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Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Downton Abbey," "Shameless," "Girls," Californication," "Enlightened" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.
"The Carrie Diaries": Series Premiere
Monday, January 14 at 8pm on The CW
Take yourself back, back to 1984, when Sarah Jessica Parker was a young actress known for her role in "Square Pegs," high waisted jeans were in style for the first time and Candace Bushnell was still a decade away from starting a New York Observer column about dating in New York called "Sex and the City." The CW's SatC prequel series will a lot less "S"-filled than the HBO one that inspired it, since it follows a 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) who's living in Connecticut and starts an internship in Manhattan, where she falls in love with the city. The pilot episode's directed by Miguel Arteta ("Chuck & Buck," "Cedar Rapids") and the cast includes Stefania Owen, Ellen Wong, Katie Findlay and Freema Agyeman.
"Independent Lens": "Soul Food Junkies"
Monday, January 14 at 10pm on PBS
PBS' doc series "Independent Lens" examines the part a soul food diet plays in African-American identity as well as its health ramifications in this film from Byron Hurt that looks at the good and bad side of a cultural cuisine. "Soul Food Junkies" looks at the intersection of race, culture, food and class, as well as the emerging food justice movement urging communities toward healthier variations of traditional recipes.
"Kroll Show": Series Premiere
Wednesday, January 16 at 10:30pm on Comedy Central
While it's a little uneven, this new sketch series from Nick Kroll ("The League") is also memorably weird and, when it works, very funny. Kroll threads together characters from his stand-up work, including Fabrice Fabrice and Bobby Bottleservice, as well as skewerings of reality TV and other oddities. But the show's most successful sketch is a dead-on take on progressive Canadian teen dramas called "Wheels, Ontario" that's a must for any once or current "Degrassi" fan.
"Archer": Season Premiere
Thursday, January 17 at 10pm on FX
FX's scabrously amusing animated spy series/workplace comedy about the day-to-day adventures of the International Secret Intelligence Service returns for a new season with an episode in which dickish master spy Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) develops amnesia and decides the only cure is — what else? — a spa weekend. The episode was written by series creator Adam Reed and features the voices of regulars Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Chris Parnell and others. Following "Archer" at 10:30 is the premiere of "Legit," a new scripted comedy co-created by and starring Aussie stand-up Jim Jefferies as a comedian struggling to make it in L.A., and new episodes of "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" at 11.
"Fringe": Series Finale
Friday, January 18 at 8pm on Fox
J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci's FBI/alternate universes/crazy science series "Fringe" comes to an end with two-hour finale "Liberty/An Enemy of Fate," which closes out five season and 100 episodes. The blowout conclusion for the mythology-heavy show finds Peter (Joshua Jackson), Olivia (Anna Torv), Walter (John Noble), Astrid (Jasika Nicole) and Broyles (Lance Reddick) facing off against the Observers in one last battle for the fate of mankind. The finale was written and directed by showrunner J. H. Wyman.
Also worth a look: Oliver Stone's "Untold History of the United States" ends its 10-episode season on Showtime with "Bush & Obama – Age of Terror," airing Monday, January 14th at 8pm; Kevin Hart spoofs the "Real Housewives" with "Real Husbands of Hollywood" on BET on Tuesday, January 15th at 10pm; Rob Lowe slums it to play prosecutor Jeff Ashton in Lifetime Original Movie "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" on Saturday, January 19th at 8pm; season three of the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant/Karl Pilkington travel series "An Idiot Abroad" finds the titular Pilkington sent off on more international adventures, this time in the company of "Life's Too Short" star Warwick Davis," on Science Channel on Saturday, January 19th at 9pm; and BBC America gives the vintage procedural another shot with Victorian crime miniseries "Ripper Street" on Saturday, January 19th at 9pm.


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National burger chain Smashburger has selected northeast Mesa for the home of its "milestone" 10th Valley location, replacing pasta house Caffé Boa in the Village at Las Sendas shopping center.
The restaurant, at Power and McDowell roads, opens to the public today.
Dave Doty, managing partner with local Smashburger franchisee SunWest Burgers, said the site was chosen as part of a larger expansion into Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert. The franchise's nine existing locations are spread out across Phoenix, Peoria, Glendale, Avondale and Tempe.
"We're in the process of putting stakes into the different areas of the Valley, and Mesa's a really strong market," Doty said.
The franchise expects to open three to five locations next year, one or more of which could be in Mesa.
"I'm very sympathetic to Mesa residents who may say, 'I'm sure it's a great burger, but I'm not driving across the city for it,' " Doty said.
Smashburger spent about $400,000 gutting the interior of the 2,300-square-foot space at Las Sendas.
About 35 part- and full-time employees have been hired to staff the new location.
Smashburger creates a burger for each of its local markets, using flavors characteristic of the region. The Arizona Smashburger is certified Angus beef on a spicy bun, topped with habanero cheese, guacamole, lettuce, tomato, onion, chipotle mayo and fresh jalapeños.
Other signature dishes for the Phoenix area include the Arizona Devil Dog, which is served on a toasted poppy-seed bun with habanero cheese, guacamole, fresh jalapeños, spicy chipotle sauce and tomatoes. The Arizona Cobb Salad has diced chicken, fresh greens, smoked bacon, Cheddar cheese, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, jalapeños and a spicy chipotle dressing.
The restaurant also serves milkshakes, malts and soda floats.
Details: Smashburger, 2837 N. Power Road, Mesa. 480-268-9930, smashburger.com.
Smashburger is opening its 10th Valley location in north Mesa.
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September 15, 2005
Roberts loves "North by Northwest" — and his wife looks like Eva Marie Saint.
Yesterday, Jane Roberts wore a black suit, an interesting change from the pink suit worn on day one (when she was seated next to a woman in a green suit who was next to a woman in a blue suit, creating that row of Easter eggs look). What did it mean, going from pink to black?
Was she implicitly chiding the Senators? No more Mrs. Nice Wife. I'm pissed at you now for not giving my husband the respect he's going to get for the rest of his life once he gets done sitting through your demeaning ritual.
Or is she just trying to fade into the background and become invisible?
Or does she want us to look at her face, not her clothes? In black, she's becomes a pure face, floating just behind him, giving him dimension and feeling.
13 comments:
- Troy said...
How does a girl like her get to be "a girl like her"?
- Mark Daniels said...
No, Ann, she was chiding those who deemed her husband's "umpire" analogy insufficiently sensitive to those women who have no interest in sports! She was making a fashion statement by wearing attire that immediately evoked thoughts of umpires, who also wear black.
The only thing that struck me about Jane Roberts from yesterday's hearings is that she was extremely bored. She yawned a lot and even nodded off at least once. That's probably understandable. - 9/15/05, 8:40 AM
- Steven Taylor said...
I haven't been able to watch more than a few clips, so I cannot render an intelligent evaluation, still, I like No more Mrs. Nice Wife. I'm pissed at you now for not giving my husband the respect he's going to get for the rest of his life once he gets done sitting through your demeaning ritual.
...if anything because the whole process is properly referred to as both "demeaning" and "a ritual"--search for truth? I thinnk not. A serious evaluation of Roberts (or any nominee)? I scoff at the notion.
But, of course, I am kind of cranky this morning. - 9/15/05, 9:23 AM
- Steven Taylor said...
However, I will say, North by Northwest rocks.
- Freeman Hunt said...
I feel sorry for her. How awfully boring to sit through all of that as a spectator. Not to mention being on camera the entire time. Like a sort of meditation test; can I manage to sit still all day long while looking passably interested and not allow myself to make any goofy faces which will, of course, be instantly plastered all over the news via Reuters and the AP?
- tcd said...
Wow, good looking, smart and great taste in movies. What's not to love? As for Mrs. Roberts wearing black, maybe she read your post and decided that she doesn't need to look like an Easter egg anymore?
- jeff said...
Maybe it was the next thing in her closet that was clean and appropriate?
Or am I thinking too much like a guy? - 9/15/05, 10:10 AM
- peter hoh said...
So will this be the last we see of her? And by the way, we haven't heard her speak, have we? Will we?
Just as long as she doesn't go to work as a lobbyist, I'd like to see her, should she want to, find some way to do something other than host brunches for the outgoing clerks. Or maybe they don't get brunches. - 9/15/05, 10:39 AM
- Freeman Hunt said...
I'm a girl, and I'm thinking Jeff is right.
I wonder what she's thinking back there. I wonder if she thinks about all the things she'd rather be doing. For example, what if she is in the middle of reading a very good book? It would be extra annoying to spend all that time sitting there knowing that there was a book you'd really like to get back to. - 9/15/05, 11:13 AM
- John A said...
Perhaps it is funereal wear in respect for the deaths of several Senator's hopes for 2008 Presidential nominations?
- Crank said...
I didn't see pictures: was this the same pink outfit she wore when Roberts was first nominated? She's a partner in a big law firm, so it may be that her wardrobe naturally tilts more towards the toned-down business look than the warm-fuzzy-mom-and-apple-pie look.
- Ron said...
Wouldn't it be great if they could open the hearings with the opening music from North by Northwest?
It would make good 'news show' opening music also... - 9/15/05, 8:52 PM
- Anna said...
I think Ann's comment fits best...no more Mrs. Nice Wife...
troy: wish I could give you an answer, but alas, I have never been "a girl like her" - 9/15/05, 9:59 PM


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I. The meeting was called to order at 2:40 p.m.
Voting members and alternates present were: G. Alter, S. Baird, B. Baker, K. Bennett,
G. Bernhardt, N. Bourbakis, W. Carmichael, C. H. Chen, R. Dodge, J. Dombrowski,
B. Farmer, B. Fowler, R. Grandhi, B. Jung, J. Leung, S. McConnell, T. McKee, S. Narayanan,
S. Nelson, J. Ovington, L. Ream, J. Rudisill, C. Ryan, J. Sherman, T. Sudkamp,
J. Thomas (Chair), P. Vermeersch, A. Wendt
Non-voting attendees were: S. Foster, J. Hail, B. Hopkins, A. Johnson, J. Kimble, G. Malicki,
E. Reinsch-Friese, D. Sauter, J. Sayer
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the April 25, 2005 meeting be approved as written. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Election of Secretary
It was moved and seconded that Larry Ream be appointed as Secretary of the Graduate Council for 2005-06. Motion carried unanimously.
IV. Report of the Dean (J. Thomas)
J. Thomas reviewed the faculty vote of last June that approved a revised faculty constitution (267-20) and defeated an amendment that would have replaced Graduate Council with a Senate committee (84-200).
The Graduate Council operates through four standing committees. These committees and their 2005-06 chairs are: Policies Committee (L. Ream, Chair), Membership Committee (J. Petrick, Chair), Student Affairs Committee (no chair selected to date), and Research Committee (J. Thomas, Chair).
The fall, 2005 graduate enrollment headcount increased 1.3% and credit hours increased 1.9% Over the past five years, 2000-2005, graduate headcount increased by 13.4% and graduate credit hours by 28.6%..
Program Review for master's degrees is being reinstated at WSU, motivated by preparations for the upcoming NCA re-accreditation and the related WSU Plan for Institutional Improvement.
NCA requires that they approve all distance learning degree programs. As part of the on-going NCA self study, WSU will request exemption from this requirement.
The proposal for a new graduate program, Master of Arts in International and Comparative Politics, was approved by RACGS September 30, 2006, and will be an agenda item for Board of Regents approval in November, 2006.
The time table for a program development plan for a Master of Social Work has been delayed. The Social Work faculty will first collaborate with Ohio State University on an OSU off-campus MSW to be offered in Dayton
Electronic thesis and dissertation submission will be a focus this year with a target to require electronic submission by Summer 2006.
Five meetings of the Graduate Council are scheduled for this academic year, to better work with the scheduled meetings of the Faculty Senate.
V. Reports by Invited Guests
James Sayer, Faculty President: J. Sayer commented on the faculty vote this past June that was favorable to retaining the Graduate Council as it currently functions. He affirmed the Faculty Senate's confidence in the job that the Graduate Council has been and is currently doing.
J. Sayer also commented on procedures to approve distance learning formats for existing degree programs. He stated that Graduate Council approval will be sufficient and the Faculty Senate should be informed.
David Sauter, University Registrar and (newly appointed) Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management: His new duties entail looking across the spectrum of undergraduate, graduate, and Lake Campus enrollment and retention trends. WSU wants to grow enrollment from 1–2% per year to increase headcount by 1,600 students by 2010. State share of instruction is now less than tuition, so WSU needs additional numbers. Currently, the Noel Levitz consulting firm is on campus to review WSU's recruitment and enrollment operations. Also, an Executive Enrollment Management Committee has been instituted at WSU by the Provost to develop a strategic Enrollment Management Plan. Banner systems software implementation is also on-going and will impact most operations at WSU.
Stephen Foster, University Librarian: S. Foster briefed the Council on Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) submission. ETD submission for Ohio universities was formulated in 1999 with archival storage at OhioLINK. It is now required by several Ohio universities including OSU. It is suggested that electronic submission be required at WSU by fall 2006. His recent memo in regard to the Library no longer intending to bind theses mistakenly assumed that this decision had been made. The Student Technology Assistance Center (STAC), in University Libraries, will be available for user-friendly technical assistance and instruction. The Fall Thesis and Dissertation Preparation Workshop is scheduled for October 26. Additionally, an ETD workshop will be scheduled if the demand is present.
VI. Committee Reports
• Policies Committee (L. Ream)
The Committee met September 26 and October 7, and discussed and acted upon the following issues:
Master's level program review will be reinstated at WSU, motivated by the NCA self-study and Institutional Plan for Improvement. Only masters programs that presently are not reviewed by a professional accreditation body will be included in the internal review process; however, externally accredited programs will need to report to the University on the results of their accreditation reviews. In all, some 30 master's programs will be subject to review, which means that there will be 4 to 5 programs reviewed annually. The new process may include external as well as internal reviewers, which would add an outside perspective of the program. Doctoral programs will continue to be reviewed according to OBR criteria. Tentative planning anticipates that a "program review committee" will be formed annually; the dean of the program will review the report provided from the review committee; and the Policies Committee would then review each review. The programs will be reviewed on a 7-year cycle
The NCA mandates NCA approval of WSU distance learning programs that have more than 50% of their courses online. NCA provides criteria for such approval as well as a compendium of Best Practices. An internal review process is being developed. It is intended to ask NCA for blanket approval of distance learning programs as part of the upcoming NCA evaluation. Such approval will be based in part upon following WSU's own internal process.
Electronic submission of thesis/dissertations will be mandatory in the near future. At present, students have the option of submitting an ETD in lieu of a paper copy, but this will change rapidly over the next year or so into a mandatory ETD process. J. Thomas is working with the University Librarian on this transition.
- Membership Committee (R. Dodge)
The Committee met April 21, 2005 and considered and recommended 11 nominations for full graduate faculty membership and 10 nominations for adjunct full graduate faculty membership.
The full member nominees are:
Basista, Beth | Physics/S & M |
Claflin, Dragana | Psych/S & M |
Duren, Dana | Anat/SoM |
Elased, Khalid | Pharm/Tox/SoM |
Engisch, Kathrin | Neurosci/SoM |
Futamura, Natsuhiko | CS&E/Egr&CS |
Rich, Mark | Neurosci/SoM |
Rigling, Brian | EE/Egr&CS |
Sherwood, Richard | Anat/SoM |
Simman, Richard | Pharm/Tox/SoM |
Wu, Zhiqiang | EE/Egr&CS |
The adjunct full following nominees are:
Chen, Yanfang | Pharm/Tox/SoM |
Conolly, Rory | EnviroSci/S&M |
Cross, Charles | MME/Egr&CS |
Gallucci, Randle | EnviroSci/S&M |
Hofmann, Marie-Claude | BIE/Egr&CS |
Junker, Andrew | Psych/S&M |
Moore, Thomas | Psych/S&M |
Park, Youngchoon | CS&E/Egr&CS |
Pohl, Edward | BIE/Egr&CS |
Yu, Chansu | CS&E/Egr&CS |
It was moved and seconded that the nominees be approved; the motion passed unanimously.
- Research Committee (E. Reinsch-Friese)
- WSU had research and other sponsored program awards totaling over $62 million for 2004-05 which is a new record.
- In July, the National Science Foundation awarded Wright State $3 million over five years for an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. This will support more than ten doctoral-level fellowships per year with a stipend of $30,000 per year, plus tuition. The students will be enrolled in Learning with Disability tracks recently approved for the Biomedical Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Engineering, and Human Factors/Industrial Organizational Psychology doctoral programs.
- The Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Program Technology Commercialization competition is presently underway. Maximum request is $50,000.
- The Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Early Start/Augmentation program is underway. The deadline for receipt of proposals in Research and Sponsored Programs is November 10.
VII. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m
NEW COURSES October 15 through November 10, 2005 |
Political Science |
Contemporary Brazil |
Psychology |
Enviromental Psychology |
Psychology |
Behavior Modification: Method & Theory |
Psychology |
Psychology of Women & Men |
Psychology |
Interpersonal Relations Skills |
Psychology |
Behavior Modification: Method & Theory |
Psychology |
Behavior Modification |
Psychology |
Biofeedback: Research & Application |
Psychology |
Psychological Administrative Principles for Social Agencies |
Psychology |
Theories & Systems in Psychology |
Psychology |
Visual Science Laboratory |


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THE FACTS: In a game lacking Deron Williams, Danilo Gallinari and Andre Iguodala, the Brooklyn Nets flipped one of their season's scripts, riding strong second and third quarter performances to a 119-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets Wednesday night at Barclays Center. C.J. Watson excelled in Williams' place with 25 points along with six dishes and Joe Johnson dominated stretches of the second half, finishing with 26 points and nine assists for Brooklyn (31-22). Ty Lawson (26 points and nine assists, five turnovers) led the Nuggets (33-21) and pushed the game's tempo, creating a hectic pace not usually a defining trait of Nets games.
QUOTABLE: "When you have one of your key guys out, I think it motivates guys to really step up and play a little harder. Guys that haven't played as much tend to come in and play big minutes and be successful."
-- Joe Johnson
THE STAT: The two teams combined to shoot 28-for-44 from behind the 3-point line.
TURNING POINT: The Nets went on a 15-2 run in the third quarter, pushing a seven-point lead to 20. The run featured a number of wide open 3-pointers.
QUOTABLE II: "I am very excited. It is a huge honor and I really just can't wait to get out there."
-- Nets center Brook Lopez (23 points, eight rebounds), on being selected to the All-Star team for the first time
INSIDE THE ARENA: Led by lob-pass artist Andre Miller (10 assists) and high-riser Javale McGee (14 points), the Nuggets entertained the Brooklyn crowd with aerial acrobatics.
ROOKIE WATCH: Tyshawn Taylor recorded career-highs in assists (4), rebounds (3), and 3-pointers (2). He played important minutes down the stretch as well. ... Evan Fournier gave the Nuggets a 26-23 lead at the end of the first quarter with a 3-pointer, but played less than five minutes.
NOTABLE: Watson's 25 points were the most he scored since Nov. 25, 2010. Watson also set a season-high with six assists and a career-high with five 3-pointers. ... Kris Humphries tied his season-high with 14 points. ... The Nets set a season-high for points in a quarter with 39 in the second quarter. ... The shorthanded Nuggets were finishing up a four-game five-night road trip.
UP NEXT: For the Nuggets, Tuesday vs. Boston, Feb. 22 @ Washington, Feb. 23 @ Charlotte. For the Nets, Tuesday vs. Milwaukee, Feb. 20 @ Milwaukee, Feb. 22 vs. Houston.


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BOSTON (AP) — State Attorney General Martha Coakley's office is planning regional educational forums on the state's open meetings law. The forums are planned in Ayer, Greenfield, Springfield and Waltham this month and in April and May. In 2010, Coakley's office assumed responsibility for enforcement of the law from the state's district attorneys. The forums are part of an effort by Coakley's office to help public boards in understanding and complying with the requirements of the law. The forums will be conducted by attorneys and staff from the attorney general's Division of Open Government and are open to the public. The first is scheduled for March 28 at Ayer Town Hall. Since taking over enforcement of the law, Coakley's office has conducted or participated in 81 trainings across the state. © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. |


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Charlize Theron Gossip
Charlize Theron gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Elsa Pataky: Best Oscar Pregnancy (Lainey)
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I'm surprised too. Because you know how I feel about Elie Saab: same, same, same, boring, same, same, same. But maybe this is where Elie Saab excels: maternity wear? It's a good colour on her. And I've decided I can only tolerate a nude underlay if it's on a pregnant lady, although I wonder whether or not this is like my version of a fashion handicap and if that's the case – is it insulting? Anyway, Elsa Pataky was there because her husband Chris Hemsworth presented with Charlize Theron. Full Story
Charlize & Sean's Oscar weekend
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I can't. I still can't process this. All of the following: Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are together. Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are even posing together. What in the actual f-ck?! They were out last night at a party celebrating Pharrell Williams and his hat. They were just on holiday last week holding hands, like super romance. Full Story
Sean Penn's Valentine
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Someone asked me the other day if we do anything special for Valentine's Day here at LaineyGossip.com. I can't remember. Am I nicer? This year I'm spending Valentine's Day at home in Vancouver. With Miley Cyrus and not my husband. What's the problem? Sean Penn will be spending Valentine's Day with Charlize Theron, their first Valentine's Day together as a couple. Full Story
At the nail bar and kisses in the car
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Charlize Theron went to the nail bar the other day. And Sean Penn went with her. Like, he didn't pull up at the curb and wait for her to get in. No. He was inside. He accompanied her. And didn't punch someone in the process. A couple of days later, while driving around, they stopped to kiss at a red light. Full Story
Holding hands and skipping
That's a sliggggght exaggeration, the skipping part, but look at them. Almost, right? Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are holding hands and (almost) skipping. Laura suggested "walking jauntily". The point is, these are two ordinarily crusty ass celebrities. And this is about as far from crusty ass as it gets: walking jauntily, holding hands…AND SMILING TOO?!? I thought they said in science class that two negative charges are supposed to repel each other. Full Story
Family time with Charlize & Sean
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Can we play Photo Assumption with this shot of Sean Penn and Charlize Theron's son Jackson at the grocery store this week? I wish we could get a look at the boy's face. But his shoulders, to me, are side-eyeing the sh-t out of his mom's boyfriend. This is why Photo Assumption isn't an exact science. Full Story
Charlize: Sean's co-host?
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Sean Penn hosted a fundraiser for Haiti on Saturday night, major stars in attendance, including Charlize Theron, his…girlfriend? Can we call her his girlfriend now? There were photographers all over the place. And she sat next to him, and they were ok with the pictures, and it was almost like they were co-hosts, partners. Full Story
A movie but not dinner
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Charlize Theron and Sean Penn. They've seen each other every day this year. Last night they went to the movies. Not sure what they saw. But God I'd love to sit behind those two, both Oscar winners (and I think in the same year too) looking up at Leonardo DiCaprio on the screen. Wouldn't you want to hear their thoughts? Anyway, a trip to Hawaii, NYE, sleepovers at home, then a movie date -- has this changed your assessment as to whether or not it's a casual hookup or a relationship? Wait. Full Story
What is Charlize & Sean
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Have you caught up yet from the holidays? Charlize Theron and Sean Penn spent NYE together in Hawaii then flew home together to LA. Then he slept over Full Story
Charlize & Sean: Sunsets & Sleepovers
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I posted about Charlize Theron and Sean Penn spending New Year's together in Hawaii the other day – click here for a refresher. They've known each other for years. There was reason to hope that it was a friends-only holiday. But now even PEOPLE Full Story
Charlize's NYE with Sean Penn
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Check out Charlize Theron on the beach in Hawaii. I had no idea her hair was so curly. Did you? Some believe that Charlize is staying with Sean Penn while on holiday. He has a beach house there. But there's been no suggestion that the two are dealing with each other romantically. Apparently it's a friends-only situation because the two have known each other for years. Full Story


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text: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Chiefs offensive lineman Jon Asamoah will miss Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals after surgery on one of his thumbs. Wide receiver Jon Baldwin has not been cleared following a head injury sustained in last week's game against Pittsburgh and is unlikely to be available. Tight end Jake O'Connell is also expected to miss the game with an ankle injury. The Chiefs have been ravaged by injuries this season. Center Rodney Hudson, tight end Kevin Boss and defensive end Glenn Dorsey are all on injured reserve. Quarterbacks Matt Cassel and Brady Quinn have both sustained concussions. Russ Hochstein is likely to start in place of Asamoah on the line. Steve Breaston and Dexter McCluster would help fill the void left by Baldwin. |


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The measure brings state law into compliance with a recent U-S
Supreme Court ruling. It replaces the current system in which
three-judge panels determine sentences for convicted killers.
The bill requires a unanimous jury vote to sentence someone to
die. It was sent to Governor Owens, who is expected to sign the
measure before the week is over.
Earlier, lawmakers killed a bill that would have allowed a 10-2
vote to impose the death penalty and another that would have
required juries to determine if there were aggravating factors.
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RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street's expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company.
RLJ Lodging Trust Earnings Cheat Sheet
Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased to $0.48 in the quarter versus EPS of $-0.01 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Rose 17.56% to $222.5 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: RLJ Lodging Trust reported adjusted EPS income of $0.48 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $0.09. It beat the average revenue estimate of $217.76 million.
Quoting Management: "2012 marked another outstanding year for RLJ. We demonstrated our commitment to drive growth and deliver excellent results," commented Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. "With our two-year renovation plan completed, new hotels in key gateway markets, and a strong balance sheet, we are well positioned to continue to deliver outsized growth."
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... as I suggested this morning
... as I suggested this morning
It's good to be back!
Tennessees interior last year was Kemo/Mahan/Stapleton bad, but i have seen much of him individually enough to make an opinion
It's a really good signing especially in the sense that Velasco has some long term value (unlike Wallace who is more of a career backup...)
It's good to be back!
Didn't he used to pitch for dodgers.
Cleveland Browns suck!
Okay but, if this guy was available back when....all I see is Tomlin confirming his own stupidity. I mean all he is saying is that he kept the wrong players. I mean we have back-ups already, even for Pouncey. But, after those back-ups play less then 1 game, Tomlin is admitting that they are no good, so he signs this guy ?...A guy who has been out there all this time ?
To me, this is just further proof of Tomlin's Incompetance.
It was thought that Velasco was going to keep his starting center spot on the Titans this year, not get cut entirely. He had a pretty big number attached to him but the Titans front office said that money wasn't the issue...but draw your own conclusions. He's a good center who had earned the job last year and so a number of people were a little surprised that the organization cut ties. But he's a good center and best available.
No. I suspect we would not have signed Velasco if Heath was back. It is not that Beachum cannot do the job but he is needed in other areas. In some ways, Beachum is one of the most important players on the team because he can play anywhere on the line. Beachum is needed at TE to block for the run game and to be available for any other in game injuries.
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Next-generation synthetic forming fluids
Advanced-technology lubricants can improve productivity
Successful metal forming, stamping, and deep drawing depend on three basic elements: the metal substrate, tooling, and lubrication.
The deformation process creates friction and heat that lubrication is designed to reduce. Lubricants create smooth-surface finishes by preventing metal pickup, welding, or scoring. They also cool the metal to minimize effects on the gauge or metallurgical properties and help maintain part shape.
Different forming operations such as blanking, bending, or piercing vary in severity from easy to difficult, depending on the metal's size, thickness, and surface condition. Lubrication application techniques include spray, flood, roller coat, immersion, drip, and manual. Some fluids can be recirculated or applied with electrostatic precision, dried to provide a film, or chemically bonded to surfaces.
Lubrication properties such as viscosity, wettability, and cooling and extreme-pressure additives can significantly impact tool life, part quality, and productivity. Lubricant mechanisms that reduce friction, dissipate heat, and prevent metal galling include:
•Hydrodynamic (fluid lubrication): The lubricating fluid acts as a film separator under moderate pressure conditions.
•Boundary: Polar additives such as fats or solids like graphite provide a cushion or separation under heavier pressures. Boundary lubricants form a passive film on the metallic substrate and tooling.
•Extreme pressure: These chemical agents, such as sulfur, chlorine, and phosphorus, form compounds with iron under the heaviest pressure and temperature conditions. Extreme-pressure lubricants form a chemical film that bonds to a metallic substrate and tooling.
Emerging Trends, Fluid Selection Factors
Manufacturing technologies are evolving rapidly because of increasing overseas competition and improvements in machine and tool design and composition. Here are some advances in manufacturing technology that have spurred advances in lubricants.
Increased Operating Temperatures. The need for faster production speeds has led to the increased use of coated tooling, in-die tapping, and progressive dies in multistage presses. The development of specialized application equipment and faster production speeds require forming lubricants with improved wetting, penetration, and coverage capabilities on tooling and part substrates. The lubricant should be compatible with all tooling facets over the long term, and various additives shouldn't chemically or physically degrade these coatings. Often specialized corrosion inhibitors are incorporated to improve long-term use.
Changing Metallic Substrates. Stampers are using more aluminum, galvanized metals, and other nonferrous substrates in automotive and appliance stamping. The need for high-quality surface finishes has required enhancements in boundary and extreme-pressure lubricant additives and eliminated others such as chlorine.
Nonferrous, galvanized, and coated metals also need specialized chemistries such as corrosion inhibitors and alkalinity. Normal-use pH for nonferrous metals is 8.0 to 9.2 versus 8.0 to 10.5 for ferrous substrates. Corrosion inhibitors with a high degree of surface activity are needed to prevent the formation of aluminum oxides and zinc oxides, which can lead to subsequent staining or corrosion.
Stampers also are using lower-grade metals with specialized coatings for applications to offset higher production costs and for short-run jobs that require long setup times or specialized tooling.
Post-treatment of Formed Metals. Automotive manufacturers use specialized rivets and structural adhesives instead of welding to join components such as quarter panels, floor panels, and doors (inner to outer). Often, applied structural adhesives do not fully cure until the car has been painted.
The use of hydroforming has increased the size of structural elements, which reduces the number of components and subsequent methods of attachment, such as welds. Regardless of the method, surface cleanness is paramount, and forming lubricants must be cleanable with mildly alkaline or nearly neutral aqueous cleaners. Aqueous cleaning agents can remove traces of forming lubricants for successful post-treatment processes such as painting.
Synthetic Lubricants
Synthetic chemical technologies were developed because of requirements for nonpetroleum, non-oil-based products. Unstable petroleum prices and increasing health concerns about oil mists pressured stampers to seek alternative technologies, such as chemical agents for mist suppression.
Petroleum oil-based products create incompatibility problems with many post-treatment processes. Cleaning lines must incorporate aggressive cleaning agents, higher operating temperatures, or longer exposure times to compensate. While improving cleanability, these conditions often are incompatible with the metallic substrates and can increase costs.
Petroleum hydrocarbon oils also have environmental repercussions. Waste treatment processes can remove petroleum hydrocarbons successfully, but often require specialized emulsion breakers or polymeric molecules to separate physically and chemically the oils from the aqueous waste stream. These chemicals require additional application equipment and process time. Disposal costs for waste oil continue to increase, and landfill or incineration can increase costs and are ecologically unsound.
Additive suppliers developed boundary and extreme-pressure lubricant additives as replacements for petroleum oils in synthetic forming lubricants. Synthetic esters based on hydrophobes are used widely in true solutions and synthetic emulsions. These esters offer good hydrodynamic and boundary lubrication, wetting, solubility, cleanability, and waste treatment. Polymeric esters are suitable for high temperatures and can handle high metallic stresses.
Because of their natural origins, vegetable oil-derived base stocks and esters are used in environmentally sensitive applications. These biodegradable lubricants can be used over a wide temperature range, and their high viscosity does not vary as much with temperature as mineral oils' viscosity. This allows them to be used in forming lubricants, total-loss lubricants such as mist lubes, and in specialty hydraulic fluids. Vegetable oil-based chemistries are genetically modified to alter their fatty acid distribution for enhanced high-temperature performance and oxidative stability.
Chlorine has been used for years as an economical extreme-pressure additive in all types of forming lubricants. However, it has come under increasing scrutiny for environmental issues, and many companies have restricted or banned its use. Chlorinated chemistries have limited solubility characteristics and can contribute to corrosion problems because of its poor hydrolytic stability. Sulfur also has limited use in synthetic lubricants for similar reasons.
Lubricants with phosphorus additives have good solubility characteristics and hydrolytic stability. In addition, they contribute to corrosion inhibition and improved wetting characteristics of most synthetic formulations. Phosphorus-based chemistries can be formulated into true-solution and emulsion-type synthetics.
Esters based on phosphorus exhibit extreme-presence properties for forming ferrous and nonferrous metals. Polymeric esters, based on different hydophobes and phosphorus, offer a balanced blend of both hydrodynamic, boundary, and extreme- pressure lubrication properties.
Polymeric esters containing phosphorus have improved resistance to the formation of calcium and magnesium soaps in hard-water applications compared to normal phosphate esters. Synthetic formulations containing phosphorus may be susceptible to microbiological degradation, and they might require added alkalinity and microbiological resistance in their formulations.
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Putting Synthetics to the Test
A variety of true-solution synthetic and sulfurized water-soluble oil lubricants were tested using the tapping torque test machine (see Figure 1). Tests were conducted using ASTM D 5619-94, "The Standard Test Method for Comparing Metal Removal Fluids Using the Tapping Torque Test Machine."
Torque required to tap a series of threads with a blank metallic nut is measured for a series of lubricant formulations and compared to a reference fluid oil. The rate of the average torque values of the reference oil to the test fluids is expressed as percent relative efficiency. Relative efficiency values can be compared using the average torque values from the reference fluid on taps (tooling) proven to be statistically equivalent.
Four synthetics were evaluated against commercial sulfurized water-soluble oil. The test, a 1-to-1 dilution in water on 1018 steel, evaluated a lubricant spectrum, from hydrodynamic and boundary zones to extreme pressure. Lubricant depletion did occur with eventual film degradation concluding the test.
The synthetics tested were a range of boundary and extreme-pressure lubricants, including a base synthetic ester, a chlorinated ester, a block polymer, and a synthetic ester in conjunction with a vegetable-derived ester. Three of the synthetics performed well compared to sulfurized water-soluble oil using a 95 percent confidence interval. The higher the relative efficiency, the better the lubrication. Base synthetic ester in conjunction with vegetable-derived ester outperformed all of the other lubricants.
Synthetics Grow Up
Because of advances in chemistries, applications, and equipment, stampers now have access to better technologies for synthetic drawing and stamping compounds. From these developments, the next generation of synthetic stamping and drawing fluids are entering the marketplace.
These oil-free and water-reducible products have improved lubricating properties; lower solids, which are easier to clean; and can extend the life of the cleaner bath. They also offer corrosion protection, exhibit less die buildup, and can improve welding properties.
The new generation of synthetics are environmentally and operator-friendly, reduce heat on workpieces, and help produce parts that come off the press cool to the touch.
In spite of the rising cost of specialized additives, overall lubricant economies can be realized through higher production rates, improved surface quality, and reduced downstream problems such as waste treatment costs.
Bob Trivett is a senior chemist, Dale Elenteny is vice president—manufacturing, research and development, and Joe Manfreda is marketing services manager of PICO Chemical Corporation, 400 E. 16th St., Chicago Heights, IL 60411, 708-757-4910, fax 708-757-4940, email@example.com, www.picochemical.com.
Bob Trivett
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STAMPING Journal
STAMPING Journal is the only industrial publication dedicated solely to serving the needs of the metal stamping market. In 1987 the American Metal Stamping Association broadened its horizons and renamed itself and its publication, known then as Metal Stamping.


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The Year in Food 2007
Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more
Starbucks Hits a Mc–Land Mine
The mocha Frappuccino's reign of frothy supremacy is crashing like a deprived caffeine junkie. In the last fiscal year, Starbucks's stock dropped 23 percent, mainly due to the coffee maker's tactics of plopping cookie-cutter stores on every corner—14,396, at last count. Compounding the java vendor's tribulations, a Consumer Reports taste test ranked McDonald's Premium coffee ahead of Starbucks's, citing lower cost and better flavor than the Seattle company's bitter, wallet-emptying brew. Meanwhile, McDonald's took a page from its upscale competitor, opening a new line of McCafé restaurants. They use real plates and stainless steel silverware, are furnished with leather chairs and comfy couches, and sell gourmet lattes and cappuccinos alongside frosting-topped cake with the chain's usual legendary efficiency. Up next: the Big Mac–and-Americano Value Meal.


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With Marylin Monroe's infamous white dress selling for £2.8 million earlier this week, it inspired me to invest in a new Little White Dress of my own. Today I'm shopping in Nottingham (home of Robin Hood!) so I thought I'd check out my favourites to home in on during the day. Here are my favourite picks...what are yours?
- Oasis Bow Prom Dress £40
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- Mango Mousse Dress £34.95 (on sale!)
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p.s I'll get back to all your comments when I get back from shopping! Have a great weekend x


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BOSTON -- John Lackey, to put it mildly, was despised in this town.
He was the face of their miserable 93-loss season last year.
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He was the reflection of those embarrassing chicken-and-beer escapades in 2011.
He epitomized everything these passionate Boston Red Sox fans hated about their team, who wanted him to be included in that $264 million salary dump to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Now, one year later, the ovation for him Wednesday night during the World Series pregame introductions at Fenway Park revealed one of the greatest love-hate transformations in this city's sports history.
BREAKDOWN: Key matchups in the Series
The man has gone from reviled to revered in a single bound.
Lackey, who will start Game 2 tonight (8:07 ET) against the St. Louis Cardinals, now is embraced by the Fenway Park crowd as one of their own.
"The remake of John Lackey, both physically and probably personally," Red Sox manager John Farrell says, "mirrors that of this team. He has made a conscious effort to re-write his own story.
"It had to start with pitching first. Then his relationship with the media and the fans started to take a different look.
"This is a validation for what he has accomplished."
ANALYSIS: Cardinals in must-win situation
Lackey not only returned to pitch like the rookie who won Game 7 of the 2002 World Series for the Anaheim Angels, but he also softened his exterior, permitting Red Sox fans and the Boston news media to peek into his personality for the first time since he signed his five-year, $82.5 million contract in 2011.
"It was brutal what I went through," Lackey told USA TODAY Sports. "Some of the things were nasty. Really unfair. I was blamed for everything.
"I mean, I was getting criticized for what happened last year, and I didn't even throw a pitch."
He was the easy target, a high-priced free agent who failed to live up to expectations. And the more the Red Sox lost, the nastier it got. It became cruel, and personal, when reports came out he was divorcing his wife. And, oh yeah, she was battling breast cancer at the time.
You can imagine the open season on Lackey when those reports hit the airwaves.
"It was just so tough," Lackey says, his voice dropping to almost a whisper. "People talking about your life, your personal life, and having no idea what was going on.
"It's something I'll never forget."
But yet he forgives.
"I went through a lot of crap," Lackey said, "and I remember who wrote what, or who said what. But I'm not holding a grudge. You forgive, but you don't forget.
"Let's just say things are a whole lot better now."
It would have been easy for Lackey to give up on this town, just as they gave up on him. He easily could have asked out, or even privately requested a trade. Anywhere to find solace.
"You know, it never crossed my mind," Lackey said. "I signed here, I wanted to stay here. I wanted to prove I could do this. I'm not one to run away from stuff just because things weren't going well. That's not my nature.
"I wanted to be here to help get things right again."
And, oh, how he has helped restore that Red Sox pride.
Certainly, the Red Sox aren't playing in the World Series without him. He beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of the Division Series. He won the pivotal game in the American League Championship Series, a 1-0 victory in Game3 against the Detroit Tigers. And he helped them win the AL East, going 10-13 with a 3.52 ERA, despite having the lowest run support (4.18) on the team and going winless in 10 of his 19 quality starts.
"You can make the argument he's been our most consistent pitcher," Farrell said. "He's been durable, he's been healthy, and to pitch (189 1/3) innings in his first year back, he's had a huge impact."
Farrell was Lackey's pitching coach in Boston in 2010, before departing to manage the Toronto Blue Jays. When Farrell was hired last October to replace Bobby Valentine as manager, he made a point to visit a few key players.
One of his first stops was Dallas.
Farrell couldn't believe what he saw. He was even more enamored by what he heard.
Lackey, who missed last season recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery, went on a chicken and vegetable diet and dropped 25 pounds. He not only felt healthy but told Farrell if he pitched as good as he felt, he'd be the same pitcher who was the ace of the Angels' staff.
"When I saw him in Dallas, and seeing how he reshaped his body, and the way he talked," Farrell said, "it made me pause. I said, 'Wow, this guy has committed to getting himself in the best shape possible. He's given himself a chance to have a big impact on this team.'
"The way he's pitched this season, there was a stretch there where I thought he had the best power of his career. He was throwing 94-96 mph. He's more loose on the mound. He's more athletic."
He is back.
And no one is happier than his teammates, the ones who had his back when maybe no one else did.
"He's been through so much here, but he stood there and took it," Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "He's an unbelievable teammate. Even when he was hurt he was always with us, wanting us to do well.
"It's been great for everyone in this city to enjoy the year we're having, but no one deserves it more than Lack."
He'll never be worshipped in the city like David Ortiz, or be as admired as Dustin Pedroia, but finally, he is accepted.
"It's been tough for him," Ortiz said. "He struggled, and then people had this perception of him that he wasn't a good guy, and people had it out for him. It was tough.
"Now, everyone is seeing how good of a pitcher he is. And everyone is seeing what a good guy he is."
Ortiz smiled, glanced over at Lackey and knowingly nodded his head.
"The Lackey I know, that we all love, in this clubhouse," Ortiz says. "Now everyone gets a chance to know.
"It's a beautiful feeling."
Game 2 scouting report
The matchup: Cardinals RH Michael Wacha (4-1, 2.78 ERA) vs. Red Sox RH John Lackey (10-13, 3.52).
In the regular season: Wacha became a full-time starter in September and went 2-1 with a 1.72 ERA, including a near no-hitter in his final outing. That earned him the Game 4 division series start. Lackey's record belies his improved performance after two rough seasons in Boston. He was the most consistent starter until a September swoon (4.98 ERA).
In the postseason: Wacha has been the postseason's best starter, allowing one run and eight hits in 21 innings. He helped the Cardinals stave off elimination in the division series, then twice outpitched Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, earning the win in the clincher. Lackey was knocked around in his division series start against the Rays, but he outdueled the Tigers' Justin Verlander in the AL Championship Series, earning a 1-0 win in Game 3. Lackey gave up four hits in 62/3 innings in the pivotal game.
What to watch for tonight: How Wacha handles pitching at Fenway Park for the first time. The cozy confines, crowd intensity and magnitude of the moment make for a tough challenge for veterans, let alone a rookie.
Quotable: "It's a big game. There's no running from that. It's something you've got to embrace ... (and) enjoy." — Lackey


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NC Museum of Natural Sciences Tops 2005 NC Field Trip Attractions List
Sep 22, 2005, 01:00 ET from Carolina Publishing Associates
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Raleigh's North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences again leads the list of most popular destinations for school field trips, according to the second annual survey conducted by Carolina Field Trips Magazine. The state museum topped the list with 116,312 school students visiting on field trips for the 2004-05 school year. "One of our main goals at the Museum is to instill a sense of wonder in all children, to help them understand and appreciate the natural world," said Betsy Bennett, Executive Director of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. "It's exciting to know that so many school groups are taking advantage of the wonderful programs and exhibits we have." This year's most popular field trip list was expanded to include the top 25 most popular attractions from last year's original top 20. The list is compiled by Carolina Field Trips Magazine Publisher Sam Rogers. The magazine, the only educational field trip resource guide published in the Carolinas, is based in Charlotte and is in its ninth year. The magazine is distributed for the fall, spring and summer seasons. Charlotte's Discovery Place also repeated as the second most popular destination among school field trip planners, and the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro also held on to the third most popular ranking. A new entry to this year's top five most popular destinations is the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, jumping to fourth. Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill remained in the top five, moving from fourth to fifth. Paramount's Carowinds made its first appearance in the top 10 overall rankings, jumping from 13th to sixth place while Exploris based in Raleigh, Durham's Museum of Life and Sciences, Dan Nicholas Park in Salisbury and Raleigh's NC Museum of History rounded out the top 10. North Carolina's colonial capital, New Bern's Tryon Palace, moved up three positions from 19th to 16th this year. Here is a complete listing of the Top 25 North Carolina Field Trip Attractions: 1) NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. 2) Discovery Place, Charlotte. 3) NC Zoological Park, Asheboro. 4) Lazy Five Ranch, Mooresville. 5) Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill. 6) Paramount's Carowinds, Charlotte. 7) Exploris, Raleigh. 8) Museum of Life & Science, Durham. 9) Dan Nicholas Park, Salisbury. 10) NC Museum of History, Raleigh. 11) NC State Legislative Building, Raleigh. 12) Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Charlotte. 13) Old Salem, Winston-Salem. 14) NC State Capitol, Raleigh. 15) NC Aquarium, Fort Fisher. 16) Tryon Palace, New Bern. 17) Biltmore Estate, Asheville. 18) Natural Science Center, Greensboro. 19) Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia. 20) SciWorks, Winston-Salem. 21) Mint Museum, Charlotte. 22) Triangle Metro Zoo, Wake Forest. 23) The Nature Museum, Charlotte, 24) Linville Caverns, Linville. 25) (tie) Airborne & Special Operations Museum, Fayetteville; and Visual Arts Exhibits, Fayetteville.
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VTL data management issues
As disk libraries become the primary backup target for near-term data recoveries, storage managers are exploring new ways to exploit tape's high capacity, low cost and mobility. Disk is the best medium for fast backups and recoveries, and many companies have turned to virtual tape libraries as a way to put disk in their backup process. On the surface, it may seem easy to implement a VTL, but there are many subtle operational issues that must be dealt with to ensure that your data can be recovered quickly when needed.
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With the proliferation of virtual tape libraries within storage environments, storage managers face an increased number of decisions in regards to managing and cataloging the transfer of data to tape.
Still, the same principles they introduced to manage disk and tape in mainframe environments are applicable for open-systems VTLs without mainframe costs and restrictions. Some open-systems VTLs include data management software, which manages the copying of data from disk to tape and back again. Two types of software are available to handle this: proprietary management software and third-party backup software.
Quantum's new DXi7500 uses different management software and is configurable as a VTL, a NAS backup target or both. When used as a NAS backup target, the DXi7500 appears as a disk pool to the backup application; when it copies data from its disk pool to physical tape, it optimizes the amount of data stored on each tape by filling it. This alleviates a current problem when copying data from a virtual to a physical cartridge: If a virtual tape cartridge isn't completely filled, the corresponding physical tape cartridge won't be either. Using a VTL to manage data copying from disk to tape creates other possible problems (see "Six questions to ask before buying a VTL"). When copying data from disk to tape, the data stored to the physical tape may be in the same format as that stored on disk. In this format, it lacks a tape header and other information needed by the backup software to read the physical tape. This means you have to recover data from the physical tape to the VTL before the software can recover the data. Additionally, some mechanism is also required to copy the VTL's catalog from the production site to a VTL at the disaster recovery site so it can recover the data. The greater concern with permitting the VTL to manage the data copy from disk to tape is that the VTL needs to connect to the backup software to update the backup software's catalog with the information about the new physical tape. Usually, admins manually update the backup software catalog with the information each time the VTL creates a physical tape copy, although some VTLs can handle the chore; for example, Quantum's DXi7500 has an interface to Symantec Corp.'s Veritas NetBackup 6.5 for updates. If the catalog isn't updated, you can only recover data from physical tape by first using the VTL to read the tape or forcing the software to read each tape and then catalog the data on it. |
Backup software The need to keep the backup software and VTL catalogs in sync for recovery from tape has led many VTL vendors to leave this responsibility to the backup software. Sepaton Inc. considered incorporating a tape management feature in its VTLs, but has abandoned that for now. "We found that most customers want the backup software to manage the creation and copy of physical tape copies in order to maintain backup catalog consistency," says Jay Livens, Sepaton's director of marketing. Most VTLs appear only as a disk pool or a tape library to backup software, although some, like EMC Corp.'s and Spectra Logic Corp.'s, support backup software within their VTLs. With the EMC DL6000 Series VTLs, admins may configure multiple nodes to host EMC's NetWorker or Symantec's Veritas NetBackup (but not both), which operate as media managers; admins can install backup software directly onto Spectra Logic's nTier. Jay Krone, EMC's director of Clariion platform marketing, finds that by placing the backup software inside the disk library the software always knows what's going on with the disk and physical tape. EMC took the additional step of more tightly integrating its EMC DL6000 management software with NetWorker and Veritas NetBackup so admins can manage physical tape creation and movement through the backup software or the DL6000's native VTL management interface. "In this configuration, no matter which way physical tapes are cloned and ejected, the backup software catalog always knows where they are," says Krone. |
Spectra Logic took a different approach to support backup software on its nTier family. Because nTier runs on Windows Storage Server 2003, admins may install any backup software that runs on the Windows OS on an nTier Series disk library. Admins may configure the backup software to back up data directly to the disk cache on the nTier and then copy or move the data to any disk or tape library that's external to the nTier using the installed software. Here again problems can surface. Because the backup software server must handle data movement from the VTL to the tape software and back again, the backup software needs to insert itself into the data path. Server performance issues can emerge as the amount of backed up data increases or as data is moved from disk to physical tape, which can impact backup and restore windows. Although backup software media servers external to the VTLs can be upgraded to meet those requirements, this task becomes complicated when upgrading backup software media servers that reside within VTLs. Leaving the management of backed up data on disk entirely up to backup software doesn't completely alleviate other problems that may arise after using disk over time. Dave Kenyon, Sun's VP of storage marketing, finds that backup software does a "lousy job" of managing disk in VTLs because it provides no method to defragment disks or control access to data on a VTL. But he recognizes that using disk as a primary means for recovery with backup software is becoming a prerequisite for firms. "Companies are really screwing themselves if they use tape as their primary means of recovery," he says. |
Virtual tape director Fujitsu Siemens Computers' CentricStor and Gresham Enterprise Storage Solutions' Clareti VTL are virtual tape directors that are a subset of the broader class of VTLs. Like other VTLs, they virtualize and present disk as virtual tape cartridges, but they also virtualize external physical tape libraries and even other VTLs. Residing in the backup data path, virtual tape directors aggregate a firm's physical and virtual tape resources to present a single backup target or mount point to the backup software (see "Consolidating VTLs," below).
During backups, a virtual tape director behaves like a VTL storing data to its local disk cache. Once cached, however, the data is copied to the appropriate VTL or tape library based on policies set in the backup software. Because the virtual tape director appears like the physical tape library to the software, the virtual tape director can respond to tape library commands issued by the backup software and copy data from disk to tape. This allows the backup software to offload the performance overhead associated with the data movement to the virtual tape director while keeping the backup software's catalog up to date with the creation of physical tape. Because they virtualize physical tape libraries, virtual tape directors such as the Gresham Clareti VTL may also integrate with physical tape libraries and facilitate faster data recoveries. When the backup software requests data from the Clareti VTL, it will pull the data directly from the disk if it still resides on its disk cache. If the requested data is no longer on disk, the Clareti VTL's integration with tape libraries allows it to recall data from tape faster than using backup software. When backup software requests data directly from a physical tape library, the software sends the library the information about where the data is positioned on the tape. Because most backup software doesn't know how the tape media in the cartridge is physically positioned, the tape drive must rewind the tape to the beginning of the cartridge before it can start to look for the data. However, because the Clareti VTL maintains information about the tape's position in the tape cartridge in its own catalog, it can immediately go to the position on the tape where the data is located without rewinding it. |
Dealing with deduplication New VTL?features dramatically increase the amount of data that can be stored on disk, but they add to the complexity of copying data from disk to tape. The compression algorithm in the VTL may not be the same as the one used by the target tape drive. This forces an admin to do one of three things when copying data to tape:
Deduplication on VTLs creates similar issues. Because tape drives don't natively support deduplication, a VTL with deduplicated data must first reconstruct the data in its native format before sending it to tape. This requires reserving sufficient time and ensuring that the VTL's performance is sufficient to reconstruct the deduplicated data before copying it off to tape. Technically, the deduplicated data can be copied to tape, but that reintroduces the dependency on the VTL for recoveries. |
Some vendors are providing workarounds to these problems. The simplest method might be found in Copan Systems Inc.'s Revolution 300T/TX, which stores the most recent backup in native backup format with no compression or deduplication. While the Revolution 300T/TX supports compression and deduplication, it performs these functions after the backup is complete or post-backup at a time scheduled by the admin. This avoids the need to reconstruct the data in its native format when copying it to tape, although firms will need sufficient storage on the Revolution 300T/TX to keep an entire backup of all of their data in native format. Most firms aren't encountering problems with encryption when copying data from disk to tape because encryption is primarily used just prior to moving data offsite. In that scenario, either the backup software or the tape drive encrypts the data just as it's stored to tape. While most VTLs offer encryption as an option, "A practical use case for encrypting data on a widespread basis in the VTL has not yet been made," says EMC's Krone. As disk assumes a larger role in backup, tape remains a part of most data protection operations. While some VTL vendors have taken measures to incorporate tape management into their product, in the near term, give priority to products that integrate backup software with their VTLs such as EMC's DL6000 for the large enterprise, and Quantum's DXi7500 and Spectra Logic's nTier for SMBs. But the recent emergence of virtual tape directors like Gresham Enterprise's Clareti VTL and Fujitsu's CentricStor offer a compelling alternative as virtual tape directors let you introduce disk into their backup, use their existing physical tape libraries and let their backup software manage it all. |
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David Letterman made fun of Paris Hilton's ever-changing lineup of boyfriends when she turned up on the "Letterman" show with this year's "love of her life."
"Each time you're here, we, as it turns out, have said hello to 'the love of your life,' and it's never the same guy!" Letterman said to Hilton on CBS's "Late Show" Thursday night.
"This time, it's for real!" insisted Hilton, 32, just before Dave directed that a remote camera in a backstage Green Room show the world the 21 year-old male model Hilton is dating at the moment. "I've never been happier!" Hilton gushed.
"But you say that each time!" countered Letterman.
"He's so hot!" Paris replied.
For the record, Hilton's boyfriend du jour is named River Viiperi, a male model from Spain. He waved to the camera from his perch in the Green Room but he said nothing.
Meanwhile, Paris says she's made a pile of money recently selling fragrances. She has 15 of them with her name on them in stores around the world, or so she says. Dave then had her participate in a blindfold smell test to see if she could identify her own products. In the process, Letterman sprayed Windex on Hilton's arm, which wound up removing part of her spray tan.


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CBSE results: Delhi govt schools post 99 pc success
The overall percentage in Delhi region went up from last year's 98.52 per cent to 98.63 per cent this year.
New Delhi: The Delhi government-run schools have achieved a success rate of 99 per cent in the CBSE Class X examination results announced on Thursday.
The overall percentage of students eligible for qualifying certificate in Delhi region went up from last year's 98.52 per cent to 98.83 per cent this year.
Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said a total of 2,26,003 students in Delhi government schools qualified in the examination out of 2,28,240.
"99 per cent students qualified in the examination which is almost equivalent to last year's percentage," he said. Last year, Delhi government schools had achieved a success rate of 99.09 per cent.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Lovely congratulated the Directorate of Education and teachers for their "untiring efforts" in imparting quality education in the government-run schools.
In the Delhi region, girls once again outshone the boys with 98.32 per cent of them becoming eligible for qualifying certificate against 97.57 per cent boys.
Expressing happiness over the outstanding performance by the Delhi schools, Lovely said in the year 2001-02, the pass percentage in 10th class examination was in Delhi Government schools was only 46.14 per cent which has gone upto 99 per cent.
"The result reflects excellent performance of the students of government schools in Delhi," he said.
On behalf of Delhi government, Lovely also conveyed his "best wishes" to the students who became eligible for qualifying certificate.
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