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MLS Features: Forecasting the 2013 season
Major League Soccer's 18th season begins on Saturday, and so the time has come to offer some predictions for the coming year.
Several MLS franchises have made wholesale changes to their rosters, so accurately predicting where everyone will finish is difficult, but we'll take a shot at it anyway. Below are predictions for conference standings as well as individual award winners for the 2013 campaign:
1.) Sporting Kansas City: SKC has finished at the summit of the conference each of the last two seasons and still has the talent up and down the roster to do it again in 2013. Sporting lost some players in the offseason with forward Kei Kamara going on loan to Norwich City and Roger Espinosa moving to Wigan, but the club still has C.J. Sapong and Teal Bunbury, who combined to score 14 goals last season. Add in Designated Player Claudio Bieler up top, standout defenders Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin, and Jimmy Nielsen in goal, and Kansas City is still the class of the conference.
2.) D.C. United: The league's most successful franchise made the playoffs for the first time since 2007 last season behind an outstanding year from talisman Dwayne De Rosario, who scored seven goals and added 12 assists. De Rosario missed the final seven regular season matches last year, but should be ready to go when D.C. takes on the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. Forward Lionard Pajoy should thrive in his first full season under coach Ben Olsen, and assuming De Rosario stays healthy, United should have no trouble reaching the postseason again.
3.) Red Bull New York: It's a new era for the Red Bulls heading into 2013 with Mike Petke taking the reins of a team that is loaded with talent. Forward Kenny Cooper was traded to FC Dallas, but the Red Bulls pulled off a huge trade in the offseason for Fabian Espindola and Jamison Olave from Real Salt Lake. Olave instantly makes the defensive unit stronger, while Espindola paired with Thierry Henry up top is extremely dangerous. Petke should be able to get his players on the same page fairly quickly, resulting in another playoff berth.
4.) Houston Dynamo: Houston has been the Eastern Conference's representative in the MLS Cup Final each of the past two seasons. Unfortunately, they lost to a better Los Angeles Galaxy side. Forward Will Bruin scored 12 goals last year and is a star in the making. He should get close to the 20-goal plateau this season while receiving fantastic service from standout midfielders Boniek Garcia and Brad Davis. The Dynamo's backline is solid as ever with veterans Bobby Boswell and Corey Ashe, and goalkeeper Tally Hall is also excellent. Houston has a tendency to start slowly, however, which will land it out of the top-three places in the standings.
5.) Philadelphia Union: On paper, the Philadelphia Union have significantly upgraded their team by bringing back fan favorite Sebastien Le Toux and adding veteran Conor Casey to the forward ranks, while youngster Jack McInerney is set for another solid season under coach John Hackworth. Midfielder Michael Farfan should flourish in the middle of the field without having to worry about getting Freddy Adu the ball. The Union lost former captain Carlos Valdes, who went on loan to Colombia, but gained hometown man Jeff Parke in a trade with Seattle. Bakary Soumare should be healthy and ready to fill in for Valdes on a permanent basis in central defense. Hackworth's challenge this season will be figuring out what to do with Le Toux, Casey and McInerney up top. It's unlikely that all three will play at the same time, but two out of three isn't bad and should help Philadelphia back to the postseason.
6.) Chicago Fire: The Fire looked poised to claim one of the top spots in the East last year, but things went south at the end of the season as they closed the season with one win in their last five contests and slipped to fourth place. The midfield is the biggest question this time around as Alvaro Fernandez was loaned out and veteran Pavel Pardo retired. Fernandez was instrumental in Chicago's surge toward the end of the season as he scored two goals with one assist in 13 games, while Pardo was also a key piece, having started 27 games. Chicago is strong up top with Chris Rolfe and Sherjill MacDonald. The pair combined for 12 goals with seven assists, but inconsistency could end up costing the Fire a playoff spot.
7.) Columbus Crew: Columbus missed the postseason for the first time in five years last season, finishing one point behind fifth-place Houston. The Crew will be pleased to have forward Federico Higuain for a full season alongside Jairo Arrieta and Eddie Gaven, but the Crew scored just 44 goals in the 34 matches last year and will need to step up the goal-scoring pace if they want to return to the postseason.
8.) Montreal Impact: New coach Marco Schallibaum will be expected to guide the Impact to the postseason after a promising first season in MLS. They have some good pieces in veteran scorer Marco Di Vaio and second-year forward Andrew Wenger. Midfielder Patrice Bernier could be a star in the making, but Montreal needs to learn how to win on the road after posting a 2-12-3 record away from Saputo Stadium last term.
9.) New England Revolution: Second-year coach Jay Heaps has a tough task on his hands in continuing to rebuild what once was a powerhouse franchise. Forwards Jerry Bengston and Saer Sene have promising futures as do midfielder Kelyn Rowe and defender Andrew Farrell, the No. 1 overall SuperDraft selection. Farrell could be in the starting 11 fairly quickly and could be a front-runner for MLS Rookie of the Year, but the Revolution simply aren't good enough to challenge for a playoff spot yet.
10.) Toronto FC: Where to start with Toronto FC ... The team hasn't made the playoffs in its six-year history and seems to change coaches and rosters every offseason. This offseason was no different as new club president Kevin Payne hired former Queens Park Rangers defender Ryan Nelsen as head coach. The club brought in Justin Braun to play up top as well as defenders Danny Califf and Gale Agbossoumonde to fix a leaky defense that allowed a league-high 62 goals last campaign. Nelsen will have to figure out a way to get all the new pieces to jell, and even if he does, the postseason is out of reach for Toronto.
1.) San Jose Earthquakes: San Jose ran away with the Supporter's Shield last season, finishing with 66 points behind a stellar season from Chris Wondolowski, who tied Roy Lassiter's single-season record for goals with 27. The man known as "Wondo" won't put up those gaudy numbers again this season, but he won't need to with help from forwards Alan Gordon and Steven Lenhart. San Jose will need Gordon and Lenhart to contribute in the postseason, but the Quakes should be the class of the conference again.
2.) Los Angeles Galaxy: The two-time defending champions made a bit of a splash after the season when David Beckham walked away from the team, but even without Beckham, the other two of the three superstars are still around in Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan. Questions lingered about when or if Donovan would return to soccer after he announced he was taking a break, but with the U.S. legend back in the fold, L.A. should have a chance for a three-peat once the playoffs roll around.
3.) Seattle Sounders FC: The Sounders lost their biggest offensive force this offseason when Fredy Montero was loaned to Colombian club Millonarios, but Eddie Johnson and David Estrada appear ready to step in for Montero and carry the Sounders offense. Osvaldo Alonso will anchor what is arguably the best midfield in the league along with Steve Zakuani, Christian Tiffert, Brad Evans, Mauro Rosales and newly acquired Lamar Neagle. Seattle's defense is still solid and Michael Gspurning is fantastic in the net.
4.) Real Salt Lake: Real Salt Lake will have a decidedly different look in 2013 after losing Espindola and Olave, but bringing back forward Robbie Findley, who enjoyed a successful three-year stint with the Claret and Cobalt from 2007-10, should help fill Espindola's void. Findley will be paired with Alvaro Saborio, who tallied 17 goals. Coach Jason Kreis must figure out how to fill the sizable shoes of the departed Olave along the backline and the club will need to be better at home this time around as they won just 11 of 17 games at Rio Tinto Stadium last season.
5.) Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Vancouver made the playoffs last season in just its second season in the league thanks to a rising superstar in forward Darren Mattocks. He played in 21 games last term and scored seven times and added one assist in the regular season and scored the club's lone playoff goal against Los Angeles. Mattocks is only 23 and seemed to get better as the season wore on last time out. He will need to continue to score for Vancouver to make it two straight trips to the postseason.
6.) FC Dallas: Dallas's hopes for a postseason spot last season were dashed when the club endured a brutal 13-game winless run from the middle of April to July. They have bolstered their attack by bringing back hometown man Kenny Cooper and trading for Eric Hassli. Cooper established himself as one of the top strikers in MLS in his first stint with FC Dallas from 2006-09, scoring 40 goals in 90 matches for Dallas, including 18 in the 2008 season, There is reason for optimism in Dallas, but making the playoffs in West is tough and Dallas may just miss out by a few points.
7.) Portland Timbers: After a forgettable 2012 season, Portland took a gamble and hired University of Akron and U.S. under-23 head coach Caleb Porter. He had an outstanding record of 119-18-17 during his seven-year tenure with the Zips, but came under a bit of scrutiny after his U.S. squad failed to qualify for last summer's Olympic Games in London. The Timbers have added Designated Player Diego Valeri and forward Ryan Johnson and have the talent to reach the postseason, but everything hinges on how Porter handles his first MLS gig.
8.) Colorado Rapids: The Rapids turned over a new leaf this offseason by jettisoning many of the players on their 2010 MLS Cup-winning team. Forwards Omar Cummings and Conor Casey are gone as well as midfielder Jeff Larentowicz. Second-year head coach Oscar Pareja will need to rely on former Galaxy star Edson Buddle for offense, but Buddle had knee surgery in June last season and scored just three goals.
9.) Chivas USA: Chivas has not made the playoffs in three years and has not finished higher than eighth place in the Western Conference over that span. Coach Robin Fraser was replaced by Jose Luis Sanchez Sola, and the club has made an effort to honor a link to its parent club, Mexico's Chivas de Guadalajara, by trying to fill the roster with players who have Hispanic heritage. It's an interesting master plan to say the least, but it doesn't do a lot for this year's version of the Goats, who are in transition and will need a massive season to make the playoffs.
Golden Boot: Chris Wondolowski (San Jose) - Wondo probably won't put up 27 goals like he did last year, but he's still the league's most proficient scorer. He could be pushed a bit by Henry or De Rosario, but should come out on top somewhere in the 18- to 23-goal range.
Coach of the Year: Jason Kreis (Real Salt Lake) - Kreis has quite the challenge ahead of him after losing club mainstays in Espindola and Olave, but the former Salt Lake star proved he knew how to handle a locker room and became MLS' youngest Cup-winning coach when RSL won the MLS Cup title in 2009. Despite losing some veteran presence, Kreis will figure it out and lead his team to another postseason berth.
Goalkeeper of the Year: Michael Gspurning (Seattle) - Gspurning had a stellar season last year in replacing the legendary Kasey Keller in the Seattle net. He anchored a strong Seattle defense and finished his first year in MLS with a league-best 0.73 goals against average.
Defender of the Year: Jamison Olave (Red Bull New York) - Olave has a change of scenery to get acclimated with after being dealt from Real Salt Lake to Red Bull New York, but that shouldn't adversely affect his performance and he can reclaim the award he won with RSL back in 2010.
Rookie of the Year: Andrew Farrell (New England) - Farrell will have high expectations to live up to as the No. 1 selection in this year's SuperDraft, but he offers New England some versatility with his ability to play wide or centrally along the backline. He may not be in the starting 11 right off the bat, but give the Louisville product a few weeks to get comfortable with MLS and he should be well on his way to stardom.


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I already did a breakdown on a Japanese website but it's a pain in the ass translating it. My English is not that good too. Here's my so called "proof" if you guys can read Japanese.
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On pg 73 of this thread you asked, "Do you guys want a breakdown of why it's not gonna happen?"
Very well, I asked you to give your breakdown since I am fairly certain that most of the arguments have already been mentioned before. This thread is already 76 pages long and nobody has been able to come up with conclusive evidence as to which character will or will not be the end girl. We all have our opinions and our beliefs of course, I myself think that Yozora has a slightly higher chance even though I really want Sena to win, but anything can happen in a rom-com light novel/manga due to the relatively greater influence that commercial factors have on the plot.
If you have this conclusive evidence that nobody here has thought of, then be my guest. Post that breakdown of yours.
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So basically because he thinks Sena is too amazing, it's perceived that Kodaka thinks he can't live up to her level = suddenly can't see Sena as a love interest?
If anything, pairing up Kodaka and Yozora because they're both 'fragile' and 'weak' is ridiculously insulting to the both of them. That's one of the saddest love stories ever, quite frankly.
Either way, ^yes, inconclusive for sure. I'm genuinely surprised you think that line is further proof that Sena is out of the running. Just because someone is 'far' doesn't mean you can't catch up to them. Similarly, just because he currently thinks she's too dazzling that he can't look her in the eye doesn't mean that won't change in the future.
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I'd say it's inclusive because this is based on a 'flaw' of Kodaka as a stumbling block for the Sena route - and whilst character flaws will not disappear in this show, they definately will not be the deciding factor in choosing the route. The whole build up has been around adding tension to characters so at breaking point they discharge the tension and create a defining, and unexpected 'event'. It is generally acknowledged Yozora has been charging for the past couple volumes. Whether that inevitable discharge result in an end event or not, remains to be seen.
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Considering we are actually supposedly one third of the way through, that suggests that the final girl is still up in the air. The story could easily evolve into the lines of getting into a relationship with someone far more talented than you, while seeing how it affects a fairly fragile and new circle of friends. The story could easily result in Sena crashing, another set of up in the air interactions, and someone else winning. It could be that Sena get's rejected in a fairly well done manner, that leaves a further confession down the line still on the table.
Rika could win at the end - this is quite believable, mind you, even if the same problem of getting into a relation of someone far "better" than you still crops up. Someone outside the Neighbor Club right now could even win! We haven't even seen Yukimura's story yet. And I suspect that Kate and Maria aren't nuns just as a random, unjustified detail that the writer threw in to add humor.
And I'm not sure whether Yozora wants a romantic relationship, or that of a renewed friendship. A Romantic relationship isn't exactly resetting back to the past....
Finally, we must remember the abysmal record of Childhood friends in this genre. That's not to say that Yozoroa can't buck that trend, but there are so many obstacles in both her personality, her desires and with how her target, Kodaka is that I think at this stage, Yozora is way more likely to get friendzoned, even if Sena crashes out of the picture.
In-fact, I wouldn't be surprise if everyone in the Neighbour's Club get's friendzoned by the end of Volume 11 or 12, for now. Will the club break if Kodaka makes that move? This is what Kodaka fears, I suspect. And, it seems that the Neighbour's Club might not be Kodaka's only friendship circle, indefinitely if the Student Council side plot goes anywhere.
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Folks, please try to calm some. More posts will be deleted if things continue like this.
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If someone claims they know the winning combination as to who the end girl will be. Will they also be so kindly to tell me the winning Powerball numbers drawing coming up. Otherwise I still say there's plenty of story left to tell and anyone of them is fair game. Hell, I think it be best for all to just go live at Sena's summer home and he can have them all, but that's just me...
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@ (AS forum user) Yozora's comments: Guys, just ignore him/her, the last time I posted in this thread asking him/her for proofs from the LN that support his/her views s/he hasn't replied. I'm inclined to believe s/he's letting his/her wishful thinking running rampant and ignoring anything from the LNs that doesn't fit his/her opinion. Anyone can spout shipping claims, that's fine, but I am offended when someone tries to argue LN canon supports them when in reality it does nothing of the sort.
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How to Get Started as a Career Firefighter
These days firefighters do a lot more than put out fires. They rescue people, they direct fire prevention programs, they handle hazardous chemicals and they do inspection or investigation. In addition, firefighters do maintenance work and cleaning of their hoses and other equipment so that they will be prepared to respond swiftly when there is a fire emergency. Also, cities depend on firefighters to provide emergency medical transportation during natural disasters or other occasions when they are needed.
Firefighters work 56 hours per week or more if needed; much depends on how often fires occur in their locale. Firefighters work in a fire station with other firefighters, and they are paid approximately USD $47,000 per year or more. The demand for firefighters is projected to grow in the coming years. If you are interested in getting started as a career firefighter, the following are steps that you need to take.
Decide What City You Want to Work In
Determine what city you want to be a career firefighter in. Go to the city personnel offices in order to find out if there are any plans to hire firefighters in the near future. Also, at the city personnel offices, ask general questions about what the application process will be like.
Meet Minimum Requirements
Be at least 21 years old. In some locales, you could potentially be a volunteer firefighter when you are as young at 18 years old; however, being a full-fledged firefighter typically occurs at age 21 or older. Get at least a high school diplmoma. College is not required; however, if you go to college, fire science would be a useful major. Have a record that is clear of felonies or chronic drug abuse. Having a valid driver's license is necessary. Also, be certain that you are willing to tolerate the extreme levels of stress that come with this job.
Being a firefighter is psychologically and physically demanding. Fear cannot limit you, and you have to be strong enough to carry hoses and other equipment that you need to carry to put out fires and do other aspects of this job. Being a career firefighter is a 24-hour a day job. You could get called to go fight a fire at any time. This is an active job; you will not be doing a lot of deskwork. You need to have a genuine desire to serve others; you must be willing to risk your own life in order to save others' lives.
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Before applying to be a career firefighter, get a paramedic's license. Many fire departments happen to be actively seeking licensed paramedics. So, you will greatly improve your chances of acceptance for firefighting training if you already have a paramedic credential at the time you pursue being a firefighter.
Take and pass the required exams. The nature of the exams will vary depending on the locale. Sometimes you might be required to pass a civil service test. Other times you might have to pass a firefighter's entrance exam. Cities tend to develop their own tests in order to assess candidates' aptitude in a way that fits their particular locale.
Candidates are required to go through a background check, a polygraph test, a drug test, a psychological assessment and an interview. Also required is the Candidate Physical Ability test (CPA); this test assesses candidates' endurance, flexibility, strength and general fitness. Exam results are used to rank candidates. If a candidate is offered a job as a firefighter, there is a post-hire medical exam.
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The first year of work as a career firefighter will be probationary. Adjusting to the stressful 24-hour schedule will be most difficult. You will find it very challenging; perseverance will be necessary. As a newly-hired firefighter, everything that you do on the job will be evaluated. Then, if you manage to get through the first year of firefighting work successfully, depending on the locale, there could be an additional state written exam and a practical certification exam.


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On 25 May 2009, the DPRK conducted another nuclear test in disregard of the universal opposition of the international community. On 13 June 2009 (Beijing time), the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1874 on the issue. China voted in favor of the Resolution.
The Chinese Government is firmly opposed to this act by the DPRK. By conducting another nuclear test, the DPRK violated the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, impaired the effectiveness of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, and affected regional peace and stability. China supports an appropriate and balanced reaction from the Security Council to the DPRK nuclear test, and has taken part in relevant discussions with a responsible and constructive attitude. This unanimously adopted Resolution has made clear the international community's firm opposition to the DPRK nuclear test.
China also believes that the sovereignty, territorial integrity and legitimate security concerns and development interests of the DPRK as a sovereign country and UN member should be respected. After its return to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the DPRK will enjoy the right to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy as a state party. The Security Council action is not all about sanctions, and political and diplomatic means is the only way to resolve the relevant issues on the Korean Peninsula. The just adopted Security Council Resolution also sends a positive signal to the DPRK and leaves room for parties to solve the DPRK nuclear issue peacefully through dialogue.
China wishes to reiterate that to bring about denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, oppose nuclear proliferation and safeguard peace and stability on the Peninsula and in Northeast Asia is in the common interest of all parties. Under the current circumstances, the Chinese Government ardently calls on all parties concerned to remain calm and restraint, refrain from actions that may aggravate the situation and persist in seeking a peaceful solution through consultation and dialogue. China will continue to make every effort towards this goal.


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- While our base case is Greece remains in the euro, restructuring risk should stay on the radar. With Greece needing to finance € 10bn in official payments by September, some form of debt rescheduling looks likely, even if Greece does leave the euro.
- Avoiding the pitfalls of a 'Grexit' needs reform & restructuring, & risks further ripple-effects on activity. To test whether the macro strains are still spreading from periphery to core, we update our 'Misery Indices' (MIs), which adjust for defl ation.
- It's not surprising to again see as the 'most miserable' those members having to run austerity to cut defi cits & debt. But, their positions are improving, & this should be sustained in 2016.
- Most revealing is what our MIs say about convergence. Economic hardship is still higher than before the euro, as converging on low inflation Germany came at the expense of lost growth & jobs.
- Yet, the divergence since 2008 is starting to correct, offering a counter-weight to the instability from Greece. In this way, though far from fi xed, the zone's worst macro strains may be over...
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- My kitchen is super cool because despite thats it's pretty small I can still cook up a storm in it!
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- We had to move the radiator from under the window to the wall on the right of the window to be able to have a window sink. It was a bit of a hassle, but we're so glad we did! I love being able to look outside while washing up!
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- I love baking cakes in my kitchen!


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Sarah Goodyear
Sarah Goodyear is a Brooklyn-based contributing writer to CityLab. She's written about cities for a variety of publications, including Grist and Streetsblog.
We rolled out from the Bicycle Habitat store on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn just after 10 in the morning on Tuesday, an admittedly ragtag assortment of about 40 people on bicycles loaded down with donations headed for Far Rockaway in Queens. We were pedaling panniers full of flashlights, backpacks jam-packed with diapers and wipes, and bike boxes stuffed with blankets and coats, all of them collected at the Brooklyn and Manhattan locations of the store over the previous week.
As we made our way through the dense traffic of Flatbush Avenue, still several miles from the devastation on the Rockaway Peninsula, many people hollered out words of thanks and encouragement. Some smiled and shook their heads in disbelief. Some laughed.
I could understand why they might be skeptical. After all, we were headed out to a scene where the debris filled an entire parking lot at Jacob Riis Park. Acres and acres of it, hoed into neat rows by Department of Sanitation vehicles. The contents of hundreds of homes, turned inside out by Sandy. We were riding alongside huge National Guard vehicles filled with supplies and troops. What did our little convoy signify in all this madness?
But when we arrived at our destination – the Church of the Nazarene on Central Avenue in Far Rockaway – I was more than glad we had made the trip. Aaron Stewart-Ahn, a filmmaker and Bicycle Habitat employee, had found the church and its pastor, the Rev. Leslie Mullings, after doing some research into what organizations were already hooked into the community and equipped to deliver direct aid to those most in need. With the blessing of Bicycle Habitat's owner, Charlie McCorkell, he had taken on the task of collecting donations at the store and getting them into the hands of Rockaways residents. (In the past several days, Affinity Cycles of Williamsburg has organized similar efforts.)
After making our way over about 15 miles of city streets, the last stretches often blocked by sand and strewn with debris, we found an operation being run with brisk efficiency. As we unloaded our offerings, volunteers directed us where to put them: baby stuff here, flashlights over there, clothing upstairs. Once our own donations had been digested by the church's warehouse, we turned to unloading other trucks that were arriving. A U-Haul filled with Red Cross cleaning kits. An SUV from a Harlem church stuffed with warm children's clothing. Bags of diapers loaded out of the trunks of private cars.
We moved it all into the warehouse, and learned something from a more seasoned volunteer in the process: If you're passing items along a line of people, it's easier on your back if you don't stand shoulder to shoulder, but instead face each other in alternating directions down the line. With enough people, you can empty out a truck in double-time that way.
New Yorkers are learning things from this storm, and from the relief efforts that are ongoing even as another weather front sweeps through this afternoon, forcing another round of evacuations. Practical things. They are learning where to go for help, and how to help each other. They are learning how to get around when the transportation system fails, and the importance of redundancy and resiliency in all kinds of infrastructure. They are learning what you really need to have on hand when supply chains are disrupted, and what you can do without. They are learning how to assess the accuracy of information, and how to spread it. They are learning that individual efforts, pooled together, can make a substantial material difference in a crisis.
Bicycles are part of all this. In the early days after the storm, when the trains and buses stopped running, bikes were one of the few reliable ways of moving people, objects, and information around streets choked with debris. They don't require the gasoline that people are still lining up for hours to get. They don't need to be charged up – just add some basic food to a human being, and you can power the legs that turn the cranks.
Many of those of us who use bikes for transportation in better times knew their potential to help out in disaster already. Bikes have been part of my family's emergency plan since we first made one in the wake of 9/11. After we had a kid, we planned for his bike needs at every stage, from a seat on the back to a bike trailer to a tandem to his own solid ride that would go any distance. A friend suggested on Twitter that the Office of Emergency Management should encourage bike tuneups as part of basic disaster preparedness measures, like a go bag or stockpiles of food and water. Yes to that.
Sure, there are lots of things that bicycles can't do, or that motor vehicles can do better, if they're available. Some Bicycle Habitat customers drove heavier donations, like bottled water and canned food, out to the Rockaways to supplement the bicycle effort.
But as I pedaled along the streets of the peninsula, my panniers filled with hand warmers and tampons and energy bars, I was struck again by the power of the bicycle. It is a machine that is uniquely able to leverage and amplify human effort. And this is precisely what we have seen all over the city in the days since the storm hit: The humble work of individual people, harnessed to simple mechanisms, can gain strength exponentially. And move a city forward.
All photos by Sarah Goodyear
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Each year, local governments spend nearly $100 billion to move headquarters and factories between states. It's a wasteful exercise that requires a national solution.
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Siena hires Patsos as new head coach
Loudonville, NY – Siena named Jimmy Patsos its next men's basketball coach on Wednesday.
Patsos comes to Siena after nine seasons with Loyola-Maryland, where his teams went 145-135, which included an 11-9 mark against Sienna. An appearance last year in the NCAA Tournament saw the team lose in the second round to Ohio State, but it was the school's first appearance in the tournament in 18 years.
"I'm really grateful and feel really lucky to be here," said Patsos. "We're going to build a great program here and I can't wait to get to work."
Patsos replaces Mitch Buonaguro, who was fired in March after the team went 35-39 during his three seasons with the Saints.


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October is the time of year when children and families artfully decorate pumpkins, and display these works for friends and neighbors. Now, your most decorative, scariest, funniest or craziest pumpkin designs can win you one of three great prizes in the Niagara Frontier Publications pumpkin-carving contest.
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Decay of Leonardo da Vinci drawing reflected in light
Harmless method bounces light off artwork to reveal chemical damage that causes yellowing
M.C. Misiti/Central Institute for the Restoration of Archival and Library Heritage, Rome
An aged and wrinkled face drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, widely considered a self-portrait, is in danger of fading away. Using a new, harmless method to assess chemical damage of the red chalk drawing, researchers found significant decay in the cellulose fibers of the paper. Such damage leads to the characteristic yellowing of timeworn paper.
The method, developed by physicist Adriano Mosca Conte of the University of Tor Vergata in Rome and colleagues, uses the spectrum of light that bounces off paper.
Kept in poor conditions, such as high humidity, paper's cellulose fibers break down into various chemicals. Some of these molecules, called chromophores, absorb violet and blue light but scatter red and yellow light, giving the paper the hue of age.
By measuring the reflected light in a particular range of wavelengths, Mosca Conte's team estimated how many of the light-absorbing molecules had built up over time. They found that the early 16th century drawing has as many chromophores as other similarly aged papers with environmental damage. The results appear in the June 2 Applied Physics Letters.
The authors suggest that the new diagnostic method can help monitor the decay of artwork.
A. Mosca Conte et al. Visual degradation in Leonardo da Vinci's iconic self-portrait: a nanoscale study. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 104, June 2, 2014, p. 224101. doi: 10.1063/1.4879838.
B. Mole. X-rays uncover hidden faces in Rembrandt painting. Science News. Vol. 185, March 8, 2014, p. 15.


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Mountain — Muchi Hsieh Solo Exhibition (山 — 謝牧岐個展) is a test in speed. Hsieh Mu-chi (謝牧岐) believes a painter should be able to rapidly capture scenes around him, much in the way of a Polaroid photographer. His results, on show now at the Fotoaura Institute of Photography (海馬迴光畫館), are realistic yet mythical likenesses of mountains rendered in bold flashes of color and rushed strokes. Hsieh is recipient of the Kaohsiung Award (高雄獎) from the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art and the Taipei Arts Award (台北美術獎).
■ Fotoaura Institute of Photography (海馬迴光畫館), 2F, 83 Chenggong Rd, Greater Tainan (台南市成功路83號2樓), tel: (06) 222-3495. Open Wednesdays to Sundays from 1pm to 8pm; closed Mondays and Tuesdays
■ Until June 2
Rush hour at the Taipei MRT gets hectic. Some of the stranger things passengers have misplaced in the stations are dentures, electric pots, bicycles, baby strollers (minus the babies) and wheelchairs. On display at the underground Zhongshan Metro Mall, Usual Suspicion (日常懸案) reminds commuters to keep their wits about them and their belongings at hand. Five local artists were each asked to dress a mannequin based on one commonly lost item.
■ Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA Taipei, 台北當代藝術館), Exit R9, Taipei Metro Zhongshan Station, tel: (02) 2552-3720. Open daily from 11am to 8pm
■ Until Aug. 4
A Room of One's Own is a group exhibition based on Virginia Woolf's essay of the same name, which says a woman "must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Lin & Lin Gallery (大未來林舍畫廊) brings together four women in their early thirties — Wang Liang-yin (王亮尹), Kao Ya-ting (高雅婷), Tsai Yi-ting (蔡依庭) and Huang Chia-ning (黃嘉寧) — whose work is eclectic but shares a bent for gender subversion. In Turtle (烏龜), Huang adopts a queer angle to make the title subject secondary and bring to the fore light, shadows and the flow of the water. Tsai is here with her Red Portrait (紅色肖像), faces that are twisted and almost repellant, but soften at a second glance.
■ Lin & Lin Gallery (大未來林舍畫廊), 16 Dongfeng St, Taipei City, (台北市東豐街16號), tel: (02) 2700-6866. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 11am to 7pm
■ Until Sunday
Tokyo native Soichiro Mihara devises ways to let viewers experience phenomena that are typically invisible at The World Filled with Blanks — Soichiro Mihara Solo Exhibition. The work uses digital technology and social media — microchips, sensors and Twitter — to draw attention to physical phenomena such as radiation, air and water pressure. The artist completes his residency at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (關渡美術館) this month, but his work stays on show until July 7.
■ Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (關渡美術館), 1 Xueyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市學園路1號), tel: (02) 2893-8870. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 5pm
■ Until July 7
Are you a reader of Parkett? The Taipei Fine Arts Museum (臺北市立美術館) brings the international, Zurich-based art magazine to life with Parkett — 220 Artists Editions & Collaborations Since 1984. Walk through the Studio, Playroom, Wardrobe, Reading Room, Garden and City, each furnished with themed essays and art pieces from Parkett's publication history. The exhibition also includes artist lectures in English with Chinese interpretation. Founded in 1984, Parkett made a name for itself with the "Parkett x Artist" model used to create each volume. The magazine selects three to five international artists as curators, who then call on other artists to contribute essays, select images, design spines and create special 10 to 12 page inserts.


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Edgewater Police Chief Dave Arcieri has been placed on paid administrative leave.
Edgewater Police Chief Dave Arcieri was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday, but City Manager Tracey Barlow isn't saying why.
Barlow would say only that he was acting on information he received.
"There was enough credible information brought to me recently that I decided to take action and in my opinion this needed additional attention," he said, adding that no written complaint was filed with the city.
"I want this to be a fair inquiry. Everyone deserves that," Barlow said in defense of his decision not to say more.
In his memo dated Thursday removing the chief from duty until further notice, Barlow ordered Arcieri not to visit any Police Department facilities or contact any current or former department personnel without first getting the city manager's permission. In addition, Barlow ordered the chief to make himself available to the city during regular work hours.
Arcieri, who has been with the department since December 1994 when he started as a patrolman, did not return messages left on his office and cell phones. He was named interim chief of the 26-officer agency in March 2011, filling the shoes of retiring Chief Bill Bennett. He was appointed in July 2011 to the permanent position, which carries a salary of about $82,000 annually.
Barlow said he will oversee the department during Arcieri's leave.
The city manager notified the City Council of his actions Thursday morning.
Mayor Mike Thomas said Barlow told him only that the chief had been removed from active duty. They mayor said he thought Arcieri had done an excellent job.
"I don't know any details. But accusations can always be made," Thomas said by telephone. "I am going to stand by him. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty."
Arcieri came under fire in November 2011 when he was accused of having other city employees do his homework and take his tests while seeking an associate's degree in criminal justice in 2010. The chief graduated with honors in May 2011.
Barlow said a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation determined those allegations were basically unfounded. Speaking Thursday afternoon, Barlow said Arcieri "is still police chief" of Edgewater.


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(Non-Edible) Bûche De Noël: Yule Logs To Savor Forever
The other night, a friend asked if I'd ever made a Bûche de Noël, and after 5 minutes of gushing about marzipan mushrooms and chocolate pinecones, I had to admit that no, I never have. I doubt I'll get around to making one this year, so I'm drowning my sylvan sorrows in yule log-inspired ornaments and gift wrap...
- These teeny yule log ornaments were made by Ever Kelly- unfortunately, her kits are no longer available, but with just a small amount of materials (scraps of felt, a few beads, tiny mushrooms) and a little patience, I know you sewing-types could make your own, no problem.
- These 2"x4" faux bois gift boxes from D.Sharp (featured on Poppytalk) are so cute! Excellent for filling with homemade treats.
- Martha Stewart can help you make your own yule log gift boxes, either sweet birch logs adorned with glittered birds (of course), or sleek woodgrain boxes perfect for holding a fine bottle of cheer.
- If you can't send a cake, send a card, like this Bûche de Noël card from The Beautiful Project .
- Is there a small someone with a dollhouse in your life? This 1/12 scale Bûche from Sarah Maloney would get the tiny festivities started right. Or you can go all out with the dollhouse Winter Wonderland Sweets Table from Mouse Market, including a penguin skiing the Bûche on peppermint skis!
- Can anyone explain this Ghoul Log card from Andrea Kett to me? I don't quite understand it, but could not pass up the killer yule log dress. I'm pretty sure I'll need one of those when I finally get around to making a yule log cake- you never want your outfit to be upstaged by your cake!
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Evaluation of Progress in Drug Control - Organization of American States' Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
These reports, produced by the Organization of American States' Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), follows the progress of individual and collective efforts of all the countries participating in the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism, indicating both results achieved as well as obstacles faced by the countries. Other objectives of the MEM are: identifies the strengths, weaknesses, progress, and setbacks in each member state and of the hemisphere, in order to help orientat policies and programs to confront more effectively the drug problem; assists countries in generating internal support to fight the drug problem and stimulating change and development of the systems in drug control; and offers countries the opportunity to request technical or financial assistance and training to implement assigned recommendations from evaluation rounds. (website).
Statistical Report on Violence in Guatemala
UNDP Guatemala, working in close collaboration with the Guatemalan Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health and as part of the joint UNDP-WHO Armed Violence Prevention programme, published the first Statistical report on violence in Guatemala (Informe estadístico de la violencia en Guatemala). This report (in Spanish) presents statistical information on homicidal violence in Guatemala for the years 1999-2006.
Annual Reports to Congress on Human Rights Practices - Guatemala
These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of State, to the U.S. Congress. The law provides that the Secretary of State shall transmit a "full and complete report regarding the status of internationally recognized human rights, within the meaning of subsection (A) in countries that receive assistance under this part, and (B) in all other foreign countries which are members of the United Nations and which are not otherwise the subject of a human rights report under this Act." Reports on several countries are included that do not fall into the categories established by these statutes and that thus are not covered by the congressional requirement. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Univeral Declaration of Human Rights. (website).
Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom - Guatemala
These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of State, describe the status of religious freedom in Guatemala, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. It is submitted in compliance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (website).


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Nice write up Simon. It brings up a lot of interesting ideas.
Don't let the semantic police get you down. While they have a point or two, this is a fun exercise to play around with css and have some fun with a current fad in web design. You managed to marry the big text fad with the curly quote fad in a way that teaches us a little something about css. Good job I say and hats off to ya.


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It's snowing here in Texas! I'm stuck here at work and I wish I could go outside and make a snow dalek!
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It's snowing here in Texas! I'm stuck here at work and I wish I could go outside and make a snow dalek!
I made some more rolling ball sculptures and things on shapeways. Click here to check them out.
I got an android mytouch phone. (Mine is black not white). Of course this is the first day I've had it, but so far I love it! This all started because I lost my other phone and so my employer told me to get another phone. Nice thing is they reimburse it so it's free to me. It came with a 4gb sd card too! It looks like Android phones are programmed with Java. I know java and I'm happy about that but of course they'll have their own weirdness so i'll have to figure that out. I really like the idea of being able to write apps for my phone! I'm not sure what I want to make but it just seems cool that I can. I've spent most of the day downloading free apps. Wow, I'm impressed what's free for this phone. So I guess for the next few days or weeks I have a big time waster figuring out the phone. Wee!
I've been playing even more with Shapeways.com. I made a Christmas Ornament Rolling Ball Sculpture. I want to 3D print so much more but I just don't have the money to do so. I found an open source 3D printer that looks a little promising and I want one of these: Maker Bot. Watch the video of it in action on their website. I can't really afford one but I think it would be cool if some robot groups like DPRG bought one for their group and then let me greedily use it now and then. :-)
Lately I've been trying to make robot parts and have them 3D printed in plastic at Shapeways.com. I have made a few rolling ball sculptures with them.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGdUFg_X8mE
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfqH_60ZgFY
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfXCBFxDx6w
I want to make some robot parts. I tried making part of a robot servo leg using a pixel method with a program I wrote.
However, because of the pixels (voxels?) there's too many polygons for shapeways to accept. There's only 4300 faces but I think they turn them into multiple triangles and then it gets nasty like a million of them. As you can see from the image, my program has some strange problem or Turbocad 14 has a weird problem where it removes a small face on the left hand side. I'm not sure if it's real or just a bug with Turbocad 14. I tried downloading MeshLab and Blender but they both have their troubles. MeshLab crashes all the time. When I could get it to work. I could get it to close holes and reduce or decimate the number of polygons but Shapeways would never accept MeshLab's output. Similarly, Blender could reduce polygons but there again I had trouble loading the file into Shapeways. I'm sure it's something I'm doing. Shapeways has to have a totally watertight model for it to be accepted and when I reduce polygons somewhere something gets messed up. I also made a few Christian rings and a few other RBSs but I haven't tried to print anything else except for the three RBSs shown so far.
(Testing putting a line on a curved faced ring)
(Testing putting text on a model & curved face)
(This rbs has a start bucket and an end bucket)
Kotulas has a $13 robot desk lamp that seems amusing!
I saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen this weekend. It was entertaining but too long and drawn out for its own good. They could have chopped out about half of the movie and no one would notice. It was a lot of robots hitting each other and blowing up stuff. I went to the restroom during the movie and when I came back they were still hitting each other and blowing up stuff. There was a lot of "corn" too that really put the movie down to elementary grade roll your eyes level. I wish they could have left that out too. I'd say it was entertaining if you could over look the 12 year old cheezy stuff like the robot humping Megan Fox's leg. The movie was really geared for 12 year old boys at best. I'd give it a 2-1/2 stars out of 5.
Our oldest daughter Bethany was in Children's Hospital for about two weeks. Her lung function had dropped to 50% because of her CF condition. It's up to about 70% now and they let her out. While she was in the hospital they isolated her from other patients because they thought she might have a resistant bacteria. So they let her have a laptop in her room. After they released the isolation, she still go to keep the laptop. That means she was on the internet and facebook every waking hour. She was a little rude about it too. People would come visit and she couldn't acknowledge them because she was too busy IMing some friends on facebook. She had so many people coming to visit she had to dole out time slots of when they could come and how long they could stay and such. My family had to work around her schedule. If I were in the hospital I figure I'd have like one or two visitors and that's all. I'm glad she was spoiled but that was a funny strange unexpected situtation that I didn't know she would have to deal with. One creepy boy that came to visit wouldn't leave. Bethany did about everything to get rid of him, even typing on her cellphone for the nurse to read to please get rid of him but even she couldn't get rid of him. Finally my wife took him out of the room and walked him all the way down to the train station to see him off! Anyway we had a lot of nice sweet friends that cared about Bethany. I'm afraid Bethany's lungs have deteriorated more than expected if all she can get to is around 70% lung function. That doesn't sound good to me but I don't want to let on to her.
This weekend I sold 4 rolling ball sculptures and a video! I haven't gotten all the money yet but supposedly I will. I really won't see any of the money anyway as my medical and credit card debt will eat it up but hopefully it'll put a nice dent or at least a noticeable scratch into my debt. I sold a large sculpture ($800 but with free shipping), a medium sculpture ($156), a small sculpture ($48) and a video ($20) and then a lady wants me to commission a sculpture ($150) and I already have a bid on a small sculpture I have listed on ebay. Also, I'm half way through a 2' wall hanging sculpture and half way through my volume 2 video. It has been a productive weekend. Anyway, this week I'll be stressed trying to complete the commissioned sculpture by Friday because she wants it for her sons birthday in a couple of weeks. So I'm sort of stressed this week trying to get it all done.
I bought a 1TB hard drive this weekend. It was a Segate SATA 7200rpm with 32mb cache. I had $105 of birthday money and guess how much it cost? Yep, $105. I could have probably gotten a better deal on slickdeals.net but I got it Friday and was able to play with it all this weekend. The best thing was, I was able to install it, transfer everything from my old drive and boot up and go all without any grief. It's really weird that any sort of computer maintenance heart surgery like that would go off without a hitch. I must have done something wrong! That easy going right there was worth the extra money I paid. I figured XP would complain that it was on a different drive but it didn't and seems to be running happy on the new drive. I'm happy about that!
Anyway, I had a pleasant productive weekend.
Lately, I've been making rolling ball sculptures and selling them on ebay. It seems the small sculptures sell the best on ebay but they only go for about $30-$35 each. I'd rather make and sell larger sculptures but they just don't sell that often. I recently hooked up with a guy that sells metal sculptures at a local gallery. He said he'll introduce me to the owner and see if I can get some of my sculptures in there. I'm hoping it may work out.
Recently, I made a Video on How to make a Rolling Ball Sculpture. I really didn't think I'd sell many of them and neigther did my wife. Shockingly I've already sold 6 of them! woohoo! While making it, my wife sort of make it hard on me to make the video and hasn't really helped me much on it. However, now that it's been selling I guess she sees dollar signs! For me it was really the fun of the whole process, from the vision, to doing, to filming, to video editing, to creating a dvd, to listing on ebay, and eventually selling. For her, it's all about the money. women.
One of the electronics projects I was working on before my hard drive crashed a few months ago was a computer that controlled the elevator for a rolling ball scultpure. It was kind of cool because it had a clock in it where it could be set to automatically drop a ball every hour or so. I had built a pic scheduler rtos and it was working pretty well, and I had done some neato things for it. But, when the hard drive crashed of course I didn't have any backup. Well, my brain swirled one day and I thought, I still have that program in the chip that I burned. I could suck out the chip's brains and then disassemble my code and basically recreate the source. I could then finish the changes I wanted to make to the program and the build the computerized rolling ball sculpture. That would save me tons of work from building the program again from scratch (which I wasn't wanting to do). So, perhaps someday, I'll try to suck the code out. My only dread is that I hope I didn't put a code lock on the chip or I won't be able to suck out the code.
At my job they sort of have left me to my own devices. I'm working on a program that involves ai. It's sort of interesting. Unfortunately, I can't give any details but at least to me it's really cool so you'll just have to take my word for it. :-( Anyway, it's weird that the company hasn't really checked on my progress and sort of has forgotten about me. I'm sort of glad because hopefully when they do check on me again, I'll have something really cool to show. Like many programming jobs, it takes a while before some cool behavior emerges (emergent behavior!). Anyway, I like my employer and it seems like they like me and my work. So, especially with all of the people losing their jobs, I'm just hoping my job holds out too.
I'm really liking the new First Baptist Church in Garland we're going to. I really like our Sunday School Class also. We already have many good friends. Well, the teacher will be out this Sunday so he asked me to cover for him! So for this Easter Sunday I'll get to teach.
This Sunday is also my Birthday. We're sort of short on funds so I told my wife to cool it on spending for my birthday. We'll probably seem Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D at the IMAX for my Birthday going out film. The movies I'd like to see (but are not out yet) are: Terminator Salvation, Star Trek, Transformers, Xmen Origins and Asto Boy and I can't really think of much else. It's weird how the sci-fi and robot stuff has really bubbled up to the top this year.
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Modern Expectations For Breakfast Foods Present Challenges For Plant Operations Teams
Plant managers wrestle with realities where the need for innovation mingles with the need for productivity.
Breakfast foods can be as unchanging as, well, oatmeal. But like any segment in the food business, the expectations of consumers — and by extension the demands on the food company — are also subject to change and innovation. And for those on the operations side, that means the next adaptation headache may be right around the corner, whether that's a matter of adjusting for a new formulation that just doesn't behave the same way in the process or installing new equipment for an additional package format.
Example No. 1: Suzie Crockett is a vice president-level technology officer for health and nutrition at General Mills, Minneapolis, where she also leads the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, which helps the company come up with its overall strategy for making its breakfast foods "better-for-you."
And if that were not enough, she also blogs for the company on its Taste of General Mills consumer blog site.
"Part of this commitment is to continuously improve the health profile of our existing products…" she wrote recently in a blog post. "These improvements are strongly tied to what consumers tell us (they want): healthy, great-tasting foods that fit their lifestyles. However, they also tell us they won't compromise on taste. So the guiding principle behind all our health improvements is the maxim: 'it's not nutrition unless people eat it.'"
Example No. 2: Chobani (who was selected as Food Processing's 2012 Processor of the Year) Norwich, N.Y., has in short order not only won a horse race to become the leading U.S. brand of Greek-style yogurt, it is now the leading overall brand of yogurt, outdistancing competitors that had been established for three or four decades rather than five or six years. Chobani does not have a relax-while-you-are-ahead mentality, so this year it will introduce several new SKUs, with a particular focus on broadening the packaging options offered to customers.
This will include a product called Chobani Flip. It's not revolutionary to present yogurt and its fruit and granola or other flavoring ingredients in separate segments of a container, but it is new to Chobani. Combine this with a new Chobani Champions tube package, and we can guess that the company's production team has been kept on its toes. Some of the changes will take place at the company's brand new, outsized plant in Twin Falls, Idaho.
General Mills will continue to make incremental changes to its products as consumers continue to push the matrix of nutrition and flavor demands. And, according to media reports, Chobani is working on new innovations including frozen products, and may even consider developing products outside of Greek-style yogurt.
Where the need for innovation mingles with the need for productivity (and with food and employee safety concerns) is where plant managers wrestle with realities as they produce foods for what is often called "the most important meal of the day."
Food safety in the morning
For these companies, and others making breakfast foods, production staff must work with product developers while continually staying on top of their own concerns. Chief among them, of course, is avoiding food contamination, says Todd Baker, technical director with conveyor-maker Horizon Systems , Lawrence, Kan.
"The big business driver in cereal — as with all food processing across the board — is food safety," Baker says. "Second, at least in our arena, is complying with combustible dust regulations."
Lately food companies expect those systems to have higher level of hygiene and to protect against dust proliferation and cross-contamination. Sorting equipment might also be expected to aid in traceability initiatives.
"Five years ago no one thought much about bacteria in a cereal facility, but that has changed," Baker says. "There is now a much higher awareness of how bacteria can enter a plant and how it can reside around various pieces of equipment and processes."
One of the reasons for the change is that bakers and cereal makers had been working with the assumption that all bacteria would be killed in processing. But evidence showed that to be a false assumption, and those same companies realized further precautions were warranted. Another reason is that there is now a heightened effort and greater ability to pinpoint the cause of an illness before there is a large-scale outbreak.
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Golf diplomacy: Phil Mickelson plays with Condoleezza Rice, newest member at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Phil Mickelson has won three green jackets, and he was the one asking all the questions Sunday at Augusta National.
That's because Mickelson played a practice round with Condoleezza Rice, the former Secretary of State and one of the newest club members. Rice made history in Augusta when she and South Carolina financier Darla Moore were the first women invited to join Augusta.
Rice later donned her green jacket to meet with other members on the practice range.
She slipped away without taking questions. Members typically don't give interviews during the week of the Masters. Mickelson couldn't stop talking about her — especially her 40-foot par putt on the 18th hole. He says Rice asked him about courses, and he asked her about countries.


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American Horror Story: Things Are Really Bumping in the Night
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Straight up horror, that delightful combination of gross-out thrills and sexual chills, is usually something best enjoyed in short bursts, which is why it works wonderfully at the movies. But on TV? FX is giving it at shot with American Horror Story and, boy, is it something!
Brian Moylan: I didn't know much about American Horror Story going into it other than that it was a scary show by Glee producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk with an excellent cast. Even my low expectations were surpassed with the first episode. Aside from a terrifying opening scene where a pair of twins are murdered by some strange creature that looks like Gollum in a wedding dress, the story really picks up when a couple moves into the same house, which is obviously haunted. But these two have troubles of their own. After her miscarriage, Vivien (the wonderful Connie Britton) catches her husband Ben (
Dermott Dylan McDermott, sexy as ever and totally naked!) cheating with one of his psychology students. As punishment, she moves the family, including moody daughter Violent (Taissa Farmiga, Vera's sister), to L.A. to try to heal. When they get to the house, the terrors start almost immediately. That's what I loved about this show. Usually on TV a series will start with a slow burn and it will take a few episodes before you get to the real good stuff, before you know what exactly is going on. This show smacks you in the face with it in the best way possible. It says, "This bitch is haunted and we are going to give you nightmares that will make you scream more than an agorophobic on a roller coaster." I have to save I love it for it's boldness.
Richard Lawson: Brian, I'm so glad you liked the show! Unfortunately I wasn't able to watch the episode you saw. Instead I watched a laboriously weeeeird hour-long series of jump cuts to pointless twsissssted imagery that made no sense and played like one of Glee's more incoherent musical numbers with a modern goth twist. This is all to say that I completely disagree with you about this show! Mostly in that there is no show. I'm impressed you could even wring that much plot out of it — a whole paragraph's worth! I mean, the show is about what, exactly? Old ghost women and a ghost teenager spooking a terrible family (well, Connie Britton is kind of the Mary Sue, I guess) that refuses to leave the obviously awful murder house they've just moved into and refuses to call the police when a woman and her daughter (who has Down's syndrome — how creepy! Ryan Murphy's bizarre fetishization continues!) keep breaking into their house. Oh and also sex is gross and makes you a monster, sort of. Those were the only takeaways I got from this utter mess. I'd say that I at least appreciate Murphy and Falchuk's ambition except that that "ambition" seems so put-on and practiced. Ryan Murphy has consistently proven himself to be just this kind of hack, someone who only knows how to synthesize some ultimately cynical-seeming facsimile of the real thing (think Kurt's tedious and ham-handed beatification on Glee). It's insulting at least and completely rudderless at worst. And that was ultimately my main problem with the show; the sheer volume of Scary Stuff — they threw in everything but the haunted sink — rendered all of it completely weightless. It was all creeps for creeps' sake without any direction. I suspect Murphy and Falchuk are more clueless about where this monster machine is going than the Lost guys were. And that's bad.
Brian: Trust me, I know that the scariest thing about this show is just how Ryan Murphy is going to ruin it. I mean, here is the guy that took Glee and brought it from something amazing to horrible pandering dreck in about 20 episodes. Thinking about the second season of this show is enough to make me never want to sleep again. I can see your point, but I don't think that makes this a bad show. (There are several high-concept shows this season—this, Ringer, and Revenge that I wish they would make telenovela style with just one season and they would be so much more palatable, but sadly like soccer and Marmite, the telenovela will never catch on in America.) What I really liked about the storytelling and the style it was shot in—with the jump cuts and the barely seen monsters—is that the show never lets you get comfortable, and that's scary in itself. While we can see where some of the mysteries are going—Jessica Lange and the scary teenager and the maid are all ghosts—just how and why they're involved in the house is enough to keep me watching. As for all the weird creepy crawlies that we catch glimpses of throughout the show, I sort of enjoyed it. The scariest thing of all isn't monsters but uncertainty. I don't think you can fault the show for trying really really hard to be scare after scare after scare. What else do you expect from a haunted house? Right now, I'm willing to stick around and find out just why it's haunted and who these people are, but, given Ryan Murphy's shaky track record, I'm afraid I might not like the answers.
Richard: Yes, OK, I will concede that I am a tiny bit curious to learn just what is the what. (But not as curious as I am about what's going on on Revenge, my choice for most surprisingly entertaining new show of the season.) And maybe I did come down too hard on all the weirrrrdness. It's just that there was something so proddingly aggressive and unpleasant about it. All this stuff with bloody miscarriages and babies' heads and gimp costume ghost rape and mentally disabled children used as totems of foreboding. It just felt low and cruel and cheap. And because of that feeling I'm just less able to forgive the narrative boondoggles than I am with, say, Glee. (That we're comparing this show to that rather than to another horror show is testament to how signature Ryan Murphy's grotesquerie has become.) Sure Glee is mostly exploitative, falsely emotional junk, but it at least does a decent job of pretending that its heart is in the right place. But American Horror Story just felt like a bunch of sour people throwing acid and garbage at us and expecting us to be impressed with them for how daring they were being in insulting us. You know what would have been actually daring? Crafting a genuinely dark, earnestly scary haunted house series that relied on a true sense of uncertainty and the unknown instead of just sewing together b-roll from Nine Inch Nails' video for "Closer." This just seems like such a missed opportunity to me. Oh well.


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Dirty Pretty Things split up
Car Barat's Dirty Pretty Things have split up. The band released an statement on NME.com today (1st. October)
Dirty Pretty Things...bang bang they're dead (R.I.P.)
Despite a promising debut album ("Waterloo To Nowhere") which charted at number 3 in the UK Charts and gave the band some Top 30 singles, Dirty Pretty Things always remained under the shadow of Barat's previous band, The Libertines.
Second album, "Romance At Short Notice" was released in 2008 but got a lukewarm response from the critics and public, only reaching number 35 in the charts. However, their gigs have always been well-received by the public and they played the main stage at the Leeds/ Reading Festival this year.
In the statement frontman Carl Barat said that the members of the band would be pursuing new musical projects, but that these would not involve The Libertines...much to the disappointment of those who thought that the recent Pete Doherty & Carl Barat reunion indicated they could reform.
"It is with some sadness we announce the farewell of the Dirty Pretty Things," the statement to NME.COM read. "It's been a glorious three years which we all would gladly live out again, but it is time for us to try new things (not The Libertines).
"We are reluctant to give up touring but will give the last waltz everything. We have and are determined to go out as we came in, after which we all have other ventures to be getting on with and splendid future plans.
"Heartfelt thanks to all who made it what it was, much love and we'll see you on the road."
Read full story on NME.com
Dirty Pretty Things gear:
If you're a fan of the spikey punk-rock sound of The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things, here's what Carl Barat has used: Vox AC-30 amp, Gibson Melody Maker, Fender Mustang and an MXR Dyna-Comp Compressor for boosting the solos. Bassist Didz used a Fender Jazz-Bass, Electro Harmonix Big Muff and Ashdown amps. Second guitarist Anthony Rossomondo (who also played in the final lineup of The Libertines) could be seen playing a Gibson ES-335, discontinued Epiphone Crestwood and, more recently, a white Fender Jazzmaster.


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How To Get Your BMW E30 Accepted For a LeMons Race: Bavarian Ranchero!
The folks at LeMons HQ have become quite weary of the BMW E30. However, it remains possible to get your allegedly 500-buck E30 into even the most overcrowded race. How? Do what Team Special Deliverance did and Ford Ranchero-ize it!


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Contract Pest Control Programs Keep the Bugs Away
In addition to pest control, programs provide valuable third-party record-keeping.
AIB International schedules Food Plant GMP/Sanitation Workshops throughout the year in various locations. The last two of this year are Oct. 21-22 in Chicago and Nov. 11-12 in Hershey, Pa. (but they also are scheduled well into 2009). Sessions include "Insect management," "Bird control strategies" and "Rodent control strategies." See them on the AIB site at http://www.aibonline.org
When people talk about "bugs" in food these days, most of the time they're referring to a poorly chosen euphemism for bacteria, good or bad, or other live contaminants. There's not much talk of insect bugs … and with good reason. Food processors have been vigilant about keeping these pests out of their plants.
It's rare to find a food plant without a contract pest management program these days. Balancing any effort's effectiveness with the safety of both humans and the food being processed, these programs are probably best left in the hands of trained professionals. And don't forget the increasing pressure for record-keeping, which can be especially valuable (and believable) when done by a third party.
"Food companies can't keep up with all the regulations, auditing agency requirements and local, state and federal regulations," says Jim Sargent, director of technical support and regulatory compliance at Copesan – Specialists in Pest Solutions (www.copesan.com), Menomonee Falls, Wis. "It's a complex job to give to your maintenance department." It's better left to experts, he says.
Ants and cockroaches are just a few of the pests attracted to the multiple food and water sources found in food processing plants. PHOTO: ORKIN COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Leaving trash piled close to building entrances is a sure-fire way to bring pests into your facility. Instead, store trash in dumpsters located far away from the building. PHOTO: ORKIN COMMERCIAL SERVICES
A pest control specialist will install and regularly inspect sticky board traps to monitor pest activity within your facility. PHOTO: ORKIN COMMERCIAL SERVICES
It's difficult for food plant maintenance departments to keep up with all the regulations from governments and auditing agencies, so most contract with professional pest service companies. PHOTO: COPESAN SERVICES INC.
"The foundation of food safety is a good sanitation program – and pest control is an important part of sanitation," says Christine Richter, quality systems manager Farbest-Tallman Foods Corp.'s Plain City, Ohio, manufacturing facility (www.farbest.com)..
"We have an open-door policy for our customers. They can walk in and visit any time they want, which means we have to always maintain a perfectly sanitary plant. But customers are always impressed with our level of sanitation," she says.
Pest control these days does not even have to involve chemicals. "Our plant's program uses no pesticides or chemicals, just pheromone traps and bait boxes," says Larry Phillips, director of production for Endangered Species Chocolate (www.chocolatebar.com), Indianapolis. Which is a good thing, because his company produces both organic and all-natural chocolates.
Organic pest control
The National Organic Program specifies how to perform pest management in an organic facility. First and foremost, non-chemical measures are to be taken before using any pest control chemicals. Only if non-chemical measures are ineffective should the facility move to chemicals on an approved national list.
Non-chemical measures, according to Orkin Commercial Services (www.orkincommercial.com), include:
- Fly lights: Ultraviolet light attracts flying pests to a non-toxic sticky board inside a confined trap unit.
- Sticky boards: These capture crawling pests when placed in areas likely to be attractive to bugs, such as inside storage areas and under equipment.
- Pheromone monitors: Pheromones are secreted chemicals pests use to communicate. Synthetic versions can lure them to a sticky trap; these traps can provide an early warning of the presence of pests in stored product areas.
- Insect growth regulators: IGRs use synthetic versions of insect hormones to prevent pests from reaching full maturity, preventing reproduction and limiting the pest population.
- Repellants: Repellants help move pests to areas where control is easier to achieve. Repellant treatments use a combination of a botanical-based material, pyrethrins and silica gel, an inorganic compound that damages insects' exoskeletons. When pests encounter this combination, they retreat and the product can cause insects to desiccate.
- Organic cleaners: "Green" cleansers use naturally occurring bacteria and enzymes to break down grease and grime. Use an organic cleaner in and around drains, sinks and garbage disposals to eradicate the grease and grime build-up that serves as a breeding area for flies and other pests.
- Non-volatile baits: These baits use chemical formulations that do not become airborne. Formulated as gels or pastes in small bait pucks, they allow targeted and contained treatment applications.
"If non-chemical measures and the use of products consistent with the national list are not effective, then a material not found on the list may be used, provided measures are taken to prevent contact between the organic product and the material applied," says Jay Bruesch of Plunkett's Pest Control, a Fridley, Minn.-based partner of Copesan Services. "This cannot be seen as a 'loophole' permitting indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides, however. Non-chemical strategies and National List materials must be considered first and shown to be inadequate."
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina sophomore James Michael McAdoo is playing through a bulging disk in his back but says he'll be ready for Saturday's rivalry game with No. 3 Duke.
Coach Roy Williams says McAdoo didn't participate in a light shootaround Thursday after aggravating his back during a win at Maryland on Wednesday night. McAdoo has been battling back pain for several weeks.
The 6-foot-9 forward is averaging 14.6 points and 7.8 rebounds to lead the Tar Heels in both categories.


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Forget Breaking The News, How About Spreading The News?
from the news-distributors,-not-creators dept
While we've been having a bit of a discussion about whether or not breaking the news is more important than the news itself, one interesting thing to think about is how a shift in the way people use news may change the way news organizations work. Following a story about how news of a popular Dutch singer's death was quickly passed via SMS messages (doubling the number of such messages sent at one point), I've written a slightly longer piece for TheFeature, wondering if thinking about how news is distributed these days might change how news organizations view their own business. Rather than publishing on set schedules and getting everyone to come to you, the internet via email and blogs, and mobile phones via calls and text messaging, let everyone distribute the news. News is no longer about just consuming it, but also sharing it (often with additional information, insight and analysis). Suddenly, "breaking" the news takes on a different type of importance altogether -- and news organizations may want to focus more on making it easier for people to share and annotate the news, rather than just trying to draw people in to read/watch/listen to the news they have.


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Ocean's EightOcean's Eight 07 June 2018
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Solo: A Star Wars StorySolo: A Star Wars Story 15 May 2018
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
A Quiet PlaceA Quiet Place 03 April 2018
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
VenomVenom 03 October 2018
When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainMamma Mia! Here We Go Again 18 July 2018
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother's hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie's biological father.
The MegThe Meg 09 August 2018
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Bohemian RhapsodyBohemian Rhapsody 24 October 2018
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Black PantherBlack Panther 13 February 2018
King T'Challa returns home from America to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantel to join with girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
AdriftAdrift 31 May 2018
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.


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Meknes, one of Morocco's historic imperial cities, is home to a beautiful blend of the Arab, Amazigh, Jewish and French cultures composing modern Morocco. The diverse and distinct districts of Meknes, such as the bustling Hamrya (Ville Nouvelle or new city), labyrinthine Medina (medieval city), and relaxing plazas and green spaces, speak true to the diversity of Morocco. Due to the cultural and historic richness of the medieval city, UNESCO declared Meknes a World Heritage site in 1996 (one of eight within Morocco). With its myriad opportunities for exploration, Meknes provides an ideal setting for study abroad.
Academic Programs Offered in Meknes
Arabic Studies, International Relations & Language
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