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beyerdynamic at the SAE Convention 2013 (Amsterdam, NL)
For the ninth time the SAE Institute has organised another Alumni Convention. This year the event took place in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on the 24th and 25th of October and provided in addition to a lot of information many opportunities for networking.
beyerdynamic, the audio specialist from Heilbronn, was one of the 60 exhibitors. The SAE graduates and students took keen interest in beyerdynamic products. The microphones of the M series, the DT 770/880/990 Pro Studio headphones and the DT 1350 / CC Tesla headphones with a new look were the focus of the beyerdynamic presentation.
In the studio or on stage there is one thing of utmost importance for sound engineers, broadcasters and musicians: reliable technology. To achieve this, the beyerdynamic studio legends DT 770/880/990 Pro prove the fact that sound and comfort do not have to exclude one another. For decades, independent tests from specialist journals and user reviews from all over the world attest beyerdynamic headphones excellent sound quality and best detailed results.
This also applies to beyerdynamic microphones. Although the sound of each microphone is unique, there is one thing that all microphones have in common whether it is a dynamic or condenser microphone, handheld, neckworn or clip-on microphone: each of them provides true beyerdynamic sound.
For more information about the SAE Convention, please visit www.sae-alumni-convention.org


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Took the kids the other day to the tank museum at Bovington – Had a wicked time, I hadn't been there for many years. The museum has under gone a very nice new facelift, including new exhibitions and facilities, and is a wonderful day out. From the very first tank ever (Little Willy – which has now got a beer named after it!) to the modern-day 21st century vehicles there are over 200 tanks and armoured vehicles that have seen action in every major conflict since 1915.
I wanted to visit the Trench exhibition which allows you, the visitor, to follow in the footsteps of a ww1 army recruit. From recruiting office in England to mud and blood of the front line trenches. But my young boy, Honza, was scared of the exhibits and we didn't go in…which is a shame, but I am sure we will get to go again! What has this got to do with a tank museum you may well ask? Well, actually, everything. The tank (or land-ship as it was originally called) was primarily invented (by the British) in an attempt to break the stalemate of trench warfare, and made its world debut in September 1916 near Delville Wood during the later stages of the Battle of the Somme.
Another great exhibition is the Tank Story which follows the evolution of the tank from Little Willie in 1915 up to modern-day tanks and all in between. Including the daddy of them all – the Tiger..
After spending 4 hrs shouting 'Daddy look at that big gun!' my two lovelies dragged me to the souvenir shop where we purchased 2 (talking) soldier hats. Jan and Lenka both then ran to the car pretending to be tank soldiers, shooting imaginary baddies. We had a great day which ended up with both of the proclaiming loudly 'Daddy, we LOVE tanks!'
So, why not get down to Bovington this summer – it looks like the sun has gone for the summer so you will probably be looking for somewhere indoors to take the kids…the tank museum is a great choice!

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Founder and President, National Academy of Inventors
Founder and president of the National Academy of Inventors. He is Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation, Distinguished University Professor, and Executive Director of the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair at the University of South Florida, and founder and president of the National Academy of Inventors. He trained at York University, the University of British Columbia, the Australian National University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, among others. He has held academic positions at Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, and Brown University. He is an inventor on approximately 100 health-related patents. His work has been instrumental in translating new pharmaceutical and cellular therapeutics to clinical trials and commercialization for Tourette syndrome, stroke, ALS, Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's disease and he has significant biotech and pharmaceutical industry experience in these areas. He is the co-founder of Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc. and Natura Therapeutics, in Tampa, and Stem Cells, Inc., in Palo Alto, California. He is the author of more than 600 scientific publications and is considered a highly cited scientist, with more than 20,000 citations to his published work. He serves on editorial boards for more than 30 scientific journals and has received numerous scientific awards. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and serves on the evaluation committee of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.


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Who can get enough of dinosaurs? We're curious about what color they were, how fast they moved, and whether they could really spit venom at Newman from Seinfeld. One of the most fundamental questions is whether they were cold-blooded or warm-blooded. Just because some of them looked like fearsome, giant lizards doesn't mean they had to bask to raise their body temperature. After all, birds, likely their lone surviving descendants, are warm-blooded.
Researchers have looked at this question from many different angles (including temperature measurements from teeth, as we reported last year). One intriguing line of evidence has come from the microscale structure of their bones. Cross sections through fossils from most groups of dinosaurs (except sauropods) reveal cycles in growth, including dark lines where growth temporarily ceased.
This has long been cited as strong evidence in favor of cold-bloodedness, as the bones of modern cold-blooded species also show annual cycles. Since their body temperature is at the whim of the seasons, their growth slows during non-ideal conditions. Warm-blooded animals, on the other hand, keep their body temperature constant, and so their bone growth, too, remains constant. Or so the story went.
Some argued that the dinosaur bones actually showed signs of very high rates of growth in between the cyclical lulls. The high metabolism required to do so is more characteristic of warm-blooded animals, they said. But the cold-blooded camp maintained that only cold-blooded animals showed the alternating growth patterns.
As it turns out, that well-ordered house was built on sand. The evidence for constant bone growth in warm-blooded organisms was lacking. A paper published in the journal Nature describes a large review of ruminants (mammals that chew cud) and comes to the opposite conclusion—dinosaur bone growth looks more like warm-blooded organisms than cold-blooded ones.
The researchers examined femurs from over 100 African and European ruminants spanning climate zones from the tropics to the arctic. They found patterns of high bone growth rates that correlated with the growing season and hiatuses in growth during the dry or cold season.
To dig into the mechanisms driving this pattern, they used physiological data collected from Svalbard reindeer and alpine red deer. These studies measured changes in things like hormones and body temperature throughout the year.
The data showed that these species save energy by slowing their metabolism (and growth) when food is scarce, even reducing body temperature by a small amount (less than 1°C). During the best part of the growing season, metabolic activity kicks into high gear. The progress comes in tying that physiological strategy to the fine-scale bone structure, and showing that it's pervasive across such a large group of warm-blooded animals.
The researchers argue this work not only "debunks the key argument from bone histology in support of" cold-bloodedness, it also corrals the bone patterns under the umbrella of evidence for warm-bloodedness. They think there's a good chance that dinosaurs had similar metabolic schemes as these modern ruminants, staying in tune with the seasonal availability of food.
We'll see if the rest of the paleontology community agrees. Odds are, some will have a bone to pick.
Nature, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/nature11264 (About DOIs).


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A favourite, I enjoy the both the colour and the shape of these guys.
This group of mushrooms was found on one of my hikes in Lynn Canyon. There is a tremendous amount of variety in the mushrooms in that area, great for both photography and nature treasure hunting. :)
Another Lynn Canyon winner, love the soft feel and the great light with this shot. Only a few feet from the side of the hiking trail, the forest was much more open in this area, letting the perfect amount of sun to works it way into the background.
Shoreline Relic
An old discarded mass of fishing gear being swallowed up by the shoreline mud, a surprise find while exploring Steveston.
Froth on the Rocks
Nice dark boulders with the long exposure white water.
At the Office
Shoreline action in Nova Scotia, collecting lobster in the morning fog.
Bubbles trapped in ice, found on the banks of the Eramosa River in Ontario
One of my favourite photos...
Within the Herd
Beautiful muskox, with a second acting as a background.
Hardened sap.
Peggys Reflection
This is the reflection of buildings cast onto Peggys Cove, in Nova Scotia.
(No special effects have been applied to the image)
Fishing in the California fog...
The rock just pokes out of the pond making a nice little accent as it breaks the surface.
Lightning Lake Reflection
Early morning mist with a reflection off a still lake provide a calming start to the day.
Sunset on Atwell Peak
Beautiful evening sky on Atwell Peak in Garibaldi Prov Park, Canada
A relaxing walk along the beach in Cape Scott Provincial Park.


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As an authentic and charming town, La Clusaz is a becoming more and more popular with foreign visitors each year. The serenity of the town and its blissful mountains are great combination mixed with the ski area which has a bit of everything for everyone. The traditional, old town is very easy to get to, only a few kilometres away from Annecy. La Clusaz ranks amongst the very select "Top of the French alps" which guarantees high quality services to the most demanding of international clientele. The warm Savoyard welcome is given by the professional locals, proud of their local region and highly attentive of their guests. The three major lakes surrounding the Aravis range and its geographical positioning lend themselves to a high annual snowfall that covers La Clusaz from December to late April. The four resorts that make up the massive Aravis ski area guarantee quality skiing in one of Frances most natural ski areas. With an annual average snowfall of more than six metres, La Clusaz is one Frances snowiest resorts. In La Clusaz there is no need to climb to 3000 metres to enjoy the pleasures of the powder skiing, which lasts until spring! With the operation "Première Trace" (Fresh Tracks) in the legendary ski area of La Balme from the first snowfall, you are able to enjoy the absolutely virgin slopes which descend freely over 1500 metres of vertical elevation! La Clusaz is internationally renowned for its collection of professional freeskiers and freestylers. La Clusaz has for a long time been established as the one of the flagship freestyle resorts. You too can find your style with their special snowpark pass. La Clusaz is also home to the largest Nordic ski area in the Haute-Savoie, with over 80 km of cross country ski tracks spread over two exceptional sites: le Plateau des Confins, the official World Cup Nordic skiing venue, and the Plateau de Beauregard, a cross country circuit which is nestled in a simply enchanting natural environment. Head in the sun, the body submerged in 29 °c water looking over the ski slopes: what good that great big Jacuzzi does after a day on the slopes! And tomorrow, why not enjoy the mountain air whilst speeding along on a dog sled ride or exploring on snowshoes? How about being pampered with a hot stone massage after losing your paragliding virginity? All and more can be accomplished in La Clusaz! In La Clusaz, life does not end when the chairlifts stop, in fact quite the contrary! Don't be surprised by the intensity of the La Clusaz nightlife: the bars and cosy lounges along with DJs playing in the evenings on the terraces of mountain restaurants and afterwards there is a great array of after hour's nightclubs! For decades now La Clusaz has been famous for organising some of the weirdest and most imaginative events out there, so, why stop now? The ski resort doesn't want its reputation to get away from itself; a couple of events last year included a Full moon party on skis and a waterslide competition where guys on rubber rings flung themselves across a glacial lake. The new La Clusaz idea is to combine their imaginative events with freestyle snowboarding and freeskiing. The annual event, the Free Sessions is already starting to make a name for itself! Have a look! If you have children, child care in La Clusaz is covered: the day-care / nursery with the "Club Mouflets" and the "Club of Champions" and in the snow gardens the "Piou-Pious" and the "Club Marmottons" ...
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From Crash to Conquer: One Woman's Journey to IRONMAN Arizona
A hit-and-run cycling accident didn't stop Shayna Weitzman from pursuing her 140.6 mile dream.
by Lisa Dolbear
This month, 43-year-old Shayna Weitzman will attempt an IRONMAN after spending the past year learning to walk again.
In June, 2011, Weitzman was riding with friends on a familiar route when she was hit by a SUV. "I woke up and told them I didn't want to die," she says, not recalling much else from the accident. Two collapsed lungs, broken ribs, and a broken collar bone puncturing her trachea, Weitzman faced a long road to recovery.
Through it all, her positive attitude and huge support network have carried Weitzman into the final weeks of training for IRONMAN Arizona this weekend. "The outpouring of love has been wonderful," Weitzman says of her hometown, Ahwatukee, Phoenix. "I have a lot of motivation to get to the finish line and I know that on race day there will be many people on the course, spectating and cheering for me." She's also specially thankful for her partner, Maria, who has filled the role of caretaker, coach and confidante.
Despite the setbacks Weitzman faced following the accident, she found ways to remind herself of the silver lining in her situation. "I recently did a sprint triathlon and wrote 'I'm blessed' on my arm," she says. "Whenever I had doubts about getting through the race, I looked down and saw that." IRONMAN will surely provide ample opportunity to encounter challenges, but, according to Weitzman, none are greater than what she's already overcome.
Part of her rehab was learning to walk again, which makes running the hardest part of her training. "Mentally, it's frustrating not to be able to do things that I used to be able to do," she says. "But on a personal level, I'm more appreciative for every day that I have."
As for her training rides, Weitzman has chosen not to ride the same route where she was struck by the car. She also refuses to think about the woman who hit her. "It makes me angry and delays my healing process." This mentality is part of the bigger problem cyclists face when sharing the road with motorists in an ever-busier world. "People are too distracted by their phones, their coffee, or getting some place in a hurry," Weitzman says, who has since become an advocate for cyclist safety. Through her role with the Not One More foundation, Weitzman is working to increase awareness for cyclists on the road: "How would that woman feel about this if it had been her child, brother, sister or parent that was laying in the road after a hit-and-run?" Weitzman asks.
The driver that day may have impaired Weitzman's fitness, but she hasn't made a dent in her positive attitude and strong spirit. "She didn't take anything away from me. I have been blessed to have healed so quickly, and to have had love and support to get me here," Weitzman says, who's going to rely on just that to get her through 140.6 miles this weekend in Tempe, Arizona, too.


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Gastonia native Kyle Smith�s career in the Air Force has taken him to the other side of the world, far away from his wife and family.
But a big perk of his job every day involves having a partner who�s also a pet.
Smith, a 25-year-old senior airman who has been in the Air Force almost six years, works in Security Forces and handles a military working dog. He and Bodza, the 7-year-old German shepherd he is paired with, aim to locate hidden explosives that have been planted to kill or severely injure American military personnel.
Since Smith and his dog were paired in March 2012, they have been separated a total of only 12 days. They are now deployed at Transit Center at Manas, formerly known as Manas Air Base, near the capital of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. It�s a landlocked and mountainous nation bordered by several countries, including Russia and China.
Smith is a 2006 graduate of Kings Mountain High School. He is the son of Larry and Tamie Smith of Kings Mountain and he has one brother, Jonmark.
Smith�s wife, Jordan, is also on active duty in the military. She is stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where she works in Security Forces.
Working dogs that can sniff out improvised explosive devices have taken on an increasingly important role for the military. Smith recently took time to answer a few questions by email about what his job is like.
What�s your Air Force resume?
I went to boot camp Aug. 7, 2007. I�ve been stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia since February 2012. I�ve had deployments to Afghanistan and Oman, and this deployment to Manas Air Base (October 2012 to May 2013) is my third.
Did you own pets growing up?
My family always had dogs � beagles mostly. But we�ve had a female Boston terrier for 10 years now, named Sam.
How did you come to be the handler of a military working dog?
I joined the Air Force as a Security Forces (military police) member. I had to earn certain skill levels/knock out tests, and be in a certain length of time before I became eligible to apply for K-9 school. K-9 school is 13 weeks long at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and was the most fun time of my career by far.Bodza is my first military working dog.
How did the military come up with his name?
Sometimes, as in his case, it�s just the luck of the draw with the computer selection. If you ever meet a military working dog with a name where the first two letters are the same, it was bred at the puppy program down at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. For instance, Oopey, UUdensi, or Mmarc. The puppy program has been around a long time, and it prevents the Department of Defense from having to buy all their working dogs, since they can breed their own.
Is Bodza with you at all times?
Unlike civilian agencies that bring their dogs home, military working dogs stay on their respective bases at their kennel facility. When new troops in the Air Force get assigned to their new bases, they stay there, as do our dogs. They�re maintained and looked after 24/7/365. They do however come with us and stay with us by our side on U.S. Secret Service missions, which is really awesome.
Where have those Secret Service missions taken you and Bodza?
Illinois, Florida, Virginia, etc.We work in providing security for dignitaries all the way up to President Obama. In Kyrgyzstan, we�re deployed as an explosives detector dog team. It�s not bad, but the weather (29 degrees below zero) is no joke!
What are Bodza�s abilities?
He is trained on over a dozen scents, explosives and homemade explosive scents. We do training for explosives literally everywhere but underwater.We pretty much have to think like the enemy. Anywhere they�d put a bomb, we try to train to be prepared.
Bodza is also a certified patrol dog, meaning he is trained to attack on- and off-leash, with or without command. It�s not as fun for him since he is older, but Bodza will also bite on command. Don�t let the gray beard fool you!
Does he have any interesting personality traits?
Bodza is a character. He barks at his own shadows. He bites the water if it comes out of a hose, and aggresses on it. And he also licks the windows of the patrol cars when the vehicle is moving. I think it�s an anxiety thing from being so excited to go somewhere.
All in all he�s a nut. He�s a gentle giant. He weighs about 88 pounds and is your traditional bigger German shepherd. He likes a belly rub, napping, and his Kong (toy), which is his reward for finding the bombs. We use it to get his attention and reward or �pay� him when he finds a scent he�s trained on.Bodza is your typical old man. He just likes to take it easy, but he�s still got a killer nose for finding explosives!
Have the two of you made any notable finds during searches?
I can�t disclose anything specific. We are training constantly, three to five days a week month to month, to make sure the dogs are always proficient and up to date on scents.It�s a mandatory requirement so their skills don�t deteriorate.
How important are working dogs to the military?
In the words of former Army Gen. David Petraeus, �The capability they bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine. By all measures of performance, their yield outperforms any asset we have in our inventory. Our Army (and military) would be remiss if we failed to invest more in this incredibly valuable resource.�
What are the most rewarding and interesting things about your job?
There is no better feeling than the payoff when you jell/mesh together with your dog and you do everything you planned perfectly. The bond we share is indescribable. Bodza is like my child. When he�s having a bad day, I notice. He�s sick, I take care of him. He�s a huge part of my life now and I wouldn�t have it any other way.
The most interesting thing is the whole process of how they learn. It�s crazy. You have an animal that has thousands of pounds of pressure in its jaws and could tear you apart if it chose to. But it listens to commands it�s learned because you are his master and he is there for you. They can and do think on their own, but they also make decisions to obey/disobey. They�re so incredibly smart. They�ll truly never get enough credit in my opinion for all the hard work they do, just for a bite, a kong, or pet from their mom or dad.
What are the toughest things about what you do?
When you�re frustrated, it seems to snowball, or �runs down the leash� as we say. It shows within you and ultimately will travel to your dog. You do a lot of repetition, and in time older handlers get lazy, which is what I hope I never become.
Missing family, friends and my lovely wife is just part of the sacrifice you make. We have the best job in the military, hands down. But let it be known, everything we do comes from tons of practice, repetition and training. We put hours upon dozens of hours into dogs so we can maintain the high standard they need to get this job and mission done. This job is not for the lazy or weak at heart.
What are your future goals?
I want to be a handler as long as I can. Eventually I will upgrade and be a trainer for other new handlers and teams. The Defense Department dog school in San Antonio is where I eventually want to end up, being an instructor at the military working dog schoolhouse. After that, I want to ride my time out in the Air Force as a first sergeant (a liaison between the commander and his enlisted troops).
Will you get to keep Bodza after he retires?
That�s the plan. We like to call up past handlers and see if they want to adopt the dogs. If we can�t find a prior handler to adopt, the dogs go back to Lackland Air Force Base and can be found through the Military Working Dog Adoption Program.
Some answers have been edited for clarity.
You can reach Michael Barrett at 704-869-1826 or twitter.com/GazetteMike.


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Obama-bashing is nothing new for Republicans. But this week, the president handed his political opponents an especially juicy target: a live appearance Wednesday on ESPN to announce his "bracket" choices for the NCAA basketball tournament.
It was President Obama's only public appearance of the day, having canceled an event to receive an award for government transparency. In the evening, Mr. Obama spoke at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser, which was open only to the press pool. On Friday, he leaves for four days in Latin America.
All the while, the nuclear crisis in Japan deepens and the uprising against Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi appears close to defeat while the UN debates what to do. Obama's plate of domestic issues is just as full, with budget negotiations continuing amid the threat of a government shutdown.
Japan's nuclear crisis: A timeline of key events
"The job can wait: Obama has better things to do," blared the headline on a release Thursday morning from the National Republican Congressional Committee. "President chooses to do nothing to solve deficit problem or world crises as reelection and foreign travel beckon."
Obama's schedule for Thursday was hardly better, in the eyes of Republicans. He took part in several St. Patrick's Day events, including a meeting with the Irish prime minister in the Oval Office. And while he did make an unannounced visit to the Japanese Embassy to sign the condolence book and was scheduled to make a statement on Japan later in the afternoon, he stuck with his plan to travel south on Friday.
Every day this week, White House spokesman Jay Carney has faced questions from reporters about Obama's insistence that he stay on plan and go to South and Central America, where the US has important economic relationships. He reminds the press that, as president, Obama travels with a large staff and has a sophisticated communications setup.
But the fact is, the president postponed foreign trips twice last year – both to Indonesia and Australia. The first delay came as the battle for his health-care reform legislation was coming to a head in Congress, and the second time, he delayed over the BP oil spill.
National debt ceiling 101: Is a crisis looming?
In his briefing Wednesday, Carney made the distinction between foreign and domestic matters. "It is a crisis in Japan; it is not a crisis in the United States," Carney said. "We are very concerned about our allies and friends, the Japanese. We are doing everything we can to help and assist them. We are very concerned about the safety and security of American citizens in Japan, and we are doing everything we can to ensure their safety. But it is – we have no plans to change the trip."
White House staffs try to stick to the schedule as much as possible. But "you can get handcuffed to it," said Tony Fratto, a former spokesman in the George W. Bush White House, on MSNBC Thursday. He noted all the "assets" that go into preparing for travel – whether it's across the Potomac or halfway around the world – and all the effort that is wasted by a canceled trip. And, Mr. Fratto adds, the White House doesn't want to be always in "crisis mode."
For Obama, this week's persistence in sticking to his script has revived the larger questions about his "no drama" style of leadership. During his 2008 campaign, he was applauded for keeping calm and steady, not getting too low when things went wrong or too excited when things were going well. As president, that has turned into a perception of passivity that leaves some observers – even sympathetic ones – scratching their heads.
Ruth Marcus, a liberal columnist for The Washington Post, has dubbed this the "Where's Waldo? presidency" – a characterization that has caught on in public discourse.
"There are a startling number of occasions in which the president has been missing in action – unwilling, reluctant, or late to weigh in on the issue of the moment," Ms. Marcus wrote March 2, citing health-care reform, entitlement reform, the Wisconsin union showdown, and Libya.
Some of the obsessing with every moment of Obama's schedule may be a function of the perpetual news cycle, where the media – particularly cable TV – have gobs of time and space to fill, and make mountains out of mole hills. Health-care reform did, after all, pass.
On entitlement reform, Obama appears to be engaged in a calculated game of chicken with the Republicans, intentionally withholding specific proposals that could damage his reelection prospects. His reluctance to get overly involved in the Libyan conflict is logical, given the complicated image of the US in the Middle East – and its ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Wisconsin, he seemed determined to leave that battle up to the labor movement and not make it a Washington issue.
After fielding criticism for weighing in too freely on issues of the day in his first two years as president, Obama is being applauded by Democrats for his more disciplined approach.
"In the State of the Union, he promised a focus on education and technology, and he has stuck with the program," says Peter Fenn, a Democratic communications strategist.
"If this was a guy who wasn't paying attention and didn't have his facts straight and was kind of clueless in the job, then OK," says Mr. Fenn. "Who thinks that this is someone who isn't plugged in 24/7? He clearly is."
Maybe appearing on ESPN in a light-hearted moment of "Barack-etology" was overly frivolous, given the images coming out of Japan. But as the one-term President Carter learned, allowing yourself to appear humorless and consumed by crisis doesn't do anyone any good. It all boils down to finding that sweet spot of public engagement with major events – not too hot, not too cold.
So maybe it's OK that the Obama White House followed its St. Patrick's Day tradition of dying the water in the big outdoor fountain green. And, in keeping with the media's tendency to over-analyze everything the White House does, it has even been deemed "sufficiently green."


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The New York Times debuted its redesigned website today, and that includes the company's first ever native advertisement.
TheTimes' first ever foray into the controversial realm of sponsored content comes in the form of a paid post from Dell about how marketers and information technology departments need to collaborate more in the workplace.
Here's how the post appears to users who visit the redesigned front page of nytimes.com right now (note the sleeker design and condensed "sections" menu). I added a pink arrow to help you find it in the bottom-right corner of my screen shot:
As you can see, the New York Times has made good on its promise to mark a clear distinction between advertising content and news by stamping the Dell logo on the post and surrounding it with a blue border. This was a high priority, as The Times was anxious that introducing native advertising would trick readers into thinking the sponsored content was news.
Here's how the post looks when you click on it. Note that the features The Times said would be included in its redesigned article pages (like the "other stories" bar at the top of the page) are already in place. In the top-left corner of the screenshot, we can see how paid posts will be designated when they are recommended to readers on the top scroll bar:
Users who scroll through the story can also see links to other New York Times stories Dell thinks they might like:
And at the bottom, they'll find a selection of other content Dell has produced:
We'll have more on The New York Times' redesign later in the day, including reactions from journalists and designers who've worked on the websites of other major news sites in the past.


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Part 1 – Getting rid of the fairy stories – is available here.
Messing around in a bucket
Aren't we the lucky ones, then? Someone has gone to all of the trouble of picking flowers for us, and drying them and packing them into easily-handled little containers. What do you think of this as a list of ingredients? … Hibiscus petals (not too traditional, I know, but they are flowers), blackberry and blackcurrant leaves, and rosehips. Not bad at all – all of them ingredients which can be used to make wine all by themselves. These are the ingredients of a typical box of 20 fruit tea bags available from any supermarket for a reasonable price. There's enough stuff in there to make a gallon of wine and, as it's sold as a tea, the flavour balance will be at least palatable. It's a sort of high-tech version of puddling around in your wellies gathering fresh flowers, so we've gone some way to satisfy the modernists.
OK, you now have your flavour ingredients. Now you need yeast food, which is quite simply a 1-kilo bag of sugar. Put this on the table next to the box of tea bags. No point in having yeast food, though, without yeast, so get hold of some of that and put it next to the tea bags and sugar. That's a pretty small and easily manageable pile so far.
Oh – but the yeast. You can go through this whole thing using baker's yeast if you really, really want to – it will work. It will make wine. But believe me, wine yeast will do the job that much better and, if you use general-purpose wine yeast, it's dirt cheap. Don't let's spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar, so to speak. Get some wine yeast and, while you're at it, get some yeast nutrient (which I'll talk about in a while).
Now, are you sitting comfortably? … … then I'll begin.
1. Open the sugar bag and tip the contents into the bottom of the bucket.
2. Open the box of tea bags and tip the contents on top of the sugar. While you're there, squeeze the juice of half a lemon onto the sugar.
3. Boil the kettle and pour a measured two pints of hot water into the bucket.
4. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
5. Cover the bucket any way you like (so insects can't get in) and wait for it to cool.
6. Remove the teabags, giving them a squeeze, add six pints of cold or lukewarm water, then sprinkle a level teaspoon of yeast onto the surface of the liquid. Recover the bucket and put it in a Goldilocksy warmish place – not too hot, not too cold (the kitchen should be OK as long as it doesn't approach freezing).
7. Have a look after 24 hours. There should be some signs of yeast activity – it will appear to have spread somewhat across the surface. Recover the bucket.
8. Have another look after a further 24 hours. There will now be a healthy covering of yeast and a nice yeasty cum winey smell coming from the bucket. Give it all a good stir, recover the bucket and go away.
There you have it – a mess in a bucket without having made too much mess outside the bucket. That mess, over the next week or ten days, is going to turn itself slowly and surely into wine with no more effort on your part. It will all work just as written – but it may not work perfectly.
The problem here is that yeast normally gets part of its food from the solids introduced when preparing fruit for winemaking. Of course, there's very little solid material in this recipe. The big omission, therefore, is nitrogen – which shouldn't surprise anyone who's ever grown a plant. Plants need nitrogen to grow well, and so do fungi – including yeast. But, if you've been paying close attention, you've already bought some yeast nutrient. So, amend step 6 to read …
6. Remove the teabags, giving them a squeeze, add six pints of cold or lukewarm water and a level teaspoon of yeast nutrient. Stir to dissolve the nutrient then sprinkle a level teaspoon of yeast onto the surface of the liquid. Recover the bucket.
I left this out of the original step because, as I said, it will work without it – but the fermentation may stop before all of the sugar has been used up (and so at a lower concentration of alcohol). Without the nitrogen, the yeast may simply run out of puff. Another reason I left it out is because a lot of people don't like using yeast nutrient on the grounds that it's a chemical additive.
They're correct – it is. My argument, which you are at liberty to accept or reject, is that it's a chemical additive which, apart from increasing the efficiency of the fermentation, leaves behind only the equivalent of trace elements which are found in garden compost. Let's take a quick look.
Yeast nutrient, in its most available form, is a chemical called di-ammonium phosphate, a name which is in itself enough to scare anyone away. In case you're interested, that's (NH4)2PO4. So, it's a compound of ammonia (that's the NH4), and phosphate (PO4). Yeast, having an M.Sc. in chemistry, immediately sets about breaking this up to obtain the nitrogen (that's the N part of ammonia) and it releases the H part as useless. The H part is, in fact, hydrogen, and will bubble its way right out of the bucket together with the carbon dioxide which the yeast is also busy producing. That leaves the phosphate part which, on being separated from the ammonia, immediately recombines with just about anything else it can find to form a harmless compound, loads of which can be found (and is desirable) in soil, compost, and any garden fertiliser. To my mind, this is not an unfriendly chemical. You must, of course, come to your own decision. Right – that's the chemists satisfied.
Discussion over – back to the wine. While it has been fermenting away, if you remember from Part 1, it has been producing equal weights of alcohol and carbon dioxide. By the time the sugar is used up, therefore, there will be, theoretically, a half-kilo of alcohol in the gallon of water you added, and a half-kilo of carbon dioxide will have been given off as bubbles. That is an awful lot of gas, and it serves a useful purpose. It's heavier than air and so sits on top of the developing wine. No bacteria will grow within a carbon dioxide atmosphere, so your wine is protected against infection. It will also kill any insects which might fall in, but that's shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted – you don't want them in there in the first place. Hence the covering of the bucket.
But the carbon dioxide does something else. The yeast has multiplied hugely from the level teaspoonful you originally put in there. There are literally millions of yeast cells in a fermenting gallon of wine. And all of them are producing little bubbles of carbon dioxide which rise to the surface, taking the yeast cells with them. Then the bubbles burst and the yeast cells sink until they develop the next bubbles, then up they go again …
The net result is that the lovely clear, red liquid you started with becomes opaque because, try as you might, you simply cannot see through a few million yeast cells. Eventually, though, the sugar runs out and the yeast can no longer produce carbon dioxide. All the cells sink to the bottom and stay there, leaving a clear liquid above them. And that is the signal to you that your fermentation is complete, because you can see all of this happening in the bucket – if you've been taking the lid off and having a look once a day or so.
What you have just made is a very light-bodied pale red wine with an alcohol content of about 11% by volume (i.e. just a little over a tenth of the liquid is alcohol). Because it is light-bodied and because there is no appreciable amount of tannin in there and because of loads of other reasons, the wine is as good as it's ever going to get. There's no great point in maturing it. It will keep for a year, but there's no point in waiting that long. It's a very acceptable wine as long as you're not expecting a great claret, and will certainly make you giggly if you drink a glass or three.
But it's still in the bucket and there is a layer of inactive yeast cells at the bottom of that bucket which, if you're not careful, will swirl upwards and make the wine cloudy again. Now you have the job of getting the wine off the lees (that being the technical term for the residue at the bottom). A sieve will not remove the residue – yeast cells are microscopically small and will go straight through a sieve. You have several choices. You can carefully dip the liquid out using a jug. You can try to gently pour it off. Or you can syphon it off with a plastic tube. Whichever method you choose, you will NEVER be able to recover all of the liquid, so don't try (if you do get a bit of the residue, don't worry too much – it's only yeast and a very good source of vitamin B. Note that for later, by the way – it's only yeast).
But what are you going to put the wine into? I wouldn't recommend glass bottles at this stage – that wine may still be fermenting just a little bit and could pressurise the bottles. At this stage, the best thing would be the PET bottles which come wrapped around Coke or lemonade. They can take quite a bit of pressure, you can always release any gas by unscrewing the cap slightly, and the wine isn't going to stay in there very long anyway.
Et voila – wine. Now you have to taste it. You may think it too dry. There's a way around that. You may think it far too weedy in body. There's a way around that. You may think it low in alcohol – there are several ways around that. You may think the flavour too thin and un-wine-like. There are ways around that, too.
So, that's Part 3 – how to cheat at winemaking. Plus, probably in Part 4, some ways to make the whole process easier still. So, start looking for a demijohn or two – but don't lose sight of the fact that you've just made wine with no special equipment apart from that bucket.


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LOS ANGELES, July 28 (UPI) -- Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are busy preparing for their baby.
Sources confirm the couple are expecting a girl, and may have a name picked out for their daughter.
"Mila's having a girl," an insider tells Radar Online. "And the baby's nursery is put together! It's decorated green with baby animals. It's jungle-themed."
"A name being talked about and floating around is Finn," the person adds. "Ashton's mom's maiden name is Finnegan."
Kunis and Kutcher met on the set of sitcom That 70s Show, but didn't begin dating until April 2012. The pair confirmed their relationship in March 2013, and became engaged in February this year. Pregnancy rumors began the next month, and Kunis confirmed her pregnancy in May. The baby is the couple's first child together.
Kunis will next appear alongside Channing Tatum in Jupiter Ascending in 2015.


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After MGS4 I don't really care too much about MGS's story anymore, though I do prefer to avoid spoilers just in case.
I liked DmC more.
I'm mostly just playing MGS4 to see why Raiden is half metal.
No worries - post deleted.
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MILWAUKEE—Gov. Scott Walker is dismissing an attempt by 20 Wisconsin counties to circumvent the state and deal directly with the federal government to get money to pay for Medicaid programs.
Walker said Friday that "There really isn't a need for counties or anybody else to act on that because we have options."
Walker rejected $12 billion in federal Medicaid money over the next decade and instead tightened income eligibility for the state BadgerCare program to only those earning below poverty.
Twenty counties upset with that decision sent a letter this week to state health Secretary Kitty Rhoades asking that the state not be the only conduit for the federal money.
Walker addressed the issue during a news conference kicking off the National Governors Association meeting in Milwaukee.


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Favorites and duds from today's commenting:
It's a bare-bones roundup today, guys and gals. Off we go:
Favorites, in no particular order:
This is a very simple and easy one-liner from Captain Gladys Stoatpamphlet in the Naked Seahawks Fan post. It would be easy to try to do too much with this setup, but three words is really all you need. Nice one.
Some quality misdirection from fan (and also comment adjudicator, at least for today) favorite Iron Mike Gallego in the Truther post. Did I read any of the replies? You can bet I didn't.
Burner Cut-To-Cure channeling some darinh syntax with this silly wordplay joke in the Puppy Bowl post. It was stupid, yes, but I laughed.
I'm a sucker for potshots at Chipper Jones, so this little back-and-forth from Milo Minderbinder in the Lawyer Commercial post elicited a snicker from me.
I liked this (maybe not so) absurd continuation joke from A Pimp Named DaveR in the Homophobic Radio Host post. Three emails is the right number of emails to have here to be funny without going overboard. Nicely done.
This absurd dialogue from The Amazing Sneijderman in the Arrested Protestor post was too much for me. A talking bus stop? That's crazy, man. This tickled me juuuuuuust enough to be Comment of the Day.
Maybe it's just because it's from a burner that it got so little attention, but I thought this joke from GatticusFinch in the Olympic Mask post was great. "Sweet ass panel vans" is a very funny and evocative punchline. Stick around, friend.
Total Fucking Duds
Fuck this all to hell with a fucking steel I-beam.
Wow, I've never need anyone so unaware of their own projectionism as this nonsense from some idiot burner.
For fuck's sake, Hit Bull Win Steak, this is bad and gross. 166 recs at press time. Fuck that.
What exactly were you doing here, dope? There is a place for this kind of stuff, particularly where well-executed. It ain't the Deadspin comments. Here's what you do with this: you use it as the starting point for a story, make up an ending that's funny, call it a true story, and post it on Sidespin. As it is, it's a dud, though.
Sorry for the late post again, guys. Kinja and/or my internet connection were conspiring against me tonight, plus it was a slow day overall in comment land. As always, point out any omissions in the discussion below.


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The New York Times says "Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS."
I do not understand this at all.
The study on which this idea is based was done awhile back on African men in an area where AIDS is rampant and condom use is rare. I cannot imagine a study with less relevance to the lives of American men.
If American men are practicing safe sex — i.e. condoms use, etc — what does their foreskin have to do with anything? Absolutely nothing. So are we promoting safe sex, or are we promoting circumcision, CDC? I don't get it?
I have not spoken with a single doctor who says there is any reason at all to recommend routine circumcision of boy babies, and I have talked to a lot of doctors. It is a choice parents can make, and many do, for many reasons. That is what is great about being a parent…you get to make that choice.
If you choose to circumcise your boy baby, I support you in that choice (which is actually none of my business, anyway, so who cares what I think?). There are religious reasons and cultural reasons and personal reasons that make circumcision the best choice for many families.
If you don't choose to circumcise your boy baby, that is also a perfectly valid choice. According to Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician Dr. Sara Rizvi (and she is far from alone), there is no medical reason to circumcise .
I, personally, would never choose to circumcise a boy child (barring some great new revelation about the practice), even if the Centers for Disease Control was actively promoting it, particularly if that promotion was based on the suspect assertion that the practice might decrease the H.I.V. infection rate in America.
That is my choice.
The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend circumcision of baby boys. I does not not recommend it. It's the Switzerland of the circ debate. It says (although I understand it may be rethinking its language)…
"Existing scientific evidence demonstrates potential medical benefits of newborn male circumcision; however, these data are not sufficient to recommend routine neonatal circumcision. In circumstances in which there are potential benefits and risks, yet the procedure is not essential to the child's current well-being, parents should determine what is in the best interest of the child."
The bolding and italics were added by me lol, because that's how I feel. This is a parent's decision. No one else's. What you decide for your baby is no one else's business.
The end.
For much more on caring for your newborn, from their foreskin (or circumcision) to their belly button and so much more, please listen to what our wonderful pediatrician has to say in our Pea in the Podcast on Caring For Your Newborn.


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How Safe Is Your Racetrack?
When you're looking for standards on how safety equipment should be manufactured (seatbelts, firesuits, gloves, and so on), you look to the SFI Foundation. When you're looking for helmet standards, you look toward the Snell Foundation. But when a racetrack is looking to what safety equipment it needs to have on hand and putting together a plan in case of an emergency, where does it look?
During the Society of Automotive Engineers Motorsports Engineering Conference held last year in Charlotte, North Carolina, a segment of the safety panel included Daniel Jones, Fire Chief of the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, fire department. His talk focused on how a motorsports facility, of any size, can be prepared for most any emergency situation. He referenced a guide that all racetracks should use to organize their safety programs, called the NFPA 610, published by the National Fire Protection Association.
To provide a little history, back in 1999 The National Fire Protection Association sat down with the major sanctioning bodies to develop a guide to help motorsports facilities provide the safest environment for their events. The document is designed to be both broad in scope and flexible to accommodate the largest superspeedway and smallest parking lot go-kart track.
As you read this article, you may think, I'm a crewmember, how does this affect me? Well, it's your safety that the guide is designed to protect. The guide may be written for the use of the track owners and sanctioning bodies, but it's the race team's responsibility to make sure that the tracks where they race are using the best practices to maintain that safety.
As an example of the importance of the NFPA 610 guide, here's a list of questions that a track owner or sanctioning body should be able to answer.
1. Does your track have the proper fire fighting chemicals to extinguish the racing fuels seen at this track?
2. To what hospitals will injured be transported?
3. How will the track handle race operations in the event all ambulances have to be used to transport injured to hospitals?
4. What skill level of medical personnel are on site during the event?
5. Where will additional fire fighting/ MS/traffic control extraction support come from if required?
6. Does the track crew have equipment capable of cutting rollbars and race car body structure? (Equipment used for passenger car extraction is not always capable of use in race car incidents)
7. Is the track crew trained in extractions from the type of vehicles run at this track?
The way the track owners are able to answer those questions is with the Emergency Action Plan detailed in the guide. The EAP is the centerpiece of the guide. It's the emergency preparedness of facilities that first got the NFPA involved with the motorsports venues. Working through the EAP forces those involved to look at their facility and personnel and answer the questions ahead of time before they need to be addressed at a future critical time.
The EAP covers such major areas as: the size of the event, traffic control, fire protection, hazardous materials, and communications. The guide includes a sample EAP so that a facility can see what types of information and levels of detail are required to have a complete plan.
Another major component of the guide is training. The training section defines specific levels of knowledge and responsibility that can define a motorsports safety worker by level.
The levels of safety crewmembers are:1. Motorsports Safety Awareness2. Motorsports Safety Operations3. Motorsports Safety Technician4. Motorsports Safety Specialist5. Motorsports Safety Command Manager
Each higher level (from Awareness to Specialist) adds more specific skills and more specialized training. The command manager, as the name suggests, is in a management role to command and direct emergency response actions while having information about the facility, its EAP, external emergency resources, and civil authorities.
To get an inside look at motorsports safety training, we also spoke with Jennifer Butler and Heather Rehm, who are members of the safety crew for the Checkered Flag Sprint Series based in Tampa, Florida. Their class was held at a local racetrack and consisted of two days of instruction. The instruction was both classroom oriented and hands-on practical.
The classroom instruction included a video of previous accidents and how the rescue crews responded to them. The responses of the safety crews are then reviewed as to what went right and wrong. The class instruction also included firefighters teaching proper techniques about extinguishing fires, and discussions about the differences between gasoline and alcohol fires. Additionally included in the classroom sessions were instructions on how to describe different types of accidents, accident cleanup, and basic hand signals of safety crews. The most important concept taught during the class was keeping track crew safe while working an accident scene.
The hands-on instruction allowed the students to put into practice many of the concepts they learned in the classroom. In the first part, one of the class members was placed into a car and the class practiced extracation using a backboard. The class also practiced putting out fires, and understanding the difficulties in identifying and extinguishing alcohol fires. The basic layout of different cars was shown and the general process of turning off the engine and shutting off the fuel were taught. The class also used the proper cutting tools to remove a car's roof and cut through rollbars. In addition, the class discussed when and why to cut the car, and to avoid cutting unless it was absolutely necessary. The class that Jennifer and Heather attended ended with a test to show what they had learned.
We hope that race teams and race drivers take the precautions to ensure their safety, but when it's out of their control it falls on the track safety crew to use its training and predefined procedures to ensure the safety of the race facility. Having EMS, fire, and rescue personnel on hand for a race event is a must, but making sure they are trained as to the differences between street vehicles and race vehicles is the determining factor in the care they will provide to the racers.
The knowledge is out there for any facility. The NFPA 610 is a very well-written document that details the procedures for a motorsports facility to become best prepared for most emergency situations. Ask your track owner today whether or not he knows about NFPA 610 and if he doesn't, tell him where to get it.


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BERLIN | A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.
BERLIN | A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.
Michael Karkoc, 94, told American authorities in 1949 that he had performed no military service during World War II, concealing his work as an officer and founding member of the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion and later as an officer in the SS Galician Division, according to records obtained by the AP through a Freedom of Information Act request. The Galician Division and a Ukrainian nationalist organization he served in were on a secret American government blacklist of organizations whose members were forbidden from entering the United States at the time.
Though records do not show that Karkoc had a direct hand in war crimes, statements from men in his unit and other documentation confirm the Ukrainian company he commanded massacred civilians, and suggest that Karkoc was at the scene of these atrocities as the company leader. Nazi SS files say he and his unit were also involved in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, in which the Nazis brutally suppressed a Polish rebellion against German occupation.
Polish prosecutors announced Friday after the release of the AP investigation that they will investigate Karkoc and provide "every possible assistance" to the U.S. Department of Justice, which has used lies in immigration papers to deport dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals. The AP evidence of Karkoc's wartime activities has also prompted German authorities to express interest in exploring whether there is enough to prosecute.
Karkoc refused to discuss his wartime past at his home in Minneapolis, and repeated efforts to set up an interview using his son as an intermediary, were unsuccessful.
Efraim Zuroff, the lead Nazi hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, said that based on his decades of experience pursuing Nazi war criminals, he expects that the evidence showing Karkoc lied to American officials and that his unit carried out atrocities is strong enough for deportation and war-crimes prosecution in Germany or Poland.
The deputy head of the German office that investigates Nazi war crimes, Thomas Will, said that based on the AP's evidence, he is interested in gathering information that could possibly result in prosecution.
Karkoc lives in a modest house in northeast Minneapolis in an area with a significant Ukrainian population. Even at his age, he came to the door without help of a cane or a walker. He would not comment on his wartime service for Nazi Germany.
"I don't think I can explain," he said.
Members of his unit and other witnesses have told stories of brutal attacks on civilians.
One of Karkoc's men, Vasyl Malazhenski, told Soviet investigators that in 1944 the unit was directed to "liquidate all the residents" of the village of Chlaniow, Poland, in a reprisal attack for the killing of a German SS officer, though he did not say who gave the order.
In a background check by U.S. officials on April 14, 1949, Karkoc said he had never performed any military service, telling investigators that he "worked for father until 1944. Worked in labor camp from 1944 until 1945."
However, in a Ukrainian-
language memoir published in 1995, Karkoc states that he helped found the Ukrainian Self Defense Legion in 1943 in collaboration with the Nazis' feared SS intelligence agency, the SD, to fight on the side of Germany — and served as a company commander in the unit.
The AP located a copy in an electronic Ukrainian library.
Karkoc's name surfaced when a retired clinical pharmacologist who took up Nazi war crimes research in his free time came across it while looking into members of the SS Galician Division who emigrated to Britain. Stephen Ankier, who is based in London, tipped off AP when an Internet search showed an address for Karkoc in Minnesota.
The AP located Karkoc's U.S. Army intelligence file, and got it declassified by the National Archives in Maryland through a FOIA request. The file said background checks found no red flags that would disqualify him from entering the United States but noted that key information from the Soviet side was missing.
Wartime documents located by the AP also confirm Karkoc's membership in the Self Defense Legion. They include a Nazi payroll sheet found in Polish archives, confirming that Karkoc was present in Krakow, Poland, to collect his salary as a member of the Self Defense Legion.
Karkoc, an ethnic Ukrainian, was born in the city of Lutsk in 1919, according to details he provided officials. At the time, the area was being fought over by Ukraine, Poland and others; it ended up part of Poland until World War II.
He joined the regular German army after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and fought on the Eastern Front in Ukraine and Russia.
He was also a member of the Ukrainian nationalist organization OUN; in 1943, he helped negotiate with the Nazis to have men drawn from its membership form the Self Defense Legion, according to his account. The legion eventually numbered some 600 soldiers and was folded into the SS Galician Division in 1945.
Policy at the time of Karkoc's immigration application was to deny a visa to anyone who had served in either the SS Galician Division or the OUN.
In Washington, Justice Department spokesman Michael Passman said the agency was aware of the AP story but could neither confirm nor deny details of investigations as a matter of policy.
Though Karkoc talks in his memoirs about fighting anti-Nazi Polish resistance fighters, he makes no mention of attacks on civilians. He does indicate he was with his company in the summer of 1944 when the Self Defense Legion's commander, Siegfried Assmuss, was killed by a partisan attack near Chlaniow.
He did not mention the retaliatory massacre that followed, which was described in detail by Malazhenski in his 1967 statement.
Malazhenski said the unit was ordered to liquidate Chlaniow in reprisal for Assmuss' death, and moved in the next day, shooting people and torching homes. More than 40 people died.
"The Ukrainians were setting fire to the buildings," Chlaniow villager Stanislawa Lipska told a communist-era commission in 1948. "You could hear machine-gun shots and grenade explosions. Shots could be heard inside the village and on the outskirts. They were making sure no one escaped."
Witness statements and other documentation also link the unit to a 1943 massacre in Pidhaitsi, on the outskirts of Lutsk —today part of Ukraine — where the Self Defense Legion was once based. A total of 21 villagers, mostly women and children, were slaughtered.
Following the war, Karkoc ended up in a camp for displaced people in Neu Ulm, Germany, according to documents obtained from the International Tracing Service in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The documents indicate that his wife died in 1948, a year before he and their two young boys emigrated to the U.S.
After he arrived in Minneapolis, he remarried and had four more children, the last born in 1966.
Karkoc told American officials he was a carpenter, and records indicate he worked for a nationwide construction company that has an office in Minneapolis.
A longtime member of the Ukrainian National Association, Karkoc has been closely involved in community affairs over the past decades and was identified in a 2002 article in a Ukrainian-American publication as a "longtime UNA activist."


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The Best Defense is a Good Offense
The LC-151 DSC outdoor motion detector provides improved outdoor protection against intruders, before they make it too far on to a property or close to premises. With advanced digital signal processing, these detectors provide accurate analysis of body dimensions and differentiation from backgrounds and pets or other animals to ensure reliable detection and false alarm immunity. Digital signal processing provides consistent communication because the signal is resistant to electrical (either radio frequency or electromagnetic) interference. Upon quick analysis of the signal from the DSC outdoor motion detector, if an intruder is identified, the device will instantly notify the alarm system.
PIR & Microwave Sensors Provide High Accuracy to Prevent False Alarms
The DSC LC-151 combines passive infared (PIR) sensor with a microwave sensor for microwave (MW) detection. These elements work to detect intruders without detecting pets or other animals, with the highest level of accuracy. The sensors are easily adjusted to customize range of detection.
Pet Immunity
Highly Accurate DSC LC-151 sensors provide quality detection while at the same time ignoring pets or other animals weighing up to 15kg (33lbs) without lens, up to 36kg (80lb) with lens.
Fast and Easy Installation
Once the DSC outdoor motion detector is installed at the recommended height, installers simply conduct a brief walk test, make any necessary adjustments, and the unit is ready to perform. Highly visible LEDs can be viewed at a glance and help the installer identify the detection range from any distance or angle within the coverage pattern.
DSC LC-151 Features
- Frequency: 10.525 GHz.
- Microwave detection based on Doppler concept.
- N.O. & N.C. relays switched at the same time.
- Installation height is calibration free from 6 ft to 8 ft (1.8 m to 2.4 m).
- Pet Immune up to 33 lbs (15 kg) without pet immunity lens or up to 80lb (36kg) when using supplied LC-F1-15X pet immunity lens.
- PIR sensitivity adjustment.
- MW intensity selection.
- Temperature compensation.
- Microcontroller signal processing.
- Front and back tamper protection.
- Unique waterproof and seal plastic design.
- Detection range: up to 49 ft (15 m).
- Detects human intruders walking or running.
- No maintenance required.
- High RFI/EMI immunity.
- Protection from: direct sunlight, wind up to 30 m/sec, snow and rain, small animals, removal of top cover and removal from mounting bracket.
- Rain and dust proof: IP65.
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|175mm x 70mm x 45mm
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|210gr (0.46 lb)
|Detection Method
|Single (Two Elements) PIR & Microwave Pulse Doppler
|Power Input
|9.6 to 16VDC
|Current Draw (Stby)
|21mA (±5%)
|Current Draw (Active)
|24mA (±5%)
|Microwave Frequency
|10.525 GHz
|Tamper Switch: Contact Rating
|N.C 28VDC0.1 A with 10 Ohm Series protection resistors
|RF Immunity
|10 V/m plus 80% AM from 80 MHz to 2GHz
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Erin Haney, Research Associate, National Museum of African Art/ Lecturer, George Washington University
At NMNH, don't miss Sammy Baloji's exhibition The Beautiful Time, on view until January 7, 2013. The Beautiful Time splices together two visual tracks, and sets off a powerful and haunting study in reverberation—cutting through space and across time.
Baloji's photomontages illuminate monumental stories in an old mining center in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). Amid slices of present-day landscape, spectral people interfere: migrant mine workers, Belgian families, Congolese officials. Within the panorama of photographic past and presences, Baloji summons the multiple relationships between workers and colonists, and and the conditions of work in the colonial era. He literally dredges up images, lost and found, in Katanga.
The Beautiful Time is a set of projects to mark the gaping holes between moments in time. Photomontage offers the vivid mixing—of events and people freely, perhaps in tune with our own human senses memory and recall. President Mobutu Sese Seko, ruler of what was then known as Zaire, appears to take a tour of the ruins. Surveyors chart the lost future of the mining works, and military officials allude to the ties between lucrative enterprise and state security.
Baloji appropriated archival images, lifted from old photographs and glass plates that once circulated in Katanga. Placed according to creative demands and logics, the artist crafted an entirely new set of heart-grabbing fictional moments. While his camera pans across old warehouses and smelters, registering the sun's path, the VIPs are ghosts that we can see as clear as day.
Baloji's magic links a generation of criticism leveled at the older generation, with sidelong observation of the institutions and governments which have failed and jeopardized their citizens. Mining wealth enriched Europeans and Congolese unequally. Working for the company that itself was a prime generator of capital was, to be sure, an ambivalent situation, well-paid and tightly controlled. So, in the face of that well-remembered golden age and its aftermath, 'Beautiful Time' meditates on those ambivalent absences.
The reverb effect, captured by Baloji and other young activists and artists working in Africa, drives out those missing things. Using lost archives and troves of photographs cinematically, they tackle how the past and present collide. The stories matter, critically. Those old pictures belong neither wholly to the Congo nor to Belgium, to individuals or a single community. Lubumbashi-born Baloji plays them back into view, to electrifying, magnifying playback effect.


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Life Of A Single Dad...Ugh and Yay All In One
Followers, silent followers, viewers, stalkers, commentors & viewing by accident readers, I would like to welcome a NEW blogger to blogworld. His name is Sheridan aka Jamie. His blog is about his journey of being a single parent father. Dealing with children's mother near death accident to his father's health problem, to 3 eager, forever learning kids, and trying to find time for himself....how does he juggle it all! Not many men are going through this. So when you all get a chance, check out his blog.
Thanks Sheridan for sharing your world.
To happy blogging Sherdian and to all other new bloggers and readers!


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