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In the near future, 10 death row convicts are forced to compete in a virtual reality game that pits them against dinosaurs and each other.
Devil's Gate (2018)
Set in the small town of Devil's Gate, North Dakota, the film examines the disappearance of a local woman (Regan) and her young son. Schull plays an FBI agent who helps the local sheriff (Frakes) search for answers. Partnering with a deputy (Ashmore), they track down the missing woman's husband (Ventimiglia) and find that nothing is as it seems.
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A young CIA analyst Joe Turner, whose idealism is tested when he joins the CIA hoping to reform it from within but stumbles onto a terrible but brilliant plan that threatens the lives of millions.
What Still Remains (2018)
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease; but when a lonely traveler offers her a place in his community, she must decide if the promise of a better life is worth the risk of trusting him.
Slender Man (2018)
In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing.
Astro (2018)
A science-fiction story of a billionaire's private space exploration program returning to Earth with an abducted extraterrestrial from a newly discovered alien planet.
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Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
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A pair of bank robbers knock off Bohemian tenants in search for their stolen loot.
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After a troubled childhood, Ashley searches for a connection, and unknowingly invites in a demonic force, which leaves her loved ones fighting for her soul.
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iYogi and Techserve target rapidly growing consumer electronics market in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
From L to R: Vishal Dhar, President,iYogi, Uday Challu, CEO, iYogi, Vishesh Bhatia, Group Director, Electronic, Engineering & Technology, Al Futtaim Group and S Rajagopal, General Manager Techserve at the launch of remote services in the Middle East from Techserve iYogi
Dubai, January 25, 2012: Techserve, a leading service and systems integration provider today announced its alliance with global remote tech support provider iYogi to deliver on-demand remote tech support for consumers and businesses across GCC states in the Middle East. This is the first time such service will be offered in a large scale in this region and will be made available to home and businesses that require quick and efficient resolution across a comprehensive range of technologies and brands.
On demand remote tech support delivered through this alliance will be available for consumers and businesses across GCC states including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. iYogi's tech support services which is already available in the United States, United Kingdom,Canada and Australia will augment Techserve's already available wide spread tech support service channels including in-store, on-site, depot repairs across a wide range of consumer electronic brands.
Brands serviced by the Al-Futtaim group company include Panasonic, Toshiba, Sanyo, Nokia, Bose, Sony Vaio, Aftron, Control4. The alliance will strengthen this unique service capability by adding iYogi's online tech support driven by its proprietary technology platform, called Digital Service Cloud.
To subscribe or to access this service UAE customers can call the toll free number 800 0357 02455 or visitwww.techserveuae.com.
While addressing a media conference in Dubai, Vishesh Bhatia, Group Director, Electronics, Engineering & Technologies, Al Futtaim Group said: "I am extremely glad this alliance has come to fruition because now great tech support is just a phone call away. It is revolutionary in that this service has never been offered in the UAE or in the region on this scale and will benchmark the way these services are delivered. As technology increasingly becomes an integral part of the home and office, technical support requirements are becoming more complex and sophisticated. Technology improvements allow support services to be easily provided remotely at more cost effective rates and this is where this new service will step in."
Uday Challu, CEO & Co-Founder of iYogi said: "After successfully establishing a brand for remote tech support in four countries, we are excited to bring our services to the Middle East.
Techserve's established footprint in this part of the world provides us the foundation to rapidly grow into a market leading position for remote tech support in this region. Customers and businesses in this region are rapidly adopting newer technologies, which makes it a strategic part of our global roll-out of remote tech support services".
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Key to any urban space is the green spaces in, between and around the buildings, roads and developments. A young, vibrant city such as Vancouver is much better situated to plan these things out and ensure a good balance. Older cities find this harder. Some decide to practically forego green spaces entirely like in Tokyo or Osaka, leaving grey, dreary messes. While others, like London, find a good balance but create sprawling landscapes larger than some other countries. If Metro and former Mayor Sam Sullivan are to be believed, Vancouver is on the brink of some pretty tough decisions about what it does with its urban and green spaces.
Metro Vancouver recently released a report to the city's environment and parks committee recommending that parkland deemed to have a low recreational value, i.e. those places used least by the folks of Vancouver, will be sold off. The reasoning is that those spaces generate next to no income, are expensive to maintain and therefore do not represent fair value for money. Over the next 20-30 years, the amount of money required to maintain green spaces in and around the city is going to double.
The second problem is that Vancouver is a growing city. Urban economist, Ed Glaeser believes that the city is doing the right thing by building tall towers and surrounding them with bright, airy spaces. Sullivan, on the other hand, realises that the city is faced with a major dilemma as the city grows. Does it grow upwards to save green space in the area or does it sprawl like most cities?
Sullivan's answer is to increase the urban density of the city. This would, if done badly, bring it more in line with beehive cities like Tokyo, but would save the green space and parks around the outside. Estimates suggest the city needs to find space for an extra million people in the next three decades. The problem, according to Sullivan, is that there is an institutional bias against creating denser living conditions.
In his vision, Vancouver would become more compact and higher. The principle aim of this venture would be to reduce transit times between the place where people live and the place where they work. But how can this work without getting rid of green spaces? This would necessitate the building of tower blocks interspersed with small greens, communal areas and playgrounds as opposed to single family two-storey houses with back and front gardens.
For a lot of people, that can be a hard sell, but the biggest problem is that those two storey houses take up a lot of space. Building out—as urban sprawl is also sometimes called—is expensive, not just to build those houses, but to buy on the market.
Metro's staff report, however, recommends selling those relatively unused spaces in order to fund the money it needs to maintain the parks it has and to purchase new ones. These new ones will be used for new communities and areas developed to service the growing population. The question that must be asked is what will happen to those places of low recreational value? Will they too be developed? Turned into private residences with big gardens? Bought up by volunteer and nature conservation groups? Meanwhile, the report estimates the city will need a further 5,000 hectares of parkland to service the new communities.
Metro Vancouver is, of course, looking at other funding options for these and other sites. They need to make new sites, but how can they raise more money? At the moment, they generate income from people who use the parks on a pay as-you-go basis. This is unpredictable and unsustainable for the future. That said, some ideas like increasing taxes will not likely go down well with residents.
Regardless of what Vancouver Metro and those like Sullivan think, the city is facing the challenge of escalating costs for public places as well as a massive increase in population over the next three decades. Rather than turn a great, well-designed city into a mess through a lack of thought and planning, now is the time for people across Metro Vancouver to come together and make a viable plan that tries to maintain the regions liveability, but also accommodates the competing needs of people and their environment.
Maria Tritton is a travel writer from England who specialises in transport arrangements and prepaid cards for travel money for holidays. After living for most of her life in the densely populated cities of London and New York she fully appreciates the challenges that lie ahead for the great city of Vancouver.


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"Jetix" is a Cartoon Disney lineup block that syndicates The Tick and everyone knows The Tick rocks balls
Is this any good?
More info and screenshots can be found at: http://spong.com/game/11044237/Jetix+Puzzle+Buzzle?cb=649
Looks like a tetris-clone to me...
The new K-9 CGI animated series will be appearing on Jetix this year, too ... for all you Dr. Who fans
"Build a tower from falling blocks to escape rising water"; sounds more like Eggo Mania (GBA) than Tetris. (which was possibly a clone of some other retro game I've never heard of.)
Yup ,it used to be Fox Kids, at least in Mexico.
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Amazing Beer Pong Shots
As a comment on this vid says that this guy must be training for BeerFest.
I completely agree!
And some further analysis by Deuce and I:
[09:48] thegunshow: actually watch it two more times with me…and an 18 pack of the most refreshing beer on earth
[09:49] BetterOffAloneSB: you arent referring to Coors Light are you
[09:49] thegunshow: you know me all to well sir
[09:49] BetterOffAloneSB: agreed
[09:59] thegunshow: you know what movie really changed my life…
[10:00] BetterOffAloneSB: what
[10:00] BetterOffAloneSB: CB Hustlers
[10:00] thegunshow: beerfest… i hope it had the same impact on your life as it did mine and you we able to absorb it's message in its entirety
[10:01] BetterOffAloneSB: absolutely
[10:02] thegunshow: good
[10:06] thegunshow: i dont know what to say about this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zwb43wAx48
[10:06] thegunshow: you dont need sound
[10:11] BetterOffAloneSB: fuck
[10:11] BetterOffAloneSB: that is amazing
[10:12] thegunshow: i will never play beer pong again knowing that guy exists
[10:18] BetterOffAloneSB: yeah
[10:18] BetterOffAloneSB: he is a true champion
[10:19] thegunshow: we should invite him over
[10:22] BetterOffAloneSB: i only play for respect
[10:22] BetterOffAloneSB: and street cred
[10:23] thegunshow: i play for the love of the game…i'm not all caught up in the glitz and glamour and the ugly corporate franchise side of beer pong
[10:24] thegunshow: i've turned down British Knights and fubu endorcements on many different occasions
[10:29] thegunshow: i'm sorry if my true love for the sport offends you… but you dont have to stop talking
[10:29] BetterOffAloneSB: no it doesnt offend
[10:29] BetterOffAloneSB: i was just crying silently
[10:29] BetterOffAloneSB: because what you said is beautiful
[10:29] BetterOffAloneSB: I know how much you like BKs
[10:31] BetterOffAloneSB: and reeboks with the straps
[10:31] BetterOffAloneSB: (with the straps)
[10:34] thegunshow: i'm a true poet ian…both in word…and in tiny red balls in shimmering red cups. Seeing the golden spray bursting from each cup showering the greenest of pasturse of a beer pong table with each sunken pong ball is all the reward i ever need.
[10:35] thegunshow: Sure… I do love the reebok pump… but i love the game more.
[10:37] BetterOffAloneSB: I completely agree Deuce. You personally know that no truer words have ever been spoken than when I say I love nothing more than sighting up a shot truer than with robin hoods bow, arcing that miniature sphere through the clouds in a majestic journey that ends with a drop in that candy apple red cup, spraying the contestant with a drop of liquid cooler than the first dip into a pool during summertime
[10:38] BetterOffAloneSB: brb
[10:40] thegunshow: okay… i'll be here… just thinking about the days of pong…before corporate fat cats like PBR, Uncle Bens and Big Dogs moved in and began to tarnish our noble and game. For it was once that last true and honest form of art.


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Elizabeth B. Crepeau, professor emerita of Occupational Therapy received her BS in occupational therapy and MA and PhD in sociology from the University of New Hampshire. Her scholarship has focused on the clinical reasoning in occupational therapy practice and the relation of everyday occupation to health and well-being. She edited the 9th, 10th, and 11th edition of Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, one of the foremost texts in the field. Professor Crepeau's research has been published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, Qualitative Health Research, and Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. She was named a fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association in 1984 and was inaugural chair of the England Professorship in Occupational Therapy from 2005 until her retirement in May 2008. In addition she has received numerous awards including the CHHS Teaching Excellence Award, the UNH Outstanding Associate Professor Award, and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Meritorious Service Award. She is particularly proud to be the recipient of the Community Service Award from Bistate Health Care Association for over 25 years of work with Lamprey Health Care, a community health center dedicated to providing comprehensive health care to people regardless of their ability to pay. Professor Crepeau is a member of the Durham Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and has been active for several years in its social action programs. She enjoys gardening, sewing, cooking, and spending time with her family – particularly her three grandchildren - Naomi, Owen, and Theo.


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* Natgas operations unaffected, companies say
* Talisman says low prices affected fracking operations
* Carrizo planned around dry season
By Jeanine Prezioso
* Natgas operations unaffected, companies say
* Talisman says low prices affected fracking operations
* Carrizo planned around dry season
By Jeanine Prezioso
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - Drought conditions in
Pennsylvania have led to the highest number of suspensions of
water withdrawals since permitting began in June 2008 in areas
where natural gas producers need water to extract the fuel, a
water regulator said.
Gas drilling in those areas has grown rapidly in the last
three years.
However, at least two gas producers said the suspensions did
not affect them as they had already reduced operations either
because of seasonal planning or due to low gas prices.
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission, which manages the
river as a water source, said on Monday that around 30
companies, not all of which are gas companies, that rely on some
64 water withdrawal areas in 13 Pennsylvania counties and one
New York county were affected.
Water is an integral part of the natural gas drilling
process known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking".
In fracking, water is mixed with chemicals and flushed into
a horizontal well at high pressure to hold open cracks created
in rocks, allowing gas particles to rise to the surface.
This is the highest number of water withdrawal suspensions
since June 2008 when the commission began permitting natural gas
producers to draw river water for operations. Many gas producers
either keep water in reservoirs, recycle water or plan
operations around the dry season because the process of
hydraulic fracturing is so water intensive.
A spokesman for Carrizo Oil & Gas said the company
schedules well completions around periods of expected dry
"Carrizo currently has no well completion operations in
Susquehanna County due to scheduling around the seasonal dry
period," he said. "We will be completing wells in Wyoming County
and return to Susquehanna later in the year after the end of the
dry period."
The practice of "fracking" has caused huge amounts of
previously untapped gas reserves to be drawn out, causing a glut
of the fuel in the United States, sending prices to a decade low
this year.
Talisman Energy, which had suspended some
operations due to thin water supplies in April, said this time
low natural gas prices hit its drilling activities well before
any water issues could.
"With the low natural gas prices our frac activity is slower
and therefore our consumption of water is also low as a result,"
Pam Tragesser, a spokeswoman for Talisman Energy in
The Woodlands, Texas, said in an email.
Talisman also uses a "large percentage" of recycled water
for its operations when needed, Tragesser said.
New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas prices sank
to a 10-year low this spring, at times reaching below $2 per
million British thermal units.
By comparison, 2011 prices averaged around $4 per mmBtu.
Pennsylvania has been a focal point for natural gas drilling
in the United States. The state sits atop the Marcellus Shale, a
large natural gas basin, and heavy production from that basin
has aided in pushing prices lower.
XTO Energy, owned by ExxonMobil, the largest U.S.
natural gas driller, and Chesapeake Energy, the second
largest U.S. natural gas driller, operate in the affected areas.
Cabot Oil & Gas, Southwestern Energy and
EXCO Resources were also listed as having operations in
the suspended water withdrawal areas.
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Amazon announced Kindle worlds a few weeks ago, and I took some time to talk about why I felt like the salivating hordes might want to hold their breaths when it came to the question of, "How long till Harry Potter?" Alloy, I pointed out, has always been a media packaging company; aligning with Amazon via Kindle Worlds is very much inside their wheelhouse. If Alloy was a trailblazer towards legitimizing fanfiction, it was because the company had positioned itself uniquely with successful series and television transfers like The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars.
On Monday, Amazon announced that the newest Kindle World open for play was Hugh Howey's Silo Saga. Who's Hugh Howey, you ask?
Hugh Howey wrote WOOL, a self-publishing phenomenon. And now, Hugh Howey is the first major independent self-published author I've heard of whose work is being served up by Kindle Worlds.
What does that mean? Howey will get a cut of every piece of Silo Saga fanfiction that sells via the program. Howey will likely never have to work again in his life. (Not that he won't – a counter on the sidebar of his blog lets readers know what's coming next, and how far off it is.)
With their announcement (which took place on Monday, via email), Amazon blew a whole new field of income open for those one-in-a-million writers who strike it big in new genre fiction. They also widened the playing field yet again: shifting fanfic, e-publishing and traditional media closer to a truly collaborative model.
An issue I've had with entertainment technology in the last few years, but never really verbalized outside of long bull sessions with friends, has been its shift towards top-down creation of media and the machines we use to make it. From hardware to content, tablets to televisions, the evolution of leisure and technology have edged away from the low-barrier Super 8 and VHS camcorders of the 80s and 90s and towards more sophisticated digital editing and filming technology – with far higher financial bars to entry (up until the relatively recent prosumer-level cameras available on some of today's handheld phones). Similarly, while a laptop's primary function is as a mobile data entry station, tablets are designed for the intake and consumption of media: at least when it comes to writing something longer than a grocery list, would you rather type on an iPad or the $100 keyboard peripheral you bought to go with it? While peripherals adapt the workspace to be more creator-friendly, they allow technology's default to be one of consumer, rather than creator.
Since its inception, publishing has been a top-down business whose profitability has been in the consumption of media, not in its creation. (In fact, take a look at the number of public-domain works available as self-published books to get an idea of how necessary a living creator is to the process of publishing novels. It's much easier to make money off writers after we – then our copyrights – are dead.)
The default mode of interaction in most media has been set – for a long time – to consumption.
On the other hand, Western civilization has a terrific history of derivative artistic creations. An overwhelming amount of paint has gone into creating fan art for the Bible, for example, and the plays of Shakespeare can be seen as fannishly adapted by every theater company that re-stages them.
By choosing to take a self-published writer and open his sandbox – and the earning potential of his work – to other players, Amazon (who, yes, is definitely an invested player in the equation) is levering "their" phenomenon to a playing field equal to Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and The Vampire Diaries, not to mention sci-fi's own more traditional-media representative Neal Stephenson. While E.L. James and the Hollywood adaptation of "50 Shades" stretch self-publishing in one direction, Kindle Worlds – and Howey's inclusion in it, alongside the other creators of the featured worlds – push it in another.
Which widens the playing field for everyone else, and opens a new arena: fans who don't just read, but contribute. Who become collaborators in the worlds they love.
That's a level of involvement that reaches a step further than the world that came about when the first writers of Kirk/Spock sat in their basements with their typewriters and mimeographs of the 70s, and it means that this landmark announcement from Amazon is one that self-publishing writers should take notice of.
Like Amazon, I have a foot in the game. Check out my Amazon Author page for information on my plays and short stories.
If you'd like to be kept up-to-date about new happenings, subscribe to my mailing list here.
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Edit: I shared this blog with Howey this morning (8/1/2013) and he had this comment:
@girl_onthego Great write-up! And any royalties beyond my advance will go to charity. Wasn't about the money for me. Was about the authors.
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Sep 11, 2013
One of the biggest trends within KickStarter over the years has been the number of projects that have a focus on sustainability and green technology. With most companies cutting corners by using mass produced, and typically environmentally unfriendly, materials it comes as no surprised that these small, ambitious startups are focused on a bigger picture. This week's Spotlight focuses in on one such project that aims to address the ongoing power consumption of mobile phones and their affect on our planet. Modeled to resemble the leaves of the famous ginkgo tree the appropriately named Ginkgo Solar Tree sees solar power charging as a small step toward fossil fuel independence. Containing an internal battery that charges during the day this attractive piece of tech ensures that a free and clean source of power is always available. I personally find the Ginkgo Solar Tree to be one of the best looking KickStarter Spotlights we have ever done, with it's adjustable solar panel leaves and it's bamboo stem.
As I mentioned in the opening, The Ginkgo Solar Tree is made from sustainable materials including bamboo and the high tech, environmentally friendly material reSound. On the reSound stand is a ledge to display charging devices and five LED's that show both percentage of charge and if the large panels are supplying power to the battery. Speaking of those panels, they are laid flat on the top of three large ginkgo-leaf shaped platters. This wide surface area allows for a maximum absorption of solar energy, and the fact that they swivel on top of each other allow for easier shipping which further reduces the product's carbon footprint.
One question about the Ginkgo Solar Tree is the capacity of the battery is only enough to give two full charges in one go, and because it takes a full 9-10 hours to completely recharge the lithium battery it seems to me that a rainy day or two could spell trouble for those hoping to become dependent on this device. Another concern is the price. The Ginkgo Solar Tree can be had for about £65 which comes out to about $100 stateside. The final proposed retail price is somewhere in the $150 range which will definitely be enough to scare consumers away. All in all though I am very impressed by the Ginkgo Solar Tree, and have all the confidence that it will find its target audience and become a successful product.


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Madison Parks REGIONAL Beaches Opening Up for Memorial Day Weekend
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 1:30pm
Looking to do some swimming or hanging out on the beach this holiday weekend? Madison Park Regional beaches will be open for those looking to enjoy the lakes this Memorial Weekend. Lifeguard services are scheduled for this weekend, but are subject to change due to cool or rainy weather.
REGIONAL BEACHES, beginning June 13, 11a.m.-7p.m.:
BB Clarke Beach, 835 Spaight St.
Olbrich Park Beach, 3527 Atwood Ave
Tenney Park Beach, 1414 E. Johnson St.
Vilas Park Beach, 702 S. Randall St.
Pre-season REGIONAL Beach Lifeguard Services hours:
(please note, these are weather dependant)
- May 24 – May 26: Regional Beaches – 12:30p.m. – 6p.m.
- May 31 – June 1: Regional Beaches – 12:30p.m.-6p.m.
- June 7 - 8, 12:30p.m.-6p.m
NEIGHBORHOOD BEACHES, beginning June 13, 12:30p.m.-4:30p.m.:
Bernies Beach, 901 Gilson St.
Esther Beach, 2802 Waunona Way
James Madison Park Beach, 614 E. Gorham St.
Olin Park Beach, 1156 Olin-Turville Court
Spring Harbor Beach, 1918 Norman Way
Warner Park Beach, 2930 N. Sherman Ave.
Regular Season Hours begin Friday, June 13- Daily:
Beginning Friday, June 13, Regional Beaches will have lifeguard services 11a.m. – 7p.m. and Neighborhood Beaches will have lifeguard services 12:30p.m. – 4:30p.m.
Please remember that Madison Parks provides the lifeguard services for the Madison Park public beaches and the water quality conditions are monitored by Public Health Madison & Dane County. Please be sure to check Public Health Madison & Dane County Beach Conditions for daily closings and condition reports.
Goodman Pool, 325 Olin Ave. – will open on Thursday, June 12
- Lap Swim times begin June 16
- Swimming Lessons (Session I) begin June 16! Now is a great time to sign up for swimming lessons – they are filling up fast! In fact – some already are full – so sign up today!
- Are you a Master Swimmer? Masters swimming is an organized, coached workout program promoting fitness for adults through the sport of swimming. It's open to all adult swimmers who are dedicated to improving their fitness through swimming.
- Goodman Pool Waves Swim Team - Trying to keep the kids involved over the long vacation? Join Madison's only public pool All-City League Swim Team: the Goodman Pool Waves.
Cypress Spray Park, 902 Magnolia Ave.
Cypress Spray Park will open June 12 for the summer season today for a free, safe, and fun place for kids to cool off. The park has low-spray water features for toddlers and cascading water features for adolescents. The spray area will be open June 12 it will be open daily from 11a.m. to 7p.m. throughout the summer until Labor Day.
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Wounded Warrior Project
Wounded Warrior Project was founded in 2005 for the purposes of providing vital programs and services to severely wounded service members and veterans in order to support their transition to civilian life as well-adjusted citizens, both physically and mentally.
The mission of the Organization is to Honor and Empower Wounded Warriors. Our purpose is threefold:
1. to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women;
2. to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and
3. to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.
Our vision is to foster the most successful and well-adjusted generation of wounded warriors in our nation's history.


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There are a few reasons for stumbling on this page:
- You might have met me in a tech conference/meetup
- I've sent you a patch and you are wondering who am I
- You saw my online activity somewhere
- Or maybe you searched for "ciao" and the search engine sent you here (I wish!1)
Work with me
Please use this form to contact me for business inquiries.
I tend to prefer full-time gigs over ad-hoc contract work for I believe software complexity is oftentimes a lot more about (miss) communication than technology and/or algorithms; An emotionally safe and diverse organization is what provides the best environment for this in my opinion.
You can find my most recent cv/résumé in multiple formats:
It's tiny. If it piques your interest, I'll gladly provide more details.
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Hawks fans, get ready to see the players up close and personal.
Passes for the Blackhawks Convention will go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 27, the team announced Tuesday. The seventh annual convention will be held July 18-20 at the Hilton Chicago located at 720 S. Michigan Ave.
The passes for the convention, which has sold out every year, will be available online at chicagoblackhawks.com, United Center box office or through Ticketmaster.


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Derbyshire County Council is the agency for fostering and adoption services in the Amber Valley area. The council is currently looking for homes for around 630 children in Derbyshire.
To find out more about fostering or adoption visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/adoptionandfostering or Call Derbyshire on 0800 083 7744 or 01629 533071.
If for some reason you are unable to find the information which you require on our website, you can contact us by the following methods.
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Join Rabbi Hershenson and Temple Beth Tikvah members in study, discussion and community engagement. Through our adult education classes, B'nai Mitzvah program, Havdallah with a Maven and Havdallah and a Movie events, we learn together, connect with each other and explore the ancient and modern Jewish story.
See below for this month's adult education offerings. Check the calendar for upcoming adult education classes and events.
Adult Education Program Schedule (2016-2017)
11/5 Havdallah with a Maven – Adam Heyman, Policing
11/8 Adult Education Class - Spinoza's Heresy: Free Will vs. Determinism
12/3 Havdallah and a Movie – Theme of freedom/diversity – "Trembling before God"
12/13 Adult Education Class - Who is a Jew? Jewish legal disputes among the Israeli Rabbinic Court, Orthodox Jews around the world, and non-Orthodox Jews
1/10 Adult Education Class - A MITZVAH State of Mind
1/21 Havdallah with a Maven – Alex Charney Cohen, National Guard Disaster Preparation
2/4 Havdallah and a Movie – Theme of ritual and practice – "Ushpizin"
2/14 Adult Education Class - Rituals of Love
3/14 Adult Education Class - The Search for Meaning: Psychological Aggadot, Mysticism, and Mussar
3/18 Havdallah with a Maven – Mel Siegel, Ethics of Robotics and Driver-less Cars
4/18 Adult Education Class – Counting the Omer: Kabbalah and Sephirot Explained
5/6 Havdallah and a Movie – Theme of contemporary Israel – Movie tbd
5/16 Adult Education Class - Israel: Then and Now (Read My Promised Land, Ari Shavit)


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Terps' Williams retires after 33 years
Maryland head coach ends run with 668 career wins
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams announced his retirement Thursday, saying "it's the right time" for him to end a career in which he led his alma mater to the 2002 national championship.
Williams coached for 33 years, the last 22 at Maryland, where he played as a guard from 1964-67.
His career record is 668-380, including 461-252 at Maryland. Under his direction, the Terrapins went to the NCAA tournament 14 times, won or shared three Atlantic Coast Conference titles and reached the Final Four twice.
"My entire career has been an unbelievable blessing. I am fiercely proud of the program we have built here," Williams said. "I couldn't have asked any more from my players, my assistant coaches, the great Maryland fans and this great university. Together, we did something very special here."
Williams, 66, arrived at Maryland in 1989, when the program was still struggling under the weight of NCAA violations. The Terps endured two consecutive losing seasons before reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time under his direction in 1994, and he never had another sub-.500 season the rest of the way.
"Gary Williams is a legend," Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson said. "His accomplishments on the court have earned him a place among the elite in college basketball history. But Gary's legacy here at Maryland goes far beyond basketball. From his philanthropic efforts to his tireless work with fans and alumni to his impact with our students, Gary has left an indelible mark of excellence on this university."
Since 2004, Williams has served as the scholarship co-chair for Great Expectations, Maryland's $1 billion fundraising campaign. His efforts on behalf of Maryland students have helped raise more than $240 million for scholarships at the school.
The retirement announcement comes one season after the Terrapins endured a 19-14 record and missed both the NCAA tournament and the NIT. Also, on Wednesday, standout center Jordan Williams formally entered the NBA draft with two years of eligibility left.
Williams began his college coaching career at American University in 1978. He went to Boston College in 1982 and then spent three seasons at Ohio State, from 1986-89, before coming to Maryland.
"Gary is one of the best X and O coaches in college basketball. He will be greatly missed by Terps everywhere," said former Maryland athletic director Debbie Yow, who now holds the same post at North Carolina State. "I trust that he will be selected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame soon. Also, his name should be on the Comcast Center floor, as was proposed a year ago."
Williams will stay on with Maryland as assistant athletic director and special assistant to Anderson.
During his time at Maryland, Williams dueled with many of the ACC's most successful coaches. He ranks third in the ACC in wins behind only Dean Smith of North Carolina and Mike Krzyzewski of Duke.
"Gary has been an iconic figure in the ACC," ACC commissioner John Swofford said. "His resurrection of the Maryland program to national championship status was huge, not only for the University of Maryland, but the Atlantic Coast Conference as well. His long term consistent success is what I admire the most about Gary. His accomplishments are of Hall of Fame caliber."
Williams, Anderson and University President Dr. Wallace D. Loh will attend a press conference on campus Friday for the formal announcement of the coach's retirement.
Some of the outstanding players to play under Williams at Maryland included NBA stars Walt Williams, Juan Dixon, Joe Smith and Steve Blake. The coach's decision to step down began a buzz that covered much of the state of Maryland.
"Gary's leadership and outstanding coaching and recruiting abilities have developed the talents and skills of some of today's best athletes, and helped them to become great professionals and individuals with confidence and character — on and off the court," Maryland governor Martin O'Malley said. "In 2001, he led the Terps to their first Final Four in school history, and in 2002, they brought home an NCAA national championship.
"Though it will be difficult to imagine men's basketball at College Park without Gary Williams, we certainly wish him much success in the future."


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PARK CITY, Utah -- The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association unveiled their ski jumping roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.
The Olympic games in Sochi marks the first time that women will be able to compete in the ski jumping event at the Olympic level.
Lindsey Van, Sarah Hendrickson and Jessica Jerome make up the historic squad. Hendrickson will make her return to the snow after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee on Aug. 21.


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I like the idea and premise, but every time I've ran this the players seem to hate it. The labyrinth does get frustrating, if the party doesn't have an experienced mapper (and if you do the mapping, part of the charm's lost).
I wonder how many parties realise they can just flee the monster, with today's mentality, most will probably die not knowing what went wrong.


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Slipped Disc editorial: Renée has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reverse rigor mortis
January 31, 2014 by Norman Lebrecht
On Super Bowl Sunday, the soprano Renée Fleming will step out into the arena and sing The Spar-Spangled Banner. Yes, she will actually sing. Unlike the host of Hollywood actors and pop stars who have performed the rite before, this operatic soprano will not lip-synch to a pre-recorded track. She will not gyrate, or fake, or twerk. She will do what she does, which is sing. Beautifully, note perfect.
It is unfortunate that this great sporting event can no longer afford a live orchestra, but the tens of millions who are watching at home will have no difficulty in distinguishing this live singer from so many who performed make-believe with a dead recorded track.
Against the winter's media soundtrack that opera is an elitist pursuit and classical music is dead, Renée Fleming has a unique opportunity to show the world that opera is a lively art and classical is music for real.
She will not let us down.
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While the orchestra will not be performing live on camera, Renee will be singing the national anthem to a recording made for the occasion by the New Jersey Symphony: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-super-bowl-xlviii-new-jersey-symphony-renee-fleming-20140129,0,6075807.story#axzz2rz30Ttfd
Don't kid yourself. The NFL could easily afford to fly in the Berliner Philharmoniker. They are just too cheap and/or profit oriented to do it. The NFL is a huge leech, sucking money out of 32 cities and the national broadcast industry while hiding behind non-profit status. It's Bread and Circuses as a gigantic parasite.
I don't believe that the NFL has non-profit status. The teams are privately held so they don't open their books. That's different. And while they do suck money out of 31 cities they certainly don't suck it out of the broadcasting industry. The latter fall over themselves to get broadcasting rights to these huge moneymakers.
Surprisingly, the NFL does indeed have non-profit status.
The NFL actually does have non-profit status. They are an industry association, classified similar to the National Association of trial Lawyers, etc. The teams are the private companies and they pay dues, BIG dues, to the NFL, and the NFL doesn't pay taxes on any of it.
Well said Jim. These footballers are paid millions,hiring an orchestra would be a drop in the ocean. It's a pity Renee didn't insist on one being booked.
If even a few hundred people decide to explore classical or operatic vocal performance because of this, it will be a very good thing.
This has nothing to do with affording a live-orchestra to perform. The weather forecast leading up to the game has wavered between below 30F or rain. When have you ever seen an orchestra perform in either of those conditions? Get your reporting straight here please. I don't blame the NJSO for not wanting to perform out in the rain, or the NFL, or any of the producers involved.
I strongly suspect that the cost of recording the orchestra to be used as playback won't have been dissimilar to the cost of bringing in the local group to play live. American (in particular, also other countries') orchestral union recording contracts deliberately make recordings-for-live-playback expensive to encourage the use of live musicians where possible. I doubt it's do to with money at all.
Instead, it's more likely the practicalities of the weather and the staging. There's a need for control – that the moment does indeed happen, so no-one wants to beat the mercy of the weather closing in, being freezing cold and the players refuse to play. This is a short burst of music; orchestras, their paraphernalia and canopies don't disappear very quickly after they've played (70+ players, stands, lights, seats, microphones and everything else). It's a musical interlude – for better or for worse, the sport is the important thing here.
There would be no compelling reason for musicians to play outside in iffy weather for the 2 minutes it takes to get through the national anthem- not to mention the logistical hassle of moving them and their instruments in and out of there. Let's just be glad that they're using an American ensemble and an honest-to-God singer this time around!
Folks, it's only the national anthem; if she were performing the halftime show, it would be a different matter.
And none of these classical artists in pop settings – this, Three Tenors, etc., ever do much to popularize "the art." At best it boosts the profile of that particular performer, and helps boost his/her fee. "Shine" helped sell a lot of copies of David Helfgott's god-awful (I assume, didn't buy it) Rocky 3 and led briefly to sold-out recital tours; probably didn't sell a lot of other versions or boost attendance at piano recitals. And so on.
And don't disparage the many pop singers who have sung the anthem who aren't opera singers, but are still very competent performers.
Well done, Norman! David Wilde.
Union regulations, weather, & NFL stinginess aside, it's a pretty sad situation that the NJSO will not be playing with a world-renowned soprano, particularly in this day & age when classical music can use all the positive exposure it can get.
How would they get the orchestra on and off within 2 or 3 minutes on both sides of the performance?
It's difficult enough for string players, but I have actually seen brass players' lips freeze to their mouthpieces in sub-freezing temperatures. Painful doesn't even begin to describe the experience.
Seriously? New President and CEO James Roe is settling for letting the NJSO be represented/pimped out in a recorded version of the National Anthem???? Renee Fleming is being turned into a karaoke star????This was thee BIG chance for The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to get exposure in America's highest viewed media event of the year. A serious faux pas. Actually, a disgrace on many levels… boo to you Mr. President
Given that eastern North America is in a Polar Vortex, about which we never cease hearing, it seems prudent not to stage a live orchestra. And as the purpose of the event is actually a football game, and it is only (in length terms) the National Anthem, not a "set," it seems a bit contra-indicated to get a full orchestra on and off the field while people who paid to be there to see football fidget in the cold.
Some singers do it a capella. Renee hardly needs a live orchestra.
Can you please take a breath? It is not classical music.This is the national anthem, performed by classical musicians. People are not going to flock to the stores to purchase copies of Beethoven's 7th or "Carmen" because Renee Fleming sang the anthem. This whole discussion is rather silly and, in some cases, rather snobby to boot.
She could do it a-cappella.
CDH is absolutely right. The mechanics of getting the orchestra on and off the field, and playing in what could potentially have been 4 degree weather (it is now in the 40's) would not have been a pretty sight, especially if it had resulted in a cracked instrument (or a cracked voice) – cracked heads on the field we take for granted. Renee has lucked out with the weather, it's warm enough that it will be Fleming not phlegming this time. The New Jersey Symphony players and their instruments can watch the Stupid Bowl in the comfort and safety of their homes.


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Discussion in 'GBAtemp Art Studio' started by playallday, Sep 3, 2010.
That's actually such a beautiful picture
I've always been a sucker for photos with trees. Not sure why. I just find them really beautiful.
So you liek the wood, eh?
I love that pic too, though. I just think the exposure is a LITTLE too high. The bright spots shouldn't be there.
Would you be able to post more photos like that?
arctic try taking at least three photos of the same thing w/o moving the camera.
that means use a tripod, and use the hdr merge.
also if you want some tips on them camera settings . . .
bracket those bad boys, you'll be able to use the light and darker parts from multiple photos
I used to be into photography, but I wouldn't have the patience to make images that big. I'm pretty happy with the default 10MP resolution, here's a couple of my faves:
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I'm sorry, but they aren't that good. Harsh, but it's the truth. Have a look around forums such as dpreview and steves-digcams for tips on how to take better photos.
Even I can do better than the images on in this thread, and I don't class mine as that great. To brag about your photos you have to be so much better.
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Those are on a 6 year old 7MP point and shoot camera, so obviously a very outdated camera. It does however seem to take good eBay photos, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=160485951460 for example.
If you want to take much better photos, experiment with the aperture and exposure settings.


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Butt Exercises for Women – If you are a lady who battles to get the ideal shape buttocks you need so you can look and feel provocative, then you'll require some great exercises to set out toward women. You may definitely know and have investigated exercise center participations and saw a hundred odd contraptions on infomercials that guarantee they fix, tone and shape your butt while making some espresso and give a back rub or garbage. These things are not so much important to exercise the ass; some butt exercises for women taking into account straightforward home can prompt amazing results:
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Viable Butt Exercises for Women
- Jumps
This is a decent exercise for extending and practicing the butt and thighs and other muscle bunches in the legs. At that point begin swinging one leg forward into a space … so sufficiently far. Along these lines bring down the knee of the back leg on the ground, yet don't put on it, to the point of lower connection for a minute, then fix the particular muscles and lift the knee and bum wear this leg drive forward and swing in another lung and afterward bring down the other leg etc. Keep your hips on the web, as you do as such that the bowl should dependably be confronting advances at a point not as you swing your legs.
- Cross Leg Lunges
A variation of above typical lung that objectives distinctive muscles of your buttocks and around it. Rather than swinging the right leg forward jump and around the body before plunging and rehash with the other leg. This can make the equalization somewhat troublesome yet not very costly. Keep in mind to fix the cheeks, however how this assists with solidness.
- Step Ups
All you requirement for this is a raised stage, you can switch. Not just a stage on the way that is too low. The point is to venture on something increasingly elevated on the knee and afterward utilizing just the leg muscles and buttocks to push whatever is left of the body to remain close to him. This is much the same as going up rapidly, yet don't utilize duping strategy how to swing your body or hands. You ought to be back right and the full drive of that leg ought to be.
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**Happy Wednesday! I am just enjoying all the beauty that Sydney has to offer! Speaking of Australia, my guest post writer is a kiwi herself. Brittany from My Own Balance is a fitness guru with workout videos on YouTube that will get your heart rate going. Brittany has a lovely post for you today!**
Hi everyone! First of all, I want to thank Jillienne so much for asking me to guest post while she is in Australia. Since I was just there in December/January, I can tell you all that she is having a fabulous time!
Jillienne is such an amazingly inspirational athlete so when she asked me to write something, I wasn't sure how I could inspire you like she does. Then I remembered that one of the best ways to inspire someone is through passion or, as I am going to discuss today, *love*. I figured since it is February, everyone has love on the mind.
I often hear from my non-fitness obsessed friends that they just can't stick with consistent workouts because they don't love it like I do. But here is a little secret - anyone can fall in love with fitness, which can lead to a happy marriage with healthy living. I'll tell you how!
You need to date around! You can't expect love at first sight. Just like finding a mate, finding a passion for fitness takes some shopping around. Maybe you love how quick and efficient running is but can't stand the treadmill, consider trying a HIIT workout. Or you hate weights but want more burn than yoga offers, try a barre class. The key is to keep trying different workouts until you find something you look forward to every week. Luckily with fitness, monogamy isn't required so feel free to try a lot of different things!
Leave fear behind! It's easy to say shop around but many people are afraid to try new things and get stuck doing the same thing they don't like because fear prevents them from trying something new. You wouldn't stay in a so-so relationship because you feared being alone, would you? Well, you shouldn't stick with an ineffective workout just because you are afraid you will look silly, won't like a new workout or are afraid to take the plunge to try something new!
You need to make a commitment! Ok you've shopped around, you've been fearless and now you've found something you could potentially love. It's time to commit. Commitment can be hard but if you truly want to make lifestyle changes, it is necessary. Invest in yourself and do whatever is necessary to stick with your new crush.
You need to work at your relationship! We all know relationships are not easy. Your relationship with fitness is going to be the same. There will be days that even your favorite workout will seem like an insurmountable object because you are tired or stressed. These are the days you need to put in the work and push through. Remember, nothing good ever came to be without a little hard work.
You need to make fitness a priority! Your relationships are important to you and your relationship with fitness should just as important. If you don't make your relationship with health and fitness a priority, you can't expect to get the results you want. So treat this like any other relationship and make it come first even when other things seem important.
You need to make a life together! Plan for the long-term and think about what you want to get out of this relationship. What are your healthy living goals? Decide what they are and then make a plan to get there. If you have a long-term plan, you'll be much more likely to have a successful relationship with your health over time.
So there you have it, a formula to fall in love with fitness!
How did you celebrate Valentine's day this year? Any tips for falling in love? What does your relationship with health and fitness look like?


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Einstein Bros. Says 'No' To Pig Gestation Crates
© U.S. Humane Society
Hopefully the First of Many Steps in the Right DirectionAnimal welfare is an emotional topic for me. Some of the news items are enough to give me nightmares. But while progress is usually much slower than I would like, I think it's important to highlight steps taken in the right direction. It's all good and well to have the stick, but you also need the carrot to let people and companies when they do the right thing. So today's news is that the Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, known for its Einstein Bros Bagel shops, as well as Noah's New York Bagels and Manhattan Bagel brands, has decided to eliminate from its supply chain suppliers who use pig 'gestation crates'.
If you're not familiar with what a 'gestation crate' is, Wikipedia provides this definition:
A gestation crate, also known as a sow stall, is a metal enclosure used in intensive pig farming, in which a female breeding pig (sow) may be kept during pregnancy, and in effect for most of her adult life.[1] The enclosures measure 6.6 ft x 2.0 ft (2 m x 60 cm) and house sows that weigh up to 600 lbs (270 kg).
They also have photos if you want to see, but it's a sad sight.
Good move Einstein, but it only raises the question: Why doesn't everybody else do it, and more? And what else can you clean up at your suppliers?
Via Humane Society
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The Box Score: Inside Iowa football stats, Week 4
The Box Score is a weekly segment in which a Daily Iowan football reporter uses statistics to contextualize Iowa football's performance over the course of the season.
The Hawkeyes seem to be like an old car: There's always something wrong, and if it's not the engine, it's the brakes.
James Vandenberg and the Iowa offense had struggled for the first three games this season. No passing touchdowns and numerous red-zone failures put the pressure on the defense. And the defense held its own until last week, when Central Michigan stole a 32-31 victory over the Hawkeyes in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.
Here are a few stats that reflect where Kirk Ferentz's squad stands as it moves into the Big Ten season.
Tackles for loss: 26
The defensive line has exceeded preseason expectations so far this year. The defense, as a whole, has the second-most tackles for loss in the Big Ten, and defensive end Joe Gaglione leads the Big Ten with 6.5.
But it's not just the defensive line having all the fun. The back seven has combined for 12.5 tackles for loss through four games. That's a sign of more aggressive play than in years past. The back seven combined for 22.5 tackles for loss in 13 games in 2011.
The Black and Gold has been a very familiar sight in opposing backfields, and that has kept Iowa in every game so far this season.
Sacks: 5
Iowa's success at stopping the run in the backfield hasn't translated well to putting pressure on the quarterback. The Hawkeyes' 5 sacks ranks 10th in the Big Ten, 94th nationally. And of those, Gaglione has 3.
The lack of pressure was never more glaring than against the Chippewas. Quarterback Ryan Radcliffe was able to sit back in the pocket and pick apart the Iowa secondary to the tune of 283 yards and 2 touchdowns on 26-for-35 passing.
The Hawkeyes will be in trouble if a second reliable pass rusher doesn't emerge soon. Teams will start to double-team Gaglione as he enters the conference season, and if he's neutralized, defensive coordinator Phil Parker will be forced to blitz to generate pressure.
Sacks allowed: 6
James Ferentz talked last week about finding consistency, and he and the rest of the offensive line seem to have discovered it. The line allowed 6 sacks against Northern Illinois on Sept. 1, but it hasn't allowed one since.
That protection has been kind to Vandenberg. The senior has thrown for 679 yards over his last three games and picked up his first passing touchdown against Central Michigan. If his play is any indication, the protection is allowing him to get more comfortable in Greg Davis' offense.
Mark Weisman has been a boost for the offense, but Vandenberg is going to have to keep getting better for the Hawkeyes to compete in the conference.
Rushing yards per game: 155.75
Iowa fans have grown accustomed to seeing a lot of different running backs over the years, but few have risen as quickly as Weisman. He's averaging 84.5 yards per game on the year, but that includes two games in whocjh he only played fullback and had 8 rushing yards. The sophomore has since burst on the scene at tailback and is averaging 165 yards per game in his two games as a primary ball carrier.
Sophomore Damon Bullock is sixth in the Big Ten averaging 93.33 yards per game, and Weisman ranks ninth. The two have yet to be utilized as a thunder-and-lightning combination, but it could be a potent mix if that happens. The hypothetical duo should open up the play-action passing game that Vandenberg excels at.
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"If you loved The Rosie Project, you'll love knowing what happens next to Don and his new wife, Rosie, as they settle into their lives in New York City and find out that Rosie is pregnant! Rosie may love Don, but neither of them is sure if he's ready to be a father. This book is as warm as the original and as full of Don's humorous -- and cringe-worthy -- misunderstandings of social behavior."
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With The Rosie Project, "Graeme Simsion achieved the impossible and created an entirely new kind of romantic hero," Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You said. Now Don Tillman returns in the hilarious and charming sequel to the international sensation. Get ready to fall in love all over again. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie. Picking up where The Rosie Project left off, The Rosie Effect is a fun, hilarious, and poignant read. "Don Tillman helps us believe in possibility, makes us proud to be human beings, and the bonus is this: he keeps us laughing like hell" (Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook).


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Bigelow Space Hotel – Reservations Coming Soon!
[/caption]Back in 2009, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte fired up the imaginations of would-be astronauts the world round when he paid an estimated $35 million dollars to spend 12 days aboard the International Space Station How many of us who are too large, too small or too out of physical shape to be a space traveller cheered when a rather "ordinary" human took place in space? Well, get in line for the next adventure… because just a mere $28,750,000 might buy you a ticket for a 30-day stay in Earth orbit.
Away from the glitz of Las Vegas, real estate developer Robert Bigelow is making use of the quiet Mojave Desert setting to solidify plans which border on the down-right incredible. His Bigelow Aerospace company owns 50 acres of barren land with buildings that aren't much different than neighboring contractors – with the exception of high security. So why would these unassuming structures need armed security guards with futuristic alien patches on their uniforms?
Because he's building the first space hotel.
These high-tech, low-cost inflatable space stations may very well be our future. As Bigelow believes, we'll need a place to stay if we're to further our studies in space – so why not in affordable accommodations? Bigelow has amassed his terrestrial wealth over his lifetime by providing rooms here, and the last 15 years have seen him invest approximately $210 million of his own money towards futuristic plans. In the long run, he's willing to put forward up to $500 million to see his project through. His goal is to prove that space is a safe place for those willing to make the jump.
"We have a way of building stations that are far less expensive, far more safe and can be built more quickly," says Bigelow. "And the timing is right."
According the the entrepreneur, he's engaging more than a dozen nations and has "memorandums of understanding" from countries including Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Australia and the United Kingdom. In February NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Bigelow Aerospace's plant in North Las Vegas, and the agency is currently evaluating the company's expandable modules for use as expansions to the International Space Station.
While it would be easy to write off such grand schemes as another of Bigelow's "big" adventures, these inflatable space habitats are founded in solid technology. Bigelow's prototypes have been orbiting Earth since 2006. His expansion of the desert plant will provide at least double the amount of work space, allowing him to construct a a scale model of the Sundancer, the first habitat he plans to launch into space. And when that's done, he'll build a model of its big brother, the BA330: At 11,600 cubic feet, it has nearly as much volume as the entire ISS!
When can we expect to book a room with a real view? Bigelow expects to have a fully functioning station in orbit by 2016 and to begin charging rent for it. While a little less than a million dollars a night isn't going to exactly threaten Super 8 rates, one thing we can look forward to is knowing exactly what lights they'll leave on…
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just like on firefly space and Technology will be for the supper rich
Or for that matter, air travel in the first half of the 20th century. But look how that turned out.
There is not quite the sort of Moore's law with space travel as these is with microprocessors. If there is such a rule in operation the 1/e time is pretty long. $28.5meg is a lot of money, and few of us will cough that up.
The demand for more and more capable microprocessors was there from the beginning, spurring research to do better still, against one's competitors.
The demand for cheaper human access to low Earth orbit (for tourism, or anything else…the vehicle itself doesn't care) isn't in a comparable state as yet, but it's creeping closer, and IMHO, will get to the 'knee' of the demand curve before very long…
And though his inflatables are not meant only for 'hotel' use (or even primarily so…the inflatable doesn't care what's being done inside it, either), Bigelow seems to anticipate a relatively near-term increase in demand for his products as well, and the current expansion of his manufacturing facility supports that anticipation…
consider the cost of getting people and supplies to and from these hotels, it'll be expensive until we have a breakthrough in propulsion and rocketry.
LC, is your name on the short list yet?
Not yet, but he is an optimist by nature. 😀
As with any (and all) technology, initial offerings are super expensive, very limited and frankly, inefficient. Once a technology is stabilized (and standardized) it rapidly gets cheaper to create and use. Air travel is an EXCELLENT example of that as well as silicon chips. Will we see it affordable in our lifetime? No.
Ya, computers used to be really spendy as well… all new tech does that. Give supply and demand a chance to catch up. Once there's a ton up there, it will inevitably be affordable to most
I wonder what kind of tech will be available to the brunch rich..? As long as it has a 19th century American West theme, I'm in.
I wonder what kind of tech will be available to the brunch rich..? As long as it has a 19th century American West theme, I'm in.
Correction, the ISS is nearly 900 cubic meters, not feet, so the BA330 isn't close. Space Station Alpha in its entirety (with 2 Sundancers), though, should be close. That's pretty impressive in it's own right, especially given it will only take 4 launches! Of course it all hinges on developing a way to get there, but it's shaping up to be an exciting decade.
Whilst on the whole I consider this to be pretty cool, I do have to wonder – What's the point? From a tourism point of view I don't really see the point of going to LEO for 30 days and living inside a tube (balloon, bubble, whatever). I mean, what do you do? OK, you can float around, and look out the window. For 30 days? It's not like you can pop out for a quick space walk to the next space station over. Your stuck in a very confined place. I suspect that most people would get bored quite quickly. And the sort of person that can drop $30M on something like this is someone who is probably used to being quite busy too.
Until we can have holidays on other planets/moons, or we have huge space stations (think the torus designs from 2001 etc) I think that Virgin Galactic is the better choice, although they should extend the flights to maybe 24 hours or so.
For scientific research etc this is very cool. Anything that increases our options and reduces the costs is a good thing.
Actually most of what you say seems rejected by anecdote, if not data:
– Astronauts say it is the high point of their life.
– Astronauts say they don't get bored.
I.e. 30 days may be a good idea.
– Astronauts hint that you have to get 5-10 minutes alone and "fix" the experience combined with a mnemonic device so you can recall it.
I.e. you don't have to stay 30 days. (But you want to.)
– Virgin Galactic will provide suborbital jumps of a few minutes duration.
I.e. 24 hours? Forget it! =D
Whilst I accept what you say about astronauts, there is one difference. They are professionals who are there to do work, the view and experience is just a bonus. As a tourism option you wouldn't have that option, I'm sure that changes things. I'm also sure that if I got a chance for a 24hour journey to space it would be the high point of my life. I'm not convinced that extending that to 30 days would greatly enhance that.
I know that Virgin Galactic are planning for sub-orbital flights of a very short duration. I was commenting more that I hope they would be able to extend that duration in the future.
Either way, I'm not against the venture, or people participating. I'm a big fan of space etc. I just don't think that with any technology we can expect to have within the next 10-15 years that space tourism is that interesting for the masses.
I, on the other hand, accept what you say on the work/relaxation divide. But I believe my point stands, the environment is not a priori boring (as far as "statistics" goes). And tourist hotel guests all over the world have a panoply of options to do during a stay.
There will be spas, gyms, sport courts ("space ball"; huh), outs (space travel) and visits (to ISS) as in other such hotels. Why not? And don't forget the holiday sex! The hundred mile high club will be like no other.* =D
If people are content to spend weeks in one spot, they can as well do that here.
* Really, if they can make it, they will have a whole new customer set. Many disabilities will mean squat all over the hotel and especially here.
Actually most of what you say seems rejected by anecdote, if not data:
– Astronauts say it is the high point of their life.
– Astronauts say they don't get bored.
I.e. 30 days may be a good idea.
– Astronauts hint that you have to get 5-10 minutes alone and "fix" the experience combined with a mnemonic device so you can recall it.
I.e. you don't have to stay 30 days. (But you want to.)
– Virgin Galactic will provide suborbital jumps of a few minutes duration.
I.e. 24 hours? Forget it! =D


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