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For the 12th year in a row, the Chalkman Pub's bardic competition was held Friday night to an appreciative audience. The houses of Sea Chameleon and The Burly Ten Pint Men have been holding their bardic competition at the edge of the old Tuchux Hill to a house so packed that the camp walls have to be lowered to accommodate spectators. This year's competition featured about 15 acts, from a capella performances to guitar, mandolin, and even small (Uillean or Northumbrian) pipes.
Jointly emceed by Lord Commodore Robin McCauley and Lord Hennessey, the Chalkman bardic is aimed at entertainers who do not work with drums as their primary instrument. As Lord Hennessey put it, "Put a couple of doumbeks together and you have a drum circle. We're aiming at the performers who are looking for a venue where they don't have to compete with the drumming." Most nights the Pub is open, it becomes a jam session spot for many bards of the Known World.
The Chalkman Pub itself runs Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays of the two weeks of Pennsic, and features house band Revelwood as well. Information on entering their bardic competition (which is by pre-registration only) can be found at their website: www.chalkman.com.
This year's competition featured entertainers from across the Known World, and performances included Master John ap Wynne performing a Gaelic love song, Andrew Scarheart with a stirring rendition of "The Minstrel" (not the 1900s song of the same name), and Jean, singing "Morgan le Fey".
Winners of the Master of Ceremony's awards were "The Omega Company Pick-Up Band" with three Irish reels, Rutger with "Bound for South Australia", and Terrace Fire with "Crooked Jack". The winners for originality were "Fezzes Down", while Don Andrew won for Best Performance. The Stage Presence award went to Master Cedric of Ansteorra for a hilarious song with an "R" rating, while last year's overall winner Michael Kelly of An Tir took the Musical Quality award with his rousing rendition of Master Hector of Ealdormere's song "Rise". The overall winners of this year's Chalkman Pub bardic were "The Respectable Hooligans" doing a medley of pieces including the original composition "Hooligan's Reel".
With well over 100 attendees (and a "drive by" service window for those desirous of refreshment but unable to get through the crowd to the bar), the Chalkman Pub Bardic was a most lively and enjoyable experience for both performers and audience alike. Next year, check the web site before you leave for War, and pencil in the show for your enjoyment.


text: The following is a guest post from SendGrid Senior Software Engineer Tim Segraves Recently I had the chance to represent SendGrid at the Hack the Midwest hackathon in Kansas City, KS. Seeing as I work remotely in Lawrence, KS, this hackathon was almost in my backyard so I was excited to attend. This was the second annual event and this year it was held at Sporting KC Park on the west edge of Kansas City. The soccer stadium was a very unique spot for a hackathon and most attendees I talked to thought it was awesome. The event was organized and put on by KCITP, a grassroots tech community in the Kansas City area. Michael Gelphman did a great job heading up the event and keeping things organized. The event kicked off Saturday morning at 9am and the teams had 24 hours to build their projects. In total there were 29 projects that were demoed the next morning built by groups of people ranging in size from 1 to 5. Food and drinks were provided so the teams could focus on building their projects. A big thunderstorm hit a few hours after the event started and there were still people sprinting out through the rain to get supplies they'd forgotten in their car. They didn't want to wait for the rain to stop to keep working on their projects. Sunday morning the demos started at 10:30am and each team got 3 minutes to present their hack. Each sponsoring company got to judge the winner of the best use of their API and there were 3 guest judges who awarded prizes to Best in Show, Most Entertaining, and Most Challenging Tech. The "Best SendGrid Hack" went to Disaster Relief Hub by Matt Dunn and Ivan Markov. The used the SendGrid API to make sure mission critical emails reach recipients during natural or manmade disasters. Other notable apps were MooD, an app which gauges the overall sentiment of a Twitter user with a very unique UI and Call Me Maybe, which allows you to have important emails read to you via a voice call while you're commuting or other times when you can't read your email. You can check out the rest of the hacks on the Hacker League site.

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Meetings between officials preparing future technologies and those preparing future regulations have been held every week since early September with a view to producing the roadmap, Christian Bréant, the European Defence Agency's research and technology director, said. Key players include the European Commission, Eurocontrol and the European Aviation Safety Agency.
The idea is to achieve initial capability for remotely piloted aircraft systems to fly in general airspace — with some restrictions — by 2016, and to achieve full operational capability by 2020.
This is all part of an EU drive to boost civil-military cooperation in research and technology, and is being done via a so-called European Framework Cooperation agreement between the European Defence Agency and the European Commission as they bid to find synergies and create a common research agenda.
In early 2013, officials will be looking at what it will cost to put the roadmap into practice. The idea is that money for specific projects will then be paid out from the EU's civilian Horizon 2020 program and the European Defence Agency's joint investment program.
This ties in with a push for more research into dual-use technologies set out in a declaration by the French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish foreign affairs and defense ministers during a Nov. 15 meeting in Paris.
In their written declaration, the ministers called on the EU to "continue to play a major role in innovation and technological progress and keep its defense capabilities and skills. To that end we consider Europe must strive to boost its efforts in the area of R&T [research and technology] and enhance synergies between Member states' defense-related R&T activities and using EDA in a facilitating role.
"In this regard, the better use of the opportunities offered by the European framework program for research and technology, in particular concerning dual-use technologies, should be further explored. To this end, all involved actors should have a constructive dialogue on the preparation of the coming Framework Programme Horizon 2020."
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An update I recently received from Kevin Reilly, of Truchas River Chapter in New Mexico, about the status of the fish barrier to be constructed on Los Alamitos Creek. GRTU provided a Coldwater Outreach Conservation grant for to help fund the NEPA permitting process for this project two years ago and it is now moving forward. GRTU's name will be on the completed project.
In a nutshell, here's the status of the Alamitos project:
The environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act was completed last year. It was done in-house by a Carson National Forest (CNF) fisheries biologist under a contract between the Truchas Chapter and the CNF, and the GRTU funds paid for that work.
The Western Native Trout Initiative (WNTI)--a federal source--granted $50,000 to build the barrier. The Fish and Wildlife Service contracted with TU national for TU national to handle the money and get the barrier built.
The CNF's engineer decided to move the site of the barrier downstream a little bit to the site of an existing irrigation diversion owned by two acequias, traditional irrigation organizations which are local governmental entities under NM law. The diversion needed to be replaced, and the acequias had access to state funds to cover the difference between the WNTI funds and the cost of the barrier. The engineer also concluded that the site was the best site for the barrier.
Construction on the barrier-diversion was partially completed this past fall, and the contractor is obligated under his contract with TU national to complete construction before runoff this spring. Once the construction is completed, we will give a full report (complete with pictures) and an accounting to GRTU.
The contractor and Joe McGurrin (who's been handling the project for TU national) are aware of the requirement of a sign acknowledging the grant from GRTU. We are planning to insert a plaque into the structure listing the groups that contributed to the project. When he pours the rest of the concrete, the contractor is to leave an indentation with bolt holes into which we'll fix the plaque.
Los Alamitos Creek Project Update
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ROCHESTER — The following is the latest information for Rochester United Neighborhood's (RUN) ward meetings:
Ward 1 — Ward 1 did not have any specific issues and no attendees at the last meeting had any concerns. Sgt. Pinkham would like to remind everyone to be safe during the holiday season and take precautions to prevent becoming a victim of theft. The next meeting date, time and location is to be determined.
Ward 2 — There have been no major areas of concern in this ward. If you have a question or concern, please contact Sgt. Babine at email@example.com.
Ward 3 — The City will be partially blocking the Pickering Pond Walking Trails with boulders, to deter illegal dumping and activity. Officers will continue to monitor the area. The next meeting will be in February. The time and location is to be determined.
Ward 4 — Ward 4 residents are continuing discussions about changing the City's Fireworks Ordinance. There were no real problems that were brought up by residents. The next meeting date, time and location is to be determined.
Ward 5 — The speed trailer will be deployed on Route 11 to address concerns of speeding on the road. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 at 6 p.m. at True Memorial Baptist Church on Ten Rod Road.
Ward 6 — Ward 6 now has a Facebook page. Check them out! There are no major issues of concern being voiced by residents. The next ward meeting date, time and location are to be determined.


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All things move in the midst of death, even nations and civilizations. From 1948 to the present day, certain of Israel's prime ministers, facing war, terrorism, or even genocide, have been deeply reluctant to admit core national vulnerabilities. Indeed, rather than acknowledge the plainly exterminatory intent and (increasingly) the corollary destructive capacity of determined enemies, these leaders have sometimes opted for (1) so-called terrorist exchanges; 2) utterly inexcusable deals of land for nothing; and (3) endlessly assorted surrenders of power.
Yet let us be fair. This assuredly is not the whole story. As we all know, during its very short post-Holocaust life, Israel has accomplished extraordinary feats in science, medicine, agriculture, education, and industry. Its remarkable military institutions, far exceeding all reasonable expectations, have fought, interminably and heroically, to prevent any new forms of post-Holocaust annihilation.
It goes without saying that every Jew on earth, and many millions of others, must be unequivocally grateful.
It is a record possibly without equal in human history.
Nonetheless, almost from the beginning the indispensable Israeli fight for survival has not been premised on appropriately optimal foundations. This fight should have been erected upon a central fact of the reconstituted Jewish commonwealth. This fact concerns land.
From the critical standpoint of legal provenance, all of the disputed land still controlled by Israel has incontestable Israeli title. It follows that protracted diplomatic negotiations between Israel and its "partners for peace" continue to rest upon basically misconceived or erroneous jurisprudential premises.
History remains a violent preceptor. Had Israel determinedly sustained its own birthright narrative of Jewish sovereignty, and without submitting to periodic and enervating forfeitures of both land and dignity, the national future, though still problematic, would likely have been meaningfully tragic. But by choosing instead to fight in ways that ultimately transformed its stunning victories on the battlefield to incremental capitulations at the conference table, this future may ultimately have to be written as farce.
Sometimes, truth is counterintuitive. In true life, as well as in literature and poetry, the tragic hero is always an object of admiration, not a pitiable creature, or one of humiliation. From Aristotle to Shakespeare to Camus, tragedy always reveals the very best in human understanding, perseverance, and purposeful action. Once aware that entire nations, like the individual human beings who comprise them, are never quite forever, the tragic hero nevertheless does everything possible merely to stay alive.
For Israel, and, in principle, for every other imperiled nation on earth, the only real alternative to tragic heroism is humiliation, or pathos. By their incessant unwillingness to decline any semblance of a Palestinian state as intolerable (because, as I have written so often in The Jewish Press, an acceptance of "Palestine" in any form would be unendurable), Israel's current leaders have nurtured a genuinely schizophrenic Jewish reality in the "new" Middle East. This reality is a Jewish state that is, at one and the same time, unimaginably successful and incomparably fragile. Over time, the result of this ironic combination may be a palpable sense of national madness.
More than any other region on earth, the Islamic Middle East and North Africa is "governed" by unreason. Oddly, this observation has been reinforced rather than contradicted by the grotesquely twisting patterns of "democratic revolution" across the area. Earlier, while the pundits, politicos, and journalists had optimistically expected the fall of area-tyrants to be an unreservedly good thing, actual events have moved in substantially different directions.
To be sure, both Libya and Syria may yet fall to industrious jihadist elements. Already, post-Mubarak Egypt is run by a figure drawn conspicuously from the Muslim Brotherhood. In non-Arab Iran, which will soon become a hostile nuclear power, because neither Israel nor the United States had effectively stood in its way, preparations are underway to further assist Sunni Hamas allies in Gaza, and to gainfully energize Shiite Hizbullah surrogates in Lebanon. In both unstable venues, the enemy objective is an Islamic victory against "the Jews."
In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia put an end to the Thirty Years War, the last of the great European religious wars sparked by the Reformation. In the Middle East and North Africa, however, we may only be at the start of the next great religious wars. If they are fought with biological and/or even nuclear weapons, such conflicts could rage until every flower of culture is trampled, and until all things human are leveled in a vast chaos.


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MONROVIA, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Liberians packed churches in the capital Monrovia on Sunday to seek solace from an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, defying official warnings to avoid public gatherings to try to contain an epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa.
With its creaking healthcare system completely overrun, Liberia declared a state of emergency last week to tackle the highly contagious and incurable disease, which has also stricken neighbouring Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria.
People still flocked to sing and pray in churches in the ramshackle ocean-front capital, many of them comparing Ebola to the brutal civil war that ravaged the country between 1989 and 2003, killing nearly a quarter of a million people.
"Everyone is so afraid," said Martee Jones Seator at Saint Peter's Lutheran Church. "Ebola is not going to shake our faith in any way ... because we've been through difficult times."
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the world's worst outbreak of Ebola will likely continue for months, as the region's healthcare systems struggle to cope, and it has appealed for funding and emergency medical staff.
With the disease now in four African countries - following the death in Nigeria last month of a U.S. citizen who arrived from Liberia - the WHO on Friday classified the epidemic as an international health emergency.
A WHO medical ethics committee is due to discuss next week the use of experimental drugs in tackling the outbreak after two U.S. aid workers appeared to show some improvement after being treated with ZMapp, a drug developed by California-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical.
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Sunday a clinical trial of another experimental vaccine was due to start shortly. But even if it is fast-tracked, the new treatment would not be ready for deployment before next year.
Spain on Sunday authorised the use of the ZMapp on 75-year-old Spanish priest Miguel Pajares - the first European infected - who was evacuated to Madrid last week after contracting the virus working in a hospital in Liberia. A Congolese nun who worked with him died on Saturday in Monrovia.
Outside churches in the capital, plastic buckets with taps containing chlorinated water sat on stools, allowing worshippers to disinfect their hands. Inside, pastors told their congregations to follow instructions from health workers, some of whom have been attacked by locals terrified by the disease.
"We are in trouble here. We are in trouble," Reverend Marcus MacKay, dressed in a green gown, said before the altar. "But you know what? There is no way this devil is going to do its work!"
Scientists believe that West Africa's first Ebola epidemic began in early December near Gueckedou in the remote forest region of southeastern Guinea, near the border with Liberia and Sierra Leone. Yet it is not clear how the virus jumped from central Africa, where it is regarded as endemic.
National emergencies have since been declared in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, which now has seven confirmed cases of Ebola. Guinea said on Saturday it was tightening health checks at border crossings.
With healthcare workers unprepared to cope with the virus - which initially presents symptoms similar to malaria - many have died, exacerbating chronic staffing problems. Liberia alone has lost at least three doctors to the virus and 32 health workers.
The coordinator of Medecins Sans Frontieres in Liberia, Lindis Hurum, has called the situation in the country "catastrophic". President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Saturday pledged up to $18 million to help protect workers, fund more ambulances and to increase the number of treatment centres.
Burkina Faso became the latest African country on Sunday to announce stringent airport health checks and border controls to protect itself from infection. Zambia said on Saturday it would ban its citizens from travelling to countries hit by the virus.
In Senegal, which borders Guinea to the north, a man had been isolated in the northern region of Matam while tests were conducted for Ebola, the APS state news agency reported.
Tests on suspected cases in Hong Kong, Canada and Saudi Arabia in recent days have all proved negative. (Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Stephen Powell)
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Trawl fisheries, particularly in coastal areas, damage the seabed. In many cases, the area is trawled repeatedly before the ocean floor has been given enough time to recover. Scallop dredging also degrades cetacean habitats. The dredging process is so destructive to the ocean floor that it may be several years before there is any recovery.
The noise of the dredging process can carry for many miles, and may disturb the whales and dolphins that depend upon sound to navigate, communicate and find prey.
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LONDON (AP) — An 84-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for repeatedly raping a deaf and mute girl he trafficked into Britain and kept as a virtual slave.
Ilyas Ashar — who brought the girl into the U.K. from Pakistan in 2000 when she was about 10 — was found guilty of rape by a jury last week. He was convicted at an earlier trial of trafficking and benefits fraud charges in relation to the child.
The victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was beaten and kept in a cellar of the Ashar family home in the Manchester area of northwest England.
In sentencing, Judge Peter Lakin said neither Ashar nor his wife had expressed any remorse and failed to treat the girl as a human being.
"To you she was merely an object to be used, abused and cast aside at will," he said.
The girl — who could not read or write — was taught to write her name by Ashar and his family so they could claim benefits.
Ashar's wife, Tallat, was jailed for five years on trafficking and benefits fraud charges.
The couple had pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutor Peter Cadwallader praised the victim's courage and "extraordinary resilience" in testifying in court.
When she was rescued in a police raid in 2009, the victim did not know formal sign language.
British prosecutors and police arranged specialist support so that she could participate in the court proceedings, having an intermediary and a sign-language expert to help her communicate in court.
Speaking through an interpreter and using sign language, the victim described how she was hit with a rolling pin while forced to work for no money, made to sleep on a concrete floor in a bolted cellar and sexually abused.


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Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 2:00 p.m. vs. Cal State Bakersfield
All-Time Record vs. CSUB: 1-3
at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
2013 series: N/A
Last meeting: W, 5-2 (5/27/12 @ CSUB)
Friday, Feb. 21 at 6:00 p.m. at San Jose State
Saturday, Feb. 22 at 1:00 p.m. at San Jose State
Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1:00 p.m. at San Jose State
All three games at Municipal Stadium in San Jose, Calif.
All-Time Record vs. SJSU: 44-50
2013 series: 3-0 UCSB at home
• 2013 in Review
The 2013 season was an unmitigated success for the UCSB baseball program, as the team finished tied for second place in the Big West Conference and earned a trip to the Corvallis, Ore. Regional of the NCAA Tournament, both firsts since the 2001 season. The team's success was especially impressive considering its 20-18 record through 38 games. Checketts led the squad to a 14-6 record, including six consecutive series wins, to close out the regular season. For the first time in school history, the 2013 squad went the entire season without losing a series at home.
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In its preseason poll, Collegiate Baseball ranked UCSB as the No. 39 team in the country. It was the first time appearing in a national preseason poll in over 25 years. In the preseason Big West Coaches' Poll, the Gauchos were tabbed to finish third in the conference behind Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly. Perfect Game tabbed UCSB to earn a share of second in the conference for the second straight year.
• UCSB Puts Together One of Toughest Schedules in Program History
Looking to build on their 2013 postseason trip, Coach Checketts and the Gauchos scheduled one of the toughest collection of opponents in school history for this upcoming season. Overall, UCSB's 2014 opponents have combined for 73 appearances in the College World Series and 12 National Championships. Six of the Gauchos' foes this year were participants in last season's NCAA tournament. In addition, they will play the last two winners of the College World Series and three of the last four finalists. Six of UCSB opponents this season were ranked in the preseason, including three in the top-10 (No. 1 Cal State Fullerton, No. 4 Mississippi State, and No. 9 UCLA).
• A Fond Farewell
The Gauchos are returning the vast majority of their roster this season, as all but two starting position players and nearly the entire pitching staff are back. However, UCSB will be without the services of shortstop Brandon Trinkwon and relief pitcher Jared Wilson this year, as both were taken in the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Trinkwon became UCSB's highest drafted position player since 2006 when the Los Angeles Dodgers took him in the seventh round. During his time with the Gauchos, he hit .347 as a sophomore, was a two-time All-Big West selection, and was called the "Best Defensive Player" in the country before his junior year by Baseball America. Wilson, a 19th round pick by the Minnesota Twins, struck out a lofty 10.72 batters per nine innings as a senior. Current UCSB first baseman Tyler Kuresa was also chosen in the 2013 draft by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round, but chose to return to the Gauchos for his junior year.
• Prospect Watch
Tabbed as the No. 12 recruiting class nationwide when it was announced, UCSB's current sophomore class has a number of high-level prospects. Last year's closer Dylan Hecht and redshirt freshman Andrew Calica both were listed among Perfect Game's Top-100 Sophomore players, while Robby Nesovic is the reigning conference Freshman of the Year. The Gauchos also boast top-end sophomore arms in Dillon Tate, Connor Baits, Domenic Mazza, and Kenny Chapman, who all showed flashes of potential in their freshman seasons.
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Recently Clodagh Emoe has been using the device of the map to investigate our efforts to position ourselves in relation to a universe that renders us perplexingly irrelevant1. Similar to the obsessive activities of the medieval cartographer Clodaghs practice blurs the boundaries between research and art. This emphasis on research has enabled a new point of departure in Clodaghs practice. I am Somewhere Here exposes the possibilities that occur with communication and collaboration.
I am Here Somewhere, Clodagh Emoes current solo-show at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, articulates the inherent desire to succumb to the void whilst exposing the constraints both physical and mental, of the human condition. The project I am Somewhere Here is a direct response by some of Clodagh Emoes peers to her current solo-show and their dialogue on themes that pertain to the notion of the void.
The essence of Naomi Bishops paintings is a shared interest for both art and science; they become intertwined in a form that is simultaneously captivated by it and questioning of it. Speculation takes on its own role in defining understanding and creates definitions of what is known and unknown. Colin Crottys work is concerned with memory and perception. Intrigued by nostalgic and idealistic senses indicative to that found in certain twentieth century literature he establishes associations between the parochial tale and the classic novel. Belen Uriels photography and video work reference the sublime by capturing on film the dissipating landscape. Referencing the formal beauty of modernist architecture, Camilla Lyon places emphasis on the often-failed ideals that they represent. Anna Barhams sculptures are reflections on what it means to exist physically in the world spatial and material investigations into the overlooked of the everyday. Tom Wolseley combines different media to make visible the linguistic manoeuvres he finds necessary to define himself while Vera Lossaus work could be understood as a dutiful awareness of self which is a persistent joy of enquiry into nothingness.
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From: NASA Lunar Science Institute
Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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Date/Time: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:00AM PST, 1:00 PM EST, 18:00 UTC
Presenter: Jack Burns Ph. D., University of Colorado, Boulder
The NLSI's Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR) is a team of researchers and students at leading universities, NASA centers, and federal research laboratories undertaking investigations aimed at using the Moon as a platform for space science. LUNAR research includes Lunar Interior Physics & Gravitation using Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), Low Frequency Cosmology and Astrophysics (LFCA), Planetary Science and the Lunar Ionosphere, Radio Heliophysics and Space Radiation, and Exploration Science. The LUNAR team is exploring technologies that are likely to have a dual purpose, serving both exploration and science. In this talk, Dr. Burns will describe how LUNAR researchers are using LLR to provide the most precise constraints on General Relativity and gravitation, how low frequency radio observations of the Sun will assist us in understanding and predicting solar radiation that propagates throughout interplanetary space, and how low radio frequency telescopes in lunar orbit and on the lunar farside will allow us to probe the first stars and galaxies during the early Universe's Cosmic Dawn. Dr. Burns will also describe our development of new human/robotic mission concepts, including a mission to the Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange Point where astronauts in the Orion spacecraft will teleoperate rovers for geological exploration and deployment of a low radio frequency array.
Jack Burns is a Professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and Vice President Emeritus for Academic Affairs and Research for the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute's Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR), a NASA-funded center. Burns received his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, in Astrophysics from the University of Massachusetts. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Indiana University. From 2001 through 2005, Burns served as Vice President for Academic Affairs & Research for the University of Colorado System. Burns was Vice Provost for Research at the University of Missouri - Columbia from 1997 through 2001. He was Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Burns was Department Head and Professor in the Department of Astronomy at NMSU from 1989 until 1996. During his tenure at the University of New Mexico from 1980 to 1989, Burns served as the Director of the Institute for Astrophysics and was a Presidential Fellow. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory from 1978 to 1980. Burns has over 380 publications in refereed journals, books, and in conference proceedings and abstracts (as listed in NASA's Astrophysics Data System). Burns is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal in 2010 for his service on the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) and as Chair of the NAC Science Committee.
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Re: Pali Term: Sati
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I experience the present, remember the past, and anticipate the future. This is how I know without reference to some well defined exact slice of time called the present moment. You're just picking bones here. (And an important thing to do is to remember to experience the present, i.e. to keep what's going right now clearly in mind)danieLion wrote:How do you know when the past ends, the present begins, and the future starts?polarbuddha101 wrote:1) I'm not referring to that doctrine. Go ahead and take out the word moment, it makes no difference. Call it the experienced present if you want.
2) It is recollection of the past and remembering to stay aware of the experienced present.above you said it was all very simple. So, which is it?polarbuddha101 wrote:3) Just because sati means memory/remembrance/recollection doesn't mean that it isn't related to the rest of the path. In practice it has a very important and complex function...
A simple translation for a complex practice, it's both simple and complex depending on the way you're looking at the issue.


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"Where has this guitar been all our lives?" says TOTAL GUITAR magazine
The Washburn WI64V is the latest model from Washburn's Idol Series to be reviewed, and it got a glowing, 5/5 review!
"The WI64V is versatile, cool, and cheap. What's not to like?" TOTAL GUITAR
The WI64V comes artifically aged with distressed blonde or black finishes. With its cool look and unique V.C.C. pickup circuit that blends between single coil and humbucking tones, the WI64V receives one of the best reviews we've seen in a long time - with a maximum 5/5 and Best Buy Award.
"From the slim body to the mananageable neck, the Idol's rocked since its luanch in '99. The scuffing on this guitar is the icing on an already tasty cake."
"Then there's the VCC system. There's a control dial for each picku,p so first TG turned both down to '1', bringing in a singlecoil snap that's perfect for biting riffs. Next, we rolled both up to '10', put both feet in the humbucker zone, and unlocked a thick roar. Finally we rolled both controls to 5 and started racking our brains for words to describe the warm-yet-cutting hybrid tone that spilled forth. You've literally never heard anything like it."
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Smartphones are great for keeping in touch, be that with friends, family or colleagues. It really doesn't matter what device you have, there are plenty of options available to you.
SMS and MMS messaging is great, but sometimes you want something more immediate, you want to have a discussion, and importantly, you don't want to run up charges for messaging, especially if you're roaming.
There are a number of data-based solutions and today we're looking at an app that's proved it's worth and has plenty of users. If you've never heard of WhatsApp, it might be something you should consider.
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- Android (version tested), iPhone, BlackBerry, WP7, Symbian
- Price
- Free
- Where
- Google Play
WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging app, which will let you send instant messages to your contacts. In this it is nothing unique: iMessage, BBM, Skype, GTalk, Facebook Messenger and so on, also offer the same sort of functions, but as a standalone app, WhatsApp has a lot going for it.
The first important point is that it is cross platform. This means you can, for example, contact people on iPhone or BlackBerry from your Android device. It isn't constrained like device specific services - BlackBerry Messenger or iMessage for example.
This makes it great in the real world where the people you know all have a different type of phone. Sure, services like Skype offer a similar experience, but WhatsApp has a lighter footprint: it doesn't use much data and it doesn't draw heavily on the battery either (if the stats from our test HTC One X are typical).
Of course, BlackBerry users will argue that BBM is better and perhaps they're right; Apple users are right to like iMessage, but in a world where simplicity in communication makes it easier for everyone, WhatsApp has a very valid place.
When it comes to use, we've been testing WhatsApp across devices, but this review is written principally of the Android version.
As soon as you register your phone number within the app, you'll see those contacts that have WhatsApp. It's great, because you're able to get started without any messing around - as long as you have the right phone numbers for people.
WhatsApp is a messenger app, so it doesn't go as far as offering voice or video calling, but it will let you send various types of additional content as well as words and the all-essential emoticons.
Tapping the attachment icon will let you include pictures or video (either from the Gallery, or captured for the purpose there and then), audio (music or recorded voice), your map location or a contact card. Other apps play in here too, so if you use Google Music, for example, that will be offered as a source of music.
As such, there is a lot you can do with it. Of course, sending messages uses very little data, but if you start flicking video back and forth, it's going to cost you unless you're sitting on Wi-Fi, which WhatsApp is happy to do.
Everything works smoothly and the messaging process is fast enough to be able to have a coherent conversation, so long as both parties have a data connection. We get the feeling that BBM copes better with lesser reception, which seems to be an inherent BlackBerry trait, but otherwise we're impressed with the performance.
You also get nice options, such as groups, so you can have a specific group of friends in one chat, perfect for coordinating people. We also like that you can drop a shortcut for a contact, so if you regularly chat to a particular individual, you can have them with a tap of the finger. Naturally, this being Android, WhatsApp will be integrated into your contacts and sharing options too.
You can also broadcast messages, letting you send a message to a selection of people you choose off your contact list, for example, that important "It's a boy!" announcement, or "I'm single again!".
Notifications are also nice and customisable on the Android version, so you choose how you are alerted, with different settings for groups, if you want them.
WhatsApp is also free and we've found that it has been very stable, with the somewhat cumbersome approach that something like Skype comes with.
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- Announcer: Hey racefans, it's coming! Saturdays, don't miss the Patriot 500 Live from Patriot Beer Motor Speedway! It's edge of your seat excitement as rednecks drive around in a circle 500 times!
- The Patriot 500's commercial is supposedly set at Patriot Beer Motor Speedway, but it is actually Carl Johnson, protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, driving a Hotring Racer on the Los Santos International Airport's runway in the game-world of GTA San Andreas.
- Ironically, although promoting the event, the commercial is mocking it with the popular insult to auto racing that all cars do is "race in circles for hours". However, this may just be sarcasm. It also matches other in-game adverts in tone (e.g. Pisswasser lager).


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Welcome back to the return of our weekly Top 10 Android App Updates column, where we take a look at the most upgraded apps for the week. I've found that one of the best ways to discover useful apps is to look at what people are actually updating, and not focus on which apps have the most installs.
To find the most updated apps, I turn to AppAware. It's a great tool that shows me which apps have active support from their developers and sometimes reminds me of an old app that I might have removed long ago. Make sure to install it so your activity can help determine our weekly top 10 list.
As in the past, we are going to filter out minor updates for the super popular apps that have over 10 million installs, but I'm going to make an exception for apps that had significant updates. I hope you enjoy this weekly feature and discover some apps that you might find useful.
Evernote – Version 4.3
What's new in this version:
- Simplified note editor toolbar
- Premium feature: Multi-select notebooks to download for offline access
- Jump directly to notes created in Skitch
- Android tablets: Redesigned action bar changes based on context
I always hear great things about Evernote, but I'm currently addicted to Springpad for all my note-taking needs. Head over to the Evernote blog for more details on this latest update.
Glympse – Version 2.0
What's new in this version:
- New UI: streamlined design to make sending a Glympse even faster and easier than before
- Glympse Request: request a Glympse from someone else
- Glympse Groups: get all your friends on the same map by creating a Glympse Group
Most Android fans know they can share their location with Latitude, but Glympse takes it to another level with enhanced features. They just released a major update to Version 2.0 that includes a complete redesign and new features like Glympse Groups. If you have never tried Glympse, now might be the time to give it a look.
Starbucks – Version 2.2.1
What's new in this version:
- My Starbuck Rewards now delivered and viewable on your phone
- Updated design
- Performance improvements
- Bug fixes
Coffee lovers know that the Starbucks app is the fastest way to pay, track your Stars, and reload your Starbucks Card. This latest version includes a Holo-inspired theme and the ability to manage your Starbucks rewards.
VLC for Android Beta – Version varies with device
What's new in this version:
- This is the sixth beta available of VLC for Android.
- The new beta is a bugfix release above 0.0.5, fixing audio glitches, Jelly Bean Hardware decoding, and reducing CPU and RAM usages in the UI.
- It continues the UI improvements, the tablet-freedly mode, the stability and speed improvements of 0.0.5. It is still Intel and Tegra2 CPU compatible.
- It also brings many crashes and issues that were reported by users, and translations updates.
- But remember, this is still a beta ;)
The VLC media player is coming to Android and you can participate in the beta right now. This version only only supports a handful of devices, but it's worth grabbing if you enjoy the desktop version.
Wigetsoid – Version 4.1.9
What's new in this version:
- Enable change icon for people buy theme
- Fix some crash
- Add popup to help with default notification
- Improve notification speed
- Add vertical widgets and big size
- All is rewrite and new feature was added
- New toggles : Weather, Clock, Swipe
- Backup / restore from zip file or Dropbox
- Load only toggles or theme from profil
- Set default theme from profil
- Swipe mode
- Thin indicators
- 2 rows in widgets and notifications
- Unlimited toggles in widgets
- Outer blur color
Want to create your own widgets with over 50 options to toggle? Widgetsoid is the tool to have if you want to control all your phone options with a single click. See the Play Store description for a tutorial video to get started.
Google Calendar – Version 201210120
What's new in this version:
- Improved compatibility with non-Nexus devices.
- Time range for synced events extends from one year in the past to one year in the future.
- Send feedback to Google from within the app.
- Display event-specific colors.
- Quickly email all event guests from a notification with a customizable message.
- Snooze reminders right from the notification.
This week Google finally released their Calendar app to the Play Store. It normally comes preloaded on most Android devices, but there were some manufacturers that replaced the default app with their own custom version. Now all Android devices with access to the Google Play Store can once again enjoy the stock Calendar experience.
Crackle – Version varries with device
What's new in this version:
- Newly re-designed based on feedback from our 11 million mobile users
- Support for even more handsets and tablets
- Easier to find your favorite movies & shows
- Improved video quality
- Watch on your TV via HDMI out
Can't afford a subscription to Netflix? Sony's Crackle lets you watch full-length Hollywood movies & TV shows on your phone. This latest version features an all new design and it now supports video out over HDMI so you can watch videos on the big screen.
Any.Do – Version 2.20
What's new in this version:
- Simple folders: Simply add, edit and remove your folders from the Folders screen
- Vibrating alerts: Not hearing the reminder is not an excuse anymore!
- Hebrew Support: Any.DO now fully supports Hebrew (Many thanks to Dekel Wainer)
- Fixed Repeating tasks and Resizable widget's bugs, along other small issues
- Status-bar Widget: See what's next & simply add new tasks straight from the new status-bar widget. Pull & DO
There are tons of todo managers, but I have always liked Any.DO for its simplicity. This new version now supports enhanced tasks thanks to folders. There is also a cool status-bar widget that lets you quickly add tasks by pulling down your status bar.
Sleep as Android – Version 20121018
What's new in this version:
- Fix for empty sleep graph on some devices >4.0 including some of the Samsung, Motorola and Huawei
- Two new lullabies: Wind walking, Old clock
- Untagged music files are also shown in ringtone picker at the end of the list
- Polish translations (many thanks to Kacper)
Sleep timers have recently become popular and Sleep for Android has already racked up 1 million installs. The free app includes a two week trial, and if you like the results you can opt for the paid version. I don't know why you need to graph your sleep and post it to Facebook, but now you know there's an app for that.
Swype Beta – Version 1.3
Download: Visit beta.swype.com
What's new in this version:
- Dictionary Backup & Sync: Swype now backs up and syncs a user's personal dictionary across any of their mobile devices. So now when nicknames like "Ollie" are added to a mobile phone, that word will be automatically added to the personal dictionary on a tablet as well as all other registered devices.
- Swype for Tablets: Swype has taken tablet innovation to the next level by offering a choice of three different keyboard layouts for tablets: the original keyboard, a small and moveable keyboard, and a split keyboard. So no matter what style keyboard, people can stay connected and productive from anywhere.
- Hotwords: Language is evolving faster than ever and Swype now updates dictionaries with the latest global trending words. Swype users can opt-in to receive updates to their dictionaries and stay up to date with the newest 'hotwords', like "Gangnam Style."
- Themes: Swype allows users to further personalize their devices with the new keyboard theme options. Users can access up to 10 different themes in Swype's settings menu for quick and cool keyboard customizations.
- More Language Support: The latest update to Swype also features enhancements to the Chinese keyboard with an additional tool bar and has added a Flick keyboard to Japanese. Users can also expect many more languages with Advanced Language Models that predict the words and phrases users Swype the most.
I have tried Swype several times and I've never been a fan. Lots of other people can't seem to live without it, so maybe it's time to give the latest beta version a spin. It's not available on the Google Play Store, so you will have to visit the Swype site for the download link and setup instructions.


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Some 2,000 people are attending the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) this week at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. The number includes 500 ethanol producers, said Tom Bryan, vice president, BBI International, organizer of the country's longest-running ethanol convention. The Expo portion of the event features approximately 300 exhibitors.
This morning's session featured a discussion by NASCAR CEO Brian France and Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis. France told the audience that NASCAR did a lot of testing on ethanol before it made the decision to fuel race cars with E15. "This fuel has been great for NASCAR," he said. If NASCAR had encountered problems with ethanol, the races wouldn't have gone on. "We had to have a lot of confidence in your product," he added.
Buis said that the ethanol industry, which is the collective force behind the "American Ethanol" brand, looked to NASCAR as a third party validator. NASCAR fans, some 80 million strong, "are legendary for their loyalty," Buis said.
NASCAR helps quell some of the myths about ethanol, and also provides it high visibility. "We've become mini evangelists about some of the key points—that ethanol helps with energy independence, that it's American made, and that it drives down emissions. Our industry is dialed into that," France said. Ethanol has performed well on NASCAR tracks this season and has resulted in only a minor decrease in fuel efficiency, France added.


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Yesterday, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) transferred responsibility for the country's security forces to the Afghan government after a bomb blast targeting a political official left three civilians dead in Kabul.
The blast, which occurred in front of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Watch, was targeting Afghanistan's second vice-president Mohammed Mohaqiq, who is also a Muslim cleric and leader of the Hazara minority. Three civilians were killed and 30 others were injured. Mohaqiq was not injured in the blast, though six of his bodyguards sustained injuries and one car in his convoy was damaged. The Afghan Independent Human Rights Watch was not a related target.
Just miles away, Afghan President Hamid Karzai accepted control of the security operations for Afghanistan from NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen. While NATO forces will still be in the country, the Afghan police force of over 350,000 officers will be in charge of operations.
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The Osprey's diet consists almost entirely of fish, generally in the range of 10 to 30 cm in length. Rarely, small mammals, birds, or reptiles may be eaten.
Ospreys breed in the New World over most of North America south to Guatemala; in the Old World, they breed from the British Isles, Scandinavia, northern Russia, and northern Siberia south (at least locally) through much of Eurasia and most of Africa and Australia to South Africa, the Himalayas, Tasmania, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands. They winter from the southern United States south through Middle America, the West Indies, and South America (including the Galapagos Islands) to southern Chile, northern Argentina, and Uruguay; in the Old World, Ospreys winter from the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, India, and eastern China south through the remainder of the breeding range.
The Osprey's courtship display includes the pair circling high together; the male may fly high and then dive repeatedly in the vicinity of the nest site, often carrying a fish or stick. The nest is usually constructed at the top of a large tree (often with a dead or broken top) not far from water. Utility poles or other structures, including nesting platforms erected by humans expressly for Ospreys, may also be used. They may nest on the ground on small islands and on cliffs or giant cacti in western Mexico. The nest site is typically very open to the sky. The bulky nest, built by both sexes, is made of sticks and lined with smaller materials. Nests may be reused for many years, with material added each year. Typical clutch size is 3 (range 2 to 4). The eggs, which are creamy white with brown blotches, are incubated by both parents (but mainly the female) for around 38 days. When the young first hatch, the female remains with them most of the time, sheltering them from sun and rain, and the male brings fish back to the nest, which the female feeds the young. Age at first flight is around 51 to 54 days.
In the mid-20th century, Osprey populations in the United States and elsewhere plummeted as a result of accumulations of the pesticide DDT in the food chain, which prevented the formation of normal eggshells (DDT can interfere with normal calcium absorption, resulting in thin eggshells). With the reduction in use of DDT and other conservation efforts, populations of Ospreys and some other affected species have rebounded.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed sixth-round draft pick Daniel McCullers and seventh-round selection Rob Blanchflower to four-year contracts.
Financial details were not disclosed. McCullers and Blanchflower are the first of Pittsburgh's nine draft picks to come to terms with the team.
Pittsburgh took the 6-foot-7, 352-pound McCullers with the 215th overall pick in the draft. The defensive tackle is expected to compete for a roster spot behind veterans Steve McLendon and Cam Thomas.
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The Steelers made Blanchflower the 230th overall pick. The tight end out of Massachusetts caught 109 passes for 1,164 yards and nine touchdowns with the Minutemen.


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 02 Oct 2009
Who visits the Indigenous Australians Exhibition and what do they think about it?
The Museum is planning to develop a new Indigenous Australians exhibition. To inform this development an evaluation of the current exhibition was conducted in during 2009. A total of 167 face to face interviews were conducted with visitors and results summarised below.
The main motivation for visiting the exhibition was either a general visit (47%) 35% or a desire to learn about Indigenous culture, people and history (35%).
98% of visitors understood the main messages the exhibition is trying to convey, described as:
Visitors were asked to describe their feelings after visiting the exhibition and most respondents described feelings centred on learning. They said they felt informed, interested, gained understanding and were curious.
The exact nature of the learning was described as:
For 27% of respondents the most interesting feature of the exhibition was the art, 17% craft and artefacts, 16% stolen generation and the maze, 11% weapons, 10% history.
81% of respondents correctly identified Indigenous people as telling the stories in the exhibition and 83% supported the merging of political and cultural issues in the exhibition.
Visitor profile:
6% described themselves as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent


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Bandeau- Landmark, High Waist shorts- United Colors of Benetton
I didn't removed my high waist I think it's not suitable for the place and I still don't have enough guts. (Hehe!) So, that's it! Hope ya'll had a good summer and enjoyed reading! Cheerio!


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Glassybaby: Design for a Cause
Glassybaby is a Seattle-based glass retail and sculpture company that creates sleek, modern glass cups, vases and votives. I recently had the opportunity to photograph the interior of the University Village, Seattle shop.
The pieces are moderately priced, and as an added incentive, Glassybaby donates a substantial amount of their profits to cancer patients' everyday needs, including bus fare, childcare, or groceries. The Glassybaby shop itself has a clean, modern feel and each piece is handblown with a creative name like Lamb, Lifeguard, or Wet Dog. I love the effect that they have in a set of several monochromatic colors, but they are definitely a beautiful and serene statement on their own.
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Georgia's Bennett, Mitchell reunited as starters
Add this to the long list of reasons Georgia's Aaron Murray
returned for his senior season: He can look forward to a full
season of having two of his favorite receivers, Michael Bennett and
Malcolm Mitchell, playing together again.
It's an opportunity Murray enjoyed for only one game in
Mitchell opened last season at cornerback before finally
returning to offense in the fifth game. Bennett was Georgia's
leading receiver through five games before tearing up his right
knee in practice, ending his season.
Bennett is expected to join Mitchell as the starting receivers
when No. 5 Georgia opens at No. 8 Clemson next Saturday.
Bennett says he has made a full recovery from reconstructive
knee surgery. He isn't even wearing a rubber sleeve on his knee in
Mitchell is Georgia's leading returning receiver. A healthy
Bennett should help make up for the losses of Tavarres King, a
fifth-round pick by Denver, and Marlon Brown, who is in the Ravens'
"It's exciting," said Murray of Bennett's return. "He was one
of my favorite targets last year. He's a big target and very
reliable. You know Mike is going to run his route the way he was
taught and I can trust he's going to be there."
Bennett (6-3, 205) had 24 catches for 345 yards and four
touchdowns, leading the team in each category, through five games.
He had two touchdown catches against Tennessee and had at least 70
yards receiving in four of his five games.
More importantly, Bennett was establishing himself as Murray's
go-to receiver before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his
right knee.
Have the two re-established that chemistry?
"I think you've got to play games before you can really know,
but as far as practice is concerned it looks like they're doing
just fine together," coach Mark Richt said Friday.
Mitchell finished with 40 catches for 572 yards and four
touchdowns last season. The junior was a third-team pick on the
coaches' All-SEC preseason team released this week.
Georgia also has tight end Arthur Lynch, receiver Chris Conley
and running backs Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall returning as top
targets for Murray.
Bennett said it's not important that he reclaim bragging rights
as the Bulldogs' leading receiver.
"You know, it was nice being the leading receiver but again, I
kind of stress that it doesn't really matter to me," Bennett said
Friday. "What matters to me is winning games and being able to
catch the ball when it's thrown my way. I know it's going to be
thrown my way. It's just a matter of getting the job done."
Bennett said he used informal players' workouts during the
summer to regain his confidence and didn't feel he had any
remaining hurdles to clear during preseason drills. He said he has
had no setback with his knee and was slowed only by a tight
"He's missed very little considering the surgery and what he's
gone through," Richt said. "It's pretty amazing, actually."
Bennett has regained his teammates' confidence.
"He's got guts," Lynch said. "He's got the play-making
ability. He's a dude that if you pick up a ball for backyard
football or whatever, he's a guy that you want.
"For me, I see him exceeding any expectations placed on him and
capitalizing on the year he had last year. He's not any slower. He
doesn't have a slow step in him. He's attacking every day as if he
never had an injury and that's exactly what you want."
Mitchell, meanwhile, appears bound for a full-time role on
defense. Injuries to safeties Tray Matthews and Corey Moore, who
might start while Josh Harvey-Clemons serves a one-game suspension,
haven't led to even a part-time role in the secondary for
Receivers coach Tony Ball quickly put a stop to any thought
Mitchell had of visiting the defense.
"I think one day I played around and tried to at practice,"
said Mitchell, when asked if he has seen any time on defense.
"Coach Ball wasn't having any of it. We were doing one-on-ones and
I just jumped up there in front of one of my receivers and they
made me move."
NOTES: Georgia, which worked out in shorts for 90 minutes on
Saturday, has set its game-week practice schedule. Richt said the
Bulldogs will have their normal full-pads workout on Monday instead
of Tuesday, leaving time for the players to have an extra "dress
rehearsal" before making the trip to Clemson. Richt said the goal
is "to get everybody's legs back and get them as healthy as we'll
be." … Richt said he hopes Matthews, a projected starter as a
freshman, can return from shoulder and hamstring injuries to play
against Clemson.
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In the end, it's all about the food, or at least that's what the cruise industry's recent behavior would tell us. Although the lines have deployed impressive new hardware and ramped-up service levels in recent years, the flood of culinary upgrades has been hard to ignore — and increasingly difficult to track. Celebrity chefs, myriad alternative dining options and trendy menu items have come forth in a seemingly never-ending game of one-upmanship. Armed for battle in this high-seas gastronomic arms race, Holland America Line (HAL) has a powerful weapon in Master Chef Rudi Sodamin, who has upped the ante in the premium segment with his Culinary Council initiative. A recent cruise on the Statendam allowed me to gauge the evolutionary progress of this program and to assess overall culinary operations aboard.
The foundation for HAL's recent culinary upgrades was laid in 2004, when the line executed a long-term consulting agreement with Rudi Sodamin — a multi-talented Austrian chef who made his name at age 23 as the youngest Chef de Cuisine ever on a large cruise ship (Norwegian Cruise Line's Vistafjord). He then went on to serve as corporate chef at Cunard Line, held a similar position at Royal Caribbean and authored several cookbooks along the way.
According to Sodamin, his initial, overarching mission as HAL's consulting Master Chef was to change the perception of the food on the line's ships. It wasn't that the food was bad, it just needed an update. With that goal, he set out to revamp and modernize menus in HAL's culinary program by examining every aspect of the dining experience onboard the line's ships. Sodamin put a culinary road map in place that emphasized education and pride in the ships' galleys. Within 12 months, menus were upgraded and practices and procedures installed to ensure consistency in dining operations across the fleet. After working with restaurateur Sirio Maccioni to introduce a pop-up version of Le Cirque onboard HAL's ships in 2010, Sodamin unleashed his energy onto an ambitious new endeavor: a culinary council of esteemed chefs.
In 2011, he introduced the concept with a coalition of six renowned chefs (himself included) in pursuit of one gustatory objective: to create and deploy innovative, gourmet menu items to all fleetwide dining venues. When I sailed on the Westerdam in June 2011, the Culinary Council dishes had just rolled out and the results were predictably uneven. An obvious gap between concept and execution manifested itself in some disappointing tastes and textures. That's all water under the bridge now, as the current collection of dishes — which appears highlighted on dinner menus with credit to the originating chef — is finely honed.
While I sampled most on my recent voyage, the best in class were David Burke's Pan-Seared Rainbow Trout, Charlie Trotter's Lavender and Almond Milk Flan and Marcus Samuelsson's Crispy Crab Roll. Other council dishes of note were Johnny Boer's Barramundi With Coconut-Lemongrass Reduction and chocolatier Jacques Torres' Poached Pear With Chocolate Fondue.
Topping them all, however, was Master Chef Rudi's Grilled Turkey Breast With Figs and Honey Onion Compote. That dish, with its complex yet complementary flavors, was awe-inspiring. It's important to note, however, that all of these recipes, whether developed by Sodamin or his council, come with a critical caveat: they must be faithfully executed by the respective onboard executive chef and his staff. That gap, between concept and execution, is a dangerous disconnect that plagues many lines' culinary programs. To manage this risk, Sodamin regularly visits all ships in the fleet in order to train staff and ensure consistency. Photos of each dish's required presentation are also posted in the galleys.
On the Statendam, Executive Chef Bitta Kuruvilla and his able team fulfill the Culinary Council's vision with accuracy and picture-perfect presentation. An important aspect of onboard dining, HAL provisions its ships with top-quality cuts of beef, pork and lamb, thereby enhancing the range of dishes on the daily menus.
Culinary upgrades extend to the self-service casual dining in the Lido as well, as lunches there feature a vast array of sophisticated dishes such as soft-shell crab sandwiches, chili-rubbed tuna brochette and crispy pork belly. The breakfast lineup includes made-to-order waffles and an eggs Benedict station, where seven varieties of the dish are prepared to order — using nonstandard ingredients such as crabmeat and smoked salmon. Lido dinner options typically reflect a subset of dishes found on the main dining room menu, minus the enhanced presentation and some side dishes.
Interestingly, as the quality of the main dining room fare has improved on HAL's ships, it now approaches — and at times exceeds — that of the Pinnacle Grill, the line's principal alternative restaurant. Notwithstanding the excellent steak and lamb selections here, the key differentiators in the Pinnacle Grill (versus the dining room) remain intensely personal service and table spacing. All said, the $25 surcharge here is still a good value proposition.
In his tenure with HAL, Sodamin has done a masterful job of transforming the line's ho-hum menus into modern, sophisticated restaurant fare. The quality and presentation of his cuisine is a model for other lines to aspire to. So what's next for the always-in-motion chef in 2013 and beyond? He plans to add a female chef to the Culinary Council, but otherwise declines to reveal specifics.


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Politics has been marred by sex scandals throughout American history. Take a look at some of the biggest past scandals. [ + - ]
It has long been suspected that former President Thomas Jefferson was the father of several children with his slave, Sally Hemmings. [ + - ]
Shortly after the death of South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond on June 26, 2003, Essie Mae Washington-Williams revealed that she was Thurmond's illegitimate daughter. [ + - ]
Since former President John F. Kennedy's death in 1963, allegations have been made that Kennedy carried on extramarital affairs during his presidency, including with actress Marilyn Monroe. [ + - ]
In 1988, reports emerged of an affair between Democratic presidential hopeful Colorado Sen. Gary Hart and 29-year-old Donna Rice. Following the reports, the National Enquirer published photographs of Rice sitting on Hart's lap aboard a motor yacht called Monkey Business. Five days later, Hart dropped out of the race. [ + - ]
In 1990, the House voted to reprimand Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank when it was revealed that Steve Gobie, a male escort whom Frank had befriended after hiring him through a personal advertisement, claimed to have conducted an escort service from Frank's apartment when he was not at home. The House Ethics Committee found no evidence that Frank had known of or been involved in the alleged illegal activity. Gobie disputes Frank's account. [ + - ]
In 1998, news broke of an affair between then-President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment of Clinton by the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on perjury and obstruction of justice charges in a 21-day Senate trial. [ + - ]
In 1998, Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt said he had evidence that U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston had strayed outside of his marriage and he was preparing to publish the information. Livingston got word that the article was pending, and on Dec. 19, 1998, he stepped down as speaker-elect and announced he would resign from the House in May 1999. Republican David Vitter was elected to replace him. Flynt claimed July 9, 2007, to have made the link between Vitter and so-called "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey. [ + - ]
In May 2001, California Rep. Gary Condit became the subject of national news coverage after the April 30 disappearance of Chandra Levy, a Washington, D.C., intern originally from Condit's district. After being questioned by police several times, Condit confessed that the two had an affair. [ + - ]
On Aug. 12, 2004, New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey announced: "I am a gay American." The married governor said he had "engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man" -- whom his aides immediately named as his homeland security adviser Golan Cipel -- and that he would resign effective Nov. 15, 2004. [ + - ]
On Aug. 30, 2004, Virginia Rep. Ed Schrock said he would not attempt a third term in Congress amid rumors of homosexuality. After Schrock's announcement, blogACTIVE.com posted links to audio recordings of what the site said was Schrock soliciting sex on a gay phone-sex chatline. [ + - ]
In September 2006, ABC News reported that Florida Rep. Mark Foley had sent sexually explicit e-mail messages and instant messages to a former congressional page. The revelations prompted even more pages to come forward, alleging a history of inappropriate conduct by Foley dating back at least 10 years. Foley resigned from office on Sept. 29, 2006. [ + - ]
In March 2007, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted in an interview that he was having an extramarital affair during the same period as when the House investigated and then impeached President Bill Clinton for his conduct with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Gingrich divorced his second wife in 2000 after his attorneys acknowledged his relationship with his current wife, Callista Bisek, a former congressional aide. [ + - ]
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being accused by an undercover officer of soliciting sex at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport on June 11, 2007. Craig later called a news conference to deny that he is gay and announced his intent to resign from the Senate. He later changed his mind, deciding to finish out his term, which expired in January 2009. [ + - ]
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet in a Washington hotel room Feb. 13, 2008, with a prostitute from a call-girl business known as the Emperors Club VIP. Spitzer was not named in the complaint but was referenced as "Client 9," according to law enforcement officials. The complaint indicated that he had used the prostitution service before, although it was not known how often. Spitzer resigned from the governor's post, but made a comeback in 2013 to run for New York City controller. [ + - ]
Former Sen. John Edwards admitted on Aug. 8, 2008, that he engaged in an extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter, a filmmaker who produced clips of Edwards' presidential campaign. Edwards fathered a child with Hunter. [ + - ]
After his whereabouts were unknown for several days, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted he had an affair with a woman from Argentina. Sanford resigned as chairman of the Republican Governors Association and he and his wife eventually divorced. [ + - ]
On Feb. 9, 2011, New York Rep. Christopher Lee resigned after the gossip website Gawker reported that the married congressman had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman whose Craigslist ad he answered. He said he was quitting because he regretted actions that hurt his family and others. [ + - ]
In May 2011, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago with a member of their household staff, the Los Angeles Times reported. [ + - ]
On June 6, 2011, after a week of denials, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., admitted an explicit photo on his Twitter account was in fact him and that he had been carrying on inappropriate relationships with women he'd met online. Weiner announced 10 days later that he would resign from Congress and he formally resigned on June 21. However, in May 2013 he announced via a YouTube video his intent to run for New York mayor. On July 23, 2013, Weiner confirmed that more sexually-explicit text messages had been sent during his sexting scandal. He fell from first place to last place among Democratic candidates in polling and lost in the primary. [ + - ]
Rep. David Wu resigned in July 2011 after being accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward a fundraiser's daughter. [ + - ]
CIA Director David Petraeus submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama on Nov. 9, 2012, citing personal reasons. He admitted to having an extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell (pictured). [ + - ]
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain suspended his campaign on Dec. 3, 2011, amid several accusations of sexual misconduct and an allegation by one woman that she had a 13-year affair with the former Godfather's CEO. Cain strongly denied all allegations, but he said the claims were an ongoing distraction and caused his family pain. [ + - ]
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, battling a tide of sexual harassment allegations, entered a two-week intensive behavior therapy program on July 29, 2013. When the allegations first began, Filner acknowledged "I need help," and added, "I'm clearly doing something wrong." Weeks later, he resigned. [ + - ]
In April 2014, newly-elected Rep. Vance McAllister asked for forgiveness from God, his family and his constituents after a local newspaper published surveillance video of the married Louisiana Republican kissing a female staffer. Later that month, he announced he would not seek re-election. [ + - ]