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Charlie Sheen's Mercedes-Benz SUV wasn't the only vehicle to end up at the bottom of a steep ravine off Mulholland Drive.
A photographer Friday spotted a Bentley in a ravine near where Sheen's vehicle was found, police spokesman Richard French told the Associated Press.
The Bentley's owner is actress Lisa Vanderpump, NBC has confirmed.
Sheen had reported his vehicle stolen, and at least three vehicles were burglarized in the actor's neighborhood.
Sheen's vehicle was found about 200 feet below Mulholland Drive. Nobody was found at the crash site after an extensive search that involved more than 30 LA firefighters and two helicopter crews.
A report of a "vehicle over the side" was received in the 13300 block of the winding ridgetop road at 4:06 a.m., said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department. That report was made by a caller on a cell phone, police said.
KNX1070 Radio reported that at about the same time, Sheen called to report his Mercedes-Benz SUV had been stolen.
The Los Angeles Times reported that at 5:15 a.m. -- more than an hour after the crash report -- police received a "possible burglar" call from Sheen at his Sherman Oaks residence. The house is about one mile from the crash site.
"It is being investigated as an auto theft," said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Bruce Borihanh.
TMZ reported later Friday morning that Sheen received a call from his vehicle's remote diagnostics company. The call alerted Sheen that his vehicle's air bags had deployed, the website reported, citing law enforcement sources.
Recent tire tracks were visible on Mulholland Drive, said LAFD Capt. John Sullivan. Authorities said it's possible that someone pushed the vehicle off the cliff.
The crash closed a portion of the road from Sherman Oaks to Studio City.
Until Friday, Sheen most recently had been in the news for being arrested in Aspen, Colo., on Christmas Day on suspicion of domestic violence. He was released on bail later that day.
The 44-year-old actor was arrested on suspicion of menacing his wife, Brooke Mueller, 33, with a knife. It is a class-five felony in Colorado that entails using a weapon in a threatening way. He was also booked on suspicion of second-degree assault, which is a class-four felony, and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, police said.
Sheen has a court appearance scheduled for Feb. 8 at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen.


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DURHAM — One of two men who survived a fatal car crash Saturday morning remained hospitalized Wednesday, according to officials still investigating the collision that killed a 74-year-old retired New Hampshire judge and left the career of a University of Connecticut star college running back in question.
Bruce Larson, 74, of Durham, was killed in the crash that shut down a portion of Route 4 Saturday morning. He is a retired judge for Candia in Rockingham County.
Larson was declared dead at the scene. He had been operating a 2000 Buick when his vehicle and one operated by 22-year-old Ryan Merchant of Wakefield, Mass., collided head on.
According to Strafford County Attorney, Tom Velardi, who was called to the scene Saturday, there is physical evidence that suggests one of vehicles may have crossed the yellow center line. Officials continue to investigate that evidence to determine how the vehicles collided.
"That is one of the circumstances we're looking at," he said Wednesday.
Velardi said he has been in contact with Durham Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley and the two are keeping each other apprised of information learned throughout the investigation.
Kelley said on Wednesday his understanding is that Merchant remains in critical condition at Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston where he was transported to from the scene via Dartmouth Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (DHART) helicopter.
The weigh station on Route 4 served as a landing zone for the DHART helicopter on Saturday.
Martin Hyppolite, 22, of Malden, Mass., was a passenger in Merchant's vehicle and was transported to Portsmouth Regional Hospital by McGregor Memorial Ambulance.
According to NBCSports.com, which cited the Hartford Courant, Hyppolite was released from the hospital Wednesday afternoon and may to return to the University of Connecticut campus this week.
"Unfortunately for Hyppolite, UConn confirmed that, while he's out of the hospital, the soon-to-be senior's football player career is very much in doubt. The school said that the player will undergo extensive rehabilitation as he attempts to recover from what are still unspecified injuries," the article reads.
Local law enforcement continues its investigation of the crash jointly with state police.
Velardi said both vehicles were towed to the Strafford County impound lot to preserve any evidence that may be needed in the future, a practice he said on Sunday was standard.
He did not know whether any criminal charges would stem from the crash.
Crews from Durham police and fire departments along with police from Lee and the state Accident Reconstruction Unit responded at about 9 a.m. Saturday and remained on scene for about five hours. Route 4 was closed to traffic between Madbury Road and the Route 4 on-ramp at Main Street near the University of New Hampshire for the duration.

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Fabulous Rainy Day Photos for Your Scrapbook
Bring out the story of a rainy day more fully by sharpening your rain and puddle images for your scrapbook layouts.
It Never Rains in Southern California by Lisa VanderVeen, as seen in the January 2011 issue, p. 64.
Before photo editing
After photo editing
Notice how much more brightly the whites stand out in the second photo, bringing the puddles and rain to life.
Enhance the look of puddles and rain in Photoshop Elements 7 using the following steps:
1. Open photo.
2. Click Enhance > Adjust Lighting > Levels to open Levels histogram.
3. Slide the white slider toward the middle to brighten the white in the puddles.
4. Slide the black slider (left side) a bit toward the middle to darken the dark highlights in the photo.
5. Click Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Hue/Saturation to open Hue/Saturation sliders
6. Slide the saturation slider to the right to bring out the color.
Hint: Lisa usually saturates between 2 and 15, depending on desired effect.
7. Click Enhance > Adjust Sharpness to sharpen photo slightly. Adjust the Amount and Radius as desired.
Hint: Lisa generally sharpens the Amount to 85% and Radius to 1.0.
Learn how to make the fun cloud accents on this layout by reading "Handmade Rain and Cloud Accents for Your Scrapbook."
To see scrapbook layouts that showcase different climates and lifestyles in January, check out the January 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
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Look AHEAD: Action for Health in Diabetes (LookAHEAD)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00017953
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 21, 2001
Last Update Posted : March 8, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Diabetes Myocardial Infarction Stroke Kidney Diseases Bone Diseases Dyslipidemia
|Behavioral: Lifestyle Intervention Behavioral: Diabetes Support and Education
|Not Applicable
Look AHEAD is examining, in overweight volunteers with type 2 diabetes, the long-term effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention program designed to achieve and maintain weight loss by decreased caloric intake and increased physical activity. This program will be compared to a control condition involving a program of diabetes support and education.
The primary hypothesis is that the incidence rate of the first post-randomization occurrence of a composite outcome, which includes
cardiovascular death (including fatal myocardial infarction and stroke), non-fatal myocardial infarction, hospitalized angina, and non-fatal stroke,
over a planned follow-up period of up to 13.5 years will be reduced among participants assigned to the Lifestyle Intervention compared to those assigned to the control condition, Diabetes Support and Education.
Look AHEAD will also test for reductions in the incidence of three secondary composite outcomes and examine the effect of the intervention on cardiovascular disease risk factors, diabetes control and complications, general health, and quality of life, and psychological outcomes. The cost and cost-effectiveness of the Lifestyle Intervention relative to Diabetes Support and Education will be assessed.
The Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention ended September, 2012. Participants continue to be followed to determine the long-term effects of the intervention on health outcomes.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|5145 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Look AHEAD: Action for Health in Diabetes
|Actual Study Start Date :
|June 2001
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|January 2020
Experimental: Lifestyle Intervention
Participants in the lifestyle intervention arm are offered individual and group sessions designed to help achieve and maintain weight loss.
Behavioral: Lifestyle Intervention
The lifestyle intervention is implemented with individual supervision and group sessions and is aimed at achieving and maintaining at least a 7% decrease in weight from baseline and 175 minutes per week in physical activity. It is implemented during a four-year period with the most intensive application during the first year, less frequent attention during the next three years, and a minimum of twice yearly contacts during an extended follow-up period. To help participants achieve and maintain weight loss, a variety of diet strategies (e.g. prepared meals and liquid formula), exercise strategies, and optional weight loss medications are utilized based on a preset algorithm and participant progress.
Active Comparator: Diabetes Support and Education
The diabetes support and education arm provides group sessions on diabetes management and social support.
Behavioral: Diabetes Support and Education
Participants assigned to diabetes support and education are offered three sessions each year in diabetes management and social support.
- The primary outcome is the aggregate occurrence of severe cardiovascular events. [ Time Frame: 11.5 years ]
- Change in lifespan [ Time Frame: 11 years ]
- Change in health care costs [ Time Frame: 11 years ]
- change in frailty [ Time Frame: 11 years ]
- change in diabetic microvascular complications [ Time Frame: 11 years ]
- change in quality of life [ Time Frame: 11 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|55 Years to 76 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Overweight
- BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater
- If on insulin, BMI of 27 kg/m2 or greater
- Blood pressure less than 160/100 mmHg
- HbA1c less or equal to 11%
- Triglycerides less than 600 mg/dl
- Willingness to participate
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable or unwilling to give informed consent or communicate with local study staff.
- Current diagnosis of schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, or bipolar disorder.
- Hospitalization for depression in past six months.
- Self-report of alcohol or substance abuse within the past twelve months.
- Current consumption of more than 14 alcoholic drinks per week.
- Current acute treatment or rehabilitation program for these problems.
- Plans to relocate to an area not served by Look AHEAD or travel plans that do not permit full participation in the study.
- Lack of support from primary care health provider or family members.
- Failure to complete the two-week run-in for dietary intake and exercise.
- Weight loss exceeding 10 lbs. in past three months.
- Current use of medications for weight loss.
- Self reported inability to walk two blocks.
- History of bariatric surgery, small bowel resection, or extensive bowel resection.
- Chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids.
- Another member of the household is a participant or staff member in Look AHEAD.
- Currently pregnant or nursing.
- Cancer requiring treatment in the past five years, except for non-melanoma skin cancers or cancers that have clearly been cured.
- HIV positive (self-report), due to effects on weight and body composition of HIV and medications used to treat HIV.
- Active tuberculosis (self-report).
- Cardiovascular disease (heart attack or procedure within the past three months).
- Participation in a cardiac rehabilitation program within last three months.
- Stroke or history/treatment for transient ischemic attacks in the past three months.
- Pulmonary embolus in past six months.
- Unstable angina pectoris or angina pectoris at rest.
- A history of cardiac arrest.
- Complex ventricular arrhythmia at rest or with exercise (e.g., ventricular tachycardia).
- Uncontrolled atrial fibrillation (heart rate of 100 beats per minute or more).
- NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure.
- Acute myocarditis, pericarditis or hypertrophic myocardiopathy.
- Clinically significant aortic stenosis.
- Left bundle branch block or cardiac pacemaker unless evaluated and cleared for participation by a cardiologist.
- Cardiac defibrillator.
- Heart transplant.
- History of aortic aneurysm of at least 7 cm in diameter or aortic aneurysm repair.
- Resting heart rate less than 45 beats per minute or greater than 100 beats per minute.
- Any abnormality during the maximum exercise stress test that indicates that it would be unsafe to participate in the Lifestyle Intervention.
- Angina pectoris.
- Significant ST segment depression at low levels of exercise.
- Exercise induced ventricular arrhythmias.
- Abnormal hemodynamics, such as flat or decreasing systolic blood pressure with increasing workload.
- Those at moderate to high risk for cardiac complications during exercise.
- Those who are unable to self-regulate activity or understand the recommended activity level.
- Renal disease or dialysis.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that would limit ability to follow the protocol.
- Self-reported chronic hepatitis B or C or cirrhosis.
- Inflammatory bowel disease requiring treatment in past year.
- Cushing's syndrome.
- Acromegaly.
- Amputation of lower limbs as result of non-traumatic causes.
- Any major organ transplant.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00017953
|United States, Alabama
|The University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35205
|United States, Arizona
|Southwestern American Indian Center
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85014
|United States, California
|University of Southern California
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90022
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-0808
|United States, Louisiana
|Louisiana State University
|Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Pro-Health
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21207
|United States, Massachusetts
|Diabetes Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Joslin Diabetes Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55415-1226
|United States, New Mexico
|Northern Navajo Medical Center
|Shiprock, New Mexico, United States, 87420
|United States, New York
|Columbia University
|New York, New York, United States, 10019
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|United States, Rhode Island
|The Miriam Hospital
|Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906
|United States, Tennessee
|The University of Tennessee, Memphis
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|University of Texas Health Sciences Center
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
|United States, Washington
|University of Washington
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Weight loss
Heart Attack
Heart disease
Lifestyle Intervention
Physical Fitness/Physical Activity
Psychosocial outcomes (e.g., depression, eating disorders)
Bone Density
Diabetes Mellitus
Bone Diseases
Kidney Diseases
Myocardial Infarction
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Urologic Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Musculoskeletal Diseases


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I'm trying to calculate the displacement of a wall at any point due to a point source of vibration. The vibration is considered to be directly perpendicular to the surface of the wall, for calculation purposes.
Input: random force applied to some point (call it white noise)
Output: Displacement at any other part of the wall (located (x,y) from the original point)
I assume that the displacement will at a simple level be related to some K(x,y). The relationship is probably K/(x^2 + y^2), I just need to figure out what goes into K
As far as I can say, the stiffness of the material will increase the speed and distance with which displacement waves travel, and decrease the total displacement.
Also, things like standing waves with the borders of the wall, vibrational characteristics of the material, and others come into play. I'm not really sure how to model all these things.
Can anyone give me some more input into what I should be considering, or maybe some actual equations that can help me relate the material properties of the wall to the displacement at a specific location?


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There will be two big stars at the Republican National Convention, and neither of them will be Mitt Romney. One will, of course, be Paul Ryan, Mr. Romney's running mate. The other will be Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, who will give the keynote address. And while the two men could hardly look or sound more different, they are brothers under the skin.
How so? Both have carefully cultivated public images as tough, fiscally responsible guys willing to make hard choices. And both public images are completely false.
I've written a lot lately deconstructing the Ryan myth, so let me turn today to Mr. Christie.
When Mr. Christie took office in January 2010, New Jersey — like many other states — was in dire fiscal straits thanks to the effects of a depressed economy. Unlike the federal government, states are required by their constitutions to run more or less balanced budgets every year (although there is room for accounting gimmicks), so like other governors, Mr. Christie was forced to engage in belt-tightening.
So far so normal: while Mr. Christie has made a lot of noise about his tough budget choices, other governors have done much the same. Nor has he eschewed budget gimmicks: like earlier New Jersey governors, Mr. Christie has closed budget gaps in part by deferring required contributions to state pension funds, which is in effect a form of borrowing against the future, and he has also sought to paper over budget gaps by diverting money from places like the Transportation Trust Fund.
If there is a distinctive feature to New Jersey's belt-tightening under Mr. Christie, it is its curiously selective nature. The governor was willing to cancel the desperately needed project to build another rail tunnel linking the state to Manhattan, but has invested state funds in a megamall in the Meadowlands and a casino in Atlantic City.
Also, while much of his program involves spending cuts, he has effectively raised taxes on low-income workers and homeowners by slashing tax credits. But he vetoed a temporary surcharge on millionaires while refusing to raise the state's gasoline tax, which is the third-lowest in America and far below tax rates in neighboring states. Only some people, it seems, are expected to make sacrifices.
But as I said, Mr. Christie talks a good (and very loud) game about his willingness to make tough choices, making big claims about spending cuts — claims, by the way, that PolitiFact has unequivocally declared false. And for the past year he has been touting what he claims is the result of those tough choices: the "Jersey comeback," the supposed recovery of his state's economy.
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Strange to say, however, Mr. Christie has told reporters that he won't use the term "Jersey comeback" in his keynote address. And it's not hard to see why: the comeback, such as it was, has hit the skids. Indeed, the latest figures show his state with the fourth-highest unemployment rate in the nation. Strikingly, New Jersey's 9.8 percent unemployment rate is now significantly higher than the unemployment rate in long-suffering Michigan, which has had a true comeback thanks to the G.O.P.-opposed auto bailout.
Now, state governors don't actually have much impact on short-run economic performance, so the skidding New Jersey economy isn't really Mr. Christie's fault. Still, he was the one who chose to make it an issue. And even more important, he's still pushing the policies the state's recovery was supposed to justify.
You see, all that boasting about the Jersey comeback wasn't just big talk (although it was that, too). It was, instead, supposed to demonstrate that good times were back, revenue was on the upswing, and it was now time for what Mr. Christie really wants: a major cut in income taxes.
Even if the comeback were real, this would be a highly dubious idea. By all accounts, New Jersey still has a significant structural deficit, that is, a deficit that will persist even when the economy recovers. Furthermore, the Christie tax-cut proposal would do very little for the middle class but give large breaks to the wealthy.
But in any case, the good times are by no means back, and neither is the revenue boom that was supposed to justify a tax cut. So has the very responsible Mr. Christie accepted the idea of at least delaying his tax-cut plan until the promised revenue gains materialize? Of course not.
Which brings me back to the comparison with Paul Ryan. Mr. Ryan, as people finally seem to be realizing, is at heart a fiscal fraud, boasting about his commitment to deficit reduction but actually placing a much higher priority on tax cuts for the wealthy. Mr. Christie may have a different personal style, but he's playing the same game.
In other words, meet the new boaster, same as the old boaster. And pray that we won't get fooled again.


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Despite stubbornly high unemployment, there are still as many as 3 million open jobs in the United States. For all of the talk of a manufacturing renaissance, companies are having trouble finding people to staff it.
A segment on "60 Minutes" took a look at the debate between the idea that our education system has failed, or that companies got so used to being able to ship jobs abroad that they won't to offer the salaries or training they used to.
Wharton Professor Peter Capelli comes down firmly on the latter side, telling CBS correspondent Bryan Pitts that the "skills gap" is really a market gap:
"This is a market. And so, you know, if you're not willing to pay more, don't expect to get better quality people... One of the things we know now is wages are not going up. In fact, they've been stagnant and some cases even declining over time. So where is the shortage?
What's new now is that employers are not expecting to hire and train people. If you turn the clock back a generation ago, there really was none of this discussion about skill gaps and skill problems.... Companies are now saying, for all kinds of reasons, "We're not going to do it anymore." And maybe they're right, they can't do it. But what they probably can't do is say, "We're not going to do it, and it's your problem. It's your problem to provide us with what we need, Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer. You need to pay for this for us."
It's basic economics. If there's a shortage of skilled workers, employers either need to pay more to attract them to particular jobs, or they need to invest in educating and training them.
Hoping that a bad economy will drive people to things they otherwise wouldn't try at lower wages just contributes to the problem.
See the full segment here
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The new Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee looks pretty nice.
The museum sits on a twenty-acre reclaimed industrial site directly across the Menomonee River from downtown Milwaukee and has been conceived as an urban factory ready-made for spontaneous motorcycle rallies. The three-building campus includes space for permanent and temporary exhibitions, the company's archives, a restaurant and cafe, and a retail shop, as well as a generous amount of event and waterfront recreational space. The museum's indoor and outdoor components were inspired by the spirit of Harley rallies in towns like Sturgis and Laconia, where thousands of riders congregate every year.


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The Origin of the 365 Days Photo Diary and why you should be doing this.
By Stephen Poff
1 Jul 2007
On January 1st, 2006 I began work on a little project that would document my year in photos and short blog entries. I created a photo set on flickr and named it the "365 Day Visual Diary". Day after day I would take a self portrait accompanied by a short description of my day.
The idea had come from a my friend Anna Lognion who had attempted to do a similar project with Polaroid photos. Every year I try to come up with some New Years resolutions that will in the end produce something creative that I can look back on to remember that year by. Previous years were marked with records I either wrote or produced as well as a feature film that I wrote and directed over the course of a year. After Hurricane Katrina my life was changing on a daily basis and when the new year came around I decided that Anna's idea should be something that I should attempt myself.
So I began on January 1st with photo of my daughter and I enjoying a ride on my dad's 4 wheeler while visiting them on Christmas vacation. Within days of beginning my little project one of the cast/crew of my film "Songs About Your Girlfriend" died in a tragic car accident. It was the first in a long line of incidents both delightful and upsetting that would shape my year.
I began working for Travelhost in Montgomery, AL
Began work as event photographer at Riverfront Facilities in Montgomery
I got my film pressed into DVD's.
My film was chosen as the featured film at the Ocean Springs Film Festival.
Got to meet and photograph Tommy Tutone, ABC and Naked eyes
I won two AP Awards for graphic arts for the Mississippi Press.
I got a job offer from CharterMedia in Montgomery, AL
I moved my family 3 1/2 hours away to Montgomery, AL
Got to meet and photograph the Commodores
Got to photograph Ray Price and Willie Nelson
Others start to get involved
Along the way I got lots of encouraging words and had begun to draw a daily audience. Some left comments and others just checked in to see what I was up to. Over the course of the year I had lots of people comment on how they'd like to do the same thing. One of those people was Chris Maverick. In August of 2006, Chris left me a comment to say:
"This may be the greatest idea ever. I am tempted to steal it from you. kinda weird starting so late in the year."
Soon after that he left me a comment to say:
"I did decide to steal it, starting today. Hope you don't mind. Thank you for the idea. It should be an interesting experiment."
I was kind of excited to hear that someone else might also join me in the project. On August 12th he began his first entry and in the description for his photo set he wrote:
"So while browsing flickr, I ran across this photoby stephenpoff. I liked it and then started looking at his photostream and then realized that since the 1st of this year he has taken a self-portrait every day and hopes to do the same every day for a year. I immediately decided that I had to do the same.
If you would like to try this project as well, there is now a flickr pool called 365 days for you to share your efforts.
Needless to say I was stoked. 11 months later and 4,528 people strong, the idea has become something of a phenomenon.
What I've Learned
I'm not someone who finds themselves attractive in any form or fashion. But over the year I have become much more comfortable in my own skin. I've learned to see myself as others see me and to be content with my outward appearance.
I've also learned after re-reading my blog entries over the year that one goes through a LOT of changes that we don't always remember. Our own personal histories are often distorted by our faulty recollections of events. Going back and being able to see the photos and read the events as they were recorded clued me in to the differences in what I remembered and what actually happened.
Why you should do this
1. As the family photographer and archivist, I find that I'm notoriously absent from the photos of our family events. A side benefit of the project has been getting myself into at least one of the family photos.
2. Often our blogs and photos are a snapshot of our emotions at a particular point and time. Unfiltered and raw. Documenting your daily life gives a person a chance to reflect on those events in hindsight. It's a chance to see how we reacted and learn from our mistakes. Like the saying goes, if we don't learn from our history we're doomed to repeat it.
3. You get to become familiar with the way other see you. We often look at photos and are shocked to see ourselves in a way that we're not used to. For the most part, we look at ourselves in the mirror. We see ourselves reflected back 180 degrees from the way others see us. Our faces aren't symmetrical so it's strange for us to see your own face when not reflected.
4. You might find a photo of yourself that you actually like!
Tips on Self-Portraits
Over the course of my project I've had lots of questions about how I get various shots. Here are my list of things that might help.
1. Get a tripod - I see a lot of photos from arms length. Holding the camera yourself and aiming it back at you is not a bad idea, but you certainly don't want 365 days of this kind of photo. A tripod can be a great friend. And for you guys with the little point an shoot kind, it can be as simple as the type that you can attach to your water bottle. Take a look at Wal-Mart's photo department. It's a great little tool.
2. Get in focus - It's not always easy to get a photo in focus when you're not behind it. I had several tactics, but the one I used most often was to set up a microphone or light stand where I was going to be standing/sitting and then focus on that. Otherwise, if I had a friend or family member nearby, I would ask them to focus on me.
3. Get used to your timer - When taking self-portraits you have to know how to use your timer. Pretty much every camera from little point and shoots to DSLR's have them. Break out the manual and figure it out.
4. Light your photos when possble -It's not always possible, but try to avoid having all your shots lit by the little pop up flash on your camera. Try using continuous light sources by arranging to have yourself standing under/near them. For those of you with hotshoe flashes, try bouncing them off the ceiling or wall to get a more pleasing photo. And for those of you with more equipment, you know what to do.
5. Get creative - The bathroom mirror shot was always a good standby for me, but when you're doing a project that spans this amount of time, the only way to keep yourself interested for that long is to get creative and try to tell stories with your photos. Try some long exposures, or some cool photoshop tricks.
In Conclusion
I had a lot of fun doing this project and met a lot of great people during the process. The things I've learned about myself and others has given me a greater understanding of everything from photography to psychology. I look forward to seeing what the seeds I've sown will grow and hope all of you can gain something from doing your own 365 Days Project.
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telma russo gave props (31 Dec 2008):
FCK%@@@!!! lovit!!!!! great idea
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peggy gardner gave props (31 Dec 2008):
thanks for this, I think the validation that this is for self portraits, not just a day in the life of, is important.
Rain Arnau said (31 Dec 2008):
this is my very first time to read an entry here :D AND I LOVED IT! absultely yeah, it rocks! :)
Shannon Tunks gave props (1 Jan 2009):
Awesome idea! Love it!
Joanna Christie (Deleted) gave props (1 Jan 2009):
Amazing idea! Looking forward to starting this today!
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♥ Cairenn ♥ added a link (1 Jan 2009):
Great Post! I started my 365 Days project on Flickr... Enjoy!! (www.flickr.com)
Tomislav Chagall said (2 Jan 2009):
nice project -- i've been doing something similar since 1998, it's called "fotomat" -- i shoot pictures of myself in a fotomat every couple of months, same jumper same fotomat -- only the hair cuts and the facial hair change.
simone teixeira said (2 Jan 2009):
°º° love the idea!!!
Jessi MacCall said (2 Jan 2009):
I absolutely love this idea, today is Jan 2 and i am going to start my own 365 journal, i love it.
Jen Jackson said (4 Jan 2009):
Beautiful & Inspiring.
Awesome way to document a life and how we choose to spend each day.
Thank you for sharing.
Angelo Narciso gave props (9 Jan 2009):
fascinating project! awesome concept! am running late... got a modelling job to do! =) everyday!
Noa Siegrist gave props (12 Jan 2009):
Tiene mi voto.
Andrea Petersen gave props (24 Jan 2009):
I started the project minus a few days in the beginning of the year...At first I found it difficult, but now it is getting easier ...in fact I feel I can be more myself when someone else isn't behind the camera shooting the picture.
Josephine Sicad gave props (29 Jan 2009):
Im swoooshing with adrenaline rush now...better late than never at all...so Im starting by Feb 1st...yey! You're awesome idea is going to spread joy a million times =)
Laura Fleming gave props (30 Jul 2009):
You're such an amazing inspiration- weather you know it or not! wonderful ideas and stay creative! thank you for sharing this with everyone!
Victoria s said (17 Mar 2010):
I'm so glad I found this! I've always heard of the 365 visual diary project, but I never knew where the phenomenon originated! Lovely photos and you are very inspirational. Thank you. :}
peggy gardner added a link (16 Jun 2011):
I have yet to meet a photographer who has actually come up with a new idea. (jpgmag.com)
rekha nag gave props (9 Jan 2013):
great!! voted!
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Living in a damp climate like Ireland makes it difficult to dry biodiesel. I use hot air blown over a bubble shaped fountain to dry the bio to sparkling clear but if I allow moist air back into the tank the bio will become cloudy within a week or so. Problems with water content in dino diesel are not uncommon here at this time of year and can cause serious problems with injection systems.
I have looked at professional moisture testers but they are very expensive so I have attemped to devise an accurate method of measuring water content.
I purchased a plastic drinks cup with a sealable screw cap. I bored a small hole in the lid and fitted three yards of 3 mm pvc hose to it, sealing the joint with a hot glue gun.
Using small cable clips I fixed the pvc tube onto a white painted board in the shape of a U about 3 foot tall.
I half filled the U with water coloured with food colouring.
This was to be my pressure guage.
I put the beaker on a digital scales and measured 250 grams of dried biodiesel into it. I filled a drinks bottle top with calcium carbide powder and carefully floated it on the surface of the bio like a little boat. I screwed the cap back onto the cup without disturbing the calcium carbide and marked the level of the red water in the U tube.
Ihe idea is that when the calcium carbide comes in contact with the water in the bio it will produce acetylene gas which will pressurise the inside of the cup forcing the coloured water to rise up the U tube. This would give me an accurate repeatable reading of water content.
I had guessed that I might get a reading of a couple of inches which would be enough for an accurate reading but I was wrong. Within a minute of mixing the the contents of the cup the red water had risen a full three feet and started to escape out the top of the tube.
So the experiment worked but I have to rethink the scale. as I see it I have three options
A... Weigh out a smaller amount of bio into the cup.
B... Make a pressure guage with the same tubing but about 10 feet tall
C... Make another pressure guage, same height but with larger bore tube.
I think option C makes most sense.
Calcium carbide is easily available on Ebay. The stuff I got was in large lumps but it was fairly easy to pound into powder with a hammer.
I will post a drawing of the setup as Im not sure Ive described it very well.
When I started to shake the contents of the cup the pressure guage began to rise rapidly
opition C will not work. No matter how large the bore is the Pressure would be the same, Only the volume would change. But then the larger volume of the tube would cause slightly less pressure.
The best would be to decrease the amount of reaction, (less Bio and/or less calcium carbide).
Also something that might be able to use that is easier to get than carbide is Alka=Seltzer. When it contacts water it produces CO2 gas. But not sure how it would react with Bio.
If you can't dazzel them with brilliance, then baffel them with bullchit.
You are right of course, Its been a long time since I studied physics at school.
I can easily reduce the amount of biodiesel but reducing the amount of calcium carbide is not an option as I have to have more than is required to react with all of the water.
I shall remake the existing pressure guage to about 4 feet tall, failing that Ill have to buy more tube.
Here is the picture, the scale isnt correct but shows the layout.
Im not clear on something, will the calcium cloride come in contact with the bd or will the water vapor leave the bd and contact the cc. It sounds like it just floats on top in the cap and never touches the bd.
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I gathered it would float till he sealed the container and then shook it up.
If you can't dazzel them with brilliance, then baffel them with bullchit.
Yes the cap full of calcium carbide floats on the surface of the biodiesel until the screw cap is securely on the cup then you tip it up and mix the contents. This prevents loss of gas while you are screwing on the cap.
I am aware of the other methods of testing for water in fuel but I want to devise a method that can be calibrated to give a numerical result rather than a subjective judgement. The Sandy Brae tester is very good but expensive.
The idea of using Alka Seltzer sound like it could work. I will buy some tomorrow and try it.
You said you was going to increase the length of the tube to 4feet. I dont think this will be enough. A 48 inch waterlock you only give you max theroetical movement of 24 inches. Because of the curved bottom you will not get the full 24inches. Lets say you can get 22 inches, since 1 inch of water at 39C is .0361 PSI the 22inches would be 0.7489 PSI. I am thinking you would run over this amount of pressure from reading the Sandy Brea instructsions.
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I see that I may need a much longer tube to measure the pressure created by the gas produced. Alka seltzer may produce smaller volume.
I have not attemped to calibrate the system because I have not suceeded in getting a valid reading yet. Once I adjust the gas volume/ pressure guage height to the point where I can get a reading I would propose to start by measuring a sample of dinodiesel which should be at or below 500 ppm. ( ASTM or Din 14014 standard.) I would then adjust the sample by adding 1% water. with these two readings I should be able to calibrate the scale on the pressure guage.
Cool idea!
What about just using a standard low pressure gauge like what is used for ATV tire pressure? See here.
Here is a calculator and some more information on manometers. HERE and HERE
I look forward to your results!
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Sensor for the biodiesel/glycerin layer
Imake. Cool idea! How about using a pressure gauge like the Sandy Brae? You may be able to use magnets to flip the boat so you dont have to turn it upside down. Is Calcium Carbide what's used in Carbide lamps? What does Sandy Brae use as the active ingredient?
Calcium carbide is the stuff for makeing actylene in carbide miners lamps. Or long ago used for cutting steel. My dad was an 'oldtime' welder and had an actylene generator, He hauled out 50lb barrels all the time from plant he worked for till he finally decided to buy a couple pressure bottles.
The SandyBrea tester uses Calcium Hydride. Here is the MSDS http://www.utahbiodieselsupply...agent_A_05_15_06.pdf
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Would the device that Imake has come up with be called a manometer or something that sounds like that?
Imakebiodiesel: one approach that would reduce the gas volume produced to a manageable level is to meter the biodiesel into the Carbide until a predetermined pressure registers on the manometer. A calibrated burrette filled with your biodiesel sample, a 2-hole cork stopper, a beaker with the Calcium Carbide, and your manometer are all that is needed.
The more biodiesel needed to reach a given pressure/displacement, the drier it is. If you dribble in 10cc of biodiesel, and only see 10 cc displacement (after compensating for compression, thermal effects and gas laws), then the fuel is completely dry.
Second idea: loss in weight variant - put the beaker with the calcium carbide on a sensitive scale, along with the sample container of biodiesel. Tare the scale or record the weight. Dump the biodiesel into the calcium carbide and wait for the gas to stop evolving. The escaping gas removes mass that is proportional to the water content (acetylene is C2H2, isn't it?). Someone smart in chemistry can tell us what the change in mass would be for a given amount of water.
ps; I just dumped some biodiesel into some calcium carbide and tiny bubbles are drifting up from the rocks. I see the obvious need to crush it first. This is a brilliant idea. I'll play with it some more.
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I think you hit it with metering in the biodiesel to get a predetermined pressure. That way you meter it in until you have converted a specific mass of water to c2h2. Then it's a simple division to get ppm.
The device is indeed a manometer, a simple but effective form of pressure guage. I could of course use a dial pressure guage of the sort used for low pressure tyres but Im not sure they would be accurate enough.
The idea of metering the biodiesel into the carbide is interesting but I cant see how to get liquid in without letting gas out.
The grade of carbide is not important as long as you use more carbide than is necessary to react with all of the water present in the fuel. The most important thing is to grind the carbide into a fine dust so that it reacts quickly. A couple of steel ball bearings in the cup will help to mix the contents.
Im not plotting the overthrow of the h-w-h method, Im just experimenting with an alternative which might be convenient and quick.
I repeated the procedure today but used only 50 gms of biodiesel. After about 3 minutes of gentle agitation I got a reading of 303mm from the manometer, much more satisfactory. Im going to repeat the experiment a couple of times over the weekend to make sure Im getting a consistent result and then try a sample of dry dinodiesel.
When screwing on the lid I get a slight reading as the air inside the cup compresses. Its is important to to zero the scale at that point to avoid getting a false reading. Also avoid warming the cup with the heat from your hands, hold the cap by your fingertips and gently swirl the contents until the manometer stops rising.
This is a great idea. Whether calcium carbide, alka seltzer, or some other chemical is the final choice the concept is good. Personally I like the idea of weighing the results rather than reading pressure since we all have scales already and pressurizing a combination of biodiesel and acetylene makes me somewhat uncomfortable. Wouldn't want anyone to mix too much by mistake.
Anybody know what the reaction of these chemicals with methanol is? I ask because with drywashing I feel there is some methanol passing through and the traditional measures for water also detects methanol evaporation, and the measures for methanol (w-h-w) also detect water. It would be nice to measure one without the influence of the other.
A simple U tube manometer can be very accurate. I don't think excess pressure is a problem. If the pressure is too great it will just blow the liquid out the end of the tube, allowing the gas to escape to the atmosphere.
Water and methanol are miscible. If you have water you will also have some methanol. If all of your testing is done on biodiesel samples, then the methanol contribution will always be present. But, since it is present in all samples, then it will negate itself so the effect of methanol in the reaction will be, effectivly, zero.
Along a similar vein, when titrating with our stock solutions we don't really care what the actual concentration is as long as we use the same solution in the reaction.
As far as I know methanol does not react with calcium carbide but perhaps someone with more knowledge of chemistry can confirm that. So this test should be able to measure water only.
Most biodiesel brewers have digital kitchen scales accurate to about one gram. While this is adequate for weighing out 50 grams its not able to detect very small losses of water vapour or gas.
The procedure I have suggested does produce a small quantity of acetylene gas which is highly inflammable but I would think it would not pose a high risk for people already used to handling methanol etc. (no smoking, no naked flames, good ventilation.)
I repeated the test with the same sample of biodiesel and got a reading of 310mm. This is within 2% of the first result. My digital scales are only accurate to 1 gram, which is 2% of the sample weight so Im pretty happy with that. I want to repeat it again before moving on to dinodiesel etc. However Im going away for the weekend so we will have to wait till Monday before I can start calibrating the manometer.
It would be great if someone would duplicate these tests just to make sure Im not doing something wrong.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday grappled with California's first-in-the-nation bid to bar licensed mental health professionals from offering therapies aimed at making gay and lesbian teenagers straight.
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Chief Judge Alex Kozinski noted the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California ban of violent video games because the state failed to show a compelling reason to infringe on game-makers free speech rights to manufacture the products.
He said it appeared the same argument could be applied to the evidence lawmakers relied on in passing the prohibition on sexual-orientation change therapy.
'We really don't have anything compelling, as I see it,' Kozinski said. 'Government has to have a compelling interest in curtailing speech.'
California Deputy Attorney General Alexandra Robert Gordon, who is defending the ban, cited mainstream medical organizations' support of the law, and testimony before the state Legislature by several people who said they were harmed by the counseling.
Kozinski replied that opponents of the law also testified before lawmakers that they benefited from the counseling.
'There is evidence going both ways,' Kozinski concluded.
Lawyers for parents of children who are undergoing the counseling and licensed professionals who administer the 'talk therapy' argued the ban goes too far. But Mathew Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel and a lawyer opposing the law, said there is 'no evidence of harm.'
The ban was to take effect Jan. 1. The appeals court put the law on hold until it resolves the issue, which has yielded to contradictory lower court rulings so far. The court issued no decision Wednesday and will publish a written ruling later. Several other states are considering similar legislation.
The law says therapists and counselors who treat minors with methods designed to eliminate or reduce their same-sex attractions would be engaging in unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline by state licensing boards. The activities of pastors and lay counselors who are unlicensed but provide such therapy through church programs would not be covered.
The cases before the appeals court was brought by professionals who practice sexual-orientation change therapy, two families who say their teenage sons benefited from it, and a national association of Christian mental health counselors. They argue the ban infringes on their free speech and freedom of association and religious rights. The counselors also argue it jeopardizes their livelihoods.
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'The viewpoint of counselors who in their professional judgment determine that same-sex attractions conflict with the religious and moral beliefs of clients and are not desired, is silenced by SB 1172. This raises a serious constitutional question.'
Supporters, including Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris, say the prohibition on 'reparative' and 'conversion' therapy is necessary to protect children from a coercive practice that can put them at increased risk of suicide. They also say the therapy's efficacy has been questioned or rejected by every major mental health professional association.
Harris has argued the law 'is based on a scientific and professional consensus reached decades ago that homosexuality is a normal expression of human sexuality and not a disease, condition, or disorder in need of a `cure.''
Reflecting the competing issues before the appeals court, the two Sacramento-based trial judges who handled the lawsuits in December reached differing conclusions on whether the ban violates the U.S. Constitution.
One refused to block the law after ruling the plaintiffs were unlikely to prove the prohibition unfairly tramples on their civil rights and should therefore be overturned. The other said he found the First Amendment issues presented by the ban to be compelling and ordered the state to temporarily exempt the three people named in the case before him.
The panel hearing the cases Wednesday consists of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985, Judge Susan Graber, a 1998 Bill Clinton appointee, and Judge Morgan Christen, a 2012 appointee of President Barack Obama. The judges have no deadline for issuing a decision.


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DETROIT - The late rapper-producer J Dilla, a big fan of doughnuts during his life, will be honored this fall when his uncle opens a store devoted to the ring-shaped cakes in his hometown of Detroit.
Herman Hayes, AKA Uncle Herm, is setting up shop in an 800-square-foot space on the ground floor of the Ashley, the former Milner Hotel, where Dilla lived briefly as a toddler.
Hayes, 58, plans to use all organic ingredients at Dilla's Delights, which he is looking to open in October or November. He used to bring Dilla doughnuts as a child and says he is one of the reasons Dilla got hooked on the treats.
Now he sees making doughnuts in Dilla's name as a way to honor and preserve his nephew's memory.
"He was on his deathbed making (his final album) 'Donuts,' and I felt like that was partly a tribute to me," Hayes told The Detroit News (http://bit.ly/15j7OvV ). "I felt I should honor that and respect that and give back to him."
Dilla, who was born James Yancey and raised in Detroit, died at age 32 of complications from the immune system disease lupus in 2006.
He was a founding member of the hip-hip group Slum Village, and his soulful beats formed the backdrop to songs by artists such as Common and A Tribe Called Quest.
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FundingFactory necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a hip younger type logo design for a technology trade website. Logo design should appeal to the target audience of teen and tweens. The website is currently being developed and the logo will be used for site branding and marketing materials.
We are a long established fundraising through recycling company dealing with educational and non-profit organizations.
We are looking to take our well honed collection methods and reverse logistics and launch a new initiative to collect used consumer electronic products such as cell phones, mp3 players, digital cameras, and game systems from students, parents, family and friends.
We need a logo designed for this site geared towards the younger crowd that have a number of no longer used electronic products.
The capitalization of the name maxback is open. You can design it with a capital M, capital M and B, all lowercase, or even all uppercase, it just needs to work in your design.
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Logo colors should fit this scheme.
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- Edgy yet simple- Clean- With and without the tag-line: Get the MAX back from your trade- Logo that looks good against black or white (would like to see designs submitted against black and white)- Appealing to young adults to late tweens
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Public assistance benefits hit by computer glitch
HARTFORD (AP) -- The Connecticut Department of Social Services says a computer breakdown is preventing public assistance recipients from using debit-style cards to access their food stamps and other cash benefits.
DSS said it was notified of the problem Monday morning by J.P. Morgan Electronic Financial Services, the contractor used by Connecticut and other states to operate the electronic benefit transfer system.
DSS said J.P. Morgan is working to restore the system. It was unclear when recipients will be able to access their benefits.
The other affected states include New York, Florida, Indiana, South Carolina, West Virginia, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


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Marcus Jordan to UCFPosted by nvr1983 on April 7th, 2009
Lost in the news of his dad's alma mater UNC winning the national title was another piece of interesting news from the Jordan family. Yesterday, Marcus Jordan, the younger son of Michael Jordan, committed to play for UCF in Orlando, FL. According to recruiting services, the youngest Jordan isn't quite the same caliber of player his father was (obviously), but is still a solid recruit (ESPN Insider/Scouts (Insider access required) rates him as an 87 while Rivals rates him as a 3-star recruit).
According to reports, Jordan was also considering Toledo, Iowa, and Davidson (imagine what the Wildcat fans would have been like with MJ and Dell Curry in the crowd if Stephen Curry decided to come back). In the end, he chose the Knights in part because he could play early and make an impact (unlike his brother Jeffrey Jordan who just got a scholarship from Illinois as a sophomore) along with the fact that his high school teammate A.J. Rompza had a very good freshman year (All-Freshman team in Conference USA) and likely had good things to say about the program.
As for impact this will have on UCF (17-14 overall and 7-9 in Conference USA), it certainly won't have as big of an impact as John Calipari ditching Memphis and leaving them for dead, but he may give them some much needed depth (leading scorer Jermaine Taylor is a senior and averaged 26.2 PPG with the next highest scorer only averaging 9.8 PPG).


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MINNEAPOLIS -- The first set of face-to-face negotiations between the NFL and the players in more than a month lasted 14 total hours.
The hope is that it can be the basis for a lot more.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan adjourned talks until Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT, following nearly 10 hours of negotiations Thursday and another four Friday at the federal courthouse.
A source with knowledge of the situation said Friday that the break is happening this early partly because of the sensitivity of the negotiations and the need for the judge to be methodical and deliberate. Another source said all parties appear to be "serious" about these talks ordered by U.S. District Judge Susan Nelson and the potential consequences if they break down.
Here's a harsh reality of the NFL draft: Some teams wish they could just go back in time for a second chance. This week, former personnel
executives Pat Kirwan and Michael Lombardi rewrite the drafts from 2004 to 2008.
2004: Kirwan: Shakeup among famed QB trio
2005: Lombardi: Right pick was in 49ers' backyard
2006: Kirwan: Famed trio highlights busts
2007: Lombardi: Reflecting on Raiders' failure
2008: Kirwan: Dolphins missed out on franchise QB
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell led a league contingent that included New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II and Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay. Representing the plantiffs in the Brady et al v. National Football League et al case was NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and two current NFL linebackers, Mike Vrabel of the Chiefs and Ben Leber of the Minnesota Vikings.
Smith wouldn't comment on the talks, which started at 9:30 a.m. and wrapped up around 1:30 p.m., but he appeared to be in a good mood. According to The Associated Press, Smith needled Vrabel by deadpanning to media members inside a packed elevator on the way down to the lobby, "All right, in all seriousness, Mike is going to have a statement. You ready?"
All that followed was silence, then laughter.
Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller, the lead plaintiff in the Eller et al v. National Football League et al lawsuit that was combined with the Brady case, did talk about the mediation, saying on his way out, "I think we're moving forward, but I think it slowed a little bit." Eller added that everyone was sent home with things to think about -- "homework" in his words.
"The judge asked us to provide answers to over a half-dozen question that he's asked," said Michael Hausfeld, lead attorney for the Eller class. "There's a lot of work."
The talks marked the first time the sides sat down since March 11, when the collective bargaining agreement expired, the union dissolved to clear the way for a court fight and the NFL locked out players for its first work stoppage since the 24-day strike in 1987.
Eller didn't mince words when explaining what's on the line in these negotiations.
"We're dealing with real issues, and that is the lockout and the upcoming season," he said. "Those things are prevalent. Those are not luxuries or frivolous debt lines or points. These things are happening and approaching, and those things will approach.
"Tomorrow is going to come regardless of what we do here, so we have to work within that framework. In order to have a season, preserve a season, prepare for a season, those are real consequences."
According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Thursday's 10-hour session brought "tough" negotiations, and some "fence-mending" from prior events was necessary.
Mock Draft Central.
"The magistrate judge is working very hard, and I give him a lot of credit for trying to move the parties towards a solution," said NFL general counsel Jeff Pash, the league's lead negotiator, upon his departure Thursday.
Nelson ordered this mediation Monday after hearing the players' motion for an injunction to lift the lockout. Nelson said she would rule on the injunction "in due course" and the talks wouldn't serve as a de facto stay on that ruling.
Nelson also implored the sides to have people with decision-making power in the room. There is no time frame on the talks, but Hausfeld said Thursday that the judge indicated they would go "as long as it makes sense."
The sides met separately with Boylan in preparation for Thursday's opening session, with the league coming to his chambers Tuesday and the players following suit Wednesday. The meetings were intended to educate Boylan on the arguments of each side as he readied to preside over the mediation.
Although Boylan will have an open line of communication with Nelson, these proceedings are his. He will not be required to report to Nelson, who has offered both sides protection, in that the mediation cannot be used against either party in any other case.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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That looks like it would be perfect for socks, underwear and shirts. How much water per load does it use?
I hang dry everything. If my RV were on fire, I would grab the washer and run! I hope your Haier combo is as awesome and tough as my Haier washer. For what it's worth, I use a Downy ball in mine, but I fill it 3/4's full with plain vinegar. This helps keep the hard water from messing with the plumbing and also softens the clothes without perfume.
So this last week we took delivery of this http://www.haieramerica.com/product/hlc1700axw combo unit.I have to say I'm totally satisfied. Have been using the quick wash and dry so far, set and forget. Quiet too.
Where do you put it? Outside? Where does the rinse water drain?
I went online after reading this post and picked one up from Amazon for 99.00, it has wash and spin dry, no heat. I wasn't in the market, but this post got me thinking. We are weekend TT campers, and hauling dirty beach towels and t shirts back and forth is a pain. No longer.!
Do you find you need a dehumidifier in your rig with all the clothes hanging wet? I was in an apartment with no washer dryer and had this Panda unit that had a spinner also. I never bothered to hook it up, just use the shower head extension to fill it up manually. Wondering if I could do the same with the Haier?
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Talyrond 450
Designed for the powertrain and machine tool industries this large capacity roundess tester utilises a rotating gauge head mounted on a vertical straightness unit, the rotating head allows manufacturers to measure roundness of prismatic or non rotationally symmetric components such as engine blocks, crankshafts, cylinder heads and many more.
The solid cast iron base frame and column surround ensure stability during measurement while the high precision spindle and vertical straightness unit ensure repeatable and reliable measurement of roundness, cylindricity and straightness.
A high load capacity X,Y table with fully automated centre and level ensures precise set up and repeatability between operators. The entire system is completely automated utilising Taylor Hobson's Ultra software, this software has many features ensuring measurement and analysis to national and international standards.
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Talyrond 565/585XL
These systems are extremely popular in the measurement of lage diameter bearings and non-rotationally symmetric components. The system is based around Taylor Hobson's popular Talyrond 500H range and utilises a frictionless air bearing spindle and high accuracy column with adjustable positioning to allow measurement of bearings up to 1 meter in diameter.
This roundness tester has features such as fully automated centre and level and automatic gauge calibration, these features greatly reduce measurement and set up time thus increasing throughput.
The systems come in two types, either with fully automated arm attitude/orientation or a manually operated version, in both cases these patented mechanisms provide access to the most difficult of components.
Fully automated centre and level capability with radial follow mode
Automatic gauge calibration
Patented arm attitude/orientation mechanism with choice of automated or manual
Vertical straightness units of up to 1200 mm
Large diameter range with adjustable column and 300 mm radial arm
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Below is some contact information for agencies across Canada that are responsible for occupational health and safety in the federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. Check government internet or telephone directory listings in your locality to find the telephone number of the office closest to you.
Occupational Health and Safety
Alberta Labour
10th Floor Seventh Street Plaza, South Tower
10030 - 107 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4
General Inquiries: (780) 415-8690
Workplace Health and Safety Call Centre: 1-866-415-8690
6951 Westminster Highway
P.O. Box 5350 STN Terminal
Richmond, BC V6B 5L5
General Inquiries: (604) 273-2266
Health & Safety Questions: (604) 276-3100; 1-888-621-7233
After hours safety and health emergency reporting: (604) 273-7711; 1-888-621-7233
SAFE Manitoba
16 - 363 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3N9
For more information on SAFE Work Manitoba or for Workplace Safety and Health: (204) 957-7233; 1-866-929-7233
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1 Portland Street
P.O. Box 160
Saint John, NB E2L 3X9
Telephone: (506) 632-2200; 1-800-999-9775
Occupational Health and Safety Branch, Service NL
P.O. Box 9000
146-148 ForestRd.
St John's, NL A1A 3B8
Telephone: 1-800-563-9000
Serious Workplace Accident Reports (only): (709) 729-4444 (24 Hours)
Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
P.O. Box 8888
Centre Square Tower, 5th Floor
5022 49 Street
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3
Telephone:(867) 920-3888; 1-800-661-0792
Iqaluit Office:(867) 979-8500; 1-877-404-4407
Inuvik Office - Industrial Safety: (867) 678-2301
Occupational Health & Safety Division
Nova Scotia Labour and Advanced Education
P.O. Box 697
5151 Terminal Road
Halifax, NS B3J 2T8
Telephone: (902) 424-5400; 1-800-952-2687
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Ministry of Labour
505 University Avenue, 19th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 1T7
Telephone: 1-877-202-0008 (in Ontario only)
Regional Offices: http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/about/reg_offices.php
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P.O. Box 757. 14 Weymouth Street
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[Administrative Head Office]
524, rue Bourdages
Québec, QC G1K 7E2
Telephone: 1-844-838-0808
Regional Offices: https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/nous-joindre/Pages/nous-joindre.aspx
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401 Strickland Street
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5N8
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Security in an age of sequester
The Washington Navy Yard shootings offer defense hawks a powerful reminder of the deadly consequences of budget cuts and sequestration — that is, if they want to use it.
Bolstering their case is a timely Defense Department inspector general's report out Tuesday highlighting how the Navy's cost-cutting measures have already exposed its outposts to new security risks — including 52 convicted felons who have secured routine unauthorized installation access.
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The IG report — launched last fall as prospects for sequestration grew stronger but still several months before it formally took effect — doesn't address Aaron Alexis's rampage that left 12 people dead and several others wounded.
( PHOTOS: Shooting at Navy Yard)
Still, by landing as the Washington area reels from its deadliest day since Sept. 11, 2001, and also girds for the next round of fiscal fighting, it paints a real-world reminder of how repeated budget cuts can expose lax security on military bases, not to mention tainted meat and unsafe air travel.
"How are they going to make improvements to do their security on the bases, or even checking the boxes and doing further investments in more detail, when everyone in the government now is being asked to do more with less and less money?" asked Thomas Hoshko, CEO of The Experts, a South Florida-based defense subcontractor that employed Alexis at the Navy Yard. "It's something we face that we need to take seriously."
Critics of the across-the-board cuts have rarely been shy raising concerns about the effects of sequestration: Another House Armed Services Committee hearing on the issue is slated for Wednesday featuring testimony from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Many of their arguments have had a heavy Pentagon focus, from canceled training exercises to warships stuck in port. Some prominent House Republican hawks even threatened to vote earlier this month against authorizing a Syria military strike unless President Barack Obama and Congress agreed to reverse the budget cuts that are about to enter a second fiscal year.
( WATCH: President Obama remarks on Navy Yard shooting)
Now there's another potent weapon — assuming lawmakers even go there.
Pentagon officials weren't commenting Tuesday on the role — if any — that budget cuts have played ahead of or during the Navy Yard shooting. Federal investigators briefing reporters alongside Washington's first responders also declined comment, citing the ongoing probe into the shooting, when asked specifically about the Pentagon inspector general report and growing concern from lawmakers about the funding shortfall.
The IG report takes specific issue with the Navy Commercial Access Control System used for performing background checks and giving credentials to contractors who need routine access to naval installations. While the audit doesn't address the system used to get Alexis into the Navy Yard, it does describe a DOD contractor who relied on "unreliable" public records for background checks.
( Also on POLITICO: In tragedy's wake, Obama finds a challenge)
"This occurred because [Navy] officials attempted to reduce access control costs," the audit read. "As a result, 52 convicted felons received routine, unauthorized installation access, placing military personnel, dependents, civilians and installations at an increased security risk."
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) told CNN that the report "predates sequestration," so it doesn't have a direct tie to the across-the-board spending cuts that went into effect earlier this year. But he said the report raises important questions about how DOD operates in a tough budget environment.
"Sequestration has become the buzzword for budgetary constraints," Turner said. "This really does go to the heart of what we're trying to do in the Department of Defense, finding smart ways to do things but at the same time lower our risk. Security is not an area that should at all suffer as we look to ways in which cuts might be able to be found."
( Also on POLITICO: Subcontractor unaware of Aaron Alexis's run-ins with the law)
While sidestepping specifics on the Navy Yard, several prominent critics said the shooting underscored the consequences for national defense after six months of sequestration.
"I'm concerned about all the cuts, including security at all of our installations, because they're all forced to be set below acceptable levels, to properly defend America," said Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, top Republican on the Armed Services Committee.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) told reporters that sequestration effects U.S. national security, plus the economy, education, scientific research and development, plus plenty more safety programs. "Sequester's a bad thing," the Maryland Democrat said. "I would like to see it canceled."
Former Rep. Norm Dicks told POLITICO the Navy could be using a better background check system for contractors and subcontractors, but fiscal pressures tied to sequestration are holding it back. "It's because of financial pressure that they're not doing this, the more comprehensive system, which they should be doing," said Dicks, a Washington state Democrat who once headed the appropriations subcommittee overseeing the Pentagon's purse strings.
Scott Lilly, a former Democratic staff director on the House Appropriations Committee, has been a prominent critic of sequestration, often highlighting the implications for domestic agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration, Agriculture Department and Environmental Protection Agency.


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Sass & bide designers Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton have left the brand they founded 15 years ago.
The pair, who met at school in the early 1990s and started out selling jeans and denim wear at London's Portobello Street market, have relinquished their stake in the brand, which raked in more than $50 million in global sales, to Myer.
The retailer bought a 65 per cent stake in the business in 2011 for $42.5 million before snapping up the remaining 35 per cent in October last year. At the time, Clarke and Middleton maintained their executive roles and chairs on an advisory board for the brand. Up until two weeks ago, the pair were the public face of the label, which now includes ready-to-wear, accessories and special diffusion lines that raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the United Nations.
''Both Heidi and Sarah-Jane have been slowly transitioning out of the business, and it has now reached a point where both girls feel confident that the business will go on to grow and thrive without their day-to-day involvement,'' a spokeswoman for the pair told Fairfax Media.
''The girls leave behind a rich legacy of creating a brand that is built on spirit and heart, qualities that are deeply etched in the collections, the communications and its people. Those qualities will continue to define and drive the brand for years to come.''
Middleton, a former graphic artist and breast cancer survivor from Brisbane, has relocated to Paris with her family and plans to work on a ''personal creative project''. She hopes to open an exhibition there within the next year.
Clarke, the ''sass'' to Middleton's ''bide'', is more philosophical of the next chapter, telling Vogue: ''I'm just excited to be walking into the unknown and I'm enjoying this freedom. I feel quite calm about the future so it's quite open to the universe right now.''
Myer confirmed Middleton and Clarke were involved with the recruitment of a new design and creative team to be headed by Anthony Cuthbertson and Bonnie O'Hare.
''Myer has worked closely with Sarah-Jane and Heidi to establish a strong team of designers ... Myer wishes Heidi and Sarah-Jane well, they go with our great good wishes, and we expect they will be associated with sass & bide for a long time,'' a spokeswoman said in a written statement.
New design director, Cuthbertson, is the creative director of Australian label David Lawrence and has previously consulted to high-end fashion houses including Victoria Beckham, Mulberry and Scanlan & Theodore. He was responsible for David Lawrence's push into the luxury market last year with the 80-piece DL Atelier collection.
However, one gripe the designer has with the Australian fashion landscape is the lack of menswear options, perhaps something he may pursue with his new venture with Myer.
''I only shop overseas as I find it hard to buy great menswear here,'' he told The Australian Financial Review in January.
Cuthbertson has been joined by art director Bonnie O'Hare, a creative all-rounder and graphic designer who has worked for Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Calibre and youth brand Bardot.
It is understood Myer now plans to expand the sass & bide brand into emerging areas of fashion retail such as lingerie.
Jenna Clarke is fashion and lifestyle writer/editor with Fairfax Media.