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On the October 11 edition of the nationally syndicated radio show Imus in the Morning, which also airs on MSNBC, MSNBC news analyst and former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan followed other conservatives (see here [1], here [2], and here [3]) in attacking Travis County, Texas, district attorney Ronnie Earle for his prosecution of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). Buchanan claimed that Earle should be "behind bars" for his involvement in DeLay's recent indictment on conspiracy and money-laundering charges.
From the October 11 broadcast of Westwood One and MSNBC's Imus in the Morning:
IMUS: We're talking to Pat Buchanan here on the Imus in the Morning program, 17 till the hour. Even people who are not fans -- we're kind of switching gears here, slightly -- but, even people who aren't fans of Tom DeLay think that this looks a little flimsy, what they have on him, or not?
BUCHANAN: They ought to put that guy, Earle, behind bars. Look, I mean, look what he did. He indicts DeLay, on Friday, so DeLay's lawyers come in on Monday and said, "Ronnie Earle has indicted DeLay for violating, in 2002, a law that wasn't even passed and enacted until 2003" --
BUCHANAN: --and so Earle has got egg all over his face. So, he impanels a grand jury --
IMUS: Over the weekend, I guess, right?
BUCHANAN: --and in five hours they indict him. Well, it's unbelievable.
IMUS: Yeah.
BUCHANAN: I mean, really. I was talking with a friend of mine in the green room last night, and we were talking about this -- you know, the criminalization of politics is appalling. It used to be good enough that you'd go out there, and you beat the guy, fair and square. And he's out for four years, and you have a good laugh. But, now's it's, uh, it's not satisfactory or if you can't beat him, you put him in prison.
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Anne writes:
I found TWIP just a week ago and feel I've found a home. I'm a pharmacist, usually on the night shift, and stay excited all night listening to you. Parasites have always been my hobby. In fact, I recently divorced one. His life cycle is unique. I get oddly thrilled when dispensing anti-parasitic drugs. Thought I was odd. Thanks for normalizing me. Annie
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Hello dear TWIP hosts!
Just in case you are not already exposed to this, I send you the web address for a recently launched worm-watching game:
It consists of video feeds of C. Elegans, which are being recorded automatically by tracking microscopes. As far as I understand it, the researchers want to measure the efficacy of the serotonin-regulated musculature of egg-laying for each worm, so recording when the eggs are layed is a vital piece of information.
This game is from the same guys that spawned Galaxy Zoo, where you classify galaxies, and Planet Four, where you classify terrain formations in Mars. Actually they have several interesting "scientific games", so I'd like to pick their project menu for this week:
Also, there is something I'd like to ask Dixon. In TWIP 56 you and Vincent had a brief discussion about the name TWIP, why it uses the word "Parasitism" instead of "Parasitology". It has occurred to me sometimes that the "P" in a "TWIP" show name could also mean "Pathology". Whenever I think that, I wonder if all parasitism is a pathology - not necessarily a human pathology, but some living being's pathology. I then usually imagine that Dixon could argue that not all parasites cause harm to their hosts, and therefore parasitism is not completely within the scope of pathology. Is that the case?
Thank you and all your guests for the shows!
Oops, terribly sorry for misspelling your name, Dickson!
(I guess I always think of the Dixon from the "Mason & Dixon" line when I hear your name. By the way, the book by that name by Thomas Pynchon is an awesome read (well, all Pynchon books great, but M&D is arguably the best one so far)).
Chris writes:
On your last TWiP someone mentioned the Pandemic Board Game. I stumbled upon a YouTube video of it being played and explained by Wil Wheaton (the actor who started out as a teenager on Star Trek, and now shows up on various television programs):
Apparently the person who starts is someone who had recently been sick, or had the worst disease. It turned out three of the players had caught H1N1 in 2009 at a gaming type convention in Seattle (link so you can understand what they mean by "Pax": http://prime.paxsite.com/ ), but one of them had suffered worse a few years before with a sequences of strep infections.
Enjoy. Just like I enjoyed learning about parasites in fish due to transporting them elsewhere.
(And I really hope that my two college age kids going to that same gaming convention don't get some kind of infection!)
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I have a short bit of trivia to add to TWIP #56. You briefly discussed the topic of fish spawning and the salinity or not of the water in which the fish spawn. The question of a salty river was oh so very briefly brought up and dismissed. Well there does in fact exist a salt water river. I have been there and it is on the Island of Okinawa. The river is spring fed and the spring is so close to the ocean that the ocean water actually infiltrates the spring and it flows its extremely short length back to the ocean. It is something like 1-2km long. I have a picture burred around here somewhere but I know not where at the moment.
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Vince and Dickson,
Here is a follow up on your biofuels question. To make fuels from crops succeed we need a biotech breakthrough that I really thought someone would have done already. Basically we need a bug that eats cellulose and converts it back to sugar so you can ferment it. Personally, I think there is a Nobel Prize in it for the group that creates an e. coli strain that converts cellulose to sugars. Once you have that, then you can feed the farm animals the corn and run your tractor on the corn stalks! Or you could use hay or grass clips or wood chips or waste paper, whatever is available cheaply. Until we get that bug, ethanol from corn will just be a niche technology.
People will keep pushing to use corn crops or other high sugar crops to make fuel, but the economics are not good and the lost opportunity costs are too high. Look how the modest current efforts in the USA have pushed up food prices and still required government subsidies to be competitive. No doubt there is a listener out there with lots of arguments for how great ethanol from corn is but I don't see anything like the margin needed to make it a viable market changing crude oil substitute.
I will show my age and tell you that as a senior chemical engineering design project in 1980 at Purdue, we looked at how to convert crop waste materials (like corn stalks) into fuel and it wasn't pretty. The only real way to break down the cellulose was to grind it up and treat it with hot fuming sulfuric acid in big reactors. Fuming sulfuric is 98% concentrated acid that is saturated with sulfur trioxide gas, brute force chemistry for sure! As I remember, you could get pretty good conversion of the cellulose, but the ugly part was separating the good stuff from all the waste acid and the non reactive lignin. Once you got all the acid out of the good stuff, then you still had to ferment the sugars. It is not surprising that you don't see anybody running this process to make fuel! We need a biotech solution to break down the cellulose without all the mess. I think folks were looking at the microbes in termites' stomachs as a place to start., but I have not heard of any progress on this in several years.
I will add that biofuels are not the only option for our fuel supply. For the past 100 years, we have had repeated dramatic reports that we are about to run out of oil and yet it never seems to happen! I remember a particularly detailed one in Scientific American about 10-15 years ago with beautiful graphs and everything. Each time the trumpets of doom sound, some smart engineer or geologist comes up with a new way to extract more oil. I don't see any reason why this trend will suddenly stop this time, we still have lots of tar sands, deep oil, and shale oil that have not been touched. Please note that I am not expressing a political view on the social correctness of these options just the technical aspects. Even more impressive are the reported quantities of frozen methane hydrate clathrates on the ocean floor that would likely be fairly easy to extract. Some estimates are that there is more than 10 times the amount of energy stored there than in all the oil we have ever used. Obviously none of these fossil fuels address the CO2 generation concerns that many people have.
Wind, solar, hydro and even nuclear power all have their places and I hope their niches keep growing as the technology improves, but nothing comes close to competing with chemical energy as a cheap, portable, high density source of energy. One just needs to look at biology to see the truth of this; plants fix the suns energy into chemical forms that then cascade through the food chain ever evolving into more complex forms. How cool is that!
Thanks for helping me stretch my brain each week! Thus ends "This Week in Chemical Engineering"!
Warmest Regards,
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Dear The Good Doctors!, I hope you are well!
I became fascinated with parasites at Uni when I was studying Freshwater and Marine Biology and took zoology and again relating to shifting global distributions of aquatic infectious organisms by climate change. I loved every aspect of parasitim but they were such small parts of my course I didn't think I could go into parasitology. I left college and went into aquaculture, listening to you all the while, which nudged me into returning to study. I'll be starting a masters in molecular parasitology at Glasgow Uni next year. I'm certain I wouldn't be, if not for you two and TWIP! I cannot express my gratitude in words for your effort and work making TWIP!
I love TWIP (et al.), I've been following it for years. However, I'm currently working at a remote pearl oyster farm in Australia (Beagle Bay, WA). As the podcast is over 50mb, my iPhone won't download it without a wifi connection. There is no wifi...
Is there anyway you can reduce the podcast file size? Without reducing the length of the show, of course!
File compression or something?
It's been months since I've had a TWIV fix and I'm starting to get the shakes!
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That was just weird last night with the pics..it kept telling me something about transparent & wouldn't show on the post on this end. Another mystery of the computer. The pic of Bree the hen is her sitting on the eggs, Earl is protecting them & the baby is in my hand there. It is cuter now that the eyes are open & growing into the beak..when closed they are uglier if that's possible! I can't wait to see how the color pattern turns out. With the other hen, they always had very dark bodies, white heads, flight feathers & rumps. J


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My girl was the same way. She was super picky about what she ate and it was a big deal just trying to get her to eat. We couldn't figure out what it was as we quit giving her treats and used toys for training. This lasted from about 8 weeks to 3 months. Some days she would hardly eat a cup of food. We added pumpkin, wetted it, added canned food and she still wouldn't eat but a few bites at a sitting. We finally decided to switch her foods and it took about 5 different kinds and flavors and now she had a Better eating habit but she eats very slow and sometimes she still won't eat it all, but she does eat a lot better than she used too. So maybe try changing the food.
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I truely believe that THIS is what's killing our sport. I know if It were my first time playing back in 03 and something like this happened, I would've either just stuck to playing with my friends and not be encouraged to go and upgrade my gear and get better, or just sat out and quit all together. I'm taking my gf and 6 guys from work who, for the most part, have never played before. I won't be using my new ego, I'll be rocking my cocker and paint covered swab all day and let them take turns trying my guns. This truly disgusts me. If that were to happen to my friend, gf, or anyone else new I'd demand that he be either banned from playing newer people, or banned from the field all together. Last week I played with a group of about 6 renters and 3 or 4 agglets. Of course, the more experienced players played like they were trying out for a spot on a pro team and a few of the renters decided to quit early.
Again, I wasn't sure where to post this but I think we all have to see this and look ourselves in the mirror and ask ourselves how we can treat new players better. I think people like this hurt paintball the most.
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Delaware Mens Lacrosse Squad Picked No. 6 in Colonial Athletic Association Pre-Season Poll
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Head coach Bob Shillinglaw, the dean of NCAA Division I coaches now in his 39th season overall and his 36th campaign at Delaware, welcomes back 30 letterwinners and seven starters to the squad. Among the top returnining players are All-CAA defenseman James Connelly, faceoff specialist Tyler Barbarich, CAA All-Rookie selection Conor Peaks in goal, and top returnining scorers Dan Keane (16 goals), Connor McRoy (12), and Brian Kormondy (12). Delaware has advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times in the last seven years.
Defending CAA regular season champions and NCAA Tournament participates were voted the pre-season favorites from a poll of the six league head coaches. The Nittany Lions received three first place votes and 23 total points. Defending CAA champion Towson earned two first place votes and 21 points and was picked No. 2 while Drexel had one first place vote and 18 points to finish third in the poll. Massachusetts was fourth followed by Hofstra and Delaware.
"We are focusing less on rankings and more on just getting better every day and we are off to a great start," said Shillinglaw, whose young squad features 19 freshmen, the third highest total of any non-first year NCAA program this spring. "I'm fine with being the underdog because our program has always assumed that role. Even when we went to the NCAA Final Four (in 2007), I made the comment that UD stands for underdog. We are going to prove that all the (CAA) coaches were wrong in their predictions."
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Take a look at the interest modular shelving creates–a great solution for a large wall needing a focal point too! This adorable wall display is done by Honey & Fitz. Be sure to take a look at how they use their shelves in other spaces too. So cute!
They work beautifully in a small, transformed working niche. This very creative space is from Sarah's House on HGTV. I enjoy her style, energy, and transformations. (I could not find the shelving info-they may be custom–but you can get the look with IKEA)
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GroundSwatter wrote:My dad and I were planning a fishing trip for this summer and we were between Alaska and Venice, LA. We decided on Alaska, but Venice is still on my list. Maybe we'll do Venice next year.
allnighter wrote:Inda there you go showing off all those big trout again.
allnighter wrote:ANd yall get more ducks. The biggest I have been able to catch was a little over 5 3/4. I did loss two this year that were 6.5-7 lbs. Drag was to tight both times.
Chit Indaswamp, who needs a guide?? We can just go with you...Indaswamp wrote:Let me know what you want to fish for and I can recommend some good reputable guides...
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I've seen some awesome trips come in...22 black fin tuna, 7 yellow fin tuna-biggest 158lbs., 5 wahoo, 9 kings, 42 Red Snapper, 7 Amberjacks, 19 bull dolphin,....an ice chest of chicken dolphin and I forget what else-maybe some mangroves 10-13 lbs and a few grouper thrown in..... And If I remember right-they boated two sailfish on that trip also.....
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Back in 2004 when I first started speaking and blogging about race, I was invited to facilitate a phone discussion with a group of parents who had adopted children from outside the United States.
One of the mothers in the group was white and Jewish. She adopted her son from an African country, and was raising him in her faith. She told me that she wanted my advice on a situation she was dealing with.
Her nanny was a Jamaican woman. One day, the nanny came home and the mother noticed she looked upset. The mother asked her what was wrong, but the nanny just shook her head and said everything was fine.
The mother was concerned, so she kept prodding, but the nanny was still reluctant to say anything. The mother was persistent, and told her that this was a safe space for her to share. She said there wouldn't be any judgments, no matter what it was about.
Finally, the nanny broke down and said, "You people don't know how to act!"
She explained that anytime she took the child for play dates in their mostly white and Jewish neighborhood, parents would treat her brusquely and avoid eye contact. Whenever she went to a store, salespeople would follow her around to make sure she didn't steal anything. When she went to pay for items, the cashier would treat take great pains not to touch her hand when giving her change back.
She had been putting up with this kind of discrimination for a long time now because she loved working with this family, but she didn't know how much longer she could go on as it was wearing on her emotionally.
"Can you believe that?" the mother asked me, her voice shaking with anger.
I was about to respond by expressing how sorry I was that this level of prejudice existed in her community, when the mother continued.
"I'm going to fire her! How dare she call Jews 'you people!' I'm Jewish and my son is Jewish. I'm just going to have to fire her because I don't feel safe around her anymore."
I was stunned.
Not only did the mother completely ignore the very real discrimination her nanny was dealing with; she managed to turn the entire situation around so that she became the victim.
In subsequent years, I've come to realize that this kind of behavior is not at all unusual.
If anything it's the norm, not the exception, for people to be pre-occupied with their own suffering and supremely uninterested in hearing about the oppression others face.
This lack of empathy is one of the biggest roadblocks we face in dismantling racism.
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Love the top 10. Is there any way to expand to top 100 or viewable as a regional item.
Thought the Top 10 drowning in administrative costs was interesting living in Cincinnati. Commented on the Art Museum placement in this list on my own Bearman Cartoons Blog
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Here's the rub: many of them don't bother with goggles at all, instead wearing unsealed airsoft glasses. I guess they think it looks cooler.
They do use minimum engagement distances and are pretty strict on gun safety, but seem to have no idea that paintball safety isn't quite the same as real gun safety. They've taken the attitude that each player is responsible for their own safety - if you don't want to war proper eyewear they wont make you. It's kind of annoying since I'd like to play some milsim/magfed and this is the only club in this city, but they are clowns.
Anyway what I'd like to see is what happens when a .68 cal paintball hits the lens of a pair of unsealed airsoft glasses. I understand that a shot near the lens is likely to send fragments under the glasses and into the eye, but what about a direct hit? Will they even stop it? Will the lens pop out?
^ note .68 cal ram shotgun, and dude with unsealed glasses. It's not just staged, that's how they play.
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office is asking for public comments on a proposed project to establish a Right-of-Way agreement with each of Bonneville Power Administration, a federal entity under the U.S. Dept. of Energy and American Towers LLC, a private company, to construct two new communication facilities (of up to 100 feet height, with non-reflective material) on the top of Glass Buttes, 15 miles east of Hampton.
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Discussion in 'December 2007' started by max, Dec 24, 2007.
LOL...Since Stuckey will only play 12 minutes a game,(1 quarter) , how bout "25 CENT" !!!!
Our starters played well enough in the first half. Not great, but well enough. Our bench stunk. Led by Hunter, they could not score. However, the bench at least stayed on the floor long enough to give the starters rest for the 2nd half. Good news, it won't be long before Hunter is not playing. Stuckey will get all the backup point guard minutes. We were up by about 16 when Stuckey came in for the 4th quarter. (about a minute or two into the quarter.) The lead got up to 20 later. Stuckey made a nice assist or two, got inside some, made a free throw, and ever a jumper or two. Seven points. Even when Stuckey gets to the basket and misses, you say to yourself, wow, that was something. Afflalo was in the rotation in the first half, but out in the 2nd half. In the 2nd half, Prince played shooting guard to back up Rip, playing along side Stuckey. Perhaps Flip felt Stuckey needed Prince's steadying influence. JMAX had a decent 2nd half after an unproductive first half. (But JMAX played the whole 2nd quarter, giving Dyess and Sheed plenty of rest. The 3rd quarter saw the Pistons dominate NJ. Rip was on fire, as he was in the first half too. Dyess had a good shooting night, but not enough times going inside. Solid rebounding from him as usual. Billups won his personal duel with Kidd as usual. Not much to beat. Lots of assists by Kidd but he never made a basket. Prince did a little of everything, not a lot of scoring. Sheed was hitting his jumpers. Hayes is still in a bad slump. The shots were once getting close, now they ain't. JMAX is just getting steadier and steadier on his outside jumpers. Amir did get to play, but only after the game was 100% wrapped up. Maybe 90 seconds worth. As further insult, Brezec came off the bench first. Ok, what did we get from this game we can use in the playoffs? It was just ho-hum same ole same ole for the starters. Afflalo got a bit more time in the rotation when it counts. JMAX too. Stuckey played a whole quarter, mostly against their starters, where we had a lead but the game still in doubt. Three of our young players got time needed to improve their game. One did not. But this one is one of our best players, one we dearly need playing regularly when the playoffs get here. Should the coach be fired for not playing Amir. In my opinion, yes. Sure, there is still time for Flip to start playing Amir, but then again, I quit believing in fairy tales at age 5. One thing we failed to do, find a different way to go at backup small forward. Hustle is fine, but Hayes has not been around long enough to deserve an unending amount of time to work out his shot problems. Besides, maybe if someone else got a shot a the time Hayes would try just a little harder.
I am not going to worry about Amir anymore. Things will work themselfs out. At least Stucky and Afflalo are playing. Stucky looked great but shows his natural tendancies as a SG. Great run in the 3rd quarter where the Pistons shot around 80%. Found ways to find the open man and Rip was fantastic. 6 straight wins. 21-7 record. Have to stop and appreciate that. 2nd best in the league.
GO shwaty...its yo birthday!
He did have 3 assists to 1 turnover. He can average that per 10 minutes like he was in tonight for, he will become an all star. Plus 2 steals.
HQ, check out the pics I posted in the Stuckey thread. I think Brezec came in before Amir because Brezec was replacing Sheed, but Amir couldn't come in at the same time because JMax was on the line. After the next dead ball, about 20 seconds later when Stuckey got fouled, Amir came in for JMax.
Actually Hot Rod's game kind of reminds me of Zeke's when Zeke first came up, though Hot Rod is a lot bigger and probably will be a better rebounder than Zeke due to greater height and strength.
That seems to be the current scheme of things. AJ is 3rd on the #4 depth chart.
that is max's fault, if he had made his 2nd free throw he would have been in at the same time as brezec... i think max missed it on purpose
Amir was actually starting to get up at the 3 minute mark. Someone told him to sit back down. Brezec was clearly put into the game first. Only after we made another basket yet, and the game was truly out of reach, was Amir allowed to play.
Fabio's looking good right about now. He better get a chance. I feel like we're headed for Maurice Evans part 2.
First off, everybody calm down, AA is not in the doghouse. Hayes does not have a longer leash than AA. AA did not get in during his normal 2nd half stint because of Stuckey. Flip has stated that he wants Stuckey put into situations where he can succeed. I was impressed by the coaching decision tonight to get Stuckey ready. They left Sheed and Tay in longer than normal because Rod was running the point and they want him getting comfortable with those guys. Stuck is trying to find a rhythm and he can't do that as easily with AA, AJ and Primo as he can with the core rotation players. Now, I'll say this......Hayes is just begging for someone to take his spot, before he was just shooting bad, tonight he PLAYED bad. His defense is getting better, but......stay tuned. Herrmann and AA should get a legit shot at his minutes if things don't improve.
Chauncey with the double double! Showing up Kidd and holding JK to 2 points on 0-8 shooting. Man is Chauncey good. Makes it look effortless. Rip was a robot. Some nights he just demoralizes the other team. Sheed scoring from the post. Dyess on fire. And Stuckey showing that he can break it down at will. Very Wade-like indeed. This guy will take us to a new level.
He is a PG as much as Dwyane Wade or Brandon Roy are (Not saying he's on that level). He can set people up, but he's looking to score. I think he'll be fine handling the PG duties off the bench as long as he gets a few minutes next to Chauncey as well. Though, in the future, I think he'll be starting next to a Point Guard.
Stuckey does the same thing our other backup PG's do, Lindsey and Flip, except he actually does it well. Neither other option is a real PG. Remember D.Williams was a SG at Illinois.........stay tuned, the boy will get better, in 2 years CB might be the best and highest paid backup PG in the entire NBA .
Oh yeah, one more thing about the game. Maxiel. Why doesn't this team see him as a legit go-to post player. The minute they saw Malik Allen trying to check him, they should have called his number, Boone can't check him, Collins couldn't etc etc. Two days ago he was taking it to Mutombo (a 7'er) the other time we played Hou he took it to Yao Ming on a sweet post move. Why oh why does our team think that his post production is a fluke??? I dunno maybe its me, maybe I'm reading too much into things. I just hate that this team wont call his number with confidence, the boy is murder on the block.
Sorry but I totally disagree with your last statement. He was drafted to be our point guard of the future. Chris Paul had 9 assists last night to go along with his 40 points. Is anyone going to say that he is not a point guard? Just because a guard can score doesn't mean that he can't be the point guard. C-Bill could score 25 plus a game on the average if he wanted to. In my opinion Hot Rod will be our future starting point guard.
Affalo is a rookie, relax. Affalo is in a learning mode. Flip gave him enough time. The second unit could not score. Pistons have to find out about Jarvis Hayes. That is why they have continued to play him.
we all knew that Stuckey was drafted as SG. That's the position he's had played in College. The Wade or AI comparison is what describes him best. I'd wonder if any coach would try to turn him into a real PG (like Chris Paul)- Stuckey was drafted as a tweener.
Just to review, JMAX had Hunter as the point guard for about 6 of his first 8 minutes on the floor. The right things don't get done with Hunter running the point. Oh, and JMAX absolutely should start, and his post up game be featured to start games. When JMAX sits, Amir should be out there posting away. We basically have no excuse at all not to posting up all game long. Dyess has to post up more when he plays. The more fouls he draws, the easier it will be for Amir and JMAX to score in the post. I would say the same for Sheed, but actually he does post up quite a bit. The problem there is he has to go more toward up and under moves and such to draw fouls rather than just shooting over people. But he is so good at shooting those short jumpers over people, how can you tell him to quit. It will take work. Along with that, Rip has to take it inside as much as possible, ditto for Billups. People may not like the results sometimes, but those results often include drawing fouls. Basically, the whole team needs to have the same theme. Go inside, get them into foul trouble. Afflalo and Stuckey will help a lot in this too.
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Trends, fashion, celebrities, events, music, and all things only Vegas
Note: This is the sixth and final in a series of blogs leading up to the Miss USA 2011 competition on June 19 at Planet Hollywood. In this entry, reigning Miss USA Rima Fakih gives us her views on Las Vegas.
Q: What are you most excited about seeing and doing in Las Vegas?
A: I'm mostly excited to go back to Planet Hollywood where my dreams came true. I'm also excited to see all the hot contestants.
Q: Who's your favorite Las Vegas icon?
A: Since this is the fourth consecutive year the pageant is being held in Las Vegas, would that make Miss USA a Vegas icon?
Q: If you had to pick five things to pack in your suitcase for a trip to Vegas, what would they be?
A: Five things I would pack for Vegas: three swimsuits, my iPod and sunglasses.
Q: What is the first thing you want to do when you get off the plane in Vegas?
A: First thing I want to do when I get off the plane in Vegas is run to the nearest slot machine at the airport. I hit $500 one time before I boarded a plane home to Michigan!
Q: Where do you love to shop in Las Vegas?
A: I love to shop at the amazing CityCenter. I also love Caesars Palace because they have Niketown.
Q: What might you wear in Vegas that you wouldn't wear back home?
A: I have a sparkly hot-pink tube top that I only wear in Vegas. It would be way too much anywhere else!
Q: If you had only one night in Vegas, which nightclub would you choose?
A: I haven't really experienced Vegas nightclubs, YET! When I do I would love to go to XS Nightclub at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas and reserve a cabana.
Q: Who would be your dream date(s) for a night out in Vegas?
A: My dream date in Vegas would be Frank Sinatra and I would ask him to sing me my favorite song, "New York, New York." My second choice would be Robert De Niro because one of my favorite movies is "Casino."
Q: What's the best pool in Vegas?
A: I haven't been there yet, but I would love to go to Hard Rock Hotel's pool and hang out in one of their Tahitian-style cabanas.
Q: What's the most unique experience you've had in Las Vegas?
A: Oh this question is easy! The most unique experience I've had in Vegas is the night I won Miss USA 2010!
Q: What is your favorite restaurant in Las Vegas?
A: My favorite restaurant is Aureole at Mandalay Bay, which has a four-story wine tower and amazing food by Chef Charlie.
Q: What's the one thing in Las Vegas you can't miss?
A: I would not want to miss a Cirque du Soleil show. It always leaves me breathless!
Q: What are your must-see shows in Vegas?
A: My must-see show is "PEEPSHOW" featuring the beautiful Holly Madison at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
Q: What is the best advice you can give to a first-timer in Las Vegas?
A: The best advice I could give a first-timer in Las Vegas would be to BRING sunblock lotion because the sun is shining all day. Also, 5-hour ENERGY shots because you want to stay up all night and enjoy the Vegas Strip.
Q: If you could live at any Las Vegas resort, which one would you choose?
A: If I could choose one resort to live in, it would be the Palms. It is beautiful and exotic!
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Judge Upholds $1.2 Million Verdict in Morel v. AFP Copyright Case
Posted by David Walker on Thursday August 14, 2014 | Copyright/Legal, Photojournalism
Posted by David Walker on Thursday August 14, 2014 | Copyright/Legal, Photojournalism
A federal judge has upheld a $1.2 million jury award in favor of photographer Daniel Morel, after determining that there was sufficient evidence presented at the trial last year to support the verdict.
Morel won $1.2 million in damages after a federal jury determined that Getty and AFP willfully violated his copyrights by uploading eight of his exclusive news images of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and distributing them without his permission. The award also included an additional $20,000 damages for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Getty and AFP had appealed the $1.2 million award on the grounds that there was not enough evidence presented at the trial to establish willful copyright infringement. They had asked the court to vacate the jury's finding of willful infringement, reduce the award to Morel, or grant a new trial.
A federal judge rejected the appeal.
"There was evidence from which the jury could have concluded that the defendant's infringement (and particularly AFP's) was not just willful but reflected a gross disregard for the rights of copyright holders," US District Court Judge Alison Nathan wrote in a decision handed down yesterday. She added, "In light of all the consideration that the jury was entitled to consider, [reduction] of the $1.2 million statutory damages award is not required.
"The evidence was plainly sufficient for the jury to conclude that AFP's infringement was willful under either an actual knowledge or reckless disregard theory," Nathan said. She said the evidence for willfulness on Getty's part was "somewhat thin" in comparison to the evidence against AFP. But she went on to say that the evidence of Getty's willfulness "was sufficient to support the jury's verdict."
Morel had uploaded his images to Twitter, offering to license them to news outlets. The images were stolen and re-distributed by another Twitter account holder. Judge Nathan cited evidence presented at trial that Vincent Amalvy, AFP's Director of Photography for the Americas, knew or should have known that the images were actually Morel's, and that AFP didn't have permission to distribute them.
The evidence against Getty for willful infringement was that it left Morel's images on its web site under a false credit for more than two weeks after AFP sent a "kill notice" telling Getty to remove the images.
The award was the maximum amount of statutory damages possible under the law.
AFP and Getty had asked the court to reduce the $1.2 million award on the grounds that it was based on a "speculative" figure of actual damages amounting to $275,000 in lost sales. Judge Nathan said that on the basis of actual downloads (1,000 or more) of the image and sale prices, the actual damage estimate was reasonable. But she went on to say that juries aren't required in any case to base statutory awards on actual damage estimates.
She also rejected arguments that the $1.2 million statutory award was "instinsically excessive." Noting that courts defer to the prerogative of juries to set damage awards and rarely set them aside unless they "shock the judicial conscience and constitute of denial of justice," Nathan said AFP's actions in particular could be seen as "gross disregard for the rights of copyright holders" and let the jury award stand.
At the same time, Nathan upheld a $10,000 jury award against AFP for Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) violations, while vacating a $10,000 award for DMCA violations against Getty.
The DMCA makes it unlawful to intentionally remove or alter copyright management information, or to knowingly provide or distribute false copyright management information with intent to conceal infringement.
Evidence presented at trial showed that Vincent Amalvy, the AFP Director of Photography, knew that Morel's images were falsely credited to another Twitter user, but distributed the pictures with the false credit anyway, Judge Nathan wrote in her decision.
Getty violated the DMCA by continuing to distribute the images under a false credit, after receiving notice from AFP to remove the images, the judge said. But Getty was not liable under a DMCA provision for distributing the images with knowledge before the fact that the image credits had been illegally altered.
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Posted by David Walker on Monday June 5, 2017 | Copyright/Legal
Danny Clinch filed suit in federal court in New York June 2, alleging multiple copyright infringements of two of his photographs of late rap artist Tupac Shakur. The photographs were allegedly reprinted and distributed on T-shirts without permission. Clinch, a noted music photographer, names five defendants, including an agent for Shakur's estate, two merchandise manufacturers,... More ›
Posted by Conor Risch on Friday May 19, 2017 | Copyright/Legal
Missoula, Montana-based photographer Erika Peterman is suing The Republican National Committee (RNC) for willful copyright infringement. The suit, filed in Montana District Court earlier this week, alleges the RNC used without permission a Peterman photograph of Rob Quist, the Democratic candidate in a special election to fill Montana's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.... More ›
Posted by David Walker on Monday May 15, 2017 | Copyright/Legal
A federal jury in Maryland has awarded $900,000 in actual damages to an Oregon-based plant retailer for its claims against a competitor over unauthorized use of two dozen copyrighted images. The jury verdict, delivered last week, also included a $300,000 statutory damages award, but the plaintiff may elect one jury award or the other (not... More ›


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'"I think the biggest thing is we got healthy," Regier said. "It probably starts with the goaltending, with Ryan Miller. I think we learned some things while we were injured as well. We had some young guys that played some games for us that probably would not have otherwise have gotten into games. They performed well and they continue to perform well. We've gotten a lot of energy from them, and the rest of the guys are doing their jobs."'
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Yuvraj suffers finger injury | Cricket News | ICC Champions Trophy 2009 | Cricinfo.com
We might as well pack up if he is ruled out of the tournament.
Yuvraj suffers finger injury | Cricket News | ICC Champions Trophy 2009 | Cricinfo.com
We might as well pack up if he is ruled out of the tournament.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
Think I've discovered the real reason for Yuvi's injury. Gary Kisten has been encouraging his charges to get it on before games. From The Telegraph:
Another obvious issue is tackled in the document by Tim Noakes, a professor and sports scientist at the University of Cape Town, who writes: Sex [is] not a problem, but being up till 2am, probably having a few drinks at a bar while trying to pick someone up, on the eve of a game, almost always is. According to Noakes though, a solution is at hand (sorry, that really is the last pun). If you want *** but do not have someone to share it with, one option is to go solo whilst imagining you have a partner, or a few partners, who are as beautiful as you wish to imagine, the document reads. No pillow talk and no hugging required. Just roll over and go to sleep.
If he's breaking fingers his technique needs tightening, obv.
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Whether you're a novice photographer or a seasoned pro, there's a compact digital camera that's right for you. Luckily, you don't have to break your budget to capture impressive photos and videos. According to expert tests and user feedback, good budget-priced cameras can be had for under $150, while full-featured digital cameras start at around $500.
There are three main types of digital cameras:
The Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS (Est. $210) is the successor to the older Canon PowerShot ELPH 350 HS (Est. $200), and looks to be following in that well-regarded camera's footsteps. Both models garner mostly positive feedback from owners posting reviews to Amazon.com; the 360 HS earns a rating of 4.4 stars out of 5 following 50 reviews, while the 350 HS earns a rating of 4.2 stars out of 5 following more than 100 owner-written reviews.
Owners say that the 20.2-megapixel Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS takes sharp, quality photos and is blessed with intuitive, easy-to-use controls. Experts chime in that as far as usability goes, you can simply turn this camera on most of the time (thanks to its Smart Auto setting) and get decent-quality photos without tinkering with the settings. In Creative Shot mode, the Canon snaps several images and applies a set of creative filters for a variety of effects. The 12x zoom is impressive for a camera of this size – it can be easily tucked into a pocket and weighs just 5 ounces – but the downside to the long zoom is that it doesn't let in a lot of light, which can be challenging for capturing photos in low-light settings.
This Canon digital camera also offers rapid startup, and is ready to take the first shot just over a second after hitting the power button. Other pluses include 1080p HD video capture and Wi-Fi compatibility to easily connect your camera to your computer or smartphone to transfer images, and a smartphone can also double as a remote camera control. Battery life is good; expect to be able to take about 185 photos on a single battery charge.
If the Canon PowerShot is a little too much for your budget, the Nikon Coolpix S33 (Est. $130) is an excellent budget alternative. It earns positive feedback from hundreds of owners at Amazon.com and elsewhere. This 13.2-megapixel camera transitions easily between shooting still photos to full HD 1080p video, complete with stereo sound. It's also exceptionally rugged, especially considering its price point. The S33 is waterproof up to 32 feet – and owners say that it takes surprisingly good photos underwater. It's also reasonably shock-proof, rated to withstand drops of up to five feet, and freeze-proof down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Nikon Coolpix S33 has a 3x optical zoom as well as a 6x digital zoom, which Nikon dubs Dynamic Fine Zoom. There's a welcome screen that loads by default, but can be user deactivated -- and that's a good idea as doing so cuts the time to first shot after power up from around 4.5 seconds to around 1.6 seconds.
In one head-to-head test comparing rugged and waterproof cameras, the Nikon earns good ratings for photo quality, video quality, flash photos, and LCD quality, along with a fair score for ease of use. On the other hand, editors at DPReview.com name the Nikon Coolpix S33 one of the best digital cameras for kids thanks to its easy-to-use menu options, oversized buttons, rugged durability and affordable price tag. The Nikon also offers 16 different creative effects and options such as Underwater Face Detection, making it easier to focus on subjects underwater for better-quality photos. The Nikon Coolpix S33 will snap about 220 images on a single battery charge, so you'll rarely be stuck swapping batteries in the midst of an adventure.
If you're looking for a digital camera for less than $100, the Sony CyberShot DSCW800 (Est. $90) looks like a good choice. It offers a resolution of 20.1 megapixels, 5x optical zoom, and the ability to shoot video in 720p. More than 550 owners review this compact point-and-shoot camera at BestBuy.com, where it has a rating of 4.3 stars out of 5. Owners say it's lightweight and slim, making it a handy camera for everyday needs when you need something better than a smartphone camera without the hassle of carrying around a bulky DSLR.
Owners also appreciate the Sony CyberShot DSCW800's USB charging option, allowing users to charge the camera on the go. It comes with a wall adapter and detachable USB cable, meaning you can charge it with any USB charger – no need to carry around a separate charging device for the battery.
Advanced digital cameras are a step above the compact point-and-shoot models discussed above, often heavier and bulkier, but with plenty of additional features and options for more sophisticated photography. They are also notably more expensive, appealing to the enthusiast rather than the casual user that just wants a basic camera for everyday use.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 (Est. $700) is top consideration in this category, earning good feedback from expert reviewers and owners. Editors at one consumer testing organization give it excellent ratings for its viewfinder and LCD quality and very good scores for image and video quality, flash photos, and ease of use. What sets the camera apart from some competitors is that it uses a four thirds image sensor with a total resolution of 16.8 megapixels. That allows the camera to shoot in a variety of aspect ratios -- 3:2, 16:9, 1:1, or 4:3 -- using a much of the image sensor as possible, though, as PCMag.com notes, no aspect ratio will use all of the sensor, limiting the maximum resolution to around 12 megapixels. That's not necessarily a bad thing. "In our experience, the added creative encouragement offered by the multi-aspect approach, combined with a conveniently-placed aspect ratio switch is more valuable than the extra couple of megapixels and larger lens that a full-sensor design would require," say the editors at DPReview.com.
Editors at DPReview.com also praise its image stabilizer, which enhances this camera's performance in low-lighting conditions, and its variety of easy-to-use controls and customized settings to match any photographer's preferences. It's not as light as more basic point-and-shoots, weighing in at 16 ounces, but is still lighter than some competing advanced cameras. The battery is rated to last for about 300 photos before recharging.
The Panasonic is also a great value among this class of digital camera, but if you have a bigger budget, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II (Est. $1,400) is the top-rated advanced digital camera in one professional roundup, earning excellent scores for video, viewfinder, and LCD quality, very good scores for ease of use and image quality, and a good score for flash photos.
This 20.2-megapixel camera is considerably heavier than your standard point-and-shoot camera -- including the Lumix -- at about 30 ounces, but the added features are worth it when you need better-quality photos. With an 8.33x zoom, the DSC-RX10 II offers 14fps (frames per second) continuous shooting and a 960 fps max frame rate for recording videos.
Editors at DPReview.com say the primary downside is that it doesn't excel at capturing fast-moving subjects using the camera's continuous auto-focus feature. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II won't disappoint in terms of battery life; capable of taking about 400 photos on a single charge, the Cyber-shot's battery life is among the most robust in this category.
Sony has also released the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III (Est. $1,600). The chief difference between the two Sonys is that the mark III version sports a massive 25x zoom lens. It's an impressive performer throughout its zoom range, experts say, but there are some downsides, not the least of which is the added cost if you don't need that powerful a zoom. It also makes the camera around 10 ounces heavier, a little bit bulkier, and extracts a small performance penalty. "It takes between three and four seconds for the lens to rack through the full zoom range," note the reviewers at DPReview.com, who add that that the lens also takes a few seconds extra to extend at power up than some competing cameras.
Compact cameras with interchangeable lenses -- often called hybrid or bridge cameras -- occupy the middle ground between the digital cameras covered above and true DSLR cameras, which are covered in their own report. Unlike point-and-shoots and advanced digital cameras, which have permanently mounted lenses, you can swap lenses on a bridge camera for added versatility, but without all the bulk of a digital SLR camera.
In this category, the 24.2 megapixel Sony Alpha a6300 (Est. $1,150 with 16-50mm lens) looks like a great choice. Editors from one professional testing organization give it an excellent rating for its viewfinder and video quality (it can shoot 4K video) and very good ratings for LCD quality, image quality, and ease of use. At just under 13 ounces (body only -- you'll also have to consider the weight of the battery, memory card and lens), it weighs more than most compact point-and-shoot cameras but still not as much as a bulky DSLR.
Editors at DPReview.com praise the a6300's rapid autofocus as well as its robust battery life (about 400 photos) and extensive shooting options. However, they do note that the user interface is rather extensive and not that well organized. You can store often used settings for quick access via programmable buttons, but that can take a little time, and if you need settings that are not pre-stored, dealing with the menu system can be a bit frustrating. However, the editors add, putting in the work to get the best of the camera is worth it. "Its image quality is at least match for anything in its class, its autofocus is very impressive and its 4K video is peerless," they say.
The Fujifilm X-T10 (Est. $900 with lens kit) is also worth considering. It earns a solid rating of 4.7 stars out of 5 in more than 100 owner-written reviews at Amazon.com, and it also earns positive feedback in expert reviews. Editors at one professional testing organization give the Fujifilm an excellent rating for its viewfinder, LCD quality, and flash photos and very good ratings for image quality and ease of use, with a fair score for video quality.
The Fujifilm X-T10 is a 16-megapixel camera with a continuous shooting speed of 8 fps, a little lower than the a6300, which can shoot at 11 fps. That, plus the Sony's fast autofocus system, makes the a6300 a better choice for those that shoot a lot of sports or other action photos. Everyone else, however, will find a lot to like with this lightweight, easy-to-use camera. Its lithium-ion battery lasts for about 350 photos.
We found hundreds of digital camera reviews on sites like DPReview.com, Amateur Photographer, Imaging-Resource.com, CNET, TechRadar.com, PCMag.com, and others. ConsumerReports.org compares dozens of digital cameras in different categories such as compact point-and-shoot cameras, advanced digital cameras, and mirrorless cameras, rating each model for image quality, ease of use, LCD quality, video quality, viewfinder, and other performance indicators, in addition to noting key features such as megapixels and battery life. We turned to Amazon.com, BestBuy.com and elsewhere for feedback from owners on performance in real-world conditions.
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I have just accepted my first job teaching English to KG and pre KG students from ages 3 to 5. I have been told there could be between 20 - 25 students in each class, none of whom will know any English.
The thing that is really worrying me is where to start. i have no idea how to begin that first lesson. Knowing that they will have no English and that I have no Arabic, how do I start introductions and what should I expect to achieve from these first lessons? I have never worked with students at this level and I'm worried how i will deal with 20 something 3 & 4 year olds who I dont know and who dont know me.
I'm sure that once I get going and we get to know each other things will begin to flow, but how do i survive those first few weeks.Is it worth me trying to learn some arabic over the summer just to aid the introductions?
Any advice will be very much appreciated (and needed) . . . Thanks


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I have been asked to teach a couple of lessons a week to French adults here in France, mainly conversational practice.
I did my first Beginners class a couple of days ago and had planned it for at least half a dozen students at low level. In the event only one student turned up and I would have put her at Intermediate level (Thursday's lessons) so I had to adapt what I'd planned and we had a nice one-one session, which she enjoyed, but obviously the lesson plan went prety much out of the window.
How do I plan when I have no idea how many students I will be teaching? I have done whole class teaching (about 15 years ago now) and one-to-one in my home in England but I am losing confidence in my self.
I didn't want to use a course book, but be led more by what the students say they want to learn.
Any advice gratefully received, thanks.


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Cedar City • Southern Utah needed Jackson Stevenett to keep the Thunderbirds close to Weber State on Thursday night.
Stevenett tied his career high with 29 points but didn't have enough offensive backup.
Meanwhile, four WSU players scored in double digits as the Wildcats escaped the Centrum with a hard-fought 81-74 Big Sky Conference victory.
"That's probably one of the more physical games I've been involved with for quite a long time," WSU coach Randy Rahe said. "We tried to get our guys ready. ... We hit them with pads [in practice]."
WSU and SUU combined to take 76 free throws.
"We just tried to play how we've been playing," said Stevenett, who matched his point total scored earlier this season against Gonzaga. "We feel like we let one slip away.
"We played harder than them."
In a game that featured 10 lead changes and six ties, Weber State (10-3, 5-0 BSC) slowly pulled away late in the second half, thanks in part to its performance at the foul line.
Scott Bamforth and Davion Berry combined to score 36 points 23 from free throws as SUU began fouling with more than three minutes to play.
WSU's final 2-pointer came with 4 minutes, 43 seconds to play when Joel Bolomboy punctuated a Bamforth lob with a thunderous jam.
"I was just trying to get the team going," Bolomboy said. The 6-foot-9 freshman finished with 13 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks.
It was Bolomboy who played a key part midway through the game when the Wildcats were struggling to find any consistency against the dogged Thunderbirds (5-9, 3-2).
"He gave us a great spark tonight," Rahe said. "He had a big impact on the game.
Weber State opened a 15-point lead with two minutes to play, thanks in part to SUU's constant fouling to stay close. The Wildcats finished 36 of 49 from the foul line.
The Wildcats became more patient in the second half, which led to a handful of transition baskets. Midway through the second half, Gelaun Wheelwright split the SUU defense on back-to-back possessions to put WSU up by nine.
"The game was decided on transitions," SUU coach Nick Robinson said. "We definitely struggled from the field."
And, as pleased as Robinson was with Stevenett's effort, he also saw trouble.
"It was a great effort," said the first-year head coach. "But basketball is a team game. It's not the Jackson Stevenett show at SUU."
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- A 3-inch credit card knife was discovered at Albuquerque (ABQ).
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- A novelty grenade lighter was discovered in a carry-on bag at San Antonio (SAN).
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Good news when a big company says they want your business and gives you good service. Good luck on your repairs.
I have had my FNP45 about 6 weeks , maybe 300 rounds and I push the mag release and it goes all the way through the other side followed by the spring which is mangled. Email customer service asking if I can just get a spring so I don't have to ship the pistola and within 1 hour I have an email asking for my mailing address. If that is not great it will do till great comes along. It takes HK a week or more to answer my emails.
Good news when a big company says they want your business and gives you good service. Good luck on your repairs.
I have heard pretty much the same thing about HK's civilian customer service.
Consensus seems to be that HK's focus is on government (military and police) sales with consumers on the side. Remember, HK is a european company where most countries limit civilian access to firearms.
FN on the other hand has supported consumers for years through its ownership of Browning. FN Manufacturing LLC based in SC, where FNPs are made is mostly run by Americans.
You should be very happy with that level of response. I e-mailed Beretta from their website with reference to an issue and it took them 3 months to respond. The response did not even address my question. It was as if they had not read the e-mail. To produce such a great product, their attention to the customer is in the basement, maybe sub basement. Hope all is well with you issue now.


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Fans of The Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center a favorite destination for school field trips in Utah despaired when the Alpine School District began scaling back the program last year.
Worried about the future of the center, where kids perform simulated space missions to learn math, science, social studies and other subjects, some began planning their own versions. Now, three other space education centers are blasting off.
The Discovery Space Center, which has four simulators and hired much of the McAuliffe staff, opened earlier this month in Pleasant Grove.
The Farpoint Institute plans to fully open at Renaissance Academy charter school in Lehi in September 2014, though it already has an afterschool program and hopes to offer summer camp.
Organizers of a third program, to be called The Space Education Center, hope to open at Wilson Elementary School in Logan in June.
The creators of all three programs are people who cherished their experiences at the McAuliffe center.
"That these centers are springing up tells me that the program is essential," said Victor Williamson, an Alpine teacher who founded the McAuliffe center 23 years ago and has been running it since. Over the years, more than 300,000 students have trekked through its doors. "People don't want to see it go away."
A new void • The Alpine District temporarily closed the McAuliffe center in August, after a state fire marshal conducting a routine inspection discovered electrical problems. It re-opened the center a few weeks ago, but with fewer simulators and with field trip priority given to Alpine District sixth-graders, said Rhonda Bromley, district spokeswoman.
The district hopes to allow more kids from other parts of the state in the future, she said.
But fixing up the center to run it as it had been operating with all the simulators open to districts across the state, and offering weekend and evening sessions would have cost an additional $700,000.
District leaders didn't think that expense made sense, since they hope to eventually rebuild Central Elementary, which houses the center, she said.
"The No. 1 priority with the changes is to keep the kids safe," Bromley said.
With the center's capacity narrowed, Williamson plans to retire from the Alpine District this year and will head the Renaissance Academy's Farpoint Institute. It is opening in partnership with Space EdVentures Foundation, a group that includes education leaders and former McAuliffe volunteers, also led by Williamson.
Mark Ursic, the academy's executive director, said a center is a natural fit for his school, which uses innovative, hands-on methods to teach. He said his school sent kids to the McAuliffe center every year.
"We see this as a way to integrate more fully our focus on academics outside the classroom," Ursic said, "as well as there is now a void."
Filling the gap • Casey Voeks, director of the new for-profit Discovery Space Center, began visiting the McAuliffe center when he was 10 years old.
"Myself and virtually all of the [McAuliffe] space center staff got together and decided to build our own space center because we know how it works and we know how to do it," Voeks said.
David Sidwell, executive director of the nonprofit Space Education Center, said he and others had been interested in starting a center in northern Utah for some time.
With the changes at the McAuliffe center, "we realized there were all these classrooms and people who couldn't experience this anymore," Sidwell said. "We're hoping we can fill in that gap."
Williamson has also been a consultant for the Discovery Space Center and The Space Education Center.
The leaders of all three of the new centers say they hope to work together, and believe there's enough demand for everyone to survive.
"In our educational climate today, I know some schools that all they're teaching is reading and math," Sidwell said. "... It's left a huge dearth of curricular areas that are vital to our kids' futures ... we could use more exploratory centers like this one."
Williamson said only time will tell whether there's room for four space education centers in Utah, but he's optimistic. He'd like to see an association of centers for networking and information sharing.
"It's a concern I have that we don't end up in a competitive environment with these centers," Williamson said. "I hope we can all work together."