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Hormonal variation over the menstrual cycle alters women's preferences for phenotypic indicators of men's genetic or parental quality. Hormonal contraceptives suppress these shifts, inducing different mate preference patterns among users and non-users. This raises the possibility that women using oral contraception (OC) choose different partners than they would do otherwise but, to date, we know neither whether these laboratory-measured effects are sufficient to exert real-world consequences, nor what these consequences would be. Here, we test for differences in relationship quality and survival between women who were using or not using OC when they chose the partner who fathered their first child. Women who used OC scored lower on measures of sexual satisfaction and partner attraction, experienced increasing sexual dissatisfaction during the relationship, and were more likely to be the one to initiate an eventual separation if it occurred. However, the same women were more satisfied with their partner's paternal provision, and thus had longer relationships and were less likely to separate. These effects are congruent with evolutionary predictions based on cyclical preference shifts. Our results demonstrate that widespread use of hormonal contraception may contribute to relationship outcome, with implications for human reproductive behaviour, family cohesion and quality of life.
1. Introduction
Women express an increased periovulatory preference for traits that signal genetic quality or compatibility [1–4]. Hormonal contraceptives suppress these shifts, leading to different mate preference patterns among users and non-users [5–8] and changes in women's preferences before and after initiating use [9]. To date, this evidence comes from laboratory studies, but it suggests that hormonal contraceptive users might make different actual partner choices than they otherwise would [9–12]. Because oral contraceptives (OCs) are widely used (e.g. 82% of women in the USA have used them at some time [13] and 40–54% of women aged 16–34 currently use them in the UK [14]), such effects could be substantial and widespread.
Research on mate preferences for genetic complementarity at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has provided the clearest evidence for these effects. If preferences are typically for MHC-dissimilar partners [8,10], and use of OCs shifts preferences towards MHC-similarity [9], then couples who meet while the woman is using hormonal contraception may be more likely to be relatively MHC-similar. This could have a negative impact on relationship quality because, once a partnership has formed, subsequent cessation of contraceptive use could lead to realignment of a woman's preferences and reduction in attraction to her partner. Indeed, women who are relatively MHC-similar to their partner report reduced in-pair sexual satisfaction and increased interest in extra-pair relationships [15]. Even if these effects are subtle, they could have measurable downstream consequences for relationship quality and likelihood of separation or divorce [9–12].
However, other research suggests the potential for positive relationship outcomes. Under conditions characterized by high-progesterone levels and low fertility (e.g. in the luteal phase or early pregnancy), women express stronger preferences for social cues associated with direct benefits of mate choice. Because some synthetic progestins have similar effects on brain activity and reproductive behaviour to natural progesterone [16], OC users would maintain a higher level of preference for traits such as wealth and intelligence [17]. Similarly, weaker preferences for facial masculinity in OC users [4–6] could make for more stable relationships, since men with less masculine features (indicative of low testosterone levels) are perceived to be [18], and may actually be [19], less likely to be unfaithful. Thus, this body of research would predict that use of hormonal contraception during partner choice would be positively associated with women's satisfaction with their partner's provision and relationship commitment.
It is not known whether these laboratory-measured effects on women's preferences are sufficiently powerful to influence actual choices that women make in the real world. Furthermore, it is not known how these two kinds of effects interact in determining the outcome of a relationship. Because this question is not easily amenable to experiment in societies in which women exercise free choice, we here address these issues using a quasi-experimental design in which we record relationship satisfaction and survival in a large sample of women who met their partner while they were either using or not using OC. We collected data from 2519 parous women about their relationship with their first child's biological father (hereafter, partner). We selected women with at least one child to standardize (as far as possible) levels of relationship commitment and experiences associated with pregnancy and childcare, and to ensure that women had experienced changes to their hormonal profiles associated with OC use cessation and/or pregnancy during their relationship. For each woman, we used established scales and items to construct composite measures of both sexual and general (non-sexual) satisfaction in the relationship with her partner.
2. Material and methods
(a) Participants
At the time of partnership formation, 1514 women used no form of hormonal contraception and 1005 used combined OC. Users of other forms of hormonal contraception (e.g. progestogen-only pill, implants and injection; n = 278) were excluded from analyses because these represented a small proportion of the sample and because these methods differ in hormonal formulation from OCs (e.g. they usually employ only progestogens rather than an oestrogen/progestogen combination). Of the 2519 retained participants, 1761 were still in a partnership with the biological father of their first child. Of the 758 women not still together with the father, 734 had separated from him or formally divorced (we term both as separation); the remaining 24 had been bereaved and were excluded from analyses concerning relationship satisfaction and survival. Average age was 37.7 years (s.d. = 8.6). The majority of the sample was drawn from the USA (1220) and the Czech Republic/Slovakia (999); other participants were from the UK (159), Canada (98) and other countries (43). Additional analyses (see the electronic supplementary material) confirmed that reported effects were not an artefact of regional variation in behaviour.
Participants were recruited via personal contact, by advertisement on pregnancy and parenthood forum websites, and through social networking websites. Surveys were completed online. The only criteria for selection were that participants should be women with at least one biological child. Most participants from the USA were drawn from a participant research panel administered by Qualtrics.com. Czech/Slovak participants were administered the questionnaire in the Czech language. Participants were told that the study was about their experiences of pregnancy, children and their relationship satisfaction, but not the specific hypotheses under test.
(b) Measures
(i) Sexual satisfaction
Measures of sexual satisfaction were based on those previously used to test effects of MHC-allele sharing on relationship quality by Garver-Apgar et al. [15]. To construct a composite measure of sexual satisfaction within their relationship, we recorded women's scores on (i) sexual arousal with their partner, (ii) partner's sexual adventurousness, (iii) the frequency with which they experienced orgasm with their partner during intercourse, (iv) sexual attraction to their partner, and (v) sexual responsiveness to their partner (the sexual proceptivity scale of Ellis's partner-specific Investment Inventory [20]). Scores were given on anchored 9-point rating scales (e.g. for sexual arousal, 1 = 'does not satisfy me at all', 9 = 'completely satisfied'). Correlation analysis shows high concordance among these five measures (Spearman ρ = 0.42–0.85, see electronic supplementary material, table S1). Scores on each of these measures were then normalized and summed.
(ii) General satisfaction
Composite scores of general relationship satisfaction, stressing non-sexual aspects of the women's relationship with their partner, were calculated in the same way. We recorded women's scores (using 9-point rating scales, as above) to four questions used by Garver-Apgar et al. [15], measuring the extent to which women were satisfied with (i) their partner's provision of financial resources, (ii) faithfulness and loyalty, (iii) intelligence, and (iv) ambition. In addition, we recorded scores on (v) Brown's measure of partner support behaviour [21]. Correlation analysis demonstrated high concordance among these five measures (ρ = 0.40–0.57, see electronic supplementary material, table S2). Scores for each woman were normalized and summed.
(iii) Sexual rejection and compliant sex
We recorded women's scores on these measures, also following Garver-Apgar et al. [15]. The sexual rejection score comprises three items (e.g. 'I rejected my partner's attempts to initiate sex') and the compliant sex score comprises two items (e.g. 'had sexual intercourse with my partner even though I didn't want to because I felt pressured by his continual arguments'). All items were scored on a 5-point scale, from 1 = 'never' to 5 = 'very often'. Although these measures are to some degree similar to those included in the sexual satisfaction composite measure, we analysed them separately because they capture negative aspects of relationship dynamics and include an element of the partner's coerciveness.
(iv) Attractiveness of partner
We also calculated a composite score of women's assessment of their partner's attractiveness. We recorded scores (7-point rating scales, from 1 = 'much less than average' to 7 = 'much more than average') on two measures of attractiveness used by DeBruine et al. [22] ('compared to other men, how attractive do you consider your partner's [face/body] to be?', Spearman ρ = 0.62), and Garver-Apgar et al.'s [15] question 'how satisfied are you with your partner's physical attractiveness?' (ρ = 0.50 and 0.57, respectively).
(v) Ratings of ex-partners
For those couples who had separated, we altered the wording of questions to reflect this; for example, in place of obtaining levels of agreement with the statement 'I feel strong sexual attraction toward my partner' from Garver-Apgar et al.'s [15] attraction to partner scale, we used the wording 'Thinking back about my ex-partner, I felt strong sexual attraction towards him'.
(vi) Experience and attitudes towards extra-pair sex
To control for individual differences in the participant's attitudes towards, desire for, and engagement in extra-pair sex, we used a standard tool, the sociosexual orientation inventory—revised (SOI-R) [23]. This comprises three subscales dealing with past behavioural experiences (e.g. 'With how many different partners have you had sex within the past twelve months?'), attitude towards uncommitted sex (participants indicate level of agreement with statements such as 'I can imagine myself being comfortable and enjoying 'casual' sex with different partners'), and sociosexual desire (e.g. 'How often do you have fantasies about having sex with someone with whom you do not have a committed romantic relationship?'). Each subscale contains three items that are summed to yield an overall score.
(c) Data analysis
(i) Relationship satisfaction
Differences in individual measures were first assessed using Mann–Whitney tests. In order to control for possible confounding differences between groups of women (those who were using OCs when they met their partner and those who were not), we used ANOVA, with dependent variables being measures of relationship satisfaction. Between-group factors were the use of OC (versus non-use of any hormonal contraception) when couples met and relationship duration (split by the median relationship length because of skew in this variable). In addition, sociosexuality (SOI-R score) was included in the model as a covariate. Sample sizes vary because some women did not respond to all items.
(ii) Relationship outcome
We first used χ2-tests to test for associations between outcome measures (women's responsibility for initiation of separation and absolute rates of separation) and women's use of OC when couples met. Subsequently, we used logistic regression to check that associations were robust to key potential confounds (see below).
3. Results
(a) Relationship satisfaction
Among women whose relationship was ongoing (n = 1761), initial analysis revealed several statistically significant differences between women who were using or not using OC when they met their partner (table 1). Women who used OC during partner choice (compared with non-users) scored lower on sexual arousal with their partner, on satisfaction with his sexual adventurousness, and on sexual proceptivity and attraction towards him. They also rated their partner's body lower in attractiveness compared with non-users. By contrast, these women appeared more satisfied with general (non-sexual) aspects of their partner: they were significantly more satisfied with his financial provision compared with women who were not using OC during partner choice.
Although the results of this initial analysis are consistent with predictions generated by a body of laboratory studies (reviewed above) that suggest that OC use might alter mate preferences, it is possible that some or all of these effects could alternatively arise as a result of between-group differences that are unrelated to mate choice and any disruptive effects of OC. For example, lower sexual satisfaction associated with OC use could instead be due to differences in attitudes towards, or willingness to engage in, uncommitted, short-term relationships (sociosexuality). Time since partnership formation is also likely to influence relationship satisfaction [24]. Responses to satisfaction measures might also be influenced by hormonal condition. We therefore carried out additional confirmatory analyses using ANOVA to control for these variables. We included SOI-R scores as a covariate, relationship duration as a factor (split by the median) and we accounted for the possibility that current hormonal condition contributes to women's perception of their partner by excluding women who were pregnant or using hormonal contraception during data collection (the corresponding analysis, including only current OC users, retained too few individuals to generate sufficient statistical power). In the analysis of sexual satisfaction and partner attractiveness, we also included general relationship satisfaction as a covariate since this could influence within-couple sexual satisfaction and capture further unspecified aspects of partnership satisfaction that might vary between groups (sexual and general satisfaction were positively correlated: r = 0.600, p < 0.0001). In this analysis (figure 1a), we again found significantly lower sexual satisfaction in women who were using OC when they met their partner (F1,1200 = 7.57, p = 0.006), despite scoring higher in terms of general satisfaction (F1,1206 = 10.07, p = 0.002). Women also scored their partner as less attractive (F1,1203 = 13.98, p < 0.001) if they met while using OC.
Other measures of sexual satisfaction [15] include the frequency of a woman's acquiescence to sex under pressure from her partner (compliant sex) or with which she rejects her partner's sexual advances. After controlling for sociosexuality, general relationship satisfaction and current hormonal condition, we found significant interactions between OC use during partner choice and relationship length (figure 2): women who used OCs rejected sex (F1,1204 = 8.08, p = 0.005) and engaged in compliant sex (F1,1204 = 6.12, p = 0.014) less frequently than non-users if the relationship was relatively new, but did so more frequently in longer relationships. This interaction appears to explain why neither of these measures approaches statistical significance in the raw dataset (table 1).
(b) Ex-partners and initiation of separation
Women no longer with their partner retrospectively assessed the same relationship attributes (figure 1b). Among these women, there was no relationship between OC use during partner choice and recalled general relationship satisfaction (p = 0.41), or frequencies of compliant sex (p = 0.16) and sexual rejection (p = 0.18). However, women who used OCs during partner choice recalled being less sexually satisfied (again, controlling for general satisfaction; F1,724 = 5.52, p = 0.019) and rated their ex-partner as less attractive (F1,727 = 5.02, p = 0.025) compared with non-users, consistent with the women whose relationship was ongoing.
(c) Relationship outcome
Finally, we examined whether OC use during partner choice was associated with relationship outcome. Women who used OCs during partner choice were disproportionately likely to have initiated the separation if it occurred (84.8%: 196/231 of separations were initiated by the woman rather than the male partner, excluding six where the woman reported equal responsibility between partners) compared with non-users (73.6%: 349/474, excluding 23 women who reported equal responsibility; χ2 = 11.14, d.f. = 1, p = 0.001). This effect remained significant (logistic regression: exp B = 0.495, p = 0.001) after controlling for women's age (exp B = 1.0, p = 0.71) and sociosexuality (exp B = 1.10, p = 0.46).
However, despite this, we found that separation rate was lower if the woman was using OC during partner choice (figure 3a): 237 of 1004 such couples (23.6%) had separated, compared with 497 of 1491 couples (33.3%) in which women were not using hormonal contraception (χ2 = 27.34, d.f. = 1, p < 0.0001). A logistic regression analysis, controlling for age and sociosexuality, confirmed that couples were less likely to have separated if the woman used OC during partner choice (exp B = 0.62, p < 0.0001), and that this was independent of the effects of sociosexuality (exp B = 2.06, p < 0.0001) and age (exp B = 1.06, p < 0.0001). Furthermore, among relationships that ended in separation, partnership duration was, on average, two years longer when the woman used OC during partner choice (figure 3b; z = 3.39, p = 0.001; median relationship length: 60 and 84 months for non-users and users, respectively). This difference was robust to exclusion of outliers and extreme values (defined as scores of between 1.5 and 3 times the inter-quartile range, or more than 3 times the inter-quartile range), with median relationship duration then being 60 and 81 months for non-users and OC users, respectively (z = 3.50, p < 0.001). Confirmatory analyses (electronic supplementary material) showed that these effects are unlikely to be due to a higher rate of unplanned pregnancy among non-users.
4. Discussion
Our results indicate that a woman's use of OC at the time when she meets her partner has measurable downstream consequences for partnership outcome. The lower satisfaction with sexual aspects of the relationship and reduced attraction to the primary partner that we report among women who met their partner while using OC are consistent with previous laboratory studies that indicate that OC might interfere with adaptive preferences, such as preference for MHC-dissimilar men. Compared with normally cycling women, OC users prefer body odours of relatively MHC-similar men [8] and initiation of OC use shifts these preferences towards MHC-similarity [9]. Furthermore, in couples who are relatively MHC-similar, women express lower sexual satisfaction with their partner and higher interest in extra-pair sex [15]. Although the possibility that disruption of preferences by OC influences relationship outcome has been the subject of considerable conjecture [9–12,25,26], our results provide the first evidence for this outside of the laboratory, in actual long-term partnerships.
However, as predicted, the results also reveal that women who used OCs during partner choice were more satisfied with non-sexual aspects of their relationship, including the partner's financial provision. Based on previous studies, we think it likely that this could arise through the suppression by OC use of periovulatory increases in preference for putative markers of good genes, such as masculinity or dominance, that are evident in women with normal menstrual cycles [1–4,27,28], thus leading to a maintained preference (during a woman's actual partner choice) for markers of high-quality paternal investment that characterizes low fertility phases of the menstrual cycle [17–19,29].
In combination, these effects mean that there may be both negative and positive associations between OC use during partner choice and subsequent relationship satisfaction. Interpreting the interplay between them, we suggest that, on average, higher general (non-sexual) relationship satisfaction in women who meet their partner while using OC might ameliorate or outweigh the concomitant effects of reduced sexual satisfaction. Additionally, a maintained preference for traits indicating high paternal investment may mean that, on average, the men chosen by women using OC are less disposed to seek separation. Together, this could explain our finding of longer relationships in couples who met while the woman used OC.
However, as relationships progress, there may potentially come a tipping point at which a woman's sexual dissatisfaction outweighs non-sexual satisfaction. Evidence for this includes the finding that, among women using OC during partner choice, sexual dissatisfaction (compliant sex and sexual rejection) intensifies in relatively long relationships, while there was no change in non-users. Furthermore, there was a relatively small difference in recalled general satisfaction between former users and non-users who had separated compared with the large difference in those still together, indicating that sustained levels of general satisfaction may be important for relationship survival. If changes in the balance between sexual and general satisfaction contribute to the incidence of separation, women who used OC during partner choice may be more likely than non-users to be responsible for initiating eventual separation. Our results support this conjecture. While it is well-established that women (rather than their male partners) generally initiate separation [30,31], we found that women who used OC during partner choice were even more likely to initiate the separation (if it occurred) than women who had not.
We have hypothesized that the reported effects are due to influence of OC on women's partner choice, but it is also possible that OC use during relationships may also contribute to relationship satisfaction and outcome. For example, differences in contraceptive use at the point of partner choice might also reflect patterns of use after relationships are established. If so, it is possible that suppression of cyclical preference shifts by OCs could lead to stabilization of relationship satisfaction in both male and female partners during the relationship, in addition to the proposed effects on initial mate choice. Thus, women who use OCs during the relationship would not experience mid-cycle shifts in desire for attributes that might not be possessed by her partner, and men may not experience changes in concern with partner fidelity or attractiveness (for a review of such issues, see [2]). In this way, the association between OC use and initiation of relationship dissolution by women might alternatively be interpreted in terms of higher initiation by men whose partner is a non-user. The distinction between these ideas remains a point for further research.
Furthermore, although our results are consistent with the idea that OC may alter adaptive mate choice, with downstream consequences on relationship satisfaction and outcome, it remains possible that any of the reported effects may alternatively arise from other, as yet undetermined, associations between OC use and relationship satisfaction. However, we controlled for several likely candidates. First, there may be differences between users and non-users in attitudes towards sex and behaviour in sexual relationships, which we controlled for using the sociosexual orientation index. It is also noteworthy that the interactions between contraceptive use and relationship duration (figure 2, showing that women using OC during partner choice were initially less likely to reject sex or acquiesce to sex under pressure from their partner, but became increasingly likely to do so, relative to non-users, as relationships progressed) demonstrate that relative sexual satisfaction cannot be simply explained by previous use or non-use of OC. Second, the assessment of current relationship satisfaction may be influenced by current hormonal state, but we controlled for this in the relevant analyses by excluding women using OC and those who were pregnant at the time of the survey. Third, in analyses probing sexual satisfaction, we controlled for the effects of non-sexual aspects of relationship quality, including financial provision. Fourth, we controlled for the duration of the relationship. Finally, we checked that the reported effects held in two different populations (the USA and the Czech/Slovak populations) and that they were not explained by between-group differences in commitment to the relationship potentially induced by a higher frequency of unplanned pregnancy among the non-users (see electronic supplementary material).
In summary, after controlling for these possible confounds, we found that women who met their partner while using OC were more satisfied in the non-sexual aspects of their relationship with their partner. This is consistent with studies showing that women express stronger preferences for social cues associated with direct benefits of mate choice at times of high progesterone levels and low fertility. However, these benefits appear to be offset by costs in terms of lower satisfaction in sexual aspects of the relationship. Women who used OC when they met their partner tended to find him less attractive, engaged in compliant sex and rejected sexual advances more frequently as the relationship progressed, and were more likely to initiate separation if it occurred. Although we do not know the relative degree of genetic similarity between couples in this study, these effects are also consistent with studies investigating mate preference for genetically complementary partners. For each kind of effect, our results suggest that these previously described mate preferences are not restricted to the laboratory, but are also expressed in actual partner choices. More importantly, our data also provide evidence that suppression of cyclical preference shifts by OC use may disrupt the expression of these adaptive preferences. We stress that the nature of this research question precludes a true experimental approach and that we therefore remain cautious about the causational link behind the associations we describe. We also recognize that the reasons for any relationship's survival or dissolution are complex and not limited to contraceptive choice at its inception. Nonetheless, our data provide important evidence in support of the proposal that the use of OC during partner choice (and possibly beyond) has the potential to profoundly influence the outcome of long-term relationships.
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Stirling's Department of Psychology and conducted according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki.
We are most grateful to all our participants. We also thank Marketa Londinova for help with data collection and two anonymous reviewers for their comments. The work is supported by an Economic and Social Research Council grant (ES/I008217/1) to S.C.R. and A.C.L. A.C.L. is funded by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, K.K. by a Czech Ministry of Education grant (MSM 0021620843), and J.H. by a Czech Science Foundation grant (GACR 406/09/0647).
- Received August 4, 2011.
- Accepted September 23, 2011.
- This journal is © 2011 The Royal Society


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Max Novak and Matt Hatch each scored two goals to help top-seeded Union beat Vermont 5-2 on Friday in the opening game of the NCAA East Regional.
Mat Bodie also scored for Union, which came into the tournament as the nation�s top-ranked team in the East regional, a first in program history after winning the ECAC tournament for the third straight season. Kevin Sullivan added three assists, and Daniel Carr had two for the Dutchman (29-6-4).
Chris McCarthy had two goals for Vermont (20-15-3), which was making its first NCAA appearance since 2010.
Union is 13-0-1 in its last 14 games.
The Catamounts took eight penalties, and Union converted three times on special teams.
The Dutchmen got on the board 4:15 into the game with a shorthanded goal. Hatch went almost end-to-end unimpeded, skating down the right half-wall before cutting into the slot and beating goalie Brody Hoffman to the glove side.
"That really got the bench going," Bodie said. "Special teams often dictate who wins, and I thought our special teams did it tonight."
Vermont tied in the period when McCarthy went behind the Union net, threw the puck in front and saw it ricochet back to him for an easy shot past Colin Stevens, who made 23 saves. Hoffman had 34 for Vermont.
Union took the lead back just over a minute later with a power play goal. Carr�s slapshot rebounded to Sullivan, who found Novak to the left of the goalie and he backhanded it into the net from his knees.
Carr played give-and-go with Novak on the power play to give the Dutchman a 3-1 lead in the second. Novak�s pass back to Carr hit the stick of Vermont�s Yvan Pattyn and into the net.
"We were moving the puck well, but more importantly we were winning the battles down low and that�s a huge component to the power play," said Novak.
Bodie made it 4-1 on a 4-on-1 rush after taking a pass from Sullivan in front of the net.
Vermont cut the deficit to two on a backhander by McCarthy at 13:19 of the third. But Hatch got his second goal into an empty net to put the game away.
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Max Novak and Matt Hatch each scored two goals to help top-seeded Union beat Vermont 5-2 on Friday in the opening game of the NCAA East Regional.


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Real Steel (US - BD)
Gabe watches every underdog movie ever as acted by rock'em sock'em robots.
Once a modestly successful boxer, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is out of sorts in the near future year of 2020. Boxing rings are no longer inhabited by humans, but by giant robots operated by radio controls and owned by corporate interests. Charlie has been reduced to a small time conman/gambler with a washed-up boxing robot of his own, which is soon destroyed by a bull belonging to promoter Ricky (Kevin Durand). Soon after, Charlie learns than an ex-girlfriend has died and his estranged son Max's (Dakota Goyo) guardian status is in question. Uninterested in caring for the boy, Charlie notices that Max's wealthy aunt Debra (Hope Davis) and uncle Marvin (James Rebhorn) want full custody and takes advantage, asking Marvin for $100k for his stepping aside as guardian. Charlie runs out on his debts (owing thousands), and returns home to childhood friend/love interest Bailey Tallet (Evangeline Lilly), who runs the boxing gym of her deceased father and Charlie's old coach. Here he uses the money to buy a new bot and meets up with Max, who will be staying with him for the remainder of the summer. To his chagrin, Max demands to be a part of his robo-fighting life.
Real Steel's very existence as a film mirrors its narrative themes. It's an underdog story in both text and action. The concept sounds so unbelievably trite on paper that any achievements are a gained against all odds. If my watching of the film were a film itself I'd be the villain plotting against Real Steel based on preconceived notions of the participants and their previous achievements. Chief among these is director Shawn Levy. A lot of people blurt out 'Brett Ratner' when thinking up the most generic, mediocre major motion picture director working today, but I think Levy is the current king of blasé (at the very least he's better than Len Wiseman). He has talent in moving massive motion picture productions along the correct track, but every film he's made is just the definition of ordinary. The only reason I can't think of a more faceless working director than Levy is that such people are so faceless we don't know their names in the first place (reportedly up-and-coming heir to the mediocrity crown Peter Berg was originally attached to Real Steel).
The most underdogish element, however, is the story, which sounds a whole lot like a half-assed adaptation of the old Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots toy. The box art features a quote from uber-hack critic Pete Hammond stating 'It's Rocky with robots…'. This is meant as an incentive, but sounds entirely insipid and encompasses everything I feared from the project. In these terms my assumptions were mostly correct and, minus the soft-sci-fi angle that is robots, Real Steel is mostly interchangeable with any number of other post- Rocky underdog story (including the glut of dance movies that have taken over the market recently). You can set your watch to these plot mechanics (the third act conflict appears at almost exactly the 90 minute mark). I also feared that the definitively holds barred, hand-to-hand battles would pale in comparison to Michael Bay's Transformers series (the size of the action being the only saving grace of those terrible films). Levy does a good job establishing an entirely un-Bay tone early in his film (which plenty would argue is too stoic), so his smaller scale robobattles don't really garner all that much comparison. Levy's lack of cinematic voice actually helps this particular production. He shoots the special effects driven fights as if he were making a traditional human-based boxing flick, and avoids over-cutting or shaking his camera arbitrarily. If it weren't for all the state of the art digital effects, the action sequences in Real Steel could easily be confused for any number of '80s released movies, and I mean this as a huge compliment. I didn't get that full-on rush of adrenaline the best fight films give me, but I'll admit to a handful of chills.
Arguably even more important than his work with the boxing action, Levy does a decent job working through the melodrama with semi-Spielbergian grace (not a surprise, since Spielberg offered some assistance to the production). He doesn't wink and nod to the audience, which goes a long way to ensure the goofy metaphors don't fall on their face too often. The heavy-handed '80s quality (similar to that of the other Spielberg-lite summer of 2011 release – Super 8) exhausted me at times, but I don't have a lot of patience for that kind of stuff, so the fact that I wasn't entirely disgusted says a lot about the film's overall quality. The actors bring similar game to the table, building up their best performances with not a lot of material. Hugh Jackman (who is a bit of an underdog himself following movies like Australia and X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is the most successful, pulling off the charming asshole early in the film and moving semi-believably into good man territory. He's not exactly trying his best, but he's doing a good job being himself and that smile could melt an iceberg. Little Dakota Goyo doesn't always overcome the inherently obnoxious quality of his character, but at his best tugs the heart strings without too much kiddie-ham and gives some genuinely funny line readings throughout the film. The supporting cast isn't particularly memorable, but Kevin Durand continues his streak as the best actor in the movies he appears in. On the not so good side, Evangeline Lilly and Jackman have so little chemistry I was confused enough to think she was playing his sister for most of the film.
Levy's last film was Date Night, which was shot using the inferior (as far as my eyes are concerned) Panavision Genesis HD camera. The transfer on that disc was rough with artefacts and ghosting problems. This time, the director opts for superior Sony CineAlta HD cameras, which feature better blends and less problematic edges. This is an extremely sharp and clean image, featuring incredibly intricate details, vibrant colours, and deep blacks. Details are vast and complex in both close-up and wide angles, including a whole lot of natural texture in metal, grass, asphalt, and even clothing stitches. Levy and Academy Award winning cinematographer Mauro Fiore resist the call of the orange and teal demon, but take another over-used digital grading route with a green and gold overall tint. The gold tint looks a little silly to me, but the colour quality is rich, the gradations are smooth, and the elements are elaborately separated. Blue and red highlights pop beautifully, and the highest contrasted blacks are brilliant. There is some minor, blocky digital noise overall, especially in the warmest and brightest daylight shots, but overall cleanliness is optimum. My only complaint pertains to the excessive darkness of some of the night scenes, where minor highlights still stand out, but overall image quality is lost in blackness.
Real Steel comes fitted with an impressive DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack. This mix gets off to a strong start early, as the credits roll over footage of Jackman driving to and through a carnival. Against the soft, warm music is the steady bass hum of his car with subtle surround and stereo movement from the carnival rides. This sets the stage for the bulk of the film, which is only particularly showy during the fight sequences. The sequence in which Charlie and Max steal parts from a scrap yard is a great example of a mixed realist and stylistic approach to sound, including incredibly realistic storm effects along with buzzing robotic effects. The fights are a different story. The sound designers clearly paid attention to the Transformers films in prepping their robot battles, but also take minor pains to not entirely rip off the now very familiar sounds of Autobots and Decepticons. The robots each have their own 'breathing' quality, their servos each have specific twitters, and every arm has its own swing sound. The movement in the fights is aggressive and the metal on metal connections are chest crushing in their LFE impact. The fight scenes also feature a lot of roaring crowd sound that moves successfully with the camera to create the appropriate swirl of noise. Danny Elfman's score isn't particularly standout, but is impressive in its eclectic nature and continuously well mixed.
The Blu-ray extras begin with a Second Screen commentary featuring director Shawn Levy. This was either not working or not available at the time of this review. I'm not a fan of Levy's, but he's usually a decent commentator, so I expect something decent when the time comes.
Countdown to the Fight: The Charlie Kenton Story (13:50, HD) is a mock-TV special/documentary that features members of the cast discussing the roll up to the climatic fight, with a specific focus on Charlie's upbringing through the boxing world. It's a bit overlong, but captures the feel of similar featurettes that come before major sporting events in real life and Jackman impresses with his in character performance. The Making of Metal Valley (14:10, HD) is a behind the scenes look at the Metal Valley sequence, including production design, pre-viz, digital and practical effects, shooting, next day editing, and stunts. It includes interviews with director Shawn Levy, producer Mary McLaglen, production designer Tom Meyer, special effects supervisors Joe DiGaetano and Eric Nash, stunt coordinators Garret Warren and Eric Hedeyat, stunt woman Kelli Barksdale, 1st AD Josh McLaglen, and editor Dean Zimmerman. Building the Bots (5:40, HD) features Stan Winston's legacy replacement John Rosengrant, Levy, Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Meyer, and writer John Gatens, discussing the production of the full scale robot production and mechanics. There's also a bunch of footage with Steven Spielberg helping Levy work through the effects. Sugar Ray Leonard: Cornerman's Champ (6:20, HD) features real life boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard working with the production to design fights, and train Jackman and the stunt team.
The extras are completed with a single extended scene, and a series of scenes that make up a deleted subplot (17:50, HD), both featuring introductions with Levy, a blooper reel (2:40, HD), and Disney and DreamWorks trailers.
Real Steel isn't a terrible film, but I don't really get the surprisingly positive reviews it garnered on its initial release. Was it a matter of low expectations, or did people get a genuine rise out of the predictable robot on robot action? Director Shawn Levy has achieved quite a bit with the concept, and the special effects are pretty fantastic, but I didn't get a lot more out of the experience. That said, fans should be very happy with the 1080p video quality, the aggressive 7.1 DTS-HD soundtrack, and it's also possible that the not-yet-available Disney Second Screen option is quite amazing.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 24th January 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English and French, DVS 2.0 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Second Screen with Director Shawn Levy, Deleted and Extended Scenes, Countdown to the Fight, Sugar Ray Leonard: Cornerman's Champ, Making of Metal Valley, Bloopers, Trailers, DVD Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo
Genre: Action, Drama, Family and Sci-Fi
Length: 127 minutes
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Mom Whose Son Was Killed Jaywalking Won't Be Jailed
In April of 2010, Raquel Nelson and her four year-old son crossed a busy street near Atlanta. Her son was struck and killed, by a driver who "had been drinking earlier in the day while taking pain medication, was partially blind in one eye, and had two previous hit-and-run convictions." So naturally, prosecutors decide to arrest and charge Nelson with vehicular homicide, for jaywalking.
And earlier this month, a jury convicted her of it! She faced three years in jail, which would have been more time than the driver who actually struck and killed her son got. Because a mother whose child is killed while crossing a busy street must be harshly punished. But this story actually has a somewhat happy ending: the judge in the case just sentenced Nelson to probation with no jail time, and even offered her a new trial—a clear signal that this was a fucked up case to bring in the first place.
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Bremont at SalonQP 2012
Bremont is pleased to announce that for the third year running we will be exhibiting at SalonQP.
Bremont is pleased to announce that for the third year running we will be exhibiting at SalonQP, the UK's only fine watch exhibition, held in London at the Saatchi Gallery 8-10 November 2012.
The star of the show for Bremont, who celebrate their 10 years anniversary this year, will be the stunning Victory Limited Edition timepiece which is due for release later in 2012. With the blessing of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Bremont is producing a limited quantity of these unique watches which will include parts of oak timber and copper from the original ship to commemorate Nelson and the ship HMSVictory.
Bremont will be located in Gallery One on the ground floor of the building, we will have on show a selection of our new releases for 2012, our most iconic collections to date and some interesting museum pieces. Giles English, Bremont Co-Founder, recently spoke to QP magazine from the Bremont Boutique in Mayfair,
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Now in its fourth year, SalonQP will present an impressive array of horological delights within the superb setting of London's Saatchi Gallery. Bringing together renowned grandes maisons and independent watch brands and makers, SalonQP features exciting innovations, the best of design and the finest craftsmanship.
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2014 Bentley Continental GT Speed: Overview
Pros: The fastest model yet in Bentley's nearly 100-year history; dialed-in handling with more driver involvement; lavish interior appointments
Cons: Behind-the-times navigation interface; interior switchgear plucked from the Volkswagen parts bin; less costly V8 version offers compelling competition
What's New: The current, range-topping 2014 Bentley Continental GT Speed coupe now features performance specs that meet, and in some cases exceed, those of the outgoing Supersports model. More aggressively tuned suspension offers more road feel, while reduced aerodynamic drag and curb weight aid the car's high-speed handling. Increased turbocharger boost from the W12 engine also helps elevate torque and horsepower output, while the 8-speed gearbox previously available only in the V8 version now enhances powerplant flexibility.
It takes quite a bit of fine tuning to squeeze more power from the mighty 12-cylinder engine in Bentley's flagship coupe, but the company's mechanical engineers achieved exactly that with the $215,000 Continental GT Speed. Boasting a claimed 0-to-60 miles per hour time of four seconds and a 205-mph top speed (1 mph faster than the outgoing Supersports GT), the new Continental GT Speed is a high-performance machine that somehow defies its portly curb weight of 5,115 pounds. To tame those supercar-like performance numbers, the latest GT is more aerodynamic, has more buttoned-down suspension settings and boasts the largest brakes on any production car.
While the interior of the 2014 Bentley Continental GT Speed features many of the sumptuous details we've come to expect from the Winged B nameplate, including fragrant leather trim and rich wood veneers, some details (like the metal shift gate and instrument panel buttons) betray their Volkswagen heritage. Though there's nothing wrong with their functional design, we wouldn't mind if this sleek coupe felt a bit more bespoke, a la the higher-priced Mulsanne sedan. The navigation system is also disappointingly outdated, which is something nobody should put up with at any price, let alone one that can easily creep toward $250,000 with options piled on.
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Coming Soon! The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White Starring In A Guitar-Themed Film!
Sounds like a legendary film in the making! The forthcoming documentary film, "It Might Get Loud," is already generating considerable buzz among music fans and guitar players...
Jimmy Page & Jack White
First screened in May at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie officially premieres this September at the Toronto International Film Festival.
According to a press release, the movie "revolves around a singular day when Jimmy Page, the Edge, and Jack White first met and sat down together to share their stories, teach, and play."
Led Zeppelin's Page, U2's the Edge and White, leader of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, were chosen for their impact across three different generations - from Page's 1960s days as a session musician and a member of the Yardbirds into the Edge's unique sound developed in the '80s through White's current work.
The film - which was directed by Davis Guggenheim (who won an Academy Award for his direction of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth") - is said to "capture the guitarists as each explains and demonstrates how he changed the sound of the electric guitar to suit his own distinctive musical style."
In one scene, as the guitarists banter with one another about their influences, Page pulls out a Link Wray album, the Edge pulls out an album by the Sex Pistols, and White pulls out an album by the Flat Duo Jets.
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Donald Driver Talks about Jennings, Rodgers
The Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers probably just want to play football and are tired of hearing what his former teammates have to say about him.
On Thursday morning on Mike and Mike on ESPN Radio, former Packers receiver Donald Driver offered his thoughts on the situation between Greg Jennings and Rodgers.
Driver talked about the comments Jennings made to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, when Jennings said Rodgers has to hold himself accountable when all he hears is positives.
In response, Driver said, "We've always said that the quarterback is the one that needs to take the pressure off everyone else. If a guy runs the wrong route, it's easy for the quarterback to say, 'Hey, I told him to run that route' than for the guy to be like, 'Well, I ran the wrong route.' Sometimes you ask Aaron to take the pressure off the guys so we won't look bad, but he didn't want to do that. He felt like if you did something bad, you do it. But I think that's the difference. You want that leadership, and I think sometimes you may not feel like you got it. You have to earn that respect at the end of the day, and I think that's what Greg was probably referring to."
Driver doesn't know what happened between Rodgers and Jennings, or where it started. Driver said he didn't see it last season or after the Packers season ended in January after an early playoff exit.
When it was all said and done, Driver knows Rodgers is a nice guy.
"He's a nice guy. I think that's what you have to respect. I played with him five years so I was able to experience everything he went through. I saw when he first got drafted, he came in with a chip on his shoulder in that draft, and it shouldn't have been Alex Smith. That's the way the guy is. I've always told Aaron, 'Don't forget where you come from because the people are the ones who put you on that pedestal. You didn't put yourself there.' I think that's what we learning now. I'm not saying he's a bad guy, I think he's a great guy. I'm friends with Aaron."


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Is it possible to see a mind at work? The Fairness arc suggests that it is.
For the last two weeks we've been interviewing each of the students about his or her perceptions of fairness, and the depth and seriousness of their answers—and of their efforts to arrive at answers—come across on the video rather vividly. After the tangible certainties of Salt, Fairness is proving more elusive.
You can see in their faces and hear in their careful choice of words the complexities these very young ethicists and philosophers are navigating en route to an opinion. And where they end up is often surprisingly thoughtful and nuanced.
Natasha, for example, links fairness with equality and makes a conceptual leap to the injustice of homelessness that sounds remarkably like the awakening of a political consciousness.
Quinn also associates fairness with equality but makes a distinction between equal opportunity and equal outcomes—makes it fresh right in front of our eyes:
Max gives us a tour of his own evolving thoughts on fairness and his evolving feelings about this challenging arc:
As the kids move into their Declarations this week we're looking forward to seeing how these subtleties and moral complexities emerge in actual projects—in short, how young minds-at-work turn abstract thoughts and values into action.


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tom and jerry is a north american cartoon. the cartoon follows the antics of a cat named Tom (in the pilot 1939 "puss gets the boot" he was named Jasper)and jerry (unamed in pilot). The plot of tom and jerry is simple tom tries to catch jerry though the irony is tom causes more destruction than jerry would if left alone. the shorts have won 7 academy awards. The shorts have been censored recently due to the use of "black faces" the shots have been edited out poorly. despite this tom and jerry is still a great cartoon that kids and adults would watch.
person 1 "nah,face it. nothing is as good as anime"
person 2 "what about tom and jerry"
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by tnj March 17, 2007
An awsome programe that rocks. About some cat named Tom and some anoying mouse called Jerry. The cat always tries to eat the mouse but the mouse always gets away.
Tom runs after mouse into garden. Mouse hides behide dog. Dog eats cat.thats an example of Tom and Jerry
by bob marley - the one and the only July 27, 2007
A cartoon of a cat named Tom and a Mouse named Jerry that go out of their way fuck with one another. A show usely aired on cartoon network and is enjoyable to watch while smoking reefer. Jerry is always making tom look like his bitch.
*You and Friend watching Tom and Jerry
Friend: You see Jerry just drop one kilo on Toms head?
You: Yeah Jerry's that nigga
Friend: You see Jerry just drop one kilo on Toms head?
You: Yeah Jerry's that nigga
by Nerd Nasty November 26, 2009
LITERALLY THE MOST FUCKING GREATEST FUCKING TV SHOW EVER FUCKERS. I FUCKING LOVE DAMN TOM AND JERRY MOFO'S! 2+2 = 4 THAT FUCKING GODDAMN QUICK MATHS BITCH THIS IS A FUCKING GREAT SHOW warner bros ! YOU IS AWESOME. #1940
TOM AND FUCKING JERRY IS AWESOME BITCH! - "Defined as tom and jerry is awesome"
by MmTomandJerry November 14, 2017
Left and right feet, as in walking
Person 1: Can I get a ride to the club?
Person 2: Nah man, I ain't got gas.
Person 2: Well, I guess it's Tom and Jerry time.
Person 2: Nah man, I ain't got gas.
Person 2: Well, I guess it's Tom and Jerry time.
by poppaman December 12, 2008
The act of a large, agressive homosexual lurking in the gay bar- and getting aroused by a smaller defenseless homosexual. The bigger one intends on taking him home and making him his bitch, but is undermindend by the small, clever homoexual and, infact, becomes the bitch.
I saw a classic example of a Tom and Jerry when Big Ben tried to persue a small male conpanion (offering 2 wine coolers), but he was cut short when the smaller man refused. He instead bought his own vodka tonic. Big Ben began to get angry, and by the end of the night, he finds himself hopped up on ecstasy and tied to a bullpin getting mounted by the smaller homosexual.
by phantompooper July 10, 2008
A hot alcoholic drink made from hot coffee, beaten eggs, rum, sugar and brandy. It was popular before prohibition. Mentioned in "Dancing Dan's Christmas" by Damon Runyan. You can sometimes find peach Fireking Tom and Jerry sets with a big mixing bowl that says "Tom and Jerry" and matching cups. Santa mugs are nice for serving Tom and Jerry, too.
This hot Tom and Jerry is an old time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.
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I'm sure different parts of the world have different weeds.
For me, the worst are:
Variegated - someone planted it there, then it decided to take over the earth.
Nonvariegated - probably reverted from variegated, and even more aggressive.
Bishopweed, also called Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria); It's sold as an ornamental. It has brittle underground stems, so when you pull it up, it leaves multiple nodes to sprout underground. I''ve been trying to clear it out for 9 years, and it just keeps spreading. This is the most frustrating invasive in my yard.
Canadian Thistle: Not really that invasive, but it's painful to pull out, so I put it off, Then they grow too big.
Himalayan Blackberry: Around here, it's like kudzu with attitude!. Seems like you've got it all pulld out, then the next week you ahve 6 ft, very thorny stems. Ouch ouch damn damn. The up side is that if you miss it until it bears fruit, they are SO good!
English Ivy: Even roundup doesn't kill it. Not that I use roundup, but I tried a few years ago. It just made the leaves shinier.
Apparently, you can eat Bishopweed in salads. I just pull it out and feed it to the chickens, they love it almost as much as they love dandelions. That makes it less like doing a hated chore, pulling out weeds, and more like foraging.
We also have weeds that I don't know the names for. One that I learned is StickyWeed (Galium aparine). I had no idea what it was called. It isn't as invasive as some of the others, and the succulent stems and leaves are another treat for the chickens. The leaves and stems have tiny velcro-like surfaces and stick to clothes and each other. I did a search on it, thinking this is a sticky weed, and it turns out that the common name is stick weed.
I think one might be Gallant Soldier (Galinsoga parviflora) - it looks like this. It's extremely prolific, comes on with compost, but is relatively easy to pull up. Another chicken favorite (There is a trend here)
Interestingly, a lot of weeds are apparently edible. I haven't tried them. Dandelions, lambsquarters, and according to some web sites, bishopweed and stickyweed.
We also have some weeds that I don't mind, like dandelions (a chicken favorite). Also, semi-invasives like parsley and cilantro, that I let go to seed and now come up all over the place. Which we then eat. And some that I should mind, but dont, like mints. They are invasive, but I like the smell when I pull them up. The chickens dont eat the mint. They don't eat lemon balm either, but I like to pull it out and spread in on the grass before mowing. Smells very nice.
Side note: google search on weeds turns up a lot of info on marijuana. Strange thing is, people aren't trying to eradicate it, they are trying to grow it. Imagine that! No idea whether chickens will like it.
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The bishopweed seems to be getting ahead of me again. Im using an organic weed killer, "Worry Free" that I think is made from a citrus extract. Vinegar would be cheaper. I should try it. The "Worry Free" does seem to be weakening the bishop weed in the areas where I have tried it, but it's in a lot of areas. It also seems to work on lemon balm, which is highly invasive in my yard. I think I am definitely almost rid of the Canadian thistle now, using the same product.
This time of year seems very important in weed management. They are growing like crazy now.
Another home remedy for your weeds. Plain old salt water - it really works!
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When it comes to low-voltage and AC and DC difference in shock risk, many workers may be confused. Low-voltage is not defined by OSHA in regards to electrical safety and severity of shock. Related to low-voltage potential is the difference between AC and DC shock risks.
The Occupational Heath and Safety Blog covers this topic, looking at the work practices and training for the definition of low voltage. The blog gives specific references that seem to imply that the regulatory ranges are as follows: >600 volts = high voltage; 50 – 600 volts is low voltage; and <50 volts (sometimes referred to as "extra-low voltage") is generally not regulated except by NEC.
The bloggers also ask the question: Is there a different risk when working with direct current as opposed to alternating current at the same voltage? "Research indicates that direct current (DC) is more likely to 'freeze"' a victim in a shock scenario, but the victim is more likely to recover afterwards," the blog states.
The bottom line was this: to understand actual risks and potential risks based on your situation, including regular site inspections of areas and processes prone to electrical risk and site- and process-specific procedures, or SOPs, that require employees to safeguard the equipment being worked on. For the full list, see "Electrical Safety - Don't Be Shocked!"


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2018 POP ConferenceNovember 5–7, 2018Providence, Rhode Island
Dr. Heinonen is assistant professor for the Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Program (A-CAPPP) at Michigan State University. His broader research interests include examining crime events to aid problem-solving, policing, spatial crime analysis and crime prevention theory. His most recent research focuses specifically on product counterfeiting, understanding and responding to street robbery and police staffing. Before joining MSU, Dr. Heinonen was a crime analyst with the Uptown Consortium in Cincinnati, Ohio. In this capacity, he collaborated with city and university police agencies, non-profit organizations and community leaders to address crime problems in Uptown Cincinnati. Dr. Heinonen holds a B.S. from the University of Toledo, an M.S. from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D from the University of Cincinnati, all in criminal justice.
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Redskins are on path to playoffs, Eagles headed nowhere
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PHILADELPHIA – Only five weeks ago, the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles both were teams heading nowhere.
The Eagles stayed on that path, but the Redskins took a surprise detour.
Led by Robert Griffin III and fellow rookie quarterback Kirk Cousins — for the last four-plus quarters — the Redskins (8-6) have won five straight games to move into a three-way tie for first place in the NFC East. If Washington wins the last two, the division title returns to the nation's capital for the first time since 1999.
First, the Redskins have to get past Philadelphia (4-10) on Sunday. Despite their record, the Eagles have played better in recent weeks. All they've got left is being a spoiler.
"I'm not really happy the way any of it is turning out," tight end Brent Celek said. "Us being the spoiler, we can do that. They're going to be ready to go when they come in here because they've got playoffs in their minds. We're going to have to be geared up and ready to stop them."
Like the Redskins, the Eagles also were 3-6 entering their meeting at FedEx Field on Nov. 18. They got whipped 31-6 for the sixth of their eight straight losses.
"We'd like to be in the other situation where we're fighting for the division," rookie quarterback Nick Foles said. "The season hasn't gone the way we wanted it to, but we still have the opportunity to play two more games and we just want to go out there and give our best versus Washington and we want to win."
Foles made his first NFL start in that lopsided loss to the Redskins last month. Filling in for an injured Michael Vick, his inexperience showed. But Foles has improved in the past five games, though he took a step backward last week against Cincinnati after an impressive performance in a comeback win over Tampa Bay on Dec. 9.
"He's more comfortable in the overall scheme," coach Andy Reid said. "Some of the biggest challenges for quarterbacks in this offense is making sure that you get your drop right with each route and what's presented to you defensively. So, I think he's more comfortable with that and the more reps he gets, he'll be even better at it. But I'd tell you, from that first go-around, he's just more comfortable in the scheme."
Vick will be back for the first time since he sustained a concussion against Dallas on Nov. 11. But the four-time Pro Bowl quarterback will be No. 3 behind Foles and backup Trent Edwards.
At least Vick can get a close-up view of RG3, who is even more dynamic than he was in his prime. Vick may be the greatest running QB of all-time, but Griffin's spectacular all-around play surpasses him already.
Of all the multidimensional quarterbacks that have played in the league, Griffin might possess the most skills. His combination of incredible speed and precision passing is quite unique. He has 2,902 yards passing, 18 touchdowns and only four interceptions. His passer rating of 104.2 trails only Aaron Rodgers (104.7).
Griffin sat out last week's win at Cleveland after spraining his right knee late in the fourth quarter of an overtime victory over Baltimore the previous game. He practiced this week and is expected to return against Philadelphia.
"We came back from the bye with one mission and that's the mission we're still on," Griffin said. "We control our own destiny. We did what we were supposed to do. We won and that's what we have to continue to do. Guys can't get happy now. We still have one game and another game after that."
The Redskins haven't reached the playoffs since 2007. Their last playoff win was in 2005. A victory over the Eagles could set up a winner-take-all game next Sunday against Dallas (8-6). Coach Mike Shanahan will have to make sure his team doesn't look too far ahead and gets upset in Philadelphia.
"Anytime you have your backs against the wall, each game is very important and you have to concentrate on that game and you can't worry about other games," Shanahan said. "You have to make sure everybody gives their best shot and you find a way to win and that's what we've been doing. And as you do win, you gain more confidence."
Shanahan's counterpart on the opposite sideline could be coaching his last home game. Reid is unlikely to return to Philadelphia for his 15th season next year. The Eagles are missing the playoffs for the second straight year after coming in with huge expectations.
Reid guided the Eagles to nine playoff appearances, five NFC title games and one Super Bowl. But he failed to win the franchise's first championship since 1960 and the team has regressed significantly the past two seasons.
Fans have long wanted Reid gone and soon may get their wish. However, the talk in Philadelphia this week was about showing Reid some appreciation.
The same fans who chanted "Fire Andy!" at the Linc this year just may give the big guy a standing ovation on his way out.
"I really haven't thought about that," Reid said. "I'd like to tell you a different answer to that, but I haven't really gone there."
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2013 Hall of Honor
Brian Cox
Class of 1992
The Buccaneer Football team had put together three winning seasons in the last 21 years when Cox first stepped on the field as a freshman in 1988. Four years later the four-season starter had helped lead the squad to a 29-9 record, including back-to-back Midwest Conference North Division Championships as a junior and senior. A two-time All-MWC selection, he still holds the top single-season spot in completion percentage and two of the top five top passing yardage seasons and is ranked in the top four in five career passing categories, including being one of just two Beloit quarterbacks with 50 touchdown passes. Cox, who also was a four-year letterwinner for the Buccaneer Men's Golf team, was nationally-ranked in passing efficiency for three straight years and finished his amazing career as the winningest starting quarterback in Beloit history with 28 victories. After graduating from Beloit with a Bachelors in Economics and Management, Cox taught English for two years in Japan before putting his leadership skills into action with Aston Hotels for the last 15 years. He is currently the General Manager at the Aston Mahana at Kaanapali Resort on Maui, where he resides with his wife and three children.
Brian Balick
Class of 1999
In a legacy of outstanding ball carriers for the Buccaneer Football program, Balick resides near the top. A four-year letterwinner, he still ranks in the top three in every career rushing category, including the third-most yards and TDs on the ground. A three-time All-Midwest Conference pick, including First Team as both a junior and senior, his 18 rushing touchdowns as a senior remains the single-season record. He was the team's Offensive Player of the Year three times and the team MVP twice. He was the Wisconsin Private College Player of the Year as a senior when he led the MWC in rushing. He also earned All-American laurels twice, including Third Team in 1998. After graduation Balick became a successful leader in several fields, including finance and banking. He became Senior Program Manager with Rasmussen College in Aurora, Illinois, in 2010 before moving up to his current position of Admissions Manager at the College in the Summer of 2012. He is also a part owner in a food service company that specializes in high-end deserts. He and his wife reside in his hometown of Naperville, Illinois.
Tatjana "Tanya" Kopylova
Class of 2002
There were numerous reasons Kopylova decided to make Beloit College her choice to further her education. But for the Buccaneer Women's Tennis team, her choice helped send the team on a Championship run. A three-year letterwinner, she won six individual Midwest Conference Championships, playing at #1 singles and #1 doubles her first season before moving to #2 singles in her last two seasons. She was undefeated during her three-season MWC career, helping to lead the squad to MWC Championships in 2000 and 2001. Including both singles and doubles play, she won 129 matches overall, with 53 coming during her junior season and 43 as a senior, and was undefeated in MWC play. In those two seasons she had an overall mark of 96-6 while earning All-American honors both seasons. After graduating with a Bachelors degree in Chemistry she earned her Masters degree in Environmental Management and Sustainability at the University of Amsterdam Business School. After two years at the Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago she took a position with the Shell Oil Company in 2006. She currently works in Cluster Optimization for Shell while residing in London.
Ioulia "Julia" Lebedeva
Class of 2003
Lebedeva's hope upon entering Beloit College was that she could continue her studies as well as be "beneficial" to the success of the Buccaneer Women's Tennis team. She succeeded on both counts. By the end of her three-season career she was the winningest player in the program's history with 159 wins while adding six individual Midwest Conference Championships. She was a three-time All-American and twice finished as the national runner-up in doubles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Small College Championships. Her play helped lead the Bucs to MWC Championships in all three of her seasons. In total she won over 90% of her matches and was undefeated in MWC play. Following graduation with a Bachelors degree in Modern Languages she moved to Sevilla, Spain, to continue studying before returning to Moscow, where her language and organizational skills earned her a position with BENE, a multinational Austrian company. She is currently the Head of the Customer Support Department and a member of the branch Management Team while continuing to live in Moscow.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois officials say they're cracking down
on people who illegally park in disability parking spaces at shopping malls.
Secretary of State Jesse White says the statewide enforcement begins
Friday, the kickoff to the holiday shopping season.
Authorities will be enforcing the rules at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg,
Water Tower Place
in downtown Chicago and malls in Carbondale, Champaign, Peoria, Fairview heights, Rockford and Springfield.
White says the mission isn't to give tickets to but ensure parking
spaces are available to those who need them.
State authorities issued nearly 200 citations last year during the
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The history of the Gibson Electric Spanish (ES) Semi-Acoustic Guitars
It was 1958 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Gibson was about to explode into a legendary Golden Age, fueled by relentless innovations and inspired designs that would define the electric guitar for generations. In a year that saw the release of revolutionary Gibson guitars like the Explorer, Flying V, and Double Neck, one guitar stood out as the most innovative and brilliant of all.
Driven by a passion to innovate, Gibson president Ted McCarty sought to do the impossible—combine the best features of a hollowbody and a solidbody guitar. At McCarty's urging, Gibson builders got to work on a design that could offer players the rich, singing tone of beautiful jazz boxes like the Byrdland and the ES-350, as well as the unequaled power of the roaring Les Paul Standard.
The result was one of the most beloved and enduring instruments of all time, the Gibson ES-335. The "ES" stood for Electric Spanish, as opposed to the EH line of lap steels, which stood for Electric Hawaiian. The number that followed referred to the instrument's price. At the time, an original 1958 ES-335 would set players back a whopping $335. Nicknamed the "wonder-thin" body, the ES-335 eliminated the howling feedback that plagued hollowbodies. In a stroke of Gibson genius, Gibson luthiers constructed the new model with a solid maple block running through the center of the body. Not only was feedback nearly eliminated, but the bright tone of the maple block packed a punch to the warmth of the traditional hollowbody sound.
The guitar became an instant classic as it was embraced by jazz guitarists, and its expressive, responsive attack also gave a definitive tone to blues guitar. As the first wave of the rock 'n' roll revolution crashed out of transistor radios all over the world, more often than not the power of the 335 was behind it. Chuck Berry—the poet laureate of revved-up guitar boogie—made the 335 a cultural icon. And over the years, the ES-335 has forged a bold trail through classic rock, country, jazz, and punk. It is truly one of the world's finest guitars.
Though the essential genius of the ES-335 design never wavered, over the years subtle changes in its details have endeared every incarnation to generations of players. Released from 1958 to1962 as a "dot neck," the original ES-335's inlaid pearl dots were replaced in 1962 with block-shaped pearl inlays. Another small modification was the introduction of a shorter pickguard in 1960, but the most significant change came in 1964 when the original stop tailpiece was replaced with a trapeze tailpiece.
Released the same year as the original ES-335 was a higher-end version—the ES-355, which came factory-equipped with multiple binding, gold-plated hardware, an ebony fingerboard, and an optional Bigsby vibrato, all for an extra $20. The king of the ES line, it was only fitting that the ES-355 became the signature instrument of B.B. King, the undisputed, uptown king of the blues. The following year, in 1959, Gibson announced the release of the ES-345. Pitched as an intermediate model, both sonically and cosmetically, between the 335 and the 355, the 345 came with an added Varitone control and stereo wiring. In 1982, Gibson honored King with a signature Lucille that combined the elegant appointments of the ES-355, with the electronic enhancements of the ES-345, adding fine tuners and removing the f-holes in the process.
In recent years, the Gibson Custom Shop has produced a number of popular replicas—painstaking re-creations of the original ES-335s, ES-345s, and ES-355s, as well as innovative new designs like the single cutaway ES-137 models. The 1959 ES-335 Dot Reissue features a rounded neck profile and pearl dot inlays consistent with the original model, and the 1963 ES-335 Block Reissue includes the thinner neck profile and block inlays of later models. Gibson also released several signature models, including the Eric Clapton Crossroads ES-335, the Larry Carlton ES-335, and the Alvin Lee "Big Red" ES-335, and the stripped-down, one-pickup Tom DeLonge model.
Never off the Gibson production line, the extraordinary ES-335 family has withstood the test of time for nearly 50 years. The instrument that started as an eye-popping anomaly of Gibson innovation has gone on to set a standard for form, function, and style. From gritty blues, to swinging jazz, to roaring rock 'n' roll and punk, the ES-335 can do it all.
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The Complete 2011 Silicon Alley 100 List: RANKED!
New York City had a break out year in 2011, riding a wave of tech enthusiasm to heights it's never seen before.
Right now, New York, or as it's often called, Silicon Alley, is home to one company with a billion dollar valuation — Gilt Groupe — and 28 others with valuations of $100 million or over.
Despite a weakening stock market, and deep fundamental problems with the economy, this time next year we expect more billion dollar companies in New York.
But, before we get ahead of ourselves, let's take some time to look back at the fantastic year that was.
We've created the Silicon Alley 100 to celebrate people doing the coolest things in New York in 2011. We don't have it ranked, because it's a list of great stuff across the board. The slides are in random order. But, if you're on here, and you want to tell friends you're ranked number one, we won't dispute it.
Click here to scroll through this year's Silicon Alley 100 →
A number of Business Insider's investors appear on this list: Kevin Ryan (also our Chairman), RRE, Ken Lerer, Scott Kurnit and Roger Ehrenberg. Many companies on the list share investors with Business Insider.
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Primal Instinct: Rugby Player (And LGBT Ally) Stuart Reardon Wants You To 'Scrum & Get It'!
We're loving these enlightened British rugby players! Ben Cohen's already been a vocal (and burly) ally and now rugby star Stuart Reardon's speaking out on his love for the gays in this feature and photo spread for Gay Times magazine!
He loves the gays, hates Russia's treatment of us and works with underprivileged kids. Rugby ace Stuart Reardon is like the Mother Theresa of Warrington - only with thighs that could crack a coconut under his wimple. Stuart talks to GT exclusively about rugby's acceptance of homosexuality and he gives his opinion on the Winter Olympics question that's on every gay athletes mind...to boycott or not to boycott?
"What's happened over there is disgusting. But if you've been training for the last four years and you're in a position where you could win a medal, you're going to want to compete aren't you? If I was a gay athlete I think it would send a stronger message to go. Being in the public eye, you have a wider opportunity to voice your opinion to a wider audience and send a positive message. That would make more of an impact than boycotting."
Whatever you say, Stuart. Totally agree. What he said.