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Awards & Honors
- Four-Time NCAA Championship Qualifier (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (2012)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2012)
- Two-Time CoSIDA Academic All-American (1st, 2012; 2nd, 2011)
- Two-Time Capital One First-Team Academic All-District VII (2011, 2012)
- Four-Time NWCA All-Academic Team (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2012)
- Nebraska Spirit of Excellence (2011-12)
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011; Spring 2012)
- First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2010, 2011)
- Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2009)
- Eight-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- Nebraska Lifter of the Year (2010-11)
- Nebraska Redshirt of the Year (2007-08)
- Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2012)
2011-12 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
No. 11 seed Tucker Lane lost 4-2 to Maciej Jochym of Cornell in his first match at the NCAA Championships, falling into the wrestleback bracket. Lane responded by reeling off three straight victories, including a sudden victory over Michigan's Ben Apland.
Lane was matched up against No. 10 seed Michael McMullan of Northwestern in the following round, falling by a 4-3 decision. Lane finished with a 3-2 record in his fourth NCAA Championships appearance.
Big Ten Championships
Lane, the No. 4 seed, took seventh place at the Big Ten Championships, going 2-2. After a bye in the first round, Lane was defeated by No. 5 seed McMullan from Northwestern by fall. Lane came back in his next match to beat Illinois' Patrick Walker in a 4-0 decision.
Following an 11-7 loss to Indiana's Adam Chalfant in the following round, Lane won by decision over Wisconsin's Cole Tobin in the seventh-place match.
Regular Season
Lane opened his senior campaign with a 6-2 record before reeling off 11 straight victories, including two over top-10 opponents. Lane recorded 20 takedowns and tied Jake Sueflohn for the team high with 52 dual points. Lane earned a 15-4 dual record and achieved a 27-9 record overall.
In his final regular-season match, Lane became the 20th member of Nebraska's 100-victory club with his 6-1 win over Northern Iowa's Blayne Beale. Lane also achieved success in the classroom, earning first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, Capital One first-team Academic All-District VII accolades and was named to the academic All-Big Ten team.
2010-11 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
Wrestling in his third NCAA Tournament, the No. 11 seed Lane came one match short of reaching All-America status after winning his first two bouts. The Redvale, Colo., native defeated Buffalo's Brett Cornell in the first round before taking down Brendan Barlow, 4-2, in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals.
Matched up against the No. 3 seed Kevin Flores from American, Lane couldn't pull off the upset dropping a 5-2 decision to fall into the wrestleback bracket. Lane was knocked from the tournament by Maryland's Spencer Myers to finish with a 2-2 record.
Big 12 Championships
Lane went 2-1 at the Big 12 Championships to propel him to his third consecutive third-place finish at the conference tournament. Oklahoma's Nathan Fernandez upset Lane in his first match winning by pin in 3:56, but Lane won two consecutive matches to end the tournament.
Lane defeated Blake Rosholt of Oklahoma State by decision, 7-2, before claiming a forfeit victory over Kyle Simonson of Iowa State.
Regular Season
Lane opened his season with two tournament titles at the Daktronics/Warren Williamson Open and the Cowboy Open to propel him to an 8-0 record. His first loss came against No. 10 Ryan Tomie of Pitt in the opening dual match of the season, but Lane bounced back to win six of his next seven matches, including a 2-0 decision over No. 12 Clayton Jack of Oregon State for his first victory over a ranked opponent during the season.
One of Lane's most impressive performances came at the Lone Star Duals in Dallas, where he went 3-0 with a pin, technical fall and major decision. Those results helped Lane finish the year with four pins, one technical fall and three major decisions, while also helping him finish with 56 total team dual points, which was second on the team behind Jordan Burroughs.
In Big 12 dual competition, Lane won three of four matches with victories over No. 10 Nathan Fernandez of Oklahoma, Blake Rosholt of Oklahoma State and Iowa State's Kyle Simonson. Lane concluded the regular season with a 23-6 mark, including a 14-5 record in dual matches. The heavyweight recorded 27 takedowns in dual competition, while only surrendering four.
Off the mat, Lane earned second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and collected his bachelor's degree in May of 2011. He was a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and a first-team academic All-Big 12 honoree.
2009-10 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
Lane went 1-2 in his second straight NCAA Championship appearance. The sophomore began the tournament with a 2-1 win over Virginia's John Danilkowicz before running into a pair of tough opponents. Against No. 4 Konrad Dudziak of Duke, Lane dropped a 4-3 decision, before falling in overtime, 3-1, to No. 7 Jarod Trice of Central Michigan.
Big 12 Championships
Lane finished third at the conference tournament for the second consecutive year. Facing a pair of top-15 ranked opponents, Lane defeated No. 14 Nathan Fernandez of Oklahoma in a first round overtime battle, 3-1. He then came up short against No. 1 Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State, 5-3, before coming back to defeat Fernandez again, 3-1.
Regular Season
Lane produced another 20-plus win season in his second year as Nebraska's heavyweight starter. The sophomore was 23-12 overall, including a 12-8 mark in duals. He had identical bonus victory numbers as 2008-09 with three pins, one technical fall and one major decision.
Lane began the season on fire by winning his first six matches. He finished first at the Kaufman-Brand Open in Omaha and delivered a critical season-opening win over Eric Bugenhagen of Wisconsin. Lane did not lose his first match until Nov. 28 against No. 6 Zach Rey of Lehigh. Despite the setback, Lane rattled off six straight victories until he fell in the championship match of the Las Vegas Invitational to No. 10 Nate Everhart of Indiana.
Lane went 8-7 the rest of the regular season, but lost four of those matches in either overtime or by only one point. After defeating No. 13 Nathan Fernandez of Oklahoma in the semifinals of the Las Vegas Invite, Lane downed the Sooner again Feb. 4 in the dual against Oklahoma.
2008-09 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
Lane posted a 2-2 mark in his first career appearance at the NCAA Championships. He took No. 19 Kyle Massey of Wisconsin into the second tiebreaker in the first round, but lost a 4-3 decision. Lane rebounded with a 6-0 win over Ricardo Alcala from UC-Davis and a 4-2 sudden victory against North Carolina's Justin Dobies. Lane was eliminated by East Stroudsburg's Christopher Birchler, 4-3.
Big 12 Championships
The fourth seed at the Big 12 Championships, Lane posted a 2-1 record, including a 3-2 upset of third-ranked Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State to finish third. Lane also defeated OU's Nathan Fernandez in the pigtail round before losing to top-ranked David Zabriskie of Iowa State in overtime.
Regular Season
In his first year as a starter at heavyweight, Lane posted a 28-14 record, including 13-8 in duals. He had three pins, one technical fall and one major decison to tie for the seventh best record by an NU freshman ever.
Lane opened with a second-place finish at the Daktronics Open on Nov. 8 behind a 3-1 record, and quickly picked up his first career dual victory on Nov. 20 against Cody Sliger of Chattanooga. Lane went 3-0 to place first at the Kaufman-Brand Open on Nov. 22, including an upset of No. 18 Ben Berhow of Minnesota. Lane climbed into the rankings for the first time after a fourth-place showing at the Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 6. Lane was 5-2 at the tournament, including two wins over ranked foes.
Lane posted back-to-back dual wins on Jan. 4, before going 3-1 at National Duals. His decisions over Northwestern's Ben Kuhar and Penn State's Cameron Wade gave Nebraska wins over the Wildcats and Nittany Lions in the first and second rounds, respectively. He lost to No. 12 Dan Erekson of Iowa in the semifinals, but defeated third-ranked Dave Zabriskie of Iowa State in the consolation final. His efforts earned him Big 12 Wrestler-of-the-Week honors.
Lane went 5-6 to finish the regular season, but battled some tough opponents. Two of those losses came to opponents ranked in the top three in the nation. Lane was able to secure a key decision against Central Michigan on Jan. 25. Wrestling in the last match of the day, his 5-4 win over Jarod Trice gave NU a 17-17 tie in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
2007-08 (Redshirt)
Regular Season
Lane capped a standout redshirt season at heavyweight with 2008 NU Redshirt-of-the-Year honors after his 27-3 campaign.
Competing in seven open tournaments, Lane laid claim to four titles, one second place and two third-place finishes. His seven pins placed him second on the team and paced him to first at the Cowboy Open, Kaufman-Brand Open, Bob Smith Open and Dana Open.
Despite finishing first at more than half of his competitions, the highlight of Lane's season came during his third-place finish at the Brand Open on Jan. 19. Lane suffered a 4-2 overtime loss to open the tournament, but rebounded with five straight dominating victories. Lane pinned two of those opponents, notched a 13-0 major decision, won a 6-0 decision and came out on top of a 6-3 contest. Lane allowed just three combined points in the five matches.
Before Nebraska
Lane was a three-time state champion at Nucla High School under the direction of Coach Larry Lane. He also was a four-time Junior All-American, and was recognized by Intermat as a four-star recruit. Lane was also accomplished in the classroom. He earned a 31 on his ACT and graduated as the valedictorian of his class with a 4.25 grade-point average.
Personal Information
The son of Larry and Gwen Lane, Tucker was born on June 4, 1988. He has one sister, Mollie, and one brother, Stryker. Tucker was a communication studies major and earned his bachelor's degree in May of 2011, competing during his senior season in 2012 as a graduate student. Lane was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America selection at Nebraska, claiming first-team honors in 2012, after capturing secont-team accolades in 2011. He also received a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $7,500 following the 2012 season.
Larry Lane wrestled collegiately at the University of Northern Colorado and was on the All-Army wrestling team. Larry went on to wrestle professionally from 1973 to 1983 as 'Red Dog Lane' and 'Cowboy Larry Lane'.


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The Fourstardave,
a one-mile turf race for 3-year-olds and up, was carded as the 11th
and final race with a scheduled post time of 6:45 p.m. It will be broadcast
live on NBC Sports Network from 6-7 p.m.
On Saturday, Morton
Fink's Wise Dan will make his first start on turf since finishing fourth
behind Gio Ponti, Get Stormy, and Sidney's
Candy in the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile last October at Keeneland.
Since then, the
multi-surface talent romped in both the Grade 2 Fayette on Keeneland's
Polytrack and the Grade 1 Clark Handicap on dirt at Churchill Downs to conclude
his 2011 campaign. He opened this year by powering clear to a 10 ½-length score
in the Grade 3 Ben Ali on Polytrack at Keeneland in April, then was second by a
head to Ron the Greek in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster over the Churchill main
track on June 16. Ron the Greek returned to finish second Saturday in the Grade
1 Whitney Invitational Handicap.
In preparation
for the Fourstardave, Wise Dan worked twice on the Oklahoma turf course, including a five-furlong
breeze in 58.40 seconds on July 30. It was the quickest of 52 at the distance
that day.
Trainer Charles
Lopresti downplayed the breeze's fast time.
"They've all been working fast over there," said
Lopresti. "Get Stormy worked fast, I heard Data Link worked fast. I was
looking for a minute to 1:01, but he did it easy. He galloped out well and did
it just as well at the end as he did in the beginning. When a horse works like
that and with the way he galloped out, he's as fit as he'll ever
Lopresti believes that Wise Dan, a 5-year-old gelding, has the tactical
speed needed to secure a good spot in the Fourstardave.
"I think it's all about the trip and staying out of trouble
and getting a good run," said Lopresti. "There's going to be
a lot of speed in there, and I hope it will set up for our horse. He has a lot
of tactical speed. He can do it both ways. That's the good thing about
him. He can race just off the pace and still make that run at the end. He
doesn't have to be a deep closer."
John Velazquez will ride Wise Dan, the 5-2 favorite on the morning
line, from post position 2.
Stuart S. Janney, III's Data Link defeated fellow Fourstardave
entrant Get Stormy by one length in their most recent race, making a wide rally
in deep stretch of the Grade 2 Monmouth Stakes on June 10. The Monmouth marked
a return to winning form for Data Link, fifth in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve
Turf Classic in May at Churchill after winning the Grade 1 Makers 46 Mile in
April at Keeneland.
Shug McGaughey, the 4-year-old's Hall of Fame trainer, expects
Data Link, who comes from off the pace, to once again get a favorable scenario as
he had in the Monmouth.
"[The Fourstardave
is] going to be a solid race, but he's a solid horse," said
McGaughey. "It will be the kind of race where whoever gets the best trip
will probably win. They'll be cooking in this race, too, with Wise Dan,
Get Stormy, and some others."
Data Link, the 3-1
morning-line third choice, drew the rail and will be reunited with jockey Alex
Get Stormy seeks his
second Fourstardave triumph, having won the race in 2010 and missing it last
year with a minor tendon issue. This year, the 6-year-old Sullimar Stables
color-bearer took the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap in February, was
fourth in the Makers 46 Mile, and ninth in the Woodford Reserve Classic prior
to the Monmouth.
Trainer Tom Bush said Get
Stormy was compromised in the Monmouth when Get Serious, another front runner,
made an early bid for the lead.
"The race would
have been a lot closer, but Get Serious saw [jockey Eddie] Castro move up
[aboard Get Stormy] at the half-mile pole just to be in a better spot,"
said Bush. "When Pablo Fragoso [on Get Serious] saw Castro move Get
Stormy up, Get Serious came flying up beside Get Stormy and shot to the lead.
And Eddie was screaming at him, 'Where are you going? Where are you
going?' He was just holding his spot, and they moved way too soon in the
race. And that's how come he got caught. He couldn't let Get
Serious go on once that happened. But Get Stormy ran good that day. He really
Castro once again will ride
Get Stormy, who was made the 4-1 third choice on the morning line. The tandem
will leave from post 3.
Guys Reward, a 5-year-old, enters the Fourstardave off three straight
wins at Churchill Downs. After posting half-length victories in an optional
claimer in May and the Opening Verse Stakes in June, the son of Grand Reward
posted his first graded stakes score when he captured the Grade 2 Firecracker
Handicap by two lengths on July 1. Earlier in the year, he chased Wise Dan in
vain when third by 13 ¼ lengths in the Ben Ali, contested on Keeneland's
"[The Fourstardave is] a tough spot, but he's a good horse
and an improving horse," said Dale Romans, who trains Guys Reward for
Michael J. Bruder. "He'll be all right. He ran big [in the
Firecracker], and he's gotten better and better the older he gets. He did
just what we wanted to do [when he breezed five furlongs in 1:01 2/5 on Sunday
at Churchill Downs]. He doesn't need to do a lot. He's an old horse
and he's plenty fit."
Corey Lanerie will come in to ride Guys Reward, 6-1, from post 4.
Dennis Narlinger's
Upgrade will stretch out in distance off a three-quarter-length win in the
Grade 3, seven-furlong Jaipur on June 8 at Belmont Park,
his first graded stakes score. Trained earlier in his career by Chad Brown and
Scott Volk, Upgrade has made three starts for Michelle Nihei, including a
narrow victory in an optional claimer in March at Gulfstream
Park and a fifth in the Grade 3 Fort
Marcy in May at Belmont.
confident [the Fourstardave is] the right race for him," said Nihei. "We
just want to make sure he's in the right company. We like 6 ½ [furlongs],
seven, even 7 ½. I think a mile is the limit of how far that horse wants to go,
but he's doing so well right it'd be tough to find a race to say,
'You know, let's just wait until the next opportunity.'"
Joel Rosario has the
mount aboard Upgrade, 10-1, from post 8.
The Fourstardave also
drew Right One, second in the Jaipur prior to finishing fifth in the Grade 3
Poker in July; Surfrider, who looks to make amends after finishing ninth as the
9-5 favorite in the Grade 2 Highlander in June; Corporate Jungle, winner of the
Elkwood in May and fifth in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile in June; and Yield
Bogey, fifth in the Willard Straight on opening weekend here at the Spa.
Crossbow was entered for the main track only.
field for the Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap:
Data Link (KY)
A O Solis
C R McGaughey III
Wise Dan (KY)
J R Velazquez
C Lopresti
Get Stormy (KY)
E Castro
T M Bush
Guys Reward (KY)
C J Lanerie
D L Romans
Right One (FR)
J R Leparoux
C Clement
Surfrider (IRE)
J Lezcano
E Kenneally
Corporate Jungle (KY)
J Castellano
C C Brown
Upgrade (KY)
J Rosario
M Nihei
Yield Bogey (KY)
E S Prado
P J Kelly
Crossbow (KY) (MTO)
R A Dominguez
K P McLaughlin
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DreamLinux 3.5 Desktop Edition
DreamLinux Desktop 3.5 Edition was released on March 1st, 2009. The distro has experienced some significant changes recently and it really seemed to do it for me in the past so i thought I'd give it a try and see what it could offer me. The biggest changes to DreamLinux were to the 3.0 version of the Linux OS which featured a complete re-design and a totally independent architecture called Flexiboost, based on overlaid modules. The main things this feature does for users is it allows the co-existence of multiple separate window managers, currently Gnome and XFCE. Both of these working environments share all applications available on the system.
Built on Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the 3.5 release has filled some details in for the redesigned DreamLinux distro focusing on portability with enhancements to wireless drivers, laptop, netbook, and pendrive installs. The XFCE desktop environment is included paired with Gnome available in the form of a module. The shiny new distro features the 126.96.36.199 Linux kernel, new icons and a new GTK+ theme. I was curious to see how DreamLinux Desktop 3.5 Edition behaved after its complete re-design.
I downloaded the 695MB .ISO file which took me a little longer than I would have liked, buying on CD for $1.95 is recommended. I burned my .ISO to a CD and ran the distro as a live CD. Right away I noticed many different methods of installation for the DreamLinux distro. OEM install allows the installation onto an entire drive for users just running DreamLinux. Another option was the DL Install icon which installs onto a created partition. The Easy-Install icon on the desktop allowed for the quick addition of many applications that are not included out-of-the-box due to legal reasons. Some of the applications include Azureus, Opera, Picasa, Skype, Google-Earth, Wine, Google Desktop, SongBird, Google Gadgets, XMMS, Deluge, Xara LX, Kompozer, Adobe Acrobat, Midori, Mplayer, W32Codecs, and Firefox. This is also how you can install DVD Support by adding the Libdvdcss library.
I was quite satisfied with the desktop and icon dock at the bottom. The dock caught my attention due to more than a dozen beautifully crafted icons that brought instance access to the terminal, network browser, root file manager, PDF reader, Gthumb, Inkscape, Mixer, Rhythmbox, Totem, CD/DVD Burner, DCP- Control Panel, Synaptic, and Eject-Close. Most of the icons were brilliant but I did not like the Inkscape icon compared to the standard Inkscape icon or the internet icon used. Overall though, the dock functioned and performed well everything worked like a charm.
In addition to navigating via the dock at the bottom. The menu can be accessed by right clicking on the desktop and selecting from the categories available. Here I was able to find a full list of applications I enjoyed and the system controls for adjusting the system behavior.
DreamLinux Desktop 3.5 Edition still has a few bumps and bruises that need attention depending on the hardware you're using but I enjoyed a near flawless installation and initial use of the distro. I was also impressed with the Flexiboost architecture concept allowing the use of Gnome as a module. The application selection was very good although I missed OpenOffice 3.0 as the default, I enjoyed the multimedia apps installed. I'm excited to put the new wireless and netbook support to the test installing DreamLinux 3.5 on an older laptop.


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Heroes and special people
By Tom Colstad
Tomahawk Leader Sports Reporter
Heroes come in a wide range of sizes, ages and abilities, and they typically make sacrifices for the benefit of others. Sometimes heroes just make the lives of people around them a lot brighter by making them feel "special."
Tomahawk is blessed to have lots of "heroes" and "special" people in its community and schools. The following is a story about some heroes and a very special little guy:
Recently during a first-grade physical education class taught by Dan Wilson and Bonnie Kahn, Wilson was challenged to an arm wrestling contest by six-year-old Nick Heiner, son of Francis and Donna Heiner.
Wilson accepted Nick's challenge, but insisted that the two compete for something really meaningful - a marble, a pencil, a good-time ticket and a candy bar.
Although afflicted with cerebral palsy, the 45-pound dynamo "beat" Wilson after a 40-second struggle and won the spoils of war.
"The next day in the lunchroom, Nick told me that if I want to get as strong as he is, I'll have to eat more vegetables," shared Wilson.
Kahn, acting as a wrestling promoter, saw an opportunity for Nick to make a real name for himself. She arranged for him to arm wrestle senior Josh Chelf, also known as "the Beast," Tomahawk's four-time state wrestling tournament qualifier and the strongest, toughest kid in the entire school.
The 171-pound Chelf agreed to meet Heiner at the fieldhouse in front of dozens of first graders and some of their parents on Thursday, Feb. 19, two days before Chelf was to compete in the WIAA sectional wrestling tourney in Amery.
Wilson and Kahn put up a Three Musketeers candy bar as the winner's purse.
Both gladiators lay belly-down on a wrestling mat, locked their competitive arms together and began a grueling, two-minute-long battle for supremacy of the strong-man world.
As the match swayed to-and-fro, Chelf eventually saw the handwriting on the wall. If he tried to hold off Nick's relentless attack much longer, he might not be able to recover his strength in time for the wrestling sectional on Saturday.
When the match entered its third minute, Chelf succumbed to Nick's indomitable strength and spirit. The back of his hand touched the mat.
"I really thought Josh would be stronger than that," said Nick. "He was lots stronger than Mr. Wilson, though.
"Josh and I are the two best wrestlers in school," Nick commented.
Afterwards, Nick's mom, Donna, was overheard asking Chelf, "What is your season record so far?"
Chelf answered, "It was 35-0 before today."
Chelf admitted that he had a harder time wrestling down 130 pounds than wrestling up 45, as he did when he won the Lumberjack Conference crown at 215 pounds on Feb. 7.
Rumors have already started buzzing around the Tomahawk Elementary School that there will be a rematch between the two wrestling champions later this spring.
Fortunately for Tomahawk wrestling fans, Chelf recovered his strength by the time sectionals rolled along and won his weight class in handy fashion.
Perhaps after Chelf wins the Division 2 171-pound state title at Madison this weekend, he will be more able to concentrate on putting up a better fight against Nick in the next "Battle of the Champions."
The two were "rivals" for a few minutes and are now best buddies.
"I'm going to do my best to win a state championship for you, Nick," said Chelf as the two embraced and shook hands.
"It was really nice of Josh to do what he did for Nick," remarked Donna. "That kind of encouragement will help Nick get stronger and able to walk.
"Nick has a great kid to look up to as a role model," she concluded.
Chelf took a lot of good-natured ribbing from his admirers as a result of his "defeat" to Nick, but won tons of respect from those who know him as a "good guy."
He represents the best among Tomahawk's youth and is truly a hero.
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Re: Heroes and special people
Cool! See I told you we live in a great place.
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I have know Josh for many years. He is a fine young man and deserves praise. He has proved if you work hard and are determined you will suceed. WAY TO GO JOSH, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Heroes and special people
I agree that there are MANY special students in the area! Many go unnoticed and don't ask for any
special recognition. I love to see the kids STEP UP and help the YOUNGER ONES. Just something very SPECIAL about this for our future!
special recognition. I love to see the kids STEP UP and help the YOUNGER ONES. Just something very SPECIAL about this for our future!
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I use Carbonite for data back up. I have tons of photos and other graphic files so I need lots of storage and that means paying for it. The $60 or so a year is cheap insurance... especially last year after my computer crashed! I've been through a couple of computer crashes - I wait until the computer dies an ugly death, and probably shouldn't do that but maybe I like the thrill of getting every penny out of my computer investment. It's perverse;) When the other older computers died I panicked wondering when the last back-up was. Not now. My online back up service is always busy doing back-up. I like that.
That said, I don't trust anything! So here sits an external terabyte hard drive that also holds my photos, graphics, and genealogy files. And next to it is another external terabyte drive. Redundancy is my middle name;)
Hey, whatever makes you feel safe cause feeling safe with your data is the very best!
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Last Sunday, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) wrapped up its most successful show in over a decade. For 2 weeks, more than 800,000 visitors (up from last year's 770,932) flocked to Detroit's Cobo Hall for the premier of space-age concept cars, industry-leading technologies, and 50 brand-new models.
The jump in attendance follows a triumphant 2013 for the auto industry in which over 15 million vehicles were sold — a true achievement especially for American carmakers who celebrated their highest sales in 6 years.
With sales rising and an economy on the mend, innovation was in the spotlight at the NAIAS. Here are 4 exciting advances that debuted at this year's auto show.
4 awesome innovations from Detroit's Auto Show
1. Aluminum: the lighter, more efficient metal
The Ford F-150 is the best-selling truck in the U.S. and it's getting a major makeover in the 2015 model year. In addition to fancy upgrades like an 8-inch LCD screen and "next generation" EcoBoost engine, the F-150 will also drop up to 700 lbs thanks to a military-grade aluminum alloy body. While they haven't ditched steel entirely (the frame of the truck is still made of steel), the switch to aluminum will allow the 2015 F-150 to receive better gas mileage (up to 30 mpg on the highway compared to the 2014 model's measly 16 mpg) without sacrificing strength.
2. Integration with Google Glass
Although the safety debate around driving with Google Glass continues, Hyundai has forged ahead and integrated the technology with the 2015 Genesis. This spring, Glass users will be able connect to their Hyundai's Glass Blue Link app in order to unlock and start the car, send addresses to the in-dash navigation system, find the closest gas station, and more — all from their Google Glass.
3. A breath of fresh air for drowsy drivers
Another exciting announcement from Hyundai could help keep drivers more alert behind the wheel. The 2015 Hyundai Genesis will be equipped with a carbon dioxide (CO2) monitor that, when activated, will circulate fresh air from outside in order to control the air quality. Hyundai engineers believe that the CO2 exhaled by passengers and drivers can result in slow reaction times and make drivers less alert. By bringing in fresh air when CO2 levels get too high (above 2500 parts per million to be exact), Hyundai hopes to increase both comfort and safety.
4. A superior all-season tire
While perhaps not as flashy as other announcements, Michelin's new EverGrip all-season tires could make life a lot easier for drivers everywhere. Said to be a safe, year-round alternative to traditional tires, the Michelin Premier All-Season will decrease stopping distance and help prevent hydroplaning. The tire is also said to maintain better traction over time, stopping faster on wet roads than other brand-new tires, despite being worn.
More to come
The NAIAS is one of many auto shows on the calendar this year. Over the next few months there'll be plenty of buzz in the auto industry as other cities showcase the latest and greatest vehicle technology and green innovation. Be sure to stay tuned for exciting updates out of auto shows across the nation (including the largest show in the U.S. — the Chicago Auto Show).
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HOTSEAT- Stoner's zen: Building Goodness turns 10
Jack Stoner could have just bought a flashy car. Instead, he went to Haiti in 1997 for his midlife crisis and volunteered his building skills for a rural development project.
From that mission sprang Building Goodness Foundation, which turns 10 this year. The organization has sponsored more than 50 international trips, almost as many domestic efforts, and become one of the most do-gooding groups around, all stemming from the midlife malaise of this co-founder of upscale building contractor Alexander/Nicholson.
"I got really dissatisfied that we live, and we go to work and build things for people, and go home," he says. "Is this all it's about, and then we die?"
On that first trip to Haiti, Stone realized he had a skill set that was really useful to other nonprofits. "If you're in education," explains Stoner, "you don't necessarily know how to build schools or community centers– things that we do." Likewise, doctors don't necessarily know how to build medical centers, but some physicians heard about Building Goodness and asked for help designing and building one.
Stoner got his start in building when he dropped out of architecture school at UVA in the '70s and apprenticed to a craftsman for three years. "I like working with my hands," he discovered.
"Everyone gets into the building business by mistake," he observes. "The momentum carries you through." With two years invested in college, Stoner did go back to get his degree, but his UVA diploma reads English, not architecture.
With college roommate Michael Cernik, the two started Alexander/Nicholson.
"The name is my middle name and my partner's middle name," explains Stoner. "We thought we could charge more than Stoner/Cernik."
The company has done historical restorations, work at Tandem school, the Amtrak station, and the downtown ACAC, which is one of Stoner's favorites. On the residential end, the work is designed at a high level of workmanship. "I really am drawn to craftsmanship," confesses Stoner.
He isn't embarrassed to say he lives for today. He cites the example of his father, who planned for retirement while doing work he didn't enjoy– and then died of prostate cancer.
After that first trip to Haiti, Stoner told his business partner Cernik and another friend, Howard Pape, they had to do it, and the three founded Building Goodness. Over the past 10 years, it's grown into one of Charlottesville's best-known nonprofits, with a staff, and more than 800 volunteers who've put in over 60,000 hours. Who had ever heard of Pearlington, Mississippi, before Building Goodness adopted it after Hurricane Katrina? Now just about everyone in town who can hold a hammer has been there.
Not all their missions are sunshine and light. Stoner recalls one trip to Haiti to build kays– Creole for houses– when a hurricane hit while his crew was camping. Worst was the waiting and trying to stay dry. "We did get the project completed, but we hiked out soaking wet," he remembers.
Despite the hard work, one response is common for those who sign up to build goodness, says Stoner: "Wow, that was the most meaningful thing we've ever done."
Age: 54
Why here? I came to UVA. in 1973, started working for A-school professors after graduation, and forgot to leave.
What's worst about living here? Ticks and chiggers
Favorite hangout? Downtown Mall
Most overrated virtue? Consistency
People would be surprised to know: I write poetry.
What would you change about yourself? I would like to listen better.
Proudest accomplishment? Being a part of Building Goodness Foundation.
People find most annoying about you: I don't hear as well as I used to.
Whom do you admire? Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Favorite book? A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Subject that causes you to rant? Radical religious fundamentalism
Biggest 21st-century thrill? Communication technology
Biggest 21st-century creep out? Communication technology
What do you drive? Toyota pickup truck
In your car CD player right now: Springsteen's new album
Next journey? Haiti
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? Lassoed my brother off his bicycle
Regret: Didn't become a ski bum for a while before starting a business
Favorite comfort food: Warm chocolate anything
Always in your refrigerator: Hot sauce
Must-see TV: 24
Describe a perfect day. Mid 80s, breeze, sun shining, fishing.
Walter Mitty fantasy: Skiing in a Warren Miller video
Who'd play you in the movie? Dennis Quaid
Most embarrassing moment? Skinny dipping with my significant other on Ocracoke when numerous trucks full of fishermen pulled up and parked between us and our clothes. You can only stay in the water so long, and fishermen are a patient lot.
Best advice you ever got? Don't just do something, stand there.
Favorite bumper sticker? The problems we face will not be solved by the minds that created them.


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eVGA is certainly not a new player in the market, in fact they are the favorite of many when it comes to their video cards. With the quality and performance that we have seen in their video cards, we would expect to see tehm do very well with their motherboards as well. We have the opportunity to look at their 680i board today, and we will see if their reputation follows them into the motherboard segment of the market. Let me introduce to you the specs of the eVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 motherboard!
|Based on NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Chipset
|Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors
|1066/1333 Mhz Front Side Bus
|4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets
|Dual Channel DDR2
|Maximum of 8GB of DDR2 533/667/800/1200MHz SLI-Ready memory
|Expansion Slot
|2 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe Graphics expansion slot, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
|2 x 32-bit PCI, support for PCI 2.1
|Storage I/O
|1 x UltraDMA133
|6 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1
|1 x Floppy disk drive connector
|Integrated Peripherals
|7.1 Channel, Azalia (HDA)
|2 x 10/100/1000 LAN via
|Multi I/O
|1 x PS2 Keyboard
|1 x PS2 Mouse
|1 x Serial Ports
|10 x USB2.0 ports (6 external + 4 internal headers)
|Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)
|Form Factor
|ATX Form Factor
|Length: 12.0in – 304.8mm
|Width: 9.6in – 243.6mm
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As always happens in fall, the Low-Key Hillclimbs have taken up a large chunk of my time, leaving less time for blog posts. But it was worth it: the series was an unqualified success, with every climb coming off well, the last few finding valuable seams in the weather. At Hamilton riders experienced moderate rain on the descent, and for some towards the end of the climb, but it was warm enough that the long descent was still tolerable in the wet.
One aspect of the series worthy of revision, however, is the scoring system. Never before were artifacts in the median-time-normalized scoring more obvious. So for 2012, I am finally overcoming inertia and changing from the median-based scoring we've essentially used since 2006.
I've described in preceding posts a scheme to calculate a reference "effective" time for each climb. With this scheme, instead of taking a median each week, we take a geometric mean where effective times for riders (adjusted for male, female, hybrid-electric) are adjusted by the rider's "rating", which represents how the riders tend to do relative to the reference time. It's an iterative calculation which is repeated until rider ratings and reference times are self-consistent, weighting means by heuristic weighting factors to give higher priority to riders who do more climbs, and climbs with more riders, since these provide better statistics.
Here's a comparison of this approach with the median-based system used this year. I plot on the x-axis each rider's rating and on the y-axis that rider's score for each designated week. In this case I used weeks 5 (Palomares Road) and 6 (Mix Canyon Road). These climbs are at opposite ends of a spectrum: Palomares is short with plenty of low-grades, while Mix Canyon is relatively long with extended steep grades.
Here's the plots. I've omitted riders who did only one climb, as for them their rating from the one climb they did is equal to their rating.
With the 2011 scoring scheme, you can clearly see that there is a lack of low-weighted riders relative to Palomares. As a result, moderately-rated riders in particular were given low scores, since the median rider was, relative to the entire series, above average (rated over 100). In contrast at Palomares there were more low-weighted riders.
So then I replace the median time with a reference time, adjusting each rider's effective time by his/her rating. Now you can see the scores for Mixed Canyon have been boosted:
But there's an issue here: the curve for Mix Canyon is steeper. So relatively slower riders score lower, while relatively faster riders score higher, then they did or would at Palomares. So I added a bit of complexity: I compare the spread in scores with the spread in rider ratings and I make sure that the ratio of these spreads is the same week-after-week. I call the adjustment factor the "slope factor". The result is here:
Now the curves line up nicely! Sure, each rider may score in a given week more or less than his rating, but the overall trend is very similar.
I'll add in the other weeks. First, here's the 2011 formula:
You can see distinct curves for different weeks. Some weeks a rider of a given ability is more likely to score higher, some lower. This isn't what we're after, as we want riders to have the opportunity to excel on any week.
So I add in the adjusted effective reference time, and then the slope factor, and here's what we get:
All of the weeks have generally overlapping curves. No more fear of turning our for a tough climb or a climb in difficult conditions, and have your score buried in obscurity because there's a disproportionate number of fast riders. Or similarly, no more volunteering for a week only to have your volunteer score end up lower than riders you finish ahead of week after week, simply because the median times were relatively long due to rider turn-out.
To me, this system looks like it's working nicely.


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Contact: Kyle Patterson, (970) 586-1363
Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park will open late morning today, Friday, May 24. Due to heavy melting on the road during the day and freezing temperatures at night, visitors should plan for likely night closures in their travel plans. Alpine Visitor Center and Trail Ridge Store are expected to open sometime next week.
Trail Ridge Road historically opens on Memorial Day weekend; last year the road opened early on May 14. The earliest the road has opened was on May 7, 2002; the latest June 26, 1943. Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States, climbing to 12,183 feet and connecting the towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake. Trail Ridge Road officially closed for the season last year on October 17.
National Park Service plow operators normally begin clearing the snow in the middle of April. Crews from the west side of the park and crews from the east side of the park move along the road and eventually meet at the Alpine Visitor Center. The Visitor Center is the highest in the National Park Service, sitting at 11,796 feet above sea level. Spring storms often impact plowing activities. This year, plow operators encountered average snow drifts from 18 to 22 feet. Much of the snow came in the early spring.
Park staff expect a busy Memorial Day Weekend. The two reservation campgrounds in the park are full on Saturday and Sunday and the first come, first served campgrounds are expected to fill. From lower elevations the mountain peaks look majestic with blankets of snow. The park's backcountry still looks and feels like winter above 9,000 feet. Because weather conditions may change rapidly, park visitors should be prepared to adjust travel plans accordingly and are encouraged to call the park's Trail Ridge Road recorded phone line at (970) 586-1222. Park staff will update the recorded line during and after regular office hours, when the road status changes.
For more information about Rocky Mountain National Park visit www.nps.gov/romo or call the park's Information Office at (970) 586-1206.
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MLB: Felix Hernandez on verge of $175 million deal with Mariners
SEATTLE -- Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners are working on a $175 million, seven-year contract that would make him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball, according to a person with knowledge of the deal's details.
The person spoke to The Associated Press Thursday on condition of anonymity because the agreement has not been completed. USA Today first reported the deal.
Seattle would add $134.5 million of guaranteed money over five years to the contract of the 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner, whose current agreement calls for him to receive $40.5 million over the next two seasons.
Hernandez's total dollars would top CC Sabathia's original $161 million, seven-year contract with the New York Yankees and his $25 million average would surpass Zack Greinke's $24.5 million under his new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hernandez's new money would average $26.9 million over five years, which would tie him for the second-highest average in baseball with Josh Hamilton and Ryan Howard behind Alex Rodriguez ($27.5 million).
Hernandez agreed to a $78 million, five-year contract in January 2010 and has earned an additional $2.5 million in escalators and $300,000 in bonuses. He is due $20 million this year and $20.5 million in 2014, which would be superseded by the new deal.
Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik said he could not comment when reached on Thursday, and Hernandez's representatives didn't immediately return messages.
If the deal is finalized, it would leave Detroit's Justin Verlander and the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw as the most attractive pitchers eligible for free agency after the 2014 season. Tampa Bay's David Price is eligible after the 2015 season.
Hernandez has become the face of Seattle's struggling franchise, transforming from a curly haired 19-year-old who wore his hat crooked to one of the most dominant and exciting pitchers in baseball. Known as "King Felix," he became the first Seattle pitcher to throw a perfect game in a 1-0 win over Tampa Bay last August.
His fiery enthusiasm on the mound and his willingness to first sign a long-term deal in 2010 have endeared him to fans in the Pacific Northwest who have gone more than a decade without seeing postseason baseball.
Hernandez is 98-76 with a 3.22 ERA in eight seasons with the Mariners. He won a career-high 19 games in 2009 when he finished second in the Cy Young voting then won the award a year later when he went just 13-12 but had a 2.27 ERA and 232 strikeouts.
His career record would be even better if he didn't play with one of baseball's worst offenses. Seattle had the lowest batting average in the major leagues in each of the last three seasons; Hernandez lost 21 times during that span when giving up two earned runs or fewer.
Hernandez appeared to be making another Cy Young push last year before going 0-4 in his last six starts, which left him at 13-9 with 223 strikeouts.


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Life Back Then
Categories: Earth
Nov 4, 2013
ENCORE Time keeps on ticking, ticking … and as it does, evolution operates to produce remarkable changes in species. Wings may appear, tails disappear. Sea creatures drag themselves onto the shore and become landlubbers. But it's not easy to grasp the expansive time scales involved in these transformative feats.
Travel through millennia, back through mega and giga years, for a sense of what can occur over deep time, from the Cambrian Explosion to the age of the dinosaurs to the rise of Homo sapiens.
- Lorna O'Brien – Evolutionary biologist, University of Toronto
- Ivan Schwab – Professor of ophthalmology, University of California, Davis. His blog
- Don Henderson – Curator of dinosaurs, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Canada
- Gregory Cochran – Physicist, anthropologist, University of Utah
- Todd Schlenke – Biologist, Emory University
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but actually it's more like a small dent.
Still, it was a very satisfying little make, with handy little pockets just the right size for cards and lip balm. I used Ayumi's Pink Penguin Patchwork Wristlet pattern which is exceedingly easy to follow (and also exceedingly alliterative).
Although I suppose it doesn't really count as a wristlet this time, as it just has tabs, which are definitely too small for wrists, but somehow have an air of usefulness even so.
I think the secret to its air of jollity is using scraps from a wide range of fabrics and colours and not being too cautious about what colours you put together (you will find my first version here).
And you can make these zippy bags even more thrifty by making the tabs out of the tiny scraps of ribbon from clothing swing tags (you may recognize a certain brand here [not one I wear myself, but I am a great scavenger of bins ... ]). (I also cut out the narrow pieces of ribbon you find inside dresses and tops as extra shoulder hangers - they are very handy for embellishing zipper pulls.)
Zips can also be saved from old make-up bags, skirts and dresses - you can always cut them down to size if necessary, or if you need to buy them, Zipit on Etsy is one of the best value suppliers I know.
So there's no excuse for you now - get scrapping!


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The Space Telescope Users Committee met in open session on 24-25 November 1997, in the Board Room of the Space Telescope Science Institute. Committee members in attendence were: W. van Breugel, J. Clarke, R. Fosbury, L. Kay, P. McCarthy, R. Schulte-Ladbeck, S. Terebey, R. Thompson, F. Walter (Chair), and B. Woodgate. Absent were J. Bally and M. Franx.
Monday 24 November
B. Williams, director of the STScI, welcomed the participants and opened the meeting with the STScI perspective. The observatory continues to operate well.
R. Gilliland presented an overview of the spacecraft status. He concentrated on spacecraft operations; discussion of the science instrument (SI) status followed later. The replacement Fine Guidance Sensor, FGS1R, which was installed in SM2, is working well. It is superior to FGS3 in TRANS mode. There are no current plans to replace FGS3 with FGS1R for scientific use, but decisions on what science modes will be offered will be made prior to the cycle 8 CP. (FGS details are available here.)
Use of FGS2 is being kept to a minimum. There have been some losses of lock during small angle maneuvers, but this has not lead to any significant loss of observations.
J. Biretta discussed WFPC2 status. There is some progress on understanding the CTE problem.
D. Calzetti reported on the current status of NICMOS. Currently, science operations are expected to cease in December 1998, about a month prior to depletion of the cryogen. Camera 3 remains out of focus. Use of the coronograph will be enabled by changes to the FSW expected in late 1997.
M. Urry discussed the NICMOS delta CP and the TAC results. 6473 orbits were requested in 449 proposals; 1041 orbits and 473 SNAP targets in 83 proposals were approved by the TAC. She outlined the responibilities of the panels and the TAC, the conflict-of-interest rules, the criteria for ranking the proposals, and the rationale for the new comments table.
D. Machetto described the plans for the NIC3 observing campaigns and the plans for a southern deep field (HDF-S) observation. The NIC3 campaign will take place during the second half of January 1998. All other SIs will be out of focus. 127 orbits will be devoted to GTO observations of the HDF.
S. Baum discussued the current status of the STIS instrument and commanding software. Concerns include the CCD hot pixel growth rate and the lifetime of the NUV flat field lamps. With the exception of the NUV-MAMA dark count rate, STIS is operating at or above specs.
A number of commanding upgrades are planned and proposed in order to increase STIS efficiency and make more observing modes available to the community (see STIS TIR 97-21).
H. Ford discussed the current status of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which is to be installed in servicing mission 3 (SM3) in December 1999. At present there are some developmental problems with the CCDs for the WFC (4000 X 4000). Neither meet spec for parallel charge transfer efficiency, and the QEs are about 20-40% lower than expected (but are far above the QE of WFPC2). Further work is continuing on the optical coatings.The flight filters appear to be in good shape.
P. Stanley discussed the current status of cycle 5 and 6 proposals. All cycle 4 programs are now complete. As of 11/1/97, cycle 5 is 99% complete, cycle 6 is 72% complete, and 19% of the cycle 7 observations have been completed. During the third quarter of 1997, the 51% of the available time is devoted to NICMOS, with 24% to STIS and 25% to WFPC2.
She discussed the STScI policy on over/under allocations. If too few proposals are accepted, scheduling becomes inefficient towards the end of the observing cycle. If too many proposals are accepted, scheduling efficiencies are high, but there will be a backlog of unobserved targets carried over into the next cycle. Unanticipated downtime of course affects this backlog. The STScI is making every effort to reduce the backlog. Cycle 5 and 6 programs have higher scheduling priority than do cycle 7 STIS and WFPC2 programs.
Cycle 8 will start in June 1999. The CP will be released in June 1998, with a mid-September 1998 deadline. About 2400 GO orbits will be available. Cycle 9 is planned for one year later, with proposals due in September 1999 and the cycle beginning in June 2000.
D. Machetto presented the recommendations of the parallel observations working group. During cycle 7 only a few pure parallel observing programs were recommended by the TAC. The working group defined 3 generic parallel programs to utilize time that would otherwise have been wasted. These programs include a galactic program for |b|<20, an extragalactic program for |b|>20, and a special objects program. These data are non-proprietary. Further information is available at the STScI Pure Parallel Archive web page
The success of this program will be reviewed prior to the release of the cycle 8 CP.
A. Storrs and J. Clarke discussed Moving Target and Planetary Target issues. The STScI has addressed each of the issues that the Planetary Working Group has raised, with many issues now resolved and others nearing completion. While the implementation of STIS/MAMA bright object protections for moving targets is being watched carefully, UV-MAMA observations are being conducted routinely now. Due to lack of sufficiently strong community support to justify the required resources, track 48, moving target snapshots, and STIS 45 degree planetary slit capabilities are not being implemented at this time, and the STUC does not intend to push these capabilities unless strong community support were to materialize.
K. Long suggested that the Planetary Working Group had served its purpose, had addressed all outstanding issues peculiar to the planetary observers, and should be abolished. This point will be addressed in the STUC recommendations.
R. Beaser presented the STScI position on GO funding. The STScI recognizes that there is some hardship, with some observations being delayed by years due to various factors. The amount of preparatory funding routinely available has been increased from 10% to 25%. Additional funding is available for programs facing severe financial impacts due to delays in data-taking, subject to review by the Financial Review Committee and approval by the Director of the STScI.
Effective December 1997, foreign travel does not need prior approval, the definition of permanent equipment is increased to $5000, and cost-sharing is no longer required. These changes will decrease administrative costs. Under consideration, to further reduce administrative efforts, is the possibility of electronic submisssion of budgets, award documents, payment requests, and financial reports.
F. Walter raised the possibility of separating the observing and archival proposal opportunities. Due to the extreme length (21 months) of cycle 7, it will be nearly 2 years between archival research proposal opportunities.
The committee then discussed the possibility of a special parallel observation data analysis research opportunity. The justification is twofold. Not only would this meet provide an interim funding opportunity, but, more importantly, it would focus the community's attention on the availability of the parallel data sets. The response to such a specialized call for proposals would serve to demonstrate the value of these data, and justify the efforts that are being made to obtain these data.
It was noted that a precedent for such a special funding opportunity was set during the HDF opportunity.
S. Tereby told the committee of her experiences as a first time user/visitor to STScI.
P. Greenfield discussed efforts to increase the portability of STSDAS. STSDAS v2.0 required IRAF v2.11, because it requires the FITS kernel in IRAF 2.11. IRAF v2.11 is currently available only for SUN platforms, which is inconvenient for users who use other platforms (e.g., DEC Alpha, HP/UX, PC-IRAF, IBM IRIX, SGI AIX). It is expected that IRAF v2.11 will be ported to these platforms shortly. STSDAS v2.0 will be released for these platforms as IRAF v2.11 becomes available.
The STScI processing pipeline is being rewritten in OpenIRAF, using C instead of SPP. The pipeline will produce multi-extension FITS files rather than GEIS-format files.
F. Walter noted that membership in the STUC is normally 12 persons, 4 appointed each year for 3 year terms. Due to a number of resignations, there will be 7 members whose terms expire after the November 1998 meeting. Since the strengths of committees like this one lie in their institutional knowledge, a committee with only 5 veteran members could be a weak advocate. He proposed that 4 new members be appointed to the STUC to replace the 2 retiring members. The STUC would be augmented to 14 members for 1998, and would decline to normal levels in 1999 with the 7 retirements.
The committee reconvened on Tuesday November 25 at 8:00 AM in executive session. The public session began at 8:30AM.
John Campbell provided the HST project perspective.
Spacecraft power is adequate. There are currently 3 failed relays in the power subsystems, causing a 10% reduction in the available power. This has no impact on operations. There have been no recent SADE upsets. The slow warming of the aft shroud continues. In all, the spacecraft continues in excellent health.
The original Fine Guidance Sensors continue to show signs of slow degradation. FGS3 will be replaced in SM3 in 1999; FGS2 will be replaced in SM4 in 2002.
No further degradation has been seen in Gyro 5; Gyro 4 will be replaced during SM3.
The new computer, to be installed during SM3, draws 22 watts, as compared to the 150 watts drawn at present. The bay may run cooler than desired.
The new solar arrays, to be installed in SM3, are made of off-the-shelf IRIDIUM arrays. They have 2/3 the surface are of the current arrays, and hence have less drag.
During SM4, in 2002, a number of proactive subsystem replacements will be made in order to ensure that HST is operations until 2010. The batteries will be replaced, as will FGS2.
NASA and ESA are negotiating an extension of their memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue international participation in the HST project. The new MOU may include participation in the NGST project.
The HST budget continues to be healthy. Current funding is about $200 million. This will decline to about $50 million (in 1996 dollars) by 2002, as NGST ramps up. Overall funding for HST+NGST remains approximately constant through 2002.
David Leckrone, HST Project Scientist, reported on the long term prognosis for HST, through the year 2010.
The WFPC2 will be supported at least through Cycle 9 for scientific use, providing a full cycle of overlap between the WFPC2 and the ACS. Thereafter continued support of the WFPC2 will be based on "TAC assessment of uniqueness of proposed WFPC2 observations".
The Project and the STScI plan to continue support for scientific use of the FGSs "indefinitely".
Two independent Science Reviews (ISRs) were convened.
The Longair Committee met on May 29-30 to discuss the reduced lifetime of NICMOS. Their recommendations were essentially identical to those of the STUC, and have been implemented.
The Harwit Committee met on September 10-12 to review the proposed NICMOS cryocooler. They recommended development of the cryocooler, and a test flight in 1998. They will reconvene in late 1998 to re-evaluate technical issues and the NICMOS science return. There is some concern that NICMOS science will not be scientifically compelling in the era of the 8-meter IR-optimized telescopes with advanced IR detectors.
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) was selected as the 2002 (SM4) instrument. PI is Jim Green (University of Colorado); Ball Aerospace is the prime contractor. This is a high throughput UV spectrograph.
NASA intends to operate HST through 2010. SM4, in 2002, will be the last servicing mission. The HST will be recovered and de-orbited in 2010. Low cost operations are planned after 2005. Strategic planning is underway for the extended mission, and will include community input, but any planning involving SM4 must be completed by early 1998. The goals of the strategic planning are to maximize the likelihood that the HST will function until 2010, will continue to produce excellent science, and that these objectives can be accomplished at low cost. Low cost can be achieved by re-using established technologies and instrument heritages.
To maximize the likelihood of HST survival, a number of options are being considered to provide for backup instruments. The COS capabilities may be extended to provide backup to the STIS in the near-UV. WFPC1 may be refurbished (see below) with spare ACS detectors as a backup imager. The Project is considering adding coronagraphic capability, based on the CODEX design, to the refurbished WFPC1. These issues will be reviewed by the 2002 instrument review panel in January 1998.
Note that there are currently no funds available for thw WFPC1 refurbishment. If no other source of funding can be identified, funds may be taken from UPN459 for this.
Projections for UPN459 funding levels are stable through 2010.
K. Long reported that the FOC will be decommissioned at the end of cycle 7. Demand has been low. User support will be maintained through March 1999 The last programns are on the long term timeline in January 1999.
J. Green presented the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) to the committee. The COS is to fly in 2002. COS is a high throughput point source spectroscopy instrument operating between 115 and 300nm. It was proposed to operate in the far-UV, but the project has asked that the near-UV capability be added as a backup to STIS.
E. Cheng reported on the status of the proposed cryocooler for NICMOS. The cryocooler is expected to be able to maintain the cold well at 72K and the filter wheel at 160K, both warmer than current temperatures but scientifically acceptable. Development of the cryocooler was endorsed by the Harwit ISR in September 1997. The system will be flight-tested on the Space Shuttle in late 1998. The Harwit ISR will be reconvened to assess the cryocooler after that flight, and to recommend whether or not it be included in the SM3 activities.
E. Cheng also discussed possibilities of refurbishing WFPC1 for flight in 2002 as a spare camera. The concern is that in 2002 the ACS will be 3 years old and WFPC2 will be 9 years old. STIS has a meager complement of filters. If HST is to be a capable telescope through 2010, a backup imaging capability may be prudent.
The project is considering a wide field camera (WF3), possibly incorporating elements from the proposed CODEX coronagraph. The instrument would occupy a radial bay, and would be built from parts from the WFPC1 where possible. A new carrier will need to be constructed, assuming that FGS2 is replaced during SM4. A decision on whether to proceed is due in early 1998.
It was noted that this camera is unbudgeted. Expected costs run $30-$40 million. If development continues, and costs cannot be obtained from within UPN458, then UPN459 funds, which include GO support, may have to be used.
The next meeting of the STUC is scheduled for May 18-19 1998.
The STUC thanked W. van Breugel and M. Franx for their service on the committee.
The STUC entered executive session, and adjourned at 2:30 PM.
DISCLAIMER: All technical details reported above are accurate as of 25 November 1997. Readers should refer to the STScI web site for updated information, and for details not reported here.
The recommendations of the STUC can be found here.
This report submitted by Frederick M. Walter
Chair, Space Telescope Users Committee


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Dear Beetlers,
Come to Science Uncovered this Friday 28th September to hear more about this:
We have returned safe and well from our recent fieldwork trip to Tanzania (we are into our second year of collecting!) and really want to share with you some of the techniques employed in the field. This trip was undertaken in the months of July and August - the dry season, where ordinarily there is not much beetle activity; however, one of the aims of this series of collecting trips is to map Tanzania's beetle and butterfly and moth fauna through all of the seasons. Eventually we will have a really useful data set from many (and remote) localities; and hopefully this will yield some very interesting new species...but until we get everything identified (we are still identifying material from 2010 - there's soooo much of it!) here is how we found our specimens in the first place...
Given we were heading to some really remote localities it was really important to inform local officials and indeed local people who we were and why this pair of crazy western 'researchers' had just appeared from nowhere. Here is our 4x4 vehicle with its very official notice!
U Tafiti is 'research' in Swahili; 'wadudu' is insect! So we were entitled 'U Tafiti wawadudu'!
Here is HT having quite a giggle with the Mama and farmer at Mount Hanang where we camped (Tanzania's fourth highest mountain at 3417m)
Once we had set up camp after a five hour drive from the city of Arusha; it was time to um, relax!
The beautiful Mount Hanang in the background.
HT and some cows; overseeing unpacking proceedings!
But, whilst some of us lounge about taking it easy, others are hard at work keeping the camp in order...
BG working hard whilst HT 'relaxes'! This is our 'science table' where all the processing of specimens: labelling, cleaning, filling up tubes with IMS happens.
And so into the field. Here at Mount Hanang there is diverse habitats: mid altitude grassland, farmed countryside, ericaceous forest and sub-montane and montane forest all a happy hunting ground for the intrepid entomologist...
HT, our local guide Isaiah and Jembe our Masai guide all erecting a butterfly trap on the forest edge at Hanang. This will be elevated high up in to the canopy and baited with some delicious rotting fruit.
Whilst HT was busy butterfly trapping I was off in another direction beating for beetles!
BG, our camp expert Saleem and Jembe all looking for SBJs (small brown jobs, such as Phalacrids, Shining Flower Beetles) and weevils by beating vegetation with a big stick onto a big umbrella-like white sheet!
Winkler Traps
Then it was into the forest edge to collect some leaf litter for sieving (again SBJs live in leaf litter, we are hoping to find things like fungus beetles (Lathridiidae) and Pselaphinae, and all manner of Cucujoidea)!
And the prize for the most boring photo...
Here's HT and Jembe sorting through leaf litter with a series of sieves
As most creatures that live in leaf litter are small and secretive there is another very effective method we use to collect them by, which is known as the Winkler trap! Once we have sieved the litter to remove all the big stuff the remaining topsoil and litter is placed inside mesh bags within the cotton bag and basically hung up to dry. Eventually the small organisms will start moving about and head to the bottom of the trap where they fall into a waiting pot of IMS.
Me with my Winkler! A very cold early morning at Mount Hanang!
We took samples of leaf litter at all three sites we collected from. The final site at Hasama Forest in Mbulu district was again at high altitude (c.2000m); as far as we know the last person to collect in this area was Kielland in 1990 and he was looking for butterflies...
Sieving litter for Winkler traps at Hasama forest, Mbulu. It was soo cold and windy that the only way to do it was to seek refuge by the truck!
Dung Traps
We can't have a blog without mentioning poo it would seem so, onto dung trapping! We were very lucky at Mount Hanang to have the employ of a team of able and willing young entomologists who worked very hard searching for dung beetles (so we didnt have to!) and were amply rewarded with 500 Tanzania shillings and a packet of sweeties! Our 'snacky time' was around 5pm and the children soon learned that the office would be open once the hard fieldworkers had taken off their boots and had time for a G&T before supper (very civilised!). Here's HT 'negotiating' prices with the children.
'Snacky time' at Hasama Forest! Of course a freshly pressed newspaper was always made available!
Driving a hard bargain! Our terms: one full tube (no padding with extra dung) and no repetition for 500 Shillings and a packet of jellies!
Team dung beetle! (I'm the one on the left...).
As our dung beetle workers would never reveal their sources, (very good business!) we did employ other methods. The classic dung pitfal trap where little pre-made knapsacks of dung (this time buffalo!) are suspended above pitfal traps work really well. These were placed every one hundred meters into and along the forest at Hanang.
HT and Isaiah preparing dung pitfal traps
On to Longido, about 50 km from the Tanzanian / Kenyan border to a very different habitat: the bush! Very very dry and surrounded by Masai, goats and Acacia trees...we had to work very hard to find beetles here!
Longido bush setting traps: dung knapsack - tick! Soap-laced water for pitfall traps - tick! This entomologist is good to go!
Sometimes less sophisticated methods can also be employed given one has the time and the inclination to look hard enough...
Yes, I am literally grubbing about in fresh buffalo dung; here I found some interesting Hydrophilid beetles especially adapted to living in poo!
Water Beetles
That takes us on nicely to collecting for water beetles. Whilst having a dreamy ride through the Eastern Rift mountains on our way to Mbulu, HT exclaims rather excitedly 'Stop the truck! Water!' I was less enthusiastic and stayed in the truck observing from a safe distance whilst HT sank up to his knees in a stagnant no doubt disease ridden puddle of water in the pursuit of water beetles and their ilk (Dytiscidae). And what better way to catch them than with a household sieve!
NOT allowed back in the truck!
Once at Longido, our Masia guide (we are not permitted to enter any forest reserve without a local guide) promised there was water in the mountains. After an arduous trek to approx 2500m, and at times loosing what path there was, not to mention the searing heat, we eventually came to a mountain stream...
Here we found not only some curious looking Dytiscids (predacious diving beetles) but also some whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae), leeches (yuk!) and a fresh water crab!
Water beetles are really hard to catch, being predacious they are really fast swimmers and also the bigger ones can give you a nasty nip if you're not careful; we found some big ones...
SLAM and Malaise trapping
Trapping using nets is the most common method but can often times be difficult in challenging terrain, not to mention remote environments where local people are overtly curious about what on earth you are up to! In Longido, where Masai children would appear as if by magic (We hold them entirely responsible for our missing pitfal traps!) we decided that the SLAM trap was too enticing for curious minds so we erected it as high up in the canopy as we could! This type of trap is very versatile as it can be erected anywhere but is especially good for wood piles where emerging beetles will fly into the net and become trapped.
Hoisting the trap with BG and Saleem
The entomologists demonstrate their good work!
Malaise traps are more precise in where they should be placed. Ideally they should be in the way of an insect flight path so that insects fly into the net, instinctually fly upwards and just like the SLAM trap, become, um, trapped!
The very important job of holding a piece of string; erecting the Malaise trap, Mount Hanag
But oh no! It's all gone wrong - in an ironic twist of fate it is the entomologists that have become trapped...
Finally to end on a 'lighter note' we must mention light trapping! Light trapping might be commonly employed for trapping butterflies and moths but it is actually very effective for catching beetles too. So, each night at dusk we would start up the generator and the mercury vapour light would work its magic! One night at the Longido camp an unexpected downpour somehow broke the light and so we lost a nights trapping; at Hasama forest the winds were so high that the light was smashed; another nights trapping lost. But, on a good night, it's possible to stay up for as long as you can, say until 3pm gradually picking off the insects that come to the light. At longido I found a prize Carabid, an Anthia, or more commonly known as a Domino beetle, that was more attracted to the sausage flies than the light!
The downpour at Longido; luckily we had enough tarpaulins but failed to secure the storm flaps on one of the tens = wet sleeping bag!
The entomologist (still apparently in her pyjama bottoms), demonstrates the light trap!
And we leave you for now with a beautiful view!
Next time the hardships and hiccups of fieldwork; and after that, fashion, fieldwork and friviolity...watch this space!
So the intrepid entomologists say farewell; and hope that you will join us and our wonderful colleagues on Friday night at Science Uncovered to hear more about collecting in the field, all over the world! http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/science-uncovered/index.html


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The new PBS genealogy series "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr." debuts Sunday, March 25 at 8 p.m. The 10-part series will explore the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans including Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren. On the show's website, you can learn more about the research team (the New England Historic Genealogical Society staff did a lot of work for the series) and share your story.
Thanks to Marti Lewis for this tidbit.
Then wander over and see what else is now available for British Isles, etc.
On Linkedin.com there was a discussion on research in the world area.
A post that there is a new source for British research.
Society of Genealogists, a British organization is placing many of
their library books on-line.
It is a pay site but it covers the British Isles and some of Ireland.
The url is SOG.org.UK for information.
This is not a new group but new data they are putting on line.
I have scoped out this site and it is loaded with data and works with
Some great downloads to be hand here.
Having always recommended wordgenweb.org for world search this may be a great place to look.


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This unique book fully chronicles The Shadow's career in films and television. Beginning with the character's 1931 motion-picture debut in Universal's "Shadow Detective" featurettes, Ed Hulse follows the premier pulp hero in his two Grand National feature films, his 1940 cliffhanger serial, his three Monogram "B" mysteries, his two unsold TV pilots of the '50s, and the big-budget 1994 spectacular starring Alec Baldwin. Along the way, Hulse debunks Shadow movie myths -- and even covers films scripted but never made -- drawing on his extensive research and in-person interviews. He also discusses the Shadow pulp magazine to provide context for his examination of the motion pictures. The book is illustrated with stills, posters, lobby cards, vintage pulp covers, and even frame captures from the films themselves. A must-have for Shadow fans!
98 Pages. Trade Paperback. 7" x 10"