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Bahrain must offer more than talk
TWO YEARS after protests erupted in the tiny kingdom of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa has finally announced talks with the political opposition. But the people of Bahrain need more than just talk. The largest opposition party, al-Wefaq, faces popular pressure to withdraw from negotiations. Many in Bahrain have lost faith in the royal family's willingness to implement democratic reform.
If the Sunni king — a strong US ally whose family has ruled since the 19th century — is serious about allowing Bahrain's Shi'ite majority a greater voice, he needs to show it. He must pardon and release the "Bahrain 13," a group of opposition leaders arrested in 2011. He must end violence against nonviolent protesters. And he must hold his own government accountable for systematic torture.
In retrospect, the king's decision to appoint a respected international commission to investigate the aftermath of the initial uprising looks more like a brilliant stalling tactic than a sign of a more just system. So far, few of that commission's recommendations have been implemented.
Now, activists who once pushed for modest reforms are calling for the monarchy's ouster. Serious talks could provide a peaceful way out. Bahrain is home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, which patrols the Persian Gulf, through which much of the world's oil passes. If the monarchy is toppled, or if the crackdown takes an even bloodier turn, the Fifth Fleet could be forced to leave. Russia's disastrous attempts to prop up Bashar Assad in Syria, home of a Russian naval base, provide a cautionary tale about how badly such an alliance can backfire.


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North Country Students Win Scholarships at Clarkson University MythOlympic Games Challenge
Two teams of North Country high-school students competed in the first annual MythOlympic Games at Clarkson University in early May.
The teams, from Madrid-Waddington Central School and Potsdam Central School, set out to determine whether subliminal messaging can influence people's outward physical actions and behavior.
The two teams researched, designed and conducted tests, and then presented their findings to a panel of experts. The format of the MythOlympic Games is similar to the popular television show "MythBusters."
The student-teams had two months to test their theories, prepare a technical report, and produce a video presentation of their findings. Both teams were able to demonstrate the efficacy of priming and subliminal messaging to influence people's behavior.
The Madrid-Waddington team received gold medals, with each member earning a $5,000 annual scholarship to Clarkson University. The Potsdam team took home silver medals, with each student earning a $3,000 annual scholarship to Clarkson.
High school teacher Michelle Bresett coached the Madrid-Waddington team and high school teacher April Rossiter coached the Potsdam Central School team.
The MythOlympic Games and associated MythOlympics Training Camp at Clarkson engage academically talented students from New York state's North Country in hands-on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics challenges. Both are made possible through the generous support of the Alcoa Foundation.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo Caption: North Country high-school students earned scholarships to Clarkson University, as well as silver and gold medals, in the first annual MythOlympic Games sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation. Pictured, left to right, are Madrid-Waddington Central School team members Kieran Cassavaw, Alyssa Ryan, Nicolas Zeledon and Brendan O'Neil, and Potsdam Central School team members Sriveda Alety, Katie Burke, Taylor Rawsor and Shanna-Kay Hillary. (Not present for photo: Potsdam team member Victoria Mondragon.)
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Digitising legacy VHS
Can't you do it via the RF socket?
Not the highest fidelity, but should be workable.
"Today's digital VCR replacement" is how the UK manufacturer Digital Vision describes its new GiGo Freeview set-top box. Designed to sell for less than £70, the device is a granny-friendly PVR with an unusual feature that will appeal to geeks (at least to this one). Unlike the majority of PVRs on the UK market, the GiGo records …
To be something like 'granny proof' I think this device needs an RF modulator rather than just passthru - no mention of this in the review eitehr way I can see.
I doubt if you can digitise VHS via the RF IN as I can't see any mention of any analogue RF input capability - just analogue output to VHS via composite video like any other PVR box.
Seems like an interesting idea, I'm surprised by the lack of record to USB or SDHC devcies on the market, I find my old Sandisk V-mate handy for this now and agian, but that's hardly 'granny proof'
Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity here. I love the idea of multiple removable storage devices, and I guess the price is right for what you get, but there is so much missing I wouldn't have given it more than 70% rating. It needs to have dual receivers, and be able to power USB HDDs by specification. It needs to be able to pause and play catchup with live TV. 14 day EPG would be nice-to-have but I concede not a necessity. What a pity they left out so many features that would be considered standard on any other PVR, while adding all these innovations. Now if they could just put the innovative new features on top of the existing standard features we are expecting, they would have a clear winner. My Inverto sadly has been asking to be replaced for a while now, but I haven't found its replacement yet.
@EddieD : Generally these kind of devices do little more than save the MPEG stream as it comes out from the tuners, they don't have any way to encode MPEG.
This keeps the cost down, but limits the functionality in ways that seem distinctly arbitrary compared with the VCRs of old.
Am I the only person in the world who wishes there were a sufficient market to justify creating a 'premium' Freeview+ PVR with a nice box, great UI and some decent hardware in it these days? The race to £20 freeview boxes has left us with a load of old tosh on the shelves and my Sony STB isn't going to last forever.
The box can only receive digital TV, not the analogue you get from a VHS machine's RF output. The main reason for this is that it would require an MPEG2 coder (licensing fees!) to record analogue broadcasts.
By the way, you should be able to plug a DVD player into the second SCART socket, and provided that it offers RGB pass-through then the quality should be fine.
One comment though:
"The VHS socket gives newcomers to digital an option to continue recording onto their old VHS machine."
Actually the picture shows that the 2nd socket is labelled "VCR/DVD" - and don't forget that DVD-R recorders are now pretty reasonable, so I'm guessing that you could grab a programme to flash, move the key to use your PC to edit out the commercials, and then put it back in the GiGo and zap it onto DVD disk for later viewing.
I also can't help wondering if a 2.5" external USB disk (which uses laptop drives with a lower power draw) or the SSD-based units would work better than the external drive tested.
Price is a little high - if it was £15-20 cheaper then it'd be a serious alternative for those folks who are looking for a Freeview STB but want something a little more. Heck, I'd think of replacing my current Phillips box with this.
Oh, and not sure on the name - presumably "TV2Go" was taken. Or, given that it's got three flash sockets, maybe it could have been called the "GoGoGo". ;)
This product looks ideal. PVRs are great, but if your mate has recorded something and says it was fantastic that good and dandy but how do you get to see it (and hold the iPlayer response, Freeview is more than BBC) ? This solves that problem.
So, it looks good - looks simple enough that my mum could use it. Some details are missing :
1) Where can I buy one ?
2) When can I buy one ?
As as about "when" because you mentioned you tested a pre-production unit ! Hopefully these will be available well before XMAS.
BTW - I think they should bundle it with at least one flash drive so you know the unit works (and so if you buy a rubbish drive you can at least know it's your cheap drive that's the problem and not the box). I would have thought SD cards would have been more preferable, there's obviously some reason they chose USB (possibly licensing).
Well it's a step in the right direction.
I'd consider something like this when Freeview HD is released (can't see the point in buying another freeview box at the moment). Seems a bit steep though considering what it is, but I guess the PPC CPU might have something to do with this (aren't most Freeview boxes using basic low power DSP chips?).
I also agree that it could do with dual tuners.
By the way, with regards to digitising VHS tapes, your best bet is to probably get a cheapo DVD recorder. You can pick one up for about £50 online now that will record from RF or Scart to DVD from old analogue devices (apart from copy protected tapes, but then a lot of old films on VHS are dirt cheap on DVD nowadays anyway). My dad does this this his LG DVD recorder (his was a bit more pricey though at £100 but does include Freeview and HDMI output).
Personally though I just replace the VHS tapes with DVDs as any home videos I have are on DV tape anyway (so can be transferred to DVD on the PC, or via a DVD recorder).
I use the Sony PlayTV myself. It comes with HDMI and upscales the SD signal, comes with Blu-Ray support (it plugs into the PS3, or even a PC), dual receiver so you can record a channel whilst watching another, and the remote control is blue-tooth (I think), it also has access to the internet.
Ok, so maybe its not cheap when you add on the cost of a PS3, and although it can accept a HD signal its not compatible with the UK signal (yet), but if you already have a PS3 I don't think there is a better freeview+ type box in its price range - not including price of PS3.
Best bit about the PlayTV, if you are in the US on holiday, you can set the PlayTV to record Top Gear and watch it in the US on your PSP via wi-fi! Has The Reg reviewed the PlayTV yet?
in a Alicante MediaWorld store. It was a no name (that I can remember) Generic Satellite Receiver, I have it DISEQC on Hotbird FTA + UK FreeSat, it includes a Digital Terrestrial Rx - whose channels (12 here in Italy) just get added to the Satellite list and a front USB socket for MPEG-2 Streamed recording. I dump to 16GB USB stick and 1 hour of VIVA music was around 1.2GB. My PC & Mac see the file as a Streamed Media, plays well with VLC. Cost 129 euro, around 110 quid.
I haven't played with the 'timed' recording modes, just pressed the basic PVR instant button on the remote - which takes about 5 secs to start. nice piece of kit!
Whilst I'm usually massively dis-interested in El-RegHW reviewing piss poor Freeview boxes, this one seems to stand out quite nicely, especially wot with its IT angle!
This sounds like a genuinely useful piece of kit. Selecting to use USB pendrives was utter genious, they clearly recognised (or stumbled upon?) the fact that pendrives are coming down in cost all the time, today you can pick up a few perfectly acceptable 16Gb drives for one standard-pittance-unit (SPU), thereby adding great value!
Definitely need to work on USB HDD support though, prior to release. Also there's no way my old gran would ever be able to make out that confusing mess of an EPG page! Size of the font is not everything you know!
Only thing is - prior to when I bought my slingbox (with built in freeview) I used to use a PC with a hauppauge PVR card, only to find the support for MPEG2 video the card produced to be somewhat lacking (thanks Hauppauge for making me take up countless hours of my life on this problem!). I never did find a video editing program at the time that could edit the Hauppauge MPEG2 files except the shit they provided, and I never did manage to transcode any of my vids.
I sincerely hope this has changed, and I hope the file standard is properly obeyed this time so it'll be loaded in with any vid editing software.
...so does anybody have any suggestions for specific software titles to edit GiGo DV-DTR1 files with? I might consider shelling out.
I'm keen on getting one too - so I can record progammes onto a microSDHC card plugged into a USB reader (acts just like a USB memory stick, USB mass storage class device). Take the card and put it in my Nokia N95 mobile phone and watch on the train to work.
I will need http://corecodec.com/ to produce an MPEG2 video player codec for their symbian video player software. I already use this software to play back MP2 audio recordings made on a microSD card inside a full size SD adapter in TheBug DAB (thebug.com) digital radio.
Link for the device http://www.digitalvisiontv.com/digital_tv_recorder.html
Expected to be available in September for about 70 pounds.
FAT32 on a DVR? What a brilliant idea, especially given that the maxium file size 4 GB - so if you're recording a longer movie, forget about actually watching it! If you're any serious about getting a DVR, a MythTV box with a reasonably sized HD (formatted in XFS/JFS) with a couple of DVB tuners will yield much better results, and actually won't cost that much - my >5 years old Athlon XP 2600+ with 1 GB of RAM happily records four DVB streams while watching one (it could do eight from two multiplexes, but there's never that much to watch at any given time), and with proper deinterlacing it looks great even on a 1080p display.
If the PVR does use FAT32 then the 4gb limit could be overcome by the device creating a new file once the earlier had reached 4gb. A playlist file would also be created to link them together. We all know that playlist files are used to sequence audio and video on our favourite Windows/Mac/Linux players, so this technique also ought to be applicable in this dedicated set top box.
If it's just dumping the transport stream to the drives, which is the most likely, then you'll almost certainly be able to open the files using MPEG StreamClip (www.squared5.com) which is one of the tools of choice for the owners of Topfields and other PVRs that let you offload the files.
Of course, they may have weird headers stuck on them, but that's not insurmountable - StreamClip handles some formats, and VLC skips over some too, allowing you too use it to create a plain TS.
VideoRedo can also handle some TS files.


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Student Stories: Environmental major experiences the Alps
Student Stories: Environmental major experiences the Alps
Environmental resource management might sound like a white-collar desk job to most, but to Tyler Yost, it is much more. Last summer he studied abroad in Germany, where he had the opportunity to put his Penn State education to practical use.
"I'd taken a few German language classes, I wanted to study abroad and it just happened to work out that there was a program in Freiburg," said the senior from Etters, Pa. "It was a good fit for me."
For an environmental resource management major, there are few better places to study. Freiburg is considered the greenest city in Germany, with progressive views on environmental practice and energy conservation.
Yost's coursework included a study of human impact on the environment in the Swiss Alps, during which he went on a three-day study tour in the mountains.
"There were a lot of hands-on things in the program, which I really liked," he said. "Almost all of the classes involved a lot of excursions, field trips and field training."
During his hike in the Alps, Yost witnessed areas damaged by forest fires and had a chance to see the impact firsthand. The class visited a forest-regeneration station, where Swiss researchers experimented to find strains of trees that grew fastest for future plantings.
"I took a soils class, which was similar to soils classes here, but we worked in soil pits out in the Black Forest," he said. "There was also a forestry class in which we were assigned a stand in the forest, and we had to develop a management plan for it. It was interesting.
"We got to see how things work in the real world, so that was a good experience."
When he wasn't studying forest regeneration or soils, Yost was traveling through Europe. "We went to many vineyards and did wine tastings," he said. "They use really progressive techniques in the vineyards -- green mulching, limited applications of pesticides, enhanced water-conservation techniques, things like that."
The trip provided Yost with not only great memories, but practical, real-world experience. In the future, he plans to return to Germany to earn a master's degree in environmental studies.
"Studying there was kind of daunting at the beginning, but after getting adjusted, it was an amazing experience."
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CycleDog: The Next Generation
I know, I know. Most of you don't believe you have psychic abilities. So we'll do a simple test. Think of these three words, and associate them with a picture in your mind. "Mutton-chops." "Ham." "Boisterous." Now, you immediately pictured Bob Roll, didn't you? For those who imagined Hillary Clinton or Ann Coulter, please consider emergency psychotherapy. Soon. Don't even bother to read the rest of this.
The next time something funny about cycling occurs to you, that'll be me doing a little testing. Feel free to giggle, chortle, or even guffaw. I have that effect on people, even when I'm not thinking of anything particularly funny. For some reason, they just can't control their feeling of mirth when I'm around, even when I haven't said a word.
Anyway, once I perfect the new, improved Psychic CycleDog, it will be universally available and completely free of charge. Think of it! You could be walking down the street, riding your bike in the park, or even taking a shower when a Psychic CycleDog piece flitters into your mind and you just about fall down laughing! Now, this is probably not a good idea when you're riding or showering, and the other people in the park might think you're a cackling maniac, but the joke's on them! You'll be one of the in-crowd, getting CycleDog directly into your head!
If I can figure out how to include some psychic ads, I'll be swimming in cash very shortly. Unfortunately, there's no way to opt out at present, so everyone will be getting CycleDog and the ads. And since we're facing a mid-term election next year, I'm considering putting political ads on CycleDog too.
But there's still hope!
While you can't opt out, it's an established scientific fact that aluminum foil hats block government mind controls rays and other psychic phenomena. So by lining your helmet with convenient aluminum foil, you can prevent a nasty fall or some other surprise. I'd expect that as this becomes widely known, aluminum foil supplies will be depleted very rapidly, so stock up now! In fact, it's probably a good idea to buy stock in Alcoa because it's undoubtedly going to skyrocket!
Remember, you read it here first!
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François Truffaut, (born February 6, 1932, Paris, France—died October 21, 1984, Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris), French film critic, director, and producer whose attacks on established filmmaking techniques paved the way for the movement known as the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave).
Early works
Truffaut was born into a working-class home. His own troubled childhood provided the inspiration for Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959; The 400 Blows), a semiautobiographical study of a working-class delinquent. It is the first of the Antoine Doinel trilogy, tracing its hero's evolution from an antisocial anguish to a happy and settled domesticity. When it won the best direction prize at the 1959 Cannes film festival, Truffaut was established as a leader of the French cinema's New Wave—a term for the simultaneous presentation of first feature films by a number of French directors—a tendency that profoundly influenced the rising generation of filmmakers around the world.
The New Wave marked a reaction against the commercial production system: the well-constructed plot, the limitations of a merely craftsmanlike approach, and the French tradition of quality with its heavy reliance on literary sources. Its aesthetic theory required every detail of a film's style to reflect its director's sensibility as intimately as a novelist's prose style retraces the workings in depth of his mind—hence the term le camera-stylo ("camera-pen"). The emphasis lay on visual nuance, for, in keeping with a general denigration of the preconceived and the literary, the script was often treated less as a ground plan for a dramatic structure than as merely a theme for improvisation. Improvised scenes were filmed, deploying the visual flexibility of newly developed television equipment (e.g., the handheld camera) and techniques (e.g., extensive postsynchronization of dialogue). The minimization of costs encouraged producers to gamble on unknown talents, and the simplicity of means gave the director close control over every aspect of the creative process, hence Truffaut's term auteur, or film author.
Outside his art, Truffaut was reticent about his private life, although it is known that he was sent to a reformatory before leaving school at age 14 to work in a factory. His interest in the cinema, however, brought him to the attention of the critic André Bazin, doyen of the monthly avant-garde film magazine Cahiers du cinéma, who incorporated him into the staff. For eight years Truffaut asserted himself as the most truculent critic of the contemporary French cinema, which he considered stale and conventional, and advocated a cinema that would allow the director to write dialogue, invent stories, and, in general, produce a film as an artistic whole in his own style. Thus, he was influential in the cinema world before he actually made a film. Like his leading character in Baisers volés (1969; Stolen Kisses), another film in the Doinel series, he deserted from his military service, being committed to various prisons until he was able to resume his journalistic career and, eventually, put his ideas into creative practice. Again like Doinel in Domicile conjugale (1970; Bed and Board), he married and became the father of two daughters.
Truffaut's initial creative effort, the short piece Les Mistons (1958; The Mischief Makers), depicted a gang of boys who thoughtlessly persecute two young lovers. His second short, Une Histoire d'eau (1959; A Story of Water), was a slapstick comedy for which Jean-Luc Godard developed the conclusion. Both films met with sufficient appreciation to facilitate his first feature-length film, Les Quatre Cents Coups. An evocation of the adolescent's pursuit of independence from a staid adult world of conformity and protocol, for which Truffaut evinced a romantic sympathy, the film proved to be one of the most popular New Wave films, especially in England and the United States. Two tenderly pessimistic studies in sexual tragedy followed—Tirez sur le pianiste (1960; Shoot the Piano Player), adapted from a U.S. thriller (Down There by David Goodis), a genre for which Truffaut displayed great admiration, and Jules et Jim (1962).
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After this burst of creativity, he seemed to have a period of hesitation. All of his later works, however, were intensely personal and explored one of two themes: studies in forlorn childhoods—e.g., the Doinel trilogy and L'Enfant sauvage (1969; The Wild Child), the chronicle of an 18th-century doctor who attempts to domesticate an uncivilized child—and sensitive melodramas sadly celebrating disastrous confrontations between shy heroes and boldly emancipated or possessive women. The first theme shows the influence of filmmaker Jean Vigo, in its uncompromising stance against authority of any kind, and of Jean Renoir, in its feeling for place and atmosphere and its mingling of the nostalgic with sudden outbursts of blatant humour, as well as of Truffaut's personal experience. The second owes much to the American roman noir, or "black novel," the diverse manifestations of which, from the morally disintegrated heroes of William Faulkner to the sadistic gangsters of Mickey Spillane, have fascinated French novelists from Jean-Paul Sartre to the present. A certain hero worship, also, is discernible in Truffaut's long published conversations with the veteran British American filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Hitchcock, rev. ed. 1984), whose work he admired in complete defiance of his earlier theories. Of Truffaut's features, only Fahrenheit 451 (1966), a film version of Ray Bradbury's science-fiction novel, falls outside these categories, though it relates to the American style and the poetic-melodramatic form. Through his production company, Les Films du Carrosse, Truffaut coproduced, among other films, Godard's first feature and Jean Cocteau's last. His own later films include La Nuit américaine (1972; Day for Night), for which he was awarded an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Le Dernier Métro (1980; The Last Metro); and Vivement dimanche (1983; Confidentially Yours).
For Truffaut, the cinema had to be, on the one hand, personal and, on the other, a splendid spectacle. The style of his first three films, at once delicate, lyrical, and exceptionally fertile in cinematographic invention, has become, partly by choice, more prosaic and conventional. Controversy has centred on the extent to which his films involve a militant conservatism—whether, for example, Truffaut in L'Enfant sauvage deplores, documents, feels nostalgic for, or positively and without reservation approves the narrow, strict rigidities with which its psychologist (played by Truffaut himself) sets about civilizing the abandoned autistic child. It may be that Truffaut's earlier inspiration was rooted in the nostalgias and despairs of his childhood, and as with success he matured into adult and father, so his films lost in lyricism while maintaining their fidelity to life's prosaic side. But life's grayness and flatness were recorded with a sense of resignation and quiet achievement quite distinct from platitude or petulant nihilism. Two autobiographical books, Les Films de ma vie (1975; The Films of My Life) and Truffaut par Truffaut (1985; Truffaut by Truffaut), shed further light on Truffaut's philosophy and modus operandi.Raymond E. Durgnat
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Iron Maiden Turn Music Piracy Into Touring Gold with New Online Strategy
Update: Original source CITEworld has retracted their story -- "Due to writer error, an original version of this article stated that Iron Maiden used MusicMetric's analysis to plan its South American tours. MusicMetric did not work directly with Iron Maiden. The analysis described in this article was carried out without the band's participation or knowledge, and we have no confirmation that the band ever saw or used it. CITEworld deeply regrets this error, and we apologize to our readers."
Illegally downloading music is frowned upon, but Iron Maiden have managed to turn the issue into a positive. Instead of filing lawsuits or barraging the media with a list of names who have stolen music, Iron Maiden have instead used file-sharing information to plan their tour itineraries.
It's very normal for fans to find their newest favorite acts by illegally downloading music. After all, not many young people can buy hundreds of CDs each year. In fact, according to various studies, when music lovers go searching for new music, they actually end up spending more money than those who simply buy albums in the normal matter. File-sharers tend to dump more cash for legal purchases, concert tickets and merch after downloading music illegally, and Iron Maiden understand that dynamic.
Iron Maiden have enlisted the help of Musicmetric to analyze music piracy worldwide. "If you know what drives engagement you can maximize the value of your fan base," says Gregory Mead, CEO and co-founder of Musicmetric tells Cite. "Artists could say 'we're getting pirated here, let's do something about it', or 'we're popular here, let's play a show.'"
Through Musicmetric, Iron Maiden found out that Brazilian pirates download more Maiden music than any other country. Because of these numbers, Iron Maiden turned the pirates into paying customers, planning a heavy South American tour schedule in 2013. In response, Iron Maiden played to sold out venues, making a ton of cash in the process.
Check out this TorrentFreak article to learn more about how Iron Maiden turned piracy into gold.


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May 25, 2005
The Yale Men's swimming program is one of the most decorated sports in the rich history of athletics. The Bulldogs have captured 60 individual NCAA Championships and four team national titles, while swimmers from Yale have won 19 Olympic medals.
On June 4 at 3 p.m. in the Kiphuth Trophy Room of Payne Whitney Gym, one of those Olympians, Steve Clark '65, will donate one of his gold medals from the 1964 Olympics.
"The gold is still shiny but the ribbons are as faded as I am," said Clark, who is very humbled by the request to make an event out of his gift during his 40th reunion weekend. "I don't want to live on past athletic glory. That's not the way I was raised, and that's not why I am giving the medal to Yale. There are a lot of people in our Class who did great things. This is more of a tribute to my coach at Yale, Phil Moriarty, who has been a father figure to me."
Clark swam the preliminaries of the 400 medley and 800 freestyle relays for the 1960 United States team at Rome as a high school student but did not medal under the rules of that time.
In the Tokyo Olympiad, Clark won three gold medals as a member of the 400-meter freestyle and 800-freestyle relays and the 400-medley relay, each of those teams achieving world records. In addition, as the lead swimmer for the 400 free relay, Clark tied the 100-meter world record time of 52.9.
"I am extremely pleased that he has decided to do this," said the head coach of Yale Men's and Women's swimming, Frank Keefe. "He is one of the greatest swimmers of all time, and we are very fortunate to have the support from someone like Steve. This is the Heisman Trophy of swimming. " "We are thrilled to receive this generous gift from Steve Clark and are very excited to display his great piece of Olympic history. He was one of the most prolific collegiate and Olympic swimmers ever and one of the finest leaders to wear the Blue and White," said Yale Athletics Director Tom Beckett. During his illustrious collegiate career, the Los Altos, Calif., native won five individual NCAA titles, was part of a relay national title and captained the 1964-65 Yale team. Clark is the first man in the world to swim faster than 48, 47 and 46 seconds for 100 yards and 21 seconds for 50 yards. At the 1965 AAU Championships held at Yale, Clark lowered the 100-yard American record to 45.6. He received a standing ovation from over 2,000 fans as Moriarty, awarded him his AAU Championship medal in the final race of his senior year. Clark, a lawyer, was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an honor swimmer in 1966. He is a Masters swimmer with San Francisco's Olympic Club.
"After I led off the relay at the Olympics with the world record time, the starter walked over and handed me the shell from the gun which I still have," said Clark from his office at CSI Capital Management in San Francisco, a financial advisory firm for professional athletes. "A lot of my success in swimming could be attributed to the fact I had some of the greatest coaches in the world, including Phil Moriarty. Phil, and Yale, helped me become more than just a swimmer."
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Virtualization news continues to move to the forefront as we head towards the start of VMworld in San Francisco. Last week we unveiled the upcoming Nexus 1000V 2.1 major release here. Perhaps the biggest news on the virtual security front is the availability last week of the ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall (download a free trial here). We're also announcing special introductory pricing on the ASA 1000V of 50% off the list price, which also includes our new Virtual Network Management Center (VNMC) 2.0. Other promotional pricing bundles are available as well.
We're excited about the ASA 1000V because it brings virtually all the features of our physical ASA appliances to virtual environments, providing greater consistency across the physical, virtual and cloud domains, however your applications are deployed. The ASA 1000V will primarily be deployed to protect tenants in a multi-tenant cloud environment with traditional edge security services including VPN, NAT, attack prevention and DHCP. This will complement our Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) firewall which has greater visibility to VM-specific policy attributes, and will be used to isolate VM-VM traffic within a tenant.
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It took a farmers work ethic, some good, old-fashion elbow grease and lots of family support for the Alexandria-St. Albans Township Fire Department chief to achieve what is truly a sweet dream.
It took a farmers work ethic, some good, old-fashion elbow grease and lots of family support for the Alexandria-St. Albans Township Fire Department chief to achieve what is truly a sweet dream.
"Once you get hooked on it, you can't live without it," said Ron Butcher, a retired Columbus firefighter who, in addition to his current part-time duties as St. Albans fire chief, is owner of the new and successful Butcher Family Maple Products company on Butcher Road, just off state Route 661, between Granville and Mount Vernon.
"It's still amazing," the number of people who have never tried real maple products, he said. Pancake syrups, like Log Cabin and other similar products, are made from corn syrup, not maple, and they don't count, he said.
Butcher, of Newark, said Ohio is the sixth-most prolific state in maple syrup production. He, along with his son, Justin, and brother, Roger, are making sure their company does its part to add to that statistic by producing various maple products, from syrup to maple confections and even maple cotton candy.
"We use it for everything," he said, adding that pouring maple syrup over vanilla ice cream is his favorite.
Butcher credits his father, who made syrup from a small camp, for igniting his passion.
Butcher, who made syrup even when he was in high school, said his son, Justin, a Johnstown resident, has a great love for the outdoors, and it wasn't difficult to convince Justin to create syrup on a small scale with him as his son grew.
Butcher recalls a time when his wife had gone out of town, only to return to find Ron and Justin making maple syrup in the house.
"It ruined the cabinet over the range, but we made four gallons of syrup," Ron Butcher said.
All was forgiven, however, as his wife and daughter actively participate in the business.
Justin has followed in his father's footsteps as a Columbus firefighter but is still an entrepreneurial partner.
Butcher said Roger, also a Columbus firefighter and a Centerburg resident, is a "talented fabricator" and lends his construction skills.
Butcher said he really dove into the business in August of last year, which was a very strong year for maple production. He said he and his family tapped 500 trees and produced 100 gallons of syrup.
"It was grueling," he said.
Today, the business is housed in a new Vermont-style 54-by-84-foot cabin complete with a traditional cupola.
"It's state of the art," he said.
He has leased more acreage and added an ultra-modern automated tapping system that not only collects maple sap more efficiently but also ensures the trees remain healthy through the process.
"We're really busy," said Butcher as he continues to run more tubing between the trees.
Justin is working on a website and creating unusual holiday gift packages for those with a sweet tooth.
"Do they really need another gift certificate to Red Lobster?" Butcher joked.
The business remains and will likely always be a work in progress, he said.
"You want to keep adding more and more," he said.
Butcher said the intensity of the effort it takes to build the business is a definite challenge, and the weather is a huge factor in success, but he gets to enjoy the outdoors on the farm where he grew up and learned the value of hard work, and it pulls his family together in a unique way.
"It's so expensive to do," Butcher said, "but the best part is the family involvement."
Butcher said he is looking forward to springtime, when the sap is flowing at its peak and Butcher Family Maple Products offers tours of the facility.
"It's a great destination to bring the family and kids," he said, adding that his products are sold at Shulls Hardware in Johnstown. "We love trees and showing people around. People can't believe what we've created."
The products also are available at Heavenly Host Gardens in Utica, Glenn's Market in Wilkins Corner, the Homer Village Market and at Butcher Family Maple Products at 12740 Butcher Road, Mount Vernon.


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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
If you live in the United States, there are 40 trillion gallons of water above your head on an average day. Each day, about four trillion gallons of this water fall to Earth as precipitation, such as rain, snow, or hail. Some of the water that falls to Earth soaks into the ground and provides runoff to rivers, lakes, and oceans. The remaindermore than 2.5 trillion gallonsreturns to the atmosphere through evaporation, and the process begins again.
This continuous process of precipitation and evaporation is called the water cycle, or hydrologic cycle. It's been going on ever since oceans were formed on this planet 3.8 billion years ago. Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago, but water was not present at the start. At some point, possibly because of the heating of hydrogen and oxygen as Earth developed, water vapor began to form in the atmosphere. Oceans formed and the cycle began.
Seventy percent of Earth is covered by water. In the atmosphere, rivers, oceans, groundwater, and elsewhere on Earth there are a total of 326 million cubic miles of water (more than 326,000,000 trillion gallons). Less than one percent of that water is present in rivers, lakes, and groundwater: we use these sources for our drinking water. Most of it97 percentis in the oceans. The oceans distribute heat around the planet, keeping heat and cold circulating by way of surface currents.
Of the 326 million cubic miles of water on our planet, 3,100 cubic miles are found in the atmosphere. As water evaporates from the oceans, it enters the atmosphere and collects on small particles in the air as droplets or ice (a process called condensation) and forms clouds. When enough water or ice collects in a cloud, it rains. If the temperature is low enough, it snows.
There are many kinds of clouds. Each signals a different kind of weather. Cirrus clouds, for example, are high up in the troposphere. Winds in the upper troposphere make these clouds look wispy and thin. Though they are composed of ice, they are usually associated with pleasant weather. Stratus clouds, which form in lower parts of the troposphere, consist of water droplets and cover most of the sky with an even, gray color similar to a fog. These clouds (as well as some cumulus, nimbostratus, and other cloud types) can signal light rain. Cumulonimbus clouds are tall, dense clouds shaped like a block or anvil. They signal thunderstorms and also spawn tornadoes, as well as other violent weather effects such as hail and lightning.
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I found this great video online that explains 'Why Learn Algebra?'
It explains why learn algebra with real life examples and brain boosting reasons
I discovered it about a week ago and have used it a few times in lessons.
Hope you enjoy it!
Hi samsamsam;
Welcome to the forum. That is very inspiring except for one thing. If kids are still asking the same questions that kids in my era did ( 4000 BC ) it is obviously not working.
And besides do we really want to pump up our brain? Is a fat brain better?
I was recently at the Rockefeller Institute where that very question came up. It was decided by more than 2 to 1 that a low fat brain was the way to go.
When we make a microchip we make it as small as possible. Why? Well this way the electrons do not have to go very far. That means higher speeds, better performance. Same principle with the human brain. Shrink it down to the size of a marble and then watch that baby perform.
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It comes as no surprise these days when teenagers are unfamiliar with names like Paul McCartney or Warren Buffett. But on July 13, 16-year-old Tom White knew just what to do when he spotted two of the world's most famous people: he snapped a selfie with both of them.
Moments later, his friend, who goes by @LukeKoesters, posted the photo to his Twitter account. White also posted the selfie to his Twitter and Instragram accounts.
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McCartney, who apparently stopped in Omaha on his way to perform at Lincoln's Pinnacle Bank Arena, was spotted with Buffett in the city's Dundee neighborhood having dinner, dessert and a walk around the area.
A little before posting the epic selfie, White's friend posted a picture captioned "Just saw Paul McCartney in Dundee! My night is awesome!!!!!"
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Better Way to Measure Particle Shape Proves Popular
SPLAT II paper second most cited in prestigious aerosol journal
A paper on SPLAT II is the second most cited in Aerosol Science and Technology.
Results: Tiny particles are pivotal to climate change, public health, and nanotechnology. A significant fraction of these particles are aspherical, yet scientists must routinely assume the particles are spherical to interpret many measurements of particle properties. To determine the true shape of particles, experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely precise particle measurements.
The 2006 paper on SPLAT II is the second most cited in Aerosol Science and Technology, the 4th ranked journal in mechanical engineering and the official journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research.
Why It Matters: Particle properties and behavior are tightly linked to their shape. For example, how much light a particle scatters, in what spatial distribution, and polarization is closely related to particle shape. Before these measurements it was assumed that the shape of particles of different types is size independent. Measurements from the SPLAT II showed that the dynamic shape factor of ammonium sulfate and sodium chloride particles increase with particle size.
Methods: SPLAT II provides measurements of particles with unprecedented sensitivity and precision. By combining SPLAT II with another instrument, scientists can simultaneously measure various properties about each particle, including vacuum aerodynamic diameter, mobility diameter, dynamic shape factor, and effective density.
Making Our Way in the World: Scientists regularly use SPLAT II to learn more about particles. For example, the instrument was part of a massive field campaign in northern Alaska aimed to improve our understanding of the relationship between particle size and composition and their ability to form warm and ice clouds.
What's Next: SPLAT II is on its way to another field campaign to quantify the properties of exhaust particles in a joint project with General Motors and the University of Wisconsin.
Acknowledgments: Dr. Alla Zelenyuk and Dr. Yong Cai at PNNL and Dr. Dan Imre at Imre Consulting wrote the article. In support of the SPLAT II measurements, the team used the scanning electron microscope at Department of Energy's EMSL, a national scientific user facility at PNNL.
Sponsor: Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Reference: Zelenyuk A, Y Cai, and D Imre. 2006. "From agglomerates of spheres to irregularly shaped particles: Determination of dynamic shape factors from measurements of mobility and vacuum aerodynamic diameters." Aerosol Science and Technology 40(3):197-217.


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Just want to say how great the optimisations put on the StackExchange™ SuperUserMegaDropDown™ is, especially with the addition of the click to view profile and hover to preview, I really like the last rep received section.
The last earned badges section may be slightly unnecessary as it doesn't update that often (in my case anyway) maybe a new comments section instead?
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Markets move to rental upswing and capital values move upward despite "pause" in investment activity
SINGAPORE, 18 August 2010 - The outlook for the property market is continuing improvement across Asia Pacific, underpinned by stronger economic conditions and business confidence, reports Jones Lang LaSalle. Take up of office space continues to strengthen and capital values have started to recover, while the momentary pause in investment activity will not last long.
In 2Q10, take up of office space across Asia Pacific's Tier I cities increased by 13% q-o-q to 1.3 million sqm. In the major financial centres, contractions in space came to an end with the exception of Tokyo.
Jones Lang LaSalle's recently released Office Rental Weather Map and Asia Pacific Property Digest both reflect relocation and upgrading demand continuing to underpin the bulk of leasing activity, though there have been more instances of expansion in markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore and the Tier I cities of China and India.
In 2Q10, net effective rents in Singapore increased for the first time since 3Q08. Rents in Greater China strengthened further, led by Hong Kong and Shanghai. In Australia, rents have started to recover in a few markets, notably Melbourne CBD where net effective rents have increased by 9.6% in the first half of the year.
Alastair Hughes, Chief Executive Officer for Jones Lang LaSalle in Asia Pacific says, "The underlying rental fundamentals in most Asia Pacific markets are compelling and we have seen the net absorption of quality office space increase by 13% compared to Q1."
"The majority of businesses are moving in order to consolidate their operations and to pick up good quality space at a good time in their rental cycle. This steady demand is relentlessly soaking up the supply of office space," adds Mr Hughes.
Dr Jane Murray, Head of Research, Asia Pacific comments, "Rents are nearing or past the trough in most regional markets with residual declines in a few centres. With hiring activity now resuming in many markets, expansion demand is expected to strengthen as occupiers position for future growth."
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Although there is still a degree of uncertainty regarding the economic and financial backdrop, Jones Lang LaSalle expects property markets in Asia Pacific to record further improvement in fundamentals and activity levels over the rest of 2010.
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Nakoula's been sentenced to one year, the American people just were sentenced to four.
From Jim Treacher:
By the way, the guy who made the YouTube video that didn't cause Benghazi just got a year in jail
I realize it doesn't matter anymore, if it ever did. But it's worth at least a footnote in the glorious annals of the Obama administration.
The filmmaker behind "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Islam film that sparked rioting across the globe*, was sentenced Wednesday to a year behind bars after he admitted to violating the terms of his release from an earlier conviction.
[Name withheld because this is bullshit] admitted to four violations, including lying to his probation officer and using bogus names. In exchange, prosecutors dropped four other counts, which included allegations that [he] lied to federal authorities in telling them his role in the film's production was limited to writing the script.
*SNIP* You will have to go to Treacher's post and read his spot on comments.
I may be on break, but I'm not letting this story go. By the way, House & Senate convening a hearing on Benghazi and it's set for the 15th.
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On an English Shingon website: http://www.shingon.org/sbii/training/TestingETC.html it states:
This seems to contradict what I know to be a fact. It could simply be the way the website is worded however.Discipleship and Training
the Shingon Priesthood
TESTING, LICENSING and FURTHER TRAINING
The Disciple must then take a comprehensive test for Licensing and upon passing requires payment of 300,000 yen for the lowest level license (about $2820 at current yen value.)
This is only the basic training, for four rituals. In Shingon there are more than 250 rituals. These require additional training, through what is called the Transmission of the Complete Teachings (Ichiryu Denju). On Mount Koya a person then takes the Gakue program for ten years and becomes a Maha Acharya. On Mount Koya a person must be a Maha Acarya in order to take on Disciples.
The first license, the website does not say what it is a license FOR. Is it a license to teach?
Then bolded at the bottom, it says one must spend ten years and become a maha acarya to take on disciples. I know, for a fact, in order to teach one simply must pass a test, mainly composed of ritual texts (this is of course after already receiving acarya abhiseka). There are 16 or so levels of the Japanese priesthood heirarchy and one's permission to teach is based upon that....not upon becoming a maha acarya.
Lastly, maha acarya 大阿闍黎 is not common in Japanese Shingon. Though used for some of the higher clergy, who are allowed to teach just about everything, it has nothing to do with being allowed to teach some of the earlier practices (unless "taking on disciples" means something different than "being allowed to teach", though I would imagine they are one and the same thing...since you teach to disciples). The website does say "on Mt. Koya" so perhaps it is specifically referring to teaching AT Koyasan rather than FOR/under the auspices of Koyasan.
So it may be the way the website is worded....but it seems contradictory to what I know from many many acaryas I have spoken to.
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He was the star of one of the most popular syndicated series of all time ("Hercules") and followed it up with another long-running show ("Andromeda"), but Kevin Sorbo isn't the kind of guy who's ready to just sit back and spend the rest of his life on the sci-fi fantasy circuit. (And we know, because we asked him if he was considering it.) Sorbo recently wrapped up a seven-episode stint on "The O.C." – an appearance completely coincidental to the show's cancellation, we swear – and he's currently busy promoting his role as the lead in the straight-to-video semi-sequel to "Walking Tall." Bullz-Eye talked to Sorbo about his often-unheralded comedic roles, the chances of him reprising either of his two most famous television roles, and exactly what the hell went wrong with "Kull the Conqueror." (Don't remember it? Read on, and you might understand why…)
Bullz-Eye: Hi, may I speak to Kevin?
Kevin Sorbo: This is he.
BE: Hey, this is Will Harris.
KS: Hello, Will Harris. How are you?
BE: Not bad. Glad to be able to talk to you for a few minutes.
KS: Not a problem. Where are you calling from?
BE: Chesapeake, Virginia.
KS: Oh, there you go!
BE: It's right next door to Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
KS: Okee-doke.
BE: Well, I checked out, um, "Walking Tall 2," I guess you'd call it…
KS: (Chuckles) I think they're calling it "Walking Tall: The Payback." They've given it an official title now.
BE: I know it's less of a sequel than a continuation of the concept of a guy who, uh, walks tall.
KS: Yes.
BE: You're very good in the film…
KS: Well, thanks very much!
BE: …though I do have to say that I think your performance transcends the material at times, but… (Laughs) …was it the high profile of the franchise that caught your eye, or…?
KS: Yeah, I think it was a couple of things. I mean, number one, I certainly was a fan of the original "Walking Tall." I remember watching it when I was a kid, with my dad, and seeing the TV series with Bo Svenson, and I just always thought it was a pretty cool idea. So Sony came to me, and…y'know, I just kind of jumped on it for one of those reasons, but another reason, obviously, was to do something a little more contemporary. They seem to always stick me 3,000 years in the past or 5,000 years in the future, so it was kind of nice to do something that dealt with today. And I think that all of us have this little wish that we could be a hero like that, so I wanted to play it.
BE: Was it hard to walk tall in the Rock's shoes, or did you not really think of it that way, since it isn't really a sequel?
KS: You know, I didn't feel that way at all. You know, I think he'd have a hard time walking in my shoes! (Laughs)
BE: Well, there you go! So you've been on "The O.C." recently…
KS: I was. I just finished seven episodes; we wrapped my seventh episode, and the series wrapped on Friday of last week.
BE: I hear you were playing a bad guy.
KS: Welllllll, kind of a bad guy. You know, it's funny: it started out that way, and they never really brought any sort of end to it. They kind of softened him up a little bit, that he was trying to get back into his son's life…which is fine, but there were certainly a lot of things that happened off-screen that would've been nice to put on-screen… (Laughs) …that would've answered fans' questions about why Ryan's dad disappeared, and why he ended up in prison, and all of these things. But I think they were just wrapping up the show, and they didn't do a whole lot with it after that.
BE: How did you get hooked up with the role in the first place?
KS: They just gave a call to my agent and said, look, we have this part in here, and we'd like to speak to Kevin about it. So I went down there – the studio's right down on Manhattan Beach – and met with all of the executive producers and the writers, and they just kind of told me what they wanted to do. Originally, it was just supposed to be two episodes, and it looked like fun; those episodes were driven by what was going on with my character, and being reintroduced into the life of my son, who hasn't seen me in a decade, and how it sort of rippled through the families there. And then just added two more shows, and added two more shows, and added me to the finale…so they just kept me busy for a couple of months!
BE: You started popping up on sitcoms after "Hercules" ended; in fact, you had a recurring role on "Dharma and Greg" for a few episodes…
KS: Yep.
BE: …and then you turned up on "Two and a Half Men" last year. I take it you enjoy doing comedy.
KS: I do. You know, I actually did one of my first…I had a very small part in a "Cheers" episode years ago. And on "Hercules," in season three, back in 1995, Chuck Lorre asked me to do this part on "Cybill," with Cybill Shepherd, which was one of his first sitcoms, and so I did that one. And then I did a "Just Shoot Me," and…I've always loved the format, and I love the fact that you're getting in front of a live audience. I realize that most of the comedies they seem to be doing now are single-camera ones, sort of like in the mold of "M*A*S*H," and they're not doing as many of the other, but Chuck Lorre's still a fan of them, obviously. He did it with "Dharma & Greg," and now "Two and a Half Men." And I did Belushi's show, "According to Jim," and ABC liked the stuff that I did. They gave me my own pilot a year and a half ago, and even though we tested incredibly well – in fact, we were their number-one tested comedy – they didn't pick us up. So there you go. I'll never understand the logic behind these guys. To this day – it was a year and a half ago that I did it; it would've been for the fall of 2005 – I'm still shocked that they didn't pick it up, because it's a funny show! It's from the writer and creator of "Coach" and "Newhart," Barry Kemp, and he did such a fantastic job. The audience loved it, and I know that, when they tested it, it did really well, and they fly me to New York for up-fronts…and then, at the last minute, they said, "Yeah, we're not gonna do another one." So I look at the shows that they picked up, that lasted one, two, or three episodes, and I go, "Okay." I guess ABC felt there would be no interest in a sports-related sitcom, dealing with the football world or the NFL.
BE: What was it called?
KS: It was called "Bobby Cannon," and I played Bobby. I played a 42-year-old quarterback for the Chicago Bears who's done it all and is still playing the game, but the pilot episode deals with ESPN and the Drafting Day, and the Bears draft the next Peyton Manning…and I realize my days are numbered. The whole place goes quiet, and they say, "God, they're replacing him?" (Pauses) "Well, he is getting pretty old, you know…" The reality of it sets in, and we looked at the comedy part of that.
BE: I know YouTube is notorious for having unaired pilots show up, so I'll have to do a search for it.
KS: Oh, really?
BE: Oh, yeah. Many a pilot for a show that never actually made it to air has turned up on there.
KS: Maybe I'll get that out there somehow. I would have no idea how to do that, but I'll find someone who can do it.
BE: It's pretty cool. I've done searches for the word "pilot" and a star's name and found many cool things.
KS: Wow, that's interesting. Cool!
BE: Have you ever thought about doing just a straight-up comedy film? I mean, clearly, you've got a sense of timing, and I wouldn't think that a romantic comedy would be a major stretch, seeing as the chicks dig you and all.
KS: (Laughs) You know, I would love to. I'm in a place now…I just fired a manager, and I'm about ready to fire my agent… (Laughs) …but I think, you know, that when you're with some of these people for so long, they just get complacent and lazy. I'm having problems with my agent right now that way, so you know what? I've got a new manager that's so fired up to have me, they're sending me scripts all the time. As a matter of fact, I'm reading for two pilots this afternoon for NBC; one's a drama, one's an over-the-top comedy, and the comedy is just hilarious. I play sort of a Steve Irwin character…even brought up a couple of notches!… (Chuckles) …and it's funny. And love this kind of stuff! I would love to do a romantic comedy…and I think one of the reasons that I wanted to do the "Walking Talls" was that, even though they're straight to DVD, there was small talk at one time about picking them up for a theatrical release of some kind. But…God, I want to get into that world as well! I mean, I love television, and let's face it, there are so many movie actors that do TV now. I think the writing's getting better, and there are less movies being made; the combination of those two things have sort of forced these two mediums to become one. But, y'know, romantic comedy…you hit it right on the head, it's definitely what I want to do. Tom Werner, of Carsey-Werner, he wants to do some kind of a "Moonlighting"-type series with me, so we'll see.
BE: Actually, when you were talking about doing films, I wanted to ask: when you were doing "Kull the Conqueror" back in 1997, were you thinking, "This is it, this is my big break, I'm out of TV"?
KS: Um, you know…not really. I mean, "Hercules" was only four years into its run, and I could see with the ("Kull") script that they… (Hesitates) Had they kept the original script, yeah, I would've thought that. I'd booked another movie right after that that I had to pull out of. I mean, I had a near-death incident that happened back about a year after that movie that really slowed down a lot of other things for me – it took about two years to recover, and they sort of worked around my schedule on "Hercules," just to sort of let me get healthy again – so that sort of hurt me. But I think…I think "Kull" is a very good TV movie. I think it's a very good one, and I think that, had they kept the original script, it would've done really well. I really do. Because Universal was afraid of alienating the "Hercules" people, but I said, basically, to heck with them. I mean, if they like me, they're going to come, anyway, so keep it the R-bordering-on-an-X that the original script is. And they ended up making it a PG. And, believe me, I fought it. And (producer) Rafaella De Laurentis fought it as well. We were in the same boat there, and we both said, leave this the way it is. Leave it in the steps of "Conan," where the censors are going to go, "With the violence and the sex, it's gotta be an X," and then edit it down to an R. But don't take away what the character is and soften him up! But it was a battle we lost. And then they opened it on the same weekend that Princess Di was killed, which is also a weekend that notoriously isn't good for movies, anyway: the last weekend for summer, Labor Day. That's not a good weekend to open movies…and Rafaella and I both lost that battle as well. To me, it felt like a Thanksgiving or Christmas or cold-weather movie. But, y'know, live and learn. My ego wasn't that big that I said, "This is it." I just thought this was going to be a good start to help that along…but you don't always get to choose your winners.
BE: I understand you work with the organization A World Fit For Kids.
KS: Yes.
BE: How did you get involved with them?
"Would I do (a 'Hercules' movie)? Sure, I'd do it. I know I'm still young enough to get myself back in shape. I'm still in good shape now, but I'm about 20 pounds lighter; I can't lift as heavy anymore!"KS: I just put out the feelers that I was looking for a foundation that worked with kids, that worked with kids who were physically healthy but not living in healthy environments. There were so many people coming after me with organizations fighting cancer, pediatric AIDS, all this stuff, and they're obviously wonderful organizations, but everybody was going that road, and I said, y'know, there are other kids out there that need direction as well, and need help, a mentor, a helping hand, and or a community that's not so screwed up all the time. So that's basically what this program does. We just had a quarterly meeting last night, actually, and we're getting better and better all the time, which is good, in terms of our funding. We've got a golf tournament coming up this next weekend in Vegas. With the NBA All-Star Weekend in Vegas, we've got a lot of NBA athletes, NFL'ers, and actors, and we've raised a big chunk of money for them as well. So it's coming along great, and it's been very satisfying for me to see these kids that would've probably ended up in gangs or dead or dropped out of high school or whatever, that they've gone on to finish school, get into college, and get jobs.
BE: And you also found yourself in the pages of the book American Daddy: A Father's Heart Revealed, a collection of photos of and essays by various proud fathers.
KS: (Laughs) Oh, yeah! It was actually a guy I met through the church I go to, and he just came up and said, "Would you like to do this?" And I was more than happy to do it. It's a wonderful book, and I'm a very proud papa!
BE: So am I. I know where you're coming from.
KS: There you go. How many you got?
BE: Just one.
KS: How old?
BE: Eighteen months.
KS: Oh, congratulations! That's cool, isn't it?
BE: Yeah. She was in-vitro, so we fought long and hard to get her…
KS: Good for you.
BE: …and I think they slipped good-baby genes into the Petri dish, because she's the poster child for why you want to have kids.
KS: Yep. Good for you; that's awesome. It's just…you just melt when you get home, and she's already running around now, but just wait another year when they start gabbing like crazy.
BE: Oh, she's doing quite a lot of babbling already!
KS: Exactly. My little girl, she's 15 months, and I've got a two-and-a-half year old and a five year old…so it's pretty cool.
BE: I'm sure you're asked this in every interview, but do you ever think about revisiting "Hercules" or "Andromeda"? I understand most actors preferring to look forward rather than back, but…
KS: Well, you know what? To be quite honest with you, I was actually shocked they never came forward to do a "Hercules & "Xena" feature film, considering how popular "Hercules" was, and it had a spin-off like "Xena," which was equally popular. Hell, in 1996, we passed "Baywatch" as the most watched show in the world in 174 countries, so a feature film is sort of a no-brainer! I've given up on it now, but I thought certainly within the first…you know, we finished shooting in December of '99, and I figured that, in 2001 or 2002, they'd come to me and say, "C'mon, let's do a feature now, it's time to do one." And they never did! Would they do it? I don't know. Would I do it? Sure, I'd do it. I can get myself…I know I'm still young enough to get myself back in shape. I'm still in good shape now, but I'm about 20 pounds lighter, and I can't lift as heavy anymore! But, yeah…and "Andromeda" as well. We should've had a seven-year run out of that show, but, y'know, problems within the studio, and they fired everybody that I used to work with, and they've still got lawsuits flying left and right. I don't know the whole story; all I know is that it's on the sales block, and that it's a studio that's dying, I believe. That's the only reason we didn't do the seven-year run. But, y'know, we'll see what happens. I'd love to do either one of them. I'd have a blast doing it!
BE: And I know you've got to go, but I've got one more question: have you ever been tempted to just spend the rest of your life just traveling the sci-fi/fantasy convention circuit?
KS: (Bursts into laughter)
BE: I figure it's gotta be less stressful than acting, and it's just constant adulation!
KS: You know, that wouldn't be a bad way to go. I've got one coming up in Orlando in about a week and a half, two weeks from now, so… (Laughs) But, y'know, I still do one or two a year, maybe three a year.
BE: Yeah, I saw some of them on your calendar on your website.
KS: Well, yeah, and there's some you just don't have time to…some that have invited me for years that I've always had to say "no" to. But I have a good time doing them. It's fun. And on top of it, I make sure they set up a golf date for me. That's the important part for me! (Laughs) But, yeah, get it out there about "Walking Tall." Tell them to buy this thing. It's a fun movie!
BE: I'll do it.
KS: All right!
BE: Okay, well, it's been great talking to you, Kevin.
KS: You, too, Will. Thanks a lot!


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Brierley Awarded Membership in National Academy of Engineering, Oct. 15, 1999
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 15, 1999 -- Dr. Corale Brierley, a graduate of New Mexico Tech and resident of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was awarded membership in the National Academy of Engineering on Oct. 3 in Washington, D. C. Election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer.
Dr. Brierley earned two degrees at New Mexico Tech: a bachelor's degree in biology with highest honors and a master's degree in chemistry. She then earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Dallas in environmental sciences.
NAE membership honors those who have made "important contributions to engineering theory and practice," and those who have demonstrated "unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology." Dr. Brierley was honored for innovations in applying biotechnology to mine production and remediation.
Through her company, Brierley Consultancy, LLC, Dr. Brierley provides technical and business consultation internationally to the mining and chemical industries and government agencies. She has worked with top mining companies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Australia. She is author or co-author on 72 papers and is the co-holder of five patents.
During her 25-year career in environmental engineering, Dr. Brierley has spent seven years as an international consultant; two years with Newmont Mining Corporation as Head of Environmental Process Development; eight years managing Advanced Minerals Technology, Inc., a metals biotechnology company; and 10 years in applied research, development and teaching in her fields of expertise at New Mexico Tech from 1971 to 1982.
Earlier this year, New Mexico Tech honored her with its Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award. She was presented with the award during commencement ceremonies at the state-supported research university on May 15.


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How to greet a sunny day? There is nothing better than a glass of ice-cold banana-yogurt-berry smoothie 🙂
No need to follow any specific recipe; just blend some of your favourite frozen berries, yogurt, banana and a bit of honey.
Enjoy this energy boosting drink!
Ice -cold very berry smoothie
Serves 4
You will need:
1/2 l plain yogurt
1 banana, sliced (optional)
250 g frozen mixed berries (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries)
1-2 tbsp honey
1 tsp lemon juice
fresh mint leaves, for garnishing
All you need to do is to mix and whirl all ingredients (except mint leaves) in a blender until smooth.
Pour the liquid into four glasses and garnish with fresh mint leaves.
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Changes in Flounder Regs to go into Effect Sept. 1, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Commissioners today approved a reduction in the recreational and commercial bag limits for southern flounder and set a reduced bag limit for the month of November with take that month limited to hook and line.
The commission also approved several changes related to federal consistency issues for sharks and other species and a paddle craft licensing and training program. Scoping and public comment on these issues has been ongoing since the fall of 2008, with more than 10,000 comments received by the department.
Flounder — The new regulations adopted by the TPW commission today are an attempt to reverse a long-term downward trend in the abundance of southern flounder. TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division data shows that the relative abundance of flounder has fallen by about 50 percent since the early 1980s. The new regulation reduces the recreational bag limit from 10 to 5 fish, and the commercial bag limit from 60 to 30 fish. Hook and line anglers will be permitted a 2 flounder daily bag limit during the month of November, with take by all other gear prohibited.
Modeling suggests that the new regulations will result in an increase of spawning stock biomass of slightly more than 80 percent over six years, with the majority of that recovery taking place in the first several years.
Public comments on the flounder regulations ran about 95 percent in favor of bag reductions and 90 percent against a November closure. TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division Science and Policy Director Robin Riechers noted that many persons opposing the November closure said they wanted a longer closure that applied only to the gig fishery including the months of October through December.
Anglers all along the Texas Gulf coast reported a rebound in flounder numbers in 2007 and 2008, also reflected in TPWD sampling, but even that short-term increase in relative abundance places numbers near the bottom of the long-term trend.
"We'll look at our data every year and come back to you either to talk about the success we've had or further actions we need to take," Riechers told commissioners.
Previous actions specifically impacting the flounder fishery have included establishing a 60 fish bag limit for the commercial fishery, a 10 fish bag limit and 20 fish possession limit and the establishment of the 14" minimum size limit in 1996. In 1999 the Texas Legislature established a limited entry program for finfish licenses which includes license holders who predominantly fish for either flounder or black drum. In 2006 the Commission approved a change in the regulations that made the possession limit equal to the bag limit of 10 for recreational anglers .
Federal Consistency - The TPW Commission approved changes to regulations for several species managed jointly with the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to become more consistent in terms of bag and size limits.
Sharks — Specifically, this item changes the minimum length limit for those species allowed from 24 inches total length (TL) to 64 inches TL, except for Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip, and bonnethead sharks which will retain the current 24 inch TL minimum length limit. For the allowable shark species the bag limit will remain one fish per person per day and a two fish possession limit. In addition a prohibited list (zero bag limit) will be established for the following shark species:
- Atlantic angel, Squatina dumerili
- Basking, Cetorhinus maximus
- Bigeye sand tiger, Odontaspis noronhai
- Bigeye sixgill, Hexanchus vitulus
- Bigeye thresher, Alopias superciliosus
- Bignose, Carcharhinus altimus
- Caribbean reef, Carcharhinus perezi
- Caribbean sharpnose, Rhizoprionodon porosus
- Dusky, Carcharhinus obscurus
- Galapagos, Carcharhinus galapagensis
- Longfin mako, Isurus paucus
- Narrowtooth, Carcharhinus brachyurus
- Night, Carcharhinus signatus
- Sandbar, Carcharhinus plumbeus
- Sand tiger, Odontaspis taurus
- Sevengill, Heptranchias perlo
- Silky, Carcharhinus falciformis
- Sixgill, Hexanchus griseus
- Smalltail, Carcharhinus porosus
- Whale, Rhincodon typus
- White, Carcharodon carcharias
Other Species — The regulation changes include species that have been found to be in an overfished condition or undergoing overfishing. The changes include: increasing the minimum size limit for greater amberjack from 32 inches to 34 inches TL, and establishing minimum size limits of 16 inches total length for gray triggerfish and 22 inches total length for gag. The bag limit for gray triggerfish would be 20 per person and for gag grouper it would be set at 2 per person with the possession limits being twice the daily bag limit.
Paddle Craft Licensing — TPW Commissioners approved a change that would allow paddle craft operators to receive a saltwater guide license by demonstrating certification or proof of completion of a TPWD boater safety course and CPR/First Aid training, and completion of the American Canoe Association (ACA) Coastal Kayak Day Trip Leading Assessment or British Canoe Union (BCU) Four Star Leader Sea Kayak Certification.
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Get Your First Look at Kristen Stewart as a Vampire in 'Breaking Dawn Part 2′
'Twi-hards' around the world let out a collective shriek when a clip from the final film in the 'Twilight' franchise, 'The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 2,' was leaked online. The clip, recorded by Twi-hards at a Target store, shows the newlywed and newly-turned-into-a-vampire Bella (Kristen Stewart) having a chat with her pale-faced husband Edward (Robert Pattinson).
Watch as the two have a conversation about taking a bath together (vampires take baths?), in their usual whispery tones.
Red eyes, pale skin and red lips — yup, the transformation into a 'Twilight' vampire is complete. Bella is still clearly coming to terms with her new life when she says, "It's strange. Physically I feel I can demolish a tank. Mentally I feel drained." Honestly, we'd love to see Bella crush a tank like The Hulk. That would definitely make more guys want to watch the movie.
Fanpires ('Twilight' fans like to call themselves a lot of things) need not wait much longer for an official first look from the final film (we hope). The first trailer for 'Breaking Dawn Part 2′ will be shown in front of 'The Hunger Games,' when it opens nationwide on March 23rd (click here for free tickets to the premiere of 'The Hunger Games'). We recommend covering your ears when the trailer comes on.


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Meningitis occurs when the lining of the brain and spinal cord (meninges) becomes inflamed. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a clear fluid that surrounds and protects the brain and spinal cord, has an increased number of white blood cells. Aseptic meningitis occurs when there are signs of meningitis without an identifiable disease-causing agent.
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The most common causes of aseptic meningitis are:
Viral infections:
- Enteroviruses (most common), such as Coxsackie virus, poliomyelitis, or infections that affect the heart valves
- Arboviruses (transmitted from mosquitoes), such as West Nile virus or variations of encephalitis
- Sexually transmitted diseases, such as genital herpes or acute HIV infection
- Bacterial infections, such as tuberculosis
- Parasitic infections, such as Lyme disease
- Mycoplasma, an usual bacteria that can cause pneumonia
- Partially treated bacterial meningitis
- Autoimmune disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or sarcoidosis
- Cancer that has spread to the meninges
- Certain medications
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Aseptic meningitis affects children and teens more than adults. Other factors that may increase your chance of developing aseptic meningitis include:
- Being exposed to someone with a viral illness
- The season—mostly occurs in late spring and summer
- Working in a daycare or healthcare setting
- Having a compromised immune system
- Taking certain medications, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or medications injected directly into the CSF
Aseptic meningitis may cause:
- Headache
- Fever and chills
- Stiff neck
- General feeling of illness
- Sore throat
- Fatigue
- Rash
- Muscle or abdominal pain
- Mental confusion
- Sensitivity to light
- Nausea or vomiting
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
You may need to have samples taken of your bodily fluids. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Lumbar puncture —to evaluate CSF
Imaging tests can evaluate the brain and surrounding structures. This can be done with:
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Most cases of aseptic meningitis improve with time. Treatment options include:
- Supportive care—Your doctor may recommend that you rest and drink plenty of fluids. You may need to be hospitalized to be monitored and to stay hydrated.
Medications—If specific causes of meningitis are suspected, your doctor may advise that you take:
- Antivirals—for viral infection
- Antibiotics—for bacterial infection
- Antifungals—for fungal infection
- Pain relievers—to relieve symptoms
- Steroids—to reduce inflammation
- In certain cases, your doctor may advise that you stop some medications.
Note: Aspirin is not recommended for children with a current or recent viral infection. Check with your doctor before giving your child aspirin.
To help reduce your chance of aseptic meningitis:
- Wash your hands
often, especially if you:
- Are in close contact with a person who has an infection
- Changed the diaper of an infant with an infection
- If you work in a childcare or healthcare setting, clean objects and surfaces
- Be sure all of your vaccinations are up-to-date
National Meningitis Association http://www.nmaus.org
Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada http://www.meningitis.ca
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Ginsberg L, Kidd D. Chronic and recurrent meningitis. Pract Neurol. 2008;8(6):348-361.
Jolles S, Sewell WA, Leighton C. Drug-induced aseptic meningitis: diagnosis and management. Drug Saf. 2000;22(3):215-226.
Meningococcal disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
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Norris C, Danis P, Gardner T. Aseptic meningitis in the newborn and young infant. Am Fam Physician. 1999;59(10):2761-2770.
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