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Working in physics: Sensing a challenge
The opportunity to carry out academic research backed up with the resources of industry attracted James Endicott to electronics company e2v.
While studying for my undergraduate degree at the University of Nottingham in the UK, I developed a strong interest in condensed matter physics. This led me to undertake a PhD in semiconductor physics and then, almost before I knew it, I was starting my final year and contemplating what to do next. Although the PhD was a great experience, after many years following an academic path I felt it was time for a change. I started looking for industrial jobs with a focus on engineering and physics, and quickly discovered e2v – a leading design firm of electronic components and subsystems. I applied for the company's annual graduate scheme in 2005 and was delighted to be offered a job working with charge-coupled devices (CCDs).
e2v manufactures electronic tubes, sensors and semiconductors for the medical, scientific, aerospace, defence, industrial and commercial sectors. The company employs about 1800 people across three manufacturing sites in the UK (Chelmsford, Lincoln and High Wycombe) and a fourth in Grenoble, which was recently acquired from a French electronics company. Although the name e2v is only a few years old, the firm was started 60 years ago as the English Electric Valve Company.
Sensors in space
CCDs are arrays of capacitors made from semiconductor materials that are used in a variety of digital-imaging applications, from mobile-phone cameras to telescopes. The CCDs designed and manufactured by e2v have historically been closely associated with the space industry. For example, its CCDs have been chosen by NASA and the European Space Agency for major research missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. For such missions e2v has developed sensors not just for imaging but also for spectroscopy and guidance systems.
In addition to space projects, e2v makes CCDs for several other market sectors. In medical imaging, for example, its sensors are used in X-ray and biopsy analysis. Scientific applications include spectroscopy, microscopy, fluoroscopy and crystallography. And its patented "L3Vision" system allows CCDs to be used in very low light conditions, leading to industrial applications such as night-time surveillance cameras.
Since starting at e2v, I have mainly worked as a device development engineer. Initially, this involved some simple testing and experimental work, but I soon began a project in which I modelled the circuits that are used in CCDs to detect electric charge. Recently, I have taken on some investigative projects associated with the wafer fabrication process of the CCDs. My aim here is to improve the manufacturing yield and ensure that the firm will be able to cope with the next generation of device designs. In addition, I have started a secondment in e2v's product-engineering group. Product engineers are responsible for testing and evaluating devices, and ensuring that the product is delivered to customers on time. This role requires a good understanding of the devices, as the engineer must interpret test data, solve problems and respond to customer queries.
Solving problems
My work at e2v has been varied and interesting, with a mix of hands-on practical experience together with analytical and investigative research. From a technical perspective, there is always something new to learn about the devices, be it in the operation, application or manufacture. There are certainly similarities between the experimental work I undertook during my PhD and the practical problem solving that is involved in the job of an engineer at e2v. In both cases, the challenge is to get a result from your equipment in the best possible way. Other skills that I developed at university, such as the ability to communicate clearly and write concise reports, have also proved invaluable in the work place.
I have found the main difference between industry and academia to be the level of support available to me. As a PhD student you often struggle to find resources and so have to be creative in finding solutions to your problems. In contrast, in industry, the commercial pressure of satisfying the customer means the support available is much greater. The implementation of milestones and targets at the company also makes the pace of the work faster than while doing a PhD.
Most new starters working on CCDs are physics graduates who join the product-engineering group. There is a healthy balance of people with undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications from a wide variety of universities. In this role, new starters can make use of their physics degree while they get up to speed with the CCD aspects of the business and learn the importance of their work to the customer.
Physicists who have started in the product-engineering group have moved on to a wide range of roles. Some have stayed within the group to become senior engineers who are experts in their chosen technology. Others have moved into applications engineering, where they work closely with the customer to bid for contracts for new business. Alternatively, some engineers have progressed to managerial roles such as team leader or project manager, with a host of new challenges and responsibilities. Whichever path you choose to follow, in a company such as e2v with a broad product portfolio and a vision to expand, the prospects are bright.
About the author
James Endicott is a product engineer at e2v, Chelmsford, UK.
This article originally appeared in the February 2007 issue of Physics World
Image credit: e2v
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
She's so pretty in the beginning of the video when Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift start singing about how the "Highway Don't Care." This girl is crying her eyes out, driving down a winding road and then, tragically, texting. So of course her dewy, tear-stained cheeks turn into full-blown lacerations and severe head trauma right after the accident. But how that all happened behind the scenes was no accident.
Tarryn Feldman, the makeup artist for the victim, used all of her education in special effects makeup to make sure the girl looked realistically hurt at the scene and then at the hospital when McGraw meets her on the helipad on top of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
"I got to sit down with the doctors at Vanderbilt to talk about what the bruising would look like at first. So on the first day, we shot the initial crash when the girl wasn't as puffy or darkly bruised. She's just got new blood and sweat," Feldman explained. "Then the doctors showed me pictures of people they'd treated who'd just been in car accidents. About two hours after a crash the patient's eyes were huge and black and swollen shut." That is exactly how Feldman made the victim's face up for the helipad scene.
But McGraw wasn't just playing the doctor. He was involved in the whole shoot, Feldman said.
"He's always really sweet and so involved in everything," she told me. "It's very country for him to do that because it's not always like that in other genres. Tim was genuinely interested. Especially because this video has such an important message."


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India has always sold itself well to 'seekers', never really to 'indulgers'. And in this lies our inability (not withstanding the regular self congratulatory blurbs emanating from our tourism ministry) to jump-start our inbound tourism.
'Indulgers' look for experience and that means they are looking to do something now – the Today matters to them. 'Seekers' on the other hand are looking for answers and are very likely to look for them in the past. And practically no country on earth has so much mind-share of Seekers as India.
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Allen could face court-martial
Marine Gen. John Allen's alleged involvement in the romantic triangle that ensnared David Petraeus could lead to something seldom glimpsed in the American history of war: the court-martial of a top battlefield commander.
Defense officials say Allen insists he has done nothing wrong, though they acknowledged he exchanged "potentially inappropriate" emails with MacDill AFB socialite Jill Kelley. But if the Defense Department's investigation finds Allen did more than write her and actually engaged in an extramarital relationship, he would be subject to prosecution under military justice.
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The key distinction between Petraeus and Allen: Sources say Petraeus's affair with Paula Broadwell began after he retired from the Army while Allen remains on active duty.
Although adultery is rarely a criminal matter in the civilian world, it is formally barred under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to which Allen remains subject even as the senior four-star commander of U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. If the DoD inspector general's report concludes Allen violated the UCMJ, it would present his immediate boss, Gen. James Mattis of Central Command — and Pentagon officials in Washington — with what could be some tough choices.
( Also on POLITICO: Gen. John Allen ensnared in Petraeus drama)
Should they let Allen, 58, just retire from the Marine Corps or should they prosecute him? If he is cleared and wants to stay on duty, should the president continue to support his taking over the post in charge of European Command? That would require confirmation by the Senate — Allen will not take part in what would have been his confirmation hearing Thursday — and it could become a circus. For now, Allen apparently continues to hold the confidence of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and by implication, President Barack Obama, as Panetta kept him on duty as the commander of Kabul even after Tuesday's email revelations.
That's compared to the case of another top American commander in Afghanistan, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, who was charged with sexual assault earlier this year. Sinclair was suspended from his post in Kabul and sent home to Fort Bragg, N.C., to face military justice.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 facts about Jill Kelley)
In Allen's case, if Mattis, as the "convening authority," thought there was enough evidence to hold what's known as an "Article 32" hearing to determine whether Allen should be court-martialed, Allen would likely be taken off his assignment. Even if he weren't prosecuted, his career would likely be over.


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Some of her students can't talk. Others use wheelchairs. Many live with cerebral palsy or Down's syndrome.
All these challenges just help motivate Wendee Bertke, an intervention specialist in the multiple disabilities classroom at Coldwater High School near the Lake Campus.
"I work on a very personal level with each of my students and relish the challenge of trying to figure out how to teach each one. Each student is so very different and interesting," explained Bertke, who earned a master's degree last August through the Lake Campus intervention specialist education program. She is now in her fourth year at the high school through the Mercer County Educational Service Center.
Bertke, who earned a bachelor's degree at the Lake Campus in 2002 in early childhood education, became interested in special education when she attended St. Mary's High School. "I babysat a child with special needs and very much enjoyed the experience. It laid the groundwork for my career in special education."
Bertke explained that she learns a lot from her students as well. "They look at the world in a way that no one else does. It makes you stop and think sometimes."
Bertke said the smaller class size (nine students) allows her to customize her teaching to the needs of each individual, whom she typically has for several years. The learning pace is much slower, as in most cases she works for the entire school year on very few skills. These include teaching the high schoolers to prepare a meal or follow a schedule.
"It can be very overwhelming when looking at all the needs of your students. I can see where being a perfectionist can get you into trouble. Some days you feel like a video game, just dodging things coming at you."


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Former Corinth Mayor Billy Hill swore in Commissioner Barbara New as interim mayor Dec. 11 for the rest of Hill's term.
International Hour of Code exposed 475 Williamstown Jr. and Sr. High students to a possible college and career path on Dec. 7.
Students plugged into computers, phones and tablets to learn the basics of web coding through games, such as MineCraft, "Star Wars" and "Wonder Woman," which hopefully sparked a few students' interest, said Principal Brandy Feagan.
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When Danny and Sharon Goderwis took their son to watch a Civil War re-enactment in Cincinnati, they had no idea of the impact it would have on him.
Nine-year-old Kambria Koebbe, whose contagious smile could light up a darkened room, died Thanksgiving Day after a hard-fought and courageous battle with a rare form of brain cancer.
The Sherman Elementary third grader was diagnosed last year with an inoperable thalamic glioma brain tumor.
Helping Hands' thrift store will double its size after expanding into Cinderella Laundromat next door.
Located on North Main Street in Williamstown, the thrift store has had its doors open to donations and customers for five years, but now those doors are busting at the seams, said co-managers Dee Hartfiel and Tandy Taylor.
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The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning: Helping Your College Student Succeedby Marcia Harris & Sharon Jones, NTC Publishing Group, 1996
The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning helps you and your child find workable solutions to every major career-planning issue. Written by recognized authorities in college career planning, this is an indispensable guide no parent should be without. From freshman orientation through senior year, you'll learn what to do when, where to find help, and how to navigate the waters of career planning to help your child land a satisfying and rewarding job.
Helping your child make the transition from college to career is one of your most important responsibilities as a parent. The Parent's Crash Course in Career Planning is a ready reference that offers tried-and-true advice for every step of the way.
Majoring in Success: Building Your Career While Still in Collegeby Anthony Arcieri & Marianne E. Green, Octameron Associates, 1999
Want to jump-start your career while you are still hitting the books? College is about more than courses, grades, and majors. It is also rich in "experiential learning" opportunities-- internships, workstudy, campus activities, volunteerism, and co-operative education. Majoring in Success shows you how to use these opportunities to offset college costs, connect with future employers, build a strong resume, prepare for job interviews, and more!
Discover the Career Within Youby Carney Clarke & Cinda Field Wells, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1995
Authors Clarke G. Carney and Cinda Field Wells demonstrate how an assessment of one's skills, interests, and values can lead to a rewarding career - one where students can do what they love and love what they do. From the initial career search to expanding their options once they find the perfect job, this insightful book will help your students every step of the way. Carney and Wells help students discover: · How to gather and assess information on careers · How to integrate the views of their significant others when making occupational choices · How to conduct an effective job campaign · How to adjust to a new work setting Using a life-span framework, the authors demonstrate how career is an integral element in the process of life planning and provide a picture of the skills needed for career success and satisfaction. The new edition offers a focus on current realities, such as the immediacy of the job search, the urgency of student debt, and other complexities.
Major in Successby Patrick Combs & Jack Canfield, Ten Speed Press, 2003
How do you figure out what career you would truly love while you're still in college? What's the best way to pick a major? How can you get and stay motivated? Finally, a book that answers the important questions about being a successful student! With so much at stake during the college years - your career, your success, your future, your happiness - you need smart, savvy, and inspiring ideas to ensure you excel. Author Patrick Combs helps you discover your passion, and reveals how to make the most of your college years and land a dream job. In this revised edition, you'll find new resources, updated websites, the latest job market research, a new handy appendix, and fresh success stories. Whatever your dream, whatever your major, whatever your age, MAJOR IN SUCCESS is an investment in your future.
What Color is Your Parachute 2004: A Practical Manual for Job Hunters and Careerby Richard Bolles, Ten Speed Press, 2003
"WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? HOT AGAIN, 30 YEARS AFTER DEBUT." So ran the headline this past October in the Seattle Times. Actually, it has been "hot" - the best-selling job-hunting book in the world - year after year, for more than three decades now, so much so that it is referred to as "the job-hunters' bible." Each year it is updated, and sometimes vastly rewritten, by the author, giving first-time and veteran readers alike something new to discover. For those who have not read an updated version in recent years, this is a reminder of why, in the words of Fortune magazine, "PARACHUTE remains the gold standard of career guides."
You're On Your Own (But I'm Here if You Need Me) : Mentoring Your Child During the College Yearsby Marjorie Savage, Simon & Schuster, 2003
Parents whose kids are away at college have a tough tightrope to walk: they naturally want to stay connected to their children, yet they also need to let go. What's more, kids often send mixed messages: they crave space, but they rely on their parents' advice and assistance. Not surprisingly, it's hard to know when it's appropriate to get involved in your child's life and when it's better to back off.
You're On Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me) helps parents identify the boundaries between necessary involvement and respect for their child's independence. Marjorie Savage, who as a parent herself empathizes with moms and dads, but who as a student services professional understands kids, offers advice on wide-ranging issues.
Don't Tell Me What to do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Yearsby Helen E. Johnson & Christine Schelhas-Miller, St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
Does your daughter call home in tears over the latest "crisis," leaving you feeling helpless and concerned? Is your son confused about his major? When children leave for college many parents feel uncertain about their shifting role. By emphasizing the importance of being a mentor, Don't Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money shows that parents may have lost control over their college student, but they haven't lost influence. Brimming with humorous case examples and realistic dialogues, this comprehensive guide covers the fundamental college issues,
Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years, Fourth Editionby Karen Levin-Coburn & Madge Lawrence-Treeger, Quill, 2003
Unlike other college guides targeted at students or about the admissions process, Letting Go is a compassionate, practical and up-to-the-minute self-help handbook for parents dealing with the confusing and conflicting emotions of watching their children go off to college. Using many anecdotes from students, teachers and administrators on the lines, the chapters lead parents through the transitional period from junior year of high school to senior year of college. The authors explain the mind-set of today's college students and what their hopes and fears are and offer parents help in figuring out when to encourage their child's independence and when to come to the rescue. With all-new sections on campus life, as well as the latest facts on the Internet and its impact on the admissions process, academics and student life, this is a must-have guide for every concerned parent.
Empty Nest, Full Heart: The Journey from Home to Collegeby Andrea Van Steenhouse & Johanna Parker, Simpler Life Press, 1998
Beginning with the senior year in high school, moving through the summer year after graduation, the final departure for college and the freshman year, Andre Van Steenhouse offers a lighthearted, yet savy look at this turbulent time through her generous and compassionate world view, making it lively, humorous, and emotionally resonant. She has interviewed hundreds of families making this difficult passage and includes their stories while providing her trademark sensitivity for handling each stage of the journey.
When Your Kid Goes to College; A Parents' Survival Guideby Carol Barkin, Avon, 1999
You've taught them how to do their laundry, brought them a year's supply of toothpaste and shampoo, and lectured them on the do's and dont's of life beyond your home. The time has come for your child to leave for college - but are you prepared to say goodbye? Written by a mother who survived the perils of packing her own child off to school, When Your Kid Goes to College provides supportive, reassuring, and helpful tips for handling this inevitable but difficult separation.


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J.-H. Rosny aîné is one of the most important French science fiction authors, but he's best known in the United States for writing the 1911 novel that became the movie Quest for Fire. Now, at last, three of his novellas have been translated into English and collected into one volume by Wesleyan University press, and they take us from the dawn of humanity to the end of the world.
One story involves primitive cave people encountering weird creatures — bluish, translucent cones — which have strange, almost magical powers. The second story narrates the early life of a young mutant, in a world that also features strange, almost godlike creatures. And then the third story takes place in the far future, after life is almost extinguished on Earth except for a few lingering humans — and weird creatures called the ferromagnetics.
Over in the Washington Post, Michael Dirda praises the beauty and audacity of Rosny's writing:
Never having encountered any of his fiction, I was unprepared for the power and beauty of "The Xipehuz," "Another World" and "The Death of the Earth." There's nothing hokey or dated about these startling visions of Otherness, although they were first published more than a century ago. You won't read better science-fiction stories - or even better stories - this year... These brilliant works by Rosny underscore how often American readers - and I include myself - simply neglect the artistically ambitious and exceptionally entertaining science fiction written in languages other than English.


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You don't have to be an artist to paint like a master — just a genius
Many have tried to copy Johannes Vermeer's detailed and fascinating works, but it took a CEO from San Antonio with no artistic training to do it. An electrician and amateur inventor, Tim Jenison is the CEO of the wildly successful video technology company NewTek. He is not, however, a painter.
Jenison was fascinated with the works of the 17th century painter. Vermeer was an oddity of his time because he didn't sketch his paintings, instead working oil on canvas to achieve realistic images of Dutch domesticity. No documents survive to reveal Vermeer's techniques; his process and the formulas for his paints are a mystery lost to the ages.
To Jenison's eye, Vermeer's style resembled a compressed video image: reflecting true light values, showing single point focus and capturing amazing detail. Jenison theorized that Vermeer used a lens and camera obscura setup to get such realism. Using a small mirror and a technique he invented for matching shades, the untrained Jenison was able to create stunningly realistic paintings.
So it was possible to paint using optics and mirrors. But did Vermeer do it that way?
To test his theory, Jenison used his optics setup to recreate Vermeer's The Music Lesson. This wasn't simply a case of repainting a masterpiece; Jenison was out to prove that Vermeer could have used optics to achieve his results. Jenison visited Vermeer's home, took measurements of his studio space and got to work.
He recreated Vermeer's studio, hiring experts to rebuild every stick of furniture, recreate the light that would have streamed through the windows and sew exact replicas of the clothing of the models. Jenison made his own lens, using techniques that would have been available in the 17th century, hand-polished the optics and learned how to hand-mix oil paints. With all the elements in place, it was time to test his hypothesis.
A documentary that argues art and technology should be united instead of viewed as separate studies, Tim's Vermeer is a tribute to inventive minds and determination. Directed by Teller (of magical duo Penn and Teller), the film is a joyful look at the dedication, obsession and ultimate triumph of Jenison and Vermeer. Narrated by Teller's partner Penn Jillette, the film explores what makes an artist but finds no single answer.
Capturing Jenison's tenacity while giving the audience a hefty art history lesson, Teller manages to keep the film light and entertaining. He interviews all the right art historians to make his argument that Jenison's methods are not only possible but probable.
The real proof of Jenison's thesis is his recreation of The Music Lesson. Teller painstakingly documents every exacting step Jenison takes to reach his goal. The commitment is part technology, part madness and all art.
You'll need to go to Baltimore or D.C. to catch this documentary, but it's well worth the trip. Don't be surprised if you find yourself buying a small mirror and some oil paints after you see it.
I recommend this film to anybody. But please don't view it as some kind of art criticism as some people do. I see this film as more about the copying-machine itself and the process of figuring it out. This has nothing to do with art criticism.
Admittedly, the narrator says, "Tim painted a Vermeer!" and the title is "Tim's Vermeer" and I presume from this, some draw the wrong conclusion. That statement and that title is merely provocative showmanship. Don't let it get to you.
One of the very exciting things about it is that anybody can do this! I just took a pencil, a dental mirror and a great blob of plasticine (to correctly mount/position the mirror) to copy a line drawing. The mirro-only approach is one of two techniques shown in the movie. It is a simple but effective way for a untrained artist to copy a drawing accurately. A pencil copy isn't that exciting, of course. But it is gratifying to try the technique first hand and see it in action.
I have to admit, it is tricky to set up the mirror correctly, but it doesn't take more than 10 to 30 minutes to figure it out.
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Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall was fined $30,000 for screaming at an official during an October 28 game against the Steelers. Now Hall says the official falsely told the NFL that Hall had threatened to kill him during their heated exchange.
Hall told the Washington Post that head linesman Dana McKenzie told the league office that the reason he ejected Hall from the game was that Hall issued a death threat. Hall says that's simply not true.
"Yeah, he said that's what threw the flag for the ejection," Hall said. "And so, you know, that didn't happen. That should have never happened, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. There's just a lot of things that are unresolved with that case that have to be resolved."
Hall said that in the process of appealing his fine, he began to believe that the NFL Players Association never should have accepted the Collective Bargaining Agreement that ended the lockout last year. According to Hall, the players gave the league office far too much authority to discipline them.
"Any time you've got one person that's the judge, jury and executioner — he makes the fine, then he hears the appeal, then he decides the amount — it's just tough. It's just tough," Hall said. "The CBA we agreed on probably wasn't in the best interests of the players, from my viewpoint."
Although Hall stopped short of criticizing the union, he said that he now wishes he had immediately hired his own lawyer when the NFL fined him, instead of relying on help from the Players Association, which is what he has done so far.
"I should have took a step back and got independent counsel, figured the right, I guess, path to go on," Hall said. "That's kind of what we're trying to do now, I mean, because what happened shouldn't have happened. He shouldn't have came at me like he did. I shouldn't have came back at him. But it happened. But after that, I was told that I said I was going to '[profanity] kill him,' which didn't happen."
If there's still a dispute about exactly what Hall said to McKenzie, that suggests that no audio of the exchange exists, and we'll likely never know who's telling the truth. But a $30,000 fine obviously means the NFL thinks Hall said something that went way too far.


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Ken Young
Bradley University
United States of America
Ken Young is honored to return to his alma mater as Director of Forensics to continue the tradition of Bradley University Speech Team excellence established by L.E. Norton, refined by George Armstrong, and propelled, most recently, by Dan Smith. After receiving his B.S. in Communication-Public Relations from Bradley, Ken attended Northern Illinois University where he received his M.A. in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Rhetoric. During his tenure as a forensics educator, Ken has coached multiple students to national and state championships at both the high school and collegiate levels. Ken comes to the hilltop after four years at James Madison University where, in 2010, the American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament presented Ken with the Outstanding New Forensic Coach Award for his leadership and innovation in forensics. His research interests include: Forensics, Forensics Pedagogy, Public Speaking, Professional Communication, and Presidential Rhetoric.
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Jan. 20, 2007
Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson jokes about liking to sweat in Campbell's tiny Carter Gymnasium.
Sanderson was drenched Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't from the heat inside the 947-seat gym. His Bisons gave him all he needed to sweat about before pulling out a 65-64 win over Campbell in Atlantic Sun competition. Five of the last six games between the two teams have been decided by six points or less. The win gives the Bisons a 6-3 record at the half-way point of the conference schedule.
"I was proud of our guys and the way they bounced back," Sanderson said. "This is not an easy place to play. The game was back-and-forth, back-and-forth. We held strong. I'm tickled to death to get the win."
"As proud as I am of them, we have to learn from this road trip. We have to come ready to play every game. We are going to be getting everybody's best shot."
The Bisons came into the game hitting four-of-48 attempts from 3-point range. They hit nine-of-19 attempts in the first half to pull out to an 11-point lead (34-23) on a 3-point shot by LaKory Daniels with 3:52 left before intermission.
"I thought the first 17 minutes of the game we were as efficient offensively as we have been all season long," Sanderson said. "We have been working on ball screens and our spacing. I thought our spacing was much better. We got open looks and we were making our shots."
The Bisons did not score again in the first half as Campbell went on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 34-31 at the break.
"Campbell shoots so quick," Sanderson said. "They are very, very explosive. We turned the ball over three times in a row and the next thing you know it is a three-point game at the half."
Campbell stayed close in the second half getting its first lead of the game at 51-50 on a 3-pointer by Ruell Pringle with 8:32 left in the game.
The Bisons responded with a lay-up by Devon Seaford.
Campbell again took the lead for the last time in the game at 7:20 as Jonathan Rodriguez hit a pair of free throws for a 53-52 advantage.
Lipscomb took over the lead at 54-53 on a lay-up by Eddie Ard to start an 8-0 run that gave the Bisons their largest lead of the second half at 60-53 with 4:32 left to play.
Campbell answered with a 7-0 run that tied the game at 60-60 with 2:52 left in the game.
A pair of free throws by Jason Hopkins put the Bisons up 62-60. Pringle tied the game for Campbell with a jumper at 1:39. Hopkins came back for the Bisons with a tip-in with 56 seconds on the clock.
Campbell missed a jumper and then fouled Lipscomb's Brian Fisk who went to the free throw line with 19 seconds left. He missed his first attempt, but hit the second for a 65-62 lead.
Pringle rushed a 3-pointer with seven seconds left, but missed. With three seconds left Campbell's Russ Gibson connected on a tip-in. Lipscomb's Michael Lusk was fouled before the inbounds pass could be made with 1.6 seconds left. His missed both of his attempts.
"I told Mike to make sure he missed the second shot and to make sure he hit the rim," Sanderson said. "After the game I told him he was going to miss it anyhow so he could blame it on me."
Campbell fired a full-court shot at the buzzer but missed.
For the first time this season the Bisons placed five players in double figures. Point guard Trey Williams led with a game-high 15 points. Hopkins and forward Michael Teller each scored 11 points. It was a career high in points for Teller. Ard scored 10 points, all of them coming in the second half. Fisk also added 10.
"We played 10 guys 11 minutes or more," Sanderson said. "I thought our bench played well. It was critical for us to play so many players so we would be fresh down the stretch."
The Bisons shot 44.7 percent from the field (21-47) and 39.1 percent from 3-point range (9-23). The Bisons were 14-of-18 from the free throw line (77.8 percent).
The 64 points scored by Campbell was its lowest offensive production this season. They were averaging 83.9 points per game, 11th best in the country. Pringle and Gibson each scored 12 points. Ledell Eackles scored 11.
Campbell shot 41 percent from the field hitting 25-of-61 attempts and 33.3 percent from 3-point land connecting on eight-of-24 tries. Campbell only had six free throw attempts, hitting all six.
The Bisons are 3-2 in Carter Gymnasium. Campbell was 7-1 at home and 4-0 in daytime games this season heading into the game.
"We are sitting here fighting for our lives," Sanderson said. "But the most important thing for us is March. We have to be peaking at the right time.
"The league race is still in the balance. That is our first goal. But the ultimate goal is to be playing well in March."
The Bisons start the second half of conference play at home Thursday night when Kennesaw State visits Allen Arena at 7. Saturday at 4 ETSU visits for a crucial match-up.
"We have nines games left with five at home and four on the road," Sanderson said. "No game is a guarantee."
The Bisons are 12-8 overall. Campbell slipped to 8-10 overall, 3-5 in the conference.
Justin Seamon contributed to this story.


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Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. is considering selling its struggling Arby's business and concentrating more on its better-performing Wendy's hamburger chain.
The Atlanta restaurant operator has seen softer sales at both its Wendy's and Arby's locations, but Arby's has struggled more because its sandwiches — which can cost $5 or more — are more expensive than many other fast-food offerings.
Diners turned instead to cheaper alternatives during the economic downturn.
The company announced in November that it would be coming out with lower-priced options at Arby's but now has decided to explore other options, including potentially shedding the business. UBS Investment Bank will help Wendy's/Arby's as it explores alternatives for Arby's.
There are almost 3,700 Arby's restaurants in the chain, which is known best for its roast beef sandwiches. Wendy's has more than 6,500 restaurants in more than 20 countries.
Focusing on the Wendy's brand, given its relative size, is the key to maximizing shareholder's return, Nelson Peltz, the company's chairman, said in a statement Thursday.
Peltz's Trian Fund Management investment firm owns about one-fourth of Wendy's/Arby's stock.
The overall company has been the subject of takeover speculation as well. Wendy's/Arby's said it received a third-party inquiry in June about acquiring the fast-food company. In November, management pushed for Trian to act quickly on the inquiry.
Morningstar analyst Joscelyn MacKay said selling Arby's could make Wendy's itself a more tempting target for a leveraged buyout.
If that doesn't happen, getting rid of Arby's to focus on the more profitable Wendy's business appears to be a good move, Mackay said in a research note. Arby's has been a drag on the company's results since the two companies combined in 2008.
It's similar to the announcement by Yum Brands just two days ago that it was looking to sell its Long John Silver's and A&W chains in order to focus on its more successful Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut brands.
Wendy's/Arby's lost money in its third quarter, hurt by higher ingredient costs and weakness at Wendy's and Arby's locations. The company plans to report preliminary fourth-quarter and full-year results on after the market closes on Jan. 26.
The announcement sent shares up in trading Thursday. Shares rose 39 cents, or 8.5 percent, to $4.85 in afternoon trading.


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Russia to open air base in Belarus by 2015
(MINSK) - Russia on Tuesday announced an agreement to open an air base in Belarus by 2015, part of the two post-Soviet neighbours' plan to forge a political and military alliance on the doorstep of the European Union.
"We are beginning to work on a plan to create here a Russian air base with fighter jets," Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying at a meeting with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko.
"We plan to continue to address the issues necessary for strengthening the defensive capabilities of our Belarussian colleagues and brothers," Shoigu was quoted as saying by Lukashenko's office.
The base is due to open in 2015, while the first fighter jets will appear in Belarus already this year, Shoigu was quoted as saying.
He added that under an earlier agreement, Russia next year will send to Belarus four batteries of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.
Russia already has a radar station and a navy radio station in Belarus but the air unit will be Russia's first major military base in that country.
The two countries already have a customs union and cooperate within the framework of the so-called Union State alliance.
Together with the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, they also have agreed to create a Eurasian economic union, an EU-style project championed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring together ex-Soviet states.
Relations between Moscow and Minsk have at times also been prickly, as mercurial Belarus strongman Lukashenko has in recent years launched populist attacks against Russia over energy price hikes.
Belarus, which has borders with EU states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, has grown increasingly isolated from the West under Lukashenko's rule and repeatedly squabbles with the European Union over its rights record.
Moscow and Minsk plan to hold joint military exercises in Belarus in September.
The West has in the past expressed concern over the two countries' manoeuvres on Poland's border, saying they run counter to an improvement in ties between Moscow and NATO.
In his meeting with the Russian defence minister, Lukashenko defended his military cooperation with Moscow, saying it was not aimed against Europe.
"We are not hiding from everyone that we are the closest peoples and are trying to build a single policy," Lukashenko was quoted as saying.
"If we are preparing our armed forces, security forces for the defence of our common interests and lands then we should conduct appropriate events including military exercises," he said.
"I do not understand why the West is so suspicious about them."
Putin chose Belarus for his first foreign trip abroad after returning to the Kremlin for a third term last May. He went to Minsk after rejecting US President Barack Obama's personal invitation to a White House summit.


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Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
It is possible that the main title of the report Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- Dicarboxylicaciduria due to defect in Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids
- Carnitine Deficiency Secondary to MCAD Deficiency
- Dicarboxylicaciduria due to MCADH Deficiency
- MCAD Deficiency
- ACADM Deficiency
- Nonketotic Hypoglycemia and Carnitine Deficiency due to MCAD Deficiency
General Discussion
Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is a rare genetic metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. This enzyme is found to be most active in the liver, certain white blood cells (leukocytes), and certain connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) and is necessary for the breakdown (oxidation) of certain fats (medium chain fatty acids). Failure to break down these fats can lead to the abnormal accumulation of fatty acids in the liver and the brain. Abnormally low levels of the MCAD enzyme may also hamper or interrupt other processes associated with the metabolism of fatty acids.
In infants with MCAD deficiency, symptoms may include recurrent episodes of unusually low levels of a certain sugar (glucose) in the blood (hypoglycemia), lack of energy (lethargy), vomiting, and/or liver malfunction. These symptoms are most frequently triggered when an affected infant does not eat for an extended period of time (fasting). In some cases, a viral illness (e.g., upper respiratory infection) that limits food intake may cause the symptoms to occur. MCAD deficiency is the most common disease in a group of disorders that involve abnormalities of fatty acid metabolism (fatty acid oxidation disorders [FODs]). MCAD deficiency is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
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Marussia has confirmed that Timo Glock has left the team after coming to a mutual agreement with the driver.
News that Glock was on his way out broke over the weekend and was confirmed in a joint statement on Monday morning. With a pay driver expected to replace Glock, Marussia team principal John Booth said it had been a decision taken against a backdrop of "tough economic conditions".
"Timo has made a very significant contribution to our team over the past three seasons, helping us to develop our package to the point where, for a large proportion of the 2012 season, we were holding 10th place in the constructors' championship. Timo is a fantastic driver and he has been a very popular member of the team."
"Our team was founded on the principle of benefiting from proven experience whilst also providing opportunities for young emerging talent to progress to the pinnacle of motorsport. Thus far, this philosophy has also been reflected in our commercial model. The ongoing challenges facing the industry mean that we have had to take steps to secure our long-term future. Tough economic conditions prevail and the commercial landscape is difficult for everyone, Formula One teams included.
"We would like to thank Timo for working with us to reach this decision, especially as he had a valid contract, and also for the contribution he has made to our team. We wish him all the best for his future and I would like to congratulate the next team acquiring the services of such a competitive, professional and experienced racer.
"We will provide an update regarding the completion of our driver line-up in due course."
Glock said he had not planned to leave the team this year but that he is "excited" about his future.
"I have had three excellent years with the Marussia F1 Team, during which I had the chance to actively participate in building and developing the team in its endeavours to succeed within the Formula One World Championship.
"I would like to wish the team good luck in navigating this next period and thank everyone for the great times we shared and the support I have received. Although it is not the path I expected to be taking, I am in fact very excited about what the future holds in terms of my own career and I hope to comment on that very soon."
There are now three vacant positions on the grid with Force India and Caterham yet to name their completed driver line-ups.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – In a game that came down to the final minute, UC Santa Barbara fell to UC Irvine by the final score of 77-73 in the Thunderdome.
The Gauchos were led by Nicole Nesbit's 20 points, while the floor leader was Camille Buckley who finished with game-highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds. Clair Watkins led UCSB on the boards with 11 and came up one point shy of a double double.
Santa Barbara drops to 3-10 in conference play and 8-18 overall. With the win, UC Irvine breaks the .500 mark and is now 7-6 in the Big West and 14-13 on the season.
The teams were in a tight battle throughout the first half, until the Gauchos snagged the lead that they would control into the halftime break with 8:34 remaining.
Down 20-16, Melissa Zornig ignited a 7-0 Gaucho run to pull ahead for the first time since the opening minute.
Nesbit followed Zornig's left corner triple by nailing a long two-point jumper from the left wing.
Jasmine Ware, making her first appearance in four games for UCSB, made it two the charity stripe to cap off the run with a pair of foul shots.
Regaining the lead at 23-20, Vanessa Aguilar knotted up the score following the UCSB run with a three-pointer from the right wing.
The lead would be threatened, but not taken, as Nesbit coolly responded with another long two-pointer at the wing.
UCSB coupled that shot with a layup after Watkins delivered a block against Lauren Spinazze to send the ball the other way. While in transition, Nesbit garnered the attention of two Irvine defenders and slipped a pass to Destini Mason near the left block for the wide-open layup.
After a pair of successful free throws from Mason on the following UCSB possession, the Gauchos took a 29-23 lead with 4:45 left in the first.
Aguilar again hit a look from downtown to keep her team close at 29-26. The Anteater finished with 17 points off a game-high 5-of-9 performance from three-point land.
Santa Barbara didn't wait long to get that three back, though, as Kendra Morrison poured in her first trey of the contest from the left corner.
After Onome Jemerigbe slashed her way through the lane to give UCSB a 34-30 edge with 13 seconds left, Jennifer Tsurumoto hit a buzzer beater from the foul line to lower the deficit to two.
The Gauchos went on to increase their lead to nine points by the 15:44 mark in the second, and used an 11-5 run to get there.
UCSB rattled off three straight points with the first coming from a Watkins' free throw, while Jemerigbe hit the first field goal of the half on a layup. The freshman finished the game in tying a career-best 13 points.
Nesbit had the biggest contribution to the run as she fired off three consecutive jumpers from different spots on the floor. Zornig's second three-pointer of the night placed Santa Barbara ahead 46-37 with just over 15 minutes remaining.
UCSB fended off Irvine until the 6:47 mark when Aguilar hit back-to-back looks from three-point range to give the Anteaters the 64-58 edge.
Entering the final minute of the game, the Gauchos were trailing 73-68, but another Zornig three-ball put them back within striking distance with 41 seconds left.
However, the Anteaters didn't waste their shots from the free throw line and came out on top in the tightly contested matchup.
UCSB will return to the Thunderdome on Saturday to take on UC Davis starting at 2 p.m. The game will be the Gauchos' annual Play 4Kay game, as the team looks to raise breast cancer awareness. A pair of the official 2014 Play 4Kay Nike shoe will be auctioned off at the game, along with special warm up jerseys worn by the players. Tickets for the game are available at the Ticketing Office at the Intercollegiate Athletics Building, over the phone at 805.893.UCSB (8272), and online here.


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Safety, Training
By By Terry Terrell | October 1, 2013
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An accident investigation recently revealed once again – this time in the densest of urban settings – that helicopters are marvelous as aircraft, but are thoroughly misplaced when forced into unsolicited duty as boats. Most helicopter designs feature lots of machinery located topside, which usually produces a dramatic tendency for the aircraft to roll inverted almost any time the surface of water is encountered. The recently publicized New York mishap involved a Bell 206 sustaining a survivable impact to water just after departure, after which it immediately inverted, posing a specific and familiar survival challenge to its occupants. The fact that not all of the occupants succeeded in getting out of the undamaged but submerged cabin suggests that a review of water-filled enclosure blind egress procedure, developed during 1970s era accident analysis, might be a useful exercise for all contemporary helicopter users.
Not all helicopter users share an equal likelihood of unplanned water immersion, but they all, to include night EMS operators in most U.S. locations, face the same range of hazards once there. The average helicopter occupant not equipped with HEED (emergency air) gear can reliably tolerate submersion in warm water for about a minute. But in water below 65 degrees, breath-holding endurance diminishes rapidly. Although most water in North America is less than 70 degrees most of the time, breath-holding is usually not the central survival limitation, since a normally executed evacuation should take only 12 to 15 seconds. Swimming ability would seem to be another critical factor, but technically it is not. Swimming should never be attempted within the confines of a submerged aircraft cabin because it is not efficient and it increases the chances of the survivor becoming entangled or entrapped by obstructions. One conspicuous non-survivor carefully studied by the U.S. Coast Guard had actually egressed the side window of a cockpit and was very near the water's surface when a swimming kick snagged a boot lace on a lever. This proved to be his last living act. Weak swimmers and even non-swimmers, though, can escape a submerged aircraft using the proper techniques.
To maximize the probability of surviving a submerged cabin at least two cabin egress routes should be identified. Visualization of these routes must be accomplished with eyes closed, actually feeling seat backs, dividers, instrument panel glare shields – any handholds that are secure and unlikely to change location with impact or flooding. Cabin doors can become jammed or obstructed, during or after impact, so a clear plan for using backup exit routes is essential.
If ditching becomes imminent, exit routes should be reviewed, and lap belts/restraint harnesses should be checked tight. If personal flotation devices are being worn, or are available, they should be kept handy but not inflated or armed, since premature inflation of such equipment is likely to create serious entrapment hazards.
As the aircraft contacts the water, doors can be jettisoned. Simple egress may be possible at this time, but if the aircraft doesn't remain upright, it will fill with water rapidly with doors open, and the submerged cabin scenario will develop quickly. Several deep breaths can be undertaken just before immersion, remembering that the cabin will usually fill with water in only five to eight seconds. The urge to release seat restraints while the water is rushing in should be resisted, but headsets, helmets, and any other secondary attachments to the aircraft should be disconnected at this point. If individuals become unsecured in the cabin during inrushing of water, they may be moved unpredictably, usually producing extremely dangerous disorientation. When the rush of the water stops, a firm grasp of a previously established reference point should be maintained with one hand while releasing seat restraints with the other.
With primary reference point firmly in hand, you should visualize where you are in the cabin and how to proceed along your primary exit route. Pull yourself hand-over-hand along that route. Do not kick your feet or attempt to swim. Pulling is faster, requires less energy, minimizes the chances of becoming entangled and prevents disorientation. If you detect a random source of light, ignore it, since it may be a sealed window.
When you reach the open door, pull yourself through with a strong heave and move free of the aircraft. Now your flotation device can be inflated to assist in achieving the surface.
Beyond the aviation setting, media almost weekly report emergencies involving people becoming trapped in smoke-filled rooms, or in automobiles – situations requiring rapid exit for those deprived of normal visual orientation. Practiced emergency exit technique alone can't solve every egress problem, in aircraft or elsewhere, but if pertinent lessons learned from past accidents and loss are assimilated, chances of escaping any enclosure, under almost any circumstance, are greatly improved.


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Biking Bangkok: An Alternative Way to See the Sights
Biking Bangkok: An Alternative Way to See the Sights
By Peta Bassett
Saturday evening. Another night in Bangkok. You've checked off theGrand Palace, crawled through the sprawling Chatachuk Markets and shopped constantly enroute. Thoughts of any more time spent onKhao San Road make you want to cry. The strip shows on Patpong don't do much for you, either! You may think you've seen it all, but until you get on a bike and ride through the streets of Bangkok on two wheels, you haven't seen a thing!
Seriously. Toss aside all your traffic trembles and leave the tuktuk at the curb. For the most alternative way to experience Bangkok, hop a bicycle and take a two-wheel tour of Rattanakosin Island, the historic heart of Bangkok.
In Bangkok's world-famous traffic, the idea of leaving the safety of the sidewalk may seem suicidal. Especially at night. But with a lead vehicle, a loud hailer, a police escort and six whistle-blowing guides for each group of 20 you will have no need to claim on the insurance included in the tour fee!
First stop is Wat Pho, or to be formal and twist your tongue totally, Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararam Rajwaramahaviharn. Want to know the real reason behind all the shimmering mosaic tiles and the gaudy glitter? It becomes obvious under the cover of darkness–disco! The 1870's must have rocked in Bangkok.
But, under the moonlight the crimson-faced day tourists with large circles of perspiration dripping from each armpit are all gone. The courtyards surrounding the glistening wat and pagodas are deserted in their wake. It's a rare chance to have one of Bangkok's treasures all to yourself!
Back on the beat, the single file procession winds its way towards the Ministry of Defense. Whistles keep everyone in line while the significance of the dormant cannons and heavy artillery displays is explained. Done with the guns, it's time to reclaim the road.
While this is certainly an enjoyable ride, it isn't a leisurely one. Everything seems to zip past at times. Busy intersections are tackled en masse as riders take advantage of zebra crossings! Bemused pedestrians watch from the curb.
Five minutes later, the Giant Swing (Sao Ching Cha) looms into view. Built in 1784, it was used in the Brahman Swing ceremony as possibly the grandfather of all game shows. "Swingers" used to aim for greater heights in a cash-grab effort. A suspended bag of coins was the goal. Accounts differ. Maybe the money was silver, perhaps gold. Nevertheless, it was quite dangerous. It now stands to attention on a traffic island.
Across the road, we pulled up a piece of paving at the glittering Wat Suthat. The courtyard reverberated with the chanting of worshippers from within. Ushered inside through magnificent carved doors, we experienced something few visitors to the city ever witness.
After a few hours of eye-level sightseeing, the grand finale takes you down the infamous Khao San Road, a favorite budget traveler's hangout known for cheap eats and cold beer. The loud hailer suddenly switches to English and uses any foreign faces in this "Tour de Bangkok" as advertisement fodder to attract the attention of fellow travelers in the surrounding restaurants and street stalls. A sense of humor is a must!
If you miss the Saturday night road trip, don't fret. Sunday morning Bangkok by bike tours are offered as well, and a full-day tour ventures further along the canals of Thonburi to discover a different side of Thai life.
On the ferry ride across the Chao Praya River and the 40km train ride to the starting point, you may wonder if you'll be back in time for your flight home next week. You will.
Breakfast is served almost as soon as the bikes are mounted. A roadside stall dishes up a flavorful fish soup laden with coriander. Coffee and tea stops come later.
Klongs (canals) may have once earned Bangkok the title of the "Venice of the Orient." But the tropical landscape and Thai style homes shatter all European illusions. Romantic in parts, depressing in others, this outing leads through backyards, under clotheslines and along the vast network of elevated pathways that are the only form of access to some homes.
Only wide enough for bicycles and motorbikes, these pathways put the crowded roadways of Bangkok far behind you. However, corners need to be handled with care; plunging a few feet down into the murky klong water is not all that fun!
Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea–stomachs are not forgotten. Other treats include a tour of a Thai orchid farm, a few temple visits and glimpses of merchants plying the waterways as local residents go about their daily business.
But walking back to Bangkok down the middle of a railway line as a "shortcut" did not feature on the itinerary sheet! All prayers were answered and no trains chugged in either direction! The bikes, as well as all the riders, returned later in the afternoon in fairly good condition. A bit tired, but thrilled to have experienced Bangkok in a truly unique way.
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Neil Patrick Harris and Elton John Family Vacation
Neil Patrick Harris and Elton John Join Forces For a Family Getaway
Neil Patrick Harris and his partner, David Burtka, met up with Elton John and David Furnish in Saint-Tropez today. Neil and David brought their twins, Gideon and Harper, along on the European vacation, and David and Elton also had their son, Zachary, close by. The group met up at popular beach club Le Club 55. Afterward, the families put their little ones in life jackets, gave a wave to their friends back on shore, and hopped on a motorboat.
NPH is enjoying some time off following the season seven finale of How I Met Your Mother, which saw his character Barney tie the knot with Cobie Smulders's Robin. While the show is already confirmed for an eighth season, CBS executives recently revealed their hopes to bring the series back for a ninth year, too.


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Visual Learning: Art Cars at Burning Man
Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.
Most often, newspaper and magazine readers take a quick scan or snippet at photos and their captions. With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not).
Download this lesson plan as a PDF.
Step One: What do you notice? (before the facts)
Ask your students to make sense of the photograph by trusting their instincts of observation and inference. In doing so, the photograph offers possibilities and interpretations beyond a typical reading where the reader glances at the picture to reinforce their interpretation of the picture's title or caption. Do not introduce any facts, captions, or other written words outside of the image. You may hear: sculpture, red mushroom, brown hills, tent.
Step Two: What are you wondering? (thinking about the facts)
After you've heard what your students are noticing, you''ll probably hear the peppering of questions (Does someone live in it? Does it move? What's that stuff on top? What is this?!). That's curiosity or wonder—the intermixing of observations and questions. This is a good time to reveal the photo's caption, accompanying quote, and facts about the actual situation. Watch how the conversation shifts from what they believe to be true to discerning the facts about the photo.
- Photo caption:
One of the art cars seen at Burning Man. There are many art cars, ranging from big to small, which ferry Burners around the Playa. Some run on bio diesel, or other renewable fuels. Other forms of transportation include the bicycle and the good old-fashioned foot. Photo by Catherine Bailey.
- Photo facts:
Burning Man, founded in 1986 by Larry Harvey, has grown from a simple gathering of 20 in San Francisco to an annual festival where 40,000 people flock to the Black Rock Desert of Nevada in search of community and an outlet for radical self-expression.
Black Rock City, Nevada, home of Burning Man, exists only for one week out of the year. The city has a temporary population of around 50,000 and includes a post office, volunteer police department, restaurants, and hundreds of art installations. When the week of Burning Man is over, the city is abandoned. Most of the structures are burned, and the city returns to its natural state as a bare desert.
Cooling Man, a nonprofit based out of San Francisco, works to offset the carbon emissions of art and cultural-related events, such as Burning Man. This year, Cooling Man hopes to encourage 70 percent of Burning Man participants to offset 1 ton each, making Black Rock City the first "carbon negative city" in the world.
It would take the average driver less than 12,000 miles to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool with greenhouse gas emissions.
Trees can absorb about one ton of CO2 during their lifetime.
- Other resources around the image:
Burning Man Photo Essay
More About Burning Man
Cooling Man Website
Step Three: What next? (jumping off the facts)
Learning more about a photo leads to bigger questions and an opportunity to discuss broader issues and perspectives.
- Knowing that this year's Burning Man theme is "evolution," what kind of art cars can you imagine being there? What would you create and how would it run?
- Outside of buying a more fuel-efficient car, one of the easiest ways to reduce travel emissions is carpooling. How often do you carpool? What are obstacles to carpooling? What would make it easier?
- You've probably heard someone say "I can do whatever I want—it's a free country!" Where do you think the line should be drawn between having the "freedom" to express oneself and impacting the environment that is shared by others? Is it fair, for example, that plastic bags be banned or that a fee be imposed for their use? Should Burning Man be allowed in the Black Rock Desert?


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Spa Valley Railway » Visitor Information » Catering
The Spa Valley Railway offers a number of refreshment options to passengers. These include our static buffet car 'Emily' at Tunbridge Wells, the refreshment bars at Groombridge and Eridge, and of course our award winning Bar Car 'Kate', which we endeavour to run on green timetable trains, plus during many special events.
In addition to our catering outlets, we run a wide variety of dining services throughout the year - more information on these can be found here.
'Emily' is an ex-mainline train buffet car, and now lives in the platform at Tunbridge Wells. She is open on most running days. The menu includes teas, coffees and soft drinks, hot pasties, bacon sandwiches (when available), sausage rolls, sandwiches and crisps, as well as a range of cakes.
We now also have free wifi in 'Emily' which is available for all our visitors whilst they enjoy a fine pot of tea!
Emily is available and the perfect venue for children's parties, especially birthdays! These events include a ride on the train and then a party in the buffet, we can even provide a party box per child for an afternoon snack plus some goodies!
'Kate', our award winning on train Bar Car, was refurbished in 2018 and can be found in most green timetable trains, with her staff serving a range of refreshments as you roll along through the Kent and Sussex countryside.
Converted from a former passenger coach, Kate sells teas, coffees, beer, wine, spirits and food including doughnuts and scones. On some special days, real ale from local breweries is on tap.
Kate is available for hire for your special day; birthdays, weddings and corporate events are very popular!
*WiFi password obtained by requesting a reciept when making a purchase at the bar. WiFi subject to availability and mobile data coverage as the train makes it's journey through the High Weald.
The Groombridge Station Refreshment Kiosk has been developed by the FROGS (Friends Of Groombridge Station!).
This building was formerly a farm shop selling asparagus near Tunbridge Wells. It has been completely refurbished to meet current standards, and sells a full range of light refreshments.
As you'd expect, ice creams are also available, and there are a number of picnic benches on the platform, both in the open and under cover.
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Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
A liberal Christian came by about a year ago to challenge me as to whether corporate industrial pollution was responsible for the increase in homosexuality – especially among children – by messing with their hormones (see link here). My response to him? COULD BE! Whether corporate greed drives sexual perversion, or whether sexual perversion drives corporate greed (pornography IS a multi – billion dollar business, and that does not even include the things that aren't counted as pornography but should be, so where there is a demand mammon will meet it). But now here is the evidence that sexual perversion is deeply embedded into our culture and being normalized:
CHILDREN HAVE CUT themselves. In some cases, 9- or 10-year-old kids have staged suicide attempts. The little boys sob unless they're allowed to wear dresses. The girls want to be called Luke, Ted, or James. Their parents, desperate to know what is wrong, go online and type "gender disorder." And what they find is that, even now, decades after doctors performed the first sex changes in America, there's little help for transgender children.
There is more.
IDEAS: When are children old enough to declare what gender they will be?
SPACK: All I know is that when I see preadolescents, they have been dressing in the underwear of the other sex for years. These kids are almost certainly transgendered.
And they say evil spirits are not real? We are not just talking about the evil spirits in the children, but rather from the ADULTS that accommodate this vile wickedness, this abuse of God's creation. This is the key part: the article says that pre – adolescents have been exhibiting this behavior for years. Pre – adolescent means pre – teen, which equates to 10 – 12. So if a 10 year old has been doing this for years, it means since 6, or 4. That is before a child has had any meaningful exposure to the culture: schools, movies and television, etc. So then, how is it that these children have been turned so perverse so early? Child molestation is an easy answer, but too easy. You may want to blame parental neglect due to so many households in which women work – especially households led by single mothers – but that is a class based argument, not a spiritual one, for many of our lower income and minority communities have always seen high percentages of working mothers and single mothers without anything like these sorts of problems. And please realize that the article talks about how this fellow learned these techniques from the oh so progressive Dutch who lack some of our social problems (instead having entirely different ones that the American media rarely speaks of).
I think that an answer may be found in studying the state of Old Testament Israel. Regrettably I do not have a link at hand, but in one of his messages in The Minor Prophets series, Ronald Dart of Born To Win spoke of King Josiah's efforts to spiritually rescue Israel, and gave the opinion that sometimes a nation's apostasy has gone on so long and is so deeply embedded into the culture that it cannot be saved. Dart spoke of Israel then with their idolatry, sexual perversion (including child prostitution) and murder of the innocent (including child sacrifice) and compared it with the evils of contemporary America, making the conjecture that America had itself crossed its spiritual Rubicon into irrecoverable corruption and apostasy. So, God destroyed Israel, leaving it utterly desolate, so that the land could rest from the abominations of the people. Why? Well, God still had plans for the land … for His Son to be born into it. But Israel had so corrupted the land that God intended to be holy and set apart for the purposes of Jesus Christ that it had to be cleansed through desolation.
Think back thousands of years earlier, Sodom and Gomorrah. The place was filled with sexual immorality and violence, so God overthrew it. And think back quite a time earlier, in the primordial period just before the flood. The whole world was filled with violence and other evils, including the giants in the land, the nephilim about which there has been so much speculation. But in all of these instances, the Word of God records that the very land itself had become corrupted with sin. Not just the people. Not just the cultural traditions, perverted religions, and public institutions of government, military, and commerce. And not just the animals (which the Bible makes clear can be corrupted, not only through God declaring everything that had breath of life corrupt and having to be destroyed in the flood and the evil spirits entering the swine when Jesus Christ cast them out of a man, but when God often warned the children of Israel not to keep or sacrifice to Him the cattle and sheep of pagan nations, but instead to destroy them all along with the people!), but the very land itself!
Now I will grant you, there is some ambiguity or flexibility as to what precisely the term "land" means in various contexts in the Bible, but in this instance we can be reasonably certain that it is strongly correlated with the geography of a nation itself. So if the land is polluted by what the people living in the land are doing, then in what manner is this pollution? If it is not a horde of evil spirits attracted to an area by repulsive sinful conduct of the worst manner, I do not know what is. And there is no worse sin than that of the person who has knowledge of God or professes God but rejects God. Yet that was what happened with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and mankind falling into sin and the entire creation being corrupted with it was the result. Romans 1:18-32 makes it clear that many in the world knew of God during the primordial period. And then you had the apostasy of Israel, God's elect nation of stiff – necked people. Now I reject dominion and official theology, America is not the new Israel. But still, how can we not compare the wretched conduct of so many people who claim to believe in God to that of biblical Israel, of Sodom and Gomorrah, or of the cosmos before the flood? So if we are indeed a land corrupted by sin, with what is the resulting corruption? From my humble estimation, it can be nothing else but evil spirits that have such reign over the land that they can now enter into children of very young ages – ages before both Jewish and Christian doctrine claims that they can possess any responsibility for sin – and fill them with thoughts and provoke them to behaviors that are not convenient even without those children personally having been exposed to external sources of wickedness on that scale.
So we can suppose, then, that the effects of God ridding a corrupted land from its people so that it can rest as He did with Israel, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the entire world with the flood can be viewed in terms of Matthew 12:43-45, which reads "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." Get rid of all the people, and there is nowhere for these unclean spirits walking through dry places to find rest, and nowhere for him to bring the seven spirits more wicked than he. It would honestly appear that with the grotesque abominations that are now not only commonplace and accepted but DEMANDED by our contemporary society that America as a nation is that wicked generation that is in that last state. The only question is whether it applies just to America, as it did to Israel in the time and place that Jesus Christ was speaking (as the nation of Israel was destroyed in 70 A.D.) or does it apply to the whole world? Is this the beginning of sorrows for the earth, or just for America? After all, nations have come and nations have gone! Remember the mighty civilization that the Aztecs built? Yet the conquistadors overthrew it all! So … time will tell.
I acknowledge that during the short time (a little over a year) since I started this website, I have gone from (disillusioned) Pentecostal to a more Reformed Christianity, but people, evil spirits are real, and Reformed Christians have to come up with a way to deal with these problems through evangelism and ministry programs so that we can redeem God's children from the clutches of the enemy. That is one of the reasons why I have yet to remove the spiritual warfare materials from the top (also to the side) of the site: it is mostly from the charismatic perspective – with due respect to the Baptist Frank Hammond – but really what else is there?
From another perspective, this type of evil shows how perversion is taking over the world. Not only is it happening virtually unchecked, but it is the people that say that it is wrong that would face opposition. Suppose you and I were to go to Boston right now with picket signs and bullhorns in front of this fellow's office, declaring to the world the abomination that it is. (Of course, some would propose that quietly talking to people and handing out gospel tracts would be a more effective and more Christian way of dealing with this evil than publicity – seeking grandstanding, but consider the question anyway.) The news media, the intellectuals (of which there is no shortage of in Boston) and even many clergy would denounce such an effort as hateful, bigoted, intolerant, etc. and before long there would be hate crimes legislation against it, with news footage of Christians yelling and swinging signs at crying confused children, it would be a political watershed moment for the gay rights community, their Selma. Yet a mere 40 years ago, such an establishment working this type of evil against children would have been burned to the ground!
It has to be spiritual. Satan knows that he has but a short time, so the forces of spiritual wickedness are being unleashed upon the earth in a way like never before, and it will build until the return of Jesus Christ. The moral climate, the economic climate, the wars and diseases, the apostasy of the church … it all adds up to one thing: the fulfillment of the things spoken of in Daniel, Ezekiel, the Olivet discourses of Jesus Christ in the gospels, Revelation, etc. And yes, the apostasy of the church is a clear indication. How can these things be going on in a nation that claims to be over 75% Christian (if not higher) without a single hint of righteous outrage? Without armies of Christians motivated to action? It is as if a spiritual cloud of fear, defeat, blindness, pacifism, and accommodation is hanging over the church. And so many are that are fighting are doing it the wrong way: through electoral politics and in the courts. Were John Edwards and George Whitefield about today, what would they say about us? And better yet: how come WE are not doing what John Edwards and George Whitefield did? And yes, I include myself among the number of those that really are not doing nearly enough for the gospel. I have to do more. We ALL have to do more!
Jesus Christ is coming back soon, Christians. And when He does, what will you say if He asks you why didn't you do anything to help, defend, and advocate for His little children such as these?
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SQLite databases are becoming more and more of a focus point for the present day Digital Forensics Specialist, with the increase of applications available on the app store providing a gold mine for digital evidence waiting to be discovered. Commercial forensic software companies are rapidly expanding their research and development departments, which are under constant pressure to keep up with the reverse engineering of applications on the market and despite their best efforts, this is not feasible.
Updated 25th March 2015 at 23:01 by DCS
This article is related to running Sanderson SQLite Forensic Toolkit on a Mac OS X system. I apologize in advance for the lengthy read but please take the time to read everything and understand the concepts. I had to peruse the CrossOver wiki and support areas in order to understand what needed to be accomplished for unsupported applications to work.
Thanks to Paul Sanderson for encouraging me to put together this article.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with either
Many recent applications and even operating systems, particularly on mobile phones, have embraced the SQLite database as a standard. This means that as forensic investigators we need to be able to find and parse these databases as part of almost every case.
While there are tools that can examine specific SQLite databases such as SkypeAlyzer and NetAnalysis and these tools provide functionality to parse databases to look for deleted records and carve records from unallocated space.
On occasion I have looked at the fragmentation of a file to try and draw some conclusions as to how the file has been "built" on the disk, i.e. is the file contiguous or is the file fragmented. On one occasion this was used to prove that a file hadn't been part of just a mass copy exercise (where all the other files were contiguous and one after the other), all pretty basic stuff.
However today when playing with MFT entries I saw something that I had not seen before and that
Updated 8th August 2012 at 19:46 by Paul
(additional research)
I had been waiting with some anticipation for this book. I have done a lot with the registry over the years, including writing my own registry viewer, and I was looking forward to what I was hoping would be an authoritative reference, I was both pleased with what I got and a little disappointed.
I wanted to get the paper version but was too impatient to wait until it was released over on this side of the pond so I decided it was time to try a digital book.
To be fair
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When: Friday, May 25, 2012 – Sunday, May 27, 2012
from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
The Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale will bring together experts and enthusiasts alike to display, discuss and sell the most drought tolerant plants of all. What better time than now to invest in cacti and succulents as water conservation becomes a global issue? Join Fairchild and the South Florida Cactus and Succulent Society for this special show and sale and get started on your own arid garden today.
Admission: Free for Fairchild Members and children 5 and under.
Non-members: $25 for adults, $18 for seniors 65 and up and $12 for children 6-17.
Eco-discount: If you walk, ride your bike or take public transportation to Fairchild, receive $5 off admission for adults and $2 off admission for children. Members, remember to bring your Rewards Card to earn your gift passes!
Military Discount: We are pleased to offer active military personnel free admission. In addition, admission for spouses is $20 and children $10. Please present Military IDs.


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The Lourdes Food and Nutrition Department is happy to offer guests of our patients the convenience of in-room Guest Meal Trays.
Guest Meal Trays are pre-paid by the guest then delivered to a patient's room so that guests can share meal times with their loved one without ever leaving their loved one's side.
If you know you will be staying in the hospital with your loved one for a good portion of the day, you can order Guest Meal Trays for the entire day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Guest Meal Trays are available for $5 each and must be pre-purchased in the cafeteria before in-room meals are delivered to the patient.
Once you have purchased your Guest Meal Tray, Catering Associates will take your food order when they come to your loved one's room to take his/her food order before meal time. Your meal will be delivered to your loved one's room when his/her meal is delivered.