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|6 years ago :: Apr 20, 2012 - 8:38AM #1
It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval.
Thomas S. Monson
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|6 years ago :: Apr 20, 2012 - 9:54PM #2
I remember when his leaving was a news story some years ago.
I have wondered about the difficulties of combining LDS thought and culture into the arts. That one LDS artist was who painted the picture of Jesus holding the Constitution or the one of President Obama burning the Constitution has captured extreme right-wing LDS sentiment to the degree it earned praise from some and condemnation from others, is one example of an LDS artist combining both his faith in God and the John Birch Society.
Cry Heaven and let loose the Penguins of Peace
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|6 years ago :: Apr 21, 2012 - 7:46AM #3
When I first heard of what was going on, it sounded like he was simply having a snit fit because his movie bombed.
As far as the arts goes, the truth of the matter is that it's all in how one does it.
For example, the original 1970s Battlestar Galactica was actually envisioned as an allegory for the Mormon Trail. To this day very few people are aware of this.
Or you have the fact that the original Yoda muppet was based on Spencer W. Kimball. Not even George Lucas was aware of it until someone asked him about that.
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|6 years ago :: Apr 22, 2012 - 12:17PM #4
It's a process.
Some people, constrained by faith, are never able to acknowledge its holes and see a world outside of it. Some, focused on those holes, are never able to enjoy the benefits of faith.
Dutcher, like a lot of people, wanted to do good. He had a faith and he had a dream of becoming a filmmaker. He combined them into his career as an independent filmmaker.
He made history. His movie, "God's Army," started the whole genre of Mormon film, which made a splash around the world because Mormon movies made money. In the film business, most movie projects don't. Moviemaking is incredibly risky. You'd have better chances taking your money to Vegas. But Mormon movies were shot on a shoestring budget and appealed to a local audience that could be relied on for box office.
It got harder to sustain as the budgets grew and the novelty wore off. To date, the biggest Mormon movie of all time is "Napoleon Dynamite," which went out of its way to avoid looking like a Mormon movie. While written and directed by Mormons - and featuring an RM in the lead - it depicted a lot of great in-jokes about growing up in Mormon Idaho - but was as strict as an Orthodox rabbi (dividing meat and dairy) in its zeal to make sure there were no overtly Mormon identifications in the film. None.
There's an obvious contradiction between making movies for Mormon audiences - by branding them as "Mormon" - and making movies for distribution everywhere else. Nothing gives a movie the kiss of death quite like branding it as made strictly for a specific religious audience.
If you think people are reluctant to open the door to two missionaries preaching their message at no cost, just imagine how hard the sell would be if it involved asking those people to leave their home, get a sitter, park their car and head into a theater - so they could be preached to at their own expense.
Dutcher's troubles mirror those of independent filmmakers everywhere. There's something cute about indies, in terms of their low budgets and the creative corner-cutting the filmmakers have to go through to get their movie shot and shown. It helps if you're 22. It's not quite as endearing when you're 32 or 42. The gap between indies and Hollywood has never been wider, which is why nobody wants to see a Hollywood film about "real life" and nobody wants to see an indie that's too "commercial."
Every time somebody jumps the gap, lightning strikes.
Dutcher may be selling out - sort of like Hugh Nibley's daughter - in telling the well-worn story of "How I Escaped the Mormons" in order to get him an audience. If so, the benefits will be short-lived. But make no mistake about it, people do lose their faith in the LDS Church, at least in the most literalist view of the faith. Why should filmmakers be exempt from a situation that has descended upon many urban professionals over the last so many decades?
The story here is that Dutcher is bringing back "Falling," the "first R-Rated Mormon movie," a movie with a decent pitch (regardless of whether Dutcher is any good as a writer/director). Falling is the story of a once-devout Mormon filmmaker who ends up shooting freelance footage of accidents and tragedies for local news stations. I think it's an engaging concept. Again, I'm not sure whether Dutcher made a good film out of it (I haven't seen "Falling") but I'd probably see it.
I grow weary of watching the same movies over and over. Walk Like a Man? Give me a break.
To me, the future of the faith will have to be one where there's greater tolerance for divergent views of the theology. There are tons of people in Utah alone who have fond feelings for the faith and for each other but who cannot reconcile their own awareness with the mythology of the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith's revelations or Church History. I'd go so far as to say that troubles begin much earlier, in the Old and New Testaments.
I think the strength of the LDS faith is in its desire to save Christianity from the crisis it was in when Joseph Smith was overwhelmed by the factious sectarian paintball war of his time. Protestantism, itself, was an attempt to save Christianity from what it had become in the 1500 years before Jesus and Luther. But by the time of Joseph Smith, this hope of hanging everything on the Catholic Church had already proved untenable as every babbling preacher with a Bible in his hand was doing battle with every other preacher with a Bible in his hand.
Joseph Smith's First Vision and the publication of The Book of Mormon unleashed a new possibility, that original Christianity was coming back. A whole generation, eager to live out their fantasy of living in "Biblical times," took that faith and ran with it. It is nothing less than amazing at how they set off on missions, building and creating, while surviving the furious vollies of anti-Mormonism.
But along the way, they created a record of their own, one that falls a bit south of Biblical ideals. If God really did come back and lead a church again - in our own day and time - would he really pick people like Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, the Whitmers, Sidney Rigdon, Wiliam Law and others - who went from writing and publish the Book of Mormon and spreading it throughout the world to getting themselves excommunicated for finding fault with Joseph Smith? Would he really want his prophet to secretly marry 23 women, some of whom were married already, and some of them to faithful members of the faith? Would he really allow Joseph Smith to ordain Elijah Abel and then allow Brigham Young to ban blacks from the priesthood? Would he have told Brigham to tell the crazies down in Mountain Meadows to "leave those people alone," but tell him a day too late? Would he be happy if Brigham waited so long to have any investigation, one in which one man took the fall for the whole community? Would he have told Joseph Smith to organize Zion's Camp? Would he have really endorsed the creation of the Nauvoo Legion or not warned Joseph about destroying the Nauvoo Expositor?
Would God have told the Brethren to oppose Civil Rights, as they were denouncing Martin Luther King and the struggle for equality? Would God have really told Hinckley to pull the trigger on Prop 8?
I doubt it. I think Church History bears itself out. If you want to overlook or spin these cringeworthy moments, in order to maintain your faith in other things that are either more palatable or less easily scrutinized, have at it.
I don't need to do damage to my own limited intellect and common sense in order to have faith in something. Then again, I wouldn't have asked Jesus about the historicity of his parables. I wouldn't have needed to know if the Good Samaritan was really a Samaritan - or anybody in particular. I think the truth of the story is bigger than whether the story is literally true.
As for Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, I think we see a whole generation of dreamers, who wanted something to be true and who were willing to move heaven and earth to pursue the dream. It's inspiring in its own way. I don't think their humanity, including their sins and imperfections, make them less interesting or less worthy of our attention.
People blast Mormons for believing in modern-day prophets when they, themselves, look for direction today.
People blast Mormons for believing in eternal progression when they, themselves, seek it everywhere. They want to live longer and healthier. They want better digs. They endlessly seek new thrills and stake new ground in every endeavor. To be human is to reach for the stars.
People blast Mormons for baptism of the dead, yet they say a prayer for each other, light candles for the dead and try - through countless ways - to honor those who are gone.
Mormons are funny for the Word of Wisdom, yet so many people today are going after sugar, gluten, alcohol and whatever ingredient gets under their skin. Recently, the customers of Starbucks have forced the company to make a commitment to stop using crushed bugs to give their "strawberry" drinks a red hue.
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|6 years ago :: Apr 24, 2012 - 12:05AM #5
Bill, you post some great comments here, but I ask just how boring would life be without all of those things you note?
Jesse F.
I will be as good as I can, until temptation comes.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
My son is deploying to Afghanistan shortly, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to read this.
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- Wolve Rine said...
Sorry to hear that, best wishes to you and yours.
I thought you recently posted that your son had just returned from
that thankless duty.
- February 9, 2012 at 5:33 AM
- Dutchman6 said...
No, Matt has done three tours of Iraq, 2 with the 101st ABN (invasion and surge) and the last one with 1st Armored. This will be his first of Afghanistan.
- February 9, 2012 at 5:41 AM
- Hefferman said...
I will be praying for Matt, and the men in his unit.
May God, keep them safe.
- February 9, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- We the people... said...
Godspeed to him.
- February 9, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Some things just never change. Same news, different timeline. I remember much of the same about Vietnam many, many years ago.
- February 9, 2012 at 3:13 PM
"Also, when a Taliban member is arrested, he is soon released with no action taken against him."
Compare and contrast: When a gangsta from teh Crips or teh Bloods is arrested, he is soon released with no action taken against him.
Look, everybody! We aren't only giving guns to the Zetas, we are exporting U.S. "revolving door" justice to the Taliban, too.
At the risk of sounding like a paulbot, I propose that we bring our troops home now, deploy them along our southern border and equip them with the armaments presently being given to the Mexican drug cartel.
- February 10, 2012 at 5:16 AM
- Pat H. said...
Your son has all the training he needs to be a patriotic American, now he needs to leave the Yankee Empire's army and return home to raise his son.
That's the most important thing he will ever do.
- February 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM
It,s been about 2yrs now but I can hear that phone call like it was 2 minutes ago"Dad this place is nothing like Iraq was,this is a REAL war." You are both in our most sincere prayer,s.
- February 12, 2012 at 3:23 PM


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Psychological Horoscopefor Steve Jobs, born on 24 February 1955
|Text by Liz Greene, Copyright © Astrodienst AG 2015
I. Introduction
II. Your Psychological Type Sensitive responses to other's needs * The struggle for objectivity and self-containment * A dilemma in communication with others III. Character and Shadow
The poet's vision of the soul at the heart of life * The desire to transcend mundane reality opens the gate to the imaginal world * Identification with a mythic role * A mystical vision of love causes problems in ordinary life * The daemon of creative vision outweighs material needs A hidden cynicism and materialism * The fear of being boring * The dilemma of accepting a banal and ordinary shadow A love of the unseen world * Hidden sensuality and materialism * The need to belong * A powerful urge for self-expression lies in the shadow IV. The Family Background Family myths and psychological inheritance * The image of the father in a man's chart * A graceful but indecisive figure * Balancing idealism with realism The image of the mother in a man's chart * A lack of real relationship * Neglect of emotional needs and expression * Self-sacrifice as a pose * Freeing a trapped romantic spirit V. Relationship Patterns The attractions of the rational partner * Learning to respect practicality * Domestic intimacy is not enough * A devotional quality of heart * A tendency to excess VI. Paths toward Integration Making peace with the rhythms of ordinary life * Facing the fear of misunderstanding and criticism
Firstly, it is a subjective picture of the qualities you experienced as most dominant in your relationship with your father - or whoever played the role of father in your early life.
Secondly, it is a symbol of what the masculine represents to you, for your father was the first man in your life and is therefore a powerful unconscious influence on how you express your own masculinity and how you relate to other men.
Thirdly, it is a picture of your own inner father-qualities: how you order and structure your life, how you envisage and pursue your goals, how you actualise your potentials in the world, how you express and direct your will, and how you formulate your ethical codes and ideals; and, lastly, how you father your own children. A graceful but indecisive figure The subjective image of your father portrayed in your birth horoscope is in many ways an attractive and positive one, full of kindness, charm, affection and refinement. Even if your father was not conventionally handsome, he may have seemed so to you; and many of your attitudes, in terms of taste and social behaviour, echo your experience of him. This father-image may also reflect his artistic or intellectual gifts, and he may have embodied a kind of mental or social or aesthetic ideal which has become the basis for your own personal values. Your father was probably also a peacemaker who wished for harmony at all costs, and it is in this area that the ambivalence of your relationship with your father lies. His craving for peace may have made him seem weak to you - particularly if he allowed your mother to dominate the household and make major decisions concerning their children. Albeit lovable, this avoidance of direct emotional confrontation could also be understood as disinterest - and as a kind of betrayal. In fact, it is possible that you are too identified with the image of your idealised and beautiful father - and with your own need for peace, harmony and beauty, and not enough in touch with those times in your childhood where you might have needed a stronger father. Balancing idealism with realism Your experience of your father is therefore a complex one, for you have have inherited this love of beauty, refinement, clarity and dislike of difficult emotional exchange. You are yourself a person of refinement and intellectual or aesthetic tastes; and you also possess a certain indecision and passivity that makes you avoid confrontation and attempt to please others at the expense of your own real feelings. Perhaps, like your father, you are too much of an idealist, wanting life will to be lovelier and more harmonious than it sometimes is; and you tend to suffer disappointment and disillusionment when more toughness and realism is required of you. It is important for you to separate from unconscious identification with your father's values and to find your own, so that your need for peace and pleasure can be balanced with the necessary strength that life sometimes requires of us all. The image of the mother in a man's chart Mother, like father, is not only a person. She is the symbol of an essential principle in life, and of an inner dynamic or perspective through which we relate to life. The image of the mother portrayed in your birth horoscope therefore describes three things. Firstly, it is a subjective description of the qualities most dominant in your relationship with your mother. Many of these will be known to you, but some might be surprising, because they reflect not only her outer behaviour, but her inner life - that side of her which was unexpressed and therefore of great power in terms of its effects on you. Secondly, the mother-image in your horoscope is a portrait of what the feminine represents to you - how you experience women, and how you relate to the emotional and instinctual dimensions of your own personality. And thirdly, it is a picture of your own "maternal" qualities - for men possess mothering capacities too - your ability to nurture and care for yourself and others, your sense of safety and trust in life's essential kindness, and your ability to flow with time and circumstances and to know instinctively when to wait and accept with wisdom the situations which life brings. A lack of real relationship The subjective image of your mother portrayed in your birth horoscope is a difficult one, for it is curiously aloof and disconnected - as though you did not really know your mother as an individual, nor she you. In physical terms you may have been looked after properly and given what would conventionally constitute good mothering, but on a deeper level there was an absence of real communication. Circumstances might have caused this situation - perhaps she was ill, or absent, or unable to offer as much time and attention to her children as they needed. Or she may have been a rather detached and inhibited personality whom no one, including you, could get very close to, unable or unwilling to express her real feelings and thoughts. Thus, your childhood seems to have lacked genuine warmth, and you have responded to this situation with a curious aloofness of your own. It is difficult for you to acknowledge or express your own feelings and needs, as though somehow they were not real - for on a profound level your relationship with your mother was not real, and it is hard for you to take your inner life seriously. Neglect of emotional needs and expression There is much that is positive in this apparently difficult early experience of your mother, for you have learned to become emotionally self-reliant and have no doubt developed the rational side of your nature extremely well in compensation. But it might be important for you to look past the surface of what might seem to be normal in your childhood. You do not give sufficient value to your instincts and feelings and you are not especially full of trust in life. The absence of a real connection to your mother is the key to your understanding much of your own emotional isolation. Try to develop more of an appreciation of the child in yourself, and treat your own needs with the care and gentleness which you might have missed in your early life. For if you can find the positive dimension of the eternal mother within yourself, you will never lose this deep connection with your own instincts, and may, in the long term, develop rare gifts in those very areas where you were denied or deprived - offering empathy and containment and support to others, children or adults, and to the children of your imagination in the form of creative work. There is still another image portrayed by your birth horoscope, which in certain ways conflicts with the experience of your mother described previously. Self-sacrifice as a pose There was a quality in your early experience of your mother which might best be described as an eternal girl. Despite any behaviour of a more conventional and responsible kind, your mother had secretly within her a restless and adventurous spirit, full of enthusiasm and a need for romance and excitement, and prone to seeing life, and others, as characters out of a play or a fairy tale. This essentially creative and joyous spirit was no doubt in considerable conflict with the traditional maternal and wifely responsibilities, and if your mother was an intrinsically conservative or timid soul, then she would not have been able to live her sense of life as high drama and no doubt felt trapped and unfulfilled. As compensation, she may have resorted to various manipulative ploys, such as becoming ill at timely moments, in order to ensure that she received from her loved ones the attention she craved. Freeing a trapped romantic spirit It may be important for you to see the theatrical and colourful spirit within your mother, for you also have it within you; and if you are not conscious of her inner life and its probable distortions into manipulative forms, then you may find yourself identified with her frustration and driven by the need to live out what she could not - even to the point of remaining an eternal adolescent yourself who runs from reality into grandiose romantic dreams and never achieves anything solid in life. This dimension of your mother-image is essentially a joyous one, full of a spirit of adventure and curiosity about life, and you have an innate gift for seeing potentials and inner meaning where others perceive only facts and objects. But you will need to separate yourself from seeing your mother as a martyr and unconsciously identifying with both her unhappiness and her wilful and imperious spirit; for then you can live the best of the eternal child within yourself in your own individual way.
Astrological Data used for Psychological Horoscope
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Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler will be back in the lineup when the club hosts the Dallas Stars on Friday.
According to The Province, Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault plans to use the 28-year-old in a limited role for his season debut.
Kesler endured a longer-than-usual rehab after having successful shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum in May, then had a separate procedure on his wrist in June.
His return to action was accelerated by the departure of center Manny Malhotra, who was placed on injured reserve by Vancouver on Thursday after lingering issues stemming from an eye injury suffered almost two years ago prevented him from playing at full capacity.
Kesler had 22 goals and 27 assists in 77 games last season. He added three assists in five playoff contests for the Canucks, who were upset in the first round by the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings.


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The Intouchables (M)
Stars Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy; directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano; 112 minutes.
Philippe (Francois Cluzet) is a wealthy Parisian with a love of classical music he can, and does, indulge. But all is not rosy. He's also a widower, the father of a bratty teenage daughter and a quadriplegic, the result of a paragliding accident. And he's lonely.
Driss (Omar Sy) is an African immigrant with a messy personal life, who's just been released from a prison sentence for robbery.
The Intouchables is the story of how these two very different men come together and how the experience enriches both their lives. Philippe is seeking a live-in carer and Driss applies, initially just to be able to claim social-security benefits, but something in his chutzpah appeals to Philippe over all the well-qualified and professionally compassionate candidates, and he's offered the job. Reluctantly, Driss accepts.
Cluzet and Driss make what could be annoying, unsympathetic characters likeable. Their relationship, the heart of the film, is convincing and touching without becoming overly sentimental, which is also a tribute to Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, who co-wrote and co-directed. Driss's directness helps his employer engage a bit more with the world: he's particularly helpful in speeding along a pen-pal relationship with a woman Philippe is reluctant to meet face-to-face.
Although it is based on fact, it's hard to say how much reality there is in The Intouchables. There are a lot of familiar, even cliched, elements: the stuffy rich white guy who loosens up under the influence of the impoverished-but-cool black dude, the male bonding, the shenanigans, the concealing of hurt and pain under a mask of courage and pride. It's still a good movie, with excellent performances by its lead actors that make the characters live even when the script resorts to been-there-before scenes such as a high-speed drive stopped by a cop, a terrifying-exhilarating experience (another paragliding flight), and a shared joint. Maybe all this happened just as it's depicted here, but I'm sceptical.
The mostly understated tone does help, although sometimes the film feels slightly too elliptical. Still, it works quite well without spelling everything out, but the departure and return near the end felt a bit garbled.
While not a great movie, The Intouchables is a touching and sometimes funny experience. Philippe and Driss are good company for two hours, even if their story feels as though it's already been ''Hollywooded'' up somewhat. If there is an American adaptation (as there is for many French movies) they won't need to change all that much.


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Not sure what to do?!?!
I would just keep doing what you're doing. Green does mean she caught a cold, but all the things you're already doing are great ways to help her feel better. If you're interested, you could try some Vick's BabyRub, but that's really more for congestion and from what you've said, it doesn't sound like that's an issue.
Good luck, hope she feels better soon!
If she's acting normal and isn't running a high fever then it's no big deal, no need for the ER. Green snot usually means infection, but that dosn't mean you HAVE to go to the Dr, most likey her body will fight if off just fine all on it's own. If it dosn't clear up by next week then call dr. and see what they say.
Oh, and I hope she feels better soon!
Glad to hear she's already feeling better!


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Dartmouth, MA- A few members of the Brown University throws squad competed at the Corsair Classic Track & Field Invitational hosted at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth over the weekend.
For the women, sophomore Jessica Eason and freshman Heather Vermillion went 1-2 in the shot put, with Eason winning the title with a 43-00.25 toss and Vermillion came in at 40-06.75.
Junior Lacey Craker brought home the discus title with a 141-10 throw, as well as the hammer throw title with a dominating 172-04 distance. Eason competed in the discus and tossed a 116-05 for fourth and Vermillion finished in second in the hammer throw (149-02).
In the javelin, sophomore Niina Al-Hassan threw a solid 144-09 for first place as Brown sophomore Holleigh Bergstrom posted a 136-05 for second.
"The javelin throwers did very well with the entire group throwing right at or actually setting new personal records," said Director of Track & Field Michelle Eisenreich. "It was a really good day."
On the men's side, junior Daniel Smith won the shot put with a 52-06.50, while freshman Andrew Rohan recorded a fifth place distance of 46-04.00. Also competing was freshman Matt Miller, who placed seventh with a 45-03.75.
Smith came in second place in the discus throw with a 147-08, finishing behind former Brown University athlete Bryan Powlen '10. Courtland Clavette earned fourth (141-00), while Miller finished sixth (137-00) and Rohan placed eighth (135-02).
Sophomore Nick Keeling finished second in the javelin throw with a 198-07, as he finished behind former Brown University NCAA javelin throw champion Craig Kinsley '11. Junior Mike Bieszard came in fourth (186-10) and Buddy Yow in fifth (182-07). Sophomore Neil Rooney also competed for the Bears, coming in at ninth with a 158-09.
Both the men's and women's team came in fifth place in the team rankings. The women totaled 69 points and the men tallied 59.50.
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Hello again!
Travel had gotten the better of me, I fear, and I've fallen quite behind over here. But in the meantime, I got a great opportunity from American Scientist to review my new favorite book: "What a Plant Knows, A field guide to the senses" by Daniel Chamovitz at Tel Aviv university. The review is here:
(and here: http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/fortean-flora)
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Fortean Flora
WHAT A PLANT KNOWS: A Field Guide to the Senses. Daniel Chamovitz. viii + 177 pp. Scientific American / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012. $23.
In grassy areas along the equator lives a tiny plant, Mimosa pudica, that has the captivating property of closing its leaves in response to touch. Rest a finger on one leaf, and that leaf and its neighbor will fold abruptly toward the stem. Brush your finger along the length of the stem and every pair of leaves will collapse in turn. For everyone who has wondered at Mimosa, the suddenly snapping Venus flytrap or the way a sunflower's head unerringly turns to follow the sun, Daniel Chamovitz has written the perfect book.
What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses examines the parallels and differences between plant senses and human senses by first considering how we interpret sensory inputs and then exploring how plants respond to similar inputs. Each chapter covers one sense—sight, smell, touch and hearing are covered, along with "How a Plant Knows Where It Is" and "What a Plant Remembers"—and each examines a wide taxonomical range of flora and a complementary historical range of experiments. In the book's introduction, Chamovitz is careful to clarify his intentions in using language that might be considered anthropomorphic to explore the world of plants:
When I explore what a plant sees or smells, I am not claiming that plants have eyes or noses (or a brain that colors all sensory input with emotion). But I believe this terminology will help challenge us to think in new ways about sight, smell, what a plant is, and ultimately what we are.
A plant biologist who has held positions at Columbia and Yale and is now director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University, Chamovitz is well qualified to present an archive of research on plant perception. Happily, he also has narrative dexterity: The book is delightful and a fast read.
Science, as we all know but sometimes forget, is ultimately driven by curiosity—about what we are, about what other creatures are. That curiosity is evoked repeatedly in What a Plant Knows. When Chamovitz introduces the baffling way that irises appear to "remember" what color of light they last saw or how the parasitic plant dodder (Cuscuta pentagona) can "smell" whether it's next to a tomato (one of its preferred hosts) or a stalk of wheat, it's hard not to share his enthusiasm for unraveling these mysteries. He elaborates on elegant early experiments in plant biology as well as modern-day discoveries, providing a window on the work of the many scientists who clarified the mechanisms driving these perplexing phenomena. The latter include the use of genetic mutants of the botanical workhorse Arabidopsis to unveil 11 different photoreceptors that allow the plant to discern, among other things, whether it was last exposed to the red light present in the morning or the far-red light present in the evening. Finely tuned gas chromatography has revealed how dodder differentiates between the attractive chemicals in eau de tomato and the repulsive ones in eau de wheat.
In many of the examples Chamovitz describes, insights gained from simple but powerful experiments drive the story. Consider proprioception, the sense of the relative position of our body parts in space that allows us to complete coordinated movements without tripping over our own feet. Do plants have something like proprioception? Certainly, says Chamovitz, but for plants, it's about the position of their parts relative to gravity. This sense has been the subject of experimental study for more than two centuries. In the mid-1800s, Thomas Andrew Knight set out to test an observation made 50 years earlier by Henri-Louis Duhamel de Monceau: that roots had a propensity to grow down (positive gravitropism) and shoots to grow up (negative gravitropism). With an elegant experiment in artificial gravity, Knight manipulated these tendencies. He arranged bean seedlings in various positions on a circular wooden plate: some with their roots pointing toward the center of the wheel, some with their roots pointing toward the rim. The plate was attached to a water wheel turned by a stream; it spun at 150 revolutions per minute. The spinning created a local reactive centrifugal force that was stronger than gravity. No matter how the plants were initially positioned, they grew in the same way: root toward the new perceived gravitational force—the rim—and shoot away from it. Charles Darwin, intrigued by this phenomenon, turned his now-underappreciated botanical inclinations toward the problem some years later. Working with his son Francis, he sliced varying lengths off of the roots of bean, pea and cucumber seedlings and then laid the seedlings horizontally on damp soil. The Darwins noted that cutting off 0.5 mm or more of a seedling's root tip resulted in horizontal root growth but no downward growth. In another experiment, they placed seedlings sideways on pins and cauterized their root tips with silver nitrate. This caused the roots to cease growing downward. Uncauterized seedlings' roots reliably grew down. These and other experiments suggested that the root's ability to sense gravity resides in the root tip. But the mystery of how shoots orient themselves away from gravity remained. Chamovitz continues to follow the study of gravitropism through history, describing the adventures of plants in space and the insights gained from mutant plants that lack the ability to sense gravity. These experiments, he writes, have revealed a surprising parallel between statoliths, structures in the root cap and endodermis of plants that allow them to sense gravity, and otoliths, subcellular structures in the human inner ear that help us maintain our balance.
Even as he relates the intricate mechanisms of plant perception, Chamovitz maintains a breezy and accessible style with apt and playful analogies (as when he likens experiments that change plants' cycle of day and night to jet lag in humans). Although biologists will likely be familiar with some of the examples he offers, his description of the experimental paths that have led to various discoveries will entertain experts and newcomers to the subject alike. He shows remarkable restraint against the temptation to lead with detailed diagrams of plant anatomy, instead introducing apical meristems or cotyledons when an anecdote relies on them. The book includes a thorough bibliography for those who want additional detail about particular concepts or experiments. And each chapter is enhanced by black-and-white illustrations and frequent links to online videos of things like circumnutating seedling tips and dodder's python-like death grip.
The reach of What a Plant Knows extends beyond plant biology: Plant senses become a surprisingly successful vehicle for the description and explanation of a broad suite of genetic concepts. Forward and reverse genetic screens; mutagenesis techniques; necessity and sufficiency; and the vagaries of gene naming (as for the scarecrow and werewolf genes) are introduced with clarity. Even epigenetics, which epigeneticists themselves often struggle to define, is covered with deft ease in the context of heritable stress responses.
Knowing more about what a plant knows, readers may find themselves struck by a sudden awareness that the unprepossessing houseplants in the living room have been quietly taking note of which windows are open, when the light bulbs were last changed and how ripe the bananas are. The book also offers an enticement to rediscover the Mimosa plant armed with the secret (which I won't spoil) of how it does its collapsing trick. But perhaps most satisfyingly, Chamovitz conveys the sense that our knowledge of the range and limitations of plant perception is a work in progress and that much remains to be discovered.
I'm very grateful to Anna Lena Phillips and the editorial team at AmSci for the opportunity to write a review for them, and for their work in brushing up and polishing my language and ideas so they're presentable. Thanks are due also to Dr. Chamovitz for his excellent material.
I've got a hefty backlog of plant posts coming up: nuts, berries, and hallucinogenic ornamentals.


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When George Stewart wrote his book "Storm," published in 1941, he named the storm Maria; the author stipulated that it should be with a long I (Mar-aye-uh).
A singing group calling themselves the Kingston Trio wrote and performed a number called "They Call the Wind Maria."
I doubt that anyone has named any of those we have had recently, but they have been characters just the same. Although no buildings were destroyed, a number of sizeable trees were blown down.
When I heard the first rumbles of thunder, I attributed them to planes but had to change my first opinion. The second time my guess was better, and I lay and listened as the storm worked its way up the valley to us.
I think I know when it began to rain, and here I observed, again, a phenomenon I first became aware of years ago when I visited Susan Breshears when she was staffing the lookout on the mountain just outside Tonasket.
From up there we could see the storms approach, working their way up the ridge that rims the valley. The radio antenna would tap faster and faster as the wind rose.
Intrigued, I wrote to the geology department of one of the colleges, asking about this. The letter was never answered.
Now, comfortably in bed in Omak, I heard it again. When the soft rush indicated rain was falling, the lightning and thunder stopped. And they had been up close and personal as the weather rose.
Nature was insistent. It would not spend energy on two activities simultaneously. Are there times it does?
When we mention this natural activity, we normally watch thunder and lightning.
I once heard someone say that we had had lots of thunder in a recent storm and that there had been some lightning, too.
Well, yes. The lightning comes first and the thunder follows. Without lightning, there would be no thunder.
The poor animals, of course, don't know what to make of it. If firecrackers send those pets scurrying under the bed, what must some of those big peals of sound have done to them in these recent nights?
When we were growing up, we used to tell each other gravely that lightning made a hole in the air and the thunder resulted when the sides of the hole bumped back together. Well…?
When I was growing up, 20 miles outside of Chicago, there often were nightly storms in the summer. My brothers and I would kneel in an upstairs window and watch. The heaving trees, tossing in the wind in the unearthly light of the lightning, were dramatic.
But buildings of that place and time all wore lightning rods, and I remember one night when a bolt struck the house and ran the electric wires to an outlet box, instantly followed by thunder. The operation was extremely noisy. The contents of the box were melted and fused.
When I first came to the Okanogan, I was amazed that there were so few electrical storms, and so it has seemed for many years. Having two as close together as we have just had is unusual. But lightning rods here are very few in number, if, indeed, there are any.
I have been hunting, so far without success, for a passage in Stewart's book which said that two banks of cloud, moving in their respective paths, were such that if they had ever come together, there would have been an explosiveness which would dwarf any bomb we had ever made.
This was in 1941. Now I wonder about that statement. But so far, though I have hunted for it, I have not found it.
Years ago there was a movie named "The Unchained Goddess," which was a fascinating explanation of weather, its terms and principles. How I wish someone would issue a DVD of that film! It explained a great many things and did it with flair and imagination.
Meanwhile, I wonder if it will storm again tonight.
Elizabeth Widel is a columnist for
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NIST Tests
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has created several publications on random number generators under the category of computer security, along with a statistical test suite for assessing the quality of random and pseudo-random number generators [6] and [7]. This test suite is a command-line application that prompts the user with various testing options, and was simple to port to Windows 7 and Windows XP.
This test suite was used to analyze the five RNG algorithms presented above. Each algorithm was used to generate an ASCII file with 100 million bits, 32-bits per line. Each 32-bit value was generated either 1-bit at a time, or 16-bits at a time. Each algorithm was assessed at 10K, 100K and 1M bits, and run over 100 bit streams for each. The results of these tests are presented in Table 7.
The measurements in Table 7 show that using the Windows C rand() function to generate 1-bit per function call performs very poorly, failing most of the tests. Contrasting, at 15-bits per call it passes all of the NIST tests at large array size of 1 million bits -- one of the best results. These measurements correlate well with the earlier measurements, confirming that the Windows C rand() function can perform poorly or can perform well, depending on how it is used.
The other four RNGs from [4] perform very well, only marginally failing a few tests, and showing little difference between generating 1-bit or 16-bits per function call. Mersenne twister [5] is the best performer at 100K bits, and passes all of the tests at 1 million bits.
Affect on Algorithm Performance
Performance of algorithms can vary significantly with variance of input data sets. Tables 8 through 13 show measured performance of various sorting algorithms discussed in [1], [2], [3] and [8] as input data sets are varied in size and the quality of randomness. STL sort() and stable_sort() are examined because sort() uses Heap Sort and stable_sort() uses Merge Sort.
Performance measurements shown in Tables 7 through 13 exhibit that STL sort() varies the most by as much as 2.3X, followed by Binary-Radix Sort at 1.7X, STL stable_sort() and Stable Hybrid N-bit-Radix Sort at 1.4X. Insertion Sort and Selection Sort do not seem to vary in performance with variation in the input data statistics.
Binary-Radix Sort is faster than STL sort() with good random number distribution, but is slower with a poor distribution. STL stable_sort() is significantly slower than STL sort() with poor random number distribution. Stable Hybrid N-bit-Radix Sort is several times faster than STL sort() under all input data sets tested.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tennessee Tech All-America wide receiver Tim Benford has drawn quite a bit of attention this week during practices in preparation for the 87th annual East-West Shrine Game to be played Saturday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
The game, set to kick off at 3 p.m. CT, will be televised on The NFL Network.
It's an opportunity for Benford, the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year, to raise his chances in the upcoming NFL draft, and the former Red Bank High School star from Chattanooga has taken full advantage of his time in the national spotlight.
He has been one of the standout players for the East team throughout the week of two-a-day practices.
Numerous reports from football writers who attended practices gave favorable reviews to Benford.
According to one writer: "Tim Benford has been one of the bigger early surprises at the East-West Shrine Game this week. He's been the best wide receiver on the East team each of the first two days. He wasn't expected to show much speed, but he's been consistently getting separation from some pretty decent defensive backs.
"He's small but he's put up great numbers at TTU. Prior to this week he was projected to be a late round pick, but if he keeps this up he could even break into the fourth round. He's very confident but humble, and it seems like he's pretty smart too."
Another writer points to Benford as one of the players who could be a headliner for an East squad being coached by former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Ross.
The writers says: "Benford has good size, decent fluidity and came out of his breaks well in the first practice of the week. While the East Roster seems to lack the star power of their Western counterparts, Benford had the most flashy plays could be their one stud."
Tom Melton, who writes an NFL Draft blog, had this to say about the Golden Eagle receiver: "Tim Benford (Tennessee Tech) continued his strong week catching the ball well, creating separation as a route runner, and proving to be a reliable receiver. He had a couple nice routes that created separation downfield but quarterbacks didn't see him open. He should get drafted."
The Shrine game has been around for decades -- this is the 87th edition -- and, most importantly, NFL scouts have been in attendance all week.
Last Sunday all of the players visited the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa, while Monday's schedule began with player measurements before the East and West teams practiced in the afternoon. Benford was measured at 5-foot-11, 199 pounds.
Benford is one of seven receivers on the East roster. The other six are LaRon Byrd of Miami, B.J. Cunningham of Michigan Stte, Kevin Hardy of The Citadel, Lance Lewis of East Carolina, Thomas Mayo from California (Pa.) and A.J. Jenkins from Illinois.
Quarterbacks for the East squad include John Brantley of Florida, B.J. Coleman from UT Chattanooga, and Austin Davis of Southern Mississippi.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Apple (AAPL), initially up over 5% in late trading, gave back all of those gains and then some, falling $1.63, or 0.4%, to $404.36, as the company's conference call progressed following its fiscal Q2 report this afternoon, featuring better-than-expected fiscal revenue and earnings per share, a substantially worse-than-expected Q3 revenue projection, and the announcement the company would more than double its capital return program of dividends and buybacks, in part by issuing debt.
In response to the debt announcement, Moody's Investors Services and S&P credit ratings services sent word of their assessment of the debt.
S&P gives any possible debt issuance by Apple an "AA+" rating with a stable outlook.
By way of reference, the top drawer of S&P credit ratings is "AAA," with "AA" just below that.
Moody's assigned an "Aa1" rating to any debt issuance, it said in its release.
Moody's top rating is "Aaa," with "Aa" just below that.
S&P's analysts remarked,
The rating on Apple reflects the company's "minimal" financial risk profile and "strong" business risk profile, incorporating market-leading products, a globally diverse customer base and strong profitability. Although the majority of Apple's revenues are generated in highly competitive markets characterized by rapid technology evolution and short product life cycles, it is our view that Apple's managerial and product innovation capabilities will enable the company to sustain its competitive position. Furthermore, it is our expectation that Apple will maintain "excellent" liquidity, which provides substantial cushion to offset the potential for some volatility in revenue growth and operating earnings.
Moody's analyst Gerald Granovsky remarks that " Apple's Aa1 rating is not higher (Aaa), due to Moody's view that there are inherent long-run risks for any company with high exposure to shifting consumer preferences in the rapidly evolving technology and wireless communications sectors."
Update: On the conference call this evening, Apple executives said they will begin buying back the company's shares this month.


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Maybe you're into Batman. Or is James Bond your guy? Hey, we won't tell if Fifty Shades of Grey turns your crank.
No matter the story, diehard fans of popular figures — real or fictional — know what they want from the actors who play these roles in movies. And they're not shy about voicing their displeasure. Just ask Ben Affleck. Or the recently announced stars of the upcoming Fifty Shades movies — Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson have had the indignity of witnessing a petition formed calling for a casting re-do.
Don't fret, though, this could all turn out well for the duo. Or, not.
Michael Keaton
cast as Batman, Batman (1989)
Why Fans Objected:
He just didn't look the part, with that receding hairline, small stature and
comedic background at odds with the Caped Crusader's dark mystery.
Plus, Keaton's jaw just wasn't square enough to evoke trepidation from below that mask.
Keaton as Batman? He just didn't fit the physical bill.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
While the film remains largely well regarded,
Keaton took a backseat to costars Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger.
Daniel Craig
cast as James Bond, Casino Royale (2006)
Why Fans Objected:
A blonde Bond? Along with the wrong hair color, the British actor
(at least he was British!) was a relatively unknown commodity at the time of his casting,
scaring fans who weren't sure what they were getting.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
A return to the James Bond roots fans really wanted, with an intense but nuanced performance
that has only grown in Bondness in subsequent films.
Jennifer Lawrence
cast as Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games (2012)
Why Fans Objected:
The book describes Katniss as having olive skin and dark hair, not exactly the definition
of the blonde haired, blue-eyed Lawrence. Fans felt they were going to have a multi-ethnic star
when casting was announced. They didn't get that.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
Yeah, Lawrence has done just fine for herself, hasn't she?
Tom Cruise
cast as Jack Reacher, Jack Reacher (2012)
Why Fans Objected:
Jack Reacher creator Lee Child specifically described Reacher's physical characteristics:
a brute of a man standing 6-foot-5 and weighing 220 pounds, with a 50-inch chest.
Tom Cruise, well, he just isn't that big.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Casual fans, 4; Big-time fans, 8
Final Verdict:
Cruise was passable, but still not quite "Reacher" enough.
Johnny Depp
cast as Tonto, The Lone Ranger (2013)
Why Fans Objected:
When announced, fans may have objected to nearly any actor playing Tonto,
which some see as a racist affront against Native Americans.
The fact that Depp wasn't considered Native American—he actually does have some
Native American ancestry—pushed the needle even further.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
Even Jack Sparrow couldn't save this one.
Ashton Kutcher
cast as Steve Jobs, Jobs (2013)
Why Fans Objected:
Kutcher's history playing to crowds as a funny man had Apple fans
worried he wasn't talented enough—or experienced enough—to handle the
seriousness of performing iJobs.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
Ashton performed unexceptionally in a forgettable movie.
Zoe Saldana
cast as Nina Simone, Nina (2013)
Why Fans Objected:
Saldana has only the most passing resemblance to the African-American
jazz legend. Fans didn't want the wig, fake nose and heavy makeup doing the heavy lifting.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
We won't know until we see the full movie, likely later this year.
Ben Affleck
cast as Batman, unnamed Man of Steel sequel
Why Fans Objected:
Fans have never forgiven Affleck for 2003, when he bombed in both Daredevil
(playing a superhero, no less) and Gigli. Since he's proven his chops—even playing
Superman in his role as George Reeves in 2006's Hollywoodland—with
Argo, State of Play and The Town. But 2003 still happened.
Level of Fan Outrage:
Final Verdict:
We'll have to wait and see if we get Argo or… Daredevil.


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2.2L vehicles, how diffrent are they besides engine
Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:10 PM
Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:22 PM
Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:49 PM
You can't get the Outback wagon with the raised ride height and big tires with the 2.2l unless it's a 96 with the 5spd manual.
Pretty much everything is interchangeable on subarus. You may not be able to buy the trim level with the motor you want, but you can either swap motors or swap interiors or suspension ect. It's the same body shell so anything you want bolts on.
It doesn't take much to total a 96 subaru, so it may be cheaper for you to buy it back from the insurance company and fix it using junkyard parts than to buy another car. How hard was it hit and where? If you've done the headgaskets in the DOHC 2.5l they should be good for life, so it's not going to be a continuing issue. You also know the maintenence performed on the car vs a replacement one. The buyback is probably only a few hundred bucks out of the claim settlement. After you fix it you take it for a salvage inspection and get it re-titled.
Posted 06 September 2012 - 06:15 PM
Posted 06 September 2012 - 06:22 PM
Of course there is the Impreza, which has a completely different feel to it. Think small rally car. Steering and suspension is more crisp and sporty as opposed to the more luxury tuned legacy. That and of course the cargo area is much smaller in an Impreza wagon vs a Legacy wagon. The Impreza is more like a 5 door hatchback than a wagon IMO
That said, I've had 2 complete EJ engines in the back of my Impreza... without folding down the back seats.
Posted 06 September 2012 - 06:59 PM
Posted 06 September 2012 - 08:40 PM
but there are some nice LS models out there with EJ22's that aren't too bad. they get lesser trim, (no leather) stereo's, and at least it seems like worse suspension to me (but that's a guess). but all of that is easy to swap out actually if you want any of it. swap in legacy GT suspension, leather interior and a decent stereo is plug and play from any other subaru and you've got the same car minus some exterior trims and the EJ22.
i have a really nice 1999 LS special edition with 80,000 miles..i think that will be for sale shortly....but CA is quite a drive! but - it's a really nice wagon with an EJ22.
Posted 06 September 2012 - 09:03 PM
Posted 06 September 2012 - 09:28 PM
the imprezas are great but small - i had one and i loved the vehicle, but was just too small. i carry lots of stuff and now with kids and such we outgrew it quickly. i would only recommend one of those if space isn't a concern at all and your are decreasing in size and function rather than increasing (age, family, life, travel, hobbies, etc).
Posted 07 September 2012 - 09:31 AM
Of course there is the Impreza, which has a completely different feel to it. Think small rally car. Steering and suspension is more crisp and sporty as opposed to the more luxury tuned legacy. That and of course the cargo area is much smaller in an Impreza wagon vs a Legacy wagon. The Impreza is more like a 5 door hatchback than a wagon IMO
I have four 90-91 legacys with the 2.2 they are good size wagon but still has the stiff sports car like suspension, unlike the later legacy witch have sloppier suspension. That is just my opinion
Posted 07 September 2012 - 10:03 AM
Posted 08 September 2012 - 12:10 AM
Posted 08 September 2012 - 08:12 AM
you can look up the ring and pinion part numbers at http://opposedforces.com/parts for both the ej22 cars and the ej25 cars in the late 90s and it will list the ratio. the rear diff parts are found the drive ''TRAIN'' section.
ALL the ej25s 96 - 99, forester, outback, GT, LSi, with the auto trans have the 4.44 ratio. (i don't know about the imprezas. i don't even know what high end models they produced.)
all of these ej25 cars have a trans code number that starts with TZ102Z2xxx and they all have the 4.44 ratio. (they also have larger tires than the legos) all the ej22 tans code numbers start with TZ102Zxxxx where the red 'x' is a letter, not the number 2, and they all have the 4.11 ratio.
this trend is continued in the 00s . outbacks and GTs have the 4.44 and legos have the 4.11 but of course they retired the ej22 after 00 and it was no longer a factor. but the different size tires continued to be associated with the diff ratio thru 04, i think. i don't know about 05+ cars.
cars with manual trans follow the same trend but they use the 4.11 in the ej25s and 3.9 in the ej22s. (except maybe the 96 outback ej22 manual trans. i don't know about it. but i suspect it is the 4.11 like the other outbacks.)
the simple fact of the matter is that the larger tires off set the ratio difference making them almost equal on the road. the difference is about 0.6%. this is one of the reasons the fuel economy is so close between the two and why the ej22 does so well in the 4.44 outback. the ratio difference is negated / offset by the tire size.
Edited by johnceggleston, 08 September 2012 - 08:19 AM.
Posted 08 September 2012 - 09:33 AM
Posted 08 September 2012 - 09:59 AM
Posted 08 September 2012 - 11:30 AM
Posted 08 September 2012 - 11:57 AM
in the 90 - 94 years the auto trans ratios change at a mid point for no apparent reason. the 94 auto trans (ej22) ratio is NOT the same as the 95, 4.11, it is a 3.9. and there fore is not a candidate for a swap into the 95.
and the 90 ej22 auto trans it is a 4.11 ratio, the same as the 95. go figure. the change was made around 92 or 93 but i'm not sure. (but josh's site (legacy777), www.legacycentral.org, has the details.)
also in these years, the turbo did not follow what the non-turbos did. iirc they were all 3.9 but i'm not sure, i would have to check.
i'm not as sure about the 90 - 94 years as i am about the late 90s because every time i think i have figured out i screw it up. so i try and always check josh's site before i make a statement.
Edited by johnceggleston, 08 September 2012 - 12:20 PM.
Posted 08 September 2012 - 12:17 PM
http://bbs.legacycen... ratio*#p219156
Legacy777 Post subject: First Gen Legacy Final Drive Ratio Thread
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I know I posted this before, but I can't for the life of me find the post, and I've seen two separate threads today debating this info, and it being incorrect.
1990-1994 FWD non-turbo AT & MT Legacy
3.70 Final Drive Ratio
1990-1991 AWD non-turbo AT & MT Legacy
4.111 Final Drive Ratio
1992-1994 AWD non-turbo AT Legacy
3.90 Final Drive Ratio
1992-1994 AWD non-turbo MT Legacy
4.111 Final Drive Ratio
1991-1994 AWD turbo AT & MT Legacy
3.90 Final Drive Ratio
NOTE: The 1991 MY Turbo Legacy was the ONLY year that got the rear VLSD differential. All other years for the turbo legacy received the open rear differential
1990 Legacy (AWD, 5MT, & EJ22T Swap)
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BalletPrice: - €.
a ballet in 3 acts
Libretto by Mihail Chemiakin after E. Th. A. Hoffmann's tale "The Sandman"
Music Director and Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Conductor Alvydas Šulčys
Choreographer Kirill Simonov (Russia)
Set and Costume Designer Mihail Chemiakin (USA)
Lighting Designer Levas Kleinas
Premiere: 21 May, 2011
Running time: 3 hrs
Three acts of magic, comical confusion and mistaken identity, also filled with the turmoil of Romanticism and spectacular visuals - all of this enchants the audiences for over 140 years. "Coppélia", just as a number of other popular works, is produced by many choreographers around the world, who never fail to introduce innovative individual versions and editions. Floating from comedy to tragedy, coming closer or running away from E. T. A. Hoffman's "Der Sandmann", it is still one of the most often produced ballets. Most of the ballet's drama centers on the character of Doctor Coppélius. Over the many decades his portrayal has ranged from a dark sorcerer to an eccentric, and somewhat ridiculous, old man. He's been seen as lonely, a man of science who has, perhaps, a warped idea of reality. Paradoxically, while this character is willing to remove the life from a young man in order to instill life in a doll, he's generally seen as a comic figure.
Many of contemporary productions of "Coppélia" are based on Petipa's version that followed Saint-Léon's original edition with great respect and was introduced in Saint Petersburg in 1884. In 1894 Enrico Cecchetti and Lev Ivanov edited this production - the elements of their version are still very much alive even in our days.
This newest production of "Coppélia" probably will not remind us of any other Lithuanian versions of this ballet. The libretto was newly rewritten by choreographer Kirill Simonov (Russia) and designer Mihail Chemiakin (USA), who is also a passionate researched of E. T. A. Hoffmann's works. According to the will of these two artists, the ballet turns into the story of Sandman, told in tune with L. Délibes' score which is enhanced with excerpts from "Sylvia" - this additional music is used to bring forth the dramatic characters of the story. Seeing naïve romantic jokes is unlikely in this production. This ballet, just as Hoffmann's legacy, invites us to step into the world of mysticism, suspicion, surrealism and fantasy.


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Just a heads up for those of you who have Milb.tv, the Southern League All Star game and the A+ Carolina League vs California League All Star game are both on Milb.tv this evening at 7:15pm ET. The Midwest League All Star game is tonight at 7pm as well, though it is not on Milb.tv.
For those of you who aren't subscribers, you can still follow along online at Milb.com for box scores and maybe even radio broadcasts (I know that the A+ game is supposed to have one, not sure about the others).
Here are the Reds playing in those games:
- Didi Gregorius
- Josh Fellhauer
- Ryan LaMarre
- Daniel Corcino
- JC Sulbaran
- Billy Hamilton
- Chad Rogers
- Brian Pearl
- Ryan Wright
Injuries and promotions kept a few other guys who were named to the teams out of the game: Donald Lutz, Tony Cingrani, Joel Guzman (chose to not play), Donnie Joseph and Henry Rodriguez.


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Smith Scabs Horseshoe Knee Gaskets - Black
The Horseshoe pad is made of neoprene with additional impact absorbing knee padding. These knee gaskets specialize in provided support and comfort to people with weak or injured knees, and are not made to protect against hitting or scraping your knee. They are made of elastic neoprene material which wraps around all sides of the knee in order to provide maximum support. The knee gaskets provide support areas of the knees which other skate knee pads cannot provide. Also, they can be attached and worn under Smith Scab pads for additional extreme protection.
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- Provides support and comfort
- Made as a liner for pads, can be worn under other padsets for additional protection.
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Although many financial advisers have already created their 2013 business plans, few have clearly defined the strategies to help them achieve those goals.
Most advisers' goals fall into one of a few key categories with which social-media strategies can help.
Client acquisition. Advisers should start by clearly identifying their target market(s) and seeking out individuals or businesses who meet the criteria.
Two social-media ways to go about this are:
• LinkedIn advanced searches allow users to search for individuals in their target market by title, industry or keyword and identify second-degree connections to whom they can be introduced. Do the research, compile a list of targeted prospects and call the individual in common to ask for an introduction. Our advisers have found far greater success with making personal phone calls as opposed to using LinkedIn's "Get Introduced" feature.
• Starting the year with a handful of dedicated prospecting appointments is another excellent way to kick-start efforts. Advisers should identify three to five top clients or centers of influence and schedule a meeting. Prior to the meeting, advisers should review the person's online connections to determine who in his or her networks fits the adviser's target market criteria. Then ask specifically for an introduction to those individuals.
Client retention. Without fail, our veteran adviser clients tell us that a key objective is to keep existing clients happy, engaged and feeling well-cared-for. Let's face it: One adviser's clients are another adviser's best prospects.
Here is how social media can help ensure that clients stick around:
• Make a list of your top 20 clients and set up Google Alerts for each of them (google.com/alerts). This will allow advisers to stay in the loop on honors and awards received, and provides excellent reasons to reach out to top clients with a quick note or gift.
• Connect with clients on various social-media sites (Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to stay in tune with happenings in their lives. Many advisers we work with have learned of births, deaths, promotions, vacations and a host of other key events in their clients' lives simply by paying attention online.
This does, however, prompt the question of with whom to connect. This is one of the most common questions I am asked when coaching advisers on social media.
Although there are many schools of thought, here is my advice on each:
• Facebook: The rule of thumb is that if you would consider sharing a personal dinner or outing with a client, send them a friend request. If not, advisers might want to reconsider, though requesting that someone "like" a business page is completely different.
• LinkedIn: Connect with clients, centers of influence and key prospects, provided you already have met them in person or via phone.
• Twitter: There is no request to "accept," therefore, advisers can follow anyone with whom they have an interest, and pay attention to what their clients and prospects tweet. This will enhance advisers' conversations and engagement.
Practice efficiency. Advisers are simply too busy to fall victim to inefficiencies in their day.
They should start each week by taking a close look at their calendar, identifying any gaps in the day or week. Advisers should look to fill holes in their calendars with a dedicated prospecting meeting, or by visiting another client or prospect at the same firm.
Using LinkedIn's advanced search feature can be a great help in padding a calendar with a few extra productive and prosperous activities.
These strategies are easy to implement. However, they aren't intended to be one-shot deals.
They should be continued throughout the year, paying close attention to what works best and building from there.
There are a lot of opportunities, so advisers shouldn't let January slip by before jumping on them.
Kristin Andree (email@example.com) is president of Andree Media & Consulting.


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LEXINGTON, Mass., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Avaxia Biologics, Inc., a privately-held biotech company using its proprietary platform technology to develop orally-active antibody therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, is proud to announce that Dr. Barbara Fox, its founder and CEO, has been was named one of Mass High Tech's Women to Watch in 2012. Mass High Tech's 9th annual Women to Watch awards recognize women in the fields of technology and life sciences, "who are go-getters, hardworking, inspirational and motivational to their peers."
Dr. David Poorvin, member of the Board of Directors of Avaxia, commented, "We are truly proud of this recognition of Dr. Fox's achievements. She has been instrumental in building Avaxia Biologics from a creative idea into a developmental biotech company that will be testing its first drug candidate later this year. She is not only an innovative scientist, but also a motivational executive who leads by example. We are confident that she will continue to have a significant impact on drug development and the biotech communities in Massachusetts for years to come."
Prior to founding Avaxia Biologics, Dr. Fox was the founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Recovery Pharmaceuticals, a company developing and marketing medications for the treatment of addiction. Prior to founding Recovery Pharmaceuticals in 1998, she was Vice President, Immunology at ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp. She joined ImmuLogic in 1993, having served on the faculty of the University Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, as Associate Professor of Medicine with tenure in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Dept. of Medicine. Dr. Fox received her BA in Chemistry from Bryn Mawr College and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT. Dr. Fox trained as a post-doc in cellular immunology at the NIH.
Mass High Tech will honor Dr. Fox and 19 other awardees at an awards breakfast on Friday, May 11, 2012 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza.
About Avaxia Biologics, Inc.: Avaxia Biologics is a development-stage company developing oral antibody therapeutics that act locally within the gastrointestinal tract. The antibodies are designed to treat both diseases of the GI tract and metabolic diseases. Using its proprietary antibody platform, Avaxia is developing products for inflammatory bowel disease, GI acute radiation syndrome, celiac disease, oral mucositis, diabetes and obesity.
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For Nick Dace, setting North Central College's scoring record is about great football teammates, high-scoring wins and being at the right place at the right time.
"When I think of all the great players that have been on the field with me and those that came before me, it is truly an honor be mentioned with them," Dace, a former Freeport kicker, said. "My teammates put me in great position to score those points. Without them, I simply could not have scored them."
At press time, Dace has amassed 316 points. He scored 88 or more points in each of his first three seasons. He started the year with 284 points. His five extra points in the first game gave him the record outright. Since that first game, he has kicked another 24 extra points and one field goal for 32 points this year. With each new point, Dace sets a new record.
"Style wise and form wise, I kick the ball a little crisper and cleaner than I did as a freshman," Dace said. "I have a ton to be thankful for. The teams that I have played for have been unbelievable. With Thanksgiving in one month, I have a ton to be thankful for. I have been blessed to be part of this team."
The former record was 288 by Nick Kukuc, who played for NCC from 2009-12.
In NCC's most recent game, a 42-0 win over North Park, Dace kicked every extra point, going 6-for-6. North Central is 6-0 overall and 3-0 in he CCIW. North Central is ranked fourth in the NCAA Division III poll.
Jake Apple (Dakota) led Aurora University (1-5, 0-2 NACC) in carries (16) and rushing yards (128) in its 21-13 football loss to Wisconsin Lutheran. Teammate Jaylen Robinson (Freeport) finished with three kickoff returns for 51 yards.
Morgan Werkheiser and Kristin Wright (both of Stockton) helped the University of Dubuque defeat Wisconsin-LaCrosse 3-1 in volleyball. Werkheiser finished with 17 digs, while Wright had 15 digs. It was Dubuque's lone win in its last seven matches and the best performance by both Werkheiser and Wright. Brianna Bautsch (Galena) had four kills in a 3-0 loss to Coe College by Dubuque (9-17, 1-4 IAC).
Eric Obert (Orangeville) and Seth Cory (Lena-Winslow) both competed at the Dubuque Fall Invitationalfor Clarke University. Obert took seventh by finishing with a 149. He shot a low round of 71 in the second round after he opened with a 78. Cory shot 178 with rounds of 87 and 91. Dubuque won the tournament with a 576
DePaul senior Laura Witt (Freeport) had five assists and two digs as DePaul lost a 3-0 decision to Villanova. In DePaul's 3-1 loss to Creighton University, Witt finished with three assists. DePaul is 14-3 overall and 1-3 in the Big East.
Katelyn Gille (Stockton) of Ashford University finished 43rd at the Wartburg Fall Invitational. Gille shot a 178 for 36 holes with rounds of 88 and 90 as Ashford took eighth with a 676.
Caitlin Greene (Freeport) has started 13 women's soccer games with one shot on goal. While Greene does not have any goals or assists, she has helped Eastern Illinois (6-10, 6-1 Ohio Valley) hold opponents to 33 goals.
To nominate a local college athlete for the campus report, email firstname.lastname@example.com and put Freeport Journal Standard in the subject line. For all athletes, please include their name, high school, college and the sport they are playing.


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And out of nowhere.....Ken Feldman....the dreamer of dreams and HMFIC of the camp told me to get a bicycle two weeks before Charlie departed.
And why I asked.
Because you need a bike to get around on the playa....and he handed me a ticket.
Engineer, that made me choke right up. THAT'S a fucking burner right there.


text: UMW News BureauMontana Western point guard Brandon Brown was named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-America first team by the NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Association All-America Committee. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="324" caption="Brandon Brown."][/caption] The honors keep coming in for University of Montana Western point guard Brandon Brown. Brown, who was previously honored as the 2010-2011 Frontier Conference Player of the Year and first team all-conference, was named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-America first team by the NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Association All-America Committee. "Brandon is very deserving of his first team All-America selection," Montana Western Bulldogs head coach Steve Keller remarked. "Minutes after informing him of his reward, his response was, 'I am not satisfied until we win a Frontier Conference championship.' Brandon's work ethic is second to none. He is the first one to the gym and the last one to leave. Many nights a week after 9 p.m. Brandon is seen in the gym working to improve his game." Brown is the first player from the Montana Western men's basketball program to earn first team All-America honors. Two former Bulldog players were selected as second team All-Americans: Gary Cooper in 1959 and Ty Thorn in 1999. Bo Segeberg was named a third team All-American in 2005. Brown said his mother delivered the news of her son's most recent accolades. "My mom was the first one to tell me I made first team All-American," Brown said. "She knew it before me." Brown said he was honored to be the first player from the Montana Western men's program to make the NAIA first team selection. "It's a good feeling," Brown explained. "It shows what you're doing is recognized and respected." Four other Frontier Conference players were also honored. Andy Garland of Carroll College was named to the second team and Michael Stockton of Westminster College was named to the third team. Honorable mention honors went to Jake Orchard of Westminster and Mark Celaya of the University of Great Falls. "I respect their games and am glad they were honored too," Brown said of his fellow Frontier Conference members. "I am also glad we had three teams at the national tournament. It shows respect for our conference and the level of competition within the Frontier." Brown wrapped up his junior year at Montana Western with a scoring average of 20.23 points per game (627 points), the best in the Frontier Conference and 10th overall in the NAIA. The junior from Tacoma, Wash. also led the conference in assists with 4.84 per game while ranking third in field goal percentage at .527 (231-438). In his final game of the season at the national tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Brown scored 32 points as the Bulldogs came within one field goal of knocking out top-seeded Robert Morris University-Illinois. It was the highest single game point total in the tournament until Trevor Setty of Pikeville College also scored 32 in an overtime victory over Mountain State, 83-76, in the championship game.


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Meetings and Workshops -- Energy Aware Planning Guide, and Facility Siting and Permitting Guide
March 9, & 11, 2010
Staff Workshops on Draft Energy Aware Facility Planning and Siting Guide
March 9 - California Energy Commission, Sacramento
March 11 - South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar
February 18, 2010
Staff Workshop to present the Draft Energy Aware Planning Guide
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- WebEx Recording of Hearing (streaming video and audio)
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By Michael Aneiro
"What's hot this week? Puerto Rico."
So reads the subject line of an email sent out this afternoon by SKDKnickerbocker, the public relations firm retained by the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico as it tries to convince the investing community that its making progress on its various financial reforms. The email crows that it's been "an extremely successful week for Puerto Rico," referring mainly to the commonwealth's $3.5 billion bond sale on Tuesday, as well as today's move by Standard & Poor's to affirm its BB+ rating on Puerto Rico's bonds while removing that rating from its watchlist for a possible further downgrade.
Here's more from that email:
Governor García Padilla's economic development plan is continuing to move forward. John Paulson's Paulson & Co. acquired a majority interest in two luxury hotels on the Island, the Condado Vanderbilt and La Concha Renaissance Hotel and Tower, for $260 million. "The Department of Economic Development and Commerce worked closely with Paulson & Co. to facilitate the purchase. The announcement adds to the building momentum behind economic development efforts in Puerto Rico. Investors like John Paulson are increasingly looking to Puerto Rico for investment opportunities, attracted by a business-friendly economic climate, a talented workforce and a good quality of life," said Alberto Baco Bague, the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce for Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico certainly bought itself some time with this bond sale, but it has a long way to go yet with its fiscal turnaround. Here's what S&P said today about its outlook for Puerto Rico:
While we have removed the CreditWatch designation, we have assigned a negative rating outlook, reflecting long-term economic and financial trends we see over the next two years. These include the potential for a larger deficit in fiscal 2014 than the $650 million that Puerto Rico now projects after the passage of $170 million of mid-fiscal 2014 budget adjustments, and the potential for general fund operating deficits in fiscal 2015, although the administration has announced its intention to introduce a balanced budget for fiscal 2015. There also remain potential ongoing working-capital liquidity needs for fiscal 2015 and plans by the commonwealth for additional bond sales in fiscal 2015. Puerto Rico will also need to start paying interest on the 2014 bonds beginning in fiscal 2016.
And this is what Fitch Ratings had to say earlier this week:
Although the commonwealth has thus far failed to meet the goal of budget balance, [its] efforts have yielded significant results. The general fund deficit has been reduced from more than 40% of general fund revenues in fiscal 2009 to a budgeted 9% in fiscal 2014, even with increased funding for pensions in the current fiscal year. Moreover, the administration has announced plans to reduce the fiscal 2014 deficit forecast from $820 million to $650 million and the intent to present a balanced budget proposal for fiscal 2015, which begins on July 1. This is one year earlier than previously promised.
Fitch believes that meeting the goal of structural balance remains challenging and notes the failure of plans under prior administrations. The commonwealth has to address extensive expenditure demands, with more responsibility for local functions than U.S. states have, and there are material spending increases embedded in the budget. However, efforts of recent years have resulted in significant progress in rationalizing the commonwealth's fundamental financial position and the commitment and effectiveness of the current administration appears strong. Since setbacks in recent years have largely reflected the historically anomalous duration of economic weakness, ultimately the key determinant of success will be the continued interplay between fiscal measures and economic performance.


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Cate's on her way
Who will be the Best Actress. Well, the experts -- and everyone else for that matter -- say it's Cate Blanchett's, no question. Even etalk's executive producer, Morley Nirenberg, the most die-hard Meryl Streep superfan of all time, concedes that Cate's the one this year. And if she isn't, it'll probably be one of the biggest, biggest Oscar upsets of all time.
Hyperbole? Come on. It's Oscar weekend. Everything is hyperbole.
So here's Cate making her way from Australia over to LA with husband Andrew Upton. She'd returned home for a week or so in between award season events. And I love this. Spend as little time in LA as possible. By the way, it's a torrential downpour here in LA right now. I'm writing this from the red carpet where we're shooting etalk and the wind and the water is wreaking havoc, especially since no one here is used to driving in it. They're saying it could be like this on Sunday. That could f-ck up a lot of hair and shoes. Maybe there'll be an Oscar miracle.
Etalk's Ultimate Oscar Guide airs tomorrow, March 1 from 7pm - 8pm on CTV. We make our predictions and I get in a shot at Jonah Hill, 2x Oscar nominee and friend of Marty, Leo, and Brange!


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Touchgrind BMX by Illusion Labs is the sort of game that builds fans; not just the regular kind that love the game, but the kind that's willing to give a game a shot because it's made by 'that' company. BMX has come a long way since the 2008 finger-flipping skateboard game from the early days of the…$4.99
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NFL Kicker! Review
The last time Full Fat dropped a game on to the App Store we were treated to a unique take on the sport as players focused their attention on the role of the quarterback. In continuing with their NFL licensed releases the developer has switched to kicking field goals, bringing it more in line with their previous titles. For those not already familiar with flick-based sports titles, the basic gameplay revolves around attempting to flick a ball (in this case an American football) in to…Watch The Video Review
Pocket League Story Review
Here we are again - a new month rolls by and iOS gamers have themselves a new Kairosoft game to obssess over. This time around the management game specialist has taken aim at the world of sports, following up on their excellent racer Grand Prix Story with a football based title, Pocket League Story. Those interested in the world of football will immediately point out that such a title is neither new, nor exactly lacking in variety, with fans being able to play games that either focus…Watch The Video Review
Ice Rage Review
An often ignored aspect of portable gaming is the opportunity to involve other people directly in the game you're playing. This doesn't always go smoothly and 'multiplayer' modes involving 'passing' the device can feel incredibly clunky. As such, the iOS multi-touch feature created an opportunity for more than one person to play a game at the same time and Mountain Sheep's (Bike Baron, Death Rally, Minigore) latest release Ice Rage tries to cash in on this style of play. At its core I…Watch The Video Review
NFL Flick Quarterback Review
It has only been three months or so since Full Fat made their last appearance on the App Store and once again the developer has expanded the 'Flick' series to include all 32 official teams in their new title, NFL Flick Quarterback. While the idea was first introduced in Flick Golf Extreme!, Flick QB requires players to judge their flicks to not only accurately reach their goal, but also to predict where the receiver is running to in order to score bonuses. To make things even harder t…Watch The Video Review
RPM: Gymkhana Racing Review
When it comes to sports and racing games, players usually fall into two camps. Do you prefer a simulation game style, or an arcade one? RPM falls in the latter category as it is focused primarily on drifting, and accomplishing many varied and strange tasks while drifting. The game is controlled from an overhead 3rd person view. Hitting the accelerator will propel your car forward but since the slightest shift in turn will begin the drifting that is at the center of the game, you need…Watch The Video Review
Flick Home Run ! Review
Sometimes you want nothing more than an excuse to waste time and fill the dull moments in the day with something more interesting than what's happening around you. This could be called antisocial behavior, but sometimes you don't want to try to make friends with the smelly shirtless guy riding the bus with you. Insert Flick Home Run! by infinity pocket; an arcade-style home run title that proves to be addictive mostly thanks to its satisfyingly simple, but visceral controls. All you n…Watch The Video Review
Zen Warrior Review
Players tend to expect a lot from fighting games. An eclectic cast of characters with interesting move-sets, good balance in pairings, and a variety of interesting locations to spar in. Zen Warrior gets the last one right but falls a little short in other respects. You play as Kuma, a karate fighter looking to discover himself and further the study of his art. In stage after stage you take on different fighters in a 'best out of three matches' scenario before moving onto the next. The…Watch The Video Review
Worms Crazy Golf Review
Worms has made an appearance on the iPhone a couple times now with varying success, but we here at AppSpy have to admit this title caught us off guard. Worms...golf? Who thought of this and now that the idea has flourished into a full blown release, can such an odd concept even work? Let's find out. Funnily enough the game plays very similarly to a classic round of Worms. You can select a pre-built worm or make one from the ground up, choosing clubs, voices and even hats (which is fas…Watch The Video Review
Slam Dunk King Review
As freemium games become more and more popular as a monetary system for apps, the focus of a review no longer rests on whether or not a game is worth a player's money, but more along the lines of is it fun enough to pay to unlock additional content, and are there others ways to progress in game. Slam Dunk King is a high score arcade game based on swiping controls. It's more than a little reminiscent of Fruit Ninja in how a simple idea can be both a joy to play and addictive. The game…Watch The Video Review
NBA 2K12 for iPhone Review
Barring the relatively recent addition of NBA JAM to iOS' roster of games, Basketball has been somewhat poorly represented on the App Store. Given that its only real competition is purely arcade-fodder, NBA 2K12 for iPhone by Take-Two and 2K Games doesn't need to do much to stand out and impress, but it has none-the-less managed to be more than a cash-in on this void. As to be expected players can jump in and control any one of the 30 NBA teams on offer with their current roster and s…Watch The Video Review
FIFA SOCCER 12 by EA SPORTS Review
It's that time of year again when all the new annual iterations of EA Sports' line up get released, and us reviewers are stuck with the task of not only treating these titles as their own game, but simultaneously comparing them to every previous yearly release and seeing how they stack up. So how does FIFA 12 stack up in the world of electronic soccer simulation? Let us delve in and find out. First off, for those who bemoaned FIFA 11 for neglecting a comprehensive football manager mod…Watch The Video Review
Flick Champions Review
Welcome to the wide world of flick sports! Do you have the intestinal fortitude to conquer the rankings of eight sports and become the flick champion? No? Well the good news is you can still have some fun regardless. All of the eight sports can be played in cup or exhibition mode, with a friend on the same iPhone, or in a tournament against the computer with multiple difficulty settings. The sports on offer are soccer, tennis, basketball, hockey, bowling, archery, golf, and gridiron.…Watch The Video Review
NFL Rivals Review
Are you ready for some football? At least the most exciting part? That would be the tackles and touchdowns by the way. Yes it seems that Natural Motion has acquired the rights to the NFL license and have re-skinned their Backbreaker franchise to take advantage of not only the real teams, but the rivalries and match-ups of the upcoming season. If you're played any of the Backbreaker games, you should be familiar with the controls. Tilting the iPhone moves your player either left, right…Watch The Video Review
Grand Prix Story Review
It seems we can barely finish a Kairosoft game these days before another hits the shelves in order to suck up the loose change from our collective wallets. To be fair to the developer, Grand Prix Story did see its way on to the Android platform as an exclusive earlier in the year. It's hard to feel cynical and claim the game as a simple cash grab, because when it comes down to it the game is just as great as you'd expect it to be. It's no surprise to find out that Grand Prix Story is…Watch The Video Review
MADDEN NFL 12 by EA SPORTS™ Review
Let's get this out of the way first. If you're a NFL fan and are looking to play some Gridiron on your iPhone, Madden 12 has enough content and solid gameplay to make it a worthwhile purchase. For everyone else, let's delve a little deeper. The game is played with a combination of touch mechanics and an on screen joystick and buttons. Whether on offensive or defense, you can select a play from your team's book (with every team having their own unique plays), or you can use the touch s…Watch The Video Review


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The first in a series of planned virtual forums, the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is sponsoring a Virtual Forum on December 9, 2009 in order to bring together federal government geospatial executives to engage in discussion about the development of a national place-based policy that addresses economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability, community health access, and safety and security. The August 11, 2009 White House memorandum to department and agency heads -- entitled "Developing Effective Place-Based Policies for the FY 2011 Budget" -- emphasizes the need to leverage place-based policies for better policy planning in a variety of issue areas.
The topic for discussion for the initial FGDC Forum will be the Whitehouse memorandum and the geospatial community's role in helping shape the future of place-based policies. This Forum is intended for federal government geospatial executives only; future Forums will be targeted to other stakeholder groups with interests in policy issues. The event is hosted on-line, lasting one hour, and includes a brief introductory presentation followed by a facilitated discussion between panelists and participants. We hope that you will join us in this exciting endeavor to discuss how best the federal geospatial community can contribute to enabling "locally-driven, integrated, and place-conscious solutions guided by meaningful measures."*
* Orszag, Peter; Barnes, Melody; Carrion, Adolfo; and Summers, Lawrence. M-09-28: "Developing Effective Place-Based Policies for the FY 2011 Budget." White House Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. August 11, 2009. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_fy2009/m09-28.pdf