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BEIJING (Aug. 18, 2008) – The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, ranked third in the FIVB world ranking, swept Japan 25-18, 25-12, 25-21 Monday at Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium to conclude pool play with a 5-0 record. The Americans next take the court on Aug. 20 in an Olympic Games quarterfinal match against Serbia at 10 p.m.
As the top team in Pool A, Team USA will take a seven-match win streak into its Aug. 20 Olympic Games quarterfinal match against Serbia. The U.S. is looking to reach the Olympic medal stand for the first time since 1992 when it earned the bronze medal in Barcelona after consecutive gold medals at Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul in 1988.
Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) paced the U.S. with 10 points with five kills on nine swings to go with four blocks. David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) chipped in nine points via five kills on seven attacks, three blocks and an ace.
"Ryan is having a very good tournament," U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "He is hitting the ball with a lot range, being able to attack a lot of zones. I am very happy with his offensive output. I also think he is doing a nice job defensively with his blocking. He has been serving for a lot of points."
Clay Stanley (Honolulu) added six kills on 11 attacks, two blocks and an ace as part of a nine-point effort. Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) tallied seven points including three blocks to match Reid Priddy's (Richmond, Va.) seven points on five kills, one block and one ace. Priddy added a team-high five digs.
"I was quite happy with the way the team played tonight," McCutcheon said. "The guys were focused and were able to execute in all phases of the game. I thought it was a much better effort and performance than our match against China. we go a little better tonight, and that is always one of our goals to try and improve every time we step on the court."
Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) scored five points in limited action. Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) tacked on three points all in the third set, while Lloy Ball (Woodburn, Ill.) added two blocks followed by Tom Hoff's (Park Ridge, Ill.) single point.
Ball contributed 15 assists in the first two sets, while Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) turned in eight assists in the final set. Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) provided 17 excellent service receptions on 19 errorless attempts.
McCutcheon started Ball at setter, Lee and Millar at middle blocker, Priddy and Salmon at outside hitter and Stanley at opposite. Lambourne is the designated U.S. libero for the Olympic Games. Rooney, Hansen and Gardner all started the third set. Hoff was a sub in the second set.
Although Japan actually scored more kills than the U.S. (35-33), it committed double the number of errors (22-11). In addition, the Americans held a 16-5 block advantage. Team USA's offense clicked at a 39.7 attack efficiency thanks to 37 excellent service receptions on 43 attempts without an error for an 86.1 success percent.
"I thought we came out and playing some good volleyball in the beginning," said Hoff. "We got to get some players in, including myself, getting some playing time. I think that is always good for the team for later on in the tournament. For several matches in a row, we have played better as the match went on, which is a good sign."
The U.S. put together a 5-1 run in the opening set to overcome a 7-6 deficit en route to a 25-18 victory behind six blocks. After yielding the first two points of the second set, Team USA score nine of the next 10 points to take a 9-3 advantage as it went on to win 25-12. The Americans scored six points via the block.
McCutcheon substituted freely in the third set with only two starters and the libero beginning the period. Japan overcame a 10-6 deficit to tie the set at 12-all. With the third set tied 17-all, the U.S. went on a 5-1 run to gain a commanding 22-18 advantage and managed a 25-21 victory.
Tatsuya Fukuzawa paced Japan with 10 points, all on kills. Kunihiro Shimzu totaled eight points in the loss.
Team USA defeated Serbia during the 2008 FIVB World League title match. Serbia, currently ranked fifth in the FIVB world ranking, is the last team to defeat the Americans, a three-set loss to start the World League Final Round.
According to Hoff, the undefeated 5-0 record should not be a problem for the Americans once the quarterfinals begin.
"It should give us a big boost of confidence that we are playing good volleyball," Hoff said. "We have found ways to win several matches in a row. We like to control our own destiny. We put ourselves in a great position to win our pool. That is a good thing for our team to understand."
Hoff said the advantage of having played Serbia recently and watching them play five additional matches in Beijing is an advantage to the team and staff.
"I think especially for our team and staff, having played Serbia recently and scouting them here at the Olympics is an advantage to our," Hoff said. "Serbia is a team that plays similar to us. They control the ball extremely well. They try to limit their amount of errors and keep the ball in play."
Through the end of the pool play, Stanley led all players in the Best Spiker category with a 45.31 attack efficiency to go with 89 points for fourth place. Lee topped the Best Blocker category with 1.16 blocks per set, while Millar ranked fourth in the category with 0.74 average. Lambourne ranks second in the Best Libero race with a 65.64 success percent.
In other matches played today, Bulgaria topped Venezuela 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-22, Brazil downed Germany 25-22, 25-21, 25-23, Poland gave Russia its first loss of pool play with a 17-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23, 15-12 victory, Serbia handled Egypt 25-16, 25-13, 25-17 and Italy edged host China 25-17, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 16-14.
Italy finished second in Pool A with a 4-1 record, followed by Bulgaria at 3-2 and China at 2-3. Venezuela (1-4) and Japan (0-5) placed fifth and sixth in the pool and did not advance to the quarterfinals.
In Pool B, Brazil, Russia and Poland all finished with a 4-1 record. However, Brazil gained the points scored ratio tiebreaker with a 1.145 mark compared to Russia's 1.110 and Poland's 1.074. Serbia finished fourth with a 2-3 record to qualify for the quarterfinal round. Germany (1-4) and Egypt (0-5) did not qualify for the quarterfinals from Pool B.
As the top seed of Pool B, Brazil will play Olympic Games host China, the fourth seed from Pool A, in the quarterfinals at 8 p.m. Russia starts the quarterfinal round with a 10 a.m. match against Bulgaria, followed by a noon matchup between Italy and Poland.
For more information on the U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team while in Beijing, visit click here.
No. Name (Pos., Height, Age., Hometown, College)
1 - Lloy Ball (S, 6-8, 36, Woodburn, Ind., IPFW)
2 - Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, 25, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, 26, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 - Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, 33, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
8 - Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, 30, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 - Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, 30, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 - Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, 32, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
12 - (captain) Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, 35, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 - Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, 30, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 - Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, 26, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 - Gabe Gardner (OPP, 6-9, 32, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
18 - Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, 26, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon
Team Leader: Rob Browning
Interim Head Coach: Ron Larsen
Second Assistant Coach: John Speraw
Consultant Coach: Marv Dunphy
Technical Consultant: Jamie Morrison
Scout: Carl McGown
Athletic Trainer: Aaron Brock
Pool A Standings
Italy 4-1
Bulgaria 3-2
China 2-3
Venezuela 1-4
Japan 0-5
Pool B Standings
Russia 4-1
Brazil 4-1
Poland 4-1
Serbia 2-3
Germany 1-4
Egypt 0-5
Sunday, Aug. 10 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool B: Russia def. Serbia, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-14
Pool A: Italy def. Japan, 25-19, 25-18, 23-25, 25-17
Sunday, Aug. 10 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: USA def. Venezuela, 25-18, 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 15-10
Pool B: Brazil def. Egypt, 25-19, 25-15, 25-18
Pool A: Bulgaria def. China, 25-20, 25-21, 26-28, 25-19
Pool B: Poland def. Germany, 25-17, 33-31, 25-20
Pool B: Russia def. Germany, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 16-14
Pool B: Poland def. Egypt, 25-21, 25-18, 25-10
Tuesday, Aug. 12 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool A: USA def. Italy, 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21
Pool B: Brazil def. Serbia, 25-27, 25-20, 25-17, 25-21
Pool A: China def. Venezuela 25-21, 21-25, 16-25, 25-21, 16-14
Pool A: Bulgaria def. Japan, 29-27, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19
Thursday, Aug. 14 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool A: Italy def. Venezuela, 25-21, 25-20, 25-21
Pool B: Germany def. Egypt, 29-27, 25-21, 25-21
Thursday, Aug. 14 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Russia def. Brazil, 22-25, 26-24, 31-29, 25-19
Pool B: Poland def. Serbia, 31-29, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21
Pool A: China def. Japan, 25-20, 25-23, 17-25, 16-25, 15-10
Pool A: USA def. Bulgaria, 27-29, 25-21, 25-14, 26-24
Saturday, Aug. 16 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool A: USA def. China, 25-22, 25-12, 25-18
Pool B: Russia def. Egypt, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18
Saturday, Aug. 16 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Serbia def. Germany, 25-21, 27-25, 24-26, 25-23
Pool A: Italy def. Bulgaria, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16
Pool B: Brazil def. Poland, 30-28, 25-19, 25-19
Pool A: Venezuela def. Japan, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23
Monday, Aug. 18 - at Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Pool A: Bulgaria def. Venezuela, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-22
Pool B: Brazil def. Germany, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23
Monday, Aug. 18 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Pool B: Poland def. Russia, 17-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23, 15-12
Pool B: Serbia def. Egypt, 25-16, 25-13, 25-17
Pool A: Italy def. China, 25-17, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 16-14
Pool A: USA def. Japan, 25-18, 25-12, 25-21
Wednesday, Aug. 20 – Quarterfinals at Capital Indoor Stadium
Bulgaria vs. Russia, 10 a.m.
Italy vs. Poland, Noon
Brazil vs. China, 8 p.m.
USA vs. Serbia, 10 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 22 - at Capital Indoor Stadium
Men's semifinal 01, 12:30 p.m.
Men's semifinal 02 8 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24 Capital Indoor Stadium
Men's bronze-medal match, 10 a.m.
Men's gold-medal match, Noon
Men's Award ceremony, 1:50 p.m.


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Another clueless woman has claimed that Dell computer and Ubuntu Linux have kept her from going back to school via online classes. According to a story – a woman bought a Dell computer and realized she ordered it with the Ubuntu Operating System rather than MS-Windows. She tried to change OS to Windows but Dell refused. Her Verizon High-Speed Internet CD won't load, so she can't access the internet. She also can't install Microsoft Word, which she says is a requirement for MATC's online classes. As a result, with no internet and no Microsoft Word, Schubert dropped out of MATC's fall and spring semesters. The full story is here including followup.
Now, I've no idea about Verizon's modem and DSL connection but most A/DSL provider modem (router) comes with an Ethernet port. There is no need to use wizard or CD based installer. Other software such as MS-Word can be replaced with OO (I submitted all my school work using OO office writer and no one even noticed the difference… ). Further both Verizon and MATC ready to help:
Verizon says it will dispatch a technician to try to assist her accessing the internet without using the Windows-only installation disk.
MATC also says it promises to accept any of Schubert's papers or class documents using whatever software she has installed.
So what is the problem here?

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Interpreters Unlimited Buys Florida Translation Company
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Sorrento Valley-based Interpreters Unlimited Inc. bought Albors & Alnet, a language translation and medical transportation company based in Winter Park, Fla.
Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Bank of Southern California provided financing for the deal.
Interpreters Unlimited is a full-service language agency established in 1970. It reported $7.2 million in revenue for 2012 and $6.9 million for 2011. Sayed Ali is president.
Albors & Alnet focuses on providing interpreters and translators to the insurance industry. It also provides transportation to and from medical appointments for workers' compensation patients.


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About Clarendon Park
For those of you not living in the area, here is a flavour of Clarendon Park.
Clarendon Park is an area of south Leicester, postcode LE2. Its borders are a little fuzzy but broadly speaking, Victoria Park Road (the B568) is to the north, London Road (the A6) to the east, Knighton Road to the south and Welford Road (the A5199) to the west. Here is a map. Within Clarendon Park, the main roads are Queens Road (the main shopping district today), and Clarendon Park Road. There is an excellent Queens Road blog here, giving a feel for the lunatic eclectic mixture that is Clarendon Park today.
Housing and people
The housing is mainly Victorian with some Edwardian, though there is a substantial amount of 1930s housing to the south. Somehow the later housing developments don't feel part of Clarendon Park and I often forget that they are. There are some modern flats, mainly where large old houses have been pulled down, but not many. There is a LOT of character here, both in terms of the buildings and the people who live here. Being so close to the university, many students live here and also a number of lecturers. There is a good mixture of families, young people and older folk. Let's be honest – it is largely middle class and reasonably affluent, despite having been originally built as housing for labourers with some fancier parts (mostly at the London Road end of Clarendon Park Road and some of Howard Road). In fact, one old lady told me that when she was a girl, St John's Church used to deliver food parcels to the residents of Montague Road and the streets off it.
Shops and businesses
These days, Clarendon Park supports a delicatessen, a designer dress agency, a health food shop and various eating establishments – but it does also have a green grocer, two butchers, a bakery, a florist and many other really useful shops. I love the second-hand bookshop on Clarendon Park Road. There is still a post office. There are printers, photographers and goodness knows what else. Plenty of estate agents too.
Religious Establishments
Clarendon Park certainly has plenty of these. The parish church is St John the Baptist, Clarendon Park Road. On the same road are Christchurch, Leicester Chinese Christian Church, Hindu Temple Geeta Bhavan and Sikh temple Guru Amardas Gurdwara. There is also Clarendon Park Congregational Church on the corner of London Road and Springfield Road. Avenue Community Church meet at Avenue School. There is a Messianic Jewish synagogue which meets at the Brice Memorial Hall. I am aware of other religious groups which meet in the area but can't find details. Leicester Society of Friends (Quakers) are at the Friends' Meeting House in Queens Road. Please do let me have them if you know of any group not mentioned.
St John the Baptist and Avenue Primary schools have both been in Clarendon Park for over 100 years in one guise or another. There are no secondary schools.


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UPDATE: Turns out this handgun maker is misrepresenting itself. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has no relationship with any gun makers.
Original Story: Well, here's an interesting weapon!
The Susan G. Komen Foundation, which collects and distributes money for Breast Cancer research and prevention is in the news for withdrawing its (relatively small) grant from Planned Parenthood.
So the Komen Foundation doesn't want to be associated with the nation's largest abortion-provider. But they don't mind partnering up with a handgun maker.
This gun is a beauty.
And a portion of the sale of each P-22 Hope Edition will be donated to the Seattle Branch of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
For just $429.99 you get a gun with these specs:
- Finish: Pink Slide / Black Frame
- Action: DA/SA
- Trigger Weight: 11 lbs / 4 lbs
- Sights: 3-Dot Adjustable
- Length: 6.3"
- Height: 4.5"
- Width: 1.1"
- Barrel Length: 3.4"
- Caliber: .22 LR
- Capacity: 10
- Weight, unloaded: 15.1 oz
- Interchangeable frame back straps create an ideal fit to the shooter's hand
- Compact design and light-weight are achieved by a modern polymer frame (just 480 grams, including the magazine)
- Traditional double-action operation
- Ambidextrous controls for both left and right hand shooters
- Integrated trigger lock, loaded chamber indicator
- Magazine disconnect, hammer safety and firing pin safety for safe and reliable operation
- Modern, eye catching high tech design
- Fixed barrel for incredible accuracy
- Windage adjustable rear sight and elevation adjustment with interchangeable front sights for variations in shooter operation
- Interchangeable barrel (sold separately) can convert the P22 from the standard configuration to the target version in minutes


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The stars have aligned to bring three female-driven stories in one week, with films starring a crumbling ballerina, an outed spy and a girl desperately in need of a haircut. Additionally there are three interesting docs, a gangster epic, a real-life weirdo and a great classic about Gilbert & Sullivan.
All Good Things
Ryan Gosling stars in this thriller based on the real-life story of Robert Durst, a NYC real estate scion who was suspected by some in the '80s to be responsible for his wife's disappearance, and was later arrested while in drag for shoplifting a sandwich and Band-Aids. Gosling plays the lead, but it's Kirsten Dunst who gives a great, career-reaffirming performance as the wife. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Black Swan
Director Darren Aronofsky turns "Swan Lake" into a horror film, one that earned star Natalie Portman a Best Actress Oscar. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Cool It
This documentary, based on the book of the same name by Bjorn Lomborg, looks at the controversial writer's claims that many of our fears about--and fixes for--the environment are wildly misguided. Watch the trailer
Fair Game
An overlooked minor gem (not as good as some of the reviews, not nearly as bad as the box office numbers) starring Naomi Watts as Valerie Plame and Sean Penn as her husband, Joe Wilson, in director Doug Liman's film that combines their autobiographies to tell their version of the events that lead to the Bush Administration launching the Iraq War. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this documentary about seven astronauts and their attempt to repair the most expensive telescope ever built. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1
Vincent Cassel stars as Mesrine, a notorious real--life French gangster in the second half of this crime epic that won a mountain of awards at the Cesars--the "French Oscars," if you will. Read our home video review and watch the trailer
The Resident
Two-time Best Actress winner Hilary Swank stars in this thriller as a newly single woman who moves into a new apartment that's lovely in every way--BUT ONE!!! Watch the trailer
An animated retelling of the stoy of Rapunzel, featuring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi and Donna Murphy. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Teenage Paparazzo
"Entourage" star Adrian Grenier directs this Sundance documentary about then 14-year-old celebrity photographer Austin Visschedyk. Watch the trailer
Topsy Turvy
One of Mike Liegh's more accessible films, tells the story beihnd Gilbert & Sullivan's struggle to bring "The Mikado" to life on the stage, and features a particularly great performsance by Jim Broadbent as W.S. Gilbert. Watch the trailer


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Dear Em,
It will some what surprise you to learn where I am but I want to say right here that Im getting along alright and when I get some of my old time strength back again (which will be in a very few days now) I will go from here. If my last letter reached you alright and if you will recall what it said you will remember that I wrote it just after we were relieved after a very tough seige of it.
Well we stayed in those woods for two or three days after I sent that letter and then we started on a two day hike. I felt myself going it seemed at every step the second day but I stuck it out until I finished and (then) I went all to peices. You all know what I am when my stomack goes back on me. To sum it all up I was completely all in. Even then I tried to stick it out and not come to the hospital (this lasted two more days) but at last I was driven to this place. The first time (as far as I know) that I was ever in a hospital in my life. Of coarse if I was home there Lena could have fixed me up in no time (but you're not at home in the army). That song "I don't want to get well" dont go with me.
Ive been here since the second and I know there must be some mail back at the company for me. Another reason why I want to get well. We expect to get furloughs soon, and Ill at least have had a good rest before getting mine.
To change the subject, what do you think of the Hun? The N.A.'s are at em now and I hope they finish them. You will no doubt see now why you havent heard from me for so long. Give my regards to all and rest contented that Ill be O.K. very soon. I hope you are well settled in the new place. Ill have to close
Samuel E. Avery Hdq. Co. 103rd Inf.
P.S. Well in looking over the letters you sent I can't find the one with the new address so I will have to send this to the old stand. The only envelope I could scrape up. How do you like it?
© Copyright 2009 by Richard Landers, All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without permission.


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Earlier today was the first major press day for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. While other press tours for the Twilight movies have started in other countries, for Eclipse, Summit elected to start to press tour here in Los Angeles. Thankfully, I got an invite, and after the jump you can watch the Robert Pattinson press conference on video! While studios are usually very strict about recording devices during press conferences, Summit allowed us to record the press day anyway we wanted. Big props to Summit for letting us use video!
Anyway, during the almost 30 minute press conference, Rob talked about what drives him as an actor, what was it like to work more closely with Taylor Lautner in Eclipse, what's up with his music and will he contribute anymore of it to future Twilight soundtracks, does he check the fansites, how much does he prepare for his scenes with Kristen Stewart, he talked about his future projects like Bel Ami, Water for Elephants, Unbound Captives, training for the fight scenes, when did he find out Breaking Dawn would be two films and has he talked to Bill Condon, and SO much more. If you're a fan of the Twilight franchise and Rob Pattinson, you'll love the video. Take a look:
UPDATE: I've also posted the full transcript, so you can either read or watch the interview!
Here's the video of the press conference and further down is the complete transcript. If you have any problems hearing what a question is, they're all below.
Q: What drives you to succeed?
Robert: Probably fear of failure and an inadequacy complex.
Q: This role is considered a romantic hero, but Edward is also very possessive. How do you think Edward has changed, throughout the films?
Robert: In the first two movies, he feels desolation from reality, so when he finds one thing to hold onto, that's where the possessiveness comes from. I think, as the series goes on, he accepts more of the contemporary world. All the things that were deemed to be flawed before start fading away, and that's how I'm trying to play him. He's coming out of his shell a little bit in Eclipse, so hopefully, by the end of Breaking Dawn, he'll be a normal 17-year-old guy, who's just a little bit pale.
Q: What's the one part of your costume that always transforms you into character?
Robert: Probably the contact lenses. They make me miserable, as soon as I put them in. That's what creates the pouting and brooding character.
Q: Did you have to learn anything new for Eclipse?
Robert: I guess I had to learn how to run properly. In the last two, I ran in a limp slash-skip, and I had to look like I could run more solidly this time. So, I spent a lot of time on a giant treadmill, like one of those wheels mice run around on, and got filmed doing it to improve my form.
Q: Have you ever gotten in a fight with someone for the love of a woman?
Robert: Yeah, probably. But, I don't know if it was about love. It was more pride.
Q: Have you ever competed for a woman with another guy, the way Edward does with Jacob?
Robert: Compete? No, I haven't. I'm not good at doing it. I just leave it alone. And also, if you are the one with the girl in the first place, maybe you're forced into fighting a little bit. But, I would never be in Jacob's position. Then, you're just the guy that broke up the couple.
Q: What was it like to work more closely with Taylor Lautner this time around?
Robert: Yeah, it was good because I never do anything with anyone, but Kristen, except for brief things. But, it's about letting Edward have petty emotions, like being jealous of Jacob and not being able to control himself around him because he gets under his skin so much. It became much easier to play much bigger scopes of emotion, once you let someone else get through your armor. So, doing that with Taylor was great. He's really good, too.
Q: Was there a scene in particular that you most enjoyed?
Robert: Some scenes, it was just quite cool to have him there. I like the scenes where Bella has to reveal something about herself in front of Jacob and me, at the same time. It's an extra thing to relate to. Most of the time, it's just with Bella and she's trying to convey something to Edward, and Edward is being totally sympathetic to her seeing another guy and seeing it's not just about their relationship, it's about some other person. It made it a little more interesting.
Q: How was it to film the tent scene? Was it difficult not to crack up?
Robert: The first time we did that tent scene, I was really freaking out. I don't know why. I think it had to do with claustrophobia because we were actually shooting in a tent. I just couldn't get it together. I kept forgetting my lines, and I was so nervous. I just wanted to punch anyone who was near me. We did about three takes, and Kristen was supposed to be asleep on the floor, and she saw that I was freaking out. Half-way through the take, she suddenly opened her eyes and was just staring at me and kept trying to make me laugh, through the entire take. It's the most serious scene in the whole movie. I just wanted to strangle her for the first two seconds, but then I could not stop laughing, the entire time. We got literally one take where it went right, and it was because of that. When I was trying to hold back, I guess it made me more alive or something.
Q: Do you believe in having a soul, like Edward does?
Robert: Yeah, definitely. I can't remember who said it, but a soul and a heaven must exist because good people aren't rewarded enough on Earth. I always liked that idea, if that makes sense.
Q: Since you've had a new director with each film, do you have to explain to each director about the character?
Robert: It's interesting. With the first Twilight film, everyone had very specific ideas and everyone was butting heads the entire time. Then, when Chris Weitz came in for New Moon, he basically came in with the opinion that he liked the first one and he liked what the actors were doing, so he just followed along that road. Then, when David Slade came, he was like, "I want to do everything completely different and not like the first two." So, we talked about the character development and consistency from the two, and he was like, "It doesn't matter, let's just do something completely different," which is good because then it's challenging. It's easy to get stagnate, if you play the same character. In New Moon, I felt like I was going a little bit deeper. And then, with Eclipse, I felt like I was doing a completely different movie and a completely different character. So, yeah, it was nice and challenging.
Q: What was David's biggest change?
Robert: I guess he was really fighting to make it not so solemn. In my eyes, Edward has been so calculated and everything is not rash, and David wanted to speed up the whole thing and make him more vulnerable.
Q: Jacob has that great line in the film about being hotter than Edward. How was it to film that scene? Were you upset Edward didn't get a comeback to that? Would you like to address that issue right now?
Robert: There's nothing you can say. "Yeah, you are!" "At least I'm not hotter than you!" I don't know. Yeah, it was quite fun. There are quite a few lines in there. Jacob has quite a few catch phrase type of lines, with me especially. For some reason, I find it quite funny when I'm doing stuff with Taylor. There are a couple confrontational scenes, where I push him around a little bit, and I thought I'd really scare him and grab him, and it would freak him out and turn the whole scene upside down. Then, I grabbed his shoulder and it was too big to actually get a grip on, so I just dropped my hand. It was embarrassing. I got him badly, thought. He kept having to dress up in a little grey spandex wolf suit and try to be intimidating with Kristen patting him on the head. That was quite fun.
Q: Edward and Victoria have a really cool fight scene in this film. How much training did you and Bryce Dallas Howard have to go through, and what was it like having to fight a girl
Robert: Weirdly, one of the producers told me, "Wow you look so enthusiastic in that fight scene! Much more so than any other one in the series." I did a bit of practice with Bryce. It's really hard to do stuff with her because she's the gentlest person and she's always laughing when you do anything. And then, she'd be afraid of hurting me. Most of the vicious stuff I did was with a stunt double who was really, really tough. But, the bits with Bryce, we're just rolling around and grabbing onto each other. It was fun.
Q: Are you afraid that everything else you do will be compared to Edward Cullen?
Robert: I've always been of the opinion that, if something explodes really quickly, it takes the same amount of time for people to think of something else. I don't know. I hope not. Maybe it'll be a good thing. I have no idea.
Q: Both you and Kristen are very serious actors. How do you guys prepare for your scenes together? Do you get together and go over them, or do you prefer to just get on set and see what happens?
Robert: For some reason, I can't understand anything and I think I'm going really into the depth of the character, when it just seems so obvious to Kristen. Her mind works completely differently. She can just feel things immediately, and I like to be more cerebral about things, in completely the opposite way of Kristen. I don't feel confident unless I know more about the reasons why I'm doing things. I don't really do that for other parts. That's what I do for Edward. But, since the first one, I always like to go in-depth about things.
Q: Do you understand the fantasy about you and Kristen being together, in real life?
Robert: Do I understand the fantasy of it? No, not really. Well, I guess people like stories. My basic conclusion is that they just want everything to be about Twilight.
Q: Do you ever check any of the fansites?
Robert: It's incredible the information they get so quickly. Sometimes, I'll check them to see what my schedule is, especially on the weekend when I can't get through to my agency. It's strange being in Twilight because so much of the fan base is being on the Internet and having a community with each other. You see people turn up on sets of other movies I've done, to take a picture. It's strange.
Q: What would you say to someone who is wondering whether or not they should go see this movie?
Robert: I don't know what to say to people. It's become so big. It's become part of the cultural environment. For the first and second one, I knew exactly what to say to people. If you don't know what the story is by now, then you've probably never been to the cinema before. How about, "Why not go to the cinema for once?" I don't know. If you're a fan of it, there's a lot of things that plays into what the fans of the series want. If you've never seen them before, a lot of people who have seen it tell me that it's the most accessible of the three. It's a solid story, by itself, and it's more of a sort of action film. When I was watching Twilight the other day, I realized that you do need to read the book to get it.
Q: You were on the first soundtrack. Would you contribute again to the soundtracks for any more of the movies?
Robert: I've done a couple of things. I've always just been playing around. It was nice to be involved in the first one. I just saw Twilight on TV, for the first time, a few days ago, and, when my song came on, I was just thinking that is so bazaar that I actually had a song in the movie. I'm amazed Catherine [Hardwicke] did it. It really shows how none of us thought it was going to be so massive. I never thought people would buy the soundtrack. So, it's a little more nerve-wracking now. I don't know. Maybe.
Q: What do you think Edward's evolution is in Breaking Dawn?
Robert: I haven't read it yet. I'm starting it a month after the job I'm doing now, and I haven't read it yet. I didn't intend to not read it until now. It's quite exciting. I have no idea. I just heard brief rumors about what happens in the story, but I don't really know what happens at all.
Q: How are you going to go about getting your long hair back for Breaking Dawn?
Robert: I'm thinking maybe Edward got a haircut. That might be easier. But, yeah, I didn't even think about that, when I got it cut. That is a bit silly. Vampires can cut their hair. I like the idea of Edward having a shaved head in the last film. That's pretty cool.
Q: How long have you known Breaking Dawn was going to be two films?
Robert: I found out about Breaking Dawn when the press release came out.
Q: Have you met with Bill Condon yet?
Robert: I met him briefly, a few weeks ago, kind of by accident, just before the MTV Awards, in a bar. He seemed great. He seemed like a really, really nice guy. I haven't talked to him, in detail, about anything. But, Gods and Monsters is an amazing movie. I think it's going to be good. I don't even know where they're going to shoot it yet, or anything.
Q: Can you talk about your upcoming projects and who you play in those films?
Robert: Bel Ami is about a character, Georges Duroy, who is a broke ex-soldier in Paris, in 1890. Basically, he has no drive. He is just jealous of everything. I quite liked the story. Kids nowadays feel entitled. People want to go into a job, but don't want entry level. They want $100,000 a year, out of the gate. That's exactly what this guy is like. He's completely talentless. The only thing he does is that, by accident, he finds this guy he's in the army with, in a brothel, and this other guy wants to impress him, so he gives him some money and invites him around. It ends up being like he invited the devil into his house. He seduces his wife, he seduces his wife's friends and, every single influential woman he can get, he has an affair with. He ends up screwing over society and making millions and millions of francs. It was a really fun, completely amoral, evil character. It's a story about how the shits can completely win sometimes, by doing absolutely nothing.
Water for Elephants is a story about a guy in 1931 whose parents both died in a car crash. When he's at university studying science, he jumps on a train out of desperation to find something else, and ends up being on this circus train and falling in love with the star attraction, who also is the wife of the ringmaster. All this chaos ensues after that.
Unbound Captives is a romantic drama/western, and my character is the son of Rachel Weisz. He gets kidnapped by Comanche's when he's four, and is raised by them. My mother spent 15 years trying to find me, and I come back and can't speak English anymore, and I can't recognize her and she can't recognize me. I come back and look like a Comanche, and I have massive ADD as well. It's about learning how to live in a new environment again.


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So unless Baby decides to come earlier (which he's not really showing any signs of), we're on the list to be induced this Tuesday (the 28th)! Nervous and excited...but mostly just excited!
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My lack of blogging has not been due to any recent births...unfortunately. We're just waiting for the little guy to come. We've been trying to keep busy, but I think the last month is slow no matter what you do. But just for the record, I'm soooo done being pregnant and sooooooo ready to meet my baby!
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BioNano Genomics and New York Genome Center Enter Into a Strategic Collaboration
Jul 08, 2013, 08:00 ET
SAN DIEGO and NEW YORK, July 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNano Genomics and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) announced today a strategic partnership between the two institutions that includes the purchase of an Irys™ System by NYGC.
"The New York Genome Center is creating one of the largest and most ambitious genomics and bioinformatics facilities in North America, and we are thrilled to have them bring our platform in-house," said Todd Dickinson, Ph.D., vice president, Global Commercial Operations. "For BioNano, demonstrating the ability to deliver a commercial-ready technology that can address the long-range information needs of a premier genome center like NYGC marks an important milestone. With their Irys System, the NYGC will now provide their direct research community with the most advanced long-read commercial technology to accelerate translational research and ultimately improve human health, consistent with the mission of this new center."
NYGC was founded in 2010 to speed biomedical research and improve clinical care through a collaborative approach to genomic data and resources. In 2012, NYGC launched its Integrated Genomic Solutions, custom-built services incorporating high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics analysis, and data management. Later this year, the independent non-profit will open its state-of-the-art facility and permanent headquarters in lower Manhattan. The facility will provide a collective workspace available to researchers to access the most advanced technologies and sequencing and bioinformatics leadership.
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Genomic sequencing technologies are often described as short-, medium-, or long-read. Short- and medium-read technologies rely on inferring information from short fragments of DNA. Long-read technologies, like the Irys System, preserve the native genomic structure, which provides deeper insights into genome variations. The ability to directly visualize the genome with high-throughput single molecule imaging enables the comprehensive detection of structural variation, significantly improved genome assemblies, and ultimately haplotype phasing.
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Founded in August 2010, the New York Genome Center (NYGC) is an independent, non-profit organization that leverages the collaborative resources of leading academic medical centers, research universities, and commercial organizations. Our vision is to transform medical research and clinical care in New York and beyond through the creation of one of the largest genomics research facilities in North America, while integrating sequencing, bioinformatics, data management, and cutting-edge genomics research. For more information, visit www.nygenome.org.
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Irys makes it possible to routinely and accurately detect genomic structural variation and to finish genome assemblies. The fully automated Irys benchtop instrument uses the IrysChip to uncoil and confine long DNA molecules in proprietary Nanochannel Arrays™ where they are uniformly linearized in a highly parallel display for high-resolution, single-molecule imaging. Irys does not employ DNA fragmentation or amplification, which are typical with next-generation sequencing. The result is sequence information over extremely long "reads" ranging from hundreds of kilobases to a megabase, where the sample's valuable structural information is preserved. Irys makes it possible for researchers to directly observe structural variants including replications, deletions, translocations and inversions.
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Headquartered in San Diego, BioNano Genomics is delivering an altogether better way of gaining a fully informed understanding of genomes. The Company's platform provides researchers and clinicians the most comprehensive, organized and actionable picture of a genome with unprecedented insights into how the individual components of genomes are ordered, arranged, and interact with each other. BioNano Genomics works with institutions in life science, translational research, molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine. The Company is supported by private investors and grant funding from genomics programs at federal agencies, including the NIH and NIST-ATP.
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The Central Connecticut men's track and field team won its first ever NEC Outdoor Championship on Sunday, racking up four gold-medal performances to close the competition. The Blue Devils finished with a team score of 145 points, 28 points ahead of the nearest competitor.
Junior Brian Biekert kicked off CCSU's track events Sunday with a gold in the 3,000m steeplechase. The CCSU record-holder crossed the finish line in 9:22.40 for the win, followed by freshman Brendan Callahan in sixth, who added three more points for Central.
Biekert also won the 1,500m run, coming in with a time of 4:01.98 after finishing second in yesterday's prelims with a time of 4:13.50. CCSU finished back-to-back in the event with junior Patrick Hubbell taking the silver. Hubbell crossed the finish line in 4:02.43 after finishing seventh in Saturday's prelims.
Junior Jamal Fruster defended his title in the 400m dash with his IC4A qualifying time of 47.36. He earned 10 points for CCSU with his gold medal performance and also finished just .36 seconds short of the CCSU record in the event.
The Blue Devils dominated the 5,000m field placing five runners in the top six. Senior Craig Hunt earned his second gold medal of the 2014 Championships in the event with his time of 14:55.09. Junior Matt Walker came in second, crossing the line in 14:56.17, and was joined by Biekert (4th, 15:13.94) and Hubbell (5th, 15:17.74) in the top five.
Freshman Colin Sauter rounded out CCSU's performance in the event, he finished sixth in 15:17.91.
Junior Jordan Watkins tied the CCSU record in the 110m hurdles set in 2002 with his time of 14:52 after finishing third in Saturday's prelims. His time qualifies him for IC4A competition.
Watkins also competed in the 400m hurdles in which he finished sixth with his time of 55.76. Classmate Ryan Budd finished just before Watkins in 55.40 seconds, good for fifth place overall.
The Blue Devils nabbed a bronze medal in the high jump event. Junior Jamie Tobias cleared a height of 1.93 meters, adding six points to CCSU's total. He was followed by freshman Malik Gordon in eighth (1.88m).
Central also gathered top-five finishes in the 4x400m relay, the 200m dash and the javelin.
The 4x400m relay squad consisting of Fruster, Budd, junior Chris Savvidou and sophomore Malcolm Connor claimed fourth with its time of 3:17.67.
Fruster also finished fifth in the 200m dash with his IC4A qualifying time of 21.74 seconds while Connor finished eighth overall in the 800m run, crossing the line in 1:55.55.
In the javelin, a pair of freshman notched a combined seven additional points for CCSU. Jeremy Willis finished fifth with 56.40 meters, followed by James Frey who posted 54.33m.
CCSU earned the overall win with 145 team points, followed by LIU Brooklyn (117) and Robert Morris (108). Sacred Heart (102) and Wagner (80) rounded out the top five.
The Blue Devils circle the track in a celebratory victory lap.


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one design fins
fixed line lengths, line diameter tolerances, line elasticity (ie no ultra thin high tensile linesets, also multiple length linesets..)
no ultralight kitebars technology
no cuben fibre/kevlar/americas cup sail technology 3d moulding of kites.. similar material kites
no hybrid lei/ram air/batton/complex pulley kites
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these are my predictions i can think of
i see good and bad in both one design and box rule. i see one design as eating its way towards becoming more elitist though over time and it being hard to keep putting restrictions in place a s new technolgy ideas are developed, and the 25 knots average max limit for racing formula kiting events (sanctioned) has put me off too. just some ideas anyway.


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I've taken so long to post this that another blogging milestone has snuck up on me! My two year anniversary as a blogger! When I started out I knew there would be times that I wasn't posting as often as I'd like, but I honestly never considered that the reason would be that I'm too tired and pregnant! I am sleeping A LOT at the moment, and the combination of the hot weather and my blimp-like figure means I'm not getting out of the flat much. And as if preparing for the baby's arrival wasn't enough to keep me busy, we will be moving house in a few weeks too!
So, lots of big changes coming up, but all good ones! In the meantime the flat looks like a bomb hit it, and I spend too much time talking to the bump and not enough actually packing. Oh, and one of my best friends is getting married next week so I've been busy making bunting and trying to find something to wear for the big day. Finding pretty shoes for my enormous, swollen feet was not easy, but I eventually found something tastefully sparkly and comfortable!
All my crochet energy has been spent on the wedding bunting (more on that next time) but I've also been knitting for the baby too. It seemed to take forever, but I've finished the stripey baby blanket!
The pattern I used was a slightly modified version of the Simple Striped Baby Blanket by Natasha Price (available for free via Ravelry). I used DK yarn on 4.5 mm needles and cast on with 156 stitches (instead of worsted yarn on 5 mm needles with 144 stitches) and changed colour pretty much randomly. My blanket came out measuring approximately 80 cm x 100 cm, which is a bit bigger than the original pattern but about right for a cot blanket.
This blanket is an absolute nightmare to measure accurately! I used King Cole Bamboo Cotton DK, which is beautifully soft, but drapes and slithers rather than holding its shape – particularly when worked at this tension. It was exactly what I wanted for this blanket, all delicate and squishy next to the baby's skin, and intended to feel delightful instead of looking tidy!
The yarn was a bit splitty to work with, and despite the simple textured pattern I had to keep a crochet hook handy to fix my many mishaps, so it wasn't quite the mindless, relaxing knit I was hoping for. I still really enjoyed making it though, imagining wrapping it round my baby when she arrives! And of course, I enjoyed all those bright colours – no pastels!
Having made several baby cardigans already, I decided to try something a bit different, and the Magic Troll vest by Eba Design caught my eye on Ravelry. I was feeling very pleased with myself when I found some beautiful cotton acrylic mix yarn in my stash that was just perfect for the project, but any pretense at thriftiness went right out the window when I ordered a new 3.75 mm Knit Pro circular needle because I didn't have one that was 40cm long. Never mind. At least the buttons came from my stash!
The slightly oddly sized pocket was not part of the original patten, but was added to disguise my awkward attempt at travelling jogless stripes. Maybe they would have been less noticeable after a good blocking (and definitely would have been better on the back!) but I just couldn't make myself do it. At least my attempts at a three needle bind off and inserting a patch pocket (both firsts for me!) worked quite well. I was glad to try something that nudged me out of my comfort zone a little, making me try something new! The newborn size for this pattern was free but I may well pay for the larger sizes because it really is an adorable pattern (go look at some of the pictures of baby's wearing their vests on Ravelry – they are scrumptious! Just ignore the scary dolls…) BTW I have no idea why it's called a Magic Troll Vest!
I've been given lots of lovely things for the baby, including some gorgeous hand knitted things from my knitting group friends, and I'll try to photograph and post about them when I'm I bit more organised! There is a very special hand knit item that my mum gave me recently that I'd like to share now though. Here it is…
My mum bought the yarn for this cardigan when she was pregnant with me! She went on her very first trip abroad, a day trip to Dieppe in France, and as she didn't know if I was a boy or a girl at the time, she hedged her bets and bought white yarn with both blue and pink flecks in it. I think she actually knitted it up after I was born as it is quite a girly garment, but she definitely finished it in time for it to get a lot of use! My little sister probably had it after me, and now my little one will get to wear it too! It's still lovely and soft, and I'm thrilled to be able to give my baby something that was made for me 35 years ago!
Wait, does that make it vintage? Urgh, does that make me vintage? shudder That doesn't bear thinking about!
Maybe it's time for me to lie down with a cold flannel over my face again. I have just finished knitting another one…
Just got to remember not to look too closely at this one. There are mistakes…


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'Demand a Real Plan' video goes viral
Mike Adams
Natural News
Jan 4, 2013
A powerful new video is going viral across the web: "Demand A Real Plan" exposes the truth about government disarmament and "democide" — death by government.
Click here to watch the video now on YouTube.
Or click here to watch it on TV.naturalnews.com (in case YouTube censors it).
As the video explains, the No. 1 cause of mass murder and death throughout world history has been tyrannical government. Time and time again, as soon as guns are stripped out of the hands of the People, governments engage in the mass murder of innocents. Those who argue for gun control seem to fail to understand that disarming the citizens leads directly to a concentration of power in the hands of evil government officials who, sooner or later, use that power to exterminate millions of innocent people in the name of "love" or whatever concept they wish to invoke.
The chart on the right, below, shows statistics of democide (government mass murder) from 1900 – 1999. The numbers are in thousands, so "76,702" means "76 million" people. As you can see from the chart, published by a University of Hawaii researcher, governments are the No. 1 leading cause of (non-natural) death in the world.
This is especially true of rogue governments such as governments that strip away citizens' rights, just like Obama did when he signed the NDAA.
The truth about government disarmament and mass murder
To date, 290 million human beings have been slaughtered at the hands of government.
As university research shows, over 260 million people have been mass murdered by government since 1900.
Click here to watch my video mini-documentary on democide.
Nearly every case of mass murder by government has been preceded by gun control (citizen disarmament). Obama, Feinstein, Schumer and others are putting America on a direct course for repeating this dark chapter of human history: Once guns are stripped from the hands of American citizens, mass murder will soon follow.
Americans are naive
Most Americans don't yet believe what's really happening because they are naive. They've grown up in a "polite" society and they actually believe government is trying to help people. While that's true at low levels of government and local government, high-level government operatives are ACTORS who are only playing the role of saviors while they plot mass murder.
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Wohlberg Wins Merco and Talks Biking
by Matt Hansen
What a way to start 2008. Canada's three-time Olympian Eric Wohlberg did what he does best - took a great win - to start the season off for Symmetrics Cycling.
The legendary time triallist did what has worked well for him for almost almost 15 years: solo away to victory. Wohlberg rode alone for almost 40km, finishing ahead of Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell) and Anibal Borrajo (Colavita/Sutter Home.) 2008 was a veritable improvement on last year - Wohlberg tried the same thing but was ultimately caught.
Wohlberg made his move from a lead group of 25, which was full of heavy hitters - all of the top American teams ready to show off their stuff: from the infamous Rock Racing team, Colavita/Sutter Home, Bissell, BMC, and more.
"I am happy for myself and the team. We've had some tough times lately with losing some sponsors but I hope that the win signals a healthy year ahead," Wohlberg said after the race. "Cam Evans and Andrew Randell also had good legs so I'm hoping we can carry this form into the other California races."
After the race, Symmetrics Cycling's Kevin Field sat down with Eric and chatted about Wohlberg's love of the sport - what's kept him in cycling for so long. For the full transcript of that rather interesting interview, just click here: www.symmetricscycling.com/race/2008/03_06_08.aspx
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When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. Late spring or early summer, about 4 months before first fall frost. Mild Climates: Sow in fall for harvest the following spring. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 50°-70°F.
When to start inside: Not recommended.
Special germination instructions: Slow to germinate. Soak seeds in water for 12 - 24 hours before sowing.
Harvesting: To harvest parsnips, dig them up with a shovel or garden fork being careful not to cut or damage roots. If you wish to harvest before winter, leave parsnips in the ground for at least 2 weeks after a hard fall frost. You can improve the sweetness by storing at 32°-34°F for 2 weeks before using. If you leave parsnips in the soil over winter, throw a few inches of soil over the crowns and mulch heavily with straw or compost after the first fall frosts. During extended cold periods, stored starches are changed to sugar as the first-year plants prepare for new growth, thus roots harvested in early spring are especially tender and sweet. The roots lose flavor and become fibrous if you do not harvest them before new tops and seed stalks begin to grow.
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How to Start a Photo Booth Business With Your Kids
Do your kids like taking silly photos?
Want to teach your kids the value of hard work and the basics of running a business?
Start a photo booth business with your kids!
There's no better way to have quality family time and teach life lessons than to start a business as a family.
In this article we'll show you how to start a photo booth business with your kids.
It doesn't matter whether you make any money. The point is to do something different and have fun!
Why a Photo Booth?
Starting and running a business helps develop communication and math skills, and encourage creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. What's more fun than taking silly pictures of yourself? Taking silly pictures of others and making someone's day!
A photo booth is more than just a fun family project. It will also help you teach business and life skills to your kids and encourage conversations with the neighbors and each other.
With a photo booth, there's lots of room to be creative with costumes, props and locations and have lots of contagious fun with a camera. You don't need anything fancy. A point-and-shoot or a camera phone will work just fine.
Plus, you can earn a little money for a family treat or to donate to a good cause.


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Priest Lake, Idaho
2. Do you have any kids/pets?
Three kids: Tiana, ten-year-old girl - Ari, nine-year-old girl - Nash, six-year-old boy
3. What do you like most about working for Steal Network?
The people, hands down. We pull off amazing things with a small group of passionate and hard working people.
4. What is your favorite vacation spot?
New Zealand. They let you jump off of (or out of) anything. Amazing food, culture and beaches.
5. What do you like to do when you have free time?
Take my family to the lake. We love to play in the water.
6. If you could meet someone famous, who would you want to meet and why?
Jana Francis — cause she's so damn cool.


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Brendan Brazier Interview!
Alright guys and gals, exciting post today. On Tuesday I talked to Brendan Brazier, vegan professional Ironman triathlete and author of Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life. If you've read my blog at all during the past month or two, then you know how much I love this book and the recipes that Brendan has been kind enough to let me share with you.
We talked for about 25 minutes, and Brendan gave me so much good information that I decided not to edit out any of it! To make it easy for you to skip around to what you're most interested in, I've boldfaced the key words in each question. Be inspired and enjoy!
No Meat Athlete: Hey Brendan! I first want to tell you just how much I loved reading Thrive. I thought it was a completely inspiring book and I'm not even a vegan. I love that it's not about adding up a bunch of numbers; it's about eating normal foods. I've told my readers a lot about it, but would you explain in your own words what Thrive is about?
Brendan Brazier: I guess the best way to describe it, and I think the reason that it ended up doing fairly well—originally I thought it would just be popular with athletes, especially vegetarian athletes, but not really much beyond that—was that I talked about stress a lot. And of course, anyone and everyone can relate to stress; we all have some form of it. I really focused on reducing stress through better nutrition. And when stress goes up, it doesn't matter where it comes from, whether it's traditional stress like working too much with not enough downtime, or breathing polluted air, or worrying about things you have no control over, or eating low quality food that requires a lot of energy to digest and assimilate but gives you very little energy in return.
So I really focused on reducing stress through better nutrition, which of course, then brought down all the symptoms of stress, like low quality sleep, fatigue, sugar and starch cravings, things like that which are pretty common to most North Americans. I guess if I had to describe it really concisely, it's about reducing stress and therefore all of its symptoms through better nutrition.
NMA: Going off that just a little bit, one of the interesting things for me was the idea of energy from nourishment versus energy from stimulation; I think that's something that a lot of people confuse. It seems like a such a crucial issue, that and the idea about digestion and how much energy it takes up, but those issues aren't addressed by almost any other popular books. Any idea why that would be ignored by so many people?
BB: Well, I'm not totally sure; I was definitely having problems with that myself back when I starting out. I read in a lot of conventional sports nutrition books that calories are what it's all about. If you're hungry and you feel you need more, you need to take in more calories; if you burn a certain number of calories you've gotta take in that number to maintain your weight. And because a calorie is a measure of food energy, you would assume that the more calories you ate, the more energy you would have, but that's not the case. Otherwise, people who ate tons of fast food that's really high in calories would have more energy than everyone else, and of course they don't. So there was obviously a problem there.
So yeah, I just looked into why that might be, and I was really surprised when I found how much energy digestion and assimilation actually took. If you're eating a lot of those processed foods, foods that don't have the enzymes and aren't easy to digest, then it's going to take a lot of work and a lot of energy. And of course if you're spending energy, you no longer have it, so it's just a really simple concept: gaining energy through conservation, as opposed to consumption, so just conserving the energy you have by making better food choices that give you more nutrients while taking less energy to actually get them.
So yeah, seems like a pretty simple, straightforward concept, but I think that people just went off on the calorie tangent and just stuck to it. But I think also, short-term gain, obviously stimulation, when you drink coffee or eat sugary foods it's going to give you energy right away. Whereas nourishment doesn't give you energy right away. It nourishes your body, which helps nourish the adrenal glands, which helps bring down cortisol level (the stress hormone), and then you sleep better. You get into a deeper phase of sleep called "delta"; you wake up, you feel fresh, you feel rested. But it takes a few weeks to kick in, so it's not a quick fix. But the great thing is it's treating the cause of problem, not just the symptoms, whereas stimulation treats the symptom, not the cause. But stimulation is instant, and of course we're an "instant" society, so that's a big reason that stimulation is so popular.
NMA: When I found out the diet in the book was vegan, I was thinking I'd just read it and take what I could from it, since I'm not a vegan. But as I was reading it, I just kept forgetting that it was vegan; that was something I really liked about it. I felt like I was reading a book on how to gain energy, not a book on how to avoid animal foods while gaining energy. What I want to know, though, is why did you become vegan? Was that for purely nutritional reasons, or is it partly ethical?
BB: It started off as purely nutrition, purely performance. When I was 15, I decided I wanted to try and become a professional triathlete and live that lifestyle. I tried a whole bunch of different diets, because I knew that if I could recover faster from training, I could schedule workouts closer together and train more and improve quicker. So my goal was really just to be a great athlete; I didn't really care what I ate at the time to make that happen. I tried high-carb diets, low-carb diets, high-protein, low-protein, all different types of things and nothing really worked great. And then I tried a completely plant-based diet as just basically the next one on the list and at first it actually didn't work well either. I was hungry a lot of the time and was tired and not recovering well.
My track coach asked me what I was doing different and I told him I was trying this different way of eating. He was very good; he's had great success, but because of that he's somewhat closed-minded, so he wasn't really into trying to boost performance through better nutrition. So he kind of just brushed it aside. But I think when I look back on that, that probably spurred me on even more, to see if it could actually make a difference.
And then I just figured out what I was lacking in my diet: complete protein, Vitamin B-12, iron, calcium, omega-3 fatty acids. Then I found plant-based sources, blended them together and had a blender drink every day after my workout and it made a big difference. And eventually that turned into Vega years later, but that's how it started—just trying to find what I was lacking.
So it sent me off on the whole plant-based thing, without really trying to be, but just finding that it really did improve my performance. And that's really—as I'm sure you've found–the way I wrote the book, from that perspective. It's not about trying to be vegan, but just trying to feel and perform as well as possible. And for me it just happens to be a plant-based diet. And for a lot of others too—I think when they transition properly and know how to do it properly, in my opinion, it's the best nutrition program for energy, for mental clarity, for physical performance, mental performance, everything really. And less sleep—you simply don't need to sleep as much, which of course leads to greater productivity; you've got more waking time. Things like that are valuable to anyone, really.
NMA: Yeah, I've noticed that too; I've needed a lot less sleep since I became vegetarian six months ago. But with the vegan thing, since it sounds like it started out entirely for performance, would you say there are no circumstances at all where having animal products, even meat, would be beneficial to an endurance athlete?
BB: I really don't think there are, you know, people can get everything they need from plant sources. And really, you know, the animal gets its nutrition from plants. The plant passes on its nutrition to the animal, and it gets passed on again, but everything comes from the soil originally. The plant is really just the medium for the nutrition that's in the soil. And a lot of these factory-farm cows now have next to no nutrition in them, because they eat food that's grown on over-farmed fields because the demand for it is just so high, there's nothing in it anymore. If you just eat the high-quality plant that's grown in good soil, you're going to get all you need.
And also too, when I did become vegan, I started being asked by environmental groups and some animal rights groups if I would give talks at their conferences, and I have. So I've learned a lot of the other benefits of being vegan too; of course there's a huge environmental benefit too. Simply making better food choices, eating food that requires less energy to produce, is going to have the biggest impact on reducing anyone's carbon footprint, more so than driving or anything else they do.
NMA: You mention in Thrive that you think soy is fine, as long as it's not overly processed. But then I didn't see it in many recipes; do you just prefer not to eat it much?
BB: Yeah, I actually used to eat a lot of tofu. And I never felt bad eating it, but I did feel better when I cut it out, or down significantly. I do have soy maybe a couple times a month out somewhere; I don't avoid it but I don't seek it out, for sure. But yeah, tempeh or edamame once in a while I think is good, the less processed soy. I wouldn't have soy protein isolate; I used to until I realized it was really acid-forming. Because it's an isolate, it's no longer a whole food.
But I think soy is great in that it's a really good transitional food, helping people transition off the standard American diet to a plant-based diet, because there are tofu hot dogs, tofu hamburgers, soy ice cream, all kinds of things like that. Of course, soy milk. Those options are way better than the animal versions, so it's a great transition food. Those types of foods are quite processed, so I think transitioning to a more whole food diet after you've transitioned away from animal products is a great use for those types of foods, but just not basing your diet on it.
The reason I don't have recipes for soy in my book is that there are so many great tofu recipes and soy recipes that I just didn't feel that I'd be contributing much by putting more out. I wanted to do something a little different, a little unique, because I know my book doesn't exist in a vacuum and I'm sure people have good tofu recipes already because those are easy to come by. I wanted to add something a little different and not too redundant.
NMA: Speaking of the recipes, how did you develop them? They just seem so different from what you find in normal cookbooks. And of course, that's partly because they have different goals. But did you develop them on your own, just by trial and error? Did you work with chefs or anything?
BB: No, the recipes are just ones that I've developed on my own over the years, that I've been making for myself for years and years. I actually don't make quite as many of them as I used to because I'm on the road so much so I'm not around the kitchen. But the salads I still make on a regular basis, and I really like the pizzas a lot so I make those whenever I get a chance. But yeah, I just found what worked really well; it was just a really good high-quality, high-nutrition plan for an athlete. Or even a non-athlete—of course, if you're not an athlete you don't need to eat as much, but it really doesn't change much. I think a healthy diet is a healthy diet; it's just the quantity that would change based on your activity level.
NMA: I've tried your Vega Smoothie Infusion, and I really liked it. And I appreciated that your book wasn't just a vehicle for promoting your products. But if I want to add it to any of the smoothies in the book (which are all really good, by the way), would I just replace the hemp protein with Smoothie Infusion?
BB: Yeah, you could replace the hemp protein and the ground flax as well. You could cut both of those out, just basically a 1:1 ratio. You're getting the sprouted flax in the Smoothie Infusion, you're getting the hemp protein, pea protein, rice protein in there as well, and some greens too. So basically substituting out the flax and the hemp on a 1:1 ratio will do it.
NMA: Great. Because I'm a marathoner, I especially enjoyed the parts of the book about eating before, during, and after exercise. It was a really eye-opening thing for me, because I eat so few processed foods normally, but then once I was exercising I'd start eating these commercial gels and Gatorades, and my diet principles went out the window while I was training. So I really like that you give all these natural methods for getting the fuel you need. So what's a typical race-day diet for Brendan Brazier?
BB: Well, for a marathon, about two hours before, I would have a Vega bar. Sometimes I'll put a bit of coconut oil on it, because it's a medium chain triglyceride, which is a good type of energy. And then about 30 minutes before, I would have some Vega Sport, which is a sport drink that I developed. It's actually really new; it just came out in Canada recently and will be out in the states in September. I'll be sure to send you some once it's out in the states. It's like a really healthy version of Gatorade basically. It's got organic sprouted-grain brown rice and pom nectar as a carbohydrate source, so it's pretty much in line with what I make in the book.
And then during the run, if it's a standard marathon or a really long training run or bike ride, I'll make the energy gels that are in the book (the lemon-lime ones usually) and then have some coconut water with lemon and lime juice mixed in. So yeah, just keep sipping on that every 15 or 20 minutes, depending on how warm it is out and how much I'm sweating. And then after, I would have a big smoothie that has the protein, the essential fats, the fiber, the greens…basically Vega, blended in with fruits to help recover and reduce inflammation right away.
NMA: Ok, time for my selfish question. I'm trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon this year, which I've never done before. I've picked a fast course, I don't have any injuries or anything, and I've lost some weight since I went vegetarian, so I've gotten a lot faster because of that and the energy gains. Any suggestions for taking about 10 more minutes off my time?
BB: What time do you need to run it in, 3:10?
NMA: Yeah I need a 3:10, and I've done 3:20 before. I feel like I'm faster now, but any ideas just to push it over the edge?
BB: Well, picking the right marathon to qualify at, for sure, can make a big difference. As I'm sure you know, there's lots of variety in marathon courses; some are pretty slow and some are pretty fast, and some even have a drop, which is still legal to qualify for Boston. I believe Sacramento is one of those faster marathons.
But also, I find doing the speedwork, even stuff that seems way too short for marathon training, makes a big difference. Because it's about efficiency; just get your body used to running at a faster pace and then when you run your marathon pace it feels really quite easy. So I always find that when I want to run better, just doing some of those track workouts…they don't have to be anything crazy, but like 6 x 1 mile, I like doing. Just do each mile at about 20 seconds faster than your marathon goal pace, and have a minute and a half to two minutes rest in between. I find that's really helpful, and even some strides, where you stride for about 80 meters pretty quick. Just do about six of those before and six of those after. Yeah, just get your muscles used to moving quicker and going that efficiency. And of course strength work too, some good gym work with squats and things like that will help you improve.
NMA: And do you do the gym stuff during the racing season as well, or is that only during the off-season for you?
BB: I used to do it during as well, but lately I haven't been doing it as much, just because I've been cycling more. I really like feeling fresh on the track, and I find that sometimes when I do weights I don't feel as fresh. You get a good sense of how strong you are, and I know that for me, I have a better chance of running a good marathon if I'm well-rested, even if I'm a little bit weaker. You know, so I would rather just feel fresh and feel good than push it too much and feel burned out or have heavy legs.
NMA: Have you run Boston yourself?
BB: No, I never have. It's something that I may do one day; it's just never really worked with my schedule. So you're planning to do it next year, for April?
NMA: Well, assuming I qualify, yeah. That's my goal. And after that I'd really like to get into triathlons.
BB: Which marathon are you going to try and qualify at?
NMA: The one I've chosen is the Wineglass Marathon, in New York. My wife has always wanted to run that one, and I looked at a list of popular qualifying marathons and it was in the top 10 in terms of percentage of finishers who qualify for Boston. It's not a huge drop; it's like 250 feet or so, but it just seems to be a popular qualifier, for whatever reason.
BB: Is that in upstate New York?
NMA: Yes, it is.
BB: Yeah, I'm pretty sure I've heard of that one. When is that, in October?
NMA: Yeah, October 4th. Ok, this has reminded me of one last question. Do you have any advice for runners looking to make the transition to triathlons? Because I know for me, the swimming is kind of the stumbling block.
BB: Yeah, swimming was definitely my weakness too; I didn't have a swimming background. Find a good group you can get in with, and focus on technique. With swimming, you can be really fit, but if you're technique's not good, you're not going to swim well. So make sure that someone can give you good stroke advice, right away, before you start pounding out the workouts, so that you don't ingrain the wrong movements into your brain and get stuck with that. So definitely get someone who knows what he or she is doing to watch you swim, and just give you tips on stroke.
Sometimes it's really hard to know what you're actually doing; even videotaping is good so you can watch it after and see exactly what it is you're doing, like if your legs are moving around too much and slowing you down. So I would suggest that for sure, just making sure your stroke is good and getting help with that. And then getting in with a good group that is doing workouts that suit what you need and not training so hard in the pool that you completely drain yourself. I know some triathletes make that mistake; they spend way too much time training in the pool just because you can push yourself so hard. But really, it can take away from the other training, which is probably going to give you greater return in terms of getting to the finish line quicker.
So, dividing your time up wisely is important, for sure, because it's tough to fit everything in.
NMA: Alright, well then, that's all that I have. Thank you so much for your time; I really appreciate it.
BB: Yeah, no problem; I'm glad you like that book and I'm glad that it's working for you. That's good to hear.
Nice guy and great information, huh? If you're interested in more information, check out my Thrive review (with sample recipes!).
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Celebration! A Look at the Art of the Festival
2011, Number 3
"This is who we are. Every year when I come to the festival I want to say, 'City of Houston, look around you, this is who we are.'" In this quote from the NEA research report Live from Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals, a volunteer was talking about the Houston International Festival, but he could have been talking about any arts festival. The report demonstrated that festivals are very important to local communities, providing a place where segments of the community that may not regularly interact can gather and celebrate together. Not only that, but festivals generate a sense of pride for local arts and culture. That's not all that's generated: festivals contribute to the local economies, stimulating local tourism industries.
The most important role the festivals play, though, may be how the festivals transform their communities. Both FloydFest and the Telluride Film Festival have changed sleepy towns into internationally renowned arts destinations. Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival shows how a festival showcasing one ethnic group can elevate the city as a whole artistically, and the Berkshires -- host to numerous theater and other festivals -- demonstrates how place and community can support festivals as much as festivals support place and community. And festivals do support community, as Chicago's Printers Row Lit Fest shows, where an unlikely festival (do people still read books?) helped to rejuvenate a dying neighborhood in the city.
FloydFest's Dreaming Creek Main Stage, constructed with the help of local Virginia timber framing companies, hosts an evening set by former Band member Levon Helm. Photo by Roger Gupta


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6 Colombians charged in killing of DEA agent
WASHINGTON Six Colombian nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for the kidnapping and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. A seventh Colombian was charged with trying to destroy evidence in the case.
The indictment alleges that DEA agent Terry Watson was slain at the hands of an organized group of robbers who operated taxi cabs in Bogota, Colombia in order to lure victims whom they perceived as wealthy.
The defendants, who are all under arrest in Colombia, targeted Watson for what the defendants called a "millionaire's ride," says the indictment.
Watson was working for the U.S. Mission in Colombia when he entered a taxi cab on June 20 operated by one of the defendants and was then allegedly attacked by two other defendants one who used a stun gun on Watson and another who stabbed Watson with a knife.
Watson was able to escape, but he soon collapsed and was brought to a hospital, where he died from multiple stab wounds.
The indictment was handed up in federal court in Alexandria, Va.
The defendants are Gerardo Figueroa Sepulveda, 38; Omar Fabian Valdes Gualtero, 27; Edgar Javier Bello Murillo, 26; Hector Leonardo Lopez, 23; Julio Estiven Gracia Ramierez, 30; and AndrDes Alvaro Oviedo-Garcia, 21. Each was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, one count of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to kidnap. Oviedo-Garcia was also charged with two counts of assault. In addition, the grand jury indicted Wilson Daniel Peralta-Bocachica, 30, also a Colombian national, for allegedly trying to destroy evidence associated with the murder.
A Justice Department official declined comment on the question of extraditing the seven to the U.S.


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CONCORD, Mass. — Maintenance dredging at Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River in Maine and New Hampshire, will be completed under the terms of a $878,000 contract awarded on Dec. 27 last year, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.
Work will be accomplished by Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Company, of Quincy, Mass. Construction is scheduled to start in February 2013 and take several weeks to complete.
"The project involves the maintenance dredging and advance maintenance dredging to remove a total of about 15,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from the authorized 35-foot-deep channel above the 1-95 highway bridge in the Piscataqua River," said Project Manager Bill Kavanaugh, of the Corps' New England District, Programs & Project Management Division in Concord, Mass.
The work involves removal of three distinct, relatively small shoal areas within the Simplex Reach. Advance maintenance dredging to -40 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 2-foot allowable over-depth dredging will be performed on the primary shoal located adjacent to the Tyco Integrated Systems Company wharf (i.e. formerly the Simplex Wire and Cable Company dock). Maintenance dredging to -35 feet MLLW plus 2-foot of allowable over-depth will be performed on the other two shoals: one located upstream of the primary shoal and one located downstream of the primary shoal.
The dredge material will be placed at a previously-used, in-river disposal area, located about 3,000 feet seaward of the dredging area. The dredging window for this work is between Dec. 1, 2012 and March 15, 2013.
The project will be managed by the corps and all work will be accomplished under the supervision of a Corps' Quality Assurance Representative to assure compliance with contract requirements.
For more information about the corps' New England District projects and activities visit the website at: http://www.nae.usace.army.mil.