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Capacity and Price1
Size and Weight
Height: 4.86 inches (123.4 mm)
Width: 2.31 inches (58.6 mm)
Depth: 0.24 inch (6.1 mm)
Weight: 3.10 ounces (88 grams)2
Retina display
- 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen display with Multi-Touch IPS technology
- 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
- 800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
- 500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
- Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
- A8 chip with 64-bit architecture
- M8 motion coprocessor
- 8MP camera
- Autofocus
- ƒ/2.4 aperture
- Five-element lens
- Hybrid IR filter
- Backside illumination
- Auto image stabilization
- Auto HDR for Photos
- Improved face detection
- Exposure control
- Panorama (up to 43MP)
- Burst mode
- Tap to focus
- Photo geotagging over Wi-Fi
- Timer mode
Video Recording
- 1080p HD video recording (30 fps)
- Tap to focus while recording
- Slo-mo video (120 fps)
- Time-lapse video
- Cinematic video stabilization
- Improved face detection
- 3x zoom
- Video geotagging over Wi-Fi
FaceTime HD Camera
- 1.2MP photos
- ƒ/2.2 aperture
- 720p HD video recording
- Backside illumination sensor
- Auto HDR for photos and videos
- Improved face detection
- Burst mode
- Exposure control
- Timer mode
Audio Playback
TV and Video
- AirPlay Mirroring and video out to Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation)
- Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)
- H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
- MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
- Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Intelligent Assistant4
- Siri — Use your voice to send messages, set reminders, and more
- Use hands-free
- Listen and identify songs
Input and Output
- Lightning connector
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Built-in speaker
- Microphone
Power and Battery5
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Music playback time: Up to 40 hours
- Video playback time: Up to 8 hours
- Three-axis gyro
- Accelerometer
Built-in Apps
Free Apps from Apple
Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, iTunes U, Clips, and Apple Store app are preinstalled.
Apple EarPods
System Requirements
- Apple ID (required for some features)
- Internet access
- Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:
- Mac: OS X v10.8.5 or later
- PC: Windows 7 or later
- iTunes 12.3 or later7 (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
Environmental Requirements
- Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
- Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
- Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
- Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 m)
Language support
English (Australia, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
QuickType keyboard support
English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Transliteration), Hinglish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Kannada, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maori, Marathi, Norwegian, Odia, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil (Script, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh
QuickType keyboard support with predictive input8
English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Thai, Turkish
Siri languages
English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Turkey)
Dictation languages
English (Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovakian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Definition dictionary support
English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Bilingual dictionary support
Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Spell check
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
In the Box
- iPod touch
- Apple EarPods
- Lightning to USB Cable
- Quick Start guide
iPod touch and the Environment
Apple takes a complete product life cycle approach to determining our environmental impact. Learn more
iPod touch is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:
- Mercury-free LED-backlit display
- Arsenic-free display glass
- Brominated flame retardant-free
- PVC-free
- Recyclable aluminum enclosure
Apple and the Environment
Read our Product Environmental Reports for detailed information on the environmental performance of every Apple product.
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New procedure at Sentara provides relief for common knee pain
For anyone experiencing knee pain - whether from injury or from arthritis - the effects can be debilitating.
When 42-year-old Kimberly Troche tripped at home and fell down some steps, she had no idea that what seemed like a simple injury would result in knee pain that worsened over 10 months and would persist through countless physical therapy sessions and doctor visits. Not ready for an invasive procedure such as knee replacement, Troche was forced to limit her activity because she believed there were no other options.
Then Troche arrived at her appointment to see Dr. Sam Robinson, an orthopedic surgeon with the Jordan Young Institute. Both Roche and Robinson describe the timing as divine, as Robinson was just getting ready to offer a new minimally invasive procedure to help with knee pain and decreased joint function caused by small cracks or stress fractures and which can often lead to structural deterioration of the knee joint. Called subchondroplasty, this procedure was not available in the Hampton Roads region before Dr. Robinson performed the first case at Sentara Leigh Hospital – on Troche – in the fall of 2014.
In simple terms, subchondroplasty is a procedure where the surgeon cleans out the joint and then injects a bone substitute made of calcium phosphate into the bone defect. The calcium phosphate sets hard in about 10 minutes and mimics the strength of bone. Over time, natural bone grows in its place. This new approach preserves the patient's joint and offers a much quicker recovery time. Patients report significant pain relief and studies have shown the benefits can last for more than five years.
Troche could not be happier with her results. Just two months after her procedure, she reports zero pain in her knee and she is back in the gym working on her leg strength. Troche has set a goal to beginning running for exercise. This transformation is nothing short of a miracle for Troche, who before her surgery was worried that she would be bound to a wheelchair indefinitely.
"Dr. Robinson saved my life when I was about to give up," says Troche.
According to Robinson, this procedure is ideal for patients who may be suffering with knee pain, but are not yet ready for knee replacement surgery. Having subchondroplasty also does not limit treatment options of a partial or full joint replacement down the road.
Robinson has performed several cases since introducing the procedure and is excited about the promising results. He adds that while not for everyone, subchondroplasty is a great option for many patients suffering with osteoarthritis or chronic inflammation in the knee joint..

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February 19, 2019Refugees and Displaced Persons
Teaching Notes for CFR's InfoGuide on No Refuge by Anne Richards.
April 18, 2019Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
It is time for a paradigm shift in how we think about the Middle East.
May 16, 2019Trade
Experts from the Council of Councils grade international cooperation on global trade a middling C in 2018, rank it one of the lowest priorities on the global agenda, and are only somewhat optimistic …
May 14, 2019Global Governance
How did world leaders do in managing global challenges in 2018? Experts from twenty-eight think tanks around the world grade international cooperation a middling C.
May 13, 2019Trade
Introduction It has now been more than a quarter century since the United States, the European Union (EU), Japan and more than 100 other countries came together to conclude the Uruguay Round globa…
May 7, 2019News Release
May 7, 2019—The new Report Card on International Cooperation gives a middling C grade to international efforts to solve the world's most pressing problems in 2018, barely up from a C– given in 2017, …
March 15, 2019North Korea
It is time to put denuclearization on the back burner and adopt realistic approaches toward North Korea. An all-or-nothing approach will yield nothing, leaving the United States worse off than before…
April 5, 2019China
As China's power continues to grow, some fear that the considerable autonomy Hong Kong has enjoyed over the last three decades could slip away.
February 15, 2019Taiwan
Forty years of finessing Taiwan's status may be coming to a dangerous end.
April 3, 2019Taiwan
The Trump administration has made bold gestures in support of Taiwan, including more frequent movement of U.S. ships in the Taiwan Strait. They come at a time of growing anxiety about the U.S.-China …


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Facebook users will no longer be allowed to vote on proposed policy changes at the company because their comments weren't good enough.
Until now, the company promised that any of its proposed policy changes that attracted 7,000 "substantive" comments would be put to a vote.
While some comments have led the company to develop alternatives to some proposed policy changes, "The voting mechanism actually resulted in a system that incentivised the quantity of comments over their quality," the company said yesterday
"We're proposing to end the voting component of the process in favor of a system that leads to more meaningful feedback and engagement," Facebook said detailing the proposed changes.
In the new draft of its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), Facebook plans to cancel the rule calling for a vote on proposed changes on which more than 7,000 users post a substantive comment. At the moment, Facebook considers the outcome of such votes binding if more than 30% of all active registered users vote.
What the new system will involve, however, remained unclear. Facebook did say though that it planned to continue to post significant changes to the SRR and to Facebook's Data Use Policy. The social network will also continue to provide a seven-day period for review and comment of any proposed policy changes.
Europe vs. Facebook, a group pushing the company to respect privacy laws, criticised the plans by adding a new demand to its site our-policy.org: "We want Facebook to further allow users to comment and vote on any new changes."
Europe vs. Facebook hopes that 7,000 people will vote on their new demand while the voting procedure is still in force. The group though has little faith the measure will turn out a result. The voting system was tested this summer when users got to vote in favour of the old or new policy, Europe vs. Facebook said.
At that time, "Facebook was hiding the vote extremely well," the organisation said, adding that only about 342,000 users voted on the proposed changes, a turnout of only 0.038% of Facebook users. "This way Facebook got away with the new policy despite 87% voting against it," the group wrote, calling the way Facebook allegedly hid the vote "Chinese."
Besides amending the voting mechanism, Facebook also plans to alter the Data Use Policy, giving third parties access to user information. Facebook added a clause to the draft policy that states: "We may share information we receive with businesses that are legally part of the same group of companies that Facebook is part of, or that become part of that group (often these companies are called affiliates). Likewise, our affiliates may share information with us as well. We and our affiliates may use shared information to help provide, understand, and improve our services and their own services."
What information Facebook wants to share exactly was not mentioned in the draft.
Facebook also announced that it would roll out new ways of responding to questions and comments about Facebook in which chief privacy officer Erin Egan will answer privacy questions. She will also host regular webcasts to address questions about privacy, safety and security, Facebook said.
Facebook users have a chance to review the proposed changes and comment on them until November 28. When the comment period has ended, Egan will respond to the comments in a webcast.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University softball team (10-23, 2-6 PBC) plays host to Peach Belt Conference (PBC) foe USC Aiken (13-16, 5-7 PBC) Wednesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. at the Peeler Complex.
The two teams take on each other for the first time since meeting in the 2009 NCAA Southeast Region Championship Tournament, an elimination game that produced an 8-0 Bobcat victory.
Both teams have fallen upon different fortunes this season, jockeying for position in the middle of the PBC Standings.
Georgia College junior outfielder Belourse Jean-Francis (Naples, Fla.) has had a hot bat as of late, hitting .400 last week on 6-of-15, driving in five and scoring once with a home run. Another newcomer, freshman third baseman Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) leads the team in runs (23) hits (32) batting average (.340) and doubles (8).
In the ring, sophomore Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) owns a 7-11 record with a 3.58 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 115 1/3 innings. The Bobcats average 3.94 runs per game, while allowing a 4.33 ERA.
The Pacers are coming off being swept by Augusta State University Monday, and are led by a .305 batting average from Lauren Locklear, with four home runs, 17 RBI and 17 runs. The Pacers average 3.72 runs per game, with a 2.81 ERA. Their top hurler is Toni Flessate going 6-7 with a 2.75 ERA over 91 2/3 innings.
Fans that can't make it to the Peeler Complex Wednesday at 4 p.m. can catch the action on student radio 88.9FM WGUR and on the internet at www.GCSURadio.com . Also, livestats will be available on the Bobcat athletic web site at www.GCSUBobcats.com .
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech freshman goalkeeper Jordan Brown has received national recognition, earning an invitation to the U.S. Goalkeeping National Training Camp in Chula Vista, Calif. The camp will be held Dec. 7-10.
"I think that this is a great reward for Jordan," said TTU head coach Daniel Brizard. "She's worked hard all her life. She's always had aspirations to be on the national team, as a lot of young goalkeepers do. I'm glad I could be a part of it. I think it says a lot about our national team and their selection process, that they're opening the doors to look at more players that aren't necessarily a part of the big-time, BCS schools. There are quality goalkeepers out there at all levels."
"Jordan came here because she wanted to train with me and really wanted a chance to play," added Brizard, "which she did this fall, playing every minute of every game. That experience accounts for a lot. You can go to a big BCS school, but sometimes you might not play until your junior year. So I think she gained some valuable experience in that regard."
The League City, Texas native capped a stellar freshman campaign with the camp invite. Brown led the Ohio Valley Conference in saves per game this past season, recording 6.83 stops per contest. Her 123 saves were the third most in a season in school history and second in the OVC. She also ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA in saves all season, finishing the year in a tie for 13th.
"She's an excellent kid and a hard worker," included Brizard. "In the end, she might not have gotten the looks because of where she's at or her lack of height or something. The national team has started an initiative to open the doors for more goalkeepers. It's an exciting time because you're starting to see the underdog kids like Jordan getting called in and that's where they can go improve themselves as the country's best goalkeepers. We're very excited as far as for her, for us, for the program, and the school for the recognition. Now she gets to go to Chula Vista, Calif. and say that she's from Tennessee Tech."
Brizard shared his thoughts on the impact that training with some of the top goalkeepers in the country is going to have on Brown and what she can bring back to the team for next year.
"She has a great work ethic as it is and I feel this will just keep her going," said Brizard. "I feel as college athletes, sometimes they just get into this lull of training, then in-season training, then off. So I think this is kind of what she needs to keep her going through the break and into spring.
"As far as our other kids go, the entire team knows about it and they know she deserves it," added Brizard. "They realize how much of an impact she's been on our team this year. They're all rooting for her.
"She'll take nothing but positives out of the camp, no matter what the outcome might be," concluded Brizard. "Just the chance to showcase her talents will keep her working hard because she gets to look at those other levels of competition. If you're a struggling artist, you just need that one art show to kind of keep you going. Goalkeeping is an art form and this is her gallery opening. She gets to go showcase her talents and her 'art' and we're excited for her. She's excited and I know her entire family is excited for her. It's a great opportunity for her."


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Funeral Services for Rita M. Graveline, age 98, of Ogdensburg, will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. F. James Shurtleff officiating. Burial will be at Notre Dame Cemetery in the spring. Mrs. Graveline passed away Thursday afternoon, January 4, at St. Joseph's Nursing Home. Arrangements are being handled by Frary Funeral Home.
Mrs. Graveline is survived by two daughters, Janice Silver of Dover Plains and Sally Pelletier and her husband Paul of Stittsville, Ontario; a daughter-in-law, Debbie Graveline; and thirteen grandchildren, twenty-five great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.
Rita was predeceased by a son, William in 2008; a son-in-law, James Silver; two sisters, Pauline Fortin and Catherine Denny; and a grandson.
Rita Graveline was born in Ogdensburg, on August 28, 1914 the daughter of William and Adeline Downey Lalonde. She graduated Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1932. Rita then went to typist school after high school. She first went to work for as a typesetter for the Ogdensburg Journal. After her departure from the Journal she then went on to work at Simpson's pharmacy and Adam & Pagano's as a pharmacist assistant. She retired from Fay's Drugs in Ogdensburg. Rita married her husband Clarence Graveline on May 11, 1935 at Notre Dame Church in Ogdensburg. He predeceased her in 1991.
Rita enjoyed knitting, cooking, bingo, bowling and crocheting. She was well known for her lemon pies.
Donations can be made in her memory to the St. Joseph's Foundation and the Notre Dame Heritage Fund.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – With a 5-2 victory Sunday over visiting Eastern Illinois, the Tennessee Tech tennis team improved to 7-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference and has clinched one of the top two seeds in the upcoming conference tournament.
Coach Kenny Doyle's squad ran its regular season OVC winning streak to 15 consecutive matches and improved to 14-0 all-time against the Panthers.
When the top six teams gather in Paducah, April 19-21, for the OVC Tournament, Tech and Austin Peay will be able to sit and watch the other four teams battle it out in the first round. The Golden Eagles and Govs have a first-round bye into the semifinals on Saturday.
Tech has two conference matches remaining, in addition to a non-conference contest at Lipscomb. The Golden Eagle will wrap up league play with road tests at Austin Peay and Murray State.
On Sunday, Tech used the same formula that has been successful throughout the conference slate, winning the doubles point and claiming enough singles wins for the match.
This time it was the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles teams that won. At No. 1, Alejandro Augusto and Syrym Abdukhalikov posted an 8-3 win over Michael Sperry and Warren Race. Down at No. 3, Alvaro Cintas and Othon Lima earned an 8-4 win over Rui Silva and David Constantinescu.
EIU's duo of Robert Skolik and Kevin Bauman won the middle doubles event in a tie-breaker, 8-7 (4) over Artem Tarazov and Vasily Eremeev.
The only point that EIU won on the courts came at No. 3 singles, where Skolik defeated Tarasov, 6-4, 2-6, 10-7. The other Panther point came at No. 6 singles, where Volodymyr Zverkovsky was declared a 1-0 winner as Arturo Santa had to step aside due to injury.
Abdukhalikov improved to 7-0 in OVC singles action with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Sperry. Alejandro Augusto also won in straight sets at No. 2 singles, downing Race, 6-3, 7-6.
Tech's other two points came at the No. 4 and No. 5 spots. At No. 4, Eremeev defeated Bauman, 6-3, 6-5, while the No. 5 match went to Cintas, 6-4, 6-1, over Zverkovsky.
Battling back from an 0-9 start in non-conference matches, the Golden Eagles are now 7-9 overall. Tech plays at Lipscomb Thursday, then visits Austin Peay Saturday and Murray State Monday to wrap up the regular season.


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MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin environmental officials are urging trick-or-treaters to go green.
Department of Natural Resources educators say Halloween traditionally creates a lot of waste and pollution.
They recommend parents and children use natural decorations such as gourds, pumpkins and cornstalks. Families also should use recycled paper to make homemade window decorations, re-use trick-or-treat bags from last year and make their own costumes rather than buying them and throwing them away.
They say trick-or-treaters also can cut down on fuel use and air pollution by walking from house-to-house rather than driving and parents should toss old jack-o-lanterns into compost piles.


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Evans Bay Marina, Wellington, [Between 1970 and 1976]
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View of Evans Bay marina, Wellington, looking north from Hataitai towards Shelly Bay, showing boats at anchor, taken between 1970 and 1976 by Robert E Wells of New Plymouth.
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Colour transparencies of Wellington city, Tutukaka, Wairarapa, Wanaka, Whangaroa and Lake Macgregor, Reference Number PAColl-2081 (61 digitised items)
Colour transparencies of New Zealand views, Reference Number PAColl-0001-4 (87 digitised items)
Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand, Reference Number PAColl-0001 (532 digitised items)
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Microwave and millimeter-wave high-power vacuum electron devices (VED) represent a modern technological continuation of one of the original and basic building blocks of RF electronics technology. Based on original vacuum tube (valve) principles that date from the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, these present-day incarnations couple modern design and manufacturing techniques to produce reliable high-performance RF power devices.
"Vacuum electron devices may at first seem anachronistic," says ABI Research director Lance Wilson. "But in some cases there is no other way to generate such levels of RF power within an acceptably small space. Certain klystrons and gyrotrons can generate megawatts, and it would take tens of thousands of transistors to do that."
Surprisingly these so-called "dinosaurs," far from being an endangered species, are essential elements in specialized military, scientific/medical and space communications applications. And as such the market for them is, in Wilson's words, "extremely large, much bigger than you might think."
Despite the durability of this technology, a new solid state solution does have the potential to disrupt at least part of this market. Gallium nitride has emerged as the basis for semiconductor devices that could replace at least some microwave and millimeter-wave VEDs. This technology has the required very high frequency (up to 50 GHz) performance, combined with a very high power capability similar to that achievable by silicon LDMOS.
"Many consider gallium nitride as a possible successor to microwave tubes, especially the lower-powered traveling wave tubes," notes Wilson. "But opinions differ about the depth and timing of this threat to the status quo."
This market has always been under-reported, and poorly understood by those not directly involved. ABI Research has now addressed that lack with a new study, "Microwave and Millimeter Wave High-Power Vacuum Electron Devices and the Gallium Nitride Threat." This report examines the microwave and millimeter-wave high power vacuum electron device market and assesses how emerging gallium nitride (GaN) devices could affect that business. It will be of interest to organizations involved in defense electronic, energy and scientific research, and spacecraft electronics, as well as VED manufacturers, RF power semiconductor users and manufacturers, and government.


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Coker started the day by completing the second round that they had started on the Thursday, shooting a combined 289 for round two for a total of 580, just four strokes ahead of Belmont Abbey at 584. The Cobras carried their momentum over into the final 18 holes and her able to fire a 284 for the third round and an 864 for the tournament.
Belmont Abbey finished at 879 for the tournament, in second place and
Individually, Dion Sirrianni of Lees-McRae, won the CVAC Championship, with a three round total of 213. Coker's Benoit Gordon and Johary Raveloarison tied for second with scores of 214.
The top ten players were named to the All-Tournament Team:
Dion Sirrianni Lees-McRae
Benoit Gordon Coker
Johary Raveloarison Coker
Mick Moberg
Vincent Dumouchel Coker
Eric A. Forsman Pfeiffer
Ian Kenwright Pfeiffer
Kent Cherry BAC
Gary Morgan Coker
Kevin McPherson BAC
Justin Wong BAC
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Coker College 291 289 284 864
3 Pfeiffer University 286 303 293 882
5 Barton College 298 302 311 911
6 Limestone College 292 307 318 917
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In the women's tournament,
Britany Beltran fired off an even par 72 for the second round, including a hole-in-one on the 11th hole. She is leading with a combined 149, followed by her teammates Andrea Grier (155) and Charlene Reid (156) in second and third place respectively.
The 2006 CVAC Women's Golf Championship plays its third and final round on Saturday, with teams teeing off at
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Pfeiffer University 316 308 624
3 Mount Olive College 345 348 693
6 Limestone College 361 340 701


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Why Do You Treat Your Mountain Bike Better Than You Treat Yourself?
Why do you treat your mountain bike, car and house better than you treat yourself? To mountain bike at your best don't you need to have your body functioning perfectly? I had the pleasure of training and working with our newest BetterRide certified coach Brian Buell this weekend and he made a comment that really resonated with me! We were explaining to our students the importance of taking care of our bodies as mountain biking alone is terrible for us physically (muscles imbalances, tight IT bands, over use injuries, twisting of our legs and core as 99% of us favor a forward foot, etc. (see article, "Is Mountain Biking Wrecking Your Health?" http://wp.me/p49ApH-J9 ) when Brian mentioned something his massage therapist or Chiropractor had asked him. His body worker asked, "How much time do you spend working on your mountain bike, cleaning it, making sure it shifts right, the brakes are working properly, the tires have the right pressure, the suspension is working correctly, etc.?" To which Brian replied, "at least two to three hours a week." Then he said, "Wow, you love your bike more than yourself. I mean, you certainly spend much more time fine tuning your bike than you do your body!
So why do you spend more time making sure your bike works properly than making sure your body works properly? My guess, if you are like I was, is that is feels decedent to "treat yourself" to a deep tissue massage, physical therapy or chiropractor visit. Society seems to think that a new car every four to five years, a bigger house, marble counter tops, 70″ TV's and $10,000 bicycles are fine things to spend our money and time on but if we spend money and time on improving ourselves we are being wasteful or extravagant. Not sure why this is but you might want to reevaluate your thinking if you feel that way. Your body is the most important bike "component" so make sure it is functioning at it's best! Make taking care of yourself a priority!
This goes for how you fuel your body too! It saddens me to think people spend extra for high octane fuel for their automobiles but eat pesticide laden non-organic apples, heavily processed foods and junk that your body can not even convert to fuel. If you aren't eating a healthy diet start fueling yourself with high octane "whole foods" and treat your body like the fine tuned machine it can and should be.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
I Got A Clue!
For instance, this fascinating anecdote about illustrator Saul Tepper: that's him posing in the reference photo for the illustration he eventually completed (below) for a 1940's issue of the Post. How cool it is to be able to find out now that, when the story asked for a "plump" model, no modelling agency could provide one! And that the artist spent several evenings in Latin clubs trying to find a Hispanic girl who would fit the bill - and was willing to pose for the artist. Neat!
So thanks to that anonymous commentor and thanks to Santa for bringing me the clue I was hoping to get!
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Wow, very cool Leif.ReplyDelete
I was dismayed at the whole debacle that came before this.
Considering how many comments there were on that one singular topic and how little were fore and aft of that topic.
Anyhow...Saul Tepper is one of those elusive fellows whose work I have very little of. I remember seeing an original in Art School during the Society of Illustrators traveling show. I have a copy of it hanging in my studio. Between he and Mead Schaeffer, I think they were my favorites to keep the Cornwell approach to illustration alive. Though Dan Content is no slouch either.
Haha - Shane, don't ever be dismayed when it comes to shootin' fans. After the first post I did earlier in the year, I was not at all surpised by their enthusiastic response this time around. We'll get to enjoy their high-spirited debating style again later this year, I promise.ReplyDelete
As for Tepper, I'm with ya, kid - he's the bomb... but really hard to come by. My pal Jeff owns a beautiful original Tepper and I've been lucky enough to gaze upon it on several occassions and you just never get tired of looking at a Tepper, believe me.
Like Shane said, Saul Tepper has always flown under my radar -- but I'm always pleased to see his work. What a painter! And what a GREAT resource that book is -- I'm very jealous! But Shane, I have a question: who's Dan Content?ReplyDelete
OK, that does it. I'm coming over to your place, Leif, so I can look at all your cool stuff. Don't worry, I'll pick us up something from Tim Hortons on the way ....ReplyDelete
Woohoo! My door's always open to visitors bearing a hot cuppa Timmy's, Mike!;-)ReplyDelete
And yup, I'm also wondering who Dan Content is, Shane.
wow, this book is amazing! it's going straight onto my shopping list for the husband's artist book collection. thanks (I think!) for posting about it.ReplyDelete
and by the way, because I am too lazy to go find the old necco wafer post - I finally looked up your sherbert fountains. Really? Sugar through a licorice stick? I don't think I have ever seen one of those in my life!
You are most welcome (I think), sarah :-)ReplyDelete
Re: sherbert fountains... they seem to still be around, still in their original decades-old, bland yellow paper sleeves. Frankly, I never saw the appeal. They harken back to the days before candy manufacturers realized that kids want super-bright, plastic colours and insanely sour flavours that peel the tastebuds right off your tongue. See also: sponge toffee... a brick of golden yellow styrofoam that tastes like burnt sugar. I feel sorry for the kids of the "olden days". ;-)
okay, well I didn't want to be rude about the sherbert fountains in case you loved them...they sound pretty nasty. But then again, your sponge toffee....is that what's in a violet crumble (or a cadbury...crunchie, I think?) Because if so, I have to confess I actually like the stuff.ReplyDelete
Yup, that's the stuff. My wife likes it too, sarah, you're not alone. Personally, biting into the stuff makes me shiver. To each his ( or her) own, I say! ;-)ReplyDelete


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On Poker: Signs point to poker regulation interest, but it is Texas after all
The history and reality of Texas politics should lead a person to believe the recently introduced "Poker Gaming Act of 2013" by Austin state representative Eddie Rodriguez will fail.
Gov. Rick Perry has said he would quickly veto anything that hits his desk regarding regulated gambling and public poker rooms.
The last time legislation designed to allow regulated public poker rooms reached the house floor for a vote, it was pulled at the last minute and openly mocked by the state representatives who were against it.
But let's assume that an alternate universe exists, and H.B. 292 discovers the legs and support previous bills failed to muster.
The effect on the state would be interesting.
With the only legal poker room tucked on the Mexico border in Eagle Pass, access to legitimate poker games always has been a geographic problem for Texans, who have to either fly to Las Vegas or drive to a neighboring state that allows poker and other forms of casino gambling. Oklahoma and Louisiana, in particular, love that Texas money — an estimated $2.5 billion according to the organization "Let Texans Decide" — annually flowing into their state coffers.
The poker scene in Texas always has been dominated by the home game element, which has produced many colorful stories throughout the years.
Some of the home games are perfectly legal under Texas law, but many operate as miniature unregulated parlors, where the host of the game profits on a per-hand basis with either a rake or a seat charge. Of course, none of this income is ever taxed or documented.
Rodriguez pegs his legislation, which would create a poker division within the Texas Lottery Commission, to these missed revenue opportunities.
H.B. 292 proposes a tax rate of 18 percent for licensed properties with the revenue directed to go to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Bingo halls and horse racing facilities literally would have the inside track to the licenses, which would be required of all dealers, manufacturers and distributors of the game.
Most of Rodriguez's bill focuses on the regulation of cash game poker, with maximum rake fees set at $4, but with zero capping on the limits to the games. That's a logical and mostly industry standard rate.
However, a proposed $100 maximum buy-in limit for tournament offerings is a head-scratching inclusion that warrants reconsideration. That number is so low, it would keep Texas out of the major tournament circuit loops and would limit the creativity of any poker room.
Recent developments in the Texas horse-racing industry show signs something could be about to happen.
Pinnacle Entertainment, a Las Vegas-based casino company, recently purchased a 75 percent stake in San Antonio's Retama Park for $22.8 million.
Pinnacle also happens to own the glamorous L'auberge casino in nearby Lake Charles, La.
The Oklahoma-based Chickasaw Nation, operator of the enormous WinStar World Casino north of Dallas, owns Lone Star Park. Both purchases bailed the facilities out of dire financial straits.
You don't simply buy these properties for the racing alone, but the best way to approach Texas gaming regulation is to believe it when you see it.
We've been down this road before, and the anti-gambling movement in the state traditionally is juggernaut opposition.


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Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: April 30, 2014
Description: Old Florida National Bank
Counterfeit Official Checks of Old Florida National Bank, Orlando, Fla.
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; All State Banking Authorities; Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (Districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsels; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit official checks using a correct routing number of 063111169 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a mystery shopping scam.
The counterfeit checks do not resemble the bank's authentic checks. The counterfeit items may be identified by the following traits:
Counterfeit checks presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $2,050, have been dated April 8, 2014, and contain a remitter name of Michael Patel.
Correspondence related to this scam contains the letterhead of "Digital Shopper Cp., Inc., U.S. Office, 230 E 26th St., New York, NY 10001, tel: (801) 692-3407" and is signed by "Micahel [sic] Patel."
The correspondence is addressed to "Prospective Shopper" and provides instructions for the mystery shopping assignment. Recipients are assigned to evaluate a major retail store and a wire transfer service. The majority of the check's funds is to be used to purchase wire transfer service, while retaining $250 to cover the individual's salary and expenses. The recipient is to contact Michael Patel at [firstname.lastname@example.com] with any questions. The correspondence contains numerous typographical errors, including Michael Patel's first name. Please review the attached letter for detailed information.
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Additional information concerning this matter that should be brought to the attention of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) may be forwarded to
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I worked at work4ce.me, a start-up in Chile, providing software solutions aimed at reducing time and cost in recruiting/job search processes from both job seekers and job providers perspective. My initial objectives were to implement strategic management knowledge in a start-up venture while utilizing knowledge of organizational behavior and human resources management. After three and half months, not only did I successfully achieved initial objectives, but I have also engaged in broader areas of management such as product development.
I delivered numerous outcomes to this enterprise. I worked on a multi-platform social media campaign which led to double the brand interaction, and our Outbound marketing campaign plan has been implemented now to bring in more customers. While working on these marketing campaigns, I have also engaged in market research projects, which enables us to see future market in Asia, which none of existing members had expertise. My overall experience was meaningful! I had neither worked in Latin American countries nor start-ups. I enjoyed the life in Chile and my work at work4ce.me. I found that I have a strong interest in working in fast-paced environment in a flat organization.
Since I received the offer at the very end of the fourth module, I did not have much time to get prepared. I prepared for this internship by:
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I gave two monitoring related talks at OpenWorld, thanks to all that came along!
Both were monitoring related, the first an introduction to MySQL Enterprise Monitor, and the second a look at some of the new instrumentation that is getting developed, primarily within the MySQL 5.6 release.
If you'd like to get a quick overview of how MySQL Enterprise Monitor works, then take a look through the "Getting to Know MySQL Enterprise Monitor" talk. This gives you a high level view of how the different pieces fit together, and then each of the important factors within the user interface:
And if you are interested in seeing how the instrumentation and monitoring landscape will look when 5.6 hits the streets, then you can get a sneak peak at the "MySQL Monitoring Mechanisms" talk, which runs through the new instrumentation in Performance Schema, the new INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables for monitoring InnoDB, and the new ways to trace how a statement executes with the enhanced EXPLAIN plan, and the new Optimizer Trace:


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Very High Man Understandably Confuses Car for Alien Spaceship
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James Bushart, 44, of Arkansas, is apparently familiar with meth, but has never seen a Plymouth Prowler before. He was arrested this week for DWI and drugs after cops say he menaced a couple in the car—which he thought was a spaceship—and told them to take it back to their alien planet.
The driver of the car, Jay Ward, says Bushart followed him and his girlfriend as they drove their Prowler around town. Bushart then stopped short in front of them, exited his own vehicle, called Ward an "alien" and yelled at him to "take his spaceship back to where they came from," according to Little Rock-based Fox 16:
What the victim, Jay Ward, seems to think caused the problem was the car he was driving; a Plymouth Prowler...
"That was my biggest problem with what was going on was how upset he was. I guess in reference to the vehicle was the only thing I could think," Jay explained. "I was a little upset about that mostly because I also had a passenger with me that was concerned for her safety as well."
According to the police report Bushart claimed he was curious about the car because "it looked like a futuristic machine."
Ward was concerned he might have to resort to the concealed gun he carries, but he left Bushart to police to deal with. They found meth and a pipe on the man before arresting him.
"At one point, he also told police that he was 'a very big deal' and that he had 100,000 Asian flowers," Fox 16's Josh Berry said in his report. "Exactly what that means, we're not sure."


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Proper selection and installation of connectors and splices can make a big difference in the successful completion of your next datacom cabling job.
Last month, we covered the roughing in and trimming up of cables for a voice-/data-/video-type project. This month, we'll discuss the installation of connectors and splices.
Connectors and splices are an important component of any datacom cabling system. In fact, these components are where problems are most likely to occur. Since manufacturers precisely engineer these systems, anything you do in the field is a potential problem. For example, just altering the twist pattern of twisted pair copper conductors in preparation for termination can make a cable fail its test.
UTP connectors. Almost all copper connectors in use today are of the RJ45 type—that is, they're 8-pin modular connectors. They are made up by stripping the cable (to the correct length of free conductors) and then inserting the conductors (no insulation need be removed) into the connector, and crimping it with an appropriate tool. The process of crimping the connector pushes the contact pins through the insulation, thus making proper contact. This is typical of many data connections. The new Cat. 5e and Cat. 6 connectors fall into this category.
In the next year or two, larger connectors for Cat. 7 (or some other variation) may come into use. With larger connectors, the design places the conductors farther apart from each other, thus reducing crosstalk (induction between adjacent conductors). From a consistency standpoint, manufacturers are trying hard to stay with the RJ45 modular connector design. This is due to compatibility issues. There are millions of RJ45 jacks in use today, so settling on a new connector type and size would require you to replace all of the old jacks after the new cabling installation. Needless to say, this can be an expensive process.
Fiber optic connectors. Since fiber optic cable has such a small diameter, you must keep it rigidly in place and accurately aligned, to mate with other fibers, light sources, or light detectors. While terminating a fiber is not yet as easy as installing a coaxial cable connector, it has become far easier than several years ago. Now, you can terminate fibers (termination involves installing a connector and polishing the face of the fiber) in half the time—and the process continues to get easier.
There are basically four types of fiber optic connectors in use today. Let's take a look at each in detail.
ST connector. The ST connector has long been the most popular type. This is due to its low cost and widespread popularity among installers.
FC connector. We use FC connectors for single-mode fibers. Rounded, they look similar to ST connectors.
SC connector. We can find SC connectors mentioned in a number of standards for multimode fiber. However, many installers prefer to use ST connectors instead. The SC connectors offer better performance, but are much more expensive.
FDDI and ESCON connectors. FDDI connectors are duplexed SC connectors (two connectors attached together), designed especially for FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) systems. We use ESCON connectors almost exclusively with the IBM ESCON system.
UTP splices? Installers must run this cable with no splices. Spliced copper data cable will not transfer the high-speed data signals required with data networks within the proper design requirements.
Fiber optic splices. Splices permanently join the ends of the fiber. There are two primary ways you can do this: by fusion (melting the pieces of glass together); or by mechanical means. With splicing, the fiber joint must pass light without loss, and the joint must be mechanically secure. That is, it should not come apart easily or break free.
Most single-mode fiber is fusion-spliced because of its lower loss and better return loss performance. Multimode fiber, with its complicated core structure, does not always fusion splice easily;so mechanical splices can give equal performance at a lower overall cost.
Fusion splices. Fusion splicing uses an electric arc to ionize the space between prepared fibers to eliminate air and heat the fibers to proper temperature (2000 degreess F). You must feed the fibers in as semi liquids, and meld them together. You must also replace the previously removed plastic coating with a plastic sleeve or other protective device.
The perfect fusion splice results in a single fiber rather than two joined fibers. One drawback to fusion splicing is you usually must do this work in a controlled environment, such as a splicing van or trailer. You should never perform fusion splicing in open spaces because of dust and other contamination.
In the case of fusion splicing, the initial capital investment in equipment is generally much greater than the cost for mechanical splicing. A fusion splice machine is a $3000 to $30,000 investment. However, a fusion splice offers low loss (sometimes 0 dB) and shows almost no back reflection. An additional benefit of fusion splicing is that the mechanical tensile strength of the fiber remains near that of the original fiber (on the order of 50 psi to 75,000 psi).
Fusion splicing in manholes is prohibited because of explosive gasses in such locations and because of the electric arc generated during this process.
Mechanical splices. On the other hand, mechanical splicing is quick and easy. It is a good choice for restoration and new construction. It does not require a controlled environment (other than a reasonable level of dust control), and its strength is adequate, though fusion splices are stronger. Unfortunately, back reflection and loss vary dramatically from one type of splice to another.
Mechanical splicing kits are less expensive than a fusion splice unit. Splices are glued, crimped, or faced. Mechanical splices use index matching gel or liquid, which is subject to contamination and aging.
Mechanical splices use either a V groove or tube-type design to obtain fiber alignment. The V groove is probably the oldest and most popular method—especially for multi-fiber splicing of ribbon cable. You must either crimp or snap this type of splice to hold the fibers in place. However, tubular splices may rely on glue or crimping to hold the fibers together, while a small tube inside (where the fibers are inserted) forces the fibers to align themselves.
After a splice is complete, you place it into a splicing tray. The trays then fit into splice organizers and in turn into a splice closure for protection from outside forces (i.e. weather, physical damage, etc.).
Next month, we'll wrap up this series with a discussion on how to test datacom cabling systems.


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The toughest Oscar race this year was for best actor. Right until the awards began, the race was almost certainly down to Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave and Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. (McConaughey was the eventual winner.) What also seemed certain was that Leonardo DiCaprio was not going to win this year, or possibly any time soon, unless he becomes a different kind of actor, a much less cool one. Cool guys don't win Oscars.
Although modern coolness emerged out of jazz and spread through popular music, the movies brought cool to the masses by giving audiences unparalleled access to it. Where else can you sit and stare at cool people for hours? The movies have been good to cool, and cool has been good to the movies. So why is it that so few of the actors who have embodied cool have ever won the Academy Award for best actor?
Consider these icons of cool, all of them non-winners: Cary Grant, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Tom Cruise. Paul Newman and Humphrey Bogart won late in their careers, after age had worn away some of their cool. Two other cool winners, Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, each received one of their two awards in their fifties.
Being cool does not mean that an actor isn't great, successful, or popular—quite the opposite, actually. But it does mean that he will struggle to win the Academy Award for best actor. To understand why, we need a definition of cool (no easy task). For that we need to go to the coolest actor working today, Brad Pitt, who has never won an Oscar for acting (though he did accept one last night as a producer of 12 Years a Slave), and has only been nominated twice for best actor in over two decades of work.
How does Pitt embody cool? As the director Andrew Dominik noted in a DVD extra for the 2012 film Killing Them Softly, "When you watch Brad, you always feel like something's going on under there, but you're not quite sure what it is. I think that's the reason he's a movie star. He has that quality of mystery. He doesn't invite you to share his position somehow."
He doesn't invite you to share his position. That is as good a definition of movie cool as there is. The cool actor invites admiration, envy, and desire, much more than empathy, because he is unreadable. His characters leave you wondering what it would be like to be them, without ever imagining that you could.
On the other end of the continuum is Tom Hanks, an actor who almost always invites you to share his position. The power of Hanks's performances lies in their ability to communicate exactly what it would be like to the character he is playing, which is why he has succeeded so much at the Oscars. He has been nominated five times for best actor and won it twice, one of only nine actors to do so.
This Pitt-Hanks Continuum can be used to predict how likely an actor is to win an Academy Award. The more like Pitt an actor's style and roles are, the less likely he is to win. The continuum also explains why the Academy favors actors playing characters who are disabled, mentally ill, gay, or ugly. What is really being rewarded are roles in which actors stretched themselves in order to share a position that has been underrepresented on screen. Actors—who make up a large portion of Academy voters—are dedicated to becoming other people for a living, and have a natural bias toward the kinds of performances that invite audiences to imagine themselves, too, as someone different.
Which brings us to this year's contest for the best actor award. The Pitt-Hanks Continuum clarifies why the race was down to Ejiofor and McConaughey. It even explains why Hanks, whom many critics expected to be nominated, was not.
Until the final minutes of Captain Phillips, Hanks was simply too close to the Pitt end of the Continuum. Anthony Lane pointed out in the New Yorker, "This most likable of actors deliberately presents us with a character who makes no effort to be liked. . . . The rubbery mug of the young Hanks is barely discernible." Hanks's costar Barkhad Abdi did receive a nomination for best supporting actor, one clearly predicted by The Pitt-Hanks Continuum. His role allows audiences to understand, if not quite sympathize with, a position that has never been represented in a Hollywood film. Had Hanks played his role with the excessive cheer he is sometimes prone to (see Saving Mr. Banks), he would have invited the audience to invest all its sympathy with Captain Phillips, sparing none for Abdi's character. Unfortunately for Hanks, his reserve also ruined his chance for a nomination.
It was even tougher for Robert Redford, yet another iconic cool guy who has never won an Oscar for acting. He was even more remote and enigmatic than Captain Phillips in All Is Lost.
Bruce Dern manages a few words in Nebraska, but his taciturn performance did not bode well for Oscar night.
Leonardo DiCaprio certainly has plenty to say in The Wolf of Wall Street, and a good deal of it in a voice-over that would seem to invite audiences to step into the mind of Jordan Belfort. Nothing could be further from the truth. We find out everything we need to know about DiCaprio's performance early in the movie, when Belfort takes a job selling penny stocks. As he makes his first call, the whole office goes silent and starts watching him, which is precisely what the audience is meant to do, too. We are an audience to this performance, not an audience sharing it. DiCaprio started out as a very open actor who achieved fame for roles that eschewed coolness, such as What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Titanic. Like his Gilbert Grape co-star Johnny Depp, he has since given much of his career to playing spectacles, the kind to be watched rather than seen through. His performances in Django Unchained, The Great Gatsby, Catch Me If You Can, and The Aviator are all great, just not the kind of relatable, Hanks-ian great rewarded with an Oscar.
In most any other year, Christian Bale would have had a shot at the Oscar for his performance in American Hustle, even if it sometimes slips into a Pacino impression. He is voluble, charming, and gloriously ugly, brave enough to parade around a gut and a hairpiece that could have received its own nod for supporting actor. Stretch though he literally did, this was not Bale's year, since Ejiofor's and McConaughey's performances invite the audience to share the positions of characters that have almost never been seen on screen before.
Ejiofor had a very strong chance to win an Oscar because, of all the nominated roles, he represents the position most radically different from the audience's. His performance, firmly placed at the Hanks end of the acting continuum, demands we see the world of slavery through the character's eyes. It is all the more marvelous since, as the film makes painfully clear, the economic functioning of slavery depended on denying that a slave even had a perspective. The problem for Ejiofor may have come with the power of his performance and the film itself, which so accurately represents slavery that Academy members may have been reluctant to experience that pain.
That is the first of many advantages for McConaughey, whose role as a homophobic, macho, straight male with AIDS plays almost as strongly on the Pitt-Hanks Continuum as Ejiofor's. Although his role itself isn't as much of a stretch for the actor or the audience, McConaughey puts more of his emotions on the screen than Ejiofor does. He lets the audience share all his rage, grief, and fear. Add to that the fact that he lost so much weight for the part. Most important of all, McConaughey has pulled off a perhaps unprecedented transformation. He has moved his position on the Pitt-Hanks Continuum toward the Hanks end, becoming less cool in a string of good films. The trajectory of his character in Dallas Buyers Club, from swagger to compassion, bears a resemblance to his own metamorphosis. McConaughey is no longer a cool guy, which is partly why he won the Oscar for best actor this year.


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Review: Male Bonding live at Mercury Lounge
Photos by G.
I love Male Bonding! The British rockers are back! Male Bonding (formerly a trio and now a quintet) celebrated the release of their new album "Endless Now" by playing at New York's Mercury Lounge on August 29, 2011. The show began at 10 pm with an opening set from Texas pop/rockers Love Inks. Male Bonding hit the stage at 11 pm and didn't stop rockin' all night long! Their songs are typically short and sweet but also fast and furious. Lead singer John Arthur Webb kicks ass on guitar and lead vocals.
Drummer Robin Christian is just a killer on the drums. He can play really fast and knows how to get the crowd dancing and thrashing about. Kevin Hendrick looks a bit like Kurt Cobain with his hair in his face, and like Kurt, Kevin rocks it out.
Since the last time Male Bonding were in New York, they've gained a new member – Nathan Hewitt. Like his band members, Nathan is great too! The band played a mixture of songs from their debut album "Nothing Hurts" including "T.U.F.F.," "Franklin," and "Weird Feelings." From their new album "Endless Now," they played "Tame the Sun," "Carrying," "Seems T o Notice" and their latest single "Bones." The show was great and I recommend you check out their music if you need a little infusion of garage rock and roll in your life.
See the setlist after the jump.


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|Nivot, Colo.
|High School:
|Peak to Peak
|Mechanical engineering and Economics
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Personal Bests:
Vault: 9.3 (3/5/2011)
Bars: 8.75 (3/5/2011)
Beam: 9.5 (3/19/2011)
Floor: 9.15 (2/27/2011)
All-around: 36.05 (2/19/2011)
2014: Competed on the balance beam for the Bulldogs this season…Finished sixth against Penn with a 9.250.
2013: Did not compete.
2012: Was a consistent beam competitor for the Bulldogs, competing on the event in seven meets ... Scored a season-high 9.475 on the event at the opening meet of the season ... Scored a 9.425 on beam at the ECAC Championships.
2011: Hopkins walked onto the team as a freshman and consistently competed in the all-around for the Bulldogs … Placed fifth on vault at the season opener … Came in fourth all-around at the home meet against SCSU … Scored personal bests on both vault and bars at Rutgers … Placed 15th on beam at the ECAC Championships with a career-best of 9.5.
High School: Joins the Bulldogs from Colorado Athletic Club … Finished second at the 2010 Colorado AA State and Regional Championships, qualifying her for nationals.
Personal: Majors in mechanical engineering … Why Yale?: "I chose Yale because of the academics and the sense of tradition."


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10 Things I Learned From Seeing The Eagles in Concert
Crappy photos by G.
I went to see The Eagles on November 8, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York for the first of 3 sold out shows. Here are 10 insights I gleaned from watching the show.
1. Eagles fans have not aged well. There were not many young people at the show and it was sort of depressing to see so many obese fans with canes trying to squeeze into the seats.
2. The Eagles have a lot of good songs. They played a lot of them too including Tequila Sunrise, Witchy Woman, Lyin Eyes, Those Shoes, Hotel California, In The City, Take It To The Limit, Life In The Fast Lane, Desperado.
3. Having met Don Henley and Glenn Frey and knowing what motherfucking horrible miserable bastard assholes they are towards fans, every time they tried to say "Thanks" or show gratitude at the show, I knew 100% they were lying and I hoped a lighting rig would fall on them.
4. Joe Walsh was the highlight of the show. He played a few scorching guitar solos that brought smiles to my face.
5. Pre-recorded video messages by Henley and Frey to introduce certain songs were horrifyingly cheesy.
6. The loudest applause of the entire night was when Madison Square Garden got the video screens in the cheap seats to work about 7 songs into the concert.
7. After this show, there are very few living legends I have not seen in concert.
8. Despite looking a little worse for wear, the Eagles still sounded great.
9. The show should have been called the "We Want Your Cash Tour."
10. While happy that I saw the Eagles to "cross them off my list of experiences I want to have in this life," I will never see them again.
The set list was:
Saturday Night/ Train Leaves Here In The Morning / Peaceful Easy Feeling / Witchy Woman / Doolin' Dalton / Tequila Sunrise / Doolin' Dalton – Desperado (Reprise) / Already Gone / The Best of My Love / Lyin' Eyes / One of these Nights / Take It To The Limit.
Pretty Maids All In A Row / I Can't Tell You Why / New Kid In Town / Love Will Keep us Alive / Heartache Tonight / In The City / Life's Been Good / The Long Run / Funk #49 / Life In The Fast Lane
Hotel California
Encore 2:
Take it Easy / Rocky Mountain Way / Desperado


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Over the last 6 months, I have been working on a solo piano piece called Fantasy by Mozart. This 100 measure piece is one of Mozart's most famous compositions even though he died before fully completing it. The composition was never completed so it is believed that one of Mozart's admirers, August Eberhard Muller, completed the composition.
Mozart was a child prodigy. From age four he could play full symphonies and by age 6 he was already composing pieces. As a young child, Mozart was learning from the tours he did. He was best friends with Haydn which he later dedicated a composition to him. On December 5, 1791, Mozart died at age 35, leaving behind 600 compositions, including works for symphonies, the piano, and the opera. Some of these compositions are considered to be the finest works in the Classical style.
I really enjoy playing this piece because the composition has a lot of different feelings to it. At some points of this composition, it sounds as if something bad is going to happen but then everything becomes mellow and sweet.
Who is your favorite composer?
Did you enjoy this piece?