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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two of the keys to No. 13 Oregon State's surprising turnaround this season are Markus Wheaton and Brandin Cooks, who don't hesitate in proclaiming themselves the best receiving duo in the Pac-12.
Some of the numbers certainly back them up.
While USC's Marquise Lee grabs all the headlines out West, Wheaton and Cooks are combining to average more than 211 receiving yards a game for the Beavers (7-1, 5-1).
Cooks, a sophomore, is averaging 113.25 yards, ranking him seventh among FBS players, while senior Wheaton is No. 13 with 98.4. Wheaton lost some ground when he left Oregon State's game against Washington two weeks ago in the first quarter because of a concussion.
The only other school with two receivers ranked as high is West Virginia, which has No. 8 Travon Austin (111.13) and No. 11 Stedman Bailey (103.75).
"I guess it depends on who you ask," laughed Wheaton when asked if he and his teammate were the best in the conference. "I think so. Definitely."
Declared Cooks: "Yes. Yes, we are."
Lee leads the Pac-12 and is second nationally with an average of nearly 143 yards. Together with teammate Robert Woods (72.9), they're averaging just over 215 yards a game, more than Cooks and Wheaton but also with the dynamic Lee contributing disproportionate yardage. Austin Hill and Dan Buckner are together averaging about 186 yards for Arizona.
In last Saturday's 36-26 victory over Arizona State, Cooks caught six passes for 116 yards with a touchdown, and Wheaton caught four passes for 108 yards with two scores. It was the third time this season that the duo had at least 100 receiving yards apiece.
For the season, Cooks has 906 receiving yards and four touchdowns, while Wheaton has 787 yards and eight scores. Wheaton has at least one catch in 31 straight games.
Asked for his opinion, coach Mike Riley said Wheaton and Cooks benefit greatly from their quickness. This spring Wheaton bested Oregon speedster De'Anthony Thomas in the Oregon Twilight track meet at Hayward Field, taking second in the 100-meter dash in 10.58 seconds (Thomas was third in 10.65 seconds).
"They are also very detailed guys," Riley said. "They work at this thing hard. That combination is good."
Oh, and as for the two being the best receiving tandem in the league?
"I agree totally," Riley said.
Overall, Oregon is ranked 21st nationally in passing offense with 306.1 yards a game, but they've juggled two quarterbacks, Sean Mannion and Cody Vaz.
Mannion started Oregon States' first four games, but injured his left knee and required surgery. Vaz, a junior who had not started a game since high school, led the Beavers to victories in their next two games.
Mannion, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, returned against Washington, but threw four picks in a 20-17 loss, the Beavers' first of the season. Vaz took over last weekend against the Sun Devils, and has been named Oregon State's starter for this Saturday's game at Stanford.
Wheaton credited both with the duo's success.
"I think a lot of it has to do with our quarterback. Both our quarterbacks are real good. They put it where it needs to be," he said.
To which Vaz returned the compliment: "Just knowing that they can score whenever they get the ball in their hands — it's huge for any quarterback. They make my job a whole lot easier."
The Beavers face a considerable challenge in the 16th-ranked Cardinal (7-2, 5-1). The teams are playing for second place in the Pac-12 North to No. 2 Oregon, which hasn't lost a game. Both Stanford and Oregon State still have the Ducks on their schedules.
That the Beavers are in this position is remarkable. Last season, they went 3-9 and many were calling for Riley's dismissal. Oregon State was picked in the preseason to finish last in the league's northern division.


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This Microsoft SharePoint Online Training Course delivers the complete site owner story from start to finish in an engaging and practical way to ensure you have the confidence to plan and create new sites or manage your existing sites in SharePoint Online. Your goal is to learn how to make SharePoint online relevant to your team by using a sites functionality to help you share information and collaborate with your colleagues. During the class you will also learn best practices and what not to do as you watch live, interactive demonstrations and put theory into practice with hands on exercises in SharePoint Online.
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Module 1: An Introduction to SharePoint Online
Lets get started with SharePoint online by letting you know about its fantastic selection of features. We will demonstrate popular uses of SharePoint Online to manage and share content, create engaging web page, automate business processes and make good business decisions with Business intelligence. We will also discuss who will be the typical users in our sites and the role of the site collection administrator. Site Owners are trusted with functionality that in other business systems would normally only be available to developers. As a new Site Owner were sure that you will be amazed with the potential that SharePoint Online has to offer an end user.
Lab: Introduction to SharePoint Online
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: Creating Sites
Whether you are managing existing sites or you have not yet started, we will complement your current situation by discussing site hierarchy and planning your SharePoint sites. This will allow you to understand existing sites that other people have created as well as making good decisions when building new sites. As a site owner you will be presented with a selection of site templates. You will use a variety of popular site templates to develop an enhanced understanding of each sites function and appropriate use. Once your site is ready, we will then change the look and feel of your site. You can even try applying your business brand to your test site. We will also build our navigation bar, a simple but powerful way to help users move between websites.
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SharePoint boasts a rich selection of ways to build web pages. You will learn how to update the home page of your SharePoint site with text, links, images, videos and web parts. We will also show you best practices when creating multiple pages and linking them together. In most site templates, creating and managing web pages is a simple, fast and rewarding way to present essential information and apps. SharePoint can also be used as an Intranet for internal news. Due to the high visibility of these web sites, it is common to place more control over the release of new web pages or updates to existing pages. For this reason, SharePoint has Publishing Sites.
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Lab: Working with Apps
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Workflows are a powerful efficiency tool which can be used to organize and track process driven tasks including approval processes. Workflows will be demonstrated using real world examples. You will be given the opportunity to build workflows and review workflow progress. Also covered is an introduction to Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013 and third party workflow tools.
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Security is an important element of any site. You will see instructor-led demonstrations of the best practices for adding and removing colleagues from your site and defining their level of access. As a site owner, you can customize permission levels. This means that you can create levels of access that are aligned with the responsibilities of your sites users. An example of this would be allowing a group of users the ability to upload content but not delete content. You will also see how to use the Share button to quickly share documents with external users.
Lab: Customising Security
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This module covers a new and evolving culture change in the way that we work with business information. Social features are an engaging way for users to collaborate. The variety of social tools available to you is overwhelming. You will learn the differences between each of these tools and when to use them.
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A new 'Tonight' dawns with Jimmy Fallon as host
By Frazier Moore—
NEW YORK (AP) — On the walls of Jimmy Fallon's office are photos. Lots of photos. Of his 2007 marriage to film producer Nancy Juvonen. Of their 6-month-old daughter, Winnie. Of his mom and dad as newlyweds. Fallon points them all out to a visitor proudly.
But the dominant photo is a portrait of Johnny Carson, aglow in front of his "Tonight Show" drapes.
"I look at that every day," says Fallon, "and just go, 'Yeah — it's SO fun!'"
Already Fallon is immersed in this kind of fun. For five years he hosted NBC's "Late Night," a job he relinquished only days ago. And now he's looking ahead to the Big Show, "The Tonight Show," where Monday, at the special time of 12 midnight EST, he retrieves Carson's mantle — back in New York after 42 years in Los Angeles.
"It's giant! It's a big TV moment!" says Fallon. "Even if it wasn't me, I would tune in to watch."
A Manhattan home base perfectly suits its new host, a consummate New Yorker, while bringing it under the same hallowed roof (NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters) as "Late Night" and "Saturday Night Live," other jewels in the crown of Lorne Michaels, its new executive producer.
It also allows "Tonight" to make a clean break from its turbulent post-Carson era under Jay Leno (and, fleetingly, Conan O'Brien), when the Carson-bequeathed formula of jokes, celebs and chitchat was, too often, upstaged by behind-the-scenes soap opera.
Leno was consistently the ratings winner, but never won much respect from the public, critics, or even his own network, which fired him twice and now has lavished his successor with an honor it denied him for his 20-plus years: "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" is now restored to "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" — the star billing Carson got.
Back in New York, where both "The Tonight Show" and Carson as its host made their start, this 60-year-old TV institution is poised to pick up the legend from where it languished after Carson's 1992 retirement.
The show will even recommission that sacred space — Studio 6B — where Carson reigned before his 1972 move west.
"I wish Johnny Carson was still around, so he could see what we did with his studio," says Fallon. "I can't WAIT to show everybody!"
But even as the 39-year-old waxes eagerness about the new "Tonight Show," he wants everyone to know it won't really be so different, after all: essentially an hour-earlier "Late Show With Jimmy Fallon," including its house band, the Roots (though this eight-piece ensemble will expand by two horns), its announcer-sidekick, Steve Higgins, and comic bits like "Slow Dance the News" and "Thank-you Notes."
"When we started 'Late Night,' we were DOING 'Late Night,'" Fallon explains, "but over five years it's kind of grown, and blossomed into what it became, which is 'The Tonight Show.' We grew into it!"
Fallon first became popular during his six years on "Saturday Night Live," where he displayed a chameleonic range of characters and impersonations, plus a musicality that grants him uncanny skill at mimicking numerous recording stars.
His 2004 departure from "SNL" to pursue a film career didn't pan out, particularly with the comedy flop "Taxi," in which he co-starred with Queen Latifah (who now has her own talk show, in daytime).
"I learned a lesson from that movie," he says. "I definitely appreciate everything I get now, where I probably wouldn't have if that movie was a giant hit. I'm kind of happy that my film career didn't take off."
Now a TV staple, Fallon declares that he's developed "a voice that people expect from us."
What is that voice?
"Fun. Nice. Absurd," he says reflectively. A thoughtful pause, then a laugh. "I'm still working on the list."
His key strength as host boils down to his unflagging engagement, says "Tonight Show" producer Josh Lieb.
"He's got genuine empathy for his guests and for the audience," he said. "He's trying to give them the best of himself.
"He is the most inclusive comic I've ever known," adds Lieb, whose credits include "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and the sitcom "NewsRadio." "Some comics want to shut the audience out. Jimmy really wants to bring the whole world in on the joke."
Fallon is also up for anything, and his guests seem chill about following his lead. Like when he and tough-guy action-film star Jason Statham doused each other with pitchers of water during a card game called Water War.
"I'm not afraid to get wet," says Fallon, chortling at the memory. "I'm not afraid to get messy."
It seems to be paying off. Note that charter "Late Night" host David Letterman held that post for more than a decade before launching "Late Show" (now Fallon's CBS rival at 11:35 p.m.). O'Brien labored 15 long years before his short-lived promotion to "Tonight."
Now, after only a five-year internship, Fallon has graduated to what's repeatedly, momentously, hopefully described as his "last job."
"That's what it SHOULD be," he nods. "It's a great job, and it should be the last job, if you do it right. I'm looking forward to being here a long time!"
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(CNN) -- What began as high-stakes negotiations over the proposed $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial system dissolved into bickering, begging and a roiling battle between parties Thursday night.
One day after President Bush said the nation's economy is at grave risk, lawmakers argued over competing counterproposals and wound up without any apparent financial bailout deal on the table.
Even Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson got down on one knee to half-jokingly beg Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders not to go to the television cameras and blast the failed negotiations, according to two senior Democratic aides.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama left a White House meeting, described as at times "contentious," having made no progress toward a resolution.
Obama, appearing on CNN's "The Situation Room" afterward, said there "has to be a sense of urgency on the part of everybody. ... We've got to move rapidly."
Obama said a deal will come eventually, but there is still work to do, including reaching a consensus among Bush, Paulson and House Republicans.
Shortly after 10 p.m., Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the lead House Democrat on the issue who had been in close talks with Paulson for days, accused Republicans of refusing to negotiate, CNNMoney.com reported.
"At this point, we have absolutely no participation or cooperation from House Republicans," Frank said.
McCain told ABC News on Thursday night that Republicans "have legit concerns. Some of those have already been satisfied, such as accountability and oversight board and CEO executive pay. Members are aware of the crisis situation that we are in."
However, McCain said, "They do have concerns, which I think when you're talking about $700 billion to a trillion dollars, that need to be addressed."
Obama, who spent Thursday night in Washington, once again railed against infusing presidential politics into the negotiations over the $700 billion economic bailout. McCain's campaign said he also stayed in the Washington area for the night.
"One of the concerns I've had over the last several days is that when you start injecting presidential politics into delicate negotiations," Obama said, "then you can actually create more problems rather than less." Watch more of Obama's comments »
Democratic sources said that House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, threw a wrench into the meeting when he brought up issues from conservative Republicans that negotiators thought had been settled.
But a House leadership aide said that there had been no bipartisan negotiations with House Republicans. The aide said Rep. Spencer Bachus, who had been meeting with Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd, head of the Senate Banking Committee, had no authority to speak for them.
In a statement before the meeting, Bachus said that he had made it clear in the meeting that "I was not authorized by my colleagues to make any agreement on behalf of House Republicans."
Boehner said that he needed more time to reach an agreement with House Republicans, a senior administration official said.
Obama asked whether the House Republicans' proposals fit in with the four principles that the leadership had agreed on, but Boehner couldn't answer that, a Democratic source said.
Multiple sources said McCain didn't say much. Two Democratic leadership aides said he didn't speak until 43 minutes into the meeting.
When asked whether Friday's debate will go on if McCain doesn't show up, Obama said, "I hope he does."
McCain also told ABC News that he was "very hopeful that we can [attend the debate.] I believe that it's very possible that we'll get an agreement so that I have time to fly to Mississippi."
CNN has learned that the University of Mississippi -- site of the first presidential debate -- has been told by the Presidential Debate Commission to continue preparing for the event.
Both McCain and Obama advance teams were seen on stage going through sound and video checks from their candidates' respective podiums.
In Washington, White House press secretary Dana Perino released a statement saying, "The president appreciates the bipartisan members of the congressional leadership and the two presidential candidates coming to the White House today to discuss how to finalize the financial rescue package. There is a clear sense of urgency and agreement on the need to stabilize the financial markets, and prevent a massive financial crisis from affecting everybody in America."
The statement went on to say that the group will continue to work on a deal.
But according to Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, who attended the meeting, "we will not have a deal." Watch iReporters react to the bailout negotiations »
The meeting included many key players: Bush flanked at the table by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Pelosi, Obama and McCain on opposite ends of the table, Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also between the two presidential candidates and Vice President Dick Cheney across from Bush.
According to several Republican aides, there is still major opposition to the "agreement on fundamental principles."
The fact that House Republicans are still not coming on board poses a major obstacle for any kind of deal. Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders have repeatedly said that this is Bush's bill and that he and other GOP leaders need to get Republicans to support it.
McCain, who announced Wednesday that he was suspending his presidential campaign until a bailout plan was worked out, met with some Republican House members to try to bring more of them on board to back the agreement, according to a source in the room and one who was briefed on the meeting.
The gist of the meeting, according to sources, was that these members "aren't there yet" on the plan the Senate Banking Committee worked out and say there needs to be greater protection for taxpayers.
One Republican aide said that "not much has changed in the last 24 to 48 hours. I think it has to be pretty radically altered for House Republicans to support it."
This aide stressed, "at the end of the day, these members represent the people who sent them here, and the people who sent them here are so overwhelmingly opposed to this."
This aide said the calls coming into GOP offices are 90 to 1 against the plan.
Boehner has tapped a group of House Republicans to develop alternative ideas.
Earlier, Boehner released a statement that said, "I am encouraged by the bipartisan progress being made toward an economic package that protects the interests of families, seniors, small businesses, and all taxpayers."
It's unclear whether McCain agreed with this approach, but one aide said he put the principles "in his satchel to take over to the White House."
Republicans recognize that there is pressure building to get something done before the end of the week. "There's sort of a tacit understanding among everyone that it has to happen before Monday," a third GOP aide said.
Obama turned down McCain's suggestion that they both suspend their campaigns to focus on securing a deal on a bailout plan. He also passed on McCain's suggestion that they postpone Friday night's first presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi.
Democrats fear that McCain will take credit for bringing reluctant Republicans around to agreeing with a bailout plan in order to bolster his argument that he would be a better leader in crises than Obama.
"The Democrats, of course, are very afraid that McCain is going to swoop into these delicate negotiations on Capitol Hill at the last minute and when they reach an agreement, he's going to claim credit for having brought those negotiations to a successful conclusion," CNN senior political researcher Alan Silverleib said.
A McCain source insists that the Arizona senator is aware of the politics involved and recognizes that Democrats -- and even some Republicans -- are wary of having it appear that McCain is brokering a deal.
CNN's Dana Bash, Peter Hamby, Ed Henry, Ed Hornick, Suzanne Malveaux and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
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Semyon Bychkov joins BBC Symphony Orchestra
Russian conductor 'deeply honoured' to join roster of conductors
Conductor Semyon Bychkov has joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a position specially created for him – the Günter Wand Conducting Chair.
Bychkov conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra for the first time at the BBC Proms five years ago, in a performance of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2. He has since worked with the group during its Barbican season, in addition to several further collaborations at the Proms, in which he conducted repertoire by Verdi, Mahler and Shostakovich.
The Günter Wand Conducting Chair has been set up as a tribute to the German conductor who became principal guest conductor of the orchestra exactly 30 years ago.
'I am deeply honoured by the BBC Symphony Orchestra's gesture,' said Bychkov. 'The relationship it had with Günter Wand resulted in many memorable achievements, which live in the minds of those who witnessed them. To be asked to join in this tradition holds a very special meaning to me.'
Semyon Bychkov will be conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra tonight (8 August) at the BBC Proms in a programme of works by Schubert and Richard Strauss, as well as the UK premiere of Richard Dubugnon's Battlefield Concerto performed by its dedicatees, pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque.
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McAfee and Wind River Announce Strategic Agreement for Security Protection Beyond the PC
The number of connected devices is increasing exponentially and is expected to grow to 50 billion by 2020, according to internal McAfee estimates. The lion's share of this growth is expected to come from traditional embedded and mobile device market segments such as industrial control, energy management, automotive, national infrastructure, defense, networking and smartphones as well as emerging segments including smart grid, connected home health care, home gateways and tablets. Historically, devices in the embedded market segment were discrete or had limited connectivity. However, today there is a big push to connect these devices to the enterprise and public networks.
This tsunami of connectivity is creating a huge increase in security vulnerabilities. A security breach of an embedded device (e.g., nuclear reactor controls, utility grid, defense communication system) could have serious implications. In addition, embedded devices are now targets of organized crime and nation states as evidenced by the recent Stuxnet attack.
Since embedded devices have technology requirements that differ from traditional IT equipment, namely limited power, memory and performance constraints, traditional security solutions are insufficient. Together McAfee and Wind River will offer purpose-built security and management solutions for this unique and explosive growing market segment.
"Embedded devices are everywhere, allowing us to communicate and improve aspects of our daily lives," said Dave DeWalt, president and CEO, McAfee. "These instrumental pieces of our lives also pose a great risk and securing them is imperative. The teaming of McAfee and Wind River will allow us to implement security measures to protect these critical devices and keep people more safe and secure."
"Our customers across nearly all market segments have elevated embedded security to a top priority," said Ken Klein, president, Wind River. "Together with McAfee, we will deliver the most comprehensive security solutions in the embedded industry, with security solutions designed to protect all layers of the software stack. This will address our customers' concerns and protect their embedded devices as they are increasingly used on public and private networks."
McAfee and Wind River will offer protection and management capabilities to this exploding market of connected devices everywhere, with initial integrations between Wind River Linux and McAfee security solutions, followed by additional integrations with other Wind River operating systems and embedded virtualization technologies. A phased rollout of security solutions will be delivered in 2011. Additionally, Wind River will include McAfee security offerings in its future products to make it even easier for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to build secure devices.
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Psilocybe Gandalfino is a unique magic truffle which was developed and cultivated in a laboratory in the Netherlands especially to boost up the Psilocybin. Even it's a totally natural product you can compare this fantastic truffle with some of the stronger chemical psychedelics. Named after the great wizard Gandalfino Magic Truffles will let you experience a fantastic and happy trip full of great feelings and lots of laughter.
Magic mushrooms are forbidden in Holland so they are not for sale on the internet anymore. Magic Truffles are genetically for 99,9% the same as Magic mushrooms but not mushrooms by law so we can still offer Magic Truffles. When we use the spores of the mushroom on a different way something magic will happen. We don't let the mushrooms grow above the ground but we let them grow underground. The result is a mushroom but with the shape of a truffle. The magic mushroom contains a lot of psilocybe which produce a powerful hallucinating trip after consuming. The Magic Truffle has exactly the same effects as the Magic Mushroom.
Eat the truffles on a empty stomach. The effects of the Psilocybe Gandalfino Truffles depends on a few things like bodyweight and when you ate your last meal. The average person starts with 10 grams of fresh Magic Truffles to get a mild trip and It's better to chew first before swallowing. The truffles will taste a little bit like nuts, if you do not like the taste we recommend to combine the truffles with you favourite chocolate bar or mix them with honey.
Just boil enough water for 2 cups of tea. Let the boiled water cool down and put the mushroom truffles into the water and let them soak for 20 minutes. Make sure the water is not boiling at the moment you put in the mushroom truffles because too much heat destroys the psilocybe. Place a tea bag into the water and make tea like normal. Honey instead of sugar is welcome for a better effect and more natural taste. While or after drinking the tea eat the rest of the soaked mushroom truffles Our experience is drinking truffle tea will start up the trip faster than eating the truffles.
20 Minutes after taking the Psilocybe Gandalfino Truffle on a empty stomach the effects slowly begins After an hour the effect shall be at its maximum and holds for about 2 hours. After 2 hours the trip will slowdown.
Tip! You can slow down the trip a bit by taking vitamin C. Vitamin C tablets are recommended but you can also use orange juice. The trip takes about 4 hours and will produce visual changes. Sounds and other influences can be experienced differently and mostly funny. Especially with good company, long laughing periods are common. More information about using truffles.
1 portion of Psilocybe Gandalfino Truffle is 20 grams of fresh truffles
*Normal trip: 10 grams of fresh truffles
*Strong trip: 20 grams of fresh truffles
Fresh Psilocybe Gandalfino Truffle will arrive in a plastic sealed bag. When you leave the truffles in the sealed bag you can save them in the fridge for a few weeks without them losing any strength. Do not freeze the truffles! When you open the sealed bag you have to consume the truffles as soon as possible. Saving them for a few days in the fridge is not a problem but do not wait too long to use the truffles. Wash the truffles with tap water before using.
When you take the truffles out of the sealed bag and let them dry completely, you can save them for a much longer time. Dried truffles will also increase in strength, this means you will need less weight of truffles for your trip. More information about drying truffles.
*Normal trip: 7 grams of dried truffles
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Will Koch just loved Beatles music.
And any pun involving Beatles lyrics–well, that was a home run. So for this, our 64th season, the tune "When I'm 64" was hummed more than once.
This weekend John Lennon would have turned 70. And today, Will would have come on the 2-way at closing and thanked everyone for all their hard work in creating another record season for the park.
Both gentlemen have left behind tremendous legacies.
I think every last one of us has dedicated this season to our dear friend Will. And no one moreso than the Beachcombers, who performed Beatles music all summer long in Splashin' Safari, knowing how much Will enjoyed every performance he attended.
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Each year, YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks committee selects and annotates an annual list of notable audio recordings significant to young adults from those released in the past two years. The name of the list became Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults with the 2009 list and was previously known as Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults.
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Fukushima: Uncontainable: They'll be too little to late to help victims.
Japan's apocalypse continues. Emergency conditions persist. No end in sight looms. Fukushima's radioactive discharges can't be stopped. They continue. They're uncontainable.
At issue is by far the worst environmental disaster in history. It's multiples worse than Chernobyl. It's an unprecedented catastrophe. It's reason enough to abolish nuclear power.
According to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, about 300 tons of radioactive groundwater flow into the Pacific daily.
It's done so since Japan's March earthquake and tsunami triggered Fukushima's meltdown.
Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) says water's getting over and around "chemical walls." It can't be stopped. Three Fukushima reactors suffered meltdowns. A fourth was badly damaged.
The worst fear remains. Unit Four's structural integrity was seriously undermined. It contains hundreds of tons of highly radioactive water.
If an earthquake or other natural disaster occurs, its fuel rods almost certainly will catch fire. Radioactive emissions will follow. They'll compound what's already disastrous.
Emissions will continue longterm. They'll circle the planet. They cause catastrophic harm.
Since March 2011, Tepco estimates around 20 to 40 trillion radioactive tritium becquerels leaked into the Pacific. So have large cesium and strontium discharges. They continue. They're much more dangerous.
According to nuclear expert Arnie Gunderson, "(t)he horse is already out of the barn." Leakage continues since earthquake and tsunami struck.
Radioactive water contaminates the Pacific. Gunderson's "experience with underground water is that – if it is serious at the ocean, it is more serious" on land.
Japanese officials proposed erecting a barrier. At issue is preventing water from reaching the Pacific. Whatever's done "is two years too late and will be too late by the time" construction's finished, said Gunderson.
A barrier's not the solution. It causes another problem. "If the water can't go anywhere into the Pacific Ocean, it is going to build up onsite, which means that the nuclear reactors themselves will become unstable."
"The water can pull underneath the nuclear buildings and if there is an earthquake, in fact the nuclear buildings could topple. So, by solving one problem, they are creating another problem."
Gunderson believes contaminated water will keep discharging for at least 20 to 30 years. It's the most radioactive water he ever experienced.
Cost is another issue. Cleanup involves around half a trillion dollars, says Gunderson. Most important is human health.
Epidemic cancer levels are certain. And not just in Japan. In early July, Fukushima's former chief operator, Masao Yoshida, died of esophogeal cancer.
He was 58. Tepco lied saying his death was unrelated to radiation exposure. Japanese children are experiencing a shocking 40% rise in thyroid irregularities.
Experts expect much higher numbers ahead. Fukushima's an ongoing disaster. It persists. It's not ending. It'll continue for decades.
According to Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) president Arjun Makhijani:
"Fukushima continues to be an emergency without end – vast amounts of radioactivity, including strontium-90 in the groundwater, evidence of leaks into the sea, the prospect of contaminated seafood."
"Strontium-90, being a calcium analog, bioaccumulates in the food chain. It is likely to be a seaside nightmare for decades."
It's much more dangerous than cesium 137 and 134. It's at levels 30 times higher.
"So to give you an idea of the level of contamination, if somebody drank that water for a year, they would almost certainly get cancer."
"So that's one problem. The other is the defenses to hold back this water from the sea seem to be overcome."
"So now the contaminated waters, 70,000, 80,000 gallons, are flowing into the sea every day."
"(S)ome of it will disperse and dilute. Some of it goes into the sediment, and some of it is taken up by the life in the sea."
"And the unfortunate thing about strontium especially is that it bioaccumulates in algae. It bioaccumulates in fish."
"It targets the bone, because it's like calcium. And so this is a problem. We don't have measurements far out to sea."
"The Woods Hole Institute has done some surveys. And they were surprised by how much continuing radioactivity they found, but no clear explanation yet."
The effect on human health's expected to be devastating. It's already bad. It's getting progressively worse. The genie's out of the bottle. No end in sight looms.
Strontium-90 and cesium are both perilous. "(S)ince strontium-90 is more mobile and also more dangerous biologically, (it) behaves like calcium, so it goes to the bone."
"It also bioaccumulates in the base of the food chain and algae. Ultimately because it does bioaccumulate and there is quite a lot of strontium, you could have a large part of the food chain near Fukushima being contaminated."
If pregnant women ingest contaminated water, fish or other food, "the outcomes could be worse than cancer because then you're talking about a much more compromised child in the sense of having a compromised immune system – it makes you more vulnerable to all kinds of diseases."
Makhijani doesn't know how Tepco can handle the problem. It's uncontrollable.
"It's very, very unclear to me how they are going to be able to get at this molten fuel, extract it from the bottoms of these highly damaged buildings and package it for safer or less dangerous storage or disposal."
"This is an accident that's shockingly not stopping." It's certain to worsen. It's unchartered territory.
It affects the region. It's humanity's worst environmental nightmare. Nuclear rain affects North America and Europe.
Obama's an unabashed nuclear power promoter. He wants more reactors built. He wants licenses for aging poorly maintained plants with poor safety records extended. He wants them operating unregulated.
He's recklessly endangering Americans. He talks clean energy alternatives. Policy measures spurn them. He fronts for corporate favorites.
He's captive to a destructive industry. He risks a Fukushima-type disaster on US soil. He risks millions of American lives. He's mindless of potential dangers.
Nuclear power's inherently unsafe. Einstein called it a hellova way to boil water. It does so through massive heat. It turns it into steam. It powers an electricity generating turbine.
According to anti-nuclear activist Karl Grossman:
Avoiding potentially catastrophic accidents "requires perfection and no acts of God." Humans and technology aren't perfect. Natural and other disasters happen.
"We can't eliminate them. But we can – and must – eliminate atomic energy." Otherwise it'll eliminate us.
Nuclear expert Helen Caldicott's clear and unequivocal, saying:
"As a physician, I contend that nuclear technology threatens life on our planet with extinction."
"If present trends continue, the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink will soon be contaminated with enough radioactive pollutants to pose a potential health hazard far greater than any plague humanity has ever experienced."
It doesn't get any clearer than that.
A Final Comment
Coverup and denial followed Chernobyl's disaster. Helen Caldicott called doing so "the most monstrous coverup in the history of medicine."
The death toll was many multiples greater than reported. Estimates range up to a million or more.
The New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) translated thousands of Russian articles and papers. It added "revised and updated contributions."
"Written by leading authorities from Eastern Europe, the volume outlines the history of the health and environmental consequences of the Chernobyl disaster," NYAS said.
"According to the authors, official discussions from the (IAEA) and associated (UN) agencies (e.g. the Chernobyl reports) have largely downplayed or ignored many of the findings reported in the Eastern European scientific literature and consequently have erred by not including these assessments."
Fukushima far exceeds Chernobyl. Millions of lives are threatened. Perhaps future independent studies will explain. They'll be too little to late to help victims.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Indications and Warning
My contacts in the intel community have essentially confirmed the FT story. At this point, preparations appear to be well underway, and a launch could occur in a matter of days. Some analysts have speculated that NK may be using the preparations to gain attention from the U.S. and South Korea. With no substantial progress in the six-party nuclear talks, Kim Jong-il may attempt to restart the process--on his terms--by reminding the other parties that he has nuclear weapons, and with the TD-2, a mechanism for striking targets well beyond the peninsula.
There is the possibility that NK may abandon the expected launch at the last moment, particularly if Washington and Seoul respond favorably. But, as defense sources told FT, it will be difficult to discontinue the test once fueling of the missile has begun. Pyongyang has claimed that it plans to use the multi-stage TD-2 as a space launch vehicle. However, such claims are laughable, given NK's lack of prior experience in that arena, and the ready availability of other, proven launch platforms.
One final (albeit remote) possibility is that the potential TD-2 launch is a giant ruse, designed to lure U.S. collection platforms to the area, and (possibly) attempt a forced landing in North Korean territory. In March 2003, the North Korean Air Force (NKAF) executed a surprise intercept of a U.S. RC-135 Cobra Ball reconnaissance aircraft, used to monitor missile tests. The Cobra Ball crew had no idea that NKAF MiGs were in the area until the enemy fighters began flying alongside the American aircraft. North Korea reportedly used several denial-and-deception techniques to mask the intercept, and Pyongyang remains a skilled practitioner of D&D. The 2003 intercept came during a period of missile testing by the north, spurring speculation that a similar operation may again be in the offing.
Hat tip: EagleSpeak.
4 comments:
- John said...
I love your blog enough to dredge up a 5 year old blogger password to comment.
Is it too much to hope that we could test one of our ABM systems at the same time the Norks test the TD2?
Also, I have never heard of the 2005 RC-135 Intercept. I'm no military expert, but didn't we get caught with our pants down?
- Unknown said...
Yes, we did get caught with our pants down during the 2003 intercept, due to some crew buffoonery and some genuine intel failures.
- John (Useful Fools) said...
I have had thoughts similar to john's.
How about a Standard-3 up the exhaust (so to speak) of the TD2. That should really annoy the Norks (always a good idea) and demonstrate a launch phase intercept ability.
We've reportedly stationed 4 Aegis system ships in the area, as a permanent matter. I doubt they are there for any other reason that ABM.
- Wanderlust said...
Five Dollars says the Illmatic screams "ACT OF WAR!!!" if we test a Standard-3 and kill his TD2...


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CRS: INDIA-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR TESTS AND U.S. RESPONSE, November 24, 1998
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Title: INDIA-PAKISTAN NUCLEAR TESTS AND U.S. RESPONSE
CRS report number: 98-570
Author(s): Richard P. Cronin, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division
Date: November 24, 1998
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- This report presents background and analysis of the nuclear tests conducted by India on May 11 and 13, 1998, and by Pakistan on May 28 and 30, 1998, including technical aspects of the tests and their effect on the global nuclear nonproliferation regime, particularly the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. It examines the regional context, including the long-standing India-Pakistan rivalry and China's role as a perceived rival of India and a quasi-ally and supplier of nuclear and missile technology to Pakistan, as well as domestic considerations that may have contributed to the two nations' decisions to test. The final sections identify applicable U.S. sanctions under the Arms Export Control Act and other U.S. legislation, assess the implications for U.S. interests, and posit three broad policy options for the Administration and Congress.
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It's our mostly-monthly public open house: you get to use our equipment and our volunteers' knowledge to see what's out there in the sky tonight.
These event times are guidelines; we meet later during the summer and earlier during the winter. Please call the Stargate Committee if you want to check if we're out: http://warrenastro.org/was/contact-us/
We usually stay as long as the skies are clear and there are interested observers – usually around midnight, but on nice nights even later.
You don't have to stay the whole time – though we ask that you aim your headlights away from the observing field in case you have to leave early. Feel free to email us (http://www.warrenastro.org/was/contactUs.aspx) if you have any questions.
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Please don't use white light flashlights when others are observing. Others will have flashlights, but if you'd like to bring your own, you can easily make a red-light flashlight that will help you get around in the dark and is safe for night vision. You can read ideas here (http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/forums/t/10521.aspx).
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Pennsylvania is asking a judge to put a stop to same-sex marriage in Montgomery County, while lawyers for the county say they plan to put up a fight.
Thursday, dozens of people from across the state showed up at the Montgomery County Commissioners Office in Norristown for their first meeting since the county went against Pennsylvania law, which bans same-sex marriage, by issuing licenses to same-sex couples.
Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health filed a lawsuit against D. Bruce Hanes, the county's Register of Wills in an attempt to stop him from issuing any more same-sex marriage licenses.
Hanes began issuing licenses to same-sex couples on June 23. He said he wanted to come down "on the right side of history and the law." Since last week, he's handed out 49 licenses to same-sex couples looking to wed.
"It's not a surprise to me that this is happened here in Montgomery county, I think we're only second to Philadelphia in being a progressive county in Pennsylvania and I think there's been a groundswell of this feeling in this county for some time," said Attorney David Berman, who showed up to show his support.
And he wasn't alone, the majority of people who showed up at today's meeting were in favor of what the county is doing and praised Montgomery County Commissioners.
Montgomery County Commissioner and Republican Bruce Castor wouldn't comment to NBC10 about where he stands on the issue of gay marriage, but he did say he believes Hanes is going about this the wrong way.
"If what happened today in our meeting spurs the legislature to move forward, I'm all in favor of that," said Castor. "I think that we have gotten to the point in the messiest possible way, but we have finally gotten there. I'm glad that it's going to be decided in a court of law."
The Pennsylvania Marriage law was enacted in 1990 and amended in 1996 to define marriage as a civil contract in which a man and a woman take each other as husband and wife. It also says that same-sex marriages, even if entered legally elsewhere, are void in Pennsylvania.
Tomorrow, Montgomery County will file its response to the lawsuit filed by the state. The county's legal team will also talk about how they plan to fight back.


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The second episode looks at emotions that are commonly regarded as obstacles to happiness - anger, fear, anxiety and despair. Why do we have these emotions and how can we best manage them? Everyone wants to be happy, but nature has a different plan. Our brains are designed for survival, and the negative emotions they create are vital to that mission. But those negative emotions can spiral out of control with debilitating effects. Viewers meet a woman whose inability to control her temper is jeopardizing her relationships, a college student whose fear of flying is limiting her life and a teenager who is struggling to overcome clinical depression on the eve of attending college. Viewers also meet veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and follow their journeys to find effective treatment. Across the episode, science reveals that we are two minds - a rational brain that's relatively new and an emotional brain that's older than time. Sometimes emotion overwhelms reason, sometimes reason outwits emotion; it is the endless struggle that makes our lives so painful, so joyous and so interesting.
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An avid drawer since his early childhood, Patrick Pion studied Fine Arts in Besançon, where he graduated in Plastic Arts. He then attended the School of Decorative Arts and the Faculty of Applied Arts in Strasbourg. He got his professional break after meeting Claire Wendling, Benoît Springer and Denis Bajram in Angoulême. He joined Bajram's atelier in Paris, where Alex Alice and Mathieu Lauffray also worked on their projects.
After creating his first comic book, based on the game franchise 'Tomb Raider', with Alex Alice and under the pen name Fréon for Glénat in 1999, he turned to freelance illustration. He participated in a variety of collective projects, such as 'Vampires' by Éditions Carabas, before returning to comics with the creation of the science fiction comic 'Chrome' for Dargaud in 2002. A second book followed in 2005. In that year, Pion also worked with Patrick Delmas on the fantasy one-shot 'Moloch Jupiter Superstar' for Carabas. This was followed by the humorous 'L'Extravagant Monsieur Pimus' in 2006.
Pion teamed up with Mathieu Sapin to create the heroic fantasy serial 'Megaron' for Dargaud in 2007-2009. During the same period he worked with Richard Marazano on the historical comic 'Jérusalem' for Glénat's Vecu collection. Pion has subsequently made 'Coeur de glace' with Marie Pommepuy for Dargaud (2011) and a comic book based on the video game 'Devil May Cry' with Izu for Glénat (2013).


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WASHINGTON – The father of a Sterling, Va., high school junior shot and killed inside a neighbor's home early Sunday morning says his son accidentally entered the home after attending a party.
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says Caleb A. Gordley, 16, was shot by the owner of the home on the 45900 block of Pullman Court around 2:30 a.m. The house's alarm sounded, and the homeowner found Gordley on the stairwell, police say.
Gordley, a Park View High School student, died on the scene. The homeowner's name has not been released.
The sheriff's office says Gordley lived on the same street where the shooting took place, and that they believe he entered the home through a window in the rear of the home.
Gordley had apparently been drinking, and a Twitter account that appears to be his did post about a party happening Saturday night.
Shawn Gordley, the teen's father, made his comments on Twitter:
Let it be known that Caleb *accidentally* entered the wrong house after a party last night. #longliveprince
— Shawn Gordley (@gordley) March 17, 2013
The school's principal says the community has been hit very hard.
Grief counselors were at Park View High School Monday, where he was a junior and played for the school's varsity basketball team.
"He was just a spark plug," says Mike Koscinski, the school's boys varsity basketball coach. "He came in and he was always positive, always energetic, always worked hard."
He adds that besides playing on the school's basketball team, Gordley was also interested in music, and posted several tracks to his SoundCloud page. He used the name Prince George, and his friends have taken to using the Twitter hashtag #LongLivePrince when posting about him.
The incident is still under investigation, and no charges have been filed. Investigators are still waiting for a final report from the county's medical examiner's office, which will determine if drugs or alcohol played a factor.
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2013 did not disappoint when it came to indie animation fare. Due to the vagaries of short film distribution, to qualify for this list films either had to be released in Japan in 2013 or be a 2012 Japanese release that screened at European festivals in 2013. There are so many talented animators working in Japan at the moment that it was nigh on impossible for me to narrow my list down to just 10, but I somehow managed a short list of 15. Without further ado, here are my screening highlights from the past year ordered randomly.
Kick-Heart (Yuasa Masaaki, 2013)
I am a long-time fan of Yuasa Masaaki (Mind Game, Tatami Galaxy), travelling to Dortmund in 2011 to see him at the Japan Media Arts Festival (read about his film talk there), so I was delighted to be able to put my money where my mouth is and support him in his latest project Kick-Heart. It is, indeed, a kick-ass film and I hope to review my copy of the Blu-ray/DVD set soon. Kudos to Production I.G. for going the extra mile for innovative animation.
Combustible (火要鎮 / Hi no Yōjin, 2012)
This short film by legendary manga-ka and animator Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories) won the Animation Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival 2012 and then went on to win the Noburō Ōfuji Award at the 2012 Mainichi Concours. Combustible is an adaptation of Otomo's 1994 one-shot manga of the same name and is set during the time of the great fires in Edo. This film appears as part of the anthology anime Short Peace (ショート・ピース, 2013) alongside animated shorts by Shuhei Morita, Hiraki Ando and Hajime Katoki. I will be reviewing Short Peace when the Blu-ray is released mid-January 2014. Although Otomo isn't exactly "indie", one can't argue that he takes risks with his animation, going beyond the mainstream in his choice of subject matter and style of animation.
Futon (布団, 2012)
This minimalist short by Yoriko Mizushiri explores the sensual aspects of being sleepily wrapped up in a warm duvet. It won a number of prizes in Japan including the prestigious Renzo Kinoshita Prize at Hiroshima and the New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. It has also been a big hit at international festivals, making the short list for Cartoon Brew's most well liked animated short of 2013. It appears on the new DVD/Blu-ray L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise, Volume 1. Mizushiri's most recent film, Snow Hut (かまくら, 2013), made the Jury Selection at this year's Japan Media Arts Festival.
Ninja and Soldier (2012)
Experimental animator Isamu Hirabayashi has followed up the success of his animated short 663114 (2011) with another computer animation, Ninja and Soldier. The central characters, two eight-year-old boys, are drawn in a child-like crayon scrawl on an elegant background straight out of traditional Japanese art. The film explores human nature through the eyes of children. Ninja and Soldier screened at the 2013 Berlinale and at Image Forum Festival 2013.
Recruit Rhapsody (就活狂想曲, 2012)
It was hard to choose my favourites from among the strong works from Geidai animation grads, but Maho Yoshida's clever depiction of the annual Shūkatsu Kyōsōkyoku job hunt certainly tops my list of Geidai faves. Read my review here.
Red Colored Bridge (2012)
In his characteristic brightly coloured style, the renowned pop artist Keiichi Tanaami uses the symbolic red bridge to heaven found in traditional Japanese gardens to take us on a psychedelic, erotic, and spiritual journey into his imagination. This film can be found on L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise, Volume 1.
Maze (2012)
With their latest film TOCHKA (Takeshi Nagata and Kazue Monno) have come up with yet another innovative new way to showcase their PiKA PiKA animation: on a grid pattern of 12x4 squares. A team of assistants with different coloured lights act like pixilated Bunraku performers colouring in and around the blocks with light. This film required meticulous planning and choreography. My favourite moment is the Pac-Man inspired sequence where a yellow arrow and a couple of stars negotiate a maze. This film can be found on the recently released DVD/Blu-ray L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise, Volume 1.
Columbos (Kawai + Okamura, 2012)
Hiroki Okamura and Takumi Kawai, better known as Kawai + Okamura (カワイオカムラ), are a creative duo who both teach at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. Columbos is a reimagining of the legendary television detective Columbo with puppets. It is a unique puppet animation unlike anything I have ever seen before with unbelievable use of lighting, special effects, and choreography of figures. This film appears on the new DVD/Blu-ray L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise, Volume 1.
While the Crow Weeps (カラスの涙, 2013)
Sukimaki Animation (Makiko Sukikara and Kohei Matsumura) were awarded the New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival for their atmospheric short While the Crow Weeps. This hauntingly beautiful depiction of crows is like an Edgar Allan Poe poem come to life.
Airy Me (2013)
Dream-pop singer Cuushe (have a listen on soundcloud) has some of the coolest tie-in art and videos around and Airy Me is my current favourite. Animated by Yoko Kuno, the same artist who designed the cover art for Cuushe's latest album Butterfly Case, the music video takes us on a dizzying journey into psychosis. Watch it for yourself on Vimeo.
Anomalies (Atsushi Wada, 2013)
Award-winning CALF animator Atsushi Wada's latest film was funded by Animate Projects, the UK's "only arts charity in the UK dedicated to championing experiments in animation" via its online exhibition space and screenings on Channel 4's Random Acts. Anomalies is part of the group commission Secret Monsters. Drawn in Wada's characteristic style, Anomalies has a faster pace than his earlier films but long-time Wada fans will recognize the characters and themes. Watch it here.
Yamasuki Yamazaki (やますき、やまざき, 2013)
A joyous celebration of the female form, Shishi Yamazaki's Yamasuki Yamazaki is a sensual delight. Inspired by female curves, cherry blossoms, and the music of Jean Kluger and Daniel Vangarde (father of Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter), it is the only film I have ever seen that succeeds in making the act of defecation look almost lovely. Watch for yourself on Vimeo.
Little Ojisan (aka Mini Oyajiちいさなおじさん, 2012-present)
This minimalist short-short animated series was adapted by Noi Asano from his manga series The Diary of Little Ojisan (ちいさいおやじ日記 / Chiisai Oyaji Nikki, 2008-present) and airs on Chiba TV. The series stars a Tom Thumb-esque character in the form of a middle-aged businessman. His adventures begin when a young girl finds him under a leaf on a rainy day and adopts him. The comic vignettes play on the absurd role reversal of the mini-businessman and the girl. Odd but strangely engaging, I like the simplicity of the pencil on white drawings. Sample episodes can be found on Little Ojisan's official Youtube Channel.
Wonder (ワンダー, 2013)
I gave CALF animator Mirai Mizue my financial support when he crowdfunded the completion of Wonder, a short film that developed out of his Wonder 365 Animation Project (Mirai Mizue, 2012-13). The film is now complete and heading out to festivals. The film has already been given a Special Jury mention at the Japan Media Arts Festival, and I expect it will do well on the festival circuit in 2014.
Ryo Ōkawara is another Geidai animation programme graduate whose work is improving with each new film. His deeply disturbing but captivating short A Wind Egg won the Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award for Animated Film at the Stuttgart Trickfilm Festival in 2013. Read my review here.
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Take your project to the next dimension.
Glitch is one of Videohive's first linked projects. It comprises an editable Cinema 4D file and an After Effects file. That gives you all the toys that the pros have in a stock template.
You can get a sneak peak by previewing all of the user guide material here.
High res preview here
- 1280×720 HD template.
- 24 fps progressive. Film-like quality. Converts to PAL and NTSC for broadcast.
- full html help file – preview it here
- 60 minute Quicktime video user guide (preview it here)
- proxy rendering technique to streamline workflow and minimize 3D rendering time
- Music available from Brandtz at AudioJungle here
- re-editable / re-timeable
- Optical Flares are pre-rendered. If you have the plug-in, you can adjust the live layers.
- typeface is Futura. A free version is available here. Official version here
- Cinema 4D 10.5 or above
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by Anthony Sizemore, Student Sports Reporter
The Alice Lloyd Eagles hosted the Brescia Bearcats on Sunday, February 23rd. The Eagles used a great defensive performance and got scoring from everyone as the home team won in convincing fashion, 82-67.
It was the final home games for seniors Isaac Wilson and local standout Stuart Stamper. (Stamper hails from nearby Hindman, KY.) The two guards were honored prior to the game as part of the Senior Day festivities. The Eagles were looking to take a home victory and grab some momentum prior to the KIAC tournament.
ALC came out ready to play as the team jumped out to a 14-11 lead with 14:12 remaining in the first half. The hosts would go on a 12-6 run to extend their lead over the visitors on the scoreboard to make it 26-17 with 3:04 left. Alice Lloyd traded baskets the rest of the half with BU and took a 32-26 halftime lead.
Early on in second half action, ALC led BU by six (48-42). Coach J.R. Hammond threw in some man-to-man full court pressure with about eleven minutes remaining, and it paid dividends immediately. What was once a relatively close game turned in favor of the hosts as ALC took a commanding 67-50 cushion with seven minutes to play. ALC led 69-54 with five minutes to go when Wilson and Stamper were replaced. The crowd gave a tremendous standing ovation for the two seniors. Alice Lloyd emptied their bench, which gave those players a chance to get valuable minutes and experience for the future. The hosts largest lead was eighteen (78-60), and they settled for the fifteen-point victory.
Alice Lloyd (13-14, 8-9 KIAC) was led by Cody Stumbo with 22 points and 5 rebounds. Tyler Rogers generated a double-double (15 points, 12 rebounds). Stamper and Devon Mills both had 9 points, while Wilson tallied 2 points and 4 rebounds.
Brescia's (16-11, 10-7 KIAC) Hunter Rowe scored 16 points.
The Eagles will be back in action on Tuesday, February 25th, as they open KIAC Tournament play versus Brescia. Brescia, one of the top four seeds in the tournament, will play host in this quarterfinal matchup. Game time is set for 8 PM. The winner will advance to the Final Four.