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In the first installment of this series, I discussed the challenges faced by those learning the art and science of medicine, which is to say, everyone (or at least, everyone who is still willing to learn and adapt to the growth and evolution of knowledge in medicine). It is the uncertainty and the complex mechanism by which knowledge changes that necessitate that physicians actively organize and seize control of the ways they learn. Additionally, medicine is a high stakes endeavor, one in which accuracy and precision of information are paramount, and one in which a common mantra is "trust no one." As such, individual physicians need to establish a fulcrum across which to balance different sources of information and learning. The fulcrum, in my opinion, is the physician's notebook.
What do I mean by "notebook?" The notebook can be any means by which a student, resident, fellow or attending organizes his or her thoughts. In most cases, this is a written medium which will allow the user to either write, draw, or type information as a means of immediately aiding the storage of memory in the brain and providing a visual map by which to trigger the accessing of memories. This medium should be portable and easily accessible or it won't be used. Finally, the notebook should be expandable, as the duration of time during which a physician must learn is limited only by lifespan (unlike a notebook used in grade school or college for a specific course). Here, I describe three potential methods that one might use to seize control of one's learning.
The Moleskine aka "Token of Nostalgia"
The most common method that physicians use to take notes are physical notebooks. These are typically small enough to fit into the breast pocket of a physician's white coat, often the only pocket with a standardized size across various white coat brands (the side pockets vary greatly in size). In my imagination, the "Golden Age of Medicine" is populated primarily by well-groomed, male physicians who mostly look like Don Draper except that some have more white hair and most are alternating between business suits or long white coats. Nestled somewhere between the penlight and fountain pen rests the Moleskine, a thin leather bound notebook. The company that has the trademark for the name Moleskine has advertised this little notebook as being so much more: in describing the many famous and brilliant people who have jotted down ideas and drawings on its pages, the Moleskine is somehow supposed to inspire brilliance in the rest of us. This notebook fits so well with the traditional culture of reverence and nostalgia within Medicine that it is found in most if not all medical school bookstores.
These little books are useful for their portability and easy accessibility. Furthermore, they require only a pen and (at least) legible penmanship. Notebooks are generally cheap, though the premium brand-name Moleskines usually cost $8-12 each (varies based on size and merchant). Of all the methods of taking notes, this one requires the least amount of startup time. However, all pen-and-paper solutions have serious disadvantages. Perhaps the most prominent is expandability: all paper notebooks are limited by the number of pages available, which means that the notebook will at some point reach its maximum capacity and become a static entity. In this situation, it remains a useful resource for referencing and memory augmentation, but it no longer has the ability to help one grow one's knowledge base or chart that growth. Furthermore, notebooks require good handwriting: most physicians have atrophic penmanship which is worsened by fatigue and the prevalance of electronic medical records. Paper notebooks also require exceptional planning skills in laying out an effective organizational scheme prior to starting the notebook, otherwise accessing information in the notebook becomes an exercise in random searching. Lastly, if lost or misplaced, a paper notebook is gone forever and cannot be easily replaced.
Personal Experience: Throughout medical school, I used Moleskine notebooks to take notes and by the end went through at least three. I was frustrated by the lack of growth capacity. Accordingly, an alternate solution I tried revolved around the "Pocket Medicine" series: the portable book is actually a small binder, and a few stationary stores actually carried extra lined paper inserts that matched the size of the printed pages. I thought this was an elegant solution as it allowed me to take notes and "insert" my knowledge into the handbook. Over time, this expansion capacity was still not enough, and my fear of losing the notebook prompted me to seek out other solutions.
The iNotebook aka "A walk in the clouds"
As iPads and iPhones (and to a lesser but still considerable degree, other tablet computers and Android phones) become ubiquitous throughout the physician population, the possibility for new electronic methods of notetaking grows exponentionally. When I was a third year medical student, iPhones and iPod touches were still uncommon, and pulling out one of these iDevices in front of an attending on rounds was still considered rude and taboo. However, there is now a well-developed ecosystem of medical apps and resources available for these devices that make them useful for information acquisition in the clinical setting. While there are still some concerns regarding the ability of electronic devices to distract physicians from clinical care duties, the overwhelming momentum is towards the acceptance and adoption of portable technologies into medical practice. Furthermore, medical schools and residencies have discovered educational and clinical training value found in these devices, or at least they are willing to invest money to buy these devices for their students and residents with the expectation of educational potential.
With regards to serving as "notebooks," the iPad and iPhone, particularly as a pair, are a potent combination. In addition to providing storage and reading capacity for electronic textbooks and papers from research journals (think of the numerous e-mails one receives everyday with an attachment to some review or study), the iPad additionally services as an effective content creation device with the appropriate peripherals. Many people find it difficult to use the glass keyboards of Apple's devices, and few would argue that typing performance on the glass keyboard can match a physical keyboard. Accordingly, a Bluetooth keyboard is an essential add-on, and numerous elegant solutions have been developed including the Clam Case and Logitech's Keyboard Folios (solar and standard), most typically increasing the overall investment by $80-150. With these keyboards, the iPad effectively becomes a "netbook": a laptop with a slightly smaller keyboard (which might impeded some people with big hands), smaller hard drive, and longer battery life. However, the iPad is much more effective than a true netbook because it does not have the startup latency of laptops: most if not all of the tablet computers activate within fractions of a second and can allow one to start typing seconds later. In addition to allowing rapid access to a typing interface, many apps on the iPad and other tablets allow for alternative forms of note-taking: drawing with a finger or stylus, a mixture of drawing and typing in flow charts, and recording audio.
Unlike paper notebooks, notetaking on a tablet computer can be organized and reorganized in a much more malleable fashion. The initial planning stage is less important because information can be readily modified and moved, a feature not present in paper notebooks (there is no readily accessible "copy-paste" feature in the analog world). Simple text editors allow for the creation of innumerable text files, while more complex cloud-based notetaking programs often include content search capabilities, tagging (by keywords), and nesting of files within folders.
Where does the smartphone fit into this? If the smartphone uses the same operating system as the tablet computer, often shared applications can also share data, particularly if one uses a cloud-based storage solution such as Dropbox, iCloud, Microsoft's SkyDrive, or Google Drive. Accordingly, if one doesn't have the tablet available (or have the time to pull it out), one can still access all of the same files on the smaller screen of the smartphone (which most people will carry around all the time). This reduces the time required to access notes and more closely approximates the time it would take to flip through the pages of a paper notebook.
There are disadvantages to the tablet computer-smartphone solution as well. First, this solution is expensive: both tablet computers and smart phones cost hundreds of dollars (an iPad, iPhone, and Bluetooth keyboard will probably cost the user about $1000, not including the monthly service fees for the iPhone). Secondly, the data input is reliant on the larger device: typing on an iPad Bluetooth keyboard for the average computer user is likely to be nearly as fast as on a full-sized keyboard, but this requires that the user have a flat surface on which to rest the device. Practically, this means that the user needs to be seated or standing at a counter, such as at a nursing station or using the height-adjustable table at a patient's bedside. This also means that the user needs to carry both the iPad and keyboard with him or her into the clinical setting. While there are some people who have modified white coats to include iPad-sized pockets, this may not be the most comfortable solution. For physicians that normally carry brief cases or shoulder bags (e.g. Neurologists), carrying a tablet is not an issue. Thirdly, this solution is energy-based, so battery life becomes a consideration. However, iPads and iPad-compatible Bluetooth keyboards generally have exceptionally long battery lives.
Personal Experience: This is the solution that I use at this time, and quoting the late Steve Jobs, "It just works." I use a Clam Case with my iPad 2 to type my notes. I carry the iPad in a Fossil city bag which fits both the iPad as well as my various diagnostic tools in a non-bulky fashion. I use DropBox as my cloud-based storage solution with Elements as my simple text editor for notes (which is fast, has folders for organization, and keeps my files accessible instantly without an Internet connection on my iPhone, iPad, computer, and on the web on the Dropbox site). I use Papers for handling journal articles, iAnnotate for other PDFs, and Kindle and the iBooks apps for medical textbooks. I generally pull out my iPad/Clam Case during conferences and lectures to take notes, and when I'm on clinical duty and need to check something I pull out my iPhone to quickly access the notes. In my case, the additional weight of the devices is justified by the iPad's additional uses on the wards and in the clinic: I also use my iPad/Clam Case for writing progress, admission, consultation and clinic notes, and while rounding it is additionally useful for placing orders and checking labs and imaging test results. A laptop, even a small one, would be more cumbersome for the ward-specific tasks (placing orders, checking the electronic medical record while standing/walking), and most do not have the equivalent battery life or short activation latency.
Of note, there are a variety of other methods of using a smartphone and a tablet. There are several cloud-based note taking services such as Evernote, Notability, SimpleNote, etc. For me, I wanted a service that would allow me to access some version of my notes off-line on any device, so a DropBox based solution was the best for me.
The Collaborative Notebook aka "WikiMedicine"
One idea that I have reencountered is the collaborative notebook. That is, a centralized website where several individuals within a field can post and edit files or pages and pool together a considerable amount of knowledge and learning. One example of this that was recently presented to me is HemOnc.org, a wiki-style site that serves as a resource and quick reference for hematologist-oncologists. On the site, one can find chemotherapy protocols, comparison charts between various medications, and references to the primary literature used to guide the design of protocols and selection of medications. This is one such example of a free, non-subscription based site that can be created by physicians for physicians for the storage, growth and dissemination of practical knowledge.
One major advantage of this model is that knowledge can grow rapidly when it is shared. The collaborative effort brings together information much more quickly as each individual is contributing information and is exposed to a different set of patients, different literature, and different perspectives. Another advantage for a web-based solution is that the information can be accessed and modified on a variety of platforms, including on the computers in a clinic or hospital as well as on personal devices such as smartphonese, tablets, laptops, etc. This information can sometimes be automatically backed up to a physical hard drive so that it is not only living in the Internet ecosystem.
This type of model also has unique challenges. Collaborative sites by necessity require more moderation in order to monitor and regulate quality of information. Web-based solutions require an Internet connection which surprisingly can be hard to find in the wireless dead zones of various hospitals and medical schools. Also, websites sometimes require hosting fees and sometimes minimal knowledge of programming (or at least managing basic website types such as wikis and weblogs).
These are only a few methods by which one can keep a notebook as a physician. Regardless of one's choice, the main objective is to help one take control of one's learning and the shaping of one's mind as a complex diagnostic system. This is an important step towards gaining more autonomy as an individual clinician and more effectiveness in treating one's patients.


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Billy Joel Cooks a Pasta Feast with His Daughter Alexa Ray
Billy Joel may be the "Piano Man" to his millions of fans but, around here, he's also known as thePasta Man.
On Tuesday night, the singer's daughter Alexa Ray Joel shared photos on Instagram of a "Pasta-Fest With Pop" — with an apron-clad Billy at the stove — and the caption "Here's our own lovingly-prepped 'spaghetti aliolio e pepperonicino [con basilico]' (Dad's original recipe)….Brought to you by The Godfather & A Modern-Day Apollonia!"
The name loosely translates to spaghetti with garlic, olive oil, pepper and fresh basil leaves — although, we spy some crushed tomatoes nestled in among the noodles, too.
The Joels are apparently big fans of Italian night. Alexa Ray has posted several of their recent culinary creations, including grilled vegetables, fresh caprese salads and, of course, pasta, pasta and more pasta.
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While we wait for our invite to come in the mail, we'll console ourselves by making this pasta with warm tomatoes and basil, which closely resembles the ingredients in the Billy's original.
Pasta with Warm Tomatoes and Basil
Makes 4 to 6 servings
2½ tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 1-lb. box of spaghetti
2 pints grape or cherry tomatoes
¾ tsp. kosher salt
½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1½ cups torn fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan (optional)
- 1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
- 2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tomatoes and cook until they burst and release their juices, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper then add the garlic.
- 3. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is done. Just before draining the pasta, ad the basil to the tomatoes and stir.
- 4. Remove pan from heat. Drain the pasta and place it in a serving dish. Spoon the tomato mixtrue over the top; sprinkle with the Parmesan, if desired; and serve.
- RELATED: Pasta From Scratch? John Besh's Easy 4-Ingredient Gnocchi
—Kristin Appenbrink

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In the 4th round of the 2012 NFL draft the Texans selected Nebraska defensive end Jared Crick, 126th overall. Crick was projected as an early 2nd rounder, prior to tearing a pec muscle in his senior season at Nebraska and missing the last 7 games.
For his college career, Crick racked up 167 tackles, 35 tackles for a loss, and 20 sacks. Crick finished in the top 10 in sacks and among the top 10 in total tackles by an interior lineman in Nebraska school history.
But as impressive as his accomplishments were on the field, his off the field contributions are just as impressive. Crick was an active member in his community, volunteering his time as a motivational speaker at schools, churches, youth groups, and the anti-bullying group. Crick also visited patients at a local hospice care center and children's hospitals.
Crick is a two-time member of the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team, as well as a winner of the Brook Berringer Memorial Scholarship. Established in honor of the late Nebraska quarterback who died in a plane crash in April 1995, the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team annually honors Nebraska Football players who have consistently went above and beyond the call of duty providing excellent leadership, involvement and service. Honorees must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, completed at least eight new service activities in the past year and have had no off-field incidents.So impressive were Crick's efforts in his community, he was 1 of 11 Division I players selected to the 2011 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® – a prestigious national college football award that honors a select group of student-athletes committed to making a difference in their communities. A total of 132 players were nominated for this award, of which 22 were selected to two teams comprised of players competing in the NCAA® Football Bowl Subdivision and the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Divisions II, III, and the NAIA. For 20 years the award has recognized a select group of college football players committed to making a difference in their communities. Other notable past Good Works Team members are Eli and Peyton Manning, Tim Tebow, Trent Dilfer, Daunte Culpepper, Chad Stanley, Chris Porter, and Eric Weddle. In order to meet the criteria set forth by Allstate and AFCA, each player must be actively involved and committed to working with a charitable organization, service group or community service while maintaining good academic standing.
Crick was surprised with the award last October at what he thought was a speaking engagement at a local elementary school to kick off their Red Ribbon week. He was surprised by his pastor, family and legendary Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne.
Allstate captured a video of the event:
Other Honors and Awards Crick has received:
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2011)
Cletus Fischer Native Son Award (2011)
AFCA Good Works Team (1 of 11, 2011)
First-Team All-American (Rivals.com, 2010)
Second-Team All-American (AP, CBSSports.com, SI.com, 2010)
Rotary Lombardi Award Semifinalist (1 of 12, 2010)
Lott Trophy Quarterfinalist (1 of 23, 2010)
First-Team All-Big 12 (Unanimous, 2010)
First-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, 2009)
Second-Team All-Big 12 (AP, KC Star, SA Express-News, Dallas Morning News, Rivals.com, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2009)
Walter Camp and Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (at Baylor, 2009)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (at Baylor, 2009)
NU Single-Game Records for Sacks (5) and TFLs (7) (at Baylor, 2009)
Two-time Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2010, 2011)
Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2010)
Brook Berringer Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Other sources:
Special thanks to Taryn Parker with Taylor.


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'Empire Strikes Back' Voted The Greatest Movie Of All Time
Posted on Friday, May 30th, 2014 by Peter Sciretta
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back has been voted the greatest movie of all time in a poll conducted by the British film publication Empire Magazine. More than 250,000 film fans voted in this latest poll, resulting in a list of the 301 greatest movies of all time. When the poll was last conducted six years ago in 2008 with 10,200 voters, The Godfather took the top honors. This year the Star Wars sequel displaced the Francis Ford Coppola adaptation for the top spot. Who else did Empire Strikes Back beat for the top slot? How has the list changed in the last six years? Find out after the jump.


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Mark 9:33-34 33 Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was at home, he asked the disciples, "What were you arguing about on the road?" 34 They were silent. On the road they had argued about who was the greatest.
Ministry is a beautiful thing. It allows the church to help those in need. It is a source of great joy. Unfortunately it can be a source of arguing and troubles. No, this did not start with my church or your church or even your grandparent's church, it started with the very first people who were followers of Jesus. (see above)
The reason this happens is that we forget to put self aside and be more considerate of those in need. The Apostle Paul said that he died daily to himself so that he could live daily for Christ. Far to often Christians forget that this is needed in our lives. We forget that once we are saved, we become workers with Christ for God. We are to become like Christ to people. Christ died for people and lived for God's will to be done.
The church is not a place to complain because someone else did something to help another. It is a place to rejoice because someone was helped by Jesus and Jesus happened to use one of His own. It is a place to find joy that others are ministering to those in need, even if we can't or aren't part of it. Jesus knows our hearts. He knows if we are doing things out of love or for self glory. I trust that and let Him worry about it. Meanwhile, if a person in need gets help and it is from a believer, I give God the glory.
When these disciples were arguing about who was the greatest, they were as far from being Christ-like as they could possibly be. Jesus goes on to tell them that they must be childlike, not childish, in order to become great. Children are obedient. He later tells them that if they want to be great they need to become servants. Servants don't think that they are great, they too are obedient.
As we grow as Christians we must always be aware that not everything can be explained. Not everything can be communicated. And not everything is meant for us to do. I am sure that others who saw Peter walk on water were a bit jealous that it wasn't them. I am sure that some may have wished it was them who received the vision of the book of Revelation. But the important thing to remember is that the people who God wanted involved were involved in the things that He wanted done. It just is not about us once we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
We must also remember that others are watching how we handle adversity. Every Christian has someone watching how we handle things to see if they want to follow us or not. It is not about them following you or me, but are we following Jesus and therefore they should follow us. Some may see our attitude and be offended because they don't understand why we are upset. It may involve a weaker person and our reaction causes them to fall away. So be careful how you react to things.
Remember that children and servants are to be obedient, not important. Jesus is the important one and so is that person who needs help. We don't want to hurt someone who is a weaker and younger believer.
Matthew 18:6-7 6 "These little ones believe in me. It would be best for the person who causes one of them to lose faith to be drowned in the sea with a large stone hung around his neck.
7 How horrible it will be for the world because it causes people to lose their faith. Situations that cause people to lose their faith will arise. How horrible it will be for the person who causes someone to lose his faith!


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I've been asking questions on the boards here and have gotten some great help, and I have been learning to program C through a book that is pretty good (so far)
Anyway, there is going to be a time where I want to do something and it's not going to be covered in the book (It can't cover everything) and I may have difficult understand (or finding) someone that has used it in their code.
I understand (the best way) is I can simply use the compiler's help file or find a list of syntax online. Well, my problem is actually understand what it's telling me (for ANY syntax not just the example below). Usually there are no examples of how to use it or if there are they are a little cryptic.
I guess what I'm asking is in something like this:
My main problem: How do I know what I "literally" type in vs. what I'm supposed to provide myself (or Inserting something over the top of one of those words).Code:<type> *p_subclass = dynamic_cast<<type> *>( p_obj );
meaning what I'm using the above in my code can I just copy and paste that and that's it... or for example do I delete "*p_subclass" and put something in there of my own? also i assume where <type> is i'm supposed to put a type, well do i put it like <type>, type, <char>, or char?
Also, Sometimes I'll see a syntax for a function and it will have a variable in there... and I don't understand if I can change that variable myself, if its just an example, or If I'm supposed to use exactly what it's telling me.


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A new threat dubbed "Nine-Ball" has compromised up to 40,000 legitimate websites, which are, in turn, infecting users with an information-stealing Trojan, according to security vendor Websense.
The attack is called "Nine-Ball" because of the name of the final, malicious landing page, which is loaded with drive-by exploits, that unsuspecting users automatically are redirected to if they visit one of the compromised sites.
Ninetoraq.in, the exploit site, contains malicious code that looks for already patched vulnerabilities in Acrobat Reader, QuickTime, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) and AOL SuperBuddy, which it then attempts to exploit, Stephan Chenette, manager of security research at Websense, told SCMagazineUS.com on Wednesday.
The flaws have all been patched; some date back to 2006, Chenette said. But, the Reader and QuickTime vulnerabilities are newer, making it less likely that users are patched for them. If the malicious code finds an unpatched vulnerability to exploit, it either drops a malicious PDF file or a Trojan designed to steal user information, Chanette said.
All of the exploits currently have low detection rates, he added.
The 40,000 legit but compromised websites were "sleeping" up until Monday, Chanette said. Before then, if a user visited one of them, they were redirected to Ask.com. On Monday, though, the attack updated and users started being redirected to the ninetoraq malicious site.
Currently, users who visit one of the compromised sites are first sent through a chain of redirections before landing on the final exploit site ninetoraq. Though users simply see the normal content on the infected page, the redirections would occur in the background without their knowledge -- so a user would not see that they are on the ninetoraq site. By sending users through numerous redirections, it makes the job of tracking the attackers more difficult, Chanette said.
During the redirections, a visitor's IP address is recorded. If the IP address is determined to be new, the user is directed to the exploit payload site. But if the user's IP address has already been recorded, they are directed from the compromised site to the benign site Ask.com -- which they would see happen, Chanette said.
The reason attackers have included this feature could be to evade security companies who are probing the infected sites and attempting to analyze the attack -- one might assume the attack no longer works, because they are being directed to a benign site.
Websense researchers determined that the compromised sites are not running a common piece of software, which means the sites have been injected with malicious code via stolen credentials that have been previously obtained.
Getting rid of the problem requires multiple steps, Chanette said. Website owners must look at their site's source code for obfuscated or scrambled code. Then they need to change the credentials to all accounts that can access that website.
Chanette said that none of the 40,000 infected sites for this particular attack are well-known brands.
"Attackers are going after quantity and not quality," Chanette said. "If they go after big name websites, they are shut down faster."
Over the past several months, there have been similar mass-injection attack waves like this every few weeks, Neil Daswani, co-founders of web anti-malware vendor Dasient, told SCMagazineUS.com Wednesday.
A similar threat, called Gumblar, made headlines recently for compromising approximately 60,000 legitimate websites. In addition, another mass-injection attack, Beladen, was said to have infected 40,000 websites.
Daswani said that in the past two years there has been a 600 percent increase in the number of trusted websites being used as malware distribution points. Compromised websites face a number of consequences, including being blacklisted by search engines, which typically causes a significant drop in traffic.
"Once they clean up, the challenge is to try and get back traffic," Daswani said. "From businesses we have spoken to, once they clean up, it's very hard to get back to [the former] traffic level because there's a loss of consumer confidence."


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Geoff Baker talked with Seattle Mariners team president Chuck Armstrong:
"I went home Thursday night, thinking we had a deal with the Yankees," Armstrong said. "Pending an exchange of the physical information of the players involved. The next morning, when we got into the details of the physicals of the players involved, one of the players that was coming to us from the Yankees was disabled, and based upon the best medical information that our team medical director, Edward Khalfayan, had, he recommended that we not proceed. Jack (Zduriencik) and his people then spent some time with the Yankees trying to come up with an alternative player, or players, to replace that player. Or even players to be named later. If we could come up with that. In the meantime, other clubs became involved. The White Sox, Minnesota and Texas to name a few."
So, Larry Stone heard correctly. Same for Ken Rosenthal. And, if you think Seattle asked for Gordon Beckham you are correct!
UPDATE: Tim Brown (Yahoo) says Cliff Lee might be a Kenny Williams target again in the off-season. Other possible Kenny Williams targets: Prince Fielder, Rafael Soriano, Matt Kemp.


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Is Tesla aware and/or considering this revolutionary technology?
Is Tesla aware and/or considering this revolutionary technology?
Hope so. But keep in mind that that kind of charging requires really heavy-duty charging sources and cables and ... Not DIY stuff.
Hopefully a Tesla engineer will notice your post and look into it if they have not already... Or if they found it was impractical they would let us know... Interesting idea but not sure it is cost effective... As I know graphene is very expensive.
Elon keeps hinting at a capacitance breakthrough. It will be interesting to see what he's talking about when he becomes less pre-occupied with boring stuff like missions to Mars and hyperloops.
If they can get supercapacitors to a low enough price, it could dramatically increase the efficiency of regenerative braking. Actually, supercaps could already dramatically do so, except they are too expensive.
This is a little off topic, but I can't seem to find a way to start a new thread. After my test drive yesterday, which was very exciting,
I thought about an idea that I would love the software engineers to think about. Oftentimes we must leave our car with a valet. I worry that they will step on the gas and be surprised when the car speeds up. Would it be possible to create a "valet mode" so that the car goes no more than 25-30 miles per hour while in that mode.
I think for safety in the future, something like this should be available.
I await an answer from Tesla.
In each topic area (General, Model S, etc.) there is a button at the top "Post New Forum Topic". What's the problem with that?
Your idea has been widely discussed. Use Volkerize.com and search for "valet".
@David70: ...and too large. Supercaps have very poor energy density compared to batteries.
Correct. Batteries hold exponentially more specific energy I believe.
Timo, and others.
Volumetric energy density shouldn't be a problem as long as (as I said) the supercaps are used for regenerative braking. I wasn't talking about replacing 40 - 85 kW-h of batteries.
60 mph = 88 ft/s = 26.82245 m/s
4600 lb ~= 2100 kg
KE of Model S at 60 mph ~= 752146 J or 0.2089 kW-h.
Volumetric energy density of gasoline is 8.76 kW-h/liter
Volumetric energy density of best supercap is about 0.1% of volumetric energy density of gasoline.
The above was obtained from Google search of the following.
superpacitor value of "volumetric energy density"
So, the volumetric energy density of supercaps is 0.00876 kW-h/liter.
0.2089 kW-h/0.00876 kW-h/liter = 23.85 l = 0.84 cubic ft.
This is small compared to the available volume in a Model S.
Add a cubic foot of supercaps and in stop and go driving below 60 mph it wouldn't cost you much more energy than maintaining constant speed.
Of course, it is now very expensive to do so.
Apparently, finally graphene thechnology is going to be commercialized through Canadian: Targray Technology. They partnered up with Vorbeck Materials Corp the guys that developed in collaboration with Princeton University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)the new graphene batteries that were all the rave back in May. Seems like there is finally some clues that this technology will actually make it into production soon. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
Either start direct R&D on graphene technology for application on next generation batteries, or start working with companies that have gained experience in the development and manufacture of new graphene batteries. I think this technology, in conjunction with a nation wide supercharger network, would allow Tesla to finally put to rest for good the range issue "stigma" that electric cars have.
@David70, I agree that for regen only you could use supercaps, but it wouldn't really increase regen efficiency much. Batteries are already very efficient and you would be adding quite a bit more complexity to the system increasing the mass of entire system which might add up as net loss of efficiency. With supercaps you would still need to run power thru same conversion chain as with current system and that is where most of those losses are created.
Only real advantage I would see is that you could gather enough power from full braking which could be useful if we could replace traditional brakes completely (which we can't do thanks to ancient legislation). OTOH with high power density batteries that is also possible, so maybe those rather than supercaps.
The process is too expensive and uses too much energy just to get a graphene battery.
I'm doubting it will happen any time soon. But you never know.
Well even if graphene batteries only become commercially viable in 20 years they will be another nail in the ICE car coffin.
I am not an engineer but do watch how rapidly material science changes things - look at hard drive capacities and costs from 1985 to 2005. Graphene or 3D printing of small components could have a similar impact on EV's.
It is possible that 50 years from now people will look at ICE cars like we look at steam engine locomotives now...
@ ikutoisahobo. The process of producing graphene is not expensive at all. The only reason of the high cost of graphene production so far has been that it has pretty much only been produced in laboratories. Of course producing anything (even your AA alkaline batteries) in a small scale on a laboratory would be expensive.
If you wanted to you could even be able to produce graphene yourself, using your home DVD player. (http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/graphene-dvd-player-bu...)
How can you say this is expensive? You mean there is no way to scale up a process that can be done safely at your own home using a DVD player? Don't forget that all that graphene is is pretty much a nano layer of carbon (pretty cheap stuff to come by too).
Please Google Targray Technology or Vorbeck Materials Corp.
I meant to say: "The only reason FOR the high cost of graphene"
Here is the link to the battery technology, that is here, today, NOW.
Keep in mind that Tesla is not into battery manufacturing, they are a car company. I am sure that, when better batteries that fit the purpose become commercially viable, Tesla will be making efforts to incorporate them in their design. I am also sure that Tesla's engineers know about these technologies waaaay before we find the info on the intraweb.
Has anyone been able to find out more about Vorbeck materials and how legitimate they are?
There are tons of legitimate materials out there. There are batteries that will give you charge ranges of 1000+ miles.
The problem isn't with the tech, it is with the method. No one is going to buy a 1000+ mile battery car when it costs $20,000,000.
The trick isn't in producing a breakthrough item that costs $10 million, it is in producing 10 million breakthrough items that cost $1.
If you ever wonder why the US is pushing so hard for engineers from our population base in the future, it isn't because we are lacking in breakthroughs. It is because we are lacking in people who can translate that tech into viable manufacturing processes at a price point that makes sense.
That is exactly the reason for my question. On their website the company claims that they are working to bring this technology to market. Now, how legitimate is the COMPANY itself? Not talking about the product. It's not a publicly traded company and there is very little information anywhere on how close are they to bringing this technology to mass market as they promise.
Than the answer to your question as to whether or not Tesla is aware of these companies and materials is undoubtedly yes. They are aware.
Any company with a product, ie these battery companies, is going to seek out potential clients. If Vorbeck has a viable product, they will absolutely be looking at companies like Tesla and their distribution system to partner with for a revenue stream. I am always a little suspect of a company's public portrayal of themselves, as no one is going to say "well, we really don't have a product yet, and have no real potential as of now".
I think Graphene has the potential to be an exceptionally fantastic material with a plethora of uses. There have been recent process breakthroughs in aligning Graphene molecules into strings, which is critical to both material strength and energy storage.
Graphene is relatively easy to make in individual molecules, it is hard to make into a usable matrix. Still, it is hugely promising.
These companies have been working on electrodes and optimum Li chemistries to double or more the battery energy density and lower costs. They are saying that real products will come in 2014-15. I think it will take longer to get mass production set-up, may be 3-5 years. They will have to be extensively tested for durability and safety.
In the mean time, Tesla is better off focussing on SC network deployment to extend range.
Actually I saw in a video that the Roadster Sport has a valet mode... I guess it shouldn't be too hard to include in on the model S.
I think it's quite likely that people in fifty years will look at ICE cars like steam engines and even like oxen carts someday. By then, ICE will likely be referred to as dinosaur cars... as soon as EVs become more popular than ICE cars in terms of new car sales, I think.
I was doubtful at first, but I'm becoming pretty excited about graphene. Using a carbon-based material for energy material sounds pretty ideal, because carbon is light, has lots of "handles" for electrons, it is cheap, especially if graphene could be easily made from coal someday. Perhaps the solution is a combination of graphene and lithium, somehow. I'm no expert, but it will be interesting to see what the experts come up with... so many possibilities, I'm hopeful that someday a pretty ideal technology will be found. Need arising from commercialization of EVs and batteries creates the push for this research to take place, widely and quickly.
In the end, battery technology is bound to evolve in surprising ways. Increasing performance and decreasing costs are the only safe bets, but it's almost impossible to predict the breakthroughs and future technological trends. I think it's smart of Tesla to keep a close eye on battery tech but not be too invested directly in it, let other companies risk it and compete for the best tech and Tesla will benefit as price drops and performance improves. Similar to Solarcity buying PV panels instead of making them. Better to focus on the application.
here is another example of potential breakthrough technology, especially in faster recharge times (1000 times), but not lowering energy density
Tesla is not going to be first using any of these technologies because they cannot afford the hit if they are unreliable. Laptop computers are the proving ground where a few million units can be fielded and get real world data. Tesla uses over 3 million batteries a week, so any kind of battery recall would kill Tesla.
I think that in the near term a few things can be done using existing technology to increase the range of the Model S with minimal incremental cost:
- Tesla could extend the battery pack into the Recess in the frunk. That is the space behind the net. May be enough to add an extra 20-30 KW-hr or up to 100 nominal miles. People do pay for extra range!
- Use stronger alloys such as Aluminum Magnesium aircraft grade alloys, etc. Minimal incremental cost, but weight savings could be significant. MS weighs 4,700 lbs. Exclude the 1000 for the battery pack and add 200 lbs for the required base place, and the car would still weigh 3,900 lbs without the weight of ICE. If it had an engine, it would weigh as much as Mercedes Benz S550 "Tiger Tank". I would think Tesla has the ability to improve using alloys, extruded metal, and improved structural design. Loose 500-1,000 lbs?
- Use more effective thermal lightweight insulation for the doors, floor, roof, etc. Glass could have stronger tinting and reflective coating. Less HVAC load, less battery load.
- Heated steering wheel would reduce the use of HVAC heating during cold weather.
- Smart cruise control would optimize flow with traffic and lessen the use of accelerator by the driver.
- Panasonic itself has developed and commercialized batteries that have 20-25% larger capacity. Not ready for prime time yet.
These kinds of improvements would make Model X more practical as well, especially of they loose weight by getting rid of the gull wing doors.
Tels can be successful just selling 50,000 MS+MX cars. Look at Porsche which sold mostly 911 and variants for decades. Now the SUV is their big revenue maker. They sell in the same range as Tesla or higher prices and similar volumes.
You're still thinking of TM as a conventional company, satisfied with profitable survival. Elon has bigger goals and plans, and those override many "safe" options like some you recommend. He wants to make EVs usual, not rare.
I am aware of the revolutionary goals that Elon has in mind. However, this revolution is dependent on advances in battery technology. Energy density has to 2x plus and costs have fall by 50% or more, in order to make the BEV affordable for the mass market. There are battery techs being developed to meet those goals, but I think it will take a minimum of 5 years to hit the mass market. Until that inflection point, Tesla has to generate GAAP profits and positive cash flow.
In fact, Tesla does need significant cash flow not only to service its debt but also to invest in Model X manufacturing equipment. Sure, it can go to the secondary market and sell shares, which it has done in the past. However, there is a limit to that. Meanwhile, competition will not stand still.
The GenIII does not depend on more than modest improvements in batteries, if even that much. A lighter car powered by 60 kWh using current tech would be just fine.
Consistent profitability and growing markets for 2 yrs should give TM good access to capital markets, both debt and equity.
Yet another announcement on "revolutionary graphene based battery technology" by XG Sciences. Though, as usual, no announcements on the mass production and distribution of any of this new batteries.
The first one to actually make available this technology for commercial use stands to make a lot of money and get a hold of the next generation battery technology.
Who will it be though? IBM's Lithium Air Battery? Toyota's Lithium Air? BMW's Lithium Air? GM backed Envia? Or any of the graphene silicone developers tave sprung in the past year and a half: Vorbeck Materials, Durham Graphene Science, UCLA, Universuty of Maryland and, now, XGS?


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According to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello – who first reported the news – First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are major Gleeks, and the show rearranged the cast's busy schedules to accommodate the request.
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Bolt Prospects' All-Time Lightning Team
Now that we're in a lull in the hockey world (and talking about logos to pass the time), I thought it would be a good time to roll out a couple of features we've been kicking around here at Bolt Prospects for a while. Without much fanfare, the Lightning will reach a bit of a milestone this coming season as it will be their 15th in the NHL. The franchise is coming of age. 5 playoff appearances, 2 division titles and a Stanley Cup later the Lightning are no longer the league's fledgling Southern experiment. The Lightning, the first of their expansion cousins to hoist Lord Stanley's chalice, have proven hockey can work south of the Mason Dixon and have etched their place in the sport's history with blood, sweat and unyielding effort.
To celebrate this milestone, Bolt Prospects would like to take you on a trip down memory road to a fairgrounds halfway to Brandon, a baseball stadium in St. Petersburg, and a Forum that used to be a Palace. In these places, which now only exist in our recollection, we saw dozens of world class athletes put on the Lightning sweater and challenge the elite of the NHL. This, we think, is the best of the best: Bolt Prospects' All-Time Lightning Team:
First Line
LW Fredrik Modin/C Brad Richards(A)/RW Martin St. Louis
Without hesitation, the Bolt Prospects staff agreed that this line was the best in Lightning history and, also without hesitation, it was an easy choice to enshrine the trio together. With 145 goals over the span of six seasons in Tampa, Fredrik Modin stamped his place in the record books as the club's #3 goal scorer of all time. Possessing the strength of an ox in his 6'3" 220 lbs frame and a laser for a shot, Modin excelled equally as well along the wall doing the line's dirty work as he did in the slot creating nightmares for opposing netminders with his menacingly hard shot. With 306 assists, Brad Richards has already climbed to the top of the Lightning's all-time list for helpers despite playing in 139 less games than the next closest player. A third round pick in the team's impressive 1998 draft class, Richards' greatest moments in a Lightning jersey came in the team's 2004 Stanley Cup run where he efficiently ran the team's power play and scored 12 goals and 26 points in 23 games en route to winning the Conn Smyth Trophy as playoff MVP. With 179 goals in six seasons with the Lightning, Martin St. Louis is the second leading goal scorer in team history. But St. Louis' place in Lightning lore hasn't been cemented simply by the number of goals he has scored, but by his reputation as the team's very own "Mr. Clutch". The diminutive forward first broke the hearts of the Washington Capitals in overtime of a series clinching Game Six matchup in 2002-2003 and has continued to show up big in money time year after year including his epic game winning goal in Calgary in Game Six of the finals in 2004 which forced the series to home ice for a decisive Game Seven cup win.
Second Line
LW Cory Stillman/C Vincent Lecavalier(A)/RW Vaclav Prospal
He only played one season in a Lightning jersey, but arguably there has never been a player to wear the silver, black and blue with more intelligence and savvy than Cory Stillman. Scoring 25 goals and 80 points in 81 games in the regular season in 2003-2004, Stillman was hobbled by a hip injury in the 2004 playoffs but still contributed a key goal in the team's 4 game sweep of Montreal in the second round and an even more key defensive play in Game Seven of the finals against Calgary. With 233 career goals and 510 career points in 8 seasons with the Lightning, Vincent Lecavalier is the face of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Selected with the 1st overall pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and saddled with the seemingly impossible-to-live-up-to monicker of "The Michael Jordan of Hockey" by short-time owner Art Williams, Lecavalier has delivered the goods in 629 games with a Lightning bolt on his chest. Lecavalier currently sits with a string of 7 straight seasons with 20 or more goals and 4 straight seasons of more than 30. Most recently, Lecavalier became the first Lightning player to win the Maurice Richard Trophy as the league's best goal scorer netting a franchise best 52 goals in 2006-2007. In his second term of a Lightning career that has spanned four seasons, Vaclav Prospal sits in 6th on the team's all-time scoring list with 269 points in 324 games. The saavy playmaker cemented his place in the hearts of Lightning fans with 79 points in 2002-2003 and 80 points 2005-2006 upon returning from a season stint in Anaheim.
Third Line
LW Dave Andreychuk(C)/C Brian Bradley/RW Dino Ciccarelli
Bolt Prospects' all-time third line takes on a distinctively old school feel with all-time captain and NHL power play goal king Dave Andreychuk. Although he only scored 68 goals in 4 seasons with Tampa, Andreychuk morphed himself into an invaluable leader, faceoff man and penalty killer and helped reshape the culture of the franchise, culminating in his raising of Lord Stanley's Cup after 22 long years in the league. With 300 points in 328 games over 6 seasons in Tampa, Brian Bradley still sits in 4th on the team's all-time scoring list despite being out of the league for 8 seasons. A speedster with uncanny playmaking skills, Bradley was and is Tampa's first all-star. Like Stillman, Dino Ciccarelli only played a short time in Tampa Bay but his mark in team history was indellible. With 35 goals in 1996-97, Ciccarelli became the first Lightning player to ever start an NHL All-Star Game.
Fourth Line
LW Shawn Burr/C John Cullen/RW Alexander Selivanov
For those of us who go all the way back to the beginning with the franchise, there will always be a special place in our hearts for this line. So special, in fact, Bolt Prospects staff decided to enshrine the line as a group. In the second half of 1995-96, this line provided the scoring punch and helped the Lightning beat the odds to make their first playoff appearance. On left wing, Shawn Burr provided the line's sandpaper factor with tireless forechecking and a knack for finding his more naturally skilled teammates. At center, John Cullen provided 105 points in 150 games over 3 seasons as the former Penguins and Whalers great refused to age gracefully with his very own mixture of slick playmaking and a surprisingly agitating physical edge. After being diagnosed with cancer late in the 2006-2007 season, Cullen fought back with the heart of a lion to make a brief comeback in 1998-99. On right wing, Alexander Selivanov became only the second player in Lightning history to score 30 goals with 31 in his sophomore season. With 78 goals in 5 seasons in Tampa, Selivanov still sits in 9th on the NHL's all-time goal scoring list.
All-Time Enforcer
D/RW Rudy Poeschek
With 418 penalty minutes in 213 games over the span of 4 seasons in Tampa, no one spilled more blood (sometimes his, sometimes theirs) in the Lightning/Panthers rivalry than Rudy Poeschek. Without a doubt, the quintisential all-time Lightning enforcer.
First Pair
D Dan Boyle/D Pavel Kubina
Scoring 228 points over the span of 5 seasons in Tampa, there can be little doubt Dan Boyle is the greatest defenseman in Lightning history. In 2006-2007 he became the first Lightning defenseman to ever score 20 goals and he is the only Tampa blueliner to post three 50+ point seasons wearing the bolt on his chest. A long shot 7th round pick in the 1996 draft, Pavel Kubina defied the odds playing 531 games (second in team history) over 8 seasons in a Lightning jersey. Kubina's 209 career points in Tampa rate second only to Boyle in scoring and his shot blocking prowess and physical presence made him a mainstay on the team's penalty kill.
Second Pair
D Roman Hamrlik/D Marc Bergevin
Although his tenure in Tampa is long past, no Lightning defenseman, including Dan Boyle, has matched Roman Hamrlik's prolific 65 point season in the Lightning's first playoff season in 1995-1996. The first overall pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, Hamrlik played 377 games in Tampa over 6 seasons scoring 185 points. Hamrlik's long time pairing mate was the colorful stay at home mainstay Marc Bergevin who spent 4 seasons in Tampa playing 206 games. Long before Kubina and Cullimore came to town, it was Marc Bergevin who was the team's first "shut down" defenseman.
Third Pair
D Jassen Cullimore/D Cory Sarich
No one could've suspected when the Lightning plucked Jassen Cullimore off waivers from Montreal that they would be acquiring arguably their best "shut down" defenseman of all time. After a rough start to his Lightning career including a short stint in the minors in 1999-2000, Cullimore settled into Tampa eventually playing 408 games in a Lightning uniform over 7 seasons. His long time pairing partner Cory Sarich joins him on the Bolt Prospects All-Time Lightning Team. An iron man, Sarich played 490 games over 7 seasons with the Lightning, tied for third most in team history. After becoming a full time NHLer in 2002-2003, Sarich did not miss a single game over the next four consecutive seasons.
Seventh Defenseman
D Petr Svoboda
Acquired during the lean years between the 1998-1999 and 2000-2001 seasons, Petr Svoboda gave the Lightning a measure of class and credibility and helped mentor young defensemen like Sarich early in their careers. Svoboda's career was cut short by post-concussion syndrome but he appeared for the Lightning as an NHL All-Star during his only full season in Tampa in 1999-2000.
G Nikolai Khabibulin
Arguably the best player ever to wear a Lightning jersey, Khabibulin made the critical cross crease save in Game Seven against Calgary to seal the Lightning's Stanley Cup victory. That indellible image capped a Lightning career that included 83 wins and 14 shutouts over 4 seasons. Khabibulin's best season came in 2001-2002 when he posted a stunning 7 shutouts and a solid .920 save percentage.
G Daren Puppa
It might have been the weight of carrying the Lightning into the 1995-1996 team into their first playoff appearance that broke their back, but in the short time he was healthy no light shone brighter than Daren Puppa's between the pipes. Sporting an unorthodox pad stacking style that utilized every bit of his 6'5" frame, Puppa posted 77 wins over 7 seasons with the Lightning, crowned by his 95-96 campaign in which he went 29-16-9 with 5 shutouts and a .918 save percentage en route to being the first Lightning goaltender ever nominated for the Vezina Trophy.
Power Play
First Unit
LW Andreychuk/C Lecavalier/RW St. Louis
D Boyle/C Richards
It's hard to go wrong when you have an all-time power play wizard like Dave Andreychuk to plant in front of the net. Couple that with Brad Richards deft playmaking from the point and three agressive snipers like Boyle, St. Louis and Lecavalier (off the one timer, naturally) and you've got a potent #1 unit.
Second Unit
LW Cory Stillman/C Brian Bradley/RW Dino Ciccarelli
RW Petr Klima/D Roman Hamrlik
How unfair would it be to be an opposing netminder and weather the first minute of a kill craning to see around Dave Andreychuk only to see a hateful little ball of rusty barbed wire like Dino Ciccarelli pile over the boards on the #2 unit? Ciccarelli sets up in front while Stillman and Bradley play the role of setup men on this shooting power play that features Petr Klima and Roman Hamrlik, the trigger men to the 1995-96 power play that was 4th best in the NHL that season.
Penalty Kill
First Unit
LW Fredrik Modin/RW Martin St. Louis
D Jassen Cullimore/D Pavel Kubina
There has never been a better penalty killing duo in Tampa than Modin and St. Louis, and there have never been two better penalty killers than shot blocking fiends Cullimore and Kubina.
Second Unit
LW Mikael Andersson/LW Rob Zamuner
D Joe Reekie/D Marc Bergevin
Another trip to the old school: Mikael Andersson's pure speed plus Rob Zamuner's incomparable hustle fit snugly with Joe Reekie's shot blocking ability and Marc Bergevins gutsy, competitive willingness to do anything to clog passing lanes and take away shooting alleys.
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The Dodgers are apparently ready to collect their windfall.
Multiple reports Tuesday indicate the Dodgers and Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement to move the team's TV broadcasts to a regional sports channel on TWC similar to the arrangement between the Lakers and Time Warner. The deal will reportedly bring the Dodgers in excess of $7 billion over the length of the contract (believed to be 25 years) which would begin in 2014.
That would make it the largest team TV deal in sports history.
The Dodgers, Time Warner and Major League Baseball declined to comment and the Dodgers have not submitted the deal to MLB for approval. Industry sources also indicate the team has not informed Fox that it has reached agreement to take its broadcasts elsewhere, a requirement included in their current contract with Fox, which runs through the 2013 season.
One report indicated the deal would be officially announced Thursday.
The new deal (a portion of which will be subject to baseball's revenue-sharing system) represents a massive revenue advantage for the Dodgers' new owners — one they were clearly counting on while upping the team's payroll to over $220 million for 2013 (the highest in baseball). The Dodgers received $40 million for their local TV broadcast rights in 2012; the new deal with Time Warner could have an annual average value of at least $280 million.
That number would far exceed the local TV broadcast revenue received by any other MLB team. The Angels reached a new TV deal with Fox in December 2011 that will bring them $3 billion over 20 years (an average of $150 million annually).
According to a Forbes magazine report, the New York Yankees received $90 million in rights fees from YES Network in 2011 — but also own 34percent of the network, which generated $224 million in operating income that season.
Fox was interested in continuing their relationship with the Dodgers but was apparently outbid after their exclusive negotiating window closed in November.
After adding the Lakers channel (and a second Spanish-language channel devoted to the NBA team) this season, Time Warner had difficulty working out agreements with some cable companies in Southern California, causing fans to miss some games. A new Dodgers channel would require new distribution deals with those same cable providers.
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First Look: Cocktails at Weather Up in Austin, Texas
Kathryn Weatherup lounged on white garden chairs in a flowy, orange tube dress. She glanced through large sunglasses that covered much of her face as she flipped through 12 pages of cocktails with me. I wondered if she could pass as an Austinite. After all, she's only been here for six months and has barely soaked up the sun.
Weatherup, a renowned NYC bartender and the proprietor of Weather Up in Brooklyn, and Tribeca, first visited Austin to watch a friend's bike race and quickly grew fond of the city. "Austin has lots of great coffee, beer, and cocktails, and a lot of good energy," she says. So she trucked her philosophy down to Texas—the third and latest Weather Up is located on Cesar Chavez in East Austin.
Wanting to "go big and do it Texas style", the menu at the Austin branch contains 108 classic cocktails. They're divided by spirit and subdivided into six preparations: on the rock, shaken up, tall & cool, stirred up, served long, and fizzes, flips & sours.
Weatherup's goal is to showcase ice, which to her is the most important element in cocktails. She makes 300 pound block ice with a Clinebell ice maker meant for ice sculptors. It produces slabs of ice that are crystal clear and free from impurities. The ice is then precisely cut, cracked, crushed to order.
The bar's vintage interior is decorated with subway tiles and a gleaming copper bar. Outside, the spacious patio area is strewn with lightly distressed lawn furniture to relax on with a carefully crafted drink or three.
Click through the slideshow to see a few of the cocktails from Weather Up Austin's vast selection, as well as their recipe for a summery gin-and-ginger drink, the Suffering Bastard.
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This week the Talk early, talk often series continues on the SAAM blog with a guest post from preventionist Mo Lewis. This week's topic of talking with youth is especially timely in the aftermath of the Steubbenville rape trial verdict, in which two teen football players were found guilty of rape. It's important to remember that youth have incredible potential to advocate for social change. As you read, consider the role you can play in promoting healthy sexuality for youth.
In my work at King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC), I am lucky to work with a group of young people who are passionate about ending sexual violence and creating healthy communities. When creating this group, we facilitated focus groups with youth about what they see as the root causes of sexual assault. Over and over, they told us that a lack of knowledge about sex is one of the main reasons why sexual assault is so common. They brought up "The Talk."
The idea of "The Talk" is common in our society - we all know what it is. "The Talk" is that conversation where we are taught about sex, usually by a parent. "The Talk" is something to fear, to dread; it's awkward and uncomfortable. This is what we hear, and it might be what we have experienced, if we've even had "The Talk" - many people never do.
While discussing this during one of our group meetings, one youth who had been sitting quietly, deep in thought, blurted out: "It's not enough to talk to your kids just once about sex. You would need to have, like, one hundred conversations with them to really make a difference!" So that's what we did - we created one hundred conversation templates that can be used to counteract "The Talk." It's called 100 Conversations.
One of the most valuable things about100 Conversations is that it was created in partnership with the young people with whom we work – they helped shape the topics, the conversations, and the wording. They are telling us what they want to talk about and how they want to talk about it. They believe in talking early and talking often, in creating opportunities to discuss values and relationships, how to treat others, and how to make decisions about sexual activity.
They also recognized that these types of conversations may not come easy to parents and supportive adults, especially if they've never had theses types of conversations before, and created a "Before You Talk" section. This section asks parents to think about how they can lay the groundwork for these conversations by thinking about their intentions, values, and how they would handle hearing sensitive information from the young person they are talking with.
Talking about sexual assault, healthy sexuality, or anything related to these topics can feel daunting, but we all know that it is a vital component in creating a culture free from sexual violence. If you are in the process of talking early and talking often, I hope that 100 Conversations can be a helpful tool for the conversations you are having.
Mo Lewis is Prevention Services Manager at King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC). The 100 Conversations Campaign encompasses 100 different conversations on topics that youth can explore with peers or adults. Topics relate to on- and offline safety, healthy relationships, values, and underlying conditions that support a culture of rape, power, control, and violence.


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Topic: Intermission 014 - Mocap Oscars?
The more I think about it, though, the more I'm lining up with Ryan. I think.
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The more I think about it, though, the more I'm lining up with Ryan. I think.
^excuse my lazyness, but is this the one where that tv show maker was asking for suggestions to help build up a following for his/her new show - iirc one way was to have people send in pieces of art work to feature in the show <- though maybe I just dreamt that.
No, that's in a couple weeks.
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Serkis has had a few non Mo-Cap roles. Starring roles too-
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Serkis is awesome in 24 Hour Party People.
Exhibit A
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So Leslie Caron was in Gigi, which was set in France and about French people and stuff and won a bunch of awards. Riding on the coat tails of that, she was also in a movie called Lili, which I highly recommend. It's about a girl who joins the circus and befriends a group of puppets after one of them talks her out of committing suicide. I think that's the one Trey was talking about here, and I can see why it might redefine who was in what union, since a big part of the film is just this girl hanging out with puppets.
Edited to add: Except I looked it up, and Lili was 5 years before Gigi, which messes with the whole timeline I had in my head. Still a good movie about puppets though.
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What is the rule for puppeteers? Did Jim Henson ever win an Oscar for performing Kermit the Frog? Because that is some bad-ass shit right there. That's live, one-man, mo-cap with animation. You ever see Kermit do that thing with his mouth, scruchin' it all up and shit? THAT'S HILARIOUS!
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Listened to this one for a second time, and I settled somewhere in between Ryan (and half Teague) and The Rest. I differentiate between acting performance, animation, and visual effects, but think that all three can be involved in various amounts to produce a character. The involvement of more than one does not negate the eligibility of the others, in my mind, though the extent to which each is involved can effect whether there is enough of another's involvement to be nominated.
I especially differentiate between acting performance and animation, where performance is done in a somewhat real time environment, where animation is not real time and can be revised. I see them as different and distinct arts. I would also argue that on-set puppetry is closer to acting performance than animation, hence inclusion with SAG. CG puppetry goes with animation.
In cases where an actor provided performance, animators changed the performance, and visual effects artists added the 'make up', the question to me is not whether they're each eligible, but whether their work had enough impact on the final product to warrant nomination. I suppose this could lead to bake-off situations for the acting performance categories, but to take Bryan's screenplay vs. ad-lib example, I suspect you have to show that your screenplay effectively made it to the screen. It's not that strange an idea.
While I'm sure there are cases where the resulting character is 50/50 actor performance and animator animation, I can't see the result getting nominated in both categories, as I doubt there would be enough of either to make the Oscars happy (where best usually = most). If the same person did the performance and the animation then they just covered two arts.
Caesar - I would say that there was a lot of performance, very little animation, and a lot of visual effects. Serkis is eligible for performance nomination, the animators for animating, and the visual effects people for the visual effects. I'm not saying that any of those groups deserve nomination, just that they could be if they contributed enough to the result. In this case, the animators would probably not be nomiatable due to their comparatively minor contribution. As far as I'm concerned, whether or not Serkis was involved in the post-production of Caesar is irrelevant to his performance, which was complete when the cameras stopped rolling.
Elephant man - Same deal, with actor providing performance and make-up the 'visual effects'. I don't differentiate between post-production or pre-production visual effects/make-up. I could see a future where algorithms are pre-programmed to add the pixels to an actor's performance on the fly, just like make-up. Whether it was done before or after is irrelevant to me.
Teague's hypothetical crappy actor saved by animators - I could see the animators dragging out before and after and saying 'see, we totally did this and we're awesome'. Pixar would often brag that they had no motion capture involved in their animation. The actor could still be 'eligible' as he did do a performance, but nomination would be unlikely just like an actor cut out of a movie in editing.
Rango - Actors still eligible, as long as they can demonstrate that the actors' performance contributed significantly to the resulting characters.
Totally animated character with voice actor - Movies being a largely visual medium, I think you need some visual aspect to the acting performance to qualify as 'enough performance' for likely nomination. I'm not saying that voice acting isn't a performance, just that it might not be enough (best=most).
Awesome puppet performance - Tricky in cases where multiple people contributed to the performance, but hypothetically possible if they could demonstrate that one person really put the soul into the character on set.
Final note: I suspect there isn't an Oscar for 'best animated character' or even 'best animation' (the art, not the movie genre), which somewhat confuses my argument. I would rather see that category than Teague's suggestion of 'best composite character', and I would definitely rather it to the 'best animated movie' category/ghetto that exists now.
When Avatar came out, I argued strongly that those actors shouldn't have been eligible for Oscars. But the more I think about it, the more I line up with the opposite side. Serkis was right there on set, acting with his costars. It really isn't different from the Elephant Man example. By the way, Franco recently wrote a piece for Entertainment Weekly explaining why Serkis should be eligible, and I could've sworn that he had listened to this episode beforehand, as he made some of the exact same arguments. I think he even referenced The Elephant Man.
So Leslie Caron was in Gigi, which was set in France and about French people and stuff and won a bunch of awards. Riding on the coat tails of that, she was also in a movie called Lili... I think that's the one Trey was talking about here, and I can see why it might redefine who was in what union, since a big part of the film is just this girl hanging out with puppets.
You are most probably right.
Clearly this is Leslie Caron's fault for starring in two movies with such similar titles.
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Here's a clip showing a scene with Serkis on set. Despite hearing about it a lot, I was still a bit surprised at how much of a performance he gave.
Just got out of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES.
Yeah. Give Andy Serkis a goddamn Best Actor nomination. Don't get me wrong, he was great in the previous two as well, but his performance in this film is on a whole other level. And that is *his face* on Caesar.
I'm pretty sure Fox will be pushing for this to happen, and I wish them success. (Also, we basically have a lock for this year's Best VFX winner. No other film in the next five months is even gonna come close.)
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Oregon Health & Science University was named the most admired company in health care in the Portland Business Journal's annual survey of more than 1,800 chief executive officers.
OHSU has received the top health care spot in the survey — which recognizes those companies that set "standards in their industries for performance, strategy and innovation" — for many years running.
Our Doernbecher Children's Hospital also was recognized in the health care category. They nabbed the no. 3 spot, behind OHSU and Kaiser Permanente.


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Craig Ferguson knows the water very well in which Jimmy Fallon is about to swim or sink, and he urged writers at Wednesday's TCA session to be kind to his upcoming 12:30 a.m. rival.
"Give Jimmy a month before you review him," Ferguson asked. "That would be fair. I would've given me a couple weeks. I think you should give him a chance."
Certainly, Ferguson, (flanked by producer Michael Nadius, left, and exec producer Peter Lassally), who recently became a U.S. citizen and just got married a few weeks ago, has made the most of his chance when he started his post-midnight shift three years ago. He is arguably the hottest latenight host, according to both critics and the burgeoning ratings.
Ferguson's trademark has become his unstructured opening monologue, which is a sort of free-form rant on what's on his mind that night. It can offer anything from the typical potshots at celebrities, a cerebral look at the political issues of the day or, as was the case a few weeks ago, a catharsis on the death of his mom.
As for that particular show in which he talked about his mother, Ferguson recalled: "I didn't concern myself with what the audience wanted to hear. What I try to do — and what I try to do 99 out of 100 nights — is amuse you before you go to sleep. That night, though, I didn't feel like that. I try to be as truthful as possible. That's why I approached it that way."
His sense of humor, Ferguson said, comes from a very dark place.
"I think if you're happy as a person it would be impossible to do comedy at all," he explained. "My psychiatrist said — and this is true — that I have reserves of unhappiness equal to Saudi Arabia's reserves of oil."
Certainly, and Ferguson isthe first to acknowledge this, the show has greatly benefited from having talkshow veteran Lassally at its side. The classy Lassally, who spent decades with Johnny Carson, acts as a stabilizing force and voice of reason.
When asked about his thoughts of Jay Leno taking his show five nights a week at 10 p.m. on NBC, Lassally offered up this insight:
"It's very brave of NBC but a big gamble. If Jay succeeds at 10 p.m., my concern is will people go to sleep after that? NBC affiliates would be very unhappy for the 11 o'clock news ratings to slip, and what would it do for the 11:30 and 12:30 shows?
"It could shake things up tremendously. Competition on latenights shows isn't the opposition, but sleep. Audiences will have to decide whether they want to stay through the next show or not. Also, there will be five latenight shows in L.A. all going after the same guests. It's quite a change this year."
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On August 26 2007, 7:12 PM, 5dognight wrote:"Spirited Away" - Japanese animation, NOT a comedy but intriguing for kids and adults.
On Saturday, 15 September 2007, 7:29 PM, amazincc wrote:Blood Diamond... good, but predictable.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer... YIKES! I was on the edge of my chair for most of the movie, but the ending sucked.
Disturbia... pretty good Friday night movie.
Fracture... good movie and great ending.
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Was Perfume worth renting?
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Pittsburgh's Krauser will enter NBA draft
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) – Pittsburgh junior point guard Carl Krauser
announced Tuesday that he will forgo his final season and enter the NBA Draft.
Krauser, though, said he will not sign an agent which leaves open the
possibility of him returning to school. The early entry withdrawal deadline is
June 21, 2005, which is one week before the draft takes place.
"With Carl scheduled to graduate this year, he wants to see where he stands
with NBA Draft possibilities," Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon said. "He has
expressed a desire not to retain an agent and have the opportunity to return
to the University of Pittsburgh next year. We support him in his goals while
he finishes up requirements for graduation."
Krauser was named to the All-Big East Second team for the second consecutive
year after leading the club in scoring (16.0 ppg), assists (5.9 apg), three-
pointers made (54), steals (51) and free-throw percentage (75 percent) this
past season.
He also topped the 1,000-point mark in his career, becoming just the fifth
player in school history to score at least 1,000 points and hand out 400
assists in a career.
Krauser averaged 12.3 points, 4.4 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game in his
three-year career.
In three seasons at Pittsburgh, Krauser helped guide the Panthers to a 79-19
overall record, which includes a 36-12 mark in Big East play. The Panthers
also captured two Big East regular season championships, one conference
tournament title and three berths into the NCAA Tournament that included a
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I have just watched the Cycling. The sights were beautiful tstl.
Quality course marking, riders in the Womens road race going the wrong way :laugh:
Nicole Cooke of Great Britain has won the gold medal in the women's road race. :happy:
How funny was the Korean chick going head-first into a ditch?
I laughed, anyway. Credit to her for continuing. Did she finish?
Haha yeah feel pretty bad but burst out laughing as well.
Still was a pretty cool race being in the rain and all. Better than the soccer :yawn:
But I guess it the old story, now that she won she is British but when she is dire she is Welsh.
The extent to which the British winner, regional loser thing happens is not actually as common as you probably think- it's largely confined to the tabloid press. The BBC is certainly not in the habit of doing that- they said straight away how happy Wales would be that Cooke won. And the same was true for Cavendish's victories- the article usually began "Britain's Mark Cavendish won the stage... the Manxman, 21....". What Scots and Welsh people really don't like is people calling their athletes "English" which doesn't happen very often anymore. And the same thing happens and happened for English victories. the British media isn't dominated by English people, and English people aren't always going to claim Scots and Welsh athletes as their own, any more than the other constitutent countries will. It's bound to happen when you have a nation composed of several countries- I actually think it makes Britain stronger.
A surprising ending with the British woman losing pace near the finish but still winning. A BBC commentator seemed puzzled because Italy were celebrating after winning the bronze. If you won an olympic medal you would celebrate though.
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Bethany Wakeley posted a pair of runner-up finishes at the 2013 CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships.
Official Release The Liberty swimming team has received its first national ranking in program history, as the Lady Flames are ranked No. 37 in NCAA Division I, according to the latest Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com Top 25. The Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com rankings account for teams' performances over the last month. For every meet, all individuals are objectively ranked, based on percentile of top national performances. The rankings are based on teams' top 27 swims in a meet. Georgia, which claimed its fourth straight SEC Championship, leads the national poll, followed by Texas A&M and Florida. Minnesota and Auburn round out the top five. The Lady Flames claimed second place at the 2013 CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships this past week, trailing only Florida Gulf Coast. However, Liberty is ranked ahead of FGCU in the national rankings, as the Eagles appear 49th on the list. Immediately following Liberty in the rankings are Alabama of the SEC and Big 10 member Iowa. During the conference meet, Liberty had six total event victories (four individual, two relays) and 20 podium finishes (16 individual, four relays). The Lady Flames set five conference records, five meet records and 13 program records. Liberty had eight NCAA B cuts and US Open cuts by individuals, and one NCAA B cut in a relay. Liberty will send seven of its student-athletes to the Tennessee Last Chance Meet, held on Saturday and Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn. The Lady Flames who have clocked NCAA B cuts will attempt to improve on their seed times in order to gain a better chance for selection to the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.
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Friday, August 15, 2008
I still got it
"Ladies, first," he says with a big smile.
I politely return the smile, avoiding eye-contact, as I make my way closer to my office.
"Hey, are you a student here.... or do you work here...?" he asks desperately.
Already fifteen minutes late, I glance at my watch and say exasperatedly, "Um... I work here." Cutting him off from his next question, I quickly say, "Hey, I'm sorry. I'm running late. I have to go."
As I make my getaway, he shouts, "Hey! Maybe I could call you sometime? We could get some dinner?"
I'm astonished because I really have not been hit on in ages and honestly rendered speechless.
"Or do you have a boyfriend, maybe?"
"Yes! Boyfriend. I have a boyfriend," I said quickly as I walked away. As I turned the corner, I realize my colleague has possibly overheard the entire exchange. She smiles at me. I take off my sunglasses (Ray-Bans, for all you haters out there). I give a sheepish grin--and say, "I was just hit on. It was totally weird. I am never hit on. I am really good at putting that "I'm-taken-vibe" out there."
"That just means you still got it," she said with a smirk.
"Yeah! I still got it," I said, running my fingers through my hair.
10 comments:
- Jamie Lovely said...
hahaha love it!
- August 15, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Lauren said...
Well done!
- August 15, 2008 at 2:02 PM
- Pretty Unfamous said...
Wow! That IS getting hit on! It's pretty rare that people get randomly hit on, and even asked out, by people on the sidewalk. Cool!
- August 15, 2008 at 2:25 PM
i'm always super confused when i get hit on. i guess i've got that 'i'm taken' vibe too. last time i was single it was like a switch flipped. so weird!
- August 15, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- addy said...
Awesome! And that photo of PD thay you posted? Made my day.
- August 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM
LOVE it!
- August 15, 2008 at 3:04 PM
That rocks. Although I wish you weren't so virtuous so I could have read about the hour later you were after the lunchtime affair you had with the Dempsey clone! :D
- August 15, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- Mermanda said...
Jamie, :)
Lauren, I didn't do anything!
Angela, yes. Considering he saw me for about 2 seconds before he made his move, I'd say he would have asked just about anyone to accompany him.
Sarah, I know. There is definitely a switch that gets flipped. It's the "I'm kind of friendly but please don't talk to me" switch.
Addy, glad to help!
Morgan, a little ego boost never hurt anyone.
Dwight, I don't think Andrew will approve of that comment.
- August 15, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Haha!! I totally do that "I'm taken" vibe too!! :) And YAY. I think it's awesome, and it's such a great compliment!
- August 18, 2008 at 2:50 AM
- Laura said...
hahaha, hilarious story...
& GREAT picture.
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Myla Sinanaj, ex-girlfriend of Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian wanna be, has released an x-rated tape with Vivid Entertainment. Farrah Abraham, former star of MTV's Teen Mom and star of Vivid's Backdoor Teen Mom, is not happy about her former BFF's attempt to steal her spotlight.
Good times. Farrah is a narcissist who does not play well with others – unless they're dead – and Myla has a sex tape to shamelessly promote. Let the battle begin.
A "source" told Radar about Myla's tape, "It's a sad attempt on Myla's part to stay relevant, especially considering she was only paid $15,000 to make the tape," adding, "It won't sell nearly as well as Farrah's did."
That so-called source had to be Farrah, said Myla, because she was the only person (other than her manager) who knew about the tape. The $15,000 pay out? "That's absolutely false," claimed Myla. "I got six figures and so did she. I have no idea where she got that number from."


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Hello Lightning, all,
I just stopped by to say Hi and Thanks.
Many years have passed since I found this really great project and I have enjoyed the use of FREESCO a great deal.
Since my provider started with IPv6 and gave me a router/modem etc., I have stopped using FREESCO but many of the things I have learned while using it were helpful when I was working on my own servers, running Debian and TeamSpeak.
It is true that FREESCO gave a more hands-on use than those web-interface-pages on ready-bought routers.
I miss that sometimes. But not enough to go join the router-hackers that exist for certain types of routers.
Sometimes I think that the dedicated server that I run 24/7 could well be used to do the routing/firewall etc. as well.
But I am not experienced enough to set that up from scratch.
So, that's why I stopped by to see if and how the IPv6 was coming along.
I see that it has gone pretty quiet here and I can understand Lightning too.
Perhaps this might be one of the last posts here, that is why I wrote it like I did.
So, all the best, take care and greetings from
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Marilyn Monroe's iconic "subway dress" from The Seven Year Itch has sold at auction for a whopping $5.6 million. The gigantic price tag exceeded the auction house's expectation that the dress would sell for about $2 million.
The buyer, who won the bid after 20 minutes of auction drama so intense that it had seller Debbie Reynolds in tears, placed his bids over the phone and could not be immediately identified.
The question is now: who, in this recession, has $5.6 million to spend on a dead lady's dress? The topical wisecracking side of me is inclined to think that Hugh Hefner drown his cancelled wedding sorrows in the flimsy fabric once worn by early Playboy's favorite centerfold. Sorry, Hef. Your twin ex-girlfriends who just moved back into the Playboy mansion can't possibly both fit in there, I don't care how much beauty standards have changed since the 1950's.
Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Dress Sells for $5.6 Million at Auction [CNN]


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