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Here's another good example of laziness in the press's coverage of airplane stories. In this case it's an airport story from November 2012, courtesy of our old friends the Associated Press.
"(AP) A woman driving with her infant son in her car crashed through a gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and drove on the runway in the latest in a series of similar mishaps across the country that have raised questions whether the nation's airports are truly secure. The woman rammed the partially open airport gate around 10 p.m. Thursday and started crossing the runway, police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump said. Such incidents are troublesome because a vehicle that crashed into a jetliner landing or taking off could cause a catastrophe, whether it was an intoxicated driver behind the wheel or a terrorist, said Jeff Price, an aviation professor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver."
"The runway?" Really? May I ask which one? Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) has three runways.
Would it have been that troublesome to simply say, "one of the runways," or "a runway"?
Though, to be honest, I'm skeptical that the woman drove her car onto a runway at all. I'm skeptical not only because no attempt was made to clarify which one, but because reporters have a bad habit of referring to pretty much any portion of airport tarmac as a "runway." Taxiways, terminal ramps, etc., are commonly called "runways," when in fact they are not. I should hardly have to point this out, but the runway is a very specific thing with a very specific purpose: it's that long and clearly defined strip of pavement that planes take off from and land on.
The silliest part, though, is that line about the dangers of a collision between and airplane and a car. Could such a collision actually cause a catastrophe? Absolutely. But did the reporter really need to call up an aviation professor at some college in Colorado to confirm this? What a bizarre conversation that must have been.
(Actually, the silliest part is that the police sergeant's name is Trent Crump, but that's not the AP's fault.)
I have a problem, in general, with the media's reliance on aviation academics. It's extremely common for reporters to cite aviation professors, aerospace researchers, and the like, in their stories. I understand the temptation here, and with certain topics these individuals can offer valuable insights. But what reporters don't realize is that professors and researchers can be highly unfamiliar with the day-to-day operational aspects of commercial flying. This is not their expertise. If the topic is aerodynamics, meteorology, or something statistical, that's one thing. But for anything that touches the nitty-gritty of airline operations and the SOPs of flying jetliners, professors are often terrible sources, with little idea what they're talking about.
This business about runways, meanwhile, reminds us of another annoying habit of the news media: its custom, in pretty much any story about an accident or incident, of referring to "the pilot."
Commercial jets are flown by a cockpit crew of at least two people: a captain and first officer. The latter is known colloquially as the "copilot", but they are both pilots, and they are both fully qualified to operate the aircraft.
Citing "the captain" would be better — though bear in mind that the captain may or may not have been the person actually flying the aircraft at the moment of any accident or incident. First officers fly too, performing just as many takeoffs and landings as captains do. And often, during emergencies or other abnormal situations, the captain will handle the checklists and troubleshooting, while delegating the hands-on flying duties to the first officer.
Thus the safest and most accurate option would be to refer to "the crew," or "the pilots," plural.
Wait, we're not finished yet…
We've also got the issue of emergency landings. Basically, any and every time a plane diverts or returns to its airport of origin, be it for a mechanical problem, medical issue, or anything else, the event is described as "an emergency landing."
In fact, the vast majority of what are described as emergency landings are simple, precautionary diversions or returns. Actual emergency landings are rare, and pilots do not employ the term nearly as loosely as the media does. The captain must specifically declare an emergency to air traffic control. Situations vary, but generally it pertains to a situation in which expedited air traffic control handling is requested, and/or aircraft status is uncertain. Even then, most emergencies aren't anything close to the life-or-death scenarios many passengers (or TV reporters) are prone to imagining.
Last but not least, I'm tired of being told about alleged terrorist schemes to blow up entire airports.
In October 2012, the re-sentencing of would-be Millennium Bomber, Ahmed Ressam, was making the media rounds. Rassam, you might recall, was the fellow caught driving into the US from Canada in 1999 with a trunk full of explosives. He originally was given 22 years in prison, but in that October was re-sentenced to 37 years. His plan was to detonate the explosives at LAX. To bomb the airport, in other words. But in story after story after story, both then and now, we have been told that Ressam had intended to "blow up the Los Angeles airport." If only I had a dollar for every time I've read and heard this childish phrase — in newspapers, on the Internet, and on radio and TV.
Rassam maybe have blown up a terminal — or a portion of one. He may have blown up part of the airport. Terrible things, yes. But he was not, under any circumstances, going to destroy the entire LAX complex, or anything remotely close to it.
We heard exactly the same thing in 2007, when three men (one of whom, curiously, had been a member of the Parliament of Guyana) were arrested and convicted in a conspiracy to blow up tanks of jet fuel at Kennedy Airport in New York. Or, as the new stories had it, and continue to have it, they were convicted in a plot to "blow up New York's Kennedy Airport." Google it, and start counting.
How exactly does one blow up a 5,000-acre complex — complete with 30 miles of road, nine miles of runway, nine terminals, and dozens of other buildings?
Answer: short of possessing a nuclear weapon, you don't.
I know how this might sound. But these aren't just petty or semantic complaints. I understand the need for clarity; I understand space constraints and the other editorial excuses. But the press has a duty and obligation to get it right, and it is in the attention to detail that a reader's trust is ultimately won or lost. And what of extrapolation: If aviation it treated so shoddily, should we not expect the same in matters of law, science or economics?
And these are just the nitpick examples. Rarely is an aviation article free from some measure of distortion, exaggeration, or at times outright nonsense. On the one hand, journalists face a challenge. They are working on deadline, under the pressure of limited word counts, assigned to a topic about which they probably know very little. Aviation is a particularly strange and insular field, overflowing with jargon, stubborn mythology, and recalcitrant entities (airlines). It's not an easy beat.
But the answers are out there. Accurate and reliable sources are available (I, for one, will happily pick up the phone, and I'm usually willing to speak on the record). If nothing else, can't we get the easy stuff right? The issues above are almost comically obvious and simple to correct.
To be fair, there are reporters whose expertise and accuracy rises above the fray. To name names, I'll give you Christine Negroni, who writes for the New York Times, Susan Carey at the Wall Street Journal, Nicola Clark at the International Herald Tribune, and Slobodan Lekic of the Associated Press, among others.
But these, unfortunately, are the exceptions to the rule. When it comes to airplanes and pilots, mainstream journalism, like Hollywood, usually gets it wrong. Movies we can forgive. The press, however, we hold to a much higher standard. Though sometimes I wonder who is trying harder.
This article was originally published on AskThePilot.com(http://www.askthepilot.com/airplanes-and-the-media/) and is used here with the author's permission. Patrick Smith is an airline pilot, author, and host of AskThePilot.com. His new book is COCKPIT CONFIDENTIAL: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.IN


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I've just saved the planet, and I couldn't be less enthused about it. A New Beginning is a self-styled eco-thriller with a spot of time travel and science fiction thrown in for good measure. It launched in Europe a couple of years ago, but more recently it received the translation treatment and was added to Steam in the form of a new version, Final Cut.
This final version doesn't exactly live up to the name, unfortunately, and clearly needed a lot more work. 2012 was a pretty wonderful year for the adventure genre, and this only makes the title's glaring flaws all the more obvious and hard to swallow. There are occasional bright spots to be found within it, however, though it's unlikely they will help anyone to overlook the numerous faults.
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Developer: Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment, Lace Mamba
Released: December 11, 2012
The future is bleak. Isn't it always? Mankind is on the brink of extinction and a solar flare is about to wipe out the few remaining humans. Living underground, the residents of this apocalyptic world have come up with a zany scheme to save the world. It's time they took the "final step. The step back... to the past!" And with that cringe-worthy line the game chugs along, spewing out atrocious dialogue like it was going out of style.
The plan, known as the Phoenix Plan (subtle), is to stop climate change and to get people to use algae instead of oil and nuclear power. A scientist from the '80s, Bent Svensson -- rocking a groovy porno mustache -- is roped into helping, and players are treated to ten or so hours of terrible pacing, energy mogul caricatures, and a lot of moaning. Oh yes, and they will have to hear the word algae repeated over, and over, and over again. Algae can bugger right off, at this point.
Characters generally fall into two camps -- detestable, or just plain stupid. There's some exceedingly forced character development, but it's quite hard to spot amid the dozens of schizophrenic, inconsistent buffoons that litter the game. These inconsistencies are noticeable almost straight away. During the prologue, Bent Svensson -- who has dedicated his entire life to developing a clean source of renewable energy -- laments the rise of pollution. He doesn't even like to kill fish, yet kills a bird with a machine that essentially poisons the avian bystander. His reaction is to not care at all, and he even mocks someone for feeling bad for the wee, dead fella. What a guy! He's the hero of the tale, by the way.
Honestly, I'm the sort of lazy "idiot" the game criticizes frequently. I don't bother to recycle, and I moan a lot about expensive energy-saving light bulbs, but I am interested in intelligent adventure games and hard science-fiction, which A New Beginning purports to be. It is neither of those things.
The game's message is utterly inane and deals with the complex issue of climate change with the sophistication of an infant. It is very clear that the developers think that their message is important, and they go so far as to break the fourth wall and point out that a science-fiction thriller can make a difference. Maybe it can, but not this one.
There certainly isn't a requirement to be environmentally minded to play the game, though, since even environmentalists will find the experience to be incredibly oversimplified.
When I think of time travel and adventure games I get all flustered. It's a combination ripe with possibilities and creative solutions to puzzles, thus I couldn't wait to see what Daedalic had in store for us. Not bloody much, apparently. It's employed twice in the whole game, but mentioned a hell of a lot, usually by Fay, one of the game's two protagonists, as she tries to tell everyone that she's from the future, so she knows stuff. World shattering stuff. There are no Day of the Tentacle-style puzzles here, that's for sure. In fact, there are no puzzles at all which involve the use of time travel. Baffling. Utterly baffling.
Compared to the dialogue, the terrible story is award worthy. Daedalic needs to fire their translation team and their QA testers, because anyone with even a basic understanding of English would have been able to spot countless errors just within the first fifteen minutes. Sometimes it seemed like there was a mistake every time someone uttered a word. More often than not, the same mistakes reappear constantly, and the text frequently fails to match the audio.
In a genre unfortunately known for poor voice acting, A New Beginning takes the cake. Without fail, every single character proves to be incapable of sounding like an actual human being, or even a believable facsimile. I don't know if it was due to the poor writing, bad direction, or just doing it all in one take, but the whole thing just ends up being an auditory crime.
Fay is one of the worst offenders, in great part due to her being the most vocal character. In a ruined archive in the middle of a decaying San Francisco of the future, Fay manages to sound like she's having an orgasm not once, but two times. This would have been fine if the game had turned into a more blue adventure, but sadly this was not the case. In one instance it is the voice actor's interpretation of someone falling down mid-sentence, the other is just her trying to say "umm" when she's confused by an irritating computer program. Call me childish, but I found it hysterical. I suspect that this was not the reaction the developers had hoped for.
In the puzzles there is some respite to be found, thankfully. Some verge on convoluted, but overall I found them to be organic, logical, and sometimes even quite clever. I must confess that a few stumped me, and I was really forced to wrack my brain for a solution. That doesn't happen very often in modern adventures.
Lamentably, they do become somewhat repetitive, often devolving into twisting something and sticking it somewhere; the result is they aren't as satisfying or imaginative as they could have been. Regardless, they are a breath of fresh air at a time when puzzles often get far less attention than the narrative among A New Beginning's contemporaries.
The biggest issue with the puzzles is that I didn't really feel motivated to figure them out. I didn't care about progressing through the story, and I dreaded having to listen to any more offensively bad dialogue. If I hadn't been reviewing it, I'm sure I would have either skipped some of them (the trickier ones have this option) or tried to find a walkthrough. Actually, if I hadn't been reviewing it, I would have stopped playing after an hour.
If I'd given up, I would have missed a lot of the absolutely gorgeous artwork, though. The hand-painted backgrounds and pleasing character art are by far and wide the best thing about A New Beginning. Detailed, striking, and full of color -- it's hard to believe that the rest of the game appears to be such a half-arsed effort.
I'm afraid to say that this highlight is marred by extremely poor animation that makes the stop motion animation of The Lost World or King Kong look completely fluid and seamless. The cutscenes also compare very unfavorably to the regular art work, attempting to mimic a confused comic strip. These comic-style scenes are also rife with hilariously awful lip syncing that leads to most characters doing curious impressions of fish.
The German-language version -- which was the original -- is meant to be better, but alas I know about ten words in German so I really cannot confirm or deny this. It does strike me that the worst aspects of the game are due to the terrible effort made by the translation team and English-speaking voice actors, though.
If you are truly desperate for good puzzles and sumptuous art, then you could do worse than play A New Beginning, but I found it impossible to look past the many issues and really enjoy the few things it manages to do right. There are too many superior adventure games to count, and it's not even one of the better games with an environmental message.
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Has some high points, but they soon give way to glaring faults. Not the worst, but difficult to recommend.
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To summarize the economics behind "G.I. Joe: Retaliation": the 2009 "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra" made enough moolah ($150 million domestic, $150 million elsewhere) to justify — nay, demand — a sequel. As for the aesthetics of the film, "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra" made enough moolah to justify — nay, demand — a sequel. Really. There are very few moments here where the filmmakers seem to have thought about anything else.
You expect your basic action blockbuster to follow a rigid, demographically driven template, but with surprising frequency, the pieces superimposed upon that template include funny dialogue, distinctive characters, ingenious action concepts, or all three. Not this time around: Every element seems built to open the wallets of adolescent boys with excess hormones. Apparently the retaliation is against the rest of us.
In James Bond fashion, there's a pre-credit action sequence that has no relation to the rest of the film. Even though there's nothing inherently wrong with that — go watch "Goldfinger" again — there's also nothing right with this particular one. There is some effort to introduce us to the characters, but the effort is for naught. All you can say for sure is that one of them is Dwayne Johnson and another is Channing Tatum, reprising his role from the earlier film.
This sequence displays one of "GIJ:R"'s worst faults. The action scenes are cut in a way that makes it tough to tell who's who, or who is on what side. We'll see a Good Guy being shot at, and the camera cuts to what appears to be a reverse shot, showing the Bad Guy doing the shooting. Except it's not a reverse shot; it's a cut to some other random Good Guy. In a few scenes, the sides are clarified through color-coded clothing, but more often there's just a hodgepodge of masked characters blasting away at each other.
What makes things even more confusing is that Snake Eyes (Ray Park) turns out to be Stormshadow (Lee Byung-hun); and whoever's blasting into a high-security facility to release him might be the Bad Guys trying to rescue Stormshadow or the Good Guys trying to rescue Snake Eyes. The general confusion over allies and enemies isn't helped when Stormshadow sort of switches sides. About halfway through, I wished I had brought a crib sheet.
All of this may be crystal clear to those raised on G.I. Joe comics, action figures and assorted geegaws. They weren't around during my adolescence, so I was in the dark.
Worse yet is the pacing. "GIJ:R" is really nonstop action. Normally "nonstop action" isn't meant literally and is intended as a compliment. But from halfway in or maybe earlier, director Jon M. Chu (most of whose previous films were dance-oriented) pounds away at us without pause; it's easy to feel exhausted long before the end. Perhaps the relentlessness of the blam-blam-blam and the boom-boom-boom would have felt milder if the action sequences were original or amusing. There is only one notable set piece — a ninja battle on a sheer stone face — and even that overstays its welcome.
Did I mention there's a plot? No? That's because there isn't one. Ha, I'm half-kidding; there's a jumble of a story that I'd rather call a "plot" than a plot. Strangely enough, it has huge similarities to last week's "Olympus Has Fallen": kidnapped president, assault on the White House, crazed nuclear ambitions. That one wasn't very good either, but at least there was an attempt — only occasionally successful — at explaining stuff.
Johnson can usually charm his way past character problems, but the script here doesn't give him anything — even his trademark self-deprecation — to work with. There's no Rock in his role. Lee is a terrific actor who has starred in maybe half of my top-10 Korean favorites; he's trying here, but again, the script leaves him out in the cold. Bruce Willis shows up halfway through in his familiar "grizzled legendary old army/marine/C.I.A. retiree" guise.
Normally I get pleasure from watching all three of those guys, but there's none to be had here.
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The Nike Air Max London collection merges Nike's Hyperfuse material with an intricate combination of textiles to create a mix of matte and shine on the Nike Air Max 1 HYP, the Nike Air Max 90 HYP, the Nike Air Max 1 2013 and the Nike Air Max 95. Taking inspiration from the contrasting grit and luxury of modern London, the traditional colors of London's bustling public transport system blended with premium textiles reflect the mingling of a city's diverse community by way of mass transit.
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PARIS (AP) -- The French government's plan to raise taxes on the wealthy is being radically scaled back after a second legal opinion said the proposed marginal rate of 75 percent was unfair.
France's highest court had already thrown out the 75-percent rate, and a high-level advisory council agreed. The Socialist government on Friday said that under the decision, the rate on those with incomes above 1 million euros ($1.3 million) could not exceed 60 percent.
French President Francois Hollande campaigned on a promise to impose the tax, despite criticism that it would do little to solve growing fiscal problems and would drive away the wealthiest citizens. The current top tax rate is 45 percent.
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Nemacolin Woodlands Resort would like you to meet the newest member of our Wildlife Academy family... meet Kira!
Kira is a Bengal Tiger and is approximately six months old. She currently inhabits the Wildlife Academy Nursery and will reside there for the remainder of the winter. In Spring 2012, Kira will be relocated to a larger outdoor enclosure as part of our Animal Habitats. Currently, guests can meet Kira on our Safari Tour or Nursery Tours.
General Bengal Tiger facts:
- Bengals are the most common sub-species of tiger.
- They are native to India and other portions of Southeast Asia.
- Tigers are the largest member of the cat family.
- Bengal tigers are carnivores (meat eaters).
- They are solitary (meaning they live alone, not in groups).
- Tigers usually hunt at night and will drag their kill to a safe place, such as up a tree, to eat it. They can consume more than 70lbs in one sitting and will then not eat for days.
- They are excellent swimmers.
- Each tiger has a pattern of stripes unique to each individual (just as our fingerprints).
- Bengal tigers are usually brownish-orange with black stripes however, there is a rare mutation that produces white tigers.
Kira will make special appearances at our Holiday Wild Animal Shows. For more information, please contact our Wildlife Academy at 724.329.6961.
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In a two-year study, the Aubagio reduced yearly relapses by nearly a third compared to placebo. It also slowed the progression of the disease.
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The Coen brother's The Big Lebowski is as close to a perfect comedy that I've ever seen. It's a film that blends a group of amazingly bizarre characters with a neo-noir plot line and never - even after thousands of viewings - loses its spark. But as great as everything is about it, it's also a perfectly contained story; it brings the viewer from point A to point B without leaving any dangling threads or questions. Because of this, a sequel will never be needed or made...but don't tell that to Tara Reid.
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"I have a movie coming out called The Fields. I have another one coming out that I produced with my brother, called The Irishman. And we'll be doing American Pie 4 this year and Big Lebowski 2 this year."
Now, The Fields, The Irishman and American Pie 4 are projects that we have heard about in the past and can confirm the existence of. The Big Lebowski 2 is a completely different story. I don't believe anybody with a sound mind (mind you, I don't consider Tara Reid to have a sound mind) has ever believed that the Coens would make a sequel to their cult hit. What's even stranger is the confidence she seems to have while talking about it. The statement's timbre conjures images of a desperate agent trying to lure Reid back into coherence. "You have to get yourself together! We're shooting The Big Lebowski 2 next month!"
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Enjoy a truly unique musical role-playing experience with General Grant and President Lincoln. Will and Bernadine Boyce have spent years perfecting their impersonations of General and Mrs. Grant (along with other Civil War personalities) and Dr. Duke Thompson, director of the Maryland Conservatory of Music, has recently conceived a concert performance unlike any other he has ever done. Together these presenters will bring an entertaining program entitled "Dr. Duke and Mr. President" to Harford County on June 1.
Guests will first enjoy tasting foods from the antebellum North and South and conversing with the Grants at a reception at the Havre de Grace library beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Grants will then escort guests at 7 p.m. next door to St. John's, home of the Maryland Conservatory of Music, where they will be treated to a rare glimpse of Lincoln's musical side. This lesser known side of the 16th president is explored in "Dr. Duke and Mr. President." Portraying Lincoln, concert pianist Thompson plays many of the popular songs of the day and those Lincoln was said to have enjoyed. It is a survey not only of the music that influenced Lincoln's life, but also the musical story of the times.
Reservations are required for this program and seating is limited. Please call the Havre de Grace library, 410-939-6700, for reservations. "Dr. Duke and Mr. President" is a continuation of the many Civil War 150 commemoration programs and exhibitions happening at the Harford County Public Library throughout the spring. "Dr. Duke and Mr. President" is made possible with the support of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, dedicated to perpetuating and expanding Lincoln's vision for America and completing America's unfinished work; and the Maryland State Arts Council and the Harford County Government through the Harford County Cultural Arts Board.
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text: Anne Marie Jordan Longfellow – 74, of Cape May passed away peacefully with family members by her side on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Anne was born in Philadelphia's Main Line and attended Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA. She loved her family and enjoyed a life-long passion for travel and adventure. Her indomitable spirit and warm smile allowed her to make lifelong friends at home and from around the world. Anne spent her early years between Philadelphia and Havana, Cuba, learning Spanish and English and then raised her family in Pensacola Florida, Hawaii, Virginia Beach and Chestnut Hill. Through the 1980s she spent over a decade living in Paris, France and Estoril, Portugal; becoming fluent in both languages. While in Portugal she started a unique hand painted tile business. Anne loved to explore – one of her favorite joys was riding her Vespa scooter through the streets and alleyways of Paris. She was also an avid tennis player and cook. Upon her return from Europe, Anne lived between Cape May, NJ and Tucson, AZ – and her favorite things in the world included playing tennis at the Cape May Tennis Club with friends, and enjoying big lobster feasts and late night guitar sing alongs with family and friends at her Cape May house. After a major stroke in 1999, Anne continued her life's adventure and could be seen riding her hot wheels flamed Rascal Scooter from Cape May, to the Bay Drive as well as taking it on trips to Philadelphia, Disney World, and Bermuda. Anne was predeceased by her brother Norris and will be dearly missed by her loving family which includes her sons, William and Michael; her daughter, Alexandra; her daughter in-law, Graziela (married to her son William); her two grandchildren, Griffin and Kyle; also her cousins, extended family and friends. Her spirit will always be with us and the friends she made. We love you Mom. Family and friends will gather on Thursday (June 21st) from 10AM until 11AM in the Spilker Funeral Home, 815 Washington St., Cape May for a time to share in Anne's memory and spirit. Her memorial service and tribute will begin in a special way at 11AM. Interment will be private.


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A new scandal's rocking Dubai's robotic camel racing circuit. Criminals are covertly outfitting the camels' mechanical jockeys with stun guns that give their mounts an extra charge. In other news, this is one of the stranger headlines I've ever written.
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[...] Dubai police have confirmed they uncovered a gang of dealers who were selling electric stun gun kits, for up to £5,000, across the region. These were then being fitted inside the robot jockeys, which cost between £130-£200, that in recent years have largely replaced child jockeys, traditionally used in camel racing, due to humanitarian concerns. The electric shocks could be administered by remote control to encourage the camel to run faster.
Police nabbed the robotic modifiers in a sting operation at the Al Lehbab camel course outside Dubai. As outlandish as the notion of robotic camel racing sounds, it's been going on for a while now. Why Hollywood isn't glomming onto this tale is beyond me. This has the potential to be Secretariat meets Real Steel meets the Barry Bonds story.
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Sweet! I've never found anything memorable. Once, I found a Ventolin Inhaler on the trail...it was probably mine, from a previous loop on the trail..ReplyDelete
Last year, I went for a nice soak in the Merced River after a long run in the California foothills. As I walked barefoot out of the river I noticed an odd object below the water. I almost let it go... but went back to find an unsheathed Gerber river guide knife: http://www.pacificrescue.com/browseproducts/Gerber-River-Knives.html . It's now my package opener.ReplyDelete
I found a blackberry touch cell phone a couple weeks ago on the iron mountain trail. carried it for 8 miles, recharged it, contacted the owner and offered to mail it to him and he doesn't seem to worried about getting it back?? maybe I can trade it in for store credit?ReplyDelete
Kim- I hope your running plunder gets better! I'm sure that inhaler came in handy though.ReplyDelete
Bryon- Sounds like your knife find was a little better than mine.
Beth- I guess the owner was ready to upgrade? Amazing that he wasn't concerned . . . hopefully he was at least appreciative.
Its crazy what people leave laying around or lose. I have found a lot of small and random insignificant items. One thing was not so little, a full size cooler on wheels. I was at least 5 miles from any road. It was full of empty beast cans! Too big to lug out with me so I just left it be. At least they put the empties in the cooler and not all over the ground.ReplyDelete
Smith and Wesson handcuffs under the tree in my front yard as I was starting out on a run. No key in sight.ReplyDelete
Justus- it's pretty disappointing stumbling upon humanity's laziness like that. You're right though, at least the cans weren't lying about on the ground.ReplyDelete
Lori- What you do in your yard is your business :)
If only I had the key...and my life were actually that exciting. ;)ReplyDelete
I think Lori wins the prize here!ReplyDelete
Besides Beth's phone loser turned weird, she failed to tell you about the bandana that she found. She still wears it.
I have never found much of anything (other than trash) on the trails. On the roads, I usually find a penny, dime or nickle. If I am lucky, I will find a quarter. Once I found what I thought was a baggy filled with a white powdery substance. Being the neive individual that I am, I left it and ran to a close fire station so that the firemen could deal with the drugs or whatever it was. Oh, I once found a baby owl on the side of the road. That was neat. We called the fish and wildlife people.
I found a puppy 12 years ago at Kanawha State Forest. His owner was looking for him, & I found him 2 hours later & miles away. I Tried for 2 weeks to locate the owner: Ads in the paper, bulletin board notice,Animal shelter calls, but no owner. I still have him. His name is TURK & he is my best friend!ReplyDelete
Rick- cocaine and a baby owl; now that's an impressive collection!ReplyDelete
I think that takes the cake Aldo!
Aldo definitely wins the best find award!ReplyDelete
Adam, imagine what you'll find over 2000-miles!ReplyDelete
(((i found my wife on that trail)))
Don't get any ideas there Adam. You are married to a wonderful lady, plus Kadra might just leave you stranded who knows where!ReplyDelete
While running a multi-use(snowmobile/CC skiing/snowshoe)trail this winter I found a Pearl Izumi micro-sensor balaclava frozen in the snow and thought that was a great find! Last Tuesday however while running a forest service road with my lab Kola we found the first spring skunk of the year sharing the same path; that didn't turn out to be the best of luck....ReplyDelete
Matt- Rick is right . . . I've already got a good one of those! I'm sure I'll find some interesting things, people, etc over all those miles and days. I can't wait!ReplyDelete
Corey- Hope you got the skunk spray off of Kola. Kind of makes him a less desirable bed-buddy. Let Chrissy keep him company for the next couple of weeks.
I found a desperate suffering runner on reddish knob a couple of years ago during Grindstone. I thought about throwing him away, but decided to accompany him on his trip back to the finish. The suffering was quite entertaining!ReplyDelete
That was probably ME if we're talking '09!ReplyDelete
I found a pedometer, a cheap one. I picked it up, reset it and let it count my steps for the rest of the trail. Havent used it since... want it?ReplyDelete
James- No thanks on the pedometer. I don't like to know how SLOW I'm moving!ReplyDelete


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Six thousand years before ancient people erected the Stonehenge ring of giant pillars in England, their distant ancestors built twenty circles of similar megaliths on a hill in Eastern Turkey. The site called Gobekli Tepe is the oldest known building project in the world, the starting point for tracing the development of mankind from a society of hunters and gatherers to modern life.
This panorama of history was showcased at an event and gala dinner at the Turkish Ambassador's residence on January 16, 2013, featuring three prominent archaeologists, University of Pennsylvania professor C. Brian Rose and Texas A&M professors Cemal Pulak and Deborah Carlson. The panel was moderated by Joseph Schwarzer, an early participant in the field of nautical archaeology, which originated in Turkey. "Bridging Cultures through Archaeology: Exploring Ancient Turkey" is the first in a series of programs designed to highlight the results of NEH-funded scholarship.
The role of the National Endowment for the Humanities in populating this timeline begins at the site of Catalhoyuk, dating from about 7,500 to 5500 BCE, where excavations reveal the earliest signs of animal husbandry and of urban planning, and extends through Troy-- site of many Trojan wars-- King Midas' capital at Gordian, and under the sea to the hundreds of shipwrecks. Research over nearly 40 years has helped to elucidate the shared history of humankind through international cooperation with Turkish scholars.
The endowment played an important role in funding early research in the relatively new field of nautical archaeology. In helping fund archaeological research by George Bass, professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, the endowment supported the discovery of information about international trade in the era of King Tut, about the beginning of the free enterprise system, the dating of Homer's Odyssey, chronologies of Egyptian dynasties and Helladic cultures, and the histories of technology, economics, music, art and religion.
From its origins off the coast of Bodrum, Turkey, where the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in a former Crusader castle now houses many hundreds of artifacts hoisted from the seabed, the discipline of nautical archeology has now spread around the world. It is an important part of American historical research, revealing information about Civil and Revolutionary War vessels as well as coastal trade and maritime culture.


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Annisha Domenech (left) and Lauren Mabe (right) each tallied wins in singles play on Wednesday against Longwood.
The Liberty women's tennis team concluded the Big South Conference portion of its schedule on Wednesday afternoon, blanking the Longwood Lancers, 7-0, at Lancer Courts.
The win, the Lady Flames second shutout in a row and second conference shutout of the season, improves Liberty's record to 13-8 overall and 7-2 in Big South matches. The seven conference wins is a new program record, eclipsing the old mark of six, which was set in three different seasons (2009, 2011, 2013). Longwood's record drops to 3-10 on the season and 1-8 in league play.
Liberty began the afternoon with a pair of convincing wins in doubles play. At No. 3, Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong won their eighth contest in a row to improve to 8-1 overall and 6-0 in Big South matches with an 8-2 defeat of Longwood's Mason Thomas and Bethany Law.
The Lady Flames' Brittany Yang and Belen Rivera quickly followed with an 8-2 win of their own, knocking off Anna Pelak and Paloma Alatorre in the No. 2 position. The victory upped the Liberty duo's record to 10-4 on the season.
In the No. 1 spot, the Lancers' Malin Allgurin and Sarah Moomau downed Liberty's Rebekah Jenkins and Maria Khval, 8-5.
In singles play, Liberty head coach Jeff Maren made some adjustments to his lineup, inserting Annisha Domenech and Lauren Mabe into the No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively. The move paid dividends as both players posted wins. Domenech ousted Thomas by identical 6-4, 6-4 scores, while Mabe delivered the clinching point of the match with a 6-3, 6-3 victory against Law.
The Lady Flames tallied straight-set wins in each of the top four singles tilts. At No. 1, Rivera bounced Allgurin, 6-1, 6-2, giving the sophomore 12 wins on the year.
In the No. 2 spot, Jenkins recorded her fourth consecutive victory by downing Alatorre, 6-2, 6-4. Mariely Hassey also notched her fourth straight win after knocking off Moomau, 6-3, 6-2.
Nicola Wellman tallied her team-leading 13th win of the season with a victory in the No. 4 position. The junior made quick work of Pelak, winning 6-1, 6-2.
"We started slow in doubles, but made up for it with good starts in singles," commented Maren. "I was very proud of Annisha (Domenech) and Lauren (Mabe) stepping up in singles today."
The Lady Flames finish up the regular season on Friday with a home match against Richmond. Prior to the 2 p.m. start, Liberty will honor its three seniors, Domenech, Jenkins and Richard, as part of Senior Day activities.
Liberty 7, Longwood 0 DOUBLES 1. Malin Allgurin/Sarah Moomau (LW) def. Rebekah Jenkins/Maria Khval (LU), 8-5 2. Brittany Yang/Belen Rivera (LU) def. Anna Pelak/Paloma Alatorre (LW), 8-2 3. Cameron Richard/Valerie Thong (LU) def. Mason Thomas/Bethany Law (LW), 8-2
SINGLES 1. Belen Rivera (LU) def. Malin Allgurin (LW), 6-1, 6-2 2. Rebekah Jenkins (LU) def. Paloma Alatorre (LW), 6-2, 6-4 3. Mariely Hassey (LU) def. Sarah Moomau (LW), 6-3, 6-2 4. Nicola Wellman (LU) def. Anna Pelak (LW), 6-1, 6-2 5. Annisha Domenech (LU) def. Mason Thomas (LW), 6-4, 6-4 6. Lauren Mabe (LU) def. Bethany Law (LW), 6-3, 6-3


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Curiosity isn't just a hunk of metal. The $2.5-billion NASA rover is a she with an energetic (and honestly adorable) personality conveyed through a Twitter account that has nearly 900,000 followers.
For the past few days Curiosity has been very busy snapping photos of her new Martian home and sharing them with her earthling fans. And now that the rover's nearly 4-foot-tall mast equipped with high-resolution cameras has been raised, the robot has even turned the spotlight on her one-ton, six-wheeled-self.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara University baseball team won its series opener with Loyola Marymount University by a score of 6-4 Friday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Broncos improve their season record to 22-22 with the win while their record in West Coast Conference play improves to 14-5. LMU falls to 22-21 overall and 9-10 in league play.
The Broncos scored three times in the fourth, twice in the fifth and added their sixth run in the bottom of the sixth inning to jump out to a comfortable 6-0 lead. The Lions cut into that comfort zone with four runs in the top of the seventh inning but could score no more as SCU closer Patrick Overholt came on and threw the final 2 1/3 innings to pick up his seventh save of the season.
Matt Travis improved to 5-6 on the year as he threw 6 1/3 innings in which he allowed only three runs on eight hits while walking two and striking out three. He got himself into trouble in the seventh inning before giving way to Anthony Rea who allowed one run on one hit but walked three before being pulled in favor of Overholt. Overholt struck out two LMU batters and allowed only one hit in the 12 batters he faced for the save.
A.J. LaBarbera led the Broncos' attack of the evening, going 4-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI. Ryan Chiarelli, Michael Lange and Jason Matteucci each collected two hits en route to the 15 hits the Broncos belted out as a team. Lange picked up two RBI to go along with his two hits while Jack Headley posting an RBI in the game with a sacrifice fly.
Vince Cordova took the loss for the Lions after allowed six runs, five of which were earned, on 14 hits with one walk and six strikeouts in six full innings of work. Josh Meucke three the final two innings for LMU, allowing only one hit to go along with two walks and two strikeouts.
Joe Silva went 3-for-4 with one run scored on the night for the Lions while Sean Smith was the only other Loyola Marymount player with more than one hit, collecting two hits in five at-bats. Billy Lockin, Jon Higashi and James Cooper each collected an RBI on the evening.
The win keeps the Broncos just two games behind WCC Coast Division leader Pepperdine who defeated Portland earlier in the day in Malibu, Calif., by a score of 14-3. The Lions fall to one full game behind San Diego whose game at Gonzaga on Friday was postponed due to rain in Spokane, Wash.
SCU and LMU will play game two of their three-game series Saturday afternoon at Buck Shaw Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.


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Mark Kelly woke up in the middle of the night in his hotel room in China and looked at his BlackBerry: Twenty children in Connecticut, all shot to death. He immediately called his wife thousands of miles away, Gabrielle Giffords.
"I said to her, 'Gabby, we can't just put out a statement anymore,' " Kelly recounted in an interview Tuesday. "Twenty first-graders and their teachers, murdered in a classroom. If we just talk about it, things won't change. We need to try and help."
With that, a couple who survived their own episode of gun violence decided to make themselves the new faces of the push to toughen the country's gun laws. The astronaut and his wife — who as a Democratic congresswoman representing Arizona was shot in the head in 2011 outside a Tucson supermarket — announced on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the shooting, that they were forming their own political group to take on the powerful National Rifle Association.
Kelly said he and Giffords, both gun owners and Westerners supportive of the Second Amendment, would push for ambitious legislative changes in American's gun laws: an assault weapons ban, universal background checks to close the "gun show loophole," and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines like the one used to kill six people and wound Giffords and 13 others in Tucson.
"These are common-sense solutions," Kelly said. "If you can just prevent one of these incidents from happening, isn't it worth it?"
Their efforts come as the Obama administration is preparing what could be a far-reaching agenda on gun control. Many Democratic lawmakers have also introduced legislation in the new Congress, including measures to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons.
The proposals will run into tough political opposition on Capitol Hill, where the NRA remains one of the most powerful lobbying organizations and uses its well-financed political muscle to pressure lawmakers and erect barriers to tougher gun laws. But Kelly said the couple have a unique message and one that is supported by many gun owners.
Giffords, 42, supported gun rights in Congress, and Kelly, 48, is a combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War and a recreational hunter.
"I've taken a gun to work," Kelly said. "I flew in combat in Operation Desert Storm off the USS Midway, carrying a 9-millimeter. I certainly understand the importance and the right to own a firearm in our country. I certainly get that. Gabby and I want to protect people's Second Amendment rights.
"But I personally believe, and so does Gabby, that assault weapons used to kill a lot of people all at once should only be used by the military," he said.
The couple's new group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, will be based in Washington and will raise money and work toward specific solutions to gun violence. Kelly will travel back and forth from Tucson, where Giffords is still undergoing speech therapy for her brain injury.
Giffords and Kelly met last week with New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I), who is a leading gun-control advocate and is spending millions of dollars of his vast personal fortune on advocacy efforts, and penned an op-ed Tuesday in USA Today announcing their goals. They plan to work with Bloomberg's group, and Kelly said he has also discussed potential gun regulations with White House officials.
Kelly also said he will personally reach out to NRA officials, who are scheduled to meet Thursday with Vice President Biden.
"I have talked to NRA members, from both sides of the aisle, and every one of them, including people who are on the border here in southern Arizona, are in 100 percent agreement with some measure of common-sense reform," Kelly said.
Kelly said that the couple chose to launch their initiative on the second anniversary of the attempted assassination of Giffords in the mass shooting in Tucson because, as with much of the country, Newtown was a tipping point for them. Last week, they traveled to Newtown and met with the families of some of the victims.
"Enough," Giffords said in an interview with ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, saying that the Newtown shooting spurred the couple to action.
In Newtown, Kelly said, he and Giffords met with about 40 parents in the home of a fourth-grade boy who could have been shot if assailant Adam Lanza had headed a different direction in the hallway when he burst into Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14.
"It was very hard," Kelly told The Washington Post. "Incredibly difficult. As soon as I walked into the living room and met with the first parents, one showed me a picture on an iPhone of a curly-haired redhead with a big smile who is not here anymore."
One of the mothers gave the couple a photograph of her daughter, which they have since hung in a prominent spot in their Tucson home.
About an hour and a half into the visit, after Giffords hugged the parents and told them they would not be forgotten, she sat down on an ottoman. She put her head in her hands, Kelly said, and cried.
"She told them that that we were going to try and stop this from happening again," Kelly said of the visit.


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Blue Man Group has made changes to its eclectic mix of music, comedy, improv and general madness, but fans need not fear: The entertaining show at Universal Orlando still is aimed straight at our inner child.
That child is likely to be an 8-year-old boy. For who else gets so much giddy pleasure out of banging on drums, stuffing his mouth full of cereal, splattering paint, joking about butts and generally being loud and messy?
Not that we, the audience, can tell if our affable hosts — the three Blue Men — are enjoying themselves. They remain impassive, yet curiously childlike in the way they explore their surroundings.
And for the uninitiated: Yes, they really are blue-skinned thanks to some amazing makeup work. The concept was founded in 1987 and still has productions going strong in New York, Tokyo, Las Vegas and other cities. Orlando's version opened in 2007.
For this update, Blue Man 2.0 if you will, the focus is even more sharply on technology, specifically the feeling of disconnectedness that today's world of social media can cause. That serves the quizzical Blue Men well with their insatiable curiosity. It doesn't always serve the audience, though. Part of the thrill of live performance is the feeling of a shared experience. An air of detachment hangs over stretches of this show that stifles that feeling.
Perhaps to combat that, there's plenty of audience participation. In fact the funniest segment at Thursday's grand-reopening performance involved the blue guys ineptly trying to woo a woman picked from the audience at a messy dinner.
Yours truly was selected to have a video camera take a journey into my mouth far past the places my dentist usually sees. (Video trickery makes the stunt seem more invasive than it is.)
The revised finale of the show is based almost wholly on audience interaction: Patrons are encouraged to stand, dance and bat around gigantic inflated balls. With all the gee-whiz effects at Blue Man Group's command, letting the audience take the lead on the finale seemed a bit of a cop-out to me — but obviously not to the children and parents whooping it up.
Those gee-whiz effects are put to good use throughout the show — LED lighting across large screens mesmerizes. Sudden shifts in color and sound delight the senses.
The low-tech visuals are still effective, too: You can't beat the sight of the guys, furiously drumming, creating an explosion of colored paint raining back down on them. And for those who might find it all too lowbrow, the blue guys do play an interlude of Beethoven's "Fur Elise." Of course it's played on some crazy tube-laden contraption. And it quickly gives way toLady Gaga's"Bad Romance."
But that's all part of the wonderful weirdness.
Blue Man Group
• What: Highly stylized interactive music and comedy show
• Running time: 1:40, no intermission
• When: One or two shows nightly (times vary)
• Where: Sharp Aquos Theatre, Universal CityWalk, 6000 Universal Blvd., Orlando
• Tickets: $74-$84 general, $25 for ages 9 and younger
• Call: 407-224-7328
• Online: UniversalOrlando.com/blueman


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SAN ANTONIO – Mike Foltynewicz's left arm is clean, devoid of marks and color.
His right arm – the limb that can crack 100 mph and has turned the 21-year-old into the most promising pitching prospect the rebuilding Astros possess – is loaded with the images, script and stories.
Add in the long, wavy hair and imposing 6-foot-4, 200-pound frame, and the eye-catching numbers Foltynewicz has produced this season (3-0, 2.38 ERA, 67 strikeouts in 64 1/3 combined innings at Class high A and AA) are becoming part of his everyday story.
"The first two months have been pretty exciting for me. It's a lot of fun. It's a great team to be on," said Foltynewicz, who moved to 2-0 with a 1.41 ERA for Corpus Christi during the Hooks' 6-2 victory against the San Antonio Missions on Tuesday at Nelson Wolff Municipal Stadium. "These guys are awesome to pitch with. I've got great defense, great offense. It's really exciting. I just try to go out here and prove myself; why I should be here and to prove to a lot of people why I can do what I can – that I got drafted in the first round for a reason."
The No. 19 overall pick of the 2010 MLB amateur draft entered the 2013 season as the No. 5 prospect in the Astros' farm system, according to Baseball America. Since spring training began, Foltynewicz has only added to his buzz. He wowed the club in Florida, then hurled four innings of one-hit, no-run ball March 30 while striking out seven Chicago Cubs during an exhibition contest at Minute Maid Park.
Foltynewicz was returned to high A Lancaster to begin the regular season. He turned the brief disappointment into fuel, striking out 29 in 26 innings while recording a 3.81 ERA during seven games in the hitter-friendly California League. A promotion to Corpus Christi followed and the native of Minooka, Ill., has responded by striking out 38 and walking just 18 in 38 1/3 innings, while holding opponents to a .157 batting average.
Jarred Cosart, Asher Wojciechowski, Lance McCullers, Nick Tropeano and the unsigned Mark Appel lead the list of Astros pitching prospects that have the potential to guide the rebuilding organization into a new era. But none have the combination of youth, stuff and inner fire like Foltynewicz.
One strong inning and eight sharp pitches during a March 3 spring training game against Pittsburgh in Bradenton, Fla., left the righty buzzing. A 2.09 strikeout-to-walk ratio and improved command of the strike zone this season have only deepened the Astros' belief the organization has a potential long-term No. 1 starter in its grasp.
"Everybody knows what kind of power and strength he's got. He sits here at about 97 and he's had some pitches up as high as 103," Hooks pitching coach Gary Ruby said. "But the encouraging part is since he's been here we're starting to get better down location, OK, and his breaking stuff and his changeup (are) really coming along really nice. His secondary pitches and his fastball command, as he tightens it up, actually, you won't find much better talent than he's got."
Four years removed from high school, Foltynewicz has already realized he won't last in the majors on stuff alone. A sharp slider has become his out pitch, while a hard curve can be pulled out when needed. But the separating factor for Foltynewicz is his mind. A 5-11, 4.97 ERA-run with low A Lexington in 2011 was a turning point. Now, the righty keeps one eye on the majors and the other on his daily minor-league checklist.
"He has the work ethic, he's very, very coachable and he wants to succeed, OK, and he's not just a power guy anymore," Ruby said. "It's a luxury to have that kind of arm strength. But he's learning the art of pitching, which is going to help him a lot."
Three combined long seasons of rookie and A ball have made the Hooks feel like a pro callup to Foltynewicz. Surrounded by talented young arms belonging to Jake Buchanan, David Martinez and Tropeano and paired with Ruby – who believes in maximizing pitchers' secondary offerings and owning all areas of the zone – Foltynewicz is learning how to pitch at the same time he's understanding what it means to be as prepared as possible when the Show calls.
"When you're gifted like that, you know you're not far away. But he's also intense enough about the little things," Ruby said. "He's got a tremendous pickoff move. He controls the running game real well. He's very athletic. He soaks it up like a sponge. Everything we discuss or we discuss as a group, he pays attention to in detail."
Ruby said Foltynewicz is focusing on three areas of improvement: understanding how to exploit hitters' swings in specific counts; increasing the downward movement on his fastball; deciding whether a curve or slider will be employed in game-changing situations. The righty prefers the latter and he's adding a deceiving fourth pitch to his 100 mph-plus fastball.
"I'm trying to get the changeup in there more instead of not throwing it at all, just to get them off the fastball a little bit. … It was fine not throwing a changeup the first couple times around because they didn't know me," Foltynewicz said. "Now we're facing 'em six times in two weeks, so it's just something there to put in the back of their heads because they're going to have a whole bunch of tape on you any level you're at. You've just got to learn how to pitch instead of just going out there and being a thrower."
Foltynewicz had the thrower part down before he even became a pro. Now, the 21-year-old has the best arm in the Astros' system and he's closer than ever to being a true pitcher.
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