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World's largest aircraft unveiled for first time fully assembled
The world's largest aircraft has been unveiled for the first time since being fully assembled in the UK.
The 302ft (92m) long Airlander 10 - part plane, part airship - was floated in a First World War hangar in Bedfordshire.
Photographers struggled to capture the whole length of the aircraft, which is around 50ft (15m) longer than the biggest passenger jets.
It was first developed for the US government as a long-endurance surveillance aircraft but it fell foul of defence cutbacks.
British firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) launched a campaign to return the Airlander 10 to the skies in May 2015.
It will now carry out ground testing before 200 hours of test flights begin later this year.
The huge aircraft will be able to stay airborne for around five days during manned flights.
HAV claim it could be used for a variety of functions such as surveillance, communications, delivering aid and even passenger travel.
Speaking at the launch event in Cardington, Bedfordshire, chief test pilot David Burns, who last flew the aircraft in 2012, said: "It's very pleasant to fly. From the flight deck you have a lovely view.
"It allows you to have a good look around because generally the flying is fairly low so there's plenty to see.
"For the people on board and the people down below it's going to look quite a sight.
"You're talking about 300 feet long. There's nothing that size at the moment."
The Airlander 10, which uses helium to become airborne, can travel at a speed of 92mph (148km/h). It is 143ft (44m) wide and 85ft (26m) high.
Professor Chris Atkin, who will become president of the Royal Aeronautical Society in May, described the project as "absolutely fantastic".
He said: "It's a new slant on a well-established idea with very clever use of technology."
After sitting in the cockpit of a flight simulator developed for Airlander 10, Mr Atkin predicted that the aircraft could be used by passengers on pleasure flights and to get to locations that are hard to reach.
"I can imagine this competing with cruise ships over really interesting environments," he said.
"The view is quite extraordinary. It's a very relaxed experience. It will be a very quiet and stable vehicle to travel in."
It is hoped that the Airlander 50 will eventually be developed, which would be able to transport 50 tonnes of freight.
Helium is a non-renewable resource, but Catherine Dewar of industrial gas supplier BOC said there are "many untapped sources" around the world.
She continued: "There is enough helium for something as bespoke as this.
"It's never going to be on a huge mass market so - for the scale you would expect to see this - there is plenty of helium to support it."


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META Deregulation HubThe nature of international trade has changed markedly in recent years. Advancements in technology, and the effects of globalisation mean that Australian companies face far greater international competition. Being a high cost country, Australia needs to be actively working to reduce unnecessary red and green tape in order to assist companies to compete and win in global markets. Manufacturing is one industry where reducing the regulatory cost burden has the potential to make a significant impact.
Deloitte's Access Economics estimates that the economic benefit of removing $100 million in regulatory costs in the food and grocery manufacturing sector would lead to around $250 million in additional GDP, over 250 new jobs and an increase in exports of $35 million.
In 2013, Australia was ranked 16th in the world in terms of international competitiveness by the Global Manufacturing Index. However, it is forecasted that Australia will drop to 17th in the next 12 months.
ITS Global indicate that indicate that Singapore provides the international benchmark for best practice regulation. The benefit from reducing the burden of regulation on manufacturing will depend on the degree of deregulation that is achieved. If Australia were to achieve that benchmark, the burden of its regulation would be reduced by at least two-thirds.
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Sunridge Advances its PNT Glaucoma Treatment Throughout China
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FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunridge International (OTC Bulletin Board: SNDZ) said today that its patented Pneumatic Trabeculoplasty (PNT) non-invasive treatment for glaucoma and ocular hypertension, is making its mark in China. Introduced into China by Beijing Vision World Trading Co. Ltd. (BVW), in 2007, the PNT treatment has undergone the most vigorous patient research studies before gaining regulatory approval by China's Federal Drug Administration earlier this year.
In recent months, Beijing Vision World had presented the PNT treatment at a number of ophthalmologist conferences, expert forums and hospital training seminars in a number of cities throughout China including Beijing, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Changsha and several towns throughout Northeast China. Research papers devoted to PNT have been presented by leading ophthalmic practitioners and academics at several conferences all of which have been reported in news articles and feature stories appearing in China's general and technical publications. Details of the treatment and its impact on glaucoma patients, have been featured on national TV programs. More information regarding these events can be viewed at www.visionworld.com.cn.
In summarizing his firm's progress, Mr. Yang Waisheng, President of BVW, said he and his marketing team were extremely pleased with the reception given by some of China's most demanding ophthalmologists, eye doctors and hospitals throughout China. "We have made a very good start and it is our intention to continue to demonstrate the PNT approach to the treatment of glaucoma. Our goal is to have PNT taken up by an increasing number of hospitals, clinics and ophthalmic surgeries in China so that we might reach out to as many glaucoma sufferers as possible throughout this vast country. We are conscious of the fact that many of these patients would otherwise be unable to find treatment to control this pervasive eye disease which is so prevalent in China."
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Doctoral Candidate Zhang Awarded Prestigious Scholarship
A research assistant and doctoral candidate in UTD's Chemistry Department was recently awarded the prestigious Outstanding Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship.
Xinyu Zhang, whose research focus is synthesis and characterization of nano-structured electronic organic polymers, was among the 45 out of more than 100,000 competitors to receive China's annual award recognizing the country's most talented students abroad, according to the Ministry of Education in China.
Zhang, who lists volleyball, canoeing and camping among his hobbies, said he is very grateful to Nobel laureate Alan MacDiarmid and Research Associate Professor Sanjeev Manohar for accepting him into their lab and training him.
"This scholarship is a wonderful summary of my previous research work and a new starting point for my future academic career," said Zhang, who is in his fifth year of study at UTD.
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I would be very interested to know how you get on with this and indeed if this service is still provided.
I dont know if P&O still do this (as its 12 years since I took a baby on a cruise) but back then they had a special services division and I was able to pre order all my baby food/juices/milk etc. at no extra cost before we sailed. It was all ordered for me (back then it was anything that could be purchased from boots -so its was boots own brand or anything else they generally stock) I was then provided with a cupboard in the main ding room and I could go and help myself to whatever I needed or could take what I needed back to the cabin. As I say times have changed - you would have to phone to see if they still provide this service. I havent been on Ventura but assuming it has a night nursery same as Oriana, provided you can get baby settled you can leave baby in the night nursery and go off and enjoy the evening. You can also pay for one of the trained staff to give personal incabin baby sitting. They used to have a limited amount of sterilisers and baby equiment on board which you got from the childrens playroom. As you have booked already I assume you requested a cot at time of booking??? Would make sure you take enough nappies though as although they may have a limited stock they probably wont be your preffered brand/type/size. In the daytime you can go into the playroom with baby but you will not be able to leave baby, you have to stay to play. Hope this helps, like I said it was a long time ago and you will have to get onto P&O to check this out for yourself.
I don't wish to sound harsh but it wouldn't it have been a good idea to find out before you booked? If you are boarding at Southampton, you will be able to take enough food and nappies with you if P&O don't have the pre order system as mentioned by Bradbury. It will be a logistical problem but we managed it when ours were babies. Most cruise ships offer babysitting services and we used to hire our cabin steward to sit in the cabin every night for the first few years. Our children rarely woke up but if they did, they would recognise the sitter. I always took loads of sterilizing tablets with me as you can use anything as a receptacle when you want to sterilize things. Good luck and remember, infants are hardy little angels.
I hope it works out well for you, but you really should have checked this out first. On our recent cruise (on Celebrity's Galaxy) around the Eastern Med the couple next door to us had a small baby and when we saw them arrive our hearts sank - visions of being kept awake at night by the sound of wailing through the cabin wall! I have to say that this didn't transpire at all and we heard not a peep.
We did our first cruise on Oceana last Autumn with our little boy, who was then 10 months - and we had a ball. The facilities are excellent. There were plenty of nappies and baby food on board, we were given a travel cot for our cabin, the nursery and its staff were outstanding (wife is a teacher who has done loads of childcare as well, and she rated it all outstanding). Do take your own supply of nappies on board, as its not quite as if they hand whole packs out for free, though - for us, if we wanted to change him in the day, we'd pop along to the nursery and make use of nappies and stuff there. There is also an excellent Night Nursery which will take very good care of your little one every night from 6pm to 2am, if you want!
Sorry, forgot to add that, of course, Oceana is part of the P&O fleet with Ventura. Its reasonable to expect that the service on Ventura is identical, in fact we were told this as much by the staff on Oceana. We had such a good time that we've booked to go on another cruise this summer, largely because of the excellent childcare (we're going on Cunard, we would have gone for P&O again but we saw a great offer, it also helps that Cunard's kids facilities appear to be as good as P&O).


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Mark Butler speaks of these and other topics in his study of the musical designs of Electronic Dance Music making reference to asymmetrical rhythms as well as displaced and at times conflicting rhythmical groupings within the genre (2006). I will draw from the contributions of scholars such as Butler seeking to apply some of the insights they offer in the composition of various pieces of 'dance' music intended for the concert hall.
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Melbourne is known for its dynamic arts scene. Whether you're looking to catch a world-renowned performance or check out some emerging artists, Melbourne is a melting pot of international and local talent.
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The singer was feted with the Schermerhorn Symphony Center's Harmony Award for "exemplifying the unique harmony between the many worlds of music that exist in Nashville," and for her significant contributions to the "development and appreciation of musical culture".
The accolade is the latest addition to Swift's trophy cabinet - earlier this month (Nov11), she was named Billboard magazine's 2011 Woman of the Year and she recently collected the Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year honors at the American Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, respectively.


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While perhaps not quite as common of an occurrence as the common cold (hence the name), it's not unusual for millions of people all over the globe to deal with viral gastroenteritis, the stomach flu. Essentially an infection inside of your stomach and intestines, there are a million and one different variables that all could contribute to you having this condition, ranging from simple viral infections that have been passed on unwittingly to poisoned or poor food sources. While not usually life threatening, some of the problems that the stomach flu causes can put you in a pretty sticky situation. It's not uncommon for people to look for stomach flu medication and assistance whenever possible or if things get really out of control.
If you've been getting beaten up by a bug that turns your stomach, leaves you feeling queasy, and basically makes eating anything a royal pain, the odds are stacked that you are dealing with a stomach flu.
It's pretty easy to tell if you have the stomach flu – you'll feel and notice symptoms of the bug inside within a couple of hours, and the symptoms can range from just an upset and unsettled stomach to rampant and debilitating diarrhea and vomiting. The symptoms that you'll be faced with are all going to be determined by the severity and spread of the infection, but you can be pretty certain that you're going to be in for a couple of rough days and nights.
There are several different virus strains that could have caused the infection that you are dealing with, but the important thing to stay focused on is that there is medical help available if you need it. As I stated above, the potential for a stomach bug to turn very bad is low but still a real chance, and when you combine the actual infection with the problems it causes – loss of essential fluids from expulsion for one – you can have a not so big problem turn into something much more serious in record time. It's mission critical that you stay on top of things and seek the right stomach flu medication before you need to get some more dedicated and professional medical assistance.
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The Vampire Diaries star became engaged over the holidays as her boyfriend, Liam Waite, popped the question on New Year's Eve (31Dec13), her representative confirms to Us Weekly.
Fonda, who has been dating Waite for more than two years, showed off her new engagement ring as she walked the red carpet during the 2014 People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday (08Jan14).


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College honors president who helped build today's Reed
What stands out about Richard H. Sullivan's Reed presidency is its prescience. In fact, says President Emeritus Paul Bragdon, the college owes much of its subsequent success to Sullivan's ambition for Reed and his willingness to take risks.
Sullivan's contributions were recognized in a ceremony at the annual Amanda Reed dinner during the Board of Trustees meeting in October. During the ceremony, with Sullivan's widow and other family members in attendance, the Steele East residence hall was renamed in his honor.
Sullivan served as president of Reed from 1956 until 1967, when he resigned to take up the presidency of the Association of American Colleges. He died in 1982.
Sullivan's term was bracketed by a political crisis at its outset and a fiscal crisis at its conclusion. He was appointed in the aftermath of a wrenching incident in which a Reed professor was fired after allegations in Congress that he had Communist Party ties. The incident became a wedge between faculty and trustees, and Sullivan went about bridging the gap and healing wounds by improving faculty conditions, recruiting prominent new trustees, and attracting funds for important campus facilities.
"Teaching loads were reduced and faculty recruitment broadened," says Bragdon, who served as president of the college from 1971 to 1988. "A new faculty constitution was written and adopted and a systematic sabbatical program for faculty was established."
Members of the faculty at the time also cite Sullivan's efforts to involve faculty in college decisions, and to strengthen Reed by increasing the size of the student body and aggressively pursuing construction of new facilities in such areas as science and student services.
"[Sullivan] was very responsive to faculty concerns," says Frank Gwilliam, Laurens N. Ruben Professor Emeritus of Biology at Reed.
"Scholarship was a major issue for me," says Laurens Ruben, who is Reed's Kenan Professor Emeritus of Biology. "He made a commitment to faculty members who wanted to do scholarly research. That wasn't common in small colleges at that time. Dick gave us full support, even going to the foundation and making the case. I was always grateful to him for that. Dick put himself out in front to get a biology building that would allow us to do research as well as teach."
In Sullivan's time, the college received and successfully matched one of the first of eight Ford Foundation college-improvement grants, the only such grant made to a Western college. He was able to catch a wave of national science funding that was sweeping the United States in the wake of Sputnik. "Sullivan did a lot in terms of fundraising to get the biology and physics buildings constructed," says Gwilliam. Other facilities added or planned during his years as president include the south wing of the library (doubling its size), several residence halls, the commons and bookstore, and the sports center.
As part of his vision for the college, Sullivan nearly doubled the undergraduate population, bringing it to 1,200, and added faculty at an even faster pace, lowering the student-faculty ratio. He also strengthened the board of trustees by adding new members who were not Reed alumni and were drawn from across the country.
In the end, the onset of the Vietnam War and other factors cut back on federal support for higher education and precipitated retrenchment at Reed and other colleges. But Bragdon says much of Sullivan's vision was nevertheless realized under subsequent presidents.
"Without Richard Sullivan's national recruitment of faculty, students, and financial support," Bragdon concludes, "Reed would not be where it is today, among the first rank of liberal arts colleges."


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Anima Eterna Brugge
Founded in 1987 by Jos van Immerseel as a musical Petri dish to cultivate the results of his research into music of the baroque era, Anima Eterna Brugge evolved from a compact string ensemble to the full-bred symphonic orchestra that it is today, exploring repertoire from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven to Strauss, Debussy and Gershwin. The consequent use of period instruments, the permanent direction by its inspirator van Immerseel, a project-based setup and respect for the composer's intentions, are at the core of this orchestra's vision. Soloists either stem from Anima's own ranks, or are 'friends of the family' – Claire Chevallier (piano), Chouchane Siranossian (violin), Lisa Shklyaver (clarinet) and Thomas Bauer (baritone), to name but a few. With its partners Opéra de Dijon, and Concertgebouw Brugge, Anima continues along the lines of an exceptional trajectory that by now stretches over a quarter of a century. During this time, the orchestra has produced an impressive range of recordings, since 2015 with record label group Outhere Music/Alpha Classics. Anima's curiosity and the public's amazement haven't faded over the years: the orchestra still vouches for innovation without provocation, and keeps on getting its drive from musicological research and analysis, a logical and natural approach, and tons of musical passion and pleasure.
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It's been a long week. I haven't been sleeping very well, which means I've been even more tired and groggy in the mornings than I usually am: and trust me when I tell you that I'm usually REALLY tired and groggy in the morning. Like, I stagger into the office in my dressing gown, and Terry almost always bursts out laughing at the sight of me. Then he knows not to try to engage me in conversation until I've had my coffee, or he'll just get nonsense out of me.
(Actually, even AFTER I've had my coffee, he'll still just get nonsense out of me, to be honest. There's just not enough coffee in the world, is there? Also: poor Terry.)
Anyway, this morning I was feeling particularly like an extra in a zombie movie as I staggered to the bathroom, grabbed my toothpaste from the cupboard, applied it to the brush and stuck it in my mouth.
And then, all of a sudden, I was instantly awake, recoiling in horror from the TASTE OF HOSPITAL AND ALSO DEATH that was inside my mouth.
Folks, that wasn't toothpaste on my brush.
No, that would be Antiseptic First Aid Cream. "For minor burns, abrasions and nappy rash."
For. Nappy. Rash.
I had put something in my mouth that was really supposed to go… yeah.
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I've examined the box carefully, as has Terry, and we don't THINK I'm going to die. It does say it's For External Use Only, but it doesn't carry one of those "If swallowed, call an ambulance immediately, even although there's no point because you'll be dead by the time it gets there! Sucks to be you!" warnings. (And I didn't actually swallow it. Or not much of it. I don't think.) Naturally, though, I'm sitting here expecting to drop dead at any second. If you never hear from me again, you'll know why. You'll also know that in my last moments here on earth, my only thought was for you, my readers. "Must… write… random…act…of…stupidity…post!" I gasped, feebly clutching at my keyboard as I slid limply off my chair, frothing at the mouth, and… I've taken this too far now, haven't I? I'll stop.
You should also feel amazed, and perhaps a little bit horrified, that a dying woman would spend her last few seconds uploading a photo of a dog-in-a-box to the Internets:
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Two Nigerian Music Industry Legends, 2face Idibia and Sir Victor Olaiya come together to resurrect the classic "Baby Jowo" . We all know our parents and people of the older generation are familiar with the original track but this remix takes it to another level, 2face didn't disappoint and the ever green Sir Victor Olaiya came through.
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Present participle of gamble.
- n. An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Estrada, who spent much of his term gambling and carousing, was a roguish former movie star who most Filipinos believe disgraced his office and their nation.
The most money one can legally win gambling is three dollars.
Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year's as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the title gambling regulators said Tuesday.
It appears that the term gambling is used generally within the state to refer to any activity relative to wagering, while the term gaming is used in all official references.
They won't tell us what they are, but there's been a lot of speculation they will find that there has been excessive speculation which I call gambling in the energy markets, and they're thinking about new kinds of limits.
While relating the habits and customs of the Gualala, whose homes were near Fort Ross, he describes what he calls the gambling game of "_wi_ and _tep_" and says that one description with slight variations will answer for nearly all the tribes of central and southern California.
He could not bear what he called gambling "Never touch stocks, Loudon," he would say; "nothing but legitimate business."
The word "gambling" is highlighted, and if you click on it you will be redirected to a page which discusses "pathological gambling."
OHSU biotech breakthrough -- worthless to Portland (Jack Bog's Blog)
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
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The problem with this sort of gambling is that society is left with the choice of either (1) picking up the costs in one way or another, either through higher insurance premiums for those who pay, or through longer waits and less adequate care for everyone, or higher taxes on lots of someones or (2) denying care to those who cannot pay, and letting people suffer or die.


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Degrees Offered
Applicants are admitted primarily to the Ph.D. program.
Application Requirements
- GRE General Test
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Physics graduate students are actively involved in both experimental and theoretical studies in areas including astro-, atomic, bio-, condensed-matter, high-energy, and nuclear physics. They search for answers to questions such as: What is dark matter? Can we understand the birth or death of stars at the nuclear level? Can we create new materials with new properties? What can network science say about our world? What is the origin of mass? Read more about graduate studies in Physics at Notre Dame.
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- Upon successful completion of the WCTC Nursing Assistant program, graduates will be eligible to take the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Competency Examination through CREDENTIA and be placed on the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry.
- The Nursing Assistant program is a WCTC Pathway into the Nursing – Associate Degree program.
- Effective 8/21/14, Nursing Assistant students must be 16 years old by the first day of their class.
- Wages of recent graduates per Graduate Follow-up Report
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Learn how to perform basic nursing tasks for patients in hospitals, long-term care facilities and their own homes. Meet state and federal requirements while preparing for basic nursing assistant certification testing. Performance will be supervised by an RN.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
This is a title me and three other buddies are working on now :)
mac/PC platform, C#, Unity Engine, Medieval theme, intriguing stories taking place in a dark dim tavern, mysterious customers who bring you sustaining cash and clues leading to the truth, real experience of creating and serving yummy food and drink.....hmmm
Above are a screen shot and one character's color concept. I work as producer, programmer and partial designer in this pure indie game.
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3D Game Supple
This is a sim style 3D PC game that I was in charge when working at NFusion Interactive. The core AI was implemented by another company, and I was in charge of writing all the in game modules and functionality using company's in-house engine. I got so much valuable experience through starting a game from scratch, and researching for solutions when the available tools are not supporting enough features.
The game was coded in C++.
Episode Two is not officially released yet. You can check out the first episode at its website:
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Hangout Indusitres
Hangout Industries's hangout.net is a 3D social browser game targeting young audiences, which transports them from current social network( facebook, myspace) to a whole new level of experience. I developed virtual whiteboard, ambient sound system, real time asset color changing, object nudging as gameplay programmer. Unfortunately, the original hangout.net is not accessible at this moment, so I grabbed a few old pictures to give you the general idea of the game.
1. My friend Jan's avatar just shows up in my room.
2. Decide to watch some "tv" with Jan, so I turned it on which brings me to a youtube searching menu.
3. Let's watch some boring physics demo :)
4. Everything in the room has physics and is interactive. You can play foosball with your friends, play some mini games on virtual arcade machine, shop online on the virtual computer in the game ( complicated concept hun? :-T ).
Everything I worked on was in C#, Unity Engine.
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Maya plugin -- V.A.S.T.
V.A.S.T. represents Virtual Aquarium Simulation Tool. The tool enables artists to create an aquarium with real time fish animations and behaviors, and bubble movement with a few clicks.
The first video explains in detail about how to use this tool, and the second one shows a short rendered demo.
Here is the usage demo:
This is the rendered animation demo using V.A.S.T.
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Maya Plugin -- V.A.S.T. rendering
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Rigidbody Dynamics
This is a physics system I created dealing with cubes and balls, implemented in C++.
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Various 2D/3D applications, ray tracer
This demo above shows the rendering of bunch of 2D and 3D simulations I made at school. From simple curve editor to complicated cloth simulation.
Ray tracer:
Another school project I made was a 3D scene editor with ray tracer. User places and manipulates objects that can be either openGL primitives, meshes, or obj files in the scene, when satisfied, press the ray tracing button and wait, a rendered picture will show up in a separate window.
Here is an example:
Ray tracing rendering
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NEW BRUNSWICK – Roselle Park resident Leona M Seufert is exhibiting her artwork with six New Jersey Artists in "Discovering New Jersey" at the New Brunswick Blood Center through October 14.
Blood donors at this blood center have the unique opportunity to view and enjoy artwork while giving blood. Hung on the walls of the Blood Center donors' room this group show revolves around the theme of how each of the artists capture and interpret various aspects of New Jersey. The photography, oils, acrylic, and digital prints range from realistic interpretations to the surreal.
Seufert's artwork in this show reflects her travels throughout New Jersey. She frequently visits Hoboken, Jersey City, Union township and Newark and capturing each town's uniqueness presented itself with exciting creative challenges. Her 16 pieces in this show reflect not only the town's identities but also her edgy interpretations of their various architectural aspects. Some images take on a fantasy feeling through her manipulation of them through the application of Photoshop.
"As I travel through this diverse and fascinating state in which I live, my digital camera always tucked in my bag, I love to seek out and capture the uniqueness of the cities and towns I visit. As a digital artist, I use Photoshop to realize the vision I have in my mind's eye: to transform the reality captured by my camera into a composition that releases some meaning from within the heart of each image."
The Center is located at 167 New Street, New Brunswick. Hours are Tuesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Call 1-800-933-2566 to confirm as the hours may change. An artists' reception is planned for Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 5 to 8 p.m.
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Slipknot Is Ready for Sundance
"We basically got burlap bags, put them on our heads and then got zip tied and I forced us to walk through thorns."
Slipknot front man Corey Taylor and percussionist/co-founder M. Shawn Crahan have launched a film production company and will be heading to Sundance to see and be seen. "Our movies are going to be psychological," Crahan tells Rolling Stone, like The Exorcist, he hopes. "If I haven't got someone to leave in five minutes for at least one of my films then I'm not doing my job." While the production company is still in its early phases, Crahan says they will have a little something to show at Sundance. "We just made a little film on Sunday and we basically got burlap bags, put them on our heads and then got zip tied and I forced us to walk through thorns. There was no acting cause when Corey screamed, 'Fuck,' he meant fuck because he was getting a thorn slicing across his chest. And that's what we are; we live our art, we breathe it," he says. Eat your heart out, Little Miss Sunshine.


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Last Update 26th July, 2016
Name: 1976 Ford Gran Torino
Year Produced: 1975-1976
Number Built: more than 1,000 Starsky and Hutch replicas
Class: Intermediate
Body Type: 2-door hardtop
Engine: 351 cu in (5.8L) Windsor V8
Power: 152 hp @ 3800 RPM
0-60mph: 13.3 seconds
Top Speed: 107 mph
Transmission: 3-speed automatic
Length/width/height: 214.1 in/ 79.3 in/ 52.6 in
Wheelbase: 114 in.
Base Price: US$4,461
Current Value: US$40,000
From April 1975 through May 1979, detectives David Starsky and Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson appeared weekly on ABC television, keeping the fictional streets of Bay City, California, safe in the crime drama Starsky & Hutch. Though the show's stars, Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky) and David Soul (Hutch), gained considerable fame from the series, Starsky's red-with-a-white stripe Ford Gran Torino became, arguably, one of the most recognized cars in America during the show's run.
The show started by showcasing a 1975 Gran Torino which was the choice of vehicle of the series' characters. It was updated eventually to the 1976 model for its second, third and fourth seasons. These cars were built at a time in history when horsepower was being replaced by fuel economy and environmental standards. Though not the quickest in its class and really wasn't a muscle car, nevertheless it just looked good.
A variety of Gran Torinos were provided by Ford for use in the filming of the series, ranging from 1974 to 1976 models. It's not clear exactly how many such Gran Torinos were used in the filming of the series or what happened to all the various cars that appeared on film. Adding to the confusion, Ford produced a run of roughly 1,300 Starsky & Hutch Gran Torinos, which were sold through participating Ford dealerships looking to capitalize on the show's popularity. While cars with documented histories do exist, the sheer volume of replica cars makes finding an authentic example challenging, and for the true collector, it's a task that requires a great deal of research. The 1976 Torino was the last and final Gran Torino before Ford replaced it with the LTD name and product line.
This celebrity Gran Torino was sold for US$40,000 on June 14, 2014 at a Leake auction in Tulsa.
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5630 Fleming Ave.
3 BR, 1.5 BA Oakland Home for Sale
Mills Garden Charmer
Address: 5630 Fleming Avenue
City: Oakland
Bedrooms: 3 BR
Bathrooms: 1.5 BA
Style: Single-Family
Parking: Garage
Sold: $590,000
Sold On: 13-Jan-2017
Built in 1923, this lovely California bungalow in Oakland's Mills Garden neighborhood has the charm of an earlier era but has been lovingly updated for today's modern needs. Located in a tranquil neighborhood with many houses from the same era, this vintage 3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home features a formal living room, a formal dining room, a remodeled kitchen, a detached office/study, and a detached garage.
The home's exterior is a combination of stone, stucco walls, and vertical bead board over a front bay window. Painted cement stairs lead to a modest porch and solid front door that are protected by an awning, and the original wrought-iron railing provides a lovely period detail. New architecturally appropriate sconces are on either side of the sturdy, raised-panel front door with sidelights, and a white picket fence adds an inviting touch and frames the beautiful mature apple, lemon, fig, loquat, kumquat, and grapefruit trees in the front yard.
Once inside, a cozy foyer with wood paneling and a granite tile floor welcome you to the home. To the left is a broad arched opening to a living room with many original features that include plaster walls, crown molding, and a beautiful Arts and Crafts stone and brick fireplace. The fireplace has a wide but plain decorative wood mantel that is typical of the period and a granite tile hearth. A small built-in book/display case is to the right of the fireplace, and a double-hung window on the other side of the fireplace offers additional light and ventilation. A large picture window overlooks the fruit trees in the front garden and brings in plenty of natural light.
The spacious formal dining room is adjacent to the living room and is large enough for family gatherings. The room opens to the kitchen and features crown molding, period baseboards, an alcove, and plenty of light from a trio of large windows.
The beautifully remodeled kitchen is a cook's delight with quartz counters; a mosaic-pattern translucent glass backsplash; a divided stainless steel sink with new hardware; and recessed ceiling lights. New stainless steel appliances include an LG French door refrigerator, a Samsung five-burner gas range, a Samsung dishwasher, and a built-in Samsung microwave. The elegant Shaker-style cherry cabinets and drawers are soft-close and offer plenty of kitchen storage. The ceramic tile floor makes cleaning up a breeze, and sliding windows over the sink and counter bring bright light into the room.
A hallway to the left of the dining room leads to the bedrooms and bathrooms, and vintage picture rails run the length of the hall. The roomy, bright master bedroom has an en-suite half bathroom, a generous closet, a picture rail, wide baseboards, and a large sliding window. A second large bedroom is down the hall and has three double-hung windows that flood the room with light. This bedroom also has a vintage picture rail and generous closet. The home's full bathroom is located at the end of the hall and has a wood vanity with a Corian top and sink; a granite tile floor; a new sconce over the vanity; and a shower/tub combination. A sliding window brings in light and offers ventilation. The home's third bedroom is conveniently located at the rear of the house next to the kitchen and has a closet, recessed ceiling lights, a closet, a picture rail, and a south-facing window. This bedroom features direct to the backyard patio.
A special feature of this home is the detached office located on the patio at the rear of the property. The finished room is wired for both cable and electricity, and a large window brings in plenty of light. This is a perfect home office or relaxation space.
5630 Fleming Avenue combines the charm of a vintage home with thoughtful, contemporary upgrades, all in a vibrant Oakland neighborhood. Close to Mills College, Highways 13 and 580, the home is a short drive to downtown Oakland, BART, Redwood Regional Park, and the shops and restaurants of Oakland's Laurel District. This is a truly special home in every way.
• 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms
• 1,340 sq. ft. per public records
• Built in 1923 with many vintage features
• Formal living room with Arts and Crafts fireplace
• Formal dining room
• Remodeled kitchen
• Newer laminate floors
• Recent interior and exterior paint
• Detached office
• Backyard patio
• Front yard with mature apple, lemon, fig, loquat, kumquat, and grapefruit trees
• Detached garage with washer/dryer hookups
• Close to Mills College, Laurel District, Merritt College, Hwys 13 and 580, BART
* Square footage and other information was received from third party sources. Such information has not been, and will not be, verified by Climb Real Estate Group. If important to buyers, this information must be verified by buyer's own investigation.


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Officials from the ratings agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch are to stand trial in Italy accused of market manipulation and abuse of privileged information.
Italian court to try S&P and Fitch officials and agencies over ratings downgrades
Italian court to try S&P and Fitch officials and agencies over ratings downgrades
The charges relate to cuts to Italy's credit ratings during the eurozone debt crisis in 2011 and 2012.
The action is being brought in the small southern city of Trani in Puglia after magistrates in the Italian capital Rome and the main financial centre Milan refused to pursue it after receiving legal complaints from two consumer rights groups.
Five current and former employees of Standard & Poor's and one from Fitch will stand trial next February.
The two companies have also been indicted for their legal liability through the actions of their employees. They deny any wrongdoing.
S&P said in a statement the allegations were "completely unfounded and unsupported by any evidence".
Fitch added in a separate note that it disagreed with the judge's decision and was confident that the agency and its officials would be exonerated as the proceedings continue.
The investigation initially also included the third major ratings agency, Moody's, but prosecutors later dropped the case against it.
The case blames the release of sensitive reports during trading hours, for heavy losses on stock and bond markets.
Steep ratings downgrades were blamed by many in Italy for undermining confidence in Italy's two trillion euro public debt, potentially pushing the country towards the kind of disaster that engulfed Greece.
They included reports in January 2012 by S&P, which cut its rating on Italy's sovereign debt by two notches from A to BBB+, and by Fitch, which cut its rating to A- from A+.
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's parliament roared back to life Tuesday with fractious debates between government and opposition lawmakers after a three-week paralysis following a brawl on the assembly floor.
While no punches were thrown this time, the animated discussions reflected the deep polarization of the country since the death of longtime leader Hugo Chavez and last month's disputed presidential election.
Opposition lawmakers, who claim Chavez's anointed successor, Nicolas Maduro, stole the election by fraud, called for an investigation into the April 30 punch-up in the National Assembly, which left several members of the opposition injured. The brawl erupted as opposition legislators protested a decision to deny them the right to speak unless they accepted the election result.
The opposition also used Tuesday's session to call for an investigation into an audio recording they claim reveals Cuban behind-the-scenes influence on the Chavista government.
In it, state TV talk show host Mario Silva, who was a close ally of Chavez, purportedly is heard describing to a Cuban intelligence official an internal power struggle between Maduro and parliament speaker Diosdado Cabello.
Cabello, who was accused in the conversation of conspiring against Maduro, said he wouldn't respond to "something so rotten, surrounded by flies," while Chavista lawmaker Andres Eloy Mendez dismissed the recording as "gossip."
On his late-night show Monday, Silva said the recording was "absolutely fake" and suggested it had been put together by editing clips from his program, which has been on the air for nine years. He didn't give evidence of how that would have happened, and then announced he was going on sick leave.
"I'm going to be off the air for a few days," Silva said. "But let me tell you something: I insist I don't owe anyone an apology, because I haven't done anything that isn't revolutionary."
Maduro urged his supporters on Tuesday not to be "demoralized" by the recording, calling it part of a "psychological war to try to destroy the Bolivarian revolution."
Cuban authorities did not respond to a request for comment.
The opposition has long accused Cuban leaders of wielding influence behind the scenes in guiding Venezuelan government decisions. The government, meanwhile, accuses opposition leader Henrique Capriles of being a puppet of the U.S.
During his 14-year reign as president, Chavez forged close ties with Cuba, where he was treated for the cancer that killed him March 5. Venezuela has shipped billions of dollars' worth of oil to Cuba on preferential terms.
Associated Press writer Peter Orsi in Havana contributed to this report.


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Bittersweet family portrait by French director Mia Hansen-Love. Gregoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is an independent film producer who balances the never-ending demands of his professional life with a full and happy private life, spending his weekends at his country house with his wife Sylvia (Chiara Caselli) and three young daughters. But as his company spirals towards bankruptcy, he loses his grip and, feeling utterly trapped, finds a tragic and irreversible way out of his unbearable situation. Sylvia is now left to hold her family together and maintain the artistic legacy that her husband worked so hard to carve out for himself.


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Knut Haugland
|Knut Haugland
Historical photo of Knut Haugland
23 September 1917
Rjukan, Norway
|25 December 2009(aged 92)
|Museum director
|Known for
Crew member on the Kon-Tiki
Resistance fighter during World War II
Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, (23 September 1917 – 25 December 2009[1]) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition.
Early life and World War II[edit]
Haugland, born in 1917 in Rjukan, Telemark, Norway, took his examen artium in 1937, qualifying him for university study. In 1938 he enrolled in military radio studies and afterward joined the Norwegian Army. In February 1940 he was stationed in Setermoen, and soon fought in battles near Narvik as a part of the Norwegian Campaign against Germany. After Germany's defeat of the Norwegian forces and the Nazi occupation, Haugland went to work at the factory Høvding Radiofabrikk in Oslo while also secretly involved in the Norwegian resistance movement.[2] After evading arrest several times, in August 1941 he was arrested by Statspolitiet, but escaped and fled to the United Kingdom via Sweden. There he enrolled in the Norwegian Independent Company 1 (Kompani Linge).[3]
Heavy water sabotage[edit]
Haugland, with nine other Norwegian resisters organised and carried out the famous raid on the Norsk Hydro Rjukan plant at Vemork.[3] The plant was known to be producing heavy water, and although the scientist and organiser of the sabotage, Leif Tronstad, had not been aware of the connection between heavy water and atomic weaponry early in the war, it eventually became clear that Germany could be using the heavy water for a nuclear energy project.[4] Haugland was parachuted over Hardangervidda on 18 October 1942 together with Arne Kjelstrup, Jens-Anton Poulsson and Claus Helberg. Their codename was Operation Grouse, and their first mission was to await the British Operation Freshman. Freshman became a disastrous failure, but Grouse was ordered to wait for another team: Operation Gunnerside. The plant at Vemork was successfully sabotaged in February 1943.[3] This was dramatised in the 1963 Anthony Mann-directed film The Heroes of Telemark, which he did not approve of. In 2003 he made a BBC documentary with Ray Mears, The Real Heroes of Telemark.[5]
Rest of the war[edit]
Haugland and others, stayed in Hardangervidda for two months with Einar Skinnarland, whom he trained. Haugland then went to Oslo to train marine telegraphers. After a trip to the United Kingdom for radio supplies, he returned to Norway in November, being parachuted at Skrimfjella together with Gunnar Sønsteby. Haugland was arrested for a second time, by Gestapo in Kongsberg, but again escaped and commenced his training duties. On 1 April 1944 he narrowly escaped another capture by the Gestapo when one of his transmitters, hidden in the Oslo Maternity Hospital, was located by radio direction finding. Haugland fled to the United Kingdom again, and did not return.[3]
He was awarded Norway's highest decoration for military gallantry, the War Cross with sword. He was awarded this decoration twice, in 1943 and 1944: the War Cross with two swords. In addition, Haugland was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Medal by the British. He also received the French Croix de guerre avec Palme and Légion d'honneur and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.[3]
He was also awarded the Medal with rosette and Haakon VII's 70-Medal. The United States decorated him with the Medal of Freedom with bronze palm.
Post-war life[edit]
After the war, Haugland continued his military career for many years, except for 1947 when he took part in the Kon-Tiki expedition (see below). In 1951 he married librarian Ingeborg Prestholdt. He participated in the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany from 1948 to 1949, continued in the Forsvarsstaben until 1952, when he was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Air Force. He headed the electronic intelligence service in Northern Norway, an important position during the Cold War. He held the ranks of major from 1954 and lieutenant colonel from 1977.[3]
He left the Air Force in 1963 to become acting, later permanent, director of the Norway's Resistance Museum. He retired from this position in 1983.[3] He was also the director of the Kon-Tiki Museum from its start in 1947 to 1990. He rounded off his career as board chairman of the Kon-Tiki Museum in 1991.[6] Haugland also served as J. S. Wilson's attaché at the 1949 12th World Scout Conference in Elvesæter. Five of the six men in the Kon-Tiki expedition were Scouts.[7]
Kon-Tiki expedition[edit]
Haugland first met Thor Heyerdahl in 1944 at a paramilitary training camp in England. It was here that Haugland first heard of Heyerdahl's theories about Polynesian migration patterns, and his plans to cross the Pacific on a balsa wood raft. In 1947 Haugland was invited by Heyerdahl to join the Kon-Tiki expedition as a radio operator. On the expedition Haugland and Torstein Raaby (another former resistance member) were in frequent radio contact with American amateur operators, sending meteorological and hydrographic data to be passed on to the Meteorological Institute in Washington, DC.[2] Despite the tiny radio which had an output of only 6 watts, about the same as a small battery-powered torch, they managed to contact radio operators in Norway, even sending a telegram to congratulate King Haakon VII on his 75th birthday. Haugland played himself in the 1950 documentary film Kon-Tiki.[8] Haugland died on 25 December 2009,[9] and was the last living crew member who served on the Kon-Tiki expedition.[7]
Several foreign decorations resulted from Haugland's connection with the Kon-Tiki and a state visit in the postwar period. He was made a Knight of the 1st class of the Order of Vasa, Knight 1st Class of the Order of Dannebrog and Knight of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon. He was awarded the first class cross of the Federal Republic of Germany's Order of Merit, was appointed a Commander of the Belgian Order of Leopold and Companion of the Order of the Crown of Thailand. He was an officer of the Iranian Order of the Lion and the Sun, received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1978)[10] and the Peruvian Order of Merit for Distinguished Service.
In 1988, Haugland was made Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav for his efforts as a museum manager. He also received the Defence Medal with three stars.
- ^ "Last Kon-Tiki raft crewman Knut Haugland dies". BBC News. 2009-12-26. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ a b "Knut Haugland, Sailor on Kon-Tiki, Dies at 92", New York Times, January 3, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g Kraglund, Ivar. "Knut M Haugland". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ Uttersrud, Ulf. "Etterretningsoffiser og militær organisator" (in Norwegian). Oslo University College. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
- ^ "Knut Haugland". The Daily Telegraph. London. 28 December 2009.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Knut Magne Haugland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ a b Hutson, Graham; Siret, Mal (2009-12-29). "Knut Haugland: resistance fighter and Kon-Tiki mariner". The Times. London. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Knut Haugland on IMDb
- ^ "Knut M. Haugland er død" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 2009-12-26. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (pdf) (in German). p. 518. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
Further reading[edit]
- Heyerdahl, Thor (1950). The Kon-Tiki Expedition. George Allen & Unwin. (Translated by F.H. Lyon)
- Scouting Round the World, John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959
- Marks, L. (1998) Between Silk and Cyanide; A Codemaker's War 1941–1945. London, Harper Collins and New York, Simon & Schuster
- Hesselberg, Erik (1994). Kon-Tiki and I. Harcourt Brace & Company. ISBN 0-153-02255-8.
- Obituary – Daily Telegraph
- Knut Haugland on IMDb
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- People from Rjukan
- Norwegian Army personnel of World War II
- Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel
- Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel
- Norwegian resistance members
- Norwegian explorers
- Directors of museums in Norway
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)
- Légion d'honneur recipients
- Recipients of the War Cross with Sword (Norway)
- Knights First Class of the Order of Vasa
- Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Knights of the Order of the Falcon
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- Recipients of the Medal of Freedom
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
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This Day in Baseball History
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|In an afternoon game called because of unusual darkness, Giants' pitcher Red Ames, making his major league debut, tosses a five-inning no-hitter against the Cardinals. The New York right-hander, who will also no-hit the Superbas on Opening Day in 1909 before yielding a single with one out in the tenth, will have both of his no-hit bids discounted after the 1991 change of rules no longer gives credit for no-hit performances in games played for less than nine innings or for contests where the first hit is given up in extra innings.
|Cubs' pitcher Larry Cheney, despite giving up fourteen hits, blanks the Giants, 7-0. The contest marks the first time a team has been shut out after collecting that many hits.
|Red Sox first baseman George Burns completes an unassisted triple play against the Indians as he gathers in Frank Brower's line drive, tags Rube Lutzke coming from first, and beats Riggs Stephenson back to second.
|Cardinals right-hander Howie Krist, with his 6-5 victory over the Giants at Sportsman's Park, finishes the season with a perfect 10-0 record. Spud's spotless season establishes a National League record for the most wins in a season by a pitcher without a defeat.
|The Yankees win their 13th American League pennant when they beat Cleveland at League Park, 8-3. The Bronx Bombers will finish the season 103-51, nine games ahead of Boston, but will lose the World Series to the Cardinals in five games.
|Preacher Roe wins his 20th game of the season when the Dodgers beat the Pirates at Forbes Field, 3-1. The 36 year-old southpaw will finish the season with a 22-3 record.
|Browns rookie left fielder Bob Nieman hits consecutive dingers off Mickey McDermott, becoming the first player to hit home runs in his first two major league at bats. In his third trip to the plate, the 24 year-old freshman beats out a bunt for a base hit in the team's 9-6 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park,
|In the Giants' 1-0 victory over the Redbirds, Willie Mays strokes a first-inning double and scores the game's lone run. The two-bagger is the 'Say Hey Kid's' 82nd extra-base hit of the season, breaking the team record established by Mel Ott.
|Herb Score whiffs nine batters in the Indians' 3-2 loss to the Senators at Griffith Stadium to establish a new rookie record for strikeouts in a season, surpassing Grover Cleveland Alexander's mark of 227 strikeouts set in 1911. The American League Rookie of the Year will finish the campaign with 245 punch outs, a total which will not be topped until 1985 when Mets right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out 251 batters.
|In a nationally televised game, Denny McLain becomes a thirty-game winner when the Tigers rally for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Oakland 5-4. The Detroit right-hander, who will finish the season 31-6, is the first hurler to accomplish the feat since Dizzy Dean reached the milestone in 1934.
|With more than two weeks left in the season, the Orioles clinch the first-ever American League East title when they beat Cleveland at Memorial Stadium, 7-3. The heavily-favored Birds will sweep Minnesota, the AL West Champs, to capture a pennant, but will lose the World Series in five games to the Amazin' Mets.
|The Nettles for the second time in their careers both hit home runs in the same game when Graig goes yard in the first frame with Tiger southpaw Mickey Lolich on the mound, and his brother Jim takes Yankee right-hander Pat Dobson deep in the second inning of New York's 10-7 victory in Detroit. In 1972, the siblings also hit round-trippers as opponents in the same contest, but playing with different teams.
|Mel Ott's forty-seven year-old record is broken when Brewers shortstop Robin Yount plays his 242nd major league game as a teenager. The youthful infielder was 18 years, 2 months, and six days old when made his debut with Milwaukee in 1973.
|At Memorial Stadium, Dennis Martinez makes his major league debut, pitching 5.2 innings of shutout baseball in relief to get the win in the Orioles' 9-7 victory over the Tigers. The Granada native, who will win 245 games, is the first person from Nicaragua to appear in a major league game.
|In the Braves' 4-0 decision over the Giants, Jim Bouton, who will finish his career with a 62-63 record, notches his last major league win, limiting the opponents to three hits in six innings of work. The victory marks the first time since 1970 that the 39 year-old 'Bulldog' has won a game in the big leagues.
|At Royals Stadium, Kansas City rookie outfielder Bo Jackson hits his first major league home run. The 475-foot blast hit by the NFL running back is the longest homer ever hit in the ballpark.
|Bob Brenly, usually a catcher, ties a major league record by making four errors in one inning playing third base. The Giants infielder makes amends by hitting two homers, including the ninth inning game-winner that gives San Francisco a 7-6 walk-off victory over the Atlanta at Candlestick Park.
|The Blue Jays blast a major league record of ten home runs in an 18-3 rout of the Orioles at Exhibition Stadium. Ernie Whitt goes deep three times, Rance Mulliniks and George Bell each hit a pair, and Lloyd Moseby, Rob Ducey, and Fred McGriff each go deep once, with Baltimore's Mike Hart adding one to tie the two-team major league mark of 11.
|In the seventh inning of an 18-3 rout of the Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, Kelly Gruber, appearing as a pinch-hitter, makes all three outs by hitting into a double play and then finishing the seven-run frame with a strikeout. In between his at-bats, there are five singles and two home runs.
|In an 18-3 Toronto blowout, which features the visitors hitting a major league record ten home runs, Orioles' manager Cal Ripken Sr. puts Ron Washington at shortstop, ending his son's record streak at 8,243 consecutive-innings, a span of 904 games.
|In his first start against his former club, Mike Boddicker beats the Orioles, 4-1, with Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell hitting for the cycle. Last month, Baltimore traded the popular right-hander, who had spent nine years with the club, to Boston in return for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling.
|Mariner Ken Griffey and his son, Junior, become the first father and son to hit homers in the same major league game. The back-to-back blasts are given up by Angel hurler Kirk McCaskill.
|Baltimore's Juan Bell's tenth inning at-bat against Eric Bell is not a ringing success when he flies out to Albert Belle in left field. The Orioles drop the Memorial Stadium contest to the clangorous Cleveland club in 11 innings, 6-5.
|Mike Piazza sets the major league record for home runs by a rookie catcher when he hits his 29th round-tripper, a first-inning two-run shot off San Diego's Doug Brocail over the center field fence at Jack Murphy Stadium. The National League's eventual Rookie of the Year, who will finish the season with 35, breaks the mark set by Matt Nokes, who was a freshman backstop for the Tigers in 1987.
|Due to the strike, 26 of the 28 MLB team owners vote to cancel the remainder of the season, making baseball the first major professional sport to lose an entire postseason due to a labor strife. The 232-day work stoppage will result in 948 games being cancelled, shortening both the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
|Todd Hundley, the son of former Cubs backstop Randy Hundley, passes Roy Campanella as the all-time leader in homers by a catcher. The 27 year-old All-Star round-tripper helps the Mets come back from a five-run deficit and eventually beat the Braves, 6-5.
|Mark McGwire hits his 50th home run off Cleveland hurler Chad Ogea, becoming the 13th player in major league history to reach that plateau. The A's first baseman gives the milestone ball to his eight year-old son, Matthew.
At Kauffman Stadium, the Royals become the fifth team in baseball history to score in every inning. The eight innings of consistency lead to a 16-6 win over the A's.
|The Braves clinch their seventh straight division title, taking the NL East crown with a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia at Turner Field. Only seven professional sport franchises have finished first during the regular season at least seven times in a row.
|With a 12-2 pounding of the Phillies at the Astrodome, Houston establishes a club record with a twelve-game winning streak. The Astros' victory also extends Philadelphia's losing streak to 11 consecutive games.
|The Devil Rays, playing the 148th game on the schedule, suffer their 100th defeat, losing to the Blue Jays at the SkyDome, 8-4. Tampa Bay (48-100) becomes the first team to lose 100 games in consecutive seasons since Toronto accomplished the dubious mark for three straight years, starting in 1979.
|Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron for the most 100-RBI seasons by a National League player as he drives in his 100th run of the season for the 11th time in his career. The major league record is 13, shared by Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth.
|Chin-Feng Chen becomes the first Taiwan-born player to appear in the major leagues as he walks and scores as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers against the Rockies. The 24 year-old first baseman-outfielder played for the 1990 Taiwan team which won the Little League World Series.
|Vladimir Guerrero, homering in his final at-bat, hits for 'Le Carrousel' at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The Expos right fielder, facing the Mets southpaw Tom Glavine, doubled (2nd), singled (3rd), tripled (5th), and then completed the sixth cycle in team history by going deep off Dan Wheeler (7th).
|Dropping a 7-2 decision to Kansas City at Comerica Park, the Tigers become the first team in 34 years to lose 110 games in a season. The defeat sets a dubious franchise mark for losses in a year, surpassing the 1996 Detroit squad that finished the season with a 53-109 record.
|Braves' center fielder Andruw Jones hits his 50th home run in the eighth inning of a 12-4 loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Curacao native is the first major leaguer to reach the plateau since Alex Rodriguez hit 57 homers playing shortstop for the Rangers in 2002.
|As a tribute to his mother, Roger Clemens pitches on the day his mom Bess passes away. The 'Rocket' gets the win as the Astros beat the Marlins, 10-2, the score his Mom predicted when she told him she wanted him to start that night.
|On his way to home plate to score ahead of Tony Graffanino, who homered over the left-field wall, Gabe Kapler ruptures his Achilles tendon while rounding second base, and he cannot continue around the bases. After a delay of five-minutes, the Red Sox outfielder is carried off the field and is replaced in the basepaths by pinch runner Alejandro Machad to finish the trip around the diamond in Boston's 5-3 win over Toronto at the Skydome.
|Ten year-old Bosox fan Griffin Whitman is disappointed when Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan, when asked for an autograph, writes in the boy's spiral-bound notebook, "RED SOX SUCK!" before signing his name. The 27 year-old flychaser, whose dad is the respected pitching coach of the Cardinals, is surprised by the negative reaction of the family.
|Carlos Zambrano becomes the first Cubs pitcher to throw a no-hitter since Milt Pappas accomplished the feat against the Padres in 1972. The Chicago right-hander's 5-0 hitless gem comes at the expense of the displaced Astros, who are playing a relocated 'home game' in Milwaukee's Miller Park as a result of Hurricane Ike.
|Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, with his eighth-inning thievery in a 7-4 loss to the Braves at Shea Stadium, becomes the first player to have four straight seasons of 50 or more stolen bases playing for a New York area team, which also includes Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. The accomplishment extends the infielder's own record, as he is also the only Gotham major leaguer to achieve the feat for three consecutive years.
|With their 3-2 loss to St. Louis, the Pirates extend their record streak of consecutive losing seasons to 19 straight years, the longest in American professional sports history. The Bucs, who led the NL Central by a half-game on July 20, have lost 38 of 54 contests since then, leaving the team with a 67-82 won-loss record.
|Braves' fireballer Brandon Beachy establishes the modern franchise record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie pitcher when he whiffs eight batters in 4.1 innings, bringing his to total to 160. Irv Young struck out 156 in 1905 when the team played in Boston and were known as the Beaneaters.
|Eliezer Alfonzo, after missing 50 contests for a PED infraction in April 2008 while playing for the Giants, becomes the first player to be suspended twice under the MLB drug program. The Colorado catcher will appeal the 100-game suspension, having the ban overturned for procedural reasons when his urine sample is not handled in the manner outlined in baseball's agreement with the players.
|With Cub runners on first and second in the fourth inning of the team's 7-3 victory over Chicago, the Pirates turn an 5-4-3 around-the-horn triple play when third baseman Josh Harrison fields Matt Szczur's hard grounder, stepping on the bag to force Chris Valaika before firing the ball to second to Neil Walker to retire Mike Ott. The second baseman's relay to first sacker Andrew Lambo completes the first triple killing in the 14-year history of PNC Park.
|Jonathan Papelbon is ejected for grabbing his crotch, responding to the boos from the Citizens Bank Park crowd after he gives up four runs in the ninth inning of Phillies' 5-4 loss to Miami. The Philadelphia closer, who will apologize while insisting he wasn't making a vulgar motion toward fans, will be suspended for seven games and fined by Major League Baseball for making a lewd gesture and for bumping Joe West, the ump who will also receive a one-day suspension for pulling on the reliever's jersey after he threw the player out of the game.
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