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SloganMedia.Net is entering into development on their first scripted Sci-Fi feature project currently entitled SPACE. On board for Consulting Producer duties is Zachary Urbina http://linkd.in/XesMI6 who is a phenomenal writer and part of the exciting world of NASA and the Department of Defense.
While the movie will be firmly based in near-future technology, it will connect with audiences by exploring the people involved and the timeless struggles of the human experience.
"We are very excited to have Mr. Urbina's vast knowledge of the science and players in the space travel community at our disposal in creating a human story set in the rapidly changing world of technology," said Slogan co-founder John Stobaugh.
Slogan Media is a production company focused on developing entertainment for mainstream consumption & corporate branding.
OMG, I'm producing a movie!! - ZU
OMG, I'm producing a movie!! - ZU
A friend of mine who may or may not work on Boeing's classified X-37b space plane recently invested in Makerbot's Replicator 2. Released to the public in late 2012, the Replicator 2 is a desktop 3D printer with a resolution capability of 100 microns and a massive 410 cubic inch build volume. My friend has been extruding all kinds of interesting objects, including that pretty sweet Cozy Dark logo. It can extrude moving parts! The wheels to that MSL rover printed out with the ability to roll. Below is a close up of the Replicator 2 in action. - ZU
Keeping the X in Xmas |
As you might imagine, I am not the most adherent conscript of religion who ever walked this Earth. Like Richard Feynman, I hunger more so for new knowledge and enjoy "the pleasure of finding things out." There remains so much still to discover.
By keeping the X in Xmas, I'm not taking a shot at religion, or Jesus, or anyone, really. Keeping the X in Xmas means maintaining a sense of mystery in the world. That there is always an X, a unknown variable, always something to be solved for, or puzzled over, or simply not fully understood.
Starting and running this blog has reminded me that there are many of you out there who see the world through similar eyes. For those who have joined my quest for X, searching out truth in the welcoming void, the cozy dark, I salute you and thank you for joining me. We are travelers on the same road, even if we never meet.
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SpaceUpLA: A space unconference for people who care deeply about humanity's future in space and want to play a part in it. August 18-19, 2012 (via itsfullofstars)
if you're on the west coast, you should attend. i'm planning on giving a talk. - ZU
if you're on the west coast, you should attend. i'm planning on giving a talk. - ZU
In 2010, a USC English Major decided to look to the stars for his next career move. Fascinated by the problem of orbital debris and the promise of electrodynamic tether technology—a way to clean up our outer atmosphere—Zachary Urbina joined together with friends in Southern California's AeroAstro community to form Cozy Dark.
They came at just the right time. A little over a month ago, NASA gave $1.9 million dollars to a small company in South Carolina to develop a debris eliminator. Then Swiss scientists announced a plan to launch a "janitor satellite" that would do the same thing. Another solution to this "space junk" problem is something called an electrodynamic tether. Essentially, these are very long wires, some of which exceed 20 km in length, braided with a composite plastic to make them more robust. With one end a negatively biased anode and the other a positively biased hollow cathode emitter, the wires work by attracting free-floating electrons in the ionosphere [electrodynamic tether talk].
Think of it as a celestial broom that gets rid of space junk.
Rich Denoncourt: So, what is Cozy Dark?
Zach Urbina: Cozy Dark, the name, is a nod back to the Cold War days of Lockheed. Lockheed had an advanced technology division that they called Skunk Works. My great uncle, who was my benefactor and paid for me to attend USC, worked there as an avionics engineer for decades. He worked on the SR71, and later a project called Have Blue. Have Blue, Skunk Works are both Cozy Dark kinds of names. Semi-cryptic. During the late 70s, the Have Blue prototype eventually became the F117a, better known as the stealth, of Desert Storm fame.On an organizational level, Cozy Dark started as an idea. I was interested in orbital debris. I spent more/less three years of my free time looking into starting a technology company. I had three solid plans in mind and was bouncing them off of friends I made in the MindshareLA community, lots of Caltech and MIT students and faculty. The first two ideas had to do with municipal infrastructure and those kinds of projects seemed difficult to manage without substantial political connections. Orbital debris was then, and still is, a wide open, underdeveloped industry.I was at an event called Little Green, a sustainability-themed cocktail party, run by Heather Knight. This was before Heather decided to pursue a PhD at Carnegie Mellon. It was at my second Little Green that I met my first colleague, Alfred. I was going on about spent rocket stages in low-Earth orbit and he mentioned, "Oh by the way, I just happen to be a satellite survivability engineer at Boeing." For the next few months we met on the weekends and evenings to look over the patents (he is/was a huge patent geek, which helped the cause tremendously) and see what was out there, to see what we should be doing, on the technical side of things.We started looking into a relatively underdeveloped technology called electrodynamic tethers. From there, things took on a life of their own. Tether technology is known by a very few number of people worldwide. Shortly after Alfred and I submitted our first proposal to the Department of Defense, we were introduced to Joe Carroll down in San Diego. Our first meeting at Joe's house lasted 8 hours. Over the last year, he's become something of a mentor to me, and I have tremendous respect for his work with tethers. Joe has a tether mission, TEPCE, flying on a SpaceX rocket, sometime later this year or early next, depending on their launch window.Space debris is only one side of our business, and recently we've started some interesting new projects that seem promising.
RD: You don't have an educational background in the sciences, right? What drew you to this field?
ZU: No, I was an English Major at USC. One thing about that, I've heard it said that an English degree is useless save for teaching. I've discovered that is NOT the case. Engineers hate to write. Well, maybe not all of then, but many of them. So, when we've been crafting proposals for NIAC and SBIR, I've found the writing background and a willingness to do serious research an added benefit.I mentioned before my great uncle at Lockheed, but I also have another unique family member worth mentioning. My uncle Dr. Eric Becklin is a pretty well-known astronomer. His background is in infrared sources. In about 1966, he and his research partner pin-pointed Sagittarius A, an infrared source which is more/less the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. He's the lead scientist on the SOFIA project which is an airborne infrared observatory. It's a 747 with a massive barn door that slides back to reveal the infrared telescope. They fly it high, like 40,000+ to get above atmospheric water vapor, which blocks light at infrared wavelengths. Growing up, we used to call Uncle Eric "Doc Brown," because he had this hair which was pure Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future. He still does, actually. Beyond that, I would have to say Legos. I had an interest in Estes model rockets, like a lot of young boys, but it was really my Lego collection that stoked all that. If you have this giant bin of Legos (which we did; I think it originated at a weekend yard sale in one of those too-good-to-be-true bargain discoveries) and all you keep building are spacecraft and robotic rovers, I think that points to something. There's this Ursula LeGuin quote that I think applies here: "The creative adult is the child who survived." I like that.
RD: That's a great quote. And we all remember playing with Legos. To follow up on something you mentioned before, how is orbital debris a problem? What are the benefits to removing it?
ZU: The analogies for the orbital debris problem that I consistently encounter are: the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the semi-porous US/Mexico border, radon contamination, airline security and CFC pollution. These are all issues that are or have been difficult to get institutional arms around, yet persistent enough to maintain more/less constant media attention. The problem is that launch providers, who bear much of the blame for larger debris objects, and satellite operators and insurers, who bear the most exposure risks for their property, have very different exposure times to both larger and small debris objects. The International Space Station completes a revolution around the earth every 90 or so minutes and has been in low-earth orbit since 1990. That is a lot of time to potentially bump into things. Other satellites are up and operating for even longer.Several months ago, all six astronauts on board the ISS had to evacuate to an escape pod because of a small piece of incoming debris. We're talking about six highly trained, expertly educated men and women, doing advanced scientific and technical work in a $160 billion modular space station, built by a 16-nation group of station partners, all of which were imperiled by tiny pieces of orbital debris. The station is simply not built to be robust enough to take a hit from chunks of aluminum falling in a 17,000 mph circle.Beyond cleaning up low-Earth orbit, the debris problem will likely lead, in the nearer future, to enhanced capabilities in imaging objects in orbit. Right now, the US Air Force can only track objects that are 10cm and larger (anything they perceive could be a weapon). With another colleague, I've helped design a ground-based telescope network, to begin tracking orbital debris in LEO and GEO that can image debris down to 2 or 3cm. We believe it is the first big step toward developing a paying customer for eventual debris removal. We believe that satellite operators and insurers would find tracking and position information of tiny debris of great value to their assets.There is also the very unlikely, but not unheard of eventuality of something big that would fall from LEO, not burn up in the atmosphere, and land in a populated area. Titanium rocket motor casings tend not to burn up, but we haven't seen anything like that fall somewhere that presents a significant threat to humans or infrastructure. Not yet, anyhow.
RD: So your work will prevent astronauts from having to undergo costly evacuation procedures as well as reduce potential dangers caused by falling debris. It sounds like you've hit upon a solid demand. What can you tell me about Cozy Dark's accomplishments in the past 12 months? What has been your own greatest accomplishment since forming this start-up?
ZU: The ISS is definitely the most valuable asset in low-Earth orbit, but certainly not the only one. Commercial and government satellites remain at risk from debris conjunctions, as well as future launches. Because of the currently restricted nature of human spaceflight to LEO (right now, only the Russians can get you there), we as a planet are at an all-time low for regular access to space.I see so much work ahead that it gets exceedingly difficult to look back on accomplishments. On a personal level, I am most proud of developing our latest project with Joe Carroll. My group of peers around my age are all pretty ambitious and well educated. We're talking, Caltech, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, etc. working at XCOR, SpaceX, Boeing, etc.Joe is different. He's older. He's an independent contractor, meaning he's a rogue, a pirate. He's one of the brightest mathematical minds I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He's also a great story teller. He's savagely competitive. Before we actually sat down to speak in person, three different people suggested that he and I meet. To think that I'm now actively collaborating on a project with someone like him is a tremendous compliment. It feels like my efforts with Cozy Dark are on the right path.
RD: Where do you see yourself and Cozy Dark in 5 years?
Our ground-based telescope network is a big, big project, but it is by no means the most ambitious. The real question right now is access to orbit. SpaceX is positioned to make the most effective strides getting technology to orbit, but their price points, however reduced, are still beyond our modest efforts.However, if XCOR gets their Lynx Mark III up and flying suborbital in the next two or three years, we may be able to achieve access to orbit via a second stage or sounding rocket. The Lynx Mark III is reported to have a dorsal pod that can hold a pretty sizable payload.Without getting into details, I can safely say that we are very interested in a suborbital flight that can take a payload to roughly 300,000 feet. From there, orbital access changes the kind of mission profiles you can plan for, the kind of on-orbit activity you can participate in. Frankly, it changes everything. I'd like Cozy Dark to manage a constellation of cubesats, with a variety of capabilities. From this point in time, that goal appears to be within reach.There's a lot that can go wrong between now and then. Rockets explode. Planes crash. Deals go sour. But there's also quite a lot that can go right. SpaceX is leading the charge, and I see Cozy Dark and several other companies ushering in a kind of New Space Renaissance in Southern California, over the next five years. The future looks bright and highly commercial.
Richard Denoncourt studied literature and philosophy at Colgate University and received an M.F.A. in creative writing from The New School. He is an independently published novelist and maintains a blog at selfland.wordpress.com.
2012 Spacecraft Technology Expo Lands at the LA Convention Center |
In a city where glamour and fame often capture the media spotlight, it can be easy to forget that modern rocketry first took root in a dusty stretch of dry riverbed in Pasadena, and eventually bloomed into the most ambitious efforts of humankind to date. Last week, in Downtown Los Angeles, the industry leaders and feisty upstarts who continue to carry that proverbial torch gathered to show-off the current capabilities and bold plans for the future at the Spacecraft Technology Expo.
From May 9th through May 10th, the Los Angeles Convention Center played host to the best and the brightest in orbital and suborbital technology. Although there were bigger and more moneyed players in the space game who took out space at the expo, it was small, but determined suborbital flight provider XCOR Aerospace who stole the floor of the convention with a full-scale mock-up of their Lynx spacecraft, a rocket-propelled reusable launch vehicle.
Additional exhibit's worthy of mention included Sage Cheshire Aerospace's Red Bull Stratos capsule, built for the upcoming record-breaking skydive of Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner. Baumgartner recently completed a test jump from 70,000 feet and is sure to make more headlines for both Red Bull and Sage Cheshire as he scales up to an eventual 120,000 ft. jump sometime later this year. - ZU
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The Spaceship Company hosted a career fair on Saturday, April 21st in Mojave, CA. The company, which is building suborbital spacecraft WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo for Virgin Galactic, has had trouble finding engineers and other technicians. If you have the background and education, I can't recommend strongly enough applying through their website. -ZU
Some people head down to SpaceX to witness the historic commercial development of access to low-Earth orbit. I happen to be partial to the free frozen yogurt. Go boldly, friends. That 30 April launch date can't come soon enough, IMHO. - ZU
Today I was treated to a tour of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. Highlights included a full-sized, fully functional Mars Science Lab rover and a bird's eye view of exploration mission operations control center. At the time we were passing through, data packets from the Dawn mission to Vesta were being received. Another highlight was a 1/3 scale model of the lunar ATHLETE rover which was just kinda hanging out in a shed. - ZU
Lift-off for the Los Angeles Space Salon |
Last Wednesday night marked the first gathering of the Los Angeles Space Salon, at the Brewery Arts Complex in Lincoln Heights. Organizers Scott Norman (SpaceX), Simone Syed (BIL co-founder), and Michael Clive (XCOR) lured out an extensive cross section of the aerospace community, traveling from San Diego to Mojave, to engage in a vibrant dialogue that featured an opening talk from Virgin Galactic's Will Pomerantz.
After an informative and insightful presentation by Pomerantz, the floor was opened to discussion, which ranged from the merits of a post-shuttle NASA to commercial versus government-backed space efforts.
Though professional backgrounds and opinions of attendees varied considerably, all involved seemed to agree that much of the future of space transportation and access hinged upon the success of Elon Musk's Hawthorne-based commercial rocket endeavor SpaceX, soon expected to fly resupply and crew missions to the International Space Station.
A notable highlight of the evening was a light verbal skirmish between John Spencer of the Space Tourism Society, who argued that the primary offering to the public should be "the space experience." Molly McCormick, who splits her time between Raytheon and Orbital Outfitters countered that, "There are real, productive reasons to want to go to space that will benefit everyone. Space is more than an experience; it is a resource. There are things we can do and make in the microgravity of space that are extremely difficult or even impossible to do or make on Earth: exotic materials, precision components, satellites, medicines, etc."
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That's it for today, everyone, RC signing off here at Blog Central. Join us back here in the morning at 10am for the 10.30 start on day three. Enjoy your evening, and remember, tweet and blog responsibly!
WHAT HAPPENED: Clarke and Watson came out determined to build Australia's lead and did just that in steady if unspectacular fashion, adding nearly 200. Once more, the Aussies then lost a spate of wickets, but the lower order did more than its bit, the seventh and eighth wickets both adding 50-plus, Johnson looking set for another Test ton with a fine and responsible innings. Sri Lanka stuck to its guns despite losing Welegedera early, but again didn't have enough penetration to bust through the batting order, Australia with a lead of 284.
WHAT IT MEANS: Only one result possible now, surely, with three full days left for the home side to dismiss Sri Lanka a second time. The track offers little for the bowlers, but the visitors don't appear to have the requisite patience or discipline to stave off the bowlers. A clear gap in class between these teams is becoming more apparent, Australia in complete control without necessarily playing to its full potential, the question remaining can they produce the goods against the very best opposition.
STUMPS SCORE: Australia 8/440 (Johnson 73*, Lyon 0*)
That's stumps! Another good day for Australia, never really cut loose, but just steadily built the lead, now close to 300 (284) with Johnson again pushing his all-rounder claims, unbeaten on 73, been a great knock. Aussies will push for more still tomorrow, and have the best part of three days to roll Sri Lanka a second time.
Two overs to go, won't do anything silly here, and can come out tomorrow and get Johnson his ton! Herath again, has bowled really well today with no luck at all.
WICKET! Siddle's gone, a thick outside edge to Eranga and skipper Jayawardene takes his second great catch for the day, flinging himself to his left at second slip. Good stuff from Sids, though, his 13 was part of a 58-run partnership, Aus. 8/434, lead is 278 and Lyon at the crease, suppose you can't really call him a nightwatchman this time!
Siddle out to a blinder
Australia lose it's eigth wicket to a magnificent catch by Sri Lanka captain Jayawardene.PT0M41S http://www.canberratimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2bxog 620 349 December 27, 2012
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Great timing from Johnson in this knock, hasn't really tried to belt the cover off the ball at any stage, that was just a textbook cover drive that raced to the rope. He's up to 65, that was his sixth boundary, and brought up the 50 partnership as well. Lead is up to 275.
Sri Lankan bowling starting to look a bit ragged again, Johnson still going great guns, and Siddle offering good support, now this pair has almost cracked the 50 partnership! Aus. 7/423, lead up to 267.
Fifty for Johnson! Great knock, very responsible, important runs, too at No. 8. His 50 has come up in 93 balls with only four boundaries, very restrained by his standards.
Big flash from Johnson, over slips for four, and the 400 comes up ... hello, a pitch invader ... now that's very 1980s!
A few tete-a-tetes today between Herath and umpire Nigel Llong ... not quite Shakoor Rana and Mike Gatting, but they were up as close and personal just then!
Loving this knock from Mitch! Nothing silly, now just guides one between slips and gully down to the rope for four, he's up to 40 and the lead is 236. Aus. 7/392
Lovely swat by Johnson for four, looks good today with the blade. A few issues with this still new-ish ball, too. Aus. 7/383, lead is 227. They're calling the drinks break ... make mine a Pimms, Jeeves.
WICKET! What a catch! A blinder by Herath at deep mid-on and Hussey is gone for 34. Was swirling around, Herath made about 20 metres and ended up diving to his left and taking a one-hander. Ironic, really, can't take a wicket himself, but gets part-timer Dilshan one. Aus. now 7/376.
Hussey goes to great catch
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Sri Lanka needs another bowling change, I reckon, Johnson and Hussey looking comfortable indeed and runs coming steadily. Aus. 6/374, lead is up to 218.
Drive for four by Hussey brings up the 50 partnership, good stuff, nothing dramatic, just knocking them around for ones, twos and the occasional boundary. Lead is up to 212, might end up around the 300 mark perhaps. Herath still bowling well without luck, more support from the other end would have given him one or two at least, you'd reckon.
Part-timer Dilshan on again ... hang on, Four 'n Twenty wrapper blowing across pitch interrupts proceedings ... just as well Greg Ritchie isn't out there, would have been salivating everywhere!
Hussey lucky there. Big edge outside off to Mathews, flies between the two slips and gully at catchable height for four, and the lead goes to 200.
Picking up some handy ones and twos are this pair, have quietly added 35, Johnson looking the accomplished bat we know he can be. Aus. 6/350, and the lead is 194.
Here we go again after tea, Herath to open up with Johnson on strike, off the mark again quickly with a single, Hussey pushes another, Johnson again, four from the over. Will want to keep that scoreboard ticking over, lead still not enough for absolute comfort. And it's Mathews from the other end.
TEA SCORE: Australia 6/331 (Hussey 7*, Johnson 10*)
That will be tea, folks! Good little fightback from Sri Lanka there, looked close to demoralised at 3/311, but managed to snare 3/4. Australia still dominant, though, leading by 176. How many more can they add? Join us for the final session in 15 minutes or so. Me? I'm getting stuck into some leftover plum pudding!
Chance goes begging! Hussey could have gone there, Herath got the edge, Sangakkara didn't get close, popped off his pad up in the air, and first slip couldn't grab it, either. Next ball Herath has big shout for LBW turned down, goes for the review ... and misses out again ... just! Jeez he's been unlucky today!
Mathews coming back into the attack, has 1/26 from eight overs to date. Prasad the main wicket-taker with 3/81 from 21. You have to say so far in this match most of the 16 batsmen dismissed have managed to engineer their own demise! Aus. 6/323.
WICKET! Well, we did say if Wade hung around, something would happen. And it did! He's out, hooked Prasad straight down the throat of Eranga at deep fine leg, Australia has lost three for four!
Australia lose three wickets for four runs
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Interesting to see how Hussey and Wade play this. Lead is 159, plenty of time left obviously, but hard to see Wade hanging around too long without some action happening.
WICKET! Now Watson's gone, and Australia yet again loses another wicket quickly. Ball from Prasad was short outside off, too high and wide to pull, but Watto gambled and lost, hitting it straight down Samaraweera's throat at mid-wicket. What a waste of all that hard work! He's gone for 83 from 198 balls with eight boundaries.
Hussey the new man, and a challenge for Watson, too. He's 82 not out, but how often in recent times have we seen one Australian wicket follow another in quick succession? Aus. 4/312.
WICKET! Pretty unexpectedly, Clarke is gone! Flashed at Eranga, and skipper Jayawardene takes a sharp chance above his head at second slip. His 106 took 187 balls, with 14 boundaries. The partnership with Watson was worth 194 runs.
Lovely drive from Watson for four, almost his signature shot, that. He moves into the 80s. Run rate is climbing. Aus. 3/310.
And there's the 300 up for the batting side. Pretty measured, from 516 balls at a rate of 3.48. The lead is now 144. ... make that 148, as Clarke just swivels and pulls Prasad through mid-wicket.
That will be the drinks break, as the cheers continue for Clarke. Australia's lead is 142 runs, with the 300 nearly up and this pair getting close to a 200-run stand. Aus. 3/298.
And there's the 100 for the skipper! That's his fifth for this year, this one less imposing than others, but still very effective. The ton came up in 181 balls with 13 boundaries, a fitting end to an amazing year of batting. Clarke's 22nd Test hundred, with many, many more to come you'd think.
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Michael Clarke notches his 22nd career Test century and first at the MCG.PT0M37S http://www.canberratimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2bxcb 620 349 December 27, 2012
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Prasad into the attack now, Herath had just the one over with the new ball, not the spinner's go. He's looked SL's best chance of a breakthrough today, and boy, do they need one now. Clarke closing in on the ton, he's 94, Aus. 3/292.
Four runs from the first over with new ball, Herath continuing though, might get a bit more bounce. Has bowled well today without much luck at all. Aus. 3/285.
Here comes the new ball. It's going to be Eranga with the new cherry, just two slips in with little encouragement in the track, can he produce something ... anything?
Lovely drive from Clarke off Dilshan for four, moves into the 80s, runs coming more freely since lunch. And there's another lucky break for Clarke! Gets thick edge to Herath straight between keeper and slip for another boundary! Aus. 3/280.
150 partnership comes up, we seem to have spent much of it talking about neither batsman looking near their peak, but pretty hard to argue with that many runs on the board! New ball only a couple of overs away, can't come soon enough for a bowling side starting to look out of ideas.
Clarke stepping up a gear, hoiks Herath away off leg for a boundary to move into the 70s. Australian lead moves past 100. Herath raps Clarke on the pads, appeals for LBW, turned down. Thought briefly about an appeal, but wisely didn't go on with it, was well outside off and down the track a fair way. Aus. 3/258.
Part-time spinner Dilshan coming in for a trundle, not a great sign for the visitors. Straight away, Clarke cracks him through covers for four to bring up the 250 for Australia.
No post-lunch problems for the batsmen yet. Prasad, like his countrymen, hasn't bowled badly, but there's not a lot there to really have Clarke or Watson in strife, and while both have looked a lot better than right now, they're doing well enough to have reached 60-odd and added about 130. Plenty of batsman around who wouldn't mind looking that scratchy!
Ready to go again here in session two. Watson, looking a little inconvenienced in his movement at the crease of late, will be on strike, Prasad is the bowler, Australian lead 82 and rising. Play ball, gentlemen!
LUNCH SCORE: Australia 3/238 (Clarke 56*, Watson 60*)
And that will be lunch, folks! Was a battle at times for the batsmen, but Watson and Clarke are still there, having added 88 for this session from 30 overs. The Australian lead is up to 82. What will it be by stumps, 250, 300? Join us back here at Blog Central in about half-an-hour to find out!
Aussies tighten the screws
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And there's a bit of history! That single not only takes Clarke to 56, but past Ricky Ponting as Australia's highest-ever run-scorer in a calendar year with an amazing 1545. That's in 11 Tests, 18 innings, with four big tons and four 50s at an astonishing average of more than 110!
Eventful over from Herath there! First Clarke might have been stumped, tough chance for Sangakkara who got balked by a late deflection, then Watson steers one in and out of Jayawardene's hands at slip. Needed both of them, SL. Aus. 3/235.
Prasad back into the attack now after Mathews' spell, Clarke immediately bunts him for two. Welegedara's injury is a nightmare for Sri Lanka, an attack already looking thin is being stretched to breaking point, as the lead grows to 75. Aus. 3/231
Fifty for Watson! Lovely pull to mid-wicket from Mathews, half-century has taken 121 balls with six boundaries and a six. Not one of the great knocks, but he's still there good confidence booster for a man who needs it!
Fifty for Clarke! Got some glove to that ball from Mathews, and races to fine leg boundary. Half-century came from 101 balls. And that's also the 100 partnership. Starting to tick over nicely now for the Aussies.
Six for Watson, barely seemed to touch it! Great timing. A race to 50 on here, Watson 45, Clarke 46, Aus. 3/213. Much more confident stroke play these last 15 minutes.
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Watson still not quite there, but starting to find a few more gaps, these two closing in on the 100 partnership and Clarke closing in on 50. Aussie lead is now 51.
Good short delivery from Eranga, scones Clarke on the helmet, and goes for leg byes. Now four byes, as Eranga hurls one back at Clarke to the boundary rope! Costly aggression there! That will be the first drinks break of the day, Australia 3/197, have added 47 this morning. Players will have a sip of a sports drink we're not gracing with a free plug, I'll have a cuppa and two Monte Carlos thanks, Jeeves!
This is it folks, over the top ... so says Clarke, channeling Doc Neeson and The Angels, and lofting Herath for four. Neither batsman right on top with their timing yet, but starting to feel more confident about opening the shoulders. Aus. 3/187.
That was the nearest thing so far! Nice ball from Eranga, Watson jams down and gets the classic French cut. Bit of luck there. Aus. 3/180.
Stephen Samuelson: "A lot of people talking about it, past bowlers in particular, have got no idea of the workload of some of the guys."
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And that's the 50 partnership. Has taken a fair while, from 147 deliveries, but Watson and Clarke needed to steady the ship, and they have. Aus. 3/169.
That's the best shot of the day! Watson just leans into a full-pitched ball from Eranga and steers it along the ground back past the bowler for four. That should help his confidence. Aus. 3/166.
Herath coming into the attack now to replace Prasad. Big problems for skipper Jayawardene now, no regular keeper, and losing an opening bowler, spinner needs to strike early or this could get ugly pretty quickly. You need danger money to be a paceman these days given the attrition rate!
Woops .. trouble for Welegedara here, pulls up quickly after delivery, looks like he's pinged a hamstring! Well, at least the bowling injuries are being shared around! Big blow for Sri Lanka, he'd bowled a nice line this morning. It's going to be Eranga to finish the over.
Blow for Sri Lanka ... fast bowler Chanaka Welgedara is off to hospital for scans on an injured hamstring. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
Only eight runs added in the first five overs this morning, close shave for Watson there, too, padded up outside off to Welegedara and survived a half-shout for LBW. Aussies trying to play themselves in for the long haul today. Aus. 3/158.
Second maiden from Welegedera, has found a nice line thus far, couple of nice leaves from Clarke, one of which didn't miss his castle by all that much! Watson pushes another single off Prasad, Clarke returns the favour, just knocking them around for ones and twos so far, rotating the strike.
A single to get Clarke off the mark, a two to Watson, the all-rounder very solid in defence. Nothing too threatening in the track, or the bowling for that matter, big chance for some big scores here!
First over passes without incident, bowler finding a line outside off, Watson playing him comfortably, watchful to start. It's a maiden, Aus. still 3/150, Clarke to face his first ball of the day from Prasad, who's coming in from the members end.
And here we go on day two! It's the left-armer Welegedera to open things up with Shane Watson on strike, unbeaten on 13. Watson started to look more comfortable late yesterday, let's see if he can keep it up this morning!
The debate about the bowling rotation policy (sorry, Pup!) continues apace, those in favour temporarily boldened by Jackson Bird's more-than-handy debut yesterday. Seem to recall that happening early in the third Test against South Africa in Perth, too, with the popular view having changed plenty once the visitors had racked up 569 in the second dig!
The weather here in Melbourne is fine again, with a hotter top of 32 degrees forecast. There is a change tipped for late afternoon, but at this stage we're in for a full day's play again, and another good crowd expected to roll in after that bumper Boxing Day turnout of more than 67,000.
Good morning, everyone. RC in the chair here at Blog Central to take you through the second day's play of the second Test at the MCG, Australia looking to cash in on its dominance of day one. Having rolled Sri Lanka for a paltry 156, the home side is just six runs behind that tally already with seven first innings wickets still in hand. There were a few flutters late in proceedings with the three wickets lost quickly, and skipper Clarke and Watson both surviving dropped chances, but having had those breaks, the Aussies will be looking for a long day at the crease and an insurmountable first innings lead.
Aussie hold the whip hand after first day of Melbourne Test
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WHAT HAPPENED: Australia stamped its authority on proceedings very early after Sri Lanka had won the toss and batted, debutant Bird grabbing the first wicket in only his second over, Johnson following suit. Sangakkara revived the visitors' hopes with a commanding half-century, but once he went hope evaporated, and the batsmen continued to get themselves out to overly-ambitious shots. Sri Lanka lost its last seven wickets for just 77 to be dismissed for 156. Warner and Cowan then got off to a flier, knocking off the first 95 in cracking time. Warner got himself out, Hughes ran himself out, and Cowan went soon after, but Clarke and Watson steadied the ship in the final hour, Australia at stumps trailing by only six runs with seven wickets in hand.
WHAT IT MEANS: Pretty hard to see anything other than a big Australian win coming up here, with all the time in the world to build a big first innings lead before dismissing Sri Lanka a second time. Watson looked in better touch the longer he hung around, Clarke is capable of adding anything to his amazing 1500-plus runs this calendar year, with Hussey, Wade and Johnson still to come in the quest for runs. Sri Lanka would need to strike early and often tomorrow morning to work itself into this contest, but it has only itself to blame, and some irresponsible top-order batting.


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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (4E Sports) – Top seed Mikhail Youzhny started his St. Petersburg Open campaign on a winning note, eliminating Canada's Vasek Pospisil, 7-6(4), 6-1, in the first round Tuesday at Peterburgsky Sport Complex.
The Russian used three of his five break points and won 75 percent of points on first serve to finish the match in just in 80 minutes and advance against American Rajeev Ram, who defeated Matthias Bachinger, 6-4, 6-4.
The 30-year-old Youzhny is bidding to reclaim the title he won in 2004 with victory over Karol Beck. He also reached the final in 2002 and 2010.
World No. 69 Grega Zemlja converted five of seven break points to beat fifth seed Lucas Lacko, 6-3, 6-2, in 69 minutes while sixth seed Yen-Hsun Lu was beaten, 6-4, 6-2, by Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut in one hour and 32 minutes.
Bautista-Agut was joined in the second round by countryman Daniel Gimeno-Traver, who fired 10 aces to dismiss France's Florent Serra 7-(5), 6-2 in one hour and 31 minutes.
In Metz, France, hometown favorite Gael Monfils unleashed 21 aces to defeat Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-2 in 63 minutes at the Moselle Open in his first match after a four-month absence due to knee injury.
The 26-year-old Monfils, who won the tournament in 2009, was playing his first match since a second-round exit at the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur in May.
Eighth seed Nikolay Davydenko overcame a slow start, rallying from a set down to defeat German qualifier Mischa Zverev 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 while qualifier Clement Reix earned a second-round clash with top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga after winning over Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Second seed Philipp Kohlschreiber will open his campaign against Benoit Paire after the Frenchman dismissed Belgium's Xavier Malisse, 6-1, 6-4 in 53 minutes.
Third seed Marcel Granollers will challenge Ivo Karlovic after the Croat fired 18 aces and saved six break points to defeat French qualifier Kenny De Schepper 7-6(5), 7-6(3).
In Guangzhou, China, top Marion Bartoli was forced to retire midway through her first-round match against Chang Kai-Chen at the GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open Tuesday due to a gastrointestinal illness.
Chang was leading 4-3 when Bartoli retired, She will now move against Hsieh Su-Wei, a 7-5 6-3 winner over Nina Bratchikova.
Also advancing to the second round were No.2 seed Zheng Jie, Sorana Cirstea, Urszula Radwanska, Peng Shuai, Alizé Cornet, Olga Govortsova and Mathilde Johansson.
In Seoul, South Korea, top seed and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki beat Arantxa Rus, 6-1, 6-2 in just 62 minutes to advance to the second round of the KDB Korea Open.
Wozniacki fell out of the Top 10 after a first-round loss at the US Open and is playing a tournament as a non-Top 10 player for the first time in almost three and a half years.
"I was No.1 for basically two years but things change – you always go up and down the rankings," Wozniacki said. "I'm still young, so there's still going to be great wins and losses. It's all just part of the game. All I can do is try my best. At the end of the year you see your ranking, and that's it."
Advancing to the second round together with Wozniacki were Kaia Kanepi, Ekaterina Makarova, Varvara Lepchenko, Klara Zakopalova, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Magdalena Rybarikova, Kiki Bertens, Galina Voskoboeva and qualifiers Jamie Hampton and Caroline Garcia.
However, No. 5 seed Julia Goerges was not as lucky as she lost to Sílvia Soler-Espinosa, 1-6 7-6(5), 6-2.
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Emacs normally contains many keymaps; at any given time, just a few of them are active, meaning that they participate in the interpretation of user input. All the active keymaps are used together to determine what command to execute when a key is entered.
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nil, specifies a keymap
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it operates on a per-terminal basis. These variables are documented
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Olympia, WA - Former Evergreen guard Katie Vernon Ahrens dies at 27.
Dale Reeves remembers how nervous his little point guard with the perpetual smile and a knack for the pass would get before basketball games.
To vent, Katie Vernon, in her Tumwater Thunderbirds uniform, would go into the stands and lead a youth girls basketball team in cheers, revving them up for games in the late 1990s.
"She was our first female hero in Tumwater," said Reeves, the former Tumwater High School coach. "Kids flocked to our games to see her play."
Tumwater and The Evergreen State College lost its favorite little guard Sunday, February 5, when Katie Ahrens died as the result of seizures, a condition that began two years ago. Katie Ahrens (Vernon 's married name) was 27.
As a testament to Ahrens' popularity and the close-knit community feel of sports in Tumwater and Thurston County in general, nearly a thousand people attended a Celebration of Katie's Life at Tumwater's Main Gym on Thursday night, February 9.
"I can still remember when kids at our basketball camps would fight to rebound for Katie Vernon," Reeves said. "They loved her."
And she loved them right back.
"Kids were always trying to make a connection with Katie," Reeves said. "Her smile, her upbeat personality and her love for the game were just so evident."
With Ahrens at point guard, LeAnn Sheets at post and Heidi Hatcher at forward, Tumwater placed fifth at state in 1997. They were the first Tumwater girls team to make it to state.
"LeAnn had the talent and Katie had the charisma," Reeves said.
After playing basketball at South Puget Sound Community College and Evergreen, Katie married Chris Ahrens and became Katie Ahrens.
In the past few years, she coached as an assistant at Olympia and Black Hills and recently began officiating.
A week before she passed away, Ahrens was running up and down a basketball court as she officiated a seventh grade game. After making an out-of-bounds call, someone in the stands kidded her about the call. She looked up and spotted one of her high school teachers, Tim Graham.
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The first public practice is set for Friday, July 26th. It's the first of six sessions that begin at 8:20 a-m. The players will wear light shells for the first two workouts. They'll be in full pads for most of the other practices, starting on July 28th.
There are 19 practices which are open to the public, plus the annual Family Night Scrimmage on August third at Lambeau Field.
If the weather's good, the Packers will practice at Ray Nitschke Field near the stadium. On rainy days, the team will be inside the Don Hutson Center – which is not open to fans.