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Your live blogger for this game will be J Money of the Purdue blog Boiled Sports. Yes, there's actually a blog that follows Purdue athletics.
Greetings all, and I'd like to first congratulate 16-seeds Morehead St and East Tennessee State on advancing to the second day of the tournament. Seriously, though, how bad does it suck to lose one of the early games, and be out before almost anyone else has even played?
Anyway, off we go. I'd like to thank AJ and Sussman for letting me participate. I also have no concerns because if you're interested in this game, you're watching MMOD — and if you can't access MMOD, you probably can't access Deadspin, either.
I'd also like to thank Ali Farokhmanesh and Kwadzo Ahelegbe from Northern Iowa for keeping me humble by ensuring dozens of spelling mistakes. Oh, and thanks to MMOD, whose constant buffering might drive me insane during this liveblog.
It's the 12-seeded Northern Iowa Panthers against my alma mater, the 5-seeded Purdue Boilermakers. Yes, this will be a biased liveblog. Choo choo, mutha.
Thanks to all those who stopped by — it wasn't a pretty game, esp the second half. Also, thanks once again to Sussman and AJ for letting me bring you this liveblog. Now you'll just need to go through all the posts and see which word I replaced with "penis" before my access was shut off.
Enjoy the games, all.
End of game. Purdue wins, 61-56.
4:33 — E'Twaun Moore is fouled and goes the the line with 2.2 seconds to go. He calmly sinks his FTs and that'll do it. UNI misses a half-court heave.
4:32 — My feed goes apeshit and it's 59-56, Boilermakers.
4:30 — Kramer hits his FTs and Bonner calls Kramer "the heart and soul of this team." I thought that was Marcus Green? I can't keep up. It's a four point game and Purdue calls time out while my feed buffs itself.
4:28 — Kerwin Dunham hits a three and UNI fouls with 16 seconds to go. They're only down two. It's 56-54. Chris Kramer at the line for Purdue.
4:27 — Motherbuffer. It's back now, and I've missed 20 seconds. Purdue at the line, 28 seconds to go. Keaton Grant hits his free throws. It's 57-51, Boilers.
4:26 — annnd my MMOD feed goes dark. Couldn't have picked a better time.
4:25 — Boilermakers call timeout with 46 seconds to go. They have two more TOs to use, too. Suddenly, this brick strategy for Purdue looks questionable. Maybe they'll hit a bucket.
4:25 — Players of the game are already Eglseder and Moore. Hope nobody has like 20 points in quadruple overtime. UNI hits FTs to close it to 55-51.
4:24 — Robbie Hummel hits 1 of 2. It's a six point game again. Coming down to a minute.
4:23 — UNI, after the timeout, misses their shot. Purdue brings the ball up and UNI fouls. Purdue's E'Twaun Moore misses the front of the 1 and 1. UNI hits a 3 from the corner — Kerwin Dunham. 54-49. And UNI fouls, with 1:18 to go.
4:22 — Purdue shooting 41%, UNI 35%. Gah.
4:20 — Moore puts Purdue up 8 again, as we're under 2 mins to play. UNI takes their final timeout of the game. That's kind of incredible. 54-46, Purdue.
4:18 — Rays trail 9-7 in the bottom of the 8th, for those of you who were looking for that game but got this liveblog. These kinds of mixups happen more than you'd think.
4:16 — Would Tiger Woods and Roger Federer fight over razors? I don't think so.
4:16 — Boilers clank ANOTHER attempt. UNI comes down and kindly turns it over right back to Purdue. Harlan says it's "a good one here in Portland." I'm a Purdue fan and I find this ugly.
4:14 — We hear about the Eglseders' 29 hour drive to Portland again. Koch scores with ease. It's six points again.
4:14 — Farokhmanesh takes a terrible turnaround jumper and airballs it. But Purdue clanks another one. UNI decides to take a timeout with 3:39 to go, Purdue leading Northern Iowa, 52-44.
4:13 — UNI has no names on their jerseys. I'm sure Lucas O'Rear appreciates that when they're on the road. Boilers hit two free throws — the only shots they're hitting. 52-44.
4:11 — Purdue is ice cold, having missed five shots in a row.
4:10 — UNI drives to the hoop, Farokhmanesh hits it. Boilers then miss a three. O'Rear rebounds. 50-44, Purdue. Harlan says they're "within two." He must mean possessions. Or is bad at math. Timeout on the floor, just under 5 mins to go.
4:08 — Eglseder is on the bench for UNI. Harlan says "Screen by O'Rear" and Bonner giggles.
4:07 — Purdue is 3/13 from behind the arc, though UNI is 5/18. Rockfight.
4:05 — 6:58 to go, second half. It's still a six point Purdue lead. Purdue is letting UNI hang around way more than they should. Timeout.
4:03 — Eglseder gets two free throws and it's back to 8 points. Keaton Grant takes an ill-advised 3 and UNI beats Purdue in transition to cut it to 48-42. And the Boilers miss another three.
4:02 — Purdue steals the ball again and E'twaun Moore steps out of bounds on a baseline drive. Bonner tells us the length of the floor. Hey, didn't Norman Dale use that technique, too?
4:02 — Koch airballs a three for UNI but the ball goes off a Boilermaker and it stays UNI ball. 8:42 to go.
4:00 — Robbie Hummel gets one and he's got 8 points now. Harlan says he's "heating up." Not sure about that, but either way, it's ten points now, and another timeout.
3:59 — Smooge hits two from the charity stripe. But UNI comes down and Chris Kramer — Purdue's best defender by far — picks up his third foul. It's an 8-point game.
3:58 — JuJuan Johnson drills one, just inside the arc. It's back to 8 points. But UNI comes right back inside to Eglseder for the deuce. 44-38.
3:54 — UNI gets a bucket underneath just before the shot clock expires — on an airball that is put in by Eglseder. Time out on the floor with a little over 10 mins to go. 42-36, Boilermakers.
3:53 — JuJuan Johnson is back in the game and hits a bucket. It's back to an 8-point game.
3:52 — Kwadzo Ahelegbe hits a jumper in the lane and is fouled for UNI. He hits the FT and it's a six point game. 40-34, Purdue.
3:50 — Farokhmanesh executes a killer crossover to make Chris Kramer look silly... but E'twaun Moore is waiting and takes the charge from Farokhmanesh. Purdue ball.
3:49 — Farokhmanesh drills a three — but Robbie Hummel comes right back and hits a two. It's 40-31, Purdue.
3:48 — E'twaun Moore misses a shot, UNI comes down and misses two underneath — one by O'Rear — and Purdue gets the ball. Lead is still 10 for Purdue. Clanked three — awful looking — by Calasan for Purdue.
3:47 — 38-28, 15:30 to go. JuJuan Johnson on the bench for Purdue.
3:45 — Does CISCO really have giant telepresence screens set up in Italy and China?
3:43 — CBS has footage of Hummel's back brace, which looks like a plastic girdle. Not that I'm familiar with girdles or anything. UNI hits a three — Farokhmanesh — and it's down to ten points. UNI steals it and comes back again, but the Boilers get back on defense. UNI slows it down, works for a shot... and misses a three. But Eglseder gets the rebound and is fouled by JuJuan Johnson. That's JJ's third foul. Not good news for the Boilermakers. Timeout on the floor.
3:41 — Moore to Johnson for a Purdue alley-oop. 13 point lead. Robbie Hummel then gets whacked in the face by his own teammate on the next possession. And they mention the fractured vertibrae — bingo sheet!
3:40 — Adam Koch dribbles it off his foot out of bounds. This game is in danger of turning into a rockfight.
3:37 — Timeout, UNI. 34-23, 18:15 go to second half. Timeout already? Did Coach Jacobson forget to tell them something in the locker room?
3:35 — Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, we're back. Robbie Hummel gets a bucket on the first possession. UNI answers with a trey. 34-23, Purdue.
Start of second half.
3:20 — Boilermakers' Chris Kramer with a driving layup has the final score of the first half. UNI is not playing well, to be sure, but they're not down 20 or anything. It's 32-20 Boilermakers at the half. Go pee.
3:19 — Harlan and Bonner keep talking about how UNI is getting so outworked.... but it's not a blowout yet. And UNI can shoot.
3:17 — UNI cuts it to 9 with the free throw. The Boilers come down and miss four contested layups in a row. Finally a foul.
3:15 — UNI's leading scorer this season iis Adam Koch (pronounced "Cook"). He's got zero points right now. Boilers continue rebounding well but miss two threes in a row. UNI comes downcourt and scores.... AND the foul. 29-19, Purdue.
3:12 — We're back to the action. UNI looks vaguely out of control. On defense, they look unsure where to be. Hummel hits one to make it 27-15. Hummel is 1-6 from the field.
3:10 — Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I do realize that there's a more famous J Money who slinks around Deadspin. I won't even pretend to be better. I don't blame you for liking the one with hooters more.
3:09 — I know UNI is a three-point shooting team, but they have Eglseder, a 7-1 tree, who outweighs Purdue's tallest player by roughly 75 lbs. Shouldn't they be going inside? No, they continue firing from the outside. 3:53 to go in the first half, though, and it's 25-15.
3:07 — Keaton Grant for a long three from the top. 25-14.
3:06 — Dan Bonner just said it's "almost impossible to play defense in transition."
3:05 — Harlan tells us Purdue is "plus 6" on points off turnovers. I'm not sure how you could lose points off the other team's turnovers, but okay.
3:04 — A quick glance at the comments tells me the audio feeds are still effed. How are the Rays doing everyone?
3:02 —Keaton Grant gets the bucket and the foul and then stumbles out of bounds, hopping over UNI cheerleaders so as not to kill them. He winds up 20 feet out of bounds and almost up a tunnel.
3:00 — The parents of UNI's Jordan Eglseder drove to Portland, Oregon. Yikes.
2:59 — Purdue, true to form, has gone cold shooting. UNI comes down and bricks a three that would have cut it to four. Timeout, Boilermakers. 20-13.
2:56 — Johnny Moran drills a three for UNI. It's a single digit game with 8:30 to go, first half. And another bucket for UNI makes it 20-13.
2:56 — Another UNI turnover (mmmm, turnovers), leads to a Purdue rush, but then Lewis Jackson grabs a ball while standing out of bounds. That's now allowed.
2:55 — Hey, bingo sheet! Matt Painter played at Purdue!
2:55 — The good news with UNI not scoring is that I don't have to type Farokhmanesh or Ahelegbe very much. UNI gets a bucket finally, but Purdue answers. 20-8.
2:53 — Purdue was among the nation's best in FG % defense. UNI is turning the ball over like crazy and hasn't hit a shot in about 6 minutes of game time. 18-6, Purdue.
2:52 — hey, there's a Godfather II video game coming out. Way to strike while the iron is hot, guys.
2:50 — Buffering buffering buffering.... wonderful.
2:47 — E'twaun Moore's nickname is Smooge. But if you look up smooge in an urban dictionary, well, it's gross. But then we heard his mom gave it to him. Now we're not sure what to think.
2:46 — Let me take this time to say there are far more commercials that annoy me than entertain me. And with advertising needing to adapt thanks to DVRs and impatient Gen X-ers, shouldn't they be getting better?
2:45 — Purdue's in a middle of a 12-0 run. Tomahawk jam by Marcus Green. Great ball movement by Purdue. 16-6. TO, UNI.
2:43— Bosian senior Calasan just fired in a three. Watch him continue to believe he's a three point shooter. (Hint: he is not).
2:42 — Ah, O'Rear is in the game. He'll cover your ass.
2:41 — Can somebody explain the dumbass commercials with the guy on the desert island? It's for CDW, but... why on an island?
2:40 — TV timeout. Boilers up, 11-6. Commercial audio is fine. Shocking.
2:39 — Wow, the audio feed is majorly f-cked. Now, I hear the crowd but no commentators. Which is fine. Maybe they're bored by these two programs.
2:37 — Best Pick 'em entry name I saw this morning: May I eat E'twaun moore twinkie? Boilers up, 9-6.
2:35— Dan Bonner just said the Boilers "Really get in ya." Ouch.
2:35 — Trading points, 4-3, Boilers. That was E'Twaun Moore. Now a 3 by UNI, 6-4.
2:32 — Your broadcasters are Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner. JuJuan Johson slams one home. 2-0, Boilers. I smell a shutout.
2:31 — Nope, I'm actually getting the Rays preseason baseball feed while watching the Purdue - UNI game.
2:30 ET — My MMOD demand fades in and I get to hear the Tampa/St Pete feed, advertising Rays tickets. sign me up.
Pregame — For some reason, I keep saying "Northern Illinois" instead of "Northern Iowa." So if I do that, just know it's my nickname for Northern Iowa. Maybe I'll go with UNI.
Pregame — Did you know Northern Iowa has a kid named Lucas O'Rear? That must have been fun growing up. I had a teacher when I was a kid whose name was Sandy Rear. Hey, this is the kind of pregame stuff you get from me.


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ASU's 'A' Mountain gets repainted as D-backs logo
In an impressive show of support for its hometown team, an anonymous group of ASU students has painted the famous "A" on Butte Mountain to look like the Arizona Diamondbacks' logo in honor of the team's season opener tonight.
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"As an ASU alumnus, I am touched that my fellow Sun Devils would take the time during their busy school schedules to make this gesture," said Arizona Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall. "It's very cool and we appreciate the support."
Inspired by this gesture, dozens of other fans have announced plans via social media to support the team in similar ways. Three fans have permanently tattooed the D-backs logo on their faces, while another fan proudly announced that she has named her daughter, born today, "Diamond Back Jones." One eager fan also tweeted a photo of cans of spray paint with the comment, "Time to tag downtown Phoenix with #Dbacks pride! #iback #YOUback #WEback"
"While we appreciate the support, we want to remind people that unauthorized painting of public property is, in fact, vandalism," announced Hall. "We'd also like to remind people that we have a variety of great fan gear available in the Team Shop for anyone looking for a less permanent way to show their love for the Arizona Diamondbacks."
Hall had no official comment regarding the baby name announcement, but did offer congratulations to the family on their new addition.
"Our fans are the best in baseball," said Hall. "I'd say the outpouring of support today proves that beyond the shadow of a doubt."
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The deadline for Sailors to submit their requests was extended to Dec. 31, 2017, from Feb. 28, as was first announced in NAVADMIN 004/17. This initiative allows first-term Sailors to match their projected rotation date (PRD) with their EAOS and helps alleviate unnecessary gaps at sea.
While the Navy has seen a positive response from Sailors thus far, extending the period that Sailors can apply for this opportunity will help continue to further minimize gaps at sea as the large FY13 enlisted cohort begins to leave sea duty.
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Local officials were alerted, sandbags were sent out, and the office's new software kept track of emergency missions and allowed local groups to check on how quickly their requests for sandbags or water were being fulfilled.
The impact of the floods – in terms of homes and businesses destroyed, crops ruined, and property lost – has been severe. But the perception of how well the federal, state, and local emergency responders performed, from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on down, contrasts sharply with the criticism such entities received after hurricane Katrina, the 1993 floods, and other recent disasters.
"It's been mostly positive," says Dan Wilson, mayor of Columbus Junction, Iowa, which experienced substantial flooding when a levee overflowed. "Everything we did in preparation ... from preparedness to recovery, I thought we had a lot of help along the way."
Such positive reviews are a welcome change for government agencies, and particularly for FEMA, which had been widely derided after its Katrina response.
"FEMA learned a lot of lessons from its performance during Katrina and Rita," says Harvey Johnson, deputy administrator for FEMA. In particular, he cites the agency's quick deployment of supplies – water, packaged meals, generators, cots – to states even before the flooding occurred or disaster declarations were issued.
"We're trying to look ahead and anticipate, rather than wait until the event occurs and clang the bell, and respond late," says Mr. Johnson.
There's been a much greater effort to coordinate with state and local governments, he adds, and ensure that FEMA's response is appropriate. When Cedar Rapids recently requested several hundred mobile homes, FEMA first checked in with the state government. It also listened to the city's request to lease areas in existing mobile-home parks, rather than setting up the sort of group sites that were so criticized after Katrina.
The agency also pushed to get the necessary disaster declarations out faster and to conduct housing inspections and issue federal payments more quickly.
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This week at International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam, Europe's largest show for broadcasters, Adobe's video solutions team is showing off new versions of Flash Media Server and Flash Access, continuing to innovate on new, streamlined solutions for businesses to stream and protect premium video content. A highlight of both new products is enhanced support for mobile platforms.
With Flash Media Server (FMS) 4.5, media publishers can extend their already broad mobile reach via Flash-enabled devices, with the new ability to deliver video content to Apple's iPad and iPhone devices, enabling them to reach the widest audience possible. Adobe's Kevin Towes writes more about what's new in FMS 4.5 on his blog.
Adobe Flash Access 3.0, a robust content protection and monetization solution, will enable content owners to deliver on-demand content with massive scale and strict studio-level security across a broad range of devices, following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 (release candidate versions are now available for download on Adobe Labs). More info about the latest enhancements in Flash Access can be found on Florian Pestoni's blog.
Watch this video from Adobe's Pritham Shetty where he discusses Adobe's video solutions news at IBC, including Flash Media Server 4.5, Flash Access 3.0 and momentum for Adobe Pass—a solution for broadcasters, programmers and content portals to seamlessly and securely establish a user's entitlement to premium content anywhere, anytime and on virtually any device:
If you're attending IBC, stop by the Adobe booth in Hall 7, Stand 7.G27 and follow the Flash Platform Facebook and Twitter channels for updates on news from the show.


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Pubs Sydney welcomes Sydney NSW, browse through our listings to find a lovely Pub, Club or Restaurant of your choice.
This great old pub can safely claim the title of "oldest Pub In Australia" (mainland that is). Built in 1815 by Richard Fitzgerald; whilst under instruction by Governor Lauchlan Macquarie.
The Flying Horse Bar and Brewery opened in July 2008. The site was previously a service station and caravan park named "The Flying Horse Inn". The Flying Horse component was linked to the red pegusus horse which was and still is the mobil logo. The group decided to keep the "The Flying Horse" branding as locals had known the site as such for some 65 Years.
The Flying Horse Bar and Brewery is a unique venue. It caters for varying clientel as expressed throughout the website. The aim of the business is to service local customers and tourist alike with a unique and rewarding hospitality experience. The venue ceased brewing on premise in February 2012. It continues to offer it's 2 signature and awarded brews, Whale Ale & Dirty Angel as well as other commercial offerings on tap.
With its gilded mirrors, antique furnishings, textured wallpaper, pressed metal ceilings and velvet drapery, Back Bar smacks of the opulence of yesteryear.
The delicious interior makes for a relaxing drinkery where the dulled lighting and music promote a cosy, conversation-based vibe. The patrons are therefore a chilled-out bunch of twenty and thirty-somethings rather than an excited throng of teenagers wanting to dance.
The Fitzroy Hotel was first established in 1853 and holds the longest continuing licence in the Hawkesbury.
The licence is held by Rebecca Perry & Troy Mifsud who started operations in early 2005.
With stage 1 complete and stage 2 now underway in renovations, The Fitzroy Hotel is fast becoming the No. 1 venue in The Hawkesbury region.
In 2006 The Fitzoy Hotel won many awards including
* Winner for Best Hotel/Bottleshop/Bar (Hawkesbury Independent Local Business Awards 2006)
* Winner for Outstanding New Business (Hawkesbury Excellence In Business Awards 2006)
* Finalist for Best Hotel (Champion Of Champions 2006)
If your looking for a great night out with friends, or even a quiet dinner with the family, The Fitzroy Hotel caters to many and at an affordable price!
Stir Crazy Noodle Bars represent a great alternative to the fast food options available today containing high levels of processed food, preservatives and saturated fats. Food that is fresh, fast, healthy, and tastes great has formed the basis for our motto healthy eating - healthy living™.
We have a system called the Stir Crazy 3 Step Menu. Step 1 Choose from a variety of fresh noodle types Step 2 Select your cooking style and Step 3 Select your fresh ingredients to create your very own personal stirfry meal. Our specials menu means exactly that, we have some customer favourites on there which have become well known for being the best around. Noodles, vegetables, meats and other produce are delivered from Australian growers and suppliers daily ensuring we are using fresh quality produce at all times. No pre-cooking takes place for any produce as the kitchen team for each store prepares and displays the fresh produce in our chilled display units everday for customers to view and select from. Our restaurants offer the ability for customers to see all kitchen operations, to feel confident in the product and preparation process. Order, then watch our staff select, create and cook your meal in the flaming wok.
Restaurant 22 is based in Windsor. We serve Modern Australia cuisine.
We have an a la carte menu as well as specials for lunch and dinner.
Tapas means eating small portions of many dishes and sharing them with your friends and or family a great way to spend a long lunch or pass the time away over a long and leisurely dinner.
Serving traditional Spanish cuisine which includes the likes of Jamon Serrano, Spanish Tortilla, and Chorizo Sausage and with the lay back style which is Tapas eating it has brought a unique approach to eating out. The response from the locals has been wonderful says Owner and Head Chef Sally Fernandez, everyone has been very supportive and if the first few weeks are any indication Delishus will become one of the eating destinations in the Hawkesbury.
Biviano's is an Italian and Seafood Restaurant located in the heart of Windsor NSW in an (1840) heritage building, which was first erected as a merchants cottage and is believed, for most of the buildings later life, was used as a doctors house.
Anthony Biviano has been cooking full time since the age of 16, coming from a strong family background in the restaurant industry.
Kylie and Anthony met while Kylie undertook her chefs' apprenticeship working for Anthony's father at his restaurant in western Sydney.
In 2004, Anthony and Kylie together, undertook the huge task of refurbishing the old historical building and turning it into the very successful restaurant and business it is today.
North Richmond has a new Chinese Restaurant called "River Orchid". Everyone is talking about the fresh flavours and range of fresh seafood available.
The elegant restaurant is is owned by Chef, Michael Li (Pictured left) who has had ove 16 years experience in the industry being the former owner of a successful restaurant in Camden where he and his wife, Suzi built up a great reputation for superb food and service.
Michael has developed a style of Cantonese and Szechuan cooking usually only found in major cities, Michael describes his creations as an innovative blend of traditional and modern dishes.
The River Orchid, has a range of fresh live seafoods such as lobster and crab to choose from as well as an extensive range of traditional dishes which make the menu a real dining experience, sweet, spicy or mild, there is something for every taste.
If you want a special dish and you don't see it on the menu then just ask and Michael will arrange to have it prepares for you.
You can dine in the restaurant or order take away but whichever you choose, you are guaranteed satisfaction at the River Orchid Chinese Restaurant.
Little Big Horn Restaurant at RG's serves modern Australian cuisine in three distinctly different settings. Choose to dine in the spacious restaurant, the airy courtyard or the lively lounge bar. Unlike your typical bistro in a hotel, Little Big Horn delivers prompt table service, experienced and friendly wait staff, and a quality menu selection.
Stock Bar & Grill is the kid on the block in Richmond. Located in Hawkesbury just outside of the market place shopping centre is a fully refurbished modern styled restaurant with outside and inside dinning, holding a mixture of event like cocktails night through to live entertainment.
Stock Bar & Grill is a family friendly steakhouse that caters for all dietary requirements and all functions ranging through to Birthdays, meetings and events. Specific menus like banquet, buffet and set menus are available on request. Come down and check it out....


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Havana Planetarium and Science Centre: International Partnerships for Astronomy Cooperation
20 March 2009
This summer the Cuban Capital, Havana, will open a new planetarium and science centre, the Centro Cultural de Ciencia y Tenologia "Rosa Elena Simeón". The centre is being built as part of the renovation of the Old Town of Havana (Habana Vieja) declared Human Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. This project is managed by astronomer Oscar Alvarez, of the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment (CITMA: Ciencia, Tecnologia, y Medio Ambiente), the IYA2009 Single Point of Contact in Cuba.
This new planetarium and cultural centre is the main IYA2009 activity in Cuba and it has long been a dream for Cuban astronomers. But the planetarium will not be an ordinary one; the dome will be a full sphere, with the outside painted to resemble the solar surface when viewed under special illumination, and surrounded by scale models of the planets. Visitors will take a helical ramp to the seating level, and along the way will see images marking a timeline of events in cosmic history, beginning with a vivid representation of the Big Bang.
The new science centre is also an excellent example of international cooperation for development. The Japanese Government is one of the main supporters of the project and has donated funds to buy both the planetarium projector and media system for the cosmic theatre inside the sphere. The Spanish firm Kelonik has been contracted for the interior lighting and sound system in the main hall, which will show a starry background with a realistic sky representation. The University of Alabama, in addition to information-based support, is providing large image prints for the "Powers of 10" exhibit illustrating the cosmic timeline. We have also acted as liaison for an installation of the From Earth to the Universe exhibition which will open the new centre. A selection of 33 images from the exhibition have been produced and carried to Havana in December 2008. These will be followed later in 2009 by the set of large images.
More information:
IYA2009 in Cuba: http://www.astronomy2009.org/organisation/nodes/national/view/CU/
From Earth to the Universe: http://www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/
University of Alabama and IYA2009 in Cuba: :http://astronomy2009.us/storytelling/2009/02/15/cuba-alabama-and-the-international-year-of-astronomy/
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
A few things that make me smile
90 comments:
- Catherine Hansen Peart said...
Ha ha, cat, cat, llama! My favourite!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- Deer Prudence said...
totally with the aprons ♥
- June 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- Caro said...
Haha I want to bump in to a zombie!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- wallflower said...
What's so special about $2 U.S. bills?
- June 2, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- Meg said...
Love Lane..mmm.. That just reminded me that I found a London accomodation agency yesterday..and their 'headquarters' is in the Hoe Street :D
- June 2, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Carys said...
I love these pictures, you just seem to have the most amazing life! Your blog never fails to cheer me up, I feel so inspired to be more cheerful since reading it!!
From Carys of La Ville Inconnue
- June 2, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Alice Braga said...
You and your creativity make me smile! Thank you.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Christine said...
i have a picture of a street in florida. it was lovers lane: dead end. hahahah
- June 2, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- BethanySusan said...
Love two dollar bills! They are so lucky I think. I carry one in my wallet and when I feel the luck 'wearing out' I find a new one somehow and replace it!
The cats and llama pic is so cute and hilarious!
Those aprons remind me of the aprons my grandma in Kansas sent me and my sisters for Christmas! Thanks for reminding me of my sweet gma.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- colormekatie said...
@ wallflower- you never ever ever see $2 bills! Whenever I use them, most store owners think they're fake because you just never see them.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:04 PM
- Celestine said...
Ah, going barefoot! I love it!
Everybody's looking at you when you do it in the village, but it's such a lovely feeling... I should do this more often. :)
- June 2, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- wallflower said...
Ohhh I had no idea! That's weird though, they don't make the right amount of something?
U.S. money has always been quite an enigma to me.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Holland Photography said...
I just got some new twos too! Very exciting! I haven't seen any in YEARS.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Chaucee said...
Love the lady bug and love lane : ) And is that Hicks street right beside it?
- June 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Paula / Polleke said...
Love Lane looks fantastic, and i wish it was hot enough to go barefoot here in Trondheim (Norway), but no such luck yet. But soooon. (: Thanks for a lovely blog full of inspiration, dreams, colors and joy. I know that I am going to buy lot's of paper and start decorating my walls when vacation set's in. Again, THANKS, for you just being you (:
- June 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Maria-Thérèse afiori.com said...
But wait - zombies make you smile?
- June 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- annie said...
The first house I ever lived in was on Love Lane! Not surprising, it had a willow tree, a super cute backyard, and neighborhood cats prowling the vegetable garden. Thanks for the Wednesday smile!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Fee-AMore said...
Mashed potato martinis?! How nice!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Katie said...
where did you find that awesome dress?
- June 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Tanya (a Taste of T) said...
I love when lady bugs land on me. Great dress!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Smacko said...
What a pretty dress! I hope you bought it, it's quite becoming on you.
Love and Turtledoves,
- June 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Felicity said...
Moo upstages everything, I love it!!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- MissAlyssa said...
i love this post!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- look a little closer said...
where in the world did you find mashed potato martinis! ha! and you always have super cute dresses :) moo is soo funny!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Sophie said...
Haha my pharmacy is on Love Ln and every time I stop by I wish I could live there. So wonderful!
Those aprons are awesome too!
- June 2, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- tRiSh said...
those make me smile too, thanks for sharing =)
I really love every single one, though I might freak out if I ever encounter a zombie =/ ^^
- June 2, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Lynn said...
I honestly didn't think they even made US $2 bills! In Canada they had them for years--until they decided to give us more weight to carry and made them into $2 coins instead.
Anyway. I digress. Super cute post.
- June 2, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Kate said...
I'm having a grumpy day, and "cat cat cat cat llama" made me giggle. Thanks :)
- June 2, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Stephanie ;) said...
it's so cute how your cat appears beside the other stuffed cats! so adorable! ;P
- June 2, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Jenny said...
Fun & inspiring as ever! Keep it up, Katie!!! :)
- June 2, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- K said...
Ohh... all those make me smile too. How about a man walking a prairie dog down the beach? I saw that this weekend at Lake Michigan.
- June 2, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Effie said...
Lovely happy pictures!
- June 2, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Maria Gridley said...
Thank you! :) These made me smile too!! :)
- June 2, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- C'est La Vie said...
haha what the random zombie!
i'd probably be scared...
- June 2, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- VictoriaArt said...
Oh fun!
- June 2, 2010 at 3:24 PM
- Katie said...
They make me smile too - would love to find little love notes around my flat! (Hint hint to my fella!)
- June 2, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Lulu said...
that is TOOOOO cute. all of it! =]
- June 2, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- Jenn said...
llama!!! lol
- June 2, 2010 at 3:56 PM
oh my, where did you get those maneki neko???! so incredibly huggable
this post made me happy!
- June 2, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Bonny said...
It made me smile too :D
- June 2, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- valnouveau said...
tender bunny! like it
- June 2, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- Breenuh said...
There's a Memory Lane near my dad's old house. I always hoped I could live there someday :.)
- June 2, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- LaLa said...
ugh why are you so amazing!! <33 I love these photos so wonderful!!
just wanted to share this with you http://simplestformofanelle.blogspot.com/2010/06/in-search-of-summer-may-30th.html
- June 2, 2010 at 6:32 PM
Love it!
My Aunt lived on "Lois Lane"
That on always gave me a big smile too!
- June 2, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Sadako said...
I read the street sign as Love LA, as in I love Los Angeles, but still awesome. If one were a sign stealer that would be a good one to purloin.
- June 2, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Audrey Jaye said...
Love Lane = Best address.
- June 2, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Kathryn said...
was it zombie day? i live in boston and randomly, in the middle of the afternoon, about a hundred zombies ran down the street.
- June 2, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Under Urooba's Umbrella! said...
I saw a zombie today too!
Wait, no. That was my sister.
- June 2, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Apple said...
thanks for a great start to the day katie!:) new $2 bills? so they reprinted it?:)
- June 2, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- John's Arts & Crafts said...
Great Blog & photos! New Blog on the Hx. of the Ladybug: http://historyoftheladybug.blogspot.com/
- June 2, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Kelsey said...
I am guilty of the two dollar bills and of the dancing in dressing rooms
- June 2, 2010 at 9:39 PM
at work I walk around without my shoes and my co-workers always crinkle their noses. I know the floor is dirty but my toes need to be free! haha
- June 2, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Moira said...
just seeing those pictures on your blog mske me smile already. =D
- June 2, 2010 at 10:26 PM
- Silver Strands said...
All wonderful ... but I especially love the ladybug on the finger tip :)
- June 3, 2010 at 12:15 AM
- papier et encre said...
Such a gorgeous post. Thank you for sharing them all!
I love that the first one could also be Hicks in Love. :)
- June 3, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- Viiivi said...
lol these are all so lovely ideas ! :):)
- June 3, 2010 at 12:55 AM
- laura said...
that last one makes me immeasurably happy :]
- June 3, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- Natasha Jane said...
totally with you on the going barefoot part!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:39 AM
i love the: cat cat cat llama!!! hahah that makes me smmile!!!!!
do you have a rabbit too¿¿ with the cat?? oh oh!!
have a nice day!!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:51 AM
- Kkartio said...
oh dear, what a marvellous bunny!
thank you for cheering me (and many more i think) up with these lovely pictures!
- June 3, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- shoo said...
i love the Bunny! maybe cause i have one big lazy one at home (which i love to bits!)
the cat cat cat cat llama just made me smile. :D
- June 3, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- low carb bread said...
I've got to say, Love Lane is a great address. And as for the rest, your choices make me smile too.
- June 3, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Barefoot is great! Wherever you are going in barefoot looks like holiday, freedom.... Love this one!
By the way, read your blog make me smile!
- June 3, 2010 at 8:51 AM
- Charlotte said...
This post really made me smile, as your other posts did too =) Your blog is so sweet!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:12 PM
this brightened my day :) thank you! x
- June 3, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- Shelby said...
I'm so jealous! We only have one zombie in our neighbourhood ,johann, and he's just too yappy!
- June 3, 2010 at 2:38 PM
- Ines said...
I'd really like the pictures, and also the things you've written about them!
Thanx for a lovely blog!
- June 3, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Miss Marilee said...
Oh my gracious!!!!!!! I want to live on Hicks Street!!!! A whole road named after me!!!!!!!
- June 3, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Nina said...
funny, I always look at street names and imagine living on the really good ones too...lovers lane in princeton nj was at the top of my list once.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:35 PM
- JiLLiaN said...
Dont get your feet hurt by walking without shoes. :)
- June 4, 2010 at 1:50 AM
Wow, and not just any zombie, it looks like Lucille Ball!! Did you get her autograph?
- June 4, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Vanessa said...
I love walking around barefoot, too! Except when it's because my shoes hurt too much-- that's not AS fun.
- June 4, 2010 at 7:21 AM
- Robin said...
All these photos made me smile! Thank you for sharing them! :)
- June 4, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- Kolleen said...
coming your way via the lovely Louise Gale!
what a wonderful blog you have and such fun photos!!!
love the....cat, cat, cat, cat, llama!!
i am now a happy follower!!!
- June 4, 2010 at 11:42 AM
- Raptor Plateado said...
the bunny are cute.. and the zombie!!! i liked!!
- June 4, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Tara Harman said...
I have that llama! I sort of have a llama obsession so people always give me llama things as gifts... thats why I have it :)
- June 4, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- drollgirl said...
WAH! i'd love to live on love lane!!!
- June 4, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Katie said...
This blog puts a gigantic smile on my face. The world seems a little brighter :) Thanks!
- June 4, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- Amy said...
Katie, you are adorable. But I do wonder, do you ever hurt your feet or step on something while you frolic around the New York streets? Ouch! I hope your feet are pain-free!
- June 4, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Studded Rose said...
Your posts are just so inspirational and truelly make me smile even on the worst day xx
- June 5, 2010 at 12:28 AM
- Makay said...
I WANNA LIVE ON LOVE LANE! :D haha. Cool post... I was smiling the whole way through. ;D
- June 5, 2010 at 8:27 AM
you are such a fun, amazing, beautiful person. you make me smile every single day please never stop doing what you do or i will be so sad:(
- June 5, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Mandi C said...
I didn't make the Zoo Pals all by myself, but it was SO much fun to work on! I about fell out of my chair seeing it on here!
You are the coolest Katie-thanks for being so sweet and colorful! You're an inspiration for sure.
And love lane!? Awesome!
- June 5, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- Kristine said...
Wow, i really love your blog!
- June 5, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- Wh. said...
cat, cat, cat, cat, llama
there's a city in Urugay, called Colonia, where you can find yourself walking through "La calle de los suspiros" (Sigh st) or "La calle de las flores" (Flowers st)
so cute!
- June 5, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Amoniel said...
Hey! I do the "Barefoot-no-matter-how-dirty-the-road-is" thing too!!! Fun, isn't it? ;) I adore your blog.
- June 7, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- Alisa said...
Is that denim dress Dollhouse???
- June 8, 2010 at 3:34 PM
Nom nom, mashed potato martinis! PS- Are you a virgo??
- June 11, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- Melissa said...
Just about everything about this post makes me go, "awww!" How heartwarming.
- June 23, 2010 at 11:20 PM
- Shukura Li said...
you make New York loos soo fun!
- July 6, 2010 at 4:22 PM


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CV...wo...I'm great with that....me only charge £10 per page for anyone who wishes to have a very professional looking CV.... Undercutting our Blues.....it's good to have competition
Hmm...CV's should not be more than 2 pages long - if it is...you may as well need not even post it - cos' the job isn't yours...you'll find your CV will hit the bin as soon as it gets there. Best to make sure the first page is attractive - now that doesn't mean putting lovely looking pictures or silly little graphics on it, I mean professional, smart...and informative - yeap informative...don't go on and on...keep it short but sharp! Don't keep the same CV...change it (no...don't lie), change it according to the job you're applying for (ie: if the role you're going for is all abt teamwork - then include more of that than the other aspects, etc). Sit from the point of the CV assessor/reader...and see what would interest you. Be positive...but don't over do it...stating you're the best, etc. Don't just send your CV on its own, make sure you send it with a covering letter.
If this is all too much, forget it.....go to the professionals.... :P
Good luck....!!!!!!


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Emotions can be a killer job performance issue when you're a serial murderer, and Dexter better find a new hobby if this keeps up.
The creators of "Showtime" have announced that Michael C. Hall's serial killer personality will have trouble dealing with the murder of her his wife, Rita (Julie Benz) next season.
At the end of season four Rita was murdered, putting an end to Dexter's seeming sham of a domestic life. But maybe it was a little deeper than even he gave it credit for. Rita's death will trigger new feelings in Dexter prompted by Julia Benz's brief return to the show (no small feat considering she's dead).
"Benz will make a brief appearance in the first episode," a release from Showtime states. "As Dexter grapples with the reality of the death of his wife, her presence will help him deal with his feelings of loss and grief – emotions he's never felt before."
Hey, a character has to grow. Even Spock had his wild moments. But then again, Spock wasn't covering rooms in plastic so that he could cleanly and methodically kill people.
This transformation will no doubt be handled with the usual deft touch by the award-winning Hall.
Dexter will also get some help with the domestic duties on the show caused by his wife's death. "The Commitments" star Maria Doyle Kennedy has been signed on to play an Irish nanny hired to care for Dexter's son Harrison. With a little luck, she'll keep her nose out of his personal affairs and thus intact.
He might get emotional every now and again, but he's still a killer after all.


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Mr. Speaker, the note I would like to end this on is to also think about the families of veterans. I think about 10 days ago, when I stood on the docks when the HMCS Vancouver came back. I think of 200 or 300 family members who were there and who had also made sacrifices while their loved ones were away risking their lives in the service of Canada.
When we talk about cutting benefits to veterans, we are also talking about cutting benefits to their families, most often their spouses, and denying some of the things to which those spouses are entitled in their golden years.
Therefore, I would ask us to think more broadly about veterans and veterans' families when we come to the cutbacks in Veterans Affairs.


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If they don't already care about climate change, then this might just be the thing that finally inspires and motivates your friends and family to.
This isn't just another Al Gore documentary, but admittedly, there are big names in it and it is about climate change!
So what can Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matt Damon and Jessica Alba possibly tell you about climate change that you didn't already know?
Well, Years of Living Dangerously looks at the human face of the issue. Executive produced by James Cameron and "I'll be back" Arnie, it feels more like a Hollywood blockbuster than a scientific documentary. It is Avatar meets Indiana Jones meets Al Gore's PowerPoint presentation, if you will.
Into the jungle
In the opening episode, Harrison Ford travels to the rainforests of Indonesia to learn first hand about the struggle to protect forests.
The star is not new to the issue of deforestation, as he has served on the board of Conservation International for over 20 years. But this was a chance for him to see it up close. It is indeed a bit like Indiana Jones as he flies on a NASA airplane taking samples, travels by boat into the jungle and confronts top Indonesian government officials. Very gung-ho!
While in the country, Ford also spent time with the head of Greenpeace's Indonesia forest campaign, Bustar Maitar. The pair discussed the challenges organisations like Greenpeace, WWF and Rainforest Action Network face, consumer activism, how palm oil can be grown sustainably and why it should be.
In the past few months, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world had been calling on the US consumer goods company Proctor and Gamble to stop using palm oil from unsustainable sources in its products, which include Head and Shoulders. And they listened.
As have many of their competitors: Unilever, Nestlé, L'Oreal, Ferrero and Colgate-Palmolive. All of these companies, including Asia's leading agribusiness group Wilmar, have committed to remove forest destruction from all of their products with full traceability for the palm oil it sources.
The celebrities, journalists, scientists and activists you'll see in Years of Living Dangerously are doing their part. But really, it's all of you that they're counting on.
The first episode of Years of Living Dangerously is free on YouTube and our friends at 350.org are organising screening parties. But you can watch it here or here!
So why not join in or arrange your own screening for your friends and family? The Years of Living Dangerously folks also have a website with ideas on how you can take part.
But, don't worry if you or your loved ones don't have that much time to spare, as you could join Joaquin Phoenix, Gillian Anderson and Marion Cotillard in signing the Tiger Manifesto, which only takes a moment but makes a big difference to the movement. We'll use your voice to convince companies it is worth changing how they get their palm oil.
It's up to all of us to make the world we live in safe. Now is the time to make a stand. Thousands of small steps go a long way. Let this journey begin for your friends and family by watching Years of Living Dangerously.
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The science does not support the fear mongering presented in this documentary.
Exploiting Human Misery and Distorting ...
The science does not support the fear mongering presented in this documentary.
Exploiting Human Misery and Distorting the Science: An environmentalist's critique of "Years of Living Dangerously"
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The Years folks go into the science on their website. For example... http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/topic/drought/
NASA and other ...
The Years folks go into the science on their website. For example... http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/topic/drought/
NASA and other scientific organizations also support the consensus that we urgently need to address climate change...
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The science does support all of this. Without even talking about Climate Change and Global warming. The forests are being cut down at alarming speeds....
The science does support all of this. Without even talking about Climate Change and Global warming. The forests are being cut down at alarming speeds. The rivers and canals are being polluted. We have more severe weather than we have ever had in the past. Animals and endangered species are more at risk than ever. And what sense does it make. If these externalities of making a product are not taken into account it just means the factory or manufacturer can pollute the environment with no regard for the damage done. In a study done by the World Bank the losses from 1980 until 2012 have been on an upward projectory. From around 60 Billion in 1980 to around 400 Billion in 2011. Whoever does not see it must have blinkers on. Where ever there is Science someone is bound to deny it exists.
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Our deafening silence about what is happening and why it is happening with regard to the unbridled growth of the human population on our watch serves ...
Our deafening silence about what is happening and why it is happening with regard to the unbridled growth of the human population on our watch serves to give consent to preternatural pseudoscience of economists and demographers that is broadcast in the mainstream media without objection. By not speaking truth to the powerful, according to the best available science and 'lights' we possess, we become accomplices to their ubiquitous abuses.
Extant scientific research regarding the population dynamics of Homo sapiens has to be openly acknowledged, objectively examined and honestly reported. Population scientists and ecologists have been shown to be as vulnerable to denial of apparently unforeseen and unfortunately unwelcome scientific evidence as well as to capitulation to the entreaties of all who choose favorable unscientific research to be spread by the mass media without meaningful objection from many too many members of the scientific community. It is a deliberate breach of responsibility to science and humanity for population scientists and ecologists not to object to the spreading of false knowledge and thereby, to fail in the performance of the fundamental duty of disclosing what could somehow be real and true about Homo sapiens and the workings of the existential world we inhabit, according to the best available scientific research.
Let us recognize the willful denial of the ecological science of human population dynamics. Where are the population scientists and ecologists who are ready, willing and able to attest to or refute empirical evidence that human population dynamics is essentially similar to, not different from, the population dynamics of other species; that human population numbers appear as a function of food supply; that more food for human consumption equals more people, less available food to consume equals less people and no food equals no people? No exceptions! Are these scientists blind, deaf and electively mute in the face of new scientific knowledge. Most reprehensibly, their refusal to accept responsibilities and perform duties as scientists has made it possible for pseudoscientists to fill the mainstream media with false knowledge about the way the world we inhabit works as well as about the placement of the human species within the natural order of living things.
Is it not science, and science alone, that most accurately allows us to confirm our perceptions as objective correlates of reality and truth? Without science, thought leaders and power brokers in cultures everywhere are free to widely transmit attractive ideas at will, regardless of the extent to which the ideas bear a meaningful relationship to what could be real and true. For example, a preternatural factoid like "food must be produced in order to meet the needs of a growing population" is deceitfully given credence as a scientific idea although it reflects the opposite of the actual relationship between food supply and human numbers. Findings from science indicate population numbers are the dependent variable and food the independent variable, just like the population dynamics of other species. By increasing the food supply, we are in fact growing the human population, are we not?
The idea that human exceptionalism applies to the population dynamics of Homo sapiens, that human population dynamics is different from (not essentially similar to) the population dynamics of other species, is a pseudoscientific factoid, bereft of an adequate foundation in science. Overwhelming scientific research regarding the human population indicates that human population numbers appear as a function of food supply. For many this scientific idea is on the one hand irrefutable and on the other hand unbelievable. So completely are many too many professionals enthralled by the notion of human exceptionalism. Exploding human numbers in the past 200 years are the natural result of the dramatically increasing production and distribution capabilities of food for human consumption that occurred with the onset of the Industrial Revolution and later on during the Green Revolution.
Please consider that demographers and economists are not scientists. They are presenting false knowledge that is appealing because it presents what all of us wish to believe about the way the world in which we live works as well as about the exceptional nature of the human species. Human beings are mistakenly believed to be outside (not within) the natural order of living things. The false knowledge regarding human species' exceptionalism with regard to its population dynamics is determined de facto by whatsoever is politically convenient, economically expedient, socially desirable, religiously acceptable and culturally syntonic. Such de facto determinations of what is real about human nature and the existential world are based primarily upon ideology, not science.
Refuse to be duped by clever, absurdly enriched vendors of words and highly educated sycophants. These 'talking heads' duplicitously claim they are scientists and then promulgate preternatural ideas and pseudoscientific theories that are passed off as well-established results of scientific research without objection from scientists.
Let us examine the false knowledge from conventional, Neoclassical Cornucopian Economics and the Demographic Transition Theory. These theoretical perspectives are not connected to the foundation of science. The speciousness of what is presented by demographers and economists and then broadcast ubiquitously by the mainstream media is in need of correction by scientists. Ideas of endless resources availability in a finite world and an indestructible ecology that is in fact frangible are fabricated. Automatic population stabilization; a benign end to population growth soon; a glorious world by 2050 when the entire human community will reap the benefits you and I enjoy now because everyone in the human community will have entered the fourth and last stage of the demographic transition, all of these notions are fanciful and ideologically-driven. Such false knowledge as we find in the pseudoscientific disciplines of economics and demography needs to be eschewed. The best available scientific evidence must to be our guide because science stands alone as the best method by far for apprehending what could be real and true. Science needs to be categorically distinguished from all that is not science. Then, perhaps, we will be able to see more clearly how the existential world we inhabit actually works and more accurately perceive the placement of Homo sapiens within the natural order of all living things.
The imprimatur of science has been not so surreptitiously usurped by pseudoscientific disciplines in which professional research is primarily underwritten by wealthy power brokers and corporations. Economic and demographic research is designed and the findings presented so as to comport with the transparent self interests of the rich and powerful. Where are the scientists who will speak out to correct such widespread misunderstanding and reckless wrongdoing? The conscious silence of scientists serves to give consent to ubiquitous unethical professional behavior that cannot be tolerated any longer because of the confusion it engenders among those in the human community who are rightly seeking an intellectually honest understanding of the global predicament we face and a path to a sustainable future that can only be derived from the best available scientific research. The disciplines of demography and economics are prime examples of what science is not. Perhaps the findings of demographic and economics research will soon be widely recognized and consensually validated as preternatural pseudoscience.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The moment of reckoning has arrived for Gov. John Kasich's tax plan.
The Republican governor wants to lower Ohio's income tax 20 percent over three years and reduce the tax rates on consumer sales and small businesses. He's proposed doing so by raising the severance tax on large-scale oil and gas drilling and by applying sales taxes to a new list of services as varied as those offered by lawyers, accountants, amusement parks and rock concerts.
GOP leaders at the Statehouse are balking. In a rare move Friday, Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder and Senate President Keith Faber spoke out jointly to simultaneously praise the governor and signal his tax plan may be faltering.
The window for initial action in the House is rapidly narrowing, Batchelder and Faber said in their statement. Therefore, we strongly encourage all affected parties, particularly job creators and those in the business community who would be most affected by these proposals, to share their views with members of the legislature quickly.
Translation: The heat is on at House Finance hearings resuming Tuesday on Kasich's $63.2 billion, two-year state operating budget.
Kasich's tax reform package significantly rewrites Ohio's tax code in a way he says better reflects Ohio's shift from a manufacturing to a service economy. It delivers $1.4 billion in overall tax cuts over the three years, a critical factor in qualifying it as a tax cut, not a hike, in the eyes of the tax hike-opposed Americans for Tax Reform.
The administration plan reduces the tax rate on virtually all small businesses by 50 percent, cuts the sales tax rate from 5.5 percent to 5 percent, and reduces the income tax 7.5 percent this year, another 7.5 percent in 2014 and an additional 5 percent in 2015.
Yet business leaders have lined up to criticize the plan, arguing new sales taxes on their services will be burdensome to impose, unfairly double-tax them in places and ultimately harm the bottom line.
Meanwhile, the well-funded oil and gas industry has blasted Kasich's proposal to increase the severance tax on resources they draw from Ohio ground, particularly from shale deposits in the eastern part of the state. Kasich wants to raise the tax to 4 percent over time on the highest-producing oil and gas wells, after a phase-in at lower rates designed to allow well operators to recoup startup costs.
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, a fellow Republican, is among those that have spoken out against the tax increase as detrimental to a job-creating industry. Conversely, state Rep. Bob Hagan, a Youngstown Democrat, has proposed taxing oil and gas extraction at 7.5 percent.
Batchelder and Faber indicate they share common goals and principles with the governor, some of which we intend to achieve in the short-term, while others will require a more deliberative approach.
The leaders cited only lowering the income-tax rate and simplifying the state's cumbersome tax code among their short-range goals. They put major tax reform on their longer-term list.
Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said the governor detects strong agreement on the need to cut taxes to help keep creating jobs in this state.
He said legislative leaders have committed to continue working toward the major tax policy overhaul and the governor's office will remain involved.
The governor offered one route to that destination and we have consistently sought other ideas on how this can be accomplished, Nichols said in an email. Just like every other piece of legislation we've worked on, House and Senate leaders have brought their own ideas to the table, which is not only to be expected, we encourage it.
Faber made a rare move in joining the Ohio House leader in Friday's statement. The Senate he leads has not yet taken up Kasich's budget bill, and traditionally begins to put its unique mark on the legislation after the bill clears the Ohio House.
Areas of disagreement between the House and Senate then go to a conference committee that strikes a palatable compromise.
This time, though, Batchelder and Faber said, The majority caucuses in both houses will continue to work on these broad principles throughout the next several months so that we can continue to develop a stronger economic path towards prosperity for Ohio and our working families.


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Daniel Barry, Ph.D., M.D. '82 is a former astronaut who currently spends his time building robots for his own company, Denbar Robotics. Barry's work and research has been supported by the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Grass Foundation and the American Heart Association of Michigan. He has five patents and has had over 50 articles published in scientific journals.
For his work and accomplishments, Barry has received numerous special honors and awards over the years, including the 1971 McMullen Engineering Award, the 1984 Young Investigator Award from the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from St. Louis University in 1996; the Vladimir Komarov Diploma from Federation Aeronautique Internationale in 1998; an Honorary Life Membership from the United States Tennis Association in 1999, inclusion in the list of 100 Most Notable Princeton Graduate School Alumni of the 20th Century in 2001, and both the Paul J. Corcoran Award from Harvard Medical School and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Beloit College in 2003.
In 1975 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University. In 1977 he received a master of engineering degree and a Master of Arts degree in electrical engineering/computer science from Princeton University. In 1980 he received a doctorate in electrical engineering/computer science, also from Princeton.
In 1985, Barry completed an internship and a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Michigan. He was then appointed by the University of Michigan as an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in the bioengineering program. He spent the summers of 1985-1987 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, working in skeletal muscle physiology at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
Barry was offered tenure at the University of Michigan in 1992. At the same time, he was selected by NASA to train at the Johnson Space Center and opted to relocate to Texas. He completed one year of training and qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flight crews. A veteran of three space flights, Barry has logged over 734 hours in space, including four space walks. He retired from NASA in April 2005.
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Standardized neuropsychological tests have been developed and validated with consensus thresholds of abnormal performance that aid clinicians in evaluating mild cognitive impairment and dementia. The development of drug therapies or behavioral modifications to slow or possibly halt the complex processes involved in cognitive decline requires the earliest possible intervention. Hence researchers are searching for biochemical or imaging markers that might be used to predict the clinical course of dementia versus normal aging patterns or to monitor treatment progress. A better understanding of factors involved in normal and abnormal brain aging will aid our ability to enhance healthy brain aging, for example with dietary and behavioral practices that could prolong normal brain function.


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Minnie and Mickey Mouse Costume
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Minnie and Mickey Mouse Costume
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This homemade costume for couples entered our 2015 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Chelsie, the 'Minnie and Mickey Mouse' costume creator:
Lacy is dressed as an Angel and Snoop is dressed as the Hotdog. Blake is Dressed as the Hotdog. Chelsie (I) is two faced and Nicole is a Leopard. Chelsie (I) and Blake are Minnie and Mickey Mouse.
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Reviewed By Bruce R (Saint Petersburg, FL) Reviewed for a 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse —11/10/2009 12:42 AM
The Sherwood 24-piece genuine black carbon fiber fit perfectly. I used the extra sticky liquid material supplied for a couple of large pieces that went on the 3M backing tape and it did the securing job. The installation was done in a little over an hour. A high-quality dash kit.