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The World Famous SC Village Presents:
Decay of Nations VI
"The World is Yours"
When: October 13th-14th, 2012
Where: SC Village - Chino, CA
Decay of Nations is the longest running and most successful annual scenario event in the history of West Coast paintball.
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The Story
The planet Earth has been peaceful for years. In the last great battle, the empires of the United Asia joined forces with the Ekron Corporation to defeat the United North Americas. By taking control of the legendary Keys of the Internet, all communications, information, and even the very memories of the UNA people were lost to them. Without the Internet and all that it brings, Ekron quickly conquered what was left of the UNA armies. The time of Ekron was now.
In this era, there is no more war. Ekron has been able to keep the peace by controlling what can be seen, heard, and read. Since the beginning of time, the victors have written the histories. Peace was granted by sacrificing people individualism and old ways of thinking. The people of the UNA were a defeated people and now must become a part of the Ekron empire. To be a part of the Ekron Empire meant that people had to shed all parts of their previous life. All books, media, traditions, and even the UNA language were replaced with Ekron teachings. Those who refused were place into re-education camp; some did not survive the re-education process.
The process of re-education and adherence to Ekron law was in the hands of the Thought Police. These ruthless people were charged with keeping the citizens of Ekron in line with the Corporate ideas of Ekron. With no entity on Earth able to challenge Ekron, it simply continued on its path of ecological violation by continuing its unrestricted harvesting and refinement of fossil fuels. With no alternative, people were being forcing into a world that only knew fossil fuels. This also meant soon there will be no fuel left. The known reserves of fossil fuels would be soon depleted and the world will fall into chaos.
Once Ekron leaders began to realize the quickly diminishing levels of fuel sources, they began searching the Internet for answers. Being the masters of all knowledge, Ekron commanded the Thought Police to start searching through the old archives; including the secret and forbidden UNA archives files that were kept from the old defeated empire.
It has been generations since anyone in the Ekron empire was allowed read or speak the UNA language. The Thought Police was forced to recruited some of the old re-educated UNA scientist to help decipher the old archives.
Ekron thought all would be lost, until the research team consisting of loyal Ekron and the re-educated UNA scientist discover two promising entries in ancient UNA archive. They were of two highly classified but unidentified locations. Desperate to keep the Ekron empire from falling into chaos, the Thought Police immediately sent out exploration teams consisting of the Ekron and re-educated UNA scientist, and a small security detachment of Thought Police to the first of the two locations.
The first location was in an area known as the Southern Wilds; and the discovery exceeded their wildest dreams. It was an untapped source of fossil fuels that UNA had kept hidden away. It was never tapped because of UNA's transition to solar powered machinery. The Ekron scientist estimate that it could sustain the Ekron empire for at least another 50 years. The expedition notified Ekron leadership and harvestor teams were dispatched. The exploration team had an overwhelming feeling of confidence, and hoping for an equally wonderful discovery at the second site, the team rushed to the second location.
The team arrived on the largest of the Bikini Islands, and quickly established a base camp to start the search. However, the team exhausted their limited fuel supplies, and in the rush to the new location, neglected to resupply. This was only an inconvenience, and they communicated with Ekron suppliers, and was informed that they would be taken care of as soon as the new fuel deposit was secured.
The expedition leaders decided to reward the UNA scientist by allowing them to take a relax and enjoy the time gifted to them as they waited for supplies. After all, it is a deserted island, what could a bunch of old UNA scientist do?
As it turns out, quite a bit. The Bikini Islands was one of the control facilities for the "Fire in the Sky": SkyFire.
SkyFire was the UNA orbital defense laser satellite system that plagued Ekron during the old wars. The solar laser cannons can be fired from orbit, and would have the same effect as a nuclear weapon, destroying a city without the harmful radiation aftermath. The system was relatively intact, but offline. The old UNA scientist quickly realized what they had found and quickly plotted to keep it out of Ekron hands. The scientist gathered what information they could and had it saved to an encrypted storage device. The device was placed on an old solar power unmanned flying drone. Some of the old scientist were still in contact with the UNA underground. This information could fuel UNA's return to power. Shortly after the drone's departure, the UNA scientist cause the solar reactors powering the old facility to overload and destroyed the whole island in a nuclear cloud. There was no way UNA would allow Ekron access to SkyFire.
The single most powerful force in the universe has always been the indomitable will of the human spirit. Though unable to be seen in public, groups of UNA people gathered in the shadows and met in dark secret places to remember their histories, their traditions, and their old way of life. The UNA underground, which became known as the Shadow Force, planned to one day stand up and bring back the United North American empire. This is where the solar flying craft from Bikini Island was brought. The Shadow Force leadership quickly discovered the value of the craft's contents. If they could find the necessary components, UNA could reactivate SkyFire and blast key Ekron installation. A few incinerated fuel depots and with Ekron's limited fuel supplies, would cripple Ekron forces. UNA could take back the world in hours.
Now the race is on. Can UNA find the components for the SkyFire system before Ekron can secure the fuel resources of the Southern Wilds?
The Pricing
Entry (single day): $50.00 (no deadline for this price)
Entry (weekend): $65.00 (before Aug. 13th)
Entry (weekend): $70.00 (after Aug. 13th)
Entry (weekend): $80.00 (day of)
Air (single day): $10.00
Air (weekend): $15.00
Case of Rec. Paint: $34.00
Case of Mid. Paint: $44.00
Case of Evil Paint: $49.00
Campsite Parking: $10.00
RV Parking: $20.00
*Decay of Nations is a FIELD PAINT ONLY event!
**Pre-registration pricing ends September 23rd at midnight! Teams of eight players or more can call 562.867.9600 to inquire about special group pricing and discounts.
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The Commanders
- Tom Cole - CEO/Founder: Ultimate Paintball League
- Bog Long - Owner/Founder: Bob Long Technology
- Chuck Hendsch - Director of Sales: Hydrotec Paintballs
- Jesus Leyva - Founding Member: Knuckledraggerz Scenario Team
- Erich Garbers - Director of Sales, Tippmann
- Tony Brock - Captain: Killer Rabbits Scenario Team
- Paul Bollenbach - Director of Sales: KEE Action Sports
- Ralph "Tazz" Gonzalez - Owner/Founder: Bandit Splats Paintball
The Schedule
Friday, October 12th
12pm... Vendor Setup
4pm... Registration Opens
4pm-7pm... Equipment/Vehicle Inspection
7pm... Commander Meeting
Saturday, October 13th
7am... Check-in Begins
10am... Mech Battle
10:30am... Commander Battle
11:30am... Morning Rules
12pm... Game On
6pm... Peace Summit
8:30pm... Night Game (Runs til last man standing)
Sunday, October 14th
7am... Registration Re-opens
9:30am... Morning Briefing
10:30am... Game On!
2pm... Final Battle
3pm... Award Ceremony
3:30pm... Prize Giveaway
4:30pm... Event Ends
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Tippmann, Empire Paintball, Spyder, ANS Gear, BT Paintball, DYE Paintball, Stiffi, Gen-X Global, Guerrilla Air, BlackStar, Planet Eclipse, G.I. Sportz, Full Clip USA, Sly Paintball, KM Straps, HK Army, Ninja Paintball, Tiberius Arms
Venue Information:
SC Village
8900 McCarty Rd
Chino, CA 91710
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That sure is a good looking rifle and you say it's shooting good too. Heck it don't get no better than that. Was that the one the Russey's used against the Germans at St Pete. Their snipers turned the Germans with that rifle if I remember right. Anyway enjoy and good luck with it.
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By Richard Clarke
Kieran Gibbs will be out for "a few weeks" with the medial knee ligament injury he picked up at Newcastle on Wednesday night.
The left back limped off after 18 minutes in the 4-0 win at St James' Park but, providing Friday's scan is positive, his absence will be
relatively short-term.
The other major news is that Aaron Ramsey and Robin van Persie are scheduled to return to full training at the end of next week. However Wenger warned that both would need further fitness work – particularly the Welshman.
Elsewhere, Manuel Almunia (elbow) and Thomas Vermaelen (Achilles) are still working their way back. Abou Diaby (ankle) and Jack Wilshere (suspended) will also miss the visit of West Ham on Saturday.
"We lost Kieran Gibbs last night," Wenger told TV Online on Thursday afternoon.
"That is the bad news.
"It is a medial knee ligament strain. It needs to be checked on the scan tomorrow but it will be a few weeks.
"We have nobody else back from Manchester City. Van Persie and Vermaelen are still out. Ramsey and Almunia are not ready. So it should be a similar squad to the one that played at Man City.
"But Van Persie and Ramsey are very close to coming back to full training now. They should be back in the group at the end of next week.
"Of course we should not set the same [recovery] time to Ramsey as Van Persie. Aaron will need a longer period to be completely match-fit for the first team. But Van Persie is not far away now.
"Manuel Almunia is maybe one to two weeks away. With Vermaelen, it is difficult to set a fixed time because his Achilles improves slowly."
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I recently read that the Indian government hanged Mohammed Kasab, the last surviving terrorist of the Mumbai Massacre in 2008. The American government needs to do the same with Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his henchmen. 9/11 was over ten years ago! Justice delayed is justice denied! These terrorists deserve their days in court [or military tribunals as the case may be] so they can be executed too! What is taking so long?
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I was wondering if anyone had any advice or insights on Asian countries which might be easier or more difficult with wife and child? It seems that the cost of living in some countries (e.g., Japan) might require a non-teaching spouse to find other employment, the low income in other countries (e.g., Thailand) might require the same, and I've heard that the visa requirements in other countries might might it difficult for a teacher to bring non-working spouse. There are also, of course, the pragmatic questions of housing for couples and families, medical care for infants, and so on.
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Blackhawks, Red Wings have 2 of NHL's top coachesBy LARRY LAGE , Associated Press
May. 22, 2013 4:44 PM ET
DETROIT (AP) — Joel Quenneville has accomplished a lot in the NHL, hoisting the Stanley Cup once and with as many postseason victories as any active coach.
Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville yells at referee Brad Watson (23) during the third period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville yells at referee Brad Watson (23) during the third period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, top, yells his team during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey playoffs Western Conference semifinal against the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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The Chicago Blackhawks coach, though, has never gotten past the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs.
Quenneville is 0-5 as a head coach against the Red Wings in postseason series, getting eliminated by them in 2009 to end his first season in Chicago, once with Colorado, and three times while leading St. Louis.
"When you look back over the history, obviously they've had a good team for a lot of years and had their Cup years," Quenneville explained Wednesday. "I think everybody in the Western Conference was trying to get them."
This year, Quenneville is coaching the team considered the one to beat. Chicago set a league record by earning at least a point in the first 24 games and finished the lockout-shortened season with at least five more points than every other team.
But coach Mike Babcock and the rapidly peaking Red Wings have won two straight games by a combined score of 7-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the second-round series.
If Quenneville's decisions, such as sticking with goaltender Corey Crawford, help the Blackhawks even the series Thursday night in Game 4 on the road, the Coach of the Year finalist might finally beat the Red Wings in the playoffs.
If the buttons Babcock pushes lead to the Red Wings taking a 3-1 advantage, Quenneville will be on the brink of breaking a dubious mark.
Quenneville is one of three coaches who are 0-5 in postseason series against a franchise since 1937, according to STATS, joining Jacques Martin and Billy Reay, who had the same record against Toronto and Montreal, respectively.
Crawford is confident he can help Chicago rally in the series by taking advantage of the belief Quenneville has in him instead of putting backup Ray Emery in net.
"That's nice for him to back me up, but, I've got to come in and play well and give a little bit more," Crawford said.
Babcock relentlessly pushes his players to give everything they have and demands they do it each day.
If veterans or inexperienced players don't meet his high expectations, they'll hear about it and might have a message sent by being a healthy scratch in any given game.
"He makes his team accountable," Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said.
With an iron fist?
"Yeah," Holland said. "He's the boss."
Holland is Babcock's boss more than a decade after telling him that he wanted to lead the storied franchise on the ice while he was coaching a minor league team shared by Detroit and Anaheim.
During the second intermission of a playoff game in 2002, Holland recalled Babcock telling him he wanted to be the next coach of the Red Wings.
"I don't hire interns," Holland said he told Babcock. "The next year, he knocked us out of the playoffs."
The Babcock-led Ducks eliminated Detroit in 2003 and went on to lose Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to New Jersey. After missing the playoffs the following year, Anaheim let Babcock go and Holland hired him.
Babcock helped Detroit hoist the Cup in 2008 and led Canada to gold at the Vancouver Games in 2010, becoming the first coach to pull off both of those feats along with winning a world championship.
He is confident, not cocky, about his chances to have more success this postseason because the seventh-seeded Red Wings have improved from within. So much so, in fact, that they can roll four lines of forwards and three pairs of defenseman throughout a game.
"Teams that are successful at playoff time have depth," Babcock said. "That gives a coach a lot of options to move things around to adjust to change."
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Friday, March 11, 2011
How to Help the Victims of the Japan Quake & Tsunami
3 comments:
- obbop said...
Japanese; a proud, strong people who, unlike so many other country/cultures.... do not expect or demand help and are willing to "do it" themselves!!!!!
Not all cultures are equal despite white the brainwashed politically correct spew.
I have visited Japan for a few first-hand peeks and was impressed at what I observed and experienced.
I also devoted a lot of reading and research time delving into Japan; past, present and predictions of its future.
If only it was Japanese culture invading the USA as the cultures to our south are doing!!!!!!!!
That would be boon to the USA vice a net burden.
As Charity Navigator recommends, check into a charity before giving but, if possible, I heartily endorse all who read this to donate what they can afford to a strong, brave people oh so willing to roll up those shirt sleeves and get to work.... without expecting or demanding others to "get to it."!!!!!
- March 12, 2011 at 5:32 AM
- hirokii said...
How come these charity organizations CEOs are making like 300k a year? Even the profit org's CEOs in Japan won't make that much. I was just so surprised!
- March 13, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- ms said...
obbop do you really think this is a good forum to take a cheap shot at the "cultures to our south"? Please focus on helping the people in Japan get thru this horrible disaster.
- March 14, 2011 at 4:06 PM


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'"We took advantage of every break we got," Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff said. "We took advantage of our odd-numbered situations that we haven't previously taken advantage of in Game 3 and Game 4. The good chances they gave us, we made sure we finished. We made sure that we got them down when we had the opportunity."'
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'"We lost, 3-2, so I don't look at it as that good of a game," Esche said not long after Daniel Brière scored at 7 minutes 31 seconds of the second overtime to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. "I don't know how great it was. Obviously, I felt like I was in a zone. But you never feel good when you give up one more goal than the other team."'
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience. The 2011/12 campaign is no different and 19 Gunners are currently away from the Club.
Arsenal.com track their progress throughout the season. Our Arsenal's Loanees page offers an overview of all the players and below is the latest instalment of our Loan Watch feature with reports from their latest matches.
Nicklas Bendtner
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Nicklas Bendtner played the full 90 minutes of Sunderland's entertaining 3-3 draw with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, scoring his fourth goal in his last five Premier League with Sunderland's second of the game.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by TAHbKA, May 4, 2011.
5 years on the way to each other
translation to come (in a couple of hours)
wheee, I cannot wait to read it
Thank you so much in advance
I can't wait either!! Thank you!
A stupid question... who is Vaitsehovskaia? I see all kinds of interview from him with russians skaters.
She's a journalist.
Even though she writes a lot of skating articles, her background is actually in diving
Having won the silver medal in the pairs skating after skating together for about a year Volosozhar/Trankov became the heroes of the Moscow World championpships. Nevertheless, they showed up for the interview right when it was scheduled.
We only had half an hour to talk, so the idea of speaking to them separately had to be dismissed.
On the missed opportunity
EV: Tatiana, you are often compared to the two time world champion Aljona Savchenko. You are both from Ukraine, both skated with Stanislav Morozov, both trained in Kuhar and the Steuer group. Now you both represent a foreign country. Can you recall what were the feelings when Savchenko left to Germany?
TV: Not really. Back then I was skating in Dnepropetrovski with Petro Kharchenko, and, frankly, were more concerned with who to move to Kiev, where at least some training conditions existed. All and all the situation in Ukraine was so bad that we were thrilled for Aljona she left and was successful.
EV: Maksim, is it true you had a chance to start skating together with Tanya back in 2005?
MT: Ludmila and Nikolai Velikov, who coached me and Maria Mukhortova back then really wanted me to skate with Volosozhar. But it happened that we left the Velikovs to Moskvina after the worlds in Calgary and soon after temporarily broke up. Moskvina asked me to think who would I want to go on skating with and come to her later and discuss. We met and, as I recall, sat in Tamara Nikolaevna's car where I said I'd like to skate with Volosozhar, but back then for some reason everyone assumed Tanya will not break up with Stas Morozov since they were an off ice pair as well.
Later it turned out no one ever mentioned that to Tatiana. Last year when we started training together I asked Stanislav how would he had reacted had the question been popped. He said, that had he seen a partner with whom Tanya would become more successful than with him - he would let her go.
EV: Tanya, if you were offered the same at 2006, would you agree?
TV: I would at least consider. But then Russia had enough very good pairs back then - Petrova/Tikhonov, Obertas/Slavnov....
About laziness and strategy
EV: Maksim, why did you and your previous partner decide to joinr Moskvina's group?
MT: It was Moskvina's offer. She approached us at the Calgary championship and offered to join her group. She is very good in planning. Her goal has always been having her skaters at the top.
EV: Why did you part so fast
MT: Moskvina kicked us out a couple of days after Yuko and Sasha joined her group.
EV: For a good reason?
MT: Of course. Frankly, if I were her I would had kicked us even earlier. I probably wouldn't get involved with such sportsmen at the first place.
EV: Such as you or such as your previous partner?
MT: We were equally fond of scandals. But that wasn't the reason I didn't want to skate with Mukhortova. The problem was that she was not quite ready to work hard. I don't blame her, it's just the way she is.
EV: And you are not lazy yourself?
MT: I'd put it differently: I know what `must' means. I don't mind, say, closing a window is there is a wind. Though many people would just cover themselves in more duvets rather than getting up. I'm not crazy about working too hard and I will not work from the dawn till the sunset, but if one of the coaches or Tanya say there is an element that needs to be done again I will without arguing as many times as needed.
On horses and parents.
EV: Were your parents strict?
MT: Yes. Mainly my father. Though after the age of 15 I lived alone in St. Petersburg.
In Perm father would come with me to all the trainings and if there was something that went wrong we would go through a whole post mortem on the way home. I hated going back from the rink with him. It was especially annoying when he would start teaching me figure skating giving examples from the horse riding sports he was active in for many years.
EV: Can you ride a horse?
MT: Ever since I was a kid.
EV: It's interesting your father's hopes were laid on you rather than your older brother. Was Alexey involved in the sports altogether?
MT: He used to do cross country skiing. But not for a long time. Father had hopes he would become good in the horses sport, since he more or less grew up with the horses. but my brother was never much into the sports. He was more interested in rock music and other non classical directions.
EV: Did you relatives come to Moscoe for the Worlds?
TV: My mother and my sister did. My mother came in Moscow at 2005 as well when Stas and I represented Ukraine in our first World championships. My sister saw me now for the first time.
MT: I forbid my relatives to come. I don't like it when they come and see me. So far I was unable to put a decent skate in their presence. I remember they came to the Russian nationals to Kazan where Mukhortova and I beat Kawaguti/Smirnov in the SP. In the LP I was unable to land a single jump/
On surviving and partners.
EV: One of the most painful subjects for Pluschenko is still his hungry life in St. Petersburg when he first moved here. What was it like for you, Maksim?
MT: I think the people who know the best what it is like surviving in St. Petersburg is Sasha Smirnov and I. What is it like to be homeless, like we were. We slept on the audience sits on the ice rink or in the coaches room. Sure, we told parents we were living in the dorms and that everything was allright, but think if my mother knew how things really stood she would immediately bring me back home.
EV: Why did you leave then?
MT: I wanted some freedom. For the first three years I wasn't even really training. I had an acquaintance who would feed me from time to time and if needed I could stay overnight at her place. Smirnov's parents came to see him from time to time since Tver is not that far from St. Petersburg and would bring various cans of home made food. We knew all the baristas and waiters on the ice rink and often they would let us have the leftovers.
During the night mass skates Sasha and I worked in the dressing room and there were all the empty bottles left in the bar during the week. We returned the bottles at the weekend and on the money received would buy some cheap spaghetti. We survived on that for two years.
EV: When the real skating began?
MT: AT the age of 18, when I parted with my then partner Irina Ulanova. She grew too tall and it became obvious she will never be able to do jumps. An ex pupil of my Perm coaches Rashid Kadyrkaev offered me to move to the USA saying there was a potential partner. I agreed - the move solved many problems, one of which was the army service. My parents were all for it, they assumed in the USA I had more chance to become someone even if I stopped skating.
So I went to the USA embassy to apply for a visa and was declined. I could reapply only half a year later, but when I walked out from the embassy I realized I was glad. Deep down I didn't want to leave St. Petersburg.
I started skating with Natalia Shestakova in Nikolai Velikov's group, even though my coach from Perm - Valeri Tukov was against - he had some issues with Velikov. Velikovs told me later had I joined their group a couple of months earlier they would had teamed me with Obertas. A year later I was teamed up with Maria Mukhortova.
About the money and Germany.
EV: Tanya, it must had been equally hard for you at the beginning of the career?
TV: Well, I had a lovely childhood. My mother took me to the training while my father was always busy at work - he's a military man. I was a very home attached child. When an opportunity to move to Kiev from Dnepropetrovsk arised my mother came with me. Of course we were not rich, but then everyone in Ukraine was in the same shoes.
EV: I.e. the figure skating was among other things something that one day will make you rich?
TV: No, I just wanted to skate. And win. As far as the money goes it was never an important thing in our family. My parents taught me at the very early age there are more important things in life.
EV: Not long before the Worlds I read an interview of your previous coach Galina Kukhar and I was under an impression that she had always tried to do what was the best for her pupils. She initiated Savchenko's move to Germany, then your and Stanislav's.
TV: The move to Germany for us was a bit harder than for Aljona. After we agreed with Steuer about joining his group we couldn't get the needed amount of money for living. At the end the Ukrainan Federation agreed to pay for the living and gave us scholarships which we had to exist on. We trained there for two years. Training with such a strong pair as Savchenko/Szelkowy became by then was a huge benefit for us. I realized Steuer would never give as much attention to an Ukranian pair as he does the German. Nevertheless, our first Grand Prix medals were with him.
EV: Do you mind being compared to Savchenko.
TV: It did at first, but then I stopped paying attention.
MT: It began with Aljona and Tanya dressing the same and making the same hair style in one of the Art on Ice shows. The photos were all over the web and triggered those talks about how much Aljona and Tanya are alike. In real life they are not at all.
About Programmes and fights.
EV: I take it you follow what the others do on the ice?
MT: We try to watch as much as possible, discuss what we have seen.
EV: Who of your rivals is potentially the most dangerous?
TV: I like the Japanese pair. The Americans made a huge progress.
MT: I keep saying one can always loose to anyone. A little slip and the crown will be gone. Just as it happened to Aljona and Robin last season when they lost the Grand Prix in Paris to Mukhortova and I and then the GPF to both Chinese pairs. I reckon had it not happened Aljona and Robin would be judged differently at the Olympics.
EV: I already asked you during the competition, but let me repeat: how many of the wishes from the beginning of the season came true?
TV: There were no surprises, I'd say. We decided with the coaches (Mozer and Stas Morozov) at the beginning of the season which elements we'll perform and it was only left to decide in which order to put the into the programme. And well, train.
MT: We knew from the very beginning we have four years to train. So I decided not to push things too hard and not try to get ahead of ourselves. We did not complicate the programme too much on purpose. We didn't include a 3/3 jump even though we do that in the practices, we did not include a 3split twist in the second part of the programme, though we could. The goal for this season was to skate as clean as we can with the stress on choreography.
Of course we have new goals for the next season but we will only include the harder elements if they go very well in the practices, at least 8 out 10. It's not worth it otherwise.
We also want not only to be skaters who jump and spin, but making the viewers emotional as well. In the last year I see it even more than before that there are not many such pairs.
This is, by the way, the reason I immediately fell in our LP to `Romeo & Juliette. A classical ballet which was offered us by Nikolai Morozov is indeed difficult emotionally, but professionally for us it was an ideal choice.
EV: Had you have any fights in the year you've been skating together?
TV: More then one. There were misunderstandings, bad moods. But we only really fought once. We didn't speak to each other for half a day.
There were two hard periods - when we just started skating together and for a long time nothing worked out, and now, just before the championships. Too many things accumulated: the tiredness, the waiting for so long. It all went away when we started skating in Hodynka - the new ice somehow took the tension away.
more to come.....
Interesting so far, thanks again, TAHbKA!
I would not mind to see Maxim on a horse
On Idols and Genius
EV: will you next season programmes be choreographed by Nikolai Morozov?
MT: Yes. He is not only a choreographer, by the way. He taught me anew how to do the basic stroking - the step the figure skating starts with.
EV: What were you doing wrongly before?
MT: I was skating in a `Russian' way
EV: So?
MT: The Russian school is very classical - the body is always erect and tensed. It might look better in the simple elements, but once you skate something complicated you look unnatural and heavy. You also get tired faster.
I remember some cases when it took a huge effort even to lift my hand on the bows, nevermind projecting any happiness. Morozov teaches skating in a relaxed way, so the muscles will have a chance to rest during the skate.
Truth to be told, for a long while I thought Nikolai became a top coach only thanks to his work with Alexey Yaguring. That is is more famous than actually good. Now I realize his genious - he always comes up with something to surprise with. You are not fighting for the medals in the worlds like Amodio - go and hit everyone with the most unexpected music choice. You don't get high marks like Fernandez considering him a mediocre skater - go and do two different quads so everyone would just shut up and think how come that Spanish `mediocrity' does things no Russians nor Japanese no Americans can do.
Nikolai also doesn't hang on something that didn't work out quite as expected. When we first started working with him - without skating with each other enough and not quite understanding where to skate and what to do Morozov worked with us in Novogorsk during the nights. He would show Tanya her part replacing the male partner, then showed me my part, then pair us and.. we couldn't repeat a thing. It went on for quite a long time and when we finally succeeded we were shouting with happiness. Kolia signed, said it was useless and the whole piece had to be redone.
He never gets angry or looses his bearings. If I were him I would kill the pupil. Well, at least shout at them,
TV: I once read Morozov's interview which I liked. He then said he is always looking for something in his pupils that he himself can learn.
EV: Tanya, what are the virtues of an ideal partner?
TV: Someone like Maksim. It is hard to put into the words, but now I feel so comfortable on the ice. It must have been for a reason we took so long to come to each other
Maxim is very expressive. I got a little misty thinking about he and Sasha sleeping in the rink and scrambling for food while they were just kids.
I wonder which potential American skater was lost. What a missed opportunity for the US. Not that I'm not glad things worked out as they have because we don't have any skater to equal Volosozhar.
I think V/T really exemplify what can happen when you put together the right skaters with the right coaches at the right time. Max is high strung and apparently has to be handled correctly mostly by letting him make his own choices. He doesn't do well if others try to tell him what to do. Stas has said that he is the artistic part of the pairing while Tatiana is a workhorse. I'm excited to see what they can become over the next 3 years.
As someone said above, Vaitsehovskaya is a 1976 Olympic champion in diving. After finishing her sports career she became at some point a sports journalist. IMHO she is the best figure skating journalist in Russia right now. Among other reasons because she is an Olympic champion herself she often dares to ask questions no one else would. She also speaks other languages, so she can interview skaters many other Russian journalists can't and analyze their answers from a Russian point of view (which she often does).
I usually translate all the articles by her I can find. They are usually controversial, give answers to the questions asked by the FSUers and IMHO never boring. IMHO she is usually rarely biased and if she is - her biases are well known and she does not hesitate to mention being biased.
There are other Russian writers whose articles I like: Nadezhda Baranova and Tatiana Geikhman (as far as I know they both only write about figure skating and their payed jobs are not related to journalism. Nevertheless, they know alot, they always ask interesting questions and get interesting answers. They usually speak to the skaters they like and most of the articles are a bit fluffy. My problem is that the skaters they like are not necessarily the skaters I like ); Andrey Simonenko (he's a sports journalist from St. Petersburg. I many times disagree with him, which doesn't make his articles any less good. He's not biased as far as I can tell, but a bit too patriotic to my taste.). Anna Kondakova is great and writes in English at the first place; Igor Poroshin is considered a good figure skating journalist but I usually disagree too much with him and dislike his style so much that any translation I would do would be far too biased. There is also, of course, the oldest and the wisest Arthur Werner whose articles usually focus on the bust size of the female skaters and include so many metaphors and clues that I don't bother reading him at the first place, never mind translating.
She is also known to be biased towards certain skaters.
Thank you so much, TAHbKA
Very nice interview indeed
Yes, and certain coaches. Which she openly says, hence her biases are no secret.
Thanks so much for the translation. It's a great interview, lots of interesting tidbits.
I'm always amused by the difference in the style of questions asked between America and Russia. Can you imagine an American figure skater being asked "Is your father strict" and the skater replying "Yes he is, it annoys me"
I liked reading about Morozov's training methods. We all think of him as a sleaze but he is obviously well-liked and respected by his skaters.
Trankov's and Smirnov's dedication and perseverance are admirable. If I had to starve and sleep in the stands I would just probably say eff skating and go back crying to my mommy!
Thanks as always for the translation! The more I hear from them, especially Trankov, the more I like them.
I also found it interesting to hear about Morozov from a skater's perspective. I understand why so many skaters from different disciplines go to him.
I'm starting to get it too.
It's just too bad he won't outsource the choreo.
Trankov talking about Morozov was interesting - paraphrasing "I didn't think he was anything- he was just famous because of Yagudin!" Then he thought he really was good and improved his skating. The interview has lots of good stuff.
It would be great if you could also translate this Miki Ando interview for FSUers.
It is unusually candid and can shed some light on many rumors going on right now.
This was already translated here: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=78668
I thought the Miki Ando interview's translated already? or is this a different interview?
Sorry didn't see that.
It's not so much Russia, I think, but more Maxim himself. He is very candid in his interviews, not sugarcoating anything.
(though Zhulin, Dmitriev and Vasiliev have been quite frank, as well. hm... maybe part of it is being Russian)
me neither
ITA. I remember both Dai and Adam Rippon spoke about him with respect and affection even after they left his team. And both splits weren't easy, as far as I remember...


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Izakayas in Honolulu
To me, an izakaya is the perfect restaurant concept.
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Once in Tokyo, I found a tiny izakaya, a sit-down sake shop. Can't tell you the name, because I couldn't read the sign.
Unlike every izakaya I've been in since, it was cheap. Everything, including sake, was 300 Yen (less than $3 at the time). It had a display of plastic food, so I could point to what I wanted.
One night I sat down next to a Japanese businessman with a little English, Haruhiro Utsumi ("Call me Harry"). Harry worked 12-hour days, six days a week, and when he was done, he said, he liked to DRINK SAKE!
That we proceeded to do. With food, of course. Harry may be the only person in the world who could talk me into eating deep-fried tofu on a stick, if that's what it was.
We spent three to four hours talking about everything from baseball to world peace. When Harry left to catch the last train home, I realized he'd picked up the tab for the sake.
That evening may be why, of all the restaurant concepts in the world, my personal favorite is the izakaya. It's a place to relax and drink with friends (or in this case, make one).
It's not just about drinking. An izakaya isn't an izakaya without food. Only the young and foolhardy drink without eating. More than that, eating is social. You don't want individual plates. An izakaya puts food in the center of the table for all to share. It's a simple formula: decent drink + good food + the warmth of friendship.
The same formula applies to great wine bars (say, Vino) and pubs (say, Murphy's). However, in Honolulu, we're fortunate that we've imported izakaya straight from Japan. Hawaii izakaya invariably call themselves sushi bars, but a true izakaya needs a kitchen, pumping out plates that perk up both the appetite and the spirits.
This month, hitting izakaya around town, I stumbled across some real finds, just like that night in Tokyo. No Harry this time, but a lot of fun.
Sushi Izakaya Gaku
1329 S. King St, (808) 589-1329, Monday - Saturday 5 to 11 p.m., (Reservations from 5 to 7 p.m.), Limited parking, major credit cards
Tough to get a reservation at Gaku. Tough to find it. Tough to park.
Worth the trouble, though.
The deliberate rustic interior of Gaku just feels right, welcoming. One keynote of the décor is fish hung to dry on bamboo racks.
Then a double take: In a place so old-school Japanese, the waiter is a sizeable haole who looks like a lifeguard.
Daniel Nevis was, in fact, an Oahu lifeguard. He told his surfing buddy, sushi chef Manabu Kikuchi, that if he got his own place, he'd come to work for him.
"It was kind of a joke," says Nevis. "But a couple of years ago, he opened this and here I am."
Nevis, bilingual, has transformed himself into a respectful, but friendly izakaya server. You need a guide for Gaku's multipage menu, written in that peculiar Japlish amalgam of Japanese and English favored by Honolulu izakaya. "Try numbers 11, 20, 30," he said.
We followed his instructions to the number, beginning with No. 11: Negihamachi, a bowl of it propped on a larger bowl of crystalline ice.
Negi are simply Japanese green onions. The finely chopped hamachi was topped with onion and a raw quail egg. You mixed it, scooped out some onto a piece of nori, rolled it up and popped it into your mouth. There was the crunch of nori, then the wondrous soft, almost buttery texture created by the egg and the oil in the hamachi.
It was hard to know what No. 20, "tako marinate basil fumi," might be. Octopus, of course, slices of it, each topped with a basil leaf, in a bright citrus and garlic sauce. Good, startling, though the basil tended to overwhelm the taste of the octopus.
The only disappointment was No. 30: Baked King Crab, plenty of real crab, but dull after the pyrotechnics of the previous dishes.


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Internet, Email Force USPS to Cut Saturday First-Class Deliveries Starting August 1
Tiffany Kaiser
February 6, 2013 10:28 AM
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It will save USPS $2 billion annually
Many aspects of our lives have made a
digital transformation
over the last decade or so. We no longer rent physical movies from the video store; we watch them on Netflix or Hulu. We no longer get subscriptions for or pick up the daily newspaper; we read the news online. We don't run to the bank as often for daily finances; we jump on our smartphone, tablet or computer for online banking.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is seeing these shifts in technology as well, but
can't seem to keep up
. Many letters, bills, etc. can now be sent electronically rather than through the mail. Hence, in an effort to save some serious money, USPS will no longer deliver mail on Saturdays starting August 1, 2013.
mail delivery
down to five days per week will save USPS about $2 billion annually. For fiscal 2012, USPS saw a net loss of $15.9 billion (three times the loss record one year previous).
While mail delivery is getting axed, USPS plans to continue package delivery on Saturdays since this particular area has seen a 14 percent increase since 2010. Mail will also still be delivered to P.O. boxes six days per week as well.
In addition, post offices will remain open on Saturdays to allow customers to drop mail/packages off, access post office boxes or buy postage stamps -- although hours will likely be cut.
USPS is expected to give an official announcement today without explicit congressional approval. Lawmakers have said this approval is necessary for a change like cutting Saturday mail delivery, but the USPS is arguing this claim.
As far as the American people go, USPS expects some opposition from those like rural communities that worry a change in scheduling could make low-cost deliveries of items like medication a thing of the past, and publishers who will have to adjust schedules with publication deadlines.
Just last month, it was reported that
USPS wanted to be more digital-friendly
in order to keep up with the times. The agency is working on a digital platform called MyPost, which will allow customers to log in and view all packages that they'll be receiving as well as those they've already received instead of searching several different sites that the packages may be coming from.
However, Paul Vogel, president of digital solutions at USPS, revealed that his office is like "a San Jose startup," with only 15 Android/Apple developers, consultants coming and going, one computer and his BlackBerry smartphone. Technological restrictions make upgrading hard to come by.
A few other major obstacles are legislation needed to get permission for new digital products, the USPS' huge instruction manual for just handful of current products (adding digital products and security certifications would turn that 1,500 page book into something unimaginable), and USPS' losses of nearly $16 billion last year led to legislative proposals to
keep making cuts
(hence, more digital tech may not be in the cards right now).
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Geordie Rose has a Ph.D. in quantum physics, but he's also a world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a Canadian national champion wrestler. That may seem like an odd combination, but this dual background makes him the perfect fit for his chosen profession.
Rose is the CTO and founder of D-Wave. He calls it the world's only quantum computer company, but the world's quantum computer experts don't agree with him. The result is a nearly 10-year fight to prove each other wrong, and at least in some ways, Geordie Rose is winning.
"I'm not okay with losing at anything," he says, "at all."
The quantum computer is the holy grail of tech research. The idea is to build a machine that uses the mind-bending properties of very small particles to perform calculations that are well beyond the capabilities of machines here in the world of classical physics. But it's still not completely clear that a true quantum computer can actually be built.
There's no shortage of quantum physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists who say that D-Wave's machine is no quantum computer. "D-Wave's technology has been an enigma, in a negative sense," says Greg Kuperberg, a math professor at the University of California, Davis. Just this week, physicists at the University of New South Wales unveiled new research they hope will eventually lead to the first quantum computer.
But Rose keeps fighting. In May, D-Wave published a paper in the influential journal Nature that backed up at least some of its claims. And more importantly, it landed a customer. That same month, mega defense contractor Lockheed Martin bought a D-Wave quantum computer and a support contract for $10 million.
The critics have been so vociferous in large part because Rose isn't shy about promoting his company. But that's just the way he is. Rose likens D-Wave's quantum computers to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest particle accelerator. "They're the largest programmable quantum systems that have ever been built by a long shot," he says. And his latest pitch is that D-Wave is on verge of unveiling the world's first quantum cloud. That's right, quantum-computing-as-a-service.
The Machine that Defies Common Sense
The quantum computer was first proposed in 1985 by British physicist David Deutsch. And it defies common sense.
The computer on your desk obeys the laws of classical physics, the physics of everyday life. But a quantum computer seeks to exploit the physics associated with very small particles, such as atoms. A classical computer stores "bits" of information in things like transistors, and each bit has a value of either 0 or 1. But a quantum computer stores information in "qubits," and these are represented by some sort of quantum system, such as the spin of an atom's nucleus. An "up" spin indicates a 1, for instance, and a "down" spin indicates a 0.
The trick is that a quantum system can exist in multiple states at the same time. It's called the superposition principle of quantum mechanics. At any given moment, the spin of a nucleus can be both up and down, holding both a 1 and a 0. And if you have two qubits, they can hold four values at the same time: 00, 01, 10, and 11. You can see where this is going: If you build a large enough quantum computer, it's exponentially faster than anything in the classical world. It would be fast enough to, say, instantly break the encryption algorithms that protect communication and electronic commerce on today's internet.
But first you have to build it. And that's not easy. Qubits must be completely isolated from the classical world. If you interact with one, it collapses into a single state — i.e., it changes into just an ordinary bit. The challenge is to find a way of connecting up lots of qubits without breaking them.
Rose says he's found one. Others say he hasn't.
Man With a Quantum Plan
Geordie Rose didn't invent his quantum computer before launching D-Wave. He decided to start a company before he knew what quantum computing was. "I'd never heard of it," he says.
While working on his doctorate, Rose took a class on entrepreneurship, and as the class brainstormed business ideas, another physics student suggested a quantum computing company. He read a book on the subject and told his professor that's what he wanted to do. The prof showed him how to write a business plan and wrote him a check for several thousand dollars. D-Wave was born.
During the company's early years, it sponsored quantum computing research and harvested the intellectual property. At the height of this phase, it was supporting 15 different research organizations. "We were probably the leading repository for all knowledge about quantum computing in the world at that time," Rose says. "All of that intellectual property was coming to us exclusively."
Then, in 2003, D-Wave settled one particular method, something called the adiabatic model of quantum computing. It was a bold choice. Virtually everyone else in the quantum computing community favors a different method — what's known as the gate model. "Over the years," says Rose, "I've come to strongly believe that [the gate model] is just simply a really rotten idea."
The first version of the D-Wave machine was released in 2007, and the company billed it as a 16-qubit quantum computer. The current version has expanded to 128 qubits. The machine includes a chip that contains 128 superconducting circuits, and each circuit is a microscopic loop of continuously flowing current. The chip is encased in a high-tech refrigeration unit that cools it to almost absolute zero, and at that temperature, the circuits enter the fuzzy realm of quantum mechanics where the current flows both clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time.
Basically, you feed the machine a problem, and it uses a set of algorithms to determine the probability that a set of qubits will emerge from the quantum realm in a particular pattern when the computer's temperature is raised. That pattern — a string of 1's and 0's — is the answer to a problem.
Wall Street, Monte Carlo, and Beyond
D-Wave's computer is designed to solve what are called combinatorial optimization problems. The classic example is figuring out the most efficient route for a traveling salesman going to multiple destinations. There's no mathematical shortcut that computers can take to solve combinatorial optimization problems. They have to use brute force: Simply check all possible combinations. The trouble is, the number of possibilities explodes exponentially with the problem size. For example, if you have six destinations, there are 64 possible combinations. If you have 20 destinations, there are 1,048,576 possible combinations.
D-Wave's next-generation computer is designed to handle problems with as many as 512 variables. In theory, that lets you solve problems involving two to the 512 possible combinations, and a problem of that size is beyond the reach of any classical computer that could ever be built. "It's bigger than the number of atoms in the universe," Rose says. "It doesn't matter how big a supercomputer you make."
Combinatorial optimization problems are everywhere, and solving them is big business. In addition to route planning, they include image recognition, genome sequence analysis, protein folding, scheduling, and risk analysis. Airlines, pharmaceutical companies, and financial firms deal with combinatorial optimization problems every day.
D-Wave's CEO Vern Brownell has a history with such problems. He was the chief technology officer at Goldman Sachs from 1989 to 2000. The core of financial computing is calculating risk and analyzing portfolios, tasks that involve sampling from huge data sets to estimate the nature of the data and simulate how it will evolve. The Big Data software that carries this out is called Monte Carlo simulation.
The world's financial firms have hundreds of thousands of computer cores dedicated to running Monte Carlo simulations, and according to Bronwell, D-Wave's computer is well-suited to the task. "Think about a world where all the Monte Carlo simulations that are done by all the investment banks in the world could be replaced by a handful of chips running in a 10- or 15-kW refrigerator," he says.
Software Complex
The investment banks haven't bought one yet. But Lockheed Martin has. And its aim is a little different.
Lockheed Martin makes some of the most complex systems in the world — things like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. On average, half the cost of developing a new complex system at Lockheed Martin is system verification and validation, and the major component of this is software verification and validation. The concern is that as it builds ever more complex systems, this cost will rise. "I have quipped in various board meetings that maybe we ought to give the airplanes away and sell the software maintenance contracts," says Ned Allen, Lockheed's chief scientist.
Instead, Allen decided that the best way of debugging the company's software was to throw out the computers. The great mathematician and founding figure of computer science, Alan Turing, showed that it is impossible to eliminate all errors from software. But the laws of physics are another matter.
Allen's idea is to write what amounts to a compiler to translate digital code into analog code, and then run the analog code on an analog computer of some sort. The code is directly connected to the physics of the computer, unlike digital computers that involve a logical abstraction. "The most fundamental analog computer that I know of is called quantum thermodynamics," he says.
For help finding an appropriate quantum system, Allen turned to an authority on the subject: Daniel Lidar, a professor of electrical engineering, chemistry, and physics at the University of Southern California. And Lidar pointed him to D-Wave. "I was aware of the controversy of whether the D-Wave machine was a quantum machine or not," Allen says. "So I was sort of reluctant to go deal with them. Lidar convinced me that I should take another look."
Allen sent D-Wave a sample problem to run on the D-Wave system: a 30-year-old chunk of code from the F-16 aircraft. The software has an error that took a crack team of Lockheed Martin engineers several months to find. Six weeks after sending the code, Allen visited D-Wave and was given a demonstration that included identifying the software error. "I was just bowled over," says Allen.
He then convinced Lockheed Martin's management to buy a D-Wave computer and install it in a lab at USC's Information Sciences Institute. Lockheed Martin and USC split time on the machine, and Lockheed Martin's access is via a secure network. The machine came online at noon on December 23, and the company now has 50 people working on it.
The Quantum Computer That Isn't
But even Daniel Lidar — the man who set up the sale to Lockheed — says the D-Wave machine is not a "universal" quantum computer. He calls it a "special purpose optimization engine." Lidar is the man who actually operates the D-Wave machine as the scientific director of the USC Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center, and one of his first priorities is to build tests that will show — conclusively — whether the chip is quantum or classical.
In the field of quantum computing, the closest thing to unanimity is the oft-repeated assertion that it is likely take decades to develop a practical quantum computer — if it can be built at all. Having someone claim to be build one — someone whose work is cloaked in a veil of intellectual property and trade secrets — has been more than some researchers can tolerate.
D-Wave burned its bridges with the scientific community in 2007 when it unveiled its first machine but didn't offer any peer-reviewed research to explain the thing. According to UC Davis' Kuperberg, the press conference misrepresented not only quantum computing but theoretical computer science in general. "Since then, discussions with D-Wave or about D-Wave have tended to veer toward the question of D-Wave's credibility," Kuperberg says.
On some level, Rose understands the criticism. "It's the same basic human reaction that everybody has to something that someone says that sounds outrageous," he says. "If you're a naturally skeptical person, which most scientists are, you're going to think it's bullshit." But he also says there are mismatched expectations. D-Wave's technology is a niche within quantum computing, and it differs substantially from the reigning quantum computing paradigm. From Rose's perspective, critics are using the wrong measuring stick to judge D-Wave's technology.
But the war of words is settling into something resembling a truce. "Things have gotten better," says Wim van Dam, a professor of computer science and physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and longtime D-Wave critic. "People got tired of arguing in the aggressive way it was done a few years ago. People are talking to each other. Experimentally they seem to be doing solid work."
But van Dam still doubts that what D-Wave possesses is a quantum computer. "If I were to predict the future, their systems would [turn out to] be classical systems. But it could be that they're using a kind of technology to implement what I think is classical computation that is very different from the silicon technology we use nowadays." In other words, D-Wave could turn out to be wrong about what it thinks it has but still end up with a useful product: one that is faster, more energy-efficient or in some other way better than today's silicon computer chips.
Quantum Computing in the Heavens
Lockheed Martin connects to its D-Wave machine over a network, and this presages the next step in D-Wave's strategy: the quantum cloud. The company still plans to sell individual computers, but it will also offer quantum-computing-as-a-service. "That capability is already there. We just haven't productized it," says D-Wave CEO Brownell. "Eventually there will be a quantum cloud and there'll be a classical cloud, and all of your significant computing problems will be addressable in those two clouds."
D-Wave is looking to work with a cloud partner, but Brownell declined to identify candidates. One possibility is Google. In 2009, Google researcher Hartmut Neven cowrote a paper with D-Wave researchers that showed that the D-Wave system might be useful for searching across large image databases.
Further out, D-Wave is looking to develop machine learning technology and get into the data analytics field. The company has found that a range of machine learning problems are at the core really optimization problems. "A lot of the world is faced with the problem of how you draw inferences from huge amounts of data and can you do that in an automated way without human involvement," says Brownell.
Ten years on, Geordie Rose is still fighting. And he'll fight for another 10. "We've still got a long ways to go," he says. "It may take another 10 years before the history textbooks will know what to say about this."
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Jared Cook has never exceeded 50 receptions, 800 yards or four touchdowns in any of his four NFL seasons. Those aren't numbers worthy of a five-year, $35 million deal, but that's what the Rams think the athletic tight end is worth, and they will do just about anything with Cook to justify that fat contract. Literally, just about anything.
"He's going to play all over the place," head coach Jeff Fisher said of Cook. "We've even got him in the backfield, so we've got some good things for him."
Fantasy Analysis:
Cook played 67 percent of his snaps out of the slot last season, so he is no stranger to moving out wide. But positioning him behind the quarterback should be ... interesting. I love the creative approach the Rams are taking in the name of getting Cook open. He is poised for a huge season, and he is one of my favorite players to draft. If I don't end up with Jimmy Graham in the second round or Vernon Davis in the fourth or fifth round, I will happily wait until the middle rounds and let Cook fall to me. I expect his ADP to rise significantly during July and August.


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Blackbeard's Castle, Historic King's Quarter & Shopping
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Tour Overview
Your tour begins as you travel along picturesque Skyline Drive, witnessing vistas of Magens Bay and Charlotte Amalie, the Caribbean Sea, and the British Virgin Islands, en route. Your first stop is Drake's Seat, the lookout point at the top of one of St. Thomas' many hills, where you'll snap a photo or two, before continuing to Blackbeard's Castle and the Kongens (King's) Quarter, the former center of Danish colonial enterprise and the heart of the historic shopping district. Upon arriving at Kongens Quarter, as known as "The Williamsburg of the Caribbean," you'll see several National Landmark Properties and historical manor houses set on approximately five acres of grounds dating as far back as the late 1600's. From here start your historic walking tour at your own pace and visit guided areas at your leisure.
You'll hear the island's legacy of pirates and slavery, as you visit Blackbeard's Castle (originally a 17th century Danish military tower) and former manor houses Villa Notman, Britannia House, Crown House (once used by visiting Danish Royalty) and Haagensen House, all listed in the National Register of Historic Places. History comes alive as you view the world's largest collection of life-sized pirate sculptures, crafted in copper and bronze, the world's most extensive collection of authentic hand-made West Indian Mahogany furniture.
Next you'll pass by lush tropical gardens, terraces and fountains, and the 99 Steps, one of St. Thomas' most famous landmarks, built in the 1700s to make climbing Government Hill a bit easier. Before embarking on a downtown shopping adventure, you'll visit the spectacular Caribbean World Amber Waterfall that cascades two stories down and is comprised of over 12,000 stones of amber. After a short walk downhill, you'll arrive at Main Street, where you're free to browse and shop at your leisure. When you are finished with your free time of shopping, head back to the ship via your pre-arranged return transportation.
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Cody Alesch
Iowa Lakes Director of Athletics Troy Larson announced that Cody Alesch, a Graettinger native, will be hired as the new wrestling coach/ housing director for the college, pending approval from the Board of Trustees of Iowa Lakes.
Before coming to Iowa Lakes, Alesch was a two-time state place winner (2nd, 4th) from Graettinger High School. After graduating in 1998 he took his skills to Wartburg College where he was a 3-year letter winner, Academic All-American in 2000, member of National Championship Team in 1999 and National Runner-Ups in 2000 and 2002.
After Alesch graduated with a bachelor of arts in Elementary Education he came back to his hometown where he resides with his wife, Teresa (6-12 Principal at Graettinger-Terril consolidating school district), and two children, Sacha (5) and Teague (2) to become the Head Wrestling Coach at Graettinger-Terril High School from 2006-2012. In his stint as the head coach, he had 20 state qualifiers; 14 state place winners, 2 of which who were champions; 2 National High School Coaches Association Senior Academic All-Americans; 4 Team Regional Dual Qualifiers; 2 Sectional Team Championships; and, 2 District Team Championships.
In 2007, Alesch was named the Northwest Conference Coach of the Year and had an overall Dual Team Record of 65-38.
Athletic Director Troy Larson is pleased with the experience that new Head Wrestling Coach Alesch brings to Iowa Lakes.
"Coach Alesch brings an outstanding competitive background to the sport having wrestled at a high level in high school and at Wartburg," Larson said.
There is much anticipation for success as Coach Alesch begins his first season.
"Having been a successful high school coach at Graettinger with all the local connections makes him a great fit for the position" he said. "He is passionate about young adults and the sport of wrestling which will serve him well. I am confident he will do an outstanding job at Iowa Lakes."
Alesch also has high expectations coming into his new role.
"I am extremely excited at the opportunity to be a part of Iowa Lakes and the surrounding communities as this is where my love for the sport began," he said. "The Iowa Lakes wrestling program has a great foundation already in place. "
His goal is to bring "everything I can to ensure the program stays successful for a long time."
Alesch searches for well-rounded recruits.
"I look forward to living a personal dream of guiding student-athletes on and off the mat in a sport and community that I respect and care so much about," he said.
Along with his leadership duties as the Head Wrestling Coach, he will assume the position of housing coordinator, with duties ranging from promoting healthy lifestyles and enforcing housing policies, to meeting with students to solve issues when necessary.


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This wonderful pie is one of my favorite's to serve in the summer. Instead of topping the pie with ice cream, the ice cream is already in the pie!—Connie Fleck, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
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- 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
- 1 graham cracker crust (9 inches)
- 1-1/2 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb (1/2-inch pieces)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
- Spoon ice cream into crust; freeze. Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, cook rhubarb and sugar, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves and mixture boils. Combine cornstarch and water; stir into saucepan. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Cook 2 more minutes. Cool. Fold in berries; chill. Spread over ice cream. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature before cutting. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Strawberry Rhubarb Ice Cream Pie in Country Woman March/April 1993, p35
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We've decided to get a few wedding photos printed to canvas and are looking for recommendations. Looking at something around 30-34 inches wide and 20-24 inches high.
Ideally we want to do a collage but I'm happy to do the actual design myself with photoshop. Are printers happy to print photos that themselves are collages? It's hard to tell from the sites.
Looking for some good recommendations.
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The canvas we had made was a multi collage that I made myself from our wedding pics. Didn't charge us any extra.
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The History Department provides a broad general education, an intensive study of History, proficiency in a foreign language, and courses in a selected minor field of study.
Students focus their study in the following two areas: United States History and Global History.
History helps one to learn to read critically, to write carefully and to think problems through to a logical conclusion. History courses offer a basic background of knowledge essential to many professions.
Pre-law students can put their study of the past to good use in their legal work since it entails an examination of past events and the reasons how and why they happened. Business and industry are interested in hiring individuals who have an interest and knowledge in international affairs and cultures. A degree in history serves as preparation and background for management, sales and public relations.
In the area of journalism it is good to remember that newspapers and magazines have backup staffs and research oriented jobs. History provides a perspective and discipline necessary in the world of communication through the printed word, television, radio, films and the theatre. History also provides artists with the understanding of forces and conflicts that molded and influenced the arts.
Government is still the largest employer of all, and since many positions require no specific major, history is a good choice. Whatever students choose as occupations, an interest in the world around them, past and present, is very essential.
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