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7 Artists Who Secretly Made Your Favorite Movies
#3. Alex McDowell Is the Interior Decorator for Unhappiness
Have you ever been watching a movie and thought to yourself, "Man, if I had to live in a world that dismal, I would kill myself"? Well, chances are pretty good that Alex McDowell designed that world. His catalog includes designing the inside of every goth kid's head, aka The Crow.
He recreated Alan Moore's dark alternate history of America for the Watchmen movie.
McDowell even managed to channel the drug movement from the vantage point of its most acid-riddled mind in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
And those are just a few of the terrifying places Alex McDowell cooked up specifically to make you feel uneasy.
Now in case you haven't brushed up on the details of various film careers, a production designer is in charge of bringing the director's vision to life with sets, props, makeup and pretty much everything that can potentially show up onscreen. To get an idea of just how important the job is and how insanely good Alex McDowell is at it, take a look at Minority Report next to the worlds that every other Steven Spielberg movie takes place in:
The gothic style of this film is unlike anything Spielberg has ever done before or since, because Spielberg never worked with McDowell before or since. The futuristic cathedral feel to everything, the gritty but technologically advanced rooms all imply that this is pretty atypical for the guy who launched his career filming kids riding their bikes in the woods.
McDowell takes his job so seriously that he even had a massive decrepit mansion specifically built for a film because he couldn't find anything in existence that looked neglected enough for his tastes. You may recognize it from that movie about consensual punching.
There's simply no one better at building sad, filthy worlds that make you never want to walk around barefoot again.
#2. Robert Evans Greenlit the Greatest Movies Ever Made
There's no single moment or costume or location you can point to in a film to show just how crucial Robert Evans was to cinema. Instead, we have to point at entire movies and say without a hint of hyperbole that if it wasn't for Robert Evans, this film wouldn't exist:
Like this one, for instance.
When Evans took over Paramount in the late '60s, it was the UPN of movie studios. A couple of months after starting, Evans already had 30 movies in production when he learned that the board of directors at the parent company had made up their minds to shitcan the whole operation, so he decided to send the board a message.
If you don't have time to watch that, Evans talks into the camera about why the board of directors should really see the movies he has in store. He points to two in particular that he thinks will be important. One is Love Story, which he predicts will start a new trend in movies, and the other is a little pet project called The Godfather, which he has a good feeling about.
In case you're not a woman, Love Story was a monster hit, and the "trend in movies" Evans predicted it would start was the modern chick flick. His prediction for The Godfather is even more impressive when you realize that it hadn't even started shooting yet. Evans was gambling his studio and career on a movie that didn't even exist. In baseball terms, Evans had walked to the plate in the World Series with his team down to their final out, called his shot and hit a home run with his dick.
Of course that was three shades of orange and one mediocre cartoon series ago.
But gambling was sort of Evans' thing. He started the trend of buying the rights to books that hadn't even been published yet, which might sound like a recklessly stupid thing to do if it hadn't landed him The Godfather, Love Story and Rosemary's Baby. When it was time to make that last one, he took a huge gamble on an unknown French director named Roman Polanski, who the studio spent the entire production trying to fire. Evans again gambled his job on his vision for the movie, saying if Polanski were fired, he'd quit. Things got even ballsier when Mia Farrow, who played Rosemary, nearly quit in the middle of shooting because her husband, Frank Sinatra, was threatening to divorce her if she didn't leave to work on one of his movies. So, Evans sat her down and convinced her to let Sinatra divorce her if he was going to be a dick about it.
For what is widely regarded as the most important period in American movie history, Evans gambled some of the most influential movies into existence. That list includes Serpico, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and a movie everyone told him he was nuts to pursue called Chinatown.
Robert Evans making out with Ali MacGraw at the Godfather premiere party. Your parents lied -- gambling is totally a good idea.
#1. Vic Armstrong Is Superman, Indiana Jones and James Bond
Indiana Jones is famous for his surly one-liners, macho presence and no regrets, dive-punching stamina. He is not famous for spontaneously morphing into a limp-limbed dummy every time he jumps from a horse onto a tank, and you have Vic Armstrong to thank for that. See, while Harrison Ford is great at growling lines like a badass, he tends to be a terrific pussy when it comes to dusting it up. That's where his alter ego comes in.
Hero Complex
The guy on the right is Vic Armstrong, and even though you don't recognize him from that angle, you grew up watching him kick ass. Here's a more recognizable angle:
Without Armstrong, this is a dummy being thrown off a horse with a hat pinned to its head.
As Ford's stunt double in the series, he gave Jones the ability to fight that giant Nazi by the plane and that guy on the conveyer belt in Temple of Doom. In fact, it's hard to think of an iconic Indiana Jones scene that doesn't involve Armstrong's work as both stuntman and stunt coordinator.
Vic Armstrong takes punches like mortal men eat popcorn.
And it's not the only time Armstrong has made Harrison Ford look good. You can also see him being carried away by Ewoks in Return of the Jedi and running through the futuristic marketplace in Blade Runner. Because Harrison Ford apparently doesn't even like to break a sweat.
Armstrong risked his life as Christopher Reeves' stunt double in the first and second Superman movies, and as the stunt double for both Roger Moore and Sean Connery as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Never Say Never Again.
It's not a spy film until someone is being chased on skis.
So to recap -- that's Superman, James Bond and Indiana Jones. Almost every action hero you watched growing up was actually just Vic Armstrong, punching guys, taking hits and trying to hide his face from the camera.
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Electromagnetic scanners were sensor devices carried aboard Galaxy-class starships. Amongst the equipment included in these scanners were gamma pulse generators.
In 2366, when the USS Enterprise-D's computer systems became infested with nanites, Captain Picard ordered Worf to prepare to use the generators to irradiate the systems in order to neutralize the nanites. (TNG: "Evolution")
In 2367, the Enterprise's lateral EM scanners detected levels of radiation that were indicative of the presence of a class M planet, but the planet in question was momentarily invisible to the sensors. (TNG: "In Theory")

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Emerson, Siemens enhance offerings, declare Fieldbus War over
The companies will exchange technology and engineering support to add the interfaces that extend their systems and software to offer customers expanded global interoperability and greater functionality.08/03/2006
Canon co-locating 22 tradeshows, including NMW
Canon Communications reports its implementing a co-location strategy for six of the eight specialty manufacturing tradeshows it acquired from Reed Elsevier in June 2006.08/02/2006
Honeywell to supply automation system for oil refinery in Vietnam
Experion PKS will control operations at the refinery and will transform the crude oil-exporting country of Vietnam into a high-quality oil producer.08/01/2006
Tenable and Digital Bond add SCADA plug-ins into Nessus vulnerability scanner
Tenable Network Security and Digital Bond have announced the foramtion of an exclusive partnership to develop and integrate SCADA discovery and vulnerability checks into the Nessus vulnerability scanner.08/01/2006
Emerson to supply digital control valves at olefin plant in Taiwan
Emerson Process Management is fulfilling a contract received from Formosa Petrochemical for Fisher digital valves to be installed at olefin OL3 plant in Mai Liao, Taiwan.07/27/2006
Emerson's machinery maintenance strategy aids BASF Antwerp
Emerson Process Managements Machinery Health Management technologies have enabled BASF Antwerp to maximize plant output and reduce costs through the introduction of a maintenance strategy based on predictive intelligence.07/26/2006
Automation Federation names Managing Director
The Automation Federation has named Bruno L. Kisala as its Managing Director.07/24/2006
2006 Iconics Worldwide Customer Summit to be held in Boston
Be a key participant in the Iconics Worldwide Customer Summit and 20 Year celebration being held in Historic Boston, MA, September 25-27, 2006.07/21/2006
ISA's widely used batch control standards to undergo revision
ISA's SP88 Batch Control standards development committee has formed a working group to update the first two standards in the widely used ISA-88 series.07/19/2006
Automation Federation joins control systems security certification initiative
Automation Federation has made a commitment to support a new initiative aimed at evaluating the feasibility of creating a set of well-engineered specifications and processes for the security testing and certification of critical control systems products.07/18/2006
Transpara joins Symbol Technologies PartnerSelect ISV program
Transpara has announced that Symbol Technologies signed Transpara as an independent software vendor (ISV) in its PartnerSelect program. The PartnerSelect program enables Transpara to provide customers with tested, end-to-end enterprise mobility solutions that leverage the benefits of the latest Symbol products with Transparas Visual KPI software.07/18/2006
ISA announces publication of electricity and electronics resource
ISA has announced the publication of "Basic Electricity and Electronics for Control: Fundamentals and Applications, 3rd Edition" by Lawrence (Larry) M. Thompson.07/14/2006
ISA announces first annual marketing and sales summit
ISA's First Annual Marketing & Sales Summit will be held 13-15 September 2006 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas. The summit, entitled "Best Practices in Customer Acquisition and Retention," will help marketing and sales executives in the automation markets meet the strategic and tactical challenges of the 21st century.07/11/2006
Rexel Group to acquire GE Supply
The Rexel Group, distributor of electrical supplies, and GE Consumer & Industrial, a unit of General Electric, have announced the signing of an agreement for Rexel to acquire GE Supply, GEs electrical distribution business.07/11/2006
Invensys, Apprion install managed wireless at chemical complex
Invensys and Apprion report theyve jointly completed the first phase of a managed wireless infrastructure deployment at PPG Industries chlor-alkali chemical manufacturing complex in Lake Charles, La.07/10/2006
New microgenerator could make battery-free wireless sensors a reality
Perpetuums microgenerator powers sensors, microprocessors and transmitters for accurately monitoring the condition of plant equipment and machinery without the need for batteries, expensive cabling or maintenance.07/06/2006
OPC Foundation releases Unified Architecture07/06/2006
Courses on smart SIS design, implementation offered online
Emerson Process Management is offering comprehensive courses on smart Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) with eLearning online training. The new Safety Engineering courses provide in-depth information on SIS design, implementation and service for professionals who are participating in an SIS project in either a primary or a supporting role.07/05/2006
Wireless sensor network growth expected in 2007
The wireless sensor network (WSN) marketplace still is in the early stages of development. As a result, the market is littered with multiple standards and technologies vying for supremacy, and that fragmentation is slowing market growth, according to ABI Research.07/05/2006
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At my local Costco, I see a Kirkland brand 100% merino wool quarter-zip sweater being sold for $25. On EMS, I see a SmartWool 100% merino wool half-zip sweater costing $140. Would I be potentially putting myself more at risk if I wore the Kirkland sweater as a layer?
Is department store merino wool less effective than branded (i.e. SmartWool) merino wool in staying warm and wicking moisture?
Smart Wool main claim to fame is that their treated wool doesn't itch as bad or shrink as much in washing machines. Otherwise, its all the same stuff as far as its insulating capabilities go.
On the short run, the answer is no. You will not put yourself at more risk wearing a cheaper product.
On the long run, the answer is not so clear. There must be a reason behind a cheap price:
It is very hard to answer those questions precisely. One thing is sure that on the long run, your sweater will endure more stress. It might fail or succeed.
I was curious to do the same comparison in a store that I trust and who is known to be a fair trade store. The merino sweaters were sold between $50 and $100 depending on the model.
If I compare with your two items, I would probably say that you selected two extremes.
I will probably choose to buy an item whose price will fall between the two for a normal usage. For an extended usage, I will go for the topnotch which is not always the most expensive but rarely the cheapest.
As with everything -- it depends.
My wool socks from wal-mart have outlasted literally everything else we have purchased, including most of our gear. They still keep my toes toasty warm. Wal-mart is a go-to kind of store for hunters in the south because they have good inexpensive warm clothes. Wool socks from wal-mart generally last me around ten years/pair...
However, walk two aisles over, or even in the same aisle, and you will find things that will fail in ten days.
The question could more generally be stated as "does price guarantee quality", and the answer is no. While the stuff two aisles over at wal-mart might fail, the same is true of most other stores. For instance we never buy several of the "Name" hiking brands because they have failed us and rapidly at that (I leave out names because I don't want to smear a brand).
Whether or not you will be more "at risk" depends solely on following one rule. NEVER test new gear at the extremes, no matter how cool, or what you paid for it. Test where failure is not fatal. And that goes just as equally for "name" as for "generic"
I think your basis for this question is a bit out of skew with the
The difference between truly top end Merino Wool and lesser quality wool is the micron (µm) being used. The really good quality stuff, say, Icebreaker, uses the highest quality micron which results in a warmer garment that is able to handle 'peripheral temperature regulation - and therefore thermoregulation - better for most outdoor activities.
If, however we address the subject question you are asking,
It will be highly superior in regards to helping you stay warm in a broader range of temperatures and helping 'wick away moisture' from your body through the Merino next-to-skin base layer and into your other base layers.
But there is sooo much more to this question. What are your other base layers? Do they have a high enough MVTR to take the moisture from the next-to-skin layer to the second layer, and to the third layer, and out to the soft shell layer if the conditions require you to wear one. If just one of these base layer garments is not doing its job, you are going to sweat out the sub-layer garments, at which point none of this matters.
But, anyway, yes, the top name Merino wool outdoor garments that use the ultra high micron wool are far better than some no-name random garment off the shelf.
Like being said you could also ask if price scales with quality. That's not true in general as we all know.
What hasn't been said is that there are big differences in terms of labor conditions, sustainability, environmental influence and animal protection. Especially the latter is a very critical issue in the Merino industry. I am not going to blame a brand here but please have this in mind. Fair gained quality wool or down has its price. But we don't have to buy the most expensive stuff therefore.
(similar discussion for e.g. recyclable Hardshells)
Also, On top of it all.. someone has to pay for advertisements as well. The more hype a company puts out, they need to make that money back which then raises there price of items. That's why Costco can sell things so cheap as well as purchasing so many at a time which then reduces the overall price for you. On top of that, you pay a membership fee at Costco (As do I). I actually just purchased 71% Merino wool socks from costco for hiking (4 pairs for 12 dollars) while I was about to click "Buy" on a website for 2 pairs of Smartwool PhD's for 50 bucks. Huge difference? Probably not.. Did I save 38 dollars and end up with double the socks that feel just as good? Yup. Comes down to preference. Also, Costco purchases name brand items and throws there "Kirkland" Logo on it. Just do your research. Great post by the way.


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"Dead Space 3" is a truly creepy horror adventure, featuring more dead things in outer space than ever.
The game's monsters are one thing. The monster zombies are another thing. And then there are all the dead monster heads rolling around on the ground, like soccer balls. You occasionally kick them by accident while running for your life down unnerving corridors.
In this third "Dead Space" — the scariest, coolest and most fun "Dead Space" of all — you portray the space engineer Isaac, again.
Isaac lives 300 years in the future, centuries after Earth discovered a giant monolith called a Marker.
That marker supplied Earth with a boundless supply of energy. It also turned humans into monsters and zombies.
Naturally, corporations and governments misused the marker poorly, and spread copies of it around the universe — making the universe pretty weird.
Due to dumb things, Isaac's brain became encoded with the DNA of these markers, so he now has wild powers, such as telekinesis.
In this sequel, Isaac travels to a weird planet beset by bad marker activity. He must hunt down religious crazies who wish to use markers carelessly. And he must save his stupid girlfriend.
I call her "stupid" for a reason. Let's just say she keeps a diary while battling space zombies. She's that self-centered.
This game is a big, gorgeous thing. Visually, it half-reminds me of "Blade Runner," as I run across dilapidated metal-and-concrete city streets and huge space ships, adorned with the seductive billboard neon of pretty girls.
The horror is palpable. It made me jump, and fear corners after I survived startling attacks out of nowhere.
The sound effects are superior to most action movies — every monster growl, explosion and growling dog. The sound and music bring the game home.
As for the action in this third-person shooter, you are equipped with upgradeable and create-able guns.
Creatures that look human-ish attack you. You shoot them in the head. They continue to run at you, headless but, yay, now with tentacles. You shoot them some more.
Then you press a button to stomp their guts to find hidden ammo and First Aid kits in their bodies.
You should gather gobs of that ammo and medicine, because "Dead Space 3" is a "How Many Times Do I Have To Shoot This Guy?" game.
You also use telekinesis to move objects (puzzle-style), and you use another power to freeze creatures and objects temporarily, so you can shoot them or move beyond them.
Plus, you shimmy ladders and chutes. It's like "Chutes and Ladders 2013."
I love the cinematic horror of this whole game. I love the gritty, futuristic environments. And I love that there is a "casual" mode, so you bad gamers can play, too.
This year is starting off with splendid games. In January, we got the possibly instant classic "DmC: Devil May Cry." In February now, we get this superb "Dead Space 3."
Thanks, game makers, for bringing the big nasty. Don't stop.
("Dead Space 3" by EA retails for $60 for Xbox 360, PS 3 and PC — Plays quite fun. Looks astonishing. Challenging. Rated "M" for blood, gore, intense violence, strong language. Four out of four stars.)
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Weekly highlights: Joe DiMaggio and birthday parties
With Marilyn cast, the "Smash" team needs to find a Joe DiMaggio and on "American Idol," contestants have one last chance to impress the judges before the first round of semifinalists are announced.
On "Grey's Anatomy" this week, Dr. Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) starts thinking about changing up their living conditions as his wife Adele's (Loretta Divine) condition continues to deteriorate. That's a tough storyline indeed.
And on a lighter note, on "Up All Night," Chris (Will Arnett) and Reagan (Christina Applegate) host a joint first birthday party for Amy, while Ava (Maya Rudolph) takes it upon herself to take the birthday party to the next level. You know that means trouble…!
More CTV highlights this week:
Monday, Feb. 20
8 p.m. – THE VOICE – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE
The "blind auditions" continue as the superstar coaches search and pick artists to join their respective teams.
10 p.m. – SMASH – "Enter Mr. DiMaggio" – NEW EPISODE
The search begins for a Joe DiMaggio to play opposite Marilyn, but everyone's first choice, Michael (Will Chase, RESCUE ME), has a secret. Karen (Katharine McPhee) returns to Iowa for a baby shower and must decide what she wants for her future. Meanwhile, Eileen (Anjelica Huston) begins rounding up investors, but ex-husband Jerry (Michael Cristofer, RUBICON) may already have poisoned the well.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
8 p.m. – WHITNEY – "Mad Women" – NEW EPISODE
Trying out a new, shapelier bra, Whitney (Whitney Cummings) gets more than she bargains for when she entices Alex (Chris D'Elia) with her enhanced look. After Roxanne (Rhea Seehorn) calls it quits with Lance (guest star Hayes MacArthur, PERFECT COUPLES), she asks Mark (Dan O'Brien) to help pack up his stuff, but things become complicated when Mark decides to take advantage of the situation.
8:30 p.m. – HOT IN CLEVELAND – "The Emmy Show" – NEW EPISODE
Victoria's daughter Emmy (guest star Jennifer Love Hewitt, GHOST WHISPERER) visits and Victoria enlists Elka (Betty White) to convince Emmy not to publish a tell-all book about her childhood. Meanwhile, Melanie (Valerie Bertinelli) and Joy (Jane Leeves) meet a secret admirer who bids for one of their hearts.
9 p.m. – THE RIVER – "A Better Man" – NEW EPISODE
As the search continues for Emmet (Bruce Greenwood) and his crew, the Magus comes across one of Emmet's missing crew members. They soon discover that he's been cursed and learn the mystical story behind the curse, which becomes a matter of life and death.
10 p.m. – UNFORGETTABLE – "Heartbreak" – NEW EPISODE
Carrie (Poppy Montgomery) and Al (Dylan Walsh) are at a loss to explain how a murder victim mysteriously appeared in an empty ballpark.
Wednesday, Feb. 22
8 p.m. – AMERICAN IDOL – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE
Contestants try one last time to impress the judges, singing for their lives to prove who deserves to make it to the next round. For some, it's the end of the road, but for the first group of semifinalists whose names will be revealed tonight, the next part of the journey is about to begin.
10 p.m. – CSI – "Stealing Home" – NEW EPISODE
When a house is stolen completely off its foundation, the CSIs are on the case in search of answers. Meanwhile, new CSI Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue) showcases her skill in blood analysis.
Thursday, Feb. 23
8 p.m. – THE BIG BANG THEORY – "The Werewolf Transformation" – NEW EPISODE
Sheldon's (Jim Parsons) life is turned upside-down after his barber gets sick. Meanwhile, astronaut training causes Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) to rethink his decision to go into space.
8:30 p.m. – UP ALL NIGHT – "First Birthday" – NEW EPISODE
A moment of weakness with his uncomfortably enthusiastic neighbours, leads Chris (Will Arnett) to agree to host a joint first birthday party for Amy, leading Reagan (Christina Applegate) to accuse him of being a pushover. Ava (Maya Rudolph) takes it upon herself to take the birthday party to the next level, while Nancy (guest star Molly Shannon, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE) sees this as an opportunity to look for a man.
9 p.m. – GREY'S ANATOMY – "If Only You Were Lonely" – NEW EPISODE
As Adele's (Loretta Divine) condition continues to deteriorate, Richard (James Pickens, Jr.) considers altering their living situation. Meanwhile, when Jackson (Jesse Williams) snaps at a patient, Mark (Eric Dane) encourages him to find ways to relieve his stress.
10 p.m. – THE MENTALIST – "His Thoughts Were Red Thoughts" – NEW EPISODE
Jane (Simon Baker) is reunited with his former nemesis, cult leader Bret Stiles (Malcolm McDowell, FRANLIN & BASH), when the head of an anti-cult activist organization is murdered.


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When it comes to plucking, trimming and waxing, many men may feel a little out of their element. Fear – of embarrassment, pain, looking over-groomed or just the unfamiliar – can be a strong motivator for a guy to just sit back and let hair grow unchecked. But chances are, there's some part of your body that you'd like to see a little less overgrown. If your at-home efforts just aren't producing the results you want, it's probably time to consult a professional. The Voice-Tribune's Chris Humphreys agreed to pave the way for hesitant men everywhere and find out firsthand what it's like to be waxed and groomed by the experts.
I accompanied him to Clique Waxing Boutique on Frankfort Avenue, where we met owner, Janna Flowers, for a demonstration of a few of the services their licensed estheticians offer for men. If Chris had any nervousness stepping into the boutique, the warm greeting and Flowers' professional manner as she escorted him into a private room quickly dispelled it. "About 15 percent of our clients are men," Flowers explained. "They come to us for their eyebrows, nose and ears …In the summer we also (offer) chest and back waxing." Leg, arm and hand waxing is available for male clients as well.
First up for Chris were his eyebrows, which Flowers approached with a heated wax, carefully applied just around the edges and between his brows. The wax solidified after just a few moments, and outlying hairs were removed in a few brief swipes. To soothe the sting, which Chris reported as "not that bad," a salve was smoothed over the area. Flowers then brought out a thin, cotton thread to demonstrate a second hair-removal technique from India called threading, in which the thread is quickly maneuvered around individual hairs to pull them out. Of the two methods, Chris preferred the feel of the threading. "It pulled a bit more but didn't hurt nearly as much in the long run,"
he observed. Flowers noted that they generally use the brows' natural shape as their guide for men, rather than adding an arch, as with women.
Chris also opted to have hair removed from his nose, an area which he normally uses a trimmer to cut. Flowers made a small wax plug for each nostril, waiting several seconds before pulling it out. Although he reported the nose waxing to feel a little more painful than his brows, Chris was surprised by the amount of hair removed, and by the sensation of air moving more freely as he breathed.
The cost for both nose and brows was just $20 for brow waxing or $26 for threading, and $5 for the inner nose. Chris was in and out in under 30 minutes, with results that would last much longer than trimming or shaving. "Most clients come in every four to six weeks (for upkeep)," Flowers told us. And although Clique does not offer "manscaping," she was happy to share some grooming tips for guys to use at home.
"They have little clippers. You can get them at Walgreens or CVS," she shared, recommending that guys keep the bikini-line area "trimmed and cleaned up, nice and neat." She also confirmed that a natural look should be the goal, advising against waxing or shaving the area. "It can look strange. It looks like you have no hair, and then hair on your thighs, (which) kind of looks like you're wearing a not-hair pair of underwear."
Despite his initial trepidation, Chris admitted that he was pleasantly surprised, especially with the clean look of his eyebrows, after his short session at Clique. "It was much easier than I thought it would be. Next time my eyebrows are trying to rendezvous between my eyes I'll be getting them professionally done instead of taking the tweezers to them myself." As far as the nose hair goes, he remained a fan of his original method: "I'll stick to the trimmer for that."
You can visit Clique Waxing Boutique at 2846 Frankfort Ave., call 502.895.3993 to schedule an appointment or visit their website, www.cliquelouisville.com, for a full list of services and pricing.
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Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah today.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz is currently in Morocco for a private visit before opening the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid June 16.
The Cabinet welcomed King Abdullah's call for interfaith dialogue and his patronage of the upcoming Madrid conference. It expressed the hope that the conference would serve as a springboard for future dialogue among religions and cultures.
On other international issues, the Cabinet noted the visit by King Hamad of Bahrain and his talks with Crown Prince Sultan as a boost to bilateral relations.
On Lebanon, it welcomed the formation of a national unity government as a step towards ending the political crisis and establishing about security and stability.
The Cabinet approved Saudi Arabia's accession to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, which is aimed at protecting nuclear material and facilities and providing for penalties for breaches.
It also approved a national strategy for the preservation of biological diversification.
In addition, the Cabinet authorized a draft agreement for extension and amendment between the Saudi government and the Saudi Arabian Chevron Company. It also approved the establishment of the Saudi Arabian Company for Investment (Saudi Sanabel) and a draft youth sports cooperation agreement with Turkey.


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Behavior problems are a common and often correctable issue that many dog owners face. With a little time, patience, and training, they can be corrected. Here are a few common problems and solutions to help alleviate your frustration.
Problem: People Jumper
Solution: If your dog jumps up on you, turn sideways and either extend your leg or lean over to give a body block with your hip, so your dog
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I would say Argentina, Spain and Mexico -in that order- are the 3 countries where most of the movies and TV shows are dubbed today. Dubbing companies from other countries are entering the business now (Venezuela, Colombia) but when I was younger, most, if not all of the of the cartoons and TV shows where dubbed in Argentina while the movies where dubbed in Spain or simply not dubbed at all. You had to read the closed captions.
As far as using a neutral accent, I suppose it depends more on how good the company doing the dubbing is, but Argentinian companies are the best in my opinion. They rarely use regionalisms (ie. they dub
Mexican and Spanish companies, at least on my experience, are not so good and
Disclaimer: This is totally based on my own experience and I did not use any other reference to support my claims.
In Spain, films and other shows are dubbed in "neutral" Castillian, i.e. with no evident regional accent. As Javi says in a comment, that's mostly what's used in the center and North of Spain.
Sometimes, when the film has a character whose accent in the original is important to the plot, they use a "not-so-neutral" accent, e.g. for Scottish people in the USA, or some Mid-Western with strong accent in NYC.
And when there's a character from Latin America, even if he speaks in English in the film, they dub him in some Latin American Spanish (probably, because the accent was identifiable in the original).
Usually, what's in Spanish in the original is left as is, but there are notable exceptions, where they dub it to show that the character was not speaking his own language (e.g. in Terminator 2, "hasta la vista, baby" was dubbed as "sayonara, baby").
Sometimes, even films where the characters speak different languages and that fact is central to the plot, e.g Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona, are dubbed to all-Spanish, [rant] and they all end up looking like idiots, because they don't understand each other even if they are speaking the same language [/end of rant]. A notable exception to this is Spanglish which we saw here in its original version, with subtitles for the parts in English.
Regarding cartoons and animation films, many used to be dubbed in America (Mexico, I guess). In fact, all Disney Classics up to The Little Mermaid were dubbed in America. It was the same with Warner Bros., Hannah-Barbera, etc. The new reissues of those films are being redubbed into Castillian, which curiously enough, makes them sound a bit weird now, after having seen them always in American Spanish.
And that's more or less how things are in Spain regarding dubbing. I can't speak about the Americas, since I don't know anything about their media markets.


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You wonder if President Obama sometimes finds himself singing a variant on Kermit the Frog's anthem about the burdens of being green: It's not easy being Barack Obama.
This is not simply or even primarily a matter of color, although the president's racial background has been a source of both opportunity and trial. As the first African-American in the White House, he has won an unprecedented level of support in the black community and the good will of enough white Americans to build a national majority.
Yet it's undeniable that racism lurks beneath so many of the preposterously false charges against him -- that this son of Hawaii wasn't really born in the United States, that he is a secret Muslim who "hates America," that he's animated by a "Kenyan, anti-colonial" worldview. Within the African-American community, his persistent emphasis on responsible fatherhood, a key theme of his recent commencement address at Morehouse College, is sometimes cast as a way of pandering to white prejudice by hectoring a community to which he owes a large and still unpaid political debt.
That's just the start of it. Even more peculiar is an ongoing confusion over how he thinks and what he stands for.
Some of this is Obama's own doing. He has been a master, as good politicians are, at presenting different sides of himself to different constituencies. In 2008, he was the man who would bring us together by overcoming the deep mistrust between red and blue America and the champion of progressive change, the liberal answer to Ronald Reagan.
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In fact, Obama is a tempered sort of progressive who repeatedly annoys his party's left with an incessant pursuit of Republican support for "grand bargains" -- one reason why his health care plan is so state-oriented and gives Republican governors and legislatures so much opportunity to undermine it.
But none of this has helped Obama with his adversaries on the right. They take any news that comes along, notably the IRS' special scrutiny of tea party applications for 501(c)(4) status, and weave it into a pre-existing tale of a power-hungry, ultra-leftist centralizer of authority.
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This last bit -- an attempt to displace a sweeping and terribly flawed definition of the anti-terror struggle with a careful, practical but also less stirring depiction of the task ahead -- is a window on the Obama conundrum.
He's an anti-ideological leader in an ideological age, a middle-of-the-road liberal skeptical of the demands placed on a movement leader, a politician often disdainful of the tasks that politics asks him to perform. He wants to invite the nation to reason together with him when nearly half the country thinks his premises and theirs are utterly at odds. Doing so is unlikely to get any easier. But being Barack Obama, he'll keep trying.
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E. J. nails another one perfectly. One reason why I have been reading Commonweal since the 1950's and put some money into the Commonweal foundation.
Thanks to E. J. and the Commonweal editors currently and over the years.
E. J. nails another one perfectly. One reason why I have been reading Commonweal since the 1950's and put some money into the Commonweal foundation.
Thanks to E. J. and the Commonweal editors currently and over the years.
Thanks to Mr. Dionne for another clear-headed analysis of President Obama's actions and motivations. I am disappointed to say that sometimes I think Mr. Obama is a better moral leader for our country than many of our religious leaders.
Come on, E. J. -- Obama is "anti-ideological"? "Middle-of-the-road" doesn't mean lacking in ideology; it means middle-of-the-roadism, the "bi-partisan" approach to maintaining corporate authority and global military supremacy. Obama represents the corporate professional-managerial elite, still intent on preserving neo-liberal economics and American imperial hegemony, just in kinder, gentler forms -- unless they don't work. His "intellectually serious appraisal" of the military situation was nothing of the sort; it was a typical Obama performance, wrapping his conflation of self-absorption and imperial arrogance in the rhetoric of sonorous banality. "See how agonized I am while I slaughter innocent people. Aren't I a decent fellow?" Not once did Obama say explicitly that he would desist from using drones. Nothing in that speech represented anything resembling a step back from the authority claimed in the National Defense Authorization Act.
Remember, too, that this is a President whose administration has been hell on whistle-blowers and downright invasive toward the press (i.e., the AP scandal, the real scandal of this administration). Anti-ideological? Please.
I also find the term "anti-ideological" to be insultingly ridiculous. Commandeering the Democratic Party platform to mandate recognition of gay marriage; pushing a healthcare policy which forces religious organizations to pay for abortion and contraception; invoking God's "blessing" on Planned Parenthood and giving PP's Executive Director a role in his inner circle; that is "anti-ideological?" The only reason to insist that President Obama is "anti-ideological" is to reinforce the liberal lie that "ideology" is something religious, conservative, and threatening to progressive secular values. It is ideological to the core, and virulently so. E.J. Dionne should know better.
Hi Alex,
Obama is a middle of the road Democrat. His "ideology" is that of a middle of the road Democrat. All national politicians have basic political beliefs and positions, which fit the definition of "ideology." By "anti-ideological," Dionne points out Obama's openness to compromise with regard to his ideology. Being "anti-ideological" doesn't mean that a politician doesn't have a point of view. What it does mean is that he is prepared to compromise on this point of view, when necessary to pass legislation for the good of the country.
Compare and contrast the Obama Presidency with the GOP leadership, with respect to adhering to a rigid ideology. Obama clearly favored single payer health care -- a version of Medicare for all. What we got was a health care system designed by the Heritage Foundation, endorsed by Grassley, Dole, and Gingrich in the 1990s as the "sensible private sector alternative" to HillaryCare, and put into effect in Massachusetts by the 2012 GOP nominee for President. Obama favored massive spending on infrastructure and a robust safety net as a stimulus package in 2009; he ended up supporting a package which included massive tax cuts, originally proposed by the GOP. He's open to reductions in entitlement spending, as part of a grand bargain on deficit reduction. The GOP leadership shows no evidence of such flexibility.
Yes, by the standards of 21st Century American politics, President Obama is objectively anti-ideological in his approach to governance.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
Well said Mr Weisenthal.
For an example of how whistle-blowers are treated under President Anti-Ideological, check this out:


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Using Matlab, how to generate a net of 3^10 points that are evenly located (or distributed) on the 8-dimensional unit sphere?
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Using Matlab, how to generate a net of 3^10 points that are evenly located (or distributed) on the 8-dimensional unit sphere?
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If it's really important for the points to be evenly distributed, and you don't mind doing a lot of calculation to get them that way, you can start with a randomly distributed set and then iterate over the entire set repeatedly, allowing each point in turn to make whatever small adjustment improves your chosen definition of uniformity, and repeat this until the set of points converges. If you're even pickier than that, and not satisfied by just a locally optimal arrangement, the canonical next thing to try is simulated annealing.
For picking points at random, I agree with Peter Shor that taking the time to implement a one-to-one volume-preserving map from a product of intervals to a high-dimensional sphere would be much more wasteful (of time; you would learn a lot) than throwing away 98% of your random numbers. It's an interesting question, though, whether systematically chosen points in a product of intervals can be well-distributed under one of these volume-preserving (but distance-destroying) maps. The first interesting case of such a map is the axial projection from the curved surface of a cylinder of height 2 and radius 1 to the surface of the unit sphere it contains: projecting straight to the axis, one direction gets stretched out in exact counterbalance to the compression of the other direction. Call the coordinates of the cylinder surface z ∈ [$-1$, $1$] and θ ∈ [$0$, $2\pi$]. Choosing an ordinary regular rectangular grid in z and θ does terrible things to the projection. On the other hand, for any $N$, setting zi = $(-N+2 i - 1)$/$N$ and θi = $2\pi (\phi i$ mod $1$), where $\phi$ is the golden mean, actually gives a very nice distribution of points after projection. It's possible that in any dimension there is such a lattice in the cube that projects nicely, for any N, to the sphere.
If you're looking for points on the 8-dimensional sphere, another thing you could do is go to Neil Sloane's table of spherical codes, scroll down until you get to dimension 8, and obtain a sphere covering which has 2160 points fairly evenly distributed (obtained from second shell of vectors in the E8 lattice). Now, if you apply $3^{10}/2160 \approx 27$ random orthogonal matrices to this set, you'll get a set of points distributed on the 8-dimensional sphere which is presumably somewhat more uniform than a set of random points. Since I don't know why you want these vectors, I don't know how much an improvement this is over random points, and whether it's worth all the extra work.
You can get random orthogonal transformations by starting with an $8 \times 8$ matrix with random Gaussian entries. First, normalize the top row to make it a length 1 vector. Next, subtract a multiple of the top row from the second row to make it perpendicular to the top row, and then normalize to make the second row a length 1 vector, and so on.
In case the goal is to draw points inside the sphere, the discussion Intuitive proof that the first (n-2) coordinates on a sphere are uniform in a ball seems relevant.
In other words, one simply draws random points on the 10-dimensional sphere (by drawing a normal vector and normalizing it) and discards the last two coordinates.
Forgetting Matlab, the 'best' way to...hold on, do you mean -in- the sphere or -on- the sphere?
For -in- the sphere, create 8-tuples where each element is from the uniform distribution from 0 to 1. Ignore those tuples whose Euclidean norm $\sqrt{\sum x_i^2} $ is greater than 1. Do this until you have $3^{10}$ points. This is a uniform distribution over the sphere.
For -on- the sphere, create 8-tuples as before, but then divide each point by the norm (of course throw out $\langle 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\rangle$ ). This will place a point on the surface. Do this $3^{10}$ times. This is not an exact uniform distribution but is a very good approximation to one, and is very easy to do.
In general, for generating extra-regular but not-too-regular distributions of points (in a technical sense, "low discrepancy", meaning that the variance in the length of gaps between points is smaller than a uniform distribution), you can use a class of methods called quasi monte carlo methods. There are libraries in MATLAB.
Though if you want a totally uniform set of points, these won't help you.
Talking out of my depth so I am not sure this work, but here is a start of an idea... Say you were finding points uniformly on $S^3$, couldn't you use Hopf fibration? The idea is you select Hopf fiber uniformly from $S^2$ then it is easy to populate points uniformly on the Hopf fiber, which is a circle in this case. Unfortunately, there is no such relation for $S^8$.
Instead one could potentially use the following
$S^1\hookrightarrow S^3 \rightarrow S^2$
and then
$S^3\hookrightarrow S^7 \rightarrow S^4$
but then one needs to construct uniformly spaced points on $S^4$ from uniformly spaced points in $S^3$ and same for $S^8$ and $S^7$, which doesn't seem that hard.
Shells of evenly spaced lattice points:
To generate evenly spaced sets of non-random points on an n-sphere, start with the permutations of { 0 1 1 ... 2 2 ... }, then make 2^n flips of that. For example, in 4-space start with the 12 permutations of { 0 1 1 2 }. Each point is √6 from the origin, and each has 4 neighbours √2 away (+1 here, -1 there):
Make 2^4 sign-flipped copies of this, i.e. multiply by { 1 1 1 1 } .. { -1 -1 -1 -1 } except where there's a 0. This gives a shell of 96 points, 0 1 1 2 .. 0 -1 -1 -2. Each is √6 from the origin, and each now has 6 neighbours √2 away.
For the 8-sphere, start with the 280 permutations of { 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 }. Each has of course the same distance from the origin, and each has 12 neighbours √2 away — a nice, regular graph. The shell of 280 * 2^7 = 35840 sign-flipped points is not quite 3^10, but.
(I'd appreciate links to papers or programs on such graphs.)


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If $S_0, S_1$ are two solutions of Maurer-Cartan equation $dS+\frac{1}{2}{S,S}=0$ for a dg-Lie algebra $g$, do we have a suitable concept of homotopy between $S_0$ and $S_1$?
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$S_0$ and $S_1$ are said to be homotopy equivalent if there is a Maurer-Cartan element $S(t,dt)$ in the dgla $g[t,dt]$ such that $S(0)=S_0$ and $S(1)=S_1$. It is not completely clear at first that this is an equivalence relation, but actually it is. Indeed much more is true and the homotopy equivalence just described is just the tip of the iceeberg. To see this, rewrite $g[t,dt]$ as $g\otimes\Omega^1$, where $\Omega^1$ is the differential graded commutative algebra of polynomial differential forms on the (algebraic) 1-simplex. Then one sees this is the beginning of a simplicial dgla $g\otimes\Omega^\bullet$, and taking Maurer-Cartan elements produces a simplicial set $MC(g\otimes \Omega^\bullet)$. This simplicial set turns out to be a Kan complex and the fact that the homotopy relation between solution of the Maurer-Cartan equation on $g$ is an equivalence relation is precisely the 'horn filling' property of this Kan complex.
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- "An Application of the Regularized Siegel-Weil Formula on Unitary Groups to a Theta Lifting Problem", Proceedings of the AMS, 1999.
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As analysts and investors wrestle with the implications of whether to buy or sell, and when to do it, the situation is becoming more acute.
The stock has dropped 28% from its closing high of $702.10 reached in September, wiping out about $200 billion in market value, roughly the equivalent of Pakistan's annual gross domestic product.
The stock closed below $500 this week for the first time since February. It has fallen 4.9% this year, compared with a 3.3% rise for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. On Wednesday, the shares rose $20.17, or 4.2%, to $506.09.
An Apple spokesman declined to comment about the stock price.
Many investors, including Mr. Genter, said they are awaiting Apple's earnings report next week to make a decision on whether to buy or sell.
At the crux of the debate is whether investors believe Apple's earnings growth can continue. The company is so large now—revenue is slated to exceed $190 billion in the year ending in October—that such outsize gains in its top line may be hard to achieve. That makes it unattractive to many investors seeking revenue and share-price growth. At the same time, many value investors aren't convinced the company is cheap enough, even though its price/earnings ratio is 10 times, compared with 13 times for companies on average in the S&P 500.
Such concerns are a far cry from a year ago when surging sales of iPods, iPhones and iPads, as well as investor euphoria, propelled Apple to become the biggest-ever U.S. company by market capitalization.
Now, worries are rising about slowing sales of its marquee products and whether the company can continue to innovate and enthrall its fans without the vision of its co-founder, the late Steve Jobs.
Mr. Sacconaghi predicts Apple is set to enter what he calls "growth purgatory," an inevitable shift that occurs when a company becomes so big that it can no longer increase earnings at the same rate that investors had become accustomed to. Growth investors also likely sell at a faster pace than value investors buy. That disconnect can last for months or even years, pressuring the share price.
"For Apple, our belief has been growth investors were saturated and the company needed to attract value investors," Mr. Sacconaghi said. Apple started paying a regular dividend last year, which may help, but the company may need to boost that payout or announce a bigger stock buyback to attract more investors, he said.
According to Mr. Sacconaghi's research, investors seeking growth have been moving out of Apple for the past year. To some extent, value investors have moved in to replace them, he said. In December 2011, some 82% of growth funds in a sample of more than 800 U.S. mutual funds with more than $1 billion of assets owned Apple. On average, they owned more Apple shares than their benchmark index.
These days, that figure is 77%, and on average they own fewer Apple shares than their benchmark index, according to Mr. Sacconaghi.
Among value funds, 40% own Apple, compared with 29% in December 2011. On average, they own fewer shares than their benchmark index.
Brian Lazorishak, portfolio manager at Chase Investment Counsel, which manages about $500 million, said the firm's Chase Growth Fund trimmed its holdings of Apple in the fourth quarter.
"If it wasn't Apple, we'd find it pretty attractive," he said. "But because it is Apple and everybody knows the story and knows the products, it gives the stock an extra level of scrutiny that otherwise wouldn't be there."
Still, a blowout earnings report next week could spark a shift in sentiment, some investors said. And so many investors are betting against the stock, that any gains could force them to buy back stock to cover their bets, creating a "short squeeze" that could propel the stock even higher, they said.
Others said concerns about Apple's earnings potential are overblown.
"It seems like there's an avalanche of pessimism about the Apple franchise," said Channing Smith, a portfolio manager at Capital Advisors in Tulsa, Okla., which has about $1.1 billion in assets under management and has owned Apple shares since December 2009. "We just don't think it's warranted."
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We made a terrible start to the game. We knew they played a lot of long balls and that's just what they did, but we couldn't counter their aerial threat. We got into the game too late, though we still managed to pull level. All the same, it was hugely disappointing to end up losing on penalties.
Amadou Diop, Senegal coach
I'm not surprised we won this game, because that's what we set out to do. We knew we could do it, just as we know we can win all our matches. It's a shame that we took our foot off the accelerator after making such a good start, and let them tie the game. We made the mistake of thinking that the match was already won. That said, we can't let this win go to our heads because we're still a small team and we know that we still have an awful lot to learn if we want to go far.


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STEUBENVILLE - I have been a Big Red Football fan since I can remember.
My parents and I attended all the Big Red football games together and in 1966, when I was in elementary school, we traveled to Massillon to see Big Red face Washington High School as my older brother Jim Crosier played on the Big Red Football team at that time.
That year Big Red was undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the state of Ohio. I can still remember how excited everyone was for this game.
As we approached Paul Brown Tiger Stadium I heard their infamous Massillon song, "Hold that Tiger." One thing I will never forget was how all the lights went out in the stadium for 45 minutes before the game. There was no electricity and our players had no heat in the locker room but we could still hear over and over again "Hold that Tiger."
This set the atmosphere for a fierce battle between the football teams.
Unfortunately, Massillon beat us 12-0 and claimed bragging rights. We continued to play them until 1978. It wasn't until the 2009 football season that Massillon was put on our football schedule again.
Massillon Washington High School came to Harding Stadium and had to face Big Red on our turf.
Game week at Steubenville High School was like no other. The halls were decorated and the staff and students were ready for this game to be played. At our pep rally the horse was still breathing fire and I wondered if Massillon could sense our desire.
Calls came into the ticket office from Big Red fans who lived in Indiana and wanted tickets saved in the event we sold out. Some Massillon fans started their tailgate party with their Winnebago's at Lenora's cafeteria as early as 8 a.m. for a 7 p.m. game.
It seemed as if everyone in the community who could be there was there and the crowd of 9,500 packed the stadium. There was not a seat to be found - it was standing room only.
The television and radio stations along with dignitaries filled the press box as the much-anticipated game was about to be played. You could hear the Big Red Band playing the fight song along with the cheerleaders leading the crowd in a cheer; give me a B-I-G-R-E-D.
A Big Ten game had nothing over the atmosphere that was created at this game. You had to be there to appreciate it. This time Big Red was victorious and I could hear from the stands the Big Red faithful shouting "Roll Red Roll" and "We Are Big Red."
Victory was sweet when we beat Massillon 13-3 and wrote another chapter in our history.
I believe this rivalry between my alma mater and Massillon Washington Tigers was and still is my most memorable Big Red football experience as a youth growing up in Steubenville and to the present time.
(Crosier is in his sixth year as principal at Big Red)


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Columbia College will confer undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Fort Drum campus commencement ceremony on Friday, April 23. The ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. at the Fort Drum Commons, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Dr. Terry Smith, executive vice president and dean for academic affairs, will give the commencement address and confer the degrees.
"Graduation is the culmination of students' efforts to improve their lives through education," said Smith. "We are proud to honor their accomplishments."
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MORGANTOWN - The officials called it an "unnecessary throwdown" but after going through what he and his teammates were, Pat Miller's out-of-bounds, third-quarter takedown of Baylor receiver Terrance Williams at least showed the West Virginia defenders had some life in them.
The Savannah State-like numbers they gave up during Saturday's 70-63 triumph will forever suggest otherwise.
They boggle the mind. After all, it takes a rare effort to score 70 points and not cover a spread, but that's just what happened on an eye-opening day at Milan Puskar.
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"We'll look at the tape and say this is what went wrong, this is what we did good, this is what we did bad and just keep going," WVU defensive coordinator Joe DeForest said, who was mostly beside himself after this one.
That DVD of the good probably won't be very long, specifically for a defense that was hanging its hat, primarily, on the fact that it lined up correctly for each snap.
After that, watch out.
Baylor had 92 plays, totaled 700 yards and its quarterback broke a single-game passing record a year after the Heisman Trophy winner set it.
Williams, who was seemingly stopped by Miller only after he was out of bounds, caught 17 passes for 314 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He was one of three receivers to top 100 yards as quarterback Nick Florence, the heir apparent to RGIII, completed 29 passes for 581 yards and five touchdowns.
The Bears had 34 first downs and were an astounding 11 of 16 on third downs and 1 of 1 on fourth downs. They scored touchdowns on nine of their 14 drives and punted only twice. Of all the egregious actions, the Mountaineers gave up a two-play, 65-yard scoring drive in the last 25 seconds of the first half.
"You've got to create an opportunity for them to make a mistake," DeForest said. "The plays they hit on in the first half, every one of them were caused by us making a mistake, not by them executing. They did exactly what we thought they were going to do. They ran four routes, and they ran four runs. And that's it. We did a poor job as a coaching staff of being able to stop those four passes and those four runs. If we plan on contending in this league, we have to fix it."
Had the WVU offense not bettered each of these numbers (with the exception of the top receiver; WVU's best receiver, Stedman Bailey, was limited to 13 catches for 303 yards), we might be talking about one of the most lop-sided losses in school history.
It was so bad, a sometimes speechless DeForest, who spent 10 minutes with the media after the game, began turning around and asking his own questions.
(Sorry Joe, we think we know, but we don't know).
Of course, DeForest wasn't asking for advise. He was trying to make a point.
"You guys ask me questions, I'm going to ask you questions. Do you look at the No. 1 offenses in the country? Can you list them? It's Baylor, West Virginia, it's Oklahoma State. What do they run? It's the exact same thing. You have to measure success differently in this league. It's not how many yards you give up, it's not how many points. Obviously it's not acceptable to do what we did (Saturday), neither one of those, but it's the way of life versus those offenses. Ultimately, you have to make one more stop than they do, one more turnover than they do, and you'll win the game. That's what we did. It's still not acceptable, but that's what we did to win the game."
DeForest had a heckuva point in there. This wasn't Syracuse's offense. Baylor offense, the last year and change, has been among the most unstoppable forces in the game.
The Bears have posted at least 500 yards in 10 straight games. They've scored 45 or more in eight straight games. They had won nine straight dating back to last season, doing it mostly the way WVU did Saturday.
By scoring at will.
"It's hard to take as a defensive coach," DeForest said. "It's very, very hard. Maybe this will make us better. We're going to make some corrections."


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1. The University of Saint Mary Department of Fine Arts Department will have its annual Founders' Day Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday. The free concert will be held in the Annunciation Chapel at the USM campus.
2. The annual concert commemorates the 1858 landing of the Sisters of Charity in Leavenworth. The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth founded the University of Saint Mary. William Krusemark, Saint Mary's music program director and chairman of the Fine Arts Department, said music was important to the Sisters of Charity who arrived Nov. 11, 1858. They brought a harp with them to Leavenworth.
3. Sunday's concert will feature the USM Concert Chorale performing selections by John Rutter, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. The concert also will feature university's String Ensemble as well as soloist performances. Krusemark said the concert should last about 45 minutes.
Why you should attend:
Krusemark said Sunday's concert will feature exceptional student performers.
"There's no charge," he said.
About the event:
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: Annunciation Chapel, University of Saint Mary, 4100 S. Fourth St.
Tickets: Free
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6 Baffling Flaws in Famous Sci-Fi Technology
#3. The Batwing
The Batwing is unlike anything to be found in Christian Bale's arsenal; a modified stealth jet complete with Gatling guns, missiles and a price tag that had to be somewhere north of $2 billion back in 1989. Because Batman won't hold a pistol, but he's apparently fine with missiles and vehicle-mounted mini-guns.
That's roughly a third of Bruce Wayne's net worth.
The Flaw:
Sadly, this piece of colon-evacuating awesome had two insanely glaring flaws, the first of which being its astoundingly useless targeting system. Sure, it manages to blast the crap out of some parade floats that are easily a city block wide apiece, but the damn thing can't manage to hit a man-sized target under literally ideal conditions.
Apparently those precision aiming red circles have a 10 foot margin of error.
If you watched the video linked in the above caption, you'll notice the Wright Brothers could have killed the Joker in that situation using their prototype airplane and a musket. Which brings us to the second flaw: The Batwing's armor was apparently constructed out of paper mache. It gets brought down by a gag pistol the Joker kept in his pants in the off-chance that he might need it for some spur-of-the-moment prop comedy.
Its barrel is so long that it probably slowed the bullet down to 15mph, yet it still manages to destroy the single raddest piece of Bat-technology in Wayne Manor. With one single shot.
We'll take Christian Bale's ridiculous, gravelly voice over this shit any day of the week.
#2. The Technodrome
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe, the Technodrome is a futuristic doom base/horror tank from another world built by a gigantic brain with arms and a tripod.
It was able to withstand any environment--from the vacuums of space to the depths of the ocean--and came equipped with a robot army, deflector shields, interdimensional teleportation and even a time machine.
It also made a totally badass toy.
The Flaw:
Despite boasting some of the most terrifying technology our dimension had ever encountered, the Technodrome suffered from perhaps the most baffling design flaw in the history of fictional technology: It did not have a working power source. None. It was like a car without a gas tank or a Death Star that had to be powered by windmill.
Or a brain with no body.
We know this, because the Technodrome spent most of the entire 10-season run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stranded underground, trapped in Dimension X, encased in the Earth's core, frozen in ice or sitting at the bottom of the sea, always waiting for a recharge that simply never came.
Since the Technodrome could have potentially ruled the universe if given enough juice, the plot for the entire series boiled down to "the Technodrome needs a jump." Krang tried rigging it to Niagara Falls, sent the most brainless mutants on Earth to obtain power crystals, and even broke out some stationary bikes--the "Pedal Power Generator"--for Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady to ride for a boost.
Hell, we feel bad for criticizing the Death Star's power source now. At least Darth Vader didn't spend the entire trilogy trying to get the damned thing to start.
After so many failed attempts to get the damn thing running, it was revealed in the last episode of the cartoon that the Technodrome was simply abandoned, cast aside to die like a Ford Expedition. Really, the logic of the whole show kind of falls apart when viewed from adulthood.
The toys are still awesome though.
#1. Sentient Computers
Let's start with the HAL 9000. We'll go straight to the source:
"The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error."
"Also, humble."
The Flaw:
Well, in addition to cheating at chess...
...the HAL 9000 suffered from one hell of a emotional flaw that the good people at IBM have yet to own up to.
Let's recap: HAL tells the crew that a part on the ship is about to malfunction, but when they check it out everything seems fine. He suggests that they reinstall the part and wait for it to fail, but seeing as how suggestions like that are usually made with tons of alcohol and end in a trip to the emergency room, the crew questions HAL's logic and agree to switch him off if his idea doesn't work.
HAL "overhears" this exchange by way of lip reading and decides to kill the entire crew by casting one into space and freezing the rest in their sleep.
Now, we're obviously not complaining that they designed HAL to be murderous--we realize that was a bug, not a feature. But why give him a personality at all? What good did it do? Especially when it's the personality of a sociopath with an easily bruised ego (sort of like a murderous Kanye West). Nobody floating in space should have to depend on a neurotic killer douche for survival.
"Honestly? I'm starting to miss Windows Vista."
Which brings us to the Knight Industries Two Thousand, or KITT.
This car boasted enough high-tech equipment to commit a war crime with. It came with alpha circuit, an indestructible molecular bonded shell, a wristwatch communicator, a front mounted scanner, a microwave jammer, tear gas launcher, flame thrower, lasers and a supercomputer AI voiced by Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World.
Our question: How many hours of AI programming did it take to turn KITT into a total dick? KITT and its driver spent half of the episodes bickering like an old married couple. There is one scene where KITT locks Michael out of the car, until Michael successfully debates him on the merits of their mission. Another time he allows Michael to literally fall asleep at the wheel after an argument and then advises Michael to lie to the police by pretending that he is deaf.
Imagine owning a cell phone, a laptop or a freaking car that was even just a fraction as condescending as KITT. It's played for laughs in the show, but only because we never got to see the inevitable situation where KITT's mistrust of its own driver finally gets the driver killed.
That's right, we're saying it right now: The only difference between KITT and HAL 9000 is the show didn't run long enough for KITT to finally go over the edge.
It would have spared everyone a lot of pain.
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|Length Overall
|37' 6''
11.43 m
|Dry Weight
21,160 lbs.
9,598 kg
12' 0''
3.66 m
|Tested Weight
1.07 m (drive down)
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
230 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
50 gal.
|18 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
12' 11
3.94 m
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
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|Std. Power
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Not Available
Standard power is a pair of MerCruiser 496 Mag HOs spinning Bravo III drives. There are no optional engines, but Merc's Axius joystick control with digital throttles and shifts (DTS) is available ($28,500); DTS on its own adds $5,183.
Built to Last
Few builders of express cruisers like the 373 stress their construction techniques; these boats are more about comfort and convenience than toughness. But Cobalt, located almost in the exact middle of the U.S., about as far from the sea as one can get, engineers their boats for open-water use, using top-quality materials and methods. Slice into the hull of a 373, and you'll find not only fiberglass cloth, but Kevlar and carbon-fiber reinforcement, too. (Kevlar adds strength to a laminate; carbon fiber adds stiffness. They are both very expensive which is why most builders do not use these materials.)
The 373's cockpit is designed for comfort: There's seating for more people than you'll probably want to bring aboard, and a table for feeding them. A cockpit grill ($1,566) is optional, as is a refrigerator or icemaker (either one, $1,931). A sunpad filler cushion adds $592, a sunpad on the foredeck, $1,597.
Cobalt quality starts on the outside: All accent stripes, waterlines and graphics are done in the gelcoat during lamination – no decals or tape or paint as you'll find on many similar boats. A barrier coat behind the gelcoat prevents water absorption into the laminate; layers of fabric reinforcement are then hand-laid and rolled in vinylester resin, with coring – superlight but strong honeycomb material, not balsa or foam -- used where appropriate.
Cobalt will rig your 373 with a full array of Garmin electronics, including a 5208 chartplotter ($1,486) and fishfinder ($871). We'd want radar, too: either a 24" radome ($3,664) or 48" open array ($5,894) is optional.
The solid bottom is strengthened with Kevlar – Cobalt says it's ¾" thick. The bottom is further reinforced with a full-length stringer system laid-up with carbon fiber to make it stiff and light. Finally, all structural bulkheads are vacuum-infused composites, again to maximize strength while minimizing weight. Cobalt is the only builder we know of which makes its bulkheads with this process. This is high-performance technology, utilized to built a truly first-rate family cruiser.
No surprises in the deck layout. The U-shaped lounge aft would be our dining area of choice in nice weather, and we'd add the cockpit grill and refrigerator to save trips down below.
But It's Comfortable, Too
A rugged skeleton doesn't mean the Cobalt 373 is rough to the touch. The boat is plushly appointed, with comfortable seating all around the cockpit, a large, stylish salon belowdecks and two staterooms – the twin-berth second cabin is maybe a little tight, but fine for kids and occasional guests. All furniture and upholstery is done in-house, using the same care in the details that Cobalt exhibits in the boat's structure. Cobalt has built its reputation on yacht-quality fit-and-finish.
The walnut joinery in the salon is classy -- just like the wood you see in megayachts. The salon is roomy for a 37-footer, and the galley looks workable. The countertop is granite, there's a microwave oven and an electric stove, an under-counter refrigerator, too. The settee is Ultrasuede, and converts to a double berth.
The queen berth in the master cabin uses a conventional coil-spring mattress. There is ample stowage in lockers, shelves for holding eyeglasses and a book at night. Hullside windows let in daylight. Note the room to port and starboard of the bed which is difficult to achieve in this size boat.
The guest cabin is adequate, and can be converted to a double with a filler cushion. The boat has two heads, both with showers.
Prices and Recommendation
The MSRP of the Cobalt 373 is $448,597 with the twin MerCruiser 496 Mag HOs. The boat is well-equipped, but we'd want a few options. Cobalt offers a diesel Kohler generator in place of the standard 7.3-kW (CO-safe) gas model ($2,215 upcharge). Take your pick.
The standard boat comes with an arch but no enclosure, which adds $4,481. We prefer a hardtop, although it's an $23,767 upgrade, including the enclosure. (Given the price of the boat, this adds just 5% to the cost, but we think it pays off with about 25% more utility for the boat.)
A bow thruster is $7,571, oil-change system for engines and genset, $4,069, TV in the master cabin, $1,391. In all, a complete boat would cost us around $520,000 if we went for the Axius upgrade. But in any case, you'll get a nice boat, a beauty on the surface and a beast underneath. It would be a boat we'd look at if we wanted a first-class express cruiser – in this size range.
These folks look too well-dressed to have been on a boat. Maybe they're waiting for a launch to take them ashore to dinner. If we had a boat like the Cobalt 373, we'd eat on board. We like the creative shapes of the portlights on this boat -- something that is becoming a distinctive element of new Cobalts.
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Kathy L. Grover, 44, of Talmage, formerly Denver, Colo., died June 11, 2013 at St. Mary's Community Hospital in Nebraska City. Kathy was born on Jan. 7, 1969 in Denver to George and Ethel (Bates) Penton. She graduated from high school and received her associates degree in accounting. She married Michael Leonard Grover on Oct. 27, 1991 in Denver.
Mike and Kathy moved to Talmage three years ago. She was a housewife and homemaker and a devoted wife and mom.
She is survived by husband Mike Grover of Talmage; children Sierra Penton and fiance' Daniel Byrd of Walsenburg, Colo., and Geordan, Michael and Keyra Grover, all of the home; brother Donald Penton and wife Diane of Auburn; father- and mother-in-law Holman and Roxanna Grover of Talmage; brothers and sisters-in-law Michell Blackmore and husband John of Denver and Marcus Grover and wife Amanda of Denver; nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded by her parents.
Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 17, at Faith Lutheran Church, Talmage, with Pastor Glatha Rathjen officiating. Burial will follow the services at Fairview Cemetery near Talmage.
Pallbearers will be Daniel Byrd, Geordan Grover, Michael Grover, Holman Grover, Don Penton, and Marcus Grover.
The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until service time on Monday at the church.
Memorial donations may be given to her family.
Remembrances may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes.com.
Gude Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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