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Kings after deadline: Kings 3, Panthers 2
What they said and the stats they created, as always compiled by Jeremy Zager and his talented staff (and we know his grandma loves to see his name here)
Kings Coach Terry Murray
On the game: "The whole team was good, but the best players came through in the end. It was great to see the winning goal, seeing [Anze] Kopitar finish it off. There was a lot of good efforts in the second and third periods tonight. You just dig in and find a way to get it done."
"It was important for us to go out and get a forecheck going and take some bodies. I think it was a good follow through by [Dustin] Brown and other people."
"I thought we were a little tentative in the first period and we just weren't doing the right thing. We came back out in the second and we got our feet going. We started going after the game a little bit and stayed after it the rest of the way."
"I was very pleased with the emotion tonight. You have to have emotion to play the game. That's a quality that's important to have. I thought the guys responded well to being down 2-1. There's a lot of emotion on the bench when you're down but the guys on the bench were saying the right thing about staying focused and staying after it. A lot of the good things were being said on the bench and everybody rallied to get the job done."
On ending the four-game losing streak: "It feels good, it has been a while since we played like that for a full 60 minutes. It is definitely a chip off the shoulder and hopefully we can continue to play like that. When you go through a tough time like that nothing comes easy, it was good to get the win and get on the right track again, I thought we played a solid 60 minutes.
"We didn't outshoot them, but I thought we outplayed them, especially in the second period when they iced the puck a few times and were just hanging on but we just couldn't bury it. We knew if we kept on going like that we would get rewarded sooner or later."
On his game-winning goal: "I think it was off the goalie and the puck was kind of just bouncing there. I saw the D was going to try and clear it in the corner and I just whacked it and fortunately for me it went in."
Kings defenseman Matt Greene
On ending the losing streak: "It feels good to come into the locker room and having the music playing. It's a good feeling to finally get a win and those are the games that are going to break you through a slump when maybe you are trailing, you are going to have some adversity, you've got to work for your goals and tonight we did that."
About Kopitar's goal: "It was a huge relief. Over the last nine games we have been giving up those goals at the end of the game and those are backbreakers. To go out and have your best player give you that effort and give you that goal means a ton for the guys on this team. With our top players, we go as they go, so for him to step up and get that goal was huge for us and I think everyone in here feels about 60 pounds lighter."
Florida Coach Peter DeBoer
On the game: "We played hard. We had a real good first period; L.A. pushed back in the second. We did a lot of things right, but that doesn't mean a lot in the standings."
Florida forward David Booth
On the game: "I think we outshot them [26-24]. I think it was a pretty even game and the score showed that. We just have to find a way to win those."
On breaking his slump: "It's finally good to put one in the back of the net. I had a couple of chances there, good chances ... but one's not good enough, especially when you lose by a goal."
Florida forward Radek Dvorak
On the game: "The effort is there, but we have to win. We had a 2-1 lead going into the third period, but we lost the game 3-2. It's tough. We have to refocus and get ready for the Phoenix game on Saturday because it's a huge game for us and a huge game for everybody. ... We want to end this road trip on a good note, so we'll take the positive from tonight's game and make sure we play exactly like we did tonight but even better."
Kings notes
* Peter Harrold scored his first goal since Jan. 23, 2010, at Detroit
* The Kings are still perfect at home on the penalty kill (41 for 41)
* The Kings are 12-2-0 when scoring three-plus goals
* The Kings are 11-2-0 when allowing two goals or fewer
* The Kings have won three times when trailing after two periods, last was Oct. 12 vs. Atlanta
* The Kings are 65-29-10 when Anze Kopitar scores (6-2-0 this season)
* Jonathan Quick's 12-5-0 record is tied for third best in club history after 17 decisions (Daniel Berthiaume was also 12-5-0 in 1990-91). The best record after 17 starts by a Kings goaltender in 13-4-0 (Mario Lessard in 1980-81)
* The Kings are 9-2-0 at home
* The Kings have outscored their opponents, 34-18, at home
* The Kings are 11-2-0 when scoring first, 6-2-0 in one-goal games
* The Kings have held a lead in 16 of 24 games (and 12 of the last 15)
* Matt Greene had eight hits tonight
* Kyle Clifford earned his first NHL point (assist) and had six hits tonight
* Jarret Stoll is 40 for 57 on faceoffs the last four games (70.2%)
The Kings' practice schedule Friday:
11:30 a.m. at Toyota Sports Center
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The Incredible and Unknown Story Behind the Creation of the 'Eyes Wide Shut' Masks
Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, generated a lot of controversy during its release. Stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman caused a stir with the media well before the film even hit the big screen, with rumors of unsimulated sex and the mystery of a closed set piquing everyone's curiosity. Then there was the ratings and censorship debacle, when Warner Bros. digitally altered the film's most graphic scene for theatrical release.
That scene, of course, is the masked orgy that takes place at the country mansion where Cruise's wandering doctor named Bill winds up on a nightlong sexual odyssey that threatens to cost him his life and his marriage. The striking and symbolic use of Venetian Carnival masks in the scene is brilliantly played by Kubrick, and one filmmaker wanted to explore the origin of the masks in a documentary short. Director Filippo Biagianti and his team went to Venice to interview Franco Cecamore, who created several of the masks for the movie — including the one Cruise wore.
Biagianti was charmed by that particular mask's expression. He describes it as "a very Italian face" with a mocking smile that resembles the Mona Lisa. The androgynous mystique of the face is explained, as Cecamore describes modeling it after an ex-girlfriend and reshaping some of the features to heighten its ambiguous allure. We also hear the story of how Jan Harlan, executive producer for the film and Kubrick's brother-in-law, came upon Cecamore's shop.
Watch the 25-minute documentary for more on that. If nothing else, the short is a wonderful look at an age-old art form that is still being honored today in Italy. The masks in Cecamore's shop are absolutely beautiful, so it's easy to see why they caught the eye of one of American cinema's most visually ingenious creators.
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The generation of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen and water using sunlight is a preferable approach to obtaining ammonia as an energy carrier and potentially represents a new paradigm for achieving a low-carbon and sustainable-energy society. Herein, we report the selective conversion of dinitrogen into ammonia through plasmon-induced charge separation by using a strontium titanate (SrTiO3) photoelectrode loaded with gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) and a zirconium/zirconium oxide (Zr/ZrOx) thin film. We observed the simultaneous stoichiometric production of ammonia and oxygen from nitrogen and water under visible-light irradiation.
NH3 sees the light of day: A highly selective and visible-light-responsive plasmonic NH3 synthesis device containing a Au nanostructure and a Zr/ZrOx thin film was developed. N2 gas was reduced to NH3 by using water as an electron donor through plasmon-induced charge separation under visible light irradiation.


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- The Dualshock 4 evolves the much loved Dualshock 3 with improved thumbsticks and shoulder buttons, as well as a built in speaker and headphone jack.
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MADISON, Wis., Oct. 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Business Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:FBIZ) announced its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.14 per share. The 2013 annualized dividend amount is $0.56 per share. This regular cash dividend is payable on November 30, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2013. The declaration and payment of this dividend has been accelerated from the previous timing to better coincide with the filing of quarterly financial information, and the company expects that future dividend declarations, if any, will be made on a similar schedule going forward.
Corey Chambas, President & CEO, stated, "We are pleased to maintain the dividend rate of $0.14 per share for the fourth quarter in a row, doubling the amount declared in the same period last year as well as doubling the total dividends declared in 2013 from those declared in 2012. We believe our earnings and capital position give us the ability to support both this increased dividend level and our strategic growth objective."
About First Business Financial Services, Inc.
First Business Financial Services (Nasdaq:FBIZ) is a $1.3 billion Wisconsin-based bank holding company that specializes in focused financial solutions for businesses, key executives, and high net worth individuals through its operating companies. It is the 2nd largest Wisconsin-based commercial bank holding company listed on NASDAQ or NYSE. Its companies include: First Business Bank - Madison; First Business Bank - Milwaukee; First Business Bank - Northeast; First Business Trust & Investments; First Business Equipment Finance, LLC; and First Business Capital Corp. For additional information, visit www.firstbusiness.com or call (608) 238-8008.
This press release includes "forward-looking" statements related to First Business Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company") that can generally be identified as describing the Company's future plans, objectives or goals. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those currently anticipated. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For further information about the factors that could affect the Company's future results, please see the Company's annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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I just watched Elfen Lied earlier this year on Netflix streaming and they only have the dub, which I was fine with that because it's a series that I didn't really care what language I watched it in. Yes, the voice acting could have used some work, but I think that it got better as the series went on. Lucy's voice actress did do a wonderful job in her role. Also, from what I've read on Wikipedia, the original Japanese version has sub-par voice acting as well, so you probably aren't missing out on much by having watched the dub. And I agree that it has great story-telling.
Heed my words. My will creates your body, and your sword creates my destiny.
I F*CKING HATE this show. Honestly can not stand it. I've watched it twice no less. Both times dubbed, and yeah the dub is pretty meh all around. Some good actors in it, but whoever played Kouta is really bad. I think the best were Mariko, Lucy (NOT NYUU), and Kurama.
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I expect I am not the only person curious why you would watch a show you have such strong negative feelings about a second time.
It's kind of weird but, when I first watched it I thought it was a decent show. But slowly over time, the more I thought about it, the more things I started to bug me about it. After about a year I wanted to confirm my thoughts about it, to see if I was just making it up or not.
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Linder's Inc. in Worcester, Massachusetts, offers new and used sedans, crossovers, trucks, SUVs and wagons from many brands, including Ford, Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Cadillac. Linder's Inc. sells cars for private and commercial use; its commercial fleet selection includes cargo vans and pickup crew cabs. This dealership has new and used cars for show on its lot and online, and offers additional car purchasing services.
Linder's Inc. maintains an inventory of new and used cars from American and international brands. Here, consumers might find luxury imports from Acura, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The selection might include five-door passenger sedans like the Audi A5 2.0T Quarrto Coupe and the BMW 528i xDrive Sedan, along with SUVs and crossovers.
For domestic cars, Linder's carries cars from Chevrolet, Cadillac, Ford, Chrysler and Dodge, among others. American car shoppers might find the Ford Fiesta, Ford Escape, Buick LaCrosse, Buick Regal and Chevrolet Cruze. Those looking for high-end American cars might find sedans like the Cadillac CTS in several trims.
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Free Backlink Analysis Tool Abolished As Expected
Yahoo Site Explorer has officially closed down and no longer provides insights on links for website owners. Yahoo announced the change on their search blog late last week with the brief announcement reading as follows:
"With the completion of algorithmic transition to Bing, Yahoo! Search has merged Site Explorer into Bing Webmaster Tools. Webmasters should now be using the Bing Webmaster Tools to ensure that their websites continue to get high quality organic search traffic from Bing and Yahoo!. Site Explorer services will not be available from November 21, 2011."
This is no surprise to experienced web professionals as Yahoo announced earlier in the year that the free backlink tool would be abolished by the end of 2011 in favour of Microsoft's Bing Webmaster Tools. Bing's Webmaster Tools works similarly to Google Webmaster Tools and gives link data on sites you own – but sadly doesn't match up to the competitive analysis available through Yahoo Site Explorer.
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Recent studies have implicated exposure to different chemicals with increases in risk of diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and diseases of endocrine organs. This presentation will review the evidence for these concerns and suggest ways in which one can take action to reduce exposure.
David O. Carpenter is a public health physician whose current position is Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, as well as Professor of Environmental Health Sciences within the School of Public Health at the University at Albany. Dr. Carpenter's research initially was animal models of human neurologic diseases, with a focus on environmental contaminants known to reduce cognitive function in humans. He has more than 375 peer reviewed publications and has edited five books. His most recent book is "Effects of Persistent and Bioactive Organic Pollutants on Human Health", published by Wiley in 2013.
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|Composition of Nature : writing and the self in the launching of a career / Albert Von Frank --
"Well my book is written--let it go. . ." : the making of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Howard G. Baetzhold --
Unsmiling aspects of life : A Hazard of New Fortunes / John W. Crowley --
"Quite the best, "All Round", of all my productions" : the multiple versions of the Jamesian Germ for The Ambassadors / Richard A. Hocks --
"There was something mystic about it" : the composition of Sister Carrie by Dreiser et al / Richard W. Dowell --
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Western American context of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest / Stephen L. Tanner.
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Alex Salmond has received a boost to his dream of an independent Scotland as the latest polling shows a four per cent increase in support for independence since October.
Support for an independent Scotland has increased by 4% since October, according to a new poll.
Asked the Electoral Commission's preferred question of 'Should Scotland be an independent country?', 34% answered yes, up 4% since October.
Just over half (55%) said no, while 11% said they were undecided, according to the latest polling by Ipsos Mori for the Times.
This bucks a trend which, based on Ipsos Mori figures saw support for independence in 2012 decline from 39% in January to 30% in October.
Ed Miliband and Johann Lamont will have to digest this along with news that the SNP has increased its lead over Labour in voting intentions by 8%.
Among those certain to vote, 43% said they would vote for the SNP in an immediate Scottish Parliament election, an increase of 3% since October, while Labour remains on 35% (no change).
This is a reversal of recent trends which saw Labour close the gap to 5% in October 2012 having been 25% behind the SNP at the end of 2011.
There is no change for the Conservatives, who remain on 13%, while the Liberal Democrats drop one point to 7%.
The SNP leadership are also enjoying more buoyant poll ratings. In light of the more public role she has taken within the pro-independence campaign, deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon has seen 50% of those polled expressing satisfaction with her performance compared to 33% who are dissatisfied.
Worryingly for the 'Better Together' campaign to keep the United Kingdom together, just 33% are satisfied with the performance of its leader, Alistair Darling, with 32% dissatisfied.
A quarter of those polled felt unable to rate his performance.
Alex Salmond remains the most popular of the main party leaders in Scotland, with 50% of Scots satisfied with his performance compared with 43% who are dissatisfied.
Scottish Labour Leader Johann Lamont continues to improve her profile among Scots – 39% of Scots are satisfied with her performance, compared with 31% who are dissatisfied. However, 31% of Scots feel they don't know enough about the Labour leader to rate her performance.
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader, now has a net satisfaction rating of -4%, up five points since October, while Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie remains on -7% (no change).
Finally, 67% of Scots are dissatisfied with the way David Cameron is doing his job as prime minister.
Writing in the Scotsman, the paper's political editor Eddie Barnes argues that within the debate on independence the polls are key to giving either side much need momentum.
"There's a long and dishonourable tradition in politics of arguing that polls don't matter," he writes.
"The polls do matter, helping to set the mood and giving direction to the campaign for votes."
Outlining the Better Together campaign's 'nightmare scenario', he continues:
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Angelina Jolie mentoring Elle Fanning
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Angelina Jolie has allegedly decided to take young rising star Elle Fanning under her wing on the Maleficent set and the pair are hoping to develop a project together in the future
Angelina Jolie is mentoring Elle Fanning.
The 37-year-old actress was so impressed with her 14-year-old 'Maleficent' co-star that she has decided to take her under her wing and hopes to work with her in the future.
A source told Star magazine: "They became firm friends on the set of 'Maleficent' and Angie's decided to take Elle under her wing.
"In this film Elle really comes into her own and they're looking for another project to develop together."
Angelina has also been looking after her own daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt - who she has with fiancé Brad Pitt - and reportedly ensured her four-year-old tot received a hefty salary for her small role in the film.
Vivienne plays a younger version Elle's character Princess Aurora in the live-action film.
Her older siblings Pax, nine, and eight-year-old Zahara have also won roles.
A source close to the set previously said: "They have smaller parts."


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French expressionist and religious painter, whose pictures are frequently reminiscent of stained-glass windows.
Rouault was the son of a Paris cabinetmaker. At fourteen he became a stained-glass apprentice and then worked for a craftsman who restored glass in medieval church windows. At the same time Rouault did evening courses at the École des Arts Décoratifs. In 1891 he began to study at the École des Beaux Arts and through one of his teachers met Matisse, with whom he shared an interest in the power of colour. By 1903 he had turned from religious subjects to vigorously expressive paintings of prostitutes, entertainers, and social rejects – a change of direction that was controversial and to many contemporaries inexplicable in such a devout Catholic. In these paintings his use of colour within rough heavy outlines created a luminous effect similar to that of stained glass windows. In 1908 he added judges to his repertoire of subjects. It was not until 1940 that he returned to religious themes and after this date he received numerous honours.
As well as canvases he painted ceramics, and from 1914 to 1920 he engraved illustrations for books, such as Les Fleurs du mal. In addition he created designs for tapestry and for opera.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Leann Norrod has big dreams.
"My goals are to get into Watkins university and get my degree for photography, and then to work for National Geographic," says Norrod.
But the high school senior didn't always see herself as college-bound, or even making it out of high school. "Before I just thought what does school matter? I'm going to come in, chill, and maybe graduate if I get there."
But then, something changed. She enrolled in theat her school and suddenly found herself enjoying her classes, and making goals for herself. AVID, or Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a program that aims to transform average students into high achievers ready to take on college.
"AVID is a college-readiness system that targets kids in the academic middle and accelerates them and doesn't remediate them. So we push them up into advanced classes that prepare them for college and give them a support class every single year of high school," says Jessica Seator, AVID coordinator at Hillsboro High School who also teaches an AVID support class.
In the support class, students work on areas like developing better note-taking skills, organization, and critical thinking. Upperclassmen do ACT prep, practice writing college essays and scholarship applications, and visit college campuses.
"The format of the AVID classroom is different. It's not a study hall, it's not just a study skills clas,s or a lesson in how to keep a neat binder. AVID has a curriculum. Then, because we have increased the level of vigor that they're taking in their classes, we're going to provide academic support. So we organized the classroom into student led tutorial groups," says Seator.
"We're not feeding them that fish as the parable says. We're teaching them how to fish," she adds
Leann Norrod says her biggest struggle in school has always been math and science.
"But when we do tutorials…your avid family is there showing you how to get the answers and everything to get to that point," says Norrod.
Despite the fact that AVID has had a 100% success rate in graduating its students from high school (click here to learn more), some Metro Nashville Public schools had to pull the program due to funding and staffing issues. Jessica Seator of Hillsboro High School gave up her planning period to teach the class. She says she did not want to let her students down, especially since they had already invested in the program from the start of their high school career.
"I found great kids, smart kids who are college material—who may walk a little different, talk a little different, look a little different than your average college going freshman—that that have started the process of changing their academic future," says Seator.
AVID, however, is more than just a support class for these students; it's a family. Antorian Moore saw his GPA jump from a 1.9 to 3.5 after enrolling in AVID, but he has found the most value in the relationships he's built.
"Ms. Seator, she's like a mother to me. I thought that school was very boring. And Ms. Seator, she makes it exciting. She brings things to the table that other teachers would just give you and go. She actually tries to explain things to us," says Moore.
"She takes care of us. If you need something and she has it she'll just gladly give it to you. If you need help, like if you're having a bad day…she'll talk to you."
Seator fought back tears as she explained the larger role she plays in her students' lives.
"As an avid teacher you do become the mother, father, or parental figure. And it's not always because the students don't have that family, it's because their family don't have the experience to help them. So yes, having that one teacher who has your back, who's supporting you, who's not letting you have excuses? That is the avid family."
The walls of the AVID classroom frequently remind students of where they would be if it wasn't for the program. They are surrounded with "cardboard confessionals"—a senior tradition for the students in which they write who they were before the AVID program on the front, and on the back, who they became with the help of AVID.
"So, they're everything from 'walked out on at two years old, and now I'm graduating at 16," says Seator.
"My favorite cardboard confession is 'set free by challenge.' And I think that's the most important one because they're great kids, they're average kids. They might be okay without it, but they're set free because we challenge them and then they find out they have skills and strengths they didn't even know about."


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The Homely girl "Lakshmi Menon" is still basking on the success of Kumki. Lakshmi Menon shown her graceful acting skills in her first two movies. Both Kumki and Sundara Pandian had a strong role for young Lakshmi and made huge hits. Her simple and arresting look has garnered youngsters well indeed and the actress is in cloud 9 considering her good times.
She is pairing up with Sasikumar again for the upcoming movie Kutipuli.In recent past, She revealed that her favorite stars in the Kollywood are Surya and Ajith. She also said that if she got a proposal to act in a role with Ajith as hero, She would accept the offer straightaway with out considering any salary. She as revealed this in an interaction with media. Now that proves the mass of thala in industry, so is there any directors and producers listening to this? Will Lakshmi Menon's desire come true?


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Go out, look up, see the Geminids
The other night, while driving home, I saw the constellation Orion looming large over the horizon. This leaning ancient warrior was fighting off Taurus the Bull as he does every winter from here in the Northern Hemisphere. The return of this particular set of stars to my home commute can only mean 2 things, 1) I stayed on campus far too late (which wasn't the case) or 2) it's almost the end of the semester (which was the case). For me, the end of the semester marks several coincident things that I need to pay attention to. The first is final's week (next Monday through Friday), the second is my Birthday (Wednesday) and the third is the Geminids meteor shower ( now through about December 17, peaking December 13-14. (see here for free chart creation tools – you don't really need though, these meteors shower the entire sky with their light. Just go outside anytime after dark and look up for a few minutes)
While having my birthday and finals align themselves has been a fairly constant source of annoyance, having my Birthday and a meteor shower align is kind of cool. (Of course, that whole "finals week" thing makes it often hard to actually enjoy them, but what's life without dichotomy?)
The Geminids are consistently one of the more active meteor showers. This may be due to the 1.5 year period of the parent object, 3200 Phaethon. This strange object refreshes the meteor stream every other year, keeping the source of the storm fresh. This year — TODAY, Dec 10 — this object actually passes within 47 lunar distances of Earth, making for a particularly fresh storm.
Most meteor showers come from comets, but Phaethon looks a lot like an asteroid. We think we have some understanding of the mystery involved. It's thought Phaethon is a former comet ran out of surface volatiles – the pockets of material that can turn into gas and produce a tail. It has also built up a thick crust of interplanetary dust grains – bits and pieces of left over stuff from the solar system's creation, knocked off of asteroids, planets and other objects during collisions, or spewed into space by particularly spectacular volcanoes. This combination means that Pantheon is in many ways the equivalent of a snowball rolled around in dirt until it looks like a mud ball. As that mud ball rolls around the sun, it leaves behind a trail of dirt, ice, and other stuff that is aligned just right for the Earth to smack into them once a year.
Meteor showers are really nothing more than the Earth smacking through a column of dust and ice left behind by some comet or comet like object. When these objects hit our atmosphere, like bugs hitting a windshield, they give off tremendous amounts off light as they burn up in the atmosphere. A lot of scientists encourage people to go out and report their observations (although I have to admit I can't find anywhere to report this shower online – anyone know anywhere?) so that we can get better measurements of the paths of the parent object. As the Earth passes through this years tail and the tail from 1.5 years again and from 3 years ago, etc, etc, we get separate peaks in the number of meteors we see each hour. It takes a whole globe of people looking up to measure where our atmosphere is hitting how many objects per hour. Imagine driving down the road with a clean wind shield and crossing a stream of gnats. You can measure the distribution of the gnat stream by counting how many dead gnats you end up with on different parts of your wind shield.
In general, just like the gnats won't harm your windshield, the its and pieces of comet-like-thing that cause the meteor shower won't harm the Earth. That said, there is a probability that someday in the future we will cross the comet instead of the comet's stream. There is no concern for anytime in the next several 1000 years for any of the known objects, but …. there is a neat possible history of a possible past collision between the Earth and a fragment of Comet Enke (the parent of the Taurid Meteor Shower) that may (may may may – the data is week) have aided in the end of the bronze era.
So, you're safe today. 3200 Phaethon is a little bit close (and landed on the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid List (scroll down)) but no possible harm will actually come. Instead, go out, look up, and catch yourself a look at
a falling star falling comet dust.
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I've been anticipating this shower. Orion is also the first ever constellation I recognized despite my vision. It's a good thing that this shower is a worldwide shower, unlike Perseids.
I share your frustration with your birthday falling in the exam period.
Now I'm in college and have exames in january I won't have that 🙂
downsite I won't have much of a fun x-mas holiday though due to the exames looming behind them.
I just wish it would be less cloudy this week but things look grim.
~ Jorge
Happy Birthday! I have long enjoyed your podcasts and blog and greatly admire your work ethic, your passion for astronomy, and your desire to share it with the rest of us. Best wishes for a truly happy birthday.
I'll second that:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Pammie,
Happy Birthday to you!
When you said:
"While having my birthday and finals align themselves has been a fairly constant source of announce, having my Birthday and a meteor shower align is kind of cool."
Did you mean "source of annoyance" instead of "announce"? I'm confused…
Now -I- want a meteor shower for -MY- brithday! 😆
Opps – Yes that was a typo Richard. Spell check just can't catch it when my brain flings out the wrong word. Fixed.
I feel awkward for forgetting to say this: Happy Birthday! Sorry for that.
Being constantly annoyed by the alignment of your birthday and finals is a typical Ophiuchan thing to say 😉 Only joking. Happy Birthday for tomorrow.
I'm hoping the sky clears enough for me to see the show (it was drizzling on my commute home here in Atlanta).
Hoping you have/had a spectacular, cosmic birthday, and also that you 'ace' all your finals.
Hi Pam, thanks for the post. I'm living in Japan at GMT +9, and I'm having a bear of a time figuring out if I'm going to be able to see this shower tonight. I'm 14 hours ahead of everyone in EST, any thoughts from you or anyone else on what my chances are? All the info I'm finding is for North American viewing. Many thanks in advance.
So, are you saying that if Patheon impacts Earth, it will be finals week? 🙂 Happy Birthday!!
I went out last night, but I did not see anything. The clouds started moving in and probably blocked most of it. On the way back in the car, I think I saw 1 fly by. Tonight it is overcast. No chance to see anything here. Perhaps it will be better tomorrow. We need the rain though with our drought. I can't complain when we get any rain at all. James
Excuse my ignorance… I've never seen this beauty in person, where would be the best place for me to see the shower? Is Big Bear, ca. a good place?
Anywhere dark is good 🙂 Big Bear is a great site! Definitely try and get out there if you can.
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Helping others continues to motivate Joan Kelley Walker
By Mark Pavilons
"Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can."
Princess Diana
Joan Kelley Walker leads by example.
Juggling a hectic schedule and wearing many hats, Walker is a strong woman, loving wife and mother. Underneath her calm, cool exterior is unbridled passion for what matters most – helping others and remaining true to herself.
Joan's celebrity status has snowballed since she appeared on the inaugural season of The Real Housewives of Toronto this past spring.
Her legions of fans spread across the globe like wildfire, and followers have reached out to her from as far away as New Zealand, Denmark and Indonesia.
"People still want to talk about it (the show)," she said.
Joan is happy to hear from fans and tries to respond as often as she can. She found the experience amazing and she appreciates the outpouring of support.
The reality show was invasive but respectful and the crew was very professional.
Throughout the show, Joan remained genuine and level headed.
She's thrilled with the "entirely positive experience" that helped raise the bar for reality TV. She's happy that she helped contribute to the show's quality and remained true to herself throughout.
This elevated status has opened some very interesting doors, and bolstered her philanthropic efforts.
While it may sound like a cliche, she follows a simple rule – be a good person and do your best with the purest of intentions.
"With privilege comes great responsibility," she said, quoting Princess Diana. For Joan, her voice gives her a platform to help others.
"I feel it's something I can do," she said.
Her focus is not fame or fortune but do good and enjoy what she's doing.
Her commitment to her fellow men and women came from her humble upbringing and solid values instilled by her parents. Growing up in small-town Saskatchewan, everyone looked after each other.
"That's philanthropy at the grass roots level," she observed.
Joan's penchant for giving back led her to World Vision Canada. Both Joan and her husband Don Walker, CEO of Magna International, looked into various charities, and found World Vision has a solid track record. Admittedly, Joan leads with her heart and her instinct, just like Diana, who never followed any rule book. Don conducts the thorough strategic analysis and the duo complement one another perfectly. This synergy extends to all of their endeavours.
Joan was approached by Mercy Ships to be their spokesperson and she's now taking up the role.
Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to transform lives and provide surgery related programs that bring hope and healing to those who have limited access to health care. Mercy Ships is the world's leading non-governmental, ship-based medical organization and since its beginnings in 1978, has impacted the lives of more than 17 million people.
The Walkers have been strong supporters of Magna's annual Hoedown, which raises money for 20 York Region community groups, charities and non-profits. The 2017 event raised more than $500,000.
Joan didn't have just one mentor through her career. She believes that you meet many people along the way and some may influence you if you're open to it and willing to accept them. She does draw a great deal of inspiration from Princess Diana and her work around the world. Joan also credits Ron Moore, of the Red Carpet Diary, for giving her some early career opportunities which set the stage for more to come. Red Carpet Diary is an entertainment news program covering red carpet events at the Toronto International Film Festival.
From announcing at many major trade shows in Canada and the U.S., Joan made the transition to voice-over work, hosting and stints with radio stations such as The Fan and EZ Rock.
Joan enjoyed her own self-made success and didn't marry until she was in her 30s. Her solid relationship with Walker has taken her life, and her pursuits, to an entirely different level.
The opportunities and financial resources give her that larger voice to help others.
Joan challenges all other celebrities and successful entrepreneurs to think about donating to worthwhile causes. There are many creative ways of giving back.
Joan walks the walk in this regard. She's on the verge of launching her own lifestyle brand of clothing, accessories, etc. She will donate all profits from these sales.
"I'm not messing around here," she said proudly.
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."
Princess Diana
Joan stresses that everyone has a role to play when it comes to generosity.
"No one goes broke donating and being kind," she observed. She pointed out that giving isn't just writing a cheque, but giving time and energy.
"We have to think outside the box and do something," she said. "That's philanthropy. Make an effort at whatever level you can. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference."
Joan admitted she's quite blessed and never forgets it. She's deeply committed to her two sons and wants to simply enjoying being a mom before they head off to university.
Despite the wealth that surrounds her, she wants her kids to develop a respect for others and follow in her footsteps. To that end, she brought them along with her to a World Vision mission to Cambodia.
Joan's efforts are currently focused on the "Starting Strong" Program in Cambodia, spearheaded by herself and her husband. This program concentrates on the health of mothers during pregnancy and newborn health and nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life. As a mother and step-mom, Joan strongly believes that every child deserves a fair chance.
There's nothing like being on the ground, working in areas like Cambodia or Rwanda, which is still recovering from years of genocide. Joan becomes teary eyed when recalling a few incidents in Rwanda and trying to fathom the injustice of it all.
She's also a fashionista, and expresses herself through the clothing she wears. She admits that she has a few pieces from her mother from the 1970s that she integrates in some of her outfits.
The fresh air of King Township, their dogs and beehives provide comfort from the hustle and bustle of the Walkers' busy lifestyles. When time permits, they try to cross off destinations around the globe – some of National Geographic's top places to visit.
Family activities – enjoying their Muskoka retreat, Florida vacation and skiing in winter – become precious moments for the Walker clan. Joan revels in each and every one of them.
Wherever the need takes her, Joan Kelley Walker will continue to wear her heart on her sleeve.
For more, visit her website at www.joankelleywalker.com
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"We know how important your Skype conversations are to you and we take any disruption to our service very seriously," the company said in its letter, which was signed by CEO Tony Bates. "We are pleased to confirm that Skype is back to normal allowing you to connect with friends, co-workers, family and loved ones."
On December 22nd, Skype went down for several hours for some customers, and longer for others. In addition to offering the voucher, Skype has posted a detailed account of how the service went down and what the company is doing to prevent such an outage in the future.


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"These people have learned not from books, but in the fields, in the wood, on the river bank. Their teachers have been the birds themselves, when they sang to them, the sun when it left a glow of crimson behind it at setting, the very trees, and wild herbs."
― Anton Chekhov
Pheasant Branch Conservancy Prairie
We got slugged with summery weather over the weekend; temperatures soared into the upper eighties and low nineties. Nature photography simply isn't as much fun during sweltering weather (as if anything is). Nevertheless, an experienced naturalist can almost always find interesting things to photograph despite challenges and obstacles. But I suppose I wasn't yet ready for the mugginess of summer-like weather. I was further ill-prepared for combating biting black flies that left red welts around my ears.
Common Yellowthroat
Apart from Nature's minor annoyances, I found respectable avian diversity along the trails of Pheasant Branch Conservancy (53 species). Though northbound migrants have vacated the creek corridor, I will return throughout summer for interesting insects. Now the prairie is the best place to go birding during June and July for an assortment of grassland and savanna species. But don't get too comfortable ... fall migration begins next month!
I'm often asked which warbler species nest at Pheasant Branch. There are mainly three: Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, and Yellow Warbler. In the past there have been Blue-winged and Chestnut-sided Warblers. And I suppose one could add Yellow-breasted Chat to the list, but it's really unlike a wood warbler despite the DNA evidence.
Spiderwort is in bloom once again at the prairie. Though it's common to the point of being weedy, it remains one of my favorite wildflowers of late spring and early summer. For me it signals a turning point in where I concentrate my field efforts.
Peck's Skipper
Long-legged Fly
In addition to tiger beetles, long-legged flies are one of my favorite summer macro photography subjects. These tiny flies belong to the family Dolichopodidae, which has over 7,000 described species in around 230 genera. They're abundant along the creek corridor on plant leaves near water, but you can find them just about anywhere, even in your backyard. Believe it or not, this insect family is well represented in amber deposits dating back to the Cretaceous period (145 to 65 million years ago).
Six-spotted Tiger Beetles seem to be fairly abundant this spring. Look for them on any woodland path. This particular individual has excellent markings (maculations) on its elytra (wing cases).
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
I kept things relatively low key on Sunday and went to visit the Prothonotary Warblers at Lakeshore Nature Preserve with Sylvia and Dottie. A male and female were observed performing maintenance on a tree cavity. It seemed like the female was doing most of the work, but whenever an intruding songbird got within several yards of the nest site, the male would take off after it like a golden dart. Returning from a successful chase, the swamp warbler would perch to either rest or sing. I could see him breathing when viewing the energetic warbler through my spotting scope.
Prothonotary Warbler
Though it was the first subject I ever photographed with my Yashica FX Super 2000 and Celestron C8, here's the moon once again as it looked just a moment ago. However, this photograph was taken with my Nikon 1 V1 and Swarovski ATX 85 spotting scope.
Pheasant Branch, Dane, Wisconsin, US
Jun 3, 2017 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
53 species
Canada Goose
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
All images © 2017 Mike McDowell


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Palaeoart? Wazzat?
artEvolved is gathering some great thoughts on what paleoart is, and I can only stand on the sidelines for so long. Its obviously art – the name says so. And since no one can agree on what that is, I'm not going to make the mistake of offering any answers here… I couldn't do better than the talented Andreas Cau in the image above. What a great summary. It has everything: the geeky latin name-throwing, the pop culture fascination and a wonderful humor. Paleoart is art, and thus a matter of its perception.
This changes drastically if you follow John Conway's lead and call it palaeontography however. Then you cut the camp out of it and focus on the intent to communicate, illustrate. Whether you take the art out of it in the process is another question… I think not. But palaeontography certainly sounds a lot less fun than paleoart – it sounds like measurements and analysis and scientific debate. If that sounds like fun, you may be the palaeontographic breed of paleoartist. You're more likely to understand the power that you wield in your pen – be it ink or wacom: the power to prove. Because if you draw it, it's out there and it unfairly has an impact that the science itself lacks. 3D realism has the added punch of potentially making something look as if it really was photographed, and thus assumed to have existed as presented… one of my gripes with the overall praise-worthy 3D visualization ala Walking with Dinosaurs. There's the responsibility of paleoart. You have the long years of a number of people in your hands – a community of fossil-hunters, preparators, scientists and publishers. This responsibility generally follows two different tactics: get science in there and keep implausibility out. The remaining space is there to – bluntly put – make it rock.
Getting science in
The purest form of palaeontography is the drawing of fossils with the intent to create a document which states and which communicates (I here prove my point by being unable to name the artist of this coelacanth). There is a lot of skill and knowledge involved in this, but this type of work is seldom admired to the degree that life reconstructions are.
That it doesn't have to be this way is demonstrated by Ernst Haeckel, whose drawings prove themselves to this day as valuable artistic prints, or the scientist David Goodsell who creates fantastically beautiful work of his research with the cellular subjects of his research. The initial intention in both these artists was to illustrate in the literal sense of the word: to show, to make clear. As they delved into their subject matter and mastered their craft, their imagery began to stand for itself, while retaining their function in transporting scientific knowledge. While Haeckel only partially engages in paleoart (here his ammonites) and Goodsell not at all, both are role models for how aesthetically ambitious scientifically accurate paleoart can be.
One of the most influential artists in this direction has been Greg Paul, who goes beyond the fossil into its reconstruction… the skeletal as seen below, or the life reconstruction. The intent then is to visualize his vision of the creature in question as plausibly as possible. The skeletals have less conjecture, the life reconstructions a good deal more. The formulation is very important: What could the animal have been like? The drawing is a proposition and acts as a sort of dialogue. The animal is presented as a sum of scientific discussion. There is a good deal of imagination involved in this work, and the reaction in the general public has been immense… up to the point of introducing a paradigm shift about how we view dinosaurs. Despite the large amount of fantasy employed in this art, I still categorize his drawings within the scientific approach.
This approach can be very exciting when it comes to communicating movement an biomechanics. This illustration by Julia Molnar is at the top of my "achieve this" list.
Keeping implausibility out
This other approach is best presented via the work of Douglas Henderson. His steps back and shrouds the unproven details in atmospheric landscapes. Its like a safari snapshot. He favors every day river-crossings and stand-off encounters over sensational beast vs beast moments. Despite his deep-rooted knowledge and apparent amount of research, the details of anatomy and behavior are only alluded to. He leaves them to be filled in with the level of knowledge that the viewer brings to the table.
There are endless degrees between these approaches, and others that focus on a translation to anthropomorphism or a dramatic function within an entertainment format. I also hope to revisit this discussion with the question: what can paleoart offer the paleontologist? Beyond inspiring future scientists, I'm convinced that there are opportunities for visualization and art to pay back a scientist's engagement in consulting its creation.
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