rail lines in the world. None are "off-the-shelf" like say a bus or a commuter train.
The MBTA only orders trains for a line every 20-30 years. Which means the technology of this model of train for a particular line is going to be drastically, not incrementally, different than the previous.
Put this together, and you are inventing a completely new product that has never existed before.
As a test they should throw
As a test they should throw some leaves on the tracks. And then wetten them.
Gee, Thanks America!
Love- Hundreds of Chinese workers and their families
This is something I was curious about
"Why make the first 6 in China and the rest here?" It sounds like maybe the partswill be made in China, and they're just doing the integration testing in China for the first 6, and the Springfield facility is gearing up to do the main production run.
The initial prototype was
The initial prototype was made in China, the rest will be made in Springfield (with Chinese parts).
This allows CRRC to get a jump start on production before the Springfield factory is finished (sometime next year).
Not quite
"The first six of the new Orange Line trains will be made in China and shipped to Massachusetts, Pesaturo says. A nearly completed facility in Springfield will then churn out 152 Orange Line and 252 Red Line Red Line trains."
Why even taunt us with this video?? Years away - I might be dead by the time the 21st century actually arrives to the Orange Line.
Awesome. They even included a
Awesome. They even included a low volume version of the squealing-sound-made-when-entering-Dudley-Station-in-1980, impressive. Also, that is not the T logo.
Some interesting news coming
Some interesting news coming up behind that.
Yay, we're #1!
Yay, we're #1!
I'm glad NJ has something to celebrate. "Not the worst!"
Giants have that covered at
Giants have that covered at the moment.


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Jonathan Broxton was the best closer in baseball when he pitched at Dodger Stadium, but on the road his ERA was 5.81.
Game four of the National League Championship Series was on the road in Philadelphia, and that ended up being bad news for Broxton and the Dodgers.
A hit batter, a walk and a two-out double by Jimmy Rollins that scored both runs gave the Phillies a 5-4 come-from-behind win in the bottom of the ninth inning in front of a delirious home crowd,\ Monday night. It also could mean the series — Philadelphia now leads three games to one, with the next (and potentially final) game Wednesday in the City of Brotherly Love.
But there was no love for the Dodgers.
The Dodgers had a 4-3 lead going into the ninth, and Broxton got the first batter to ground out. But then he walked pinch hitter Matt Stairs, then hit Carlos Ruiz with a fastball on the elbow. Broxton got another out before Rollins hit a 98 mph fastball to the right-center gap and won the game.
It wasted a night of clutch hitting by the Dodgers. And it wasted the rare Manny Ramirez defensive gem.
All four of the Dodgers runs came against Phillies starter Joe Blanton, and all came with two outs. The first was in the third. Kemp had walked with one out, then a batter later Ramirez singled. James Loney was next and he hit another single — the Dodgers for the first time in the series strung together a few hits to core a run. Then, after a walk to load the bases, Russell Martin singled to drive in Manny, a hit that tied the game at 2-2.
In the fifth inning, again with two outs, Kemp thought "why bother stringing all these hits together" and instead crushed a Blanton offering to dead center field for a home run. And the Dodgers had the lead 3-2. In the sixth inning, Blanton was let down by the Phillies defense. First Ramirez got on board on a Pedro Feliz error, and he eventually moved around and scored on the rare Casey Blake hit in the clutch.
Meanwhile, Dodgers starter Randy Wolf had settled down after throwing a belt-high fastball to Ryan Howard that led to a two-run home run in the first inning (that had every Dodgers fan thinking uh-oh, here we go again). He retired 14 of 15 at one point. But in the bottom of the sixth he got in trouble, eventually giving up a run-scoring single to Chase Utley, which chased Wolf from the game.
It looked for a while like the play of the game might be Manny Ramirez on defense. Seriously. After Wolf left, the Dodger bullpen got to two outs and runners on first and third, with Hong-Chih Kuo pitching to Raul Ibanez, and he hit a sinking line drive at Manny who made a running shoe string catch to save at least one run.
It looked like it was going to be that kind of night for the Dodgers, where everything went right. Los Angeles got within two strikes of tying the series. Instead, they are now one game from losing to Philadelphia in the League Championship Series for a second straight year.
Dodgers: Broxton Blows Save, Maybe Series
Broxton blows a save and the Dodgers are on the verge of losing to the Phillies in the playoffs. Again.
Jonathan Broxton was the best closer in baseball when he pitched at Dodger Stadium, but on the road his ERA was 5.81.


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I used to be really happy with any p-value smaller than .05, and very disappointed when p-values turned out to be higher than .05. Looking back, I realize I was suffering from a bi-polar p-value disorder. Nowadays, I interpret p-values more evenly. Instead of a polar division between p-values above and below the .05 significance level, I use a gradual interpretation of p-values. As a consequence, I'm no longer very convinced something is going on by p-values between .02 and .05. Let me explain.
In my previous blogpost, I explained how p-values can be calibrated to provide best-case posterior probabilities that the H0 was true. High p-values leave quite something to be desired, with a p = .05 yielding a best-case scenario with a 71% probability that H1 is true (assuming H0 and H1 are a-priori equally likely). Here, I want to move beyond best case scenario's. Instead of only looking at p-values, we are going to look at the likelihood that a p-value represents a true effect, given the power of a statistical test.
This blog post is still based on the paper by Sellke, Bayarri, & Berger, 2001. The power of a statistical test that yields a specific p-value is determined by the size of the effect, the significance level, and the size of the sample. The more observations, and the larger the effect size, the higher the statistical power. The higher the statistical power, the higher the likelihood of observing a small (e.g., p = .01) compared to a high (e.g., p = .04) p-value, assuming there is a true effect in the population. We can see this in the figure below. The top and bottom halves of the figure display the same information, but the scale showing the percentage of expected p-values differs (from 0-100 in the top, from 0-10 in the bottom, where the percentages for p-values between .00 and .01 are cut off at .1). As the top pane illustrates, the probability of observing a p-value between 0.00 and 0.01 is more than twice as large if a test has 80% power, compared to when the test has only 50% power. In an extremely high powered experiment (e.g., 99% power) the p-value will be smaller than .01 in approximately 96% of the tests, and between 0.01 and 0.05 in only 3.5% of the tests.
In general, the higher the statistical power of a test, the less likely it is to observe relatively high p-values (e.g., p > .02). As can be seen in the lower pane in the figure, in extremely high powered statistical tests (i.e., 99% power), the probability of observing a p-value between .02 and .03 is less than 1%. If there is no real effect in the population, and the power of the statistical test is 0% (i.e., there is no chance to observe a real effect), p-values are uniformly distributed. This means that every p-value is equally likely to be observed, and thus that 1% of the p-values will fall within the .02 and .03 interval. As a consequence, when a test with extremely high statistical power returns a p = .024, this outcome is more likely when the null hypothesis is true, than when the alternative hypothesis is true (the bars for a p-value between .02 and .03 is higher when power = 0%, than when power = 99%). In other words, a statistical difference at the p < .05 level is surprising, assuming the null-hypothesis is true, but should still be interpreted as support for the null-hypothesis (we also explain this in Lakens & Evers (2014).
The fact that with increasing sample size, a result can at the same time be a statistical difference with p < .05, while also being stronger support for the null-hypothesis than for the alternative hypothesis, is known as Lindley's paradox. This isn't a true paradox – things just get more interesting to people if you call them a paradox. There are just two different questions that are asked. First, the probability of the data, assuming the null-hypothesis is true, or Pr(D|H0), is very low. Second, the probability of the alternative hypothesis, is lower than the probability of the null-hypothesis, given the data, or Pr(H1|D)<Pr(H0|D). Although it is often interpreted by advocates of Bayesian statistics as a demonstration of the 'illogical status of significance testing' (Rouder, Morey, Verhagen, Province, & Wagemakers, in press), it also an illustration of the consequences of using improper priors in Bayesian statistics (Robert, 2013).
An extension of these ideas is now more widely known in psychology as p-curve analysis (Simonsohn, Nelson, & Simmons, 2014, see www.p-curve.com). However, you can apply this logic (with care!) when subjectively evaluating single studies as well. In a well-powered study (with power = 80%) the odds of a statistical difference yielding a p-value smaller than .01 compared to a statistical difference between .01 and .05 is approximately 3 to 1. In general, the lower the p-value, the more the result supports the alternative hypothesis (but don't interpret p-values directly as support for H0 or H1, and always consider the prior probability of H0). Nevertheless, 'sensible p-values are related to weights of evidence' (Good, 1992), and the lower the p-value the better. A p-value for a true effect can be higher than .03, but it's relatively unlikely to happen a lot across multiple studies, especially when sample sizes are large. In small sample sizes, there is a lot of variation in the data, and a relatively high percentage of higher p-values is possible (see the figure for 50% power). Remember that if studies only have 50% power, there should also be 50% non-significant findings.
The statistical reality explained above also means that in high-powered studies (e.g., with a power of .99, for example when you collect 400 participants (divided over 2 conditions in an independent t-test) and the effect size is d=.43), setting the significance level to .05 is not very logical. After all, p-values > .02 are not even more likely under the alternative hypothesis, than under the null-hypothesis. Unlike my previous blog, where subjective priors were involved, this blog post is focused on a the objective probability of observing p-values under the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis, as a function of power. It means that we need to stop using fixed significance levels of α = .05 for all our statistical tests, especially now that we are starting to collect larger samples. As Good (1992) remarks:
The real objection to p-values is not that they usually are utter nonsense, but rather that they can be highly misleading, especially if the value of N is not also taken into account and is large.'
How we can decide which significance level we should use, depending on our sample size, is a topic for a future blog post. With which I mean to say I haven't completely figured out how it should be done. If you have, I'd appreciate a comment below.


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He is on the list of people to read on my quest to dig fantasy books.
I've only read Perdido Street Station by him, but I do recommend. It's not as deep as it can appear, but the imagination is fantastic.
Aren't Mieville's sales enough to call him "mainstream" at this point? I mean once you've won some Hugo awards you probably qualify right? I don't know I'm just asking.
I really like how semi-important characters disappear and are still referenced. We're left to wonder if they're alive or making an impact in some way somewhere. Benjen Stark, Ser Barristan to name a few.


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8 lbs small cucumbers
4 C water
4 C distilled white vinegar
3/4 C sugar
1/2 C pickling salt
3 T pickling spice
fresh or dried dill
fresh cloves garlic
whole mustard seeds
canning jars with lids & rings
Place cucumbers in a large pot and cover with ice. Let stand for at least 2 hours but no more than 8. Drain.
Place water, vinegar, sugar, salt and spice in a saucepan. Bring to boil then simmer for 15 minutes.
Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. Cut cucumber in slices, spears or leave whole. Place dill, garlic and mustard seeds into bottom of hot sterilized jars. Follow by packing the cucumbers, filling the jars within 1/2 inch from the top. Pour hot pickling liquid into jars, filling within 1/4 inch of the rim. Top with lids and screw on rings.
Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil over high heat then carefully lower the jars into the pot. Pour in more boiling water if necessary until the water level is at least 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Bring the water to a full boil, cover the pot and process for 5 minutes or the time recommend by your county extension agent.
Remove the jars from pot and place onto a cloth cover or wood surface several inches apart until cool. Once cool, press the top of each lid with a finger, ensuring that the seal is tight. If any jars have not been sealed properly, refrigerate and eat within two weeks. Store in a cool, dark area and wait at least 1 week before opening.


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Replacing the Alpine nav / music system
Replacing the Alpine nav / music system
there is the new sony system which is double DIN and uses TomTom nav soft with all it's goodies. HOWEVER, if your roadster is still under warranty then I would be careful since Tesla woods the warranty if you change any of the elctricalccomponents of the car without their consent! they site electricalcdraw and magnetic interference as their main worry. I will change mine when warranty out or Tesla approves more than just the Alpine.
felix is right. You have to get the new unit approved so I'm probably going to do the same. The Alpine unit is pretty bad for the amount of money.
love to hear what they say..... mine said: sorry no can do. for the reasons I explained earlier........
good luck and maybe if we are enough people we can get the Sony system approved!
I also have a Tesla 2.5 . I also agree with the mediocrity of the Alpine system. I have paired both my Blackberry Bold and Iphone and cannot speak to anyone because they all claim that there is a tremendous echo and reverberation on the other end. I would also support any move to have the system replaced. I have had the car since Oct 2010 and this definitely is not acceptable.
My unit changes volume while playing back MP3's.
The UI for the audio is extremely poorly designed. Too many button presses, in a small touch screen area, just to even change bands. Not a good design to have to deal with, as it takes your attention off of driving to do even the simplest of operations.
When the New Roadster comes out in a year or two, I imagine the sound system and interface will be completely new. Alpine was the only provider with a compatible product when the Old Roadster was being designed, but those days are long gone, I think.
Reception issues are reportedly due to the carbon fiber body, and will not change with a new radio. Moving the antenna would help, but that doesn't require changing the head unit.
Echo & reverberation have to do with the shape of the cabin interior and the microphone placement on the dash. Those will be exactly the same if a new head unit were attached to the existing mic.
I seriously doubt that the Alpine was the only compatible unit. Tesla Motors also offered a JVC unit, and there have been double DIN units on the market for decades.
UI for music and navigation need to be different, don't they? I mean, they're completely different tasks. I would appreciate less of a delay when switching. Note that you can choose between artwork for the music or inset navigation prompts.
I also have problems with volume changes when playing MP3 tracks, but I mostly have AAC, ALAC, and lossless files, so I don't think it's specific to MP3. I have a hunch that there is some setting that would force the volume to be constant, but I have not found it (the manual is terrible for discovering the capabilities and settings).
As for the money, the entire Alpine setup costs less than $1,600. I doubt that the Rockford speakers and sub add much. The whole package used to be $3,000 so $4,500 is an insulting price to pay for such low-priced consumer electronics. I'm tempted to sell the components that I don't want, but I paid about 3 times their MSRP, so I can never get my money back, not even with over-zealous eBay auctioning.
Correction. I have volume changes (more like Bass/Treble level changes) on Radio, CD's with MP3's, USB drives with MP3's, and even regular CD's (which are RIFF WAV files).
I have hunted for some 'volume constant' setting too, and haven't found anything. But then it took me an hour to find out how to pair it to my iPhone, as menus are only 'sometimes' visible.
Yeah, the UI is different between the NAV and audio. And the NAV is actually a good design. Large buttons, screen centered, single presses. The audio UI is exactly opposite.
I don't know which is worse: that Alpine designed this thing so badly, or that the Roadster engineers didn't realize it's horrible design when they selected it.
I'd love it if the antenna was externalized. That would improve some of the reception issues.
What did the guys in London say about installing the Sony? I get my car next week (finally - ordered May 13, 2011) and I am sure the shortfalls of the $4500 Alpine will drive me insane.
I just turned Off the DEFEAT function in the settings, and I don't think the playback volume has changed since. This could be a red herring, though, as I've not listened for more than a couple of drives since then.
The Alpine manual seems to indicate that the DEFEAT function works with the optional IMPRINT accessory (which correct the frequency response changes introduced by the vehicle interior). I don't think that Tesla Motors includes the IMPRINT unit - although that would make it worth the $4,500.
For what it is worth, I really like this Alpine unit. Lots of HD radio in Colorado. Just got my car this week and the radio is great. I was told the bluetooth microphone location (bottom of dash between steering wheel and radio) is the problem with the hands free phone function. While I am sure there is some way to move it, the interior looks so nice it would be a crime to modify it. If anybody has relocated the speaker, I would like to hear/see how it looks and works. Thanks.
I'll try the defeat option, if I can find it :-)
I also think, but cannot prove, that it's related to when the car is getting hotter and the AC is close to diverting into the battery.
I am also in touch with both Tesla and Alpine. So we will see what can be done, although they changed the unit once already.
This is beginning to sound like an Elvis sightings list. I just noticed the volume wildly fluctuating up and down, and it almost seemed like it was tracking the accelerator pedal position with a noticeable lag. At other times, it seems related to hitting bumps. Maybe the volume changes just have no correlation to anything observable. I wish it would stop.
I don't think that the DEFEAT function has worked. I briefly thought that increasing the volume above 10 was stopping the volume changes, but that's not only very loud but I eventually caught it changing the volume above 10, maybe around 12.
can you inform Tesla of this problem? They are treating it like it is only my car that has this problem.
I have captured the fluctuations with a small video camera, pointing at the dash to show the problem. The person I am in contact with at Alpine is desperately trying to replicate it, but has had no luck. When he heard the video/audio. he said that the variations he heard are clearly *not* due to Defeat' or 'Loudness' controls. I am starting to believe there is an issue with the way Tesla wired the system (power or speakers) that is causing it.
And yes, volumes from 11 and up are where I hear it. But I haven't had the volume above about 14 to see if it continues.
Hi, I have reported this to the Seattle Tesla team many times. Service has looked for a menu to defeat this.
If you want support, tell your Tesla contacts that VIN 1244 in Seattle has the same problem : all of the time (practically)!
Note: I recently confirmed that 'Defeat' merely turns off the Bass and Treble tone controls. That's basically all it does.
Meanwhile, I had 'Loudness' on for nearly two months. I just turned it off because it's too loud (I really just wanted the 'smile' EQ curve). Alas, the yoyo volume still continues after turning off 'Loudness'.
To reiterate, this happens at all volume settings, and while driving around.
At the risk of being repetitive, the sound system is the only thing about the car I would change. Whoever designed the control interface was demented and the radio reception and phone sound quality is really substandard. I bought an original Z3 when they first came out and vowed that BMW would never sell me another radio. It looks like I may have the same issue with Tesla.
rsdio: Yours is close to mine. I'm 1277.
The Chicago service guys have been dealing with it for a while, which is annoying for them, as I'm in Texas. They replaced the power amp under the dash (not the head unit). Seemed to solve it for a about a week. Now it's come back, but not as bad (yet). I'm thinking for generating a pure sine wave CD, and hooking up my oscilloscope to the amp and monitoring it. But that's the kind of nerd I am.
I wrote to both Tesla and Alpine enumerating my complaints. The UI sucks, and Alpine basically said it works as designed. Which I jsut have to keep saying 'the design sucks'. But they said they are not going to change it. But suddenly everyone was looking into the volume level changes. It was like kicking an ant hill.
scotty2451 and rsdio: Mine is 1247 in Atlanta.
I had the exact same volume problem but never could identify consistent modes/status of systems in the car to be able to consistently reproduce. It happened when listening to HD Radio, Sirius, and iPhone/iPod sources.(I have never played a CD in it) It happened when I was driving at various speeds as well as when stopped at a traffic light. I read the Alpine manual and searched every menu in the radio to see if the IMPRINT mode was disabled but couldn't find anything. I experimented with the DEFEAT mode but it didn't fix the problem. I turned the Sub Woofer ON and OFF with no luck. In addition the display would sometimes go blank and then come back. The Tesla Ranger replaced the display and the power amp on mine but not the head unit itself. I have not driven it that much since the replacement so I will have to retest including at the higher volume levels.
Also to commiserate the other issues: BAD RECEPTION of Radio stations (constantly switching from Digital to Analog), BAD Voice quality using the Hands Free Bluetooth with my iPhone4, BAD UI design with tiny buttons at the bottom of the screen making them hard to access.
My Roadster 2.5 has been in the shop for a week now. They have finally given up on a whine that completely drowns out any AM station when the vehcile is moving. Anyone out there ever try listening to AM? They tried swapping out the receiver, the RF pre-amp, and finally installed ferrite doughnuts to no avail.
fascinating. Anyone else have/not have AM reception problems?
I predict Alpine will not supply the radio system for the Roadster 3!
(tried it in another thread... will try it one last time here)
Does anyone have a suggestion for a replacement to the single-DIN JVC stereo that shipped with the Roadster 1.5?
I have the same "experience" (if one can call it that) with the Alpine in my Roadster 2.5. I dug a little into the unit, and it appears to be an ARM based WinCE system. There are a few "hacked" replacements, some with desktops, some with improved functionality. It appears that the ARM image on the unit could be hacked to change quite a few of the major irritants.
I can volunteer to wrap up a Linux build with some useful music and video players and such if someone can sweet talk Tesla into parting with some specific information items about the unit so I'm not bricking mine as I hack it. Oh, and I'd need Tesla's semi-blessing, so that I'm not potentially voiding my warranty (can you believe it; hacking the radio potentially voiding the warranty on the entire car??).
Would you mind sharing some links which show these hacked variants of the Alpine unit in the roadster? I have a spare one on my workbench would like to experiment a bit with it.
@SMOP Dang. Those things keep falling off a truck on the internet and it's so tough to keep track of where they came from... ;)
Seriously, though, here are a couple of potentially related links in no particular order:
aki009 thanks for the links,all this looks way to complicated and I am sure I would mess something up. I think the solution is to pull this unit out and replace it with something else. It looks like a lot of aftermarket hu vendors are pulling out of the market (probably due to proprietary dash setups of new car manufacturers) ...btw the third one is NSFW :)
I have the original JVC which was lousy and not working anymore. THinking about the Double Din with GPS and rear camera. Anybody has experience with this upgrade ?
Not sure if its worth 4800. The Alpine INA unit in my 2.5's are not a massive improvement over the JVC in my 2.0. I still have not come across a really nice aftermarket double din unit. I think the aftermarket stereo business is dead. Most of the units out there are horrible. There was a new parrot unit that was built on android but I have not researched it. Looked pretty cool on youtube.
I believe the $4800 covers the installation of the Alpine, Backup camera, replacing part of your dash to move the vents.(is it worth it...I guess it depends on your peace of mind that Tesla stands behind it)...the use of the Alpine system was based on a custom job...http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/14877-Dr-Taras-Model-S-get...! scroll down to the video of the Roadster
Please don't switch to Pioneer, its just as bad as Alpine.
Is there a decent aftermarket head unit available for the Roadster? I cannot find anything that is a worthwhile upgrade.
@Smop call the guys in LA who retrofit high end cars/Teslas. I like Kenwood as it uses Garmin Navi.
some install the new Parrot
openvehicles.com is integrating it's roadster mobile-phone app in it
You get simmilar functionality as in the model s touchscreen then!
If you modify any of the electrical components of the car without their consent! they website electrical draw and attractive disturbance as their primary fear . . . . . . . . .
I am using pioneer with Bose amp, delivering high performance. Also paired my iPhone as well having no issues of echo and reverberation.
Is there a reasonable upgraded go device available for the Nissan ? I cannot discover anything that is a beneficial update.. . .
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My radio *finally* doesn't change levels. They replaced the power amp with a special order amp that has the noise cancellation disabled. I'm happy with the sound now..
But not the USB connection, the UI, etc...
Also followup...
When I complained to Alpine about how bad the UI is, I pointed out that the Nav UI is much better than the audio UI. She told me that is because they were designed by two different teams what don't interact. No surprise there.
They said there were no plans to fix it as it is a 'mature' device. Read that as they are not wanting to support it, probably in favor of the next versions.
Does anyone else have difficulty scrolling around the map in the Nav UI? I find that the drag gesture very rarely works: when I try it it just interprets it as a click gesture instead, and places a pointer where I wanted to start dragging.
Wish I had found this thread previously. I got Tesla UK to change my Alpine Unit out once already but still have the same bugbears - random volume variation, poor phone performance, dodgy response to swipe on the Nav UI - and now I see I am not alone.
Scotty2541 - who did you get to sort the amp? I will pass on your comment to the guys coming to do my annual service tomorrow and see what they say!
NAQ88: Sorry I just saw this question.
The guys in Chicago special ordered an amp for me, and Lawrence put it in.
I had to change out my Alpine myself. Just did it two weeks ago. I like this one better. Kenwood DNX 690. I had to adapt a small regulator to get the back up camera to work.
It picks up distance radio stations that my Toyota and Acura can, but the Alpine couldn't.
Apart from the poor interface etc. etc. commented so many times and that I cannot agree more with, my true beef is the microphone installed with the Alpine unit in the Roadster Sport 2.5 S: whenever I am driving no one can hear me, when I am stopped (at a light on very low speed) people can hear me okeyish. I guess it has to do with -poor placement of the mike -electric interferences.
1. Does anyone know where the microphone is ?
2. More geeky question: has anyone successfully applied the firmware upgrade on their Alpine unit ? (cf. download from alpine website)
This car is such a joy and already a classic... it is embarrassing to have such a makeshift audio system... make the car feel cheap, as if it had been "tuned" by amateurs watching Fast and Furious too many times... this was a criminal choice by the car design team, no doubt.
'criminal'? You value your own opinions far too highly.
1. The microphone is on the dashboard below and to the right of the steering wheel.
2. I purchased the Alpine map upgrade and successfully upgraded the unit. It changed one or 2 minor things in the UI as I recall (eg, easier to cancel a route now). I am not aware of a 2nd upgrade available, although the Alpine started telling me to check for an upgrade once a year had passed since I installed the prior one!
I had to adapt a small regulator to get the back up camera to work.


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I'll admit it - I love scary movies - not the kind with gore and torture (think of "Hostel") but others that are scary and moody (like "The Others"), as well as "B" movies.
I'll admit it - I love scary movies - not the kind with gore and torture (think of "Hostel") but others that are scary and moody (like "The Others"), as well as "B" movies. There's many sub-genres of the horror movie, at least in my opinion - "B" movies, gore and torture, horror comedy, just plain scary, the slasher, ghost stories, creature flicks, movies about the undead, which includes vampires, zombies and Frankenstein's monster, and sci-fi horror. The genres can either stay in one category or slash their way across two or more. For example, I think of "Scream" as a slasher/horror comedy, while "Fido" is a comedy/undead movie. I grew up watching black-and-white scary "B" movies in our little apartment in Middleton, Wis. On either Friday or Saturday nights, "Shock Theater" played such schlocky flicks as "The Vulture" and "Tarantula." Some might call these bad movies, but I like them - especially the weird, creepy music, the standard that was in all those old monster movies. One movie that stands out is "The Monolith Monsters" (1957). I'd never seen a movie like it before or since - it has quite an original premise. If you haven't had the pleasure, it's about a meteor that crashes near a tiny California desert community, and then strange things start to happen with rocks. "Sometime later, Ben (Phil Harvey), a doomed geologist for the Department of the Interior, stops to water his overheated car near the impact site and notices all these cool pieces of a black, glassy, obsidian-like rock lying around. He appropriates a chunk and heads into town, not noticing that another chunk of rock upon which he spilled water is beginning to smoke ominously," according to www.stomptokyo.com. "... That night, a desert windstorm and an open window conspire to knock a beaker of water over onto the sample rock. Ben witnesses the rock begin to grow into an obsidian obelisk, that stock monster music plays, and we fade to black." Later in the movie, the rocks, when rained upon, turn into gigantic spires and crash under their own weight, turning into more and more giant spires with the help of the rain. At the end, table salt saves the world. Another movie from my youth that needs mentioning is "The Green Slime" (1968). Honestly, I don't remember the plot, but do I recall there were spaceships and Green Slime monsters with tentacles and one big eye. I also found the cheesy "Green Slime" song that went with the movie quite amusing. There were even lyrics. OK - now I know you can find anything on the Web. I just found "The Green Slime" theme song at http://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/green-slime-richard-delvy-theme-song.html. Enjoy the psychedelic, rockin' tune. More recent "B" movies, which are fantastic, by the way, are the "Evil Dead" series written and directed by Sam Raimi of the "Spider-Man" movie fame and starring Bruce Campbell. The first movie was made in 1981. It only raked in about $2 million at the box office but now has a worldwide cult following. I attribute this love of "B" movies to my parents. When my mom and sister went marching for civil rights in Milwaukee in the 1960s, I'd stay home with my dad, and we'd watch those old schlocky movies. My dad really likes sci-fi, and both parents love scary movies. I remember watching the original "The Fly," as well as wolfman, mummy and vampire movies. I was a big fan of Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Vincent Price and Bela Lagosi. One of the great "B" black-and-white movies is "The House on Haunted Hill" starring Vincent Price. My mom loves that flick and still watches it every now and then. It has some funny lines and lots of moodiness, and of course, the creepy music. I love a good "creach" (creature) flick, like "Godzilla" - especially the one with Mothra. Mothra is just cool. There's so many creach flicks out there, which brings me to one of my favorite TV channels - the Sci-Fi Channel. That channel comes up with many original movies. There's "Mansquito" and "Frankenfish" to name a few. This past weekend, the premiere movie Saturday night was "Beyond Loch Ness." The special effects were really bad, but I'm guessing they don't have a huge Hollywood budget. That channel tries to come up with scary movies, which sometimes end up making me laugh because they're so bad. I usually feel entertained one way or the other. Sometimes, the movies on that channel are just a bit too gross for my taste, but if I can laugh, it's tolerable. Now, on to the slasher movies. One of my all-time favorites is "Halloween." It's a film with lots of mood but not much blood, and there's great music. As a matter of fact, I watched it again New Year's Eve. By the way, I really didn't like Rob Zombie's new "Halloween" movie. I think Michael Myers' history was explained too much, and it was way too graphic, but the music still was great. The original movie allowed us to use our imaginations. I don't like it when movies overexplain things. I haven't seen a lot of slasher flicks. I've watched the first "Friday the 13th" movie but not the others in that series. I've seen at least part of the first "Nightmare on Elm Street" movie, and I believe that's Johnny Depp's movie debut. My favorite series was the "Halloween" series. I do, however, enjoy "Jason X" and "Freddie vs. Jason." I thought "Jason X" was mocking itself at one point, so that was fun. I like it when a movie can laugh at itself. I also enjoy a good horror comedy, such as "Bride of Chuckie" or "Fido." I read somewhere horror movies always do well at the box office - no matter how the economy is doing or what's happening in America and around the world. Keep watching those scary movies. I know I will. Wendy Nugent is the Accent page editor and assistant photo editor at The Newton Kansan.


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The Drumbeat 2000 Web site authoring software offers developers and Web-site designers a powerful tool that can cut the time to develop and deploy a Web site. You can set the software to target various Web servers and browsers. Drumbeat's packaged scripts and ActiveX controls let you quickly build fully functioning, database-driven Web sites. Macromedia acquired Elemental Software and its Drumbeat line of Web application development products in July 1999. Macromedia officially released three versions of the Drumbeat 2000 product in September: Drumbeat 2000 Active Server Pages (ASP) version, Drumbeat 2000 JavaServer Pages (JSP) version, and Drumbeat 2000 eCommerce Edition, which add the ability to create online stores with shopping-cart and credit-card transactions.
To run Drumbeat 2000, you need at minimum a 200MHz Pentium, 60MB free disk space, 64MB RAM, and Windows 9x or NT 4.0. (My installation, which included all options such as online documentation, templates, and a seven-lesson tutorial, consumed 90MB.) Drumbeat supports IE 4.0 or later, Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 or later for Windows NT Web servers, and Chili!Soft (included on the installation disk) or other Active Server Pages (ASP) interpretive software for UNIX servers.
I installed Drumbeat 2000 on my 400MHz Pentium II with 128MB SDRAM and a fresh installation of Windows NT Server with Service Pack 3 (SP3), SQL Server 6.5 with SQL Server Service Pack 5, and Option Pack (Internet Information Server 4.0—IIS—and Microsoft Transaction Server—MTS), followed by Service Pack 4 (SP4). I installed these products in the order that Microsoft recommends. Despite following the instructions, I encountered numerous errors.
First, I ran into two DLL read-only file errors requesting overwrites (msvcrt.dll, mfc42.dll) before an ODBC error stopped the installation. The error message said Root:\winnt\system32\odbcint.dll is a different version than the ODBC setup .dll root:\winnt\system32\ odbccp32.dll. You need to reinstall the latest ODBC components to ensure proper operation. Macromedia is responsible for all Drumbeat support now, and offers Drumbeat 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), which you can download free at http://www.macromedia.com/support/drumbeat/. Macromedia recommends SP2 for users who purchased Elemental Software Drumbeat 2000 before August 31, 1999. Macromedia Drumbeat 2000, released on August 31, 1999, includes SP2. You can also download an executable to correct runtime error MSVCRT.DLL, which I ran into because of a missing or mismatched version of the DLL. Also, I suggest visiting the TechNotes area of the Macromedia site at http://www.macromedia.com/support/drumbeat/ for current discussions of bugs and their fixes, plus a free-for-all collection of custom Drumbeat tools, SmartElements, and designs posted by philanthropic developers.
Armed with the new ODBC drivers, I clicked the Drumbeat 2000 icon, and a window popped up asking whether I wanted to use a wizard or open the existing Web sites. I chose the wizard option. The wizard first requested a name for the site, then asked whether I wanted to start with a New (blank) Site or use a Drumbeat Starting Point. The Drumbeat Starting Point options include Asset Management, EmployeeDirectory, GuestBook, Intranet, SearchEngine, and UserLogin. Or, you can choose Quick Start Lessons.
I selected options, including Quick Start Lesson 1. Next, a window presented a single checkbox with Go to the Publish Settings Wizard marked by default. The next checkbox was for importing an existing Web site, and it's unchecked by default. Then the Drumbeat 2000 interface opened for the first time. Again a checkbox appeared, which had two radio buttons, Publish Locally and Publish Remotely. I chose the first.
The wizard started mapping out folders and directories for Drumbeat information. I was annoyed that Drumbeat defaulted to the C drive and didn't create the folders that it needed. It's ludicrous that a software package of this scope can't locate my Web server software and create the necessary installation folders. This failing makes site creation with the wizards unnecessarily tedious.
Aside from the folder faux pas, the Quick Start Lessons and accompanying Quick Start manual got me started quickly with this robust software. I also ran the Asset Management and Employee Directory wizards. These two wizards build full-featured Web sites with extensive database interactivity.
This kind of ASP power doesn't come cheap in terms of processing resources. Publishing or previewing either the Asset Management or Employee Directory Web sites maxed out the processor utilization for several minutes each on every system I tested it on, including a 400MHz Pentium II, 333MHz Pentium II, and a dual 200MHz Pentium Pro. Fortunately, users can choose to publish only selected sections of a site.
The Interface
As with most Web site design tools, the Drumbeat interface is easier to use when you have a 19-inch or larger monitor. You can click on any of several small triangles at the edge of one of Drumbeat's three main windows to give the underlying window more space on the screen. If you have a small monitor, Drumbeat 2000's adjustable interface helps, but your work will be easier if you use a large monitor.
The Drumbeat window comprises several elements: the Site Management Center, the Asset Center, and the main Layout window, which contains attic and basement windows. The Site Management Center and the Asset Center are stacked on top of one another on the left-hand side of the screen. The lower, Asset Center, window acts as a media repository and preview area for images and other media. You can search available assets by their characteristics, including media, pages, interactions, styles, content tables, queries, and links. You can also import preconfigured ActiveX controls, create SQL queries, and define data sources.
You use the Site Management Center to configure the site's hierarchical structure and define some attributes of the elements in a site. You use an icon to create and add pages. The icon to add pages has a drop-down list with the options Page, External Page, PageSet, and Frameset, which you can use to create new pages or frames and to import pages from outside sources.
The Data Form Wizard is a powerful query importing and creating tool that you use to define new data sources for your site. You can choose one of the data sources provided in the templates or you can create your own. Also, you can populate a database manually by entering the location of an existing database or you can populate a database from an ODBC data source.
The SmartElement toolbar separates the Site Management Center and Asset Center from the Layout window. This toolbar contains commonly used elements such as drop-down lists, cookies, ticker tapes, timers, record sets, scrolling text, radio buttons, etc. To build a page, you drag the elements to the Layout window. Drumbeat provides many design tools, including grid lines and rulers with snap-to capabilities. Screen 1 shows some of the elements you can choose.
The Drumbeat interface contains two additional windows, the Attic and Basement windows, above and below the Layout window. These windows open according to the functionality integrated into the page you're working on. The Attic window lets you access Content Tables, Interaction Lists, or a JavaScript/VBScript utility. The Basement window houses elements that you might need to tweak, but that you won't see on the Layout screen, such as cookies, record sets, timers, or hidden form elements.
After working with Drumbeat 2000 for a few weeks, I became adept at maneuvering the busy interface to build intricate Web sites with advanced ASP, SQL and DHTML functionality. Thoughtful use of right-mouse button menus and a full range of amenities Web designers have come to expect from their design tools will please novice and experienced users.
Drumbeat 2000 is a compelling Web design tool choice for developers because it generates browser-specific versions and supports numerous Web servers and data types. Drumbeat 2000 isn't for the HTML beginner, but it's a great tool for the developer or designer who wants to quickly move to the next level of data-driven Web site design and functionality.
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Contact: Macromedia Inc.
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Price: List Price $399 for Drumbeat 2000 ASP version; $499 for Drumbeat 2000 eCommerce Edition
System Requirements:
200MHz Pentium, 60MB free disk space, 64MB RAM
Windows 9x or Windows NT 4.0
Internet Explorer 4.01
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I am an Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist with research interests in health communication. The core domain of my health communication based research interests is in the area of persuasion, particularly message framing and health interventions. Other key areas of research interest are in media literacy, media effects, and adolescent risk-taking behaviors. I firmly believe that a better understanding of the impact of mediated and persuasive messages on health behavior change can lead to the development of significantly more effective campaigns for cancer prevention and control. My past work on cancer prevention has included the development of inoculation-based anti-smoking interventions, aimed at changing the salient beliefs that influence smoking among adolescents. As well, I have explored the social, psychological, and behavioral basis for tanning bed use, and message design to reduce tanning bed use among college students (with the goal of mitigating risk of skin cancer).
I am a faculty member in the Communication Skills (Comskil) Research and Training Laboratory, which trains physicians and other healthcare professionals to communicate in a patient-centric mode in order to strengthen clinician-patient communication. In the Comskil Training Program, we provide communication training to physicians, fellows, residents and nurses in various disciplines, including medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, pain and palliative care, critical care, radiology, and pediatrics.
I am a member of the National Communication Association, International Communication Association, and Society for Behavioral Medicine.


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A previous Q & A dealt with the matter of "elder visitation." Do you have anything that can be given to members of a congregation to better prepare them for what to expect when elders come to visit?
I wrote this for local use, but you may use it in your own congregation if you find it helpful.
Why are they coming to our house? What do they want to talk about? Did we do something wrong? Questions such as these are not uncommon when the average modern evangelical finds their name listed on an Elder Visitation Schedule at church. While the practice of elder visitation is not as common as it once was, your elders love you and are committed to shepherding your soul as those who will give an account on the last day.
The purpose of this article is to help prepare you for your upcoming elder visit so that it will be most profitable for both you and your elders.
While it might seem more convenient to conduct this visit at the church building, your elders believe that there is still value in house to house fellowship. Further, please remember that God promises special (and sometimes surprise) blessings to those who are willing to be hospitable. All your elders are asking of you is a quiet place to meet and enough seats for everyone. If you wish to provide refreshments, you certainly may; but please keep them light. You elders are coming to serve you and they do not want you missing the better part.
It is the hope of your elders that they will be able to visit with the entire family (children included). Since these visits are typically scheduled in the evening, your elders will endeavor to be sensitive to your children's bedtimes. Consider having the children present for the first 20 minutes and then dismissing them to bed. This will also provide opportunity for a more intimate and non-distracted visit for the parents.
Since this will be a spiritual and prayerful visit, your elders ask that all worldly distractions be temporarily removed. You will probably want to turn off the television or radio and prepare to have the answering machine catch incoming phone calls. If there are young children in the house, they should be told something to this effect: We are having church at home tonight and everyone needs to be calm and quiet.
While it is natural to engage in small talk when someone visits your home, please remember that your elders are hoping for something more than a conversation about the weather, sports, etc. After initial pleasantries have been exchanged and everyone is comfortable, your elders will be expecting to inquire as to the spiritual health and well-being of your family. Please accommodate.
While an elder visit is not intended to feel like an inquisition, your elders find that the best way to initiate spiritual conversation is to ask questions. You elders may inquire into the following areas:
Church Attendance
Personal Devotions
Family Worship
Education of Children
Catechetical Instruction
Household Government
Relationships in Church
Utilization of Gifts
Reputation in Neighborhood
Again, the intent of such inquiries is not to interrogate, but so that the elders can better understand, edify, and instruct your family.
Despite the one-sided appearance of such an inquiry, please remember that your elders are ultimately there to serve you. Please participate fully and freely in this conversation and ask questions of your elders as well. If there is something about the church's doctrine or practice that you don't understand, this would be an opportune time to discuss it.
It is not uncommon for families to regard an elder visit as an opportunity to voice all their concerns and complaints about the church. While your elders do want to hear legitimate concerns, their hope for a home visit is that it would be positive and edifying. Gossip or slander against other members will not be tolerated and a charge against an elder cannot be received without two or three credible witnesses. If you do have legitimate concerns and complaints against a member or officer, it might be best to bring this matter to an upcoming session meeting.
One of the chief duties and privileges of your elders is to pray with and for the families under their spiritual charge. During the visit, please be sure to share your family's recent joys, sorrows, and continued struggles so that your elders can bring those matters to the throne of grace. The visit will end with a time of prayer and the elders will indicate whether is will be led by one person or be open to group participation.
It is the hope of your elders that this article has prepared you for a visit that will be profitable to your soul and to their pastoral work. Amen.
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This thread is intended as a fully open discussion for ideas and suggestions on the future of the site! Please comment!
Firstly, I'd like to put some things out that relate to the software the site runs on, it is out of date once again and we are past due for an update.
However the update has some problems:
- It only officially supports one name and one url (example: www.fansub.tv) and currently we use two (www.fansub.tv and maikuando.tv).
The name 'Fansub' obviously relates to anime fansubs, and associates us with piracy, sadly.
'Maiku Ando's Anime' i guess is still OK but I feel using that would feel wrong, like I was just folding Fansub into my site and it would disrespect the history.
An entirely new name, that we can make into something totally different.
- Most of the old site (Fansub and Maikuando.tv) just wont work with the new software, the old code written back then by Daft and me is just too old now. This means the DDLs would go.
And is has some good points too:
- More Secure - It is still being updated and patched etc.
- SSO / Single Sign-On for the Wordpress Blogs - The new software apparently finally supports wordpress integration (how long have we had this issue!)
Therefore, Id like to ask for any ideas and suggestions (this is truly open) but also I'd like to ask:
- Should we change our name? Ideas? Suggestions?
- Any ideas to revive the site / get more activity?


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Don't know if there is enough interest for this, but worth a thread i guess with the current central government going through a period of turmoil, The Anna Hazare movement being recent and state elections coming in 5 crucial states next year.
Was the first time i could vote the last time, and voted for the Congress party. And what a waste of votes and a failure the UPA - 2 government has been.:facepalm:
Failed on Economic policies with food inflation at a ridiculous 12% since 2009 almost consistently. Been about 40 promises by the ministers including the PM and the FM that it will come down in 2/3 months time and still continuing. And the excuse has been that we can't do anything because of global situation, festival season blah blah blah.....
To add to this the growth is reducing, and even the industry leaders like Azim Premji, Deepak Parekh are saying that there is a policy paralysis in the government. Not to forget the weakening rupee to the dollar getting to ridiculous levels and fuel prices almost doubling as a result.
Now coming to national security, the government has failed spectacularly again. Right from trying to be too friendly with Pakistan too soon after 26/11 to Digvijay Singh making statements supporting terrorist it has been a disgrace. What's more is that the new investigation agency made that was supposed to be flagship to deal with terror after 26/11, has barely any staff and is operating from a mall. There have been numerous attacks and nobody seems to be caught either, let alone the attacks prevented and the excuse everytime is that we live in troubled area in troubled times and not much we can do.
But by far the biggest failure has been dealing with corruption(and that is saying something considering everything else has been a failure too.) Right from the CWG,Cash for Votes, 2G, KG, Adarsh, Air India etccc.... the government and the biggest ministers has been hauled up for irregularities and losses time and again by the Supreme Court to the chief auditor CAG. MP's and even a cabinet minister is in jail, and the government and it's agencies have been seemed to be doing the best to save them using the CBI.
The prime minister Manmohan Singh(who is probably the worst Prime minister since independence and a puppet) has given excuses right from "I don't have a magic wand to deal with corruption which has become a reality of life" to "Coalition compulsions".
And instead of dealing with corruption strongly and putting in measures in place the government seems to be giving the impression that it is more interested in muzzling any opposition on this account, make statements and actions to save those it wants too, Weaken instruments like Judicial intervention,CAG and even the Media, bring about token weak acts like it's version of Lokpal bill("Joke"pal as it was called) and also try and weaken what has been it's biggest achievement RTI act by trying to remove institutions like CBI and even other things from it's purview after it has got caught.
In short AFAIC, has been one of the worst governments(if not the worst) and would be better if it falls right now rather than carrying on as a lame duck government which it has become half way through it's term. The alternatives don't seem that better but can't be any worse and a government falling on corruption grounds would strengthen Indian democracy in the long run. But if it carries on, gosh expect a period of uncertainty and probably the Judiciary getting more and more involved to fill the vacuum caused due to the policy paralysis and the lack of decision making in this lame duck over confident government.