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Checking in on… the Mountain WestPosted by Brian Goodman on February 15th, 2011
Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Mountain West and Pac-10 Conferences.
A Look Back
Another week in the books, and as we head down the stretch, the back half of the Mountain West schedule may as well be filler on the way to the San Diego State/BYU rematch on February 26 in San Diego. While we still have Colorado State, UNLV and New Mexico playing meaningful games with an eye towards at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, the battle between the Cougars and Aztecs, in addition to being the first MWC basketball game aired on an over-the-air/non-cable network to the entire country, is also one of the most anticipated games of the season. This week both squads took care of business to maintain their exemplary records, but each team has that matchup – a game that will in all likelihood determine the MWC's regular season champion – sitting prominently in the back of their minds.
- Team of the Week: San Diego State – The Aztecs get the nod based on the strength of a 32-point blowout of Utah and a six-point road win over UNLV. The win over Utah was a complete domination, in which the Aztecs owned every aspect of the game, while the UNLV was a much tighter affair in which SDSU actually found itself trailing for just the second time in the game with three minutes remaining. But the Aztecs came up big down the stretch, knocking down nine of their ten free throws after relinquishing the lead and escaping from enemy territory with a very good win.
- Player of the Week: Jackson Emery, Senior, BYU – Emery often takes a backseat to Jimmer Fredette, but he is a very important cog in the Cougar attack as well. This season Emery has broken Danny Ainge's all-time BYU steals record, and he added another eight this week – including six against Utah on Saturday, a couple of which helped transform a tight game in the second-half to a runaway BYU victory. He also added 17 points in each game this week, both times on six-of-12 shooting, including knocking down five three-points in the Cougar win over Air Force.
- Newcomer of the Week: Will Clyburn, Junior, Utah – Clyburn continued his consistently strong play for the Utes this week, despite his team adding two more losses to their disappointing record. He averaged 18 points, six rebounds and knocked down three more threes this week.
- Game of the Week: San Diego State 63, UNLV 57 – After an unimpressive first half, the Rebels ratcheted up the pressure in the second half and got back into the game little by little. They played tough, harassing defense, forcing turnovers and earning transition baskets. They got the ball into the heart of the San Diego State defense and scored over and drew fouls on the talented Aztec defense. And then, finally, they regained the lead for just the second time in the game when senior guard Tre'Von Willis scored on a layup with just over three minutes left. And then, from there, they reverted to doing all the bad things that had gotten them in trouble in early games and in the first half. Instead of continuing to attack the Aztec defense, UNLV got three-happy, shooting six threes in the final three minutes, missing all of them, and allowing the Aztecs to beat them from the line.
- Game of the Upcoming Week: UNLV (18-7, 6-5) at Colorado State (17-7, 7-3), 2/19, 4PM PST, The Mtn. – While the battle at the top of the conference is still a week away, this matchup that will help determine third-place in the conference is an intriguing one. The Rams have a two-game lead in the loss column, but a closer look at the schedule shows that they've still got trips to BYU and San Diego State ahead, while the Rebels are done taking those beatings for the regular season. But in order for the Rebels to catch up with CSU, they'll need to pay them back for the loss they were handed at the Thomas & Mack the first time around. In that game, which Willis missed, the Rebels never led and had no answer for the Rams' talented frontcourt, as Travis Franklin and Andy Ogide combined to score 42 points and grab 16 rebounds. And, in a familiar turn of events, the Rebs struggled mightily shooting the ball, hitting just two of their 15 shots from deep. For UNLV to come out of Fort Collins with a win, they'll need big games from their interior players like Brice Massamba, Quintrell Thomas and Carlos Lopez, and they'll need somebody to step up and hit some shots.
Power Rankings
1. San Diego State (25-1, 10-1): Chase Tapley and Tim Shelton continued to miss games following their injuries against TCU on February 5, but they are still considered day-to-day. Freshman guard Jamaal Franklin took advantage of the extra minutes to put in a bid for additional playing time when he scored 13 points and grabbed ten rebounds – both career highs – in 17 minutes against Utah. However, in his seven minutes against UNLV, he managed just one rebound and one turnover. Elsewhere, D.J. Gay averaged 17.5 PPG this week, while Kawhi Leonard averaged 13 points and 12 rebounds.
A look ahead: The Aztecs host New Mexico on Wednesday and then travel to Air Force on Saturday.
2. BYU (24-2, 10-1): Fredette continued his great season, he just did it in a slightly different way. Against Air Force, he was typically excellent, with 25 points, five three-pointers and five assists. But against Utah, he struggled out of the gate, missing threes, missing runners and clearly being bothered by the double and triple teams that the Utes threw at him. But, then in the middle of the second half, after a couple of steals by Emery gave the Cougars the momentum, Fredette took the reins and scored 12 straight points and 17 points in the final nine minutes. He still leads the nation in scoring with 27.3 per night. The other big factor in the Utah game was junior guard Charles Abouo, who had a career high 22 points and ten rebounds. Better yet, 17 of those points came in the first half when other Cougars were struggling to score effectively, another example of Dave Rose getting role players to step up in times of need.
A look ahead: A mid-week bye for the Cougars, then a Saturday contest with TCU, which is near enough to a bye.
3. Colorado State (17-7, 7-3): The Rams had just one game this week, but it was a big one, a middle-of-the-pack battle against a New Mexico team that had already beaten CSU earlier this season and was currently riding a four-game winning streak. However, a 17-2 run in the middle of the first half opened this game up early, and the Rams led by as many as 18 in the second half. Eventually, the Lobos did make a run late, but CSU had plenty of people there to answer it and they came away with a big six-point win that probably puts them on the good side of the NCAA bubble. However, with games at BYU and at San Diego State remaining, the Rams need to continue to take care of business.
A look ahead: A Wednesday meeting with TCU, followed by the all-important visit from the Rebels on Saturday. These are two games the Rams really need to win in order to feel comfortable about their Tournament chances.
4. UNLV (18-7, 6-5): A look at the Rebel KenPom page shows an awful lot of green – the color used to denote not only wins on the schedule, but good statistical numbers. You see some darker greens in the defensive efficiency category, turnovers forced, blocked shot percentage, steal percentage, and even two-point field goal percentage, both on the offensive and defensive ends. And in there amongst all the green, there's this one little red section – red being the color to denote losses on the schedule and ugly numbers in the stats – offensive three-point percentage. The Rebels are currently shooting just 30.5% from three, good for 307th in the nation. Oscar Bellfield and Chace Stanback check in at around 36% for the season, with the rest of the roster clocking in at about 23%. And yet, there were the Rebels, after scraping and scratching and clawing their way back into the game against San Diego State, with the game on the line launching six straight threes in the waning moments in lieu of any other semblance of coherent offense. There are a couple of things to learn here. First, at some point, yes, the Rebels are going to need someone to knock down a three for them. Second, and perhaps most importantly, the Rebels still need to learn that this is not a team built around hoisting the three. While they don't shoot a lot of them, they can from time to time get three-happy and just start bombing, a poor decision when they are actually an effective offensive team when they work the ball inside. With the three-headed big man of Massamba, Lopez and Thomas starting to come around, with Willis finally starting to look healthy and confident, and with the Rebels needing to finish the regular season strong in order to assure themselves of an NCAA Tournament invite, Lon Kruger needs to get the offensive ship righted, and soon.
A look ahead: UNLV hosts Air Force on Tuesday, then travels to Colorado State on Saturday with revenge on their minds.
5. New Mexico (17-8, 5-5): This week was the tale of two Drews. Against Wyoming, Drew Gordon was dominant. He had 16 points and 18 boards, grabbing 21.4% of all of his team's missed shots and 27.3% of Wyoming's missed shots. As a result, despite the Lobos cold shooting and inconsistent offense, New Mexico was able to pull through in the second half and grab a win over the Cowboys. However, on Saturday, it was a different story. Gordon grabbed just three rebounds, turned the ball over six times and committed five fouls on his way to an early exit as the Lobos were without his services for the final four and a half minutes. While Gordon was effective when he was able to find his shot (he made six of his seven field goal attempts for 12 points), too often he panicked when the Rams doubled him and he was unable to move the ball back around to an open teammate. For now, the secret is out on Gordon. If you can send a double-team at him in the post, he'll turn the ball over, pick up an offensive foul or force up a bad shot. Until he can effectively handle the double team, he can't be counted on as a key component in the Lobo offense.
A look ahead: The Lobos travel to San Diego State on Wednesday, then face Utah on Saturday. Given that these are two of the biggest teams in the conference, Gordon will get plenty of chances to prove that he can handle a double team.
6. Air Force (13-10, 4-6): The Falcons sole game of the week was a 38-point loss at home against BYU, from which very little was learned on either side of the ball.
A look ahead: On the heels of last week's fiasco, the Academy travels to UNLV before hosting San Diego State.
7. Utah (10-15, 3-8): The Utes lost two games last week by an average of 22.5 points per game. Despite being the biggest team in the league, they were killed on the glass by SDSU, grabbing less than 50% of the available defensive rebounds and only 25% of the offensive ones. Against BYU, they played much better and kept the Cougars within reach for about 30 minutes, but faded late.
A look ahead: Utah hosts Wyoming on Wednesday, then travels to New Mexico on Saturday.
8. Wyoming (9-16, 2-9): The Fred Langley era is underway in Laramie (and frankly, probably a quarter of the way to its end), and so far so good. The Cowboys played New Mexico tight for about 35 minutes in the first game under the new head coach, then knocked off TCU on Saturday in order to wrest away sole control of eighth place in the conference. While the same old players still make up the roster, sophomore forward Amath M'Baye put together the two best games of his college career this week, setting a career-high of 19 points in the New Mexico game before breaking that one game later with 21 against TCU, while grabbing six rebounds in each game. With Heath Schroyer no longer around trying to save his job, the remainder of this season is simply about finding out who can be building blocks in this program, and early on M'Baye has thrown his hat into the ring as a contributor to the rebuilding of the once proud Wyoming basketball program.
A look ahead: Wyoming travels Salt Lake City for a matchup with Utah, where a win could put the Cowboys in seventh place in the conference.
9. TCU (10-16, 1-10): Another week, another couple of losses. Sophomore Garlon Green averaged 12 points and 8.5 rebounds, senior Greg Hill averaged 13.5 points and Hank Thorns added another 12 assists, but despite some hard work, there just isn't enough talent here for the Frogs to compete on a regular basis. Give credit to head coach Jim Christian for continuing to get solid effort out of his club, but his days could be numbered.
A look ahead: Home games against Colorado State and BYU mean the Horned Frogs are looking 1-12 straight in the face.


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The New Retail Reality – are you ready?
Consumers today are more sophisticated, technologically savvy, and digitally connected than ever before. As a result, they are both more empowered in how, when, and where they shop and more demanding in what they expect from their shopping experiences. It is no longer enough for a retailer to be able to sell in multiple channels such as brick and mortar, call centers, and online. They need to seamlessly integrate these channels and offer personal and differentiated experiences that enable a consumer to effortlessly move across channels or quickly risk becoming obsolete. This ability in today's terms is called omni-channel retail.
Drilling a little deeper, what does a seamless and integrated shopping experience mean for today's consumer and for today's retailer? For today's consumer, it means having a targeted promotion follow them from Facebook to their mobile phone to the brick and mortar store where it can be redeemed. It means being able to order online and select a store for pick up, or purchase in store and return it online. It means being able to accrue loyalty points irrespective of where they made their purchase. And for today's retailer, it means merchandising – inventory, pricing and promotion and more – tightly integrated across all channels. It means having 360-degree cross channel visibility in real-time so they can strategically interact with their customer.
At the core of Microsoft's retail solution is Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2. With the powerful enhancements being delivered in this latest release, Microsoft Dynamics for Retail offers a fully integrated end-to-end solution enabling retailers to seamlessly manage all their channels from a single solution powered by a single commerce engine. And, with the addition of a fully integrated web store-front powered by Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and natively integrated to Microsoft Dynamics for Retail, the unique value extends all the way to the online customer experience. This unique e-commerce solution delivers one of the industry's first native integration of web store-front and digital content management to purpose built order fulfillment, shipping, payment, catalog and more on the back end. Microsoft Dynamics for Retail is the engine behind a powerful SharePoint online experience – resulting in experiences that are timely, accurate, and reliable like never before.
This powerful e-commerce solution from Microsoft offers retailers a ground-breaking solution not only in its integration and control, but also in the technology on which it is based. While most e-commerce solutions today are engineered as web pages with search, the Microsoft solution is actually built on search - meaning that web pages are dynamically built as the solution incorporates managed content, authored content, item detail from Microsoft Dynamics and more. The solution doesn't stop there as historical clickstream data is continuously incorporated to impact recommended items and the very way content is presented to the consumer – driving an adaptive and tailored experience made more relevant with each page view.
So what is the impact to the retailer in deploying this next generation e-commerce solution? Actually, with so much power and so little coding; a single management platform; consistent technology stack; and native integration managed by Microsoft – the retailer's only struggle may be determining whether it's their customers or e-commerce team who benefits most.
The Dynamic Retailer is connected without compromise; personally relevant; agile and opportunistic. Consumers expect nothing less, and the technology on which retailers build their foundation for the future will determine if they can deliver on their brand promise and thrive in today's new retail reality. Microsoft is committed to delivering a complete vision for retail built on innovation and a unique value proposition that delivers on the promise of true omni-channel retail.
Michael Griffiths - Global Director Retail & Distribution

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|Entry of former Yeshiva building, showing Hotel Ilan sign as well as sign noting its former identity. Photo: Hotel Ilan/Jewish Community Warsaw
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
Care to spend the night in the building that once housed one of pre-Holocaust Poland's most famous and influential yeshivas?
From October you'll be able to do so, when the four-star Hotel Ilan opens in the huge building in Lublin, Poland, that once housed the Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin, founded in 1930 by Rabbi Yehuda Meyer Shapiro.
According to the Hotel's web site and Facebook page, the new hotel will include 44 rooms, four suites, a restaurant called Olive that will feature Jewish cuisine, a lobby bar, a conference center and a spa/welness center. Its logo includes the slogan "feel the tradition."
The building is owned by the Warsaw Jewish Community, which will run the hotel. (The community already runs a guest house, Beitenu, located in the former synagogue in Kazimierz Dolny.) That synagogue was used as a movie house after World War II and was restituted to Jewish ownership in 2002. The Beitenu complex also includes a Jewish museum, Judaica and kosher shop, and a cafe.
The Yeshiva function in Lublin only until 1939. After World War II, the enormous building became part of the Lublin medical school. It was returned to Jewish ownership in 2004, and parts of it have been renovated to include a synagogue, mikvah and Jewish communal offices as well as exhibition space.


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Discover beautiful venues for a perfect Italian wedding
One of the most beautiful parts of Italy's coast, the area around Amalfi has been a favourite of Hollywood stars and honeymooners alike for decades.
With its pastel coloured buildings clinging to the hillsides above a sparkling blue sea, bright flowers and citrus groves adding a pop of colour to the stunning scenery, a wedding abroad in the Amalfi Coast guarantees you a truly gorgeous location. But one of the best reasons to choose the Amalfi coast for a destination wedding is the choice you'll find in the different towns, whether you're looking for historic venues, a secluded escape or a picturesque spot with plenty of buzz. With southern Italian sunshine, you're guaranteed a beautiful day for an outdoor ceremony too.
For a livelier atmosphere, Positano is a great option with panoramic views from its town hall, while smaller Atrani and Maiori are quieter classic Italian villages, and you'll arrive in unbeatable style as you travel by boat to glamorous Capri.
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Delay seen in health law feature for small firms
The Obama administration is proposing a one-year delay in a feature of the new health care law intended to give workers at small companies health plan choices similar to what employees of large businesses enjoy.
Starting Jan. 1 small companies with up to 100 workers will be able to buy coverage through new health insurance marketplaces called exchanges. These exchanges are the small business version of new markets also opening up for individuals.
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Diving & Marine Conservation Volunteering in Thailand - Monthly Updates
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Conservation in Thailand - Monthly Update July 2008
There has been a lot going on this July with up to 11 regular volunteers as well as 15 volunteers joining the '2-week special' program at the end of the month.
In addition to our usual activities, we have also been on a 3-day trip to Koh Jum to do some environmental education with the two schools on this island, went to he fisheries department to help maintaining their facilities and Chane and I have had a number of meetings to prepare for the International Coastal Clean-up campaign which will take place in September and October.
The trip to Koh Jum took place from the 6th until the 8th of July. We organised this trip after being contacted by Koh Jum Villa (KJV) resort who had read about us in the Krabi Magazine. They said that there was a big marine litter problem and a lack of environmental awareness on the island. Even though the island is being developed at a high rate, with many resorts being built, people still have a very traditional lifestyle with no electricity supply (other than gasoline generators) or bitumen roads. Most families' income is from fishing or rubber tree plantations.
We planned to spend one day at each of the two schools, giving presentations and playing games and do a beach clean-up with both schools on the last day. So after spending a day at the house preparing all the games and equipment, we set off for a one hour drive to Laem Kruat on the 6th early in the morning.
At Laem Kruat, we had to load all our equipment and 10 of us onto a longtail for a 40 minute trip to Koh Jum. Miraculously, we managed to get everything to the school without any damage but we were a little bit surprised to find no-one at the school. After a few phone calls, we realised that the longtail driver had taken us to the wrong school so we had to find a pick-up truck to take us to the right one!
Once we reached the school, everything went well: Knot gave his presentations and the volunteers played games with the children which they really enjoyed. We also got them to draw pictures of mangroves to participate in the Mangrove Action Project art competition which will judge pictures from children all around the world. Some of the kids had gone extra early to school because they were so excited about our visit to their school!
At the end of the day, we had to walk to our bungalows about 15minutes away as the truck which was supposed to carry us around the island had broken down. We were all a bit exhausted by the time we reached there but it was right in the beach so we all went for a refreshing swim.
At the second school, things were not so well organised: it took nearly an hour to find a room, there were nearly 100 children, up to 13 years old when we had told the school that we could only handle 70 children from 9 to 11, and the school had forgotten to get food for the children!
But we managed as we could, as Knot was giving presentations, I did my best to print extra certificates and find paper for the art competition (this had to be cut to a very specific size). After all the activities were over, the volunteers had a volley ball game with some of the older children and we returned to the bungalows and then went to KJV for a nice dinner and swim in their pool!
The beach clean-up was rather successful despite there being heavy rainfall which at the very beginning and for about half an hour. We collected about 1,200kg of debris and all thought that the beach at Koh Jum was one of the most dirty that we had ever seen. Most items seemed to have been there for many years highlighting the fact that no one really looks after this beach. The location is also very exposed to wind which is the reason why a lot of debris gets washed onto it and most of it is not produced on the island.
After another challenging trip back to the house we were welcomed by a cake for Knot's birthday and every one was happy to get back to the comfort of Suwat and Sao's house.
This month, with higher volunteer numbers we were able to go diving on a freshly painted Navada, back from the shipyard were she went for her annual check-up.
In terms of surveys, we did 3 ReefWatch surveys in July and the unusual sightings list included:
- Lobster
- Black-tip reef sharks
- Bamboo sharks
- Scribbled file fish
- Sebae anemonefish
- Short-tail pipefish
- Chanor pipefish
- Seahorses
- Great barracudas
- Potato grouper
- Khul's stingrays
- Cuttlefish
- Octopus
- Seasnake
- Hawksbill turtle
We collected 31kg of litter on the reefs mainly fishing net (fine mesh hence low weight) from MuSangNua which we had spotted in June. We were able to go back twice to the site despite of the weather which brought us a lot of wind and also went to Koh Ha, Koh Si, Koh Dor and Koh Talu for salvage this month.
Viking Cave coral nursery
Another site which we had not been able to visit since April was Viking Cave where the Phuket Marine Biological Centre has a coral nursery which we help maintain and monitor. The nursery consists of PVC pipe and chicken wire trays which are anchored to the bottom in such a way that they stay at a depth of about 6-8 meters. Fragments of corals have been attached to the trays and are kept at the nursery for about a year before being transplanted to artificial or unhealthy reef for propagation.
We go there regularly to remove fouling organisms such as barnacles and algae from the trays and anchoring ropes. This is done to prevent the trays from becoming to heavy and sink as well as to stop other organisms to overgrow the corals, smothering or shading them and hence slowing their growth and reducing survival rates.
Since we only had three divers, we did not manage to get the trays spotless but we got the main job done and will go back ASAP to finish cleaning and also measure some fragments to monitor their growth rate.
We went twice to our mangroves nursery at Thung Prasan and most of the job consisted of maintaining the area around the seedlings as there has been a lot of invasive growth due to high rainfall in the last couple of months. We also cleared more land around the nursery where we transplanted 40 saplings and will continue when we go back.
In addition to Koh Jum beach, we cleaned three local beaches: AoNamMao, Andaman and Ao Tung. We collected a total of 888kg from those sites, a very lucky number these days, and so we beat the record for this year this month with more than 2000kg!!! Amongst the weirdest things that we found were a very stylish polystyrene 'statue' and a large piece of fibreglass which looked like a bit of a wreck.
When we went to AoNamMao, there were 26 of us as the '2-week special' volunteers joined the rest of the group and we collected 630kg from that beach only!
Both the 'regular' and '2-week special' volunteers went for a trip to the Krabi Fisheries Department in Laem Poh. They were given presentations about the reef animals breeding program and given a tour of the facility and then helped cleaning tanks and removing seaweeds from the ponds.
The last 2 weeks of July, 15 volunteers joined us for a special, condensed program which included a tour of AoNang and Krabi as well as a visit to the Krabi mangroves walkway. As well as getting an Open Water or Advanced Open Water course the 2-weekers were introduced to the biodiversity of coral reefs and their ecology and environmental status.
Domenic from Wetlands International (WI) organised a bio-workshop about mangroves rehabilitation which consisted of a slideshow and a visit to a WI site under rehabilitation at Klong Nok.
The volunteers also had extra cultural activities such as elephant trekking, Thai massage, initiation to Thai boxing and 2 nights out for dinner in Krabi town.
Krabi has one of the most beautiful landscapes and seascapes in Thailand, hosting a rich biodiversity and those attract many tourists every year from all around the world. This environment, however, faces many threats and in particular coastal development and marine debris which destroys reefs, kills many marine organisms, is a health threats, directly to sea goers (water pollution and dangerous items such as broken glass and syringes) and through seafood.
Many people and organisations have been helping or wanting to preserve the natural state of Krabi but it has always been hard to organise to all work together with the same aims.
This year, we managed, with the help of various groups (in particular Greenfins, Kon Tiki and the National Park Authorities) to get many people to sit together and plan together an AoNang - Krabi campaign for the International Coastal Clean-Up Day.
In addition to government bodies (police, National Parks, public schools.) and NGOs, several dive centres and resorts decided to contribute to the campaign and we are discussing the possibility of forming an 'eco-group' to make AoNang a more environment friendly place. Projects include having bins located at strategic locations and also adding more mooring buoys to popular dive and snorkelling sites to prevent anchor damage to the reefs.
Chane and I have been participating at three meetings already and we will keep you updated as to how this project goes.
Click here and see our graphs of the amount of rubbish the volunteers have collected from the reefs and beaches here in Ao Nang in July 2008 - impressive work.
Click here and see our graphs of the amount of rubbish the volunteers have collected from the reefs and beaches here in Ao Nang over 2008 - impressive work.
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Director for Thailand Conservation
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Though it never reached the same heights in the pop culture zeitgeist as "Cat in the Hat" or "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," "The Lorax" is quite possibly Dr. Seuss' crowning literary achievement.
Adapted into an animated 3D feature starring the voices of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron and Taylor Swift, the film presents a gorgeously Seuss-y world that will delight young movie-goers. Your kids would never guess that it's a cautionary tale about the dangers of rampant consumerism, despite Lou Dobbs' fears.
"The Lorax" opens with young Ted (voiced by Efron) trying to win the attentions and affections of a pretty blonde named Audrey (Swift). It turns out that they live in Thneed-Ville, a totally artificial town where all the flora are fake, and Audrey would happily marry anyone who could show her a real tree, leaving Ted with no choice but to find one.
Ted's grandmother (Betty White) tells the boy that he should speak to a mysterious man known as The Once-ler (Helms) to learn what happened to all the trees. It turns out that years ago, The Once-ler was a young man bursting with dreams when he first arrived at this once verdant wonderland. He started making "thneeds," a perfectly Seussian bit of nonsense of indeterminate function, from the flowers of the trees.
When the Once-ler chops down his first tree, down from the heavens comes a small orange creature with a giant, yellow, push-broom mustache who introduces himself as The Lorax, claiming to "speak for the trees." After some self-righteous nagging, The Lorax gets The Once-ler to promise not to cut down any more trees. Well, faster than you can say, "sustainable development," the last tree comes down and the once-beautiful forest is a desolate wasteland.
If you're worried that "The Lorax" seeks to brainwash your child, be warned, the film will make you child think twice about destroying the supply chain for whatever product he or she may produce.
Director Chris Renaud ("Despicable Me") and his team of animators have created a beautiful and dazzling Thneed-Ville setting, brimming with remote-controlled trees and flowers packed with spring-loaded bees. The cityscape bends and swirls, with the buildings connected by meandering pipelines in a way that would make Seuss nod approvingly.
With Renaud having stayed so true to Seuss' vision, it's both puzzling and frustrating that screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul (collaborators on "Despicable Me" and "Horton Hears a Who!") almost completely abandoned the original author's distinctive language. Aside from a few snippets here and there, Seuss's incredibly rich and inventive language is absent.
But the duo does a nice job of expanding on the original narrative to create a world within which Seuss' story can be told, and draw a fuller picture of The Once-ler's life that makes him a more sympathetic figure.
Set aside your expectations for Seuss' legendary wordplay, and "The Lorax" is a clever and fun film for your kids. And they might even, perish the thought, learn how to make money for generations instead of just a few years.


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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 (2012)Water Science and Technology Board
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Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery. To reverse ongoing ecosystem declines, it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades, and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem. The new Central Everglades Planning Project offers an innovative approach to this challenge, although additional analyses are needed at the interface of water quality and water quantity to maximize restoration benefits within existing legal constraints.
Key Messages
- Stormwater treatment areas and the implementation of best management practices have helped reduce the loads of phosphorus flowing into the central Everglades, and the state and federal governments have recently agreed upon additional efforts to meet Everglades water quality standards. However, there has been minimal progress in restoring hydrology in the remnant Everglades—that is, restoring the volumes and velocities, depth, and duration of water flows.
- Recent state budget cuts, combined with financial responsibilities associated with new water quality projects, threaten to slow hydrologic restoration progress further. As a result, the federal government is likely to bear increased responsibility for maintaining the pace of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP) progress in the near term. To date, the state has vastly out spent the federal government on Everglades restoration projects and associated land acquisition. Additional Congressional authorizations will be needed to officially credit the state for much of this spending.
- In a new analysis, the report's authoring committee provided "grades" on the current condition of 10 ecosystem attributes, relative to pre-drainage conditions, and assessed current trends. For most attributes, grades ranged from C (degraded) to D (significantly degraded), but one ecosystem attribute received a grade of F (near irreversible damage). The grades are not intended to prioritize restoration of a single attribute to the detriment of others, but to highlight the urgency of restoration actions that could benefit a wide range of ecosystem attributes and demonstrate the cost of inaction.
- The committee also compared the consequences of three restoration scenarios—(1) improved water quality with no increase in flow, (2) improved hydrology, with no additional water quality treatment, and (3) both improved hydrology and water quality. The committee's analyses demonstrates that scenarios focused on either the quality of existing water flows or hydrology would improve some ecosystem attributes, but lead to continued declines in others. Improving both water quality and quantity would yield improvements in every ecosystem attribute investigated, but depending on the implementation schedule could take some time to achieve. This analysis highlights the need for rigorous analysis at the interface of water quality and quantity involving integrated models and field data to clarify potential conflicts between restoration objectives and to identify interim strategies for limiting further degradation of critical ecosystem components and maximizing restoration benefits.
- Models that integrate hydrology, water quality, and ecology are essential tools to understand and evaluate the benefits and impacts of various restoration options. Progress has been made in developing linked hydrologic and ecological models, but no ecological models have been approved for use in benefits analysis for CERP. Water quality models applied to project planning should analyze a range of inflow water quality conditions, including those that exceed targeted levels. Being overly cautious with respect to water quality modeling and analysis could prevent a thorough exploration of restoration options and limit the understanding of water quality constraints on hydrologic restoration projects.
- An impressive and growing body of scientific literature on the Everglades has been published in recent years, and recent science syntheses have helped advance understanding among scientists and decision makers. However, clearer acknowledgement of conflicts and tradeoffs among the restoration solutions being considered would help increase success.
- The committee concluded that a focus on restoring the central core of the historical Everglades is needed to reverse ongoing degradation before it's too late. Avoiding costly and unproductive delays in the project planning and authorization process will be important to maintain the pace of progress.
- The committee is encouraged by the Central Everglades Planning Project, a new initiative that expedites the planning of the next increment of projects focused on the core of the remnant Everglades. The project appears to be an important step forward and responsive to earlier committee concerns. However, the committee has not reviewed specific project plans, as the planning process was only in the early stages during the preparation of this report.
About this Report
Authoring Body:Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
Primary Board:Water Science and Technology Board
Other Report(s) in this series:Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008 (2008)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review--2010 (2010)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The First Biennial Review, 2006 (2006)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review, 2014 (2014)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Sixth Biennial Review, 2016 (2016)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Seventh Biennial Review - 2018 (2018)


text: The large scale behaviour of microscopic stochastic particle systems can often be described in tems of nonlinear partial differential equations which can be predicted phenomenologically or sometimes derived rigorously using probabilistic tools. For one-component systems this allows not only for computing the (deterministic) space-time evolution of the coarse-grained local order parameter, but also for the derivation of the stationary phase diagram in bulk-driven finite systems with open boundaries. The Bethe ansatz provides the means to study fluctuations on finer scales. Systems with two or more components exhibit richer physics, but the theory is far less developed, both mathematically from a probabilistic and PDE point of view and from a statistical physics perspective. Focussing on paradigmatic one-dimensional lattice gas models for driven diffusive systems far from thermal equilibrium the lecture aims at giving a non-technical overview of some well-known rigorous and some more recent numerically established results for one-component systems with conserved particle dynamics or with slow reaction kinetics and at highlighting some aspects of the present incomplete state of art for two-component systems which deserve further investigation.


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You know how everything connects to the Internet these days? Well, it looks like the refrigerators from Samsung aren't very smart about it.
A group of hackers discovered that they can easily scrape the fridge's information for Gmail passwords, thus giving you yet another reason to not trust your refrigerator, or techonology, or anything really.
Security researchers at the firm Pen Test Partners found a flaw in Samsung's smart fridges that lets anyone with the right technical know-how intercept the Gmail username and password of the fridge's owner.
Ken Munro, one of the researchers, told the Register that the hack—known as a "man-in-the-middle" attack because of the way it intercepts the data—takes advantage of the fridge's Google Calendar feature.
"It appears to work the same way that any device running a Gmail calendar does," Munro said. "A logged-in user/owner of the calendar makes updates and those changes are then seen on any device that a user can view the calendar on."
The internet fridge now has an email address. Say hello please, or fuzz...
@IoTvillage @_defcon_ pic.twitter.com/O4u9Ibf3mm— Ken Munro (@TheKenMunroShow) August 8, 2015
As with all these new fangled things onto which we are just throwing all our über-personal information, we should really take care.
Don't tell your fridge your secrets or who knows what could happen.


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Hostage-taking and ransom demands are a nasty business. And Prop 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's temporary tax initiative, is a particularly nasty bit of business.
Structured around a budget that would trigger big cuts to schools and universities in the event it loses in November, Prop 30 takes California's kids, and future, hostage, and demands payment.
Opponents of Prop 30 have made this argument, repeatedly. The argument is correct as a factual matter, but the argument is incomplete as a political matter. Just because Gov. Brown has written a nasty ransom note to California voters doesn't mean we shouldn't pay it.
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When someone takes a hostage you care about and demands a ransom, there are always reasons not to pay. That there are no guarantees that paying will result in the return of the hostage, that this may encourage the hostage-taker to take more hostages.
But there is huge risk -- that your beloved will be harmed. And so people pay ransom.
How does that calculation apply in this situation?
There certainly are strong arguments for not paying the Prop 30 ransom. For one thing, if this works, it seems likely that Brown and his allies may try for similar ransoms -- using the threat of trigger cuts to schools and other programs in the future to demand revenues.
Such future ransoms are likely because of the least-discussed part of the initiative: a constitutional amendment that locks in certain revenue streams for local governments (not schools), and will reduce legislative discretion to balance budgets in the future. In all likelihood, that means that the budget will be even harder to balance in the future.
Also, it's worth noting that Brown has not sworn off this trigger-ransom tactic. And most tragically, he has made clear his opposition to the larger budget and constitutional reforms -- they are unrealistic, he says -- that would move us away from ransom-based budgeting.
But those concerns about ransom and reform pale in comparison to the immediate question about harm to the schools.
And that question is: how likely is it that Brown, if the initiative loses, will go forward and let the trigger cuts to schools take place if voters turn down his initiative? To answer that, we must read the hostage taker.
That is difficult to do. After more than 40 years in politics, Brown is still enigmatic. The governor, in this case, is saying that voters have a choice between adopting his initiative and its temporary tax cuts.
If the measure were to lose, his allies in the Democratic party and the labor movement would certainly seek ways to blunt the effects of the trigger cuts. And there would be a host of alternatives offered from across the political specrum for new tax measure to provide new revenues for the state.
(One measure we'd likely hear about is the Think Long Committee's proposal for a package of tax changes that would reduce some tax rates while establishing a sales tax for services and producing $10 billion in additional state revenues).
Such pressure might be hard for Brown to resist, especially if he wants to run for re-election. Going forward with the cuts would likely boost a Democratic challenger who would want to take him on in 2014.
But if Brown were to back off trigger cuts after his public threats, he would lose credibility. And Brown as governor would seem to have the power to block any attempts to pull back from the triggers.
I tend to think Brown will go forward with the trigger cuts, thus putting his own credibility over that of the schools.
But it's hard to know, and voters face a dilemma. Pay the ransom at the price of embracing a measure that won't stop budget cuts long-term and may make California a bit harer to govern. Or run the risk of seeing their schools see significant cuts, on top of years of reductions.
It is a terrible choice. Ransom choices always are.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Kelly Ripa is representing for the "small girls."
In a new interview with AOL Television, Kelly stood up for her decision not to get a boob job.
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"You know what's so funny? I used to always think, 'I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it,' and then I just started thinking, you know, someone's got to represent the small girls," Kelly said. "I mean, there are a lot of us out there … they're not making all those small cup sizes just for me. Plus, I would think, why tamper with something? What if something went wrong?'
And her husband, Mark Consuelos, loves his wife just the way she is.
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"You're very happy with the way you look. And your husband really likes the way you look," he said.
The happy couple recently produced TLC's "Masters of Reception" a new reality series about wedding planning, despite the fact their own nuptials required very little organization.
The two eloped to Las Vegas back in 1996.
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"We're really happy that we did our wedding that way," Kelly said of their little-big day. "It was perfect for us. It's not for everybody … Some people have that dream of that big party and that fancy day. That's just not us at all."
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Same thing every night it seems as once again the Cubs blew a ninth inning lead, this time it was Carlos Marmol giving up a game tying single to Joey Votto. Marmol then loaded the bases and narrowly escaped the jam, lucky he did as the Cubs responded right away in the tenth. An unlikely power source did the trick, Darwin Barney took Manny Parra deep to start the tenth, how unlikely you ask? I'll tell you my inquisitive friend, that was Barney's first home run away from Wrigley Field, in his career. The Cubs were able to tack on another insurance run for good measure and Kevin Gregg nailed down the save, with the tying run on base of course. Lost in this was the performance by Carlos Villanueva, he was sensational, but had to settle for a no decision and Carlos Marmol got the win…. yeah, the win stat in baseball doesn't always tell the truth, sometimes it's just a dirty liar, okay, Cubs win!
At The Plate – I know it's easy to pin the blame on the bullpen with all of these close losses, but one of the other fingers has to be pointed at the offense as well, tonight was a perfect example. The Cubs jumped on the board early in this one, plating two runs in the second, that was it until the tenth, more times than not, that won't be good enough. Hello Cody Ransom! Ransom made his Cubs debut tonight as was terrific, he went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, an RBI, and a run scored. Alfonso Soriano has located the fountain of youth, it's in Cincinnati, weird place for it, but anyway. Soriano was 3-for-4 but his aggressiveness on the base paths was refreshing, he stole second and third on consecutive pitches which set up the first run, the Cubs need more of that. The Cubs stole four bases tonight, the two from Soriano, one from Sappelt, and one from Julio Borbon. Dave Sappelt had a solid night out of the lead-off spot as well going 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, and an RBI. Darwin Barney had the game winning hit, a solo home run in the tenth which was his only hit in four at bats.
On The Mound – What else can be said about Carlos Villanueva, he has been outstanding in the early going and only has one win to show for it. Villanueva went 8.1 innings giving up two runs on just three hits while walking two and striking out six. Carlos Marmol blew the save, he worked two-thirds of an inning giving up one hit which allowed the tying run to score while walking two and striking out one. Kevin Gregg did a solid job in nailing this one down, I don't expect any Cubs pitcher to go 1-2-3 in a save situation, he gave up two hits while striking out two to earn the save.
Up Next – Great match up in the series finale tomorrow morning at 11:30 AM CST on CSN Chicago. Jeff Samardzija battles Mat Latos, a series win would be fantastic, but again, the Cubs are trying to win a series tomorrow when they could be going for a sweep.
Game Highlights:
Cody Ransom goes deep in debut
Big double play
Darwin Barney's game winning blast
Sappelt's RBI single
Slick play here from Cody Ransom
Thanks for reading,
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What do atheists mean when they speak of the "Euthyphro Dilemma" as a means to discredit theism?
The so-called Euthyphro Dilemma has its genesis in Plato's dialogue Euthyphro in which Socrates and Euthyphro discuss the nature of piety: "Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" (2008). Over time, philosophers have sharpened the salient point of the dilemma by presenting it in a modified form. The world-renowned late atheist philosopher Antony G.N. Flew worded the argument this way: "Are the things which are good good because God approves of those things, or is it the case that God approves of those things which are good because they are good?" (Warren and Flew, 1977, p. 26). By this thorny contention, the atheist hopes to dismiss the notion of God by placing the theist in an untenable dilemma.
On the one hand, if an action is right simply because God approves it, then morality would be the product of the arbitrary will of God, which He could just as easily alter. Instead of saying that lying and murder are wrong, He could just as well have said they are right—and that divine intention would make them so. On the other hand, if God approves of an action because it is inherently good, then an objective standard exists outside of God that He merely acknowledges. Such a law would therefore be above and higher than God. By the Euthyphro Dilemma, atheists think they have demonstrated that good is either above or beneath God and thereby proof that God is not God (see Figure 1).
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But this dilemma is impotent in that it fails to take into account the nature, being, and character of the perfect God of the Bible who is eternal and infinite in all of His attributes. Goodness, like all God's other attributes, flows from His very being as the Ultimate Good (see Figure 2). Good is neither above nor below God (cf. Mark 10:18; 1 John 4:8; Psalm 33:5). God's attributes and God's will are inseparable. The alternatives posed by the atheist do not pose a proper dilemma.
Plato (2008), Euthyphro, trans. Benjamin Jowett, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1642/1642-h/1642-h.htm.
Warren, Thomas and Antony G.N. Flew (1977), The Warren-Flew Debate on the Existence of God (Ramer, TN: National Christian Press), firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Don't let injuries from fireworks become part of your tradition this holidayby CPSC Blogger June 26, 2014 bottle rockets firecrackers fireworks july 4 roman candles sparklers
Often, when thinking of the Fourth of July, one of the first things that come to mind are big, beautiful fireworks, with vibrant colors that light up a summer night's sky. In the midst of all this holiday grandeur, it is important to understand fireworks safety and how to prevent tragedy during your July 4 celebration.
In 2013, 65 percent or 7,400, of all firework injuries occurred in the 30 days surrounding July 4th. The majority of these injuries occurred simply because of the malfunction or improper use of legal and illegal fireworks.
Here are some ways fireworks can malfunction:
- Inconsistent flight paths
- Tip-over incidents
- Early or late ignitions
- Debris and blowouts
You, your friends, and family can be put at risk by:
- Purchasing and using illegal fireworks;
- Letting children use fireworks, including sparklers and firecrackers;
- Creating or modifying any fireworks;
- Igniting fireworks too close to someone or something; and
- Setting off fireworks improperly.
Small fireworks, like bottle rockets, sparklers, and small firecrackers can appear harmless to children, but during the 30 days surrounding July 4, these kinds of fireworks injured an estimated 1,000 children under the age of 5.
Did you know that sparklers can burn so hot they can melt copper? A sparkler can burn at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter! That's as hot as a blow torch!
Take a look at our "Un Spark-tacular Celebration" video on children with sparklers.
If you do decide to buy legal fireworks, be sure to take the following safety steps:
- Never allow young children to play with or ignite fireworks.
- Avoid buying fireworks that come in brown paper packaging; often, this can often be a sign that the fireworks were made for professional displays and could pose a danger to consumers.
- Never have any portion of your body directly over a fireworks device when lighting the fuse.
- Move away to a safe distance immediately after lighting.
- Never try to re-light or pick up fireworks that have not gone off or fully functioned.
- Never point or throw fireworks at another person.
- Keep a bucket of water or a garden hose handy in case of fire or other mishap.
- Light one item at a time, then move away quickly.
- After fireworks have gone off and fully functioned, douse the spent device with plenty of water from a bucket or hose before discarding, to prevent a trash fire.
- Make sure fireworks are legal in your area before buying or using them.
- Know the risks. Prevent the tragedies. And, have an injury-free Fourth!
Celebrate with safety this Fourth of July.
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MIAMI – The jury recommended the death penalty for Joel Lebron, who was convicted last week in the 2002 kidnap, rape, and murder of Ana Maria Angel.
Last week, the same jury found Lebron guilty of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, sexual battery and sexual battery with a firearm.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours on Friday. Jurors voted 9-3 for the death penalty.
Magarita Osorio, Angel's mother, said death would equal justice.
"It's the only thing I wanted for justice," Osorio told Local 10's Glenna Milberg in Spanish.
"I don't think an entire person's lifetime should be judged entirely on one and a half hours," said Jeffrey Fink, Lebron's attorney.
Closing arguments had started earlier in the day.
"There's nothing wrong with this man," said prosecutor Reid Rubin. "This man knew what he was doing. He knew how he was doing it. He enjoyed it. He enjoyed it so much he had an orgasm."
State law outlines aggravators that make the death penalty apply and prosecutors focused on several of them: previous convictions; committing other crimes; avoiding arrest by killing Ana, who could identify him; robbing her for financial gain; and the heinous, atrocious, cruel crimes that were cold, calculated, premeditated.
"This woman was tormented and humiliated," said Rubin. "He began to fire his gun while she pleaded for her life... Did he enjoy it? He said he felt like a king."
Since Wednesday, the defense had been presenting mitigating factors to the jury, hoping they would consider any effects on Lebron from a childhood in a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood, and brain injuries suffered in a childhood car crash.
"Nothing that the state attorney just told you compels you in any way, shape, or form to recommend the death penalty," Rafael Rodriguez, Lebron's attorney, said during closing arguments. "By your verdict, you have guaranteed that Joel Lebron will stay in prison for the rest of his life."
Jurors left without commenting on the verdict. Some were crying as they walked to their cars.
"There may have been some things they got in the guilt phase," said Fink. "Maybe they didn't accept everything from the state hook, line, and sinker."
According to investigators, Angel was 18-years-old in the spring of 2002 when she was out celebrating an anniversary with Nelson Portobanco, her boyfriend at the time, on South Beach when five people kidnapped them and forced them into their truck at gunpoint.
As they rode north to Orlando where the defendants came from, Angel was repeatedly raped and Nelson was beaten, said prosecutors. Police said Portobanco was eventually thrown out of the truck along I-95 and left for dead.
The five are accused of killing Angel execution-style at the side of I-95 near Boca Raton to keep her from identifying them. Police said Lebron, now 33, was the gunman.
Prior to Lebron's conviction, three of the five defendants had already been convicted. Two were sentenced to life in prison; one is awaiting a second sentencing hearing because his death penalty sentence was overturned.
A Spencer hearing, where defense attorneys will present more mitigating evidence to the judge without the jury present, is scheduled for November 9th.


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ARTHIST 245: Art, Business & the Law
This course examines the intersection of art, business, and the law from a number of different angles, focusing on issues that impact our understanding of works of art and their circulation in the modern and contemporary periods. Topics range from individual case studies (e.g., Leonardo da Vinci; Richard Serra) to the consolidation of the art market, and include cultural heritage issues, problems of censorship, and conceptions of authorship and intellectual property.
Last offered: Winter 2014 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 263B: The View through the Windshield: Cars and the American Landscape
Both cars and the landscape are fundamental to American identity. This seminar will consider the relationship between them: how they have shaped each other, how one mediates the experience of the other, and how American artists such as Ansel Adams, Edward Hopper, and Ed Ruscha have represented both. We will discuss the relationship between nature and technology; the aesthetics of highways and parkways; the phenomenology of driving and road trips; maps and way finding; and the future of cars, mapping, and the landscape.
Last offered: Autumn 2013 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 264A: Picturing the Cosmos
This seminar explores the place of images in how we understand and imagine the universe. The course draws on art, science, and popular culture, and pays particular attention to the ways they inform each other. Examples include: star maps, science fiction films, appropriated astronomical images, and telescopic views of stars, planets, and nebulae. Using these representations as well as accompanying readings we will discuss the importance of aesthetics for conceptions of the cosmos; the influence of technology on representations; strategies for representing concepts that exceed the limits of human vision; and the ways that views of the universe reflect and shape their cultural context. Open to undergraduates and graduates.
Last offered: Spring 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
ARTHIST 264B: Starstuff: Space and the American Imagination (AMSTUD 143X, FILMSTUD 264B)
Course on the history of twentieth and twenty-first century American images of space and how they shape conceptions of the universe. Covers representations made by scientists and artists, as well as scientific fiction films, TV, and other forms of popular visual culture. Topics will include the importance of aesthetics to understandings of the cosmos; the influence of media and technology on representations; the social, political, and historical context of the images; and the ways representations of space influence notions of American national identity and of cosmic citizenship.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors: Kessler, E. (PI)
2015-2016 Autumn
5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II |
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
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09/21/2015 - 12/04/2015 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 460-334 with Kessler, E. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-12-10 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Axess Enrollment will open for students on August 1st.
Instructors: Kessler, E. (PI)
ARTHIST 278: Curating Africa: Anatomy of an Exhibition
Gain hands-on curatorial experience redesigning the African galleries at the Cantor Arts Center. Explore and debate strategies for presenting diverse art forms, including a mummy from Ancient Egypt, early twentieth-century masks, and contemporary photography. Conduct research, prepare wall texts and labels, and participate in designing a new exhibition space in collaboration with fellow students, faculty, and community members.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Hale, C. (PI)
2015-2016 Spring
5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
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03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at Cantor Arts Center with Hale, C. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2016-06-03 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Hale, C. (PI)
ARTSINST 11Q: Art in the Metropolis (TAPS 11Q)
This seminar is offered in conjunction with the annual "Arts Immersion" trip to New York that takes place over the spring break and is organized by the Stanford Arts Institute (SAI). Participation in the trip is a requirement for taking part in the seminar (and vice versa). The trip is designed to provide a group of students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the cultural life of New York City guided by faculty and the SAI programming director. Students will experience a broad range and variety of art forms (visual arts, theater, opera, dance, etc.) and will meet with prominent arts administrators and practitioners, some of whom are Stanford alumni. For further details and updates about the trip, see http://arts.stanford.edu.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
Instructors: Curran, S. (PI) ; Phelan, P. (PI)
2015-2016 Spring
3 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II |
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 15 / 16
03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Wed 9:30 AM - 11:20 AM at Lathrop 294 with Curran, S. (PI); Phelan, P. (PI)
Instructors: Curran, S. (PI); Phelan, P. (PI)
ARTSTUDI 153N: Ecology of Materials
This hands on studio based sculpture course takes a critical look at the materials used in sculpture and addresses the environmental concerns surrounding them. We will look at artists concerned with environmental impact and the interconnection of art to other fields. This class also addresses the impact of material and technique upon form and content; therefore understanding the physical and expressive possibilities of diverse materials. Conceptual and technical considerations will be addressed. Students will learn traditional building techniques as needed (wood shop, metal shop, mold making, found object) as well as anti-object techniques. Existing at the intersection of art, science, technology and ecology, environmental art often functions to inform and/or interpret natural conditions and the processes associated with both "non-human" and "human-made" constructions. It will also educate us about environmental issues and concerns. This course introduces and provides a context for this area of interdisciplinary exchange and artist production by examining areas commonly known as cradle to cradle design, land art, eco art, environmental art, and art and technology. What role does sculpture play in a fragile world with depleting natural resources, global economies and media dominance? What is the life cycle of object making and creating? What is our relationship to objects in a growing technological age? Students will make 3-4 projects based on these questions. Group discussions, critiques, readings, video presentations, a field trip to a local artist-in-residence program Recology at the San Francisco Dump, visiting artists and visiting faculty from Stanford doing environmental research will augment this class.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
ARTSTUDI 162: Embodied Interfaces
Our computers, phones and devices ¿see¿ us predominately as fingers and single eyes staring at screens. What would happen if our technology acknowledged more of our rich physical presence and capabilities in its design? How have artists and designers used different sensing technologies to account for more of our embodied selves in their works? In this studio course we will explore various sensing technologies and design pieces that engage our whole selves. Interfaces explored will range from the practical to the poetic. Sensors may involve flex sensors, heat sensors, microphones and simple camera tracking technology. We will analyze different tools for their appropriateness for different tasks and extend them through our designs.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors: Fantauzza, J. (PI)
2015-2016 Autumn
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE |
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 12
09/21/2015 - 12/04/2015 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM at McMurtry Building rm M120 with Fantauzza, J. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-12-10 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Axess Enrollment will open for students on August 1st.
Instructors: Fantauzza, J. (PI)
ARTSTUDI 239: Intermedia Workshop (MUSIC 155, MUSIC 255)
Students develop and produce intermedia works. Musical and visual approaches to the conceptualisation and shaping of time-based art. Exploration of sound and image relationship. Study of a wide spectrum of audiovisual practices including experimental animation, video art, dance, performance, non-narrative forms, interactive art and installation art. Focus on works that use music/sound and image as equal partners. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: consent of instructors, and one of FILMPROD 114, ARTSTUDI 131, 138, 167, 177, 179, or MUSIC 123, or equivalent. May be repeated for credit
Terms: Win | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: DeMarinis, P. (PI) ; Kapuscinski, J. (PI)
2015-2016 Winter
3-4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 6
01/04/2016 - 03/11/2016 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM at Knoll317 with DeMarinis, P. (PI); Kapuscinski, J. (PI)
Instructors: DeMarinis, P. (PI); Kapuscinski, J. (PI)
ARTSTUDI 271: The View Camera: Its Uses and Techniques
For students of photography who wish to gain greater control and refine skills in image making. 4x5 view cameras provided. Enrollment limited to 8. (upper level)
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors: Felzmann, L. (PI)
2015-2016 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 10
03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Mon, Wed 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM at McMurtry Building rm 007 with Felzmann, L. (PI)
Instructors: Felzmann, L. (PI)
Notes: This class has a $100 course fee.
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The Giants took their team photo before Tuesday night's game, standard fare, with three rows of players and staff standing on bleachers and mugging for the camera.
The picture seven hours later might have looked a lot wilder had Justin Morneau not channeled Rory McIlroy and nine-ironed an ankle-high curveball into the right-field corner for a double that broke up Madison Bumgarner's perfect game with nobody out in the eighth inning.
The clubhouse might have been awash in Champagne, with teammates toasting the 24-year-old for throwing the 24th perfect game in major-league history.
After Bumgarner settled for his second career one-hitter in a 3-0 victory against the Rockies, manager Bruce Bochy said the performance was worthy of the best bubbly anyway.
"This game was probably more impressive than a lot of no-hitters," Bochy said. "That's how well he threw tonight. Look at the strikeouts he had, the command. He did quite a job. It was a very impressive evening for him."
Bumgarner matched a career high with 13 strikeouts in his third career shutout and fourth complete game of 2014. One batter took him to a three-ball count, and even Bumgarner was amazed to learn how many 0-2 counts he had: 15.
Bumgarner dominated a team missing four excellent hitters, including perennial All-Stars Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez. That took a smidge of shine off a performance that ranked among the best by a Giants pitcher in recent years.
Bochy and other players were most impressed by Bumgarner's resolve once he lost the perfect game on a double by the only left-handed position player in the Colorado lineup. Bumgarner struck out the next four Rockies before he retired Charlie Blackmon and Josh Rutledge on balls in the air to end it.
When someone asked Bumgarner how he refocused after losing the perfecto (on a pitch he did not regret throwing), he responded quizzically, as if he had been asked to describe the Martian surface.
"I don't think I needed to regain it," Bumgarner said. "I don't feel I lost it. That wasn't the ultimate goal, not letting somebody on base. It was to win the game."
Nobody on the home side could lose sight of that. The Giants had lost four consecutive home games to the Rockies for the first time before Tuesday's win.
Two other important achievements lurked in the shadow of Bumgarner's one-hitter.
Buster Posey, whose bat will be crucial for a playoff run, produced all three runs with his second career two-homer game. He surpassed his 2013 total of 15 with his 16th and 17th of the season.
Also, one night after the Giants committed four errors, they played flawless defense, with two plays keeping Bumgarner perfect.
Gregor Blanco crashed into the left-field wall to catch Drew Stubbs' drive with one out in the first. The top of the sixth ended when Brandon Crawford, who committed two errors Monday, ranged deep into the hole to stop Matt McBride's groundball. First baseman Michael Morse made a nice stretch and pick on the bounced throw.
Given the Giants' hitting struggles against lefties, there was a real fear that Bumgarner might not get the run of support required for an official no-hitter. Posey admitted to some relief after his sixth-inning homer off Jorge De La Rosa, following a Hunter Pence walk, which gave the Giants a 2-0 lead.
"No question," Posey said. "I think at that point you could sense he had an opportunity probably to do it. It definitely would have been a little stressful if we hadn't had a run in the ninth inning."
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @hankschulman


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