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Lamont Library
Numeric Data Collections
- Overview
- Roper Center for Public Opinion
- Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
- Murray Research Archive Collection
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
The focus of the collection is on economic and financial data, public opinion and survey polls, health data, inter-governmental organizations' (IGO) data, U.S. and foreign census data, and statistical compendia from the U.S. and foreign governments. The government and IGO data collections are co-developed with the appropriate subject selectors in Government Documents/Microforms.
The collection also includes subscriptions to comprehensive databases and archives such as the Roper Center for Public Opinion, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and the Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) collection of financial databases. (Access to the NCHS data is via the Harvard Dataverse.)
The Numeric Data Services Dataverse provides access to the Cross National Time Series (Banks data), the ITERATE database, and selected survey data.
Several micro-level CD-ROM resources are available at the Lamont Library. This collection includes the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), the International Social Survey Programme, and several criminal justice, violence research, and health data files. The General Social Survey (GSS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) is also available in CD-ROM format, as well as through the Harvard Dataverse. For more information or for assistance using these CD-ROMs, please contact the NDS reference staff.
The data librarians assist users in locating numeric data from the collections of Government Documents/Microforms, the Harvard Map Collection, Harvard-MIT Data Center, the Harvard Dataverse, Murray Research Archive, ICPSR, Roper Center, U.S. Census Bureau, other libraries at Harvard, and data publishers and archives beyond Harvard.
Roper Center for Public Opinion
The Harvard College Library is a member of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. The Roper Center provides access to summary-level (aggregate) and micro-level (raw) public opinion data. While the data collection focuses strongly on United States public opinion, it also includes growing collections of micro-level European, Latin American (Latin American Databank), and Japanese (JPOLL) polls. The data archive (micro-level data) is searchable by keyword, date, and survey organization. The iPOLL database (summary-level data) is searchable by keyword, subject or survey organization and survey sponsor; it provides question and response level data. The Roper Center data is available through the Harvard E-resources portal.
Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Harvard University is a member of the Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Based at the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, ICPSR is the largest machine-readable social science data archive in the world. Harvard affiliates need to create an individual account and then can access all of the non-restricted ICPSR data. ICPSR data file topics include census, environment/geography, political behavior/attitudes, economic behavior/attitudes, health care, public opinion, and many more. ICPSR also maintains subject-specific Special Topic Archives, including the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive, the International Archive of Education Data, the Health and Medical Care Archive and the Child Care and Early Education Archive. Please contact NDS staff via e-mail for help locating or accessing ICPSR data files.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a collection of financial, banking, public policy, economics, and accounting databases that is restricted to current Harvard affiliates. If you fall within one of the categories listed below, you may request an individual account from WRDS:
|Accounts are available to all standing faculty of member institutions.
|Accounts apply to visiting faculty (nonpermanent or part-time position). These accounts are subject to additional review and may not be used after the visiting appointment ends.
|Accounts are offered to currently registered doctoral students at member institutions.
|Research Assistant:
|Accounts apply to students doing active research under faculty supervision. These accounts require a faculty sponsor.
|Accounts can only be requested by standing faculty and provide a means for undergraduates and MBAs to use WRDS as part of a registered class or course project.
If you are a Harvard undergraduate student and you are interested in a WRDS account, please contact the NDS staff via e-mail.
Murray Research Archive Collection
The Henry A. Murray Research Archive collection of social and behavioral data files focuses on the study of lives. Although the studies include data files that focus on both men and women from all socio-economic, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, the data are especially illustrative of issues and concerns facing women. There are four archives within the Murray Archive: the General Archive, the Video Archive (not yet available), the Diversity Archive (not yet available) and the Mental Health Archive. All data files from these archives are available for use by the general public. In order to access the data you must complete an Application to Use Data, available on the Murray Research Archive Web site.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Harvard University is represented by the HMDC in the Electronic Dissemination Program of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The HMDC provides the CD-ROMs from this dissemination program to Numeric Data Service for cataloging and circulation (in hard copy format) to Harvard affiliates. NCHS is a federal agency that collects, tabulates, and disseminates vital and health statistics. Data includes natality and mortality rates, medical care, home health and hospice care, and hospital discharge survey information. Access to NCHS data is available through the NCHS Web site, the HMDC Virtual Data Center, and a CD-ROM collection. CD-ROM collection titles include Natality Detail Files, Natality Data Set, Fetal Death Data Files, Compressed Mortality File, and National Health Interview Survey Files. Please see the HOLLIS catalog for more titles in this collection, availability of the titles, and call number and location information.


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I want to poke fun and make all kind of corny jokes; but...I won't
On a serious side, did you change your root password yet? If not, I'd assess you've been pwned and should immediately zero out the harddrive and reinstall fresh.
I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me.. Or thinks I'm a smart ass..

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If it gives more guys the chance to be able to earn a living from fighting then I'm all for it. Having prime time UFC regularly in the UK would be a great move for building the fanbase, and therefore everything else that comes with that.
Cook didn't sound sold on Euro champs, just more emphasis on Euro rankings to make the events hold more purpose.


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THIS is good news
$200 settlement from microsoft? lol
The amount may be nothing to Apple but it shows they can be challenged and lose. They shove around their own "claims" against competitors thinking they can't be touched.
Good to see Apple getting kicked squarely in the patents.
That's a lot of money. But when reality sets in. Who gonna pay?? the end user will foot the bill.
Love Apple Product, but 'What goes around...
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The Lightning have surprised their fans with a 5-4-0-1 run in their past 10 games. That enthusiasm no doubt will be magnified in the Sabres' game due in large part to the addition of long-time holdout goalie Nikolai Khabibulin.
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On The Big Story, Cato Institute fellow falsely asserted that IPCC findings contradict Gore's "beyond shrill" claim
Research ››› ››› KATHLEEN HENEHAN
Patrick Michaels falsely compared Al Gore's claim that global warming could cause "sea level worldwide [to] go up 20 feet" with a portion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report that predicted a sea-level increase of 8 to 18 inches. In fact, the IPCC report made that estimate based only on increases in temperature, while Gore was discussing what would occur if vast sections of polar ice "broke up and slipped into the sea."
On the March 21 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, Cato Institute senior fellow Patrick Michaels repeated a false comparison between former Vice President Al Gore's claim that global warming could cause "sea level worldwide [to] go up 20 feet" with a section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report, which, in the scenario Michaels cites, says sea levels would rise about 8 to 18 inches by the end of the 21st century. But as Media Matters for America has noted (here and here), Gore was specifically addressing what could happen if the West Antarctic ice shelf or the Greenland ice dome "broke up and slipped into the sea." The portion of the IPCC report that Michaels cited referred only to projected sea-level increases based on increases in temperature.
Michaels used this false comparison as the basis for characterizing Gore's position as "beyond shrill" and "thermonuclear."
In the film An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics, May 2006), Gore actually stated:
GORE: If [the West Antarctic ice shelf] were to go, sea level worldwide would go up 20 feet. They've measured disturbing changes on the underside of the ice sheet. It's considered relatively more stable, however, than another big body of ice that's roughly the same size -- Greenland would also raise sea level almost 20 feet if it went.
In fact, the IPCC report supports Gore's position. It states that "[c]ontraction of the Greenland ice sheet is projected to continue to contribute to sea level rise after 2100" and that "[i]f a negative surface mass balance were sustained for millennia, that would lead to virtually complete elimination of the Greenland ice sheet and a resulting contribution to sea level rise of about 7 m," which is equivalent to approximately 23 feet.
Furthermore, a February 2 New York Times article stated:
Should greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere at even a moderate pace, average temperatures by the end of the century could match those last seen 125,000 years ago, in the previous warm spell between ice ages, the report said.
At that time, the panel said, sea levels were 12 to 20 feet higher than they are now. Muych [sic] of that extra water is now trapped in the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, which are eroding in some places.
The panel said there was no solid scientific understanding of how rapidly the vast stores of ice in polar regions will melt, so their estimates on new sea levels were based mainly on how much the warmed oceans will expand, and not on contributions from the melting of ice now on land.
Other scientists have recently reported evidence that the glaciers and ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic could flow seaward far more quickly than estimated in the past, and they have proposed that the risks to coastal areas could be much more imminent. But the I.P.C.C. is proscribed by its charter from entering into speculation, and so could not include such possible instabilities in its assessment.
From the March 21 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson:
GIBSON: Ouch! Not the warmest reception for Gore, who is back at his old stomping grounds for the first time since 2001. So, since he's taking the heat, why not be in the kitchen? Is Al Gore ready to give up the Oscar crowd and the rock-star status and jump into the political ring with a possible run in '08?
With me now, Patrick Michaels, senior fellow of environmental studies at the Cato Institute, and Mike Allen, chief political correspondent for Politico.com. Patrick, let me go to you first. Al Gore made his global-warming pitch today. Was he persuasive?
We have, actually, a question about it. The "Goracle" speaks. Planet fever or P.R. fever? What was he doing today?
MICHAELS: Well, I like his statement that what he said might be a little shrill, when he said that this threatens the very survival of our civilization. That's almost like thermonuclear language, you know?
Thermonuclear war might threaten the survival of our civilization, but warming up the planet another degree? I think not. And, also, this notion that he is in great agreement with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, no. The IPCC says sea levels would rise about 8 to 18 inches under their median scenario for the 21st century. And he's talking about 20 feet? No.
This was way over the top. This was beyond shrill. This was thermonuclear.
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Section will be taught totally online with no scheduled class meetings. Students must arrange for daily access to a computer and the Internet prior to the start of classes. Robert Morris labs are to be used only as a backup in special situations and may not be relied upon for extended periods of time. In addition to the Internet link, online classes have a large emphasis on email. All messages from the instructor and other information regarding online classes, including user ids, passwords, and login instructions will be sent to your Robert Morris University email account.
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The Dilemma Love: Exploring Multi-Perspectivalism Through Filmmaking
by Barrett Michael and Andrew Richey
As we head toward the completion of our three films, we are coming to realize the full extent to which our project as a whole has transformed and evolved throughout development. To begin, we have had to replace one of our films (the one based on an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums) because the material proved to be inadaptable. However, we were able to locate material more suited for film in a piece of verse by Sam Shepard1. Since the poem seems to invoke a gritty yet hallucinatory aura, in our adaptation we will explore an interesting combination of stylistic devices appropriated from the film noir and expressionist movements.
Other than replacing one of our literary sources, we have come to a rather stirring revelation about the overall artistic function of our project. We initially believed that the project would consist of three films (each adapted from a literary piece and made using a different filmic style) that explore varying cultural views on love. Given the material we have chosen, all of which have been authored by male writers and is narrated by male characters, it seems more accurate to state that the trilogy is more perspectivally specific than we intended. Essentially, the three films more accurately embody varying cross-cultural male viewpoints on love than multiperspectivalism in general. Although we are exploring numerous film styles as we adapt the three works (a different device or set of devices for each film), we have decided to revise our original artistic statement to be more content specific.
Thusfar, we are moving closer to the completion of our first two films, and have begun development on the third. Although we have made purchases with the grant money in mind, we are holding onto our receipts and plan to submit them for re-imbursement in mid March. We plan to complete editing by late March to meet King Creativity Fund guidelines.
[1] The poem is entitled "Beggar." It has been borrowed from Savage/Love, a performance piece by Shepard and Joseph Chaikin.


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A week ago in the season opener, Chivas USA put on the same old show in a lackluster defeat.
On Sunday, a new Chivas appeared, and not only because the Goats won an MLS game for the first time in 16 regular-season contests.
"If you go to a coach and grind and grind for the good of the team, at the end it rewards you," Chivas coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola said. "There is a saying, it doesn't really translate to English: 'In a barrel of fecal, grinding and grinding, you finally poke your head up to get the fresh air.' "
When Jorge Vergara held his press conference announcing the relaunch of the franchise, he urged anyone in the room to learn Spanish. Vergara didn't say anything about which tutor he might select for prospective students.
But buoyed by the recent birth of his third grandchild three days prior, "El Chelis" reveled in Chivas' 3-1 victory over FC Dallas at Home Depot Center, eight days after his club was miserable in a 3-0 home loss to Columbus.
Sure, Dallas played a role with some sloppy turnovers that turned the game around in the second half. But Sanchez Sola was indignant that at least for a day, his team had achieved a monumental result.
"Come on, give me one for my players. Chivas win," Sanchez Sola said in English. "Why, when Chivas make a goal, it's because the defense is very, very bad? No, it's very nice, my offense, cabron."
The celebration was on for Chivas, which finished the 2012 season with a 0-10-4 run. In five of those defeats, the Goats lost by four goals.
But everything turned when midfielder Oswaldo Minda scored a gift goal when Dallas defender George John couldn't handle a pass from teammate Je-Vaughn Watson. Minda took it off John's foot, cleared some space and scored to give Chivas a 2-1 lead in the 76 th minute.
It was the first time in 10 games Chivas actually held a lead in a game. And when Giovanni Casillas finished a 3-on-1 break with a goal in the 93 rd minute, Chivas was assured of its first win since July 28.
Is it too soon to pull out the "if the playoffs started today, Chivas would be a participant" chatter?
"A little bit of relief without a doubt," goalkeeper and captain Dan Kennedy said. "But I didn't doubt this group. The greatest thing was we went down a goal and fought back. Definitely some character there.
"The important thing is that through all this change, we don't take some results the wrong way and then we're playing catch-up. Now we're in the mix, we're in the fight and that's where we need to be. We need to be competing against all the other teams in the Western Conference."
Kennedy, who made six saves - starting in the 23 rd second of the game, when he robbed Kenny Cooper at point-blank range - helped his team reach the half in a scoreless tie.
But in the 57 th minute, Dallas midfielder David Ferreira, a former MLS MVP, worked his way past defender Joaquin Velasquez and scooted a shot underneath Kennedy for the game's first goal.
That stood for 11 minutes, when Chivas defender Walter Vilchez sent a long pass to Juan Agudelo, who beat defender Matt Hedges and blasted a shot past Raul Fernandez to tie the game.
It was a convincing moment for Chivas.
"It shows how much heart we have," Agudelo said. "And most importantly, we know now that in games in the future where we might fall back and we don't have things going our way, we're capable of coming back."
Sanchez Sola inserted MLS veterans Agudelo, Bobby Burling, Miller Bolanos and Minda into the starting lineup, and that seemed to have a calming effect on a team that has had a radical makeover.
Or as El Chelis said after the first game: "I've got to get all of the stupidities out of my head and help my players."
And for a day, at least, Chivas was not over a barrel.


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UT Conservative Group Scraps Controversial Illegal Immigrant Stunt
The Young Conservatives of Texas today cancelled a controversial stunt on the University of Texas at Austin set for tomorrow, 1200 WOAI news reports.
The YCT had announced 'Catch an Illegal Immigrant.' Students who were wearing signs reading 'illegal immigrant' were to be 'captured' and brought to the YCT desk on campus, and the 'capturing' student would receive a $25 gift card.
"I acknowledge that the decision to include $25 gift cards during the event was misguided and that the idea for the event was intentionally over the top," YCT Chairman Lorenzo Garcia said.
The YCT is known for staging provocative stunts on the campus of the predominately liberal university. It's best know for its 'affirmative action bake sale,' where cookies are sold at lower prices to African Americans and Latinos, in an effort to publicize what the group feels is the inequities of affirmative action.
The illegal immigrant game was roundly criticized not just by liberals and immigrant rights groups, but by the YCT's fellow conservatives.
"The catch an illegal immigrant game is in very bad taste and doesn't reflect conservative values," said Bob Quasius, who heads a group called Cafe Con Leche, which says its goal is to make the GOP more attractive to Hispanics and immigrants.
The UT system Chancellor, Francisco Cigarroa, and the President of UT Austin, Bill Powers, both condemned the stunt, with Powers saying that anybody participating in it would be in violation of the University Honor Code.
Garcia said he cancelled the event 'after speaking with my members,' and he decried what he called the 'uproar' over the event's premise.
"Opponents of YCT have claimed that I am being used as a front man," he said. "I have been called an Uncle Tom. I have received emails and comments via social media filled with obscenity. The reactions of some who claim that YCT is creating a demeaning or degrading environment on campus have been truly disgraceful."


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Update: Friday, August 10: At last count there are 81 posts in HOPE 2012, and at least 196 people invited. I'm scheduling closing ceremonies for Monday, August 13, so there's still time to write if you want to! Go write, you crazy people! Write!
The Olympics are starting today! Or, at least, all the Olympic fanfare starts today. Something Olympic and big is starting in some fashion today. That's what I know. (I may not be an expert.) At any rate, hoorah for whatever exciting thing is happening today!
Yesterday while I was on my run, whilst thinking about the Olympics, I had this idea that I instantly fell in love with, which I then thrust on several other talented bloggers, proving that while I still completely hate exercise (sorry guy that told me I have a bad attitude), it isn't totally useless. So, here's my idea:
A blog relay! Themed! Like the Olympics! (Yes, I know I'm both being obscenely nerdy and overusing exclamation points.)
So here's the thing. I'm going to blog about hope, and I asked a bunch of fabulous, diverse, wonderful people to do the same. Then, they're going to ask people to do the same. And then they're going to…you get the idea. And just like in a relay race, we'll go farther and faster than we could if we were doing it alone. Hope, in its beautiful, strange, unexpected and stalwart forms will be noted. Documented. Acknowledged. Appreciated.
I can't wait to hear all the stories, perspectives, wisdom, and wit that is going to ooze straight out of these posts like that energy goop straight out of its space-age pouch. Hold on to your freaking hats, people. It's going to be great.
Keep an eye on this post and the blogs listed at the bottom for more hope-filled goodness. And if you want to join in—do it! You can snag the little graphic if you want, too! Go to town, spread some hope, and have an awesome freaking day. In a couple of weeks I'll post the "closing ceremonies" (more nerdery, I know), highlighting bits and pieces of all the HOPE 2012 posts that I can find.
So. Excited.
Without further ado, here's my contribution to HOPE 2012
So, of course, predictably, after I came up with this snazzy idea for a hope relay and talked a bunch of people into it, my mind snapped its vicious little jaws on any shred of enthusiasm and inspiration it found laying around. "Oh, look!" it said, "there's some hope…" *squeeeeesh* "That's better. Continue." And as charming as that is, it's not entirely helpful. So, after a lot of anxiety-producing brainstorming, I've come up with the thought that makes me most hopeful for my future. Here it is:
It's okay to fail.
It's A-O-K to suck. To be wrong. To have everyone in a 5 mile radius turn to you in one accord and say, "…boo." It's totally and completely fine.
Now, for those of you out there that didn't come out of your childhood with an angry but witty inner voice latched on to you like a rabid monkey, this might sound like common sense. But for some—myself included—this is a radical thought. This is revolutionary. This is sacrilege.
See, the anal-retentive perfectionist soul requires a daily sacrifice of self-worth. If you've done something good, something decent, something okay, the perfectionist soul requires that you bundle it up and set it aflame as penance for the fact that someone, somewhere, is better than you. That's the requirement when you're doing well. Imagine the price to pay if you're wrong, or last, or embarrassingly terrible; it's high and swiftly collected.
I think the real driving force behind my fear of failure is a fear of rejection. I read an article over at Lifehacker recently that talked about how rejection has a powerful effect on us, even resulting in something that, to the brain, is almost like physical pain. No wonder we fear it. But, as the article suggests, the solution isn't avoidance, it's embrace. It's building up immunity. Building up resistance. Taking away the power of the pain. (They suggest playing a game in which you aim to get rejected once a day, which I think is hilarious. Maybe I'll do that once I stop feeling like a scaredy cat.)
And here's the thing that I keep thinking about: so I do something really sucky and stupid and everyone looks at me like I'm a Klingon for a second; then what? Who cares? Is anyone going to stab me in the gut with a javelin? Is the government going to repossess all of my belongings for writing a bad blog post, or getting a script rejected a thousand times, or forgetting important birthdays? No. And I think the simple reason behind it is that no one cares as much about what I'm doing as I do. In my mind, the process of me failing starts with people saying, "She's terrible," and ends with them saying, "let's murder her in the alley." When in reality, it's more like, "She's terrible. Ooohh…nachos!"
And just like that, me and my failure are forgotten by the light of neon yellow, cheese-flavored goo. No big deal.
The idea that it's okay to be wrong gives me hope for a day when I don't feel the need to dash myself on the rocks of self-hatred. Maybe I can just do things I like—things that inspire me—and not be fettered by the fact that I'm not the best. And—not to always talk about my kid, but those little buggers sure do make you think twice—maybe my daughter won't absorb my crippling dysfunction and she'll actually feel kinda okay about herself. She'll try, and fail, and try, and fail, and get some freakin' nachos.
And here's the real amazing, frighteningly hopeful thought: what would I do with myself if I wasn't so freaking scared all the time? What would I try? What would I embrace? What would I learn? Who would I meet? So many roads in my life are off limits, guarded by a big, smelly, hairy fear ogre. If the ogre's gone, it'd be an entirely different voyage.
So that's what I say. There is hope. Push that ugly fear ogre out of your way and go fail your pants off. Let's do it together.
(Let's do failing together, not "doing it" together. Ugh. That's a terrible ending. *shrug* Who cares?)
Passing the Baton
Ready for more hope? Keep your eye out for these folks:
Jerrod at Never Had One Lesson
Cancer never looked more evil than it did last Saturday when it covered an 8-year-old.
As I watched him, all I could think about was the opposite of hope. Despair was the only thing my mind was concerned with. The typical "how could this happen" and "but he's just a kid" thoughts were all I could think about. Then it hit me. [Read the full post]
Amy at Reams Photo
…Let everything happen to you: beauty and dread… [Click here for Amy's post featuring hope expressed through photography and a perfectly fitting poem from Rainer Maria Rilke.]
Denise at Victory Road
Matt at The Church-State Guy
…thinking of hope made me remember what initially made me passionate about the church/state relationship in the first place: I saw people who navigated it well, with grace, and candor, and integrity. That's seriously hopeful stuff. [Read the full post]
Todd at ToddAndrewClayton.com
Kristen Mae at Abandoning Pretense
From the second I started thinking about hope, my thoughts were clouded with this fearful cynicism; but after contemplating the subject over these last few days, I see that my fears are merely the flip-side of my hopes; that one almost can't exist without the other. [Read the full post]
Jenn and Casey at So This Is Love
She is little.
Too little to know what she knows of the world.
The neglect of her parents. The failure of a system that is supposed to protect her.
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WATCH: Davis Blasts Tigers Past Athletics
Down 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Rajai Davis belted a walk-off grand slam off Sean Doolittle to lift the Tigers to a 5-4 win over the A's at Comerica Park. Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-4 with a solo shot for Detroit, which has won two of three. Blaine Hardy improved to 1-and-1 with the win in relief. Doolittle fell to 1-and-3 after Scott Kazmir struck out seven in five-and-a-third innings of one-run ball. Jed Lowrie went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Brandon Moss drove in a run as Oakland saw a four-game winning streak come to an end.
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I have no idea what I just watched, but I cant condone swearing in front of children.
Commentator: CWFC, Kayo MMA, Shock n Awe. SAFE MMA. johngooden.co.uk @johngoodenuk
Are you joking about the swearing? Must be! Sorry, but if you make the choice to take your kids to a fight show, you have to assume they will see and hear all sorts of things you might not want them to FFS but I suppose it's ok for a kid to see a fighter sparked out and blood everywhere, as long as no-one says fuck or bugger.
'Go read a fucking book, you piece of shit.'
haha yeah, 'I took my pregnant wife and young children to a so-called 'family' fight show, they all got bottled and a bouncer threw my son through a wall etc'
happy days man, that was a good era
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WATCH: Haim covers Beyonce's 'XO'
Listen to Haim on iHeartRadio | Listen to Beyonce on iHeartRadio
While across the pond at BBC Radio 1, the sisters of Haim performed their single "If I Could Change Your Mind," but they also covered one of the biggest pop artists around - Queen Bey herself!
The sisters sang Beyonce's "XO" - and beautifully too! Maybe they will sing it together one day.
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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Thanks to the success of Curiosity, Jet Propulsion Laboratory earned the opportunity to launch a fresh mission to the Red Planet in 2020, officials announced Tuesday.
The announcement solidifies plans for the U.S. space program over the next decade after recent budget cuts had given space exploration an uncertain future.
"With this next mission, we're ensuring America remains the world leader in the exploration of the Red Planet, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said.
The as-yet-unnamed mission will pave the way for human exploration of Mars in the '30s, Bolden said.
The new space exploration plan extends funding for Curiosity and JPL's older rover Opportunity. It also restores NASA's collaboration with the European Space Agency on the ExoMars rover, planned to launch in 2018.
"The Obama administration is committed to a robust Mars exploration program," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement.
NASA's contribution to the European missions will include telecommunication radios and an astrobiology instrument.
Although NASA's budget could be squeezed by the federal "fiscal cliff" next year, the agency's new plan was specifically designed to fit within reduced funding.
The new rover figures to cost about $1.5 billion, one billion less than Curiosity.
"All of these things fit within the president's budget request for 2013," said NASA associate administrator John Grunsfeld, who announced the plans Tuesday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, applauded the plan and said he would push for an earlier launch date.
"While a 2020 launch would be favorable due to the alignment of Earth and Mars, a launch in 2018 would be even more advantageous as it would allow for an even greater payload to be launched to Mars," Schiff said in a statement Tuesday.
NASA did consider a 2018 launch, Grunsfeld said, but that would have entailed drastically scaling down the mission's scope.
A 2020 window is also "ambitious," Grunsfeld said, because of the time needed to develop instruments.
The planned rover will borrow Curiosity's basic architecture, spare parts and "seven minutes of terror" landing system, and likewise will be sent to a location that might have once harbored life.
The landing site could be one of the other four prime Mars locations considered for Curiosity, although the 2020 launch window affords access to more of Mars, including higher elevations, Grunsfeld said.
The rover's instrument payload has yet to be determined, but Grunsfeld cited a sample cache as a possibility, which would preserve Mars material to be brought back to Earth.
An instrument capable of detecting biological material is also possible.
"I think that would be a very exciting thing to do," Grunsfeld said.
NASA already had two other Mars missions lined up in the next few years: an orbiter called MAVEN will launch next year, and a drilling lander called InSight in 2016. The latter is part of NASA's low-cost Discovery program.
Non-Mars missions to icy moons and comets are excluded in NASA's new plans, but Grunsfeld said those ideas will stick around.
Recent proposals in the Discovery program included a robotic rover that could float on the seas of Saturn's moon Titan, and the Comet Hopper, which could land and take off again multiple times on a passing comet.
"We're still working very hard on icy-moon missions," Grunsfeld said.
While NASA is still funding Opportunity, active since 2004, the aging rover's time could be short.
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BC Men fall to Belmont Abbey 3-0October 6, 2010
BC was unable to find the net in their loss on Wednesday
Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College men's soccer team was unable to out-muscle the Belmont Abbey Crusaders on Wednesday night. The Abbey scored three goals in the second half to defeat Brevard 3-0. With the loss, Brevard falls to 1-10-1 on the season and remains 1-4-0 in South Atlantic Conference play.
The first half was dominated by the Crusaders offense, as they outshot the Tornados 11-2, but Pauli Jussila (Valkeakoski, Finland) was up to the task as he had three saves in the first half. After 45 minutes of the scoreless play, halftime came with a score of 0-0.
It took just over seven minutes in the second half for Belmont Abbey to find the back of the net. Timmi Borges DaSilva was fed a ball from Stuart Kirk and beat Jussila with a shot into the top right part of the net giving Abbey a 1-0 lead.
DaSilva was in on the second Abbey goal as well. He was able to pick up an assist as he passed the ball to Ross Smith who made it 2-0 at the 60:02 mark in the game.
With just over 10 minutes remaining the Crusaders struck again to score their final goal of the match. Matt Dolan took a sliding shot and beat Jussila giving Belmont Abbey the final 3-0 edge.
Jussila spent the entire game in net for Brevard, and although he allowed three goals he made nine saves when faced with 26 shots.
The Abbey outshot Brevard 26-11 and was awarded one more corner kick than the Tornados who had just four, whole Belmont Abbey had five.
Brevard is back in action on Saturday when Brevard will play host to fellow South Atlantic Conference member Wingate University. The Bulldogs face off with the Tornados at 4 p.m. at the Brevard College Soccer Field.


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WATCH: Matthew Koma On Wearing Leather In Hot Miami
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Matthew Koma hit the stage with Tiesto at the iHeartradio Pool Party in Miami to perform "Wasted" and "Written In Reverse" off the legendary DJ's latest album A Town Called Paradise. Well, he may have looked cool and stage, but all that leather made him feel the opposite in the hot weather!
[Tiesto Takes Miami To 'A Town Called Paradise' At The iHeartradio Ultimate Pool Party]
He tells Kane backstage, "It's Ross from 'Friends' pants."
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Enjoy a fun, affordable night out watching the Brockton Rox baseball team take on the Torrington Titans at Campanelli Stadium. Connect with BSU faculty, staff, students and alumni in a special section of box seats and wear your BSU gear. It's also "Halloween in July," so wear a costume if you would like. Friends and family are also welcome. Gates open at 6:05 p.m. for the 7:05 p.m. game. Tickets are $6.00 per person and can be picked up at the BSU table when you arrive. Please contact Crystal Howard at email@example.com or at 508.531.1287. Directions to Campanelli Stadium are available at http://www.brocktonrox.com/view/brocktonrox/stadium-3/directions-39.


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US Makes 'Bunker Buster' Bomb Even Bigger
(NEWSER) – The Pentagon has been doing a little showing off for Israel. US officials have been playing Israeli military and civilian leaders footage of the Pentagon's new and improved "bunker buster" bomb, which it says can now take out Iran's most secure nuclear enrichment facility, Fordow. The goal is to convince Israel that America—and only America—is capable of preventing Iran from getting its hands on a nuclear weapon, thus deterring Israel from making a strike of its own while hopefully encouraging diplomatic efforts with Tehran, the Wall Street Journalreports.


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The grounds were beautiful and the exterior layout is really nice and attractive. I like the tile floor in the rooms. Lack of elevator is horrible. We were behind a group of young men who literally had to carry their grandmother up the stairs. We had the first room as you came up the stairs which was quite noisy. Breakfast was pitiful unless you paid and even then it was not that good.
complimentary breakfast
Friendly Staff Long distance to get to my room.
Service at Eden Garden was remarkable. Seriously. From the minute I walked in the door with no reservations through check out, I was met with impeccable treatment. I even extended my stay for an additional day to bask in the sauna and eat the delicious jerk chicken pasta. Certainly a gem in Kingston and I look forward to returning.
The staff at the hotel are fantastic, very friendly and extremely helpful. In particular Seanna-Kay Cole, Jody, the kitchen staff and Mrs K Brown who treat you first class. The rooms, the friendliness.
The hotel was nice the Pool and Patio was the best clean and comforting. Staff need customer service training but all in all was ok. Nice lobby but overpriced in my opinion.
I came to Kingston to attend the funeral of my Aunt Gladys on 8/8/09. The Courtleigh is a wonderful air-conditioned hotel with a very pleasing and helpful staff. I stayed Aug. 7-Aug.9, 2009 in a deluxe room on the ninth floor with a very nice view overlooking the mountains. The room was colonial style with crown moldings and poster mahogony bed, nicely decorated with 300 count soft sheets and firm bed. I slept very well. The bathroom had large marble tiles in shower, floor and marble sink all with moen fixtures. Bath and Body Works Coconut lime verbena soap, lotion, shower gel ,shampoo etc. are used... very nice fragrance. The towels are thick absorbent cotton. The rooms are very clean. This is a charming, quaint hotel unlike the large comercial hotels like the Hilton across the street. There is no charge for wireless internet access in your room. The hotel lobby is very nice. Included in the room price is buffet breakfast with scrambeld eggs, bacon, fresh juices and tropical fruits. I ate breakfast by the pool and had a chance to take a dip in afterwards and got some of that wonderful Jamaican sunshine. You need your hotel key card to operate the elevator to your floor, for security. Plus you have an in-room safe. This hotel is a must for anyone staying in Kingston! I will stay here upon my return to Kingston.
i previously stayed at the Courtleigh in 2008. I was as impressed with the cleanliness, outstanding customer service and courtesy of the staff this visit as I was then. I was disappointed that they had no rooms with hot tub. The complimentary breakfast was good but had none of the traditional Jamaican dishes which was available for purchase.
The Cortleigh Hotel is quite pleasant. The room is big, It comes with e 5 CuFt empty refrigerator which helps on the cost of beverages and snacks. The breakfast buffet is adequate, except that they sometimes serve hard boiled eggs in the shells as the only egg option. The front desk staff is exceptional. My only problem was one night the a/c did not cool at all. It was fixed the next day after it was reported.
I just regret that my stay was so short. The staff was warm, friendly and very accommodating. I will definately recomend this hotel.
This was my families 1st time in Jamaica--My daughter is a huge fan of Bob Marley, so we decided to make this our families 2008 summer vacation. The hotel was awesome---The room was very large and extremely clean. The free hot buffet breakfast was very good! The pool was nice and the staff very helpful. We never saw a fitness center---and did not find the gift shop unti the end of our stay ( the gift show is very, very tiny--I think it's someones office with a few items for sell) I wish the staff would let you know the lay out of the hotel. The Bell hops were the best---Very informative, and you must use the Juta taxi serivces. I would recommend this hotel to anyone, as well as, stay there again on my next stay.
The Court leigh was Great. Check in was fast and our room was upgraded from a deluxe room to a 1 bedroom suite. The bellhop escorted us to the room and showed us around the hotel. He was very infromative and helped with any questions we had. The suite was huge!!! Living Room and bedroom, huge bathroom. Our stay was pleasant and we had no problems with the room. The Pool Bar restaurant has great food! Definitely try the jerk chicken pasta and the Magarita's!!! The from desk was very helpful and let me exchange money severeal times during our trip. I would definitely stay here again.
The Courtleigh Hotel and Suites was great. The staff was very friendly and professional. It was very quiet and relaxing in the room. I slept well in the bed and my room was cleaned each day. Breakfast was provided each morning and people were friendly. A friend of mine drove me to Ochos Rios which is only an hour away. So, I was able to enjoy Dun Rivers Falls, beach, jet skis, and swimming with the Dolphins at Dolphin Cove. I did not get a chance to swim in the pool or dine at the Hotel but it was a nice view and decorated lovely. I saw others eating and swimming and enjoying themselves. I would stay defintely stay again.
loved staying in this hotel business hotel type nothing much goes on here. most of the people that stay there are in jamaica working not so many vacationers. thats what i loved about it.... its quiet and pleasant. the service is very attentive and accomodating for a place away from home. although it is a business type hotel still the authentic feel of jamaica can be found in the friendly staff and the best breakfast and to compliment it with jamaicas own blue mountain coffee.
I just regret that my stay was so short. The staff was warm, friendly and very accommodating. I will definately recomend this hotel.
This hotel is clean neat and most of all the food is superb. I liked the spacious rooms and the hospitality of the employees. I will recommend it anytime to my friends and family.
The tokens were exactly as shown on the website.the interduction was nice, not too many hotels tell you how what works and answer your questions accordingly but the staff at the Tara nova was the best I came across out off all the hotes I stayed Jamaica 10 thumbs up is my rating
After the cancellation of my flight we were booked into this hotel, the customer service was great, the front desk clerk remembered me and was very pleasant
Considering that you are in the City of Kingson. This is as good as it gets. The food was good and the pool was nice. I was there during the Independence Holiday and I took a side trip to the island of Lime Key. I went out to some local bars and drank with the locals (the real Jamica). Check out the Platinum Night Club while you are there.
very horrible i would not stay there again even if it for free very horrible
This hotel is located in the New Kingston business district and is walking distance to the night clubs and many fast food restaurants. There is a nice park across from the hotel.The hotel has recently reopened after a fire. The rooms are standard hotel rooms with coffee and tea offered, a safe and an iron. The staff is very friendly and always ready to help. The hotel has an impressive lobby with a small gift shop and cafe. Enjoyed my stay.Will stay here again.
Love this hotel i was awesom, they should be more popular on the advertisement.
My trip was lovely, the hotel was great. Staff was very polite and the environment was clean and refreshing. Food was quite delicious
This was my first time in Jamaica and i spent my first night here. The room was small with 2 double beds in it. I had to sleep in the same room as my two daguhters 15yrs and12yrs had ti share a bed. Bathroom was not great. Needed a fridge for my mediction to go in and could not get access to one had to keep running out to ice box all night. Staff were pleasent but no very chatty. Food was delicious. Not sure if i would stay again at least not with my children.
There are so many great things i can say about the Pegasus that the rooms were always clean, the staff at the front desk was wonderful it was truly service with a smile. Me and my husband will always stay at the Pegasus
Loved every minute of it ...very nice people...will be back again soon!!!!!!!!!!...Room was very clean...Staff was EXCELLENT...Beds were a little stiff..may need improvement but I still made good use of it...lol...From Philadelphia/New York...Bless
The Pegagus still does the trick for a quick w'end in New Kingston
Recommended for staying at Kingston Jamaica. This Hotel includes good rates. Clean rooms and free internet service. Good customer service.
Considering that you are in the City of Kingson. This is as good as it gets. The food was good and the pool was nice. I was there during the Independence Holiday and I took a side trip to the island of Lime Key. I went out to some local bars and drank with the locals (the real Jamica). Check out the Platinum Night Club while you are there.
The staff were very friendly and helpful. The rooms were good . The bathroom had a smell that I didn't like
Good location in New Kingston adjacent to Emancipation Park. Restaurant and bar on premises are tood, food exceeded expectations. Room was large with ample AC.
Location within Kingston was adequate. Facility also had nice tennis courts. Nice place to stay if on a business trip, NOT an ideal location for vacationing families. Bar staff didn't not know how to make the most basic drinks without Google. Rooms were overpriced compared to other comparable hotels in the area.
The setting in the mountain was beautiful, the local breakfast was lovely and it was also good to have access to the internet. The rooms were good with plenty of natural cool ventilation and exceptional lighting If you didn't have a vehicle you were stuck. The grounds were nicely done but not accessible. The breakfast was a good size but the dinner left me wanting more.


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Stones welcome Tom Waits at Oakland show
Tom Waits is the latest guest to join the Rolling Stones on their "50 and Counting" tour.
Waits made a guest appearance at the Stones' show Sunday in Oakland, California, teaming up with Mick Jagger and the band on the blues classic "Little Red Rooster."
"Little Red Rooster" dates back to the Stones' early days. The band released the Willie Dixon cover as a single in Europe in November 1964, and included it on their 1965 U.S. album Rolling Stones Now!
Waits' appearance continues the Stones' guest trend. The band's tour opener Friday in Los Angeles included surprise appearances from No Doubt's Gwen Stefani and country star Keith Urban. The Stones' next stop is coming up in San Jose, California on Wednesday.


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Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus to headline Jingle Ball
Listen to Selena Gomez on iHeartRadio | Listen to Miley Cyrus on iHeartRadio
Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus are among the stars who've joined the lineup for this year's Jingle Ball.
Radio stations around the country will play host for the annual holiday celebration that's set to kick off in early December.
Selena and Miley will be performing at Jingle Ball events in Los Angeles, New York City and Boston. Miley's VMA partner-in-crime Robin Thicke is also on the lineup, performing in Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta. Other artists set to perform at several of the events include, Ariana Grande, One Republic, Avril Lavinge, Icona Pop, Enrique Iglesias and Fifth Harmony. Demi Lovato is also on the bill for the final Jingle Ball in Miami on December 20th.
Jingle Ball Tour Dates:
12/2 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
12/4 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
12/6 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
12/8 - Seattle, WA - Comcast Arena
12/9 - Chicago, IL - United Center
12/10 - Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Energy Center
12/13 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden
12/14 - Boston, MA - TD Bank Garden
12/16 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
12/18 - Tampa Bay, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum
12/20 - Miami, FL - BB&T Center
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964".
(a) The Director is authorized to recruit, select, train, and—
(1) upon request of State or local agencies or private nonprofit organizations, refer volunteers to perform duties in furtherance of programs combating poverty at a State or local level; and
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(2) in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local agencies involved, assign volunteers to work (A) in meeting the health, education, welfare, or related needs of Indians living on reservations, of migratory workers and their families, or of residents of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (B) in the care and rehabilitation of the mentally ill or mentally retarded under treatment at nonprofit mental health or mental retardation facilities assisted in their construction or operation by Federal funds; and (C) in furtherance of programs or activities authorized or supported under title I or II of this Act.
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Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 3 (Report #2)
Running an alpha version of an operating system, Linux or otherwise, is quite a different experience. It means, for instance, that you are not allowed to complain when minor things have bugs or simply don't work – it is all par for the course, after all this is alpha software. That doesn't mean however that when you do run into problems that it doesn't still suck.
I ran into one of these problems earlier today while trying to connect via SSH to a remote computer within Nautilus. It seems that this release of the software is currently broken resulting in the following error message every time I try and browse my remote server's directories:
The second really annoying issue I ran into was GIMP no longer showing menu items in Ubuntu's global appmenu. This was especially infuriating because, prior to installing some updates today, it had worked perfectly fine in the past. I even had to hunt down a sub-par paint (GNU Paint) application just to crop the above screenshot.
Hopefully my annoying experiences, and subsequent bug filings, will prevent other users from experiencing the same pains when 12.10 is finally released to all. Here's hoping anyway…
Update: It turns out that it wasn't just the GIMP that wasn't displaying menu items, no applications are. Off to file another bug…
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The endocrine system is made up of organs and tissues that produce hormones. Hormones are natural chemicals produced in one location, released into the bloodstream, then used by other target organs and systems.
The hormones control the target organs. Some organ systems have their own internal control systems along with, or instead of, hormones.
As we age, changes naturally occur in the way that body systems are controlled. Some target tissues become less sensitive to their controlling hormone. The amount of hormones produced may also change.
Blood levels of some hormones increase, some decrease, and some are unchanged. Hormones are also broken down (metabolized) more slowly.
Many of the organs that produce hormones are, in turn, controlled by other hormones. Aging also changes this process. For example, an endocrine tissue may produce less of its hormone than it did at a younger age, or it may produce the same amount at a slower rate.
The hypothalamus is located in the brain. It produces hormones that control the other structures in the endocrine system. The amount of these regulating hormones stays about the same, but the response by the endocrine organs can change as we age.
The pituitary gland is also located in the brain. This gland reaches its maximum size in middle age and then gradually becomes smaller. It has two parts:
The thyroid gland is located in the neck. It produces hormones that help control metabolism. With aging, the thyroid may become lumpy (nodular). Metabolism slows over time, beginning at around age 20. Because thyroid hormones are produced and broken down (metabolized) at the same rate, thyroid function tests usually show results within the normal range.
The parathyroid glands are four tiny glands located around the thyroid. Parathyroid hormone affects calcium and phosphate levels, which affect the strength of the bones. Parathyroid hormone levels rise with age, which may contribute to osteoporosis.
Insulin is produced by the pancreas. It helps sugar (glucose) go from the blood to the inside of cells, where it can be used for energy.
The average fasting glucose level rises 6 to 14 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) for each 10 years after age 50. This is because the cells become less sensitive to the effects of insulin.
The adrenal glands are located just above the kidneys. The adrenal cortex, the surface layer, produces the hormones aldosterone and cortisol.
Aldosterone release decreases with age, which can contribute to light-headedness and a drop in blood pressure with sudden position changes (orthostatic hypotension). Cortisol release also decreases with aging, but the blood level of this hormone stays about the same. Dehydroepiandrosterone levels also drop, although the effects of this drop on the body are not clear.
The ovaries and testes have two functions. They produce the reproductive cells (ova and sperm). They also produce the sex hormones that control secondary sex characteristics, such as breasts and facial hair.
Overall, some hormones are decreased, some unchanged, and some increased with age. Hormones that are usually decreased include:
In women, estrogen and prolactin levels usually decrease significantly.
Hormones that remain unchanged or only slightly decreased include:
Testosterone levels usually decrease slightly as men age.
Hormones that may increase include:
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INTERVIEW: Dannic at Electric Zoo
Don't panic, and listen to Dannic -the phrase all of Dannic's fans have been tweeting and repeating over the past year. 2013 has been extremely busy for Daan Romers, between touring with his best friend Hardwell, and labelmate Dyro, releasing several huge chart-topping tracks, and playing all over the world, he has managed to build a big fan base - he just reached over 100,000 likes on Facebook!
And he's not stopping there. With a remix up his sleeve, a new weekly radio show he just started, and plenty more tour dates ahead, the future looks very bright.
If you want to get to know him better, as a thank you to his fans, he put together a video showing where he comes from.
We got to catch up with Dannic at Electric Zoo in New York City after he played his set on one of the main stages. He talked to us about his summer highlights, his new top ten track "Rocker," his new remix for The Wanted, and more. Check it out below:
How has your summer of touring been? What has been the highlight?
It's crazy! I mean, I've been playing like every day almost, but it's really cool. It's going so fast right now and I'm playing at really cool stages and clubs and venues and I'm just really happy about it.
I [have] a lot of highlights. But for me, the tour with Dyro I did, we did [a] North American tour and in Montreal in Canada at New City Gas was one of the big highlights, as well as playing in Ibiza! Ibiza is a special island and it's good to play for them [Ibiza]. Every time [there are] a lot of different people and that's [what is] so cool about it.
Now that you're in America, what do you love the most about playing here?
Really, the energy. It gives me a lot of inspiration, and a lot of energy when we're touring. I mean, it's crazy. If you, if you play a song, they just … they're so hyped for it and it's different when you play in Europe. It's, I don't know. I guess they're a little bit spoiled.
What is it like touring with Hardwell and Dyro? What kind of antics do you guys get into?
A lot of trouble, of course! Well, the funny thing is Robert is one of my best friends, Hardwell. He was always saying, "You should come." I had this normal day job. And he was like, "No, quit your job and go on and, come tour with me and whatever." Now, it's like a dream come true. We're touring together and doing the best shows and having the most fun time ever!
And Rocker is that on Beatport now?
Yeah, it's doing really well. It's [been] in the top 10 for a week now. Yeah, I'm really happy with it. I had the melody in my head and I recorded it on my iPhone, and then I did it on my laptop, and I finished it at home in my studio! But I think it came out pretty good. It's,what I emphasize with my sound, and I think it's a different track. It's cool!
You just started radio show, right?
Yeah, Front of House Radio. It's a monthly show, [I'm] doing it every Tuesday, every first Tuesday of the month, The name, that was really difficult to [think of], to get a good name. But, yeah, I'm really happy with it.
The first episode has a lot of different music in there, even songs that played on the radio everyday. So what artist do you listen to outside of dance music?
Marvin Gay. I like Motown music. I love soul music. I listen to all kinds of stuff. I don't wanna listen only to dance music because otherwise you get like, I don't know. Think outside the box!
Tell us about your remix for The Wanted?
Yeah,that was a different story. It's like a down tempo song and at first I didn't really know what to do with it, to be honest. Because it's really commercial, it's pop music, it's different. But then, yeah, I arranged some new chords around it.
Are you the Wanted guy or are you more One Direction?
Well I like both! They [have] good songs so.
Since we're at Electric Zoo, if you were an animal, what animal would you be?
A tiger. I like crawling, climbing, running, whatever [laughs], do crazy stuff.
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Looks like Shock N Awe is headed for some great fights. Who you got in this fight?
Looks like Shock N Awe is headed for some great fights. Who you got in this fight?
Holy f****** shit! Big. Very big.
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Great fight!
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Loving this fight. Gonna stick my neck on the line and call the "W" for JP!
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I wouldn't say this is very big, it's a decent fight but not massive really.
Leigh, who I have maximum respect for as a UK MMA pioneer has not won since Feb 2010 and he has lost 3 since then all inside the distance. It is time he finished his MMA career I think.
James Pennington does look like a prospect but just not that excited about this match.
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More excited about pennington vs doolan next saturday in cage warriors think thats a more relevant fight
Thanks for the comments guys, I'll take them on board
Personally I like the fight but then I matched it lol.
Regardless of Leigh's current form, he's still very dangerous and if James Pennington wants to further his career he should be taking fights like Doolan and Remedios who are both vastly more experienced than him.
Maybe I should of matched him with 2 cans instead???
No, you shouldn't match him against cans otherwise it wouldn't look good on you or him. Maybe i'm not that excited as I think he will win easily and therefore rate Pennington?.
Personally it might be a good match as I think that Doolan will win against Pennington so that match (vs Remedios) might be a not bad one given that possible scenario
Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer
Anyone who has trained with Leigh knows he is a test for anyone. This is a good match for an up and coming fighter and no dead cert
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French 75. A sparkling wine cocktail created during World War I, when Season 2 takes place (the recipe is below).
Deviled eggs. A staple on Edwardian appetizer platters.
Broiled oysters. Another Edwardian favorite.
Beef and Guinness stew. Fitting for the downstairs staff.
Shepherd's Pie. Something else that might be enjoyed in the servants' hall.
Beef Wellington. Definitely for the uppercrust.
Fruit cake. Anything left over from Christmas?
Victoria sandwich cake. A very British dessert named for the famed queen: Layers of sponge cake filled with raspberry jam or lemon curd and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
French 75The name of the drink refers to the mainstay of the French artillery, a small field gun, during the Great War.
There is some argument that cognac should be used instead of gin, but the first recorded version is apparently gin.
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color? my brother (vikes fan, hahaha) has a 03 blue
Silver of course :starspin
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Votto grounds out to short
It won't last, and it's silly here particularly because Leake is a pitch to contact guy.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Phillips strikes out swinging
If you have a crappy feeling about this game like I did/do (even before the 3 run 4th), Reds 1st round comp pick Michael Lorenzen is on ESPN2 now for CSF. 1-2 with a single starting in CF for the Titans.
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
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Votto. First pitch out.
Phillips. 3 pitch out, 2 swinging.
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Rock Hill, S.C.- Brevard College's Tuccoa Brackett has been named the South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year and an All-SAC Second Team selection, league officials announced Wednesday.
Brackett, a 5-10 forward from Marion, N.C., becomes the first player in program history to earn either SAC Freshman of the Year or All-SAC honors since Brevard joined the conference for the 2008-2009 season.
"This is truly a huge honor, and I am very grateful to be a part of the BC women's basketball program," said Brackett. "I'm very excited to see what the future holds for our team."
Brackett finished 4th in the South Atlantic Conference in both scoring (15.2 ppg) and blocked shots (1.2 bpg) this season, while leading the Tornados in scoring, blocked shots, rebounding (5.6), and field goal percentage (43.3) in 2012-2013.
The McDowell High School product scored in double figures 20 times this season, and notched a season-high 23 points against Newberry on January 23rd and again at Anderson on February 27th. Brackett pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds twice, at Lincoln Memorial on January 16th and at home against the Railsplitters on February 13th.
"Tuccoa is a special player who exemplifies a model student-athlete and embraces her leadership role here at Brevard College," head coach Shannon Reid said. "I'm looking forward to her growth as a player, as this is only the first of many milestones in her career."
Joining Brackett on the SAC All-Freshman Team are Tatum Burstrom (Carson-Newman), Morgan McGee (Wingate), Kelsey Espinosa (Mars Hill), and Jordan Hiatt (Lenoir-Rhyne).
On the All-SAC Second Team, Brackett is joined by Chantal Dunbar (Wingate), Armeka Booker (Mars Hill), Breonda Shannon (Anderson), Breaira Barksdale (Tusculum), and Janitsha Williams (Wingate).
The South Atlantic Conference Basketball Awards are selected by the league's 10 head coaches.
2012-13 SAC Women's Basketball Postseason Awards
All-SAC First Team
Alissa Diaz, Anderson (Sr.)*
Haylee Lepaio, Newberry (So.)*
Samantha Creed, Newberry (So.)
Jazmine Charles, Lenoir-Rhyne (So.)
Chloe Bully, Catawba (So.)
Antionette McPhail, Catawba (Jr.)
All-SAC Second Team
Chantal Dunbar, Wingate (Jr.)
Armeka Booker, Mars Hill (So.)
Breonda Shannon, Anderson (Sr.)
Breaira Barksdale, Tusculum (Sr.)
Janitsha Williams, Wingate (Jr.)
Tuccoa Brackett, Brevard (Fr.)
SAC All-Freshman Team
Tuccoa Brackett, Brevard
Tatum Burstrom, Carson-Newman
Morgan McGee, Wingate
Kelsey Espinosa, Mars Hill
Jordan Hiatt, Lenoir-Rhyne
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SAC Freshman of the Year: Tuccoa Brackett, Brevard
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Manning Match-Up Week Six - October 10
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Three games this week feature Manning Award Watch Listers facing each other, but the selection for this week's Manning Match-Up is No. 15 Oklahoma State (3-1) at Texas A&M (3-1) to be played at 11:30 a.m. (CT) on FSN. The Cowboys' offense features senior Zac Robinson at quarterback, while the Aggies counter with junior Jerrod Johnson. This is the first conference match-up of the season for both teams. It will be a tough test for the Cowboys as they are 3-10 against the Aggies since the Big 12 began play in 1996, including 1-5 at College Station.
Robinson, considered a potential Heisman contender in the preseason, has completed 56-of-89 passes for 791 yards with six touchdowns and two interceptions. He will have to step up in this game as All-America receiver Dez Bryant is ineligible to play and running back Kendall Hunter is questionable due to an ankle injury.
Johnson is averaging 326.5 yards through the air and has thrown 11 touchdowns. He has completed 105-of-169 passes for 1,306 yards and has thrown the most passes in the nation without an interception this year. He has also rushed 48 times for 199 yards and four scores. The Aggies are second in the nation in total offense with 545.3 yards per game, but have lost 12 of their last 15 home games against ranked opponents.
Other Week Six Manning Match-Ups
Manning Award Stars of the Week
From the players selected to the preseason Watch List for the Manning Award, here are some of the standout stars from week five:
Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame
Jacory Harris, Miami
Colin Kaepernick, Nevada
Case Keenum, Houston
Manning Award Players to Watch
The Manning Award Watch List will be revised in mid-October. Here's a look at fifth-week numbers from quarterbacks making a bid to join the Watch List:
Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
Josh Nesbitt, Georgia Tech
Aaron Opelt, Toledo
Steven Sheffield, Texas Tech
Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech
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Cook Named Assistant Director of Football Operations
May 25, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former University of Kentucky wide receiver Tommy Cook, who has spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant for the Wildcats, has accepted the position of assistant director of football operations, UK head coach Joker Phillips announced Friday.
Cook's duties will include assisting Phillips, along with the director of football operations Nolan Jones, in the day-to-day internal and external operations of the football program.
"We are excited to have Tommy remain with us in this role," Phillips said. "Tommy has spent a lot of time with this program as a player and graduate assistant and having someone already tied into our program in that position will be vital to our staff."
On top of serving as a graduate assistant coach the past two seasons, Cook was a wide receiver with the Wildcats from 2000-05, including a sixth year to complete his eligibility because of medical hardships. Cook's career totals included 74 catches for 951 yards and six touchdowns. In 2004, he assisted Phillips, who was an assistant coach for wide receivers, while recovering from injuries.
During his playing career, the native of Victoria, Texas, earned a place on the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, was named to the UK Athletics Society of Character and was chosen for the ESPN "All-Mayday Team" in honor of players who show extraordinary toughness and determination.
Having earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 2004 from UK, Cook is currently working on a master's degree in sport leadership. Prior to joining UK's staff in 2010, Cook spent four and one-half years in the business sector in surgical sales.
"I am really thankful to Coach Phillips for my playing days and now for the opportunity to continue on his staff," Cook said. "I feel very blessed to be able to help my alma mater in any way possible, from helping the players grow as men to helping Nolan Jones handle the day-to-day responsibilities of running an SEC program. I can't thank Coach Phillips enough for giving me this opportunity. There is no place I'd rather be than here at Kentucky, working in the best conference in college football."
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> A good thought, and a good tool, however... It takes FOREVER to boot
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The creative chaps at digital agency Razorfish have created everything from physics puzzlers for the Microsoft Surface table to London's Kinect-powered Audi City car showroom.
Now Razorfish's Emerging Experiences team has taken a pair of Kinects and turned them into KinectiChord, a 3D control interface for music making – and it looks rather special, as you can see from the video below.
Interactive surfaces
"This is one of the things that just came out of our labs," says Razorfish group creative director Luke Hamilton. "We're on the advisory council for the Kinect for Windows team, so we get advanced versions of things. So we've been playing with some of the new software to do better tracking. "We're experimenting with the theory of 'anything that can be a pixel will be a pixel in the future.' As surfaces become interactive, what can we do with them?"
The KinectiChord uses a twin-Kinect setup. One of the cameras faces the audience, monitoring who's standing in front of it – "We can do things like measure gender and age if we want – maybe we'll change the music out as a result of the kind of audience that's in front of it," says Hamilton. Walk closer to the screen, and it'll start tweaking the visuals to grab your interest – and fire up the second Kinect, which is trained on the KinectiChord's flexible screen. It's used to measure where you're pressing on the screen, and the force with which you're pushing – "That's used to affect audio tracks, volume, panning, EQ, so that you can play with the music."
Next-gen Kinect
"It's still in the beta phase," notes Hamilton. "We have a lot of plans for it; you're actually going to be able to DJ on this in the future." And one of those plans is to take advantage of the Xbox One's next-gen Kinect sensor. "The KinectiChord is using the old hardware, and we can't do really precise interactions with it, it's more big gesture pushing," says Hamilton. "In the future you'll be able to just push a finger through and we'll be able to detect it – that's how high the resolution is on the depth measurement."
Okay, we might not all have the room to set up a pair of Kinect sensors and a flexible screen in our homes – but Razorfish's beat is in retail and advertising. So expect to see the KinectiChord gracing a shop window near you soon – hot on the heels of Alan Sugar's Minority Report-style Amscreen ad hoardings.