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Innovative, tasteful, tuneful and visionary... That's how we describe Jeff Beck, and his trusty Strat is certainly part of his signature sound. This updated model reflects the significant changes Jeff made to his guitar to accommodate his constantly evolving style. You'll notice the new neck shape is a softer "C," not as large or deep as Jeff's previous choice. Also, the guitar features the new Fender special design dual-coil ceramic Noiseless"¢ pickups, a contoured heel for easier access to the higher registers, and straight-ahead Strat 5-way switching. (U.S)
Made in U.S.
Softer C-neck profile
Dual-coil ceramic Noiseless pickups
Alder body
Maple neck
Rosewood fingerboard (9-1/2" radius/241mm)
22 medium-jumbo frets
Scale Length: 25-1/2" (648mm)
Width at nut 1.6875" (43mm)
Chrome hardware
Machine heads: Deluxe Fender/Schaller locking tuners
Bridge: American Standard 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo
Pickguard: 3-Ply White (W/B/W)
Pickups: 3-Dual Coil Ceramic Noiseless Pickups
Pickup Switching: 5-position blade:
Position 1. Bridge pickup (full dually)
Position 2. Bridge (full dually) and middle pickup
Position 3. Middle pickup
Position 4. Middle and neck pickup
Position 5. Neck pickup
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (neck), Tone 2. (middle, bridge)
Rosewood fingerboard
American Standard 2-point tremolo
Contoured heel for easier access to upper frets
LSR roller nut
Aged knobs and pickup covers
Order today and own a wonderfully made and nicely hot-rodded Strat.
Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster Electric Guitar Specifications:
Body: Alder
Bridge/Tremolo: American Standard 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo
Case Included: Yes
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (neck), Tone 2. (middle, bridge TBX)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22
Inlays: Dot
Machine Heads: Chrome, Deluxe Fender/Schaller locking tuners
Neck Material: Maple
Nut Width: 1.69"
Pickguard: 3-Ply White
Pickup Type: 3 Humbuckers
Pickups: 3-Dual Coil Ceramic Noiseless Pickups
Scale: 25 1/2"
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Comments about Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster Electric Guitar:
I purchased my Jeff Beck Signature Strat about 6 months ago.
I have been playing guitar for about 45 years and have always been a Gibson fan.
I also own a '78 Les Paul Custom which I purchased new in '78. For years that was my #1 guitar.
The playabilty and sound of the LP is and always will be unique like no other. At least that's what I thought until I played the JB signature Strat.
Now, I must say, the JB Strat is my #1 guitar for the following reasons:
1. Weight... My LP weighs about 11.5 lbs.; the Strat weighs about 8.1 lbs. which I never even considered when I was playing the LP but what a difference it makes on your shoulder after playing for 3-4 hours!
2. I have owned Strats from my very first which was purchased in 1967 to 3 or 4 others after that.
The JB Strat is phenominal! The pickups are dual coil ceramic noiseless vs. the standard single coil pups found on most stock Strats. With the 5-way switch and dual tone controls you can achieve a multitude of tonal variety.
3. One feature which I really like is the way the neck has a contoured heel for easier access to the upper frets making the highest frets a breeze to reach.
4. The Olympic white color, alder body & urethane finish make for a simply beautiful appearance.
5. The soft-C-shaped maple neck with rose wood fret board and medium-jumbo frets is more comfortable to play than the previous JB Strat which had the "baseball bat" neck which, for me, is a plus.
6. If you play Jeff Beck style you bend the strings like crazy and use the tremolo bar quite a bit. Staying in tune is not a problem with the stainless steel LSR roller nut, the Fender/Schallerlocking tuners and the two-point floating vibrato with stainless steel saddles which provide virtually friction-free operation.7. All in all this guitar is finely crafted which allows for amazing playability and amazing tonal variety. By the way the guitar comes with a beautiful vintage tweed case which fits the guitar perfectly.Point of fact: I mostly play through a Blackface Twin Reverb which is equipped with (2) JBL E-120's. I can get clean surf sound or a nice dark crunchy sound when necessary.I also use the Proco Rat distortion pedal when I want to add even more crunch/distortion to my sound.For a few dollars more than the American Standard Strat I feel it was money well spent and will afford me many more years of playing pleasure.Now if I could only play as well as Mr. Beck........
Comments about Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster Electric Guitar:
Let's face it. Buying a guitar is a very personal decision. There is something about the entire purchasing experience that Fender has learned to cater to.Let's use the Jeff Beck Strat for example. Very simply, it is one of the finest guitars out there. I have a Deluxe American Fat Strat and a American Deluxe Telecaster. This sits proudly next to these great guitars.I don't want to put any guitar dealers out of business, but if you want to buy this guitar, order it online or direct from the dealer. Never buy the one at the store. Too many wanna-be's have handled your guitar (at $1320) and end up purchasing a Squier Starter Kit for $200.You see, Fender is producing this guitar at a in-stock rate, meaning that dealer's orders are filled fast if they are out of stock. Since producing the guitar at a higher rate than, let say a '60's Relic, this reduces the cost to Fender.With that said, you are getting a collector's item guitar at a great price. The best thing about this is that Jeff Beck Strat comes with the Vintage Tweed Case. Now, if Fender wanted to cut corners because the guitar was too expensive, they would give you a standard molded case worth about $40.00.This guitar sounds and feels so good, I can't stop playing it. I am proud to own a Tweed Case that all my Fender Guitars fit in.
Comments about Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster Electric Guitar:
I purchased this sweet lady 5 days ago, and I believe I made a great choice. I have played this guitar at a couple of different guitar stores since last year, and all I can tell you is this guitar has great tones. What a beautiful tone she gives in the neck positions! You become one with her as you put your fingers on its very well designed, almost flawless fretboard. Locking machine heads are a great plus, makes you free to bend even two tones but still in tune. This is my 3rd Fender: First was a Big Apple (2 seymour duncan humbucker), second was an American Deluxe Fat Strat (1-humbucker, two single coil noiseless). This one has the most beautiful clean tone of all I had. Within the same price range, there are Eric Clapton and SRV models which I had been playing everytime I've been going to a guitar store, but I feel that this one has the most versatility and beautiful tones. If you cannot live without heavy distortion, I don't think this is "the one" for you. Don't get me wrong, it sounds great in distortion , but definitely not to play heavy metal stuff. But hey, if you are reading this, you are probably not interested in that stuff anyway. I don't want to overdose your expectations, it's a guitar in the end. You are the one who's going to make your instrument special for you, by spending more time with it. Finally, if you are planning to buy this guitar, I would definitely recommend it.
Comments about Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster Electric Guitar:
This guitar is great. The new pickups (not currently on any other Fender model) are unbelievable. If you're after super-twang, you may not like them, but if you want the Fender sound with just a little extra midrange meat and a lot more output, this is the one. This is the first Strat I've played that I can actually see myself using the middle pickup by itself. This is a great guitar.


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Lalli family excited for weekend in Pittsburgh
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
The Cubs rookie catcher, called up last Friday from Triple-A Iowa, grew up in Gibsonia, Pa., which is about 15 miles north of Pittsburgh. His parents would take him to Three Rivers Stadium to watch Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke and Barry Bonds, who were his favorite players. He also went to lots of games at PNC Park as a fan.
His parents, aunts, uncles and more still live there, so he needs tickets for 30 people. Minimum.
"They've probably been waiting a long time for this, too," Lalli said Wednesday.
After an off-day Thursday, the Cubs open a three-game series against the Pirates on Friday. The timing is perfect.
"It'll be neat to get there later tonight and have the off-day there, and get a home cooked meal from mom," he said.
The Cubs needed Lalli, who turned 29 on May 12, after losing three catchers to injuries in a short stretch of days.
"One of the first things [my family] said was, 'You're coming to Pittsburgh,'" said Lalli, a high school teammate of Pirates second baseman Neil Walker. "Obviously, your dream is to play in the big leagues, and then to go back to your home town is unbelievable."
He followed the team closely, including a certain infielder who played for the Pirates and is now his manager on the Cubs. Dale Sveum played for the Pirates in 1996, '97, and '99.
"I'm excited to go home," Lalli said.
Maholm eager for first start against Bucs
HOUSTON -- Paul Maholm will likely be looking for his favorite pregame eating place, Moe's, for a burrito on Saturday.
It will be the Cubs left-hander's first start against his former team, the Pirates. He grew up with the team after being selected in the first round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft. Saturday also is fireworks night at PNC Park, too, so Maholm is expecting a big crowd.
"The fireworks are for me, obviously," Maholm said.
He's kidding. But Maholm is looking forward to seeing friends and former teammates.
"Obviously, playing with most of the guys, they haven't faced me and I'll try to take advantage of that, and hopefully we're on a winning streak and we can turn this thing around," Maholm said.
His favorite time in Pittsburgh? It was last July when the Pirates were in first place in the National League Central.
"That stretch just shows the fans are there and waiting on a winner," Maholm said. "I'm happy here [with the Cubs] and looking forward to beating them this weekend."
Wood's finale was an unscripted success
HOUSTON -- It seemed as if Kerry Wood's final appearance was perfectly scripted, but Cubs bench coach Jamie Quirk said the right-hander almost went longer in the game rather than the drama of striking out one batter and exiting.
Quirk, Cubs manager Dale Sveum and the other Cubs coaches had talked about Wood's request to have one more appearance before retiring. They weren't sure exactly when it would happen. What complicated things a little was that Sveum was ejected in the fifth, which meant the final decision was up to Quirk.
"We knew we wanted to get him in -- we didn't know it would be that day, that weekend," Quirk said on Wednesday. "It was emotional, even for me, and I've only been around Kerry for three months. I was literally thinking he would pitch to the two right-handers [Dayan Viciedo and Alex Rios]. [Wood] was due up sixth [in the Cubs' eighth].
"The worst case scenario is he would pitch to the two right-handers, and I told [pitching coach Chris Bosio] if we don't get to his spot, I can send him back out and then we can go get him and he can get his ovation," Quirk said.
Wood struck out Viciedo on three pitches and Rios had poor numbers against left-handed pitchers, so Quirk decided to pull Wood at that point and called on left-hander James Russell.
"What better time? He just struck him out, we still had a ballgame," Quirk said. "I knew I wasn't hurting our chances to win to bring in Russell to face the right-hander because the right-hander didn't hit lefties well. I wasn't putting the game in jeopardy. If it was in jeopardy, I would've had [Wood] face the right-hander. It was just right to do it at that time."
Sveum admitted after the game he was upset that he had been ejected and didn't get to hand the ball to Wood.
"It was fun to be the guy," Quirk said. "I wish I would've done one thing and that is, when I went to take him out, he handed me the ball. We got the ball for him. I wish I would've [said] 'Here, take the ball in.'"
Wood, 34, decided to retire after 14 seasons. He was met at the top of the dugout steps at Wrigley Field by his son Justin for a fitting end.
"I always say, good players retire and the rest of us go away," Quirk said. "He's one of those players who get to retire."
Extra bases
Carlos Marmol, rehabbing from a strained right hamstring, threw a simulated game on Wednesday in Des Moines with Triple-A Iowa. If all goes well, he could pitch in a Minor League game on Friday. Marmol has been sidelined since May 12.
Catcher Steve Clevenger, on the DL with a right oblique strain, started at catcher on Wednesday for Iowa and went 0-for-2. He could be activated as early as Monday.
Reliever Blake Parker, bothered by a tight right hamstring, was able to throw on Wednesday, but most likely would not be used in a game until Friday.
Bench coach Jamie Quirk was the acting manager on Wednesday so Dale Sveum could attend his son Rustin's high school graduation in Scottsdale, Ariz. Sveum and Quirk had planned the lineup in advance of the series, so no changes.
Tony Campana's dive over third baseman Matt Downs in the eighth inning on Tuesday just added to the speedster's resume.
"That was one of those where you wanted to go watch the highlight -- how did he do that?" Quirk said. "That's what Campy does, he's a highlight reel. I call him the 'Ignitor.' He's going to do something."
Campana says he can dunk.
"I'd have to see it," Quirk said. "But I wouldn't put it past him."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter@CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Thermo Electron Corporation
List of Deals
- 1969 private placement 37,550 shares of common stock
- 1974 public offering of 300,000 shares of common stock (par value $1.00 per share)
Thermo Electron Corporation was founded by George Hatsopoulos and was incorporated in 1956. Hatsopoulos established the company to lend his graduate school thermodynamics experiments legitimacy, and in turn make grants easier to obtain. Though several completed and patented mechanisms were too expensive to market commercially, his pioneering efforts placed Thermo Electron among several major corporations as a leading patent mill in the area of thermodynamics and helped inspire almost thirty companies—including General Electric, North American Aviation, and General Dynamics—to enter the field.
The company survived for several years on research grants and metal fabrication work for other businesses, but was often forced to disregard profits in order to underbid competitors, acquire experience, and develop a reputation. Many Thermo Electron contracts focused on improving electrical generators and furnaces and served to draw the company into the business of industrial power generation and heating. Thermo Electron also improved industrial drying and heat-treating processes. Despite the company's status as the inventor of several new technologies, the government elected to award several subsequent contracts to larger competitors based on the belief that the smaller company did not have sufficient resources. In 1961 Thermo Electron became the object of a takeover offer from Martin Marietta, but Hatsopoulos refused the offer. After this, the government recognized the company's merit and began awarding Thermo Electron contracts that included projects related to the space program.
In 1963 the company began to acquire firms whose facilities and marketing could support company breakthroughs in metallurgy and rare metals manufacturing—both of which developed from high-temperature heat-conversion technology. Furthermore, in order to increase the availability of funds, Thermo Electron stock was placed on the Over-The-Counter Market in 1967 and on the New York Stock Exchange in 1980.
The unique entrepreneurial philosophy of Hatsopoulos greatly affected the company's growth. Thermo Electron engineers were encouraged to pursue their own inventions, and concepts with potential for commercial success were allotted substantial development budgets. An example was the invention of a modified Rankine-cycle steam engine that did not pollute. In 1968 the Ford Motor Company established a joint venture with Thermo Electron to apply this technology to automobiles. Rising gasoline prices later led Ford to abandon the project. The engine was remodeled on a smaller scale and powered by a miniature nuclear reactor; the product was used to drive an artificial heart. When tested on animals, however, the engine was found to be too hazardous for public use. This work led to the development of a battery-powered left ventricular-assist device.
The company's work in heat conversion and conservation technologies led to an annual grant of over $1 million from natural gas utilities. By 1968 this support enabled the company to develop an industrial and commercial furnace division and acquire Holcroft & Company, a furnace manufacturer. That same year, Thermo Electron purchased Lodding Engineering, a manufacturer of auxiliary equipment for the paper industry. By expanding into industrial manufacturing, Thermo Electron was better able to market its innovations, test applications of its technology, and maintain quality control. By 1970 the company had diversified into other areas of primary industrial equipment manufacturing.
Hatsopoulos had demonstrated the ability to anticipate and address burgeoning public and consumer needs. Recognizing the close relationship between technology and the environment, he monitored demand for environment-oriented technologies by observing social and political events. This was best demonstrated in 1971, when Hatsopoulos predicted that ratification of the Clean Air Act would create demand for environmental monitoring devices. Consequently, Thermo Electron marketed the first instrument to detect traces of nitrogen dioxide, a common compound in automobile exhaust and smog. By the mid-1970s the company's annual sales surpassed $100 million.


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Around age five, I embarked on a complete fascination with cars. "The Car Craze," as my dad dubbed it. Posters of shiny red Ferraris, Maseratis, and Porches plastered once-empty walls of my small blue room in thick layers, their corners peeling, looking as though they pulled on the very structure of the room. Like it'd collapse.
I studied cars too, diligently. Memorized facts and statistics, prices and history. I'd work a car fact into every conversation with my dad. And he'd smile, his dimples showing through weathered, stubbly cheeks.
Eventually, I grew up and Car Craze stopped being cute. So the posters went down and I stopped studying facts, but my love of driving persisted. I go out too much. The car's always missing.
Four-way intersection. Make a complete stop. No other cars. Smooth, hand-over-hand turn. The signal eagerly springs back up, ends its tick-tick-tick.
I wonder if my dad remembers me, pre-Car Craze. I certainly remember the shrimpy, brown-haired freckled boy, the five year old. He sits in the sandbox, legs crossed, with girls. He wants to invite girls over for playdates. He wants them at his party. He wants a tea party for his birthday, he declares, tugging on his dad's sleeves, with princess decorations.
"Did we raise a boy or a girl?" the dad grumbles, in a tone clearly meant to be undetectable by young ears. The mom hushes him. The boy falls silent. Sees the magazine on the nightstand opened to a Toyota advertisement. Asks for a car party.
I like catching a yellow light at just the right time, and I do today. Just enough time to ease into a nice stop, be first in line, a good row behind me, a good row next to me.
Before I had my license, I walked to school every day. It was incredibly routine and incredibly boring. I thought of assignments, of presentations, of nothing. Stared down at my familiar untied black sneakers, the ones falling apart at the seams, black threads left behind on the pavement.
And some days, as I walked into the school parking lot, a car would pass by me, its driver a blonde boy with a too-big grin. He'd sing aloud to his music, shouting almost, make such sharp turns that I'd worry for the battered black jalopy he steered.
He drove recklessly, youthfully. I was fascinated.
I press on the gas a bit more, bringing my speed to the exact limit, feeling the pedal resist, pushing back on me. The roads are jammed; it's 6 PM in suburbia. Postured trees line the road, their red-orange-green leaves evidence of autumn.
It seemed odd to me how quickly one could fall in love with a stranger.
I soon started noticing the boy around school more — I'd see him in the halls, swear that he smiled at me.
One day I was hopelessly late to school, not even attempting a run to make it on time. I crossed the eerily still lot, every car tucked into its own place, sleeping. The black jalopy announced itself with blaring Top 40 hits, and as I snuck a glance with my peripheral I saw Big Grin rolling down his window.
"You're late too?"
"I'm gonna skip first period. Wanna listen to music?"
Suddenly self-aware, I joined him in the car. He introduced himself as Jordan, a junior.
We were fast friends — he laughed at my preoccupations, my habits, my fastidious devotion to following rules; I could watch him for hours. He was alive, in a way no one else I knew was.
We first kissed in that car.
He leaned over to my seat. I tilted my head. And it was as if we were continuing, not starting a kiss; it was so natural and easy and pure. Jordan had never asked if I loved him, never hinted that he loved me. We just knew, and we didn't tell a soul.
I'm almost there. My routine loop is near over. Pass by the dry, grassy hills in a smooth curve, a curve almost too sharp.
Jordan sent me a text that morning: "Love you, I'll pick you up in a bit."
He drove the almost too sharp curve, drove recklessly, youthfully, didn't see the semi truck backing out, didn't make it past the hills.
I clench the steering wheel tighter as I drive past. Cleared.
My parents didn't understand why I was so torn apart over the loss of a classmate. So I quickly adjusted, just like I did when my five-year-old behavior was out of line. I only cried in the shower, the water an excuse for the wetness on my cheeks, the sound a mask for sobs. I smiled every day. I said "thank you for dinner" and "school's going fine."
We knew each other only half a year when it happened. Autumn. October 29, 12:23 PM. A year ago today.
I'm almost home. I'm weary from revisiting these same, worn paths in my memory, from feeling the same way each time, that same pent-up guilt, the weight of concealment.
Turn, I instruct myself, into the driveway of your two-story yellow home. Pull in straight, line up with the neatly trimmed bushes, stop and park.
Pace to the door in those same black sneakers. Open it to the smell of spaghetti, wave hello to mom, marinara sauce stains on her blouse. Squeak your shoes to your room, the small blue room. Open the middle desk drawer, the one with the paper.
Tell them everything. Explain, raw, wounded, but honest. Finally honest. Choose the pen that he gave you and start.
Dear Mom and Dad:
On Driving. •
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Having tried google translate on Japanese web sites...
I could see trying to use it with a person ending up like the Monty Python skit with The Hungarian Phrasebook.
Google has released an iOS version of its free Translate app, and my first couple of hours of using it has shown it to be worth every penny. Well, maybe a wee bit more than that, but I certainly wouldn't advise using it as the basis for any attempt at meaningful communication with someone with whom you share no linguistic …
I could see trying to use it with a person ending up like the Monty Python skit with The Hungarian Phrasebook.
The standard translation test is of course; "My hovercraft is full of eels". That one tends to seperate the men from the boys when it comes to translation software.
An ex-colleague knew how to say that in 22 languages.......
Check out http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm where you can see this translated into many more languages than that.
The title? A translation into my childhood fantasy language, which I still in use 40-odd years on.
The success of speech to text is strongly determined by your accent.
Using my iPad I got 100% success in English (British English being native tongue). And for Japanese, my wife's native tongue, she got perfect results on long and very technical sentences. However, vice versa was very dodgy though we speak each others' languages. So transliteration can work flawlessly, but only in certain circumstances.
Translation between Japanese and English was really rubbish every time.
Speaking the text results out loud was reasonably understandable for both languages.
...who makes use of google translate to look words up when I can't remember them, one thing to worry about is the implied assumption that there's a one-to-one correspondence between words in the source and target languages.
They only suggest one answer, when in fact there could be many answers, some subtly different, some very different in meaning.
You have to type? What of taking a photo of the text and automatically OCRing it?
You have to choose the source language? What about automatically detecting the language?
I would expect a little more 21st century, a little less 1994's AltaVista Babelfish-on-a-mobile from Google.
>You have to type? What of taking a photo of the text and automatically OCRing it?
I think Google Goggles is what you're looking for (not sure if fanbois can run it, but it works great on Android)
Within Chinese, there are essentially 5 tones.
Google translate takes a sentence as individual words, so the tones are usually very wrong.
It doesn't consider that two Chinese characters together can be a word, such as potato, but in a sentence may have different tones as a result of the preceeding Chinese characters.
There are smaller companies who 'do it better', such as the many Chinese annotation tools.
...and there's the rub. Usually you need a translator when you're abroad, i.e. roaming. Relying on this translator could therefore lead to some rather comical bills from your carrier, I'd have thought.
When using my Android phone, my (American) wife had no problems with the voice recognition whereas my British (Herts-estruaryish) accent was never recognised, not for even a single word. I had no idea that even words like "search" and "phone" were so different. It worked fine whenever I used a terrible fake American accent though, even though it made everyone cringe, including me. I eventually changed the settings to British English and it has worked fine for me in my normal accent ever since.
"[I]ts Spanish-language capabilites proved to be superior to, say, its handling of Mandarin or Arabic – not to mention the fact that those latter two languages have vast numbers of regional dialects."
Since he is a native of San Francisco, I presume that the reporter, like the Google engineers, is most familiar with a generic Latin American Spanish which is taught in most US schools, and which is more or less intelligible to most of the Spanish-speaking world. There are regional differences, though, and Castilian Spanish (the variety dominant in Spain) is strikingly different from the Latin American varieties.
Similarly, if it has that much trouble with "standard" Japanese, I'd hate to see what happens when the app is confronted with, say, Osaka-ben. (Well, actually, maybe I'd really enjoy seeing what happens. But I wouldn't want to rely on it as a real-life translator.)
English to Spanish test - it got most of my spoken sentence correctly, resulted in this -
"Por favor, ?me podria dirigirse hacia el cercano bar de tetas"
Although I've no idea if its a decent translation or not, I'm sure the sentence can be mostly interpreted provided the recipient has some semblance of a brain. Can't wait to try it out!
Also the Iphone version does not allow to translate SMS like Android's can!!!


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Biochemists & Biophysicists
Also called: Research Assistant, Research Associate, Research Scientist, Scientist
In the military: see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
In the Air Force: Aerospace and Operational Physiologist; Biomedical Laboratory; Biomedical Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry
In the Army: Biochemistry
In the Navy: Biochemist; Physiologist
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On the job, you would:
- Study physical principles of living cells or organisms and their electrical or mechanical energy, applying methods and knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, or biology.
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52 in February? Let's ride!!!
52 in February? Let's ride!!!
Beautiful bike Rydor, send some of that weather this way puhleeze.
Fall trip to the U.P.
Waiting for parts right now, will be back on the road soon!
Where at? I lived in Houghton while attending MTU for a number of years in the 70's & 80's and hold that area dear to my heart, missing it often. Did you get to see "da-yooper" visitor's trap ( http://www.dayoopers.com/thetrap.html ) outside of Marquette with the bigger than life chainsaw (Big Gus)and "rusty chevrolet"?
David R. McCoy
Here's more after I striped her up. Thought the classic double white stripe on black would look good on the S, but it was hard with the bike's lines. I don't recall seeing any S's done in this way... any thoughts would be appreciated...
Rydor, gorgeous. The pin stripe looks nice. I can see where that took some thought.
Kinda reminds me a little of a R68 or R69S. Black formal tux is allways in fashion. Cary Grant style is never dated.
Thanks, guys, I appreciate the feedback! See you on the road!
Who said a RT has to stay on the tarmac?
This is on my trip to Morocco. This was just a little show for the picture (the road is behind the photographer) but we did some gravel/dirt roads as we traveled the 'outback' in Morocco. There were also roads that were partly destroyed by flash floods and falling rocks from the mountains. Some roads looked like they were hit with clusterbombs...but my RT took it well, thanks to the HyperPro shocks and spoked wheels.
Since then, some things have changed for my Beemer:
I painted the casecovers white and put on 'Daktari-style' stickers.
My bike is a '97 R850RT ex-police bike.
-=- if you always see the road ahead of you, it's not worth the trip -=-
You are a God!
Nice post and photos Michael.
Ride Safe
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Nice bike.
Nice photos.
Nice trip!
Africa.... someday. Sigh..
You should do a before and after captioned something like:
"RT goes native after trip to Africa!"
MJM - BeeCeeBeemers Motorcycle Club Vancouver B.C.
This year, I go back. I'm helping to get a team together to drive to The Gambia for charity. We go through Morrocco, Mauretania and Senegal. We're planning to do some 'Dakar' stages (not the same speed, just the route) as we go through the Sahara desert. We go on old Yamaha XT600Z Tenere's and we're donating them to Riders For Health. This organisation gives them to doctors so they can provide medical care to people too far away from the clinics. We also donate spare parts, so the bikes can keep going.
It's part charity, but also a big Dakar style adventure for us!
Africa is great for driving a bike, but unfortunately, parts of it are dangerous because of wars and criminals. Some reports are exaggerated but there are parts where there's a real threat of landmines or robberies. But if you know where to go, it's quite safe.
-=- if you always see the road ahead of you, it's not worth the trip -=-
Dare I ask how you did it? Are you a pin stripe artist yourself? It look so tight! Great job, however you did it!
-=- if you always see the road ahead of you, it's not worth the trip -=-


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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by Fed Kennedy, May 12, 2012.
Dude hit a 163 mph ace. Looks like a big boy. It behooves us to know his setup.
Sammy boy!!! Guys funny as hell! I dunno his setup as of late, last I saw him he was using a PDGT with RPM but that was last year.
Did he really? Was it in a match or practice? Would it be classed as the fastest serve?
RPM. Don't remember the tension.
I heard it was strung at 67.
I wonder how he lost the match serving those bombs
and he still lost lol...
Ignatik is good, Groth is... Fun to watch lets say lol!
He and Dent play the same type of tennis - S 'n' N. Serve and nothing. Very nice for watching but won't get them big wins.
Love the picture either the serve demolished the racket or he demolished the racket out of shame after hitting 3 serves that broke the old record and not be able to win.
Dudes a monster. 193cm is pretty tall too!
It always makes me wonder though, how accurate are those radar guns? A 12KMP increase seems abnormal in comparison to the previous records.
Serve n nothing lol, like it
he hits huge, but they don't go in very much, especially off his BH side
lovely guy, though
Have you ever hit with him???
Any videos?
just a bit at a challenger a while back..
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNIBqOVxKD8&feature=related
Damn he hits like a freight train. There is so much raw power in his strokes. I could see him being on his game and easily getting a lot higher in the ranks. He's a beast!
He's a beast! That's what Jarmila said I'm sure, she hasn't played worth a lick since they split up.
Does he use the PD or the roddick? Doubt it matters since he leads either one I am sure.
He couldn't beat John Cena from Orlando, right PP?
You are faaaaar too kind to me Senior Bob
So did anyone ever figure out Mr. Groth's spec? :razz:
Yes 10grams of inconsistency for a pro
Love that load...
Dudes a mess though! He was really bad in the OZ Qualies and at one point he screamed " I'm so f#$%'n nervous!"
This guy should try out as an NFL LB.
Taylor had amazing hands up at net though and a Wicked slice backhand...and the 150mph serve from time to time
Groth...fast serve, but nothing else, but i can't really attest to that because I haven't seen him play but one or two matches
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Friday 25th November
2:45pm - WWE All Stars - 3DS
4:00pm - WWE '12 (360/PS3)
5:00pm - "Surrender is not an option on Black Friday." - Probably Killzone 3 (PS3)
8:00pm - "Come on down - we're going the extra mile."
Check out all the deals here, and keep an eye on this post for updates.
Past days:
Monday 21st November
10:30am - "Lose your breath in the thrill of the chase" - Driver: San Francisco
2:30pm - "Lose your breath in the thrill of the chase" - Driver: San Francisco
5:45pm - "So good they named him twice" - probably The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
6:30pm - "Every choice has a consequence; determine your destiny" - X-Men Destiny
Tuesday 22nd November
8:45am - "Take the platinum fight to a new city" - Saints Row: The Third - Platinum Pack, £69.99
10:15am - "All's well that ends Maxwell" - Super Scribblenauts, £6.99
10:15am - "Gear up for gaming warfare" - Gioteck EX-05 & Ammo Clip Bundle, £55.99
10:15am - "Gear up for gaming warfare"
12:00pm - "This one will have you in a spin" - Just Dance 2, £8.97
1:00pm - "We got a feeling this one's a winner" - The Black Eyed Peas Experience, £17.37
2:00pm - "You are the hero" - Powerup Heroes, £9.77
3:00pm - "A thriller of a game" - Michael Jackson: The Experience
6:45pm - "See him move through smoke and mirrors" - Goldeneye 007
Wednesday 23rd November (No clues today, just the game names.)
9.45am - Rock Band 3 keyboard and game bundle (Wii/360)
11.15am - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy (PS3)
Thursday 24th November
8:30am - Asphalt 3D
9:45am - Saints Row: The Third
11:45am - Turtle Beach DP11 Headset (360)
11:45am - Turtle Beach DP11 Headset (PS3)
6:00pm - My Fitness Coach Club with camera (Wii)
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- Force India news
Podium will come soon enough - Di Resta
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- Paul di Resta
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- Force India
Paul di Resta is confident he will score the first podium of his career soon this season.
He finished just outside the podium positions at the Bahrain Grand Prix in fourth - equalling his best result in Formula One - and Force India has shown impressive pace at every round this season. Di Resta said the team's hard work understanding the car and tyres during pre-season is now paying off and he is confident it will yield a podium soon.
"We've got to feel very happy with how things are going and I want to congratulate everybody in the team," he said. "We took a very sensible approach to the winter and focussed on understanding the key areas that drive performance, which seems to have paid off.
"It's important to pick up good points early in the season against our competitors and to be ahead of McLaren after four races is a credit to the team and a nice feeling. Of course we want to be on the podium and it was very close in Bahrain, but I'm sure it will come soon enough."
Di Resta sees no reason why the team's performance should tail off over the next few races.
"The car is performing well, especially in the heat, and we were also strong in the cooler conditions of China - so that's a good sign," he added. "The key is making sure you find the right operating window whatever the conditions because that's what makes the difference. We need to keep doing what we're doing, but at the same time we know the return to Europe always sees every team bring more upgrades. Hopefully we can stay fighting with the big teams and keep picking up the points."


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Been working on a brain-twisting palindrome problem, where I get a word list and need to generate palindromes from it
I take it that it must be more complex than just doing reverse() on the string. Or did you mean anagram?
Taking the work list and making a reversed copy is only a small part of generation. For example, if you happen to choose the word "top" as a starting point, the reversed word list can be used to check possible tail ends for a palindrome ("t" doesn't work, "ot" doesn't work, "pot" is a candidate); but that is insufficient, since it doesn't find longer words that end in pot as additional candidates ("spot", "despot", "depot", "flowerpot", etc.). It also doesn't deal with the issues of deciding which words to try in the first place, ensuring that the resulting sentence is at least grammatically correct, if not meaningful, and so on.
I'm trying to focus on the "what word to start with" part (because I think that the right beginning is probably the trick here), and for some reason or other I figured it might be a good idea to start with the pivot point and move outward from there. I'm starting to think that a process where possible pivot points are identified, and possible end points are identified, and then guessing ensues from there would be better than trying to grow off the pivot point


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Pirates get into position to snare prep stars
Breaking pitching trend, Bucs draft Ga. CF Meadows at No. 9, Wash. C McGuire at 14
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Following through on expectations to turn their attention to position players, the Pirates appeared to ace the first round of Thursday's First-Year Player Draft with the selection of two high-ceiling and highly rated prep prospects.
The Bucs made Georgia outfielder Austin Meadows their top choice at No. 9, then came right back at No. 14 with Washington catcher Reese McGuire, who had been projected by many as their likely first selection.
"We got two players we feel very good about, and about being able to select them," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said. "We're excited about the upside they have."
First-round selections
|RHP Mark Appel
|3B Kris Bryant
|RHP Jonathan Gray
|RHP Kohl Stewart
|OF Clint Frazier
|3B Colin Moran
|LHP Trey Ball
|SS Hunter Dozier
|OF Austin Meadows
|RHP Phillip Bickford
|1B Dominic Smith
|3B D.J. Peterson
|OF Hunter Renfroe
|C Reese McGuire
|RHP Braden Shipley
|SS J.P. Crawford
|SS Tim Anderson
|RHP Chris Anderson
|LHP Marco Gonzales
|RHP Jonathon Crawford
|C Nick Ciuffo
|RHP Hunter Harvey
|RHP Alex Gonzalez
|CF Billy McKinney
|SS Christian Arroyo
|3B Eric Jagielo
|CF Phillip Ervin
|LHP Rob Kaminsky
|RHP Ryne Stanek
|SS Travis Demeritte
|RHP Jason Hursh
|CF Aaron Judge
|LHP Ian Clarkin
If initial reactions are indicative, the two 18-year-olds share that excitement.
"It's a great, humbling experience. I've heard a lot of good things about the Pirates, about their good development system, and it's a great feeling to become part of the team," said Meadows, who soon after Commissioner Bud Selig called out his name posted on his Twitter account, "I'm a Pittsburgh Pirate!"
"The confidence they showed in me built up my confidence," McGuire said. "I'm so excited. It's a dream come true."
Also coming true were predictions that the Bucs were going to look elsewhere, now that their organization teems with such high-end pitching prospects as Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon. And, with the big league club now in a competitive mode, they didn't need sudden impact players but could afford to plan longer range. With their third pick of the evening, at No. 51 in the second round, the Pirates tabbed left-hander Blake Taylor out of Dana Hills High School in Southern California.
"Getting an extra three years of development in our system is a very good thing," said Huntington, contrasting the timeline of high-school graduates to those of college juniors. "Getting three extra years out of an 18-year-old is a positive."
Typically, both prep standouts will have to weigh college options vs. the Pirates' offers. Meadows, who is considering Clemson, is at a slot of $3,029,060. McGuire is at $2,569,800 and has a waiting scholarship at San Diego.
McGuire sounded like his mind has already been made up.
"I've talked with my family, and I'll go do what is best," McGuire said. "Professional baseball is what I've dreamt of, and what my goal has been. So I'm probably leaning towards the pro."
Meadows called his direction "a big family decision, and we'll make it in the next few weeks." But the Pirates have two factors in their corner: members of his extended family residing in the Pittsburgh area, and Andrew McCutchen.
"I can't wait to meet McCutchen. He makes the game look easy," said Meadows, who referred to having "a lot of family -- aunts, cousins -- in Pittsburgh."
"Having them there definitely makes this more special," he said. "I hope I can live up to it, and make the family there proud, too."
While hard-throwing right-handed pitchers have been Huntington's main desirables, Meadows reflects another of the GM's favorite targets: center fielders, the position he played for Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga.
Former Major League GM John Hart described Meadows as "the biggest upside bat left in the Draft" following the selection of Loganville neighbor and lifelong friend Clint Frazier as the No. 5 pick by the Indians.
"I'll definitely reach out to him tonight, after all this," Meadows said of his buddy Frazier.
Numerous analysts rated Meadows -- 6-foot-2, 195 pounds and left-handed all the way -- as the high school player in this Draft pool closest to being big league-ready.
"We like the athlete, the frame and the tools package," Huntington said. "He does a lot of things very well."
As does McGuire, perhaps a little more conspicuously, standing out as a young catcher who has been calling his own game "since Little League." He comes not only from a baseball family, but a catcher family.
"Baseball's in our blood," McGuire said. "My dad and my uncle were both catchers. Mom played softball. It's awesome to have an athletic family background."
McGuire also is a left-handed hitter -- a valuable and rare commodity among catchers -- who batted .436 in 26 games for Kentwood Senior High School in Kent, Wash.
Meadows batted .535 with 19 extra-base hits (four homers, along with a triple and 14 doubles) and 28 RBIs in his senior season.
Meadows was taken as the compensation choice for the Pirates' failure to sign their top '12 selection, Stanford right-hander Mark Appel -- the Astros' choice as the overall No. 1 pick this time around.
The selections of Meadows and McGuire are major departures from the previous norm of the six-year-old Huntington regime. They are the first prep position players the Pirates have taken with their top pick since Neil Walker and McCutchen were consecutive Nos. 1 in 2004-05.
Day 2 of the Draft continues with Rounds 3-10, streamed live on MLB.com on Friday, beginning with a preview show at 12:30 p.m. And Rounds 11-40 will be streamed live on MLB.com on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m.
MLB.com's coverage includes Draft Central, the Top 100 Draft Prospects list and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of Draft-eligible players. You can also keep up to date by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.
In the Pipeline
Meadows and McGuire would appear to both have reservations in Pittsburgh, but it will take time. Especially when it comes to position players, the Pirates take the ketchup approach: Slow, but worth the wait. Starling Marte is not a bad example; he was signed at 19 and despite standout success every step of the way, he did not get to Pittsburgh until he was 23.
Meadows and McGuire are looking at similar timelines. The obvious intrigue with Meadows is that he will turn 23 in the season in which McCutchen's still-fresh, six-year deal will expire. McGuire represents a new tack for the Pirates, who in 2009 used their No. 1 pick on a college catcher (Tony Sanchez, out of Boston College) whose development has been a disappointment.
The last prep catcher drafted by the Pirates was Walker, whose subsequent position change reflected the fates of many high school catchers. But McGuire seems more committed to, and more developed at, that position than the typical peer, and he will be hard to move.
Bucs take 17-year-old high school lefty in 2nd round
CHICAGO -- The Pirates completed the opening night of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft by making high school left-hander Blake Taylor their second-round selection, the overall No. 51 pick.
The epitome of a high-ceiling prospect as someone who will not turn 18 for 10 more weeks, Taylor is a growing 6-foot-3, 220-pounder with a fastball already in the 92-93 mph range.
Splitting mound time with other positions for Dana Hills High School in Southern California, Taylor had 59 strikeouts in 49 innings and allowed opponents to hit .222 against him -- neither statistic is the overwhelming kind usually seen from dominant prep pitchers.
But he is all about projections and harnessing his growing frame. He can be expected to add at least a couple of mph and more movement to his fastball, and gradually develop secondary pitches such as the curve and changeup.
Taylor has a scholarship to the University of Hawaii. His slice of the Pirates' bonus pool is slotted at $1,065,400.
Day 2 of the Draft continues with Rounds 3-10, streamed live on MLB.com on Friday, beginning with a preview show at 12:30 p.m. And Rounds 11-40 will be streamed live on MLB.com on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m.
MLB.com's coverage includes Draft Central, the Top 100 Draft Prospects list and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of Draft-eligible players. You can also keep up to date by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Colorado is a global market, and resources exist for businesses hoping to export internationally.
This was the message at an Export 101 event hosted Friday by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, and Colorados U.S. Export Assistance Center at Fort Lewis College, Tiptons alma mater.
Attendees interested in exporting their products learned the ins and outs of how to get started and what resources are there to help.
Tiptons appearance in Durango comes as he faces what is expected to be one of the states most expensive and hotly contested congressional races in November. Earlier this week, he had his first major debate with Democratic challenger Sal Pace. At the debate he cited the high federal debt and business owners reluctance to hire as reasons for the flagging economy.
The time to go along to get along and business as usual has passed, he said Wednesday night before the crowd in Alamosa.
Pace countered that it was Republicans intransigence that had created gridlock in Washington.
While Tipton avoided overt campaigning at Fridays event, it was clear he wanted to position himself as a friend to business.
We have innovative people with great exports, he said upon recognizing two Durango-based businesses that have shown growth in exporting.
Tipton presented Chinook Medical Gear and Freenotes Harmony Park with Export Achievement Certificates.
Freenotes makes outdoor musical instruments and has international partners in New Zealand, Australia and Israel, among other countries. The company is currently looking to export in Chile.
Sandi Moilanen, international division director for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, pointed to a variety of grants that exist to help get businesses started in the exporting process.
Moilanen informed the attendees about two programs through the trade office that provides financial assistance to Colorado companies in exporting their products: the New Step Program and the Colorado Export Development Grant.
The office is accepting applications for the grant until Sept. 14. Selected businesses could receive up to $4,500 to put toward direct expenses for developing a new market.
Im really impressed with the amount of resources at the federal and state levels, said Louise Garnett.
Garnett, a marketing consultant, recently started Altitude Sickness Relief. She sells the products online within the U.S. but attended the event to learn more about the regulations and tariffs that go along with international exporting.
Sandra Necessary, director of the U.S. Export Assistance Center of the U.S. Commercial Service in Santa Fe, discussed resources her office has for businesses either exporting for the first time or those looking for extra guidance.
For those interested in traveling to the country to find a partner, Necessary touted a program where the office sets up meetings with potential partners, obtains a translator that goes to all of the meetings and takes care of transportation.
I think this is where we shine, Necessary said.


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Home Run Derby a delight for Swisher
Yankees right fielder slugs four in first round; Papi triumphs
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
ANAHEIM -- Nick Swisher wanted to hit at least one out in Monday night's State Farm Home Run Derby. He did better than that. He smacked four into the far reaches of right field at Angel Stadium.
That total wasn't good enough for Swisher to ascend to the second round -- he finished sixth -- but he'll be able to keep his head high on Friday when he returns to the Yankees' clubhouse to start the second half of the season against the Rays.David Ortiz was the big winner, but no matter. "I didn't get blanked in the Derby," the Yankees' right fielder said. "I put up a respectable number, so that's good. I had such a good time today. It was a great experience. I had a lot of fun out there. "I was looking around. I was so fired up. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do this. I'd definitely do it again." A switch-hitter, Swisher batted left handed with Yankees coach Tony Pena on the mound -- a right-hander -- as the sun began to set near 6 p.m. PT. Three of his four shots went into the right-field bleachers and the other was pulled closer to the foul pole into the lower deck. He had 10 outs and 14 swings in all, including a rare foul back on the first swing he took. "I was like, man, 'Just hit one,'" Swisher said. "And after I hit one, I said, 'Just hit one more.' And after I hit four, I was done. It was a blast. I'm here for the fans. I'm having an absolute blast, and I couldn't thank everyone enough for the opportunity." In contention to move on for awhile, Swisher couldn't crack the top four of Corey Hart (13), Hanley Ramirez (nine), David Ortiz (eight) and Miguel Cabrera (seven). Swisher was eliminated along Matt Holliday (five), Vernon Wells (two) and Chris Young (one). "I was trying to find a rhythm," Swisher said. "I hit [two] early in the round, which was good. That's all right. I couldn't get in that groove." Swisher was a late add to the Derby this past Saturday, essentially replacing Yankees All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano. Cano had a minor injury and the Yankees didn't want him competing. Elected to the American League team by the fans, Cano is starting for the first time in Tuesday's 81st All-Star Game. Swisher was also a late add to the AL All-Star squad, winning the Final Vote by a hair over Boston's Kevin Youkilis as the 34th man on the team.
In his year and a half with the Yankees, Swisher has hit 44 homers -- 15 of them this season -- and driven in 131 runs.Swisher was the first member of the Yankees in the Home Run Derby since Jason Giambi in 2002 and '03. Giambi won it all in '03, hitting 24 homers. He defeated Sammy Sosa, 7-1, in the final round at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field, the home of the White Sox. "If I had a chance to do it again, I definitely would. It'd be different," Swisher said. "You feel naked when you go out there. You've got all of these camera[men] standing around, no batting cage. At this time of day, it's tough to see. You've got the shadows out there. That big fence standing [in front of] the pitcher. It's different. It's just completely different. For the next time, I'll be ready."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Making bright ideas into reality
Clever people with good ideas are turning to a website to help fund their projects.
THERE'S more to inventing than simply coming up with a good idea. That's where Kickstarter comes in. It's a website built around the idea of ''crowdfunding'', letting people pledge money towards projects they would like to see get off the ground.
Ambitious Kickstarter projects include video glasses, remote-control light bulbs and 3D printers.
But it's not just for gadget inventors - musicians, filmmakers, fashion designers and other artists are also turning to Kickstarter to help bring their dreams to life. If people like what they see on your Kickstarter page, they can pledge money to help with the development costs and be first in line to get their hands on the finished product. It gives everyone a chance to get behind your idea, spreading the risks and the rewards.
If you have a bright idea, Kickstarter could help make it a reality. You need to jump through a few hoops to set up a Kickstarter account if you're outside the US or Britain, but, even so, more than 30 Kickstarter projects are based in Australia. These include albums, short films, magazines and video games, plus gadgets such as smartphone car cradles and remote-control LED lamps.
Kickstarter has its share of success stories but it's not always plain sailing. The Elevation Dock for the iPhone was the first Kickstarter project to raise more than $1 million, easily surpassing its initial funding goal of $75,000. The project ran six months over schedule but the dock finally starting shipping in August. Meanwhile, the Eyez video glasses with built-in HD cameras are running more than a year over schedule and seem no closer to delivery.
Other ambitious tech projects such as the Pebble e-paper watch and Ouya open-source games console have raised almost $10 million each, although the watch has already been delayed and the game console is also likely to struggle to meet its deadline.
Once a project reaches its funding goal there are no refunds, whether it's successful or not, so, just like any investor, you're taking a gamble when you back a Kickstarter project.
Your idea doesn't need to be as ambitious as those mentioned to find success on Kickstarter. Projects as simple as making a record, writing a recipe book or even creating a new range of clothing for dogs have reached their funding goals. Kickstarter is open to almost any idea, as it's then up to you to convince people it's worth investing in your project.
Apart from myriad products, Kickstarter also lists community projects such as building playgrounds and painting murals in parks. One successful Kickstarter project funded an Iraqi Shakespearean theatre company's trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
In turn, such a project must offer its backers something, even if it's as simple as a mention in the program.
So far, about 30,000 Kickstarter projects have been funded by more than 2 million people, including a handful of multimillion-dollar projects.
It's free to create a Kickstarter project, although Kickstarter collects a 5 per cent fee from the project's funding total if it reaches its financial goal. If that isn't reached, the project is scrapped and everyone gets their money back.
Unlike the traditional investment model, Kickstarter doesn't end up owning a slice of your idea.
If you think your big idea is a winner, the first step to creating a Kickstarter project is to submit a proposal, which is vetted by the Kickstarter team. Your project must aim for a specific goal - you can't simply use Kickstarter to raise funds for charity or to sell existing products. Nor can you use it to bankroll a new business, although there are workarounds if backers receive products in return.
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Pop singer Kesha has revealed a new tattoo and displayed a photo of an ice mountain adventure she's undertaken. And there may be new music on the way.
The singer, who has been unable to release music since 2012 because of an ongoing legal battle with former producer Dr. Luke, showed her social media fans her new ink depicting a pink and yellow whale, and accompanied it with the message, "Psychedelic whales are slowly covering my entire body…" She previously shared a narwhal tattoo she got on Halloween.
Not long after she posted the tattoo, she shared a black and white photo of herself in front of a stunning frozen waterfall.
Related: Dr. Luke Disputes Aspects of Kesha's New York Times Profile
Psychedelic whales are slowly covering my entire body... https://t.co/XCR4ri7Cjh—
kesha (@KeshaRose) January 10, 2017
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. had to immortalize Halloween night❤ https://t.co/AonhNOvEXO—
kesha (@KeshaRose) November 02, 2016
the pain and strength it takes to climb a mountain is difficult. but the top is fucking breathtaking ✨ https://t.co/IgR21WoTvp—
kesha (@KeshaRose) January 11, 2017
Back in December at the Billboard Women in Music event, the singer—who is attempting to break free of her recording contract with Dr. Luke following allegations of physical, sexual and emotional abuse (which he has denied)—said that the new music she's working on will "showcase my vulnerabilities as a strength and not as a weakness," reported Billboard.
She later posted updates on studio sessions, teasing, "Just got back a mix of me and someone singing a duet crying happy tears" and "to the studio with a friend hope he wins the Grammy for producer of the year this year!!!"
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kesha (@KeshaRose) December 23, 2016
to the studio with a friend hope he wins the Grammy for producer of the year this year!!!! 🍾🍾🍾 #secretawesomesongs https://t.co/ndyw5bR4ze—
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DENVER Anyone who wants to watch tonights presidential debate will have plenty of options.
In fact, viewers who arent interested in politics might need to rent a movie.
All four major television networks NBC, ABC, Fox and CBS will carry the debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney starting at 7 p.m.
PBS also will broadcast the debate, along with C-SPAN and four other cable channels CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and CNBC.
Social media will be all over it, too. Expect a steady stream of commentary on Twitter by searching for the official hashtag, #debates.
Facebook will have video interviews of Colorado leaders throughout the afternoon, including Gov. John Hickenlooper at 3:30 p.m. Facebooks official link to its debate videos is http://bit.ly/politicslive.
Jim Lehrer, executive editor of the PBS Newshour, will be the debate moderator.
The 90-minute event will be split into six segments and will focus on domestic policy.
Lehrer, who has moderated 11 previous debates, chose the question topics. The first three segments will focus on the economy. The last three topics will be health care, the role of the government and governing.
The University of Denver will host the event, which will be the first presidential debate ever in Colorado and only the second in the Mountain West. Tempe, Ariz., hosted a debate between former President George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry in 2004.
It will be the first of three Obama-Romney debates in the next three weeks.
On Oct. 16, the candidates will meet for a town hall-format debate at Hofstra University in New York, with questions about foreign and domestic topics. The last debate will be about foreign affairs. It will be Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Florida.
Vice President Joe Biden and Romneys running mate, Paul Ryan, will square off for their only debate Oct. 11 at Centre College in Kentucky.


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There is nothing like a child or grandchild to keep you young at heart. Watching them discover something new is a wonderful experience. Their excitement is often a reminder to us not to take the things around us for granted—but to rediscover the joy of life itself.Likewise, it's exciting to see videography through the eyes of a person just beginning his or her career. That's the best remedy I know of to keep my work fresh and to not get into a rut.This past year I had the privilege of introducing event videography to a young man and watching his excitement as he discovered the wonderful world of video. Scott Leake (www.makingmagicmemories.com) is a talented young man who has been working with me since Aug. 1, 2007. Recently, I asked him to share his thoughts about his first year as a professional videographer.
Scott began by telling me that he was excited about his future in video because he saw so much potential for using video in different types of jobs and projects. He observed that wedding videography seemed to be the only area that was oversaturated, and that there was much potential in practically any area a person wanted to get involved in.
Scott is very intuitive when it comes to video technology, but he also recognizes that the person using the technology, and not the technology itself, is the key to being successful. In his opinion, having people skills is an absolute must in order to succeed in the business of video. He says, "People skills matter because people are what you're capturing, and you need to have people feel comfortable around you. A smile can go a long way." I agree with him. Being able to handle people is the key to handling almost any situation you might face.
Scott tends to be a perfectionist and was hard on himself for not accomplishing all he wanted in the first year—yet I think what he's accomplished so far is remarkable. The counsel I give to him and to others is to not be too hard on yourself. Do your best and be patient; it takes time to build a solid foundation in this business.
Scott has already discovered the importance of having a solid business plan. He sees the need of developing a core, niche market to specialize in so that he won't have to do a lot of additional marketing but will always have steady work from regular clients. Scott has specialized in funeral videography but is not limited to just working in that field. Because he is open to doing a variety of other types of work, he has already had opportunities for shooting weddings and doing montages, and he will even be going to Israel this summer as the official videographer of a tour group.
Scott is having the time of his life because of video. He feels that having variety in your work is important so you don't get burned out doing just one thing. I agree. The one thing I have tried to do is "reinvent" myself every couple of years so things don't get stale. There is excitement when starting out on a new venture.
The thing Scott enjoys most is the fact that he is helping people capture memories on video that will be cherished for generations to come. In my opinion, Scott has really discovered the key to having fulfillment in video. When we realize that we have the privilege of impacting people's lives through video—and actually getting paid for it—well, it doesn't get any better than that!
Scott enjoys editing (he is using NewTek's SpeedEDIT), especially the creative aspect of editing. In all of this, his advice is to "have fun. If you are not having fun, it will show in the product. Video is very emotional—and that is the advantage video has over any other type of media—but you need to be having fun to convey the emotions properly. Have fun, and let the emotions show!"
In offering advice to new videographers, Scott sees the need to connect with seasoned veterans in order to learn from them and not repeat their mistakes. He also says that because of all the many opportunities in event videography, it is easy to find a niche to fill, learn all you can about that industry, and pursue it seriously.
To established videographers, he also encourages us to look at the field of videography with fresh eyes, to try new things, and, more importantly, be willing to help someone else. This way the industry as a whole will grow and get the professional recognition that it needs so that anyone who wants a career in video can have one.
Alan Naumann (alan at memoryvision.tv) recently published The Complete Course on Funeral Videography, an updated and expanded version of his popular Business Everlasting training DVD. A featured speaker at WEVA Expo 2004–2007 and a 2006 & 2007 EventDV 25 honoree, he is based in Minneapolis.


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Venus and Serena Williams were so eager to reach the Olympics semifinals they collided and tumbled to the grass chasing a shot Thursday.
They won the point and the match, beating No. 2-seeded Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-1, 6-1.
Serena was at the net and prepared to hit a shot when Venus came forward to take it.
"She said 'Mine,' and she said 'Mine' again," Serena said. "I was like, 'I don't know why I'm not stopping.'"
"I really didn't see what happened," Venus said. "But Serena told me we won the point after."
The sisters, who have yet to lose a set through three rounds, seek their third gold medal in doubles. Serena is also into the semifinals in singles.
Venus seeks a record fourth gold medal in tennis.
"We have a chance to win a medal," Serena said. "That's what it's all about."
Earlier Thursday, Serena secured her spot in the singles semis when she beat former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-0, 6-3.
Serena, seeking the first singles medal of her career, has lost only 13 games through four rounds. She'll face top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Friday for a berth in the final.
Playing on sun-splashed Court 1, Serena swept the first seven games against the No. 8-seeded Wozniacki. She kept one exchange going with a desperation, off-balance left-handed shot.
"I haven't practiced it in a couple of months," she said. "I wish I could have hit it better."
Otherwise, Serena stuck to the basics. She lost only nine points on her serve, never faced a break point and hit 30 winners to seven for Wozniacki.
"I felt a little off today, believe it or not," Williams said. "But I'm really, really hard to please."
Serena Williams has won 11 consecutive matches this summer at the All England Club, including her fifth Wimbledon title a month ago.
Azarenka beat No. 7 Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 7-5 under the Centre Court roof. Kerber eliminated Venus Williams on Wednesday, but Azarenka feasted on the left-hander's serve, winning more than half of those points and breaking six times.
No. 2-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced by beating No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-5. Djokovic's opponent in the semifinals will be British hopeful Andy Murray, who delighted a crowd that included Prince William and wife Kate by beating No. 11 Nicolas Almagro of Spain, 6-4, 6-1.
Murray, who is seeded No. 3, was runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon last month. Djokovic won Wimbledon in 2011 and was a bronze medalist in Beijing in 2008.
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan advanced to doubles semifinals by edging Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (10). Neither team managed a service break, and the Bryans sealed the victory on their fourth match point when Erlich double-faulted into the net.
The twins, who are top-seeded, won the bronze in 2008. Both are also entered in mixed doubles.
The United States was the only nation to still have an entry in all five events of singles and doubles.


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During the next 25 years, she wrote 84 columns for the magazine with the last one appearing in March 1997.
"She was 52 years old in 1972," son Lucien Gillham said. "Her writing got more sporadic toward the end."
Martha died in 2006 and Lucien was given instructions on how to honor his mother's memory.
"My father ordered me to compile all her stories, put them in a book, publish it and give all the proceeds to the wildlife federation," Lucien said with a smile.
Martha was a member of the Yell County Wildlife Federation for nearly 50 years.
Lucien followed his father's orders and painstakingly compiled the articles into a 230-page book.
"It took a long time because I can't type," Lucien said. "It was very tedious and Microsoft Word is frustrating. I cussed Bill Gates several times, but I finally got it done."
Lucien was careful to correctly capture his mother's work.
"She was a stickler about English and grammar," he said. "She was valedictorian when she graduated Hot Springs High School in 1938."
Lucien said he used illustrator J.R. Gray's original pen and ink drawings in the book. Gray did the drawings for the original articles.
The book, "Watching Birds," is $8 for hardback and $6 for paperback and available on Amazon.com. All proceeds go to the Yell County Wildlife Federation.
Lucien and his brother, Richard Gillham, will be at the Regional Library in Dardanelle on Dec. 2 for a book signing of "Watching Birds."
For more information, call the library at (479) 229-4418.


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Be sure to check out the Black & Gold's coverage in the March 14 edition of Columbus Alive!. Crew Soccer Academy products Kyle Hyland, Chad Barson, Ben Speas, Matt Lampson and Aaron Horton (Wil Trapp was in Mexico for International duty) are featured on the cover as Alive! writer Chris DeVille examines the evolving soccer development model in the United States and its impact in Columbus.
Also featured in the issue, editor Justin McIntosh educates readers on the Crew's supporter culture. And finally, Alive! reporter Jackie Mantey profiles the artists behind the tifo art that can be found in the Nordecke throughout the season.
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OCEAN CITY — Gov. Martin O'Malley late last week signed a landmark executive order aimed at increasing the state's long-term resiliency to storm-related flooding and sea level rise along the Atlantic coast and the Chesapeake Bay.
The Climate Change and Coast Smart Construction executive order directs, among other things, that all new and reconstructed state facilities and infrastructure be planned and constructed to avoid or at least minimize future flood damage. The executive order comes at a time when the latest available data predicts a large swath of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Massachusetts are in a defined "hot spot" for sea level rise in the future.
"As storms such as Hurricane Sandy have shown, it is vital that we commit our resources and expertise to create a ready and resilient Maryland by taking the necessary steps to adapt to the rising sea and unpredictable weather," O'Malley said. "In studying and planning for storms and climate change, we can ensure that our land, infrastructure and most importantly our citizens are safe and prepared."
The executive order enacts a number of policy directives, including directing all state agencies to consider the risk of coastal flooding and sea level rise when they design capital budget projects. The order also directs the Department of General Services to update its architectural and engineering guidelines to require new and rebuilt structures to be elevated two or more feet above the 100-year base flood level.
"Over the past three decades, Maryland's climate has become hotter and water levels within the Chesapeake Bay have continued to rise," said Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Program Manager for Climate Change Policy Zoe Johnson this week. "The region's recent extreme storms and weather have demonstrated just how vulnerable our natural resources and infrastructure can be to such events. The executive order will be instrumental in reshaping how we build along Maryland's coasts."
The executive order also charges the DNR to work with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, as well as local governments and other parties where appropriate, to develop additional Coast Smart guidelines within the next nine months for the siting and construction of new and rebuilt state structures. The directive also includes infrastructure improvements such as roads, bridges, water and sewer systems and other essential public utilities.


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Found these on Seascale beach.
The green one (on my wife's hand for scale) was found swimming in a rockpool, looks a little like a sea slater but not any in my admittedly limited guides. The other was crawling down the beach (it was about 20mm long). It liked to keep its tail tucked underneath its body, possibly a young larger crustacean?
All suggestions, as always, gratefully received.
The one presenting its rear view is probably Talitrus saltator, the Sand-Hopper. They're so numerous around here that I remember one night when I literally heard them seething on the sand
The green one could be an isopod called Idotea baltica. The ID books often show them as being brown, but they can be green as well. I wouldn't have recognised yours from my books either, but I chanced upon photos of green ones like yours on the net. I'll be interested to know if it's the right ID.
I'm sure you're right on both counts,Araminta.(see MarLIN http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=4417 for Talitrus saltator. for Idotea baltica it's the tridentate rear end. see Ispot http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/202040 , particularly the comment, & collins seashore '96 says of it "is diagnostically triple-pointed along it's hind end.


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It's not every day you see Queen Elizabeth out and about, decked in any less than her usual precisely matched dress coats and hats, chauffeured in some kind of limo.
But apparently Her Majesty wanted to go out for a drive, taking the wheel of the Range Rover herself. Officially listed as 5 feet 4 inches (although likely considerably shorter at 86 than when she was measured in 1945), her nose barely cleared the steering wheel.
Even better, she appeared to be wearing a hoodie--a hooded sweatshirt more commonly seen on the backs of surly teenagers than the ceremonial head of the British Commonwealth.
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Queen Elizabeth seems to be letting the public see more of her famed sense of humor these days, most notably taking part in an Olympics opening ceremonies stunt that appeared to send her parachuting out of a helicopter at James Bond's side.
Perhaps, on the heels of Prince Harry's latest publicity SNAFU, as photos surfaced of him naked in Las Vegas, she's simply engaging in a little teenage rebellion of her own.
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Patriots' Day holiday closings
Patriots' Day, a state holiday, will be observed Monday, April 15. A list of what is open or closed, operating or shut down follows:
Retail stores: Open.
Berkshire Mall: Regular hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Lee Premium Outlets: Regular hours, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Liquor stores: Open.
Taverns, bars: Open.
Banks: Open.
County and city offices: Closed.
Post offices: Open.
Manufacturing: Open.
Libraries: Closed.
Berkshire Community College: Closed.
Berkshire Museum: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hancock Shaker Village: Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Williams College Museum of Art: Closed.
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge: Open, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mass MoCA, North Adams: Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
BRTA: Buses will run as usual.
Elder Services: Closed.
Covanta: Open 7:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
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DFL brass is quick to say budget cuts are abusive and illegal
ST. PAUL -- Democrats claim Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan to cut $2.7 billion from the state budget is illegal.
Democratic legislative leaders Thursday told the Republican governor's commissioners that Pawlenty is overstepping his legal authority in balancing the budget himself.
"There is some shaky legal ground to do some of the changes you are doing," House Majority Leader Tony Sertich, DFL-Chisholm, said to Pawlenty's representatives.
He called it abuse of state law.
"This whole process just doesn't pass the smell test," Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm, said. "This deficit was manufactured by the governor's veto pen."
Sen. Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, said the governor has authority to make cuts once it is known there will not be enough revenue to cover planned spending, but the two-year budget cycle under debate does not even start for another two weeks.
"I don't know how anybody can know for sure that we are going to have a deficit in the second year of the biennium," Berglin said.
The two-hour meeting centered on two major issues -- whether Pawlenty has the authority to make the cuts and how they will affect Minnesotans.
Several organizations affected by the cuts are considering suing Pawlenty. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, said she expects a meeting of those groups next week.
But Pawlenty's budget point man said what the Republican governor did was perfectly legal.
"We are confident of our legal authority," said Commissioner Tom Hanson of Minnesota Management and Budget.
Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis, told Hanson that he wanted to see a legal opinion backing up that authority.
"If the executive branch has the authority to do things like this, whew," Pogemiller said.
After the legislative session ended a month ago with no overall deal for the budget beginning July 1, Pawlenty decided he would make cuts on his own to balance the budget, a process known as unallotment. On Tuesday, he announced that he would delay $1.8 billion in school payments into the following budget cycle, and cut state spending for local communities, higher education and health programs.
Commissioners could give lawmakers little information about the impact of the governor's cuts. But state Budget Director Jim Showalter estimated 3,100 public and private workers would lose their jobs due to unallotment.
Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, said one cut especially will hurt the elderly and disabled, reducing renters' refunds by nearly $51 million. Marquart said that will add an average of $156 a year cost to seniors and the disabled who rent homes.
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U.S. Senator Burr gets back to basics with Waynesville businessmenWritten by Colby Dunn
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U.S. Senator Richard Burr, R-N.C., didn't don kid gloves when addressing a cross section of Haywood County business leaders representing agriculture, tourism, banking, construction and professional sectors last week.
"Here's the hard, cold reality. We've got to cut an additional 6 trillion in spending. That's to get on a glide path so that 30 years out we can balance our budget," Burr told about two-dozen businessmen at a private lunch at the Waynesville Inn.
The magnitude of what must be cut is staggering, and the results won't be pretty, Burr said.
But, Burr said this juncture provides a rare critical mass to reform the corporate and business tax structure, something he hopes to see passed by Congress in coming months.
"All the tax loopholes, all the credits, all the deductions — gone," Burr said.
Bad news for big corporations, but great for small business owners like those in the room, Burr said.
Burr sympathized with those who have fruitlessly tried to borrow capital to expand their businesses in recent years.
"You almost walk away and say 'Gee, they'd lend it to me if I had enough money to where I didn't need it," Burr said.
But don't blame the local bankers, Burr said. They are merely acting on orders from the banking regulators harping on debt-to-capitalization ratios.
Meeting with Burr was a little like sitting down with an economic analyst. He talked about currency and trade, foreign investment, the still frozen credit market, lack of capital, sovereign debt, how a new tax code could effect business' bottom line. Europe's financial crisis perhaps topped the list.
"Dominoes will fall from what happens in Europe. Nobody is smart enough to know what they are going to hit," Burr said.
Burr was quick to joke and banter with those at his table as they introduced themselves.
"I should have given the caveat that for any brokers in the house, don't trade based on my predictions. I don't even take my own trading advice," Burr told Larry East, financial advisor with Wells Fargo.
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