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Keep accurate records of all items that affect the basis of your assets. For information on keeping records, see chapter 1.
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Cost Basis(p31)
Loans with low or no interest.(p31)
Real Property(p31)
Lump sum purchase.(p31)
|Fair market value (FMV).(p31)
If you are not certain of the FMV of the land and improvements, you can allocate the basis according to their assessed values for real estate tax purposes.
Real estate taxes.(p31)
Settlement costs.(p31)
Assumption of a mortgage.(p31)
Constructing assets.(p31)
Do not include the value of your own labor, or any other labor you did not pay for, in the basis of any property you construct.
Allocating the Basis(p31)
Group of assets acquired.(p31)
Farming business acquired.(p31)
Transplanted embryo.(p31)
Uniform Capitalization Rules(p31)
You are not subject to the uniform capitalization rules if the property is produced for personal use.
If you elect not to use the uniform capitalization rules, you must use the alternative depreciation system for all property used in any of your farming businesses and placed in service in any tax year during which the election is in effect.
Preproductive period of more than 2 years.(p32)
More information.(p32)
Table 6-1. Plants With a Preproductive Period of More Than 2 Years
|Plants producing the following crops or yields have a nationwide weighted average preproductive period of more than 2 years.
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Time for an Apple Design Renaissance
May 31, 2012 5:00 AM PT
I've been following the micro-move rumors of the latest purported Apple iPhone 5 parts, including new covers and chassis, case designs and innards ... and a curious thing has happened: I'm getting bored!
Does it mean I'm maturing? Does it mean that my iPhone 4 will get me through until October, so ... whatever? I haven't been bored with Apple's lineup and potential lineup in years and years ... actually, ever since a Tangerine iMac showed up at my door well over a decade ago, I've been paying close attention.
And yet, even the MacBook Pro rumors are fading from my interest. I've got my credit card all ready to buy on announcement day, and unless I fall down and break a leg or suffer a head injury, I'll buy the next-generation 15-incher -- that's a given.
Maybe this is a warning sign. Are there other Apple enthusiasts out there like me, experiencing a waning interest in Apple products?
A Closer Look
When I think about what's going on here, I'm as much an Apple-loving stalwart buyer and user than ever. Like I said, I'm about to shell out for a new MacBook Pro, and whenever the new iPhone 5 is ready, I'll buy one and sign up for another two years of AT&T. I'm also looking forward to OS X Mountain Lion ... but I'm not drooling. It's just hanging out in the back of my mind, really.
So the MacBook Pro ... maybe it will look all wedgy like the MacBook Air, or maybe it will just be a thinner version of today's unibody aluminum MacBook Pro. And maybe it'll have a gorgeous super high-definition Retina display.
So what?
I'm buying one anyway, and it'll be my go-to device that I'll touch most every day for the next two to four years. I'm curiously starting to think of it as just another tool for my tool belt.
Meanwhile, the next iPhone -- will it sport a bigger screen on the same basic style as the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4? Probably. The unit has great pocketability, and I don't see Apple creating a monstrosity just to satisfy techboy screen lust. I like the idea of a bigger screen, a smarter, faster camera, and getting intimate with Siri. And yet, I doubt Apple is going to deviate from the basic iPhone 4 design. Why? Apple doesn't yet have to. Doesn't yet feel the need, because the iPhone 4 design is serviceable and will sell very well for many months to come.
These Designs No Longer Speak to My Soul
As I examine my lack of interest heading into Apple's WWDC and some inevitable new announcements, I find that the big issue is that these basic designs no longer speak to my soul. So what if we get a new MacBook Pro, finally, that's thinner and has a Retina display? Cool. Nice enough. It will become a much-needed utility.
The new iPhone 5 ... same deal. I'll buy it and like it. Much appreciated. And what if the next iMac is just a slimmed down version of the existing iMac? Great.
Without Steve Jobs and his astounding marketing mojo, which was capable of convincing us that minor refinements were groundbreaking and amazing, I fear that Apple must resort to total proof: A new kickass product or a major redesign.
I fear that the world, and Apple fans, are in dire need of a newly designed product that will inspire us again. Remember the new designs of the iPods, the new designs of the iPhones? The MacBook Pro? The MacBook Air? The new iMac? The nifty black and incredibly small Apple TV? How about the Mac mini? Remember marveling at the tiny USB charger when you first handled it? How about the slick curves of the Magic Mouse that make every other mouse feel like a child's toy?
Take a leap back to the shocking white headphones for the iPod, and the Bondi Blue iMac. Boom, baby. Apple has created more products that people want to touch than any other tech company in the world. They've inspired other companies to do better, to strive for more.
So what's next? Is there another design surprise in store for me before I relegate Apple products to just being well-made tools, like Snap-On or Craftsman wrenches?
What is Jonathan Ive doing locked away deep inside of the bowels of Apple's Cupertino headquarters? Something, I hope.
As it turns out, there may be something wicked cool left in store for us to marvel at, to want to visit an Apple Store just to see, to run our hands along an edge. According to an expansive interview in The Telegraph, Ive said he's working on "the most important and the best work" his design team has ever done.
What is it? Probably a real Apple TV -- one with a big HD screen. Will I be able to afford it? Probably not. Will it be inspiring, though?
I hope so.

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Five Easy Steps to Select the Correct Universal Joints and Shafts For Your Steering SystemFiled under Tech Tips
What makes Flaming River unique is that we have designed a complete steering system from the steering gear, to the universal joints and shafts, to the tilt steering column, and even to the steering wheel. Let's say that you've got your steering column selected, and you know what kind of steering gear you're planning to use. Now what? Now is the time to put a little bit of thought into figuring out how you're going to connect the two together using universal joints and shaft so that you can actually steer your vehicle. Read below for five easy tips for designing your steering system, and how to select the universal joints and shafts needed to complete your installation.
1. Determine whether you will need a two or three u-joint system. This will be dictated by the angle of the universal joints and the routing of the column to the steering gear. If it's a relatively straight shot, and your universal joint angle will be less than 30°, then you can use two universal joints and one piece of shaft.
If you need to use two pieces of intermediate shaft to route around an object such as your headers or exhaust, or your universal joint angle will be greater than 30-40°, then we recommend a three u-joint setup. If using a three u-joint system, a support bearing or support bearing kit will be necessary and can be used with either splined or DD shafts. Your center u-joint in a three joint system will be either 3/4" DD X 3/4" DD or 3/4"-36 X 3/4"-36, depending on the type of shaft that you select.
2. Choose the type of intermediate shaft that you will be using. We offer 3/4"-36 splined or 3/4" DD stainless steel shafts. The style of shaft that you select will determine one of the yoke ends that you need on each universal joint. 3/4"-36 splined shafts have two inches of spline on each end and can easily be trimmed up to 1" on either side. 3/4" DD shafts are available in 18", 22", or 36" lengths and can be cut to an exact size.
3. Determine what yoke ends you will need on either end of your universal joints. To determine the size and shape of the other yoke end of each universal joint, use this reference application chart to select the correct universal joint to connect to your steering column and your steering box or rack and pinion setup. If the chart does not list your application, identify the shaft shape using the diagram below and then measure the diameter using calipers or a micrometer.
If your shaft is splined, count the total number of teeth (i.e. 1"-48 or 3/4"-30). If your shaft is DD ("Double D" – it has two round sides and two flat sides), measure the diameter across the rounds—it will most likely be 3/4" DD or 1" DD.
Note: We do offer a number of different universal joint installation kits that will allow you to connect a Flaming River column with a 1" DD shaft to popular gear box and rack and pinion designs.
4. Select the appropriate length of intermediate shaft. If you are using a 3/4"-36 splined shaft and two universal joints, measure the distance between the rack and pinion or steering box, and your steering column shaft. Take this measured distance and then subtract 3.25" and round up to the next whole number to determine which shaft length will be best for your setup. DD shaft can be cut to size and multiple lengths can be cut from one piece. Ordering a larger size than you think you may need will give you a safety net in case you need to re-cut or adjust your steering linkage prior to installation.
5. Use dowel rods to mock up your system prior to ordering. If you are using a three-joint system, we recommend that you first use 3/4" dowel rods to mock up your system. This will allow you to experiment with different shaft lengths and universal joint angles. Once you've mocked up the design of your steering linkage, we recommend 3/4" DD shafts, as they can easily be cut to the correct length(s).
Other Important Notes for Proper Universal Joint Installation:
- NEVER WELD a universal joint unless it specifies that it can be used in welded setups. You can refer to our universal joint specifications sheet to see which product lines can and can't be welded.
- Phasing – Keep the forks of the yokes closest to each other in line, and parallel to the center of the shaft, to avoid binding.
- When inserting a shaft into the universal joint, make sure that it goes in 7/8" and is flush with the yoke end. A shaft that does not fully engage with the yoke can compromise the strength of the connection. However, a shaft that is too far into the yoke will cause the shaft to interfere or bind with the operation of the u-joint.
- Set screws are supplied on all universal joints that have yokes that are splined or DD. However, it is necessary to dimple the shaft to properly secure the set screw. Loc-Tite or thread locker should also be used. Set screws should be periodically inspected and checked for tightness. Watch this quick video for more information on how to safely and properly install your universal joints.


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The superior of the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) has signed a doctrinal preamble set out by the Vatican as a basis for further reconciliation talks, a top Vatican commentator said yesterday.
Andrea Tornielli, journalist for the Italian newspaper La Stampa, said Bishop Bernard Fellay had signed the document "with some slight modifications".
The news could pave the way for the traditionalist group to be made a personal prelature, a non-geographical body like Opus Dei whose leader is appointed by the Pope.
The Vatican has confirmed this morning that it had received the response. Fr Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said it was "encouraging" and marks a "step forward", according to the Catholic News Service. He said it would be examined "quickly" and passed on to the Pope "within a few weeks".
French spokesman Fr Alain Lorans told the Swiss news agency APIC/KIPA that "we are still in a stage of studies" and that "not everything is already fixed".
Mr Tornielli said that Bishop Fellay's response, delivered to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had been taken as "positive" and contained merely "non-substantial" changes.
Earlier this week Mr Tornielli said that Bishop Fellay had written to bishops and priests of the SSPX reassuring them that "no concessions [would] be asked from the Society that touch upon the faith and that which derives from it". He said, according to Mr Tornielli, that "nothing of a definitive nature has yet taken place, neither in the direction of a canonical recognition, not in the direction of a rupture, and [the negotiations were] thus in a moment of expectation".
In November last year Bishop Fellay said that the preamble needed changes before it could be accepted by the SSPX. But last month Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi described the group's response as "insufficient" and asked it to clarify its position in order to "avoid an ecclesial rupture with painful and incalculable consequences".
The preamble, according to the Vatican, "states some doctrinal principles and criteria for the interpretation of Catholic doctrine necessary to guarantee fidelity" to the formal teaching of the Church.
At the same time, the Vatican have said, the preamble leaves room for "legitimate discussion" about "individual expressions or formulations present in the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the successive magisterium" of the popes who came after the council.
The talks between the traditionalist group and the Vatican began in 2009 in an effort by Pope Benedict XVI to repair a 21-year break.
The break came in 1988 when Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre ordained four bishops against papal orders. The excommunications imposed at the time were lifted by Benedict XVI in 2009.
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This article is about Sonic the Hedgehog's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For other uses, see Sonic the Hedgehog.
|This speedy fighter has a lot of rush-type attacks. His Final Smash, Super Sonic, let's him fly around the stage at an incredible speed!
|—Description from the Super Smash Blog.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a veteran fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, first playable in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He was confirmed to return on June 12, 2018, during Nintendo Live at E3 2018. His design is based on his recent 3D appearances.
When unlocked, he is fought at Green Hill Zone.
- Excellent combo game, many tilt attacks, aerials, and even special attacks usually combo into other aerials.
- Up Smash possesses a windbox that draws enemies closer.
- Down aerial can meteor smash.
- Up-Special does not put him into helpless fall, meaning that he can further combo out of recovering, which further increases his combo game. He can also vertically air-dodge to gain extra height.
- The spring from Spring Jump actually has a hitbox, which makes it useful for gimping opponents trying to recover. Furthermore, it does not count as a projectile, meaning it can be neither pocketed nor reflected.
- Fastest dash speed in the game.
- Can wall jump.
- Incredibly lightweight, making him easy to K.O. before 100%.
- Heavy reliance on combos, requiring them to rack up damage.
- Few reliable kill moves, with his specials, again, there to increase enemy damage.
- Fast dash speed makes him hard to control at times, and makes combos easy to mess up.
- His Final Smash, Super Sonic, is rather easy to avoid and can easily be air-dodged through.
Changes from SSBWU/3DS
- Sonic now takes damage when swimming in water.
Ground Attacks
- Sonic's dash attack has changed from a rolling kick into a simple kick.
Aerial Attacks
Grabs and Throws
Special Attacks
- Spin Dash cannot be cancelled into shield anymore.
- Homing Attack now shows a reticle around the opponent it is targeting.
- Sonic's Final Smash, Super Sonic, is no longer controllable; instead, Sonic rapidly flies diagonally across the screen, ascending and descending his flight trajectory.
Ground Attacks
- Neutral Attack: one-two punch followed by kick that launches foe away
- Forward Tilt: double-leg kick from handstand, second strike lunching foes
- Up Tilt: double-hit upward kick that launches foes up
- Down Tilt: low leg sweep that pops enemies up
- Dash Attack: uses momentum to kick, launching foe away
Smash Attacks
- Forward Smash: windup punch with launch ; can be angled, so good against those on ledges
- Up Smash: jumping attack with Sonic curled into a ball; initial hit pops up foes, then five-hit combo culminates in launching foes up
- Down Smash: short jump, then splits allows strikes to both sides
Other attacks
- Floor Attack (Front):
- Floor Attack (Back):
- Floor Attack (Trip):
- Ledge Attack:
Aerial Attacks
- Neutral aerial: spinning ball form attack
- Forward aerial: horizontal, spinning headbutt; can hit up to six times, culminating in knocking foes away
- Back aerial: back kick with knockback
- Up aerial: double-leg upward kick that launches foes
- Down aerial (Shooting Star Kick): dive kick that ends with knocking foes up and away
Grabs and Throws
- Grab: standard
- Forward Throw: standard
- Back Throw: standard
- Up Throw: impale foes with spines, launching into air
- Down Throw: plants foe onto the ground, then curls into a ball and repeatedly rolls over them
Special Moves
|Sonic's Special Moves
|Standard Special
|Homing Attack
|Side Special
|Spin Dash
|Up Special
|Spring Jump
|Down Special
|Spin Charge
|Final Smash
|Super Sonic
- Up Taunt: Does a front flip, while putting in his iconic pose from Sonic Adventure.
- Down Taunt: Starts doing a breakdancing move and says "Come on!"
- Side Taunt: Starts running in place saying "Sonic speed!"
On-Screen Appearance
Does a homing attack onto the screen, and does his brawl pose.
Idle Poses
- Taps his right/left shoe, a reference to his iconic idle pose.
- Does his iconic finger wag pose.
Victory Poses
- Runs off-screen and on-screen and does a thumbs up while saying "That was almost too easy."
- Runs to get the blue chaos emerald and says "Piece of cake!"
- Starts doing a breakdancing move upside down while saying "Let's do that again sometime!" Used for Team Victory Pose.
In competitive play
To be added
Palette Swaps
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With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: "The Lion King 3D".
Oh wow, "The Lion King" is back! First it was a smash movie. Then it was a smash Broadway musical. Now it's a smash cynical grab at the just-now-petering-out 3D re-release trend! And it's coming out Oct. 5 on Blu-ray. NICE. But how do you know if it's appropriate to take your little ones to see little lion cub Simba become a real man, or whatever the lion equivalent of a real man is? After all, it's probably been a long time since you've seen this beloved animated classic. Here are some factors you need to consider.
The "Will Parents Be Able To Tolerate It?" Factor: Thankfully, "The Lion King 3D" passes this test with flying colors. It's not like being dragged by your kid to see "Yogi Bear" and spending all 67 minutes of that movie trying to send text messages with your hand shielded by a popcorn bucket. This is still a wonderful movie from start to finish, and now that you're older, you can appreciate even more the brilliance of its artwork (enhanced this time by the whole 3D thing). "The Lion King" now works not only as a great piece of entertainment, but also as a museum piece of sorts. This was the last great 2D animated blockbuster. While it's in "3D" now, it's still very much animated in that classical hand-drawn style that died once Pixar took over. So you can enjoy it on many different levels. Again, much more so than "Yogi Bear."
The Dead Parent Factor: Oh, it wouldn't be a good Disney movie without a dead parent, and "The Lion King 3D" features a whopper, with Simba's dad getting got by his own brother in the middle of a wildebeest stampede. Watch it here if you can tolerate it. It's DEVASTATING. Not only do you see Mufasa fall to his death, but then you have little Simba walking around afterwards calling out for him, praying he's alive but fearing the worst. And that is just... (bursts into tears). Your infant won't notice any of this because it's an infant and its eyes don't even work yet. But movies like this often serve to introduce four and five-year-olds to the idea of death, and to the idea that YOU will leave them forever one day. It's healthy for kids to work this stuff out. But holy smokes, that is not the relaxing day at the movies I had in mind.
The Music Factor: As musicals go, "The Lion King" has better tunes than most. But that doesn't mean you won't resent your child wanting to hear "Hakuna Matata" thirty times in a row. And that song is a LIE. You shouldn't NOT worry. Only slackers and potheads don't worry about anything. Don't you children know there are WARS going on? You can't just relax in a hammock and think it'll all go away!
The Sexy Sex Sex Factor: None. Because you can show an American audience an emotionally wrenching scene of parental death, but heaven forbid you slip a boobie joke in there.
Age Range: Five and up. There are scary moments to "The Lion King," and those deeper notions of death and despair are probably best shielded from kids too young to express their feelings about it. But kindergarteners on up will be fine with it. They'll probably even lend you their hankie during the cloud ghost scene.
Drew Magary is not a trained child psychologist, just a humble father of two trying to navigate the sometimes choppy waters of pop culture.


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My business is called Torres Strait Trading
I am 22 year old English girl who lives in Papua New Guinea. I moved to Australia on my own when I was 18, moving here to PNG 9 months ago. TST is run by my partner and I. We get our supplies from local individuals and micro businesses whom make everything by hand and in traditional ways. We operate on fair trade principles and pay a fair price for everything. We sell noni oil, soaps, bilums (traditional bags), bilum clothes (dresses made in the same way as the bilums), moustache waxes(that I make myself) and various other PNG things for health, fashion and vanity. We also are experimenting implementation of VLOM renewable energies in remote villages that are cheap, easily maintained and 100% environmental and sound in cost. We use your vitamin E oil to keep our noni oil fresher (Vitamin e is used to help prevent oils from oxidizing) and are looking into making all natural cosmetics, using your optiphen as a preservative. We like that you ship world wide!!
We started TST after moving to PNG and discovering the exceptional natural products that this tropical country provides, that are produced at an individual village level, such as noni oil and soaps. Our fashion items are beautiful and traditional, like all our products, are made by local people in either villages or urban settlements. All our models are local village girls. We decided that this business was a great opportunity given the rarity of these things in the world, but it is also a chance to do something beneficial for the beautiful people of this country who have adopted us into their families and tribes. PNG is a poor and small 3rd world country. Also, we are building a traditional bamboo and grass house in a remote village in the highlands, as well as a coastal village in Port Moresby, our friends have allowed us to build on their family lands because we have become so close. This is very rare for ex pats, these houses will also be "show homes" for our renewable technologies.


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As the More is More Mom®, I'm all about……..donating more sports equipment to the People's Resource Center! A few weeks ago, I was thrilled to be chosen to create a SIMPLE Service Project, a Game Day Challenge, for Champions for Kids; a fantastic organization that works to mobilize MILLIONS of people by providing training and resources to improve the lives of children in communities across American and beyond. It's so cool that Odwalla (not only is their juice delicious, but it's good for you too) supports their mission by sponsoring this Game Day Challenge.
In my own community, I have been a super fan of the People's Resource Center for years. I love that they literally provide residents in DuPage County with the resources that they may need to feed, clothe and shelter their families, emergency financial assistance and the facilities to learn new skills to become more marketable as they search for employment.
Since we are a sports loving family, I knew organizing a drive to collect new or gently used sports equipment would be a wonderful way to offer our support to the People's Resource Center this spring. For my children, playing sports has been a hugely positive contributing factor as they have developed into wonderful young adults. What a gift for us to be able to offer a little bit of that same experience to other children in our community.
Heading to our Walmart is always a treat. While there, I was able to check out all of the sporting goods to see how I would add to our Game Day Challenge sports equipment drive. No matter the sport, you can't play if you don't have the ball, so I snagged a variety of baseballs, golf balls and a soccer ball.
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I was overwhelmed by the warm and generous response to my request for sports equipment. We collected golf clubs and shoes, baseball bats, gloves, pants, socks, balls and cleats, roller and hockey skates, track spikes and running shoes, basketball shoes and balls, a tennis racket, a little scooter and a pogo stick. It was a beautiful collection!
Our friends at the People's Resource Center liked it too!
If you would like to learn more about Champions For Kids, please follow them on Twitter and Facebook.
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Mason bees don't make honey or even live in hives, but they are effective pollinators and are remarkably easy to attract to your garden.
This non-social cousin of the honeybee will help you grow more fruit, berries and vegetables and seems less vulnerable to some of the health problems that plague bee populations, both domesticated and wild.
Commercial honeybees have suffered greatly over the past six years, with colony losses of 30 to 90 per cent in some regions. That's bad news for commercial fruit and vegetable growers, who depend on the services of honeybee colonies in mobile hives to ensure a good crop. Thousands of hives are transported to fields and orchards each year synced to the growing season of each crop.
Without pollination, the bounty from B.C. orchards and farms would drop by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
"The plight of the honeybee has been in the headlines all over the world," said Hartley Rosen of Mason Bee Vancouver, a project of the Environmental Youth Alliance. "Thirty or 40 years ago we didn't need all these honeybees for crops; most of the pollination was done by native bees."
"The mason bee is a flagship species for us, because as backyard gardeners they are easy to manage and maintain and in terms of their ability to pollinate they are incredibly efficient," Rosen explained.
With no colony to protect, mason bees have little motivation to sting.
Mason bees are solitary, nesting in hollow stems, woodpecker drillings and insect holes, mainly in wooded areas. But a simple habitat made of wood drilled out with attractively-sized holes will coax mason bees into taking up residence in your yard, according to UBC Botanical Garden horticulture manager Ingrid Hoff.
The botanical garden vegetable patch maintains habitats for mason bees to improve productivity.
"They help quite a bit with food gardening, actually," said Hoff. Hosting mason bees in your yard is a way to compensate for the lack of natural pollinators in dense urban environments.
Garden centres sell a variety of equipment for housing mason bees and sell starter packs of the insects still in their cocoons.
"Once they hatch out of the cocoons they are good to go," said Rosen. "But [rather than purchasing cocoons] a lot of people just put the structures out and the mason bees find them."
Mason bees are effective at searching for nesting holes in plants and trees, so they quickly find their way to suitable spaces in habitat kits, untreated blocks of lumber or logs, in the spring.
Commercial kits include a set of blocks of drawers that fit together to create spaces that are roughly to 3/8 of an inch in diameter. Of the 130 species of mason bee, there are several that will be happy with either size hole.
The gregarious Blue Orchard bee thrives on the coast, so feel free to put several dozen — or even several hundred holes — in your nest.
Garden centres recommend using hollow straws as liners that can be removed to determine the over-wintering condition of the cocoons or for disposal in case of infestation by mites or other pests.
"If you use wood blocks you won't be able to clean out the nests, so if you want a little more control and ensure that you have cocoons for the following year you should go to a tray system so you can take the cocoons out," Rosen explained.
Mason bees are attracted by spring flowering plants, according to Brian Campbell at Blessed Bee Farm.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Keith Law on Yasiel Puig "He may be very good, but I don't think he's a star"
I enjoy following the prospects and seeing all the top 10, top 50, top 100 prospects list.
Keith Law of ESPN did a top 100 prospects list. {linked here} ESPN Insider subscription required.
Only two Dodgers made his list. Corey Seager (#46) and Zach Lee (#67). Yasiel Puig didn't make it.
Here's video of Law talking about his list. In a ESPN chat, Law answered questions {linked here}
Someone asked him about Puig.
Ben (Leland Grove)
Can you tell us why Yasiel Puig missed out?
Klaw (3:04 PM)
A better question would be why he'd belong. He barely played, and his season ended with surgery to address a staph infection, so we don't have performance data to support his case. He is strong, and I think there's plus power there, but I don't think he's a great pure hitter, and while he runs well for his size he's clearly a corner outfielder. I've also said before that, having shaken the man's hand, he's one of the oldest-looking 21-year-olds I've ever met. He may be very good, but I don't think he's a star, and I don't think I could justify a high ranking given what I saw when he played.
Puig's stats in Arizona rookie ball and in Rancho Cucamonga.
Law is not impressed by that? Maybe not enough games for him.
Puig missed the Arizona Fall League due to a staph infection. After being cleared to play, he went to Puerto Rico to play for the Indios de Mayaguez.
Not a good winter. {linked here}
In 20 games he batted .232 with 1 homer and 9 rbi's. He was striking out too much. 19 k's in 69 at-bats.
Puig is in the 40-man roster so he will be with the Dodgers when they open camp in Camelback Ranch.
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- Unknown said...
He would have a huge Chubby for the guy if he played for the Red Sox or the Yankees. Keith Law once told me on ESPN Insider that he thought Lester and Hughes would be better than Kershaw. Shows what that moron knows.
- February 6, 2013 at 7:12 AM
- Roberto Baly said...
I just want to see him play a full season with no problems. I hope he can make it. The Dodgers gave him a lot of money and would be a shame if he doesn't produce.
- February 6, 2013 at 9:09 AM
- Leonard Stephens said...
I think calling someone a moron because he was wrong about a players projection is pretty harsh. If it was easy to project, then there wouldn't be so many 1st round bust.I've also heard Keith Law say that Corey Seager could be all star caliber 3rd baseman. Is he a moron for saying that as well?
- February 6, 2013 at 1:54 PM
- MarcoS. said...
I have seen Puig play at Rancho, and I have seen Mike Trout play for Rancho. I'm by far more impressed by Yasiel. I'm no pro scout, and I'm by no means saying Puig will be better than Trout, but I'm not seeing what the extreme dislike is for this guy by the so called experts.
A few years ago I saw a guy named Kenley Jansen pitch for the 66ers during one of Manny's rehab games. At the time it didn't seem like he was on anyone's radar, and me and my friends all agreed this guy is better than Broxton right now. Well it's a few years later and look where Jansen is now.
- February 6, 2013 at 2:07 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
It's a difficult think to know who will be a star and who is going to be a bust. Look at old issues of Baseball America. You will see many articles on future stars that didn't even reach the big leagues. I remember when people thought Billy Ashley was going to be the next Duke Snider.
- February 6, 2013 at 2:29 PM
- Mark said...
Still, why shell out $42 mil for unproven talent?
Why shell out the big bucks for League when we could've gotten better deals elsewhere?
Memo to the GM: just because we have the money doesn't mean we should overspend. Try some negotiating damn't. From Darren Driefort to Puig, the litany of bonehead GM moves haunts the dodgers.
- February 12, 2013 at 11:29 AM
- Fritz said...
Keith Law is a retard.
- September 23, 2013 at 4:50 PM


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CONCORD — Will one of your resolutions this year be to volunteer? CASA of NH, a non-profit organization that advocates for abused and neglected children in the NH courts, needs volunteers throughout the state.
A CASA is an everyday hero like you appointed by the court to independently monitor and report on these children, and advocate for what is in their best interest, with the goal of a safe, permanent home. CASA seeks committed volunteers who relish a serious challenge to train to be advocates for children in their own communities. Here is what "Katie", a 17 year-old in the foster care system, had to say about CASA volunteers:
"Ever since I was little, I have been involved with the child welfare system—for so long that I can't even remember when it started. In the early years, my sister and I bounced back and forth among many foster homes. Constantly moving is a very hard thing to do, especially when you are small. We lived with our mom and her various boyfriends, my granny, my great granny, my aunt and in group homes. Eventually my sister was adopted by her father, leaving me more alone than ever.
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I have a lot to be thankful for. School is going well. I am happy to have my sister back in my life. Her dad even checks on me sometimes. I know I will be a success and meet all my goals—to finish high school, go to college and go on to work in the court system. I want to help other foster kids like me make their way through the system and into the world the way that Sue did for me."
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Since Batman's alter ego drove a Lamborghini Murcielago in "The Dark Knight," it was widely assumed Christian Bale's character would get an upgrade for next year's "The Dark Knight Rises." These photos captured by a VWVortex member during filming in downtown Los Angeles show that bet was correct.
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Hunter Hayes is one of the most-nominated artists at this year's Grammy Awards. He's up for three — best new artist (in all genres), best country solo performance and best country album. While he's immersed in his own kind of Grammy love, Hayes took the time to put together a playlist of 10 winning songs . It's a list that has a lot of country, obviously, but also some R&B, rock and pop. And some tunes are from as far back as 1974 — way before Hayes was even born — right up to more current stuff from 2010.
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'Fifth Estate' review: Sorting through a data dump
The Fifth Estate
Drama. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Brühl. Directed by Bill Condon. (R. 128 minutes.)
It's probably too early to make a movie about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, and "The Fifth Estate" reflects this. Based on a book by Daniel Berg, who was an Assange associate, the movie can't quite decide what it thinks of him - or even if it should decide at all. The filmmakers take for granted that Assange is something of a creep, at least as a person, but consider it an open question whether Assange is an inspired, visionary creep or a regular one. And as for whether WikiLeaks has done more good or harm, the filmmakers don't really know.
This ambivalence of viewpoint - not complexity, but flat-out ambivalence - is indicated by three separate scenes, near the finish, in which various characters discuss the impact and historical implications of what Assange did. A range of opinions is expressed, and all of them sound valid. They probably all sounded good to the filmmakers, too. The problem here isn't that the movie doesn't tell us what to think, but that the people behind the movie don't seem to know what to think, either.
Yet here's the thing: In a few decades, when time sorts out the effects of WikiLeaks and other Internet sites like it, the very ambivalence of "The Fifth Estate" might very well be seen as a virtue, as a document of an another era's honest confusion. But today, on a Friday in October in 2013, the movie's uncertainty doesn't help. It puts the audience in the position of having to sort through an unsifted pile of information, as though dealing with a document dump.
"The Fifth Estate" attempts to cover a lot. We get the story of the organization - for a lot of the way, it was just Assange and Berg - as they pursued Assange's idea of exposing the secrets of governments and powerful organizations, while keeping the identities of whistle-blowers secret. Perhaps any one of the WikiLeaks stories was complex enough to form an entire movie. Getting these stories in shorthand means that the viewer is often in the position of not quite knowing what's going on or even what's being exposed. It's almost as if the screenwriters assume we've all just read a book about Assange before walking into the theater.
The movie's style is as cold as its subject. Graphics pop up on the screen to tell us what European city the characters happen to be in, and the camera hovers and moves around them, as if getting slightly nervous. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Assange as an odd person, incapable of warmth or genuine connection, randomly rude and without the impulse of kindness. We see him mainly through the eyes of Berg (Daniel Brühl), who finds him a charismatic figure, which we also recognize. Cumberbatch embodies the magnetism of someone possessed by an idea.
"The Fifth Estate" becomes more focused in its last hour, when it concentrates on the Bradley Manning leak of tens of thousands of U.S. diplomatic documents. It shows how WikiLeaks worked with print publications in three countries to release these pages and how Assange became increasingly untrustworthy and cavalier about revealing the identities of informants, whose lives, as a result, were placed in danger. Laura Linney plays a mid-level career diplomat whose confidential e-mails are exposed.
To watch "The Fifth Estate" is to share the filmmakers' ambivalent feelings. No one wants to live under a monolithic government that can do anything to anybody and never be exposed - or that protects wrongdoers under the false cover of national security. At the same time, you can't have honest communication within a government - you can't really conduct business - if you have to worry that, at any moment, some 22-year-old private is going to publish all your e-mails and memos on the Internet. Only people who find comfort in extreme positions would be happy to put up with either situation.
"The Fifth Estate" raises these issues, which are interesting, and so the movie is reasonably interesting, as well. Not entirely successful or appealing - not exactly a delightful evening in the company of scintillating characters - but interesting all the same.
Mick LaSalle is The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @MickLaSalle


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Researchers report that millimeter- to pea-size rocks have pooled in three troughs on the asteroid's surface, suggesting that the grains flowed downhill like potato chip crumbs falling to the bottom of the bag. Although the true cause of the pooling is unclear, repeated shaking can make smaller rocks slide by allowing them to work their way around larger ones.
The finding implies that "things are happening even on this little cluster of rock," says space researcher Daniel Scheeres of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. "There are geological processes at work."
The observation comes from close-up photos of Itokawa snapped by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa, which touched down on the asteroid twice in November 2005. Researchers are scrutinizing those images as they await Hayabusa's return with hoped-for samples of Itokawan dirt.
The asteroid is essentially an oblong clod of rocks less than 500 meters across. Its gravity is weaker than Earth's by a factor of more than 5,000, so even collisions from centimeter-size rocks would be enough to rattle the whole asteroid and cause the rocks on its surface to jump, according to a paper by Scheeres and co-workers published online this week in Science.
"Itokawa is a natural laboratory for granules to be shaken under microgravity," says the report's lead author, researcher Hideaki Miyamoto of the University of Tokyo and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz.
But Scheeres notes that other effects could be dragging rocks downhill, including variations in the asteroid's gravity as it passed near Earth or during a possible earlier phase in which the asteroid consisted of two pieces orbiting one another.
In other signs of downhill movement, the pea-size grains tended to point sideways, as though they had been rolling, and boulders had clusters of the small ones piled behind them, implying that big rocks blocked the movement of smaller ones.
Given the asteroid's weak gravity, the apparent movement of its rocks is "pretty striking," says granular materials researcher Robert Behringer of Duke University.
"The method of shaking is rather novel," he says, compared with earthly phenomena such as the so-called "Brazil nut effect," in which larger nuts rise to the top of a shaken can of mixed nuts. "You don't imagine shaking the whole Earth when you're shaking your can of nuts."


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NEW YORK (AP) — Surrounded by a half-dozen tournament security guards, Roger Federer made the long, slow trek across the U.S. Open grounds from the court in Louis Armstrong Stadium to the locker room in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Head down, he carried a racket bag on his left shoulder.
The hour was a little past 8 p.m. on Monday evening, one week to the day before the men's final is scheduled to be played in Flushing Meadows, and Federer was, once again in this difficult season, heading home far earlier than he is used to at Grand Slam time.
And the words he spoke after his surprisingly straightforward 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 loss to 19th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain made it sound as if Federer is having doubts about his game.
"Confidence ... takes care of all the things you don't usually think about," Federer said. "But I just think it's been a difficult last three months, you know. Maybe ... my consistency is just not quite there."
This caps a poor-by-his-standards Grand Slam season for Federer, whose record collection of 17 major trophies includes five in a row at the U.S. Open from 2004-08.
This is the first season since 2002 that Federer did not reach at least one final at any of the four Grand Slam tournaments. That year also marked the last time Federer was ranked lower than he is now at No. 7.
He exited in the semifinals at the Australian Open in January, the quarterfinals at the French Open in early June, and the second round of Wimbledon — against a player ranked 116th, to boot — in late June. That ended Federer's record run of reaching at least the quarterfinals at 36 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.
Now, thanks to Robredo, Federer has a new, unwanted streak: Two consecutive losses before the quarterfinals at majors. This time, the early exit prevented Federer from meeting rival Rafael Nadal in the round of eight at Flushing Meadows, where they have never played each other.
In an interview the day before the tournament began, Nadal spoke about how he and Federer "deserved a final here," the way they met in four title matches at the French Open, three at Wimbledon, and one at the Australian Open (Nadal won six of those eight, part of an overall 21-10 head-to-head edge).
Nadal reiterated that sentiment after beating 22nd-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 on Monday night in the fourth round.
"Didn't happen. (That doesn't) mean cannot happen in the future. We'll see. Hopefully," the 27-year-old Nadal said of a U.S. Open showdown with the 32-year-old Federer. "But is true that we are getting older, so the chances are less today than five years ago."
While Federer has been known in the past to chalk up poor performances to a bothersome back or bad weather, this time he kept uttering phrases that were critical of his own play against Robredo, against whom he'd been 10-0.
"I struggled throughout, which is not very satisfying, to be honest," Federer said.
"I kind of feel like I beat myself," he added, moments later.
"I kind of self-destructed, which is very disappointing," he continued.
Perhaps trying to convince himself as much as others, Federer tried to offer a positive outlook toward the end of his news conference.
"I've definitely got to go back to work and come back stronger. Get rid of this loss now as quick as I can, forget about it, because that's not how I want to play from here on," he said. "I want to play better. I know I can."
Robredo has been ranked as high as No. 5, albeit back in 2006, and this is his seventh trip to the quarterfinals at a major. But he had been 0-7 in the U.S. Open's fourth round. Against Federer, he managed to win only three of the 27 previous sets they'd played.
"Roger, when he was No. 1, (compared) to the Roger right now," Robredo said, "he's not maybe (playing) with the same confidence, no?"
Here's the way Robredo described the atmosphere at Armstrong, where the match was played because of rain-provoked scheduling shifts: When he walked out onto the court before the match, "it was like 2 percent of noise," while when Federer arrived, it sounded "like a concert."
The weather delays also prompted the tournament to postpone two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka's fourth-round match against 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic until Tuesday. The winner will face Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, who got past American wild-card entry Alison Riske, a 23-year-old who grew up in Pittsburgh, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 on Monday.
Two women's quarterfinals are Tuesday: defending champion and No. 1-seeded Serena Williams against No. 18 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, and 2011 French Open champion Li Na of China against No. 24 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia.
The last four men's fourth-round matches also are on Tuesday's schedule, including No. 1 Novak Djokovic against 43rd-ranked Marcel Granollers of Spain, and defending champion Andy Murray against 65th-ranked Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
In men's action Monday, No. 4 David Ferrer of Spain, the runner-up to Nadal at the French Open this year, moved on by beating No. 18 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3). In the quarterfinals, Ferrer will play No. 8 Richard Gasquet, who entered the day 1-15 in fourth-round Grand Slam matches but erased a match point and withstood 39 aces from No. 10 Milos Raonic to win 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (9), 7-5 on Court 17.
A long line of fans snaked across the grounds when Federer-Robredo was shifted to Armstrong, which holds about 10,000 spectators and has a lot less room separating the playing surface from the stands. Federer, accustomed to playing in Ashe, last competed in Armstrong in 2006.
He said that was not a factor in Monday's outcome, though. The blame, instead, belonged with his inability to hit his strokes the way he wanted.
Federer was particularly ineffective when he had chances on Robredo's serve. Time and again, Federer would get an opening, a chance to begin the long climb back into the match. And he kept letting those opportunities slip by.
"We all know the way he plays, how easy he can do everything," Robredo said. "But I think the difference today was the break points conversion."
That's true. Robredo went 4 for 7; Federer was 2 for 16, including 0 for 12 in the last two sets.
Soaked with perspiration, Federer flubbed a backhand to waste the last of five break points he had in the fourth game of what turned out to be the final set. He kicked the offending ball, a rare sign of frustration from the generally unflappable Federer.
"The story of my life," Federer said afterward. "When I lose, people are shell-shocked to see me play this way."
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American DVD Pirates Face 15 Years
Two Americans joined their two Chinese accomplices in the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court on Monday, accused of selling more than 180,000 bootleg DVDs worth some 7 million yuan (US$840,000) on the Internet.
If convicted, the four defendants could face jail term of up to 15 years.
The State Office of Intellectual Property Rights Protection identified the case as one of the top 10 IPR violations in the country last year.
The Ministry of Public Security's economic crimes bureau indicated that it received a report from the US Embassy in China about the two Americans, based in Shanghai, who were believed to be exporting the pirated DVDs to more than 20 countries, including the United States, Australia, Britain and Canada.
In July 2004, Randolph Guthrie Hobson III, the primary defendant, was arrested. Thousands of bootleg DVDs, receipts for mailing packages and computers were seized from his home, according to evidence presented to the court.
The other three -- Abram Cody Thrush, Wu Dong and Wu Junbiao -- were later arrested and charged with knowingly aiding and abetting Guthrie.
Guthrie allegedly began marketing the bootleg DVDs on eBay and another Russia-based website in October 2002, earning more than 2 million yuan (US$240,000) from the business.
"He ran the business without a license or national license for running audio and video products, was therefore charged with conducting business illegally," the prosecutor said.
Hobson argued that his conduct is not subject to Chinese law.
"One hundred percent of all my DVDs were sold outside China, all the money I got was never paid to any bank in China, and the Russian website was maintained in Russia and owned by a corporation in Panama," he said.
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Have the Happy Endings and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 gangs been partying too hard together?
Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?It definitely looks like it, judging by these exclusive first looks at the ABC comedies' new gallery art. How else do you explain Apt 23's Chloe's (Krysten Ritter) and June's (Dreama Walker) mug shots (a naked one in the former's case, natch), and the vacant, drunken dishevelment of Happy Endings' Jane (Eliza Coupe) and Max (Adam Pally)? We guess we'd be celebrating too if we were a week away from our premieres! Check out the photos below.Season 3 of Happy Endings premieres Tuesday at 9/8c, followed by the Season 2 premiere of Apt 23.


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Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2007.
Coakley was the Democratic nominee in the special election to fill the seat in the United States Senate held by interim Senator Paul G. Kirk, who was appointed upon the death of Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. The special election decided who would fill the remaining three years of Kennedy's term. Coakley was defeated by Republican Scott Brown 52% to 47%, widely considered a stunning upset in Democratic-dominated Massachusetts. She won reelection as the Attorney General in the 2010 general election.
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Edward J. and Phyllis E. Coakley, Coakley moved at the age of one with her parents to North Adams. There, she attended St. Joseph's School and Drury High School, graduating in June 1971. Coakley currently resides in Medford. She is married to Thomas F. O'Connor, Jr.


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These feather-like crystals are both ingested by humans for health and used by them to scrub floors and get the gunk off tiles. Take a look at what they are, and why polarized light makes them look so amazing.
The picture above is citric acid crystals, viewed through a polarization microscope. Everyone reading this has had either citric acid or scurvy sometime in their life. Citric acid, as you might imagine, is in most citrus fruits, as well as a few berries, is used by companies as a way to serve Vitamin C, and is the powder that you see on the outside of sour balls and other sour candy. The acid also dissolves a lot of grime, and thus is used in household cleaners, which is why many cleaners contain 'lemon oil.' It's a useful molecule, but who expected that it could be prettied up?
A polarization microscope shoots polarized light at objects, especially crystals. Crystals tend toward double refraction. They split beams of light which aren't polarized into two beams, travelling at right angles to each other and polarized at right angles as well. When the beams exit the crystal the two waves, which have traveled at different speeds, are out of phase with each other. A second polarization filter combine, the peaks and valleys merging together to either create huge peaks of light or dark areas, and we get the image above.
It's not often we see the beauty in the everyday, so let us take a quick moment to appreciate the lovely thing we put in our mouths and use to clean our toilets.
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When John Carlos was a seven- or eight-year-old growing up in Harlem, he had a vision of that moment on the victory stand in Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics, even down to using his left hand rather than his usual right. He imagined he was in a movie.
That premonition became an iconic image 15 years later when 200-meter bronze-medal winner Carlos and gold medalist Tommie Smith stood in front of the world and gave a Black Power salute.
"They banned us and took us off the team," recounts Carlos in a phone interview from Palm Springs High, where he's a guidance counselor. "But they never took the [U.S.] medal count down."
Carlos unsuccessfully had tried to organize a human/civil rights boycott of the '68 Olympics, demanding, among other things, that apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia be booted and Muhammad Ali's heavyweight title returned. Much has been written about the controversy the salute ignited, and Carlos found himself often portrayed in a negative light. "None of these individuals ever talked to me," he says.
That's why he decided to write his own book, The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World, because too many people asked him why he did it. "Before you could wet your lips," he says, "they're telling me why I did it."
Growing up in Harlem, Carlos encountered prominent African-American leaders like pastor and congressman Adam Clayton Powell and Malcolm X, whom Carlos would try to catch up with and talk to in between engagements. "He was a very fast walker," remembers Carlos.
He met Dr. Martin Luther King 10 days before he was murdered in Memphis, a trip about which King had his own premonition, according to Carlos. They met to discuss the Olympic boycott, and King compared it to dropping a rock in a still lake. "You're making a statement that will reach the ends of the earth with no one getting maimed or killed," Carlos says King told him.
It was from an early Olympic dream– to be the first American black swimmer– that Carlos first learned the reality of racism. "My father said, we need to talk," says Carlos. At that time, there was no way Carlos could get into a whites-only private club to train. Even at the decent public pools, whites would clear out of the water when Carlos and his friends showed up. "He was trying to express to me that I couldn't because of the color of my skin," says Carlos.
Robin Hood proved an unlikely influence on Carlos' path to the Olympics. The future medalist saw how heroin was devastating black families in Harlem and leaving hungry kids with no food in the icebox. "I saw those trains sitting at Yankee Stadium," he says, trains loaded with goods that Carlos and his band of merry men liberated and distributed– often with police hot on their heels.
His speed in eluding the heat did not go unnoticed. One day, a couple of detectives finally caught up with him, and said, "You have a talent."
"That actually was the start of my career," attests Carlos, who hadn't particularly liked track and field. "I realized God gave me a gift. It brought joy to so many people." And it led to being on that podium in Mexico City.
"John Carlos taught me that the audacity of political courage is something to value dearly, perhaps above all else," says Dave Zirin, co-writer of The John Carlos Story. "He taught me that when faced with injustice, it's always better to regret doing something than regret not doing something."
Carlos went on to tie the 100-meter world record, unofficially beat the 200-meter record, play briefly for the NFL, and earn a PhD. in humanities. At age 67, he's looking to retire in a few months.
Does one of the world's fastest men still run? He chuckles. "I still run my mouth."
Catch Carlos at the Virginia Festival of the Book's "American Icons: A conversation with the Honorable John Lewis and Dr. John Carlos," at 8pm Saturday, March 23, at the Paramount Theater. Tickets are $5.


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Yes, lack of sleep can affect your immune system. Studies show that people who don't get quality sleep or enough sleep are more likely to get sick after being exposed to a virus, such as a common cold virus. Lack of sleep can also affect how fast you recover if you do get sick.
During sleep, your immune system releases proteins called cytokines, some of which help promote sleep. Certain cytokines need to increase when you have an infection or inflammation, or when you're under stress. Sleep deprivation may decrease production of these protective cytokines. In addition, infection-fighting antibodies and cells are reduced during periods when you don't get enough sleep.
So, your body needs sleep to fight infectious diseases. Long-term lack of sleep also increases your risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease.
How much sleep do you need to bolster your immune system? The optimal amount of sleep for most adults is seven to eight hours of good sleep each night. Teenagers need nine to 10 hours of sleep. School-aged children may need 10 or more hours of sleep.
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House Debates No Child Left Behind Rewrite, Makes Big Changes on Teacher Evaluation
Conservative lawmakers won a big concession Thursday on the teacher-evaluation portion of a bill to renew the No Child Left Behind Act. Under the change, which was ultimately endorsed by the bill's sponsor, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House education committee, states and school districts would not be required to craft teacher-evaluation systems based on student outcomes.
Instead, those evaluations—which are already causing headaches for states who have put them in place in exchange for the Obama administration's waivers from the NCLB law—would be totally voluntary. It is almost certain that Kline threw in the towel on teacher evaluations—a policy he was personally passionate about—in order to win final passage of the bill. A vote is expected tomorrow. [UPDATE 7/19, 11:20 A.M.: The full bill passed the House on a partisan 221-207 vote. For more coverage of the debate and vote, see this post.]
The teacher-evaluation change was pushed by a pair of conservative Republicans—Reps. Rob Bishop, R-Utah and Steve Scalise, R-La.—who thought Kline's original language went way too far in maintaining a federal role in K-12 education.
Under an amendment introduced by the duo, which was accepted by voice vote, teacher-evaluation systems that take student outcomes into account would be optional, not a requirement. The provision was endorsed by the National Education Association, but disparaged by a host of education redesign groups, who argued it would take the teeth out of the whole idea of holding teachers accountable for their students' progress.
The revision makes the House Republican bill—which is expected to pass the House tomorrow with only GOP support—a much closer cousin to an NCLB rewrite bill introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the top lawmaker on the Senate education committee. During debate, House lawmakers also accepted a key amendment that would make it clear that school districts can use "multiple measures" (not just standardized tests) in assessing students.
And they agreed to an amendment that would express the "sense of Congress" that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan "coerced" states into adopting the common-core standards through the Race to the Top program.
Other interesting amendments meant to make political statements were withdrawn, including a provision by Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., that would allow states to opt out of federal accountability systems and return federal funding for education programs to taxpayers. (Garrett's language has already been incorporated into the bill through a broad amendment by Kline.) Also withdrawn was an amendment by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash, which would have included much more stringent testing requirements for students with disabilities. (Kline promised he'd work with McMorris Rodgers, whose son has special needs, on the issue.)
So does this mean that ESEA reauthorization is actually going to pass this year? Don't hold your breath. The process hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for Republican leaders. That could make conferencing with any Senate measure (which is likely to be written primarily by Democrats) tough.
Across the Capitol, the Senate education committee recently approved its own version of the ESEA; that bill is radically different from this one. The Senate version, which got only Democratic support in committee, is much closer to the administration's vision for renewing the No Child Left Behind Act. It directs states to set ambitious goals for the achievement of all students—and specific subgroups of students—and includes renewals of key Obama programs, such as Race to the Top. It would also require states to craft educator evaluations based on student outcomes and use them for professional development and teacher distribution.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate education committee and the author of the bill, said that he'd like to see the measure on the floor of the Senate this year. And Sen. Alexander, the top Republican on the panel, made it clear he'd be happy to go forward, too—even though he's opposed to pretty much everything in the legislation and voted against it.
Here's what Harkin had to say about the House measure: He thinks the House bill "falls short" when it comes to holding states accountable for the success of disadvantaged children.
"It is important that any reauthorization of the ESEA remain true to the original intent of the law—to ensure that all children, particularly those who are disadvantaged, have access to the highest quality education," Harkin said in a statement today.
Still, he added, "I am encouraged that there is movement in the House of Representatives to reauthorize ESEA and look forward to completing work on a full reauthorization [despite] significant differences between [the two bills] that will need to be reconciled."
But the Senate floor schedule is crowded—and the administration hasn't exactly been rushing to cheerlead the Harkin measure, a step that would help reauthorization. (The administration didn't even put out a press release when it passed earlier this spring). Instead, the administration seems to be quietly in favor of letting its reauthorization solution (a series of waivers issued to nearly 40 states) take hold.
Back to the House bill, what does it actually do? The measure amounts to a major rollback of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind Act, giving state and school districts much more leeway when it comes to improving low-performing schools and spending federal dollars. States would no longer have to set specific goals for student achievement, either for all kids or for specific often-overlooked groups of students (such as students in special education and English-language learners).
When it comes to money, the bill would lock in the across-the-board cuts to federal spending (including education) put in place under "sequestration." That was a key Democratic talking point during floor debate.
And the bill would turn the Title I program for disadvantaged kids into a giant "block grant" of sorts, giving school districts the freedom to move federal dollars among programs for ELLs, neglected and delinquent children, rural students, and Indian children. Districts could use the funds for any activity authorized under those programs. No money could be transferred out of Title I schools, but extra funds could go to other low-income schools.
In a move that has angered even supporters of the bill, such as the American Association of School Administrators, the measure would get rid of "maintenance of effort", the wonky name for the requirement that school districts and states keep up their own spending at particular levels in order to tap federal funds. AASA and other groups unsuccessfully tried to persuade lawmakers to allow for votes on amendments to reinstate maintenance of effort, but to no avail.
But, under the bill, states would have to set-aside 3 percent of their Title I funds for a competitive grant program that would allow districts to offer school choice or free tutoring.
The bill also would prohibit the U.S. Secretary of Education from imposing any conditions on states when it comes to standards and assessments, or from asking for any changes to state standards. (That appears to take direct aim at the requirement under waivers for states to adopt college- and career-ready standards.) And in fact, the bill specifically calls out the Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia.
There are also no renewals for any of the Obama administration's favorite grant programs, including Race to the Top, Investing in Innovation, the School Improvement Grants, or Promise Neighborhoods.
What was the debate like? Kline—and other Republicans—emphasized that the bill would give states and districts greater flexibility and autonomy, not to mention predictability, unlike the administration's waivers.
"We can't allow these political waivers or temporary fixes," Kline said. "We can't stand idly by and allow the administration to micromanage our classrooms."
Meanwhile, Rep. George Miller of California, the ranking member on the House education committee, said the bill would turn back the clock to the pre-No Child Left Behind era, when the poor performance of disadvantaged students, English-language learners, and minority kids often went unnoticed and unfixed, in his view.
"No Child Left Behind turned the lights on inside our nation's schools," said Miller, an architect of NCLB. "For the first time, parents could see whether their schools were actually teaching all students." While he said the law has "flaws", he thinks the GOP rewrite would ultimately hurt accountability for traditionally overlooked students.
Who supports this bill: The American Association of School Administrations—although AASA is not on board with an amendment to allow Title I funding to follow students to the public school of their choice. The National School Boards Association. Americans for Tax Reform (that's Grover Norquist's group). The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. More at House education committee's website.
Sample endorsement: The bill "represents a common‐sense approach to federal policy, in large part because it balances the proper role of the federal government in education," AASA writes.
Who is against the bill: The National Education Association. The American Federation of Teachers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Business Roundtable. The Education Trust. The National Council of La Raza. Teach Plus. Democrats for Education Reform. The National Center for Learning Disabilities. The Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Council of the Great City Schools. And there's more on the House education Democrats' website.
Sample anti-endorsement: The measure "abandons accountability for the achievement and learning gains of subgroups of disadvantaged students who for generations have been harmed by low academic expectations," write 35 civil rights and business groups.


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Macroscopic Quantum Coherence in Small Antiferromagnetic Particle and the Quantum Interference Effects (1999)
Starting from the Hamiltonian operator of the noncompensated two-sublattice model of a small antiferromagnetic particle, we derive the e effective Lagrangian of a biaxial antiferromagnetic particle in an external magnetic field with the help of spin-coherent-state path integrals. Two unequal level-shifts induced by tunneling through two types of barriers are obtained using the instanton method. The energy spectrum is found from Bloch theory regarding the periodic potential as a superlattice. The external magnetic field indeed removes Kramers' degeneracy, however a new quenching of the energy splitting depending on the applied magnetic field is observed for both integer and half-integer spins due to the quantum interference between transitions through two types of barriers.


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Warner Bros. has released new images and official synopses for director Nima Nourizadeh's Project X, Walter Hill's Bullet to the Head, Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages, and Todd Lincoln's The Apparition. While we've already seen an extremely funny trailer for Project X (which was produced by Todd Phillips) and a mediocre first trailer for Rock of Ages, WB has yet to release any footage from Bullet to the Head (which stars a shirtless Sylvester Stallone) and The Apparition (which was originally scheduled for release last year). With these first images being released, I'd imagine we'll be getting the first trailers very soon. As a big fan of Walter Hill (48 Hours, Brewster's Millions, The Warriors, The Driver), I'm really hoping Bullet to the Head is awesome. Hit the jump for more.
In theaters on March 2
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Writers: Screenplay by Matt Drake and Michael Bacall
Story by Michael Bacall
Producer: Todd Phillips
Executive Producers: Joel Silver, Scott Budnick, Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman, Marty P. Ewing
Cast: Kirby Bliss Blanton, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper, Alexis Knapp, Thomas Mann, Miles Teller
Comedy. "Project X" follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let's throw a party that no one will forget… but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born. "Project X" is a warning to parents and police everywhere.
This film has been rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem-all involving teens.
In theaters on April 13
Director: Walter Hill
Writers: Screenplay by Alessandro Camon
Based on the graphic novel Bullet to the Head, written by Matz and illustrated by Colin Wilson
Producer: Joel Silver, Alexandra Milchan, Miles Millar, Alfred Gough, Kevin King-Templeton
Executive Producers: Stuart Ford, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Deepak Nayar, Courtney Solomon, Allan Zeman, Andrew Rona
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang
Action Thriller. Based on a graphic novel, "Bullet to the Head" also tells the story of a New Orleans hitman (Stallone) and a New York City cop who form an alliance to bring down the killers of their respective partners.
In theaters on June 1
(New Line Cinema)
Director: Adam Shankman
Writers: Screenplay by Justin Theroux and Chris D'Arienzo and Allan Loeb
Based on the musical "Rock of Ages" written by Chris D'Arienzo
Producers: Matthew Weaver, Scott Prisand, Carl Levin, Tobey McGuire, Garrett Grant, Jennifer Gibgot
Executive Producers: Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Michael Disco, Samuel J. Brown
Hillary Butorac Weaver, Janet Billig Rich, Adam Shankman,
Chris D'Arienzo
Cast: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise
Rock Musical. "Rock of Ages" tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake and more.
In theaters on August 24
(Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle Entertainment)
Director: Todd Lincoln
Writer: Todd Lincoln
Producers: Joel Silver, Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman
Executive Producers: Steve Richards, Sue Baden-Powell, Daniel Alter
Cast: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton
Supernatural Thriller. When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force…
This film has been rated PG-13 for terror/frightening images and some sensuality.
Finally, I also just posted new high resolution images from The Dark Knight Rises and the first images and synopses for Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike starring Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum and Joe Mangianello. Click the links to check them out.