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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 12:16 PM GMT en Abril 01, 2008
A stunning new breakthrough in hurricane research has conclusively settled the matter: global warming is making Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms more frequent. The new research, accepted for publication later this millennium in The Journal of Irreproducible Results, offers incontrovertible proof that global warming has increased Atlantic named storms by 57-67% over the past century. Using the pioneering new techniques of cyclopsychic storm detection and psychomortorodentiatempestology, the researchers, Professors Peter Webcaster and Judith Flurryfury of the Georgia Institute of Technophobia, and Dr. Greg Hallmonitor of the Colorado Association for Research and Modeling of the Atmosphere (CARMA), showed unequivocally that the lack of satellite measurements and aircraft reconnaissance in the early part of the hurricane record led to only a modest undercount of Atlantic tropical storms. Thus, more than half of the observed increase in named storms in the past century can be attributed to global warming.
"It's well-known that the number of Atlantic named storms has risen from 7-9 per year 100 years ago to 14-15 per year during the present active hurricane period that began in 1995," commented Professor Webcaster in an interview today. "Some MEEAT-loving hurricane researchers (Measure Everything, Everywhere, All the Time) have claimed that this rise was not real, since satellites and reconnaissance aircraft were not around to detect storms early in the hurricane record. We've made efforts in the past to quantify the number of 'missed' historical Atlantic storms using estimates of historical shipping traffic density, and computer regression models that compare recent well-observed storm activity to past storm activity. However, these studies have been pooh-poohed by the MEEAT men, who refuse to believe any science that comes out of a model. So, I began thinking about how we could actually go about observing historical Atlantic storms that were 'missed'. I began thinking the problem in a new light after watching my favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Timescape", where subspace entity mistakenly lays her eggs in the warp core singularity of a Romulan warship, creating a temporal anomaly that forces time to flow backwards. This inspired me to think outside the box, and it occurred to me that paranormal methods might offer a way to see back in time and make actual observations of past storms--and offer a technophobic solution to the problem, as encouraged by the charter of my university, the Georgia Institute of Technophobia."
Figure 1. Cyclopsychic observations of "missing" Atlantic tropical storms during the 20th century. All observations were performed by trained cyclopsychic Madame Cyclotropia. Note the significant drop in "missed" storms beginning in the 1940s, corresponding to the advent of aircraft reconnaissance, and in the 1970s, when satellite coverage of the Atlantic Ocean began.
Webcaster teamed with Hallmonitor and Flurryfury to experiment with a variety of paranormal techniques to make actual observations of past "missing" storms, using Ouija Boards, crystal ball gazing, the Magic Eight Ball, and channeling of restless dead spirits. Initial experiments proved discouraging, though, when the researchers attempted to perform the study themselves. "We were feeling depressed about how the research was going, having just stayed up late one Friday night in Greg's lab in Boulder trying to get the dang Magic Eight Ball to say something other than just REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN LATER," related Dr. Webcaster. "So, we decided to give up for the night and down a few shots of grape jello spiked with grain alcohol and delve into Greg's extensive collection of Zippy the Pinhead comic books. After a few jello shots and Zippy comics, we got feeling pretty loose, and, Yow! Decided to trek down to Pearl Street to check out the weekend psychic fair. Well, we got to staggering around the tents of the psychic fair, belting out the sorrowful lyrics of our own version of "Somewhere over the rainbow" we made up:
Somewhere, over the ocean
Back in time
Cyclones formed and decayed
Unseen by humankind
Somehow, we'll find out how many
Before we die
But it doesn't look good
'Cause the Magic Eight Ball lies!
Suddenly, we saw a mysterious shadowy figure beckoning to us from the entrance of a nearby tent, which was emblazoned with the words, Madame Cyclotropia: Psychic Readings for Troubled Atmospheric Scientists. 'I can help you find your missing storms', the seer in the shadows croaked, 'for I know much that is hidden. Come into my lair, and I will reveal the key to unlocking the mysteries of storms long past'. Greg and I looked at each other, shrugged, walked in her tent, and the rest is history."
Once in Madame Cyclotropia's tent, the researchers quickly realized that their limited scientific training could not hope to allow them to conduct rigorous paranormal research. Only a true cyclopsychic with "The Gift" could see back into the dim mists of time to divine the existence of heretofore unknown tropical cyclones. Using her cyclopsychic gift, Madame Cyclotropia correctly divined the past tracks of numerous known storms the scientists challenged her with. However, when asked to divine the existence of "missing" Atlantic storms that had not made it into the official database, she prophesied that she would only be able to do so if the scientists would write her into their latest grant proposal. This grant proposal would surely get funded, she predicted. The scientists eagerly agreed, and headed back to the lab to work on the new proposal.
Webcaster, Hallmonitor, and Flurryfury's proposal, titled, "Using a Trained Cyclopsychic to Divine Past Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity", was submitted to the Foundation for Atmospheric Research for Science and Education (FARSE) in early 2007 and accepted later that year. After receiving their grant money, the scientists began spending long nights in Madame Cyclotropia's tent, documenting her revelations from the four primary cyclopsychic techniques: Ouija Board, crystal ball gazing, the Magic Eight Ball, and channeling of restless dead spirits. According to Dr. Hallmonitor, "We were thrilled when the first three techniques we tried all yielded virtually identical results, showing the robustness of our experimental methodology. The three techniques all showed a noticeable drop in the number of "missed" storms in the 1940s, when aircraft reconnaissance became available, and in the 1970s, when satellites coverage began over the Atlantic Ocean. However, when we tried to channel restless dead spirits, we ran into a roadblock. We couldn't find any restless dead spirits with an interest or knowledge of historical Atlantic hurricanes. We happily attributed this to the propensity of dead meteorologists to wind up inside Heaven's Pearly Gates, but were sad that our research would lack this crucial final proof of its validity. We were about to give up when Peter then hit upon the idea of contacting the spirits of groundhogs, who are known for their weather prognosticating ability. Some of these prognosticating rodents might have unfinished business that would keep their restless souls adrift in the ether, available for consultation on weather-related matters. We coined word psychomortorodentiatempestology to describe this exciting new branch of hurricane science, and set off in search of gifted groundhogs spirits with this special skill."
Figure 2. Wee Willy One and Chucky before their departure into the hereafter. Which rodent's spirit would you trust to get accurate weather information from?
Indeed, Madame Cyclotropia was able to contact the spirit of "Wee Willy One", a famed albino groundhog that had once burrowed under the fair gardens of Wiarton, Ontario, and provided weather forecasts each Groundhog's Day up until his death in 2006. Wee Willy One proved to be testy and uncooperative, though, deliberately delivering incorrect storm information. The researchers sought out help from cyclotherapy experts from the Center for Disease Control's Weather Related Illness Division to determine if cyclotherapy might help Wee Willy One overcome his bad attitude. Cyclotherapist Dr. Sandy Chirpchuckle diagnosed Wee Willy One as a cyclopath suffering from rare form of cyclopsychosis. Ordinarily, cyclopsychosis manifests itself only in hurricane scientists and weather enthusiasts during the long, dull months prior to hurricane season. The despondent victims of cyclopsychosis spend long hours in front of flickering computer monitors in dark, gloomy rooms, obsessively poring over maps and statistics of hurricanes long gone by. The victims tend to become highly antisocial but never violent, and can be successfully treated with cycloactive drugs. However, Dr. Chirpchuckle diagnosed Wee Willy One with an extremely rare case of "shadow" cyclopsychosis, brought on by the cyclological trauma being rudely hauled out of his burrow each February 2 so that a bunch of cockamaimie humans could see whether he saw his shadow or not. "Shadow" cyclopsychosis is incurable, both in this world and the hereafter, so Madame Cyclotropia was forced to seek out other groundhog spirits. After months of effort, she finally found the spirit of "Chucky", a friendly groundhog that had once burrowed under the gardens of Nashville, Tennessee. Chucky eagerly provided accurate information on the "missing" Atlantic tropical storms that was precisely in agreement with the data collected from the other cyclopsychic techniques. "We were ecstatic," exclaimed Dr. Hallmonitor. "More jello shots!"
Hurricane experts world-wide are hailing the new findings. "These exciting results conclusively prove that even us blind squirrels can find some nuts," enthused renown hurricane expert, Dr. Kerry Readthemanual of the Massachusetts Institute of Technophobia. Dr. Readthemanual has been a leading proponent of the global warming/Atlantic hurricane link. Even former critics are praising the new findings. Dr. William Graymatter, Professor Über-Emeritus of Colorado State University's Center for Hurricane Observation, Measurement, and Prediction (CHOMP), said in an interview: "I've been in the hurricane business for 113 years, and I know good research when I see it. The findings of Webcaster, Hallmonitor, and Flurryfury are based on solid observational evidence and white magic. There's no black magic involved, such as the use of a computer model, so their results are impregnable."
Dr. Chris Blandsee, Chief Scientist of the Natural Hurricane Center's division of Global Warming Isn't Responsible for the Recent Upswing in Atlantic Hurricane Activity, and Even If It Was, We Wouldn't be Able to Tell, Since the Quality of the Atlantic Hurricane Database is Too Poor to Use for Such Purposes (NHC/GWIRRUAHAEIIWWWATSQAHDTPUSP), has also been critical of past research showing a link between hurricanes and global warming, maintaining that global warming isn't responsible for the recent upswing in Atlantic hurricane activity, and even if it was, we wouldn't be able to tell, since the quality of the Atlantic hurricane database is too poor to use for such purposes. It was his Congressional testimony, along with that of former NHC director Max Minefield, which inspired President Bushwhacker's administration to rename the National Hurricane Center the "Natural Hurricane Center" last year. (This action was also urged by the Government Anagram Accountability Office (GAAO), which found that the letters in "National Hurricane Center" could be rearranged to spell the ominous phrase, "Errant Herculean Inaction"--and also the disturbing, "Teenier Charlatan Unicorn", and the clearly unacceptable, "Inhale Cocaine, Errant Runt!", while the letters in "Natural Hurricane Center" could be rearranged to form phrases much more in harmony with the NHC mission, such as "Natural, Neater, Crunchier.")
Dr. Blandsee grudgingly gave ground in his comments today. "It looks like Webcaster, Hallmonitor, and Flurryfury (and don't try to say her name three times fast) have done some pretty rigorous scientific work," he conceded. "But they've written what is probably the longest and most excruciatingly dull hurricane science paper of all time. All those old storms and their analyzed tracks that they talk about, on and on and on, year by year by year. Ugh! A lot of good trees died to publish that paper. It was even duller than some of my clunkers!"
What's next for the pioneering researchers? "Well, CARMA and the Georgia Institute of Technophobia are collaborating on a grant proposal with Dr. Graymatter and Phil Flossblack of CHOMP to apply cyclopsychic methods in a new way--improvement of seasonal hurricane forecasts," said Dr. Flurryfury. "We've submitted a proposal to FARSE titled, 'Gray Magic: Using Cyclopsychic Methods to Improve Seasonal Hurricane Forecasts'. Lord knows, the forecast busts of the past two hurricane seasons have shown that Flossblack and Dr. Graymatter could use some supernatural help with their predictions."
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Hallmonitor, G.J., and P.J. Webcaster, 2007, "Heightened tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic: natural variability or climate trend?" Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A 365, Number 1860, 15 November 2007, Pages: 26952716 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2083
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I'm moving my blog to LiveJournal. Not really sure why, but LiveJournal is just more interesting to me. Perhaps it's because folks I know are blogging there, too.
I'm moving my blog to LiveJournal. Not really sure why, but LiveJournal is just more interesting to me. Perhaps it's because folks I know are blogging there, too.
I've also spent time working on getting the Composite solid-fill case accelerated using the driver's solid fill hook that already exists. XFree86 code helped out quite a bit here, since I'm relatively unfamiliar with the internals of this stuff. It appears to be working, but I'm going to wait to commit until I can get some review or more thorough testing, I think. Then I'd like to do cleanups and merge my DRI branch, where I've been doing this work, to trunk. While in the area, I caught a bug I had introduced to kaa when starting on Xati which wasted 0 to 75% of offscreen memory depending on bpp.
I've also spent more time the last few days on SiS and Radeon Composite acceleration using 3d, but to no avail so far.
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Spent a solid chunk of the day working on Radeon Render acceleration. I think I do have enough information in the end to do Composite cleanly on Radeon in Xati. The code is written, but nothing's being rendered yet. Not sure what's going on.
Moved back home from school for the break. It's great to be at home with family, eating good food and doing family activities. And in theory I've got more time to dedicate to hacking. However, today I had to drive my vehicle-less friend around as he tried to scrounge enough money to get his car back from the shop. I ended up loaning him $200. I hope this turns out well, and not like all the cases in all those "judge shows" that everyone else in the world seems to love to watch. I trust him, it's just what everyone else I've mentioned loaning money to has brought up. Finished off the day watching my sister at her baton performance, though, which is always fun.
Managed to get a bit of hacking on glx done. The XFree86 code is in place in the tree, but now I need to figure out how this mess is supposed to all tie in to a DRI driver (well, I can actually answer that: it wasn't ever supposed to. I just want it to at this point).
Worked on my hook for the "(ARGB8888 IN A8) OVER screen" composite, one of the common ones in xcompmgr. It (as will be the case for most hardware) will be implemented using the 3d hardware and treat the pixmaps as textures. What appears to be required for most operations (xcompmgr's operations included) is non-power-of-two textures, wrapping for POT textures at least (for 1x1 textures), two texture units, and the standard GL_BLEND-type alpha blending. I suspect more ops could be accelerated using more complicated texture blending instead of GL_BLEND, and I would bet the NPOT texture requirement could be avoided by using scissoring. Anyway, most of the 3d setup is done, and I just need to set one more register and then write code to actually emit vertices. I hope. :-)
Note that this doesn't cover trapezoid acceleration, which is something that will be used by many consumers of Render (cairo, for example). It's just to get some of the very common uses at the moment (AA text and xcompmgr) accelerated.
Applied the patch from Michel Daenzer I had worked on for fbdev backend in Xati. It's a little unstable for me when I have fbdev loaded, but I've heard rumors there are issues with radeonfb on 2.6.0-test
I'm stuck in the FreeBSD port of the kdrive server. I'm getting a panic in vm86 mode when using VM86_INTCALL, which I was hoping would be the easy solution. I don't understand how to use the normal VM86 mode in this situation, either.
Issues that I know of with it, hmm. Radeon with acceleration and 1400x1050 mode doesn't work right because of limitations in pitch -- we need to do our own mode setup (hopefully we can figure out how to do that in a clean manner) or use radeonfb for that. Lacks render accel (need help from keithp for infrastructure). Lacks xv (needs to be done using 3d hardware instead of overlay). Hardware cursor not supported (insignificant, at least with standard X cursors). Doesn't use the DRM. The DRM is my next task, fixing up that poor r128drm code I had done to be used with Xati. I have this hope, and I think it's pretty realistic, that a lot of code can be shared between r128_dri.c and radeon_dri.c, so I can have a single ati_dri.c.
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NEW YORK, United States — The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, a division of the Tisch School of Arts at New York University (NYU) recently embarked on an intensive three-week winter programme dedicated to the life of Jamaican legend Bob Marley.
Instructor Vivien Goldman, is teaching the class "Topics in Recorded Music: Bob Marley and Post-Colonial Music."
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In the course description, it was noted that Marley is often called a "prophet," and that the biracial musician and activist "smashed restrictions of race and class imposed on his generation by the colonial system."
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From the Archive: Dimebag Darrell Discusses Pantera's New Album, 'Reinventing the Steel'
Speaking of outlaws, have you been listening to any of the new metal bands, and did they have impact on how you recorded Reinventing the Steel?
We've watched what's gone on around us, and we've been like a steel rod in the center of it all. All these different forms of music have come along that are cool, but the worse thing we could do is go, "Oh, wow! Maybe we'd better get a little piece of that." The next you'd know, the record company would applaud us, and we'd start becoming something we weren't. What would that do to the fans who are sitting there rock-hard, waiting on the next piece of goods to come their way?
So we looked at that and said, "Up yours, motherfucker. This is who we are, and this is what gets our blood boiling." We realized that we were one of the only bands that stuck to our guns, so we decided to go ahead and kill this motherfucker dead three times over. And we did.
If you are honest and stay true to what you believe in, you can't fuckin' lose. I'm still the same cat I always was. I don't get all caught up in that rock star shit. I don't sit at home. I go out. I'll hang out with whoever, wherever and whenever, and probably drink them under the table, if I can. If I can't, then I'll have them drive me home. If you get ahold of something and that's your angle and what you're shooting for, don't bend. Watch, and it will pan out. Put your money in the stock market and don't move it, because if you fuck with it, you're going to lose. Don't try to get too much. Just take what you've got and let it be what it is. [sings] Let it be! Let it be!
Why are there just 10 songs on the album?
Do you really think you're getting more when you buy a CD with 17 songs on it? Kids think that, but they're kids. They don't know any better at this point. They ain't getting Black Sabbath. They ain't getting Led Zeppelin. They're getting what they're getting — a bunch of the same type of stuff through the whole CD. This album is only 10 songs, but they're all good. It's not 29, 17 or 15 songs, with just two good songs on it. We're old school. We cut the fat off of everything. There ain't one ounce of fat on this record. It's 10 solid ass-kickers. It was hard for us to pick the opener because there are 10 killer songs. I don't have to boast my own band up because it will speak for itself, but we're damn proud of it.
Every Pantera record is available on vinyl. Did you use a side one/side two approach when sequencing songs for this album?
We'll always think of our albums as records. I've still got a turntable and all my old Deep Purple records. But I don't scratch 'em. The only way I scratch 'em is when I get drunk and bump into them. And, trust me, they're all scratched. Actually, you should call that a scar.
How did you get Kerry King from Slayer to play on "Goddamn Electric"?
The song is about the vibe that we get when we crank up or play loud music, when we're in our element. Music heals the soul. It's goddamn electric. That's what we call it. Phil called me up with these lyrics that go, "Your trust is in whiskey and weed and Black Sabbath. It's goddamn electric." I said, "Dude, you hit it. You struck the nerve." The second time that line comes around, Phil sings, "Your trust is in whiskey and weed and Slayer." Phil was calling out all these bands that stuck true to their guns. They're our kind of guys.
It just so happened, when were getting ready to record that song last year, Slayer was coming through town on the OZZfest with Sabbath, and Kerry called me up. I said, "Dude, I'm bringing something out there, so get ready." I didn't let him know what it was. We brought a DA-88, a tape with a rough stereo mix of the whole tune on it, an SM-58 and a mic cord. I caught Kerry before he went onstage. He was warming up, and I said, "Do you want to play on this tune? We rag on Slayer."
Kerry's always pumped up and ready to kick ass on anything. They went up onstage and played their set. The whole time I was yelling, "Kerry! Rip it!" They were tearing it up. After the set was finished I saw the Marshall stack come rolling through the door, and here comes Kerry. We plugged him up. Vinnie was back there and he had it all wired up. He hit "record," and the first thing Kerry played was awesome. You can hear me at the end of the take yelling, "Don't touch that! Fuck, that's hot!" He recorded it right there on the spot, backstage at Starplex in Dallas, in a bathroom. Kerry packed his shit up and fuckin' flew somewhere else and jammed some more.
How did you get started on the album?
I'd accumulated a shitload of guitar riffs. The ideas get inside your head, and if you're smart enough to have a recorder sitting near you, you end up saving a lot of good ideas. Riffs just come out when I'm jacking around playing. I went back through those tapes, and there were a lot of them — more than I've ever had. I took it to the next step and went upstairs to my studio, which has a 24-channel Mackie board and some electronic drum pads. I started piecing stuff together, and that started to open up other doors. I had a bunch of ideas that I put together back to back, and I recorded them on a CD.
I sent one to Phil, and he had ideas and riffs that he wrote on the guitar. He's a hell of a player. He's in a league of his own with the death metal and black metal fast-hand rhythm playing. He'd hear a riff on the CD and he'd go, "That riff's cool, but that note has got to be sour." Or he'd tell me to bend a note up. He'd work on me, just like I do with him when he's working on his pipes.
On top of that, Rex brings in his ideas. He can always make parts fit together better. He's good with key changes. He's the backbone of a lot of our stuff. And Vinnie Paul always comes up with those over-the-top drum grooves where we build songs around him. How many bands write a riff around the drummer? We all milk each other. We get the best out of each other, and that's how it should be. We're all brothers.


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I had a discussion recently with a parent of one of our Scouts. The parent was concerned about their Scouts lack of… well lets say… enthusiasm when it came to chores around the house.
It seems that working hard seems to have escaped our young men these days. It is always easier to take the light load, it is easier not to hike as far or put in less effort to accomplish something.
I have seen this in my boys. One of my sons will take as much time devising a scheme or "new invention" to accomplish the task, when just a little elbow grease would have knocked out the project in half the time. "Elbow grease? What the heck is that?" My son asked. I told him it means working hard… putting in the effort to do a job and do it well.
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I love this. I love the idea that if I work hard, I am rewarded. I love the idea that if I hike a little farther I will be rewarded with better vistas, quieter camp areas, and less people. I love the idea that when I work hard I am rewarded by having a nicer yard, a cleaner house, something I can be proud of. So the question then is; How so we instill that in our young me?
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Bulldogs earn emotional win against Ripley
It was emphasized much throughout the evening that it's just a football game and to remember the important things in life.
In an evening filled with lots of emotion, New Albany took the field, arm-in-arm, and maintained that unity throughout its 28-21 win over Ripley on Friday night.
For the players, it was not only about earning a fourth straight win over their rival, but also for playing for their coach and the memory of his late wife.
"Not only is this Ripley, one of the biggest games on the schedule, but it's the opening game after what happened last December," Bulldogs' quarterback Spencer Day said. "We have a great coaching staff, but tonight was about more than just football. It's just a game, but we wanted to come out here and play for Mrs. Amanda."
Much like its 19-14 win at Ripley last year, the Bulldogs came out hot on offense, scoring 21 points in the first half, beginning with a first quarter touchdown by Boston Newsome. O.J. Hardin added the second rushing touchdown in the second quarter and Day found Kachius Clay, giving New Albany a 21-0 lead at the half.
"In the first half, we just had our game plan that we've worked on all week, and we went out and scored three touchdowns," Day said. "At halftime, we talked about last year, how we let them come back and how we didn't want to do that this year."
"We told them at halftime, you know they're going to come back fighting, and we have to go out and play football; the opening drive of the second half is very important," added head coach Ron Price said. "I think we came out and the first snap was bad, and one thing led to another."
The Bulldogs had six turnovers in the game, four fumbles in the second half. Capitalizing on the mistakes, Tigers' quarterback Cody James rushed for three touchdowns and tied the game on a two-point conversion with 8:54 remaining. New Albany answered with Newsome's second touchdown from five yards out, giving the 'Dawgs the 28-21 advantage.
"He's a tough, hard-nosed kid, getting those three and four yards, and when you need it the most, he gets a 50 or 60 yard run," Price said of Newsome. "I'm very thankful for his effort tonight. I know he turned the ball over a couple of times, but he's playing hard and giving us everything he's got."
On Ripley's next drive, senior Danortis McWilliams intercepted James, but New Albany handed the ball over on a fumble with 2:28 remaining and the Tigers at midfield.
"That was a big play, and we needed someone to step up and give us some momentum," Price said. "Danortis stepped up, and he's going to be a key contributor to our team this year. He got the ball back to us, and we went out and turned the ball over again, but the defense came out and stopped them."
"I'm very proud of the defensive players and coaches. We're good at putting them in very tough positions, but they always find a way to hold on."
Ripley turned the ball over on downs, and as the time expired, the Price pointed to the sky and embraced his players, grateful to add a win to the special evening.
"It's unbelievable. Amanda wouldn't have wanted anything less tonight than a four quarter battle," he said. "I know her heart was pounding just like mine was, but she knew the kids were going to find a way through, and I know she would be standing on the edge of that track, patting them on the back, telling them we have things we need to work on, but we have a win. She would have a smile on her face, and I know she would be proud of their effort tonight."
And the Bulldogs are proud to have earned this win for their coach and make it nine wins out of the last 11 games against the Tigers.
"It feels good to beat Ripley four years in a row," added Newsome. "This is all just very emotional. You can feel it in the air. We're glad to be 1-0 and proud to be 4-0 against Ripley."
Day finished the night 9-for-12 for 76 yards passing and Newsome ran for 181 yards on 29 carries. The Bulldogs' defense had four sacks, two from Clay.
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Lessons on the Internet for LAMs from The Oatmeal: Or, Crowdfunding and the Long Geeky Tail
Yesterday Matthew Inman (sole proprietor of the generally hilarious webcomic The Oatmeal) put up a post on his site to help raise funds to buy Tesla's lab, Wardenclyffe Tower, preserve it, and make it into a Tesla Museum. At the time I'm writing … Continue reading
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Marie Curie on Ada Lovelace Day
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. From their website, 'Women's contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognized. We want you to tell the … Continue reading
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Science Grows On Trees: The History of Science and Technology Acording to Video Games
I think historians and sociologists of science might be surprised to learn that video game designers spend a considerable amount of time and energy building playable models of the history of science and technology. In game design circles these systems … Continue reading
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Disney Goes Atomic
In 1956 Disney published Our Friend the Atom as a compliment to a film and exhibition by the same name. The book uses a fable of a fishermen and a genie to explain the relation between people and atomic science, … Continue reading
1934: A Better Time to Be A Girl Interested in Science?
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Nature Study was the cutting edge approach in American science education. Educational scholars claimed students should "study nature, not books" and education took on a much more practical bent. Some scholars have … Continue reading
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Suprises in Early Children's Books About Evolution
From the Scopes to Dover Area School District teaching evolution continues to be a perennial sore spot in American education. More often than not textbooks are at the center of these controversies. There are several excellent studies of the history … Continue reading
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Harbor Island homeowners prepare for flooding
HARBOR ISLAND, Idaho - Lake Coeur d'Alene could hit flood stage by Friday or early Saturday, leaving residents living along the rivers and lakes watching and preparing as the waters rise toward their property.
On Harbor Island along the Spokane River residents were warned they could see flooding in next few days. Now homeowners are coming together as a team trying to work faster than the rising water to protect their properties.
"Right now we're using homeowners and friends who used to live here or nearby," Andy Pershern with the Homeowners Association said.
Many of them are busy filling sandbags; one person shovels the sand, the other holds the bag. Once they're done, they're loaded up and dropped off across Harbor Island,
These residents have a front row seat to watch the Spokane River rising, and the rain isn't helping much either.
"It's been coming up super fast just in the last two hours it's really come up a lot," Liz Corey said.
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department warned that the island could get flooded; a threat real enough that it sucked Brad Hobson back into town.
"I was actually on my way to work heading to Alaska … Anchorage. Stopping in Seattle got a call with high levels by Friday," he said.
Whatever happens upriver on Lake Coeur d'Alene impacts this neighborhood. Now Hobson like so many others is stacking sand bags, laying out plastic, filling in gaps in the walls.
"We just had a flood a couple of years ago. I had damage to the dock," Corey said.
Thursday morning they already put together around 1,000 sand bags but they've got a long way to go.
"I'm preparing for the worst but I'm hoping for the best," Corey said.
The Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo actually dropped a little over the last day but it's still above flood stage. The sheriff's department says when the lake crests we could see some flooding but nothing too drastic.
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Inoki Genome Federation Videos; Jienotsu vs. Sapp, Aerts/Lashley vs. KaShin/Fujita and Barnett vs. JLB
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The internet is a marvelous place where international borders mean little like they used to. If something happened in Japan ten years ago, eagerly reading the results online and waiting for a few weeks before you could have someone send you a DVD (or even -- GASP -- VHS tape) of the event to check out for yourself was commonplace. Now there are ways to stream events live as they happen, and if they aren't available to be streamed, they are shared around the internet at the blink of an eye. That is magic, folks. As someone who has been ordering K-1 and Japanese MMA tapes since the mid-90's, it is mind-boggling how much better we have it now and how easy it is to follow your favorite athletes.
All of this is a lead-in to this; Inoki Genome Federation is Antonio Inoki's pro wrestling promotion in Japan. The catch is, Inoki has a good relationship with many professional fighters and he fancies himself one of the true pioneers of Mixed Martial Arts. This means his brand of pro wrestling is a lot different from when he promoted New Japan Pro Wrestling and more resembles the style that he attempted to introduce to New Japan that nearly ran the company into the ground; Shoot Style. It is the kind of action that blurs reality from fiction and is entertaining. Sit back and watch as your favorite K-1 and MMA fighters go toe-to-toe in pre-scripted drama that is pro wrestling. Also note that wow, Nagashima is big, one source has claimed he is as high as 90kg. That is 198 pounds. [source]
Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima vs. Bob Sapp
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Journal Journal: Fare thee well, Slashdot 6
I've been on slashdot since the early days. I've seen meme after meme come and go from the trolls, I've seen the internet grow from 28.8 modems to multi-megabit pipes. During those years we moved from 386's measured in MHz to Core CPUs measures in GHz.
But along with all the other changes, the internet itself has changed. The quality of comments on Slashdot has changed. Even the quality of selected articles has changed.
And most of it has not changed for the better.
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Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has olive-green back, wings, and tail. Has a gray hood, palest on throat and darkest on lower margin. Note the striking white eyering. Underparts are otherwise bright yellow, with olive wash on flanks. Legs are pinkish. ADULT FEMALE Similar, but with duller, browner hood. IMMATURE Recalls adult female, but hood and upperparts are warmer buff-brown.
Dimensions Length: 5 1/2" (14 cm)
Habitat Scarce summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to boggy terrain with thick brush in boreal forests. Winters in South America.
Observation Tips To find this elusive species, learn the song from recordings and visit suitable habitats in spring.
Range Plains, Florida, Western Canada, Texas, California, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Eastern Canada, Southeast
Voice Song is a rich, chirpy wee-chup'chup, wee-chup'chup, wee-chup'chup, wee-chup'chup, wee; buzzing call is seldom heard.
Discussion Robust, but relatively sleek-looking terrestrial wood-warbler. Furtive behavior and largely inaccessible breeding habitat make it a challenge to see. Complete white eyering is a reliable feature in all birds. Sexes are separable.


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The K1 is one of Kawai's most economic digital synthesizers in the K-series. The K1 has 256 digital samples of waveforms, 50 of which are from acoustic instruments. You combine up to four wave shapes to create very new and unique sounds. The K1 is capable of very good acoustic recreation, excellent unique synth sounds or at times, completely noisy walls of complex sound.
The K1 comes in many options: the K1m module/desktop version and the rackmount K1r (pictured above). It makes a great entry-level or back-up synth. Budget digital D-50-like synthesis doesn't get much better than this! It is used by Cirrus and Lab-4.
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Are you looking to buy or sell a Kawai K1? Post an ad in Gear For Sale or a request in Gear Wanted. For spare parts and repair services check out Gear Services & Other Goods. Our forums also has a Buyer's Guide section where you can ask for advice on buying synthesizers.
- Demos & Media
Manual - Read or download the complete and original owner's manual (in PDF format).
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 16 voices
- Oscillators - 256 PCM waveforms (4 per sound)
- LFO - Standard LFO
- Filter - No filter!
- VCA - Standard ADSR
- Keyboard - 61 keys (velocity & aftertouch)
- Memory - 64 single-patches or 32 combo-patches
- Control - MIDI (8-part multitimbral)
- Date Produced - 1988
- Websites of Interest
Click here to learn how to get 8-part multitimbrality out of your K1.
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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Barack Obama has taken to Twitter to thank his supporters for turning out to vote and returning him to office for another four years.
At the time of writing, all the major American news networks are calling the presidential election for Obama, with a number of key swing states projected to fall to the Democrats.
At around 11.15pm ET, Obama's campaign team tweeted, "This happened because of you. Thank you."
Another came a minute later: "We're all in this together. That's how we campaigned, and that's who we are. Thank you. -bo" The inclusion of -bo indicates a personal tweet from Obama himself.
The campaign team then tweeted a photo (below) of Obama hugging wife Michelle, accompanied by the words, "Four more years." Twitter has just reported that this has already become @BarackObama's most retweeted tweet ever – at the time of writing this stands at 314,000 – not bad for a tweet posted 40 minutes ago. Mind you, the account does have 22.1 million followers.
However, Mitt Romney's Twitter account has so far stayed silent this evening, with the last tweet posted around 3pm ET. "With your help, we will turn our country around and get America back on the path to prosperity. Please vote today," it said.
Earlier in the evening, Twitter announced that Election Day had already become the most tweeted about event in US political history.
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this thread. I'm just kidding, though it is lonely in that challenge thread.
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Yeah, I got the message But I'm clueless about film awards, so that's why I haven't participated in your challenge.
It is easy to see if something is nominated. I just go to IMDB, and if you punch in the movie, it will tell you right on the "Awards" line if something has won or been nominated. If it has, you can click on "more" and it will break down all the awards and what not. It is surprising what all has been nominated for stuff.
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But please, don't feel pressured to participate, as that is not my intent.
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I doubt this one won any awards since it was made outside of Hollywood:
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The fourth annual "A Taste of Carnival" Caribbean heritage conference featuring lectures by Caribbean diplomats and scholars as well as programs celebrating Caribbean art and music will run Friday through Sunday, April 20-22, on Princeton's campus.
Students from the Princeton Caribbean Connection have organized the event titled "When the Dust Settles: The Present Economic State of the Caribbean," which will examine the Caribbean economy and the changing industrial world. The program will include discussions on cultural diversity in the Caribbean, Latin America and its connections to the Caribbean, and the modern Caribbean.
Paulette Bethel, ambassador/permanent representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations, will give the opening remarks at 10:25 a.m. Saturday, April 21, in McCosh 50. Other speakers will include: Carlton Masters, president of GoodWorks International and special envoy for the Economic Community of West African States; Jorge Giovannetti, a visiting associate professor of history and visiting research scholar in the University's Program in Latin American Studies; and J.A. George Irish, executive director of the Caribbean Research Center and professor of interdisciplinary studies at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York.
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By now we all know that the old piece of burger wisdom, "never press on your burger!," is either patently false or, at the very least, wildly inaccurate. Heck, there's an entire successful burger chain devoted to using the technique. While a more traditional griddled burger might be cooked with the goals of a loose, tender texture in mind, a smashed burger goes for one thing only: maximum crust.
See, by placing a ball of meat on a hot, un-oiled griddle and smashing it down firmly into a flat, thin disk, you greatly increase the contact points between the meat and the griddle, which in turn increases the Maillard reaction. That's the series of chemical reactions that creates the rich brown crust that makes our steaks and burgers taste so freaking good. Maximum crust = maximum flavor = maximum craving.
I've already discussed the basic ins and outs of smashed burgers in the past, but after writing that article, I found myself wondering, what if I were to take this to the extreme? Is there a way I can pack even more flavor into a burger?
Spoiler alert: the answer is a big fat (or should I say short smashed?) yes.
Size Matters
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a writer by accident and a cook by design. In fact, for many years, while I was still living in Boston, I had the goal of returning to the world of restaurant kitchens by opening up my own burger joint. I even went as far as to get a partner, do market research, write up a business plan (truly the most mind-numbing experience of my life), check out spaces, design a menu and logo, and get asked in no uncertain terms* by a number of potential investors you want that much money in this economy?!
*insofar as it is possible to ask with no uncertainty, that is.
Needless to say, that burger joint never came to fruition and it's probably all for the best—I can't imagine a better way to live life than to get paid to do what you love doing, all while still having weekends and holidays to be with friends and family (that's something you don't get with a restaurant life). But still, that little voice in my head was still there. What if you'd done it?
I finally got the chance to live out that dream—and answer the ultra-smashed burger questions—about a year ago when some friends of mine who live in the neighborhood told me they were opening up a new burger joint down the block. Struggling to come up with a clear menu concept, they asked if I'd help them out. You mean I get to live out my dream of opening up a burger joint and help out my neighborhood, all with no actual financial responsibility? I thought to myself. Count me in!**
**For the record, in order to avoid any conflict of interest with my work here, I have no continuing financial stake in the restaurant, and my consulting and training payments were directly donated to local charities.
It's not that the up-and-coming area of Harlem around Lenox and 125th Street was completely lacking in burgers—both Red Rooster and Chez Lucienne serve great ones—but what it was missing was a strong competitor in the fast-casual department. A burger that uses high quality ingredients, but is aimed at quicker dining with less fuss. A burger that's a reasonable enough size that you can eat one for lunch without feeling weighed down the rest of the day, all without compromising on flavor. Thus Harlem Shake was born.***
***And before you even ask, it was named before that song!
The question is, with so many competitors in that space, how do you differentiate yourself? Can you really do something different with a burger that's not just a novelty?
From the get-go, I knew that smashing would be part of it. The technique is not anything particularly new, but credit goes to the Shake Shack for perfecting it by incorporating the use of a low-emissivity Miraclean griddle, and a stiff scraper for picking up more crust than had ever been possible before. It's a fantastic technique for a fast-casual burger joint because it not only produces great flavor, but it also cuts burger cooking time down significantly, meaning less waiting for the customer after they place an order.
The idea with the Harlem Shake burger was to take it one step further. Rather than a single 4-ounce patty, what would happen if we split that beef in half, producing two 2-ounce patties and effectively doubling the amount of crust?
It took several months of finagling—finding the right tools for the job, hitting the right heat level, tasting various burger blends, nailing down a repeatable procedure—but in the end it was a success. A smashing success, you might say.
Here's how it's done at the restaurant.
Step 1: Place the Patties
You start by placing two 2-ounce patties on the surface of a hot (and I mean hot) griddle. These are relatively high-fat patties (around 25%), made from a combination of short rib, brisket, and sirloin from Pat LaFrieda.
Step 2: Smash the Patties
We tried a whole host of instruments for smashing our patties before settling on a standard plastering trowel, which is essentially a steel plate attached to a wooden handle. It gives you good leverage, which is important—remember, we're smashing petite 2-ounce patties down to a size that's wide enough to fit on a standard burger bun.
One of the real keys here is to use an un-greased surface. You want the meat to stick, so as to maximize contact points for browning.
Step 3: Season
Next up, the patties get seasoned with salt and pepper. When you've got great beef, it's the only additional flavoring it needs. Think of it as a suit and tie for your patties.
Step 4: Scrape the Patties
After just about 30 seconds, the burgers are ready to scrape. One of the great things about the Miraclean griddle is that it heats almost completely through conduction. That is, you have to come into direct contact with it to feel its heat—you can hold your hand inches away from its surface and not feel a thing. This means that while your crust is developing, the upper portions of the patty don't cook as fast as they would on a standard griddle.
To scrape up the browned bits in the burgers, we use a heavy-duty scraper with a 4-inch razor blade, pressing down on it firmly and working around the patty to make sure every last bit of flavor is lifted from that griddle.
Step 5: Flip and Cheese
After flipping the burger, a slice of american (or cheddar) cheese is added to one of the patties and the second patty is placed directly on top. This way, the cheese gets heated from both sides simultaneously and rapidly melts, helping the patties stay together on their trip to the sandwich.
Step 6: Stack and Go
Here's the thing with ultra-smashed burgers. As with all decisions you make in life, this one comes with a tradeoff. You're never gonna achieve the trued medium-rare center that you can get with a bigger, fatter burger. The patties are simply too thin. This means yes, your burgers come out a little bit dryer, but there are ways to minimize that effect.
For one thing, the patties are cooked almost 100% unilaterally. That is, they spend most of their time with one side down, developing that massive crust. Once you flip them, you've got to work as quickly as possible—that second side should cook for no more than a few seconds.
That center layer of cheese is also of vital importance, providing fat and moisture to each bite.
From start to finish—from the time the meat gets laid down to the time the burger hits the window—the process takes less than a minute.
The basic cheeseburger at Harlem Shake comes on a Martin's potato roll toasted in butter, along with some homemade pickled cucumbers and onions, and a squirt of a salty-sweet special sauce made with plenty of black pepper.
That's not to say you can't get other things on your burger like, oh, this Jerk Fry Burger. (Pardon a brief moment or two of shameless plugging):
Pickles, onions, tomato, shredded lettuce, smoked jerk mayonnaise, and french fries (cooked in real beef tallow!) tossed in jerk seasoning piled on top of the patty. There are a few other topping options on the menu (like a pickled cherry pepper-bacon relish and a version piled with fried pork rinds), along with homemade veggie or turkey versions of every burger, natural casing hot dogs (bacon-wrapped and deep-fried, if you'd like), a real patty melt, a couple fried chicken sandwiches, some salads, and of course shakes.****
****And yes, that's a Big Red you see there. Part of my stipulations for helping out were to have a fridge stocked with all my favorite sodas: Big Red, Cheerwine, Vernor's Ginger Ale, Foxon Park Birch Beer, Boylan's Grape Soda, Ting, and Mexican Coke, to name a few.
Bringing it Home
So that's how you can do it in a restaurant space. What about at home?
The process really isn't that different; you just need a slightly different set of tools. Like the restaurant version, it starts with good beef. You can grind your own, or just buy fresh-ground beef from a good butcher or supermarket. The key is making sure it contains enough fat to get the whole thing sizzling without having to grease your pan. Fresh-ground chuck will do, and use a scale if you want to be precise (and why wouldn't you want to be?).
Unlike with regular burgers, you actually want to work this meat a little bit and help it bind together. Some gentle massaging, followed by packing it into 2-ounce balls. is all it takes.
For cooking, I use either a stainless steel or cast iron pan, with my preference leaning towards the former. A wide, straight-sided sauté pan or slope-sided skillet does the trick and cuts down a bit on the inevitable fat spatters. You want to preheat the pan over high heat for several minutes—600 to 700°F is what you're going for here. Whatever you do, stay away from non-stick. Not only will it prevent proper crust development, but it's also unsafe to heat non-stick surfaces to temperatures above 450°F or so—the coating vaporizes.
To smash the burgers, I use my favorite Due Buoi wide spatula, using a second spatula to apply pressure to the top.
Just as they do at the restaurant, the burgers should take under a minute to develop a good crust, which means that even before it hits the pan, you should have a buttered-and-toasted bun, complete with toppings, ready to go. And, of course, that slice of cheese.
Scraping the patties can be done with the same stiff spatula, but a sharp bench scraper does the job even better, provided you're not afraid of the pan. Don't be. I'm pretty sure hot fat can sense fear. Some heavy duty protective gloves can help.
As soon as the patties are flipped, and I mean as soon as they're flipped, add cheese to one patty and stack the other on top. I'd recommend either using a store-bought American cheese (see our taste test here), or homemade melty cheese slices. You need a good melter to help bind the patties together.
And onto the prepared bun they go. You can mix it up with the toppings, but try and keep it simple. This is a burger that's all about the beef. I like sliced onions, dill pickles, some shredded lettuce to help catch any dripping juice (and there will be dripping juice), and a mayo-based condiment (in this case, it's some basic homemade mayonnaise).
And there you've got it. It's a burger that packs in a crazy amount of flavor in a single, manageable, 4-ounce package. The textural contrasts you get from just the patty and cheese alone are mind-blowingly good. Juicy meat, gooey cheese, and crisp, lacy crust are just about everything I want in a burger. A burger that cooks in under a minute, no less.
About the author: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is the Chief Creative Officer of Serious Eats where he likes to explore the science of home cooking in his weekly column The Food Lab. You can follow him at @thefoodlab on Twitter, or at The Food Lab on Facebook.