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Job Shadowing & Informational Interviews
If an internship or co-op is not something you are able to pursue at the present time, but you want to have a career-related experience, there are other ways to get informal, short-term career related experiences. If you only have an hour or two a week, these are some ways to also build your professional skills and network.
Job Shadowing is what it sounds like – you "shadow" a professional while they are on the job for a few hours to a whole day or a few days. Job shadowing allows you to gain a basic understanding of a job and the organization being shadowed. A benefit is that you can participate in as few or as many shadowing experiences as you have time for and with as many professionals and organizations as will allow you access. Utilizing your network, you can identify professionals to shadow in different types of jobs in your career field and major.
While shadowing, you might have the opportunity to view many job related tasks, duties, meetings, and daily interaction with colleagues, clients or supervisees. Talking with and asking questions of the professional about his/her job duties and the career path he/she took to his/her current position, would be great conversation points for wrapping up the shadowing experience. Some examples:
- A Finance major may spend two to three hours with a financial advisor, observing his tasks, duties and daily interaction with colleagues and clients.
- A Psychology major may spend time at a counseling center or a medical setting.
- An English major may spend time at a public relations firm, a company that produces publications, or any organization where writing skills are in demand.
- A Biology major may shadow at a state park, zoo or industry leader in biotechnology.
- An Interior Design major might shadow an interior design firm.
If you are having trouble identifying potential job shadowing experiences for your major or career path, then call or come by to speak with one of our staff in the Center, 270-745-3095, DSU 2001, email@example.com.
Informational Interviews are similar to job shadowing in that they provide you with an opportunity to meet with a career professional, but they are designed specifically to give you an opportunity to ask questions related to the professional's position and career path, When requesting an informational interview with a professional in your field, be sure to respect their time, and do not go beyond the time (or purpose) you requested for the interview.
Keep in mind to be professional at all times during this interview and to dress professional. Carry a pen and writing pad to take notes. Some questions you might ask):
- What is your title and main role?
- What sort of education does the person in your position normally have or does this type of position typically require?
- What positions have you held or what career path have you followed to get where you are presently?
- What are the most satisfying aspects of the work?
- What are the greatest pressures, strains or anxieties in the work?
- What are the major job responsibilities?
- What are the toughest problems and decisions with which you must cope?
- What are the most dissatisfying aspects of the work? Is this typical of the field?
- How would you describe the atmosphere/culture of the business?
- Can you think of other important questions that I should be asking to help me learn about the job or occupation?
- Can you suggest others who I might talk to in the field who may be valuable sources of information?
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Confidentiality and integrity are two critical components of web services. While confidentiality can be ensured by means of encryption, the encrypted data can still be overwritten and the integrity of the message can be compromised. It is equally important to protect the integrity of the message, and digital signatures can help protect the integrity of the message. In this article, I describe how to digitally sign and verify messages in web services using Oracle Web Services Manager, which is a component of Oracle's SOA Suite -- a web services security and monitoring product that helps organizations not only to define and enforce security policies, but also to define and enforce the service level agreements. And one of the key components of Service Oriented Architecture is security.
Overview of Digital Signatures
In the web services scenario, XML messages are exchanged between the client application and the web services. Certain messages contain critical business information and, therefore, the integrity of the message should be ensured. Ensuring the integrity of the message is not a new concept, it has been there for a long time. The concept is to make sure that the data was not tampered with in transit between he sender and the receiver.
Consider, for example, that Alice and Bob are exchanging emails that are critical to business. Alice wants to make sure that Bob receives the correct email that she sent and no one else tampered with or modifi ed the email in between. In order to ensure the integrity of the message, Alice digitally signs the message using her private key, and when Bob receives the message, he will check to make sure that the signature is still valid before he can trust or read the email.
What is this digital signature? And how does it prove that no one else tampered with the data? When a message is digitally signed, it basically follows these steps:
- Create a digest value of the message (a unique string value for the message using a SHA1 or MD5 algorithm).
- Encrypt the digest value using the private key, known only to the sender.
- Exchange the message along with the encrypted digest value.
Note: MD5 and SHA1 are message digest algorithms to calculate the digest value. The digest or hash value is nothing but a non-reversible unique string for any given data, i.e. the digest value will change even if a space is added or removed. SHA1 produces a 160-bit digest value, while MD5 produces a 128-bit value.
When Bob receives the message, his first task is to validate the signature. Validation of signature goes through a sequence of steps:
- Create a digest value of the message again using the same algorithm.
- Encrypt the digest value using the public key of Alice (obtained out of band or part of message, etc.)
- Validate to make sure that the digest value encrypted using the public key matches the one that was sent by Alice.
- Since the public key is known or exchanged along with the message, Bob can check the validity of the certificate itself.
Note: Digital certificates are issued by a trusted party such as Verisign. When a certificate is compromised, you can cancel the certificate, which will invalidate the public key. Once the signature is verifi ed, Bob can trust that the message was not tampered with by anyone else. He can also validate the certificate to make sure that it is not expired or revoked, and also to ensure that no one actually tampered with the private key of Alice.
Digital Signatures in Web Services
In the last section, we learned about digital signatures. Since web services are all about interoperability, digital-signature-related information is represented in an industry standard format called XML Signature (standardized by W3C). The following are the key data elements that are represented in an interoperable manner by XML Signature:
- What data (what part of SOAP message) is digitally signed?
- What hash algorithm (MD5 or SHA1) is used to create the digest value?
- What signature algorithm is used?
- Information about the certificate or key.
In the next section, I describe how the Oracle Web Services Manager can help generate and verify signatures in web services.

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Tuesday, 31 December 2013
A New Year About to Begin!!!
Monday, 30 December 2013
Cute James!
I wanted to share a little project with you with James the Bear -Pile of Presents. I can never get enough of James! haha! I made this tag and then decided to put it on my tree and it looked so cute!
I used my Prismacolor Pencils to color this little guy. The die is Layer Poinsettias from Spellbinders.
The round sentiment is embossed with white embossing powder onto black cardstock and is called Pretty Grungy - Wishes! I even used the Grunge Christmas Postmarks.
I am needing to get back into the swing of regular life. I have lots of crafting to do! haha!
Have a wonderful day!
Happy Crafting!
Sunday, 29 December 2013
Festive Post
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Morning all …
Good morning crafters, you've got me today as our poor Dawny has had a few problems with the horrible weather we've been having here in the UK and couldn't do her post this morning
She's been without power and of course that has a knock on effect to other things, what a nightmare, I hope you all escaped the storms and the awful floods that we've been seeing on the news. Thankfully we seem to miss the worst of it here and just end up with everyone's recycling all over the place when the bins blow over!
I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed a few days off, it's been a quiet one for us this year and to be honest it's been really nice, I'm getting too old (and lazy) to do hectic!
This is a Christmas card that I made for my friend's new baby nephew. It was meant to be my Papertake Weekly card before Christmas and I just never found time to take a picture so I'm happy to be able to share it with you today…
The cute image is called Just Arrived and is one of our new baby stamps which can be used for so many occasions
This one was from my colouring lesson using Distress Inks, our lovely Gretha spent some time teaching me when she came over in November,thank you so much Gretha (although I daren't tell my husband that I've gone off my Copics and Promarkers just as I've bought them all!!) Gretha also adds a touch of Twinkling H20 on top which adds some subtle sparkle and a bit more depth of colour than you get from the ink …I like the effect very much
I used gorgeous Fancy Pants papers which matched perfectly and made a little tuck away tag with my DooHickey star die and put his name on it
The trees are DooHickey slender fir dies. These Magnolia DooHickey dies are very popular and we have a selection available in the shop now (the shop re-opens on January 6th)
Hope you like it, thanks so much for stopping by everyone and I'll be back on New Year's Day with the rest of my top picks from 2013
Our Debbie will be here tomorrow with another lovely card so make sure you pop by if you get a minute
Friday, 27 December 2013
Rosie Posy
Thursday, 26 December 2013
Sledging Buddies
♥ Hugs ♥
Wednesday, 25 December 2013
Best of 2014, Part 1
Good morning crafters …Merry Christmas to you all!
I know some of you will have a busy morning getting the turkey ready so if you've taken the time to stop by then thank you
I hope Santa brought you all something nice, maybe you had some lovely crafty goodies in your Christmas stocking?
The Design Team have been doing a great job looking after the blog while we are on holiday so I've hope you've enjoyed seeing the cards they've been sharing
I did this last year and everyone enjoyed it so I thought I'd do the same this year. Today and on New Years day I'll be showing some of my favourite cards from 2013
I'll do the team in alphabetical order …and that means I'm up first!
I've picked this one from my own cards, I don't often make shaped cards and was pleased with how this turned out
I used one of our Art Pads, they are great if you don't like stamping and colouring or just don't have the time
Becky is next and I've picked a recent piece of work. Becky made this hanging for us using the little girls shoes that were part of our recent baby launch
It's a set of 3 canvases and is on display in our shop, it's beautiful and the picture doesn't do it justice
Dawny next and I had to show one her little paper carts
These were hugely popular when we did them at the workshops and are perfect for showing off our lovely patterned papers
Debbie joined us in the Summer and our customers love her cards
This was one of my favourites, a lovely Christmas card using Red Squirrels Pine Tree
This next card is by Dena, Dena makes very pretty cards and I loved this one using Spring Time Bear
She hung him from the aperture so he was actually swinging, how clever!
I was spoiled for choice choosing a card by Elise, she has made a few where she has combined 2 stamps in one scene and this is one of my favourites
She has used Skipping and Summer Church on this cheerful card and also made a matching tag with one of our Statement stamps and a Pretty Grungy greeting
Fleur is next and I loved this card she made with our popular Snow Family stamp
She's used lots of dies and frantage to create a snowy scene
Last for today is our Gretha and I've chosen another Christmas card
This stamp is A Christmas Carol and I like the colour scheme that Gretha chose, the purple is unusual and I love it with the kraft card!
That's it, my first top picks from the past year
I'm handing back over to the Design team now,there will be a card every day throughout the holidays and I'll be back on New Years day with the rest of my favourites
Have a fantastic Christmas everyone
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Twas the Night before Christmas...
Monday, 23 December 2013
It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!.......
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Warmest of Wishes...
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Twinkle Twinkle
Friday, 20 December 2013
Shine a light
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Warm Winter Wishes
when our lovely Gretha will be posting.
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Made with Love ...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Mary and Joseph
I wanted to show you a nativity wall hanging that I created using the sweet Mary and Joseph from Lili of the Valley!
Monday, 16 December 2013
Nativity Angels
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Ssssshhhhhh :)
Good morning lovely crafty buds, tis I, Dawny P here today and I hope that you are all OK.
I've scheduled this post and we are due to have a rather stormy night on Saturday night so I hope we are all in one piece by the time you are reading this!!
So I thought I'd share another card from our last show at Create & Craft and this card is using
I think it is so sweet and as it's one of our best sellers, I'm not the only one :)
I made a fairly simple card ....
... which would work well for a boy or a girl and is quick and easy to put together. I coloured the image using Copics but if you wanted to make the card even quicker, this image is available in our Art Pad 11 - Babies.
The beautimous papers are from Perfect Pair and I also used ....
... a little tag which was in the stamp set we had on the show.
If you didn't manage to bag your a set from the show, there's some fab little tags in the SET 40 - Babies Companion Stamps from our latest launch.
Thanks for stopping by today and I'm off to decorate our tree and house. I feel like I'm the only one on the planet who hasn't done theirs yet, so best get a wriggle on and deck those halls with boughs of holly (and basically lots of tat that I've collected over the years!!).
Have a fabulous day today and enjoy the rest of your weekend and as I won't be back on here until after the big day, have a wonderful Christmas.
Huggiest of hugs to all xxx
Saturday, 14 December 2013
So Many Presents
Friday, 13 December 2013
Merry Christmas!!
Morning bloggers, it's our last day in the Lili of the Valley office today so we are officially now closed for Christmas
The shop is closed until the New Year, and although the website will remain open for orders over the holidays they won't be sent out until the week commencing January 6th
Here is our final 12 Days Of Christmas Winner
From our Day Twelve entries it's number 194
…well done Emma, you have won our 3 polar bear stamps
Because I'm feeling all Christmassy, and so many of you joined in, I've drawn one final winner…
it was name 30 and that's…
Congratulations Rachel, we'll send you a set of our Christmas greetings
If you both contact firstname.lastname@example.com before lunchtime we will try to get those sent out to you today
This will be my last post for a while, our fabulous Design team are taking over the blog for me and there will still be a new card every day so make sure stop by as normal over the holidays
I will be back on Christmas Day and New Years Day to look back on some of my favourite cards from 2013
Before today's card just a reminder about the British Craft awards, we would so love to win as it's voted for by you our lovely customers...
We have customers all over the World and you can vote from wherever you are so here's a step by step guide;
Firstly you need to go to http://www.britishcraftawards.com/ and select to vote in the craft categories
The first section is the one that seems to be confusing people as you need to select a region, this is not where you live, it is the location of the shop you are voting for. You can really choose any of them from this category but if you don't have a preference just tick 'other' in any of the regions
The next question is craft retailer who went the extra mile. You can vote from the list or you might like to choose 'other' and write Lili of the Valley in the box
It does ask for a reason on some of these questions but if you don't want to write anything you may just put . which will allow you to move onto the next category
Next is best online retailer, it does say UK but you must vote to move on so again it would lovely if you selected 'other' and wrote Lili of the Valley in the box
Next is about craft chain stores so you can vote or just opt for 'don't visit them'
Now it's us, we're nominated for the most inspirational craft blog
Next is favourite paper craft range, again you can vote or select other and write Lili of the Valley in the box if you love our papers and art pads
Now us again, this one is stamp range you couldn't resist
We would really be over the moon if we could win these 2 awards especially as it's voted for by our customers
There are then a few questions about the craft products which you like to use, dies etc
Nearly there…
favourite card designer is next and our design team member Dawny is up for this award so we'd love you to vote for her (Dawn Phillips)
The final question is about your favourite presenter or demonstrator on craft TV. If you don't have a preference you can opt for 'I don't watch craft TV' or if you enjoyed our shows and loved watching Dawny create then you can choose other and write Dawn Phillips in the box! If everyone does this we might get our lovely Dawny a couple of awards too!!
That's it, you just need to put in your name and address (and don't forget to check the 'no marketing' boxes if you prefer not to be added to their mailing lists)
Phew that was a long post today, I think all that is left is for me to say a huge thanks to you all, there are some exciting things in the pipeline for 2014 and it's great to have the support of our amazing crafty friends and customers
My final card is by Elise, we cheated and added our own greeting just for you …


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Ian Martin visits Blingnang Freepitch
MONDAY To Blingnang, China's fastest-growing urban megabulb, to push the professional development envelope.
Capitalists and communists alike have reservations about how this 'hybrid economy' works but I can honestly say the plasmic arts are much the same all over the world. They have a saying in Blingnang: 'A stranger is just a contact you haven't bribed yet!'
TUESDAY Things have changed since my last visit. Most of the 'itinerant rurals' who gave Blingnang's historic quarter such character have disappeared, along with the historic quarter itself.
From this ashy rubble will rise a new People's Centre for Cultural Transmution. The client's being quite vague about what will actually occur there, and my Chinese agent's being quite vague about who the client is. Although, I discover during lunch, my Chinese agent seems otherwise alert.
'In Mandarin my name means One Who Is Steadfast As Rock, but please call me Edward. Here, let me help you with that pan-fried shrimp and golden noodles. And should we tab another bottle of this excellent rice wine to your hotel room, which I believe is 1516, thank you waiter'.
OK, I don't know what a centre for cultural transmution is. I do know however that the conceptual design fee is substantial, the building is to be fortified, the style guide is 'Downton Abbey meets Swinging London' and the top two storeys will accommodate some kind of 'internet trace blocker'.
Obviously I have misgivings about this project. But come on. Moral certainties are a luxury these days and, like oysters, can actually CAUSE serious internal misgivings if they turn out to be 'bad' moral certainties.
Yeah, sod it. Resolve my misgivings by cladding the cultural transmution centre in a neo-Classical sheath, with faux-marble fluted pilasters and 'dolly bird' caryatids.
WEDNESDAY Edward and I are at Blingnang Freepitch. It's a weekly event held at a swanky digital tea house, where spatial artists and clients of discernment mingle without obligation in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and venality. I play the old 'Invisible Tower' manouevre.
Tell a high-rolling client you have detailed schematics for the world's tallest luxury mixed-use tower. Two miles high, fashioned from materials so innovative nobody's heard of them. An articulated 'hard air' core with suspended floorplates of 'spectraluminum' and walls of translucent 'smart jelly'. Advanced light management plus magnetised atomic gap alignment equals 'building that blends seamlessly into its environment' and a new post-contextual global planning prototype.
Then you ask them if they'd like to see a rendering, they say yes and you slip them a blank sheet of paper. At this point it can go one of several ways but it usually helps if they have a sense of humour in the broadest sense, or if they're drunk.
Tonight I attract some interest. Edward is there to follow through and talk me up. Even I with my non-existent Mandarin I can tell he's taking liberties. 'Executive designer' becomes 'he has overseen several executions already this year, each more ruthless than the last'. There are approving nods.
The evening ends with half a dozen potential clients exchanging details with Edward The One Who Is Steadfast As A Rock, and some drunken architectural karaoke. One guy does a belting version of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum before falling off the table.
THURSDAY A sophisticated Blingnang middle class is these days looking beyond traditional Chinese architecture. Already the city is fringed with an anthology of pastiche executive housing 'capitals' - a miniature Paris here, a dinky Berlin there. Now the jaded bourgoisie seeks something new, beyond the comforting exotica of Classical Europe's palette.
So I've come up with Blingnang Inner Citiburbia, a low-density upmarket gated community modelled on the sort of high-density downmarket shithole that would theoretically exist in counterpoint to what's actually there.
The site visit's inconclusive. Everything looks a bit depressing but I can't tell which direction it's going in.
That's a thumbs-up from Edward.
FRIDAY Get some brilliantly atmospheric shots of my Pea Souper Dickens apartment block (shaped like Big Ben) by waiting until the smog's really thick.
SATURDAY To the opening of my brand pavilion. The client's very pleased. It's full of tubular challenges and triangular fragments, and things 'punching through' other things.
SUNDAY Reclining slightly in the plane home. Irritated. Can't for the life of me remember who the brand pavilion was for.
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"A book of such accelerating tension that the pages seem to turn faster as one moves along." —Chicago Tribune
"As scary and suspenseful as anything in Hitchcock." —The New Yorker
"Extraordinary. . . . Daring. . . . Frightening in its implications." —The New York Times
"Fascinating, suspenseful, and morally provocative. The characterizations are sharply etched and the narrative is compelling."—Chicago Sun-Times
"She writes like an angel. Every character is closely drawn. Her atmosphere is unerringly, chillingly convincing. And she manages all this without for a moment slowing down the drive and tension of an exciting mystery."
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President Barack Obama might have won yesterday's election thanks to his ground game, but the 44th president also dominated the race on social media.
The Tweetelection
As the clocks announced the beginning of Nov. 6, the worldwide promoted trend on Twitter for the day became #VoteObama. Not only did Obama for America purchase the worldwide trending topic for the day, but they paid to have a variety of their tweets promoted throughout the day.
As early as 5:30 a.m. ET, before many of the polls opened, the campaign tweeted out a link that enable @BarackObama Twitter followers to locate their polling station. The tweet was promoted and for most of the day appeared as the top tweet on the account's Twitter feed. Later on in the day, as lines at polling places became long and many were concerned about voters becoming impatient and tired, the campaign tweeted: "If you're in line when the polls close, stay in line to vote. It could help make the difference."
The campaign also promoted this tweet making it appear on their followers' feeds, various searches and the top of @BarackObama's account.
While Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did not seem to promote tweets from his feed and had not purchased trending topics on Nov. 6, he also tweeted a link containing information regarding locating one's polling station to his followers.
The last tweet to be promoted by @BarackObama's campaign this election day was the tweet sent out when the networks called the election in his favor. Within minutes, this tweet became the most re-tweeted tweet by President Obama.
The tweet contained a photo of President Barack Obama embracing his wife Michelle Obama with simple "Four More Years." Within two hours, the photo was re-tweeted 456,845 times and shared on Facebook 207,348 times.
President Obama's re-election was also the most tweeted moment of the 2012 election, reaching 327,453 tweets per minute at 11:19 p.m. ET, reported Twitter. About 31 million election-related tweets were sent that day.
How It Played:
The popular vote might have been close, but the vote on social media was overwhelmingly in Obama's favor. Having tracked both Romney's and Obama's followers on Facebook, Twitter and Google plus, we were able to see Obama surge forward and leave the Republican nominee behind in the dust.
Not only had Obama's campaign built a loyal core of followers on social media over the 2008 campaign as well as the first term of his presidency, but they have been making significant strides in adding to it throughout this campaign season. Not only did Obama start election day with 20 million more Twitter followers, but while Mitt Romney was only able to gain 44,550 new Twitter followers, Obama added more than a quarter million of new followers to his already high numbers.
Similar trends emerged on Facebook and Google Plus, as can be seen in the graphic below:
In an interesting turn of events, after the networks called the election for President Obama, Romney actually began to lose followers on Facebook. At 11: 30 p.m. ET on Nov 6., the number of his Facebook followers was 12,135,972. By 2:00 a.m. ET on Nov. 7, that number dropped to 12,131,785 and by 6 p.m. ET on Nov. 7, it was 12,103,112 with Romney having lost over 30,000 followers.
On Twitter, Romney's number of followers continued to climb through Nov. 7.
Mitt Romney has changed his relationship status
In a world where break ups and heartbreaks as well as upcoming nuptials and other happy occasions are announced on a variety of social media platforms, Mitt Romney has only admitted to his heartbreak on Facebook.
His new cover photo features him on the stage as he delivers his concession speech and the last post is a photo with signed "Thank You."
His Google Plus and Twitter accounts, on the other hand, remain silent.
Youth vote amplified through buzz on Facebook
According to Facebook, the 2012 election received a record breaking level of buzz. On a 10-point scale, it scored 9.27. The 2008 presidential election scored an 8.95.
This is due to the younger voters on Facebook, who were more engaged on Nov. 6 than throughout the campaign season. Older Facebook users were responsible for majority of the buzz created during the national political conventions and the debates. The top scores for buzz during Nov. 6 were earned by men aged 25 to 34, at 9.47, and women aged 25 to 34, at 9.27.
Individually, both Obama and Romney had the most buzz among both men and women aged 18 to 24. The two candidates beat their highest scores earned during the first presidential debate – Obama went up a full point from 7.41 to 8.41 while Romney earned just half a point, going from 7.38 to 7.83.
What the Trend
Yesterday's election might not have given rise to any of those trends that we have become so fond of such as "Binders full women," "Big Bird" or "Horses and bayonets," but the day warranted its own set of trends. Most notably, "If Romney" trended throughout the day in various areas implying that number of people were speculating on the possible results and the aftermath.
Additional, the most frequent trending topic was "I Voted" as many Twitter users proudly announced that they have done their civic duty.
Here are the topics that trended as the networks called the election for President Obama:
In the hours that followed, the most notable Twitter trend was "Bout Damn Time," which at first was aimed at Romney as the nation awaited his concession speech. Later on, the same trend was aimed at President Obama as his tired supporters stayed up to see him deliver his victory speech.
Here are the topics that trended during President Obama's victory speech:
Of course, it wouldn't be a proper political event if we did not come away with at least one meme/gif. And we present you with the flaglady — an Obama supporter, who had a flag stuck in her hair as Obama delivered his victory speech.
Are you sure you want to share that?
As previously mentioned "I Voted" was a frequently tweeted phrase yesterday. Often times, the tweets containing these words would accompany a photo. Sometimes this would be a photo of an "I Voted" sticker, like this:
However, a new trend emerged across variety of social media platforms as voters began to share photos snapped of their ballots and voting machines inside of the voting booth.
As the Instagram, Twitter and Facebook became flooded by photos of ballots, Gizmodo reported that taking such photos is actually a misdemeanor in number of states, including New York. In Texas, recording devices are prohibited within 100 feet of a voting station.
So next time you want to tell everyone that you voted, snapping a photo of that "I Voted" sticker might be safer bet.


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Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya
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How to get from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya
When you want to get from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya, you have a few options to consider. Traveling between these destinations is possible by different means of transport:
- Flight
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If you're looking for a quick trip, it's recommended that you use Flight. However, if you'd rather take your time with a slower, more affordable travel option, you can book a Bus ticket.
The cost of travel will depend on the means of transport you choose for your trip. A flight ticket is the most expensive option - it will cost you about IDR 882,956. If you want to save on transportation, it's better to take a bus as a bus ticket costs as low as IDR 173,035.
How far is Terminal Mengwi from Surabaya?
If you're traveling by land, it's important to know the distance from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya. Your trip will be a total of 291 miles (467 km). The flying distance is 217 miles (348 km).
How long does it take to get from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya?
The travel time from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya can vary depending on the mode of transportation you choose. All things considered, the whole journey should take from 1 to 7 hours.
How much does it cost to get from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya?
The cost of the trip from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya varies according to what means of transport you choose for your journey. The most affordable operator is Tiara Mas: travelling by bus expect to pay as low as IDR 173,035 for your ticket.
However, if you're after more upscale travel . The most expensive variant is to opt for a flight - a one-way flight ticket can cost as much as IDR 882,956.
Here is a chart of the average ticket prices and transportation options available from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya:
- Bus tickets - IDR 173,035 to IDR 324,046;
- Plane tickets - IDR 343,110 to IDR 882,956;
How many trips per day are there between Terminal Mengwi and Surabaya?
Depending on your choice of transportation, the number of daily trips varies.
- Buses start plying the route from 11:00 - you can also take a bus as late as 19:00. There are 23 available bus trips every day.
- Flights from Bali to Surabaya depart during the day - there are approximately 16 departures a day.
Which means of transport is the best for the route?
Traveling by plane is the fastest way to get from Bali to Surabaya. While it's often the most expensive option, tool, occasionally you can grab promotional tickets for more or less the price of a train or a ferry ticket. Normally, the minimum you need to pay for a Plane ticket is IDR 343,110.
Things to remember before boarding a plane:
- It's recommended to book a ticket in advance and check-in online. This way, you can save over 2 hours at the airport, and if your seat selection is on a first come first served basis you will have more options to choose from.
- Getting through security checks may take some time - it's recommended to get to the airport at least 1.5 hours in advance.
Airlines flying from Bali to Surabaya
Batik Air Indonesia, Citilink, Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia, Lion Air
Taking a bus from Bali to Surabaya is cheaper than flying. Quite often, a long-distance bus is the cheapest transportation option. Buses normally make bathroom and/or lunch stops along the way.
Things to remember before opting for a bus ride:
- If possible, make sure to choose higher-class buses for a more comfortable travel experience. Such buses often have an air conditioning system, soft reclining seats, Wi-Fi, bathrooms, etc.
- As with plane tickets, buses are better booked in advance so that you can secure a good seat.
- While booking a bus, keep in mind that delays are possible. Yet it still pays to get to the bus station at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled departure.
The most popular transport from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya
How to choose the most convenient way of travel from Terminal Mengwi to Surabaya? In order to make your choice of transportation easier, we asked 1000 users to range their preferences for this route. Here are the results of the poll:
- 85% users took a plane.
- 15% decided to go for a bus.


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Trans Order Code NA
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Reverse Ratio (:1) 2.176
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Front Tire Order Code NA
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Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) Dual-Link
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Air Bag-Frontal-Driver Yes
Air Bag-Frontal-Passenger Yes
Air Bag-Passenger Switch (On/Off) No
Air Bag-Side Body-Front No
Air Bag-Side Body-Rear No
Air Bag-Side Head-Front No
Air Bag-Side Head-Rear No
Brakes-ABS No
Child Safety Rear Door Locks No
Daytime Running Lights No
Traction Control No
Night Vision No
Rollover Protection Bars No
Fog Lamps No
Parking Aid No
Tire Pressure Monitor No
Back-Up Camera No
Stability Control No
Other Features Driver & front passenger dual air bags
3-point non-passive front seat belts w/height adjusters
3-point outboard rear seat belts
Child seat anchor
Collapsible steering column
5-mph bumpers
3-point non-passive front seat belts w/height adjusters
3-point outboard rear seat belts
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Basic Miles/km 36,000
Basic Years 3
Corrosion Miles/km 100,000
Corrosion Years 5
Drivetrain Miles/km 60,000
Drivetrain Years 5
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Cooling System
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Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps) 75
Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (Primary) - TBD -
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Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) N/A
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) N/A
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Josh Beckett had another dismal start (5-8-8-2-2, 86), allowing three home runs. After giving up a two-run shot to Geovany Soto that put Texas ahead 8-5, he was booed as he walked off the field. ESPN's Jeremy Lundblad reported that this was the seventh time Beckett has allowed 8+ earned runs at Fenway Park, tying Red Ruffing for the most in the live-ball era. (Here is a list of every pitcher who has allowed 8+ runs at Fenway since 1918.)
The Rangers scored three quick runs in the first - two of them scoring on a Josh Hamilton triple into the triangle - but Boston scored twice in its half. Adrian Gonzalez and Cody Ross had the RBIs. The Red Sox tied the game in the third on Ross's solo home run.
Beckett gave up another three-spot in the fifth. Mitch Moreland began the inning with a solo homer and Josh Hamilton added a two-run dong. Boston again rebounded with two runs, cutting the Rangers' lead to 6-5. Carl Crawford tripled and scored on Gonzalez's double; Gonzalez later came across on a passed ball.
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Nelson Cruz homered off Clayton Mortensen to give Texas a 9-5 lead in the top of the seventh. But, amazingly, Boston tied the score against Roy Oswalt before making an out. Dustin Pedroia singled and scored on Gonzalez's third RBI double of the day. After Ross walked on four pitches, Will Middlebrooks launched a missle over the Wall for his second three-run home run in two days. Alexi Ogando took over and retired the next six Boston hitters.
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Ross doubled off Joe Nathan with one out in the Boston ninth and Ryan Kalish pinch-ran. Middlebrooks and Ryan Lavarnway chased sliders well out of the strike zone, and both struck out swinging.
The Red Sox (55-57) begin a 10-game road trip in Cleveland tomorrow night. They will also travel to Baltimore and New York.
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Perhaps it's because it dropped at an odd time (my feed says 8:31 PM), or because it preceded a pivotal (and eventually excellent) NBA Finals tilt, or because it's happened before, but Bill Simmons and Erin Andrews talked to each other on a podcast (right-click to save) and I didn't even to turn it up to drown out the echo of a thousand bloggers rushing to transcribe every word.
Some choice excerpts from this one:
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William F. Jasper
The New American
Saturday, July 14, 2012
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times — for science. Over the past several years, the world has been spectator to an alarming meltdown as one serious scandal after another has publicly exposed many of the world's most prestigious scientific organizations, institutions, and publications as being captives of rigid ideologues who employ rigged computer models, fraudulent "evidence," censorship, and intimidation to advance a radical "green" political agenda and to squelch genuine scientific inquiry and debate.
Some of the preeminent scientists involved in promoting global-warming alarmism have been disgraced and discredited, after being caught in flagrante in unethical and illegal activities. Even before the 2009 "Climategate" e-mail scandal, many leading scientists who had earlier been true believers in man-made global warming (anthropogenic global warming, or AGW) had begun jumping ship and joining the AGW skeptic side. Since then, the defections have turned into a veritable flood, making this one of the great untold stories of the major establishment media, which continue to trumpet the alarmist propaganda.
Two defections were particularly striking as world leaders and tens of thousands of delegates, NGO activists, and journalists gathered in Rio de Janeiro in June for the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. In an interview with the U.K. Guardian on the eve of the summit, James Lovelock (photo above), the British inventor, NASA scientist, author, and originator of the Gaia Hypothesis, mocked sustainable development as "meaningless drivel," and said the UN makes "a mess" of everything it gets involved with. In 2006, Lovelock, one of the world's most famous environmentalist gurus, asserted that due to global warming "billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable." He now says his predictions were "alarmist," and he criticizes his former comrades for having turned environmentalism into a "green religion." Lovelock also endorses nuclear power and expanded development of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." But his ultimate heresy is his withering rejection of so-called "renewable energy," especially wind power, as a viable replacement for carbon-based fuels. (See here and here).
"We rushed into renewable energy without any thought," says Lovelock. "The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant." He has upset many of his erstwhile green brethren for attacking wind turbines and wind farms as "ugly and useless."
Professor Fritz Vahrenholt is another recent green heretic. A founding father of Germany's environmental movement and a director of one of Europe's largest alternative energy companies, Vahrenholt stunned the "greens" in February of this year with publication of the climate-skeptic book Die Kalte Sonne (The Cold Sun), which scorches the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other alarmists. Co-authored with noted geologist/paleontologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning, the book was published by one of Germany's premier book publishers and (amazingly) received hugely positive reviews in the major German media. On February 7, Germany's leading daily newspaper, Bild (16 million circulation), devoted a half page to the Vahrenholt story, under the headline: "The CO2 Lie: Renowned team of scientists claim the climate catastrophe is fear-mongering by politics." Bild followed up with a series of stories on Vahrenholt's defection and the mounting evidence of massive fraud from the climate alarmists.
Germany's flagship weekly news magazine Der Spiegel featured a four-page exclusive interview with Vahrenholt. Europe's climate-alarmism industry was shellshocked. On June 18, two days before the opening of Rio+20, Vahrenholt sent another shock, with an op-ed in Britain's Telegraph entitled "Global warming: second thoughts of an environmentalist."
"For many years, I was an active supporter of the IPCC and its CO2 theory," Vahrenholt wrote in the Telegraph. "Recent experience with the UN's climate panel, however, forced me to reassess my position. In February 2010, I was invited as a reviewer for the IPCC report on renewable energy. I realised that the drafting of the report was done in anything but a scientific manner. The report was littered with errors and a member of Greenpeace edited the final version. These developments shocked me. I thought, if such things can happen in this report, then they might happen in other IPCC reports too."
Vahrenholt faults the IPCC for, among other things, treating the solar influence on our climate as negligible. Current research by many scientists, he points out, indicates "it is really the Sun that shaped the temperature roller-coaster of the past 10,000 years."
Crash Goes the "Consensus"
"All agree that climate change is an existential threat to humankind," stated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, before the UN's 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. "All agree"? "Existential threat"? In this statement, the chief UN bureaucrat took the false "consensus" claim a quantum leap beyond even Al Gore's lurid assertions. The Gore choir has been declaring for years that there is an overwhelming "consensus" among scientists that catastrophic AGW is real and imminent. According to Ban Ki-moon, we've gone beyond consensus to unanimity, and not just among scientists but "all," presumably meaning every person on Earth agrees that global warming is a dire threat to humanity's very existence. That, of course, is nonsense.
However, while Ban's unanimity plea is easily recognizable as patently ridiculous, the consensus claim has bamboozled a great many people, including scientists who should know better. Aside from the fact that science is not determined by consensus, but by observation, experimentation, and measurement, the truth is that the AGW "consensus" involves a relatively small coterie of climate scientists who have been placed in key gatekeeper positions, enabling them to co-opt the claim of "scientific consensus" on AGW, while squashing dissenting voices and branding all dissenters as "cranks," "outliers," or, even, "deniers." The use of the "denier" label is an especially odious tactic, intentionally aimed at smearing fellow scientists who dissent from AGW theory as equivalent to Holocaust deniers. The Climategate e-mails showed top climate activists at major universities and other institutions conspiring to punish scientists with opposing viewpoints and to prevent them from being published in the scientific literature. It also showed that they were going to great lengths to doctor their evidence to make it "prove" their preordained outcomes. What's more, they have refused to make their data publicly available to scientific peers for independent review — as genuine scientific procedure demands — and when pressed on the issue, have claimed that the evidence has been "lost." Some of the top names in climate alarmism — Michael Mann, Phil Jones, Kevin Trenberth, Rajendra Pachauri, Stephan Ramsdorf, James Hansen, Peter Gleick — demonstrated repeatedly that they are engaged in abusing science for a global political agenda.
The AGW consensus scam is one of the most astounding frauds in all of history, not only because it is patently false, but also because it is being used to propel the most sweeping and authoritarian scheme for global economic, social, and political regimentation the world has ever seen. This is not merely a theoretical scientific debate; the alleged "science" is being used to drive policy and legislation — at a global level. The policies they have already succeeded in imposing have caused devastating impacts, especially on the world's poorest populations. The additional policies they propose would cause even more horrendous results. The AGW alarmists insist that "science has spoken," and it is telling us, they say, that we must subject ourselves to UN-mandated global governance — which is to be determined, of course, by scientists who toe the UN-approved, IPCC-certified party line.
Although the liberal-left mainstream media has chosen to side with the climate alarmists, the other side of the story has been getting out through the alternative media. In April of this year, 49 former top NASA scientists and astronauts released a letter they had earlier sent to NASA administrator Charles Bolden expressing their belief that the claims of NASA, and specifically its Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), "that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated."
A large number of noted climatologists, paleoclimatologists, meteorologists, atmospheric physicists, geophysicists, oceanographers, geologists, and scientists in virtually every field has been challenging the claims of the UN's IPCC and vigorously denouncing the politicization of IPCC "science" to promote costly and draconian global policies. Some of the IPCC's most severe critics are scientists who have served as lead authors and expert reviewers of IPCC reports and have witnessed from the inside the blatant bias and politics masquerading as science. Former and current IPCC experts who have spoken out against the IPCC's abuse of science include such prominent scientists as:
Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT climate physicist and Alfred P. Sloan Professor of meteorology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences;
Dr. John Christy, a climatologist of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA;
Dr. Lee C. Gerhard, past director and state geologist with the Kansas Geological Society and a senior scientist emeritus of the University of Kansas;
Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, former Virginia State climatologist, a UN IPCC reviewer, and University of Virginia professor of environmental sciences;
Dr. Vincent Gray, New Zealand chemist and climate researcher;
Dr. Tom V. Segalstad, geologist/geochemist, head of the Geological Museum in Norway;
Dr. John T. Everett, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) senior manager and project manager for the UN Atlas of the Oceans.
The above-mentioned IPCC experts represent only a tiny subset of the scientists involved in the climate debate who take serious issue with the alarmist claims. More than 31,000 scientists in the United States have signed a petition urging the U.S. government to reject the kinds of AGW policies proposed by the UN and environmental extremists. The Petition Project, organized by Dr. Arthur Robinson of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine and Dr. Frederick Seitz, past president of the National Academy of Sciences, refutes claims that there is any kind of "consensus" regarding man-made global warming as a crisis or existential threat. The petition reads, in part:
The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind. There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate.
More than 1,000 internationally renowned scientists have gone further; they have not merely signed a petition, but have made public statements challenging key claims of the AGW alarmists. Published in 2010, in a report by Marc Morano of ClimateDepot.com, this important collection of statements is an update of a similar report of 700 scientists' statements published by Senator James Inhofe of the U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee. The 1,000+ lineup of scientists reads like a Who's Who of the global scientific community. It includes:
Dr. William Happer, Cyrus Fogg Bracket professor of physics, Princeton University;
Dr. Leonard Weinstein, 35 years at the NASA Langley Research Center and presently a senior research fellow at the National Institute of Aerospace;
Nobel Prize-winning Stanford University physicist Dr. Robert B. Laughlin, formerly a research scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;
Dr. Anatoly Levitin, the head of the geomagnetic variations laboratory at the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Swedish climatologist Dr. Hans Jelbring of the Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics Unit at Stockholm University;
Burt Rutan, renowned engineer, inventor, and aviation/space pioneer;
Dr. Willie Soon, Harvard-Smithsonian Center astrophysicist;
Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu, emeritus professor of physics, and Founding Director, International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks;
Dr. Bjarne Andresen, physicist, and professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;
Dr. Ian D. Clark, Professor, isotope hydrogeology and paleoclimatology, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Again, the aforementioned experts represent but a small sampling of the distinguished company of international scientific heavyweights who dispute the so-called AGW consensus. This is important to note, as the climate alarmists have gone to great lengths in using the logical fallacy of "argument by authority" to convince us that only right-wing whackos and illiterate wingnuts reject Al Gore's "the science is settled" trope. The IPCC alarmists and their media allies never weary of telling us that the IPCC's reports represent the views of 4,000 climate scientists who endorse the IPCC's sense of crisis and alarm. However, as researcher John McLean reported in his 2009 study entitled "The IPCC Can't Count Its 'Expert Scientists': Author and Reviewer Numbers Are Wrong," the UN's preeminent science body double-counts scientists and further pads their numbers by counting many non-scientific personnel who participate in the research assessments. Finally, the IPCC's non-scientist policy wonks who write the political conclusions of the IPCC reports hijack whatever real science has been done by its qualified experts, falsely attributing a nonexistent consensus or unanimity to the scientific teams and ignoring the reservations or dissenting opinions of the non-conformists. McLean's analysis, published by the Science & Public Policy Institute (SPPI), found that the "4,000 scientists" consensus claim for the IPCC's 4th Assessment (2010) was spectacularly exaggerated. He notes:
Fifty-three authors and five reviewers are all that might generously be said to have explicitly supported the claim of a significant human influence on climate. Forget any notion that 4,000 scientists supported the claim or even the 3750+ people as mentioned by the IPCC. Also forget any notion that all 2890 individuals who were authors, reviewers or both supported the claim. The only explicit evidence is for support from just less than 60 individuals.
Please note, the number of scientists in the IPCC report that the organization may honestly be able to say have endorsed the IPCC's AGW catastrophism, is more on the order of 50-60 individuals, not 4,000. That is a very significant discrepancy, to say the least! It has taken a long time for the thousands of AGW skeptics (or "climate realists," as many prefer to be called) to come to the fore. Why is that? Astrophysicist Dr. Nir Shaviv of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a former AGW believer himself, says most scientists are so busy in their own specialties that, like most laymen, they don't consider that the "consensus" may be completely contrived. But that has changed, he says. "Each one of us was working in his or her own niche," says Shaviv. "While working there, each one of us realized that things just don't add up to support the AGW picture. So many had to change their views."
Until recently, the AGW alarmists definitely had the upper hand. For one thing, they have been organized. For another, they have been outspending the climate realists by a huge order of magnitude. In 2007, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, showed that proponents of man-made global warming enjoyed a monumental funding advantage over the skeptics. The alarmists had received a whopping $50 billion — mostly from the federal government — compared to "a paltry $19 million and some change" for the realists. A 2009 study entitled "Climate Money," by Joanne Nova for the Science & Public Policy Institute, found that the U.S. government had sunk $79 billion into climate-change-related activities (science research, alternative energy technology, foreign aid, etc.) between 1989 and 2009. That total does not include additional massive funding from state governments, foundations, and corporations. Similar levels of funding have been poured into "climate policy" by European Union institutions and the national governments of European nations and Japan. This super-extravagant lavishing of state funding on a new scientific field has created an instant global climate industry that is government-fed and completely political. However, these sums, impressive as they are, represent only the very tip of the mountain of "climate cash" that has the political classes panting and salivating. They smell not only tens of billions of dollars for research and technology, but also hundreds of billions for "climate debt" foreign aid, and trillions to be made in CO2 cap-and-trade schemes.
The politicization and corruption of climate science is, perhaps, most clearly evident from the continuing cavalcade of shocking scandals: Climategate, Climategate 2.0, Himalayan Glaciergate, Alaskan Glaciergate, Amazongate, Sea Levelgate, Fakegate, Satellitegate, Antarctic Sea Icegate, Hockey Stickgate, Hurricanegate, Surface Weather Stationgate, Russiagate, etc. The Germany-based engineer P. Gosselin has catalogued 129 climate scandals at his website, NoTrickZone.com. Fortunately, each of these transgressions against the integrity of science has caused new circles of scientists to become aware of, and outraged by, the chicanery being employed by the political operatives masquerading as scientists. And the genuine scientists are stepping into the gap in increasing numbers to fight for truth and to expose the climate-change flim-flam artists who are perverting science.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla – The 2013 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round match between the United States and Brazil will begin on Friday at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., on an indoor hard court.
Tomorrow will be the first home tie for both John Isner and Sam Querrey, the USA No. 1 and 2 singles players, respectively. Neither players have played a Davis Cup match on hard courts, as all matches have been contended on clay. Isner holds a 5-5 singles record in Davis Cup and Querrey has won one Davis Cup singles rubber in six matches. This will be just the second home match for U.S. Davis Cup Captain and Florida native Jim Courier. The U.S. played all three of its matches on the road in 2012, posting wins over Roger Federer's Swiss team and France before losing to Spain in the semifinals. The matchup with Brazil will be the first home tie for the U.S. since the 2011 quarterfinals in Austin, Texas, and just the third home tie for the U.S. since 2009. In that time, the U.S. team has played seven road matches--all on clay.
Querrey will open Friday's play and face left-hander Thomaz Bellucci. Querrey and Bellucci have never faced each other. Querrey is ranked No. 20 in the world, while Bellucci is ranked No. 36 in the world. World No. 16 Isner will then take on No. 141 Thiago Alves. Isner and Alves have never faced each other. Querrey is 0-2 when playing in the first singles rubber, while Isner is 2-2 when playing in the second singles rubber.
The U.S. is 109-16 all-time in Davis Cup ties played at home and undefeated in Florida (6-0). This will be the seventh Davis Cup tie played in the state of Florida and first since the U.S. defeated Sweden, 4-1, in the 2004 quarterfinal at the Delray Beach Tennis Center.
This match will mark the fifth meeting between the U.S. and Brazil in Davis Cup with the U.S. leading the overall series 3-1. The U.S. posted its last victory against Brazil in the 1997 first round in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, when Courier and Jacksonville resident MaliVai Washington led the U.S. to a 4-1 win. Brazil is playing the World Group for the first time since 2003. It has not won a World Group first round tie since 2001, when they hosted Morocco.
The U.S. leads all nations with 32 Davis Cup titles and owns the longest uninterrupted run in the World Group, dating back to 1989. The U.S. holds a 212-66 all-time Davis Cup record and has a winning record against 35 of the 39 countries faced and a level record with one country. The U.S. is undefeated versus 21 countries and holds an active winning streak against 34 nations. Founded in 1900, Davis Cup is the world's largest annual international men's team competition with 130 nations competing in 2013.


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EXCLUSIVE: StudioCanal has pre-bought UK rights to '71; Protagonist's slate also includes Ben Wheatley's A Field in England and Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant.
Protagonist will be at AFM with a number of intriguing UK projects, including Yann Demange's buzzed-about action-thriller '71 (working title), which StudioCanal has pre-bought for the UK, and the anticipated sequel to Vertigo Films' acclaimed hit Monsters, which will shoot in early 2013.
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The Crab Apple Films-Warp Films-Film 4 production '71, written by Black Watch writer Gregory Burke, follows a young British soldier in 1970s Belfast who has to fight his way back to safety when he is accidentally abandoned by his unit in dangerous territory. Shoot is set for spring 2013.
Demange previously directed Channel 4's acclaimed Top Boy and well-received BBC series Criminal Justice. Angus Lamont and Robin Gutch produce.
Action-sci fi Monsters – The Dark Continent, the awaited sequel to Gareth Edwards' 2010 hit Monsters, is currently in prep.
Misfits director Tom Green will direct Jay Basu's script. Seven years on from the events of Monsters, the 'Infected Zones' have spread worldwide and two soldiers have to embark on a life-changing mission through the dark heart of monster territory.
Producers are James Richardson and Allan Niblo for Vertigo and Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken for Between the Eyes. Monsters director Gareth Edwards and actor Scoot McNairy will executive produce.
Protagonist will also be pushing Vertigo's sci-fi thriller Kill Command, which is set to shoot in spring 2013, from writer-director Steve Gomez.
The near-future set film will follow an elite army unit involved in a fight to the death after it is helicoptered to a remote island training facility where the US Defence Department creates robot weapons.
Protagonist's slate also includes comedy Frank starring Michael Fassbender, Ben Wheatley's Sightseers follow-up A Field in England and Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant.
The London-based sales outfit will also be showing footage at AFM of Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now and promo reels for StreetDance All Stars and action-epic Hammer of the Gods. Australian comedy Save Your Legs gets a first market screening.
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CALGARY –The Hockey Canada brain trust uses words like "efficient" and "economical" about Griffin Reinhart, which is interesting, considering the Edmonton Oil Kings defenceman checks in at six-feet-four, 205 pounds.
"I think the catchphrase for Griffin is 'less is more,' " said Team Canada head coach Steve Spott, who also coaches the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. "That's why we're so excited about having him on this team.
"Because he understands his role, he stays within his parameters and, as a coach, when he's on the ice, you're worried about the next pair coming up because you feel completely safe when he's out on the ice."
With the Oil Kings, Reinhart is the go-to guy, a defenceman for all situations, the captain and the Big Cat, in no particular order. True to his nickname, he is one cool customer, economical with words, as well.
"It's definitely new — it's a good feeling," Reinhart said after he and 22 teammates had survived all the roster cuts to earn spots on the team that will travel to Ufa, Russia, to play in the world junior hockey championship from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. "It's something that I haven't done before.
"It's also my first time at this camp, so it's a big accomplishment."
That it is. And a significant one, considering the competition for seven spots on Canada's back end. Returnees Dougie Hamilton, a Boston Bruins pick, and Scott Harrington, a Pittsburgh draft, lead a quality group that includes puck movers Morgan Rielly (Toronto), Ryan Murphy of Spott's Kitchener Rangers, and Xavier Ouellet, a Detroit draft choice.
Reinhart, taken fourth overall last June by the New York Islanders, made Team Canada ahead of the multi-talented Matthew Dumba of the Red Deer Rebels, Ryan Sproul of Sault Ste. Marie and Frank Corrado of the Sudbury Wolves, among others.
One of three elite hockey-playing sons of longtime NHL defenceman Paul Reinhart, plays a smart game, particularly in the defensive zone, which helps make it a comfort zone for coaches like Spott.
"It's a wonderful feeling to have as a coach, that when Griffin Reinhart is out on the ice ... you know he's going to be safe, he's going to be steady, efficient," Spott said. "And I think the word 'efficient' is the one that most describes him. He just slows the game down, he keeps it simple.
"He's never in bad defensive posture and he just understands the game at an elite level. A lot of that is bloodlines, but obviously, he's had great coaching in Edmonton."
It's expected Reinhart will slot in as the club's fifth defenceman, at least to start off with, but he'll also log lots of minutes killing penalties for Canada, something he does superbly for the Oil Kings, who lead the WHL in that area.
"He's a big body, he's a shutdown guy," said Kevin Prendergast, Hockey Canada's head scout. "He's not flashy or anything like that. He's efficient, he gets the job done."
Along with highlight-reel players like Murphy and Rielly, you need a mix on a championship team, obviously. Not that Reinhart is a one-dimensional player. Far from it. He racked up 36 points for the Oil Kings in the 2011-12 season, although he's below that pace this season.
"He has an underrated skill set," Spott said. "He can play some power play. He can do those things in junior. Whether or not he'll do that on this team remains to be seen.
"But, ultimately, when it comes to a shutdown, penalty-kill situation, (we rely) on Griffin. He understands that, he's accepted it. He did it on the Under-18 team with me, he did it last summer and I'm very confident he can do it again."
No doubt Spott's history with Reinhart as his coach, coming up Hockey Canada's international team ladder, had to help Reinhart earn a berth to Russia.
But so did his unflappable demeanour, a key component, you'd expect, for a shutdown defenceman.
"I haven't really experienced too much nerves (at camp), it was more excitement than nerves," said Reinhart, who helped the Oil Kings win the WHL title last year and competed in his first Memorial Cup last May. "Even last year in the playoffs, I was more excited than nervous.
"I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing."
You'd have to think it's certainly a useful thing, particularly on Thursday when the eight final cuts reduced the team to its 23-man tournament format. The makeup of the team could change, depending on player moves if the NHL lockout ends, but 23 is the roster limit at the world junior championship.
Following a final exhibition game against a team of university players, the national junior team hopefuls were told to be in their rooms between 3:30 and 5 p.m. and wait for the phone to ring.
Reinhart made a couple of phone calls and, as kids today do, scrolled through the world of social media to while away the time, taking care not to notice any tweets about roster cuts.
His brother, Max, a Calgary Flame prospect who was cut from the junior team last year, called to congratulate Griffin, who was on his way out to a team reception, but promised to call him later.
He had to go get his picture taken as a member of Team Canada.
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- Holmes is charged in a shooting rampage that left 12 people dead and scores injured
- Shooting occurred last July in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater
Lawyers for James Holmes, the Aurora, Colorado, mass shooting suspect, took aim against the state's insanity defense laws in court documents made public Friday.
"Colorado's statutory scheme regarding the affirmative defense of insanity, and the introduction of any 'mental condition' evidence at trial or sentencing, is unconstitutional in many individual respects," they wrote in a 60-page motion and brief filed Thursday.
The lawyers asked the judge to rule that parts of the state's insanity defense laws are unconstitutional
Among other issues, they cited the requirement that a defendant "cooperate" with examining psychiatrists as a violation of the defendant's privilege against compelled self-incrimination.
Prosecutors have not said whether they will pursue the death penalty against Holmes, who is charged with 166 counts, including murder, attempted murder and other offenses in the July 20 shooting rampage in a movie theater that left 12 people dead and scores injured.
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While our '63 Nova hardtop project is being worked on at the body shop, we thought it would be a good time to start fitting some components that we will need for an upcoming V-8 conversion. In last month's article "Master Blaster" on page 36, we mentioned that the radiator in our '63 sprung a pinhole leak after getting it shot with soda at Cal Blast; not a bad leak, but enough to make us start looking for radiator options. The 50-year-old copper/brass, single-row radiator that the car came with was showing its age, and frankly, we were surprised it was even able to do its job when we were blasting down SoCal's freeways. Plus, the corroded stocker would in no way cool the terrible behemoth of a small-block we plan on putting together for it.
We contacted the cooling experts at Flex-a-lite for one of their Flex-a-fit radiator and fan combos. Although Flex-a-lite offers radiators for a lot of specific applications, they didn't offer one for '62-65 Novas. Fortunately, Flex-a-lite offers a few universal setups that we thought could work in the Nova's small engine bay. The smallest universal offered is PN 5118, and features a 221/2-inch overall width, which we can confidently say will fit perfectly in your early Nova ... that is, if it has a V-8 (see sidebar). The aluminum, two-row core measures 17 inches and efficient 1-inch tubes surrounded by aluminum fins dissipate heat like no one's business. But what makes Flex-a-lite's line of radiators truly unique are their end tanks. A channeled design that doubles as a mounting solution, as well a cooling enhancement makes Flex-a-lite's line of radiators a great upgrade for simple hot rods and high-powered street cars. The T-channels on the outside of the tanks help dissipate heat more effectively, but there are also additional fins on the inside, further increasing the surface area and cooling system efficiency.
Oftentimes people stray from universal fit performance parts, but thanks to Flex-a-lite's versatile mounting solution, it makes upgrading your ride's cooling system, even if there isn't an application offered for it, a breeze.
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We were hoping that the PN 5118 Flex-a-fit radiator combo would simply drop right into place and bolt on, but it turned out that the stock I-6 is actually a bit too long to allow both the fan and radiator to fit in the engine bay; that's why we do the mock-up. However, never fear six-banger brethren, the radiator itself, PN 5100, will fit perfectly once you remove the stock steel radiator fan. You just need to run a pusher-style electric fan on the outside instead of the puller fan on the inside. The V-8 should be about 3 inches shorter, which will give us adequate room to run the complete 5118 setup with the puller fan and shroud in place.
When it comes to radiators in the high-performance world, aluminum is the only way to go for the best cooling possible. Copper/brass radiators are, simply put, inferior to aluminum in virtually every way. The size-to-cooling efficiency ratio, weight, and longevity of aluminum surpassed copper/brass ages ago. If you want a numbers-matching resto, then by all means go with what's period correct, but if you want a high-performing system, you'll need an aluminum radiator. This shot shows the billet aluminum radiator cap fixture, which we thought was a trick feature.
We opted for the smallest unit in Flex-a-lite's line of universal fit radiator combos; however, for larger cars they offer a 38-, 335/8-, and 31 5/8-inch Flex-a-fit radiator/fan combo.
The fan used in the 51118L radiator/fan combo is listed as PN 118 and measures 16x161/2x33/16 inches. It draws 18.5 amps of current to move 2,500 cfm of engine-cooling air.
Here's the cooling package from Flex-a-lite we'll be running on the Hellion Nova. Besides the Flex-a-fit setup, we will also be running Flex-a-lite's Trans Life heavy-duty transmission cooler (PN 4110), as well as their trick overflow tank, and variable fan speed controller.
We totally dig the billet aluminum overflow tank (PN 32013) for its easy mounting and O-ringed, unscrewable cap. Flex-a-lite offers two lengths, 13 and 17 inches for larger capacities.
Here's what's cooling the temporary six-cylinder, a single-row, copper/brass setup from 1963. Since we don't currently have a gauge in the stock dash, we're not sure what temps it was running at.
Removing the stock radiator is a matter of two hose clamps and six bolts.
As you can see here, the Flex-a-fit radiator is pretty close to the same width as the stock unit. It's just a whole lot thicker with the fan in place. For folks who want to use this setup for their six-banger, see sidebar on the previous page.
The end tanks themselves are actually designed to enhance cooling by utilizing fins internally, which increases the surface-to-water contact, aiding in the cooldown process.
Flex-a-lite made removing the fan/shroud setup incredibly easy with just four fasteners; we had to separate the two to make it fit with the six-cylinder.
Once we removed both the electric fan and the factory unit, the 5110 radiator fit nicely underhood. When we drop in the V-8, we'll move the fan back inside the bay as a puller.
This shows the T-channel mounting solution the Flex-a-fit radiators come with. These allow the installer to slide an L-bracket to any position along the side of the tank, making mounting the system very easy.
Flex-a-chill is a cooling system additive that reduced temps by up to 20 degrees; it improves system life, and it has a lower pH value so it doesn't harm aluminum components.
We used these trick Gator Clips to mount the Trans Life transmission cooler. It's a very secure way to mount the cooler since it grabs the tubes at their strongest points, while keeping adequate distance to airflow over all surfaces.
We also ordered a 16-pound vented radiator cap with a Flex-a-fit radiator, which comes with an aluminum cover.


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Following Lance Armstrong's admission to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career, J.J. Abrams is gearing up to produce a film about the cyclist's life.
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The biopic will reportedly be based on New York Times sportswriter Juliet Macur's upcoming book "Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong," to which the Lost producer and Paramount Pictures secured the movie rights, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The book is scheduled to be published in June.
In his sit-down with Winfrey, Armstrong admitted for the first time to doping during his career, saying he didn't think he could've won the Tour de France seven times without it.


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To prepare for combat halfway around the world, the military looks to Yuma's desert laboratory
On an isolated sliver of desert, the ghostly outlines of anonymous buildings press against the sky: homes, a mosque, an open-air restaurant, a cemetery. There's a bridge, an old bus, a well, a traffic circle, an abandoned bike.
This shadow-town, called K9 Village, is one of a handful of simulated settlements on the Yuma Proving Ground, a Rhode Island-sized Army installation in the southwestern corner of Arizona. Here, on 1,300 square miles dotted with tank-crossing signs and saguaros, the military runs through battlefield scenarios and tests airdrop systems, aircraft, combat vehicles, long-range artillery, countermeasures for landmines and roadside bombs, and gear before it is issued to soldiers on the battlefield.
Early in the proving ground's history, training and munitions testing were fairly indiscriminate, leaving some areas contaminated with unexploded - and sometimes unmapped - ordnance. "In the 1950s, people really thought that the desert was a wasteland," says Randy English, conservation manager for the proving ground's Environmental Sciences Division.
But the military's attitude toward the desert has changed. Now, rather than exploiting this land for what is not here, the military looks to Yuma for what is here: a stateside mirror of environmental conditions in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and a testing environment that challenges the hardiest souls - and equipment. With its bizarre mixture of natural desert landscapes and high-tech gadgetry, the proving ground has become the military's premier test lab for the extremes of desert combat. And in a strange twist, this new appreciation for the land's utility has helped turn the military into a more meticulous desert caretaker.
Ten months out of the year, handlers and dogs ranging in breed from cocker spaniel to German shepherd comb through K9 Village to prepare for deployment together. In this unfamiliar territory, they must learn to spot - or smell - anything out of the ordinary, from weapons caches to people on the run. Trainers can stash explosives under any of roughly 30 crude trapdoors or blend them into the scene by hiding them in a burned-out truck or a pile of broken concrete. These drills, punctuated by blasts of loud music and the sound of recorded gunfire, help the K9 teams prepare for unnerving situations they will face in desert towns thousands of miles away.
"The goal was to make it realistic but not entirely specific to one particular place," says Luis Arroyo, the training manager at K9 Village. The town is disorienting and feels like a maze of dead-ends. The engineers who constructed these terracotta hovels were reluctant to leave walls crooked and staircases sloped at dangerous angles, but Arroyo wanted the village to mirror real patrol conditions. "A head out a window, a blind corner - these are things you are going to encounter," he says.
Farther north, another collection of mock communities, complete with 240 buildings and 14 miles of road, was built with specificity in mind. Designed to test countermeasures for improvised explosive devices, or IEDs - notorious for killing and injuring soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan - these settlements are closely modeled on satellite imagery and reports from the frontlines. Testers have used this mirage as a crucible for more than 150 of the latest anti-IED technologies, including flyover camera systems, electronic jammers to prevent remote detonation, and clawed robots that investigate suspected IEDs while soldiers stand back. Here, a robot or a sensor system might search for makeshift bombs painstakingly buried along the dirt roads of a mock Bedouin village or hidden behind the guardrails of a littered freeway overpass in the simulated urban area known as "Little Baghdad."
These analogues for the built environment are critical for combat training and equipment testing. But the natural environment is equally important. The goal is to create "representative structures in a representative desert environment," according to Graham Stullenbarger, chief of Yuma's Natural Environments Test Office.


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