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Reflections on H.264 and Silverlight from a week at Stanford
- 7-26-2009
- Categorized in: Distributing with Flash, Distributing with Silverlight, H.264 reference, Windows Media Video/VC-1
All's been quite on the Streaming Learning Center front as I spent the last week teaching several courses on streaming media production and encoding at the lovely Stanford Campus at Palo Alto. Other than a quick sneak peak at the new Final Cut Studio, which you can read about here, it was pretty much full immersion into the streaming world from a user's perspective. This led to several conclusions about the future of streaming video and Microsoft Silverlight that I thought I would share.
The first observation came to me when I was explaining low level H.264 encoding parameters to the class – specifically, that many of the students would never really need to know these, or VP6 or WMV encoding parameters, at least not for much longer. This related to multiple trends.
The emergence of User Generated Video (UGC) and Online Video Platform (OVP) vendors as streaming providers for small to medium sized companies.
Five years ago, small to mid-sized companies who wanted to stream video from their web sites needed to encode the video, create a player and hope that whichever site they served it from could handle the hoped for high volume of viewers. They also had to chase eyeballs on their own.
Today, a small company in the same position should just upload the video to YouTube or Vimeo, or, for better service and analytics, OVP vendors like Brightcove, Ooyala and Sorenson. Then they'll use codes provided by these vendors to embed the videos in their own web site, like I do for the videos on Streaminglearningcenter.com (for background on Online Video Platforms, see Choosing an Online Video Platform).
If you go this route, you won't even know what format your vendor is using, and you probably won't care, so long as the video looks good and plays back in the Flash player virtually all of these technologies use. You'll get a better player than you could produce yourself, complete with full screen options, embed codes, email links, and a better delivery network than your local ISP. If you opt to upload to multiple UGC sites, like blip.tv, YouTube, Vimeo and Google Video – and why wouldn't you? – they can even help get more eyeballs for your videos. Either way, you won't have to know the optimal setting for key frames, B-frames or reference frames, or how to create a player, you'll simply entrust your service provider to set them for you.
The emergence of H.264 as the de facto standard
Codec specific knowledge will also become less valuable as the world inevitably turns to H.264. Five years ago, a compressionist's toolkit needed to include a working knowledge of Windows Media, Real Video, Sorenson Video 3 and MPEG-4, along with an eye out for an emerging standard called H.264. Today, it's VP6, which essentially has 2 relevant controls (VP6-E/S), Windows Media, and H.264. In two years, unless MPEG-LA totally hoses the royalty structure, most new encoding will be almost exclusively H.264.
Why, you say? Because it's a joint standard adapted by the International Telecommunications Union and International Standards Organization, which together helps directs the standards adapted by the cellular, video, computer and consumer electronics market places. Obviously, it's also been adapted by Apple, Adobe and Microsoft.
Looking forward, if video is critical to how you market, sell or support your product, or how you train or communicate with employees and partners, you're going to need to consider a three or four screen strategy, encompassing cellular, computer, consumer electronics and portable players like iPods. The only compression technology that will work on all of these going forward will be H.264. So, if you're serious about streaming video, that's the codec you'll need to adapt.
Once H.264 becomes the only truly relevant codec, bit-stream standards will coalesce, templates in encoding tools will adhere to them more closely and producing for any of the four screens will be as complicated as picking a target and pressing the encode button. Sure, there will be some variation in encoding parameters, but fewer and fewer producers will care about them.
The emergence of Cloud Encoding as a viable encoding alternative for large companies
On its face, the concept of cloud encoding companies sounds kind of funky – take two hours to upload a one GB raw video file and then start encoding? But then you realize that this is exactly the paradigm used by YouTube, Vimeo and multiple other sites UGC and OVP sites, and it certainly hasn't held them back. You can also look forward and assume that in two or three years, broadband transmission speeds will approach the speed we loved on our LANs back in the late '90s, and that file uploading time will drop precipitously (for more on Cloud Encoding, see Encoding in a Cloud).
As more and more companies store their digital assets in the cloud, at least the re-encoding of these files won't take a re-upload – just a very high speed transfer from one drive array to another. Since one of the key value propositions of cloud encoding is the transport of encoded files to key distribution partners like Hulu and Brightcove, you would expect more and more of these outlets to be served via template, making the bit-level codec knowledge unimportant for their customers.
Today, to utilize a cloud encoding service, you need to know quit a bit about levels and profiles and entropy encoding. In two or three years, as standard targets coalesce, it will be much less so.
Boosting Data Rates Cure All Ills
Back in the bad old days of streaming video, producing at 40 kbps for display over 56 kbps modems had little, if any, margin for error. You had to shoot, edit and encode to perfection to produce even moderately watchable video. Any error at any phase reduced quality to a blocky, streaky mess.
Today, ESPN streams soccer highlights from their television show at 576x324@700 kbps (video only) and quality looks great. Granted, no one watches soccer highlights, but you get the idea. To produce this video, ESPN uses their high motion TV feed, not a Quaalude-like, motion-limited streaming version. And, they're using VP6, not H.264, so can boost quality even further simply by moving to H.264 (for more on ESPN, see Details of ESPNs new higher resolution VP6 files).
Don't get me wrong, there's still a lot of bad streaming video out there, folks forgetting to deinterlace, producing at incorrect aspect ratios, backgrounds that shimmer and text that's too small or degraded and unreadable. But if you're distributing at reasonable data rates, producing for streaming has distilled down from an intensive one month course to a two or three day seminar, shorter if you already know how to white balance a camera and light a scene. In three years, producing for streaming will be no different than producing for television or DVD.
What's this all mean?
- If you're a small to mid-size company, or a consultant to same, you have to strongly consider UGC or OVP service providers over a roll your own solution.
- If you're developing streaming production courses, reflect these new realities into your curriculum. Over the next two to three years, the focus has to shift from how to produce streaming media into how to use it most effectively.
- If you're planning out your career, either inside an organization or as a consultant, understand that the value of understanding deep level H.264 encoding parameters will peak in 2010 or 2011, then quickly decline. Perhaps another technology will take its place, but perhaps not. Not a lot of folks out there making big dollars telling companies how to produce MPEG-2 for DVDs.
Next up, deep thoughts on Silverlight
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But I think you forget a part of the streaming business that can gain advantages by using the Silverlight technology.
A lot of streaming services, that have been on the market for a long time are using wmp, wmv and wmdrm for selling/providing content with strict content protection demands. With the Silverlight/PlayReady technology these companies has the opportunity to make their content available on mac and other platforms with silverlight. And still use their wmv catalog while changing to H.264 for new content. A switch to flash would require a full catalog re-encoding, new streaming environment, new drm technology (with new acceptance from content owners).
I agree with you that requirements for low-level compression knowledge will change as video becomes more standardized. But I also suspect that low-level knowledge of interactive non-linear and two-way video will need to increase during this time, as we move from the movie/TV model to more of a video-communications model... plausible to you, too?
(Rephrased, we'll always need nerds. ;-)
What you say about erecting barriers before audiences makes sense to me too. The situation with Silverlight seems friendlier than that of the WhatWG's "HTML5" proposals though... it's less of a barrier to make a quick plugin download with invisible UI than it is to update a browser, much less switch browser brands. This year's VIDEO hype seems to be ignoring the same types of questions Silverlight ignored a few years ago...?
Hmmm. Haven't shaved this AM, so am not sure that I like the thought of video-communications. Like the thought of video nerds always having a job, though, since I am one.
To be honest, I haven't looked at HTML5, though it's on the radar screen. I guess I need to move it up. My experience with Silverlight hasn't been that painless - can't easily get it to work in Firefox, though I'm sure it's my problem, not SL. The more I'm online, however, the less I like to download new plug-ins, and I presume I'm not alone in that.
Until I see some middle of the road companies using SL for outbound marketing and sales videos, it's a tough sell for any class I teach. Cripes, look at how few Flash sites there are using H.264, though penetration of H.264-compatible browsers is 85%+.
Thanks for your comments.
What you've said could have been said about EVERY product ever placed on the market that wasn't the very frist one ever invented.
You NEVER start out with 100% market share, let's grow up for a minute. Market share has to be built!
I won't use Silverlight on the internet for all the reasons you stated, but I will use it on captive audiences, and the runtime will get there sooner rather than later.
If you ever decide to do the intelligent thing, you might want to compare the penetration of Flash at the same time in it's development. I would also pad their number to make it comprable to Microsoft's considerable marketing muscle.
However, MS is seeding Silverlight the right way, and not using it's dominant OS or Browser. Maybe you should note that as well.
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@christian - You're exactly right. It's silly to take Cynergy as an example because most companies developing RIA solutions would go broke trying to use both platforms unless the skills for each were already in place.
Also, IMO, doing both just defies logic under normal circumstances. The only reason to do that now is the totally pathetic penetration of the Silverlight runtime, due to the bungling of it's rollout by Microsoft.
It may be 2 years or more before you can use SL in a general website, so Flash/Flex is your choice simply because users will be able to see it. Only MS people believe that end users will download a control to buy something from a merchant. In the real world, consumers have a choice, and generally pic the choice that requires less work(read Flash)."
Sounds like we're in complete agreement, and now you're calling me ignorant and questioning my intelligence? Hmm. What happened since April 9 -- big brother get to you?
Thanks for weighing in.
Earliest info Internet Archive has is from the year 2000, when 96% of consumers tested could view Flash 2 content:
(The adoption curve was gentler then, not as rapid as today, but it was still startling, even then ubiquitous.)
Good thoughts, thanks for sharing.
I recalled the days when .Net came out in 2002 while Java was at its peak. Everyone outside Redmond laughed it off as a stupid Java wannabe w/o future. What now 7 years later?
SilverLight is a platform play, and the fact that it makes web development easier in terms of both speed and cost of development is music to the ears of developers and their managers. There will be more and more SilverLight web apps coming out, and more and more people installing SilverLight. The penetration rate is a non-factor. Heck it's just one Windows Update away from being 90% after all tho that way feels like cheating.
Not true - many products are useful without ubiquity; Unfortunately, a browser plug-in isn't one. This makes the comparison with .Net irrelevant. Certainly, I don't have to download .Net to view someone's external web page.
I'm guessing the reason that Microsoft isn't bundling the plug-in is Anti-trust - remember, they ended up paying hundreds of millions to Real to settle anti-trust issues. It's certainly not because they're doing it the "right way." Otherwise, they would have been silly not to bundle it. So it's probably not "just one Windows update away from being 90%."
If it makes so much sense, show me the money - one three letter network, one UGC site, one Online Video Platform who even offers a Silverlight version. Show me a major corporation who uses it for their external site. Show me any meat and potatoes non-techie site that uses it.
Silverlight may be wonderful for some developers, but viewers don't care. Flash succeeded because it let web sites and their viewers do something they couldn't do before. That's why the adoption rate was so fast. At its most base level, Silverlight is an alternative to Flash, nothing new from the viewer's point of view.
If Silverlight came out with Flash, perhaps it would be a two horse race. But it didn't, but now it's playing catchup with a very similar feature set from the user's point of view.
We'll see where it ends up. Certainly Microsoft has the dough to keep investing, and it's a strategic area. My point was to explain why currently it's not a viable solution for most web site.
It used to be "if SL had this feature and this feature, THEN we should use it", now the only thing left is adoption.
I think you over emphasize the how reluctant people are against installing plugins in their browsers. When I wanted to watch MLB, it stated that it used flash, yet I had to download another third party plugin to view it. Did I care? Not really.
I think you are absolutely right; "viewers don't care". They just want a good experience, and that can be done with both Flash and Silverlight. However, there is a horde of .net developers who finds Silverlight extremely appealing, and Silverlight is not going away anytime soon.
What is going against Adobe these days are their aggressive nature and relentless assaults against anyone writing anything positive about Silverlight. Jd/Adobe in particular likes to question peoples motives, rather than the content of articles. This is a sure path towards alienating developers and the community. Ryan Stewart seems to get this point and have decided to advocate in a more positive manner. Kudos for him, I hope more people from Adobe follow his example.
Again, the adoption rate argument is not even an argument. The first fax machine built cost millions of dollars to produce, yet it had no value. Did that mean that we should never have built it? I guess Facebook should never have built their website, because how in the world could they compete with MySpace? ATI should never had built a CPU, or competed with NVidia. NVidia should never have built a product to compete with 3dfx. I think you get my idea.
You're argument is that you shouldn't use something until it is a success. Which again is the hen and the egg problem, you have to USE it for it to become successful. So, I sense a different motive.
Your argument is really "I don't want SL to succeed". Which is fine, but before you do, look at smooth streaming, it's pretty awsome ;)
>>I think you over emphasize the how reluctant people are against installing plugins in their browsers.
Oh yeah? how many machines do you have Real Player installed on?
>>Your argument is really "I don't want SL to succeed". Which is fine, but before you do, look at smooth streaming, it's pretty awsome ;)
So it is. Still waiting for an objective smooth streaming vs. dynamic streaming review.
My argument isn't that SL won't succeed, it's more that no article I saw about SL3 even mentioned penetration and its impact on how and which web sites could actually use it.
In this regard, the adaption rate argument is completely relevant, and your comparisons non-sensical. I can buy one graphics card for my own use. I can't choose a streaming technology until a relevant subset of my viewers have it installed.
Let's check back in 12 months and see where SL is then.
Thanks for weighing in.
But the truth is Flash didn't really offer anything that couldn't already be done either (via Java applets, DHTML, QT, etc), but it did it far better and was easier to develop than all the alternatives. It was successful because it was better.
To some people, SL is that same game. To them SL does what Flash does but better (largely because they already have Microsoft platform skills, so to them anything Microsoft is better)... but for the end users (and Flash devs), it's just nothing new.
But if you doubt whether runtime penetration matters you should consider why Microsoft chooses to use Flash ads to promote Silverlight. ;)
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Wow he scores a whopping 6.28 TD per year. Sure can't give up an asset like that. :bs:
We should try to sign Reggie Bush to a reasonable contract
Here are the big free agent running backs from last year with salary and production
($3.5M to Michael Bush was the biggest last year)
Green-Ellis to Cincy for 3 year $9M contract ($3M per) 1198 yards from scrimage
Bush to Bears for 4 year $14M contract ($3.5M per) 494 yards from scrimage
Tolbert to Carolina for 4 year $8.4M contract ($2.1M per) 451 yards from scrimage
Hillis to KC for 1 year $3M contract ($3M per) 371 yards from scrimage
Benson to GB for 1 year 825K contract (825K per) 345 yards from scrimage
Grant to GB for 1 year 700K contract (700K per) 161 yards from scrimage
That should give us an idea about how much to offer.
Dude scores TDs......................
Yea, against Buffalo. Even Mark Sanchez does that.
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Bostrom, who directs Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, has argued over the course of several papers that human extinction risks are poorly understood and, worse still, severely underestimated by society. Some of these existential risks are fairly well known, especially the natural ones. But others are obscure or even exotic. Most worrying to Bostrom is the subset of existential risks that arise from human technology, a subset that he expects to grow in number and potency over the next century.
Despite his concerns about the risks posed to humans by technological progress, Bostrom is no luddite. In fact, he is a longtime advocate of transhumanism---the effort to improve the human condition, and even human nature itself, through technological means. In the long run he sees technology as a bridge, a bridge we humans must cross with great care, in order to reach new and better modes of being. In his work, Bostrom uses the tools of philosophy and mathematics, in particular probability theory, to try and determine how we as a species might achieve this safe passage. What follows is my conversation with Bostrom about some of the most interesting and worrying existential risks that humanity might encounter in the decades and centuries to come, and about what we can do to make sure we outlast them.
Some have argued that we ought to be directing our resources toward humanity's existing problems, rather than future existential risks, because many of the latter are highly improbable. You have responded by suggesting that existential risk mitigation may in fact be a dominant moral priority over the alleviation of present suffering. Can you explain why?
Bostrom: I think the biggest existential risks relate to certain future technological capabilities that we might develop, perhaps later this century. For example, machine intelligence or advanced molecular nanotechnology could lead to the development of certain kinds of weapons systems. You could also have risks associated with certain advancements in synthetic biology.
Of course there are also existential risks that are not extinction risks. The concept of an existential risk certainly includes extinction, but it also includes risks that could permanently destroy our potential for desirable human development. One could imagine certain scenarios where there might be a permanent global totalitarian dystopia. Once again that's related to the possibility of the development of technologies that could make it a lot easier for oppressive regimes to weed out dissidents or to perform surveillance on their populations, so that you could have a permanently stable tyranny, rather than the ones we have seen throughout history, which have eventually been overthrown.
And why shouldn't we be as worried about natural existential risks in the short term?
Bostrom: One way of making that argument is to say that we've survived for over 100 thousand years, so it seems prima facie unlikely that any natural existential risks would do us in here in the short term, in the next hundred years for instance. Whereas, by contrast we are going to introduce entirely new risk factors in this century through our technological innovations and we don't have any track record of surviving those.
Now another way of arriving at this is to look at these particular risks from nature and to notice that the probability of them occurring is small. For instance we can estimate asteroid risks by looking at the distribution of craters that we find on Earth or on the moon in order to give us an idea of how frequent impacts of certain magnitudes are, and they seem to indicate that the risk there is quite small. We can also study asteroids through telescopes and see if any are on a collision course with Earth, and so far we haven't found any large asteroids on a collision course with Earth and we have looked at the majority of the big ones already.


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CAYMAN ISLANDS - Canadians Martin Reader of Comox, B.C., and Chaim Schalk of Red Deer, Alta., were among the winners of two matches in the men's first day of pool-play action at the Cayman Islands Beach Volleyball Tournament, the first stage of the 2011 NORCECA Circuit.
Playing in Pool B, Reader, who won last year's edition with a different partner, defeated the USA-1 team of William Strickland and Lucas Wisniakowski 21-15, 22-20 and prevailed 21-10, 23-21 against Jeovanny Medrano and David Vargas of El Salvador.
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Josh Binstock and Richard Van Huizen of Toronto also won their first two matches and took top spot in pool D.
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For those who remember the Elite series of games from the lates 80s to early 90s it looks like they are finally getting around to making a new one
I lost many many hours playing these games and whats even better is thats its now going to support multiplayer I cant wait just wish there was a bit more info and some earlier vids of the game on the kickstarter page..
Still i think ill be keeping an eye on this thats for sure..
Anyone else have fond memories of playing these games ?
The Elite games are some of my all time favorites. I grew up on Frontier and still have it in its original box and play it via emulation.
Here's hoping Dangerous will be worth the (15 year) wait, assuming they manage to raise the funds.
Elite vet here, I hope they get the funding to create this.
I remember running drugs and dropping into witch space for the alien battles.
100c and a Cobra.
In all honesty: It's a weak pitch, basically depending on just the name.
Why would I throw money at this instead of Star Citizen?
It's kinda like this.
Except, I'd still take the one on the left. Well, just because.
In the meantime and for those who never played elite and want to see what the fuss is about there's Oolite available for free.
this is awesome
loved elite2 on my amiga
Is this the long awaited elite 4, the mmo?
already over 300k with 58 days to go so its looking good so far
New material and video being released tomorrow.
Concept art and video are now up. Kickstarter page.
Yeah the update makes a difference. Gotta SHOW something - the vision.
I'm more interested in seeing what Mr. Braben comes up with aside from the actual game!
For anyone that missed it.
The game world is going to kick ass!
this will be great, can't wait for the new Elite.
everyone join on Kickstarter to make it happen!
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Castle Dale City officially opened the new portion of their cemetery on Thursday. Mayor Neal Peacock said, "Several years ago we came to the alarming conclusion that the old part of our cemetery was almost full. Castle Dale Cemetery was used for indigent burials. We knew it would only last a few more years and that was a concern. We started an effort to acquire the property. The property was an old gully. We worked on drainage so the runoff from the surrounding fields wouldn't flood the cemetery. It was an expensive project. We filled the gully with soil, brought in topsoil and then planted. There's a new roadway into the cemetery and a round about. Probably the first in Emery County. In the center of the roundabout we would like to build some type of monument. But, the funds aren't available for that at this time.
There is a plan for the new cemetery and all the plots so we will know where all the graves are placed. I would like to thank Brad. He oversaw the effort that started 12 years ago and he deserves special credit and thanks. We never borrowed money for this project or raised fees. We worked on it as we could and when funds were available. We did this project ourselves and don't have any debt on the project. We foresee this expansion project extending the life of the cemetery 100 years. It is a good and farsighted project. The property down below could be used to extend the project should it be needed. We are now ready to sell plots in the new cemetery and plots are still available in the old cemetery as well. There are plots by family members.
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Leave it to Uncle Sam to think of ways to tax you, even if you didn't file a tax return. In some cases, if the IRS has received sufficient income information for a person from third-party sources, i.e. income reporting forms W2 and 1099, but does not receive a corresponding tax return, the IRS may prepare a tax return for you. This is called a Substitute for Return, or SFR. Essentially, the IRS will use the income information it has on file for you, apply a minimal standardized deduction, ignore qualified credits and deductions, because such were not claimed on a filed tax return, and wallah! The once non-filer now has a tax debt. Get ready to get out your checkbook or seek tax relief, or keep reading.
Although there are a few cases in which an SFR is accurate, most persons who have an SFR filed for them may benefit from filing an original tax return. That means preparing a tax return with the proper filing status, claimed dependents, deductions and credits. Depending on the circumstances for each individual tax year, the application of such credits and deductions may resolve the IRS's substituted tax assessment against you. However, in some cases there may still be a tax debt, although reduced. An experienced tax practitioner will provide you with your legal advantages and disadvantages of amending a substitute for return, when the amended return would still result in a tax debt.
3. IRS Rehabilitation is Hard Time
So, now that you've reviewed your records, reviewed your tax transcripts, and determined which tax years you either need to file, don't need to file, or the IRS filed for you, the next step is to file the required tax returns that are still outstanding. Even if filing will result in a tax debt, the returns should be filed to get you back into the system. This is normally the most difficult step for persons facing a tax debt. Filing your tax returns is called compliance, and is a necessary requirement before exploring any tax relief option. Even if you can't pay the debt owed, the outstanding required returns must be on file with the IRS before you can plead your non-payment case.
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You have now filed your required outstanding tax returns. You may not feel better now, but you're on your way toward sleeping better at night. If you owe a debt that you can afford, pay the tax bill. However, if you're like many Americans, this debt was not expected and you simply cannot afford it. The worst thing you can do is nothing and simply hope that the IRS does not go after your hard-earned money. The IRS is a very powerful and unforgiving collection machine. It is easier to be prepared and have an organized and systematic plan for tax relief than to get stuck in the bowels of the IRS collection machine. The IRS has several tax relief options available for taxpayers who cannot pay their taxes. Such options vary from allowing additional time to pay your tax debt in full, to reducing the amount of your tax bill to an affordable amount. Most of the tax relief options are determined by your facts and circumstances, and how well and organized your facts and circumstances are advocated to the IRS on your behalf.
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In some ways, Maggs Aquatic Facility at Salisbury University has a split personality.
During the school year, the facility caters to the University, with scheduling and programs for students faculty and staff. Special memberships are also available to alumni, the Institute of Retired Persons and the President's Club.
Once summer break hits, the focus turns to meeting the community's need for learn-to-swim programs, through the Sea Gull Swim School.
No matter when they swim, all users are rewarded with an atmosphere unlike most pools. The 6-lane, 25-meter indoor pool features abundant natural light. Glass windows have been tinted to reduce the glare, and patio doors that open onto a sunbathing space, give it the feel of an open-air facility.
The state-of-the-art fans and ventilation system further help create a comfortable environment for swimmers as well as those in the spectator stands.
As with many educational entities in the down economic climate, Maggs' budget has remained at the same level for several years, so finding funding to remain up to date has been challenging. But the facility has received financial support from the University Foundation to increase safety and make some general upgrades. The sun patio also was recently renovated as part of a larger campus construction project.
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Sometimes we find fall in unexpected places. When we do, we like to tell you about our discoveries. These spots make the region proud when it comes to blazing color. You'll also experience so much more than the brilliant foliage. One of Kentucky's highest points shelters buildings from a long-gone settlement, along with an unparalleled view. An upscale South Carolina city harbors an amazing urban park in its midst. And Oklahoma offers up a lively festival to match the crisp air. Give these fall destinations a try; you'll find them worthy of further exploration this harvest season.
1. Cumberland Gap, KY
by Les Thomas
When I travel, I like to be comfortable. I would have made a lousy pioneer. But as I stand in their footsteps in the embrace of the Cumberland Gap on this autumn morning, I realize I have something in common with them. They didn't like crowds either. That's why I slipped away to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet. I wanted to leave the bustle of the city for a getaway that isn't overrun with tourists.
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"This park is a gem off the beaten path. We get a lot of people who are trying to escape the crowds of the Smokies," ranger Scott Teodorski says. "It's a nice piece of wild mountains."
It was a snap to get here. I only had to drive two hours on the interstate south of Lexington, Kentucky, and then take an easy 20-minute walk to stand in the saddle of America's first mountain retreat. Up to 300,000 pioneers―ancestors to millions of us in the South―passed this way. I watch a lacy curtain of clouds melt away and think of what this view once meant to them. It was the promise of a new frontier. "It's hard to imagine Kentucky being the Wild West," says Scott, "but in those days it was."
Mighty efforts have gone into restoring the wilderness during the past 10 years. The largest project rerouted U.S. 25E through a nearly mile-long tunnel so the Cumberland Gap could return to the rustic path it once was. More than half of the national park's 24,000 acres is wilderness.
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One morning, I head over to the national park to see a secret place that many travelers often miss. The gap is the centerpiece of the park, but part of its soul rests atop one of Kentucky's highest mountains, where Scott and other rangers take visitors on guided tours. We drive to Hensley Settlement on a winding gravel road that makes the Blue Ridge Parkway seem like a superhighway. A sourwood tree, bright as a Roman candle, gleams in the light that bathes a rustic schoolhouse and the weathered cabins of the settlers who once lived here. "The thing that makes it unique is that it's isolated even to this day," Scott says. "The solitude is wonderful."
Autumn whispers a benediction over these mountains. Sunlight dances on tawny meadows. On a day like this one, it's paradise.
Going to the Gap
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: U.S. 25E, P.O. Box 1848, Middlesboro, KY 40965; www.nps.gov/cuga or (606) 248-2817. Visitors center hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Tours to Hensley Settlement continue daily through October 31. Reservations are required. Admission: $10 adults, $5 ages 12 and under. Bring bottled water, snacks, warm clothing, and comfortable shoes. The tour lasts about four hours.
Autumn Activities
- October 3-5―Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival: Middlesboro Arts and crafts festival with live entertainment, kids' stage, petting zoo, and lots of food; www.thefallfestival.com.
- October 11 and October 18―Elk Viewing Tour: Pineville Guided elk tours at Pine Mountain State Resort Park; www.pinemountainpark.com or (606) 337-3066.
- Interpretive Center at Pine Mountain State Resort Park: Learn about the area of Pine Mountain, the wildlife, and the plants that turn golden in fall. An interactive kiosk and exhibits help tell the story of the park; www.parks.ky.gov/findparks or (606) 337-3066.
- Gap Cave Tours: Explore a cave, along with park rangers, on this 1.5 mile tour located at the Cumberland Gap. Two hours of stalagmites, cascades, and maybe a bat or two await. No children under 5. Tickets: $8 adult, $4 ages 5-12; www.nps.gov/cuga/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm or (606) 248-2817.
- Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum: Just a few minutes away in Harrogate, Tennessee, sits a repository filled with amazing Abraham Lincoln memorabilia. Included in the artifacts are the cane Lincoln carried to Ford's Theatre and a tea set belonging to Lincoln and wife Mary Todd; 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, TN; www.lmunet.edu/museum/ or (423) 869-6235.
- Holiday Inn Express: 1252 North 12th Street, Middlesboro, KY 40965; (606) 248-6860. Rates start at $79.95.
- Pine Mountain State Resort Park: U.S. 25E, 2 miles south of Pineville; (606) 337-3066. Rates start at $104.95.
- Avenue Café & Antiques: 1915 West Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY; (606) 248-3958. Known for its daily specials and home cooking, this bistro also has great knickknacks and antiques for sale. Try the homemade chicken salad and soup.
- The Flocoe: 122 West Kentucky Avenue, Pineville, KY; (606) 337-2034. Another local favorite, this spot offers down-home cooking at its finest. Don't miss the chicken and dumplings.
- Webb's Country Kitchen: 527 Colwyn Avenue, Cumberland Gap, TN 37724; (423) 869-5877. This is biscuits-and-gravy land. Open for three meals a day; check out the Pinto Special at lunch, which comes with beans, greens, fried potatoes, cornbread, and onions.
- Nothins Perfect Craft Store: 521 Colwyn Avenue, Cumberland Gap, TN 37724; www.nothinsperfect.com or (423) 869-4410. Pick up some primitive dolls, candles, or potpourri.
- The Cumberland Gap General Store: 503 Colwyn Avenue, Cumberland Gap, TN; www.cumberlandgap.com or (423) 869-2282. More than 6,000 items fill this fun spot, including chimes, gnomes, teddy bears, and kitchen items.


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Trimble County's Lady Raiders had hoped to avenge a home court loss suffered at the hands of Oldham County in the 29th District Tournament Friday but although Trimble battled hard they fell short by a 65-57 score.
The Trimble County Raiders split two games at home over the weekend, playing perennial powerhouse Oldham County close on Friday and surviving another close outing on Saturday against Western Hills. Trimble fell to Oldham by a score of 81-71 but held off a determined Western Hills team by a score of 67-62.
Fans of the Trimble County high school boys' basketball team will welcome the Raiders to the friendly confines of TCHS gymnasium for the first time this season when they entertain Oldham County Friday.
The Raiders, 2-3 on the season, have faced five opponents on the road so far during the young 2012-13 basketball season. Trimble opened the season with a hard-fought loss at Carroll County on Nov. 29. Since we last went to press with last week's edition of The Trimble Banner the Raiders have had a busy travel schedule.
Owen County
The Trimble County Lady Raiders went after visiting Switzerland County early and often in Thursday's interstate basketball romp Thursday. The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 23-13 advantage after the first eight minutes of play and never looked back en route to a 62-40 victory.
Trimble's first quarter offensive display included three treys from junior forward Erin Gonterman and a fourth from junior point guard Paige Black.
The Trimble County 6th grade boys competed against Jennings County on December 2nd. The Raiders played a hard fought game that went into double overtime, with Jennings County pulling out the 35-32 win. Dane Lacefield led all scorers with 12 points, Evan Stevens 11, Logan Clifford 4, David Duncan and Shane Mills 2 and Andrew Edmondson 1 point and 6 rebounds.
By KRISTIN SHERRARD BECK
The Trimble Banner
The gym was rocking Thursday night for what felt more like a playoff game than the second game of the season. But that's what is to be expected when two border rivals like Carroll and Trimble collide.
The Panthers dominated on the inside, out-rebounding the Raiders 33-21 and shooting 43 percent from two-point range, while the Raiders drained 12 threes from the outside. But it was Carroll's pressure defense that gave them a plus 11-turnover margin and secured them a 67-56 home win.
Looking to avenge a two-point overtime road loss last season, the Lady Raiders took care of business on the road Friday against the rival Lady Panthers, winning 55-33. "We were ready for that, especially with what happened to us over here last year," head coach Kerrie Stewart said. "We were pleased to see that we came out and played with some intensity."
Nov 29 at Carroll County
Dec 4 at Owen County
Dec 6 at St. Francis
Dec 7 at Eminence
Dec 10 at South Oldham
Dec 14 host Oldham Co.
Dec 15 hostWest. Hills
Dec 17 host Walden
Dec 21 at Deming
Dec 22 at St. Patrick
Dec 27-29 Silver Grove Coaches vs Cancer Classic
Jan 2 host Walton-Verona
Jan 4 host Williamstown
Jan 7 host No. Bullitt
Jan 12 at Christian Academy Indiana
Jan 16 at Walton-Verona 8th Region All "A" Classic
Jan 21 at Walden
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following preview of the Trimble County High School boys' basketball season was compiled from a series of Head Coach Johnny Leep's answers to a list of emailed questions regarding the upcoming season. The Trimble County Raiders open the 2012-13 season at Carroll County tomorrow night.
By JOHN B. LEEP III
Special to The Trimble Banner
Nov 26 host Gallatin Co.
Nov 30 at Carroll County
Dec 1 at Conner
Dec 8 at Williamstown
Dec 14 host Oldham Co.
Dec 18 at Owen County
Dec 21 host West. Hills
Dec 27-29 Burgin Invit.
Jan 2 host Walton-Verona
Jan 5 at Spencer County
Jan 9 at Eminence Class A Regional
Jan 17 host Carroll Co.
Jan 22 host Henry Co.
Jan 24 host Shawe
Jan 28 at South Oldham
Feb 1 at North Oldham
Feb 4 at Gallatin Co.
Feb 8 at Owen County
Feb 9 at Brown
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Representatives from Senator Bennett's office will be at the Castle Dale Senior Center, 85 North 200 East on April 11 from 10 a.m. --noon to help individuals with federal agency questions or problems.
Over the past several months, Bennett staff members have held remote office hours throughout central and southeastern Utah, giving Utahns the opportunity to meet face-to-face with caseworkers who can help them with federal agency issues. Bennett caseworkers can provide assistance with the following federal agencies (note: this is not an inclusive list): internal revenue service, bureau of land management, social security administration, U.S. citizenship and immigration services, veterans affairs, forest service, and centers for medicare and medicaid services.
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As mentioned in the open earlier, we are looking for joy. And while the internet, and Twitter in particular, can be the opposite of joy, there's no denying that when the internet gives, it gives so good. So, on top of all the Swoki happiness we've been delighting in the last 24 hours, how about this GIF that showed up on Twitter yesterday: Come for the queen scolding William, stay for the George facepalm. Full Story
The Cambridges at Royal Ascot
Prince William and Catherine were at Royal Ascot today. It's been a busy few days for the Cambridges – Trooping The Colour, the Garter Day service, then a quick trip to Northern Ireland, the people are getting their fill of "work-shy" Will and "lazy" Katy. Full Story
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The Queen's 90th birthday celebrations continued this weekend with a big display of family togetherness on the royal balcony at the end of the Trooping The Colour procession. As always, the placements are key which is why Big G shoved his way to the front, making sure he had the best view. He owns this view. Full Story
Her Majesty's Birthday Weekend
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The Queen celebrated her actual 90th birthday in April but this weekend is the mega blowout in London. All mega blowouts start at church, which is where the royal family gathered today for a thanksgiving service. Full Story
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The Obamas and the young royals
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President and Mrs Obama are dining tonight at Kensington Palace with the Cambridges and Hot Harry. In other words, two borings and a fun. Is that why the President is standing next to Prince Harry? Because between them and FLOTUS they have to carry the charisma at the table? The thing about a Friday night dinner party is that, well, for non-dignitaries, you have the option of the extra drink(s). Full Story
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Last week was all about Will and Kate's trip to India and Bhutan. And I realised this weekend that I hadn't posted a single article about it. Every day I looked at some new shots. And every day, beyond mentioning that her shoe game is just so infuriatingly weak, there was nothing to say. Read Full Intro
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One of the great architectural gems with a history full of curiosities and anecdotes in the city of Florence is, without a doubt, the Vasari Corridor. Built in just five months by the architect Giorgio Vasari, the Vasari Corridor is an elevated and enclosed passageway almost a thousand meters in length and crosses the main points of the city.
Cosimo I de Medici ordered to build this endless hallway to link Palazzo Pitti, the official residence of the Medici, with the Florentine nobility's government headquarters, the Palazzo Vecchio. This decision was triggered by the Grand Duke's to avoid unending and tiresome trips through the streets of the city. Moreover, these long walks through the city had to be done with guards and escorts to prevent possible attacks.
That is why the corridor passes through one of the most emblematic sites of the city, the Ponte Vecchio. It is one of the most visited places because of the stunning view over the River Arno. According to legend, the Florentine Duke ordered the demolition of butcher shops that were housed in this part of the walkway because of foul odor and so today one can still see the goldsmiths and jewelers which took their place back then.
The Vasari Corridor was also a stopping point for soldiers and combatants during the Second World War, and crosses one of the most interesting places to visit in Florence: the Uffizi Gallery. It is considered one of the most important museums in the world and it is home to works of art, such as Rubens, Bernini and Delacroix self-portraits that could be the cause of Stendhal syndrome.
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Sept 20 : 02 days to Fall
Did you know that leaves change colors in the Fall because of decreasing amounts of a pigment called chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll, which converts air and water into food for plants, gives leaves their bright green color. The colder Fall temperatures decrease chlorophyll production.
Did you know that the pigment anthocyanin is responsible for bright red and purple leaves, while carotene brings out orange colors and xanthophylls makes the yellows?
These pigments are always present in the leaves, but only become dominant in the Fall, when the colder weather causes chlorophyll production to drop.
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By Brendan Conway
Investors opened 2014 by selling stocks and buying gold – a reversal of 2013. But the status quo reigned in emerging markets, which saw a steep decline in the year's first trading session.
The selloff hit especially hard for iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF (THD), which dug itself a 9% hole to start 2014. The ETF has barely budged in premarket trading Friday, gaining 0.7%.
The broad emerging-markets tracker iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) dropped 3.8%. As that loss suggests, the decline wasn't limited to a few countries. iShares China Large-Cap ETF(FXI) and iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) each lost 3.3%. iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR), which suffered the country's December political turmoil, lost 3.6%. Leveraged ETF Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3X Shares (EDC) tumbled 11%.
So why the pain for emerging markets when other "risk" assets barely outstripped U.S. stocks? It looks like a continuation of the 2013 trend. That means currency weakness and interest-rate worry, with fears of an economic slowdown in the background, seen this time in a weak reading on China's service sector.
Michael Shaoul of Marketfield Asset Management wrote clients Thursday morning to argue that the weak trends in key emerging-markets currencies looked very much intact:
Well established trends generally survive the turning of the calendar to a new year as can be seen with the continued sell off in emerging market carry currencies this morning. The ZAR (dark green) fell to a new 5 year low of 10.65 taking its three year loss up to 60.7%. Although the TRY (red) has done a little better over this period of time it is currently at the locus of market concerns and fell to a new all time low of 2.187 this morning and must be considered vulnerable to further loss going forwards. The BRL (blue) is once more flirting with the key 2.40 level, which can be expected to provoke yet another aggressive intervention by the central bank. However, the cost of these interventions is starting to mount and although Brazil retains ample reserves at some point the scale of loss may prompt a policy rethink.
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JACKSON – A showdown could be brewing between Gov. Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Legislature over a plan to restrict eminent domain.
On Wednesday, the state House sent to Barbour a proposal that would severely limit the government's authority to take private land for use by another private entity.
The governor has expressed strong opposition to the proposal, setting up a possible veto. The Legislature has yet to override any of Barbour's vetos during his six years in office.
But only three members of the 122-member House voted against the eminent domain proposal Wednesday. It passed the Senate earlier with limited opposition.
While Barbour said he had not yet read the specifics of the legislation, he said the general concept would limit the state's ability to lure major economic development projects like Nissan or Toyota.
The legislation would not apply to the Toyota plant, which is under construction at Blue Springs, but could affect future projects.
Barbour said any legislation that does not provide the state "the power of eminent domain for major economic impact projects is fatally flawed."
Barbour said that under current law, the local governments, the Legislature and the Mississippi Development Authority must certify that a facility meets the definition of a "major economic impact project" before the law allows for eminent domain.
Then the decision to declare a major economic project can be challenged in court.
A vast majority of legislators have rejected the governor's arguments. They say land can be obtained for economic development projects without the forcible taking of private land through eminent domain.
The Legislature has been grappling with the issue since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that a government could use eminent domain to take private property for use by another private entity, such as for an economic development project.
But the Supreme Court also said states could limit eminent domain for private developments. Senate Judiciary A Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said more than 40 states had done so.
"The door was opened by the Supreme Court case for the government's abuse of the eminent domain process for economic development reasons," Fillingane said. "We simply wanted to close that door."
Eminent domain is most often used to take land for public use, such as the construction of a road or public building.
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OXFORD – A week of speculation about destinations ended Sunday evening when Ole Miss accepted an invitation to the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham.
The Rebels, in a bowl game for the first time since 2009, will play Pittsburgh, which will be playing in its third consecutive Compass Bowl.
Kickoff at Legion Field on Jan. 5 is at noon. The game will be televised by ESPN.
There were scenarios that could have sent the Rebels to Nashville for the Music City Bowl, but once the Gator Bowl selected Northwestern as its Big 10 representative, the dominoes fell, and Ole Miss landed in Birmingham.
It's a landing that suits the Rebels quite fine, Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork said.
"I think it's great coverage with ESPN, that's terrific. It's one of the last bowl games of the season. The Mobile bowl is a day after that, then the national championship game on Monday night. It's a great window for us. It's a Saturday. Fans can travel on Friday and experience Birmingham then drive home after the game. It's a great location, and the time is ideal."
Both teams are 6-6. Ole Miss became bowl-eligible in its final game, winning 41-24 against rival Mississippi State.
Pittsburgh had to win its final two games to reach six wins and did just that, with victories against then-No. 18 Rutgers, 27-6 on Nov. 24, and 27-3 at South Florida on Saturday.
Ole Miss and Pittsburgh have never met in football.
"It's a neighboring state, and we're excited to have them here. We think they'll bring a lot of people to Birmingham," said Mark Meadows, the bowl's executive director, said of the Rebels.
So does Bjork, who is hopeful Ole Miss will set an attendance record for the Compass Bowl. The current record is estimated at 42,600.
For ticket information visit OleMissSports.com.
First-year Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze began his job stressing effort by his players, not wins and losses.
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The difference between a 5-7 record with competitive losses and one more win – with a bowl game – is big.
"It accelerates our journey, our process. It's not only the extra practice, but the media attention, the national coverage of the game.
"We're one of the teams in this tough conference still playing, and any time you can say that, you have to say the season has been somewhat a success, but in our case, coming off two seasons of limited wins … it expedites our message to the recruits we're going after."
Freeze conducted a Sunday evening conference call from a recruit's home.
Early bowl practice will focus on the Rebels themselves with most of the game-planning for Pitt to come after practice.
He said he doesn't know a lot about the Panthers, but one game sticks out to him.
"I know they took Notre Dame to the wire with a chance to beat them, and Notre Dame is playing in the national championship game," Freeze said.
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Chapter 1
Jeremiah was foreordained to be a prophet unto the nations—He is called as a mortal to declare the word of the Lord.
1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in
2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot
7 ¶But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall
8 Be not
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my
10 See, I have this day
11 ¶Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what
12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a
14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the
16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have
17 ¶Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the
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The trip will include four crossings of the equator as the Amsterdam takes an unusual westerly route around the world that includes extended periods in the Southern Hemisphere.
After leaving Fort Lauderdale, the Amsterdam will head to Peru via the Panama Canal before steaming to Easter Island in the Pacific. From there, the ship will visit Pitcairn Island, a number of South Pacific islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, the Philippines and Hong Kong as well as several other Asian destinations.
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Saturn Mosaic
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A total of 126 images taken over the course of two hours make up this mosaic picture of Saturn. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft snapped the photos on October 6, 2004, when it was approximately 3.9 million miles (6.3 million kilometers) from Saturn. Cassini was on a four-year mission to explore the ringed planet.
Saturn and Moons
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Two of Saturn's 48 known moons are barely visible in this picture of the ringed planet. Mimas, at the upper right, has an enormous impact crater on one side, and Tethys, at the bottom, has a huge rift zone called Ithaca Chasma that runs nearly three-quarters of the way around the moon.
Saturn Cloud System
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Lit from below by Saturn's internal thermal glow, clearings in the planet's cloud system appear as white pearls. The regularity of the clearings suggests that they may be a manifestation of a large planetary wave.
Saturn's Rings
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Saturn's otherworldly rings encircle the planet and extend out for hundreds of thousands of kilometers. The rings—there are thousands—are made up of billions of ice and rock particles, thought to be pieces of comets, asteroids, or shattered moons.
Saturn's North Pole
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
A six-sided feature encircles Saturn's north pole in this 2006 image. The hexagon was first observed in the early 1980s, proving that the feature—whatever it is—is long lived. This photo was taken using Saturn's thermal glow, hence the red hue.
Saturn's Glow
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Saturn's rings appear blue in this false-color image taken from Cassini. The planet's northern hemisphere is about twice as bright as its southern hemisphere, because high-level, fine particles are about half as prevalent in the northern hemisphere as in the south. These particles block Saturn's glow more strongly, making it look brighter in the north.
Saturn Rings, Northern Latitudes
Photograph by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Cassini spacecraft surveys Saturn's outstretched ring system in infrared from a vantage point high above the planet's northern latitudes. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also have rings, but Saturn's are by far the largest and most spectacular.
Saturn Clouds
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Clouds swirl on Saturn, the second largest planet in our solar system. Like its bigger neighbor Jupiter, Saturn is a gas planet made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Its magnetic field is 578 times more powerful than Earth's.
Saturn's Northern Hemisphere
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn's northern hemisphere appears blue in this natural-color photograph taken by Cassini in December 2004. During its four-year tour of Saturn, Cassini will complete 74 orbits of the ringed planet and 44 close flybys of the moon Titan.
Saturn Moon Mimas
Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
On moon Mimas, the enormous Herschel Crater spans 80 miles (130 kilometers)—one-third of the moon's entire surface. The peak in the middle of the crater is about as tall as Mount Everest. The impact that made this crater likely almost destroyed Mimas.
Titan Halo
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A halo surrounds Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Titan's atmosphere, almost entirely nitrogen, extends some 370 miles (600 kilometers) into space—ten times as far as Earth's atmosphere.
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Youth baseball players show off new look, learn from pros
Professional design company helps kids dress 'to the nines'
READING, Pa. - Tuesday was opening day at Gordon Hoodak Stadium in Reading for the RBI League -- Reviving Baseball in the Inner City.
The players, all from the Olivet Boys and Girls Club, practiced hitting and catching, but they also showed off their skill and creativity by designing their own uniforms and logos.
"The design to each of the teams were done by the kids themselves, along with a marketing group that... the Reading Phillies use," said Jeff Palmer, president and CEO, Olivet Boys and Girls Club.
The new uniforms are the final step of a program called "9 to the Nines," which means nine players dressed "to the nines."
The design company, Brandiose, worked with five local teams to come up with names like the Mulberry Lightning Wolves.
The result was the kids getting new uniforms and the teams getting new names.
"They picked like lots of little details, like cool, wolf, lightning, thunder, and then whichever the kids want or us wanted, lightning they screamed, and wolf they screamed and they put those together," said Randy Guzman, a player for the Mulberry Lightning Wolves.
The players also had coaching sessions with players from the Reading Fightin Phils.
Centerfielder Zach Collier taught the kids how to field line drives.
"I love it. It's a good opportunity for these kids to get out and do something, you know. I think it's great what they're doing for these guys," said Collier.
Following the coaching session, Collier and his team headed back to FirstEnergy Stadium for a double-header and the start of a 7-game home-stand.
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