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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has introduced legislation that would help clear the staggering number of untested rape kits in Houston Police storage - some 6,663 at the agency's last count - and help eliminate a nationwide backlog.
During a Wednesday news conference, city and police officials along with victims' rights advocates pledged support for the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry or SAFER Act, bipartisan legislation intended to reduce what is an estimated national rape kit backlog of nearly 400,000.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker said the city receives between receive $800,000 and $900,000 grant money for kit testing. If passed, the legislation would allow the federal government to allot at least an extra $100,000 to HPD for kit testing and also allow the department to compete for a portion of $7 million to $9 million in grants, she said.
Police officials did not provide figures on the amount of rape kits that were tested since HPD reported figures at the beginning of the year. HPD Asst. Chief Matt Slinkard said evidence from rape kits are tested daily. He said HPD received about 930 new sexual assault cases per year in addition to its backlog of untested rape kits.
'"These numbers are dynamic, they are not static, they do change," Slinkard said.
Current laws require 40 percent of funds allocated to state and local governments be used for testing of untested DNA evidence. The SAFER Act would increase that to 75 percent, Cornyn said.
"What I want to do is make sure of the money that the federal government spends, it will be roughly $117 million this next year alone, goes to testing these untested kits," the Republican lawmaker said.
Along with creating a national registry to help track and prioritize untested rape kits, the bill would also provide funding to state and local governments to audit untested DNA evidence. However, Parker said Houston was more focused on testing sexual assault kits.
"We don't need to do any more audits," she said. "We need to test and as I indicated, we will aggressively compete for these (federal) dollars to move forward."


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I have Sophie's parents as Peter and Elizabeth Risen. Peter was born about 1754 in MA and Elizabeth about 1790 in Virginia. Elizabeth was probably a second or even third wife. But I don't know for certain. What about siblings? Peter and Elizabeth have 2 grandchildren living with them in 1850. Last name of Odle. Can't find their parents. Can anyone help?
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Lewis was born 1817 in Ohio. He married Allice Marie Brouri in Hamilton County Ohio in 1836.
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Christina Bird was born 1777 in Virginia and married Bryant Breeden in Greene Tennessee. I have John and Mary (Waller) Bird.
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Undeniably, roses are always the main character of Valentine's Day especially the Red one! This is the wonderful idea for decorating your Valentine's cake. These fondant roses harden up and are less fragile than royal icing flowers. They do take a little bit longer than icing roses, but the end result is wonderful. This first time may take longer. Once you get a hold of it, you will be making these roses a bunch at a time. They are worth it. Not to mention they do last longer.
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Step 3: Roll fondant cutout into a ball.
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Step 5: Make sure this cone center is as long as the width of one petal from large flower cutter.
Step 6: Wrap it with the petal one by one and complete into rose.
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We know that Spin is described with $SU(2)$ and that $SU(2)$ is a double cover of the rotation group $SO(3)$. This suggests a simple thought experiment, to be described below. The question then is in three parts:
Is this thought experiment theoretically sound?
Can it be conducted experimentally?
If so what has been the result?
The experiment is to take a slab of material in which there are spin objects e.g. electrons all (or most) with spin $\uparrow$. Then rotate that object $360$ degrees (around an axis perpendicular to the spin direction), so that macroscopically we are back to where we started. Measure the electron spins. Do they point $\downarrow$?


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Quite a few problems can be reported through Fix My Street - a web site with links to Ryedale and North Yorskhire Councils.
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The Moorside Room
The Moorside Room @ 9 Church Street, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6AZ is available for hire. The space is ideal for exhibitions, meetings, children's parties, exercise classes, fund raising events and is the venue for the Kirkbymoorside Musical Memories sessions.
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One thing that Bisons fans will notice right off the bat at Family Fun Day Open House is the new color of the homerun line on the outfield wall and foul poles! Buffalo is paying homage to the orange foul poles that stood at Shea Stadium. The Mets lay claim to the only non-yellow foul pole color honor in the Big Leagues. I'm privy to seeing MANY parks in the minors and seen all colors of the rainbow down the lines, but this new look will be a first for the Bisons' fan.
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Following appearances at Bloodstock and Hammerfest, along with tours with the likes of Overkill, Wintersun, Havok and label-mates Evile, the band have honed their skills to perfection, and excel their music careers onwards from their thrash-worthy Earache debut, "Plague Of Conscience".
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Perhaps one of the best measurements of the progression of prophecies for our times is the succession of popes. Three different prophets are said to have given clear and measurable information about the predicted line of popes: Malachy, the Monk of Padua, and Nostradamus. With the announced retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, it is a great time to review these predictions.
In 1138, an Irish bishop named Malachy visited the Vatican where he fell into a deep trance during which he saw the reigning pontiff and the line of succession of 112 popes, followed by the final fall of the Church of Rome as we have known it. When he awoke, he wrote a complete manuscript on the vision, giving each pope a Latin motto. The manuscript was sent to the Vatican after Malachy's passing, where it was stored in secret archives until 1590, long after Nostradamus's death (1503-1566). Later, around 1730-40, a monk called "The Monk of Padua" wrote a manuscript listing a sequence of popes and the ultimate end of the papacy, which closely followed and used Malachy's mottos for the popes.
Of the 20th-century popes, Malachy called Pope Pius XII (1939-58) Pastor Angelicus, referring to his angelic shepherding of the church, which many inside and outside the church acknowledged. He was followed by Pope John XXIII (1958-63), whom Malachy called Pastor et Nauta, shepherd and navigator, perhaps referring to his position as Archbishop of Venice or his reconvening of the Ecumenical Council which used the symbols of a cross and a ship. After him came Flos Florum, Flower of Flowers, Pope Paul VI (1963-78) whose coat of arms contained a floral design.
After him came De Mediatate Lunae, the middle or half of the moon, Pope John Paul I (August 26 to September 28, 1978) who openly supported women's rights and agreed to discuss artificial birth control. This is one of the shortest and most suspicious papal reigns in history as he was only 66 years old and in good health when he suddenly died. His body was cremated, against strict Catholic custom at that time.
Pope John Paul II, De Labore Solis, the labor of the sun, (1978-2005), was from Poland. J.H. Brennan, author of some of the best books on Nostradamus, points out that the part of Poland from which John Paul II came was originally a portion of ancient France, and therefore the following quatrain may refer to him:
Not from Spain, but from ancient France
He will be elected from the trembling ship
To the enemy he will make assurance
Who in his reign will be a cruel blight. 5:49
Brennan considers the trembling ship to be the church itself. The great enemy of Polish John Paul II would have been none other than the Soviet Union, and he made assurances to the Soviets concerning the workers strikes in Poland.
Malachy and the Priest of Padua predict only two more popes: Gloria Olivae (glory of the olive) and Petrus Romanus (Peter of Rome). Malachy's descriptive phrase given to the 111th Pope, Gloria Olivae, the glory of the olive, does fit the current Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013) who took the name Benedict from The Order of Saint Benedict, which is also known as the Olivetans from Jesus' time on the Mount of Olives.
The final petrus romanus, Peter the Roman, could be the return of St. Peter as the first and the last to rule the church (according to Roman theology—others and the Cayce readings say that James was the first leader). Bishop Malachy's vision concludes with the end of the church:
"In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. The End."
This Malachy prediction that the Vatican will be destroyed correlates with The Priest of Padua's prediction that the holy center will be burned when the last pope sits on the throne. And then we have this from Nostradamus:
The great star for seven days will burn
A cloud will make two suns appear
The big mastiff will howl all night
When a great Pope changes his territory. 2:41
We shall see how all of this plays out on the stage of life. Some visionaries have seen the church continuing in a more enlightened form and even including women. The prophetic Mayan date of December 21, 2012, is now in the past. We are approaching the year 2038, which ends the timeline prophecy inside the Great Pyramid in Egypt. These years may be the culmination of a long cycle which results in much change in the world and the beginning of a long-sought new era.
MSNBC.com's Nightly News website has reported that the same day Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, lightning struck St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the Catholic Church's center in Rome.


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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrew P. Mandell – Mr. Diabetes®, Executive Director of Defeat Diabetes Foundation and diabetes advocate announced today that he will be sitting on the ProtoKinetix (PKTX) Advisory Board. ProtoKinetix, Inc. is a biotechnology company that has developed and patented a family of synthetic anti-aging glycoproteins (AAGP™) for medicine and the biotechnology and cosmetic industries.
"I'm really excited about their technology and it's potential to offer the first truly viable long term treatment for diabetes," said Mandell. "The Protokinetix's research team has made remarkable progress in the harvesting and preservation of stem cells for islet transplantation for diabetes treatments," he continued.
"In addition to the potential treatments for diabetes, AAGP™ also shows great promise in many other medical applications. I'm really looking forward to contributing where I can to support their work," Mandell concluded.
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Defeat Diabetes Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is the prevention, early identification and effective self management of diabetes.
DDF has awareness and interactive programs in all 50 states to provide critical information and education programs with a focus on diabetes, nutrition and physical fitness. Their public information programs include the KIDD™ Project which has provided millions of Free Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test brochures to schools in all 50 states, the DAN Project, a Public Service Announcements program and the Martial Arts Defeat Diabetes® Community Action Project (MADDCAP™) a historic health curriculum for martial arts schools and their students.
For information on diabetes, to take the free screening test or obtain additional information visit: www.DefeatDiabetes.org
For information on ProtoKinetix visit the website at: www.protokinetix.com
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Budget ordinaire – guide de recherche
A special chapter on the UN regular budget has been added to the Research Guide in French. The major budget documents and the key UN bodies related to the programme planning and budget process are introduced; the chapter also provides symbol patterns for documents and search tips for the major UN databases.
ECOSOC President's Corner
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) website has launched a President's Corner. The new site presents information about the key issues on the ECOSOC agenda and includes an online lecture series featuring the views of policy- and decision-makers on the issues.
Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food, 6 April 2009, United Nations Headquarters
English: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/globalfoodcrisis.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga/president/63/interactive/food_crisis.shtml
Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 25-27 March 2009, United Nations Headquarters
English: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/worldfinancialcrisis.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga/president/63/interactive/world_financialcrisis.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/worldfinancialcrisis.shtml
The interactive thematic dialogue is conceived as part of the preparatory process for the upcoming International Conference on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Development, to be held 1-3 June at UN Headquarters in New York. It is also seen as a means to provide information and analysis useful for coordination with other on-going processes related to the financial and economic crisis.
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food- new website
English, French, Spanish: http://www.srfood.org/
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has launched a new website that will have the official reports, other documents, and the calendar of activities related to the right to food.
Strategic Framework 2010-2011 (A/63/6/Rev.1)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/63/6/Rev.1(Supp)
The Strategic framework for the period 2010-2011 has been released (A/63/6/Rev.1). The report outlines the strategic direction for the organization for 2010-2011 which includes the following priorites:
World Digital Library
UNESCO and 32 partner institutions launched the World Digital Library (WDL), a web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world, at UNESCO Headquarters on 21 April. The site includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, and prints and photographs. The WDL was developed by a team at the Library of Congress with technical assistance provided by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina of Alexandria, Egypt. It functions in seven languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – and includes content in more than forty languages.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Fat and oil used for cooking are often poured into sinks and cause buildup in drains and ultimately end up in sewer systems. This waste, called fatbergs in England, will be reused as energy at a fat-fueled power station in east London.
2OC is the energy company that will be using fat and oil waste from restaurants in order to produce renewable electricity for Thames Water, a wastewater and water services provider. The two companies have signed a 20 year agreement. The new plant is expected to yield 130 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity each year, which is enough to power 39,000 homes.
When Thames Water is not in need of the output, the power will be made available to the grid. Power will be sourced, produced, and used across London, according to 2OC CEO, Andrew Mercer. The plant is expected to be completed and in full operation in 2015.


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This is the brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe, a car that looks almost identical to the Concept S-Class Coupe, and one that's optionally available with CRYSTALS. Welcome everyone, to the world of Mercedes-Benz.
The S-Coupe is, of course, the successor to the outgoing CL. The two-door sits on the same base as the new S-Class saloon, a car we admire very deeply here at Top Gear, but adds even more tech and - quite literally - some sparkle.
First the tech, and it's another premiere for a new Mercedes model in the shape of 'active curve tilting', which works in collaboration with Magic Body Control to - ready for this? - keep the car level by leaning into corners like a biker. No, really.
Remember how Magic Body Control scans the road ahead, and depending on conditions, adjusts an individual strut on the suspension to keep the car level? Well, active curve tilting scans the bends using a stereo camera to detect the angle, and shifts the base of the each suspension strut by up to 2.5 degrees depending on speed to keep the car level. It can register the bend up to 15 metres ahead, and is active between 30 and 180km/h. As Mercedes says, "the object is not to reach higher speeds but to produce a more pleasant motoring experience". Quite.
Engine wise, there's just one on launch: the 4.7-litre, 455bhp biturbo V8 in the S500, with a particularly fruity 700Nm of peak torque. In addition, the S-Class Coupe gains an exhaust system that contains two flaps that open and close depending on speed. When open, the flaps contribute to a more 'powerful' engine sound. Anyone familiar with the work of AMG will like this. Your neighbours, not so much.
Doesn't look too shabby either, does it? All long bonnet, pronounced arches, 20in wheels, flowing lines and full-LED headlamps. Ah yes, the headlamps. If you so wish, you can option a set of headlights that contain no less than 47 Swarovski crystals. Shiny.
There's a panoramic sunroof that extends over two-thirds of the Coupe's roof, its opacity adjustable through Merc's rather delightful Magic Sky Control. And then there's the gorgeous dash: part TFT display, part wraparound sculpture. There is a touchpad, there are many fine materials, the rear seats are individual chairs, there's a head-up display, and there are many on-board assistants to help you drive.
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April 16th, 2010. That's the date that Platinum Dunes plans to release its "Nightmare on Elm St." remake. So, now you know.
Here's the trailer for Jake West's Indie film "Dog House. West's last film was "Punpkinhead 3" for the Scifi, and before that he directed "Evil Aliens". The story of "Doghouse" concerns a group of friends who take a vacation to a small town in the UK, only to find out that all the town's females have been infected with a virus, which based on what I saw in the trailer turns them into zombies.
I think I could get into an adaptation of this "Ghosts/Aliens" book. It's literally about "two pothead friends who set out on a question to discover both ghosts and aliens". It just got picked up by Paramount Vantage, and along with a feature film version, Comedy Central will be prepping a television show based on the property.
Wes Craven describes the villain in his film "25/8". He says he's: "a figure who lives under the river, sleeps under the bridges... eats bark". And there we have it, the secret of his anger. You'd be killing people too if you had to eat bark. That's just nasty.


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Thanks to the fact that the standard SIXAXIS controller doesn't have vibration, most game developers aren't going to program in vibration functions to their games on the odd hope that someone will pick up a PS3 Racing Wheel. In turn, PS3 racing wheels—like this one from Logitech—won't have vibration functions either. Oh joy.
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Samsung's line of Galaxy, Nexus and Transform devices infringe upon part of a key Apple parent, relating to the selection of text in iOS devices, a judge has ruled.
In preliminary findings, the International Trade Commission judge said Samsung was in violation of the patent entitled "Method and apparatus for providing translucent images on a computer display."
Specifically, the offence relates to the translucent bubble that appears over the top of text when it is selected by the user within the web browser and in other apps.
The ruling was made on March 26 and only made public on Friday, but if the decision is upheld, the offending devices could face an import ban into the United States.
Final decision coming soon
The judge Thomas J. Pender also ruled that Samsung had not infringed on a patent which covers how the devices recognise a microphone plugged into the headphone jack.
A final ruling is expected in August.
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The Central Connecticut softball team dropped a doubleheader at defending NCAA Champion Arizona State on Saturday evening. The Blue Devils (0-3) were eight run ruled by the Sun Devils (13-2) in both games. Both games lasted five innings with ASU winning 10-0 and 11-1. Junior Nicole Springer had a big day at the plate with three hits, including a home run in game two.
Game 1
The Blue Devils allowed 10 runs over four innings to the Sun Devils in the opening game of the doubleheader. Both teams sported pink shirts as part of the Pink Out to raise awareness for breast cancer.
The Blue Devils had three hits in the game, one day after being no-hit in the opener. Sophomore Arielle Bruno started the game with a single up the middle. Two batters later junior Nicole Springer followed with a base hit to left field, but the Blue Devils were unable to push a run across in the inning.
Central's third hit came off the bat of senior Sarah Vlahos. Vlahos beat out an infield single on a ground ball deep into the shortstop-third base hole.
Junior Jordan Tingley took the loss in the circle. She allowed six hits and nine runs over three innings, but only three of the runs she allowed were earned.
Springer pitched the final inning and surrendered one run. She allowed one hit and walked a pair of hitters.
The Blue Devils and Sun Devils will play the second game of the doubleheader tonight.
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The Blue Devils served as the home team in the second game. Sophomore pitcher Julie Marks allowed a run to the Sun Devils, but did strikeout two batters in her first inning of the season.
Marks blanked ASU in the second inning and Springer answered with a long home run to right center to start the bottom half of the inning.
ASU tacked on single runs in the third and fourth inning to push their lead to 3-1 heading into the top of the fifth.
The Sun Devils scored eight runs on 10 hits in the fifth inning, driving Marks from the game with two outs and two runners on. Springer entered in relief for the second straight game and recorded the final out.
Marks took the loss to fall to 0-1 on the season. She allowed 11 runs, 10 earned, on 15 hits and four walks over 4.2 innings of work.
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SpaceX video of the Falcon 9 rocket's Oct. 7 ascent shows an engine anomaly at the 1:30 mark in the video, or T+00:01:19. A slow-motion version can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6zsZiVa998
Although SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully sent its Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station, an engine failure and a less-than-nominal satellite deployment suggest that the company has some technical issues to resolve for future flights.
The California-based rocket company acknowledged soon after Sunday night's launch that one of the nine Merlin engines on the Falcon's first stage shut down, but the onboard computer recalculated the data for the other eight engines to get the Dragon in orbit and save the resupply mission.
Some observers pointed to SpaceX's long-range video of the ascent and pointed to what they thought was debris from an explosion. Today, SpaceX issued a statement saying that the engine didn't explode — but that protective panels were ejected because of the pressure loss associated with the shutdown:
"Approximately one minute and 19 seconds into last night's launch, the Falcon 9 rocket detected an anomaly on one first-stage engine. Initial data suggests that one of the rocket's nine Merlin engines, Engine 1, lost pressure suddenly and an engine shutdown command was issued. We know the engine did not explode, because we continued to receive data from it. Panels designed to relieve pressure within the engine bay were ejected to protect the stage and other engines. Our review of flight data indicates that neither the rocket stage nor any of the other eight engines were negatively affected by this event.
"As designed, the flight computer then recomputed a new ascent profile in real time to ensure Dragon's entry into orbit for subsequent rendezvous and berthing with the ISS. This was achieved, and there was no effect on Dragon or the cargo resupply mission.
"Falcon 9 did exactly what it was designed to do. Like the Saturn V (which experienced engine loss on two flights) and modern airliners, Falcon 9 is designed to handle an engine-out situation and still complete its mission. No other rocket currently flying has this ability.
"It is worth noting that Falcon 9 shuts down two of its engines to limit acceleration to 5 G's even on a fully nominal flight. The rocket could therefore have lost another engine and still completed its mission.
"We will continue to review all flight data in order to understand the cause of the anomaly, and will devote the resources necessary to identify the problem and apply those lessons to future flights. We will provide additional information as it becomes available.
"Dragon is expected to begin its approach to the station on October 10, where it will be grappled and berthed by Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA. Over the following weeks, the crew will unload Dragon's payload and reload it with cargo to be returned to Earth. Splashdown is targeted for October 28."
There's a lingering question about the engine anomaly: What caused the sudden pressure loss?
Satellite in wrong orbit
Another question has yet to be fully resolved: What will happen to the Orbcomm OG2 telecommunication satellite, which rode into orbit as a secondary payload on the Falcon 9's second stage? The prototype satellite was supposed to be put into a highly inclined orbit after a second-stage restart, and serve as the first piece of a new 18-satellite telecom constellation.
On Sunday night, SpaceX said the satellite was "successfully deployed" — but Orbcomm acknowledged in a statement today that the satellite was deployed into the wrong orbit because of the engine anomaly. Here's the relevant excerpt:
"... Due to an anomaly on one of the Falcon 9's first-stage engines, the rocket did not comply with a pre-planned International Space Station (ISS) safety gate to allow it to execute the second burn. For this reason, the OG2 prototype satellite was deployed into an orbit that was lower than intended. Orbcomm and Sierra Nevada Corp. engineers have been in contact with the satellite and are working to determine if and the extent to which the orbit can be raised to an operational orbit using the satellite's on-board propulsion system.
"In mid-2013, Orbcomm plans to launch an additional eight OG2 satellites on a Falcon 9, which will be placed into orbits that are optimized to deliver the best coverage for the enhanced OG2 messaging services. The remainder of the constellation of 18 OG2 satellites is expected to be launched on a Falcon 9 in 2014. Orbcomm's OG2 satellites will be the primary payload on both of these two planned launches to directly insert the OG2 satellites into the operational orbit."
Orbcomm's statement came after satellite-watcher Jonathan McDowell called attention to the fact that the satellite showed up in the Space-Track database as having a 203-by-323-kilometer orbit rather than the planned 350-by-750-kilometer orbit.
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Going forward, SpaceX should follow through on its pledge to "apply lessons to future flights," as it said in its statement. And skeptics should keep in mind that this is rocket science, which is "super-frickin'-damn-hard," to use SpaceX founder Elon Musk's words. It's a tribute to Musk's design that the Dragon's mission was unaffected by the loss of one rocket engine. On Sunday night, he pointed out in an email to NASA Watch that few if any other existing launch vehicles could have weathered that kind of problem: "I believe F9 is the only rocket flying today that, like a modern airliner, is capable of completing a flight successfully even after losing an engine."
What do you think? Does the Dragon's rise represent Falcon's finest hour, or do the problems point to a chink in SpaceX's armor? Feel free to weigh in with your comments below.
The $1.6 billion space journey is the first routine cargo delivery to the International Space Station by a private company. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Update for 4:15 p.m. ET: I've updated SpaceX's previous update (which referred to an engine fairing) with the current update (which pointed to protective panels instead).
Update for 6:30 p.m. ET: I've added a link to the Orbcomm statement confirming that its OG2 satellite ended up in a lower-than-expected orbit.
More about commercial space:
- Dragon liftoff begins the new normal for NASA
- SpaceX flight gets its own mission patch
- Why SpaceX is setting the pace in space race
- Florida wants NASA land for commercial ventures
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Bobby Fish vs Jon Davis
They tie up and Davis takes Fish to the ropes, but breaks clean. Fish shoots and takes Davis down with a single leg and grapevines the ankle. Davis manages to roll free and goes behind Fish, then takes him down and floats over to a front facelock. Fish sits out and goes for an armbar, but Davis again rolls out of Fish's grasp and we're back to even Steven. Davis takes Fish down with a pair of shoulderblocks, but Fish manages to connect with a dropkick and starts firing away with kicks. Fish off the ropes right into a spinebuster from Davis that gets 2. Davis has the advantage now, slamming Fish hard to the mat. Davis picks himback up and delivers another bodyslam, getting a somewhat negative reaction from the fans in attendance. Fish tries to muster a comeback, firing right hands at the midsection of Davis, but walks right into a back elbow and he finds himself back on the mat. Davis covers for 2, then goes back to firing in those big bombs, dropping Fish to the mat with a hard forearm. Davis whips Fish hard into the corner and gets more boos from the fans. He doesn't let it faze him and he sets up for a suplex, but Fish fires kicks to the knee of Davis, which only serves to anger the big man as he drives Fish back to the mat with a forearm, then pops him up into a vertical suplex and holds him in the air for several seconds in an impressive display of strength that finally gets cheers from the crowd, but only gets him a 2 count. Davis again tries to ground Fish with an inverted bearhug, but Fish gets back to his feet and they go toe to toe in the ring. Fish gets the advantage with a series of kicks, Davis goes for a right hand but Fish catches the armand pulls him down into a kneelift that sends a dazed Davis down to the canvas. Fish tries to capitalize by cover for a cover, but only gets 2. Fish goes for a moonsault, Davis rolls out of the way but Fish lands on his feet and puts Davis back on the mat with a Dragon Screw legwhip. Fish goes for the Fishhook, but Davis kicks him off and then drives Fish across the ring with the Pounce. Davis goes for Three Seconds Around The World, but Fish drops to the mat and goes for a Fujiwara armbar. Davis blocks that and lifts Fish into the air and hits a powerslam for 2. Davis is worn down, but tries to put Fish away, but a big right hand is countered again by Fish, who takes Davis down into the Fishhook. Davis tries to get to the ropes, but can't quite make it and is forced to tap out.
Winner: Bobby Fish
Great opener, and a big win for Bobby Fish since Davis has been on a roll for months now. He gets a microphone from the ring announcer and tells Davis that he gave him a hell of a fight, but he also wants to say that they need a title in EVOLVE, and whenever that title is created and a champion is decided, he wants in.
Lenny Leonard gets in the ring and introduces PAC, who thanks Low Ki for the war they had last night, and he'd love to have the opportunity to face him again...before this weekend is done. He says that we all know CIMA is not 100%, so DGUSA asked him to step into the main event. The crowd does the Bryan Danielson "YES!" chant, but then Chuck Taylor gets in the ring and the crowd changes to a "NO!" chant. PAC says he can't even stand being in the same ring as Taylor right now, and he throws down the microphone and walks out. Taylor picks up the microphone and barely gets two words out before the fans ask him nicely to please stop talking. He says that if PAC's in the main event, there's no PAC Invitational tonight, so instead we should have the Chuck Taylor Invitational, and since there's no more Ronin, we'll have that match whenever he wants.
AR Fox vs Arik Cannon
Colt Cabana joins Lenny Leonard on commentary as Fox and Cannon go back and forth early on in the match and quickly go out to the floor. Fox goes into the rail, but quickly pops up and hits the kickflip to wipe out both Cannon and Pinkie Sanchez. Fox gets 2 off of that, but Cannon turns it right back around with a rolling neckbreaker. Cannon has a look on his face that tells you he knows he's in charge as he hits a vertical suplex for 2, then follows that up with a back elbow that puts Fox right back on the canvas. Cannon gets a 2 count, then ties Fox up in a standing variation of the figure four leglock as Pinkie grabs a beer from a fan at ringside and hands it to Cannon, who takes a swig from the bottle and tosses it back to Pinkie before dropping an elbow on Fox. Fox with a Stunner out of nowhere, then sits Cannon up top and goes for the springboard Spanish Fly, but Cannon just shoves him off and Fox lands on the back of his head. He's all kinds of woozy as Cannon leans him on the top ropes and drills him with a chop, and responds to chants from the crowd for one more chop by just thumbing Fox in the eye. Leonard scares the hell out of me by calling Fox the Sexual Spider Monkey, but Fox nonetheless shows off some of the athletic prowess that no doubt serves him well in that other life by hitting a spinning enziguiri. Fox goes out to the apron and hits a springboard forearm into the ring, driving Cannon out to the floor, but Fox doesn't miss a step as he comes right after Cannon with a springboard 450 to the floor. Fox rolls Cannon onto the ring apron and comes off the top rope with a guillotine legdrop, but only gets 2. Cannon charges Fox in the corner and runs into the boot, but Fox makes the mistake of coming off the second rope and Cannon catches him, then elevates him into a powerbomb into the corner. Cannon hits a hard lariat and a BIG right hand, followed by a superkick and then Total Anarchy, but Fox miraculously kicks out at 2. Cannon is in shock as the crowd gets behind Fox, and it seems to energize Fox as he gives Cannon a Flatliner into the second turnbuckle and then a springboard splash for 2. Fox with a guillotine choke, but Cannon muscles him into the air and hits a brainbuster for 2. Fox winds up out on the apron and hits a leaping enziguiri, but misses a 450 splash. He does connect with a springboard Ace Crusher, but Cannon again is out at 2. Fox hits an inverted senton in the corner and sets Cannon up top, but Sami Callihan runs out to ringside and nails Fox with a chair, resulting in a disqualification.
Winner: AR Fox by DQ
The DUFs continue beating Fox down as Callihan comes out and says it ends now, as Sami Callihan faces Sabu one on one. Sabu is a pathetic waste of life, and he's going to get killed in the ring in his final wrestling match ever. Callihan wants it to happen right now, and tells Sabu to get out here right now.
Street Fight: Sabu vs Sami Callihan
The lights go down and Sabu is in the ring when they come back up. The DUFs jump him as soon as they see him, but Jon Davis comes in to make the save and chases Cannon and Sanchez to the back, leaving Sabu and Callihan alone in the ring. Sabu hits a tornado DDT and goes to the outside to look for a table under the ring, but can't find one before Callihan comes out after him. He nails Sabu and sends him back in the ring, then he finds a table and puts it onto the ring apron, but Sabu baseball slides it right into Callihan's face. Sabu sets up a chair and goes for the triple jump to the floor, but miscalculates and crotches himself on the top rope. Callihan goes after him, taking him off the apron and over the rail into the crowd, but Sabu sends Callihan crashing into the guardrail and then drags him back to ringside and posts him. Sabu gets a chair and throws it right at Sami's head, but Sami avoids certain doom by ducking out of the way at the last second. Sabu gets back into the ring with a chair, but Callihan isn't scared in the least, walking right back in while looking Sabu square in the eyes. They both have chairs in their hands and get into a kind of fencing match, but Callihan catches a chairshot right in the face and rolls out to the floor. Sabu goes out after him and tosses Callihan right on top of some fan, but helps him back up before going back to beating up Sabu. Callihan with a boot right in the face of Sabu, then takes a swig of beer from a ringside fan and spits it right into the face of Sabu. What a charmer. Sabu appears to be cut somewhere on his face, and Callihan goes after the wound with right hands, then rolls Sabu back into the ring, takes the ring bell from the timekeeper, and rings it right on top of Sabu's hand. Callihan continues the punishment by smashing a chair right onto the left hand of Sabu, then takes another chair and puts it over Sabu's injured hand, then smashes the original chair on top of the other one to do major damage to Sabu's hand. Callihan does the same thing to Sabu's leg and makes a cover, but only gets 2. Sabu somehow staggers up to his feet, but Callihan throws a chair right in his face, sending Sabu back to the mat, and Callihan picks the chair back up and drives it right into Sabu's midsection. Callihan gets another table from underneath the ring and again gets it baseball slid into his ribs, but gets back into the ring as Sabu sets the table up and nails him again. Both men go for springboard moves, and both go down. Double clothesline and they both go down again. Sabu gets Callihan in the Camel Clutch as Davis, Cannon, and Sanchez come back through the crowd after apparently having fought through the back this entire time. They wind up in the ring where Davis dumps Cannon to the floor, then press slams Sanchez onto Cannon before coming over the top rope to take the both of them out. Callihan goes up top but catches a flying chair to the skull, and Sabu again goes for a triple jump to the outside and this time he hits it. Sabu rolls back in and Callihan slowly follows him, Sabu makes a cover but Callihan is out at 2. Crowd is starting to get behind Callihan as Sabu hits Air Sabu in the corner, but Callihan again kicks out at 2. Sabu tries it again, but Callihan kicks the chair into Sabu's shin, then sticks Sabu's ankle in a chair Pillman-style and repeatedly smashes a chair into it. Callihan drags Sabu out to the middle of the ring and catches him in the Stretch Muffler, but Sabu gets a chair and smashes Callihan in hte head over and over until he breaks the hold, then hits an Arabian legdrop with the chair to the back of Callihan's head and covers for 2. Sabu gets another chair and puts it on top of the table, but turns around right into another beer spew from Callihan, and Callihan then takes his bottle of dip and pours it on Sabu's head. Callihan goes to the second rope with a chair, but AR Fox comes running out and dropkicks the chair into Callihan's face, then hits the springboard Spanish Fly on Callihan. Sabu smashes Callihan in the skull with a chair, sending him sprawling onto the table, and Sabu comes off the top rope with an Arabian facebuster through the table for the win.
Winner: Sabu
Callihan sits in the corner with his head in his hands, then gets up and starts throwing chairs around the ring in frustration. Some DGUSA officials come out to try and calm Callihan down, but he flattens them all, stretching a young guy named Johnny Vandal out on the floor with the Stretch Muffler before smashing a chair into him and walking off.
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This weekend I wrote about the problems of being an entrepreneur in our Muddle Through Economy. I would like to follow that up with two brief (but somewhat controversial) essays on two aspects of starting up small businesses. The first, by Vivek Wadhwa, points out that start-ups account for all of the net new jobs, and is a summary of a paper from the Kaufman Foundation. (You can read the 12 page paper at http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/firm_formation_importance_of_startups.pdf)
The second is by my friend William C. Dunkelberg, the Chief Economist of the National Federation of Independent Business. He asks a very simple question: Why is thrift getting such a bad name? And if we take the potential savings from "the rich," where will the savings come from to invest in start-ups?
Vivek Wadhwa is an entrepreneur turned academic. He is a Visiting Scholar at the School of Information at UC-Berkeley, Senior Research Associate at Harvard Law School and Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University.
The both make for thought-provoking reading, and offer some challenges to the conventional wisdom, which is what Outside the Box is supposed to do.
Your doing his part by creating start-ups analyst,
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The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Honourable Juliet Kavetuna launched the National Maternal and Child Health Vaccination week and further unveiled the new Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) to be introduced into the country's routine immunization programme at public health facilities.
The Maternal and Child Health Week will take place on 16 – 20 November 2015.
During this week the Ministry will vaccinate children under five (5) years for polio, to be administered through injection on the right thigh of a child. The children will also be given Vitamin A supplement to protect them against night blindness and to build their body's immunity against diseases. Children from 1-5 years will be given de-worming medicines while Women of Child Bearing Age 15-49 years will be screened for Tetanus Toxoid status and vaccinated accordingly.
Honourable Kavetuna, calls on parents, caregivers and the community to take children under 5 years of age to the nearest hospital, health center, clinic and temporal outreach point.
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When every member of the state's congressional delegation except Representative Stephen F. Lynch signed onto a brief Friday asking the US Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, it seemed like a case of the South Boston Democrat being a bit more conservative than his liberal Massachusetts colleagues.
But then his congressional office said it was a matter of unreceived e-mail, not a political decision by Lynch to stay on the sidelines, calling him an unwavering defender of gay rights. His Senate campaign went a step further, suggesting that Lynch — who lacks the national Democratic backing of his special election opponent, Representative Edward J. Markey — might be the victim of a deliberate exclusion.
On a quiet Friday afternoon, that created a kerfuffle among the Democratic establishment, with sparring between the campaigns and a flurry of tweets among those taking sides or trying to figure out what really happened.
"Blame the staff or blame the e-mail, the request certainly didn't get to him, because he would have signed the briefs," said Lynch campaign spokesman Conor Yunits, describing Lynch's evolution over two decades to become an avowed supporter of same-sex marriage.
Late in the day, a spokesman for US Representative Jerrold Nadler, the New York Democrat who helped organize signatures for the brief, confirmed that Nadler's office had e-mailed the invitation to a Lynch staff member who apparently no longer works for Lynch. They assumed that the silence meant that the Massachusetts congressman was not interested.
Markey supporters had already pointed out that Lynch failed to sign three friend-of-the-court briefs challenging DOMA going back to November 2011, a pattern they said speaks for itself. Nadler's spokesman, Ilan Kayatsky, could not address the earlier briefs.
An aide for a senior Democratic House member who signed all four briefs said it is unlikely that Lynch missed all of them because of e-mail glitches. "With the level of publicity around each of these, I find it very difficult to understand that that could possibly happen," said the aide, who spoke anonymously because the aide's boss wished to stay out of the Lynch-Markey fray. "It'd be one thing if he missed the first one, but to miss four, it just doesn't hold any water."
The much-ado-about-e-mail started innocuously, with a release Friday from Markey's House office just before lunch, pointing to his own signature on the brief and reminding constituents that he opposed the Defense of Marriage Act even back in 1996, when it passed Congress overwhelmingly.
"It's long past time to abolish DOMA and send this discriminatory law to the pages of the history books," Markey said.
By early afternoon, MassEquality — the Boston-based advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights — had tallied the names and discovered that Lynch's was missing, blasting that fact to its 5,400 politically active Twitter followers.
So it was only a matter of time before Lynch's House office and campaign were fielding reporters' questions about the brief, prompting a statement from Lynch's congressional spokeswoman.
"As a result of an e-mail miscommunication, our office was not made aware that the amicus brief was being circulated. Congressman Lynch has long opposed the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and believes that DOMA is unconstitutional. Congressman Lynch has also consistently cosponsored the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA," spokeswoman Meaghan Maher wrote, declining to elaborate on what sort of "miscommunication" occurred.
Yunits, the campaign spokesman, later clarified by phone: "My understanding is that an e-mail request was sent to a former member of the staff," inadvertently, and without bouncing back, "and no follow-up was made to the office."
But he took to Twitter to suggest a conspiracy on behalf of Markey, who gained the backing of the Washington establishment early on in an attempt to warn off primary challengers before a looming showdown against Republican Scott Brown, prior to Brown's decision to sit out the race.
"Request to sign amicus letter was never received. Convenient given DC effort to choose candidate," Yunits tweeted, adding, "Too bad DC continues to apply pressure on behalf of chosen nominee and not let Massachusetts Democratic process prevail."
Though Lynch has cast a number of votes to support same-sex marriage and gay rights in recent years, he galvanized support for his first state legislative race in 1994 around his opposition to allowing a gay group to march in South Boston's privately-organized St. Patrick's Day parade and had a conservative record on gay rights issues at the State House.
But Lynch's moves in recent years include signing on as one of the sponsors, along with Markey, of legislation to repeal DOMA, the federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Last year, he received a score of 90 out of 100 from from the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for gay rights. That was 10 points behind the other Democrats in the Massachusetts delegation, but well ahead of the 55 earned by Scott Brown, then a senator.
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Retirement Savings Accounts Draw U.S. Consumer Bureau Attention.
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing whether it should take on a role in helping Americans manage the $19.4 trillion they have put into retirement savings, a move that would be the agency's first foray into consumer investments.
"That's one of the things we've been exploring and are interested in in terms of whether and what authority we have," bureau director Richard Cordray said in an interview. He didn't provide additional details.
The bureau's core concern is that many Americans, notably those from the retiring Baby Boom generation, may fall prey to financial scams, according to three people briefed on the CFPB's deliberations who asked not to be named because the matter is still under discussion.
The retirement savings business in the U.S. is dominated by a group of companies that handle record-keeping and management of investments in tax-advantaged vehicles like 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts. The group includes Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM),Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) and T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) Americans held $19.4 trillion in retirement assets as of Sept. 30, 2012, according to the Investment Company Institute, an industry association; about $3.5 trillion of that was in 401(k) plans.
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The Incredibles: One Incredible Film
SWEET MOTHER OF CINEMA! I just got back from a midnight screening of Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES and my head is still swimming from all the eye candy that was projected up onto the screen tonight! This is what movie-making is all about, people. This is what movie-goers want to see: a full onslaught of pure movie magic. The boys and girls of Pixar have been cutting their teeth on previous endeavors all for this film, my dear friends. And I can honestly say that they have now graduated to the next level. In my opinion, they have reached that peak of animated brillance and bliss that it would be difficult for them to fall. My only fear now is that they may not be able to top this film. The pressure is on now for Lasseter and Pixar's next animated feature, CARS - slated for release in 2005. Whew! Whadda ride, folks. I cannot stress to you how much fun I had at this movie! I think I gotta take a moment to regain my composure....
Okay, first off, I'm a father of two: a 4-year old daughter, Ava, and a 4-month old son, Ezra. My girl has seen her share of animated films in her short lifetime, all thanks to me, of course - but I must say that this movie is not for the young kiddies. The director, Brad Bird, he of THE IRON GIANT fame (need I say more? This guy needs to be cloned so we can have more movie directors like him making more honest-to-goodness great films), has been quoted as saying that THE INCREDIBLES is not for young kids. If you think that your kids will be easily scared in action films like STAR WARS or RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, then they will not dig this film. There are major moments of peril, several with children involved. The enemies are real and will kill the protagonists - just keep that in mind. Most likely, there are still going to be parents out there that will go and take their wee-ones to this film, just because it's animated. Because, let's face it - animation=children's films, right? Um, NO, and that's what Brad Bird is trying to do here. Starting with the FAMILY DOG short back in the 80's and then with his work on THE SIMPSONS and then, triumphantly, with THE IRON GIANT. He's been trying to break that preconcieved mold that many in the animated film-making biz fall prey to. What Bird made here is a legitimate FILM. Not just a "family film," but an action film that just happens to be animated. (Check out a great interview with him at The Onion here.) And I feel bad telling Ava that she can't see the movie as she's got a little crush on Dash, the young boy Incredible. "I like him, Daddy. I like Dash."
As for the look and design of the THE INCREDIBLES, you can almost feel all the sweat and toil that went into the art production for the film. From the grey mundane suburban life that Mr. Incredible must endure, to the brilliant, saturated colors of the remote island, everything looks like the filmmakers poured their heart and soul into it. And I'm buying The Art of The Incredibles book as soon as possible. (A detail of the cover is seen at the head of this post.) Go get it now. There's some fantastic artwork in it, but a word of caution for the virginal-movie-types - the ones who don't want to know any major plot points and surprises when watching a film - there are some spoilers in the book that may ruin it for you. So just buy the book after seeing the film. I highly recommend it.
Everything about this film was top-notch: the character design and development, the animation, the special effects, the story arcs, the action, the ambiance of every set,... I could go on and on about this film. (And with this being my first review for a film on The Ward-O-Matic, it's making me look like the WORST reviewer EVER. I almost feel like one of those no-name reviewers from podunk nowheresville, whom film companies quote repeatedly, especially if the movie is a big fat stinker.) I'm almost gushing like a little schoolgirl here about her latest crush. And in reality, I AM gushing about my latest crush. I've got such a film crush on THE INCREDIBLES right now, I find it hard to think about anything else.
There are moments in this film where I was so excited that I actually wanted to giggle with glee! What kind of movie can make me do that? (Answer: not many.)
For the few that may not like this movie, I must say, what more could you possibly want? At what level of perfection do your movies need to be? I had so much fun that I absolutely must see this film again right away. Now, how am I going to convince my wife this, when we barely get the chance to see ONE film a month? Hmmm....
I want to write so much more about THE INCREDIBLES, but I'll have to hold off until everybody's had a chance to see this truly amazing film. Last thought: I guess that every animator's goal in his career is to have a character so loved that it would possess someone to actually dress up in full costume at a midnight screening of your film. And to the crazy chick who dressed up as Elastigirl at the screening last night: good for you! It just made the night all the more...uh, appropriate? odd? well, fitting for us animation freaks. Thank you.
RATING: (Movie as a whole) 5 out of 5. (Repeat factor) Oh, you betcha. Very VERY high.
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- AnonymousNovember 05, 2004 2:02 PM
AGH! AGH! I went to a midnight screening last night as well, along will SCAD's entire animator population. I know just what you mean about gushing about this film- you can't articulate how brilliant it is unless you talking to someone who has seen it. And even then its sounds a lot like "OH MY GOD! Did you- the character development- holy crap!- the story, the moment where- ARG! and the color- I can't describe, but- Brad Bird was- I just- Edna! OH MY GOD!"ReplyDelete
I don't think Pixar can top this. Its just- perfect. CARS doesn't look like its even going to be on par with Incredibles; you'd think that after they conquered the impossible task of creating believable human characters in 3D, they would continue to expand on that instead of regressing back to mechanical characters.
All in all, the feeling I got after this film was the same that I get after eating a big Italian dinner. Utter, blissful satisfaction. Of course, after eating big Italian dinners I usually don't sprint through parking lots screaming "THAT WAS AN AWESOME MEAL! IT MADE ME PROUD TO BE AN ANIMATOR!" but you know what I mean.
- AnonymousNovember 06, 2004 6:35 AM
Well, haven't seen it yet...still. But did just see a promo for SWIII: Revenge of the Sith...I'm all a tingley. Really, its sad how excited I am about a trailer. Tee hee!ReplyDelete
I will post something more prolific post-Incredibles, mmmkay?
Hi, found my way here via Cartoon Brew. I saw the flick yesterday afternoon, and it's still running in my brain! I loved it, my kids loved it, everyone in the theater with me loved it. I made the mistake of peeking at the "Art of" book in the store a few days ago (I couldn't resist), and blew one of the film's surprises for myself before slamming it shut (saw the Jack-Jack sketches, oops), but it in no way spoiled the film moment. Such great art direction, character designs, and amazing "acting". I loved Frozone's speed skater moves, that great little chuckle Dash gives out when he discovers he can run on water, Edna Mode, I could go on and on. It was pitch-perfect. It's impossible to oversell this movie; it lives up to every bit of the hype.ReplyDelete
Now that Brad Bird is on his way to becoming a household name, I'm looking forward to the real Iron Giant DVD, due out in a couple of weeks.
- AnonymousNovember 07, 2004 8:13 AM
dude, you're right on with your review! I'm going to try to catch the movie again just as soon as my schedule allows (I've got the wife/family thing going, too)... great write-up.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 07, 2004 11:38 AM
James Palmer again... I saw INCREDIBLES on Friday afternoon and was practically weeping at the beauty of it... There are some movies that illicit that kind of emotional reaction from me--moments where I tear up. This had it all. I must confess, as an illustrator who YEARNS to be associated in any way with animation, I had to keep asking myself, "why aren't I doing this???" But, gladly, I was able to put all of that aside and enjoy the movie. It was, to wit, INCREDIBLE!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 07, 2004 5:15 PM
I couldn't see The Incredibles on friday because I couldn't break my date with register 7 at Kroger, but I saw it yesterday and then dragged your very own mother to it today. Props for that?ReplyDelete
-robin (i'm your cousin. remember me?)
Very appropriate for me to respond to Robin's comments. She didn't have to DRAG me there. I was very eager to see what interests my little boy. OMIGOSH! This is the BEST movie I've ever seen (a wee bit over the top for me - because I LOVE OLD movies), but this one ranks right up there. I read one comment about the development of the characters. You usually don't have character development in cartoons, do you? At least not like the INCREDIBLES. I am so blown away by the characters. Loved the earlier comment about the person jogging through the parking lot (or was it skipping) screaming they loved the movie. I understand. I completely understand. What a fun movie! What a creative genius who created this thing! LOVED IT! GO SEE IT! BUY THE DVD when it comes out! Since I'm not even remotely an animator, I don't understand all the mechanics involved in creating something like this. I just enjoyed the detail, color, extreme passions involved in the movie, characterizations, ALL OF IT!ReplyDelete
I've seen this movie three times now and wish I had time to see it on the big screen more, though I know I'll be watching it plenty of times on DVD. I'd been waiting for this movie for a solid year-and-a-half, since I saw the teaser trailer before Nemo, and as excited as I was about it I didn't think that there was any way it could live up to my expectations: Pixar + Brad Bird + super-heroes. But oh, man, did it ever--and far, far surpassed whatever expectations I had.ReplyDelete
There was so much love and effort put into this movie and it was so obvious in every frame. And not only that, but THOUGHT was put into it as well--they clearly worked hard on figuring out exactly what these characters would really do with the powers they had. OF COURSE Frozone would move like a speed skater instead of "surfing" on a bridge of ice like Iceman. Obvious in hindsight, but I'd never thought of it. I'm glad Bird and Pixar did.
Anyway, sorry, I'm rambling. Just can't gush enough about this movie. Best super-hero movie ever, one of the best animated films ever. Here's hoping Bird gets an Oscar nom for Best Original Screenplay on the 25th.
I didn't like the movies story really, but it was visually stunning. At some points it looked like, or better then real life. I think they should make a film that doesnt have a cartooney feel but with these visuals. Who needs real life actors anyways? just kidding. But really if they made the faces of the incredibles in the movie human like this movie would scare the shit out of me. All they need is voice actors and they can have better actors on screen and amazing special effects using the computers. I remember in the jungles in the movie- damn were they nice.ReplyDelete


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Are you finding that the IQ of the Average Linux user is dropping?
Does this mean it is finally the year of the Linux desktop?
Example of a ignorant Linux user that I tried my best to make him understand he was asking an off topic question on another forum.
Best Choice for Connecting to PHP/MySQL from a .cpp?
Should I have just clear out stated that this is an off topic question and told the poster he is likely to be banned?
It would have saved a lot of effort on my part.
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Pollan provides another shocking yet essential treatise on the industrialized "Western diet" and its detrimental effects on our bodies and culture. Here he lays siege to the food industry and scientists' attempts to reduce food and the cultural practices of eating into bite-size concepts known as nutrients, and contemplates the follies of doing so. As an increasing number of Americans are overfed and undernourished, Pollan makes a strong argument for serious reconsideration of our eating habits and casts a suspicious eye on the food industry and its more pernicious and misleading practices. Listeners will undoubtedly find themselves reconsidering their own eating habits. Scott Brick, who narrated Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma , carries forward the same tone and consistency, thus creating a narrative continuity between the two books. Brick renders the text with an expert's skill, delivering well-timed pauses and accurate emphasis. He executes Pollan's asides and sarcasm with an uncanny ability that makes listening infinitely better than reading. So compelling is his tone, listeners may have trouble discerning whether Brick's conviction or talent drives his powerful performance. Simultaneous release with the Penguin Press hardcover (Reviews, Nov. 26). (Dec.)
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CHICAGO (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Chicago Bulls looked like they were ready to eliminate Deron Williams and the Brooklyn Nets and move on to the second round of the playoffs.
They're still in position to do it. Things are just a little more interesting.
With a 3-2 lead, the Bulls will try again to wrap it up when the series shifts back to the United Center on Thursday. The opening tip is set for 8:00 p.m.
The Nets seemed all but out of it before a 110-91 victory at the Barclays Center on Monday night. Now, the Bulls appear to be reeling as they try to avoid a decisive seventh game at Brooklyn on Saturday.
Point guard Kirk Hinrich might miss his second straight game because of a bruised left calf, and Luol Deng and Taj Gibson were sick Wednesday and stayed home. Joakim Noah has battled plantar fasciitis in his right foot — the same issue dogging Joe Johnson, except it's in his left foot.
The most pressing matter for Brooklyn is trying to find a way to win in Chicago, something it hasn't done this season. The Nets dropped both regular season matchups there and lost Games 3 and 4.
"Number one, the Bulls. Number two, we just did a poor job of closing," Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo said. "The first game there we didn't get a shot. We had the ball with whatever it was, a three-, four-point lead and we didn't get a shot our last three possessions. And obviously Game Four, up 14 with less than three minutes to go would be a pretty good place to be you would think. So twice we did a very poor job of finishing. I don't think there's any magic to the building. I think it's the guys in the white uniforms and the fact that we've done a poor job closing out for sure."
Now, they're trying to hang on.
Only eight NBA teams have overcome a 3-1 deficit, and the odds that the Nets would add to that number seemed slim at best after Game 4.
"I think we've been confident throughout the whole series regardless of whether they were up 3-1," Johnson said. "The series is not over man until the first team gets four wins so at this point we've still got a shot. We understand that we've got a big task ahead of us and that's going to Chicago and getting a win."
They blew a 14-point lead in the closing minutes of regulation and lost 142-134 in triple overtime, with Nate Robinson going off for Chicago down the stretch. He scored 34 points, the most by a Bulls reserve in a playoff game, and all but five came after the third quarter.
But without Hinrich on Monday, it was a different story.
Robinson started and was unable to provide a similar spark. He did score 20 points but had a tough time slowing Williams. The offense was a bit out of sync, too, and Hinrich could have helped in both areas.
The veteran guard did not practice Wednesday, and neither he nor coach Tom Thibodeau declared him out for Thursday. The way he was hobbling around, Hinrich hardly looked like a player who was about ready to suit up even though he said he has seen some improvement.
"I'm just going to try to play if I can," he said. "That's my goal. Whether I'll be able to reach it or not …"
He's still in pain and he needs to get the swelling down more before he can return to the court. If he's not ready to go, it's not clear how the Bulls will adjust.
They could simply try again with Robinson at the point and hope for a better result this time. Another possibility might be starting Marco Belinelli at the point, with Jimmy Butler guarding Williams, and bringing Robinson off the bench.
Thibodeau wasn't tipping his hand.
The fact that Deng and Williams were sick only adds to the Bulls' concerns, and then there's the Derrick Rose saga. He hasn't played since he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in last year's playoff opener against Philadelphia, and the outside criticism has mounted, with some fans and analysts questioning why he hasn't returned even though the knee is structurally sound and saying he's done the team a disservice by not announcing one way or another if he would be back this season.
"There is a big difference between the time of injury that he's had and all these other injuries," Thibodeau said. "And we certainly appreciate what all the other guys are doing, but Derrick has had a very serious injury. It requires time. He's 24 years old. We're not going to rush him back. When he's completely comfortable, that's when we want him out there. If that means we wait another game, if that means we wait until next year, so be it. We want him completely comfortable and we're not going to make that mistake."
Hinrich also defended Rose, saying, "You give a guy who has that type of character the benefit of the doubt. We know that he's such a big part of this organization and this team that we trust he's making the right decision for that and for himself."
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- Select a level (for gridded datasets only). Not all levels/variable combinations available.
- For US stations, obtain station number from "Station List" next to entry box.
- For 20thC Reanalysis or NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis, choose variable and level. Choose "Surface" for non-pressure level variables. Also, chose a latitude and longitude. Use -90 to 90 and 0 to 360 for longitude.
- Chose year range. This is MANDATORY.
- Choose "get timeseries" or "get subset of dates". For subset, you will also need to choose a number of highest or lowest days or a value to test against (values include value, anomaly, standardized anomaly or percentile). Anomalies and percentiles are obtained based on the set of years you choose. You can choose "higher or lower than value compared against. For example, you can choose the top 5 temperatures in Boulder, CO (station 351) for 1950-1999 and get:
- 1953,7,24, 101.00000000
- 1954,7,13, 102.00000000
- 1954,7,12, 103.00000000
- 1954,7,11, 104.00000000
- 1954,6,23, 104.00000000
- 1954,7,13, 102.00000000
- 1953,7,24, 101.00000000
- Get values. Daily values output can be used on the daily composite page (http://psl.noaa.gov/data/composites/day/.
Comments: NCEP data is updated ~3 days behind current day. Station data overs 1950-1999. Daily index timeseries vary in time coverage. 20th Century data covers 1871-2008.


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that happens when you get in God's word. you've read something a jillion times and then you read it differently one day.
God is surprising.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth.
that last part was shouting at me.
it was like, why do you fret? your help comes from the one who made stars and made the sky and built the mountains and made oceans know where to stop.
why do you think he can't do this one thing?
i sing those songs in church and i tell others, God is able! but why do i fret and worry over all sorts of things? why do i not seek his counsel and make my own plans? why do i say, God can do this but he probably won't?
because i am forgetful.
i have forgotten that God is bigger than i can imagine . how can i believe what i've forgotten?
Lord, heal my unbelief.
this is why i need to constantly bathe in God's words spoken to us. i forget so easily who God is and who He says i am when i read the book of the world and let it seep down into my heart. wisdom that looks wise but is foolish. wisdom that sounds like the truth but did not come from God washes over me every day.
find the answers within!
just find the balance!
he who keeps you will not slumber
will neither slumber nor sleep.