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RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University women's soccer co-head coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak has been selected by the United States Soccer Federation to serve as an assistant coach at the 2012 USA U-18 Women's National Team training camp. The camp is scheduled for June 2-10 at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, Calif.
Roberts Sahaydak joins elite company as she was chosen to serve as April Heinrichs' assistant. Heinrichs, who is considered one of the pioneers of the U.S. Women's National Team, was appointed Technical Director for the U.S. Women's National Teams in January of 2011. She served as the head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team for five years from 2000-2004, coaching the team in two Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in 2000 and a gold medal in 2004, along with a FIFA Women's World Cup appearance in 2003, where the U.S. finished third. She was the fourth coach, and first female head coach, in the history of the program. Heinrichs compiled an impressive 87-17-10 record during her time at the helm of the U.S. team.
Entering her sixth year as co-head coach at VCU, Roberts Sahaydak is no stranger to international competition, having earned a gold medal herself with the women's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She spent time on the National Team from 1995-1999 as a midfielder, and in 1999 was a member of the United States' historic World Cup Champion squad.
Roberts Sahaydak routinely focuses her efforts on growing the game of soccer, on both a domestic and international level. Most recently, she spoke at George Washington University's Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in late March, and in February conducted a live webchat as part of the U.S. Department of State's SportsUnited initiative.


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David Letterman has poked fun at Mitt Romney, but he doesn't actually hate the Republican presidential nominee.
The CBS "Late Show" host took time out of his broadcast Wednesday to respond to comments Romney made during a secretly recorded fundraiser in May. Aside from controversial comments made about the politics of the election, Romney also commented on the politics of late night talk shows.
"I've been on Letterman a couple of times," Romney said. "I've been on Leno more than a couple times, and now Letterman hates me because I've been on Leno more than him. They're very jealous of one another as you know."
Letterman clarified his feelings: "I certainly don't hate Mitt because he's been on Leno's show more," he said. "I mean, why hate a guy who's suffered through that?"
The talk show host even made Romney an offer.
"I don't hate Mitt, and I think now more than ever, him and his lovely wife, Mrs. Mitt, are more than welcome to come to the show," he said, "and I'm telling you, if you think you're going to get to the White House, you've got to spend time in this chair. We'll get him in here and see how it goes."
President Barack Obama, who's appeared on Letterman's show regularly, made another appearance Tuesday, using the opportunity to respond for the first time about Romney's secretly-taped remarks.
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An evergreen hydrangea?!! You betcha!
There are very few evergreen vines for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest, but this gorgeous gem from Asia is becoming more readily available and it's simply one of the coolest flowers you'll ever get to witness opening.
From plump, peony-like buds, they begin to slowly crack open, a froth of fertile flowers begin to form and over the course of a few days, a flat umbel "lacecap" begins to form. People will begin to believe that it's actually a hydrangea!
Hydrangea integrifolia is quite slow to establish (and re-establish, as we've learned after moving it to its new location at CUH three years ago) and may not even flower for the first few years of its life. Once it does, it puts on quite a show each summer. Dark green, glossy foliage remains year round. It's a clinging plant that forms aerial roots on its stems. The aerial roots attach to a rough surface such as the bark of a tree or rough stucco wall; they don't form tendrils or long whip-like shoots that wrap around supports so you have to carefully train them until they take hold. You could also let it sprawl on the ground as a ground-cover plant in a woodland garden.
They grow best in a protected spot in the garden such as a shady north-facing wall (such as our specimen here at the Center for Urban Horticulture), but they're also quite at home tumbling over a stone wall in full sun with regular irrigation during the summer months.
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Location: Center for Urban Horticulture – Miller Library North Foundation Bed; Washington Park Arborteum – Map grids 12-7E (near the Camelia collection) and 28-2E (growing up a Douglas fir near the Asiatic maple collection)
Origin: Taiwan/Philippines
Height and Spread: Can get 40′ tall and about 20′ wide
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Thirty minutes into the exorcism thriller "The Rite," Anthony Hopkins shows up. And for this performance, playing a grizzled, whimsical Welsh exorcist plying his trade in the working class back alleys of Rome, Sir Tony packed the prosciutto.
This isn't just ham, served with a side of fava beans and a little Chianti. This is the good stuff, a hint of Hannibal Lecter in white collar, questioning the faith of the young cleric sent to study with him, testing him, hissing at him, waiting for a knock at the door.
"Speak of the Devil," he cracks. And when Father Lucas shows young Michael (Colin O'Donoghue) his first demonic possession and interrupts the prayer he says over a suffering girl to take a cell phone call, you can feel the wink the old Oscar winner is sending our way, even as his back is turned.
"What did you expect? Spinning heads? Pea soup?"
But if Hopkins is fine Italian ham on the hoof, the movie's heavy lifting is done by a guinea pig. The little-known Irish actor O'Donoghue is so stunningly uncharismatic that he kills whatever possibilities this picture from the director of the silly-scary-smart "1408" had.
Michael (O'Donoghue) is the son of a mortician whose father (the underutilized Rutger Hauer) taught him the trade by letting him watch the embalming of his own mother. In Michael's household, "You're either a mortician or a priest." Michael has no faith, but a tragic accident at the end of his seminary training at St. Osmond's wins him a trip to Rome to study exorcism with Father Xavier (Ciaran Hinds). And Xavier sends He of Little Faith to Father Lucas for a little Devil-in-the-flesh proof. Lucas engages the kid in theological debates as he drags him along to deal with a troubled boy and then a pregnant teen certain she is carrying Satan's seed.
The exorcist's arguments about the Devil's disguises don't win over Michael.
"No proof of the Devil is somehow proof of the Devil?" the kid cracks.
"Choosing not to believe in the Devil won't protect you from him."
Alice Braga shows up as a reporter hanging out around Exorcism U., sniffing for a story and perhaps tempting our not-really-a-priest. But Michael begins to have his doubts about his lack of belief when he hears, speaking in tongues, insults only he can understand. And one victim starts spitting up nails from "the True Cross."
Director Mikael Hafstrom, working from a Michael Petroni script, tries an arty approach, framing shots behind dangling rosary beads, delivering vivid flashbacks and hallucinations that give Michael pause. The effects -- of course there are body-contorting effects -- are sharper than what you saw in "The Last Exorcism" and "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." But frights? Not so many.
Only Hopkins, readily referencing his bag of tricks, seems to get what to make of this "inspired by true events (and a book by Matt Baglio)" hooey. He plays it light until the big confrontation scenes, where he trots out Hannibal in everything but name. Swap "Clarice" for "Michael" in these Satanic interrogations and the ham makes you think of lambs, silent lambs. And fava beans.
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STARRING: Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Alice Braga
DIRECTOR: Mikael Hafstrom
RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes
RATING: PG-13 for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references.
THE LOWDOWN: A mortician's disbelieving son has a devil of a time with an exorcist.


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The idea of "tethering" a phone to your computer is nothing new. However, as data plans become cheaper and more inclusive, the appeal of tethering is far greater than ever before. The basic idea involves connecting your iPhone to your Mac or PC – either over Bluetooth, or using a cable – to provide access to the web on your computer over 3G.
There are numerous solutions to achieve this, and we'll be looking at a few different options today. Some of them depend heavily on the country you're based in. Tethering isn't officially supported in the US on AT&T yet, but rumours suggest that it's coming in the next month or two.
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Glaus, not McPherson, valid model for Wood
Why is it Dallas McPherson is the name fans and insiders always seem to summon with respect to Brandon Wood and his attempt to replace Chone Figgins? It seems clear to your faithful correspondent that Troy Glaus is a more valid precedent to cite, if you really give it some thought.
Glaus was a tall, rangy shortstop who was moved to third base. He was more mature when he came to the Angels than Wood, signing out of UCLA, not Scottsdale Horizon High School, but there are a number of parallels.
Glaus could drive a ball out of any park known to man and brought the athleticism of a natural shortstop to the hot corner. That sums up Wood fairly well, I'd say.
Mike Scioscia doesn't always agree with me, but the Angels' manager did second my motion when I presented it this morning in our daily media get-together.
"There are probably more similarities with Troy than McPherson with Brandon," Scioscia said. "Brandon's taken a little different path, but they're similar in ages. Brandon's got a lot of power. One thing Troy brought was the ability to walk a lot. Troy was a special player."
And Wood can be a special player…in time.
Glaus, in his first exposure to Major League pitching in 1998, struck out 51 times in 165 at-bats, batting .218 with one homer, 23 RBIs.
Breaking in as the full-time third baseman in '99, Glaus hit .240 in 154 games with 29 homers, 79 RBIs. He struck out 143 times in 551 at-bats.
Those, it seems to me, are reasonably attainable numbers for Wood in what he plans to make his first full season in the big time.
Glaus, as we all know, went on to much bigger and better things, and McPherson, largely because of physical problems, fell short of fulfilling expectations as his replacement. Wood has no injury history to speak of, and appears to be in superb shape heading into camp.
The point is, this doesn't happen overnight. It's a process. Wood, a very smart young man, understands. All he wants is a chance with the hope that there is some patience shown.
Mike Schmidt's early-career numbers weren't much better than Glaus', and neither were Brooks Robinson's. A case can be made that those are the two greatest third basemen in history.
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Wood is a smart guy and will do a good job this year. Just don't put too much pressure on the young guy. Let's give him a chance. It's his turn and he's earned it. Be patient Angel fans. Don't expect too much from him right away. The other guys on the team will pick up the slack if he falters a little. Go Angels and go Brandon Wood!
I agree. Wood will develop in our colors over time. with Abreu, Hunter and Napoli helping add a little seasoning. i cant wait to watch him develop over the next few years. next year will be his biggest challenge to date. i think he will shine. Go Wood!!!!!
Brandon Wood will have a break out year just like Kendry Morales did because the Angels know when to hold them and know when to fold them.
A case in point is Mr. G. Anderson. Garrett had to go. I see aging teams trying to decide what to do with older players that have lost a step and although a few left early (Nolan Ryan), most others never realized a better year away the Angels unless injuries healed.
I think that Figgins, like Gary Matthews, had a career year and got a great contract out of it. I dount Figgins will ever put up the numbers he put up in 2009 with Seattle during the next 5 years.
I think Mr. Wood will surprise a lot of people in 2010 and form the nucleus of the strongest infield in baseball before 2013 with Aybar, Kendrick, Morales and Mathis or one of the other catchers coming up this year or next.
Mark my words, our infield will be around for years to come!
Honestly, Wood is unproven, but Soccia is one of the smartest guys in baseball and his word is pretty much gold. I have a bet with an Dangels fan of mine about taking series, $5 a series, go A's, from this humble fan of the perennial underdogs of baseball.
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Two thoughts:
1. This is what I absolutely love about Spring Training and think Yankee and Red Sux fans miss out on: the excitement and mystery of the young players. I love the excitement/apprehension and back again of seeing a young player get his chance. I can't imagine going through Spring Training without a young player breaking in.
2. I went to college in Sacramento and saw that McPherson couldn't hit a AAA breaking ball two years before he came up. I always wondered what all that hype was about.
after watching brandon wood for parts of 3 years i do not think he is going to make it.as always he looks completly lost at bat and now looks the same way in the field.i hope i am wrong but i do not think so.
You guys are retarded. Brandon Wood will never compare to Troy Glaus. And, it is definitely not fair to Dallas McPherson to compare Wood to him either. To sum it all up….BRANDON WOOD just plain SUCKS!!!! He will never amount to anything in the major leagues and anyone who thinks he will is fooling themselves.
Jonny Bravo
Knothole Club Bartender – Angels Fan!
You guys are retarded. Brandon Wood will never compare to Troy Glaus. And, it is definitely not fair to Dallas McPherson to compare Wood to him either. To sum it all up….BRANDON WOOD just plain SUCKS!!!! He will never amount to anything in the major leagues and anyone who thinks he will is fooling themselves.
Jonny Bravo
Knothole Club Bartender – Angels Fan!


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The Church of Scientology has alienated one of its most famous advocates.
Paul Haggis, the award-winning screenwriter of "Crash" and "Million Dollar Baby," spoke out against the church in an exclusive interview set to air on "Rock Center" Thursday night.
The 59-year-old filmmaker is the most prominent Hollywood figure ever to have left the church, which he now labels a cult.
"You've got these folks inside this fortress who won't look out and won't look at any criticism and can't bear any investigation and thinks that everyone is against them," Haggis told NBC's "Rock Center with Brian Williams." "How would you describe that? It's a cult."
In the interview, Haggis says his own research unearthed evidence of child abuse and involuntary confinement by church members. What he learned prompted him to abandon Scientology, he said.
Haggis admitted that Scientology helped him in the beginning, saying it's like "picking up any self-help book." But after more than 30 years in the church, he began questioning the religion and did not like what he discovered.
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"Rock Center" also talks to Lawrence Wright, who penned the new book about Scientology "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief."
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author interviewed 200 people and pored over thousands of pages of documents for the book and said he also found evidence of young recruits working in unsafe conditions.
The Church of Scientology, which called Wright's book, "error-filled" and "bigoted" has denied those allegations and maintains that it adheres to all child labor laws.
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He could blaze through a rock a rock hit or deliver a slow burn ballad.
The smoldering teen idol had more range than you think. In addition to singing, songwriting and playing various instruments, he carried songs with influences as diverse as country and R&B.
One of the unsung heroes of the rock and roll era, Gene Pitney crossed paths with a wide array of rock royalty—from Phil Spector and the Rolling Stones to Ricky Nelson and Carole King—while amassing a sizable string of hits.
Pitney arrived on the scene in the late Fifties as a gifted songwriter, capable musician and incredible singer. His dramatic tenor, given to piercing climaxes, was among the more remarkable voices of the age. He could deliver a rocker with panache, as evidenced by his double-tracked vocals on the racing, up-tempo "It Hurts to Be In Love" (Number Seven, 1964) and the R&B-slanted "She's a Heartbreaker" (Number Sixteen, 1968). But he was best at putting across songs with a smoldering emotional core, such as the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil composition "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (Number Nine, 1964) and the teen psychodrama "Town without Pity" (Number Thirteen, 1961).
"Like Del Shannon and Roy Orbison," wrote musicologist Mitchell Cohen, "Gene Pitney was most expressive with songs of suffering." Since lovelorn strife and suffering were part of the rites of adolescent passage, the abundantly talented and broodingly handsome Pitney was ideally suited to become a star during and beyond the "teen idol" era of the early Sixties.
Gene Pitney was born in rural Connecticut and displayed musical leanings at an early age. While in high school, he studied guitar, piano and drums. He then went to the University of Connecticut to study electrical engineering, but his interest in music began interfering with his studies, so he opted for a career in music. He cut a couple singles, including one called "Classical Rock and Roll," as part of the duo Jamie and Jane, and released another under the pseudonym Billy Bryan. Thereafter, Pitney reverted to his real name. His earliest success came as a songwriter. Pitney had his compositions recorded by the Kalin Twins ("Loneliness"), Roy Orbison ("Today's Teardrops," "22 Days") and Bobby Vee (whose recording of Pitney's "Rubber Ball" hit Number One). Ricky Nelson cut three of Pitney's songs, including "Hello Mary Lou," and the Crystals had their biggest hit with Pitney's "He's a Rebel," produced by Phil Spector.
Convinced he could not only write hits but sing them as well, Pitney re-launched his career in 1961 with an ambitious recording of his "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away," on which he multi-tracked vocals and overdubbed instruments in a pioneering feat of record production. That same year, he recorded the theme song to the film Town Without Pity (1961). One critic wrote that Pitney's voice "managed to combine an over-the-top passion with an extremely precise diction and an overall feel of vulnerability."
Carrying his ambition one step further, Pitney's brilliant third single, "Every Breath I Take," was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and produced by Phil Spector in one of the earliest and best examples of his heralded "Wall of Sound." Pitney had written for other artists, and now other songwriters began tailoring songs to him. Burt Bacharach and Hal David penned a series of hits for Pitney, including "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (Number Four, 1962), "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (Number Two, 1962), "True Love Never Runs Smooth" (Number Twenty-One, 1963) and "24 Hours from Tulsa" (Number Seventeen, 1962).
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, whom Pitney had befriended on a 1963 visit to Britain, gave him an early song of theirs, "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday." Pitney recorded and released it as a single, and it hit Number Forty-Nine in early 1964—the first Jagger-Richards composition to make the U.S. charts, predating the Stones' own "Tell Me" by a half-year. Though he continued to have hits in America—including "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" and "She's a Heartbreaker"—Pitney became a far bigger star in Europe.
Pitney also cut songs by such notable writers as Ellie Greenwich ("Keep Tellin' Yourself"), Al Kooper ("I Must Be Seeing Things") and Randy Newman ("Nobody Needs Your Love," "Just One Smile"). In the mid-Sixties, Pitney crossed over to the country charts by cutting two albums with honky-tonk legend George Jones and one with Melba Montgomery. All the while he toured the world extensively and even recorded entire albums in Italian and Spanish for the lucrative and loyal foreign market. Pitney was actually voted Italy's top singer in a 1964 poll, and he became enormously popular in Britain. He would tour the U.K. twice a year, often for a month at a time, on packages that included such fellow performers as the Kinks, the Troggs, Peter and Gordon and Joe Cocker. Long after the hit streak faded in his homeland, Pitney continued to tour the continent with great success.
In 1989 Pitney had the first Number One hit of his career when Marc Almond (formerly of Soft Cell) asked him to re-record an old song, "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart," as a duet. The single topped the U.K. charts for four weeks. A double-disc compilation, Gene Pitney: The Great Recordings, appeared in 1995. In 2000 a Pitney concert was filmed and aired as a PBS special. Pitney continued to spend much of the year performing around the U.S. and overseas, even in the early 2000s.
On April 5, 2006, Gene Pitney died in Cardiff, Wales, while on a tour of the U.K. The cause of death was heart disease caused by atherosclerosis. He was 66 years old.
Over the course of his career, Gene Pitney notched sixteen Top 40 hits in the U.S., including four that made the Top 10. He scored twenty-two Top 40 hits in the U.K., including eleven that made the Top 10.
Inductee: Gene Pitney (born February 17, 1940, died April 5, 2006)


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"Sustainability is a design challenge," states Chris Sherwin, the new—and first—head of sustainability at future-gazing design agency Seymour Powell.
Sherwin is now working with the designers at the agency to build sustainability into the design process. He says that doing this is, in fact, a "non-negotiable imperative," especially as 80 percent of the environmental impact of most products is locked in at the early design stages.
He is also working with the Seymour Powell Foresight team, a group that looks even further forward than the agency as a whole, to tackle big questions about trends and ethnography "to help clients understand what they could do" with advice that's not tied down to the production of a specific product.
One of the conundrums that he is first to wrangle with though has to do with simple semantics—the stigma connected to the word "sustainability." He explains: "People think sustainability is about doom and gloom, or hardship culture—it's about losing out or giving up. I've seen this with vox pops or surveys constantly. When you ask the public about the term, you either get confusion or negativity. People tell me not to call myself head of sustainability because it's a really crap term for these reasons." Sherwin points to the fact that the Government has re-branded all of its sustainability initiatives instead talking about quality of life.
Ask the public about the future or future hopes and the response can be more positive. Sherwin argues that we need to pick up on this. "A lot of people have started adding social and environmental responsibility to what their notion of a better future is," he explains. Therefore, we shouldn't be ditching the word "sustainability" but trying to bring the positives of sustainable work to the fore. He points to Nike, which named its sustainability team Nike Considered. "The simple idea of being considerate in design works," he says. "At Seymour Powell, we're looking to come up with a term that captures all of the interest but doesn't lose the core of what sustainability is about."
Some industries, including consumer electronics companies, recognized the importance of sustainable design many years ago. The wider movement was helped by the release of the film An Inconvenient Truth and the Stern Review in the UK—both of which championed the argument for sustainability from an economic point of view.
Sherwin argues, however, that it has only been in the past two or three years that outfits in the advertising and design spheres have appreciated the importance of having someone in his kind of role. PR agencies led the way helping companies get attention for green products and initiatives. Advertising and product design agencies have followed, but there is, he admits, always the issue of cost for the latter. He says: "It doesn't always cost more to integrate sustainability into your design. The most obvious reason why not is the efficiency argument. If you use less materials or energy to produce a product, or produce less waste, it can save you money. That said—if you use materials that are from a renewable source, then they can cost more. Bioplastics or biopolymers, for example, are more expensive than oil-based plastics. Companies need to consider whether they will get an increased market share, or kudos, or customer loyalty from using the environmentally kinder materials."
Persuading smaller, what Sherwin terms "fleet of foot" organizations, to take a risk and adopt new materials or new ways of working is easier than changing the modus operandi of multinationals. You do, of course, have a larger risk of the smaller company not surviving. But there is always a certain amount of friction to change with whoever you are working, argues Sherwin: "I think this is an issue for any kind of up-stream project. The success rate is relatively low. I don't think the challenge for sustainable projects is any different. There are just lots of economic, technical, structural, and organizational reasons why it's quite tricky for companies to get innovations through their production process. I don't think pushing a new sustainability program through would be any different from pushing a new social media project through."
At Seymour Powell, Sherwin is now hoping to include sustainability as part of every brief, whether the client calls for it or not, simply as a value-added service. There are also several projects with a sustainable focus, which he is working on but can't yet make public. Seymour Powell itself has already earned its green credentials with the EDF Energy Eco Manager—a device that lets you wirelessly
control your appliances to monitor and control how much electricity you are using. In 2005, it helped launch the ENV, which was the world's first purpose-built hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle. For Sherwin, it's now not only a case of finding similarly green products; but also trying to introduce a sustainable angle to every project that the agency tackles. In these days of austerity and financial nervousness, that could be a huge challenge.


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Winter training on the Hardangervidda, Norway
Photo Credit: Robert Hollingworth
Arriving in camp after a day of skiing in blustery weather on the Hardangervidda in February 2009 training the novice members of what was to become the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition.
I remember feeling so tired as I skied into camp and wondering how much worse all the other women must be feeling. For most of them, this was their first experience of traveling in winter conditions. But in fact, by the time I arrived in camp at the back of the convoy, they were already cosy inside their tents, cooking dinner! It was my first inkling of just how brilliant this group of women was going to be...
Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition
The team of 7 women from 6 different Commonwealth nations skiing over sastrugi on the Polar Plateau of Antarctica some 400km north of the South Pole.
The sastrugi - those strange wave-like formations of snow and ice - don't look like huge obstacles but when trying to ski over them on long free-heeled cross country skis while pulling a sledge, they demand a degree of balance and concentration! The uneven terrain made our daily exertion just that little bit more exhausting physically but were often beautiful to look at.
Guinness World Record
Photo credit: Guinness World Records
I was over-the-moon to fulfill a childhood ambition when my name was added to the book of Guinness World Records in 2013. My certificate now hangs in pride of place at home.
This photograph was taken in a studio for the 2015 anniversary edition after a fun afternoon having fake snow glued to my eyebrows!
Camping on the winter ice of Lake Baikal, Siberia
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world - no one has ever reached the bottom. This was a disquieting thought as we slept in a tent pitched on meter-thick ice at its surface. All through the night we could hear the gurgle of water and the groan of ice. Even after a month of travel traversing the 700km length of the lake, I didn't get used to it and would wake in the night dreaming of floods!
Driving along the frozen River Lena, Siberia
During a 35,000km journey to the Pole of Cold in northeast Siberia, we drove more than 2000km on the frozen River Lena. It was easy to forget that we were driving on a river.....until we came across reminders like this.
Kaspersky ONE Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Camped within sight of the Ellesworth Mountains on the coast of Antarctica near Hercules Inlet.
After nearly two months alone on the ice, I took this picture on what I thought would be my last day. I was relieved to be nearing the end but also sad and nostalgic that my incredible time with the continent was coming to a close.
Driving to the South Pole
Icelandic pioneers, Arctic Trucks, established a new route from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole in 2008/9. In 2010/11 I drove the 6000km return journey with them, from coast to Pole and back, in support of a TV documentary.
In the Icelandic way, we drove the trucks on 44" tyres at less than 5psi, so that it looked as if we were driving on flats. The tyres literally 'float' over the snow making vehicle travel possible. The journey opened my eyes to this new means of transport in the polar regions.
Airship across America
Flying from Cape Canaveral in Florida to Monterrey in California in the worlds largest commercial airship filming a Science documentary about the atmosphere for BBC Two.
The airship was surprising. I thought it would take off gently like an air balloon but in fact it shot up into the air like a rocket. At times it would be buffeted by thermals lifting first the nose, then the tail, in a motion the pilots called 'dolphining'. It made me feel horribly travel sick!
Langjökull, Iceland
Photo credit: Gísli Jónsson
Training for Antarctica on the top of one of Iceland's major glaciers in September 2011, a couple of months before heading South.
The weather in Iceland is always dramatic and often makes the already epic landscape look even more fantastical.
North Magnetic Pole
A ski race across the Canadian Arctic from Resolute Bay to the 1996 position of the North Magnetic Pole. I competed as part of the Pink Lady Polecats and we finished in 6th place out of 16 teams (and as the first all-female team to complete this annual endurance race).
Isachsen Mine, Nunuvut
While setting up a small base camp in the Canadian high Arctic I had plenty of time to explore this eerie Uranium mine that was abandoned in the 1970s. When I first visited, it was still complete with books on the shelves, food in the freezer and crockery on the table - as if the employees had only just left. On return a few years later, I found that visitors had picked the place almost entirely clean by taking mementos.
Hardangervidda, Norway
Photo credit: Robert Hollingworth
Tent drills in a blizzard on the Hardangervidda in preparation for the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition.
Learning in bad weather always makes the real thing a lot easier!
Marguerite Bay, Antarctica
Photo Credit: Tom Marshall
Sitting on a grounded iceberg that had been trapped by sea ice in a frozen Marguerite Bay, close to Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Towards the end of a long dark winter on the station, isolated from the world with a crew of just 20, the return of the sun meant that it was easier to go and explore. The grounded icebergs had become local landmarks to us. The ice was often opaque and a surreal duck-egg blue. To me they always looked like stage scenery - even thought they were definitely the real thing!
The western edge of the Greenland ice-sheet
We had set out from this spot some 31 days beforehand. Returning, having skied more than 1100km to the east coast of the ice-sheet and back, we found the landscape completely unrecognisable. The amount of melt was astonishing and the new terrain made travel extra challenging. Finding a route through the hummocks and rivers felt like negotiating a maze with no solution.
Vilyuiy River, Republic of Sakha
A 150km ski along a frozen river in north-east Siberia to follow the trail of a Victorian British nurse who had travelled to the region in search of a cure for leprosy.
The river was beginning to thaw and while some patches had refrozen a solid ice crust, other places were distinctly soft. Slava, our Yakut guide, was not very impressed by the whole undertaking...
The Arctic Ocean
During the summer months, the Arctic pack-ice begins to melt and pools of meltwater form on its surface creating a spectacular pattern that I only truly appreciated once I had seen it from the air. This picture was taken in August, which is when the melt is pretty much at its greatest extent.
Portrait, London
Photo Credit: Earthy Photography
I had left Antarctica barely a week before this photo was taken and still felt a bit shell-shocked after two months on my own. London felt overwhelming and I couldn't wait to escape.
Lake Teletskoye, Republic of Altai
Photo credit: Gísli Jónsson
It was early morning and the sun was shining for the first time in what felt like forever. We had been travelling across Eurasia for nearly 3 months, squashed into a cramped vehicle. It was the perfect moment to put on some skis and head for the horizon.
Greenland Ice Sheet
On our way to becoming the first British Women's team to cross the Greenland ice sheet.
A few moments after this photo was taken we came across a small bird sat on the snow. When we paused, the bird hopped onto a sledge and sat there happily as we dragged it along!
Northbrooke Island, Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land is a scattered archipelago of islands in the Arctic Ocean. It is perhaps one of the most isolated places on the planet and yet it is at the heart of so much Polar History.
Polar Bear, Arctic Ocean
Scanning the pack ice with a pair of binoculars I announced to my companion, 'I can see a lump of ice that looks exactly like a Polar Bear watching us...'
It's amazing how difficult it is to spot a Polar Bear.
Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Alaska
The bush plane had just dropped us off at the head of the Nizina River for a 10-day rafting trip. The mud-brown headwaters of the Nizina were choked with icebergs calved from the local glaciers.
I think about this place whenever I hear anyone say, 'The world is a small place'. The scale of the wilderness in Alaska, as in many other wild places of the world, is hard to comprehend. We have lots left to discover....
Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunuvut
The islands of the high Arctic in Canada are magical places. Spending some time manning checkpoints and a base camp around Ellef Rignes Island and Bathurst Island taught me that what looks like a very sterile, frozen landscape is actually full of miraculous life. From grasses and lichens, to lemmings and wolves - it is incredible how life survives this harshest of climates.
Alli, Barguzin Valley, Republic of Buryatia
Having set out from Ust-Barguzin, the town at the mouth of the valley, this small hut was as far as we could go, the end of the line. Beyond were mountains and untravelled wilderness.
I spent ages outside with my camera on a tripod, trying to capture the light of the evening and the cosy appeal of the hut. The air was completely still so I could hear every rustle in the forest and the laughter of the company inside floating out to me.
Eveni Camp, Yakutia, Siberia
We had been searching for the Eveni for days. 'You never know exactly where to find them,' said our Yakut guide Slava. 'That's the trouble with nomads.'
Eventually we saw the tell-tale spiral of wood smoke rising from the forest and it led us straight to the camp of this small family of Eveni reindeer herders. The dog didn't like our arrival much but everybody else treated us to the warmest of welcomes.
Republic of Tuva
Tuva is a tiny republic within the Russian Federation, pressed hard against the Mongolian border. It is a very spiritual place. Any spot that is considered to have special energy or significance is festooned with brightly coloured strips of material - probably an adaptation of the Buddhist prayer flag tradition. Locals leave small offerings such as coins, cigarettes, small gifts or alcohol at these places. We adopted the custom as a sign of respect, leaving whatever we had that was of worth to us, perhaps a chocolate or a piece of fruit.
Cape Khoboy, Olkhon Island, Siberia
The very northern tip of Olkhon Island is one of the most spiritual places in Buryatia for local Buryats. For me, it was a very surreal place. Arriving in winter, we could walk around the bottom of the sheer cliffs that surround the Cape and explore the folds in the rock.
I found this cave, festooned with frozen spray. It felt like a movie set.
Lake Inari, Finland
Photo credit: Gísli Jónsson
It is the middle of the afternoon in December on Lake Inari. A long way north of the Arctic Circle, this is about as much daylight as those living near the Lake will see for the next couple of months.
Already frozen, the Lake produced extraordinary noises as we skied across its icy crust. It reminded me of the ultrasonic noises made by seals underwater. It sounded like sound effects from a bad sci-fi movie.
Lofoten Islands, Norway
In the summer time the Lofoten Islands are an extremely popular beauty spot that is crammed to bursting with holidaying Norwegians and overseas tourists. However, come winter time, the islands are empty. And yet, I think they are just as beautiful (if not more so) in wintertime than they are the rest of the year...
The Central Highlands, Iceland
Photo credit: Gísli Jónsson
Local tradition has it that giant Trolls once roamed the central highlands of Iceland. The trolls could only travel at night and had to be home before dawn. If they were caught out in the open, the first rays of sunlight to creep over the horizon would turn them to stone.
It is easy to spot the unfortunate trolls who were late getting home - they are littered across the landscape...
Rypefjord, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland
A snow-smeared morning proved to be the perfect day to be on the water in a small boat. Visibility was low but there was no wind and the water was glassy.
Rypefjord is a small branch of the larger Scoresby Sund fjord complex, the largest by area in the world. The scale and the emptiness of this East Greenland coast is hard to comprehend.
Yukon River, Canada
Photo Credit: Ryan Atkinson
We were still a long way from the Klondike gold fields further up river but I couldn't resist scooping up a pan of dirt from the riverbank and giving it a go. As the dirt sifted down to black sand, I gazed into the bottom of the pan as if seeing my future there. Panning for gold turned out to be addictive - I certainly caught gold fever in the Yukon.
Wahlbergoya, Svalbard
We were looking for walrus but I soon learnt that, in fact, Walrus always find you, if you can wait long enough.
Sitting in a small boat, watching the waves, I heard an unmistakable snort of air and water behind me. I turned to find three monstrous heads raised out of the water like periscopes - water dripping from yellowed tusks, nostrils flared, eyes bright red. They looked at me for a moment, bobbing above the waves and then were gone.
Sugar Dunes, Oman
Photo credit: Gísli Jónsson
Sand or snow? Tell the truth, did you have to look twice?
These idyllic, spotlessly white sand dunes are found on the coast of Oman and provided the perfect backdrop for the Middle-East training meet of the Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition.
Many times while skiing in a polar desert I've thought that if I concentrated I could make myself believe that I was on a perfect desert-island beach of white sand...now that daydream came true!
North Pole, Arctic Ocean
Photo Credit: Kaspersky Lab
We reached the North Pole on the 21st April 2018 and pitched camp on the very top of the world. By the next day, as the helicopter arrived to take us home (and to take this picture of us from the air) we had already drifted three or four kilometers southwards.
Moving as we slept was a unique feature of travelling on the Arctic Ocean Sea Ice, a constant reminder - as if any was needed - that we were not on solid ground but standing on a thin skin of frozen water.
The Chadar, Zanskar River, Ladakh, India
'Chadar' means blanket in the local language and is the name given to the layer of ice that forms over the Zanskar River in winter, tranforming fast-flowing rapids into a slippery highway for a few months a year.
During winter the Chadar is the only link between the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Zanskar and the outside world.


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I haven't written to this blog in SOO long. A lot has changed in the meantime.
I think the last time I wrote, I was still a GMail Site Reliability Engineer. Since then I've worked on abuse fighting for Google+ and Blogger and am now working on Google Maps.
My interests have also shifted. While I still love Haskell, as of late I'm really enjoying doing javascript in my private time (and sometimes professionally too, though I'm still a backend engineer). So I hope to revamp my site soon.


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Introduction Software Documentation Courses Email list Data sets Extensions
Statistical Parametric Mapping refers to the construction and assessment of spatially extended statistical processes used to test hypotheses about functional imaging data. These ideas have been instantiated in software that is called SPM.
The SPM software package has been designed for the analysis of brain imaging data sequences. The sequences can be a series of images from different cohorts, or time-series from the same subject. The current release is designed for the analysis of fMRI, PET, SPECT, EEG and MEG.
The best starting point is to read the introductory article on SPM available here. You could then download the latest version of the software and a data set to analyse. Step-by-step instructions for this analysis are available in the SPM manual.
If you're new to imaging, perhaps an epoch fMRI data set would be appropriate. The data sets are provided with instructions on how to use SPM to analyse them. These tutorials therefore give practical instructions on how to implement the various methodologies. Our methods have been written up in books, technical reports and journal papers which are available from our Online Bibliography. This groups documentation according to year, category, author and keyword.
If you're looking for help on a particular topic you can find the relevant papers from the Online Bibliography. Alternatively, you can search the SPM pages using the search facility that appears at the bottom of every page. Also browse and search the SPM WikiBook and please feel free to edit it if you can. If you still can't find what you need, you could send an email to the SPM Email list, which gives you access to our community of experts.
You should also be aware of the many courses on SPM. If there isn't one in your country this year then there's always the annual short course in London. Finally, once you've mastered SPM you can learn about the various extensions provided by experts in the wider community.
Good luck !
October 2014: SPM12 is a major update to the SPM software, containing substantial theoretical, algorithmic, structural and interface enhancements over previous versions (more info).
July 2012: Videos recorded at the May 2012 SPM Course for M/EEG are now freely available online.
November 2011: Videos recorded at the May 2011 SPM Course for fMRI/PET/VBM are now freely available online.
This book provides the background and methodology for the analysis of all types of brain imaging data, from functional magnetic resonance imaging to magnetoencephalography (more info).
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Learning Should Not Be Optional
September 9, 2015
In many of today's schools, learning is allowed to be optional and variable while time and teaching methods are constant.
Think about it. We enforce time as a constant and settle for whatever we get when it comes to student learning and achievement. We measure school success in promotion and graduation rates, as opposed to what students actually know and can do. We allow many elementary school students to move from grade to grade as functional non-readers, and then wonder why they cannot read well enough to master high school course work.
If we are to improve student learning, we must set high levels of student achievement as the constant with time and teaching methods as the modulated variables necessary to support learning for each student.
This is not a new concept, yet there is a dogged persistence to continue doing business as usual even as we fall farther behind most of the rest of the world.
Our current industrial/factory method of operating schools has changed little in most of our lifetimes. A time traveler from 50 or even 100 years ago would find more similarities than differences in how we conduct school. Never mind that virtually nothing else in our world has remained as staid and fixed in time.
Student instruction is still keyed to clock hours, seat time and numbers of days in the school year. We place and move students based primarily on chronological age rather than achievement.
Though we claim to provide individualized and differentiated instruction, we still manage to graduate nearly everyone at about age 18 and on the same day. Some escape through the exit doors as dropouts. Others are expelled. Our excellent system of career and technical education remains underutilized and very little career counseling and exploration is offered to most students. As a result, most move through school with little or no notion of what they want to do to pursue a career or job.
Among those who graduate, at least a third are functionally illiterate in the new economy. About half of those who go on to a two-year or four-year college will have to take remedial courses in at least math and writing and will need five or more years to finish, if they ever do. Real SAT and ACT test scores remain stagnant. In response, a watered-down SAT is in the offing.
Fewer boys than girls are now going on to complete higher education and both are taking longer to finish. Despite the burgeoning demand for technically trained graduates, our sons and daughters are increasingly shying away from math, science and the technologies while opting for "softer" curricula.
Through the mechanism of the H1B visa bills, we continue our unabated annual importation of hundreds of thousands of people with technical skill from outside the United States. We cannot meet the demand internally, even though many of these same foreign nationals are trained at our own colleges and universities.
Other nations understand that hard work and higher level learning and training are the pathway to economic gain, and gain they are. They are producing huge numbers of highly skilled professionals and the number is growing.
If we are to compete, our schools must significantly improve student achievement and performance by setting and enforcing higher learning standards for all students, and committing the individualized time and techniques necessary for each to achieve at high levels.
While recently providing a happy group of more than three-hundred high school seniors with a diploma and a handshake, I knew that about a third had wasted their last year or two in high school and should have moved on to bigger and better things earlier. They should have had a two-year degree or a couple of years of college under their belts, rather than a high school diploma.
For another one-third or so, things were about right and they would be going on to a traditional and typical trajectory of post high school pursuits..nothing wrong with that.
About another third of the graduates had been moved up through the grades on the way to graduation having consumed a much lighter version of the curriculum, are facing limited post-secondary opportunities and should have been staying on for another year or two, or even three.
Although annual commencements are an important part of Americana, we are beyond the time when we should force virtually all students to speed up, slow down or just plain hang on in order to go through the same portal at the same time and at the same age. We owe it to ourselves as a nation and to them as students to allow them to move through the curriculum at their own rates of individual mastery.
Students should progress based on achievement and not solely on time or age. To do otherwise is a disservice to everyone involved.
Commencement should still be once a year, but graduation and upward mobility should be available to those who earn it virtually any day of the year.
Dr. Terry Wallace is a member of the graduate faculty at Muskingum University, a signatory of the Boston-based Time to Succeed Coalition and a Senior Fellow at Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia


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Hiring Cycle Flowchart
This flowchart will demonstrate the steps you need to follow in order to be hired. The steps are listed with additional detail below.
If you have never worked on campus previously:
- At the start of the fall semester, students who are CWS-eligible will be able to complete the necessary paperwork for student employment. After the first two weeks of classes, the employment process will be open to all students. To determine if you are CWS-eligible, please refer to your Financial Aid Offer Letter.
- Next, come to the Office of Financial Aid to complete the W-4 and I-9 forms. Be sure to have original forms of ID with you. Photocopies or facsimiles will not be accepted.
- After completing the I-9 and W-4, you may be given a Job Referral Form for a position that you have chosen from the Student Employment Program (SEP) postings. If you are interested in a community service position, you will be required to complete an application. This does not indicate that you have been hired.
- You will meet with the supervisor listed on the Referral Form. If the supervisor hires you, the Referral must be signed by both the supervisor and yourself.
- After both the student and supervisor have signed the Referral, the student must return the Referral to the Office of Financial Aid. At this time, the student is considered as a hired employee of Wagner College.
- You may begin working only after all paperwork is completed and returned to the Office of Financial Aid.
- You should meet with your supervisor to plan a work schedule. You may work no more than 20 hours per week and may not work during class times.
If you have worked on campus previously:
- You must come to the Office of Financial Aid to obtain a Job Referral Form prior to starting work. CWS students may obtain a Referral beginning the first two weeks of classes, Regular Payroll students may obtain positions after the first two weeks of classes.
- Upon receipt of the Referral Form, you must be hired by the supervisor and return the signed Referral Form to the Office of Financial Aid. This applies even if you are working for the same department that you previously worked.
- Students may not work until all processes are completed and paperwork returned to the Office of Financial Aid. This applies to all students, regardless of information otherwise provided by other members of the campus.
- Plan a work schedule with your supervisor
Important Information for All Students
- You must be registered at least half-time to be eligible for a position. Priority is given to full-time CWS-eligible students.
- In order to ensure all students are given the opportunity to work, a student may hold only one position at time. The only applicable exception are tutors. If you would like to obtain a different position than the one you are currently working, you must resign from your current position.
- During break periods, a student may hold more than one position only with prior approval from the Office of Financial Aid (a Referral will be issued). Students who would like to work break periods must be registered for the following semester.
- Any student interested in working in an on- or off-campus community service position with VITA, the NYC Public Service Corps, YMCA Virtual Y or any other community agencies must see the Office of Financial Aid for an application.
- Any information or documents owed the Office of Financial Aid will impact your eligibility to receive a Referral. Be sure your paperwork is in order!
- You may work a maximum of 20 hours per week. Schedules should be established with your supervisor.
- If you are experiencing any difficulties with your position or supervisor, please feel free to notify the Office of Financial Aid as we may be able to provide assistance.


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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop asthma with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing asthma. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
Risk factors for asthma include:
It has been noted that asthma tends to run in families. People whose immediate blood relatives have asthma are more likely to develop the disease.
Genes and your environment play a role in the development of asthma. When asthma runs in families, genetic factors play a relatively large role. When asthma does not run in families, the genetic influence may not be as significant as the environmental exposures.
People who have allergies (especially allergic rhinitis , eczema , and severe food allergies ) have a greater chance of developing asthma. Allergens that may be associated with asthma include:
- Pollen
- Animal dander
- Mites
- Molds
- Dust and dust mites
- Certain foods
The following medical conditions increase your risk of developing asthma:
- Wheezing episodes before 3 years of age
- Respiratory infections in childhood, especially bronchiolitis
- Low birth weight and premature delivery
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Obesity
Although asthma can develop at any age, the majority of cases are found in children between the ages of 2-17.
Frequent exposure to the following potential toxins increases your risk of developing asthma:
- Smoking or second-hand tobacco smoke
- Damp house and mold exposure
- Cockroach and dust-mite allergens
- Gas cooking and wood stoves
Occupational irritants, such as chemicals used in:
- Farming
- Cleaning
- Beauty salons
- Painting
- Manufacturing work
- Wood work
- High levels of air pollution, particularly in an urban environment
- Chlorinated pool environment
Asthma affects people of all ethnic backgrounds. However, it is slightly more common in blacks and Hispanics than in whites.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
- Review Date: 09/2018 -
- Update Date: 08/14/2015 -


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Zoning Map: The Zoning Map shows how the City is divided up into separate and distinct "Zoning Districts", "Zoning Overlays" and "Specific Plans". What can be built, and how properties can be used under these three types of land use control is defined in the City's Municipal Code. Specific information on what sort of buildings can be constructed includes how tall buildings can be, how close a building can be to property lines, how many buildings can be constructed on each property, what amount of parking must be provided on the property for specific uses, and all other aspects of construction and use of property in the City.
Height Districts Map: The City's Height District Map sets height limits for new buildings in the multi-family sections of the City.
Multi-Family Residential Unit Density Map: The City's Multi-Family Residential Unit Density Map locates each multi-family property into one of the three residential unit density categories. Specific formulas are given in the City's Municipal Code for calculating the maximum number of apartments or condominums that can be built on each multi-family property based on the categories presented in this map.


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Welcome to the B'ville Diner!
The Diner has been a landmark in the heart of Baldwinsville since 1934. We hope you enjoy our 50's décor, friendly and attentive staff, and delicious homestyle cooking.
We are always open, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Come on down with your friends or stop in and make some new ones.
It's always our pleasure to serve you!
Our entire menu is available To Go! Just call 315.638.9999!


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Hello everyone,
I need to know the wide character (unicode) and multibyte (UTF-8) values of a character string of czech. I personally know nothing about czech. Is the following approach correct?
1. I use L on the character string and watch memory to get the wide character representation of the character string in little endian form;
2. I change the computer region/language to czech, and use function WideCharToMultiByte, and use CP_ACP as input code page and use the L character string as input to get the output multibyte character string output from parameter lpMultiByteStr.
Is (1) and (2) correct? Any more efficient and smart ways?
thanks in advance,