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Great Yokai War, The (HK - DVD R3)
Gabe checks out Miike's valient swing at epic children's entertainment on DVD...
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A meek young boy, Takashi, lives an outcast's life. His classmates tease him mercilessly, his mother is a drunk, his father is MIA, his sister is away at college, and his grandfather is an insane war vet who confuses Takashi for his dead submarine mates. While attending a local festival, he is chosen by a ceremonial dragon to be a Kirin Rider, a champion of justice and peace. The ceremony is all in good fun, because everybody knows there's really no such thing as demons, dragons, or Kirin, or is there? It seems the Yokai (demon, which has a less negative connotation in Japan) are not only real, but also in need of a champion.
The evil Lord Kato is capturing the world's innocent Yokai, with the help of his lovely, white haired, whip welding assistant Aki (played by Kill Bill and Battle Royale's resident femme fatale Chiaki Kuriyama) and changing them into hate-driven killing machines. Takashi is asked by his new friends to take up arms against Kato, and save the Yokai and human realms for utter annihilation. Can Takashi succeed against these insurmountable odds to become the paladin of The Great Yokai War?
Takashi Miike has proven time and again to be one of the most talented, creative and progressive directors in modern film. Though not without his failures (the guy's made about a million feature films in his short career), Miike is capable of mastering varied genres while maintaining a style all his own. My personal favourite among his inventory is Happiness of the Katikuris, his 'family musical', based on The Quiet Family. The mixing of Miike's jet-black humour, his childlike sensibilities, and his eye for the insanely bizarre won me over from the word go. Though Katikuris was referred to as fun for the whole family by its director, no one could confuse its dancing, rotting zombies or underage schoolgirls crushed by sumo's during rough sex for children's entertainment, but the film was still a step towards more casually accessible work.
The Great Yokai War (a semi-remake of a 1968 film), though seemingly odd amongst Miike's gory excesses, is in a lot of ways the next logical step in his career. It builds on his favourite themes, and though a little on the scary side, creates the appropriate atmosphere for happy little scamps. This mainstream children's slant is, of course, more than slightly soiled by Miike's affinity for the macabre, and this makes The Great Yokai War a film special enough to appeal to the director's fans, and adult fans of modern film.
If you took Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids movies, pretty much every film ever made involving Muppets (including, but not limited to Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal), all those classic 'kids having out of this world adventures' flicks from the '80s ( The Explorers, The Never Ending Story, *shudder* Goonies), and crammed them into Ichi the Killer's world, you get a pretty entertaining and visually stimulating little film. Epic art design was always something Miike verged on in his earlier work, and here he and his crew have created an entire world, a sublime world where men in rubber suits battle computer generated mechanical monsters. The effects are all obvious, no one's going to confuse any of the demons for real creatures, nor will they think any of the maddened robots are actual machines, but Miike is skilled enough at creating a charming atmosphere that the effects believability is moot.
The Great Yokai War isn't exactly a Miike landmark, like Audition or Ichi The Killer were, and its images won't be as indelibly burned into the viewers mind. The most memorable moments are those of cartoon excess, and the humour is, for the most part, successful. The Kappa Yokai, Kawatarou, who is the head comic relief of the main characters (though I suppose they're all pretty funny) could've easily been reduced to a Jar Jar Binks level annoyance, but in a testament to the film's good nature, he's honestly endearing. Because the lead is a cute kid with the depth of, well, a cute kid, more responsibility falls on the shoulders of the guest stars. Many a Miike regular is present in the major players in the epic final 'battle', and they hold tight to their small roles well. Had the film relied a little more heavily on the ensemble cast of demons rather than the plight of the human boy and his entourage, it may have been perfect.
The tragedy of the film is that it is ultimately too childish and silly for art house popularity, and the language barrier will keep children across the world from enjoying it as much as they could. This could have been Miike's crossover film, but is destined to be a cult item outside of Japan (and perhaps China, the Cantonese dub isn't half bad). Most punk rock filmmakers would risk alienating their fan bases by making a children's film, but Miike fans should know better. Our favourite filmmaking deviant finds time during the film's climax to have a police officer inadvertently shoot an innocent bystander dead when aiming for a demon machine, and plays it for laughs. That's our boy. Besides, you can't sell out if you were in it for the money in the first place.
On average, this Hong Kong Special Edition release (from Universe) looks great. Colours are rich and vibrant, detail's are sharp without edge enhancement, grain is minimal, and black is actually pretty dark. Like seemingly every Hong Kong release (at least in my collection), the transfer does suffer some compression issues. During the swirly, fast moving digital effects sequences some of the action becomes pixelated, specifically when harsh lights flash or somehow otherwise enter the frame. Occasionally dark backgrounds will display hints of low-level noise blocking. All in all, the transfer probably could've done with a bit of contrast adjustment and brightening, but is more than satisfactory all around.
Both the Dolby Digital and DTS Japanese surround tracks are as aggressive as the film's visuals. Music cues are surprisingly modest, but artificial sounds of camera momentum and CG creatures rampaging is fantastic. The combative sound effects besiege the viewer, encircling them with texture. Occasionally the general business of the soundtrack will cause some minor distortion, but this is a predominately effective track. Also included is a Dolby Digital dubbed Cantonese track, which is pretty much identical, with the exception of character voices, which aren't as endearing in this particular language.
Universe has put together one of those all-inclusive, but ultimately only moderately entertaining sets that I've come to know so well over the years. There is a lot of stuff on this two-disc set, but most of it is repetitive and campaign based. The features run about three hours total, and are all delegated to the set's second disc. This is partially because of the film's two plus hour running time and space consuming DTS track, but also because the film is available in a single disc, bare-bones edition. This way Universe can offer a choice to the consumer, though it is a bit unfair that the thriftier buyer gets nothing in the way of extras, but I digress.
The features begin with a short film entitled Another Story of Kawataro. Kawataro, you may remember, is the turtle Yokai who acts as successful comic relief for the majority of the film, and here he is able to continue his adventures. These adventures are of the low budget, high comedy variety, and include the first gathering of the Yokai poetry club (which Kawataro put together himself), and a few run ins with Tokyo law enforcement. This was the best feature of the entire set, and was candidly amusing, in a very different way than the film.
The behind the scenes footage is mostly interspersed with the cast interviews, which are all in good fun, but a bit overlong in all. The players are all eloquent enough, and the general consensus among them is that Miike is a great director, and one of the main reasons they came on board the project. Well, that and the scope. The section marked 'Making of Yokai Movie' is really an interview with Miike, the first unequivocal discussion I've personally seen with the director yet. His love of the project is obvious, and the fact that he spent well over a year developing it is pretty amazing considering the average production span of the man's films. This was a dream project, and Miike seems to have let his heart and gut guide him through the process.
The featurette about the young star, Ryunosuke Kamiki, and the visual records of promotion are the most taxing extras to sit though. The promotion record is just footage from various premiers and news conferences, and is about as entertaining as it sounds. The only remotely critical information I got from it was the producer's role. The man really seemed to be under the impression that he was part of the biggest film in Japanese history, hyperbole aside. More entertaining, but irrefutably baffling, is the footage from the 2005 Yokai Conference, where Miike and a few cast members put in an appearance. I'm not sure on the history of this 'conference', but am assuming it's similar to a comic book convention, just with a stricter Yokai theme. The feature is edited down to a palatable length, and features an onscreen earthquake, which the audience takes really well. I suppose that's Japan for you.
Things are consummated with a series of not very funny Yokai sketches, entitled Short Drama of Yokai, and an indispensable listing of all the film's Yokai, and their histories and purposes. The Short Dramas are pretty dumb little stories that seem to be making fun of such children's entertainment drivel as the Teletubies. The character profiles, on the other hand are comprehensive and worth a read. Also see the inside of the gatefold packaging for pictures of these critters.
Another winner from the most intuitive director since Steven Spielberg first introduced Mr. Man to a deranged eighteen-wheeler. The Great Yokai War is the type of film I'd like to see find a greater audience. It's entertaining, fun, visually absorbing, and doesn't insult anyone's intelligence. It doesn't quite reach the level of unadulterated tomfoolery of Happiness of the Katakuris, but settles nicely into a respectable second place among Miike's more light-hearted films.
You can purchase this title for $21.99 from top retailer YesAsia
Review by Gabriel Powers
H.L. Devil Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 10
Nice review Gabe. I also thouroughly enjoyed this one. Miike's a wily one. I wonder what he'll do next.
Not suitable for children
Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd February 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-ES 6.1 Japanese, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Japanese, Dolby Digital 5.1 EX Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)
Extras: Another Story Of Kawataro, 2005 Yokai Conference, Short Drama Of Yokai, Making Of Yokai Movie, Interview With Main Casts, Visual Records Of Promotion, Documentary Of Ryunosuke Kamiki, The Introduction Of Yokai (Picture Only)
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Takasi Miike
Cast: Kamiki Ryunosuke, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Masaomi Kondo, Sadao Abe, Mai Takahashi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Takashi Okamura
Genre: Adventure
Length: 124 minutes
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Frank Horwill
- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
The Pill and Performance in Sport
By Frank Horwill
In 1985, in South Africa, Van Gend and Noakes canvassed the female entrants who took part in the 1983 Two Oceans Marathon, about their menstrual histories. An astonishing 92% who participated in that event responded to their survey. This revealed that of the 108 runners who replied, 38 were on the pill, pregnant or were non-menstruating. Sportswomen use the pill for one or more reasons:
- To avoid pregnancy.
- To control menstruation if it is known that performance is affected during the menstrual cycle, or if a major competition is likely to occur while menstruating. This requires the athlete to establish the menstrual cycle length and to monitor training and competition performance during the different phases of the menstrual cycle by the careful use of a training diary.
However, sexually active runners are less likely to use oral contraceptives than are non-runners. Two separate studies in 1982 and 1983, highlighted the fact that runners make far greater use of diaphragms for birth control. The first study, noted 37-44% used diaphragms against the national average of 3%. In the second study, only 6-13% of runners used oral contraceptives, while the national average was 44%.
There is one very good reason why most female runners do not use the pill: it is associated with weight gain. This may not be too detrimental to sprinters (100m to 400m), but it is an anathema to distance runners. Most world-class distance runners are from 10 to 20% lighter for their height than non active females. While a healthy female who is 5 ft 6 inches/1.67cm tall and weights 130lbs/59kg, will be content with this, a top class runner will be thinking of 47kg to 53kg. However, this reduced weight leads to other complications, the total cessation of the period. One Commonwealth Games gold medallist many years ago went two years with such a situation, and was not unduly worried. As this condition is strongly associated with osteoporosis (declining calcium in the bones), she was put on a high-calcium food diet, together with nuts and fruit, pineapple juice and vitamin D. Her consumption of coffee (caffeine), sodium and alcohol was banned. The obscure mineral boron, found in fruit and nuts, has the power to reduce calcium loss in bones by up to 40%. Pineapple juice is a rich source of manganese. This mineral has been found to be one-third less than normal in women suffering from osteoporosis. Coffee, salt and alcohol undermine the calcium status of bones further in a non menstruating female.
There are two approaches to be considered with regard to the non birth-control use of the pill. There is not much point training for four years for an Olympic event if it is known that the Olympic Trials occur at a tedious time of the month, and the sportswoman will not be at her best. Optimum sporting performance occurs either during the immediate pre-ovulatory stage (days 9-12) or during the early luteal days (days 17-20) of the cycle. Thus the aim will be to have the major events coincide with the middle of the cycle. To achieve this the sportswoman may take either oestrogen or progesterone in high dose for varying periods of time. When this is stopped a withdrawal period is induced, and has the effect of shortening one or more previous cycles, so that when the medication is no longer being taken, the competition will fall in mid-cycle. If the cycle needs to shorten by a few days, either of the drugs mentioned need to be taken for two to three days near the end of the luteal phase. If the cycle has to be shortened by up to 12 days, the drugs should be given from day 5 to day 14 of the cycle. A withdrawal period will then occur on day 16. If the above is not pursued, and an unwelcome period is likely on the day of competition, this can be delayed by the high intake of progesterone via a suppository.
Where a sportswoman is expected to compete at a high level almost weekly, and it is known that performance is affected by menstruation, this may be completely suppressed for a few months. Different combinations of oestrogen, progesterone and progestogen may be used with the dose lowered at monthly intervals compatible with complete cessation.
Regular users of the pill for birth-control and sporting purposes, should be aware of the long-term known results:
- Some oral contraceptives decrease blood HDL-cholesterol levels. As HIGH HDL-cholesterol levels are associated with a reduced incidence of coronary heart disease, anything that reduces blood HDL-cholesterol levels is bad. The good news is that regular exercise raises HDL levels. But, a prolonged spell of inactivity caused by injury calls for a change of exercise where the injury is not involved.
- Some women on the Pill are known to have impaired blood sugar control, which can be improved by taking vitamin B6. A high sugar diet does not help this condition, nor excessive tea, coffee and alcohol consumption.
- There is some evidence to suggest that the Pill interferes with vitamin B1 metabolism. Deficiency symptoms include: Memory loss, numbness and tingling in the hands and feet, slow reaction times, personality changes and poor sleep patterns. A good test is to press the calf with your thumb. The white indentation made in the muscle should disappear in ten seconds.
- Numerous reports confirm that women on the Pill for more than three years become deficient in vitamin B2. Deficiency symptoms are: sore lips and tongue, cracking and peeling of the lips, red, greasy and scaly skin at the sides of the nose.
- The Pill adversely influences vitamin B12, but without producing anaemia. Deficiency symptoms include: Depression, clumsiness, especially walking at night in the dark.
- The Pill may interfere with blood cell formation by altering folic acid and B12 metabolism. The main deficiency symptom will be exhaustion from simple tasks, such as climbing stairs. Training performance will decline.
- Vitamin C requirements are increased when on the Pill.
- The minerals copper, zinc, iron and magnesium, are known to fluctuate while on the Pill. Nuts are a good food source for the first two and fourth, and cocoa and organ meats for the third (iron).
All the above strongly suggests that sportswomen on the Pill should take a combined multi-vitamin and multi-mineral capsule.
Those sportswomen who battle on competing during various stages of their menstrual cycle and regard "the curse" as part of the difficulties to overcome to become a champion, are greatly to be admired. The former national middle-distance coach of the Soviet Union, Suslov, stated that women were encouraged to train and compete during all the hormonal changes experienced.
In 1994, new research suggested that the female sportswoman could take active nutritional measures to alleviate the following:
Pre Menstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Eat more carbohydrates. Particularly bread, potatoes, pasta, oats and rice, taken in small amounts every three hours and one hour before sleep. Avoid coffee.
Painful Menstruation
Drink a pint of milk a day just before and during the period. Also, take on board more green vegetables with meals. This will double the average calcium intake of 600mg daily. Increase tea consumption, it contains manganese, also consume more pineapple juice. Manganese is now known to reduce heavy menstrual losses.


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Though the Sun's brightness was once thought to be constant, NASA has launched a series of satellite instruments that have helped show it actually fluctuates in conjunction with cycles of solar activity.
With a new Sun-watching instrument called the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM) scheduled to launch on NASA's Glory satellite in November, we spoke with Judith Lean, a member of the Glory science team and solar physicist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory, about solar cycles and what scientists have learned about solar variability in the last three decades.
What is a solar cycle and how long does it last?
For more than a century, people have noticed that sunspots become more and less frequent on an 11-year-cycle. That's the main solar cycle we look at. The 11-year-cycle is really part of a 22-year-cycle of the Sun's magnetic field polarity. The changes are driven by something called the solar dynamo, a process that generates and alters the strength of the magnetic field erupting onto the Sun's surface. It's the Sun's magnetic field that produces sunspots as it moves up through the Sun's surface.
How much does the brightness of the Sun change throughout the cycle?
It's a small amount. Total solar irradiance typically increases by about 0.1 percent during periods of high activity. However, certain wavelengths of sunlight—such as ultraviolet—vary more.
What causes irradiance to change?
It's really the balance of sunspots, which are cooler dark areas of the Sun, and faculae, bright areas that appear near sunspots. The faculae overwhelm the sunspots, so the Sun is actually brighter when there are more sunspots.
Can changes in the Sun affect our climate?
If it wasn't for the Sun, we wouldn't have a climate. The Sun provides the energy to drive our climate, and even small changes in the Sun's output can have a direct impact on Earth. There are two ways irradiance changes can alter climate: One is the direct effect from altering the amount of radiation reaching Earth. The second is that solar variability can affect ozone production, which can in turn affect the climate.
Does the 0.1 percent change in irradiance affect Earth's climate much?
Solar irradiance changes are likely connected to dynamic aspects of climate—things like the coupling of the atmosphere and ocean, El Niño being one example—or aspects of atmospheric circulation, such as the Hadley cells that dominate in the tropics.
But we've done a great deal of modeling, and the Sun doesn't explain the global warming that's occurred over the last century. We think changes in irradiance account for about 10 percent global warming at most. Of course, there are also longer cycles that may have an impact on climate, but our understanding of them is limited.
There is disagreement about whether the last three cycles have gotten successively brighter. Has that been resolved?
No, it hasn't. The best understanding is that irradiance cycles have been about the same in the last three cycles, but one group reports an increasing trend whereas another group says that current levels are now the lowest of the entire 30-year record. I believe these differences are due to instrumental effects, but we really need continual, highly accurate, and stable long-term measurements to resolve this. The radiometer aboard Glory—the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM)—will be a big step, quite an exciting advance.
What part of the 11-year cycle will Glory observe?
Glory is going is to observe during the ascending phase of the cycle. The ascending phase is relatively rapid, so we should get to the peak in about three years. Then there will be about two years or more when solar activity is high and stays high. About five years from now, activity will start to come down again so that by, say, 2019 we will be at low levels again.
What do you hope Glory will find?
The Glory TIM has been calibrated more rigorously than previous instruments, so it should help a lot in getting the absolute brightness of the Sun. In addition to recording the ever-changing irradiance levels, it should measure irradiance precisely enough that will make it feasible to determine whether solar irradiance is stable or changing, if the measurements continue long enough into the future.
Are there aspects of the solar variability that TIM won't measure?
Yes. The Glory TIM looks at overall irradiance, but it doesn't measure how specific parts of the spectrum—the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared—are changing. Some of the largest changes actually happen at the shortest wavelengths, so it's extremely important that we look at the spectrum. There's an instrument related to TIM called the Solar Irradiance Monitor (SIM) aboard the SORCE satellite that lets us see how individual parts of the spectrum vary, and it's also critical.
The Sun has been exceptionally quiet in recent years. Are we entering a prolonged solar minimum?
There was a period from mid-2008 to mid-2009 when the Sun was without sunspots for many days. It was probably the quietest period we've seen since the first total solar irradiance measurements. But we didn't go into a prolonged minimum because the Sun still had a few active regions—not sunspots, but small bright faculae regions—and we could see the irradiance continue to fluctuate throughout this very quiet period. Now there are more dark sunspots and more bright faculae on the Sun's surface, so activity is ramping up and a new cycle—solar cycle 24—has started.


text: With CM Wang out until September and the rumors flying fast and furious regarding the effect that a broken foot by a Yankee could have on the next month for our beloved Indians (and one in particular), I thought it was finally time to address this whole C.C. thing before it spirals away too quickly. Now, by no means do I think that trading C.C. today, tomorrow, or next week is a good idea as I think I've been pretty clear that the AL Central remains a very winnable division, that the Indians' offense is showing signs of life just as they approach a very winnable stretch of games, and that the Indians with C.C. are certainly more likely to get back into the AL Central race (not that 6.5 games behind means they're out of it) than they are without him. If, however, the Indians fall out of this thing in the range of eight to ten games out by the middle of July or so (and news that Hafner is going to see famous orthopedic surgeon James Andrews in Birmingham and that Carmona's feeling hip pain is not good news), there's no question that C.C. is the biggest chip to play...but only if the right package is coming back, and that's what I think bears addressing. As soon as the Indians had fallen off the pace earlier in the season, the doom-and-gloomers came to the immediate assumption that C.C. would head to New York as the Yankees are "the only team that can afford to keep him", so why not get something for the Hefty Lefty before he makes the assumed trip to the Bronx? Now with Wang out until September and the Yankees' already thin pitching rotation looking anorexic, there are certainly some fascinating perspectives emerging on the "C.C. to the Bronx talk to replace Wang" firestorm that seems to be descending over the East Coast. While so many of the national media have almost reached the "foregone conclusion" stage that Sabathia is gonzo to don some pinstripes, take a look at these thoughts from the other side of the ledger from Joel Sherman of the NY Post and Tyler Kepner of the NY Times. Sherman points out that these are not the Yankees that you think you know, no longer the team simply using the rest of MLB as their farm system, dipping into the trade market as soon as a need arises, mainly because GM Brian Cashman has realized the value of young talent and its importance in building a perennial winner: "The only major in-season deal the Yanks have made since 2005 was for Bobby Abreu. And Cashman waited two months, until the price dropped from Phil Hughes to a bunch of non-entities and the Phillies agreed to throw in Cory Lidle, too. Last year, despite a yearning need for a set-up man to Mariano Rivera, the Yanks refused the Rangers' requests for Melky Cabrera and Ian Kennedy although it meant Eric Gagne would go to Boston. In the old days, Steinbrenner simply would have overruled his GM and Gagne would have been a Yankee. The Gagne non-deal is instructive to how the Yanks are likely to act now. Like Gagne last year, Sabathia is in his walk year. The asking price for a top, one-inning reliever - even in his walk year - was Cabrera and Kennedy. So anybody dreaming up trades should recognize how much greater the demand is going to be for the defending Cy Young winner." And, let me point out, that the Gagne deal was done when Ian Kennedy still had quite a bit of shine on his apple and before the struggles of his 2008 season, so the Indians can certainly name their price...if it comes to that. Kepner echoes many of the same views as Sherman, analyzing the situation from all angles: "Cashman will surely consider the downside of a Sabathia deal: he trades valued young players, Sabathia proves to be a bad fit in New York, and the Yankees let him walk after the season. The upside there is that the Yankees would get two high draft picks in return, replacing some of the talent they would lose in the trade. Another potential downside is this: the Yankees sign Sabathia to a rich contract extension (six or seven years, $19 million or so per year) and he breaks down physically like Mike Hampton or Kevin Brown, or turns into a 2-10 pitcher like Barry Zito. Cashman understands the horrible track record of pitchers who sign $100 million deals. But the upside is alluring. If the Yankees trade for Sabathia, who is a very large man but has no injury history, they instantly replace one ace with another for 2008 and continue the business of contending for a playoff spot. They would get a three-month trial run with the best pitcher on the free-agent market, and then they could re-sign him and enter the new ballpark with three ace-type pitchers - Sabathia, Wang and Chamberlain - born in the 1980s..." Interesting that Kepner points out the value of the two high draft picks that would come as compensation for the YANKEES losing Sabathia if they were unable to re-sign him or deemed it to be too risky. I find these thoughts fascinating because it illustrates the point that it's going to take two to tango if C.C. does hit the block (and, AGAIN, it is far too early to make that determination), rather than the Indians simply naming their price for the Yankees, or any interested team, to fetch the youngest, most talented players that they find to their liking. It goes hand-in-hand with a conversation that I had with my future brother-in-law (who is an enormous Cubs fan who pores over the denizens of Wrigley Field as I do our Erie Warriors) over the weekend. As we settled in to watch the Twins crush the Brewers in Miller Park on Friday night, I asked him to make me an offer (on behalf of the Cubs) to add a LH stud to the Cubs' rotation. His answer surprised me as he said, "I can't do it". Wait...WHAT!?! He wouldn't want the reigning Cy Young Award winner to pair with Zambrano and do just about anything to make it happen? He clarified to say that he'd love to have C.C. pulling a Cubs' hat on cockeyed, but that the Cubs simply didn't have what it would take to compel the Tribe to make a trade. I pressed him on it, saying that they were set at so many positions with young talent (namely C, 1B, 3B, LF) that there surely must be a guy ready to break out, blocked by Lee or Ramirez. He told me that they didn't, although they did have a number of middle-to-back of the rotation starters (Sean Gallagher and Sean Marshall), a glut of middling middle infielders (Mark DeRosa and Ronny Cedeno), a platoon OF (Matt Murton) and some prospects that were thought to be studs-in-waiting (Felix Pie and Rich Hill) who are now entering what he called "Corey Patterson Territory" in that he thought that both were more highly regarded than they should be who could be bundled in some sort of trade to acquire C.C. His best offer to pry C.C. out of the North Coast was to throw in A LOT of quantity without a lot of quality...but even he knew that a package of roster filler, without an impact centerpiece, would be unacceptable. Hearing a package of what would equate to guys like Sowers, Barfield, and Marte in the Indians' system, I broached the one name that would make me think long and hard about a trip to the NL Central for the Crooked Cap...Carlos Marmol. After he picked himself off the floor essentially saying, "we're going to destroy our bullpen for 2008, a strength this year after it has sabotaged so many seasons, by giving you a stud 25-year-old reliever who could anchor the 9th inning for us for the next 6 years...for 3 months of Sabathia and PRAY that we win a World Series with him?", he politely passed on the idea of creating a hole to fill a hole. And I guess those two examples underscore where this whole C.C. thing lies for me: How many teams are willing to give up that most valuable commodity in MLB these days (which are young, club-controlled, inexpensive, impact players) for a 3-month rental of C.C. in the hopes that he can bring them home a ring? And how many teams even HAVE that type of talent close to the Bigs that could be deemed fungible by their current team? Or, to put it another way, do the Indians want to trade C.C. for the marginal MLB players or low-level prospects that the Cubs would be throwing on the table? How about a team like the Phillies, with the scorched Earth of their farm system, and the fact that (much like the Cubs or anyone else for that matter) they're not going to create one or two holes on their roster to fill one hole at the top of their rotation. Is a return of Shane Victorino and a few mid-to-low level prospects something you might be interested in? Me neither. If you think that the Indians are going to net a player who is contributing for a contender this year, without that team having a viable 2nd option ready and able, you're fooling yourself. So hold off on the deals that center on Geovany Soto and Chase Utley for a moment and realize how this thing (if it were to happen) figures to go down. That is, the Indians need to find a trade partner that has a player that is a bona-fide impact player either in MLB or MLB-ready that is essentially blocked by a player currently on the parent club...and is willing to deal them, which is not a certainty anymore given the landscape of how GM's are approaching roster construction. To me, the most intriguing matches from teams that could be interested (as per Gammons) would come from the Red Sox, the Dodgers, and the Rangers. Boston fits the mold with their pitching depth (although Theo Epstein seems to subscribe to the same magazine that Shapiro does called "Waves of Arms") and the fact that some of their recent drafts have started to bear fruit. But it's important to remember that the only regulars in the lineup under the age of 32 are Youkilis (29), Pedroia (24), Crisp (28), and Ellsbury (24) and they'll be looking to reload from within in the very near future from within. Just as an aside, Casey Blake (34) and David Dellucci (34) are the only Indians' position players OVER the age of 32. The Dodgers have a good deal of young talent that has been bandied about ad nauseum in these discussions before (Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, James Loney, Andy LaRoche, Chad Billingsley, Jonathon Broxton, etc.), have a GM in Ned Colletti with a tendency to go with veterans over youngsters (with a history in SF as the Assistant GM before he got to Chavez Ravine) and a manager in Joe Torre who doesn't figure to be interested in growing with a young team and would likely prefer to win right now. I suppose if Colletti and Torre are shortsighted enough to part with some of the best young talent in MLB, rather than watch them mature into the perennial contender that they look poised to become WITH all of that young talent, there's no question that Shapiro and the boys should burn up the lines to La-La Land. However, the Dodgers' issue this year has not been their pitching (even considering that Brad Penny just hit the DL), as they rank 4th in the NL in team ERA. Rather, their issue is scoring runs (295 runs in 70 games) and short of them making another trade for a bat ALONG with netting C.C., I don't see how adding Sabathia solves their problems, regardless of Cy Cy's pedigree and his ability to shift the balance of power in any division he would join. The Rangers, or the "Dark Horse", are the Wild Card as they have a history of irrational, short-sighted moves when they sit anywhere close to the top of the division (acquiring Carlos Lee on July 28, 2006 with a losing record and 3 GB in the AL West with hitting being the least of their problems at the time springs to mind) and a glut of attractive players. If the Rangers think that C.C. is that "one missing piece" for a prolonged run at the division (and he isn't, given their pitching as a whole...which one person won't fix) and are willing to part with a player like Ian Kinsler because Hank Blalock gets healthy and Ramon Vazquez can slide over to 2B without their obscenely loaded offense suffering too greatly, I'd take the 26-year old Kinsler with open arms. But, to a rational person, it's the same principle as the Soto or Utley dreams as the Rangers would be giving up their table-setter for a top-of-the-rotation starter for all of 3 months, while trying to run down the A's...THEN the Angels. If we get closer to the Trading Deadline and the Indians have not been able to right the ship, I'll get much more into possible destinations and packages (trust me, this is not in detail); but I think that this idea that the Indians are going to fill their holes at 2B and 3B while adding another starter and a reliever for Sabathia (all at the ML level) is ignorant to a certain point when you consider the potential trading partners and their limitations in terms of available talent or their organizational philosophies. If they can find that sucker out there willing to part with young impact players for a look at it this year, a deal should be done if the determination is made that the 2008 season is lost. Interestingly, consider where these teams that are "allegedly" interested in C.C. all reside in the standings and how it relates to the Tribe, as not all of the teams linked to the Crooked Cap are division leaders: Dodgers - 4.5 GB Yankees - 5.5 GB Rangers - 7.0 GB Indians - 6.5 GB Obviously, the mounting injuries (and the longer stays on the shelf for the principals already residing there) play a huge role in the difference of being a "buyer" and a "seller", but let's continue to take a wait-and-see approach on this thing. If the Indians can get hot at the right time, they could catapult themselves right into the thick of the AL Central race. If they don't, however, and C.C.'s leaving on a jet plane, the Indians need to make sure that the return that they're netting is more than just roster filler or lower-level prospects and include that impact player (or, better yet, two of them) because they only have one chance to do this (if it comes to that)...and I'm not so sure that perfect deal is out there.


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participating hosts. It is comprised of a server,
If you are planning on using distcc to help you bootstrap a Gentoo
installation, make sure you read the section
In order to use Distcc, all of the computers on your network need to have the same GCC versions. For example, mixing 3.3.x (where the x varies) is okay, but mixing 3.3.x with 3.2.x may result in compilation errors or runtime errors.
There are a couple of options you should be aware of before you start installing distcc.
Distcc ships with a graphical monitor to monitor tasks that your computer is sending away for compilation. If you use Gnome then put 'gnome' in your USE flags. However, if you don't use Gnome and would still like to have the monitor then you should put 'gtk' in your USE flags.
# emerge distcc
Setting up Portage to use distcc is easy. Execute the following steps on each system that should participate in the distributed compiling:
# emerge distcc # nano -w /etc/make.conf
(Set N to a suitable number for your particular setup) (A common strategy is setting N as twice the number of total CPUs + 1 available)MAKEOPTS="-jN" (Add distcc to your FEATURES)FEATURES="distcc"
Use the
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(There are also several other methods of setting up hosts. See the distcc manpage for more details.) If you wish to compile on the local machine you should put 'localhost' in the hosts list. Conversely if you do not wish to use the local machine to compile (which is often the case) omit it from the hosts list. On a slow machine using localhost may actually slow things down. Make sure to test your settings for performance.
It may all look complicated, but in most cases a variant of line 1 or 2 will work.
Since most people won't be using lines 3 or 4, I'll
For instance, to set the first line in the previous example:
# /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-hosts "192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3"
Now start the distcc daemon on all the participating computers:
(Add distccd to the default runlevel)# rc-update add distccd default (Start the distcc daemon)# /etc/init.d/distccd start
This is, in some cases, easier than the Portage setup. What you have to do is
update your
# export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/usr/lib/distcc/bin:${PATH}"
You can put this in your .bashrc or equivelant file to have the PATH set every time you log in
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Cross-compiling is using one architecture to build programs for another architecture. This can be as simple as using an Athlon (i686) to build a program for a K6-2 (i586), or using a Sparc to build a program for a ppc.
If you want to give cross-compiling a try you can to follow
Boot your new box with a Gentoo Linux LiveCD and follow the
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(Add distcc to the FEATURESFEATURES="distcc" (Modify MAKEOPTS to include -jN, where N is twice the number of CPUs +1 available)MAKEOPTS="-jN"
# export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/usr/lib/distcc/bin:${PATH}"
Before the installation of distcc, a user called distcc must be added to the
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Install distcc:
# USE='-*' emerge --nodeps sys-devel/distcc
(Substitute host1, host2, ... with the IP number(s) of the participating hosts)# /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-hosts "localhost host1 host2 host3 ..." An example: /usr/bin/distcc-config --set-hosts "localhost 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.6"
Distcc is now set up to bootstrap! Continue with the official installation
instructions and
As you emerge various packages, you'll notice that some of them aren't being distributed (and aren't being built in parallel). This is because the developers of the Mozilla and Xfree ebuilds intentionally disable parallel building because it is known to cause problems.
Sometimes distcc might cause a package to fail to compile. If this happens
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With such a long title any explanation here is almost irrelevent. However, if
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The solution requires a little foresight on your part; you have to run
If you have different GCC versions on your hosts, there will likely be very weird problems. The solution is to make certain all hosts have the same GCC version.
Recent Portage updates have made Portage use
Distcc ships with two monitors. The text-based one is always built and is
The other monitor is only turned on if you enabled
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The following arrests and citations were recently issued in Craven County:
The following arrests and citations were recently issued in Craven County:
Craven County Sheriff�s office:
Kerry Brown, 16, Albacore Lane, March 18, simple assault. Deputy: J. Buck.
Dustin James, Thatcher, 17, Hubert, March 19, disorderly conduct in public building. Deputy: W. Marsh.
Vanceboro police:
Robert Lee Delph, 27, March 18, 999 Lee Landing, driving while license revoked., no insurance. Officer: J.C. Lovick.
New Bern police:
Carla Jean Thomas, 42, 103 Charles St., March 13, larceny by employee. T. Fisher.
Havelock police:
Cieara Jenkins, 23, 233 Kenneth Blvd., March 12, simple assault.
Maurice McCaffity, 19, 300 Beechwood Drive, March 13, breaking or entering a motor vehicle.
Robert Bowman, 24, 128 Dare Court, New Bern, March 14, obtaining property by false pretense.
Shairese Conway, 19, 129 Hunnington Woods Lane, New Bern, larceny by employee.
Spencer Schoen, 22, 481 River Road, Vanceboro, March 15. illegal discharge of firearm.
Raven Parmley, 21, 216 Webb Blvd., March 16, resist, obstruct, delay.
Kevin Arje, 33, 202 Sweetbriar Lane, March 16, driving while license revoked.


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Instagram? Great stuff. Easy to use, lots of filters, and an awesome way to show people the taco truck you're currently visiting. Strip of all the glossy varnish and what you've got is a pretty impressive digital picture – at least for something that came out of a phone. Want to get those saturated and then washed out colors? That great film noise? Those warps and lines that sometimes look so artificial when you digitally create them? There's an easy system to do all that.
Film. If it's been sitting in your fridge for upwards of 5 years like this Kodak Gold 200 has, so much the better. If you want to get into it this way, it's not even too expensive. Film will set you back a few bucks, but really not much. Processing is an even better deal. Most big photo labs will develop negatives for a couple bucks (at Target it's less than $2) and if you don't have a film scanner, most places will scan the lot straight to CD-ROM for another few bucks – probably about the same cost as getting some crummy prints, which you probably don't want anyway.
- Credit: Ari Brown
- Camera: A1
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You might not even have a 35mm film camera sitting around anymore. I do have the last SLR I used before switching to digital, but frankly I don't like it. That's why I went back out and bough my first camera love all over again – the Canon A-1. Great camera, and after a little tune-up, it's in good shape. They are also fairly easy to find with a high-quality 50mm 1.8 lens (and remember, since this is 35mm film, it's actually 50mm – we don't have the APS-C crop factor you get on consumer-grade digitals). The sound of that film-advance lever? Priceless.
Sure you can clean it up in Photoshop, but don't do it – the first button you hit loses that look you've been trying so hard to create. Here it is, in all it's questionable glory.
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6 Australian rugby league clubs in drugs probe
Six Australian rugby league clubs have confirmed they are under investigation by anti-doping authorities in the wake of an explosive government report into the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs in sports Down Under.other Updated: Mar 20, 2013 09:59 IST
Six Australian rugby league clubs have confirmed they are under investigation by anti-doping authorities in the wake of an explosive government report into the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs in sports Down Under.
The clubs Manly, Cronulla, Newcastle, Penrith, North Queensland and Canberra were informed by governing body, the National Rugby League, that they were named in the report, the teams said on their websites on Tuesday.
The report, the result of a year-long probe by Australia's top criminal intelligence unit, has also implicated two Australian Rules football teams.
The revelations have plunged both rival football codes into crisis ahead of the start of their seasons in March and caused shockwaves in Australia, long proud of its image as a nation that plays fair.
NRL chief executive David Smith declined to provide details of the probe into the clubs but said the governing body had been working with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority for a "number of weeks".
"I was given a confidential briefing by the ACC several weeks ago," he told reporters, referring to the Australian Crime Commission, the country's top criminal intelligence unit behind the report released last week.
"And that's what it was. Confidential.
"I can't comment on the outcome on the information we have so far. What I can say is that they're serious matters.
"I have said right from the outset that it involved multiple clubs and multiple players and as a sport we have taken this very seriously in the way we have approached this.
"We will continue to co-operate but we need to make sure that the process is fair."
The clubs were not given any details about the probe, but said in their statements they would co-operate fully with the NRL and ASADA.
Smith said the clubs would be briefed by ASADA on Tuesday and called on people to come forward.
"History has shown it's always better to step forward and I would encourage anybody to do that," he said. "I'm not pre-judging anybody. I think that's the best way to go."
The Australian Crime Commission report released last week said it had found "widespread" use of banned performance- enhancing drugs among professional and amateur athletes, with links to gambling and organized crime.
The report has fuelled anger among Australia's top athletes and politicians, who have criticized the report's authors for being short on details and for blackening the name of clean sportspeople.
Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett said auditors had gone through his club's records dating back to 2005.
"They want us to confess to something. I'm racking my head what we've got to confess to," Bennett, one of the league's most successful coaches, told reporters.
"I've been through the staff, I've checked with all the players ... Whatever they're looking for, it hasn't happened in the past 18 months. So after that I've got no idea."
Penrith captain Kevin Kingston said he was confident his club was clean.
"We trust our sports scientists. We don't take anything out of the ordinary. I barely take protein myself," he told reporters at Sydney airport.
"I don't think there is a drug problem at our club."
One Australian Rules football team, the Essendon Bombers, have confirmed they are under scrutiny by ASADA for their use of supplements given to players.
The governing body Australian Football League has declined to name the second club being probed but has confirmed one player is under suspicion.
First Published: Mar 20, 2013 09:58 IST


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Little Olivia Engel was one of the victims in Friday's horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church there, told Reuters the 6 -year-old was to have been an angel in the church's live Nativity that night.
"Now she's an angel up in heaven," he told the British news agency. The Litchfield County Times carried an account of his remarks. The church is in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., and videos of other interviews the priest has given were just posted on its website.
The Nativity play was canceled Friday night, and a special evening Mass was celebrated. The church remained open all night for prayer. This morning news media reported that people were flocking to the church for the parish's four Sunday Masses, seeking solace in the aftermath of the violence, which left 20 children and seven adults dead.
Police officials identified the gunman as Adam Lanza, 20, and said he killed himself as first responders arrived on the scene.
"Let us come together to pray for and support the families directly affected by today's events, as well as the Newtown community at large," said a statement posted Friday on the St. Rose parish website. "As a parish community and family, we ask that you all join in prayer at the Masses this weekend. Let us bring our sorrows to the foot of the cross and the Holy Mass together as a family. God bless you."
The Nativity play went on as scheduled last night, but religious education classes were canceled for today.
The elementary school is in the north Danbury area of the Bridgeport Diocese. Brian Wallace, diocesan director of communications, told Catholic News Service Friday that Msgr. Weiss was at the school almost immediately. When the enormity of the tragedy began to unfold, he said, other priests, chaplains and Catholic Charities personnel "were on the ground."
In a statement released late Friday evening, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the shooting "wrenches the hearts of all people" and the "tragedy of innocent people dying through violence shatters the peace of all."
"At this time, we pledge especially our prayerful support to the Diocese of Bridgeport and the community of Newtown as they cope with this almost unbearable sorrow," he said. "We pray that the peace that passes understanding be with them as they deal with the injuries they have sustained and with the deaths of their beautiful children."
"Once again we speak against the culture of violence infecting our country even as we prepare to welcome the Prince of Peace at Christmas," Cardinal Dolan said in his statement. "All of us are called to work for peace in our homes, our streets and our world, now more than ever. In the shadow of this shooting, may we know that God's sacrificial love sustains us and may those pained so deeply by this tragedy experience that care in their own hearts."
Bridgeport's homepage also includes several other messages, including one from Pope Benedict XVI, sent by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state.
He conveyed the pope's "heartfelt grief and the assurance of this closeness in prayer to the victims and their families, and to all affected by the shocking event."
"In the aftermath of this senseless tragedy, he asks God, our Father, to console all those who mourn and to sustain the entire community with the spiritual strength which triumphs over violence by the power of forgiveness, hope and reconciling love," Cardinal Bertone said.
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, who was Bridgeport's bishop from 2001 until he was named to Baltimore in March, said he was "profoundly saddened by this terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the parents who lost their children and to a grieving community. I will continue to pray for all those affected by this unspeakable event, and I remember in a special way St. Rose of Lima Parish which I visited so often and remember with deep love and respect."
In a statement posted this morning, Mgr. Jerald A. Doyle, administrator of the Bridgeport Diocese, said: "On this Gaudete Sunday we realize how quickly our joy can be turned to sorrow and how our faith can be challenged.
"On behalf of the clergy, religious and all the faithful of the Diocese of Bridgeport I extend my prayers and condolences to the families of the victims. … Our concern and support go out to the whole community of Newtown as you try to assist and support one another, especially those who were directly impacted."
"I assure you that the diocese is ready and willing to make available whatever resources it can to assist those affected by this tragedy, including counselors from Catholic Charities," he continued. "As we continue our journey toward the Christmas feast, may our hope for the peace and comfort of the divine Savior, be a true source of assurance of his loving presence in our lives."


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Rory McIlroy can instantly regain No. 1 from Tiger Woods with win in Houston
HUMBLE, Texas – Rory McIlroy sent a text message to Tiger Woods on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning at Bay Hill and taking over the No. 1 world ranking again.
Woods responded by telling McIlroy to get going and win this week's Houston Open. A victory would put McIlroy back at No. 1, a spot he held for 32 weeks before Woods' latest win.
McIlroy says losing the top ranking allows him to focus on his game. He's had a rough start to the year, with the low point coming when he walked off the course at the Honda Classic. He wants to build on the 65 he shot in the final round at Doral and says "everything's great" with his new clubs. McIlroy signed with Nike in the offseason.


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A beast who roamed Huntington Canyon 11,000 years ago is still a cause for excitement and interest these many years later. The mammoth was discovered at the Huntington Reservoir in Huntington Canyon on 8-8-88 by Nielson Construction backhoe operator, Chris Nielson.
At first they thought they had dug up an old tree or something, but closer examination revealed the ancient creature. Authorities were notified and an official removal process began.
Visitors again gathered at the site of the mammoth discovery on Friday to dedicate the new kiosk and information center recently constructed at the site. The event brought back many memories of the discovery. The Huntington/Eccles Scenic Byway is a diverse route with magnificent scenery which happens to go past the mammoth discovery site. Jana Abrams is the Energy Loop Byways Coordinator and instrumental in garnering the funds for this mammoth project. She said, "This kiosk is a new visitor attraction. We want visitors to stay a little longer in our communities. We have such a diverse community here along the Energy Loop and Huntington and Eccles Canyons. This byway ties everything together, mining, farming, travel and recreation. This kiosk was made possible with a grant from the Federal Highway division. Bill Broadbear from the US Forest Service worked on the trail down to the kiosk and the slope is ADA accessible. We have had a great partnership with the forest service."
Abrams pointed out the long process of information gathering and photo gathering of the actual mammoth find to go on the information panels. She appreciates artist Joe Venus for the painted mural which depicts how the area may have looked when the mammoth roamed the country; this painted mural is on one of the panels.
Abrams thanked Dawnette Tuttle from Orangeville for the use of her pictures and the newspaper clippings from the time of the discovery. A second part of the kiosk project has been the installation of low wattage radio antennas which will broadcast information about the area. Information will include: camping info, weather conditions, special activities, etc. This station will be AM 1610.
Abrams introduced the speakers for the program-ribbon cutting ceremony which included: Martha Hayden, Utah Geologic Survey; Don Burge, retired curator for the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum; Bill Broadbear, Manti-LaSal National Forest Service; Carlos Machado, Federal Highways Administration Utah Division; and Gael Hill, State Scenic Byway coordinator.
Hayden was called to the site of the discovery on Aug. 8, 1988. She worked with Dave Madsen and Dave Gillette in the mammoth removal process. The bones were wrapped in burlap to prevent them from drying out. The bone unearthed by Nielson was a tusk or humerus bone. It was lying on the ground. She said there was great cooperation with Nielson Construction, the forest service and the volunteers at the site. At least 5,000 people visited the site during the time of excavation. She described the find as one of the greatest ice age fossil finds ever as the mammoth was 95 percent complete in its location. A short faced bear was also located at the site. The site had been a bog which was created by a glacier slide and became the mammoth's resting spot. He was deposited at the end of the ice age and was a very old male, 60-65 years old, at the end of his life. Fur needles were preserved inside his stomach. Which is a poor diet for a mammoth of this size and the mammoth was found to have arthritis.
Burge spoke next saying next August will mark the 20 year anniversary of the mammoth discovery. He said, "The discovery has changed the course of the CEU museum. There have been more than 30 casts made of this mammoth. The South Dakota Mammoth site even has one of our mammoths. There are two in Japan, one in a Los Angeles museum and one in Canada."
Burge said some of the bones were kept in kiddie pools around the museum to keep them from drying out. There were arguments at first of who owned the mammoth. Who did he belong to? The CEU museum became accredited so it could serve as a repository for the mammoth bones. Burge said the so called experts originally identified the beast as a mastodon and he was glad to point out to them the real identity of the creature. A mammoth has teeth similar to elephant teeth and mastodon teeth are more like human molars. A mammoth cast is at the CEU museum and the original mammoth skeleton is there and available for public viewing. It is stored in a conservation lab where the relative humidity is kept at 30 percent and the room temperature 68 degrees. Burge said that's hard to do here where the air is so dry. "We did more things right than wrong and the bones are still in good condition," said Burge.
Broadbear said one day during the discovery period a reporter from the New York Times showed up and wanted to do a story about the mammoth. Interest in the mammoth discovery went worldwide. Broadbear said he is impressed with the kiosk and the informative panels to tell the story of the discovery so visitors to the site come away with an appreciation of the site and the mammoth.
Machado said he works with the scenic byways to help them with grants to do projects. He enjoys these partnerships and the work they do to be good stewards of the natural resources. He believes the scenic byways are the heart and soul of America. He described scenic byways as an extensive collection of special places. He is working to bring additional funds to Utah for projects. "I have never been here before and am surprised with the scenic views." The Utah Division since 1992, has had $7.3 million procured for 84 projects.
Hill rounded out the program with her description of the scenic byways program. "The byways connect our country. Utah has better byways than many states." She is proud of the mammoth project and the Scenic highway 89 project from Manti to Kanab.
Abrams encouraged tourists to visit the mammoth kiosks and enjoy the discovery of the mammoth.
Wayne Nielson from Nielson Construction said they were working on a new dam at the time of the discovery. The old dam had begun to leak and was being replaced. His cousin Chris Nielson was excavating when he brought up a bone, it was 50-60 feet down, kind of in a bowl area. The bog area acted as a refrigerator for the skeleton and the cool mud kept it preserved for approximately 11,000 years.
The mammoth and its story will continue to be an asset to the Castle Valley region as its notoriety extends worldwide.
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It's always the bottom of the ninth in "Game On."
Dan Hoyle and Tony Taccone's new Silicon Valley comedy gives us behind-the-plate seats to a baseball bromance in meltdown. The ESPN-obsessed 90-minute comedy throws a lot of curveballs at us as it touches on everything from male bonding and global warming to predatory capitalism, but it's never quite as funny as it wants to be in this uneven world premiere at San Jose Repertory Theatre. Hoyle (best known as a solo performer) and Taccone (artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre) are two of the smartest writers out there and doubtless the scattershot play will continue to evolve, but right now "Game On" strikes out far more than it hits.
Director Rick Lombardo aptly captures the grit and swagger of two down-at-the-heel guys, Vinnie (Marco Barricelli) and Alvin (Craig Marker), who only come alive when bathed in the glow of a flat screen. Hiding out in the media room of a stylish Los Altos manse, the boys are out to land one of the big venture capital angels at a party. They want to pitch this all-powerful billionaire about their outlandish scheme for bugs as the new beef. With the climate collapsing and water scarce, protein may be more valuable than gold if our apocalyptic fears come true. If Vinnie and Alvin can put grasshopper spring rolls and mopane worm wraps on the menu, they can write their own ticket to the C-suite.
Barricelli, co-artistic director of the newly-reinvigorated Santa Cruz Shakespeare, gives Vinnie a tinge of tragedy that nails the wistfulness of being a blue-collar guy in a stock-option world. Marker oozes slickness as the washed-out Wall Street type desperate to get back in the big money. But despite these two very engaging performances and some tart bits of wit about the insanity of the high-tech bubble, neither of these characters is compelling enough to give the play an emotional core. If we don't care about these guys, there's nothing to ground the play as the plot spins through one oddball gambit after another, from sabermetrics to eating insects.
Make no mistake, there is no lack of intelligence behind the narrative. The cult of the next big thing is certainly rooted in the reality of life in this tech mecca. Vinnie's mourning for the fate of the polar bear rings quite true, as does his desire to bury his depression in his love of sports. The need for denial is a profoundly powerful element of 21st-century life.
There is also a wonderfully funny spoof of an agit prop theater skit (performed by Cassidy Brown) involving a cape, a gun and whale song that is deeply demented. It comes out of left field to delight anyone who has ever sat through a well-intentioned but otherwise horrible bit of political theater.
However, "Game On" lacks a sense of identity at this point. Perhaps it's truly a play about the addiction to fantasy baseball, to being so juiced by the game that you watch Little League World Series reruns on TV for kicks. When the narrative ventures outside that arena, the action feels forced. Alvin's panic attacks and his revulsion about the depth of corporate greed just doesn't track. Also, while it is certainly plausible that two such dissimilar guys might connect over the game, there isn't enough BFF charisma here to explain why Alvin would let Vinnie in on his last chance at bat.
Lombardo also needs to increase the intensity in certain key scenes. The snarky exchanges with Bob (Mike Ryan), another investor, lack tension. There's also little change in electricity when the only woman in the play, an eco-socialite named Beth (Nisi Sturgis), walks into the room, and that's a pity.
Die-hard fans of the national pastime may well find major league laughs here, but for the rest of us, it's all inside baseball.
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772.
Follow her at Twitter.com/karendsouza4.
By Dan Hoyle and Tony Taccone, presented by San Jose Repertory Theatre
Through: April 19
Where: San Jose Rep, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose
Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission
Tickets: $29-$74, 408-367-7255, www.sjrep.com


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WM4, Reviewed October 1993
Waste reduction makes good management sense. Where there is waste, there is inefficiency, and where there is inefficiency, there is an opportunity to reduce costs. Reducing waste increases productivity, safeguards the environment and strengthens the firm's economic base. Waste reduction is a demonstration of the firm's commitment to environmental protection.
Many firms have developed and implemented waste reduction and recycling as a normal way of doing business, and the returns have been favorable. This process is best initiated by conducting a waste audit.
Twenty years ago, waste minimization meant "minimum cost disposal." Industrial waste was contained, treated (if necessary) and disposed. Generally, the only waste management information a firm received was from the individual who hauled their waste. This information seldom included waste reduction practices and was often self-serving to the hauler.
Today, this approach to waste management is not only impractical, but is unacceptable in terms of efficiency and the firm's social responsibilities.
Manufacturing processes are shifting from product optimization to system optimization in order not to make waste from the onset. Waste reduction pays long-term dividends and should be viewed as making an investment in a clean, safe environment — a social responsibility.
This publication explains the current waste minimization requirements, gives you a strategy for waste management, and tells you how to prepare for and perform a waste reduction audit.
Statutory requirements relating to waste minimization are part of the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA).
Section 3002 (a) (6) of HSWA requires that all generators describe "the efforts undertaken during the year to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste generated" as well as "changes in volume and toxicity of waste actually achieved during the year in question in comparison with previous years, to the extent such information is available for years to enactment of (HSWA)." This report applies to EPA-classed large quantity generators.
Section 3002 (b) requires generator certification for waste manifest (mandated under Section 3002 (a)) programs "to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of such waste to the degree determined by the generator to be economically practicable."
Finally, Section 3005 (h) requires the same certification for any new permit issued for the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste.
Additionally, the 1990 Omnibus Solid Waste Management Law states landfill waste must be reduced by 40 percent by 1998, requiring county and city governments to devise plans to achieve this goal.
The waste audit is an integrated approach involving:
The waste audit is an in-plant analysis of each operation generating waste. This requires considering the following for each process:
Within every industrial facility, there are a number of distinct operations which, when combined in the proper sequence, lead to the production of a product. The process engineer refers to these as unit processes. To properly begin a waste reduction audit, it is necessary to list all the unit processes and assemble as much information as possible. This information should include:
Include all intermittent processes, such as cleaning, make-up, blow-down and tank dumping, in the inventory process.
To be effective, the audit must be conducted methodically and thoroughly under the direction of experienced individuals who understand the firm's processes and operations. It is necessary to record all data and information to ensure no operation is missed.
There are several Audit Handbooks available that provide the procedure and forms for recording information. Significant imbalances may occur due to measurement and estimation. Additionally, various inputs and losses, i.e. evaporation, may have been understated or missed altogether. Therefore, the compilation of accurate, comprehensive data is essential to a successful waste reduction audit. A preliminary material balance must be made to determine if the information has gaps or inaccuracies.
The opportunities to reduce waste are many, and they all cannot be accomplished and implemented at once.
Evaluate all the options and implement the one with the greatest potential first. The following criteria can help determine options with the greatest potential:
Management must realize a waste reduction audit is not a one-time affair, but must be done on a regular basis. Documentation that is prepared during the waste reduction audit process can serve as the basis for the next audit.
The following material provides more in-depth information on industrial waste audits.
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Quinoa, Brown Rice, & Beyond: 15 Ways to Eat Whole Grains at Every Meal
What would life in the kitchen be like without whole grains? For me, it would be a sadder existence. Oats, whole wheat, and pseudo-grains like quinoa and amaranth provide pops of protein and healthy fiber. But they offer more than healthy benefits, too. They are delicious! Where would meals be without nutty brown rice, tender oats, and delicate quinoa? Here are 15 of our favorite whole grain recipes for every meal: Quinoa chili and salads, whole wheat muffins, a brown rice bowl with lemongrass, tofu, and cashews. There's a warm farro salad with roasted vegetables, and whole wheat couscous, too. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner — there's a whole grain to enjoy.
• 1 Golden Quinoa Salad with Radish, Dill & Avocado
• 2 Black Bean and Heirloom Tomato Quinoa with Lemon Dressing
• 3 Grilled Halloumi and Quinoa Salad
• 4 Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Quinoa Chili
• 5 Brown Rice Salad with Apples, Walnuts, and Cherries
• 6 Brown Rice Bowl with Lemongrass, Tofu and Cashews
• 7 Brown Rice Appams
• 8 Black Rice Salad with Avocado and Grapefruit
• 9 Quick, Easy & Moist Whole Wheat Muffins
• 10 Whole Wheat Pearl Couscous with Cherries & Arugula
• 11 No-Knead Multi-Grain Peasant Bread
• 12 Breakfast Grain Salad with Blueberries, Hazelnuts & Lemon
• 13 Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Fontina
• 14 Chickpea, Barley and Zucchini Ribbon Salad with Mint and Feta
• 15 Simple Breakfast: No-Cook Overnight Steel-Cut Oats
On Cooking Whole Grains:
• How To Cook Fluffy, Tasty Quinoa
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From the Editors Desktop
We begin this issue with the second part of Lee Stricklands two-part article, Records and Information Management Perspectives. Here he discusses recent changes that affect the balance between open access and national security on the one hand and open access and personal privacy on the other topics of great importance to all of us at both professional and personal levels. Lee is now based at the University of Maryland, but was previously an attorney with the federal government and continues to be heavily concerned with federal information policy.
Turning to another kind of access and the University of Maryland, Allen Rotz reports for us on the 20th (yes, 20th!) anniversary celebration of the Human Computer Interface Laboratory, founded by Lees fellow Maryland faculty and ASIST member Ben Shneiderman. Interfaces for children got much attention at this open house. Congratulations to Ben on the continuing success of this pioneering effort.
The authors of this issues feature package are all in practice, and their articles record their experiences, observations and explorations. Jane Starnes discusses how a successful system for accessing expert knowledge was launched at Intel. Joan Starr discusses standards for information exchange in banking, and Steve Hardin reports his research on how meteorologists use the Web. And from further afield, we turn to Nigeria, where Kazanka Comfort and her colleagues at the Fantsuam Foundation report on the introduction of information technology to women in rural areas, and Innocent Ekoja discusses the work of the (Nigerian) National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS).
In his regular column, Andrew Dillon has some trenchant observations about professional boundaries on the basis of his recent observations in the domain of IA or what ought to be the domain of IA. And in her Presidents Page, Trudi Hahn reports some preliminary results from the ASIST membership survey just concluded.
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Escape imprisonment
Definitely no chants of di-di-mau here. You (the player) springs into action with a Colt 1911 taken from the guard. Just wait -- and don't miss.
Wait for the moment, and then savage the guards in the chamber with the handgun. Take the nearest automatic weapon and head outside. The tunnels are tight, so you need to move carefully and pick off enemies, recharge health, and then move ahead, or you will not survive.
That'll learn ya not to put a loaded weapon anywhere near a professional practitioner of SpecWar.
Payback - Intel 1
Stand next to the waterfall, put it behind you and you should see a ramp (leading to a dead end) in front. To the ramp's right, there is an equipment shelf with the tape player. Note that if you see (and shoot) the Russian interrogator, you're too far ahead.
Find cover (as best you can) for the battle at the waterfall room. Only after you clear the area of enemies (or manage to run past them) can you take out the Russian interrogator. After he is shot, approach Woods and you can leave the tunnels.
The way forward is dramatically timed (not really timed). The Russian interrogator is your exit, so you will always catch up to him. Take your time and clear the vermin from the tunnels with Woods. One less infestation (and danger on Veteran difficulty) to worry about.
Hijack the chopper and take the skies
Clear out the enemies by the chopper and explore the little camp. The weapons you take here are carried over (there is a weapon cache where you land as well).
Payback - Intel 2
Before boarding the gunship, locate the tent at the LZ. A table near this tent has a tape player.
When you are ready, board the chopper. For the most part, IGN recommends you use Casual if you trying for the bonus task (use rockets only for this section). Otherwise, you'd better be damn good about strafing side to side to avoid incoming enemy fire.
The way forward is dramatically timed (not really timed). The Russian interrogator is your exit, so you will always catch up to him. Take your time and clear the vermin from the tunnels with Woods. One less infestation (and danger on Veteran difficulty) to worry about.
Remember this, the rockets on the Hind can be queued up to ripple-fire. You may want to build-up a massive load of warheads and unleash them with your chaingun on a deserving target (like a monitor or chopper).
Once aboard the Hind-17, use only rockets to destroy all targets (cannot use the mounted cannon). Remember you can queue up rockets by holding the rocket trigger down. When you release the button, you ripple-fire (or salvo) the rockets in a barrage.
Your biggest problem will likely be the two enemy choppers towards the end of the vehicle sequence; you need to use cover (or the turns in the canyon) and blast each of the aircraft as you rocket-joust with them.
Take out the enemy vehicles going for the VC base first. Once they are down, you will have to deal with the enemy. Zap each one (cannonfire helps, but rockets also work, if just slower while you wait for a reload) and try not to take too much damage (vehicle damage doesn't regenerate).
Engage the river monitor at the waterline, then turn and destroy the Soviet Hind. After you destroy the first set of targets, your chopper will go around the bend and be beset by SAMs. The SAM launcher is immobile, but the missiles it hurls are lethal instantly (all difficulties).
With so much firepower (infinite) at your disposal, there's nothing stopping you. If you choose to use only the rockets, then you may have to adopt a more patient approach.
Luckily, they don't home in, so you can dodge them by moving side-to-side as you close the distance to the SAM launcher. When you feel you are close enough, unload your weapons and destroy the enemy emplacement.
Past the SAM launcher is a large village with anti-air and RPG assets in the towers. Take out the critical enemy assets with rocket/cannon runs, and tkae your time doing it. After dealing with the village (you should try to pacify it completely so you have a safe zone to fall back to), take on the two enemy Hinds next.
Enemy RPGs from the ground still originate chiefly from towers, but there are a few ground troops. Follow their smoke trails and blast them. Unlike real enemies, these bots will not move after firing.
If you have trouble, try moving back to the village, and see if just one chopper follows (sometimes, this happens). If just one does, you can cheese it to death with weaponsfire around the corner. Hopefully, your barrage will catch the enemy full blast, and you can move on to the next section.
Bust up the POW camp and kill Kravchenko
Land the chopper and take the weapons you want. If you're going for the bonus task, you will take a different weapon later, but if not, use a GALIL (Israeli copy of the AK-47 ... so not sure why it's being used in a Russian-run Vietnamese POW camp) and see if you can take one with a scope for medium distance sniping.
Upon landing, get the weapons you need. A scoped weapon is preferable to take out the RPG soldier and shooter on the Technical at the POW camp entrance. This set-up is eerily familiar to the caves in Afghanistan.
Ignite ten enemies in this level with the flamethrower attachment. You will get this weapon at the entrance to the POW camp. Since the weapon is so short-ranged, doing this task on Casual is the obvious choice. Remember to completely ignite the victim, as just brushing flame against them may not kill them. Dying and retrying will let you get some more kills after loading a checkpoint.
Take out the patrol (by the trees) then the RPG sniper and the emplacement by the cave entrance. The AK-47 with the flamethrower attachment is on the containers; if you don't need it, you can stick with the Galil or AK-47 (either with a scope) and simply zap each baddie and make way towards the cells.
Payback - Intel 3
After locating Reznov, you will head deeper into the camp. The POW command center has two blue bookshelves, one left, one right. To the left of the left blue bookshelf is a box-like electrical generator. The tape player is on a table next to this generator.
Approach the prisoner cages and you will release them as allies. You will proceed deeper into the camp to locate Kravchenko. Stand at the cave entrance and snipe the enemies. Note that for a small cave, there are sure a lot of enemies. Grenades will definitely help in clearing out the crowd. Watch for the stairs on the right side, as enemies will use it heavily.
The POW camp is a furious but short (distance wise) firefight. Make your way to Kravchenko's room. You can see him past the window during any lull in the action.
Head towards the admin structure and locate Kravchenko. When Mason opens the door to the office, the mission will end.
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With the elections over, the new House and Senate will have their first session in early 2013.
With the elections over, the new House and Senate will have their first session in early 2013.
They will be faced with many issues, some old, some new.
It is time for the new House and Senate to put aside politics and become legislators.
There are still two major bills in committee of interest to Vietnam veterans, House Bill 3612 and Senate Bill 1629. These bills are to restore VA benefits for Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam war.
The present House and Senate still have time to act upon these bills before January 2013.
These bills must come out of committee and go to the floor of both houses.
I ask the American people to urge our legislators to act on these bills.
The Vietnam veterans who are sick from Agent Orange dioxin exposure need these bills passed into law by our present legislators before the new legislators take office.
With a new legislative assembly, we advocates for Vietnam veterans will have to start over again.
This means longer delays for veterans.
Thousands of Vietnam veterans won't be approved by the VA because they did not have boots on ground even though they were awarded the Vietnam Service Medal.
Many sailors, airmen and fleet Marines who served during that war are sick from exposure to the deadly herbicide.
With the passage of the afore mentioned bills, these members of the armed forces will receive equality for VA benefits.
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10 Upcycled Wine Bottles Turned Home Accessories
While the rest of us may be boozing up for the holidays and tossing our empty wine bottles into the recycling bin, these Etsy sellers are upcycling bottles into cool and clever home accents. From barware to lighting, you'll find plenty of repurposed accessories that not only look good in your house, they make great gifts, too. And if you're especially crafty, they might even inspire your own DIY wine bottle projects.
1 Recycled Wine Bottle Tiki Torch, $15 from The Local Artist
2 Blue Wine Bottle Oil Lamp, $22 from Great Bottles of Fire
3 Wine Bottle Hurricane Lantern, $29 from LORA / LINN
4 Glass Hanging Lantern, $20 from Going Green Lanterns
5 Recycled Wine Bottle Chandelier Light, $120 from Glow 828
6 Recycled XL Wine Bottle Canisters with Natural Corks (Set of 3), $52 from bottlecrop
7 Gold Wine Bottle Glasses (Set of 4), $36 from Uncorked Glass
8 Tall Recycled Glasses from Bottles (Set of 6), $50 from bottlecrop
9 Recycled Bottle Serving Tray, $16 from WV Glass
10 Mini Olive Green Wine Bottle Spoon Rest, $9 from First Light Glass
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For me, I can taste a bit too much of the alcohol
Quote from: pyrite on April 06, 2012, 05:55:13 PM For me, I can taste a bit too much of the alcohol that's what I recall about this one - but I will be buying again - supposedly, it will be in 12oz 4packs this year?
The maltiness is supportive but takes a back seat to the hoppy character.
I really enjoy seeking out the next big hop bomb of the year, and there's a lot to choose from! Zombie Dust, Hopslam, Ruination, Two-Hearted, etc.I put "Hoptimum" on this level of great, hoppy beers. The opinions from Rate Beer may not agree, but I think the grading has a lot to do with supply/demand and buzz around the beer.


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Visiontek HD4870 Review
Recently we took a look at the PowerColor HD 4870 which did very well at the launch of this new GPU. So after some time I can't help but wonder, are the manufacturers getting all of the bugs worked out for this awesome graphics card? Right now the HD 4870 cards are the pinnacle of ATI's lineup, taking the GTX 200 series head on for the top performer for gamers and enthusiasts alike. You wonder though, how does the performance score when the same chip is manufactured by two different companies. Will the scores vary or stay constant?
Today we are going to take a look at Visiontek's HD 4870 video card. Visiontek used the same reference design as the PowerColor HD 4870 we reviewed and there were some heat issues that concerned us. Has Visiontek addressed these issues? Will its card be better than the rest and possibly take over the GTX 260 or GTX 280? With these questions in mind, let's first take a better look at the graphics card.
Closer Look:
Visiontek uses a very intimidating design for its packaging. The faded alien head looks eerie with the glowing blue eyes, which like the hardware inside, means business. The front of the box highlights some of the features of the HD 4870, including the memory specification of GDDR5 memory. There is also a sticker claiming that the Visiontek Card provides the best visual experience for the game Mass Effect, however no game or demo is included. It would have been nice to have included so you can actually see for yourself instead of a marketing ploy. The back of the box shows more in depth features as well as what adapters are available on the card. On the sides you have at your disposal the system requirements as well as a detailed specifications list.
When you open the packaging you are presented with what I like to call a "Little Black Box," which seems appropriate with the alien head on the front. Inside this little black box are all of the goodies you have been waiting for. Inside is the HD 4870 card itself, a component video out dongle and S-Video dongle, a DVI to VGA adapter, a DVI to HDMI adapter, two 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCI Express power adapters, a Crossfire interconnect, driver CD with Catalyst 8.6, and the manual.
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Rated #1 Synthetic String in Playability/Overall Performance in USRSA String Survey!
Live Wire Technology exposes the polymeric materials in the string to "an advanced, super high energy, Gamma irradiation process. This process energizes the molecules and accelerates the cross linkage (bonding) between the molecules by more than 25% to create Live Wire monofibers.
This increased cross linkage provides greater dynamic resiliency and greater elasticity, compared to other synthetic materials." Live Wire 17 XP offers "Maximum power & control, superior durability and a crisp, solid feel in a thinner gauge."
- Gauge: 16 (1.32mm)
- Length: 40 feet
- Available colors: Black