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So it's 2014, and I'm in a reading mood.
I take out my ereader. At the push of a button, I bring up several different ebook stores, and begin to browse for something to read. Several stores are having sales. One of them gives all the books away for free--the only catch is each contains ads, much like a magazine.
I peruse the free site, download the latest thriller from my favorite author, and jump into the pool, floating on a raft while I read. There's no worry; the reader is waterproof.
There's construction going on in my neighborhood, so I put in my wireless ear buds and press the SFX button. As my eyes pass over the words, I'm treated to some background music, much like a movie soundtrack. There are also ambient sounds--crashing waves during a beach scene, crickets at night, the blowing wind when the main character goes to the desert for a showdown.
An ad comes up. It's a coupon for my local pizza joint. Pizza actually sounds pretty good. I touch the screen and order a pizza, using the coupon, paying for it immediately.
Then I hit the AUDIO button and close my eyes, letting the book read to me for a while as I float around. The narrator is good--using dialects and different voices for different characters. I pause the book, and access a search engine to see what other books he's narrated. I find two that sound interesting and download them on the spot.
I go back to the book, then get an announcement that my pizza has arrived. I climb out of the pool, thank the delivery guy (I already tipped him electronically) and then go into the family room with a slice.
I sync my ereader to my TV and adjust the words to scroll down the screen as I'm eating. During a particularly exciting helicopter chase, I see an author footnote. I click on it, and the author appears in a video clip, explaining the research he did for the scene, and showing the actual helicopter in flight. Normally I wait until after I finish the ebook before I delve into the extras like commentary, footnotes, vid clips, previous drafts, etc.
I get to another ad, which I skip, and then my wife comes home and says that her favorite author is appearing at a nearby bookstore. She grabs her ereader and we head out.
We get there early. The store contains over 300,000 paper books, but they're all shelf copies, not for sale. I hang out in the thriller section, and thumb through a few paper books. I find one I want, and scan the bar code on the back with my ereader, instantly buying it.
The author arrives. We sit and watch while he does a little talk. He has some printed books for sale, and if they run out, the bookstore says it will print more while we wait.
After the presentation, he signs some ereader covers. My wife has a clear plastic cover for her ereader, and the author has a cardboard covers he signs, which slips into the plastic.* Then he gives away some exclusive content to anyone who buys the book--a deleted chapter not available online. My wife buys an ebook. She promises to lend it to me when she's done, transferring it from her reader to mine--which is how e-lending at the library works.
On the way home, I sync my ereader to the car stereo, and let it read the next chapter. Another ad comes on, for a new book by this author. I bookmark the ad. I'll either buy the book, or download the ad version, later tonight.
I go back to the pool, alternating between reading and being read to. When the book is finished, I delve into the bonus features. The author included a tie-in short story, which I love. I contact the author's website and tell him so, then spend a few minutes posting my book review on his forum. This leads to me text chatting with another one of his fans, who suggests a new author I'd never heard of.
Two clicks later, I buy this new author's latest, for $1.99.
My wife asks if I want to watch a movie. I decline. I've got more than enough here to keep me entertained.
My ereader text box opens up. It's the author, thanking me for posting a kind review. He asks me if I'd like to be a beta reader for his new thriller, which won't be released for another two months.
Hell yeah, I do. He sends it to me instantly.
Boy, do I love this thing. It's easily the best $99 I've ever spent.
* The plastic slip cover is Boyd Morrison's idea, which is smarter than my original idea: publishers making ereader covers that look like book covers.
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Stian Hagen
Born: 1974
Current Residence: Chamonix France
Website: StianHagen.com
Stian Hagen grew up in Oslo, Norway, and skiing has been a part of his life since he could walk. He competed in cross-country skiing and ski-jumping up to the age of sixteen before he decided that he wanted to pursue what was then known as extreme skiing. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Chamonix and quickly ticked off the classic extreme skiing lines, including the Mallory route on the north face of Aiguille du Midi, the Couturier Couloire on Aiguille du Vert, and the East face of Matterhorn, just to name a few.
Stian competed in the Freeride World Tour for a few years before deciding to put all his energy into filming. He's had numerous segments in ski films from Matchstick Productions, Warren Miller, Teddybear Crisis, and Wink Inc.
Although he would never turn down a chance for a heli ride, skitouring and expedition skiing has always been closest to his heart. This passion has taken him to remote places like Antarctica, Himalayas, Bolivia, and Jan Mayen island.
For the upcoming season, Stian is planning trips to a remote cabin in the north of Norway in the middle of the Arctic winter, a ski mountaineering trip to a remote island outside Japan, and to open a Haute Route trip thorough the mountains of Norway.
Stian is what one would call a "gear freak" and has lately been raving about the Arc'teryx Beta AR Glove being the best ski glove he has ever used. And after starting to wear Arc'teryx clothing, he has given up his passion for wool underwear in exchange for the Phase baselayer collection.

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RolandDeschain wrote:Agreed, I like it. Is there a reason you haven't made a full-on Seahawks fighter jet of some kind?
SmokinHawk wrote:Have you considered working with any of the jumbo scale stuff, Todd? Do you have something already, perhaps? I am looking forward to a new R/C challenge as I've done about all I can do with cars and trucks (built an X-Ray T4 touring car that clocked 122mph and an RC8.2e that clocked 112mph), so now it's time to move up. I'm of the impression that a larger, heavier aircraft, design limitations notwithstanding, should be easier to control than a smaller one. What say you?


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Even small gifts can mean the world.
That's what more than 300 UB dental students and residents have learned through Buffalo Outreach Community Assistance (BOCA), a School of Dental Medicine program that provides free dental care in communities from Appalachia to West Africa that lack access to services.
As of 2011, students and supervising faculty members in BOCA have examined more than 12,000 patients, performing nearly 8,000 dental restorations and 11,000 extractions—work valued at $3.2 million. Patients abroad have included residents of the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Mexico, Guatemala and Tonga in the South Pacific.
Many of the people BOCA treats have never received dental care before.
In Sosua, a small village in the Dominican Republic, patients were so appreciative of BOCA's services that they embraced their dentists after appointments. In Belize, a grateful prison inmate hugged the student volunteer who restored his smile, fixing four cracked teeth.
While patients are BOCA's most important beneficiaries, the dentists who take part in missions benefit as well. Student volunteers gain hands-on experience in dentistry and acquire important cross-cultural skills.


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SOCORRO, N.M., July 1, 2004 – As part of an ongoing re-accreditation process, New Mexico Tech is scheduled to undergo a comprehensive evaluation visit on October 4-6, 2004, by a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).
New Mexico Tech has been accredited by NCA since 1914. The university's current accreditation is up to the doctoral-degree level.
For the past year and a half, New Mexico Tech has been engaged in a process of self study, addressing the NCA Commission's requirements and criteria for accreditation.
The NCA evaluation team plans to make a campus visit at the university in early October to gather evidence that New Mexico Tech's self study is thorough and accurate.
The team will then forward its recommendations to the NCA Commission concerning continuing status for the university. Following a review process, the Commission itself will take final action on granting or denying re-accreditation.
In the meanwhile, the general public is invited to submit general or specific comments regarding New Mexico Tech to:
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Also, please note that individuals with a specific dispute or grievance against New Mexico Tech should request the separate "Policy on Complaints" document from the NCA Commission office. The Higher Learning Commission, however, cannot settle disputes between individuals and institutions. Furthermore, complaints that are filed with NCA will not be considered third-party comments.
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Real Madrid director of football Zinedine Zidane has expressed his belief that Gareth Bale is "not far off" playing at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
The Welshman has scored 17 goals in 27 Premier League appearances this term to lead Spurs' chase for a top-four finish - form which has seen him strongly linked with a summer move to the Spanish capital.
And three-time Ballon d'Or winner Zidane has fuelled further speculation by choosing to enthuse about the winger despite being asked which player had impressed him most in this season's Champions League.
"This year the player who has impressed me most is not actually playing in the Champions League," he told Sky Sports. "He is playing in "the other cup" [Europa League], and that is [Gareth] Bale.
"You can't compare him, he is unique, he makes things look easy, his pace is frightening. His acceleration is unbelievable because of his ability to go through the gears in very little space.
"Plus, he is very good technically which is also important, we must not forget that he plays football well.
"He's really impressed me. I've seen him two or three times live, including recently at Lyon, which wasn't necessarily his best game, but where every time he got the ball he can surprise you.
"He's perhaps not quite at the level of the other two [Ronaldo & Messi], but he's different. So personally I don't think he's far off."
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"America's Most Sacred Acre" — the name given to the tranquil, shaded waterfront cemetery and grounds of the Nombre De Dios Mission and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche — has been the center of activity and attention for six weeks.
ST AUGUSTINE — "America's Most Sacred Acre" — the name given to the tranquil, shaded waterfront cemetery and grounds of the Nombre De Dios Mission and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche — has been the center of activity and attention for six weeks.
A lot of digging and scraping with shovels and pickaxes. A lot of chopping through sidewalk pavement and tree roots.
All to uncover the foundation and inner walls of what experts say is the first shrine ever built in the New World to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
"It's exhausting work, physically and mentally sometimes," said Alysia Leon, a recent graduate of Flagler College, whose name bears the faint echo of long-ago explorer Ponce De Leon, who in his search for the Fountain of Youth supposedly made landfall while searching just a short distance to the north of the mission dig site.
There is a Fountain of Youth to the north of here, but it's a tourist attraction with its own archaeological artifacts once hidden 20 inches beneath the surface.
The shrine at Nombre De Dios is one of the most significant archaeological finds in years, said Gifford Waters, the lead archaeologist here, and collections manager for historical archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville.
"I'm ecstatic," said Eric Johnson, who's been manager of the mission for the past 20 years. He's seen other digs, but nothing like this. "I always felt this place held a major secret to history. To see that borne out is very satisfying. I had no idea it would be anything that huge."
It's a huge, relatively intact architectural structure generating lots of excitement from historians, archaeologists and other scholars from all over.
They've all stared into the open trenches and collectively oohed and ahhed at the coquina and tabby foundation outlining what was once a shrine, a church, a friar's living quarters, a classroom where priests indoctrinated the natives in the catechism of the Catholic faith, rooms for pilgrims to rest after doing their obeisance.
Modern-day pilgrims — tourists in bright sherbet-colored shirts and baggy khaki shorts wearing fanny packs and floppy hats — walk along the paths, peer into the trenches dug by Leon and her colleagues, and pepper them with questions. They are careful not to step into the taped-off area that takes up most of the southern end of the park before it hits Hospital Creek.
The church's remains — less than two feet beneath the lush sod that covers the mission grounds — weren't buried under more modern graves and headstones. The only human structure on the site is a weathered pump house for the irrigation system.
The excavated foundation is criss-crossed with the PVC pipes for that irrigation system, laid down in the 1960s by workers unaware they were walking over the remains of a church more than three centuries old that was just a shovel's depth beneath the surface.
The foundation is shallow enough that the ditch-witch or whatever mechanized man-made demon that cut the trenches for the irrigation system carved into the coquina and tabby.
Uncovering the foundation wasn't easy. They had to chop through thick tree branches and cut through a sidewalk paved over the north wall. A pickax was broken in the process.
"It's amazing how good a shape the remaining foundations are considering how shallow the site is," Waters said. "It's amazing there wasn't more damage, or we wouldn't be here."
Along the grassy shoreline of Hospital Creek are piles of muck and shell — the slurry that had been dug out of the trenches. The crew laid screens over the mounds and washed away the dirt to reveal Spanish and native American pottery fragments, Spanish plates, nails and spikes, British gun flints and musket balls, even animal bones.
The mix of artifacts reveals the crazy, quilted history of this spit of land.
And for "America's Most Sacred Acre," a lot of blood has been shed on this location.
First settled by the Spanish, it was captured during a British invasion in 1702. The British burned the building, which historians believe had a thatched roof.
The Spanish recaptured it, only to have the British regain it in 1728. When the Spanish retook it for a second time, the governor decided the building was indefensible and ordered it blown up. The building material was salvaged to build a new church on the opposite shore of Hospital Creek. Nobody has done test digs to try to locate that second church — which was eventually cannibalized for materials to build the church that currently stands in the plaza of downtown St. Augustine.
Greg Smith, who received his Ph.D. from UF in 1991 and lives in St. Augustine, is excited to be a part of this dig. "It's monumental architecture," he said, comparing it to finds in Peru, where Leon has done her research.
"It's rare to find monuments like this," Smith said. "People that come by are as amazed as we are. You don't see this every day."
Living in St. Augustine offers all kinds of discoveries, he said. You can have a disturbed land on one side of you, and an undisturbed site next door containing all sorts of mysteries.
For Sarah Bennett, a University of West Florida graduate student who did her undergrad work at Flagler College, being on the dig is a chance take a break from writing her master's thesis, but also an opportunity to reconnect with St. Augustine.
"This is an area of personal interest for me," Bennett said. "It's my passion."
The era they are studying was an interesting time period, she said, "a complex cultural experience."
Leon, who specializes in pre-Columbian human remains in Peru, said this site offers a contrast to what she normally studies. The Spanish in Peru just reused existing building materials for their own architecture, she said.
But St. Augustine's big coquina depositories offered raw material for the Western European settlers.
"To have an experience like this in St Augustine is great," she said. "This is where I fell in love with archaeology."
This site, for all its significance, was an unexpected discovery, Waters said.
Father Charles Spellman, an amateur archaeologist, made some excavations in 1951, dug up some artifacts and that was that. But there were no field records to show where he dug up those artifacts or what he found.
Fast forward several decades. When the Catholic church moved archives from Mandarin to St. Augustine, a nun, Catherine Bitzer, found documents that appeared to be related to archaeology, and she gave them to Kathleen Deegan, distinguished research curator of archaeology and adjunct professor of anthropology and history at UF's Florida Museum of Natural History.
"So we were able to determine where he found the artifacts," Waters said. Spellman didn't record exactly where he found the artifacts but said it was about 100-150 feet south of the mission chapel in the center of the cemetery, Waters said.
Waters led UF's first excavation or "field season" in spring 2011 and dug a series of small, shovel-width trenches to try to get an estimate of the size and shape of the building. In fall 2011, they returned to dig a square unit 3 meters by 3 meters, exposing the intersection of two walls that turned out to be the south and west walls of a structure made of coquina rock.
But the exterior of the west wall also had a material called tabby, an early type of concrete made of shells and dirt, which led them to believe there was another structure or extension of the original coquina building that might have been built years later.
Three years passed before they could come out again, on April 29, with the support of an endowment from the Museum of Natural History at UF and a grant from the Historic St. Augustine Research Institute at Flagler College.
In five weeks' time, they excavated the 36-foot by 23-foot coquina structure believed to be a shrine or chapel, and another 35- by 55-foot building extending off the smaller one.
By Friday, they planned to have collected, bagged and catalogued all the artifacts they found, and mapped the structure's elevations and coordinates. Those data will go into a Geographic Information System program, Gifford said, "so when we come next field season, we'll know exactly where we've excavated before and where all the foundations are."
As with all archaeological projects, they learn something new and answer some questions, while leaving more questions behind for the next field season. While they were able to expose enough of the foundation to outline the two buildings and find several interior walls that outline rooms, they didn't have time to uncover those rooms.
Next time, hopefully in a year or so depending on when they can secure the next round of funding, Waters hopes to figure out what went on in the one room with a finished, concrete-like floor.
Waters hopes to uncover the other rooms in the building's extension where a friar may have cooked and lived, where pilgrims may have slept, where priests taught native Americans the high rituals of the church.
They will need to ensure the structure's preservation, so that it will still be here when they return. They will cover the foundation with clear plastic, and pour clean sand over the remains so that visitors will be able to make out the outline of the buildings.
"My hope would be that we'll be back out here within a year," Waters said. "That depends on getting funding for this project. Hopefully, with everything we found and the significance of this site, we won't have too much difficulty getting funding."


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Carmen Castillo
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Are personal attention and a friendly environment really important to your college experience? Just ask Carmen Castillo '09.
Carmen, a transfer student from the University of Puerto Rico, came to Washington College because its intimate size offered enormous opportunities.
"The campus where I used to go was huge, and the interaction with professors wasn't the same. The professors here care more about you—they care what grades you get and they check up on you all the time. In Puerto Rico, they can't afford to because there are so many students," she said.
Born in Puerto Rico, Carmen moved with her family to Delaware during high school but decided to return to the island for college. "I was so used to the lifestyle and the culture there, and I was so eager to go back to my friends," she said of her decision to enroll at the university.
"The school wasn't what I expected," Carmen said. An aspiring law student, she felt she needed to finish her education on the mainland.
"There are better opportunities here in general," she said. Once Carmen decided to return to the U.S., it wasn't difficult to choose Washington College.
"My best friend goes here, and from the beginning she told me it was an amazing school," she said.
Carmen agrees. "There's a huge difference in the education. I feel that here, I get all the concepts better the way things are explained to me."
Her social life is also just as strong in Chestertown as it was at the urban university campus, partly because WC is rurally situated.
"Not having as many places to go off-campus makes you closer to the people around you," Carmen explained. "We constantly have activities here where in Puerto Rico, everyone just wants to get in and out."
Because of Washington College's friendly, close-knit community, Carmen is glad she's here to stay.
"It's just a great school. I feel so comfortable. I feel like everyone has done a great job to welcome me and I love it here."


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Fake identification card in hand and ready to party, Andrew dropped by his usual store to stock up on liquor.
"I've been using it at this store for a while, and for some reason that night I got a little nervous and I told them I was 24 instead of the 23 age that is actually on my ID, then they went and checked it out," said Andrew, a second-year UCLA student who declined to give his last name since he continues to use his ID and does not want to get caught engaging in an illegal activity.
The cashier took the ID to his manager, who swiped the card and it passed, Andrew said.
"At that point I guess they didn't see anything wrong with it, but because I said the wrong age they said I'd have to talk to the manager about getting it back," he said.
After telling him not to use the ID again at that particular store, the manager returned Andrew's ID to him.
"I went back to the same store exactly a week later and I had no problem," Andrew said.
That college students drink is no secret, and with about 53 percent of undergraduates at UCLA being underage, some use fake IDs to keep the drinks coming.
Jerry Baik, the supervising attorney for the identity-theft unit of the Los Angeles city attorney's office, said the issue is a serious one.
"I think every city, every campus is worried about students using fake IDs to purchase alcohol because there have been documented cases where students have died because of alcohol poisoning," he said.
Demetri Blaisdell, a second-year political science student, said fake IDs seem to be readily available at UCLA.
"I've been offered by at least a couple different people," Blaisdell said. "I could definitely ask around and have one in a week or two I'm sure, for not too expensive."
Blaisdell said he's met people with access to "official DMV" IDs, which he said can scan and pass a black-light test, two security features meant to prevent the use of fake IDs.
Andrew said he bought his scannable ID during his senior year of high school for $80.
"It was a pretty shitty endeavor," he said of the fake-ID business. "They kind of do it on their own, and it doesn't look very good, but it scans and that's kind of how a lot of stores decide whether they're going to take it or not.
"It's my picture, but a lot of my friends confuse it thinking it's someone else's picture because the quality's funny."
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Driver Best Pinterest Templates On File License 42 photoshop Images "The guy who was working at the counter told my friend, "˜That's a fake; I'm not buying that at all,'" Sweetman said.
He said his friend denied the ID was fake, but when the clerk scanned it, it didn't pass. The clerk refused to return the ID.
Sweetman estimated that the ID cost about $140. He said his friend was upset over the loss, but added, "Then like the next week he went and got another one."
Vincent Cravens, a representative for the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control's Los Angeles office, said the department is aware of the issue of underage students buying alcohol.
"That's something that we deal with now," he said. "We see (fake IDs) quite often. … We do take it seriously."
Cravens said some students do suffer consequences for using fake IDs.
"We issue citations in regards to that, and those citations go to the city attorney on a criminal matter," he said. "They will decide whether or not to file it … to process those violations."
Cravens said most students in this situation do not have criminal records and will usually just pay a fine. He estimated the amount ranges from $50 to $250 or more, as decided by the city attorney office on a case-by-case basis.
Also, students' universities are notified after a violation, and deans may impose further discipline.
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"We're not having a problem with that; we've never encountered it," David Weitzel, shift supervisor at the Rite Aid in Westwood, said of fake-ID use.
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Two individuals who helped power their teams to playing for state titles on the final day of the high school football season share the top honor in Cleveland County this season.
Shelby High quarterback R.J. George and Crest High running back Jalin Moore are co-winners of The Star�s Player of the Year award for 2013.
It�s hard to imagine either team achieving its level of success without either�s presence in the lineup.
Shelby�s R.J. George:
George was the centerpiece in the Golden Lions� spread passing game. Playing for a program known for running the football in past decades, in his first year taking snaps the 6-foot, 210-pound junior rewrote the Shelby record book.
He completed 59.6 percent of his passes for 3,226 yards and 32 touchdowns for the Golden Lions, who averaged 39.7 points/game through a 12-4 season. George also ran for six touchdowns. In the postseason, Shelby raised its scoring average to 44.6 points/game.
George capped things with a strong performance in wet, cold conditions at UNC�s Kenan Stadium in the 2A title game. He was named MVP as the Golden Lions beat Southwest Onslow, 29-7, to capture the school�s sixth state championship.
Crest�s Jalin Moore:
It was a season of highlight-reel runs for the Chargers� workhorse.
There were the two kickoff returns for scores against Chase. There was the 90-yard touchdown sprint versus Kings Mountain. And don�t forget the 65-yard screen pass for a score that turned the tide in the showdown with rival Burns.
Though battling injury at times, the senior�s mere presence helped fire up teammates. Rarely did the first defender to make contact knock him off his feet.
Playing behind a young offensive line that matured throughout the season, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Moore finished the season with 1,481 yards and 24 touchdowns for the SMAC champions. Those numbers came despite the lack of a consistent passing attack to keep foes off balance.
In the gut-wrenching 3AA championship defeat to Southern Durham at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem, he did his part. Moore lugged the football 30 times in the contest for 183 yards and two touchdowns.
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Weekly Wellbeing: Healthy Living Tips
VOGUE's Calgary Avansino has carved out a niche for herself as the unofficial health expert of the office. In our Weekly Wellbeing blog, she shares her tips on how to live a more healthy lifestyle. ''We're only halfway through January so hopefully you're still aiming to move your body - vigorously - four days a week; in any case a new gym membership might be just the thing to get you/keep you on track. Plus an essential oil blend that can be seamlessly added to your weekly recipes and the wondrous world of Victoria Health that will soon be your one-stop-health-shop." Just click through the images for Calgary's tips.


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The world's most-influential bond market might just be in Frankfurt.
As speculation deepens that the European Central Bank (ECB) will start quantitative easing just as the Federal Reserve ends its own bond buying, Europe is gaining more leverage over investors globally as the specter of deflation in the region unleashes greater demand for fixed income. The gravitational pull exerted by German bunds may blunt any jump in yields as the Fed moves to raise U.S. interest rates for the first time since 2006.
None other than Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco), said on Aug. 20 the direction of 10-year German bunds sets the "tone" for investors. A day later, Citigroup Inc. cut its yield forecasts for U.S. Treasuries on weakening growth and inflation expectations in Europe after German yields fell below 1 percent.
"Developments in the euro area are causing long-term rates to be lower all over," Amitabh Arora, the New York-based head of interest-rate strategy at Citigroup, one of 22 primary dealers that trade directly with the Fed, said in a telephone interview on Aug. 25.
Arora anticipates yields on 10-year Treasuries will end the year at 2.8 percent, from 2.4 percent as of 9:55 a.m. in New York. He trimmed his call from 2.95 percent after the firm's economics team predicted the ECB will start a 1 trillion-euro (US$1.31 trillion) asset-purchase program by December to keep consumer prices from falling as the region's economies sputter.
Bond yields across the euro area, from Germany to France and Spain, have tumbled to records since ECB President Mario Draghi said at the Kansas City Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Aug. 22 that the central bank will use "all the available instruments needed to ensure price stability" and is "ready to adjust our policy stance further."
Yields on the German 10-year bund fell to a record 0.866 percent on Aug. 28, while France's benchmark rate reached 1.217 percent. Spain's 10-year bond yields ended yesterday at 2.25 percent—below those of comparable U.S. securities.
The growing influence of the ECB also means more investors are taking cues from the US$1.5 trillion German debt market—rather than the $12.2 trillion market for U.S. Treasuries—to find out where bonds globally are headed.
As 10-year German yields fell below 1 percent last month, for the first time, similar-maturity securities in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada were moving more in tandem with bunds than at any time this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Deflation Risk
On the day the Fed released minutes of its July meeting, Gross, who runs the $223 billion Pimco Total Return Fund, said on Twitter that 10-year bunds set the "global market tone."
Worsening economic conditions in Europe may now bolster the case for more stimulus when the ECB meets on Sept. 4, depressing yields further. The inflation rate in the 18-nation euro region fell to 0.3 percent in August, the lowest in five years, data from the European Union's statistics office showed on Aug 29.
As recently as January 2013, living expenses were rising faster than the ECB's target rate of just under 2 percent.
Germany, Europe's largest economy, shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter, while France's stagnated and Italy fell back into a recession, separate reports showed last month.
"The European financial system and economy is a huge portion of the developed world," Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Philadelphia, said in a telephone interview on Aug. 26. The ECB "is a very powerful central bank that drives investment dollars."
With yields already so low in Europe, speculation that the ECB will finally embrace a form of monetary stimulus it has long avoided has also been a boon for bonds outside the region.
Debt securities of all types worldwide returned 1.3 percent in August, the most since January, according to index data compiled by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
"There's a push for yield, and it's having an effect" on bond demand around the world, Matthew Eagan, a fund manager at Loomis Sayles & Co., which oversees $231 billion, said in a telephone interview on Aug. 27.
Rate Alarm
In the U.S., where yields on 10-year Treasuries exceeded comparable bunds by the most since 1999, those on the benchmark note decreased by the most in seven months in August as investors took advantage of the yield premium.
The prospect that bond yields will get dragged lower as the ECB moves to loosen monetary policy is helping drown out some Fed officials who have pushed for faster U.S. rate increases.
Last month, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said monetary policy may be tightened earlier than officials previously expected.
Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser went further, saying the central bank should be signaling that rate increases may come sooner and waiting too long to lift borrowing costs risks triggering inflation and disrupting financial markets.
Traders are pricing in about a 53 percent chance the Fed will boost rates in July, from 63 percent a month ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Bond buyers risk overlooking the strength of the U.S. recovery, which will compel the Fed to raise its benchmark rate and prove to be more important than anything the ECB does, said Wilmer Stith, a Baltimore-based fund manager at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, which oversees $14 billion.
The world's largest economy rebounded from its worst dropoff in five years by expanding at a 4.2 percent rate in the second quarter, government data showed last week.
And while forecasters have repeatedly slashed their yield forecasts for Treasuries this year, as everything from the harsh winter to uneven labor growth and geopolitical unrest caused investors to pile into U.S. debt, they still anticipate 10-year yields will be at 2.92 percent by Dec. 31.
That's more than a half-percentage point higher than where they now stand, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"There's going to be a lot more pulling of teeth in terms of when that first hike takes place," Stith said by telephone Aug. 26. "But at the end of the day, it's the economy, and that's going to be the driver" of higher bond yields.
Mark MacQueen, a partner at Sage Advisory Services Ltd., which oversees $11 billion, says slowdown in the euro region, whose economies are collectively almost 40 percent larger than China's, may hold back U.S. growth and keep Fed Chair Janet Yellen from siding with the bank's more hawkish policy makers.
About 40 percent of this year's decline in traders' expectations for where yields on five-year Treasuries will be in 2019, which influences the outlook for the 10-year note, has been due to euro-area concerns, Citigroup estimates.
"If you get deflation in Europe and global growth slows, Yellen will have trouble finding a good reason to raise rates," MacQueen said by telephone Aug. 26 from Austin, Texas.


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The thought that generations to follow may be looking at our lives some day should be enough to bring us back to the present and motivate us to do something really exciting and notable for those coming generations to discover. The irony of that is what I do that's most notable in my life time may well be to provide the bridge between the generations past and the generations to come with the history I dig up.
But folks, none of this is done in a vacuum, in spite of what my husband sometimes feels when I am secluded with old census records and out-of-print books. I do hear from some of my immediate family when I share something new about one of our ancestors here on Henrietta or through email, and that's always rewarding. It makes me feel like I am doing my job as self-appointed family historian. In addition to the family I've always known, I also hear regularly from living, breathing new family members I have met through the research done on-line.
Most of us have heard of the theory of the Six Degrees of Separation which is just another way of saying it's a small world. Specifically, it tells us that we in this "human web" are within six steps of everyone else on the planet by mutual acquaintances or friends.
A kind of fun offshoot is a game called the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, which I think is really funny. If you don't know about it, go to Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon on Wikepedia. Even though the game is to get from Kevin to any actor or movie within 6 steps, the truth is, everyone who is reading this has less than Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon because my sister and brother-in-law have actually delivered furniture to Kevin Bacon and his wife in the course of their furniture delivery business. I just thought you'd like to know that. And who knows, maybe someday I will figure out how we are related. But back to the original theory.
|Kevin Bacon
|My sister Cindy and Bro-in-law Steve
The theory of Six Degrees of Separation is proven over and over again when people on Ancestry.com are able to contact others doing research on common ancestors or surnames. So, today I just wanted to tell you a little about some of these people I have met, just in the past six months, most of whom share ancestors in my trees.
Julie-Ed's second cousin. I "met" Julie when Ed's cousin Eileen got us together. Thanks, Eileen! Julie has done a lot of research on the Eaton side and been very generous with it all. I haven't met her in person yet, but we have exchanged lots of emails, photos and information. She lives up in Massachusetts and has done all kinds of tramping through cemeteries and taken photos of headstones. My kind of gal! My hope is that we'll get to meet this summer when I am up there again.
|Jessie Willett Hall and me
Sherri-Sherri lives in Utah. The roots we share are the Ames and Davis family. That's really interesting to me because those are Henrietta's parents. And as you readers know, Henrietta is my motivation. Sherri and I haven't corresponded in a few months, but I know as we learn more, we'll be sharing more information in the future.
|Lady May Budd, my great Grandmother
Franklin Jay Ward and Lulu Budd Ward,
May's sister.
Carollee-Carollee is my Budd cousin! I recently contacted her when I found her tree which I suspected might be the same Budd family as ours. Sure enough, my great great grandfather Samuel Budd is in her line, too. We have been exchanging lots of information. The civil war correspondence I hope to get this summer from the NY Historical Society should be of interest to us both. And, recently I sent for his pension records and they are in the process of sending that to me. I am surely going to share that with Carollee as soon as I receive it.
|Jessie and Charlotte Willett
My Grandmother and her sister back row
Maryanna-When I was researching the story about Jenny Lind Lewis for my Henrietta Blog I found Maryanna on Ancestry. You can look back at the archives for January 13th posting to get the whole story. In a nutshell, this was just a story I read in one of the clippings my gggrandmother had saved. I had no idea why she saved the clipping but found the desertion of this young woman worth writing about. Maryanna helped solve the mystery of what happened to the husband and then she put me in touch with Wayne, who she thought would have more information.
|Jennie Lind Lewis
|Josephine Patten Willett's Obit (My great grandmother)
|Bell Rock Light, Arbroath
And, just yesterday I received an email from my friend Debbie who lives near Abroath. I didn't meet Debbie on line but rather a few years ago on the golf course in Kissimee, of all places. I told her about our Arbroath roots and in particular the lighthouse in Arbroath when we met and she never forgot that. (She and her husband were really fun. Should I tell you that she ran into the back of my golf cart with hers? No I won't tell you that! It was very funny.) A year or more after our meeting in Kissimmee, Debbie wrote to me telling me that she thinks of me every time she drives by the light house. Yesterday, I heard from her, which was a wonderful surprise and she offered to go to some of the Year of the Light Celebrations, take some photos and even find me a little souvenir commemorating the event. Such a nice person. I do hope our paths cross again soon!
Some of these wonderful "cousins" send me email regularly and I have gotten to know them pretty well. It's always exciting to make the connection with someone who shares your 3rd great grandmother or 4th great grandfather. The people I have connected with are all so generous in sharing their research and their time. Mysteries are solved and coincidences are discovered that make the hunt even more fun. I hope that I have provided them with some helpful information, as well.
For me, these connections with folks all over the country and in Scotland, are right there with me as we share the exploration of the past together. Many of them are reading this blog now and they never know when one of their ancestors might be featured! I am sincerely thankful to all of you who help with the hunt and by providing your information and an encouraging comment here and there, as well as my loyal followers and readers. Directly and indirectly you contribute to The Hunt For Henrietta and I am always grateful for the help!
Some upcoming posts for Henrietta-
"Gramma Grammer-Jekyll or Mrs. Hyde?"
"A Paige From a Love Story" a story for Valentine's Day
"A Crooked Politician?"
"A Devil of an Ancestor-in-law"
"An Accusation"
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Omar Borkan al Gala is a very good-looking man. Like Derek Zoolander-style ridiculously good-looking. Perhaps even illegally good-looking.
Saudi Arabia has very strict religious laws. For example, apparently a man can be too good-looking, which might make Saudi women lose their self-control and go insane with sexual desire. Or something. By the way, that's also illegal. Women are allowed virtually no contact whatsoever with men who aren't members of their family
So when al Gala showed up at a cultural festival earlier this week, Saudi religious police kicked him out. At least, that's what the Internet thinks. Al Gala himself alluded to the coverage in a recent Facebook post, saying, "This is what [sic] written in newspapers in over the world :)".
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IBF Orders Froch vs. Groves Rematch
IBF Orders Froch vs. Groves Rematch
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Carl Froch has been ordered to give domestic rival George Groves a rematch within 90 days or be stripped of his world title by the International Boxing Federation.
Froch claimed on Friday that Groves rejected "a seven-figure sum" for a second chance after their controversial fight in November, which the champion won with a contentious ninth-round stoppage to keep his WBA and IBF belts.
Groves admits he has turned down an offer but is adamant he is as eager as ever to get back into the ring with Froch, and his cause has been helped after the IBF decided the bout was controversial enough to merit an immediate rematch.
Lindsey Tucker, the IBF championships chairman, told Press Association Sport: "We have ordered an immediate rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves.
"After a fight our rules say a boxer has 10 days to file an appeal.
Groves did that, and at a hearing on January 15 in Newark we had a three-man panel review all of the evidence and they came back with the decision we must order a rematch.
"The 90 day period starts from Friday, January 24 and I'm pretty sure Carl Froch will have already received notification.
"If he fails to defend the belt against Groves within this period it's more than likely he will lose his title.
"The fighters and their teams have a certain amount of time to come to an agreement and if they can't, it will come down to purse bids."
Tucker added: "If for some reason Froch gave up the title then we would order the two highest-rated guys to fight for the vacant belt.
"Since we already ordered Groves to fight Froch, he would be likely to be one of the guys to fight for that vacant title."
Groves said on Twitter: "Oh Dear! IBF order IMMEDIATE rematch with me and @Carl_Froch ... Maybe I was right after all turning down that 'amazing' 7 figure offer haha.
"Now everyone understands @Carl_Froch press release today.. Wants to move on? Hold on honey IBF says #NoNoNo #RematchOrVacate haha."
Underdog Groves, 25, had Froch down in the first round and was ahead on the scorecard when the veteran champion rallied and forced a contentious ninth-round stoppage in Manchester last year.
Both Groves and the British public immediately called for a rematch which Froch seemed to consider only grudgingly. However, the Nottingham man insisted on Friday he has given the Londoner a shot at revenge.
"There has been plenty of speculation over the last few weeks regarding my future," Froch said.
"As it stands we are looking closely at two options - George Groves and Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr.
"Yesterday, we made a seven figure offer to George Groves for a second fight that would have seen him earn around double that of the first.
"Disappointingly, George rejected this offer so we are continuing our talks with (Chavez's promoters) Top Rank and (American broadcaster) HBO regarding Chavez Jnr.
"I understand the demand for the Groves fight in the UK, but also the demand in the US for the Chavez fight.
"Talks are ongoing and no doubt some further news will break soon. I'm happy to fight anyone, as I have done throughout my entire career."
Hammersmith fighter Groves responded: "I am unsure why Carl Froch has today released a statement implying I do not wish to take the fight, as I was under the impression we are still in negotiations.
"The Matchroom offer in question came with many stipulations and options I felt were unsatisfactory.
"I am currently awaiting an improved offer from his promoter, as well as speaking to other promoters interested in promoting this fight."
Groves, who felt referee Howard Foster stopped the fight too early when Froch had him briefly in trouble, added: "If I didn't want to fight Carl Froch then I wouldn't have invested so much time and money into appealing with the IBF over the dubious outcome of the first fight.
"And I await the outcome of that hearing in the very near future."
Speaking to Sky Sports News on Friday evening, a delighted Groves felt "justice" had been done and is looking forward to the rematch - if Froch agrees to it.
He said: "I'm extremely happy and proud that we've managed to get a bit of justice. We're so pleased that the IBF have agreed with our appeal and that they've decided to reinstate me as mandatory with an immediate rematch.
"The fight's certainly going to happen from my perspective. Whether Carl Froch will take the fight or not remains to be seen. He's dined out for so many years on the fact that he'll fight anyone and he's not scared to take on any challenge.
"I can't see it not happening, the only reason it won't happen is because Carl Froch doesn't want it and is willing to sacrifice his world title for it.
"If he doesn't want this fight then this fight won't take place and then I'm fighting for a world title. The most important thing for me is fighting for the world title. I want to fight Carl Froch but to a certain degree it's out of my hands."
Regarding his views on Froch as a person and whether the two boxers like each other, Groves admitted the Nottingham fighter was "not my cup of tea" but added that sort of thing did not come into his thinking when he approaches his fights.
"I'd say he certainly doesn't like me, that's the perception I've had of him so far," he said.
"I neither like or dislike anyone who I'm about to fight, I'm emotionless going into all fights.
"If he fought in another division, I probably wouldn't like him because I don't like the things he says, I don't like his attitude and I don't really agree with many things he says.
"He's just not my cup of tea as it were. So in that respect maybe I don't like him, but if I'm gonna fight him it doesn't make a blind bit of difference whether I like someone or I don't, I just have to go out there and get the job done."
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The Lost Camels of Tartary
This is the fascinating account of the conservationist John Hare's personal adventures in the 1990s: four treks by vehicle and camel train into the arid and dangerous Mongolian Gobi desert and the Gashun Gobi desert of China. It is a quest of environmental science, to determine if the wild camel still exists in this remote and forbidding environment. Science had long thought the wild camel to be extinct, with any roaming free to be merely feral animals, ...


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Jan Otto Schreiber, a photographer from Hamburg, Germany, decided to explore Australia last year. He traveled by cargo ship for two months, traveling on the Panama Canal, and in that time documented his surroundings with over 250 different shots of islands, ships, and the sea. He spent weeks editing the proofs of his documentation, and ended up with 14 dreamy images.
This series is titled: Somewhere Between the Shores. A yellow-tinged, pale collection of photographs that mimics the experience of quiet nostalgia, the subtle stillness of the ocean, and the mystery inside moving silhouettes.


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A "MINDLESS FOOL" who filmed himself driving through floodwaters on Canvey, deliberately splashing people, has been handed a police caution.
Outraged residents called police after a clip of the man brazenly driving his 4x4 through the submerged streets appeared on YouTube and Facebook.
The video showed the driver causing waves nearly as high as his car, as devastated residents were trying to deal with flood damage to their homes after two months worth of rain fell in 90 minutes.
Sgt Mark McQuade, from Canvey police station, said: "Residents were livid and rightly so because there were a lot of people who were distressed at being flooded.
"A lot were sticking together in an act of community spirit helping each other and there was a mindless fool splashing people.
"Justice has been served in terms of this chap."
After a Facebook group was set up to find the person responsible police tracked down the owner of the vehicle – a 31-yearold man from Grays.
The man, who has relatives on Canvey, handed himself in at Canvey police station and admitted the offence.
Sgt McQuade added: "He made full admission and albeit he found it comical, he realised that it was stupid.
"It was an adolescent act of bravado in front of his partner.
"It was horrible thing and something the community identified as a nasty incident during the flood. In terms of driving it was low down on the level of offence. He was splashing people rather than getting on the pavements and crashing into people.
"It has taken its time, but the stance Essex Police takes is that if this were to happen again, or someone drives below the level expected, the police will deal with them positively.
"If you get points on your licence your insurance will go through the roof. You are looking at a normal £500 a year premium, going to £1,000.
"The ramifications are not just that you are put in front of magistrates and given points. And it's just for a few seconds of bravado."
Anger from flooded homeowners
UPSET residents who lost their possessions and saw their homes damaged in the floods criticised the driver's actions.
Pru Beaumont, 72, of Beverley Avenue had her home flooded in July.
She said: "There were quite a few doing it, I suppose he was just unlucky and just got caught. If he has been pulled up by the police and been given fair warning and made to go on a driving course I think really it might hit home.
"I don't think he should be taken to court, but he should be severely reprimanded."
Filmmaker Joe Mander, 17, whose short video collating flood scenes from the island was shown this week's Castle Point Council flooding scrutiny committee, also heard of a few drivers doing the same.
He added: "As I was walking home, a car came speeding through.
"Lots of the residents started shouting at them."


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Left Field Cards is a one-woman operation run by Amelie Mancini, a French artist who became a Mets fan after moving to NYC a few years ago.
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Jayrdee wrote:
I think I see this dude posting all over FB. I'm all for someone doing a little hustle on the side for some extra cash, or liquidating old un-used stuff, but this guy is on a whole new level. Like that RHD. Its a f*cking complete car. Why is he parting that thing out?
I had a conversation with a more senior local owner and we talked about how because this community is so niche and close knit, this is totally the wrong scene to chop and flip, ect all that type of stuff.
But as these cars age and prices for everything (especially the cars themselves) go up, a lot people get weeded out and those not doing it for the culture/community get shunned.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State concludes its 15 spring practices under first-year head coach Mark Dantonio with the Green-White intrasquad game on Saturday, April 21 at 1:30 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. Parking is free (in Lots 79, 56, 40, 63 and 66), and the stadium gates open at 12 p.m. There is no required admission charge; however, fans are asked to consider making a cash contribution to "Make A Change" upon entering the stadium.
"Make A Change" is a student-athlete initiative, led by Michigan State senior center John Masters, to raise money to assist in the fight against cancer.
The Spartan Radio Network will broadcast the spring game, with a list of statewide affiliates to be published in the near future.
Prior to the spring game, MSU's coaching staff and players will conduct a free youth football clinic (no registration required). Children, ages 8-12, are invited to attend the youth clinic from 10-11:30 a.m. on the grass practice fields behind the Duffy Daugherty Football Building, located at the corner of Chestnut Road and Shaw Lane. Clinic participants and their parents are requested to enter the practice fields through the gate on Shaw Lane. Over the last four years, nearly 1,700 children have participated in the annual youth football clinic.
The purpose of the clinic is to introduce youngsters to the game by stressing fundamentals. No football gear is required. From 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Coach Dantonio and his players will be available for an autograph session for clinic participants. In addition, clinic participants will receive a coupon for a complimentary hot dog and soft drink to be redeemed at a concession stand in Spartan Stadium during the spring game.
The annual MSU Athletics Department and Concessions "Spring Garage Sale" will be held on April 21 in the Sideline Shop in Spartan Stadium, beginning at 10 a.m.
Additional spring game notes:
• It marks the first time since April 24, 1999, that the Spartans will conclude spring drills with an intrasquad game. For the last seven years, MSU has completed spring practice with a "controlled" scrimmage.
• Fans are reminded that all cameras, camcorders and cell phones are strictly prohibited during the spring game.
• Fans also are reminded that the "open container" ordinance will be enforced on campus and in parking lots for the spring football game.
Props to John Lewandowski, the MSU SID.


text: From ME frontpage KING OUT OF SHARKS BLOCKBUSTER In form prop Jason King has a chest injury and will miss Sunday's blockbuster against the Cronulla Sharks at Brookvale Oval. King suffered a sternum injury against the Warriors and will miss at least the next two premiership games against the Sharks and Storm at Brookvale Oval. His place in the front row has been taken by hard wworking Daniel Heckenberg who played strongly against the Warriors from the bench. In a reshuffle of his troops,coach Des Hasler has brought back Chad Randall to hooker with Shayne Dunley moving to the bench and shifted Anthony Watmough to the starting lineup with Sam Harris going to the bench. The Manly NRL side is: Brett Stewart,Scott Donald,Terry Hill,Paul Stephenson,John Hopoate,Michael Witt,Michael Monaghan (c),Brent Kite,Chad Randall,Daniel Heckenberg,Steve Menzies,Anthony Watmough,Ben Kennedy. Replacements: Luke Williamson,Shane Dunley,Sam Harris,Kylie Leuluai. PREMIER LEAGUE Mark Lennon,Mitch Creary,Steve Matai,Karl Johnson,Jared Taylor,J.P.Cherry,Jeff Robson,Mark Bryant,Matt Ballin,Adam Cuthbertson,Kane Cleal,Nathan Tutt,Nathan Hollingsworth.Replacements: Jordan Macey,Matt Austin,Travis Burns,Gary White,Brad Dempsey,Daniel Watkins,Luke Sweeney,Sean Dalton,Mailangi Styles,Darren Peachey. JERSEY FLEGG CUP Josh Lewis,Ryan Cribb,James Donlan,Simon Yeo,Erhyn Taylor,Sam, Key (c),Brendan Crabb,Dan Molenaar,Joab Hull,Chris Trembath,Jacob Martin,Ina Papera,Josh Brown.Replacements: Wade Gilmour,Grant Jessop,Corey Kinsella,Michael Bowen,MNitch Taueli,bryce Gearin,Jesse Shelley,Rob Clarkson.


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"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a thousand tiki bars.
Though scientists then and now largely believe that the original inhabitants of Polynesia came eastward from Asia, Norwegian scientist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl became convinced that they had come westward, from pre-Inca Peru, drifting over on the Humboldt Current on enormous balsa-wood rafts.
When no one took his theory seriously, Heyerdahl decided to re-create that 1,500-year-old voyage himself, building a raft, recruiting a crew and setting off on a 5,000-mile drift, roughly the distance between Chicago and Moscow, making sure to radio regular reports of his progress to an eager press. A documentary he made about the journey won an Oscar in 1951, and the book he wrote has sold more than 50 million copies in close to 70 languages. Let those disbelieving scientists match that, if they dare.
Based on that true story but willing to depart from it for dramatic purposes, "Kon-Tiki's" tale bears an unexpected resemblance to another reality-derived movie set in the same late 1940s period, "42." Like that Jackie Robinson biopic, "Kon-Tiki" features a protagonist who was determination itself, a filmmaking style that is square as opposed to cutting edge, and a story that is strong enough to involve us despite its earnest underpinnings.
"Kon-Tiki" is also unusual in that it was shot twice by directors Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg using the same actors: the Norwegian version was one of the best foreign-language Oscar nominees last year (it lost to "Amour") and now we have the film in theatrical release in Scandinavian-accented English.
Heyerdahl's strong-mindedness is visible from the film's opening vignette, where we see him taking unsafe chances as a fearless leader of boys and nearly dying as a result. The lad's father not surprisingly asks him to "promise me you'll never take a risk like that again." That promise is not forthcoming.
Next we cut to 1937 when Heyerdahl (now played by the uber-handsome Pal Hagen) and his young wife, Liv (Agnes Kittlesen), are doing research on the bucolic Polynesian isle of Fatu Hiva and formulating the theory that will take over his life.
Ten more years pass and Heyerdahl in 1946 finds himself in the same town as soon-to-be-Dodger Robinson: Who knows, they might even have passed on the street. The Norwegian is talking to a Brooklyn publisher, the last of many who say his theory is too far-fetched to be worthy of the hard covers of a published book.
A bit nonplused, which is saying something for this undauntable individual, Heyerdahl retreats to a local bar and meets one Herman Watzinger (Anders Baasmo Christiansen). He's a former engineer turned refrigerator salesman who has tips about lashing the raft's logs together and is so desperate for adventure he vows to follow Heyerdahl anywhere.
Mightily irritating his wife, expecting him back in Norway, the fearless leader is so jazzed by Herman's enthusiasm he goes directly to Peru, where his crew of three other Norwegians and a Swede are soon ready to go. A conversation with the president of Peru leads to the necessary supplies and, on April 28, 1947, the six men, unaccountably wearing coats and ties, are given a hero's send-off.
Here "Kon-Tiki" becomes a bit like "The Life of Pi" without the tiger as the crew faces the usual raft of open-water problems: big storms, bigger whales, menacing sharks and men overboard. Hoping for a little human drama, the film casts Herman as a neurotic weak link, an untruth that his surviving daughter lambasted to the Norwegian press as "character assassination." Also not based on fact — but gory enough to earn the film a PG-13 rating for a "disturbing violent sequence" — is an episode of a shark being pulled on deck and gutted on the spot.
Through it all Heyerdahl never wavers, never stops exhorting the crew to believe in their mission. His leadership style is faith-based enough to be close to messianic. In fact, as everyone's hair gets longer and the guys get buffer and tanner, by the time the voyage ends the crew is looking like a cross between a road show company of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and a male version of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Academics argue exactly what if anything Heyerdahl's astonishing journey proved, but no one disputes one comment the man made. "This is science," he said, "that cannot be done behind a desk." That's a sentiment worth toasting in a tiki bar any day of the week.
MPAA rating: PG-13 for a disturbing violent sequence
Running time: 1 hour, 41 minutes
Playing: In general release


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Workshop Proceeding
Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies: A Workshop Summary (2006)Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
The emergence of toxicogenomics technologies hold much promise for helping scientists better understand the effects of exposures to chemicals in the environment. Toxicogenomic technologies enable researchers to study the genes expressed and the proteins and metabolites produced in response to a particular exposure. This report summarizes a recent National Research Council workshop on the validation of toxicogenomic technologies that focused on technical aspects of validation including experimental design, reproducibility, and the statistical and bioinformatics processing of toxicogenomic data. Workshop presentations and discussions among participants are summarized and address technical validation strategies and issues as well as challenges associated with the biological validation of these technologies.