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OAKLAND -- Quietly showing improvement in his play of late is A's second baseman Eric Sogard, who is 6-for-16 in five games since the All-Star break after going 7-for-39 over his final 16 contests before the break.
Not the largest sample size, of course, but manager Bob Melvin has taken notice, and if Adam Rosales' struggles at the plate continue down the stretch, Sogard could see increased playing time rather than the current platoon situation employed by Oakland's manager.
"He's just taking advantage of his opportunities," Melvin said. "When you're not playing every day, even though you see mostly right-handers, he's getting quite a few at-bats."
Nine of Sogard's last 13 hits entering Friday have been for extra bases, and he's homered twice in his last 11 games after going homerless in a career-high 90 consecutive games dating back to last year.
For now, he'll continue to provide a left-handed bat in the lineup against primarily right-handed pitchers. He's made 66 of his 69 starts against right-handed pitching and is batting .278 against right-handers compared to .189 against lefties.
"It's about making a case for yourself and results, and he's done a nice job for us," Melvin said. "He's really swinging the bat as well as anybody we have right now. Consistent play in the infield, and a guy that's getting more of an opportunity to play on a semi-regular basis than he has in the past, and the reason he is because he's doing well."
Donaldson honored with A's Heart and Hustle Award
OAKLAND -- Josh Donaldson was honored before Friday's game against the Angels as the A's recipient of the Heart and Hustle Award.
The distinction, awarded to a member of each MLB team, is voted on by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association and given to active players "who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embody the values, spirit and tradition of the game."
"That's Josh Donaldson," said Ray Fosse, who was a member of the 1973 and '74 Oakland A's World Series teams and presented the award to Donaldson. "He's a student of the game. He's out here all the time. He plays hard, and he plays the game the right way."
Donaldson has been the A's most consistent offensive contributor this season, batting .304 with 61 RBIs ad 112 hits in 100 games. He also made the transition from catcher to third base at the beginning of last season and has manned the position with poise, so much so that Fosse said he should be considered for a Gold Glove Award.
"You have to look at what he does on the field and realize that he's a special talent, but he's more than that," Fosse said. "He's the ultimate gamer. He's here all the time. He's like a stadium rat, where he spends a lot of time out here trying to get better. That's a credit to him."
As the season draws to a close, fans, alumni and active players will vote to select the final winner from the 30 honorees. Last season's overall winner was Mike Trout of the Angels, and Oakland's representative was Jonny Gomes, who also has been the club award with the Rays and Reds.
"There's a lot of former players who come around here, not only who played for the A's but in other organizations, and they say they enjoy watching me play and enjoy the way I play the game," Donaldson said. That's the biggest honor, when an ex-player comes up to you and gives you that token of appreciation."
Balfour's wife leads treadmill run for charity
OAKLAND -- Tommy Milone called her a "fitness freak". Josh Donaldson claimed, "She could probably beat up half the guys in this locker room."
Angie Balfour, wife of A's closer Grant, is many things: mother, physician's assistant, avid runner -- and she's teamed up with Smile Train and the better halves of the A's players and coaches to raise money in Friday's "Miles for Smiles" treadmill run.
Smile Train is an international nonprofit organization that provides free cleft surgery and comprehensive care to underprivileged children in developing countries. Angie Balfour reached out to the charity and discussed possible fundraising opportunities before bringing the idea to the A's and settling on the treadmill vehicle.
"It was always something that I had considered, maybe joining on a medical mission with them, and now that I have two children and I get to wake up and see their beautiful smiles every day, it's hard to not tie the two together," she said. "I just fell in love with this organization. They're awesome and amazing, and the things they do are hands-down phenomenal."
A single cleft surgery costs as little as $250 through Smile Train, and the A's wives, girlfriends and other family members will attempt to raise enough money to fund a surgery with every mile run on a treadmill set adjacent to the left-field BBQ Terrace at O.co Coliseum.
Balfour, owner of the A's record for consecutive saves, participated in an autograph session prior to the game, and there was also an in-game raffle and donation table set up behind Section 120. All proceeds will benefit Smile Train.
Among those expected to run include Maria Crisp, Milessa Lowrie, Tina Milone, Lindsay Smith, Kaycee Sogard and Amanda Straily. Mrs. Balfour ran the first 15-minute leg before Straily took over, and they'll keep rotating throughout the game.
A's left-hander Tommy Milone said his fiancee would be able to run in the range of 5-7 miles, but Angie is undoubtedly the favorite to log the most mileage among the members of the A's locker room.
"I know Angie's ready to run a fair way," Grant Balfour said. "She usually runs every day in the morning, but she chose not to run too much this morning, just a little bit, so she could run tonight.
"We'll see how many she logs in. She's the one behind it all and promoting it all, so hopefully throw in the most miles, I hope. There are some girls out there that can run, so there's a lot of pressure."
Jeff Kirshman is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Little revealed, but Cooperstown tales abound
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
The evening has been described in many colorful and censor-objectionable words. "A happy war among men who enjoy each other's company," was tried on Phil Niekro a few years ago, and he says, "Yeah, that covers it. It gives you an idea of what goes on." But he tells no tales.
Lou Brock says, "It's like a roast. We roast anyone and everyone for no particular reasons."
Goose says, "It's like a clubhouse. We pick at each other."
And like a clubhouse, the room has neighborhoods, or in the case of the Secret of Sunday Night dinner, it has tables. No table is officially designated until a recognized member takes a seat and is joined by members of his equivalents.
Where Seaver, Koufax or Carlton sits is the wine table. Ozzie's group forms the "Judy" table, as in "Punch and Judy." Carew feels comfortable there. So does Gwynn. And where else would you put Aparicio? Even Morgan, Brett and Boggs may sit there. Genuine sluggers -- Reggie, Frank Robby, et al -- aren't unwelcome. Nor are they invited. Cepeda is the exception.
"They need me to inspire and protect them," the Baby Bull says. "They need a big man."
There may be an octogenarian table, though no one uses that description. Seventy-somethings aren't excluded. Imagine that gathering. Oh, the stories! Yogi and Whitey, Kiner and Red, Doerr, Lasorda, Earl and The Rat. Maybe Doug Harvey. He and Herzog, Hall of Fame classmates in 2010, have no more differences -- until they begin a conversation. Herzog says, "Where the old guys sit is the big shots' table."
Some members -- Bench, Brock, Brooks -- are quite welcome wherever. And actually, Lasorda would sit at any table that would listen.
"The pitchers usually sit together, even the ones who don't bring wine," Ozzie says, laughing. "Snobs. Yeah, they think everything begins with them."
"Ozzie's just miffed because he's not at the table," Seaver says. "But he's better than the guys who bring $12 swill and want to sit down." Seaver is a winemaker. GTS -- George Thomas Seaver -- is the label. That monogram takes precedence for him now over ERA. But not HOF.
And he loves to refer to a certain former Mets beat reporter as "Noble Rot." It's a wine term for a fungus that enhances some grapes. He claims.
More from Sunday -- after the dinner.
Goose reaffirmed his standing as the most normal star. Roland Hemond, here to receive the Buck O'Neil Award for service to the game, retains his standing as the happiest and nicest man in the game and the most energized, active and flexible 81-year-old man on the planet. He danced from one end of the floor to the other at breakneck speed and after sharing some words about some long-ago completed transaction, he hit the floor. Break dancing.
Molitor could have given up his day job. He can sing. The year of his induction, he sang Springsteen's "Born to Run" and you knew he had sung it previously and not only in the shower. Sunday he performed the Boss' "Glory Days." Yount's critique was, "You really can sing."
In the adjacent bar, Ozzie and Eddie Murray mourned the absence of Puck. They recalled performing -- they lip-synched and did the moves of the Temptations -- with Puckett and Winfield. More than that, they missed Puck's Louie Armstrong. His "What a Wonderful World" and "Hello Dolly" would have had Satchmo weeping.
Murray also told of how Orioles teammates held Belanger's glove in such high regard. He did, too. But he told them of a kid who had been his high school teammate. It was Ozzie.
Did you know that Murray never switch-hit until 1976, the year before he was promoted to the big leagues? Or that Cleon Jones was a natural left-handed hitter? A pond of stagnant water lay beyond right field where he and his buddies played as kids. Cleon lost too many balls, so he was persuaded to bat right-handed and hit .340 in 1969. Similar circumstances developed with Hideki Matsui. He was too dominant a right-handed hitter as a kid when he played organized baseball. He turned around and has hit 500 professional home runs.
Doug Harvey was umpiring in the National League in 1978-80 when Blyleven was throwing his curve for the Pirates. The newest Hall of Fame pitcher fooled more than his share of batters. But not Harvey. "Because I took my time, made sure of my call and then raised my hand," Harvey says. "But I'll tell you one time that it was a challenge. I worked one Opening Day game, Braves and Houston. I had one Niekro in one bullpen warming up, and the other one in the other bullpen. I didn't see a straight pitch all day."
Dallas Green was part of the group who attended Sunday's induction to hail former Phillies general manager Pat Gillick. People who hadn't seen him since his 9-year-old granddaughter Christina Taylor-Green was killed in Tucson in January expressed condolences and concern for the big man who was so struck by the shooting that killed his "special little girl" and five others.
The lunatic who struck in Norway on Friday had to have unnerved Green all over again. He kept a lower profile than he usually does at this wonderful weekend. Each summer, Cooperstown borrows Disney World's billing and becomes "the happiest place on earth" for three days. Not every day and not for everyone.
Marty Noble is a columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Stewie Loves Lois
After his first prostate exam, Peter is convinced he's been sexually violated
Mother Tucker
Peter feels abandoned when his mother gets a divorce
Hell Comes to Quahog
Peter uses Meg's money to buy himself a tank
Saving Private Brian
Army recruiters show up at Chris' high school
Whistle While Your Wife Works
Peter blows off his fingers in a fireworks accident
Prick Up Your Ears
Lois volunteers to teach a sex-ed class at the high school
Chick Cancer
Stewie marries his old flame Olivia, but she has a juice "drinking problem"
Barely Legal
Stewie marries his old flame Olivia, but she has a juice "drinking problem"
Road to Rupert
At the Griffins' yard sale, Brain mistakenly sells Rupert, Stewie's bear
Peter's Two Dads
Peter accidentally kills his father, then learns that his real father is Irish
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Peter discovers the thrill of being the neighborhood bully
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After "The Redneck Comedy Tour" Peter becomes enamored with the redneck life
Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey
President Clinton shows Peter you're only as old as you're willing to act
No Meals on Wheels
When Peter comes into some money he decides to fulfill his life's dream
Boys Do Cry
The family is forced to flee when Stewie is believed to be the devil
No Chris Left Behind
After Chris is expelled from school, he's sent to the fancy boarding school
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Death grants Peter's wish to travel back in time to before he was married
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The world is running rampant on a collision course with itself and too many of the occupants don't seem to detect any difference between the world today and the world of 50 years ago. Paul Harvey told the story accurately in 1965 when he said that if he was the devil, he'd keep right on doing as he was doing then. Harvey made a lot of statements that day and they've all fallen right into place at a time in which we live.
It is very interesting to see how many people, including Christians just shrug their shoulders when asked their opinion about world events. They say, "it hasn't affected me and I don't need to worry about it."
Riding the fence can be very dangerous. If we fall off, we know not which side we will land on. After all, riding the fence is done for the purpose of not having to make a decision or take sides.
It's time Christians everywhere speak up and let their voices be heard. It's time for Christians everywhere to be about our Father's work. The harvest is almost ready and we haven't even begun preparations.
One example of riding the fence is found in the Genesis account of Lot, his wife and two daughters. When the Angels of the Lord came into Sodom and Gomorrah, they found Lot sitting in the gate. He was neither in the city nor out of the city. In essence, he was riding the fence, not willing to voice an opinion for fear that he may rock the boat and lose all he had worked for so long.
He ended up losing much more than he had expected. People today are much like the people in Lot's day. They keep quiet for fear of losing a friend, their job or offending someone who does not believe the same way they do.
People are turning against family members. Every day, we hear of some family being attacked and sometimes killed by a member of their own family. There is usually no real explanation available at the time, but we know that it all boils down to one thing. That is, a lack of old time Christian love.
\We need to be about sharing Jesus with the whole world.
Governments and terrorists all over the world are killing their own people. Some of them are killing anyone who does not profess to believe their form of religion. These actions are spilling over into our nation and growing stronger daily as many of us stand by saying, "It's okay. The government will take care of it."
The government is really taking care of things today, aren't they? I want my voice to be heard in Washington D.C. and around the world and in the kingdom of God.
I vote in every election that includes my precinct. Riding the fence can be very dangerous not only to myself, but to others living in my community and my nation.
When Jesus comes, I don't want Him to find me on the fence or in the gate. I want to be about the work He has sent me to do. That work is spreading His Word and the good news of His coming at every opportunity.
I hope this devotional has touched the heart of some Christians who will join with me in taking back this nation for Jesus and the kingdom of God. We need to first of all, put God back into the classroom, courtroom and every other public place.
The first step toward accomplishing this is by putting God First In our lives. Can we do that, or would something interesting come up on television to take that number one spot in our lives? Think about it.
Try it for 24 hours and if you're successful, try for another 24 hours. Didn't Jesus tell us to take one day at a time?
Another example of riding the fence is found in the great commission Jesus gave to the disciples when He made them apostles.
He told them to go into all the world, preaching, teaching and baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
By this time, they are beginning to see what Jesus has been telling them all along. They're looking now toward the source of their power, which is Jesus. Before, they held back because of fear.
They were told to remain in Jerusalem until Great power came up on them, then they were to go into all the world. Because of their fear of persecution, they held back on obeying this command. In essence, they rode the fence. Will we do the same?


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Jays lose challenge on eighth-inning play at first
By Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- Blue Jays manager John Gibbons lost his challenge of a disputed call at first base during the eighth inning of Friday afternoon's game vs. the A's.
With one out in the eighth, Edwin Encarnacion hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Josh Donaldson. Oakland recorded the force out at second and then Nick Punto threw to first for the final out of the inning.
Gibbons opted to challenge the call but replays later showed that Encarnacion did not beat the throw. The call on the field was confirmed and the eighth inning came to an end.
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Oscar Micheaux would be proud of the progress African-American filmmakers have made in the last 30 years or so, although there is still far to go.
For those unfamiliar with Oscar Micheaux, he was a pioneering Black film producer and director. Working against tremendous odds, Micheaux made nearly 50 films from 1919 to 1948.
At the time of this writing, "Lee Daniels' The Butler" is the No. 1 movie in the United States, having taken in something like $100 million. That would have been unheard of in Micheaux's day, all the more so for a Black filmmaker.
Throughout the years there has been an array of African-American filmmakers and many, such as John Singleton, Gordon Parks, Ossie Davis, Reginald and Warrington Hudlin, Robert Townsend, Julie Dash and Keenen Ivory Wayans, are generally familiar, but far more have labored without the rcognition they deserve.
THE FIRST to break out on a larger and consistent scale was Spike Lee.
Born Shelton Jackson Lee in Atlanta, the maverick film producer, director, writer and actor first came to the public's attention in 1986 with a very unusual film titled "She's Gotta Have It." Despite having a paltry budget of $175,000 and being shot in only two weeks, "She's Gotta Have It" wound up taking in $7,000,000 at the box office.
The much-discussed film was made via Lee's production company, 40 Acres and a Mule.
Movies are by their very nature entertainment vehicles. However, Spike Lee has become known for the controversies — sometimes intense — that he deliberately courts.
One prime example was "Do the Right Thing," a 1989 excursion into the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn where racial tensions mount with disastrous results.
FAR LESS intense was the film that preceded it, "School Daze" (1988), but it too focused on a controversial issue — division at a Black college based on something that has long been an issue, though not usually openly discussed, in the Black community — skin complexion.
In that film, Lee's unconventionally delivered conclusion was an admonition to "Wake up!"
"Everything I do is scrutinized," said Lee, with only a faint trace of resentment, adding that he is not one to be dictated to.
With "Malcolm X," released in 1992, Lee again stirred up controversy, though not nearly as much as the slain '60s Muslim human rights activist himself routinely did.
In the process Lee also created a massive amount of renewed interest in Malcolm X. It was almost a fad. There were, for example, Malcolm X caps and T-shirts everywhere you looked.
That film starred Denzel Washington (who was featured in other Spike Lee films as well). Lee has never had trouble luring big stars to his films, including Halle Berry, Samuel L. Jackson, Hill Harper, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito and Alfre Woodward.
Among his other films arer "Mo' Better Blues," "He Got Game," "Clockers," "Jungle Fever," "Get on the Bus," "She Hate Me," "Girl 6" and "Crooklyn."
INTERESTINGLY, Spike Lee had well-publicized issues with another Black filmmaker, Tyler Perry (Emmitt Perry, Jr.), whose success had surpassed his own.
It has been said that this is part of the reason for Lee's biting words, but that is only speculation. In any event, Perry got tired of it and fired back, complete with expletive, and Lee subsequently issued an apology.
Lee felt that too often Perry's movies, like his stage productions, made too much use of certain racial stereotypes, an accusation that Perry had heard before and has heard since, though not nearly as often because it is hard to argue with someone as phenomenally successful as director, producer, screenwriter, actor, playwright, songwriter and author as Tyler Perry.
His career was launched in 2005 with the onsite film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." It was there that he introduced the public to his most famous character played by himself, the sassy, frequently combative-but-often compassionate, wisdom-spouting Madea.
ALTHOUGH his movies are for anyone who wants to see them, Perry has said that he is largely focused on segments of the Black community that are traditionally overlooked by (White) filmmakers and playwrights.
"It's attitudes (like Lee's) that make Hollywood think that these people do not exist, and that is why there is no material speaking to them," Perry once said. "Madea can talk about God, love, faith, forgiveness and family."
Controversies notwithstanding, Perry has had one box office bonanza after another, among them "Meet the Browns," "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," "Meet the Browns," "Madea's Family Reunion" and "Why Did I Get Married?"
His stars have included Angela Bassett, Janet Jackson, Blair Underwood, Taraji P. Henson, Cecily Tyson, Maya Angelou, Lynn Whitfield and Rick Fox.
LEE DANIELS, producer, director and actor, has been a major presence for a number of years now. Indeed, the 2001 production, "Monster's Ball," was a box office success and, in fact, earned star Halle Berry an Oscar in the Best Actress category.
However, her character enraged a substantial number of African-Americans who felt it did a disservice to Black people, and to Black women in particular.
But Lee Daniels is obviously not afraid of a little, or even a lot, of controversy. This was proven again in 2009 with "Precious."
It too was a success at the box office and the winner of critical acclaim, in addition to making Gabourey Sidibe an attraction and winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Mo'Nique. Daniels won a Best Director Academy Award nod.
Even so, the harshness of "Precious" was too much for some people.
But he has soared into the stratosphere with "Lee Daniels' The Butler," which has won praise all the way up to President Barack Obama. In this film, the real life story of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents during his White House tenure, is told.
Director Daniels assembled an impressive cast, including Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Redgrave, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Robin Williams and Lenny Kravitz.
"When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please everyone, just myself," said Daniels. "I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell a story. I won't sell my soul to Hollywood to make run-of-the-mill stuff."
Hopefully, no producer/director worthy of the title would either. — Steve Holsey contributed to this story.
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Two goals, two assists. What if he was rusty?
Sidney Crosby has always known how to make the most of a big moment, from scoring the winning shootout goal in the inaugural Winter Classic, to the Penguins' first goal in the Stanley Cup Finals in 16 years, to the gold-medal clincher at the 2010 Olympics. It was hardly a surprise, then, that it took just 5:24 for Crosby to find the back of the net Monday in his first game back after missing nearly 11 months because of a concussion.
"Of all those games, this one was probably the easiest one to prepare for," Crosby told reporters. "It felt like I was waiting forever, and I kind of was, in a way. Been waiting a long time to go out there, and whether I scored the goals, or whatever happened, I was going to make sure I gave it my best effort."
Monday night looked like Crosby's best effort for any time, let alone his first after missing 68 games and 320 days of hockey. On his third shift of the game, Crosby took a pass in the neutral zone from Pascal Dupuis, blew the doors off Jay Pandolfo as he crossed the blue line, shook off a token check from Andrew MacDonald and slipped a backhand past goaltender Anders Nilsson.
It started a 5-0 rout for the Penguins over the New York Islanders, a game that began with a standing ovation for the returning Crosby and ended with one, too, as he was predictably but deservedly named the game's No. 1 star.
"The goals and assists were great, obviously, but just being back out there, I can't even describe it," Crosby told the media. "It was exciting, a lot of things going through my mind. The main thing was just enjoying playing. That's something I've missed the last 10 months. It was great that we had a good game, got the win and the atmosphere was awesome from the start of the game and throughout the game. It was good to be a part of it."
The Islanders, who were described by their own assistant coach Scott Allen as mentally "fragile" during an intermission interview with MSG Network, were cast perfectly in the role of powerless opponent for a Crosby show that was picked up on both Versus in the U.S. and CBC in Canada. The star delivered, and did not stop with his early goal.
With 3:31 left in the opening period, Crosby put a crisp pass onto the tape of Brooks Orpik, setting up the defenseman for a slap shot that had the red light flashing as soon as it was launched from just inside the blue line. Orpik has 11 goals in his career, and five of them have been assisted by Crosby.
On a power play early in the second period, the Penguins went up 3-0 as Evgeni Malkin scored to finish a sequence that began with Crosby having a shot deflected by Pandolfo, getting his own rebound and sliding a pass across to Kris Letang. The boost that Crosby provides to the Penguins on the power play may be more important than what he does at even strength, where Pittsburgh already has Malkin and Jordan Staal. The man advantage is a bellwether for the Penguins, who had gone 1-for-21 over the previous four games. Their only victory in the stretch, last Tuesday against Colorado, featured the power play goal. For the season, the Penguins are 9-1-2 when they score on the power play, 3-5-1 when they do not.
Crosby also is skilled—his critics would say too skilled—at getting the Penguins onto the power play, which he did on Monday night. There could be no arguing the cross-checking minor that was called against Milan Jurcina for a textbook two-hander to the 8 and the 7 on Crosby's back in the first period. More important, Crosby showed that he could survive a normal hit, a hard-but-clean sort, when Travis Hamonic sent him into the boards 10:57 into the game.
"I was glad I got that over with early on," Crosby said. "There's going to be more hits, and probably harder ones. To come out of that OK, it gives you reassurance. I don't think I needed it, but it's always good to get a couple of those out of the way early."
It was clear early, before Crosby had been on the ice for 10 minutes, just what he can bring to the Penguins, who were tied for first place in the Eastern Conference without him after a quarter of the season. They already were among the favorites for the Stanley Cup, a notion that lost no steam on Monday night. Crosby added more jubilation to the proceedings with a goal 2:06 into the third period.
Sure, all this was against the Islanders, a team that has lost 13 consecutive games in Pittsburgh and is winless on the road this season. But it was also the kind of thorough demolition job that a Cup contender is supposed to apply to a last-place outfit, one led by the captain in a triumphant return that left no doubt Sidney Crosby still is the best hockey player in the world.


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Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 2 is drawing to a close, and even if you haven't been following along with ArenaNet's unusualy story telling approach, you probably want to get on board for this bit.
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Seeds of Truth, the latest episode in Guild Wars 2's current Living World update, is now available.
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Guild Wars 2 is joining the Black Friday festivities by slashing its price in half.
A dragon egg plays an important role in next Guild Wars 2 Living World update
Tangled Paths is the next entry into Echoes of the Past, the latest Living World update for Guild Wars 2, and it has been dated for later this month.
Guild Wars 2: Echoes of the Past kicks off today
Guild Wars 2: Echoes of the Past kicks off today. It's the latest in the MMORPG's "living story" releases.
Guild Wars 2 ramps up eSports participation with ESL deal
Guild Wars 2 is gradually edging into eSports, giving talented MMORPG players a chance at cash prizes.
Guild Wars 2 living story continues with Echoes of the Past
Guild Wars 2: Echoes of the Past kicks off on November 4, delivering the next chunk of the MMORPG's "living story".
Guilds Wars 2 dev reverses currency change decision after 24 hours of non-stop complaints
Guild Wars 2 introduced changes to its currency system this week – and will now roll them the heck back.
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Guild Wars 2 developer Arenanet is offering a free trail for the MMORPG, and it will last for a whole week.
Guild Wars 2 festival draws from Chinese art and culture
Guild Wars 2 players in Europe and North American can celebrate the MMORPG's launch in China with the Festival of the Four Winds from today.
Guild Wars 2 is 50% off until May 11 through official website
Guild Wars 2 is on sale until May 11, so from now until then you can knock 50% off the MMO via the official website. The Digital Heroic Edition will run you $24.99 instead of $49.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition will run you $34.99 instead of $69.99. Each versions contains various bonuses, so head […]
Guild Wars 2 April 2014 Feature Pack has launched
Guild Wars 2 players will be happy to know the April 2014 Feature Pack has been released. The large update is ArenaNet's move towards releasing content updates "focused on features and game systems." Going forward, packs such as this will be separate from the living world releases. The feature packs and all new content added […]
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Guild Wars 2 will have Mega Servers implemented with the April 15 Feature Pack update, ArenaNet has announced.
Guild Wars 2's April 2014 Feature Pack will include the Wardrobe System
Guild Wars 2's April 2014 Feature Pack will include the Wardrobe System, an account-wide perk which allows players to collect every skin imaginable in the MMO.
Guild Wars 2 damage, balancing , rune changes detailed in latest developer blogs
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- Peter "Jake" Blasini '08 produced a creative Senior I.S. project, titled "From Bebop to the Hip-Hop Sample: The Evolution of a Tradition," which included a CD containing five examples of compositions he created using sampling techniques
- Andrew Garnett '08, a double major in Africana Studies/History, wrote "A Revealing and Remarkable Transformation: An In-Depth Analysis of the Complex Life and Evolution of Malcolm X," which incorporated a transcript of an interview he conducted at Columbia University with Professor Manning Marable, a leading authority on this topic
- Brendan Murphy '08 wrote "Cold War Superpower Rivalry in the Horn of Africa: How the Flood of Arts in the Region Resulted in Current Instabilities"
- Carly Kammer '07 wrote "Unfair and Unjust: Inconsistencies Between Black and White Women in Three Areas of Health Care"
- Jennifer Culver '07, a double major in Africana Studies/Communication Studies, explored "Shaggy Afros, Super-Curly Afros, Sky-High Afros, Mini-Afros....Ours and Ours Alone: The (De)colonizing of Black Hair; An Ideological Analysis of the Changing Perspectives on Black Hairstyle Choices as Portrayed in Essense Magazine Articles, 1970-2007."
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Bakersfield, California, may be known as "Nashville West," the country music capital of the West Coast, for its honky-tonk legends like Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and Dwight Yoakam. But you could just as easily call Bakersfield and its home in Kern County "Hollywood North" (that is, if Vancouver and Toronto hadn't already earned that title) for the region's thriving film community and its use as a backdrop in an untold number of blockbuster sci-fi movies, Planet of the Apes and Jurassic Park among them. It's an attractive locale to nearby feature film producers, with its free film permits and varying terrain. In a 30-minute drive from Kern county you can find yourself smack dab in the middle of a desert among rock formations, at the edge of a mountain range, in a forest of Sequoias, throwing snowballs, wading in a river, or sneezing in a verdant valley. J.J. Abrams shot the opening scene of Star Trek just outside Andrew Waite's kitchen window (not in Iowa-the shock, the horror!). "I could throw a rock and hit the production trucks," swears Waite, whose dual careers as an independent feature filmmaker and a videography studio owner have been boosted by Kern County's popularity with filmmakers. Waite runs Higher Definition Media (HDM) out of Bakersfield, and just this June launched its wedding-focused spin-off, Lovestruck Films. In addition, he is an indie filmmaker, with 3 self-produced features under his belt, and was one of the first presenters announced for IN[FOCUS] 2012. Registered with the film commission, Waite often gets to crew on blockbuster films and even rent out his gear.
Friends often ask when he'll finally move to L.A., about a 90-minute drive over the hill. "Never" is his quick reply. A native, he says, "Bakersfield is home. And I think it always will be." Waite can do what he loves here, just as well as (and probably better than) he could in congested L.A., he points out. At such a young age (speaking of over the hill, Waite is nowhere close), he knows he's lucky to have found that already.
But the road here was often treacherous, filled with grueling Saturday nights playing song after top 40 song as a wedding DJ. Not mincing words, Waite says that the creative outlet DJ'ing lacked was beyond frustrating. "It got to the point where if I had to listen to 'Butterfly Kisses' one more time, I was going to blow my brains out."
Luckily, to quote an equally kitschy country song—"God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you"—wedding DJ'ing introduced him to wedding videography. While DJ'ing, Waite viewed his fair share of wedding videos, willingly or unwillingly. Having grown up with his dad's Betacam and VHS cameras almost superglued to his hands, he figured he could do better. In 2003 he booked his first gig and shot a few weddings on the side.
When someone offered to buy out his DJ business, Waite recognized the opportunity to return to his first love. In 2008 he officially launched HDM. "Oddly enough," he remembers, it started out focusing on TV commercials, with weddings as supplementary. "We thought TV commercials were more glamorous at the time," he says, certainly not alone in that assessment. But no matter how hard he resisted, his wedding work really drove the business.
Measure of the ManNow he's juggling corporate work, wedding work, and indie films, and somehow finding balance among them. It's not an uncommon story, but when he explains how two of his businesses come to a screeching halt for 7 weeks out of each year to accommodate producing a feature film, it's clear Waite is accomplishing something extraordinary. His latest feature, The Measure of a Man, premiered in March at the historic Fox Theatre to a 1200-strong audience. To make it, Waite and his crew worked 12 hour days, 6 or 7 days a week, for 7 weeks, leaving no time for other projects. "You have to say no to some pretty awesome weddings," Waite says, the pain almost lingering in his voice.
And that means no income for 7 weeks, while paying out of pocket to produce the film. With a wife and 2 kids and 6 employees, that's an act of faith if you ever saw one, especially considering that he strives to have a hand in every one of his projects, for fear of ever turning into a "video factory." He explains, "The last thing I want to do is get out of touch with clients. I love working directly with brides and grooms, making friends, and creating this art piece that they will treasure for the rest of their lives."
Heading in 3 different directions with separate companies might take its toll on some, but Andrew Waite's experience has proved the contrary-he's been able to apply practical lessons from one type of filmmaking to the others. For example, being a run-and-gun wedding filmmaker has definitely rubbed off on his approach to feature filmmaking. Back in the day, Waite would use the industry-standard expensive, clunky cameras and gear that everyone else did. To pull of a shot he would drive to Hollywood to rent so much equipment you'd think a tractor pull had come to town. But on his last film, rather than rent a mammoth J.L. Fisher dolly, "We didn't bother, and instead used a Cinevate Atlas 30 "and got the exact same results. We wouldn't have done that if it weren't for our wedding films."
Waite knows he's not the only one catching on, that wedding and event filmmaking has imitated the film world in many ways, something that's obvious to anyone paying attention at NAB the last 5 years. Take, for another example, the Canon 5D, which Waite owns along with every other Canon DSLR. Once used only for his wedding work, Waite and his crew now use the 5D for corporate jobs and on features. In fact, they shot 99% of The Measure of a Man on DSLRs. He calls using them a "no-brainer," and has zero regrets. "Seeing the film premiere on a 50-foot screen, it looked absolutely amazing. People were flabbergasted during the post-screening Q&A session to discover that it was shot with DSLRs," he says.
Boom Boom Boom BoomEvent filmmakers are some of the most efficient filmmakers there are, he points out. "We don't have a second chance to get the shot." Contrast that with the "normal" film world, where it's quite common to shoot just 2 pages of script in a day. Applying wedding filmmaking's urgency to traditional moviemaking has been tremendous. Waite and his crew are so accustomed to working fast that they can get through three times as many script pages (they've even done as many is 20 in a day, which is virtually unheard of).
"But that's what happens when you're working with a bunch of event filmmakers who are used to getting it done-boom, boom, boom, boom!" A small crew is another plus. "As event filmmakers, we really are filling every single crew position, from DP to camera operator to first assistant camera to gaffer to grip to director. We're used to getting things done instead of waiting for someone else to do it."
RED ZoneBut Waite will also be the first to point out that heavier duty specialized cameras certainly have their uses. He owns a RED One digital cinema camera, which he calls "fantastic-capable of amazing imagery," and which he uses sparingly, where appropriate on corporate jobs and in movies (in select scenes where he says the Canon codec falls apart, such as high-speed, high-detail scenes).
For weddings though, the RED One is impractical. "It's big, heavy, and hot," and weddings don't require the RED's extra resolution or RAW capabilities. He's a firm believer in using the right tool for the right job. That's why he owns every Canon DSLR. "Each one has one advantage over the others," he says, whether you're using a 1D in low light, the 5D for its full-size sensor, the 7D to shoot in high-speed 60p, the 60D for its flip-out screen to capture low angle or slider shots, the T30i for its crop capability (to get digital zoom), or the featherweight T2i when you want to put it on a remote control helicopter to get aerial shots.
His bird's-eye-view shots are fast becoming one of Waite's signature and most sought-after offerings. To pull them off, he has brought in the actual world champion of 3D aerial helicopter flying. This after purchasing his first helicopter for almost $20,000 and quickly realizing that hiring a skilled operator would be a prudent idea, considering it takes years to learn how to fly one. "I thought, there's no way I'm going to fly that myself and crash it." In a stunning stroke of luck, one of his employees attended church with Curtis Youngblood-his YouTube videos show him doing "insane" maneuvers, "flying so low to the ground he's literally cutting grass"-and introduced them. Now couples are flying Waite and his chopper operator around the world specifically to have those shots included in their wedding videos.
Always upping the ante, Andrew Waite just purchased an Iconoscope, a custom-built, handmade camera from Stockholm, to use for aerial filming (he will have full control of the camera while it's in the air). It is similar to the RED in that it shoots raw, uncompressed, hi-def video. "It's kind of a filmmakers dream come true," Waite says. He adds that it has a global shutter, as opposed to a rolling one like the Canon DSLRs.
But never mind his camera name-dropping, he says, a strong believer in "the monkey, not the wrench." People do get excited when they hear, for example, that Waite sometimes shoots with a RED camera, and he's very excited himself about RED's forthcoming Epic, but he admits to having less and less use for RED. "Very little of what we have available to the public to see is not shot on RED. People look at it RED like it's this mythical beast, like a unicorn," he says, "But here in California, everyone and their dog has one."
Better Wed Than...Gone are the days when a corporate client would view you as more credible if you had a RED. It is using the appropriate tool that is important, and what you do with it, according to Waite. Finding new ways to be creative, with each new project, he asks himself, "What are we going to do this time to take it to the next level?" And he wakes up every morning excited for the day is where all this work has landed him. "Every day excited to look through footage shot over the weekend, to post a new video, and so on." He laughs thinking of a time, not long ago, when he would have flinched introducing himself as a wedding videographer. "I was kind of ashamed of weddings," he admits, pointing to the fading perception of wedding videos as merely AFV fodder. "I wanted to be known as a commercial director or a music director. But now I don't even hesitate," he says. "I'm a filmmaker. I shoot wedding films."
And he plans to shoot them for a long while. "I can't see myself doing anything other than filmmaking." Details will change, he suspects. "I think it's going to start to be more like film production is now. Everybody's getting into these concept videos that Kevin Shahinian and Lloyd Calomay are known for—basically short film productions that rival some of the productions that are coming out of Hollywood these days."
And Waite is glad to be a part of it. Where does he himself in 5 or 10 years? Once again, without hesitation, he says, "Spending my Saturday shooting weddings and loving every minute of it."
Liz Merfeld (www.lizmerfeld.com) is a freelance writer and editor based in Madison, Wis.


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WASHINGTON — For the first time since the Affordable Care Act was launched, Colorado has reached its low-end target on the number of new people who have purchased health plans under the state exchange, according to figures released Monday.
More than 50,000 Coloradans had bought health plans through December, placing the state fifth in the country for the number of people enrolled per capita, according to state-by-state data released Monday by the White House and the state health exchange.
Among the 50,125 people who purchased a marketplace plan in Colorado through Dec. 28, women outnumbered men 53 percent to 47 percent. The number doesn't include the 86,432 new Coloradans who have enrolled in Medicaid under the state Affordable Care Act expansion.
Most troubling to Republicans and White House officials alike, however, is that only 22 percent of those who purchased individual plans were between the ages of 18 and 34. Those buyers are crucial to keeping the plans affordable because younger people are viewed by insurance companies as cheaper to cover.
Nationally, the percentage of young buyers is 24 percent.
White House officials acknowledged Monday the critical need to attract younger people to purchase plans. In coming months, the White House will launch a campaign to get those people enrolled in Obamacare — employing President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Patty Fontneau — the CEO of Colorado's state exchange, called Connect for Health Colorado — echoed a similar sentiment.
"Every industry knows the challenges of earning the attention and interest of young consumers," she said in an e-mail.
"While we have had some success enrolling consumers under 30, we are working hard to increase those enrollments between now and March 31."
Colorado's late December surge in enrollment — from 35,356 in mid-month to the 50,000 in the end — helped push it to best almost every other state of its size across the country.
The low-end enrollment projections through December 2013 were to have 36,931 people enrolled. Through March 2014, those same low-end projections push for having 73,400 people enrolled.
In Arizona, slightly larger in population than Colorado, only 27,943 people had enrolled through December. In Alabama, which has a similar population but more uninsured people, 28,663 had purchased on a marketplace.
"We still have a ways to go, but the more than 50,000 Coloradans who have found coverage through our state's health marketplace — many of whom are finally able to get insurance for the first time in their lives — underscores why we cannot turn back," Democratic Sen. Mark Udall said in a statement.
Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, has actively criticized the law and grilled federal officials about its implementation on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
He compared cheering Colorado's enrollment projections Monday to "cheering for last place."
"The fear people had was the young invincibles would not sign up for Obamacare, and what was feared is true," he said. "I'm sure they'll (the White House) pull out all the stops and spend billions of dollars in a flashy marketing campaign, but young people are not buying it."
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Georgia Tech's basketball team spent Thanksgiving Day far from the madding crowd back home in Atlanta, and all the hype on campus surrounding the Yellow Jackets' upcoming football game against Georgia. That made it easier for coach Brian Gregory's squad to focus on the task at hand.
Marcus Georges-Hunt had 11 points and nine rebounds, leading Georgia Tech to a 54-36 victory over Rice on Thursday night in an opening-round game of the DirecTV Classic. They held the Owls to 23 percent shooting and outrebounded them 50-26, including 15 off the offensive glass - resulting in 12 second-chance points.
"We're a team that's still searching to get into a little better rhythm offensively. But this early in the season, our defense and rebounding has gotten us through - and we're OK with that," Gregory said. "Anytime you hold a team to 23 percent from the field and outrebound them 50-26, you've got to be pleased with your effort. Our guys responded well in the second half, in terms of our ball movement. And when we didn't make some shots, we were able to do a good job on the offensive glass."
Georgia Tech (3-0) opened the second half with a 13-3 run, including a 12-footer and a 3-pointer by Brandon Reed 32 seconds apart. Georges-Hunt, a freshman, capped the rally on a pair of free throws, giving the Yellow Jackets a 38-22 lead with 15:11 remaining.
Rice (1-3) went 7:36 without a field goal during that stretch, which was sandwiched by 3-pointers from Owls reserve guard Austin Ramljak. The junior, who grew up in nearby Thousand Oaks and began his collegiate career at Ventura College, led the Owls with 18 points and shot 6 for 12 from the field - all of his shots coming from 3-point range.
"It was a pretty cool experience because a lot of my family was here today," Ramljak said. "The first couple of games I wasn't shooting that great, but I didn't really lose confidence. I was just working on my shot a lot today in the shoot-around, making sure it was right. My dad gave me some pointers before the game from the stands, and that kind of helped out. He wanted me to have the ball more on my fingertips and less on my palms, and hold my release a little bit."
Another 3-pointer by Ramljak got Rice within 42-29 with 7:09 to play, but Georgia Tech closed with a 12-7 run. The Owls didn't convert their first free throw until Tamir Jackson made one of two with 13:59 remaining. Julian DeBose missed all six of his shots.
No player scored more than six points during a seesaw first half that resulted in a 27-19 Georgia Tech lead. The Yellow Jackets opened the game with an 11-0 run as Rice missed its first five shots and didn't make a field goal over the first 5 minutes.
"It was defense. We were pretty much doing what we've been doing - executing the game plan," senior guard Mfon Udofia said. "We prepared pretty much all week for this team and we did the things we were supposed to do in the second half to close the game out.
"Some games aren't going to be perfect, so we just have to grind it out."
Georgia Tech also committed 14 turnovers, but Rice was only able to convert them into four points because of an unyielding transition defense that hustled back every time. They got none off the six turnovers the Yellow Jackets made in the first half.
"We've worked extremely hard on our transition defense," Gregory said. "We know there's going to be times, as guys get their roles a little more defined offensively and we start understanding where different shots are going to come from, that we don't give up any easy baskets. And with us being able to spring back and challenge shots in the open court off the turnovers were a big thing in that first half."
The Owls stormed back and grabbed a 19-15 lead with a 19-4 surge fueled by five 3-pointers, two each by Ramljak and Jackson and the other by Seth Gearhart. But Udofia and Robert Carter Jr. led Georgia Tech on a 10-0 spurt over the final 5:23 of the half.
"We battled defensively against a team we felt we were undersized against," Rice coach Ben Braun said. "We had some stretches where we played some pretty good defense, but we obviously struggled shooting the ball. We're actually a pretty good shooting team, but you wouldn't know it by our stats today."


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What's the point of taxes? I know, I know – it's one of those questions so basic that you may sneer a little at its even being asked. But imagine you received the inquiry from someone wholly ignorant of how public finance works, such as a small child or a member of Congress. What would you tell them?
You'd probably respond by noting that taxes are how government acquires the revenue it needs to fund important functions like the military, police forces and paved roads. (If you were talking to the kid, leave out the part about financing Harry Reid's cowboy poetry festivals).
What you likely wouldn't say is that taxes are the primary mechanism by which Washington manipulates the behavior of the citizenry. And you'd be lying by omission.
The tax code isn't a document I can recommend perusing. It's written by lawyers and it's nearly five times as long as the Bible. In some countries, being forced to read it would qualify as a human rights violation. But a closer look reveals an indecorous truth about Washington: What Congress can't accomplish because of the limits of law or public opinion, it can usually backdoor through the tax system.
The quintessential example of this principle was the fight over Obamacare's individual mandate, requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Even Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts – who, had he contorted himself any further to uphold the law, would have dislocated a shoulder – couldn't unearth a rationale by which such a provision could be held constitutional. But when the mandate was reframed as a tax, it suddenly earned the high court's blessing.
While the mandate is one of the most visible manifestations of this trend, the truth is that the tax code is shot through with these kinds of provisions. Look at the recent fight over the fiscal cliff, where Congress extended a provision of the code that allowed people with children to keep more of their money than people without, as well as a tax break for financing college. Similar provisions abound. Homeowners get preferential treatment over those who rent. Our entire ramshackle health care system is based on the fact that there's a tax preference for employer-provided health care, but not for individually-acquired policies.
One can understand why these provisions are easy sells. What politician, after all, wants to be known for his robust stands against health care or college education? But are they sensible policy? Is homeownership always superior to renting? Ask the owners of the nearly 4 million homes that have been foreclosed on since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008. Is a college education always preferable to work experience? Ask 1.5 million recent college graduates who are either out of a job or underemployed.
The point isn't that these aren't worthwhile pursuits; it's that they're not worthwhile pursuits for everybody. And there's something deeply intrusive about a government that determines how much of your income you can keep based on what kind of lifestyle you choose to live.
Moreover, these policies have a tendency to compound the problems they purport to solve. An affordable college education is an enticing promise, but the upshot of government aid tends to produce the opposite. As more federal money flows toward higher education, demand increases and prices tend to go up – part of the reason that college costs have increased four times faster than inflation over the past 35 years.
It's a similar story with health care, another heavily inflationary market. The tax code's bias towards employer-provided care has created a system where one person provides a good, one person receives it, and one person pays for it. If you want to know how such systems generally fare at containing costs, talk to any parent who's ever given their child free rein with a credit card.
President Obama has repeatedly said that he'd welcome an overhaul of the nation's unlovable tax system. A good place to start would be refocusing the tax code on revenue instead of social engineering. Dismantle the thicket of deductions and credits and replace them with lower rates. That way, it will be free citizens rather than government officials who decide where their money is best spent. Perhaps it'll still be a home or a college education; perhaps it won't. But ask yourself: Is that really any of Washington's business anyway?


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Welcome back to 31 Days to Building a Cleaning Routine!
Day 23: Upholstery Cleaner
Later this week I'm going to try out a homemade laundry detergent recipe. I was supposed to get to it today…but I didn't. It's just been one of those days that get away from you so fast. So, I'm just going to post about a cleaning recipe I'm going to try soon! (Source)
– 6 Tbl. soap flakes
– 2 Tbl. Borax
– 1 pint boiling water
Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients together, then slowly add the boiling water.
Step 2: Let it cool.
Step 3: Use your mixer to whip up the solution until it becomes foam.
Step 4: Brush the mixture onto the car upholstery, and then wipe off with a damp sponge.
Let me know how it works for you if you try it!!


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Fengyun 1-C
This would be the weather satellite the Chinese so charmingly decided to blow up and fill low orbit with tens of thousands of pieces of debris. It'd be justice if the Tiangong 1 unmanned space station took a broadside.
Crew on the International Space Station will no longer have to hide from a possible collision with some space debris, after NASA flight controllers decided it posed no threat to the station. The ISS 'nauts had been told to take shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft in case the debris from the Fengyun 1C, a Chinese satellite, hit …
This would be the weather satellite the Chinese so charmingly decided to blow up and fill low orbit with tens of thousands of pieces of debris. It'd be justice if the Tiangong 1 unmanned space station took a broadside.
Whoever figures out a way to collect debris and use it for something useful will be onto a winner.
All those aerospace metals, could be used to make an ugly but functional level of shielding around craft.
That's all they need is to capture a nice large rock about a mile across will do, and place it in orbit, job done ! Lets go fly an Asteroid, Up to the highest height!
"ISS 'nauts need not fear head-on space junk smashup"
"Even tiny paint flecks can damage a spacecraft when traveling at these velocities"
For some items it makes sense. But there's no need to paint a satellite that will spend its life in a vacuum where nobody can see it. Must. Discourage. Paint.
More to the point, why are they racing around at such insane speeds? Surely they would be able to dodge this "space junk" if they kept to between 30 and 40 mph like the rest of us?
This is just flyboy madness at taxpayer expense, and it must be stamped out.
One of the biggest problems for space kit is dissipating heat. In a vacuum you have to work hard to get rid of heat.
By painting kit white you can reflect some heat (from the sun) away, making the task less hard.
That's why most things in space are painted white.
welcome our high-velocity-paint-fleck-flinging iss-targeting overlords.
icon - one day...
Yay! The ISS, symbol of the FREE WORLD is safe from hurtling debris left by those BAD COMMIES the EEEEVIL CHINESE! (Not the GOOD COMMIES, the Russians, they are our FRIENDS, because they love FREEDOM!)
Footnote: please ignore any US space debris, as it poses no threat at all, no siree! Not done no darn threat y'all, havin' a nice day now, y'hear?
I'd have thought it was only the relative speed they had to worry about, which could be quite low.
Only if the bit of junk is in the same orbit as the station otherwise the relative velocity could even be a lot higher than 17k +
Orbits can be in any direction with respect to a given craft. It's not like some gigantic one-way system up there. Other objects can approach you from anywhere including head-on.
Surely if this announcement came from NASA the headline should read:
"NASA says 'EVERYTHING FINE, ISS WON'T DISINTERGRATE IN HORRIFIC SPACEJUNK ACCIDENT FOLLOWED BY FIERY DEATH FOR EVERYONE UPON RE-ENTRY.'"
They need to get rid of all that old space junk - what they need is a big vacuum....
like the one from Spacballs !!!
that was obviously meant to say SpacEballs ... :)


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Ok, I've seen a load of posts regarding the ending quote of #604. Most of them (all of them) are wrong. The scanlators seemed to be doing a decent job for the last couple of months, but they seem to have f*cked it up here.
The exact Japanese is; オビトとカカシ、交差する眼…!次 週 へ…
Which translates to; Obito and Kakashi, their intersecting eyes...! Next week...
This pretty much means that the next manga is either going to show us how Obito sees stuff from Kakashi's point of view or Obito facing Kakashi about the happenings with Rin. It's meant to be vauge. That quote is meant to excite people, not give them spoilers.
That's it.
It doesn't mean "the crossing of their fates" or ''crossing eyes" or anything.
So please quit using mistranslations to try to prove points.
Cheers and out!


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New World Celt History Archive
"The New World Celts is dedicated to promoting Celtic History and supporting Celtic Culture in the New World. To help meet that Mission, this History Archive now showcases histories of the Celts in the New World along with references to their roots and culture in the Old. We invite you to browse through the pages of this Archive to familiarize yourself with what the Celts accomplished in the New World: in North and South America, Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. Look at the legacy of all of the Celts, who did not fall off the Western edge of Europe and disappear! They went to the West, merged with other peoples of Europe and the local natives and became major influences wherever they landed. It is part of the Mission of the New World Celts organization to ensure that this legacy is never forgotten , and that the Celtic Culture of the Old World is carried into the future by those of us in the New. The New World Celts."
- Mike Dunlap, founder and historian of the NWC
- George Houston, President, Executive Committee, NWC
(To access the NWC organizations' new corporate website regarding the structure, officers, by-laws, activities, committees and more: go to and bookmark www.newworldceltsinc.org.)
(To browse through the Archives of this Site, use the drop-down menus on the top menu bar)
There is a fascinating, astounding history of Celts outside of Euro-Asia that not many people are aware of.
From the many Indian Chiefs with Scottish Heritage in America to the Irish liberators of Chile to the MacGregor invasion of Florida.
From Two Celts who helped Hawaiian King Kamahamaha defeat his enemies: Isaac Davis, Welshman, and Scot John Young to the Princess Kaiulani, daughter of a Scot (Archibald Cleghorn) and last of the Hawaiian Royal line.
From the author of, the signers of , and the roots of the Declaration of Independence to the printer of that very document
From the Governor of New South Wales to the Prime Ministers of Australia
From the Governors of the Thirteen Colonies to over sixty percent of America's Presidents
From Finnian MacDonald, Frontiersman through Duncan MacDonald of the Nez Pierce to an overwhelming majority of the Canadian Prime Ministers
From the Welsh backbone of America's coal and steel industries to Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie
The Cornish Miners in Mexico and South America
From small groups of Ulster Scots in the 1600's to the mid 1860's when 75% of the American South's population was Celtic. The Confederate battle flag was a transatlantic version of the saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick. Because of this, many US Southern State flags have the saltires incorporated in their design. In that same War many Irish Brigades were formed on both sides from the over two million Irish who emigrated from 1847-1857.
From Scot Tom Blake (Tamas Blaque) who traveled with Conquistador Coronado's expedition in the American Southwest to Lewis and Clark three hundred years later. Sinclair and the Knights Templar in Massachusetts in the 1390's...The stories of Irish explorer St Brendan and Welsh Prince Madoc discovering and settling in America before Columbus was born... Irishman William Ayers traveling with Columbus on the Santa Maria in 1492 and evidence of Celts here in Ogham (ancient Celtic line lettering) inscriptions dated 300-500BC found in West Virginia!
From the Scottish settlements of Carolina , Georgia, Florida ; Darien, Panama; Nova Scotia; Western Australia ...the Welsh in Patagonia, Argentina, Pennsylvania and Virginia...The Irish in America and the Caribbean...to the tremendous contribution of them all in the founding of today's nations of the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand the Celts have produced the Fathers of the New World
Today, there are more people of Celtic descent in North America alone than in all the European based Celtic countries put together! (Scot Roots)
Celts made their unmistakable marks here....see them on the New World Celtic Archive drop-down menu found on the top menu bar!
Celtic Diasporas
From Wikipedia
"No treatment of modern Celticity would be complete without mentioning the diasporas of Celtic peoples. A very large portion of the populations of the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is composed of people from Ireland, Britain, Brittany and the Isle of Man; and Jamaica, Barbados, Montserrat, Saint-Barthélemy, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico have also experienced large-scale migration from these lands at various times.
There are three areas outside Europe with communities of traditional Celtic language speakers: the Chubut valley of Patagonia with Welsh speaking Argentinians (known as "Y Wladfa"), Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, withScottish Gaelic-speaking Canadians and southeast Newfoundland with Irish Gaelic-speaking Canadians.
While no celtic-identified immigrant group is currently pursuing independence or other nationalist goals, Celtic people have played critical roles in each societies movements for independence from the larger empires to which they were formerly attached. Today, Celtic identity throughout the Diaspora is generally presented as a cultural identity (as opposed to a nationalist or racial one), and is experiencing a major revival.
Since the 1960s, there has been a very considerable growth of interest and enthusiasm in their Celtic heritage on the part of such people. Certain places in the diaspora have particularly strong associations with these various identities: the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, with Cornish Australians; Liverpool with the Welsh and Irish people in England; Jesus College, Oxford with Welsh students; Glasgow with the Irish in Scotland; SouthBoston or the South Side of Chicago with Irish Americans; and certain arrondissements of Paris with Breton Parisians.
Historically prominent members of the Celtic Diaspora in the Americas include Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Bernardo O'Higgins, Che Guevara (who was of Irish, Spanish, and Basque descent), the members of the St. Patrick's Battalion, and many others."
"We will always be proud of Celtic contributions to History, and with every new day's actions, intend to be able to say the same tomorrow." MJD
George Houston, President, NWC Executive Committee
"Perhaps the only real definition of a Celt, now as in the past, is that a Celt is a person who believes him or herself to be Celtic." Prof. Barry Cunliffe (Oxford Univ.).


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For the first time in nearly four decades, Point Park will have a golf team this coming fall.
The Point Park athletic department announced Monday that it will be adding a men's golf team and a women's golf team in the fall. The Pioneers will be competing on the links for the first time since the 1970-71 school year, and director of athletics Dan Swalga is pleased to announce the addition of the golf programs.
"We are excited about presenting this opportunity to our students," said Swalga, who will begin his fourth year as director of athletics in the fall. "Adding athletic programs fits in well with the university's strategic initiative of Managed Growth. Although we have plenty of organizing to do, we look forward to competing in men's and women's golf in the fall."
Men's golf had a brief history at Point Park for five years from 1966-71, and the Pioneers will have a women's golf team for the first time in their history this fall.
Swalga named Gabe Bubon the head coach of the men's and women's golf programs. For the last four years, Bubon has been the top assistant coach for the Point Park men's basketball team, a role that he will continue in the future. Bubon served as the community director in the school's campus life office for the last two years, but he will no longer serve in that capacity.
Bubon is Point Park's fourth men's golf coach, and the first-ever women's golf coach. As a player, Bubon is a 4-handicap who plays most of his rounds competing in scratch leagues in his native Ohio. He earned four letters in golf at Warren G. Harding High School, and was the team's No. 1 player as a senior.
"This is a great opportunity for me, and I look forward to building a golf program that Point Park University can be proud of," said Bubon. "This opportunity allows me to combine my two passions – golf and basketball. I'm excited to restart the golf team and also continue my role as men's basketball assistant coach."
Bubon played basketball at Point Park in 1999-2000. He led the Pioneers in scoring at 20.1 points per game, a figure that ranked 10th in NAIA Division I. Bubon holds the school's single-game scoring record with 45 points versus Shawnee State on Feb. 11, 2000.
The Point Park golf teams will compete in the American Mideast Conference, which included 10 men's teams and seven women's teams this past year. Like the other nine sports, the Pioneers' golf teams will be affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
Adding those two teams will give the Pioneers a total of 11 sports that compete on the varsity level. Point Park's varsity teams also include baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, softball and volleyball.
Although Point Park has not fielded a golf team in nearly four decades, the Pioneers built a strong golf program in the team's early years. The Point Park men's golf program started in 1966-67, and the 1967-68 season was the first year versus four-year competition. The Pioneers were 3-6 in 1966-67 and were 5-6 in 1967-68. Both of those teams were captained by Steve Tatrai and coached by Mike Goldberger.
Point Park's best season came in 1968-69 when it posted a 10-2 record and registered a fourth-place finish at the NAIA Championship. Jim Masserio, who was inducted into the Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000, was third at the NAIA tournament that year. Masserio was a two-time champion of the West Penn Open (1969 and 1971), and he won the United States Junior Amateur title in 1965.
A transfer from Memphis State, Masserio enjoyed a professional career on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour after leaving Point Park. Masserio turned professional in 1973, and his best finishes as a pro included a third-place showing at the Tournament Players Championship in 1976 and a fourth-place finish at the 1975 Kemper Open. As recently as 1999, he was in the top 100 on the Champions Tour money list.
Point Park hosted its own tournament four times from 1967-70. The Pioneer Classic was held at Champion Lakes Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa., and it regularly drew the top teams in the area. Point Park won the tournament the last two times it was played, and both times the Pioneers edged powerful Pitt and IUP for the title.
At the Third Annual Pioneer Classic in fall of 1969, Point Park edged Pitt by four shots thanks to taking three of the top four individual places. Point Park's Jim Coslov defeated teammate Sam Depe and IUP's Chris Adams in a playoff to take medalist honors. Masserio finished fourth as Point Park, Pitt and IUP accounted for the top eight individual performances.
Depe, a native of Bridgeville, has continued his ties to the Pittsburgh golf scene. He was the longtime head golf professional at South Hills Country Club before taking over ownership of Hickory Heights Golf Course in Bridgeville within the last year. Depe was named the Pioneers' most valuable player as a freshman in 1967-68.
For the first two years of the program Point Park's home course was Cedarbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon. In 1968-69, coach James Ruane's team played its home matches at Ponderosa Golf Course in Hookstown. Ruane was also the coach in 1969-70 before giving way to former player Barry Bevec in 1970-71.
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Dell Inspiron 1525 Windows Vista Version 6 SP2 32bit
During installation ZA did a deep scan. It had already found two infections before it crashed. I had to bring the machine "down dirty" and fire it back up. When I got logged back on there was no evidence that ZA took care of the two infections -- nothing in the vault, and ZA didn't detect anymore infections. How do I know the crash wasn't the infection doing something to ZA to stop its detection?


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On a typical day here at API in Phoenix, I wake up around 7:30, eat breakfast and then I have my first workout of the day.
The first workout lasts from 9 until 10:50. After that, it's recovery time with a stretch and ice bath. I'll also put in a little pool work before my next workout at 2:30. I'm done with that workout at 4 and then it's recovery time again.
That's pretty much my day right there.
One of the biggest differences in my training here has been my diet. A nutritionist assigns how many calories I need and what I need to put in my body.
A typical breakfast for me looks like this: Eggs with bacon and sausage, cottage cheese, toast, English muffin and some fruit. The cook has my profile and sees how many calories that I need and will portion it out for me based on my personal diet plan.
Lunch is different because there's always a different lunch menu. I might have anything from pizza to a Sloppy Joe's, a hamburger or a steak salad. It's the same as breakfast—you tell them what you want and they give you the right portions.
— Draft details: SN's top 50 prospects | Latest mock draft
For dinner one night this week I had a steak salad—steak, potatoes and a whole lot of vegetables. It's a big salad. I also had one of my protein shakes.
After both workouts during the day, I'll have a protein shake and the supplements they give us. I think I'm averaging between 5,500 and 5,800 calories a day.
What most people don't understand is that in college, it's hard work maintaining a diet. You're going to class and you have to get food on your own. When you have back-to-back classes, there's not always time to eat during the day. For a lot of athletes, that's when it's hard to maintain your physique or to get bigger.
For example, look at Tyron Smith, who played right tackle with me at USC in 2010. Tyron played at 275 to 280 pounds the whole year. Then he trains for the Combine, has a nutritionist and gets up to 312 by the time of the Combine.
It's not a matter of working hard or not, it's a matter of eating the right food and that's easier to do when the food is supplied to you every day. I'm feeding my muscles and getting stronger by putting the right stuff in my body.
The food I'm eating is high quality and doesn't have a lot of fat. When you're taking in those fatty foods, it doesn't allow your muscles to recover as fast and doesn't allow for proper muscle growth. I've noticed a big difference. I've gained about 15 pounds, but I've also lost body fat while gaining weight. It's a healthy weight gain.
I definitely have a lot more energy and more stamina. The biggest difference is when I'm working out, I feel better. I don't feel sluggish from putting bad things in my body.
Still, even though I'm on a diet, it doesn't hurt every now and then to have a nice In & Out burger. That's my favorite. Of course, it doesn't help that there's an In & Out right down the street from where I live—no temptation there. But I don't miss it that much.
You can read Matt Kalil's first draft diary entry here.
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Kalil is no stranger to the NFL—Buffalo drafted his father in 1982 and his brother, Ryan, is an All-Pro center with the Panthers. An All-American left tackle at USC, Matt signed with CAA and is training in Phoenix for the NFL Combine and April draft. In Sporting News' latest mock draft, he is projected to go third overall.


text: I'm wondering how you folks would handle this situation. Four friends (Amy, Bea, Cathy and Dora) are taking a five-day vacation. Bea, Cathy and Dora will be traveling on the same itinerary -- same flights. This means they will share a cab to the hotel, at a total cost of $60 one way. Amy is going to make it a longer vacation to visit family in the area. She will fly separately both ways and will rent a car to get around. She will meet up with the others for the hotel portion of the vacation. Once she meets the others, there will be no need for anyone to have a car -- it will be parked (for free) at the hotel. Here's the question: If Amy gives Bea, Cathy and Dora a ride from the hotel back to the airport (thereby saving them $60), should Amy receive $60 from the others? If they do not offer, should she ask? Should Amy just consider it a favor and let it go? Is there a better/different solution?


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Darine Hadchiti with a new comeback to the scenes
The same Lebanese singer Darine Hadchiti who rocked the music scene last year with her debut album "Eddam El Kel" (In front of All) is all set for a new comeback with her eagerly awaited new album by EMI productions. The first album had gone beyond all expectations and was a tremendous success that lifted the artist in a giant leap towards stardom.
Darine is preparing to release her second album "Irtahlak Albi"(My Heart is Comfortable with You) which is expected to find significant success.
A splendid album with rich content, and a very attractive feminine voice with an outstanding music production is the essence of "Irtahlak Albi".
The album "Erthalak Alby" is due to hit the market mid of May of this year and is expected to bust the charts as soon as it is released. Already the first single "Amm Tethaly" topped the single charts when it was first released in March and now "Erthalak Alby" is paving the way for the one of the top selling albums of our year.
The first single "Am Tethalli" created a commotion around Darine's new album when the track began playing on radio stations coupled with a fantastic high-budget video which is one of the most requested clips of this month.
Parallel to the success of the first single, the follow up hit "Irtahlak Albi" created a hype and is playing non-stop across the region.
The album is a combination of hit after hit featuring: "Alf Ba'a Ta'a", "Ba'ad Kelmi", "Aref Laish", "Allah Yetawwel Omrak" is "Ma Za'altak Taradeek" and many more.
Darine began singing when she was a young girl of 12 years old at every function in her neighborhood and would not miss the chance to sing with her friends and relatives. Being brought up in a family of talented renowned singers, the family acknowledged and embraced Darine's talent and supported her every step.
Darine enrolled in the biggest talent show "Studio El Fan" and was awarded the bronze medal for her singing. After that she decided to take singing more seriously and started working on developing her talent more professionally. She took lessons and joined the Conservatoire.
Her current manager, George Anastasiades spotted her and immediately signed her on to Lea Production, a company specially formed to work on developing new talents and Darine was his first. They both worked together on her debut album, which hit pop charts regionally and took her only 2 months in the making.
The debut single, which was the title track "Edam EL Kel" was the most requested song on all radio stations and TV. The album produced several hits like "Ba'adek Bekoul El Mattareh" and "Ekbar Shwaie".
Darine's dream is "to one day be famous worldwide and not just in the Arab world."
For more on Darine Hadchiti: visit her website www.darinehadchiti.com.