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is very clear and very specific. I've shown it to other people and some people have suggested it might be an unusual cloud formation, but the perimeter is very clear and I don't think that's the case.

"What's really strange is that the day Calum took this picture I discovered about ten dead birds in my garden, the back and the front. They were sparrows and blackbirds. It could just be a co-incidence but the discovery of dead birds is associated with sightings of

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Lost Civilisations: Mesopotamia

The great civilizations of Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria are covered in this episode. Throughout the episode, we continue with the question of how Mesopotamia was related to biblical stories. We get a nice comparison between the myths of ancient Mesopotamia and the bible. More in depth, we focus on a discovery in the site of Kumran in Israel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, which include some of the earliest versions of the Old Testament. The ties with Biblical Archeology and Mesopotamia is evident when we view how these earlier archeologists wanted to prove the existence of places mentioned in the bible. The discovery of the Moabite Stone was among the earliest finds that confirmed the existence of place names mentioned in the bible and this kind of discovery eventually lead archeologists to the Middle East in droves in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and led to Iraq. Present day Iraq is the home to the bulk of the civilizations that made up ancient Mesopotamia. We next move to Babylonia, whose capital was Babylon. The site was excavated in the 1800s and was yet another confirmation of Biblical Archeology. The ties here have to do with the "babylonian captivity" of the Israelites by Nebuchadnezzer. The film then moves on the to the discovery of the Assyrians ancient capital of Ninevah. Finally, we end up at the most ancient site of ancient Mesopotamia, the civilization of Sumer, about 3000 BC. It is here that the episode attempts to tie in the concept of an ancient "garden of eden ...
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Follow the trail of clues that lead from the ancient myths of the Aegean world to their real-life counterparts.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Why do many people dismiss "chemtrails" as a crazy conspiracy when there's historic events events like these?

Question by dumdum: Why do many people dismiss "chemtrails" as a crazy conspiracy when there's historic events events like these?
The spraying from planes of toxic CADMIUM over England--without people's knowledge! And the government waited for years and carefully documented cases of cancer deaths and made maps of the cancer cluster in that area--which was much higher than the national average.

With cases like these, why do many still assume that this could never happen again?
Cody The Conservative: I don't think it's a waste of time because the more people who know, the more people will be united and can have more power to change things. If it's only a few people, they can continue to ignore the complaints and concerns by saying it's just a "conspiracy theory."

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Giant Gang Member Tries To Kidnap Little Boy

Victor Joseph Espinoza, a 425-pound gang member with an equally large rap sheet, is a accused of attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old boy on his way to soccer practice Friday evening, KABC reports.

Police in Santa Ana, Calif., said that Espinoza, 55, allegedly approached the boy and his 19-year-old cousin as they were walking to a local park. Espinoza grabbed the boy by both arms and pulled him close to his body. The boy managed to break free after a struggle, and ran to alert his soccer coach, who went looking for Espinoza.

"The little boy came crying at me, saying that man wanted to take him. He said that he grabbed him and he started smelling him," the coach, who wished to remain anonymous, told ABC Los Angeles. "I'm a parent, I worry about my kids, and I thought that I had to do something."

According to CBS Los Angeles, the coach found Espinoza by a bike trail, confronted him, and attempted to restrain him, but the suspect escaped.

In infrared footage from a police helicopter, Espinoza can be seen crouching under a tree in the backyard of a nearby home shortly before police arrest him.

KCAL reported that the abduction attempt happened in a well-lit park with many parents and soccer players around, and that Espinoza had attempted to abduct another child, a girl, earlier that evening. She also got away.

Santa Ana police office Antony Bertagna described Espinoza to ABC News as an "old school, old time gangster" with more than 60 prior arrests over 30 years. Some of Espinoza's prior arrests include drug possession, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder, according to Bertagna.

Espinoza is being held on $ 100,000 bail, and faces charges of false imprisonment, child annoyance, and added charges since he is a known gang member.

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Saturday, October 6, 2012

On-Going UFO Sightings in Otway, NC - Sep. 21, 2012 "The unidentified flying object was sighted Tuesday and Wednesday night over Otway, which is near Beaufort in Carteret County. Witnesses describe the object as six orange glowing lights that rotate into a V-shape, then slowly disappear. "It was six lights in a straight line (that were) above everything else," Otway resident Jonathon Willis said. Willis said his friends first spotted the object Tuesday. "I didn't really believe it at first, but last night proved me wrong," Willis said. "Something is out there." According to base officials at MCAS Cherry Point, MAW squadrons participate in night flights that sometimes involve illumination exercises. The training includes slow moving flares that could appear to "hover" as they glide down, First Lt. Hector Alejandro wrote in an e-mail to Newschannel 12. Alejandro said the training is performed on ranges, but could be seen from areas as far as Otway. Despite the explanation, some residents still attribute the sightings to extraterrestrial life." Read more:
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Along Came Polly Movie Clip - watch all clips click to subscribe Playing a little 2 on 2 pickup basketball, Reuben (Ben Stiller) gets a mouthful of sweaty, hairy man chest all up in his grill. TM & © Universal (2012) Cast: Edward Conna, Robb Skyler Director: John Hamburg MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: Join our Facebook page: Follow us on Twitter: Buy Movie: Producer: Anders Bard, Jane Bartelme, Danny DeVito, Louis G. Friedman, Daniel S. Levine, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher Screenwriter: John Hamburg Film Description: Screenwriter John Hamburg directs his second film (since his 1998 debut Safe Men) with the romantic comedy Along Came Polly. Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor who never takes chances in any aspect of his life. When his new bride Lisa (Debra Messing) leaves him for a European scuba instructor named Claude (Hank Azaria), he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), whom he remembers from his seventh-grade Model UN Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces him to a new world of spicy food and suggestive dances. Along Came Polly also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reuben's washed-up best friend Sandy Lyle and Alec Baldwin as the obnoxious insurance company boss Stan Indursky. "along came polly","along came polly clip","along came polly basketball","along ...

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Investigators probe reports of crop circles near Hopewell mound
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Jeffrey Wilson, director and co-founder of the Independent Crop Circle Researchers' Association, was joined by about a dozen cerealogists -- people who study crop circles -- at 8 a.m. for an investigation of the site. A Gazette reporter tried to ...

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Q&A: Is there such thing as aliens?

Question by Cheyene: Is there such thing as aliens?
Is so, give me proof, other then stupid "UFO sightings" actual, hard not to believe proof.

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Ancient VVisdom - Lost Civilization

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Q&A: What exactly are "chemtrails" ?? Because I saw it yesterday!?

Question by Donnie Anderson: What exactly are "chemtrails" ?? Because I saw it yesterday!?
I've heard of something called the chemtrail phenomenon thats some how associated with the UFO phenomenon. Anyways, I never got to read up exactly what they are but planes flying in the sky leaving a trail of something behind it and no I'm not talking about jets. Jets have a trail but its small and goes away fast so its fairly short behind the jet flying. The chemtrail thing is the planes fly and leave it behind and it stretches all the way across the sky in a straight line. Anyways, can anyone explain further? and what does it have to do with UFOs?

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

VERY Bad Cop: Sergeant Gets In Trouble Over Racy Photos

She was not in uniform when she committed the offense.

Stacey Suro, 42, has been relieved of her duty as a sergeant with the Houston Police Department after officials discovered an assortment of risque photos Suro had allegedly posted online, KPRC reports.

Suro had over 100 photos of herself on her Model Mayhem page, some featuring her in revealing outfits and others showing her nude. Some of the photographs involved fetish and bondage content, according to the network's website.

Until the investigation is complete, the department cannot say whether or not Suro will be fired.

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Suro is not the first woman whose sex appeal has caused her grief at work.

In July, ex-porn star Harmony Rose came under fire for her previous career when she began training as an EMT.

The month before, former FBI administrative specialist Erika Bonilla filed a lawsuit against the agency, saying she was discriminated, in part, because "several co-workers were jealous of her appearance."

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POLL: Do you believe in the "Chupacabra"?

Question by A Misfit Chick 4ever!!!: POLL: Do you believe in the "Chupacabra"?
if you dont know what it is or anything about it heres a lil info..

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

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Q&A: What are some atheist perspectives on hauntings?

What are some atheist perspectives on hauntings?Question by Mark: What are some atheist perspectives on hauntings?
As a Catholic Christian I have my own opinions and theories about hauntings; that is, the seeming presence of some kind of echo or intelligent existence of a deceased person or persons who are able to interact with the living.

While I fully realize that atheists do not believe in a deity and largely do not believe in an afterlife, do any of you have beliefs about ghosts, haunted locations, etc?

Some have described "hauntings" as nothing more than some kind of electromagnetic recording within a building or area that "plays back" kinetic effects, as if the building itself functioned like a gigantic video or audio recording device. Others believe that, as the human mind operates on bioelectric energy, that some aspects of our existence are embedded into a location.

Of course, some atheists may very well believe that the spirits (or the animated intellect, or whatever you'd like to refer to it as) of the dead can exist in an environment and interact with the living. I honestly don't know, ergo my question.

I myself do believe in the presence of spirits and the manifestation of those who are no longer physically alive. I believe that they exist as a part of God's overall plan, or that they may be a reflection of the brokenness of the world due to the Original Sin of Adam. I know many of my Christian brethren have different opinions on this, but I've never heard what the atheists among us think.

And please, if you're just going to say "it's stupid to even ask" or "I haunted your mom last night" or some other pathetic attempt at humor save it. This is a question for mature people of different belief systems.

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Cryptozoology - Russian lake monsters, yowies, bunyips and giant cats - ABC Online (blog)

Cryptozoology - Russian lake monsters, yowies, bunyips and giant cats
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... not have the market cornered on strange animals - we have yowies, bunyips and giant cats. Kat Davidson asked Malcolm about cryptozoology and creatures unseen. Download audio. 612_afternoons , gold_coast_afternoons , sunshine_coast_afternoons ...

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UFO Files - Alien Abductions: The Evidence - Part 1 of 5

An investigation of the 'alien abduction' phenomena. Over a million people have reported being victims of so-called alien abductions, UFO visitations, missing time and other related events. Some even claim to have had physical implants inserted in them by the extra terrestrials. Some say it's a sinister plot to colonize and secretly breed with the human race by beings from another world, while others say it's really a covert government 'mind control' program which uses aliens and UFO's as convenient cover. Or maybe it's just a distinctly human condition, a paranoia or mental illness, as the skeptics claim. One thing is for sure, for millions of people around the world, alien abductions are as real as it gets. We talk to the victims, the witnesses, the scientists, the believers and the skeptics, to try and get to the bottom of the mystery. We analyze the 'implants', we visit the 'support groups' and we test the 'abductees' with a Polygraph 'lie detector' test. An in depth investigation of a fascinating phenomena.


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Door Shelf Retainer Bar

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My Last Post About Guns. I’m Out.

With the recent National Rifle Association’s campaign to bring armed guards into every school in the United States [12/21/12], I’m out. Simply put, this posture of thinking and the conversations that have spun out of it, are indicative of a chasm of perspective that I am no longer willing to try and cross via [Read More…]

Asking the Question, “Do You Allow Guns on Campus?”

It is hard to believe but in a few short years my first born, my “baby,” will be heading off to college. The browsing has begun and next year we will begin making visits. Truly shocking to this GenX’er dad – not only is the college decision looming before me, but like so many other things that [Read More…]

Why This Christian Will Never Own a Gun

Sign the petition: Christians Standing Together Against Gun Violence. As a Christian and a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) I often struggle with Scripture and how God intends for me to live in the world. Jesus and our faith demands of us to make difficult decisions in life that often stand firmly against our own upbringing, our own wants [Read More…]

The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence: A Reflection, a Challenge and a Movement

This week, I asked my sister-in-law if she would be willing to share a short reflection on gun violence. As you many of you know, nearly four years ago, my own family was impacted by gun violence when my wife’s brother was shot and killed. I was not sure if Carol would be ready to [Read More…]

Bruce’s Friday Five v4.6

My Friday Five is somewhat of a mishmash of stuff I have recently seen around the interwebs, some of which I actually kept track of and others, I just remembered upon the writing of this post. Enjoy. After a truly stunning two-week excursion to China, there is just so much to catch up in life. Here are a few [Read More…]

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Father’s Day Meditation from Englewood Christian Church

The following Father's Day meditation was written and shared by John Clanton this morning, 17 June 2012, as the communion meditation at Englewood Christian Church, here on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis.  I am honored to share this extraordinary reflection here... On this day in which we celebrate fatherhood, I am reminded of the awesome responsibility which is ours as fathers.  Let me be the first to admit that I have fallen short of the mark.  I see us, fathers, as mere shadows standing in representation of God in the lives of our children. Whether we are biological fathers or … [Read more...]

PregMANcy – Patheos Book Club.

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Johnny Carson (10/23/1925 – 1/23/2005) was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life and a part of the zeitgeist. In a 2007 TV Land/Entertainment Weekly poll, Americans voted Carson the greatest icon in the history of television. Two-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker Peter Jones explores his life, career, complexities, and contradictions in the two-hour documentary American Masters Johnny Carson: King of Late Night premiering nationally Monday, May 14, 2012. The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Carson taking over The Tonight Show from Jack Paar and the 20th anniversary of his retirement.

Narrated by two-time Oscar®-winner Kevin Spacey, the film features 45 original interviews with Carson’s friends, family and colleagues, including his second wife, Joanne, Dick Cavett, Doc Severinsen, and other The Tonight Show staff. Performers who appeared, or began their careers, on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson are also interviewed, including David Letterman, Jay Leno, Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Drew Carey, Garry Shandling, Steve Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ellen DeGeneres, Carl Reiner, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart,Joan Rivers, and David Steinberg. Late night TV hosts Jimmy Fallon and Conan O’Brien also discuss Carson’s influence on their careers.

For 15 years Jones wrote an annual letter to Carson requesting his cooperation in the production of a documentary. His appeals went unanswered until 2003, when he received a telephone call from Carson himself: “You write a damn fine letter, Peter, but I don’t have anything more to say.” Following Carson’s death in 2005, Jones directed his letters to Johnny’s nephew, Jeff Sotzing, who controls his uncle’s archives. Finally, in 2010, Sotzing agreed to cooperate and the Carson Entertainment Group granted unprecedented access to Johnny’s personal and professional archives, including family photo albums, home movies, memorabilia, and all existing episodes of The Tonight Show from 1962 until his retirement in 1992. His simple reason: “I didn’t want people to forget Johnny Carson.”

Quite possibly the biggest star that television has ever produced, Carson commanded, at his peak, a nightly audience of 15 million viewers – double the current audience of Leno and Letterman – combined. Rarely giving interviews, Carson chose to remain a very private man whose public persona made him an American superstar. He once revealed, “I can get in front of an audience and be in control. I suppose it’s manipulation. Offstage, I’m aloof because I’m not very comfortable.” American Masters Johnny Carson: King of Late Night explores this dichotomy and enigma, unearthing clues about Carson’s childhood, early days in the business, and personal and professional life.

“Carson has been one of the holy grails for documentary filmmakers, but there’s such a protective veil surrounding Johnny that I was beginning to wonder if this would ever happen,” says Jones, whose films for PBS include the Peabody Award-winning Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times (2009) and American Masters: Goldwyn (2001).

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  jaraba 18:31 25 May 12

Are they both sides of the same company ?

I ask because I had a delivery by Interlink Express but the driver was wearing a shirt with a DPD logo.

I seem to remember many negative comments about DPD but the delivery I had by Interlink Express was delivered smack in the middle of the hour time slot I was given via email.

Very impresed with that.

  spuds 19:15 25 May 12

Not sure about same company answer, but some carriers, even though they are suppose to be in competition with each other, can at times sub-let work out.

I have had that happen on a number of occasions. You may also find that someone in car might deliver a small parcel in between school times or evenings, because that is another way carriers cope with deliveries.

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Any help gratefully appreciated

  Jocat 09:27 09 Mar 03

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on a problem I am having with my pc. It is 1 yr old running Xp. On Firday it had a new Motherboard, processor and ram fitted to it by the engineer from the company I bought it from, he fitted them fine but was only able to take it as far as the basic o/s. I installed the drivers that came with the MSI mainboard for the sound fine. I have no windows sounds, I can play a CD fine and get other noises associated with games programmes fine. I have checked all the other obvious things, mute, windows sounds on etc but still to no avail.

Does anyone else have any suggestions ?

  howard60 09:36 09 Mar 03

windows sounds - this may [sound] strange but windows does not always set up sounds to play. go into control panel - sounds and then click on one of the sounds and see if you get the test button highlighted if so and it does not play when you click on it a driver is missing. if it does play you need to associate a sound with each item and then save the scheme with a name.

  Simon_P 09:40 09 Mar 03

Go to control pannel/sound and audio devices/sounds.(windows XP mode)

here you can configure windows sounds, it may be that there are no windows sounds activated.

It seems as though your sound card and drivers are ok.

  Jocat 13:42 09 Mar 03

Thanks for your replies, I have tried all of that already, In the sounds schemes box it is set to windows default and I cant hear any of the noises associated with them. I am sure it sounds like a driver issue.

I have been to the MSi websire and downloaded the drivers there for the motherboard but I need a little help as to what I do with them now, I can click on them but it just opens up loads of other files and I am not sure where to put them.

Anyhow thanks again.

  Djohn 13:50 09 Mar 03

Have you double clicked on the speaker Icon to bring up the audio control panel, then check that the buttons are ticked, the mute buttons are unticked, and the slider controls are turned up for each output.

While there click on file/properties and have a look at more options that you are given. J.

  Jocat 17:26 09 Mar 03

Thank you to everyone for all you help. HAve installed new drivers from the MSI website and that seems to have cured the problem.

Once again many thanks for all your help your a great bunch here on this forum.

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How much is my PC worth?

  Lolzydude1 21:01 09 Dec 11

I'm planning to get some new parts for a PC I have been wanting to make for a while now and I was curious on how much my current PC might be worth So that I can sell it for new parts, I was wondering would anyone have an Idea on how much I could put it on Ebay for a reasonable price.

My Specs are:

Motherboard: ASUS P5P41T-LE Processor: Intel Cpre 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50 GHz

Memory: 4096mb DDR3 Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Hard Drive:

Seagate 500GB Case: ThermalTake M9 OD: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit PSU:

600watt ToughPower

p.s I realize these specs are a bit outdated but every penny counts Thanks for any feedback

  KRONOS the First 02:38 10 Dec 11

Why would you want to be selling the windows 7 OS, you will surely need it in your new build?

You do not mention make/type etc of RAM or make of Graphics card which will make a difference. You also do not mention the age of your components either.

The mobo is probably worth £20-£25,

GPU is around £15-£20

CPU maybe £40-£50

RAM, I have just bought 8GB Corsaire XMS3 for £23 including postage from another forum so you might get around the same from EBay for your 4GB depending on type.

The PSU around £10-£15 though surely you will need that for your new build also?

Do not forget that when you factor in Ebay and PayPal fees and postage then what you will actually receive will be less.

  sharpamat 09:17 10 Dec 11

As with any second hand system you can only get what the buyers are prepared to pay.

With low priced offers and warantee ( Aldi is good systems with 3 years ) The second hand market is virtually ststic.

You will get a better value looking at on line local free Adds.

Wilst selling as parts you need to check what those parts sell for new.Chronus nensioned your O/S which if it is OEM ( already installed on purchase ) you cannot sell it or transfer it to another System

As a base unit I shoul not think more than £50 with a monitor it will depend on type and size

  morddwyd 09:54 10 Dec 11

This is a double post.

I have already answered your other one.

I'm afraid double posts lead to this sort of confusion - some of us don't know what others have already advised!

  Lolzydude1 12:32 10 Dec 11

@ chronus thanks for feedback but there are reasons why I'm selling the things I am :

The OS I am seeling as pre-installed on pc, and on my new build I'm getting Windows ultimate 64 bit

and didnt I say the make of GPU was from Nvidia/Geforce It is also Is 1GB I forgot to mention, I beleive my ram make is corsair I'll check though The components are all roughly 2-3 years old And I Can't really sell the PC as a whole without it's power supply also I am going to need around 800watts for my new build, and yes I have thought about the fees that go along with it

  KRONOS the First 13:32 10 Dec 11

I would be interested in what you are building that will require 800W.

You are likely to get more for your parts rather than selling it as a PC, you can sell the OS with the Mobo if you wish. But I think after having another look around that I stand by my prices.

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Overheating Problems

  FCD 13:43 17 Apr 04

I have a Jetway 867 mobo running an AMD 2000 with 512 SDRAM and a TI 4400 AGP card. Recently, when running fairly intensive games, the system has regularly frozen starting with the graphics and then including mouse and keyboard. Initially I had to reboot but I found that if I removed the side panel the system would recover after 4 or 5 minutes.

I also found that the mobo area between the AGP slot, CPU and Ram was very hot - the Ram was hot to touch also the AGP slot, the VIA chip heatsink, CPU housing and mobo itself were all very hot.

I have tried a new PSU with no change. Unfortunately, the mobo does not support any temperature readouts; hence, programmes such as SANDRA do not help - at present I can think of no way of isolating the faulty component without changing each one in turn. I haven't the spares so would be v grateful for any ideas on any other way of isolating the fault.

  HOT BOT 14:21 17 Apr 04
  FCD 22:59 17 Apr 04

Many thanks but unfortunately this programme does not support my mobo - the mobo itself provides no temperature or fan speed sensing.

I guess I will have to look at replacing components one by one.

Fortunately, the system still runs - if with problems.

You fit in some case fan's?

Just that you have a general over heating problem.

You may need to improve air flow - IE cold air in the case (Via bottom), hot air out through the top.

  ThePharcyde007 23:20 17 Apr 04

buy a Coolermaster Aerogate master II which comes with 4 fan controllers, and 4 temperature probes CPU/VGA/CASE/Hard Drive and see if they are running high. I purchase 4 80mm fans and the whole machine runs 5'c cooler 2 instakes, and 2xexhaust.

  Sion 00:12 18 Apr 04

My advice, Get a nice cooler, one with at least an 80mm fan on top of it. click here I own this one myself, keeps my AMD2700xp at 44-51 depending on load and aldo room temperature.

As well as this, make sure your motherboard has space at back of case for a 80mm fan, and just get yourself a basic coolermaster 80mm fan or something. click here for one. You may not need LED fans in your case if you dont have a window, but these fans are pretty cheap, and they run nice and quiet.

An immediate solution thought may be to clean your inside your PC. dust is the PC's worst enemy (that and water....dont wash your motherboard please!!) just blow away any dust that may be lying around in ya machine, make sure the fan on your CPU heatsink is not clogged up with gunk. I use cotton buds myself to clean my motherboard. Don't apply too much pressure though, and make sure you dont leave fluff on the computer components. Hope this helps ya.

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Windows Media Player

  Ghloria 09:14 05 Feb 03

My Windows Media Player is playing slow (video and audio)about 1/2 speed, I have tried trouble shooting,settings and web searches but to no avail.

  MAJ 09:55 05 Feb 03

Try another player like "Realone" and see if it's still the same, Ghloria. You don't say which OS you're using, if it's XP try a repair or, if it's Win9x try a reinstall over the top.

  ÇÌ§ÇØ 10:28 05 Feb 03

try it without the visulazition turned on

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In terms of big surprises, there's only one: the Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition. AMD boasts that this chip is its "fastest-ever dual-core desktop processor," with a clock speed of 3.2 GHz and, as its name implies, an unlocked multiplier for those who want to sate a craving for overclocking. They don't have to spend a ton of money to do it, however: The X2 555 Black Edition lists for just $99, and its TDP of 80 watts won't be piling onto most people's power bills.

Otherwise, the new CPUs offer a fairly typical blend of filling out and rebalancing the line. There are three Athlon II CPUs, the X2 255 ($74), the X3 440 ($84), and the X4 635 ($119); and another Phenom II, the $169 X4 910e, which has a maximum TDP of 65 watts. All the CPUs use AMD's AM3 socket.

To accommodate the new CPUs, AMD is also renaming the quad-core Athlon II X4 620 the Athlon II X4 630, but keeping its price at $99.

The full specs for AMD's newly released processors are as follows:

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Phenom II X2 55 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Two 256KB 1MB 6MB (shared)
Athlon II X4 635 2.9 GHz Four 512KB 2MB N/A
Athlon II x3 435 3.0 GHz Three 384KB 1.5MB N/A
Athlon II X2 255 3.1 GHz Two 256KB 2MB N/A
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11.Blakely IslandBlakely Peak1042Washington3.3
17.Burrows IslandBurrows Island High Point646Washington2.2
7.Mount Desert IslandCadillac Mountain1528Maine87.0108
21.Camano IslandCamano Island High Point580Washington11.8
8.Cypress IslandCypress Island High Point1525Washington7.5
1.Santa Cruz IslandDevils Peak2450California31.196
20.Waldron IslandDisney Mountain612Washington2.3
16.Guemes IslandGuemes Island High Point688Washington4.6
24.Lopez IslandLopez Hill535Washington3.5
5.Lummi IslandLummi Peak1665Washington7.2
15.Angel IslandMount Caroline Livermore781California3.3
22.Isle au HautMount Champlain540Maine19.5
2.Orcas IslandMount Constitution2407Washington21.459
10.San Juan IslandMount Dallas1080Washington11.757
9.Fidalgo IslandMount Erie1273Washington8.2
3.Santa Catalina IslandMount Orizaba2125California49.475
22.Decatur IslandSan Elmo Hill540Washington2.1
14.San Miguel IslandSan Miguel Hill831California11.515
13.San Nicolas IslandSan Nicolas Island High Point907California51.8
19.Santa Barbara IslandSignal Hill634California25.61
6.Santa Rosa IslandSoledad Peak1589California16.181
12.West Anacapa IslandSummit Peak 2930California7.7
4.San Clemente IslandThirst Benchmark1965California33.858
18.Stuart IslandTiptop Hill640Washington6.056
25.Whidbey IslandWhidbey Island High Point520Washington4.0172

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This is only a rough guide as wear and tear will vary considerably depending on weather conditions, mileage and road surfaces. While the aim is to prevent problems they can still occur. So be aware of any unusual sounds, clunks and vibrations etc. as you ride. Track down the faulty component and fix it straight away or take it to your favourite bike shop if the problem is beyond your ability. Remember, prevention may be better (and cheaper) than cure.

Acquiring the skills

Doing your bike’s maintenance yourself costs less in the longer run, can be more satisfying and promotes self-sufficiency, which is very desirable if you plan to tour. Some people do not have the desire to learn the skills but they should still be aware of the basics so that they can determine if something needs attention.

Pedal Power often runs maintenance classes which are advertised in the club magazine. If you are not able to attend an organised course, an alternative might be to find a competent friend who agrees to let you sit in. If you have some mechanical aptitude Pedal Power members may borrow any of the excellent text books from our library. Just ask at the office.

The ACT library system also holds some recent maintenance manuals. Because of the recent tendency for new bike models and components to appear in the shops every year, the manufacturers provide specific up-to-date adjustment leaflets for each part. Ask your local bike shop for those relevant to any new bike you buy.

For hands-on experience without expense, you might consider buying an old 10-speed for a few dollars and practising on its problems to develop confidence. They make great theft-proof commuters and utility bikes too!

Basic tools

Ask your bike shop for advice on the range and quality of tools you should buy for your projected usage. Here are some suggestions:

  • Puncture repair kit and tyre levers.
  • Multi-tool contain most of the equipment required for simple adjustment and repairs – a range of Allen keys to fit the nuts and bolts on your bike, a spoke key for small wheel truing adjustments, and perhaps a chain breaking tool. Read the section on chains in this leaflet before trying to use the latter.
  • A pair of cone spanners for hub adjustments.
  • 8, 9, 10 mm metric spanners are only required if your bike has any small standard nuts or bolts in those sizes. For larger nuts like the locknuts on the hub axles, carefully adjusting a quality shifting spanner to fit them as required will suffice.
  • Needle-nosed pliers are sometimes handy to pull cables taut while tightening their anchoring nuts on brakes and derailleurs.

Causes of wear and tear

Most of the components on modern bikes have been designed to run well without extra day-to-day lubrication, with the exception of the chain (see below). In fact, unnecessary oiling or greasing may anchor dirt in places wear it will cause abrasive friction. Many components like bottom brackets are fully sealed units requiring no maintenance for the life of the bearing in them, while close-fitting labyrinth seals protect the bearings of any well designed hubs from water and grit penetration. Keeping all moving parts as clean as possible prevent excessive wear.

Vibration may gradually loosen some nuts and bolts, with pannier racks being among the worst offenders. Check that racks are installed with medium strength Loctite, or use lock washers or nylon locknuts on any mounting bolts.

Most modern brakes, for example V-brakes, are very efficient but require minor adjustments to ensure the brake pads are kept close to and aligned with the rim. Ask your shop for the adjustment leaflet relevant to your brakes and be aware of the embossed wear-line on the brake pads, which tells you when replacement is necessary. Ask your bike shop to demonstrate replacement and adjustment of brake pads when you buy your next set.

If your brakes scuff the wheel rim on one side even though the wheel runs true, you will find screws on the outside edges of the brake arms which tighten or loosen the brake arm return springs. Consult your leaflet or maintenance manual for how to adjust them. Remember that your brakes are a safety item. If they’re not functioning correctly, ask immediately for help at a shop.

Check your gear and brake cables regularly for breakage of any strands and replace if necessary. Replace any missing cable end caps to prevent fraying. Frayed ends unravel quickly to needle sharp points and catch in clothing and puncture skin.

Modern derailleurs usually give good service with a moderate amount of maintenance. Don’t lay the bicycle down on the derailleur side, to avoid bending it or its mount point to the bike. Clean dirt or mud from both derailleurs with an old toothbrush, and a little citrus degreaser if necessary.

Gear change cable adjustments can be made with small screwed knurled rings mounted where the cables exit the gear change levers. The rear derailleur unit has an extra adjuster where the gear cable enters it at the rear. Small screws marked High and Low on both derailleurs act as stops for only the inner and outer limits of their travel and have no effect on the changes between gears. Maintenance manuals explain these adjustments in more detail.

The chain is a critical component for the effective function of any modern index gear shifting bicycle. As it wears, the gear changes may become less efficient and accurate. For this reason bike shops recommend early replacement of chains when problems develop. Buying two chains with each new gear cluster and swapping them around every 1000 km is one good way to get longer life from a gear cluster. Clean the chain lightly with a toothbrush and a little citrus degreaser. Avoid soaking the chain to clean it as you will wash out internal lubricant, which may be difficult to replace.

Lubricating the chain is best done with one of the good quality dry wax lubricants. Don’t use sticky oils, which hold dirt to create a grinding paste. If no suitable lubricant is available, running the chain clean and dry is quite acceptable for a while.

A clean and correctly lubricated chain may run well on dry, sealed roads for over 5 000 km. Off-road use or wet weather riding may shorten this life considerably. Excess wear will often be signalled by poor gear changes, which cannot be corrected with cable adjustments. Some chains can be removed by simple sliding catches on masterlinks. Others require special chain removing tools and oversize chain pins to ensure a safe rejoining of a new chain.

Chains come with fitting instructions which you should follow faithfully. If a new chain jumps teeth after fitting to an older cluster, you will need to renew the cluster unit too. Check also for any heavily worn chainrings on the pedal cranks. These can be replaced individually on quality sets.

The wheels, pedal crank axle and steering stem all rotate within bearing units which should be periodically checked. They should rotate freely without roughness or grating sounds or any loose side play. If the bearings need attention some subsystems like hubs and headsets can be disassembled, cleaned, regreased and reset. You will need a manual and some special tools like cone spanners to do these jobs. It is recommended that you replace any ballbearing sets completely when doing this.

Most bottom bracket crank axles except the very cheapest are sealed units which can be screwed in and out of the bike frame with a special tool. You cannot dismantle them, so a defective one must be replaced completely.

These come in two main types, threaded and slide-on. Each can be dismantled, cleaned and degreased or readjusted to remove loose play in the bearings. You’ll need to consult a manual for details, and some special tools are required for the traditional threaded variety.

Rear gear cassette or free wheel unit

A rear gear cluster removing tool is necessary to repair cluster side spoke breakages and to replace worn threaded clusters. If you have a Shimano cassette cluster system, you’ll also need a chainwhip tool to prevent the cluster rotating while you unlock the outer lock ring with a standard cluster removing tool. Expensive small one piece custom-built tools are available to achieve the same result with a bit more fiddling when touring.

Cassette freewheel bodies are integrated with the hub but can be removed and replaced if they malfunction. They do not require oiling.

If you are wearing out one high gear cog on a gear cluster long before the others, you are possibly pedalling too slowly for efficiency. Check whether your pedalling speed stays in the optimum 65-85 rpm range for the human body’s energy output and change gears more often to suit the terrain or riding conditions.

Cranks and pedals

An alloy pedal crank arm attached to a metal bottom bracket axle will be permanently damaged if ridden at all while insufficiently tightened. If you have a loose or creaking crank, stop immediately and take it to a bike shop for tightening. You can buy a tool for this job to take on tour with you.

Many nylon pedals are not designed to be maintained easily. Replacements are cheap to buy if yours are damaged or worn out. More expensive pedals, including cleated models, can often be overhauled and adjusted. Ask your bike shop for advice on your particular type.

On some cheaper sets, heavily worn rings are not replaceable. The whole set must be exchanged. If you’re doing a lot of riding, it may be worthwhile to upgrade to a better set with interchangeable rings.

Rims and spokes

If the wheel rims go out of line on a newish bike, your warranty should include re-truing. If a rim is scuffing a brake pad, you can do minor re-truing of the affected section with just a good quality spoke key, which must be a good fit on the square surfaces of the spoke nipple. This is a nut on the threaded end of each spoke.

Read a manual first, and remember even one quarter turn of the nipple will have an effect on the rim. Proceed cautiously, spinning the wheel often to check for improvement and alternately loosening and tightening spokes on opposite sides of the rim to move it into correct alignment.

Tyres and tubes

Tyre underinflation transfers road shocks to the rim and will damage it, necessitating expensive replacement. To guard against this, buy a quality pump with a gauge to ensure correct inflation. Check your tyres for foreign objects and deep cuts which expose the tube. Large tyre cuts can be patched with a piece of thin sidewall canvas from an old tyre. After a puncture, always search for the object which caused it, which is probably still in the tyre. You can do this while you are waiting for the glue to dry on the tube before applying the patch

Cracking in the rubber on the sides of a tyre is common and unimportant. The canvas underlay of the tyre casing is the important structural element for holding the correct shape and keeping the tyre’s strength. When changing a tube, check that you re-seat the tyre correctly and evenly, particularly around the valve. Push the valve up a little if necessary for this. Ensure no part of the tube is trapped under the tyre bead before reinflating.

Have a look at the separate Pedal Power leaflet on puncture repairs for more information.

Suspension forks and frames

These are specialised components, which require extensive regular overhauling. You will need to ask your bike shop for the maintenance information relevant to your particular system. Cheap shock forks should not be ridden in rain or muddy conditions, as their low quality rubber boots won’t keep out dirt and water, which damage the components. For city or sealed road riding, it may be better to avoid having them altogether, as they absorb some of your pedalling energy, especially when hill climbing. You could try a suspension seat pillar as a comfort alternative on stiff aluminium-framed bikes.

Buying for maintainability

A sound first step towards maintainability is buying a quality bicycle from a specialised bicycle retailer who will be able to advise you at the time of purchase and offer after sale support. Better quality bicycles soon repay their higher purchase costs through time saved when performing maintenance, as well as running better from the outset.

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We represent the interests of people who already ride bicycles and those who would like to.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

[listening to "spaceship" by justin timberlake]

this week is such a short week and i'm trying to get everything done basically in 2 days. because we are leaving for WIZARD WORLD PHILADELPHIA on Thursday! we will be set up in Artist Alley at Booth 2210 so if you're going, come on by and see us! we also have a panel called ID Comics Studios: How to be a functioning studio that will be run by theFranchize and Flash. it's on SATURDAY at 5pm in Room 111. this will be the first time we'll be doing this panel at this show so it's all super exciting!

amidst all the hubbub, i managed to draw my little niece, Lea, something for her birthday. she's 4 today and she had a princess party this weekend. she loves Vanellope Von Schweetz from the Sugar Rush portion of "Wreck-It-Ralph" and she apparently rides around on this little car in her living room singing the Sugar Rush theme (as best she can, anyway, since it's in japanese). her mom (my sister) asked me to turn her into her own Sugar Rush character and i gotta say, it's one of the best original pieces i've done lately. (it may have something to do with the fact that i've been looking for any excuse to draw Sugar Rush stuff already.) it's drawn on a 9x12 Canson Watercolor paper with copic pens and colored with copic markers and some white colored pencils, then matted and framed it to 12x19. i turned her into CHOCOLEA PINKLEBERRY, complete with a chocolate strawberry cake and strawberry pocky race car! (i know the cake looks more like a pie, but whatevs.) i got her those Minnie Mouse headphones as part of her bday present to tie it all together. she seemed to really like it cuz she's asked her mom to make her look like her Sugar Rush avatar. =) all i know is, she's definitely all set with the pink tutu. and i had quite the fun time with the chocolate drizzles!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

MCCC recap

[listening to "the game of love" by daft punk]

my commissions from MCCC

so, Motor City Comic Con was quite a blast! we were guests there thanks to the fantastic fellas at DrunkOnComics.com! though we were kinda in the back, we were still able to meet lots of Michigan-ders (if they can be called that) and had such a nice experience. i didn't do too many commissions this time around but we did make some great connections at the show. which is probably the most important thing to do.

me and Adam Martin
i also got to finally meet a fan of mine, Adam Martin, who loves my sketchcards. i believe he says he's got close to 100 of my cards (maybe even more now). it's amazing, especially since i didn't even realize i've drawn so many already. cool perk to finally making it out to his neck o' the woods. =)

we got to sit down and hang out with the Drunk On Comics guys. had some serious nerd-time. =) got to chill and talk with my cool friend Agnes Garbowska. she only happens to do covers for a little comic called "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." super sweet gal. and then we got to have one-on-one talks with amazing talent like Tyler Kirkham (Green Lantern: New Guardians), Carlo Barberi (Deadpool), and Ale Garza (Fathom). these guys, i tell ya. it's quite overwhelming.

after this show, i will definitely need to reprint lots of my prints. super cool folks have really cleaned me out of my stock! so great to feel so loved. i don't think i'll be printing any more of my mini artbooks this year. at least not any time soon. because i'll be making it a point to print the bigger one!!! so excited to get that together and have a brand new book! i'll have it definitely by San Diego Comic Con but it may be sooner! who knows!!!

[listening to "blue ocean floor" by justin timberlake]

i am feeling sufficiently whelmed, if i can say that. i have some new developments that more or less just popped up this weekend. firstly, i think i may have an art rep. which is crazy cuz i didn't know that i would ever get one of those. but if that gets solidified, i'll bring u more details. got some possible cover work coming up and i am trying to pitch a couple of cover ideas for "Adventure Time" so we'll see what happens with that. i have some commissions i need to catch up on and some people i need to email. it's lots of stuff. but oddly enough, i don't feel overwhelmed. definitely not underwhelmed. hence, my post title.

we just got back from Motor City Comic Con and it was quite a blast. so as i try to gather those pics together, i am sharing these two little doodles that i did a few weeks ago. just thought i'd try turning Adventure Time characters into Sugar Rush-like characters. i definitely wanna color it at some point, just haven't had a chance yet. but whenever i do, i will definitely post it here!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

[listening to "bittersweet" by ellie goulding]

we're trying to get ready to head out (yes, again) to Detroit, MI (or someplace near it anyways) for the Motor City Comic Con this weekend! we will be guests at the show and we will be set up in their artist alley signing books, selling prints and whatnot. i only have about 5-6 mini artbooks left so if you're thinking about getting one, please do and please get it early least i run out. =) theFranchize even did a Motor City Con Exclusive Cover for the latest issue of Fanboys Vs Zombies #14 so if you're going to be there, don't forget to pick one up and have us all sign them! i hear there's only 500 printed.
i still sometimes find myself beside myself (is that how u say it?) when i think about all the different places within the country that i've been to. i know i never imagined i would be traveling so much when i was a kid thinking about what i'd be when i grew up. (which, btw, i never had an answer for that questions as a kid. i had NO clue what i wanted to be so i threw out random stuff like teacher and doctor. HA!) i didn't think i'd ever go to Michigan, mostly cuz i don't know anyone up there.

i don't really have any new pieces to show since we've really been busy with cons and FVZ pages. i do have these sketchcards i did about a month ago for 5Finity Productions' Female Persuasion 3 set. i haven't been able to do as many sketchcards as i used to with my current schedule so i only did these 3. the theme was just pinup ladies. i decided to keep a color theme with these because i liked the contrast of the pink with the minty green.

here's some recent doodles in my sketchbook. enjoy! i usually use my red pencil to sketch stuff, then my Iris Blue (or sometimes my Deep Rose) Derwent colored pencil to go over the loose red sketch. the middle picture is me trying the combination of a 2B graphite with gray copics. i think i like it!

SEE U IN DETROIT! (or someplace near it anyways.)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

[listening to "gimme more" by britney spears]

as i struggle to find something to inspire me, i figured i'd share with u my latest commission in someone's sketchbook of Lady Mechanika. i used my brown copic pens (cuz i love those) and generally wanted to give the whole illustration a brown tinge as a whole to kinda go with that steampunk look. it's really too bad that they haven't made any moves on this story in like, i dunno, 2 years or something. cuz it seems to have had a considerable following. but ah well.
of course these are scans so the colors are a bit fuddled with. but i tried to get it somewhat close to what it actually looks like in person. sometimes i get really sad when i have to color something traditionally cuz though i'm comfortable with copic markers, i'm not a pro. and i feel like a lot of the effort i put into the lineart gets lost in the colors. (which is probably my shortcoming from not knowing how to use copics markers all that well.) still, it turned out pretty well despite that.

also, here are some Adventure Time fun things. used these images for cards that i've been taking around to cons. if u see us at comic cons, u'll know what i'm talkin about. the other guys in the studio did other characters.

Monday, May 6, 2013

[listening to "beauty" by dru hill]

after sleeping for about a day and a half, i'm finally dragging myself out of the trenches and getting back to working and updating online. so here's my recaps of the last two events we just attended!

C2E2 fun times and cosplayers worthy of my picture-taking

commissions i did at the C2E2
C2E2 was great! the experience and response from fans were definitely a huge improvement from last year. this year our studio is starting to set up as separate stations for each artist. what we've done in the past is put all of our stuff together in one or two portfolio books so people can get a look at everyone's stuff all at once. i've always been afraid to separate into stations, mostly cuz i thought i would be Sad Sally with nobody paying attention to me. but it really turned out quite the opposite and i can't even tell u how happy i was seeing people pick up my Octo-Pie and koi mermaid mini prints. because as much as i love drawing fanart pieces of superhero ladies, i have a larger sense of accomplishment knowing people are picking up my art for the art and not the known character.
the guys (theFranchize and Flash) got to go up on the main stage and show people how they should be drawing Superman and Spider-man. =) i got to sit at the Girls Drawin Girls table for a couple hours each day to help out. they printed out a copy of my Octo-Pie and that sold on the first day. so yippee! all in all it was fun times!

me and Gail Simone at fcbd - DOPE!

(guess i better get used to gettin kicked out of my seat so the hubby can be a celebrity. =P) theFranchize and the ladies of The Hangout on comicosity.com

fcbd tent at Third Eye Comics

THE BEST harley quinn cosplayer i've ever seen. ever.
Free Comic Book Day - also great! Third Eye Comics really know how to do it up BIG for this day. i've never seen so many people lined up to get into a comic shop EVAR. the store opened up at 9AM and folks had been in line since 11AM the day before! that's right - AM! not PM! we got there at 7:30a and there was barely any place to park. it was ba-nay-nays! they had that Doctor Who photo booth out front and i'm sure people were losin their marbles over that. we were set up in the tent behind the shop with the likes of Gail Simone, Cullen Bunn, Joelle Jones, and Billy Martin. i got to talk to Gail one on one and even handed her a copy of my mini book to flip through on the plane. incredible lady in an industry full of old dudes. got to shake lots of hands, sign lots of Fanboys Vs Zombies graphic novels, and even sold some prints! got to meet 2 out of the 3 ladies of comicosity.com's The Hangout and they are apparently pretty big FVZ  fans. felt very much like a celebrity. can't beat the comic fans at Third Eye. they're the bestest. and even better than that, they had an incredible sale on everything in the store so we got to pick up some stuff for a great price. including my Hyrule Historia book! its such a pretty book with so much pretty stuff inside. bein a pretty huge Zelda fan, it barely gets better than that.

next up, a small local show in La Plata, MD in a school called the ANS Sci-Fi and Comic Con. we're mostly there for Third Eye Comics but we should have some prints for sale. no rest for the wicked!!!

Friday, May 3, 2013

[listening to "back and forth" by aaliyah]

i was hoping to recap our time at C2E2 last weekend but time just keeps running away from me! i wanted to make a collage of commissions i did and cosplayers i saw. it was gonna be cool. but instead i find myself with very little time each day. it didn't help that i was super exhausted all week cuz of the insane back-to-back cons we attended. the recap will have to wait.in the meantime, this is my favorite sketch from the con of Starfire. it's not often my commissions make me go "huh, that's pretty dope." but her fire hair did. =)

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY IS TOMORROW!!! ID Studios and i will be at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, MD tomorrow for their FCBD/5-Year Anniversary block party (not really a block party - it's just gonna seem like it cuz of all the people there). they're gonna have incredible guests (including us, of course) like GAIL SIMONE (yes, that Gail Simone) and Cullen Bunn. they're gonna have one of those photo booths that looks like a Doctor Who phone booth along with a TARDIS. now i'm one of very few people that don't really watch Doctor Who, but i've seen plenty that do and i know they'll flip their lids when they see those things. and they're even having free food from Applebees for any that attend! now that's just ba-nay-nays! so come on out and see us! we'll have everything we usually bring PLUS theFranchize's Awesome Con exclusive cover for Regular Show #1 (colors by Lauren Affe) with space in the back for a sketch. awesome!

see u all tomorrow!!!


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Lightweights Host Yale, Columbia for Dodge Cup

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PHILADELPHIA - A photo finish separated the University of Pennsylvania men's lightweight rowing team from claiming the Matthews-Leonard Cup for the first time in 20 years. Now seven days later, the Quakers will hit the water with a similar opportunity at stake. Penn will look to claim the Dodge Cup for the first time since 1992 when it hosts Columbia and Yale on the Schuylkill River Saturday.

The regatta beings at 9 a.m. with the second freshman fours. The third varsity starts at 9:20 a.m., followed by the novice race at 9:40 a.m. The first varsity is the final race of the morning, set for 10:30 a.m. A complete schedule and a list of Penn's tentative boatings can be found below.

A spectator bus will leave from 38th and Spruce St at 8:30 a.m. For those who cannot attend Saturday, fans can listen to live play-by-play of the races by clicking the link above or by calling (605) 715-4900. The pass code is 575719. Both methods are free!

It has been 18 years since the Dodge Cup resided in Philadelphia. Yale has won the cup in 16 of the last 17 races. The Dodge Cup was named after the late Marcellus Hartley Dodge, a member of the Columbia Class of 1903 and a former coxswain for the Lions. Since the first Dodge Cup race in 1954, Penn has won the cup 15 times. Last season, Yale won its sixth straight Dodge Cup and the Quakers finished as the runner-up. Yale was the only boat to break six-minutes at 5:57.3, but Penn wasn't far behind at 6:02.1.

Last week, in a photo finish for the Matthews-Leonard Cup, Cornell edged out the Quakers. Facing headwinds throughout the morning, it was Harvard that got out to a comfortable lead in the varsity race. But it was a fight to the finish line between Cornell and Penn. Cornell actually held a sizable lead with open water seperating the two boats with just 400 meters to go. However, the Quakers made a valiant push and as the finish line grew near, the boats were side-by-side. When they crossed the finish, it was still unclear who would be taking home the cup. However, when the officials reviewed the tape, they ruled Cornell as the winner with a time of 6:25.6. Penn's official time was 6:26.1.

A complete recap and results of the regatta will be available shortly after its conclusion on

Race Schedule
9:00 2F Lwt (4+)
9:10 1V Hwt
9:20 3V Lwt
9:30 2V Hwt
9:40 1F Lwt
9:50 1F Hwt
10:00 2V Lwt
10:10 3V Hwt
10:30 1V Lwt
10:40 2F Hwt (4+)

Tentative Boatings
Varsity Eight
Cox: Jason Bernstein
Stroke: Mike Fisher
7: Adam Funk
6: Hurst Nuckols
5: PNate Keane
4: Peter Ciullo
3: Paul Shay
2: Andrew Voss
Bow: Oliver Hurd

2nd Varsity Eight
Cox: Dominic Nucci
Stroke: Adam Neinstein
7: Marshall McNabb
6: Paul Rivenburgh
5: Brad Adams
4: Matt Crump
3: Andrew McGrath
2: Dave Mannion
Bow: Will Cooper

3rd Varsity
Cox: Lin He
Stroke: Boyan Makarenko
7: Jamie Napoli
6: Ryan Taras
5: Vinny Valant
4: Kevin Chang
3: Ben McGuire
2: Alec McKinley
Bow: Matt Cabrera

Freshman Eight

Cox: Josh Ramos
Stroke: Nico Mihalich
7: Mark Gannon
6: Ray Andruszko
5: Andrew Bauder
4: James Shovlin
3: Alan Chan
2: Mike Kozlow
Bow: Sean Travers


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October 4, 1996

Dole Can’t Cash In on Mixed View of Clinton

Other Important Findings

Little Commercial Appeal

The public has seen more of Dole’s campaign ads than Clinton’s but grades them lower. Fully 70% said they had watched Dole’s television commercials, compared to 63% who had watched Clinton’s ads. But when asked to rate the commercials “as being a convincing reason to vote for” each candidate, 24% gave Dole’s commercials good grades (4% A, 20% B) while 37% gave Clinton’s ads good grades (9% A, 28% B). Another indication that Dole’s commercials are not working for him was found in the fact that respondents who said there was a chance they might vote for Dole rated his commercials less positively than they rated Clinton’s ads: 26% A or B for Dole’s commercials, 40% A or B for Clinton’s.

A majority of all voters (56%) said they had seen the television commercials in which Dole attacks Clinton’s drug control efforts, with 41% saying they had not. Clinton’s supporters were more likely to have seen the drug ads than were Dole’s or Perot’s (62% vs. 51% and 54%, respectively).

Dole Too Critical

The Pew survey found that Dole’s attack strategy, including his commercials, could be backfiring. More than twice as many Americans said Dole was “too personally critical” of Clinton than the reverse: 53% vs. 21%. Those who had seen any Dole commercials were significantly more likely to say the Republican was too personally critical of Clinton than were those who had not seen his commercials (56% vs. 42%), and the same for those who had seen Dole commercials criticizing Clinton’s efforts to combat drugs than those who had not seen such ads (60% vs. 45%). 1

Further, Dole supporters are as likely to say he is too critical of Clinton as they are to complain that Clinton is too critical of Dole. But Clinton supporters are much more likely to see Dole as too critical. Swing voters who said they might vote for Dole found him too critical as often as swing voters who incline toward Clinton, and both were twice as likely to say Dole rather than Clinton was too critical.

In a test of how well electioneering phrases are being received, the survey found generally that about 60% of the public said they heard of the tested phrase but only about two-thirds of them correctly ascribed them to one or the other candidate. Specifically, 61% said they had heard the phrase “bridge to the future” and 38% correctly credited it to Clinton; 63% had heard of “just don’t do it” and 40% correctly ascribed it to Dole; and 61% had heard of “he’s too liberal” and 43% correctly credited it to Dole. Among ticket splitters (Clinton and a GOP Congressman), Dole’s “just don’t do it” was recognized most often, Clinton’s “bridge to the future” was second, and Dole’s “he’s too liberal” third (68%, 59% and 47%, respectively).

Clinton Wins Free Media

The public overwhelmingly expects Clinton to win. Asked who they think will be elected, regardless of who they support, 79% of respondents said Clinton, 12% said Dole, and 1% said Perot. By this measure, Clinton is up 7 percentage points and Dole down the same amount since July. The group most optimistic about Dole’s prospects were evangelical Republicans, but even among them only 30% said he would win. Also, the public has been seeing more of Clinton than Dole on the news. Asked which candidate they had heard most about in the media during the previous week, 47% said Clinton, 31% said Dole, with Perot registering 4%.

The public was most attentive to campaign stories about Dole’s plan to cut 15% off Federal income taxes: 57% followed it closely (including 16% very closely and 41% fairly closely). Next was the debate commission’s exclusion of Perot (53% closely) and Dole’s criticism of Clinton’s efforts to combat drug use (also 53%), then Democratic criticisms of Newt Gingrich (45%), Dole’s charge that the American economy is off track (44%), and finally Dole’s fall from the stage in California (36%, including 10% very closely). Women were less likely than men to follow all of these stories very closely except for Dole’s fall. Dole’s swing voters were less likely than average to have followed any of the campaign stories; they were particularly uninterested in stories on two of Dole’s important issues, his tax cut plan and his criticism of Clinton’s drug efforts.

The Media and the Campaign

More than half (51%) felt the media should have avoided showing the pictures of Dole’s embarrassing fall when a bannister collapsed, while 40% felt the pictures were “newsworthy.” Surprisingly, perhaps, Americans over 65 significantly more often approved of the pictures being published, while middle agers (30 to 49 years old) were almost two to one in favor of suppressing them, 60% vs. 32%. Little difference was found on the issue across political lines, with Republicans marginally more opposed to publication than were Democrats (55% vs. 49%).

Otherwise, public assessment of press coverage of the campaign so far was mixed. Of the top ten list of one word descriptions of press performance, half were generally positive and half negative.

Other Findings

The biggest problems facing families these days are similar to those of previous years but are seemingly less pervasive. By far most often mentioned was not having enough money (22%), which is roughly the same frequency as in the past four years. Those with college educations and income over $75,000 cited this complaint less often than average, with most other categories of education and income citing it more than the average. Other frequent mentions were:

If voters were choosing solely based on the vice presidential candidates, Al Gore would win handily: 49% vs. 36% for Jack Kemp and 3% for Pat Choate. His supporters were found among various groups. Proportionately more Democrats favored him than Republicans favored Kemp (84% vs. 73%), for example, as did Independents (44% Gore vs. 33% Kemp), ticket splitters (68% vs. 21%) and swing voters who said they might support Dole (53% vs. 22%).

  1. Dole has run several drug commercials including a few in which Clinton, appearing on MTV, indicated that he would inhale marijuana if he had it to do all over again.