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WQ324, New November 1994
Excessive solids buildup in livestock manure lagoons is generally due to manure or non-manure materials which cannot be degraded or broken down by the bacteria in the lagoon. Some solids accumulation, which usually occurs as a relatively uniform layer of "mineralized," digested manure at the lagoon bottom, is normal in properly operating lagoons. If manure entering the lagoon has a small particle size, and is relatively highly degradable by bacteria, then the solids accumulation is usually not excessive. Manure from confinement swine operations has these characteristics. So, the solids buildup in properly sized hog lagoons is not usually excessive. However, swine lagoons which are undersized, or have become undersized due to expansion, may experience excessive solids buildup because of reduced bacterial activity.
Lagoons that have received non-degradable material over a period of years will usually show signs of excessive solids buildup. Such materials may include bedding (straw, wood shavings, sawdust, sand, etc.), as well as undigested fibrous materials in the manure itself. Dairy lagoons are particularly susceptible because they receive relatively high amounts of these materials. Solid materials which are more dense than water settle to the bottom of the lagoon, and can create "mounds" of built-up solid material at several places in the lagoon. Materials less dense than water stay on the lagoon surface, and form floating mats or crusts. These crusts can support vegetative growth, and in extreme cases, the lagoon surface may become completely covered with thriving vegetation.
The most positive way to prevent solids buildup in manure lagoons is to prevent non-degradable materials from entering the lagoon in the first place. Solids separation equipment, and devices such as settling basins or picket dams, can prevent much of the problem-causing solids from entering the lagoon.
Most livestock operations have not invested in solids-separating equipment, however, and in these cases equipment and procedures must be selected to remove accumulated solids from the lagoon.
Equipment that is suitable and effective for removing solids from lagoons has been developed in both the municipal/industrial and agricultural arenas. Equipment developed for the municipal/industrial arena generally provides for a short-term cleanout of the lagoon; while the agricultural equipment may require more time with repeated pumping activities.
Equipment and techniques for cleaning solids from municipal and industrial lagoons has been available for many years. Procedures using this equipment are designed to clean the lagoon in a short period (within a few days) on a "one-time" basis. Figure 1 shows a dredging machine typically used to remove solids from municipal and industrial lagoons. This material is then pumped to the application area and injected as shown in Figure 2, or spread with traveling-gun irrigation equipment. If the land application area is distant from the lagoon, the material may be hauled and spread with applicators, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 1Dredge used to remove solids from municipal and industrial lagoons.
Figure 2This tractor and chisel tool bar inject a solids slurry pumped directly from a lagoon.
Figure 3Tank trucks with injector units are used to land-apply solids slurry beyond pumping distance from the lagoon.
While this equipment is equally applicable to livestock manure lagoons, cost may be a prohibitive factor. Bids solicited for such a cleanout of a lagoon at the MU Foremost Dairy Farm ranged from $72,000 to $130,000 (1993 dollars). The lagoon was 2.1 acres in surface area, 17 feet deep, and was approximately half-filled with accumulated solids, with a floating crust on much of the lagoon surface.
Generally, using agricultural equipment to remove solids from a lagoon will take more time because repeated pumping activities are required. However, ownership and operating costs of this equipment are usually less than with the municipal/industrial equipment. Thus, it is more commonly used for livestock manure lagoons. The following list identifies the equipment necessary to remove solids from livestock manure lagoons.
The agitator is probably the most important piece of equipment in the solids-removal process. The agitator suspends settled solids from the lagoon bottom, and breaks up surface crusted material. Ideally, the agitator should be capable of creating a "swirl" or rotation of the entire lagoon surface. Then solids suspended near the agitator tend to remain in suspension and are carried to the pump. More than one agitator may be required on large lagoons.
Figure 4 is an example of a PTO-driven propeller agitator mounted on wheels. A three-point hitch-mounted propeller agitator is shown in Figure 5. Wheel-mounted agitators can be built longer (up to about 40 feet) to provide more "reach" into the lagoon. Propellers on these agitators are "open" with no housing, and are typically about 2 feet in diameter.
Figure 4A wheel-mounted, PTO-driven propeller/agitator is used to stir and suspend solids in a lagoon.
Figure 5Three-point, hitch-mounted agitators are usually shorter than wheel-mounted agitators.
Agitation can also be accomplished with pumps designed with a bypass nozzle to direct water back into the lagoon. Figure 6 is an example of such a pump. These pumps offer the advantage of a chopping action as they pump, but typically do not have the flow rate and high agitation capability of the propeller-type PTO agitators.
Figure 6Some manure pumps are designed to agitate by directing the stream back into the lagoon with a bypass nozzle.
Considerable power is required to create the turbulence necessary to suspend solids and provide the desired swirling action in a lagoon. Most propeller-type agitators require tractors in the 100 to 150 horsepower range for best operation.
Long hay, bedding and other fibrous material in lagoons will plug suction intake lines and impellers, in many cases. For this reason, a chopper pump is often used as the first device in the pumping circuit. It will reduce the size of solids and minimize the chances of plugging downstream. In order to eliminate intake pipes, these pumps are usually located directly in the lagoon (submersible type). Generally, these pumps do not have the pressure necessary to operate irrigation or injection application equipment. Hence they are connected to feed a booster pump which provides the necessary higher pressure.
Figure 8 is an example of a chopper pump which may be used in pumping as well as agitating. For pumping, the pump would be shifted from the bypass agitation mode (Figure 6) so that it would feed a booster pump at the side of the lagoon. A disadvantage of this scheme is that the lagoon is not being agitated while the chopper pump is feeding the booster pump. The lagoon should be agitated during pumping to move solids from other areas to the pump. Also, a separate power unit (tractor) is required to operate the chopper pump in this case.
Another type of chopper pump is hydraulically driven by the tractor serving the booster pump. Figure 7 shows such a pump, which is connected to the booster pump by a flexible hose of sufficient size. This type of pump may be suspended in the lagoon with a float, as shown, or may rest on the lagoon bottom, in some cases. These pumps are usually equipped with a bypass valve which allows agitation in the region of the pump. An advantage of this scheme is that a single power unit can be used to operate both the booster pump and the chopper pump. A second tractor can then be used for agitation while the lagoon is being pumped. These chopper pumps must be capable of delivering the flow rate required (typically about 500 gpm at 15 to 20 feet head for the chopper pump). Hydraulic requirements for these pumps may be relatively high (20 to 30 gpm at 2000 to 2500 psi) and must be considered when selecting equipment and power units. The combined power requirements of both the chopper and booster pumps must be considered in selecting the power unit, if both are to be operated by the same power unit.
Figure 7This hydraulically driven chopper pump can be suspended from the floats in the lagoon.
Since the chopper pump may provide sufficient flow — but not pressure — to operate the system, a booster pump is used to raise the pressure required by the distribution system being used. Typically, traveling-gun distributors will require pressures of 100 to 140 psi at the booster pump, depending on system design. Injection-type operations may require less pressure.
Booster pumps are typically PTO-driven (540 or 1000 rpm) and mounted on wheels to facilitate moving. Flotation tires help moving in muddy or soft areas. Figure 8 shows a booster pump connected to a chopper pump at a lagoon. Booster pumps should be selected with impellers designed to handle vegetative fibers and solids.
Figure 8This booster pump is fed by a chopper pump submerged in the lagoon.
Conventional aluminum irrigation pipe is suitable for handling slurries containing manure solids. The pipe should be sized to handle the desired flow rate with an acceptable friction loss. The pipe should be equipped with positive locking connectors to minimize the chances of breaking or leakage at the joints.
If buried PVC pipe is used to handle slurries with high solids content, it should be flushed with clean water after the slurry pumping is finished. Otherwise, the settled solids left in the pipe may cause plugging problems.
Irrigation traveling guns modified to handle manure slurries with high solids content can be used to remove solids from lagoons. Conventional irrigation traveling guns may be powered by an integrally-mounted winch unit, which is driven by a water turbine or piston using the water being pumped. Water with high solids content may plug these devices; so traveling guns used for handling slurries must be powered in some other way. Figure 9 is a traveling gun designed to be pulled by a cable and winch unit mounted on a tractor, at the end of the irrigated area. Other traveling guns may be powered by a small internal combustion engine and winch unit mounted on the traveling gun itself. These cable-tow traveling guns are fed by a flexible "drag" hose (Figure 10), which is pulled behind the gun as it moves across the field. Such hoses are typically up to 660 feet in length, allowing for a total irrigated run of approximately one-fourth of a mile. Travel speeds can be varied to complete the quarter-mile run in 6 to 10 hours, and thus adjust the depth of slurry applied to the land. Wetted diameters of 300 to 350 feet are typical of traveling guns. This provides a coverage of about 10 acres per "setting" with the quarter-mile run. Typically, operating pressures of 80 to 100 psi are required at the gun for proper application.
Figure 9This traveling gun is pulled by a cable-and-winch unit mounted on a tractor.
Figure 10Cable-tow traveling guns are fed by a flexible hose, which drags behind the gun.
Another type of traveling gun that can be used to handle manure slurries is the "hard-hose" traveling gun. With this unit, the gun is pulled across the field by the feed hose as the hose is wound onto a large drum (Figure 11.) The primary advantages of these units are:
Figure 11"Hard hose" traveling guns are pulled across the field as the hose winds onto a large drum.
Manure slurries can be applied with injection units mounted on a tool bar, pulled behind a tractor as shown in Figure 12. The injection unit is fed by a drag hose similar to the cable-tow traveling gun. The primary advantages of injecting are the control of odors, and the reduction of fertilizer/nutrient losses that occur when manure is surface-spread. Obviously, injecting will require an adequate power unit (tractor) in the field.
Figure 12Injection of solids reduces odors and helps retain fertilizer nutrients.
In some cases, manure tankwagons may be used to haul solids from a lagoon to the land application area. However, it is usually much more feasible to pump rather than haul the material, due to the large volumes involved. For example, a 500 gpm pumping system operating over a 10-hour day will irrigate a total of 300,000 gallons, or about 11 acre-inches. A 3,000-gallon tankwagon operating over the same 10-hour day with a 30-minute round trip time from lagoon to field and back (including loading and unloading) would handle only 60,000 gallons, or 2.2 acre-inches.
With the equipment noted previously, solids-removal from livestock manure lagoons involves:
This process is reasonably straightforward, but requires that operating personnel be familiar with the equipment and procedures necessary for most efficient use. Following are some operational considerations derived from experiences in removing solids from livestock manure lagoons.
Proper agitation is the most important step in effective removal of solids from lagoons. Proper agitation breaks up surface crusts, and suspends solids which have settled to the bottom of the lagoon. Agitation should be sufficient to cause the lagoon to "swirl" and carry suspended solids to the chopper pump. Agitators are effective in suspending solids within a radius of 60 to 100 feet. Experience shows that solids are suspended within this area in 20 to 30 minutes of agitation; longer agitation time at this location does not suspend many more "new" solids. Thus the agitator is used most efficiently if moved to a new location after this time period. The effectiveness of the agitator in suspending solids can sometimes be judged by the appearance of the slurry discharging from the traveling gun. A dark or black slurry indicates a high degree of solids suspension, while a lighter color indicates less solids suspension.
Because lagoons must remain impermeable in order to protect groundwater, agitation should not scour the bottom. This is usually accomplished by keeping the agitator 2 to 3 feet above the lagoon bottom so that the high-liquid velocities generated near the propeller do not affect the clay liner. Agitators can be equipped with a base-plate, or "foot" (Figure 4) to limit the depth to which it can be lowered.
By positioning the agitator in the lagoon at an angle, as shown in Figure 13, the desired "swirl" effect can usually be obtained. Wind can affect agitation, especially if there is floating crust and vegetation on the lagoon surface. If wind effects are present, it is important to agitate "with the wind."
Figure 13Placing the agitator at an angle creates a swirl effect in the lagoon.
If a separate chopper pump (Figure 6) is being used, the pump is simply placed in the lagoon at an appropriate location, and the discharge is connected by a suitable hose to the slurry booster pump. The two pumps are then operated in "series."
If a hydraulically driven chopper pump (Figure 7) is being used, the pump can be suspended from a flotation device. Some pumps are designed to rest on the lagoon bottom. Obviously, a chopper pump used in this manner must have the capacity to feed the booster pump at the desired flow rate.
Care should be exercised in bringing the series-connected chopper and booster pumps to full flow condition. The best practice is to slowly increase the speed of each pump at the same time. This will ensure that each pump is operating under stable conditions and that the flow is properly matched to the capabilities of each pump. Hydraulically driven chopper pumps should be operated with a system equipped with a flow control valve, so that pump speed can be easily regulated. The use of a chopper pump to feed the slurry booster pump eliminates the sometimes troublesome task of priming the slurry booster pump.
The traveling gun should be operated to achieve a target application depth (nutrient application rate) with no runoff. If soil conditions are wet, the gun travel speed should be increased, which, in turn, decreases the depth of application and reduces the chances for runoff. Such wet conditions may require several "fast" passes of the traveling gun so that the total desired application depth is obtained with several shallow applications. The following equation calculates the proper gun travel speed and application depth to obtain the desired nutrient application rate.
ExampleLaboratory analysis of agitated solids in a lagoon shows a value of 4 pounds nitrogen per 1,000 gallons of agitated material. A traveling gun rated at 550 gallons per minute is being used with a lane spacing of 330 feet. What gun travel speed should be set to obtain a nitrogen application rate of 150 pounds per acre? What depth of material will be applied?
NoteThe desired application could be obtained with two passes with a travel speed of 1.9 x 2 = 3.8 feet per minute with an application depth of 0.7 inches per pass.
Although traveling guns are tested and reliable devices for manure application, their use should be monitored closely. Their relatively high flow rates offer significant potential for pollution, should the traveling gun stop (winch unit malfunction) or overturn. Care should be taken when operating traveling guns on rolling terrain, over terraces and on sloping ground. The reactive effect of material discharging from the nozzle results in a considerable sideways force on the gun. This force can cause the gun to slide sideways or travel in an unintended path, if the gun cart is not heavy enough to counter the force. Sometimes weights are added to the traveling gun cart, or the tires are filled with fluid to increase stability. Traveling guns are usually most vulnerable to improper action at the beginning of a run. At this point, the stabilizing effect of high cable tension, countered by the large force of pulling the drag hose, is not fully developed.
Injection applicators should be operated in suitable soil conditions. The furrows opened by the injector knives or sweeps should close behind the applicator to retain nutrients and minimize odor release. The use of the injection applicator requires a driving pattern similar to that shown in Figure 14. The mainline in this scheme may be rigid pipe, or may be a flexible "hard hose" (Figure 11) that is reeled in as the injection unit is operating. This procedure allows more acres to be covered per "set." The operator of an injection applicator must have some means of stopping the flow being pumped to the applicator, so that the unit can be raised out of the ground for turning, or to allow stopping for some other reason. This is sometimes accomplished with radio-controlled bypass valves at the booster pump. The injector is also equipped with a valve which automatically interrupts flow as the unit is raised out of the ground.
Figure 14An injection applicator requires a driving pattern similar to that shown above.
Travel speed with an injection applicator is important in obtaining the desired nutrient application rate. The following equations calculate the proper applicator travel speed and gallons per acre to obtain the desired nutrient application rate.
ExampleLaboratory analysis of agitated solids in a lagoon shows a value of 4 pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 gallons of agitated material. An injection applicator rated at 550 gallons per minute with an effective width of 10 feet is being used. At what speed should the operator drive the applicator to obtain a nitrogen application rate of 150 pounds per acre, and how many gallons per acre will be applied?
Manure slurries which are dilute (less than 5 percent solids) are usually most feasibly handled by irrigation, rather than injection, because of the large amount of water included with the nutrients.
Equipment used for solids removal should be managed by personnel familiar with proper set-up and operating procedures. Since it is often impossible for the operator at the pump to visually observe the irrigation gun as the system is activated, it is advantageous to have two people, with two-way radio communication, available for start-up. Experience has shown that at least one person should be available to frequently monitor and check the performance of the equipment as it is pumping. This will enable quick shut-down of the pump if a malfunction causes a potential pollution problem. Also, the agitator should be moved as needed during pumping to suspend solids at several points in the lagoon. The availability of two people for system set-up, and knock-down will greatly increase the efficiency of pumping operations.
The long-term buildup of solids in a livestock manure lagoon results in a significant stockpiling of nutrients, which are then land-applied in the solids removal operation. A nutrient-management plan should be developed to provide the proper application of nutrients, at agronomic rates which protect surface and groundwater.
In order to develop a nutrient-management plan, it is necessary to make some estimate of the amount of nutrients which will be land-applied in a solids-removal operation. This can be accomplished by probing the lagoon at a sufficient number of locations to determine the solids build-up profile. This profile can then be used to estimate the volume of solids in the lagoon. Samples of the solids should be taken and analyzed for the major fertilizer nutrients. Table 1 shows typical nutrient levels in the solids layer of swine and dairy lagoons.
Table 1Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels in the solids layer of swine and dairy lagoons, percent wet basis
After the volume of solids, and the nutrient levels have been determined, the total amount of nutrients to be land-applied can be estimated. The following equation estimates the weight of nutrients in a lagoon solids layer based on solids volume and nutrient level.
A nutrient-management plan for land application of manure solids should be based on agronomic best management practices. Soil tests should be taken on the proposed application area, and realistic yield goals should be selected for the crops being grown. This data can be used to estimate the proper nutrient and solids application rate. The following example illustrates a method of estimating land area requirements for application of solids from a lagoon.
ExampleA lagoon serving a 150-cow dairy was constructed with a volume of 750,000 cu. feet A probing procedure has determined that the lagoon is approximately half-filled with solids. A laboratory analysis of the solids shows a nitrogen content of 0.25 percent. Soil test and crop recommendations for the proposed site suggest a nitrogen application rate of 140 pounds per acre. An estimated 50 percent of the nitrogen applied will be available to the crop. How many acres should be planned for the solids removal operation.
Calculate the estimated amount of nitrogen in the solids.
N = 0.25 x (750,000 ÷ 2) x 0.699 = 65,500 pounds nitrogen in solids
Calculate the acres required at 140 pounds per acre.
Acres = (65,500 x 0.5) ÷ 140 = 233 acres
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It may not be factual, but it's truthful.
It's an argument that wouldn't survive in a court of law and would spark derision in a presidential debate.
But when it comes to movies, it's vital guidance, especially when so many of 2013's Oscar-contending films are being researched for their accuracy. It suggests that certain liberties can help create a compelling drama, as long as they don't torpedo the story's essential authenticity.
I first heard the factual versus truthful parallel from director Danny Boyle, who had just adapted Aron Ralston's memoir, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place," for the 2010 movie "127 Hours."
Ralston had been hyper vigilant over the page-to-screen translation, insisting that Boyle had to correct the smallest missteps — Ralston's truck, he told the director, pulled into a parking space from the left, not the right. Concerned that Ralston was counting grains of sand rather than enjoying the beach, Boyle explained his poetic license: "It may not be factual, but it's truthful."
Considering the recent crop of fact-based movies, in which embellishments have jeopardized the underlying film's legitimacy, Boyle's maxim has been tested to the breaking point.
Several news organizations now examine the accuracy of big releases as if they were campaign advertisements, and it's not just biographies that are subject to strict scrutiny. Even the makers of the fictional thriller "Gravity" have been forced to explicate their scientific research.
Among the award-contending movies of 2013 based — loosely or not — on real-life events are "12 Years a Slave," "Captain Phillips," "Fruitvale Station," "Saving Mr. Banks," "The Wolf of Wall Street," "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," "Philomena," "Dallas Buyers Club" and "American Hustle" (although director David O. Russell adds this caveat in a caption that starts the film: "Some of this actually happened").
What's notable about some of the movies under the truth-squad microscope is that they are being adjudicated less for what they include but, rather, for what they leave out.
The excisions inevitably depict the film's central character more favorably, including trimming Walt Disney's anti-Semitic friends and union-busting beliefs from "Saving Mr. Banks"; steering clear of accusations that the skipper of the Maersk Alabama sailed too close to the Somali coast in "Captain Phillips"; and disregarding the plight of Jordan Belfort's stock-swindled victims in "The Wolf of Wall Street."
The people behind these films have defended their work aggressively, and it's obvious why filmmakers and actors now hit red carpets as ready to clarify their narrative choices as to spell out who designed their evening wear.
If you can artfully deflect criticism of your artistic departures, as Ben Affleck preemptively did with 2012's "Argo," in which almost the entire third act was concocted, you can win the best picture Oscar. But if your fabrications become more prominent than the movie itself — as befell 1999's "The Hurricane," which sanitized its protagonist's criminal and military history — your awards chances can vanish instantly.
The trickiest territory is where the central facts are disputed. Last year, Sony's "Zero Dark Thirty" went down in Oscar flames after critics, including U.S. senators, said the film falsely asserted that torture helped locate Osama bin Laden. Sony didn't respond promptly to the attacks, and "Zero Dark Thirty" was discredited.
In recent weeks, Paul Greengrass has taken the offensive in describing why his "Captain Phillips" is accurate, even if it compresses certain events and alters some details.
"I'm 100% satisfied that the picture we present of these events in the film, including the role [played] by Captain Phillips, is authentic," the British director said in an online chat that was largely focused on defending the film's truthfulness.
In talking about "Saving Mr. Banks" with my colleague Rebecca Keegan, Tom Hanks (who plays Disney) said the film's screenplay, about the creative tussle in making "Mary Poppins," was never focused on the studio chief's political views.
"Everybody asks about the strike and the anti-Semitism. But by 1961 it was far enough in the past," Hanks said. (The film also omitted some of the worst behavior of author P.L. Travers, played by Emma Thompson, who was far meaner and less happy with the "Mary Poppins" film in real life than is depicted on-screen.)
You can argue about what was left out of "Captain Phillips" and "Saving Mr. Banks," but the films, nevertheless, preserve their essential truths — the former remains the story of a freighter captain kidnapped by Somali pirates, rich in detail about the motivations and struggles of his captors, while the latter is still a look at how Travers scrapped in Hollywood, complete with specific scenes (some based on extant audio recordings) of her back-and-forth with the "Mary Poppins" creators.
Critics haven't been giving "The Wolf of Wall Street" the same pass, saying it tells only one side of the tale.
When I asked screenwriter Terence Winter if in making a movie about Belfort, who was convicted of money laundering and securities fraud, he and director Martin Scorsese ever considered depicting his victims, he immediately said no.
"That was never part of our story," Winter said.
But several of those whom Belfort fleeced said any true biography of the Wall Street hustler is incomplete without any reckoning of the working-class people whose savings accounts he emptied and lives he ruined. The daughter of one former Belfort associate went so far as to write an open letter to Scorsese and "Wolf of Wall Street" star Leonardo DiCaprio, saying the movie glorifies Belfort's conduct and ignores the human consequences of his criminal deeds.
"Your film is a reckless attempt at continuing to pretend that these sorts of schemes are entertaining, even as the country is reeling from yet another round of Wall Street scandals," Christina McDowell wrote. "This kind of behavior brought America to its knees."
In talking to The Times' Glenn Whipp, DiCaprio agreed that the movie doesn't judge Belfort, arguing instead that films with such moral compasses "don't last....What lasts is a filmmaker being honest about the portrayal of who these people are, and [Scorsese] doesn't try to sugarcoat or give some false sense of sympathy. He doesn't try to apologize for the actions. He just shows it the way it is."
DiCaprio's defense unintentionally proves the film's critics' point: That "The Wolf of Wall Street" actually could be factual — the complaint isn't that Belfort didn't do what he's shown doing — without really being truthful.
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Having signed all their draft picks except first-rounder Matt Elam, having shored up their biggest perceived weakness with the signing of linebacker Daryl Smith and with very little salary cap room to do much else, it's hard to imagine the Ravens being too active over the next five weeks before the start of training camp. However, something clearly has to be worked out with the status of Pro Bowl fullback Vonta Leach. As my colleague Aaron Wilson reported last week, the Ravens, who took Leach's potential successor, Kyle Juszczyk, in the fourth round of April's draft, are expected to craft a proposal to adjust his contract, which carries a $4.33 million salary cap hit for the coming season. Leach sounds like he is prepared for the situation, telling reporters last week that, "When the situation comes, I think we'll take care of it." The Ravens clearly love Leach as a player and as a leader. Without knowing how Juszczyk will handle lead-blocking duties in his rookie season, they believe that Leach, probably the best lead blocker in the game, has an important place on the team. However, they also could use a little more cap flexibility and Leach's contract may be the most realistic place to get it. It sounds like the situation could come to a head shortly. Like Anquan Boldin, Leach is a proud guy and I'd imagine trying to convince him to take a pay cut is going to be a tough sell for Ozzie Newsome and company. But it behooves both sides to work something out.
It will be interesting to see how linebacker Terrell Suggs looks when he gets on the field at the start of tomorrow's mandatory minicamp but seeing him last week, he appears to be in great shape. Suggs is noticeably thinner than last year when his preparation for the season was wrecked by a torn Achilles. The key question is whether Suggs' explosiveness will return, and that's not a given for players coming off Achilles' injuries. Suggs, though, certainly took care of the first part this offseason by working out and losing weight. As for defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, he looked pretty much the same to me as he did last year, but we should get a better idea on him this week as well. Ngata didn't do a whole lot in last week's organized team activity as he's still recovering from the knee injury that he suffered in the Super Bowl.
In advance of tomorrow's start of the minicamp, here's a list of players who will probably join Ngata as either limited or nonparticipants: wide receiver Marlon Brown (knee), guard Antoine McClain (foot), nose tackle Terrence Cody (hip), defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore (knee), linebackers Arthur Brown (hernia), Albert McClellan (shoulder) and Jameel McClain (spine) and cornerback Lardarius Webb (knee). The good news for the Ravens is none of their regulars appear in jeopardy of missing significant time in training camp, at least not at this point.
One guy I didn't include on the above list is defensive end/linebacker Pernell McPhee who had groin surgery in February. When I spoke to McPhee a couple of weeks after the surgery, he was still in a good deal of pain and he cast some doubt about whether he'd be ready to take part in all the offseason workouts. However, to McPhee's credit, he was a fixture at the OTAs and he was out on the field moving around pretty well. With the addition of Elvis Dumervil, Chris Canty and Marcus Spears, McPhee has sort of become the forgotten man. That's primarily because he had just 1 ½ sacks and 21 tackles last year in 12 games. But he never was healthy, first because of knee injuries and then the groin. When he was healthy his rookie season, he was second on the team with six sacks. If McPhee remains healthy and settles in a defined role – the Ravens are talking about using him as an outside linebacker and situational pass rusher – I still think he can be a pretty effective player.
All the players who didn't attend either the day at the White House or the ring ceremony last week obviously had their reasons and who am I to judge? But I do give Ed Reed a lot of credit for taking part in both. Reed played 11 seasons with the Ravens and was every bit as instrumental to the success of the team's vaunted defense during that span as the retired Ray Lewis. But when he hit free agency following the Super Bowl, the Ravens didn't exactly beat down Reed's door to re-sign him, allowing the safety to agree to terms with the Houston Texans in March. Reed is a proud man and he did a ton for the organization and the Baltimore community. It would have been easy for him to be bitter and perhaps he is a little, but that wasn't evident last week when he was around his former teammates and smiling ear-to-ear. At the ring ceremony, Reed witnessed former teammates Michael McCrary, Matt Stover, Jamal Lewis, Peter Boulware and Jonathan Ogden get Super Bowl rings and owner Steve Bisciotti pledge to give the team's Ring of Honor members rings going forward. It would be fitting and appropriate for Reed to have that same relationship with the organization after he retires and last week was a good step toward that.
It's always amusing to see high-profile and highly paid athletes in awe in the presence of another person, but that was clearly – and refreshingly – the case last week when the players toured the White House last week and met President Barack Obama. However, the most memorable moment of the team's visit came long after the players had shaken Obama's hand and headed toward the buses. Before exiting the South Lawn and walking around the Rose Garden, Obama stopped to speak with O.J. Brigance, the Ravens' senior advisor to player development who continues to inspire everyone in the organization as he fights ALS. Obama said a few words to Brigance and then leaned in to read Brigance's response on the computer that the former player uses to communicate. It was touching, as was the fact that Brigance
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Evan Bunker '14 and Ben Crick '14 ran for more than 100 yards apiece as Trinity College remained undefeated with a 53-14 win against Hamilton College in a NESCAC game at Hamilton's Steuben Field on Oct. 6.
Bunker finished with 162 yards and scored two touchdowns, and Crick ended up with 128 yards and two more scores. Trinity (3-0 overall, 3-0 NESCAC) ran for 384 yards as a team and racked up 527 yards of total offense.
Ryan Burgess '13 started at quarterback for the Bantams and was 6 of 10 for 109 yards and two touchdown passes. Michael Foye '16 relieved Burgess and was 5 of 10 for 34 yards and another TD toss. Chris Ragone '15 caught one touchdown pass and recorded a team-high 44 yards receiving.
Mike Mancini '14 returned an interception 33 yards and Julian Brown '13 returned another pick 18 yards for Trinity. Tom Haverty '14 recovered a fumble and Preston Kelly '16 sacked the quarterback for a 3-yard loss. Kelly finished with two tackles for a loss.
James Stanell '14 rushed for a career-high 159 yards on 31 carries for the Continentals (0-3, 0-3). Stanell also scored Hamilton's first touchdown. It was the most rushing yards in a game for the Continentals since Brandon Holtslag '08 went for 230 yards in a 51-48 overtime victory against Bowdoin College on Oct. 16, 2004.
Jeff Hopsicker '15 started behind center and was 4 of 10 for 23 yards with two interceptions. Jordan Eck '13, who started his first three seasons at Hamilton, was 10 of 22 for 74 yards with one touchdown pass in his first action this year. Garrett Hoy '13 led all receivers with a team-high 34 yards on three catches.
Dan Peters '13 was credited with a season-high 12 tackles and broke up one pass for the Continentals. Ian Milne '15 and Andrew Madigan '14 recovered one fumble apiece and Alex Mitko '16 blocked am extra-point attempt in the third quarter.
The Bantams led 41-0 at the half and 47-0 after three quarters. Ragone started the rout with 10:19 left in the first quarter when he caught a 33-yard pass from Burgess. After Hopsicker was intercepted by Brown on Hamilton's first possession, Bunker ran it in on the next play from the Continentals 32 with 8:48 remaining in the first. Tim Costello '13 added the extra-point for a 14-0 lead.
Trinity found the end zone four times in the second quarter. Andrew Grombala '13 caught a 17-yard pass from Burgess with 13:39 left and Michael Budness '15 punched it in from the 1 with 9:50 remaining. A bad snap led to a missed extra-point and a 27-0 advantage. Crick scored on an 11-yard run with 6:10 left and Bunker scampered into the end zone from 6 yards out with 2:34 remaining.
Crick's 3-yard touchdown run with 1:32 left in the third were the only points of the quarter. Stanell scored on a 3-yard run to put Hamilton on the scoreboard with 12:35 remaining in the fourth. Hoy added the extra-point.
Foye found Will Herbert '15 for an 8-yard touchdown and a 53-7 cushion with 6:58 left. The PAT sailed wide to the left. Dillon Mitchell '15 rounded out the scoring for the Continentals with a 6-yard TD catch from Eck with 2:23 remaining.
The Bantams had 26 first downs, went 9 of 15 on third-down conversions and 2-for-2 on fourth down. Trinity scored touchdowns on all six trips inside the red zone. The Bantams won their 18th straight game against Hamilton and lead the all-time series, 34-11-1.
The Continentals host Bowdoin in NESCAC action on Saturday, Oct. 13. Trinity will try to move to 4-0 next Saturday when the Bantams host winless Tufts University.
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Evan Bunker '14 and Ben Crick '14 ran for more than 100 yards apiece as Trinity College remained undefeated with a 53-14 win against Hamilton College in a NESCAC game at Hamilton's Steuben Field on Oct. 6.


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A man nicknamed the Bucket List Bandit by the FBI because he reportedly told a Utah bank teller he had only months to live during a July heist has been returned to Pennsylvania and indicted on the last of 10 bank robberies he's suspected of committing.
A man nicknamed the Bucket List Bandit by the FBI because he reportedly told a Utah bank teller he had only months to live during a July heist has been returned to Pennsylvania and indicted on the last of 10 bank robberies he's suspected of committing.
Michael Eugene Brewster, 54, faces a single count of bank robbery for the Sept. 10 heist at the Huntingdon National Bank branch in Erie. A federal grand jury returned the indictment Tuesday.
Brewster faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. He was being held in jail Wednesday until his Thursday detention hearing before a federal magistrate in Erie, according to online court records. Brewster's federal public defender has refused to comment on the case.
The FBI has said Brewster is suspected of nine more robberies in eight other states since June 21, but authorities couldn't immediately say Wednesday whether or when he'll be charged with those heists.
FBI agents in Erie were the first to identify Brewster by name and issued a warrant for his arrest after someone called their office and gave agents Brewster's name and birth date after hearing about news coverage of the northwestern Pennsylvania robbery.
Brewster was arrested Sept. 13 by police in Roland, Okla., near the Arkansas border, when an officer learned of the bank robbery arrest warrant after pulling over Brewster for running a stop sign near a casino.
Court records show Michael Brewster has a long criminal history, having served time in a Kentucky prison and warrants for being a fugitive from justice in Colorado and for drug and property crimes in Florida.
The FBI contends the robbery string began in Arvada, Colo., not long after he took a rented SUV from an acquaintance in Pensacola, Fla., his last known address.
By July 6, surveillance video showed a man with the same appearance — grayish, thinning hair, generally combed or brushed backward, wearing glasses and a blue polo shirt with a front pocket — had robbed banks in Flagstaff, Ariz.; Pocatello, Idaho; and Roy, Utah. That's where a teller claimed the suspect told her, "I have four months to live" after passing her a note demanding money.
The heists resumed later that month in Winston-Salem, N.C., and continued through late August in Chattanooga, Tenn.; Bloomington, Ill.; Columbia and O'Fallon, Mo., the FBI said.
Nobody was hurt in the robberies, and the total amount of money taken hasn't been released, though the indictment said Brewster took $4,080 from the Erie bank.
Thursday's detention hearing will likely result in Brewster remaining incarcerated until he can stand trial. Federal prosecutors must prove either that Brewster is a danger to the community or a risk to flee prosecution for the judge to order continued detention.


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A house cat in Alaska may have used one of her nine lives after falling 11 stories from an apartment building.
The 2-year-old cat named Wasabi was chasing a mosquito in her owners' apartment in downtown Juneau on Monday. The mosquito escaped out a window, and Wasabi went after it.
The cat survived the plunge, however, she suffered a fractured leg and broken bones.
The owener, Stephanie Gustafson, said her mother witnessed the fall.
When Gustafson got to Wasabi, she saw that her cat was bloody and soaked from the rain.
Gustafson called an emergency veterinary clinic and managed to get midnight X-rays performed on Wasabi, The Juneau Empire reported.
The cat fractured her radius and broke some bones in her elbow. Wasabi returned for an operation two days after the fall.
She now has pins and wires in her fractured leg and broken bones in a joint. She also wears a bright pink cast.
Gustafson said Wasabi is expected to heal in about six weeks, according to The Juneau Empire.


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We've all had those days when riding your horse feels more akin to driving a truck than having a "conversation" through the reins. No matter how hard you tug, your horse has other ideas.
Well, the next time that happens, instead of cussing out your horse, imagine what it would be like if you were steering with your mouth.
That's how German Paralympic dressage rider Bettina Eistel does it.
Eistel, 47, was born without arms. But that doesn't stop her from bridling and saddling her own horse, using her feet and her teeth. She can even hose her horse down with her feet.
"I learned to use my toes as a child," Eistel said, "like other children learned to use their hands."
Eistel and her horse, Fabuleux 5, won a bronze medal in individual freestyle dressage at the Paralympics in Hong Kong in September.
If you're looking for something horse-related to do today, you can watch high-level amateur riding at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury. The school is hosting the U.S. Eventing Association's Area 1 beginner/novice championship horse trials this weekend.
The trials are composed of dressage, cross country and stadium jumping contests; 165 adult and youth riders will compete from throughout New England and New York. The event is held on the school's equestrian fields adjacent to Bushy Hill Road.
Many thoroughbreds, when their racing careers are over, face a brutal end in a slaughterhouse. Some horses are lucky enough to get purchased by loving owners, but too many are sold for slaughter. The issue has long divided those involved in the racing industry.
Suffolk Downs, in Massachusetts, is taking a stand against the practice. The racetrack has adopted a policy that holds trainers accountable if their horses are sold for slaughter. Any trainer found to have sold a horse for slaughter will have his stalls at the racetrack revoked and will be denied stalls in the future.
The move has attracted lots of attention in the racing world. Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito recently raced one of his horses at Suffolk Downs, partly because of the track's stance.
"It's a big issue in our industry," Zito told the Associated Press. "That's one of the reasons we like the people up there."
"If a horse goes from [Suffolk Downs] to the slaughterhouse, that's completely unacceptable," said Sam Elliott, the track's vice president for racing. "That trainer won't be here. I don't think that's anybody we'd want to have around."
Besides being an equestrian, Bonnie Phillips is The Courant's city/suburban editor. Her horse is named Annie.


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It's great to see Scott pulled the trigger to tell the world about our .NET 3.5 Client Product Roadmap. Lately our setup team - which I'm officially part of - has been working in overdrive to put the pieces for the "Improved .NET Framework Setup for Client Applications" together and we're all looking forward to our first beta release. Once it's available I'll post more technical details outlining how it will help to ease your deployment, how it works and how you can customize and brand your client application's deployment experience.
Stay tuned!
what is the scope of the setup team: "only" (complex enough, I know) deploying .net framework/runtime to machines, or also deploying/updating applications built on top of that? What team would be responsible for creating a better experience deploying and managing .net server applications (especially large number of machines). I know MSFT has some server management tools which do part of the story, but from building an app in VS to getting it on to the server is still pretty much manual process.
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Welcome to the future of "small government." America's infrastructure was once the best in the world. But we didn't want to pay to maintain it.
David Cay Johnston: "America's Coming Infrastructure Disaster"
For decades, America has scrimped on taking care of the public furniture, endangering people and weakening the economy as bridges rust, roads crumble, dams weaken, and water mains leak. The sudden collapse of an Interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis in 2007, killing 13, and the cracks that shut down the Sherman Minton Bridge connecting Indiana and Kentucky last year (it reopened in February) are warning signs of widespread, but hidden, dangers lurking all around us.
Even greater threats can be found among the decrepit corporate-owned infrastructure, including high-pressure oil and natural-gas pipelines that can explode without warning, electric power poles long past their replacement dates, and a telecommunications system that is far less reliable today than it was two decades ago — despite customers paying more than a half-trillion dollars for upgrades.
America's infrastructure gets a grade of "D" from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which recommends that we spend $2.2 trillion on repairs and maintenance.
… Under the banner of deregulation, the monopolies that supply electricity, water, gasoline, natural gas, and Internet access have been hollowing out the privately owned infrastructure on which modern life and economic activity depend. Instead of putting more into maintenance, they have slashed budgets. At the same time, they earn phenomenal profits: up to 55 percent on their assets, eight times the average for all corporations.
Corporate monopolies that own railroad bridges, hydroelectric dams, and high-pressure pipelines have skimped on taking care of this infrastructure, putting lives and property across America at unnecessary risk from blackouts, collisions, and explosions, even the threat of entire towns being washed away by bursting dams.
KYW/CBS Philly: "Freight Train Derails, Spills Chemicals in Paulsboro, NJ; Evacuations Ordered"
Officials say a freight train derailed over the Mantua Creek, leaking a chemical called vinyl chloride, which is considered toxic and highly flammable. Hazmat crews are currently on scene.
It appears the five cars derailed when a bridge they were traveling over collapsed. Some of the trains are currently submerged in the Mantua Creek.
Rescue units have been dispatched to the scene after numerous people complained of respiratory problems. A number of people in the immediate area have been evacuated.
The U.S. Coast Guard has also been notified because the chemical might be leaking into the Delaware River.
Travis Waldron: "How Increasing Infrastructure Spending Provides a Major Boost to Our Economy"
The United States has a massive infrastructure deficit, with independent analysts finding that the country could need as much as $2 trillion in immediate investments just to bring its infrastructure up to date. With the economy recovering slowly and our nation's roads and bridges crumbling, a new paper from the San Francisco Federal Reserve found that making investments into infrastructure has substantial short- and medium-term benefits for the economy.
Each dollar invested into infrastructure boosts state economies by at least two dollars, the paper found:
Federal highway grants to states appear to boost economic activity in the short and medium term. The short-term effects appear to be due largely to increases in aggregate demand. Medium-term effects apparently reflect the increased productive capacity brought by improved roads. Overall, each dollar of federal highway grants received by a state raises that state's annual economic output by at least two dollars, a relatively large multiplier. […]
In other words, for each dollar of federal highway grants received by a state, that state's GSP rises by at least two dollars.


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Wind opponents question mitigation while GMP keeps building
LOWELL, VT - Work on Green Mountain Power's (GMP) controversial Lowell Mountain wind turbine project will continue through the winter, although some of the activity will subside and pick up again in the spring. The lack of snowfall has allowed for some of the construction work to continue further than expected.Road building, blasting and excavation continue along the ridgeline, according to Dorothy (Dotty) Schnure with GMP. Concrete foundation work began this week on the collector substation, which is located halfway up the access road on Lowell Mountain. Construction of the collector substation on the mountain will continue. In addition crews are preparing to set poles for the overhead collector line, which will carry power from the underground electric lines on the ridge to the substation. The project involves the construction of 21 industrial size turbines and upgrades to the Vermont Electric Cooperative transmission system between Jay and Lowell.GMP has all necessary pre-construction permits and has met all required pre-construction conditions placed on it by state regulators.One of the requirements set by the Public Service Board (PSB) was to obtain easements of "adequate size and location" to address fragmentation of habitat caused by the project. The wind project impacts 159 acres on the Lowell Mountains. In late December, the PSB approved GMP's proposal to conserve approximately 1,600 acres of wildlife habitat in Eden."The conserved land provides for important habitat to offset the overall project effects and provides connectivity to other conserved lands. This level of mitigation is unprecedented in Vermont," said Mary Powell, President and CEO of GMP in a written statement.In addition to the two parcels just approved for conservation in Eden, GMP has also conserved approximately 1,070 acres on Lowell Mountain. Of these acres, 778 acres will be conserved in perpetuity (forever) and another 292 acres will be conserved for the life of project plus 25 years.Vermont Agency of Natural Resources attorney Jon Groveman, in a letter filed with the PSB, said the conserved land on either side of East Hill Road helps maintain the ecological and landscape connectivity that currently exists between the Lowell Mountain Habitat block and the Green River Reservoir habitat block.But not everyone agrees that the easements make up for the loss, including Steve Wright of Craftsbury, a former Vermont Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife."Mitigation, metaphorically, is a bit like a surgeon cutting off your right arm but assuring you that he or she will see to it your left arm remains protected for the rest of your life. Your right arm, meanwhile, is still gone. Yes, GMP has secured conservation easements from a few area landowners by paying them a ton of money and arranging creative land swaps. The moose, deer, bear, bobcat, grouse, fisher, et al, were apparently not consulted. Such action does not assure existing habitat connectivity or cushion the overall effects of fragmentation of what was an intact montane ecosystem. The right arm is still missing, lost in the clear-cutting and blasting," Wright said.Still under dispute is a section of land where the crane path for the wind project is built. Shirley and Don Nelson, adjacent property owners, say the land is really theirs. But Trip Wileman, the property owner leasing to GMP, says it is his. The issue is in court but has not been decided."It is unconscionable that Judge Maley continues to hold that case while GMP destroys what is likely to be ruled the Nelson property. Actually, I guess GMP has already destroyed it, so maybe it's only an issue of determining a compensatory value," Wright said.


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Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe: 'Nicki Minaj did not threaten Mariah Carey'
The two new panellists - the latest superstar mentors hired for the hit U.S. reality show - were filming an audition in Charlotte, North Carolina this week when they became embroiled in a huge argument over a contestant.
In video footage posted online, an angry Minaj can be seen shouting and swearing at the Hero hitmaker, telling producers, "I told them, I'm not f**kin' putting up with her f**kin' highness over there."
Reports suggest Minaj continued the rant and, in the heat of the argument, allegedly raged, "If I had a gun I would shoot her (Carey)."
However, Idol executive producer Lythgoe has spoken out to insist there is no truth to the story, and reveals Carey confronted Minaj on Wednesday morning (03Oct12) to get to the bottom of the death threat claims.
He tells TMZ.com, "The statement (that Minaj made a death threat) is absolute rubbish. It's absolutely not true in any way, shape or form."
And Idol host Ryan Seacrest has also spoken out about the altercation and the reports.
During his radio show on Wednesday morning (03Oct12) he said, "It got heated, as reported... I was not standing in the room to see it happen live... but it was intense.
"It was towards the end of the day... and so producers came in and they said, 'Look, we're gonna call it a wrap for the day. Everybody go home and get a good night's rest.'"
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Join Vista Gallery in Tahoe Vista for a holiday art show
December 2, 2011
TAHOE VISTA, Calif. and#8212; On Saturday Dec. 3, 4-6 p.m., Vista Gallery will host its first-ever holiday art show, with three outstanding local artists.
Michael Phenice, a wonderful stained glass artist, will perform a demonstration. His stained glass snowflakes and holiday trees would make lovely Christmas gifts.
Tom Beebe, a fine art wood craftsman from Truckee, will display his incredibly detailed and exquisite wine holders and jewelry boxes, along with examples of furniture he has crafted. Tom is a new addition to the gallery and they are excited to represent him.
Wolfgang Kohz, a Lake Tahoe photographer for almost 50 years, will be there with his selection of functional art, providing the perfect gift for the Lake Tahoe lover.
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Pennsylvania State University – University Park: Student Sues for Art Censorship
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Schools: Pennsylvania State University – University Park
REPORT: Artists clash with campus censors
Censorship of Anti-Terrorism Art Exhibit Documented in New FIRE Video
REPORT: Artists clash with campus censors
July 10, 2018
Art purged for being "one-sided," among other excuses Censors, often not understanding the message, ban art rather than grapple with its meaning PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2018 — Art censorship is nothing new. Spanish conquistadors smashed ceramics of ancient Peruvian cultures that portrayed gay and lesbian sex. The Roman Catholic Church of the 15th century was so intent on covering up penises that for decades even Michelangelo's David wore a garland of leaves around his waist. But a new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education shows that art censorship remains alive and well, even on today's college campuses, […]» Read More
FIRE's 2010 Video Campaign: Highlighting Censorship of Hot Button Issues, Part 2
December 24, 2010
In reviewing FIRE's multimedia efforts at the close of 2010, I introduced our new video series on censorship of hot-button issues. Our second installment in this series, "Portraits of Terror," is a key example of why video is so effective in relaying the stories behind our cases. In this case, it was images, not words, that were censored by university administrators. In 2006, Joshua Stulman, a student artist at Penn State University, produced an exhibit examining the promotion of terrorism and anti-Semitism in the Palestinian territories. But before Stulman's exhibit opened, two professors claimed that the art violated Penn State's policy […]» Read More
'Portraits of Terror' Exceeds 10,000 Views on YouTube
November 3, 2010
Another one of FIRE's short films is gaining popularity on YouTube this week. Portraits of Terror portrays the case of Joshua Stulman, a student artist censored by Penn State administrators for presenting a satirical exhibition about terrorism in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank, and it has now exceeded 10,000 views. We're excited that our video ventures are continuing to make a splash on the Internet's most popular video site! If you haven't yet, please take a moment to subscribe to FIRE's YouTube channel to check out Portraits of Terror and our other short films. These films expose […]» Read More
New FIRE Video 'Portraits of Terror' Takes on Censorship of Art Examining Palestinian Terrorism
September 27, 2010
Today FIRE unveils the second video in our series examining censorship of hot-button issues on college campuses. Our new video, Portraits of Terror, tells the story of artist Joshua Stulman, whose exhibit of the same name was censored at Penn State University in 2006 by two professors who claimed that the art violated Penn State's policy against "hate speech." What was the focus of the exhibit, you might wonder? The exhibit "Portraits of Terror," the entirety of which may be seen here, explores the promotion of terrorism and anti-Semitism in the Palestinian territories. Stulman, who is Jewish, focuses on the […]» Read More
Portraits of Terror
September 27, 2010
The case of Joshua Stulman, a student artist censored by Penn State administrators for presenting a satirical exhibition about terrorism in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.» Read More
Censorship of Anti-Terrorism Art Exhibit Documented in New FIRE Video
September 27, 2010
PHILADELPHIA, September 27, 2010—A new short film by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) documents the experience of Penn State student artist Joshua Stulman, whose "Portraits of Terror" art exhibit was censored by the university because it satirized Islamic terrorism. Stulman is just one of numerous college students and faculty members who have been silenced for discussing or criticizing Islamic extremism. "Joshua Stulman's art exhibit was censored not once but twice: first because administrators didn't like what it had to say, and later out of fear that violence would ensue if his artwork were shown on campus," said […]» Read More
Student Suing Penn State for Art Censorship
June 21, 2007
Last April we reported that Penn State censored student Josh Stulman's senior art exhibit, "Portraits of Terror," which depicted Palestinian violence in Israeli settlements. Penn State's reasons for canceling the exhibit ten days before it was set to open were that the exhibit "did not promote cultural diversity or opportunities for democratic dialogue." On April 17, 2007, Stulman—no longer a student at Penn State—filed a lawsuit against Penn State, President Graham Spanier, School of Visual Arts Director Charles Garoian, and Professor Robert Yarber. The complaint, posted at The Volokh Conspiracy, alleges that: Defendants Penn State University, Garoian and Yarber, […]» Read More
That Exhibit Is Going to Go Up
April 26, 2006
Penn State leaders have reversed the School of Visual Arts' decision to censor the exhibit of Josh Stulman. The Daily Collegian reports that at a University Faculty Senate meeting yesterday, Penn State President Graham Spanier said, "That exhibit is going to go up. The offer has been extended and may be displayed this spring or not until the fall." After Charles Garoian, a professor in the School of Visual Arts, told Stulman that he could not display his exhibit because it "did not promote cultural diversity" or "opportunities for democratic dialogue," Garoian and Bill Mahon, a spokesman for the university, […]» Read More
Penn State Gets It Wrong
April 25, 2006
Pennsylvania State University administrators are again trampling the rights of their students. On Friday, The Daily Collegian, the campus student newspaper, reported [Link updated by FIRE on 9/27/10 due to disappearance of article on original website] that Penn State's School of Visual Arts cancelled the opening of a student's exhibit. Staff writer Jessica Remitz reports: Three days before his 10-piece exhibit—Portraits of Terror—was scheduled to open at the Patterson Building, [Josh] Stulman (senior-painting and anthropology) received an e-mail message from the School of Visual Arts that said his exhibit on images of terrorism "did not promote cultural diversity" or "opportunities […]» Read More


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Sapphire HD 6670 Low Profile Review
Graphics card manufacturers have to develop cards to fill the needs of the masses. To generalize the groups, there are high-end, mid-range, and low-end cards. Sapphire has developed a low profile Radeon HD 6670 that should be one of the fastest low profile cards around, coming in between low- and mid-range in performance. This graphics card has been designed to be universally compatible — it supports HDMI 1.4a, Dual-Link DVI, and D-Sub VGA outputs in both low profile and standard configurations. Auxiliary power is not needed — the main requirement is just an open PCI Express x16 slot.
The Sapphire HD 6670 LP has 1GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4000 MHz on a 128-bit memory bus. The core is built on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 40nm node and packs in 480 stream processors operating at 800 MHz core clock speed. The only major hardware requirement for the card to be used is an open PCI Express x16 slot — with VGA, DVI, and HDMI output, the card is almost universally compatible with any somewhat current system. The card supports Microsoft DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1, so it can handle all features of the latest Windows operating systems and applications, as well as light gaming. Streaming Blu-ray and other HD content is fully supported and office/Internet applications are accelerated too! Overall, this card should fit in well with office, media, and personal computer usage decently.
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The front of the box has Ruby holding a sword, dressed in purple and white garments, similar to Sapphire's color scheme. The top left has the Sapphire logo and to the right it says "Get Radeon in your system." The front displays some of the main features of the card — 1GB GDDR5 memory with 2.8GB of HyperMemory support, full DirectX 11 support, 1080p Full HD output, AMD HD3D capable, and HDMI with 7.1 HD surround sound compatible. Flipping the box over to the back highlights some of the main features of the card at the center, while to the left is a contents list: one Sapphire HD 6670, one driver CD, and a user manual. Under this is a guide to how much HyperMemory can be associated under Windows Vista and 7. Further down is a list of many review sites that have given awards to Sapphire products (including our very own). The sides of the box have the AMD logo and Radeon HD 6670 badges on them.
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Recently, I spoke to my son Charles, who is the head Sensei of our Hikari Dojo (I now assist him). I essentially told him this:
"Son, one of the most important things to remember is that the Naihanchi kata should be the first kata taught. Teach all three before moving on the Fukyugata kata.I firmly believe this to be true in our dojo. Naihanchi is more than a simple drill. If you can do Naihanchi well, you can learn to do all kata well.
If a student learns Naihanchi well, his basics will the good. Then all his kata will look like Naihanchi. But if a student learns the Fukyugata kata and Pinan kata first, he will probably have weak basics and his Naihanchi will look like those kata.
All kata should look like Naihanchi. In fact, Karate can be taught with the Naihanchi kata alone."
In our dojo, Naihanchi Shodan is usually the first and last kata we do.
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Letters from Iwo Jima (US - DVD R1)
Brendan Surpless takes a look at Clint Eastwood's film 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
Clint Eastwood is pretty much a sure-fire hit director, especially in recent years with his success in Million Dollar Baby. When the idea came out that Eastwood was going to direct a film based on Iwo Jima, historians and history film buffs became immediately interested. Then it was announced that Eastwood was actually going to direct two films on Iwo Jima, one from the American point of view ( Flags of Our Fathers and one from the Japanese point of view. The film in question is Letters from Iwo Jima, which is a fine, engrossing effort that is sure to capture the emotions of all those watching.
Iwo Jima, as any basic historian can tell you, follows the events that took place when Americans invaded Japan during World War II. Eastwood presents the Japanese point of view here, specifically following General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (the always great Ken Watanabe), who, despite the idea that defeat was going to occur, defended Iwo Jima for nearly forty days of combat. While his American companion piece Flags of Our Fathers focused on the heroic aspects of the American view, Iwo Jima focuses on the emotional decision the Japanese faced during the events leading up to what occurred at Iwo Jima.
What makes a film like Iwo Jima work is that Eastwood, despite not really giving us many characters we want to care about besides General Kuribayashi, has put together a film that basically serves as a tribute film to the Japanese side. Even though the Japanese were the 'enemy' of the US at this point, Eastwood doesn't put that out on the table. In fact he doesn't even really touch on that aspect, instead touching on the fact that these Japanese soldiers were men too, fighting and standing up for what they believed in. That's what makes this film so powerful. Eastwood presents the ideas, views, actions and thoughts of the other side. This gives us another aspect into the thought process the other side faces during a time of war.
One can't help but mention Flags of Our Fathers, which came out before this. It seems that the general consensus is that Iwo Jima is a better film as it performed at a higher level in relevance to critical reception and Academy love (well, the Academy tends to love every film Eastwood does). Even though the film didn't win the Best Picture Oscar (and The Departed did deserve it folks), Iwo Jima is still a fantastic film that anyone (and I strongly believe this) can enjoy. You don't have to be a history buff or even a fan of history in itself to appreciate what Eastwood presents. Events like this impacted our fathers and grandfathers' lives for a reason. Now because of Eastwood, we're given a glimpse into the general moral that the two competing countries felt during this period. Simply put, Iwo Jima is a great film that everyone should see.
Presented in a 2:35:1 widescreen aspect ratio, Letters from Iwo Jima boasts a rich, clear, powerful image throughout the film. Colour usage, despite only really presenting a black and gray feel, was spot on with numerous instances of crystal clear detail. Edge enhancement was pretty much absent. Sharpness was fantastic with a real sense of the drab, rainy Japanese world that surrounded the film. The film's print, running only five months old, was in perfect shape with no grain issues. This is a fantastic effort from Warner. I can only imagine what this one looks like in HD!
Similar to the video presentation, the audio is perfect. Arriving with a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound track, Letters from Iwo Jima ended up sounding exactly how I expected the film to sound. Surrounds were excellently mixed together. As bullets and explosions zipped by my ear, dialogue remained intelligible. Something I had feared was that the film's dialogue would end up becoming muddled with all the surround activity. Speaking of dialogue, the Japanese track was simple to understand thanks to the provided subtitles. The film's score was really moving and well organized, as we really became one of the Japanese during this experience. Bass was deep and responsive adding that necessary boom to the explosions. Just like the video presentation, Warner has given Letters from Iwo Jima a great audio track.
In this two-disc package, the film takes up the first disc while the second disc houses the extras.
Warner has awarded Letters from Iwo Jima a fairly packed two-disc edition that fans will enjoy. First up we get a making of entitled 'Red Sun, Black Sand'. This was a fabulous look at a fantastic film. Eastwood gives us a few comments on the production of the film and why he decided to make a film that focused on the Japanese aspect of the war.
After this, we move to 'The Faces of Combat', which, like the above feature, focuses on a few comments from the cast and crew. An interest part of this was that a majority of the cast Japanese actors, possibly due to their age, no idea about Iwo Jima. Next up is 'Images from the Front Line', which gives us a few stilled images from the film and the set.
The next two features were decent as they covered the publicity aspect of the film. 11/15/2006 World Premiere at Budokan in Tokyo and 11/16/2006 Press Conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo focuses on the premiere and features a few comments from Eastwood. We also get a little information on the film's meaning for Eastwood. The press conference was a bit disappointing as we got to hear from Watanabe and Eastwood again. The conference felt like something off the the E! channel (read rather bland). Another downside, despite the possible interest, is that the feature was a short at twenty-four minutes. The feature should have been at least double in length. This would have allowed for more information and for more of an in-depth glance rather than a cursory glance.
While the overall supplemental package is a bit weak considering the approval of the film, Warner Brothers has still given Iwo Jima a fine DVD release. Arriving with nearly five-star video and exceptionally perfect audio, fans will appreciate this release simply because they'll have the film they love in their library. A recommended purchase for fans and a very, very strong rental (read MUST rental) for those on the fence.
Review by Brendan Surpless
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Definately picking this up; One of the year's best movies.
I know I'm probably alone on this, but I like Flags of Our fathers more(and only marginally).
I think it's best to take the two as one complete film.
I know I'm probably alone on this, but I like Flags of Our fathers more(and only marginally).
I think it's best to take the two as one complete film.
I'm having so much trouble trusting Eastwood after years of average movies mis-labled classics. Unforgiven is the last great film I think the guy made, and the burn of Mystic River still hurts. Haven't seen an Eastwood film since.
My 5-disc set with "Flags" is in the mail right now - hope it gets here today!
Nice review
Nice review
gettin' the Blu-ray, I can't wait.
Thanks a lot, I'm dying to see this.
Good review Brendan. I definately prefered this to Flags of our Fathers. Flags jumped around a little too much for my liking.
Good review. I'm looking forward to picking this up.
Well written review, i may rent this now.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd May 2007
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Japanese
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Extras: Red Sun, Black Sand, The Faces of Combat, Images from the Frontline, November 2006 World Premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo, November 2006 World Press Conference
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shidou Nakamura
Genre: Drama
Length: 140 minutes
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A recent appearance by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was bookended by quotes from Ayn Rand, the founder of Objectivism. And tech glitches: "You'd think that a threat to Google could easily menace a laptop into submission, but apparently Jimmy just doesn't do his own tech work." Much like his latest project, Wikia Search, a for-profit venture which relies on volunteer contributions to its algorithms. [Bostonist]


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Physicians should pay attention to their "gut feeling" that something may be seriously wrong when assessing a child with an infectious disease -- even if the clinical appearance is reassuring -- an observational study suggested.
Among 3,369 children whose primary care evaluation did not suggest a serious illness, six (0.2%) ultimately were admitted to the hospital with a severe infection, according to Ann Van den Bruel, MD, PhD, of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in Oxford, England, and colleagues.
The clinician's gut feeling that the child was seriously ill considerably increased the chance that a severe infection was present, with a likelihood ratio of 25.5 (95% CI 7.9 to 82), and heeding the feeling might have prevented two cases from being overlooked (33%, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.75), the researchers reported online in BMJ.
Considerable research has focused on developing tools for clinical prediction in acutely ill children, including symptoms, vital signs, and laboratory tests, but primary care physicians often see children before the full clinical picture has developed -- and sometimes report relying on intuition that a potentially serious problem exists even though they're unsure why.
Moreover, a systematic review recently determined that such a gut feeling had considerable diagnostic significance.
To clarify the usefulness of physicians' intuitive feelings as an addition to clinical impressions, Van den Bruel and colleagues recruited 3,890 acutely ill children presenting to primary care in Flanders, Belgium.
For each child, the researchers reviewed the clinical features of the illness, including the physician's overall clinical impression of whether the illness was serious based on the physical examination, history, and observation.
They also asked treating physicians for their gut feeling as to whether they suspected the illness was serious based on the appearance of the child or the attitude and behavior of the parent.
Serious infections included pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, pyelonephritis, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, and bacterial gastroenteritis requiring at least 1 day of hospitalization.
A total of 21 children were hospitalized, with most ultimately being diagnosed with pneumonia or pyelonephritis.
Among the children for whom the clinical impression was that the illness was nonserious, the two cases that weren't missed were accompanied by 44 "false alarms," giving a sensitivity of 33.3% and a specificity of 98.7% for the physicians' gut feelings.
The researchers then looked at the clinical features that most often led to gut feelings that ran counter to the evidence, and found the strongest association for the child having a history of convulsions (OR 80.5, 95% CI 6.2 to 1,051).
Parental impression that the illness was different from others also was very important (OR 26.93, 95% CI 9.02 to 80.41).
Other features that led to physicians' gut feelings of serious illness, although less so than convulsions and parental concern, included:
- Drowsiness, OR 3.49 (95% CI 1.04 to 11.75)
- Changes in pattern of breathing, OR 4.88 (95% CI 1.38 to 17.26)
- Weight loss, OR 16.83 (95% CI 3.29 to 85.96)
- Urinary symptoms, OR 11.64 (95% CI 3.19 to 42.45)
Temperature was not a significant factor, contrary to the expectations of the researchers. They noted that fever may have contributed to parental impressions of serious illness, however.
"Nevertheless, it is important that primary care clinicians recognize the diagnostic value of fever in their clinical assessment -- for every 20 children with a temperature of 40° C [104° F) or more in a primary setting, one will have a serious infection," they cautioned.
The presence of diarrhea also was not associated with gut feelings, which also concerned the researchers, who noted that diarrhea in a young child is not necessarily benign, because it can lead to dehydration and also could be an early symptom of sepsis.
Among the 21 children who were hospitalized, nine were not admitted initially -- yet in four of those nine, the physician reported having a gut feeling that something was seriously wrong with the child.
The researchers also considered the treating clinicians' years of experience, and found that the likelihood of their having gut feelings different from their clinical impression decreased by 5% each year.
"This is presumably because the holistic clinical features that trigger gut feeling are gradually assimilated into clinical assessment," Van den Bruel and colleagues observed.
They advised that medical training should emphasize the potential value of gut feelings, and suggested that any such feelings should warrant a "full and careful" examination, consulting with other more experienced clinicians or referral, and explanations to the parent of their need to observe the child diligently.
"The observed association between gut feeling and clinical markers of serious infection means that by reflecting on the genesis of their gut feeling, clinicians should be able to hone their clinical skills," they concluded.
The study was limited by its inclusion of only children in primary care, and a lack of power to analyze the specific details of clinicians' gut feelings.
The study was supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders, Eurogenerics, and the National Institute for Health Research.
The authors reported no financial conflicts.
- Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner


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KHL Game Day: 12-28-12
KHL (Russia)
Astana 2 vs. Yaroslavl 0
Victor Hedman, Astana, DNP
Season totals: 26 GP, 1-19-20, +18, 70 PIM
Victor Hedman missed his second straight match as Astana shut out Yaroslavl 2-0. Astana plays Novgorod on Sunday.
Chelyabinsk 3 vs. Khabarovsk 1
Nikita Gusev, Khabarovsk, 0-1-1, E, 2 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals (KHL)(Khabarovsk): 11 GP, 2-4-6, +4, 2 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(CSKA): 6 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Season totals (KHL)(Total): 17 GP, 2-5-7, +2, 2 PIM
Season totals (VHL): 15 GP, 7-6-13, -2, 2 PIM
Nikita Gusev assisted on the game opening goal and took a minor for slashing in Khabarovsk's 3-1 loss to Chelyabinsk. The forward played 17:32 in the match. He has hovered around half a point a game and is averaging 13:23 of ice time a game since his trade to Khabarovsk, which is pretty good for a young player in the KHL during an NHL lockout that has seen an influx of NHLers playing in the league. Chelyabinsk defenseman Nikita Nesterov remains away from the team while playing for Russia at the U20 World Junior Championships in Ufa. Khabarovsk plays Magnitogorsk on Sunday.
St. Petersburg 1 vs. Bratislava 0
Jaroslav Janus, Bratislava, Loss, 23/34, 1.00 GAA, .958 sv%
Season totals: 34 GP, 18-12-4, 4 SO
Ilya Kovalchuk scored the only goal in St. Petersburg's 1-0 win over Bratislava. Sergei Boborovsky stopped all 27 shots he faced for the shutout for SKA.
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