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A conversation with Susan Middleton '70 about discovery, delight, patience, and paying attention—and the place where art and science meet in her photographs.
By Steven Boyd Saum
Learning to love photography
SCM: In the spring issue of Santa Clara Magazine and, much more so, in the show Life Cycle at the de Saisset Museum this spring, people have the chance to see work from two of your recent projects, Evidence of Evolution and Spineless. Each takes the viewer to a place that's startling and beautiful. So how did you find yourself exploring these places visually?
Susan Middleton: The first drive that I had to make photographs that led to these comes from when I was working at the California Academy of Sciences. I was doing a lot of different kinds of photography before then, in the anthropological collections, in the aquarium. I was very interested in portraiture, but portraiture of people. And I was doing portraits, in my studio. I was enthralled with Richard Avedon and Irving Penn. I liked kind of that style. But I also loved Irving Penn's still lifes.
I wanted to learn how to make photographs that I thought were strong. So I apprenticed myself to some people who could teach me. I brought them into the Academy of Sciences and I said, "I'm photographing all these Hopi kachinas for this catalog. They're carved wooden dolls, but I want them to look like they're alive. I want to do them all black-and-white, and then I want to do them in color. How do I get them to look like that?"
I really taught myself photography from photographing in those collections—first, from the anthropological collections. I consider those things empowered objects. They're not just street material. The kachinas have great significance in the culture that they come from. I wanted to do right by them.
Then I saw some Irving Penn photographs I hadn't before: a cigarette butt, an old, smashed paper cup. And he made these beautiful prints out of that. I thought, This is like magic. It convinced me of the transformative power of photography.
Photography was not my favorite medium at all when I was working at the de Saisset Museum after college. My favorite media were painting and sculptures—and conceptual art, video. And the museum Director then, Lydia Modi Vitale, was a huge influence and inspiration for me artistically. But I began to open myself up to photographs, and how powerful they could be. I thought, Wow, this is something I really want to pursue. After I worked for Richard Avedon for a year, I became obsessed with the kind of strange drive and work ethic he possessed. A little of that rubbed off. But I wasn't interested in photographing people. People—we're so full of ourselves. Everywhere we look, it's people, people, people. What about the rest of life? There's so much out there.
I grew up in the Northwest. My dad was not a scientist, but he loved nature. So I was out in nature a lot; I had an appreciation and love for it. Working at the Academy of Sciences, I started learning about what I was photographing. I met a man named Tom Eisner, who still teaches at Cornell. He's best friends with biologist E.O. Wilson. He introduced me to Wilson. He is an entomologist, as is Wilson, and he's a recipient of the National Medal of Science. I worked with Eisner in an intact ecosystem in Florida called the Archbold Biological Station. It's Florida scrub; photographing there started opening my eyes to all these different critters and plants out there, and how they all worked together. And, I realized, most people don't have a clue. Because I'm interested, and I didn't have a clue.
So I thought, This is where I want my attention to go—to the underdog. Once these pictures from Florida started coming out, people did respond. You know who responded the strongest? The conservation community. Especially the scientists who were passionate conservationists. They've been the most avid supporters, because they know what's going on here, and they know that there's a communication power here. They know that there's also an artistry here. They totally get it. There's never been any question in that community about the usefulness or the value of these pictures.
But sometimes in the art community, it's been kind of like: Are these really art? And then, in other parts of the science community: Well, they're not really science. They ride the line.
That's what gives them their kind of special place. But my primary impulse is an artistic one when I'm making a photograph. I can talk to you about the life—what I know about. But none of that is what I'm thinking about when I'm trying to compose an image.
Spring 2011
See all articles from this issue
Life cycle
Luminous beauty and the delight of discovery in a photo essay by Susan Middleton '70.
The Pause for Coz
A much-beloved Jesuit, Fr. Richard Coz touched the lives of generations of Broncos—who established a scholarship in his honor with the goal of raising $1 million.
Mission Matters
Here's the plan.
It's a new strategic vision for Santa Clara University. And a road map for the years ahead.
Taking innovations to scale
An inaugural conference on the Mission Campus draws the best of the Tech Awards. The goal: Take brilliant ideas, then replicate.
Bronco Profile
Man in motion
Rich McGuinness '89 is a football force to be reckoned with. He's the man behind The Ride and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.


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Well, it might be safe to say that Apple's own engineers stopped testing their Apple apps with 3.x iOS devices, and have created bugs that make these apps unusable. This is to be somewhat expected, Apple has a track record of not-so-great backwards compatibility (on the Mac), but what we also expected was to not get these broken updates forced to us. It's one thing to stop updating the firmware of older iOS models, and another thing breaking them.
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What I think Apple did wrong...
by Paradroid on Thu 17th Feb 2011 09:28 UTC
They should never have released iOS4 for the 3G iPhone. It was a complete mess. I had to uninstall it off my phone because it ran like treacle.
But by making it available developers came to the conclusion that they only need to bother supporting iOS4, because on the iPhone side the only phone that couldn't run it was the original 2G iPhone.
Some really simple apps in the App Store that don't need iOS4 specific features are still marked as requiring iOS4, making it unavailable to users who iOS4 is not available for - or users who cannot run it for performance reasons.
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linen dress - my variation of Sidonie
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When I read about the MiniChallenge, I thought it was time no only following pattern instructions but doing alterations myself. So I decided to make a dress. I didn't use a lining. I changed the parts of the pattern by adding a part for the top. (I did a how-to so you can see). I also did not use a zipper, so I widened the front and the back part. I also widened the hemline. To have a better fit I sew an elastic inside the waistline. I uses a black satin band to link the front with the back. At last I stitched on two pockets.
I'm proud of my first thing I made without strictly following instructions.
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bordeaux colored linen and black satin bands
BurdaStyle for the MiniChallenge! – what a great idea.
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Jun 24, 2010, 10.57 AMby snikerpims
Yes you can be proud of this dress ! I'd like to change some models but for the moment, I do not trust in me for that.. Bravo ;)
May 22, 2008, 01.10 PMby luzie
your dress is really cool! i like the pockets, very cute!!!
Mar 14, 2008, 06.42 PMby mmmrphs
Delightful dress. The design is great, and the black with the bordeax is a great combination. Also the two textures work brilliantly together.
Mar 14, 2008, 03.34 PMby miss-g
Its beautiful – the style, the colour and I love the pockets.
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It looks great! at first sight I didn't recognize thats the sidonie-pattern. I especially like the neckline of the top and the pockets
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Hello, thank you for visiting this page.
After fifteen years of Mind, Body & Spirit Events and adventures up and down the country, we have closed the doors at BSSK as I have retired from promoting the shows I love on health grounds.
The good news is, the shows will continue under a new name and with a new captain at the helm. Annmarie, known to many of you as the 'lady at the door', has worked with me for over ten years. She came initially as a helper on the show weekends, but for nearly a year now, she has worked in the office too. She has been learning the ropes behind the scenes, ready for this day. It has come a little sooner than either of us expected, so please, do bear with her as she needs to hit the ground running. This is certainly a case of her being thrown in at the deep end.
Annmarie has started a new company called 'Moonlit Pathways Mind, Body & Spirit Events'. With the help of her husband Martin, who has been the BSSK 'roadie' and trouble shooter for many years, she will promote the shows and I am sure they will be in excellent hands. The BSSK team have a saying, 'every home needs a Martin'! No matter what we have thrown at him over the years, the stock answer always is, "Not a problem, I'll sort it!" Annmarie has worked with me so long, she thinks like I do, but with a younger brain and much more energy! They make a winning team!
Please use the banner at foot of this page to go to the new Moonlit Pathways website, which has taken over from this one.
It only remains for me to thank everyone, both exhibitor and visitor, who has supported the shows over the years and the many suppliers, venues and other people who have contributed to the journey. As I look back through the photos, I remember so many of you who have gone on to other things. Those that started in a small way and are now well known media celebrities or authors, those that decided to change pathway and now do something completely different, and just the changes that time makes on those that are still with us from day one. I like to think we have touched so many lives, if only in small ways, over the fifteen years. I feel most privileged to have been a small part of so many journeys.
I would also like to thank my long-suffering and quite brilliant webmaster for all the BSSK websites visited by anywhere up to 30,000 of you every month and last but by no means least, the wonderful volunteers who have come and gone over the years. We couldn't have done it all without your help folks. We have shared laughter and tears, had memorable occasions like the cottage in Newcastle we all shared for the weekend, the Tapas bar in Whitby when it snowed, Carol getting stuck up a mountain (well, big hill) in Huddersfield, the first Manchester show when we expected about 500 a day and had nearly 3,000 in the weekend and so many more. The faces have changed over the years, but you have all been wonderful additions to the shows, worked tirelessly, smiled through all tribulations and supported us in our endeavours to provide quality shows. I thank you all.
Chris and I now look forward to spending some time together rather than passing like ships in the night. We are going to slow the pace, be 'carer' for each other with our various health issues and spend our time with our two much loved doggies. I always said I would study for a degree from the OU when I retired - maybe a rest first!
We wish Annmarie the very best of luck with her new venture and send our good wishes to you all for continued success and prosperity, but most importantly, for health, happiness and inner peace.
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Latest RUAM Continues Trend of EEOC Partnerships with Corporate America
ATLANTA -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and McDonald's USA, LLC today announced the signing of a Regional Universal Agreement to Mediate (RUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation when a charge of discrimination is filed with the federal agency in McDonald's Atlanta Region. Illinois-based McDonald's owns and operates a number of restaurants in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, which will be covered by the agreement.
The mediation partnership marks the 90th such national or regional agreement between the EEOC and a large employer (mainly Fortune 500 companies) and bolsters a multi-year trend of Corporate America signing on to the Commission's widely acclaimed mediation program - one of the largest employment-related ADR programs of its kind nationwide, with approximately 11,600 mediations conducted annually.
"We applaud McDonald's and welcome their participation in the EEOC's mediation program," said Bernice Williams-Kimbrough, Director of EEOC's Atlanta District Office, who signed the RUAM on behalf of Commission Chair Cari M. Dominguez.
Williams-Kimbrough added: "There are numerous benefits that flow from participating in the EEOC's mediation program: it is fair, non-adversarial, expeditious and cost-effective. Additionally, it allows the parties to craft the resolution to the conflict that best meets their mutual needs - which provides everyone the best opportunity to bring closure to the issues in a mutually satisfactory manner."
Brett Rawitz, Managing Counsel for McDonald's USA, LLC said: "McDonald's is committed to maintaining a respectful workplace free of discrimination. The company's policies prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment, and provide for a thorough investigation of claims of inappropriate conduct. This agreement is consistent with our commitment to our employees to take their concerns seriously and find ways to resolve concerns fairly and efficiently. We very much look forward to working with the EEOC in this program."
Under the terms of the RUAM, all eligible charges of discrimination filed with the Commission naming McDonald's USA, LLC as the employer/respondent will be referred to the EEOC's mediation unit, as appropriate. The company will designate a corporate representative to handle all inquiries and other logistical matters related to potential charges in order to facilitate a prompt scheduling of the matter for EEOC mediation.
Expanding mediation is a key component of Chair Dominguez's Five-Point Plan to improve the EEOC's overall operational efficiency and effectiveness. In addition to the 90 national and regional UAMs, EEOC district offices have entered into approximately 775 mediation agreements with employers at the local levels within their respective jurisdictions.
The EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals 40 years of age or older; sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; and the Rehabilitation Act's prohibitions against disability discrimination in the federal government. Further information about the Commission is available online at www.eeoc.gov.
McDonald's USA, LLC is the leading foodservice provider in the United States serving a variety of wholesome foods made from quality ingredients to millions of customers every day. More than 80 percent of McDonald's 13,700 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by local franchisees. For more information about McDonald's visit www.mcdonalds.com.
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TigerFilly wrote:I thought it looked like familiar countryside - my parents live(d) on the Tasman Highway. A lot further North though, up the top of a very steep, windy hill that gets lots and lots of cyclists going past. Considering the effort and time it takes my car to climb, I'm very impressed with anyone that can cycle it!
Which one? Is it Weldborough near the top of Weldborough Pass, or St Marys on the Old Tasman Hwy over the Elephant Pass?
I have climbed both of those, from both directions. Weldborough is the big one, about 12-14km climb up into the rainforest but it's a really beautiful ride - not really too hard if you've done a bit of cycling and hill work. Here is my daughter riding the climb when she was 13 yo..... riding in thongs
Incidentally another good example of road positioning, on a quiet road but a main highway. Despite the winding bends and double lines we would never ride over on the far left edge. Any traffic coming through must deal with safe overtaking themselves. We will hear them in plenty of time and move a little more to the left to assist.


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Ore. agency: Wave energy possible in 4 areas
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon has adopted a plan laying out four areas for siting wave energy projects so they avoid interfering with fishing, scenic vistas and sensitive marine habitats.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted the amendments to the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan at a meeting in Salem on Thursday. The plan, five years in the making, covers state territorial waters extending three miles off the coastline.
"This balanced proposal shows Oregon can thoughtfully support this emerging and promising industry while protecting our coastal communities' quality of life, our commercial and recreational fisheries, and a coastline that all Oregonians treasure," Gov. John Kitzhaber said in a statement.
Oregon has invested more than $10 million in the Oregon Wave Energy Trust, which funds research and projects to speed development of wave energy in Oregon.
The Oregon coast has become a hotspot for wave power research and development. Waves are bigger on the West Coast than the East Coast by virtue of the prevailing westerly winds, and waves get bigger the farther they are from the equator.
Two of the areas are off Reedsport, where Ocean Power Technologies of Pennington, N.J., has the nation's first federal permit to build a wave energy park. The company planned to deploy the first of 10 buoys this spring. The project would generate electricity for about 1,000 homes from the motion of the waves.
Another site south of Warrenton would be reserved for a project to generate power for the Camp Rilea Military Reservation. One south of Garibaldi would be restricted to technologies that rest on the ocean bottom, to avoid interfering with fishing by the Pacific City dory fleet.
"No other state has anything like this for ocean development," said Susan Allen, director of Our Ocean, part of the Pew Environmental Group. She was a member of an advisory group for the plan.
"Ocean users wanted to shape where (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) would allow renewable energy planning. We spent a long time identifying all the important economic, ecological and cultural areas," where development would not be allowed.
The plan goes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for approval. Then it will be used by FERC in making decisions on wave energy projects.
The plan does not include a location for the Pacific Marine Energy Center, where Oregon State University and the University of Washington plan to build a wave energy testing center. Located about five miles off shore, that site is outside state territorial waters.


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Our hands will be full this weekend, as we see a lot of teams who play year round baseball entering into this Top Gun tourny weekend. We are familiar with several of the teams, and know how well coached and talented the groups are, so we will try to stay in these games as much as possible. We are playing at Martha Rivers Park in Gastonia on Saturday, so at least we will be close to home. There are eight teams in the AMERICAN division of this weekend, and we are playing in that grouping. That is what we sign up for though, so we will go compete as best we can.
We are set to play at 9am versus Team 24 Gamecocks, and also at 10:45am versus the Roberson Ramblers. We've faced both teams in the past, and are excited to play such solid teams. Hopefully the weather holds out this weekend, and everyone will get to play into day two. It is time to get back on track and into the groove of playing top notch baseball, and as the weather warms hopefully we can play well against this great competition.
Apr 1, 2018 - Treachery on the High Seas
We had a couple of games lined up to play in a one-day tournament on Saturday, with the first game being against an old foe - Carolina Havoc. The Havoc came adorned in orange and blue, and have a pirate mascot on their uniform. They made us walk the plank.
Things started out swimmingly for the Bandits as we were able to get out of a couple early inning jams on defense. In the top of the first, we escaped by giving up zero runs. In the bottom of the first, and while at bat - Landon King hits an opposite field triple over the head of the left fielder, and we have a chance to get on the board in this first inning. With a quick two strike count, Carsten Green steps into a pitch and hits a seeing-eye single into the four hole, scoring our run. It was a good piece of hitting, and we needed it at that moment. We went into the second inning, and the Havoc tie up the score 1-1 after two complete.
Blake Hartness started on the mound for our team, and he did a really solid job of pitching for the most part. He went a pretty efficient four complete innings, and struck out 9 Havoc batters. He gave up only 2 earned runs, 1 walk and 4 hits. A couple of those hits were really well-timed though; as one of the top 10u team in the Carolinas, you have to expect them to get some big hits. Still, our intent isn't to pitch around 1-5 hitters and slow the game down by walking batter after batter. We come to compete, and Blake always mans up to the challenge. So, Hartness pitched his way out of a shaky Bandit second inning, overcoming our defensive struggles and the Havoc's solid hitting. The 1-1 score after two complete was the last time we were this close again.
In the third inning, the Bandits go down in order 1,2,3. The Havoc's pitcher was a show pony, and recorded 10 strikeouts on the day. He only allowed five hits and most impressively.....walked zero. He had great control and along with a really good battery mate, they were the difference in this game. We didn't put many balls in play to pressure their defense, and that triple that King hit was our lone extra base hit. So, we did our best to hand over the game with the struggles we had on defense, and the extra outs we gave their offense on routine plays that should have been made. But, this pitcher and catcher didn't need our help at all. They dominated the game and were the reason they won this game, and will win a whole lot more games in the future.
The Havoc WON the game by capitalizing on our very poor attempts in the field. I promise everyone....we typically catch pop ups and dribble ground balls. It is hard enough to beat a team like the Havoc by getting them out 18 times per game, but if you allow them 24 outs it becomes impossible to win the game. More important than the win or loss, is how we want to play. Passionless baseball with sloppy defense is exactly what we don't want, but exhibited on Saturday afternoon. Getting beaten by a team like the Havoc is never anything to be embarrassed about, but I think we would all much prefer to get beaten by this or any team where we give a solid effort.
In the third inning, the boat offiically became rudderless for our team. Four runs were scored, on the back of two errors and a walk, one HR swing from the Havoc's number five hitter made things comfortable for the Havoc. It was a well-timed dagger on the heels of misplay after misplay by our team. So after four complete innings, the Havoc lead 5-1. The next two innings the Havoc put up 2 runs in the fifth, and 5 runs in the sixth to make the final margin 12-1. We didn't run the bases well at all, had terrible approaches at the plate and played scared pretty much the entire game. I also think it's safe to say the Havoc worked pretty hard this winter... and it showed.
Game two on Sunday was about as emotionless as game number one. We won the game 12-2, but didn't play well really and labored to a four inning "win". Landon King pitched a no hitter in this game, and found the zone for 9 strikeouts.
We had more people swinging at good pitches in this game all of a sudden, and ended up with 12 total hits. Leading offensive players were Walker Spargo (2-2, single and a double), Brody Crawford (2-3, double, triple, reached base by error), Carsten Green (2-2 with 2 singles), Blake Hartness (2-2, with 2 singles) and Zeke Pruitt (2-2, single and a double). Landon King also helped his cause on the mound by hitting a big double.
This game was put into the books as a 12-2 win, and we went home early. On the season we are 13-3.
Mar 29, 2018 - Bandits ready for the Easter one-day tournament
We are back in action this Saturday with a one-day event to be played up in between Harrisburg and Concord at Flowe Field. We get things started off at 11:30am versus the Carolina Havoc. The Havoc are from the greater Mooresville area near Charlotte. We play our second game immediately after that against a team out of Albemarle, the Bonecrushers. So, we will get to see players from many different counties and other areas not close to where we live this Saturday. Seeing that competition from around the state always makes these type games a little more fun in which to participate.
We have had a couple of good practices here of late, and I think the warm weather has a lot to do with that. We are starting to put in some new stuff, and remind the guys of some old stuff we have always done as well. Hopefully we can make good on our "good" practices and parlay it onto the fields. It's almost April, so we are right in the midst of travel baseball season. Try to be at the field at least 45 minutes before game time, and we will get a chance to play against another top 20 team on the travelball24/7 ranking list. Let's go have a good time on Saturday. Happy Easter everyone.
Mar 25, 2018 - The day that sleet found March baseball
Under gloomy skies, intermittent winds and on and off freezing rain and sleet - we managed to get two baseball games in. We played in the 'American' division of the tournament. This is considered to be the highest level playing options for our age group, and we were hoping to get all games in this weekend.
First up was the Carolina Spinners, a team we are pretty familiar with these last couple of years. A very strong program with good leadership and players, we've met several times on the diamond and always seem to have good games between us. We opened the day bright, early and chilly with a 9am game with the Spinners, and the Bandits were able to stay warm by using their sticks to make fire from scratch. In the bottom of the first inning Belmont jumped on the Spinners early and notched a six run inning. That's always relieving to the coaching staff, but in travel ball you never know if that's the last six run inning you'll ever have. Since we compete every inning, and are judged not only on wins, but also run differential to determine how "well" you finish in these tournaments, it is important for us to push the gas pedal and get all we can get. After a couple of weeks of not hitting the ball real well, the Bandits fell into the groove and were able to find success at the plate as a team. Offensively, we had several guys with big days, and the first inning was the spark for this game, and eventually the second game as well. Blake Hartness was the big RBI man on this day as he smoked a shot down the third base line that rolled to the 250 plus foot fence and allowed him to motor in for a BIG inside the park Home Run. In this game Blake was 2-2 with the HR and also a single. Aydan Bradley, Landon King and Zeke Pruitt also chipped in 2-2 days, with each player putting a double and single beside their names. Patrick Blee had a triple in this game, and Brody Crawford had a double.
Our pitching in this game was very strong, with Pruitt toeing the mound under less than ideal conditions. Zeke pitched a very strong four innings, striking out four and only allowing four hits to a good hitting ball club. The defense and baserunning was top notch in this game for the most part, and the coaches were proud of the boys for going hard after some balls that were hit hard by the big-swinging Spinners. We won this game in controlled fashion, with a score of 11-1 in the four innings of pitching. It was a great team victory, and we were anxious to see if we could beat the rain.....or whatever else might come down out of those grey skies.
Game two was against the Heat Baseball outfit out of the Newton area of NC. We had to wait a game in between, and warded off the freezing rain just as this game was about to start at 12:30. This game was a fun one, and we did our best to speed up the game despite fighting against slow down attempts. We wanted to play baseball, get this game in and see what the weather actually looked like Sunday morning. We got this game in, and were able to win in a fourth inning affair. We won 10-0 here, and since we managed to win the coin flip at home plate, we chose to be "home" team and didn't get our fourth round of at bats on offense. It's always good to win, and win early...but you hate to lose the opportunity to get much needed at bats and play time in. So, playing less than four innings from the offensive side of things- we only scored ten runs but that was also in part due to a good and clever pitcher from the opposing team.
Offensively Carsten Green and Brody Crawford had big days with two hits in this game. Aydan Bradley hit a triple, and Mason Wells hammered a single that got by a defender and he ended up making his way all the way to third. We had some other big swings that were momentum changers; Zeke Pruitt hammered a single by the second baseman and Landon King hit a big fly double near the fence to keep a rally going. The play of the day was when Walker Spargo ("Einstein") was up to bat, and Patrick Blee was on third base. Walker did his part to perfection in executing a play we just put in on Thursday. Patrick Blee made his way around to third base, and was ready to do his part when called upon. Blee timed the steal perfectly, and broke just as the pitcher delivered to home, enabling him to slide in safetly and capture a steal of home. My heart has never been prouder.....it is everything I love about baseball, and what we like to pass on to these boys in Belmont.
Defensively we had a gem thrown by Blake Hartness. He pitched a no hitter in four defensive innings pitched and looked better in person than it does on paper. We had a belly button was too high strike zone, so he made his adjustments and made the other team start swinging the bat after two innings of watching it go by. We're very proud of Blake for adjusting to this age old offensive baseball scheme. We've seen it before, and it can work sometimes. Blake ended the game with nine strikeouts, and proved to be a force from the hill. We won the game 10-0 and figured we would see what the weather looked like early Sunday morning.
Unfortunately we got word pretty early Saturday night that Sunday's games were cancelled due to forecasted temperature and precipitation. It definitely rained some and stopped about 2am Sunday morning. 8am to 12pm looked pretty good temp-wise and with no rain coming down, it looks like that was an early call made. I hope no disinterested teams affected the tournament schedule by complaining about having to play in less than ideal weather conditions. When the sun came out around 12 on Sunday, it felt better on Sunday than it did on Saturday. Not being able to finish the tournament was a pretty disappointing outcome to a good day of baseball played; but, we finished 2-0 and scored 21 runs and gave up only 1 run. I suppose we won the stunted tournament, since we went 2-0 and had the best run differential? It would have been nice to see if we are good enough to have proven it on the field today. Overall, it was a pretty good job by our team in both games, and we look forward to seeing if we can get a full weekend in here soon..... and hopefully do it under moderate temperatures and sunny skies. We are 12-2 right now, only having lost to a couple of 11u teams thus far. You can't win them all in baseball though, but you can always try to get better. We will keep on keepin' on and work on some stuff this week during practice that we haven't worked on in a while.
Mar 22, 2018 - This weekend shaping up to be a sizzler in the drizzle
Will it rain or won't it? If any of our recent weather is a predicting factor, it will rain on Saturday. I hope we are able to get some games in, but this same weather has prevented us from practicing a whole lot recently so it may very well be a doubled edge sword if we get these games in.
This weekend is looking good with a WHOLE LOT of teams signed up to play. Even without the normal practice we do, the boys are itching to play and it's that time of year so why not? We look forward to re-convening with everyone this weekend, and getting a little bit of momentum started back up with our season. We hope to practice more, and better, than we have in the last two weeks.
We are set to play in the American division (D-1 side) of the bracket this weekend in Top Gun around the Charlotte area. If the rains don't come, we will play at 9am versus the Carolina Spinners and 12:30pm versus the Heat Baseball at Ferguson in Gastonia. It's one of those weekends were it's round robin play on both Saturday and Sunday, so we will be playing our games at Martha Rivers on Sunday. We are set for 2:15pm and 4pm games that day. The 2:15 is against the Carolina Bullfrogs out of Concord. The 4pm game is versus the Copperheads Snell/Heis team. The Copperheads are always a good program to play against because they're solidly coached, and flash a lot of talent every time you see them. Maybe we will get our team back on track this weekend. It's baseball season, so now is a great time to get it and keep it in the road.
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SAN JOSE — Four years ago, Polina Edmunds was a precocious 11-year-old who carted around a white teddy bear at figure skating championships.
Now the Archbishop Mitty sophomore has a chance to qualify for the Sochi Games in her senior ladies' debut starting Thursday at the U.S. Olympic trials in Boston.
Edmunds, 15, is the most promising skater to emerge from Bay Area ice rinks since Rudy Galindo recorded his storybook victory at the 1996 U.S. Championships in San Jose.
A region that produced the likes of Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Debi Thomas and Kristi Yamaguchi has suffered through a long drought since Galindo's performance. When the 2014 Winter Games start Feb. 6 in Russia, it will have been 22 years since Fremont's Yamaguchi was the area's last Olympic singles skater, winning the gold medal.
No one expects Edmunds to duplicate the feats of the former greats this year. If all goes well, the skater could be a force by the 2018 Games in South Korea.
But making the U.S. Olympic team is not inconceivable for a teen who has grown up at Sharks Ice San Jose. The United States has three spots and two favorites: reigning national champion Ashley Wagner and Chicago teenager Gracie Gold.
Beyond that, it's difficult to predict who might claim a berth after the free skate Saturday. Edmunds, the defending junior national champion, has the three highest scores recorded by an American this season.
"She has a very difficult program, and if she skates clean it could be enough," said Nina Edmunds, Polina's mother and coach.
Edmunds isn't the only Bay Area skater entered in the senior competition this week. Also performing are Stanford's Rachael Flatt, a 2010 Olympian who has struggled with injuries, Robbie Przepioski of Newark and ice dancers Madeline Heritage and Nathaniel Fast of Oregon who also train at Sharks Ice San Jose.
None of those skaters carry the expectations of the happy-go-lucky Edmunds, who brings perspective to the ice with her fluttering triple jumps.
"The only thing I can do is skate two clean programs," she said. "And then it will all be in the judges' hands."
There was a moment two years ago when it wasn't clear it would get to this point. Edmunds' enthusiasm for skating flagged after she placed sixth in the junior competition at the 2012 national championships in San Jose. Then 13, the skater thought she had trained enough to earn a medal, though in reality she had not.
"That big disappointment led to a big change," said David Glynn, who shares coaching duties with Nina Edmunds.
Last summer, Polina attacked workouts with renewed effort. It carried through to the fall, where she won two Junior Grand Prix competitions and placed fourth in the Grand Prix Finale in Japan.
Now the 5-foot-41/2 Edmunds enters the more cutthroat arena of senior-level competition. The leap was more difficult than expected for Gold last year.
"Especially being the junior national champion, there are more eyes on you and maybe more talk about you," she said.
Edmunds, though, has been preparing for this stage most of her life.
Nina Edmunds, a former Russian coach, put skates on Polina at 20 months, enrolled her in lessons with Glynn at age 4. The skater studied ballet, tap and jazz dance as part of her training.
Edmunds also has three-time Olympic medalist Marina Klimova choreographing programs. Klimova and husband Sergei Ponomarenko of Morgan Hill are legendary Russian ice dancers who won medals at the 1984, '88 and '92 Olympics.
And for the past half year, Edmunds has met monthly in El Segundo with renowned coach Frank Carroll to polish her skating.
"With anybody other than Frank, it might feel intimidating," Glynn said of the man who trained stars Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek. "His integrity is through the roof. He just wanted to do what he could to help her."
Edmunds' short program is a cha-cha medley by Ballroom Orchestra. The free skate is a romantic theme from the Norwegian play "Peer Gynt." Together, they showcase her Olympic potential.
"I move like a ballerina," Edmunds said. "I'm a very soft skater. But I tend to combine it with speed and power."
The timing of Polina's first national championships has not been lost on Nina, who married American tourist John Edmunds after they met in St. Petersburg, Russia.
"It's like the Motherland is calling you back," Nina said of the first Winter Olympics in Russia.
Polina has two performances this week to answer the call.
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HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam acting Gov. Ray Tenorio said the Department of Corrections will continue accepting intoxicated detainees, despite a memo stating otherwise from the department's director.
Corrections director Jose San Agustin had issued a recent memo stating the department had established a new policy that would reject intoxicated detainees who don't have a medical clearance, the Guam Pacific Daily News reported (http://bit.ly/153mLYH ). The policy, which would have shifted the burden of taking care of those detainees to the Guam Memorial Hospital, was the subject of a meeting that included, among others, Tenorio and representatives of the hospital, Judiciary, Guam Police Department and Office of the Attorney General.
Hospital administrator Joseph Verga said the hospital wasn't consulted about the Corrections' policy and doesn't have the resources to accept and clear intoxicated detainees before they are moved to the corrections facility. He said shifting responsibility to the hospital would cause the hospital's costs to "skyrocket."
Tenorio said the department will continue to take those detainees "until we give notice of the contrary."
During the meeting, San Agustin said the department doesn't have the medical staff to provide 24-hour care. It has one doctor, a clinical psychologist and two nurses, one of whom is on leave, to deal with a population of 700. Of that number, 224 are inmates; the rest are detainees.
Accepting intoxicated detainees without the expertise to treat them may leave the department open to potential liability as it could "lead to a preventable death of the person under the influence," he said.
San Agustin said a 2010 ruling that required mandatory imprisonment for people arrested for driving under the influence has meant an influx of intoxicated detainees who otherwise would have been booked and released.
But officials said at the meeting that shifting the responsibility to the hospital isn't an acceptable solution to the situation.
One of the problems cited is the lack of a functioning infirmary at the prison. Tenorio and Vice Speaker Benjamin Cruz asked what Corrections needed to try to address the issue in-house, short of a new infirmary.
Department physician Dr. Raja Saad, said the prison needed five nurses to be able to build a round-the-clock schedule. He said corrections officers aren't trained to assess detainee health and his contract doesn't allow him to work at Corrections after hours.
Cruz said he'd been asking San Agustin for months what the prison needs, but San Agustin had not responded.
San Agustin said he would provide the governor's office and Cruz with cost estimates for additional staff.
Lawmakers are scheduled to begin discussing next year's budget in two weeks.


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Paul Taylor (BSc, MEd) was a science teacher in a number of United Kingdom state comprehensive schools for almost 20 years, becoming a head of science in one post. In 2000, he left teaching and set up an ICT training and web development business before working for Answers in Genesis–UK/Europe for six years (2005–2011) as a speaker, writer, and head of media and communications. In 2011, he moved to the United States to work for the ministry Creation Today in Pensacola, Florida. Since October 2014, Paul and his wife, Geraldene, have been the directors of Mount St. Helen's Creation Center in Washington State, near the famous volcano.
Paul has authored nine books including The Six Days of Genesis, Itching Ears, and Don't Miss the Boat. He continues to speak on creation and apologetics (and against evolution) across the United States in churches and at conferences. He has also spoken widely in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other European countries.
Many people believe the abolition of slavery began in the United States during the American Civil War of the 1860s. In fact, the abolitionist movement began decades earlier in the British Empire.
Life begins at fertilization, and all human life is precious and made in the image of God.
Slavery needs to be addressed biblically. Answers in Genesis strongly opposes both racism and slavery.
The worldwide distribution of animals, say critics, proves that there could never have been a global Flood or an Ark. Paul Taylor refutes this claim.
Two centuries ago in an effort to explain "prehistoric" fossils, Christian leaders introduced the idea that a gap of time is missing between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
What exactly constitutes a miracle, and did they really occur as recorded in the Bible? Paul Taylor explains.
There has been a lot of talk recently about a New Perspective on Paul (NPP). Writers previously thought to be evangelicals have used this new idea to open an assault on Adam and Eve.
Paul Taylor reviews the book Reclaiming Genesis written by Melvin Tinker and offers advice on how to truly reclaim Genesis.
For many people, the belief that the Bible contains contradictions and inaccuracies is an excuse for not believing.
For so many people today, it would appear that the Bible is not enough. Should we accept the Apocrypha or the Gnostic gospels?
Today in the UK has been called by a number of theologically conservative Christians as a National Day of Prayer—days before the nation's General Election.
Did the catastrophic impact of a large comet or asteroid caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
If any newspaper was to take a lead in propagating the godless morality of naturalistic evolution, in all its fullness, it would have to be The Guardian.
A reader asks us to help clear up the matter of Jesus's lineage. Could he truly be the heir to David's throne? Paul Taylor, AiG–UK, examines the evidence.
A new education bill in the UK could potentially push more evolutionary propaganda on primary students. Paul Taylor, AiG–UK, explains.
Although there are few restrictions on the teaching of evolutionism to primary school children in the UK, the humanists want the indoctrination to increase.
A quickly formed canyon in England provides clues to how the Grand Canyon and other geological features formed recently—and not over millions of years.
Does the genealogy in Luke 3:36 give an extra Cainan not found in similar genealogies, such as Genesis 11:12?
A proposed law in the UK threatens the rights of homeschooling parents and subjects them to compulsory inspection visits.
If Jesus was to be in the grave three days and nights, how do we fit those between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?
The point that should concern Christian parents and teachers is that only one worldview—a secular evolutionary worldview—is taught as if it were established fact.
How could the young Samuel have been sleeping in the Temple when the Temple was not built until much later?
In chapter 1, man and woman are created at the same time after the creation of the animals. In chapter 2, are animals created after people?
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One of the first announcements to come out of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was for the Windows Phone.
According to AT&T, the phone carrier will carry the HTC Titan II with the Windows Phone operating system in the next few months. The device, shown off at AT&T's CES keynote, will feature a 16-megapixel camera and LTE support.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly was on stage during the AT&T keynote Jan. 9, although his swan song keynote at CES wasn't until that evening.
The Titan is HTC's gargantuan smart phone. The display on the Titan is 4.7 inches, and the size will be the same for the Titan II.
The amount of megapixels in the camera, however, is doubled. Granted, megapixels alone is no indicator of quality. I've used 5-megapixel cameras on an HTC Trophy (Windows Phone), a Samsung Focus (Windows Phone) and an Apple iPhone 4, and the quality was mediocre, good and very good, respectively.
That said, the Titan II's titanic rear camera will come with a fast, wide-angle lens, image stabilization, a panorama mode and burst shot mode, among other features, indicating that HTC is paying attention to the optics.
What it does show is that the pace of Windows Phone device releases appears to be quickening. By Windows Phone standards, certainly, the first Titan was just released, and now there's a new one. Meanwhile, the device's LTE support on AT&T is an interesting wrinkle in the recent spat between Verizon and Microsoft over LTE support.
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I have a HTC Titan that I love so this article caught me eye. My phone already has an 8 meg-pix camera that makes pictures much bigger than I would ever need to print. A 16 meg-pix camera is very high tech but not much more useful than an 8 meg. camera. Now if you would have said that the New Titan II had:
A better battery that would last days instead of one day, or
A higher res screen. higher than the existing 400x800 screen, or
A dual core processor, or
A DS memory card slot, or
All the above. Then you would be talking about something great and much more usable.
I don't think these things are extravagant particularly high tech and In my opinion any of them are more useful than a 16 meg camera.
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Today is the 'Ides of March' and that seems the perfect time to cover grave superstitions. A soothsayer, who knew what he was talking about, gave the warning "Beware the Ides of March" to Julius Caesar. Caesar was stabbed 23 times on March 15th, 44 B.C. by 60 senators – including his best friend, Marcus Julius Brutus, ("Et tu Brute?" –Thank you William Shakespeare.)
|My grandmother, Ethyl France Dellinger & Florrie.
Superstitions are actually beliefs we hold without any true or rational basis, beliefs that may be exaggerated or simply false. Superstitions exist for all aspects of life – love, luck, weddings, pregnancy, money, theatre, weather, and, of course, death. They are passed on from person to person, generation to generation. Call them old wives tales, folklore or prophecy, superstitions foretell or fore sway future events. Growing up in Indiana, I learned my fair share of 'tall tales.' My grandmother, Ethyl Dellinger, passed on many family superstitions to me. Some that I remember that had to do with death include:
Never county the number of cars in a funeral procession.
(I was a notorious counter.)
Never point at a funeral procession, its bad luck.
Never take flowers from a grave.
If you spill salt, immediately throw some over your left shoulder to keep the Devil at bay.
An owl hooting outside of your window for three nights in a row foretells a death – yours of someone close to you.
Here are some other death superstitions you may have heard.
Death superstitions involving nature:
Flowers will grow on the grave of someone who lived a good line. Only weeds grow on the grave of someone who was evil.
If a bird flies into your window, there has been a death.
If you see an owl during the day, there will be a death close to you.
An owl hooting outside of your window for three nights in a row foretells a death, yours of someone close to you.
If lightening strikes near the house when someone is dying, the devil has come for their soul.
If it rains in an open grave, it's bad luck for the family.
If there is a thunderstorm during a funeral, the deceased has gone to hell.
If there is thunder following a burial then the deceased has reached heaven.
Physical death superstitions:
Hold your breath when passing a graveyard so evil can't enter.
Another version is: If you don't hold your breath when passing a cemetery, you will not be buried.
If you have an involuntary shiver, someone has just walked over your grave.
If you cast a headless shadow then you will die in the next year.
If you lie down in a coffin you are taunting death to come and take you.
Never whistle in a graveyard, you are summoning the Devil.
Never wear anything new to a funeral. (Shoes seem to have particular significance.)
Coins should be placed on the eyes of the deceased to pay the ferryman, Charon, to row the departed across the underworld river Styx.
Death superstitions in your home:
Howling dogs in the night signify that someone ill in the house will die soon.
If a picture suddenly falls off of the wall, someone you know has died.
You should stop all clocks in the house where someone dies or it will bring bad luck.
Open a window in the room when someone dies so that they can move on.
Cover all mirrors after a death – so that the soul doesn't get trapped in them.
A casket must be carried out with the deceased's feet first.
Death and the number 3:
If you hear three knocks and no one is there, someone close to you has died.
If only 3 candles are lit in a room, the person closest to the shortest candle will be the first to die.
Death comes in threes.
Death superstitions about the graveyard:
A metal cross on a grave will hold the spirit there.
A body should be placed in the grave with its head to the west and feet to the east so that when it rises up it will face the sun.
Never remove anything from a gravesite.
It is bad luck to walk on graves.
It is bad luck to trip when you're in a cemetery.
Being buried on the north side of the church is considered unlucky because of the lack of sun. That area is usually reserved for criminals and suicides.
It is bad luck to go into a cemetery at night, or to be there at the stroke of midnight.
And I just have to mention – Grave Superstitions is my 13th blog post for A Grave Interest. (Wish me luck while I search for that rabbit's foot…… ; )
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Leonardo DiCaprio & Toni Garrn Kiss & Hold Hands in Bora Bora!
Leonardo DiCaprio goes shirtless while holding hands with his bikini-clad girlfriend Toni Garrn at the beach last week in Bora Bora.
The 39-year-old actor and the 21-year-old German supermodel were seen kissing passionately while enjoying the romantic island.
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"By far my favorite "office" worldwide #Motutane," Toni wrote on Instagram with a pic from Bora Bora. Check out the pic below!
Over the weekend, Leo was spotted showing off his dance moves while having a blast at the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif.


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Amazing masters of disguise, octopuses can essentially vanish, right before your eyes, into a complex scene of colorful coral or a clump of kelp waving in the currents. How do these invertebrates manage this quick-change feat? Small pigment-filled cells, called chromatophores, and reflective ones, called iridophores and leucophores, in the skin of most octopuses allow them to create nuanced patterns of color and luminosity and even to harness polarized light to fool other ocean life. Scientists, however, have debated just what information they use to craft this overall effect. A paper published online in PLoS ONE suggests octopuses focus on a limited selection of nearby objects to determine their disguise, as opposed to incorporating the general hues and patterns of a whole area into their skin display.
The researchers, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station Naples in Italy, studied digital underwater photographs of the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and the day octopus (O. cyanea) camouflaging in their natural habitats. They then ran those images through a computer program that picks out clusters of similar colors, lights and patterns. The almost invisible octopuses in the images most closely matched distinct landmarks such as corals or noticeable rocks.
The new paper does not, however, solve the debate about how these color-blind animals can create such a stunning, full-color display. The discovery of light-sensing proteins (opsins) in their skin suggests that they might be able to detect and react to color and light conditions locally. Yet so far only one hue of these cells has been discovered, so scientists are still searching for more clues about how these crazy cephalopods choose their wild disguises.
Adapted from the Octopus Chronicles blog at blogs.ScientificAmerican.com/octopus-chronicles


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BANNER ELK, N.C. – The King University women's volleyball team continued to stay hot, even when they took to the road on Friday night. The Tornado traveled to Conference Carolinas rival Lees-McRae College and kept their perfect league record intact as King topped the Bobcats 3-0.
The Tornado (17-3, 8-0 CC) trailed most of the first set, and when the faced their largest deficit, 16-11, Kelsey Griffitts sparked the King offense with a kill. King went on a 10-2 run to gain a 21-18 lead. Summer Kremer registered two kills on the spurt while Grace Underwood and Maribeth Kern added one kill apiece. Following a Bobcat point, King scored the final four points of the set as Griffitts followed an Underwood ace with a kill to give King the 25-19 first set win.
King jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the second set, but Lees-McRae (2-19, 0-8 CC) came right back to even the set, and the teams then traded points for the rest of the frame. The Bobcats had two chances at set point, but Griffitts registered a kill to stave off one set-point, and a Bobcat ball handling error evened the set at 24-24. Lees-McRae scored one point before Underwood hammered home back-to-back kills to give King the upper hand as the Tornado took the set 27-25.
Kern opened the third set with a kill, and the Tornado quickly opened up a 3-0 lead. The advantage swelled to 7-2 following another Kern kill before the Bobcats began to come back. Lees-McRae scored eight of the next 10 point to gain a slim 10-9 lead. However, the Tornado responded, and Jordan Baty gave the lead back to King with one of her four kills in the match. From that point on, the Tornado never relinquished the lead as they took the set 25-19 and the match 3-0.
With the win, King stayed undefeated in conference play and pushed their winning streak to 16 matches. Kern led the Tornado with 11 kills while Kremer and Griffitts chipped in with eight and six kills, respectively. Olivia Underwood posted 25 assists while Payton Tipton led King with 21 digs.
King will be in action again tomorrow when they take on Johnson C. Smith University at 10:00 a.m., and Morris College at 12:00 p.m.


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Optimize carbon dioxide sequestration, enhance oil recovery
Los Alamos researchers and collaborators from the University of Utah have created a generic integrated framework simulation to optimize carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration and enhance oil recovery (CO2-EOR) based on known parameter distributions for a depleted oil reservoir in Texas. CO2-EOR is a technique in use for over 40 years to produce oil from depleted reservoirs by injecting CO2 along with water. Because a large portion of the injected CO2 remains in place, CO2-EOR is an option for permanently sequestering CO2. The simulation provides an important approach to estimate the potential of storing CO2 in depleted oil fields while simultaneously maximizing oil production. The journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters published the research.
Significance of the research
CO2-EOR provides about 5 percent of the total U.S. current crude oil production. Due to carbon capture and storage technology advances, prolonged high oil prices and the potential availability of large anthropogenic CO2 sources, CO2-EOR could expand in the next few decades. The technology uses water-alternating-with-gas cycles to control CO2 mobility and CO2 flood conformance and to tackle the clogging and scale issues in the depleted reservoir.
However, there are a few operational and technical issues to be resolved for CO2-EOR expansion to commercial scales: 1) uncertainty in characterizing CO2-water-oil systems in depleted reservoirs, 2) lack of robust guidelines for determining injection and production well distances, 3) difficulty in determining the time ratio for water alternating CO2 gas injection, and 4) difficulty in controlling the CO2 flood conformance and monitoring the flood performance. If the first three issues can be quantitatively evaluated and solved, the results will indirectly help solve the fourth issue of CO2 flood conformance and performance evaluation.
The LANL and University of Utah researchers developed a generic integrated framework simulation to optimize CO2 sequestration and enhance oil recovery based on known parameter distributions for a depleted oil reservoir. The framework consists of a multi-phase reservoir simulator coupled with geologic and statistical models. The results from this study provide insights to understand the potential and uncertainty of commercial-scale CO2-EOR.
Research achievements
The team conducted an integrated simulation of CO2-water-oil flow and reactive transport, followed by a global sensitivity and response surface analysis. The source of CO2 used by the test came from a fertilizer plant in Borger, TX, and an ethanol plant in Liberal, KS. The results optimized the CO2-EOR process. The scientists found that the reservoir permeability, porosity, thickness, and depth are the major reservoir parameters that control net CO2 injection/storage and oil/gas recovery rates. The distance between injection and production wells and the sequence of alternating CO2 and water injection are the significant operational parameters to design a five-spot CO2-EOR pattern that efficiently produces oil while storing CO2.
The research team
LANL researchers include Zhenxue Dai, Richard Middleton, Hari Viswanathan, Jacob Bauman, and Rajesh Pawar of the Computational Earth Science group; Julianna Fessenden-Rahn of the Defense Systems and Analysis group; and Si-Yong Lee and Brian McPherson of the University of Utah. This work is Phase III of the Southwest Partnership CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery/Storage Project that DOE sponsors and the National Energy Technology Laboratory manages. The research supports LANL's Energy Security mission area and the Information, Science, and Technology science pillar.
Caption for image below: Schematic of a five-spot CO2-EOR pattern and model permeability distributions.


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"The Bling Ring" and the TMZ Horrors
Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" is a horror film. And one of the better ones in a while too.
Of course, it's not exactly meant to be that. It's not in the "Paranormal" or "Saw" business after all.
Coppola's fifth film (her best, I think, was "Lost in Translation") is a sharp little look at the horrors of a very real world she made herself familiar with. To wit: a real band of young Hollywood teen burglars so in love with the purchasable luxuries in the lives of their heroes in "young Hollywood" – namely Paris Hilton, Megan Fox and Orlando Bloom, to name three – that they break into their homes and help themselves to whatever shoes, dresses, tchotchkes and extra cash they feel entitled to.
What, they seem to reason, is the point of their idols leading lives of such material splendor if it can't be shared by their fans who, similarly, care so very much about the yawning differences between Louboutin and Payless footwear?
So we're watching burglary, spying and pilferage as a way of life. But beyond that, we're watching the end result of a whole prevailing voyeuristic value system among some young people in the TMZ (Thirty Mile Zone) – where names (of celebrities and designers and manufacturers of dry goods) and privileged lifestyles are the be-all and end-all of existence.
This is a much subtler and sharper movie than it is often given credit for. Coppola is making a truly savage satire here about the horror of a real kind of American media vacuity that has settled in for a long ride, particularly among some young people on the West Coast. It's not just about the label and fame and goods obsessions these kids demonstrate; it's about the mother of one who home-schools her kids on what she's learned from the best-seller "The Secret."
When you see, in this movie, the crib of incomparably vapid Paris Hilton, with her pillows festooned with her own picture, her shoe closets larger than most children's bedrooms, you're seeing the actual appurtenances of Hilton's life.
One can guess how Coppola got Hilton to go along with letting her film there – on the grounds, no doubt, that it was just one Hollywood heiress and princess importuning a favor from another.
And that's one of the uglier subtexts of "The Bling Ring." This is pure snobbery on the hoof – the contempt of Bohemians everywhere for consumers of naked bling. It's one Hollywood princess from the artistic family of a great director (Francis Ford Coppola) whose father was a former musician for Arturo Toscanini looking at the consumer and label obsessions of the princess from the famous hotel family (among others).
Coppola seems, by implication, to also be looking down on reality TV celebs and lower-level movie actors. This, she's telling us with an implied sneer, is what they do with their money. And this, she says, when the camera falls on the teen burglars in the "bling ring" is what their fans look like when they obsess about the lives they read about.
It's this modern world we have where the Internet tells us everything – not just the goods "celebs" possess but what party or opening they'll be at next Thursday (and, therefore, when they can be hit for a big score).
It's a frigid, contemptuous film that reveals, nakedly, hatred of a sort that the Paris Hiltons of the world probably don't even understand. In its quietly blatant way, though, it's horrific to watch.
The performances from Coppola's young actors (and, in one case, Leslie Mann as one of the teen's mothers) are quite fine, especially that of Emma Watson who's a very long way indeed from Harry Potter.
Movie Review
The Bling Ring
Rating: 3½ stars
Rated: R
Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard and Lesie Mann in Sofia Coppola's fictional film about a real bunch of teen burglars who helped themselves to all the luxury goods of their young Hollywood heroes.
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Breaking the Engagement: When You and Your Fiancé Call It Quits
There are right ways and wrong ways to call off a wedding. Here's what to do (and NOT do) with the ring and telling your family
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There are right ways and there are wrong ways to break an engagement. When my mother heard of a broken engagement, her response was always the same: "Better now than later!" and I agree. There are certainly things you can do to ease the pain — or, at least, to not make it worse than it "has to be."
Dear Wedding Guru: "For reasons too long to list, I've decided to break my engagement to the person I thought I'd spend the rest of my life with. I want to inflict as little pain as possible, and for us to behave properly around our families and friends. How should I do this? Can you help?"
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For those of you looking to buy an HTC 8X SIM free in the UK, you'll be pleased to know that the device is coming back into stock with new California Blue devices expected today and Black expected to return in the next 48 hours.
Unfortunately there is no word on a release date for the Red and Limelight yellow versions, which are like rare Pokemon, evidently. As soon as we hear they're in stock we'll let you know.
Expansys passed on to us that HTC's new Windows Phone is commanding high interest, leading to some shortages:
"We've had huge interest in the 8X since it came into stock at the end of last week. So much so that we have sold out of our first batch of Blue versions."
That's good news for HTC and Microsoft as we're starting to get the impression that these next-gen devices, including the coveted Lumia 920, are being well received. We'll have to wait a few more weeks but hopefully we'll begin to see these on the streets in people's hands en masse.
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Shockers hold off Buckeyes to reach Final Four
Los Angeles, CA – Wichita State isn't shocking anyone anymore.
Withstanding an Ohio State stampede at the end, the unheralded and ninth- seeded Shockers are taking their stifling defense to Atlanta.
Malcolm Armstead had 14 points and seven rebounds and Wichita State downed the second-seeded Buckeyes, 70-66, in the West Regional final at the Staples Center.
It's the Shockers' first trip to the Final Four since the school's only previous appearance in 1965.
"It's a blessing, man. Everything we've gone through and everything we're doing, it's just a blessing paying off," Armstead said of making the Final Four.
Wichita State (30-8) saw a 20-point second half margin trimmed to three after Shannon Scott hit two free throws with 2:48 left, but Tekele Cotton's clutch 3-pointer at the other end upped the advantage back to six.
Fred Van Vleet got a kind roll on a short jumper in the paint with a minute left before Ron Baker hit a pair from the charity stripe to make it 69-61 with 51 ticks left and essentially seal the outcome.
The Shockers will play the winner of the Midwest Regional final between top- seed Louisville and second-seeded Duke in the Final Four next Saturday.
Wichita State became just the fifth team seeded ninth or higher to reach the Final Four since 1979 when seeding began -- No. 11 George Mason in 2006, No. 11 LSU in 1986, No. 9 Pennsylvania in 1979 and No. 11 VCU in 2011.
They join the likes of George Mason, Butler and VCU as the latest "small school" to make a run in the NCAA Tournament. The 11th-seeded Patriots made the Final Four in 2006, the Bulldogs got to back-to-back title games in 2010 and 2011 and VCU fell to Butler in the national semifinals in 2011.
The Shockers didn't even win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, but are representing the league in the Final Four for the first time since 1979 when Larry Bird led the Sycamores to the title game.
Cleanthony Early, who left during the second half with an apparent ankle injury but returned, tallied 12 points and seven boards, while Van Vleet added 12 points for Wichita State, which knocked off top-ranked and top-seeded Gonzaga last weekend.
"It's still a little sore, but I'm going to go back and ice and elevate and do all the things I need to do to get it better again," Early said of his ankle.
Deshaun Thomas missed three of his first 12 shots, but finished with 23 points for the Buckeyes (29-8), who came up a game shy of reaching their second straight Final Four.
LaQuinton Ross netted 15 of his 19 points in the second half, while Aaron Craft was limited to nine points on 2-of-12 shooting in defeat.
The Buckeyes came in shooting 50 percent from beyond the arc in the NCAA Tournament, but went just 5-of-25 from 3-point range on Saturday.
"Well, we didn't just let them shoot threes. We were trying to contest them. We were trying to-- there were certain guys we were going under on ball screens, others that we were chasing over the top. Ross and Thomas were certainly guys that we were trying to chase over the top of screens," Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall said.
Ohio State trailed 35-22 at the break after posting just a 24 percent clip from the floor and found itself down 56-36 after Van Vleet nailed a triple with 11:02 left.
"We weren't able in the first half to draw the line and get the stops, get the bucket when we needed, 24%, you're not going to win in the Elite Eight shooting 24% in the first half," Ohio State head coach Thad Matta said.
The suddenly desperate Buckeyes quickly clawed back in it with a 9-0 spurt where they aggressively attacked the rim and drew fouls. Ross had a three- point play before Craft, Ross and Thomas all hit two free throws to get Ohio State within 56-45.
Van Vleet's three-point play with 7:03 to play pushed the spread back to 15 before the Buckeyes rallied again, this time with a 14-2 flurry against the rattled Shockers.
Wichita State committed six of its 12 total turnovers during Ohio State's flurry. Thomas netted six straight points at one point during the burst, which was capped on Scott's free throws to make it 62-59.
But Cotton's answer at the other end was a dagger and a little over a minute later, Van Vleet needed the entire rim to get his shot to drop.
"Proud of the way our guys came back, dug down. We put ourselves in a position to have a chance to win the basketball game," Matta said.
Earlier, Cotton and Demetric Williams nailed treys during an 8-0 Shockers flurry which helped them open up a 25-15 lead.
In the opening minutes of the second half, Carl Hall went back to the locker room after drawing a charge on Thomas. He held the back of his head after Thomas struck him with an elbow, but Hall returned just 1:06 later.
Game Notes
Ohio State, which was 2-of-10 from beyond the arc in the first half, finished the contest 5-of-25 from 3-point range ... Wichita State outrebounded the Buckeyes, 40-37.


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