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The guys at Box Living have done what others before have tried and failed - designed a kitset home that delivers on all levels.
The idea of the "kitset" home is nothing new. Le Corbusier was one of its earliest known advocates. In 1914, he developed the "Domino" house, a modular system of vertical planes and stairwells that could be configured as needed - an approach he hoped would help with the economical and innovative reconstruction of decimated French cities after the war.
In New Zealand, the heritage of the Lockwood is our benchmark. These pre-fabricated timber homes have stood through testing times since the 1950s. But many architects since have yearned to create a design-and-build product that delivers a bespoke look with a set-in-stone budget. And failed. Could the boys at Box Living be any different?
Dan Heyworth, general manager of the company, sure hopes so. He's taken heart from the fact that Box Living was recently named a finalist in the Best Design Awards. "We've done a lot of work on the system so it's amazing to be recognised."
Heyworth has joined forces with architect Tim Dorrington, builder Nat Jakich and their money man, Heyworth's brother-in-law Nat Holloway, in a team he believes can navigate the complexities of the legal and financial side in the office and the design and build side on site.
With 10 homes now completed and eight under hammer and nail, they're certainly getting some traction.
When Heyworth met Dorrington five years ago, he encountered a like-minded spirit. They both knew the statistic: only 5 per cent of homes in New Zealand are architecturally designed. "Usually you have to go through a lengthy process and have very deep wallets," says Heyworth.
They were equally dismayed at the figures because, undoubtedly, there was a growing awareness of how good design could enhance lifestyle. They were determined to plug a gap in the market with an approach that melded craft and common sense.
The Box Living point of difference, as they see it, is that your plan can be customised but your end cost and completion date is guaranteed.
Although it took the team four years to develop the system, the secret is basic: there are more knowns than unknowns in the make-up of the houses. First up, they all feature a timber post-and-beam exoskeleton with stainless-steel cross braces that has been approved for seismic, wind and gravity load. "It means none of the walls need to be load-bearing which frees up the design in terms of window allocation," says Dorrington.
The company originally investigated steel framing imported from China or Australia. During the course of their research, its cost escalated 200 per cent. Out went the steel in favour of Kiwi-made Glulam timber. "It's engineered a bit like Bentwood furniture and is immensely strong," explains Dorrington.
Details such as flashings, corner junctions and bracing are always pre-locked and loaded. "You aren't reinventing them each time. When it comes to drawing up each house for council approval, 50 per cent of the information is already there."
But it's the remaining 50 per cent that adds the X factor - designs that have won the hearts and minds of clients from Kawau to Clevedon. Dorrington has based the concepts on the mid-century "box" style of the Case Study houses in Los Angeles. The buildings of developer Joe Eichler also get the big tick in terms of inspiration. A passionate modernist, Eichler brought innovations such as atriums, open-plan living, concrete-slab flooring, and tongue-and-groove decking to about 11,000 homes, mainly in the California region during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Dorrington describes the Box Living houses as a series of "floor and roof cassettes" which are pre-made then assembled on site, a real time-saving factor. As Heyworth points out, "this takes away much of the messy, dirty, risky business of building and brings it into our modern age."
Their love of the rectangular cube is not allowed to strangle the look - the joy is that you can break free of the box, too.
When a Wellington couple in their 20s approached the team for their first home, they had tired of being shown draughty old villas and had a building budget of 300K.
They settled on an L-shaped home with a stairwell that separates the open-plan living zone from the raised bedroom block. Floor-to-ceiling glass sliders allow the surrounding greenery to flood the space. Beneath, the garage is clad in opaque corrugated polycarbonate that acts like a lightbox and at night, glows like a beacon in the bush.
It's a fun and funky result just perfect for the couple with built-in window seats, a timber screen in the stairwell and shots of colour in the green front door and vintage-style yellow light shade above the dining table.
Sections of the exterior skeleton pop in or out to form a modern version of the bay window. "There's some articulation in the facade. This is not a container," says Dorrington.
"The clients are rapt," adds Heyworth. "They were pretty interested in architecture and had a vision for what their bush-clad section could become."
It's this type of attitude Box Living appeals to - people who prefer the casual style of plywood cladding and cabinetry with routed apertures for handles or are happy to have cost-effective polyurethaned strand-board flooring, made from wood flakes. "Instead of covering it up, I want to elevate it as an honest material," says Dorrington.
Of course, there is always the option to up-spec - from plasterboard walls to plywood panels, from grooved ply on the exterior to cedar boards. Which is exactly what the owners of a recently completed holiday home in Kawau did.
Theirs is a beach-house that soars beyond basic. Its board-and-batten cladding, extreme cantilevers and pa-like fencing along exterior walkways give it a distinctive Kiwi feel. Dorrington: "It's a dramatic house and its planning is quite different. The clients asked for many sleeping spaces (not necessarily bedrooms) and for it to be crafted around a courtyard where they knew they'd have many parties."
So the concept can be shaped and shimmied to sites, briefs and budgets but once you're quoted a price, that's it. It'll stick. Their website presents options from $100,000 to $500,000.
Joe Eichler's mission was to bring architect-designed homes to the suburbs of middle-class America. The Box Living dream runs along similar lines.
"It hasn't been easy and we've all had to make sacrifices to get here," says Dorrington.
In Eichler's day, tradition was to put fake pink flamingos on sticks out on the front lawn to indicate an open-door policy. If you saw the flamingos at cocktail hour, you could go in and share a drink with neighbours.
For Heyworth, the ultimate goal is to, through good design, improve people's quality of life: "We want our houses to encapsulate Eichler's same sense of community. When clients feel part of the design process, they become emotionally involved. They live and grow with the house. Ideally, they will stay forever."
* The winners of the Best Design Awards will be announced on October 5. Please see bestawards.co.nz for more information.


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Beckett a hard-luck loser to Haren, Diamondbacks
First night at 1st for Moss
After Kevin Youkilis left the game due to injury, Brandon Moss took over at first base for the first time at the major league level and endured an error that cost the Sox in a 2-1 loss to the Diamondbacks.
Within seconds, it was red and purple. The eye was swelling, and shutting, leaving manager Terry Francona and his training staff with little choice. Kevin Youkilis couldn't bat with one eye open and no depth perception, so he would have to leave. He walked off the field and into the dugout, with Brandon Moss jogging over to first base in his stead.
And there it was, three innings later. Moss's moment. Except he bobbled the ball.
With Sean Casey beginning his three-game suspension for his part in the June 5 brawl against the Rays, Moss was the only first baseman left in the Red Sox dugout last night. But he's still learning the position, and it showed.
At first base for the first time in his major league career, Moss mishandled a grounder that might have been turned into an out at the plate, the second run scoring in what would become a 2-1 loss to the Diamondbacks in front of 37,694 at Fenway Park.
That left Josh Beckett a loser in a pitchers' duel with Dan Haren, who held the Sox to two hits over seven innings.
"I went to go field it, I saw the guy take off for home, so I kind of took my eyes off of it at the last second," Moss said. "It just bobbled around and ticked off.
"I've played there all year [at Triple A Pawtucket]. I've been taking ground balls there. It couldn't have been an easier ground ball, either. That's the most frustrating thing about it. It wasn't like it was a tough ball to field."
One run had already scored in the seventh inning, the first for either team, and there were runners on second and third. That was when Chris Snyder grounded to the substitute first baseman, who did manage to get the out at first. Still, it meant the second - and ultimately winning - run scored. The runner at third, Mark Reynolds was off with contact. Moss said he was sure, on a clean play, he would have had him.
"We got the ground ball," Francona said. "It just didn't stay in his glove. Probably trying to do it a little too quick."
But that saga started back before the fifth inning, when Mike Lowell made a most unfortunate throw to first base while the infielders were warming up. The ball caromed off the dirt and off Youkilis's glove and struck him just below his right eye, which immediately began swelling and turning colors.
"I feel terrible about it," Lowell said. "I short-hopped him. I probably short-hop him five times a game in between innings. It wasn't even a hard throw. I kind of lobbed it and he went to scoop it and it hit off his glove.
"I thought it hit him in the side of his head. Afterwards I saw him, he was shaken up and touching his eye. I was just hoping it didn't hit him in the eye. He got a pretty big shiner pretty quick."
The training staff immediately ran to first base to examine Youkilis. And that was it. He was headed for a precautionary CT scan, which was negative.
That wasn't the only potential injury in the game, though. A ball off the bat of Manny Ramírez in the eighth inning was hit so hard that Reynolds, the third baseman, keeled over as he caught it. It was a wicked shot, no question. A ball that, had it been a few feet toward the line, could have tied the game, given that it came with Jacoby Ellsbury on second and Dustin Pedroia on first.
"He almost killed the third baseman," Lowell said. "I think we would have preferred that being 3 feet to the left or to the right. We would have been at least tied. That's the problem. He hit it hard, can't put a steering wheel on it afterwards."
So, other than a "5L" on the scorecard, Ramírez had nothing to show for the at-bat against Arizona reliever Tony Pena. And the Sox had little to show for the inning. Just a sacrifice fly from J.D. Drew, a one-run deficit and, ultimately, a hard-luck loss for them and Beckett.
Both Beckett - who went eight innings and saved a suffering bullpen - and Haren were magnificent. Through six innings, the teams had combined for just four hits, with the Sox getting one and the Diamondbacks three.
As for the one hit allowed by Haren, it came from a most unusual source: Jason Varitek. The catcher had been mired in the worst slump of his career, an 0-for-24 drought (and just 9 for his last 75 coming into the night). But Varitek doubled in the third, about the only offense the Sox mustered through those six innings.
Things changed in the seventh, with Arizona going up by two runs. The Sox had a chance in the bottom of the inning, with men on first and second with one out. But Moss hit a dribbler to the pitcher, which advanced the runners, and Varitek struck out swinging. So even with one run in the eighth, there would be no comeback on this night.
Even with Haren off the mound.
"That might have been as good of stuff as Danny's had all year," said Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin. "Ninety-four, 95, I don't think we've seen that all year. Good breaking ball, good split. He threw enough cutters inside of lefties, away from righties. Elevated his fastball about as good as we've seen - and he had to be that good."
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By DAVID GREEN
My brother Dan once took pity upon my busy soul and offered to write a By the Way column for me. I think it came during some particularly busy times, but it never made it into print.
Here's what he wrote, and I'll explain later why it wasn't printed.
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<I hate buying shampoo, and not just because the word is constructed of "sham" and "poo." When you think about it, however, that's about the worst word combination possible. I hate shopping for the stuff because all I really want is a big cheap generic bucket of hair soap. But no one sells that.
Instead there are a million weird bottles with ingredients like fruits, vegetables and herbal "essences," whatever that really means. I don't want fruit salad on my head. I don't want formulations that allegedly make my hairs bounce, shine or vibrate.
Check the ingredients and they all seem to have sodium lauryl sulphate ("A molecule with a tail of 12 carbon atoms," says Wikipedia) as the primary cleansing agent. I suspect the rest is just window dressing.
Time before last when I had to make this purchase, I found "Mane 'n Tail" shampoo, which was good for both people and horses. I'm not kidding. I bought it immediately. They don't waste a lot of herbs and fruits on horses. "Add a liberal amount of Mane 'n Tail to a bucket of water..." it says on the label. It worked fine.
My most recent purchase was based on the large quantity in the bottle so I could avoid buying it again for a long time. It's called "Aussie" and it has an image of a kangaroo on the label.
Though it wasn't advertised for animal use, the idea of holding down a 'roo and washing its pelt is more entertaining than shampooing a horse.
This authentic Aussie hair soap comes from Ohio, but is imported from Canada. The actual relationship to Australia is a bit of a stretch, except that both Canada and Australia give allegiance to the Queen. Which brings up the subject of the Queen's hair. OK. Enough said about that.>
There you have it, the end of Dan's column. He sent 1,691 characters of type out of a typical 4,000 character length. He closed with "enough said about that," but in reality it was less than half of enough said. That's why I never used his column.
I thought about it recently when I noticed a new bottle of sham-and-poo in our shower. I thought I had seen all the oddities with brands that our kids bought over the years, but how foolish to think that. There always has to be something new in order to make a consumer choose your brand.
This is Garnier Fructis shampoo and the bottle proclaims in bold type "PURE CLEAN." Even though the shampoo has no color, it comes in a translucent green bottle and contains acerola berries. I'm reading an article about the rise and fall of acai fruit; now it must be acerola's turn to shine.
The main ingredient is water, and, as required by any reputable shampoo company, water is listed in three languages. We have an empty bottle of a Matrix brand that lists the instructions for use in three languages. Appliquer sur les cheveux mouillés, faire mousser et rincer. It's always the same, but in case you're a recent arrival to planet Earth: Apply to wet hair, lather and rinse.
Aside from its greenness, the big sell with Fructis Pure Clean is weightlessness. Use of this shampoo leaves no weigh down on your hair. This might be the result of Garnier's "advanced fruit science," but I think people suffering from weigh down omitted step three: rinse. Garnier even takes it a step further and instructs users to rinse thoroughly.
Nature's Gate brand takes fruit science much further and even adds the vegetables. If you're wondering why my hair looks so lovely, it's undoubtedly because of the jojoba, borage, barley, pansy, radish root and equisetum arvense. If you're wondering why my hair looks so weird, same thing.
Equisetum. We used to pick this stuff when walking the path along Bean Creek. You're going to love this one, Dan. Equisetum is commonly known as horsetail. I'm sure it's fit for a queen.


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10 Surprises in the Newly-Released 1940s Census Data
The census data released from the 1940s recently released by the National Archives and Records Administration had a lot of interesting information, according to people who didn't immediately fall asleep while trying to read the darn thing.
These people told us some interesting facts about the people who were surveyed by the government way back when. These were the shocking ones that made us turn our heads 360 degrees.
1. When the all-you-can-eat buffet was invented in 1946, Orson Welles applied for his own zip code.
2. They thought Crocs were a dorky shoe, even though they wouldn't be invented for another 60 years.
3. Most citizens looked forward to a day free of frustration and carefree time because of the invention of a portable phone that could answer and receive calls wherever you go.
4. One citizen spoke without using vowels and when the person taking the census asked why, he said, "Because ain't no one gonna read this."
5. Point-zero-five percent of the population thought Mickey Mouse was a dirty commie.
6. Larry King was only 75.
7. A young Ron Paul got his first start in business in 1947 by appearing on television as Howdy Doody.
8. The four food groups were meat, dairy, booze and cigarettes.
9. The sexiest man alive was Walter Brennan.
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5G WiFi Drives New Opportunities
A recent article by Steward Wolpin in Entrepreneur.com does a great job of highlighting emerging WiFi technology, and in particular the new 5G WiFi (802.11ac).
Wolpin, a New York City-based writer who has been covering technology for more than 30 years, correctly notes that among the biggest benefits of these new Wi-Fi technologies will be a greatly increased ability to wirelessly connect business environments.
"Wi-Fi as you know it will begin to evolve over the next few months, changing how businesses stay connected," he writes.
"Today's fastest Wi-Fi protocol is 802.11n, or just "n," which provides theoretical data transfer speeds of around 300 megabits per second (Mbps)," notes Wolpin. "Up next on the Wi-Fi speed chart is 802.11ac, alternately called "gigabit," Very High Throughput Wi-Fi or fifth-generation (5G) Wi-Fi. By any name, 802.11ac Wi-Fi is expected to offer speeds of up to 1300 Mbps — potentially more than four times faster than current "n" routers and about 1,000 times faster than 4G LTE connectivity."
It should be pointed out that some of the performance comparisons made vis-a-vis 4G LTE are not accurate ; in actual conditions, for example, 5G WiFi is expected to be about 6 times faster than 4G LTE.
Still, the point is well taken. 5G WiFi offers the fastest available wireless download speeds, which is important in environments where large file transfers are common.
At the same time, he notes that 5G WiFi delivers another equally important benefit: a "relatively vacant" channel.
"Instead of operating in the crowded 2.4 GHz frequencies along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and wireless communication gadgets, 802.11ac Wi-Fi will transmit data in the relatively vacant 5 GHz spectrum," writes Wolpin.
In addition, he noted, "these and other improvements are expected to create speedier, more consistent wireless links further from the router with fewer dead spots and greater ability to penetrate walls."
For businesses, all of this means more reliable in-office wireless connectivity, which ultimately means businesses can "reduce or eliminate the need for complex and expensive wired broadband connections".
For workers using portable devices, this also means speedier downloads via 5FWi-Fi and a resulting increase battery life as well.
Other emerging WiFi technologies highlighted in the article include Hotspot 2.0 (also known as Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint), which enables autonomous connection of wireless devices wherever you go; and Super Wi-Fi, which uses so-called TV white space, unused over-the-air spectrum recently approved by the FCC for commercial use. These lower frequencies allow wider and more powerful wireless signal propagation, said Wolpin, adding that, "An indoor Super Wi-Fi 40 mW transmitter creates a Wi-Fi hotspot up to five times the range of current Wi-Fi hotspots. In other words, a hotspot blanketing more than 1,000 feet would be enough to cover a small business office with a single router."


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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
summer treats.
We started talking summer treats around February.
Trying to forecast how desserts would shift. I was thinking meringue tarts, fruit pies, custards.
Then we pondered... ice cream?
I didn't feel like buying an ice cream maker, it was heavy and took up precious space. And our freezer was so packed with take home meals, it just did not seem manageable.
Ottawa has an ice cream queen. By no means is she an ice queen, Pascale is the most genuine and friendly and warm and lovely lady there is. She makes kick ass ice cream and we wanted some to make our own ice cream sandwiches.
Sadly, then, we were faced with reality: laws that regulate dairy in both our provinces are different (Ontario and Quebec) and her ice cream could not cross the border for resale. And she could not use our cream (from La Laiterie de l'Outaouais) to make ice cream for us... So we set out to make our own.
I tried gelatos. Sorbets. Ice creams. No eggs. No dairy. Vegan. Canned fruits, jams, purées... and kept three basic recipes that worked best, and modified, adjusted, tweaked. Tasted. Tasted. Tasted.
I don't have a sweet tooth per se. I am guessing this is a result of working with sweets a lots, the smell of chocolate baking, especially in a warm environment, usually makes me a tad nauseous. I never really crave desserts or sweets. BUT, if you leave me with a container of ice cream, I usually manage to finish it. Or I leave just a tiny bit not to feel too guilty... Throw in a sour note like citrus, rhubarb, or dear, dear coconut, and you've lost me for awhile.
I said I would share a recipe soon and here you are.
Now, this picture is upside down. Sorry.
I am a bit absent minded. And can admit to being somewhat ADD. I laugh about it now. I have to, staff point it out daily. Very organized, but all over the place.
Also, the instructions are, well, Marysol-like.
I usually memorize everything, but since I now have staff, I need to leave notes. This is how it came out. And, to make thing *worse*, we sometimes do not note everything (Katie and I), like some kind of secret club... Us girls have to keep our secrets right?
As a side note, some things Katie and I do truly are secrets. Take for example our Mexican style pulled pork - Katie does the rub, and I do the sauce. I am not quite sure of what she does, and she does not know what is in my sauce. Perfect. Our secret is safe.
I can share a little something about cookies as well...
We changed our cookies a few times. testing if they freeze well. If they are soft enough, not overly sweet. I found that adding honey made them softer, easier to bite into. If you freeze them, it is easier to pat down the ice cream to form the sandwiches.
This is our Orangette, yes, a clin-d'oeil to that beautiful blog. Chocolate cookie, fudge and orange gelato.
I try to make a fresh batch of cookies as often as possible and I assemble the sandwiches in the morning, so that they have less 'boogie time' with the freezer.
Juliette: fresh simmered apricots, pureed, with a sweet swirl of raspberries. The cookie is lemon honey.
If you ever want to attempt the ice cream, and need explanations, leave a comment. I will answer the thread.
6 comments:
- Mélodie said...
Ils sont merveilleux, ces sandwichs à la crème glacée!
Comment se passe la vague de chaleur chez Edgar? On ira vous voir bientôt.
- July 20, 2011 at 9:25 PM
- urbanite jewelry said...
Read this post at 11pm last night and immediately wanted to come knock on the front window. I literally cannot wait to try them! Good thing we're coming in this Sunday ;)
- July 21, 2011 at 8:11 AM
- One of Ottawa's Real Foodies said...
I can vouch for the apricot and raspberry ice cream. Making ice cream at Edgar was a very good decision. :-)
- July 21, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- Sandra de Montréal said...
Love your ice creams but I was wondering if you're ever going to post your huevos rancheros recipe...they're delicious and love to sometime try them at home and impress some friends ;o)
- July 21, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- Deanna (Silly Goose Farm) said...
Sounds lovely!! I host a barnside movie party at my farm each summer and make ice cream sandwiches to serve. Here is the post from this year's party, if you'd like to see my "sammies!"
All the best!
- July 22, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- kaitlin said...
thank you for being my inspiration to make ice cream sandwiches this weekend! even if they didn't survive the car ride.
next time, we'll keep them at home and eat them ourselves.
we miss you! (and your food...but also your cheerfulness)
- July 26, 2011 at 3:05 PM


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SANTO DOMINGO, April 15 (Reuters) - Soccer has a difficult task to match the popularity of baseball in the Dominican Republic, according to FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
"We know there is another sport (baseball) in this country that is more important than football and this is a challenge for football," the head of world soccer's ruling body said on Monday during an official visit to Santo Domingo.
Blatter, on a week-long tour of the Caribbean and Central America, added: "One day, I don't know when, football will be recognised in this country on the same level".
Baseball is hugely popular in the Dominican Republic especially after they won the World Classic in San Francisco last month by beating neighbours Puerto Rico in the final.
FIFA has invested millions of dollars in the region and has major renovations planned for Dominican stadiums in Santo Domingo and San Cristobal.
Blatter is due to visit Haiti later on Monday and will also travel to Cuba.
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French Fridays updates with the Main Title of another classic of French cinema, Godard's Band À Part - a low budget crime flick that was strongly influenced by American B-movies in the heist genre. The fast sequence of jump-cuts used in the first part of the opening titles produce an almost stroboscopic effect, which is must have been quite disorienting to viewers who watched the movie on the big screen. French Fridays curator Laure Magalie takes a closer look at this 'petite piece' of French motion art.
The story of Jean-Luc Godard's Band À Part takes place over three days. A pretty young woman named Odile meets with her two friends, Arthur and Franz, at an English course. Odile reveals to the two boys that her aunt keeps a large sum of money hidden at her house, and it's not safely guarded. The trio decides to steal the loot.
About the film, Godard told himself: "Of Band À Part I will make a nice little Z-movie,* like some of the American films that I like.''
Deeply rooted in New Wave cinema, Godard's titles once more to reflect the style that he uses throughout the film, alternating between long, continuous shots and staccato jump-cuts. The director wanted to break with the cinematic conventions of the time and invent a new language. To achieve this, he is innovating through editing techniques and the use of a very specific soundtrack.
Band À Part (still) Not a coincidence: Godard's directing credit superimposed on a Citroën 2CV, arguably France's most iconic car, and a truck carrying Pernod Pastis -the famous French aniseed liquor, another symbol of modern France- passes by.
Band À Part (still). A comment in the titles that is rather mysterious to me: "For the last time (?) on the screen the music of Michel Legrand." If someone knows the answer, please leave a comment below!
The opening titles start off with a continuous sequence of staccato jump-cuts to an almost stroboscopic effect. The letters of the Main Title are superimposed onto the eyes of the three protagonists, making it more difficult to 'read' their faces. Everything moves so fast that we are confused, just as our heroes: the faces of the two boys, who are trying their best to project a dark and brooding 'tough guy' appearance are intercut with shots of a candid Odile, simpering, not knowing where to look, as if she's pondering which guy to choose. Only three shots, in sync with the joyful jazzy music, linger a little longer and help the spectator better understand what has been goping on until now.
The music stops abruptly, as we're thrown into wide shots of the noisy traffic jams following each other slowly, showing that the action is set at Joinville, in the Parisian suburbs. Haunting music gradually gains momentum. Godard uses sounds not so much to accompany a scene, but to accentuate it and to build up the tension.
When I interviewed Jacqueline Fouchet about the the work of her husband, title designer Jean Fouchet (see also: Topkapi), she told me this funny anecdote. One day, Godard went to see Fouchet and asked him, "I want you to tell me how I can edit a sequence with very short shots," and Fouchet replied, "Just cut it!" Godard, who didn't expect such a straightforward answer, said: "You're absolutely right!" and left. He then made the titles for Band À Part a little while later.
This title sequence perfectly confirms a statement Godard made in one of his articles for the seminal French film magazine Cahiers du Cinema in 1956: "Si mettre en scène est un regard, monter est un battement de cœur." (If directing is (about) a vision, editing is (about) a heart beat).
Quentin Tarantino was such a fan of Band of Outsiders, that he payed tribute to the film by naming his production company A Band Apart. And the famously cool dance scene between Uma Thurman and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction is a nod to the equally memorable dance scene in Bande à Part featuring the three stars dancing 'The Madison'.
* Cinéma Z is a French term. It is considered the lowest form of filmmaking. Bordering on amateur filmmaking, Z films have very low production values, lower than B movies.
Text: Laure Chapalain, © Submarine Channel 5 October 2012. Thanks to Willemien Ruys for finetuning the translation. Last update: October 9, 2012.
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Jean-Luc Godard began his career in cinema as a journalist for the renowned review rag "Les Cahiers du Cinéma", along with a smattering of his contemporary soon-to-be French cinema superstars like Truffaut, Chabrol, Rivette or Rohmer. These young talents were influenced by foward-thinking Hollywood directors, and they distinguished "authors" from ordinary filmmakers or film technicians, unlike mainstream critics and audiences at that time. They began to direct movies, giving way to one of the most influential movements in world cinematic history, La Nouvelle Vague – The French New Wave. A new way to produce, to shoot, and to direct movies emerged that went against all traditions and practises of the major studios. From a growing penchant for outdoor shoots, a new aesthetic of realism developed. Filmmakers began to break with traditional storytelling formats, such as the continuity of narration. It was not just their goal be provocative. They wanted the audience to experience a new kind of cinema – a cinema that would reveal a fresh side of reality. Une Femme Est Une Femme fits this "nouvelle vague" signature completely.
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text: Because they share the same taste for travel, vintage and ethnic clothing, long time friends Beatrice and Geraldine, natives of south of France, opened their boutique in 2000 at French Riviera. They began by selling clothes, jewelries, bags and accessories discovered at bazaars and craft markets during their many trips to Asia and especially in India, country they fell in love with. They work with Indian artisans who practice the art of embroidery and traditional handmade printing. The favorite used materials are cotton voile, crochet, lace and silk, for enhanced comfort and elegance. Blue collections are made in small quantities for a feminine and bohemian clientele.


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February 2014
The Myth of Perfection
Defects on graphene electrode alter behavior of electrode-electrolyte interface in next-generation energy storage devices
A single layer of carbon atoms has the potential to significantly improve energy storage and delivery devices, but it is difficult to understand and control how the charged ionic species are transported in the graphene electrodes. Scientists recently learned that surface defects alter the liquid's interaction with the graphene surface. Enlarge image
Results: Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, is an attractive electrode material for supercapacitor applications because of its high surface area. However, how the electrolytes interact with carbon material to store energy is still not well understood. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Princeton University investigated how the surface chemistry of graphene affects the charge storage mechanism. They found that the defects on the graphene surface alter the liquid's interaction with the surface. The ionic liquid's cations, i.e., positive ions, aggregate near a defect, and the anions or negative ions are repelled by it, altering the molecular arrangement of the ionic liquid on the surface.
"Identifying how the charged ionic species bind to the electrode surface is very important for increasing the storage capacity and improving the charge-discharge kinetics for energy storage devices," said Dr. M. Vijayakumar, who led the research.
Why It Matters: Traditional supercapacitors are made of high surface area carbon. However, graphene potentially has the highest surface area among carbon materials and, thus, could significantly increase the specific capacity. However, it is difficult to understand and control how the charged ionic species are incorporated and transported in the graphene electrodes. The team's research provides fundamental insights into the molecular structures built when graphene has functional groups or defects that interact with the electrolyte. The study provides scientists with a basic understanding to create better materials for energy storage.
"The problem is most studies are based on the assumption that defect-free graphene is used, which is not realistic and distorts the interpretation of the research results," said Dr. Birgit Schwenzer, a materials scientist who worked on the study. "We wanted to know what influence the defects would have on the graphene interactions with electrolytes."
Methods: The researchers mixed exfoliated graphene with the ionic liquid. Unlike other electrolytes, the ionic liquid contains bulky organic negatively and positively charged ions. In this case, the cation was 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium (BMIM+), and the anion was trifluoromethanesulfonate (TfO-). A thin layer of ionic liquid formed around the graphene flakes. The team analyzed the thin layer using 11.7 Tesla magnetic field magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at EMSL and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy in the Physical Sciences Laboratory at PNNL.
They correlated the spectra with computational models of the interaction between an ionic liquid molecule and graphene with a single defect or functional group, such as a hydroxyl group, which is an oxygen atom and a hydrogen atom, attached to the surface. The models were built using density functional theory with empirical dispersion correction based methods.
"We would like to emphasize that the model considers just one hydroxyl group," said Vijayakumar. "More detailed theoretical studies with more functional groups are ongoing, which will give us a deeper understanding of the interfacial region."
The team found that functional groups on the surface change the molecular arrangement of the liquid's cations and anions. For example, the cations are more likely to be absorbed near the oxygen-containing functional groups, because of the relatively higher attraction of the ionic liquid's positively charged cation to the negatively charged oxygen in the hydroxyl group. Further, the negatively charged defects repel the TfO- anions. Both the cations and anions exhibit a variety of molecular orientations near the functional groups on the graphene surface, far different than their perfect arrangement on defect-free material.
What's Next? This study is a proof of principle, showing how graphene with defects and ionic liquid interactions can be studied. Now, they are looking to extend their research to different molecular models able to handle more defects on the graphene surface and other complexities.
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Research Area: Materials Sciences
Research Team: Vijay Murugesan, Birgit Schwenzer, V. Shutthanandan, Jian Zhi Hu, and Jun Liu, PNNL, and Ilhan A. Aksay, Princeton University
Reference: Vijayakumar M, B Schwenzer, V Shuttanandan, JZ Hu, J Liu, and IA Aksay. 2014. "Elucidating Graphene-Ionic Liquid Interfacial Region: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study." Nano Energy 3:152-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.09.014


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One simple step can make hundreds of students in Fall River better readers, give them a far greater chance of graduating high school, and improve the likelihood that they are successful in school and their careers.
One simple step can make hundreds of students in Fall River better readers, give them a far greater chance of graduating high school, and improve the likelihood that they are successful in school and their careers.
While there is a lot that is uncertain when it comes to improving outcomes for disadvantaged schoolchildren, study after study confirms the value of quality early education.
The United States trails just about every other industrialized country when it comes to providing state-funded early education. Massachusetts, so used to leading, is trailing states like Oklahoma and Tennessee in providing funds for low-income parents to do what so many middle- and upper-class families take for granted: get their children a stronger start in life with a quality early education and kindergarten.
The task ahead is daunting: In Massachusetts right now more than 50,000 children receive early education programming each year through state funding, while an additional 43,000 children languish on early education waiting lists. This includes more than 770 children in Fall River alone. Every child on a waiting list has a parent who recognizes what studies have proved — their son or daughter will do better in school and in life if he or she can get a quality early education seat and a jumpstart on reading, math and social skills.
The most comprehensive study, the HighScope Perry Preschool study, which followed children from the age of 4 to 40, starkly demonstrates what different, and often better lives children receive with an early start on school.
The study looked at two groups of randomly selected disadvantaged children. One group began their education in a quality preschool at age four, the other did not. The students who had the benefit of preschool went further in their education, were less likely to repeat grades, and outperformed the later school starters on literacy tests all the way up to the age of 27. By age 40, the early school-starters were more likely to have a job and earn more on average.
Just as important, access to quality early education has the potential to significantly improve third grade reading levels, a key to future success and an area that Massachusetts has slipped in recent years.
Gov. Patrick is trying to reduce the waitlist here in Massachusetts: He won a new line item allocating a $15 million increase in early childhood funds last year, and is seeking the same this year. That $15 million will help up to 1,700 students — primarily low-income children — get off the early education waitlist and into quality programs. So far, the House budget has committed $7.5 million to that line item, which would help about 1,250 children get off the waitlist.
That is only a start, and we can and should do more. The good news is that powerful forces are coming together not only to address the waitlist, but to push for pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-olds.
This year President Obama called on Congress to provide the funds for preschool for all students so our 3- and 4-year-olds can get off to a strong start.
While universal pre-kindergarten is expensive — a new report suggests it cost over a billion dollars statewide — it is in the long-term far cheaper than providing jail cells, welfare or drug treatment for those who never received a good start in life.
Now we need to find the collective will to fund quality early education for those who otherwise could not afford it. In the interim we can be creative and take steps to address pre-K access, particularly in the communities most struggling to close the achievement gap.
For example, Massachusetts should consider developing targeted pilot programs in cities such as Fall River, New Bedford, Springfield and Lawrence, which would provide access to pre-K programs for all 4-year-olds. An initiative that ensures all students can take advantage of quality early education programs will not only make an immediate impact, it gives us another opportunity to track the long-term benefits.
If we want to give all children a great start in life, we need to take action now and make early education a top priority.
Jason Williams is the executive director of Stand for Children Massachusetts and a Fall River native.


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1st Annual Run From The Cops
The 1st Annual Run from the Cops Midnight 5k Fun Run to benefit the Special Olympics of Washington State takes place just before midnight on Saturday July 14th in Kennewick. Detective Sgt. Randy Maynard of the Kennewick Police told us that after his wife said he should do a midnight 5k charity run from the cops event, he was instantly a fan and started the planning process.
The 5k event will start and end at the Clearwater Ave. Gold's Gym parking lot. The 5k run will head west on Clearwater where both eastbound lanes will be closed off to traffic especially for this event. The 5k fun run is open to all ages and abilities so sign up today.
This special event is one of a kind and as far as we know is the only midnight 5k run in the city of Kennewick, so here's your chance to be apart of history. Get your friends and family involved and start training.
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Just recently we noticed that google has indexed truncated urls for many of our pages that get 301'd to the correct page.
For example, we have:
as the url linked everywhere and that's the only version of that page that we use.
Google somehow figured out that it would still go to the right place via 301 if they removed the html filename from the end, so they indexed just:
The 301 is not new. It used to 404, but (probably 5 years ago) we saw a few links come in with the html file missing on similar urls so we decided to 301 them instead thinking it would be helpful. We've preferred the longer version because it has the name in it and users that pay attention to the url can feel more confident they are going to the right place.
We've always used the full (longer) url and google used to index them all that way, but just recently we noticed about 1/2 of our urls have been converted to the shorter version in the SERPs. These shortened urls take the user to the right page via 301, so it isn't a case of the user landing in the wrong place, but over 100,000 301s may not be so good.
You can look at: site:www.eventective.com/usa/massachusetts/bedford/ and you'll noticed all of the urls to businesses at the top of the listings go to the truncated version, but toward the bottom they have the full url.
Can you explain to me why google would index a page that is 301'd to the right page and has been for years?
I have a lot of thoughts on why they would do this and even more ideas on how we could build our urls better, but I'd really like to hear from some people that aren't quite as close to it as I am.
One small detail that shouldn't affect this, but I'll mention it anyway, is that we have a mobile site with the same url pattern.
We did not have the proper 301 in place on the m. site until the end of last week. I'm pretty sure it will be asked, so I'll also mention we have the rel=alternate/canonical set up between the www and m sites.
I'm also interested in any thoughts on how this may affect rankings since we seem to have been hit by something toward the end of last week. Don't hesitate to mention anything else you see that may have triggered whatever may have hit us.
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Schenectady Premiere of The Place Beyond the Pines
Bradley Cooper Trades Paris For Schenectady
Bradley Cooper donned a bright blue Helly Hansen windbreaker — and kept his backpack on — to attend a special screening of The Place Beyond the Pines in the upstate New York city of Schenectady. The city is of special importance to Bradley and director Derek Cianfrance, as it's where they spent much of last Summer making the project. It's also the hometown of Derek's wife, Shannon. Stars Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes weren't able to attend the event, though Bradley had the company of another leading man, Emory Cohen, at the city's Bow Tie Cinema.
Bradley traveled to Schenectady, which is about three hours north of NYC, following a vacation in France. Bradley was in Paris with Suki Waterhouse, his new girlfriend, for a few romantic, PDA-filled days. Nonetheless, Bradley was happy to be in Schenectady. He told a local news station last night, "I like the world up here."


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May 25, 2012
Paul E. Sax, M.D., is director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
As I'm sure you've heard from your patients -- as I did -- lamivudine (3TC) is now available generically.
Now comes news of the release of several generic formulations of nevirapine (NVP), an effective but always somewhat overshadowed medication. Since its approval way back when in 1996, there has always been a solid reason to pick something else.
Why? Here are a few reasons, some scientific, some accidents of HIV history, some just gut responses:
All in all, I therefore doubt that generic NVP is going to have a whole lot of influence on HIV prescribing in the United States. Those who are on branded NVP and doing well will switch to it (or more accurately, "be switched to it") saving some drug costs.
But when efavirenz goes generic -- some time next year or the year after? -- that will be big news. And raise all kinds of interesting questions.
Paul Sax is Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His blog HIV and ID Observations is part of Journal Watch, where he is Editor-in-Chief of Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care.
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We have learned a lot about sharing information in the 12 years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The 9/11 Commission made several recommendations for improving information sharing, including the creation of the Information Sharing Environment and the national office responsible for fostering responsible information sharing among federal, state, and local government agencies, our partners in the private sector, and international entities. In the years that followed, the government has made tremendous progress improving information sharing. But the work is not finished.
We were reminded in April of the persistent threat of terrorism facing our nation when terrorists detonated two bombs at the Boston Marathon. The importance of strengthening information safeguards was put in stark relief a couple of months later after the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to the media. We are being cautioned daily of the importance of strengthening our cybersecurity posture, both as individuals and as institutions
Today, we are faced with many challenges: securing the Internet, countering violent extremism, improving information safeguarding, and protecting our critical infrastructure. The threat is evolving and dynamic, with growing linkage between cyber and physical modalities. The way forward must also be agile and rooted in extending current capabilities, emphasizing whole-of-society participation, collaboration, and accountability.
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There was a watershed moment for responsible information sharing last December: the release of President Obama's "National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding." The strategy builds on past work and calls for "timely and effective sharing of intelligence and information about threats to our nation with those who need it, from the president to the police officer on the street."
The national strategy reinforces our commitment to prioritizing sharing and safeguarding together, including protections for privacy and other legal rights. The recently released Information Sharing Environment Annual Report to Congress provides a transparent assessment of progress and performance; gaps still to be addressed; an inventory of reusable tools and initiatives; and the way forward for implementing the strategy.
At the heart of the strategy is emphasis on developing, integrating, and maturing broad-based responsible information sharing capabilities supporting multiple common operating processes. These capabilities improve coordination of efforts, enabling faster and better decision making.
The goal is to prevent and reduce harm, strengthen preparedness and resilience, and improve response and recovery. These capabilities span communities of interest -- federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, their private sector partners, and international allies -- that share a need to collaborate. Taken together, these capabilities make up the distributed and decentralized Information Sharing Environment called for by the 9/11 Commission.
Traditionally, bureaucratic turf concerns, perceived legal barriers, variations in policies, uneven participation in standards development organizations, or agency-unique information technology has stymied progress. After 9/11, agencies rallied, resulting in impressive national-scale operational and information sharing innovations that save lives and money, with corresponding strengthening of protections for privacy and other rights. A few examples:
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The number of women taking an active role on the farm is increasing whether they are the record-keepers, on-the-farm/business partners, or principal operators. Because of this, there is a demand to educate farm women in the areas of management, insurance, and legal and financial issues.
Annie's Project, a risk management education program, was developed in 2004 in Illinois to meet the demand. It is based on the life of a farm woman, Annie, who grew up in a small town in northern Illinois. Annie spent her lifetime learning to be an involved business partner with her husband by keeping records and making informed management decisions. It has since been offered in 13 states to over 3,000 participants.
Arkansas Women in Agriculture, a private non-profit organization, in conjunction with University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, will offer the Annie's Project workshop in Arkansas this fall.
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Egyptians on all sides skeptical of aid cut
Egyptians responded to news that the United States will cut aid to their country over the failure of the military to restore democracy after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi.
CAIRO – Egyptians of varying political stripes expressed skepticism and indifference to the news that the Obama administration is shifting decades of U.S. foreign policy by cutting aid to the Egyptian military for not moving fast enough to restore democracy.
"I think it will not make a big difference, and this decision will be revised probably in three or four months because both parties need each other," said Mohamed Abou El Ghar, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, a liberal group.
Since Egypt's military ousted the nation's first freely elected leader in July with the backing of millions of Egyptians, the United States has mulled cutting aid to the regionally strategic nation. Even so, Washington hasn't described the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi as a coup, which would require the United States by law to cut military assistance.
Said Sadek, a political sociologist at the American University in Cairo and an activist, said the cutting of aid "doesn't look like a serious thing."
US CUTS AID: State Dept. says aid will be cut
Any halting of aid could benefit – rather than negatively effect – Egypt's most powerful institution, Sadek said.
"It will be used domestically to mobilize public opinion to support the army," Sadek said, as well as to support Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who overthrew Morsi in July and is being pushed by some supporters to run in the country's next presidential election.
"It will look like Obama is pressuring the independent, patriotic Al-Sisi," Sadek said, "so if Al-Sisi is going to use that to look like a national hero … it will help his media campaign if he wants to be elected as a president. It will boost him."
Omar Ayman, a student at an American school in Cairo and a supporter of the military general, said he doesn't care about the United States and whether or not it will cut aid.
"We are strong people, and we don't need any help from anyone," he said, echoing a sentiment that has been widespread here in recent months. "If they want to help us, they have to be good to us, not just give us money and treat us in a bad way."
Others say halting aid could have serious implications.
"Egyptians … are emotional and will say they don't want aid from the U.S. 'We don't need it; we want to be more independent in our decisions, and we don't want interference,'" said Mohamed Soliman, student leader for the Constitution Party. "But from a pragmatic perspective, this decision is disastrous."
Egypt is a major country in the Middle East, and the military "can't fight this war alone – the war on terror, defending the state, trying to secure the border between Egypt and Libya and trying to stop the influx of jihadists to Sinai," he said. "They need equipment, training, international support." Cutting aid would be "a devastating decision."
Over the summer, the United States canceled a joint military exercise and halted delivery of four F-16s to Egypt to register displeasure with the overthrow. But President Obama recently vowed to work with Egypt to continue counterterrorism efforts, such as those in the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and Gaza.
Robert Springborg, an expert on the Egyptian military and professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., said the United States recognizes it has serious national interests in Egypt and won't jeopardize them.
"The day-to-day interactions between the two sides, it seems to me, will continue, and they might actually increase, so I don't see this as much more than a symbolic act," he said. "I think this is about as light a reaction as you could anticipate."
Even so, Springborg said Egypt's military will react negatively in public to any assistance cuts as people don't like to be seen as penalized for behavior they deem to be appropriate, he said.
"Forget the actual impact of military assistance," he said. "It's a political statement, so it's a mild form of political censure by the Obama administration of the Egyptian military."
Since July, Egypt's military-backed leadership has declared an internal war on "terrorism." The crackdown has involved sweeping arrests of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members, as well as what human rights groups described as excessive use of force in dispersing Brotherhood-led protests and sit-ins.
Wednesday, a Cairo court announced that Morsi will stand trial Nov. 4 on charges of inciting murder of political opponents during his presidency.
Attacks have increased on security sites, primarily in the Sinai Peninsula, bolstering public support for the government crackdown. Monday, eight security personnel were killed as three attacks hit different locations across the country.
"My belief is that after the trial of Morsi and things settle down, Egypt and America must come back again together, and the relation will be normalized," Abou El Ghar said.
Khaled Matei, who is acting as a spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party while many of the group's leaders are in hiding or in jail, indicated that the movement is waiting to read public opinion on a possible aid cut.
"We are with the people on the streets," Matei said. "If the people welcome cutting it, we will agree with the people. If they are not, we will not agree."
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Freedom and Justice Party accept aid from any country around the world on the condition that the countries providing aid don't interfere in Egypt's business and decisions, Matei said. "Don't give us money and then control our political decisions," he said.
Some Brotherhood supporters such as Ahmed Hassan – who attended pro-Morsi rallies over the summer – doubt the flow of aid to Egypt will stop.
"I don't think they will cut it," he said. "Maybe they will cut it a little bit, but they will never cut it all. They like Al-Sisi and his military.
"Maybe they will say, 'OK, we will cut military aid because this is American law, but we will allow Saudi Arabia or the UAE to give aid to Egypt, but under the table,' " he said. "Something like that, I think, will happen."


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The winner of the 2014 Charles Honorton Integrative Contributions Award is Julia Mossbridge. This yearly award honors a PA member who has made significant research contributions that integrate parapsychology and mainstream science, and thereby has advanced the discipline of parapsychology.
Julia has an M.A. in Neuroscience and a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She is a researcher and part-time faculty at Northwestern University. She is also the founder of the Mossbridge Institute, LLC, where she is concerned with developing software applications that help people learn how to get in touch with their internal physical states in order to make better life choices. One of her best known contributions to parapsychology is a meta-analysis she conducted entitled "Predictive anticipatory activity preceding seemingly unpredictable stimuli: A meta-analysis" published in Frontiers in Psychology.
Mossbridge examines how we integrate experiences into a so-called "stream" of consciousness. Her interest in this topic has led her to examine aspects of both cognitive and perceptual timing (e.g., order effects on reading comprehension, perceptual integration across senses) as well as the seemingly reverse-temporal effects discussed in her 2012 meta-analysis (covered in ABC News 20/20, Wall Street Journal Ideas Market, Fox News). Dr. Mossbridge has received funding from the NIH, the Bial Foundation, and the Monroe Institute in her role as a Research Associate at Northwestern University. With Imants Baruss, she is co-writing Transcendent Mind: Re-thinking the Science of Consciousness, to be published by the American Psychological Association.
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Three preliminary card contests have been added to next week's "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal" event, including a previously unreported matchup of Roger Bowling (9-2 MMA, 2-2 SF) vs. Jerron Peoples (4-1 MMA, 0-1 SF).
Caros Fodor (6-1 MMA, 4-0 SF) vs. Justin Wilcox (11-3 MMA, 5-1 SF), Devin Cole (19-9-1 MMA, 1-2 SF) vs. Gabriel Salinas-Jones (5-0-1 MMA, 1-0 SF), both previously reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), were also officially announced.
Featuring a pair of championship matches, "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal" takes place Dec. 17 at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego. The event's main card airs on Showtime.
Bowling looks to rebound from a July loss to Bobby Voelker. The 29-year-old Ohio native lost twice to Voelker in a three-fight series, but the two defeats remain the lone setbacks in the four-year career of "Relentless." Bowling opened his career undefeated through his first eight fights.
Meanwhile, Peoples looks to rebound from his first professional loss, a Strikeforce Challengers 16 meeting with Eduardo Pamplona. Prior to the first-round defeat, the Californian had earned four-consecutive knockout wins to open his career. Seeking his first win under the Strikeforce banner, Peoples has also fought for Rage in the Cage and Gladiator Challenge.
Fodor recently picked up his fourth straight victory when he defeated
James Terry via decision in the Strikeforce Challengers 16 headliner.
All of the AMC Pankration fighter and former Marine's recent wins –
including a decision victory over Ousmane Thomas Diagne, a brabo-choke
submission win over Derek Getzel, and a TKO of David Douglas – have come
under the Strikeforce banner.
He now takes on Wilcox, a former NCAA Division I wrestler and current
American Kickboxing Academy team member who carried a five-fight
Strikeforce win streak into a June bout with Gesias Cavalcante. However,
the fight ended in a no-contest when Wilcox suffered an accidental
eyepoke. Since early 2007, Wilcox's only loss has come to Mitsuhiro
Ishida, which occurred in his promotional debut.
Cole recently earned his first Strikeforce win with a unanimous-decision
victory over Shawn Jordan at July's Strikeforce Challengers 17 event.
Prior to the result, Cole had dropped back-to-back outings against
Daniel Cormier and Aaron Rosa.
An eight-year veteran, Cole's career record also includes tussles
against notable opponents such as Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante, Allan
Goes, Mike Hayes, Mike Kyle, Jeff Monson, Ben Rothwell, Krzysztof
Soszynski and Travis Wiuff, among others.
Meanwhile, Salinas-Jones fights for the second time under the
Strikeforce banner. The 27-year-old made his debut for the promotion at
July's "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Henderson" event, where he
scored a third-round submission win over Bryan Humes.
After earning a draw in his 2008 pro debut, Salinas-Jones has since
rattled off five-straight victories, four of which have come via
For the latest on "Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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