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Killings spark questions about journalists' ties to Mexican gangs
VERACRUZ, Mexico — After decades of poking around crime scenes, digging into conspiracies and hanging out with cops and politicians, columnist Miguel Angel Lopez had earned his stripes as journalistic alpha dog of the crime and corruption beat in this steamy port on the Gulf of Mexico.
But even Lopez hardly could have imagined the speed with which hit men would take his life and those of his wife and 21-year-old son.
It was 6 a.m. on a June day when two vehicles arrived at the journalist's custard-yellow two-story home. Hit men with assault weapons poured out. One punched through the lock on the front door. The squad rushed in and opened fire on the veteran columnist — who was descending the stairs in his nightclothes — then climbed to the second floor to kill the others. Each victim was given a coup de grace in the forehead.
In a nation where attacks on journalists are rampant, the killings were unprecedented. Gangsters in modern times had never targeted a reporter's family. And the killing wasn't over. Five weeks later, another appalling act occurred: They kidnapped and decapitated a co-worker of Lopez's, also a veteran crime reporter.
Every journalist in Veracruz felt the one-two punch. Within a day or so, nine fellow reporters had fled the city in terror.
The chill that such killings put on reporting about the crime syndicates is familiar throughout much of Mexico, where many newspapers no longer try to investigate the rampant violence that's killed as many as 40,000 people in the past five years.
But scratch below the surface, and the narrative about journalists struggling to inform their readers while under siege from gangsters morphs into a different story, one in which the lines between journalists, police, politicians and crime bosses grow blurry. Many seem to be for sale. Few are held in high esteem.
If nothing else, the killings of the two journalists here shed light on the underside of Mexican journalism, where publishers pay reporters too little, corrupt police and politicians routinely buy better news coverage and gangsters tell reporters what to cover and what to delete from their stories.
Mexico's largest and oldest port, Veracruz is a metropolis of more than half a million people that lies in a state of the same name that's a key corridor for drug and migrant smugglers.
For the better part of a decade, drug gangs, particularly the brutal transnational syndicate known as Los Zetas, have been active here, gaining an ever-larger hold. Even so, Veracruz has largely stayed out of the headlines.
"It's kind of like the Hamptons for the narcos; enormous ranches and rest areas," said Ricardo Gonzalez of the Mexico chapter of Article 19, a London-based group that advocates for freedom of information.
Residents of Veracruz can select from a handful of newspapers. The best selling is Notiver, distinctive for its picaresque tone, its columns on political gossip, its focus on crime and its dismal production values.
"Notiver is a textbook example of how not to do journalism," said Jose Luis Cerdan Diaz, a communications professor at the University of Veracruz, "but without Notiver you wouldn't know what was going on in Veracruz."
Among the newspaper's peculiarities is that it depends entirely on sales from street vendors for its income. It also has no set press time. If a hot story breaks, the newspaper comes out late. Rumor and news mix easily in its pages. About half the headlines end with exclamation points.
"Readers like how they stick it to those in power," said Jose Pablo Robles Martinez, the founder and publisher of a competing newspaper, Imagen de Veracruz.
Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco joined Notiver more than two decades ago, writing under the pen name Milo Vela, taken from the first letters of his complete name. Nervous but persistent and gifted at putting a bite in stories, Lopez was promoted after years on the crime beat to columnist on security matters and deputy editor in charge of crime reporters.
He operated in an environment in which corruption pervaded politics, law enforcement and even newsrooms. The previous governor of Veracruz state, Fidel Herrera, plied newspapers with generous advertising contracts to win favorable treatment. Even low-level journalists felt the governor's largesse.
"He'd give them computers, cars, trips and scholarships," said Hermann Ortega, the former Veracruz state chief of the center-right National Action Party.
Many journalists readily accepted. Everybody else had an angle, and their consistently poor working conditions gave them an easy justification.
"They are badly paid. They don't have life insurance. They aren't provided equipment. Photographers aren't even given cameras," Article 19's Gonzalez said.
In Veracruz, as in other parts of provincial Mexico, police reporters often hang together, trusting colleagues on the beat more than their own editors. In Veracruz, they'd even set up their own independent office.
As an editor and columnist, Lopez remained a trusted ear for police and military officers.
"He was a reserved man but affable and courteous, and unquestionably a good journalist," said Gerardo Perdomo, a former prosecutor who headed the state-financed Veracruz Commission to Defend Journalists until its dissolution in June.
The cruelty of the execution-style slaying of Lopez, his wife and their son minutes before dawn on June 20 sent ripples of concern through newsrooms across Mexico.
But anxiety wouldn't really spike until July 26, when the body of Yolanda Ordaz, a top crime reporter who worked for Lopez, was found dumped behind the offices of a competing newspaper. Ordaz, a single mother in her early 40s who'd moved to Veracruz from Oaxaca state, had been beheaded.
Within hours, the state prosecutor said Ordaz's decapitation was a settling of scores between crime gangs, an assessment shocking both for its conclusion and its speed from an office with a poor track record of solving crimes.
The prosecutor suggested that other crime reporters also might have links to criminal gangs, a statement that sent panic through the reporters' ranks, prompting several to flee the city.
"They just took off on their own," said Balbina Flores, the Mexico delegate of the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders. "The media owners didn't defend their reporters. It's sad. If there had been more solidarity, the authorities wouldn't get away with this suggestion that some reporters are criminals."
But questions lingered over a number of curious circumstances, including accusatory videos posted on YouTube, further leaks from the prosecutor's office and a sign found near Ordaz's body.
It read: "Friends also betray. Sincerely, Carranza."
Authorities say it was from the suspected killer, former transit police officer Juan Carlos Carranza, a fugitive criminal linked to Los Zetas.
One video posted to YouTube in mid-June contained what was said to be an audio recording of a conversation between Ordaz and an unnamed crime figure, arranging to publicize criticism of alleged army abuses. Another video affirmed that Los Zetas referred to the Notiver newsroom as "Base 40."
A fellow journalist, Cesar Augusto Vazquez Chavez, published a column that accused Ordaz of acting as media coordinator for Los Zetas in Veracruz. It described a meeting between a group of police reporters and a Zetas boss, Rolando Veytia, in a restaurant. The column said Ordaz was the go-between.
Ordaz was "the one who gave them the line on what to publish and what not to publish," the column said, and offered each one a salary of the equivalent of between $665 and $1,250 a month.
"This version that circulates about Yolanda — and it is totally unprovable — that she operated like a press person for a criminal group, horrifies me," said Cerdan Diaz, the university professor. "I knew her as a student, and she didn't have any sign of criminality."
The accusations have been met with tense silence. Notiver's founder and publisher, Alfonso Salces, didn't respond to requests for comment. The columnist who made the accusations didn't answer emails seeking an interview.
Lopez's surviving elder son, who bears the same name, posted several messages on his Facebook page, calling the columnist a "drooler" and a liar. He added a lament for his profession: "Media owners are leaving us adrift. . . . We are passing through a very difficult and dark moment in journalism in our state."
Press freedom advocates acknowledge that while many Mexican journalists ply their trade with integrity, some are on the take from crime bosses.
"I've seen reporters in Sinaloa who drive Hummers on a salary of 5,000 pesos ($420) a month," said Gonzalez of Article 19.
He said gangsters sometimes pressured reporters directly, calling them on their cell phones or intercepting them on the street. In some newsrooms, powerful crime groups maintain designated envoys among the journalists to give a last-minute thumbs up or down on news reports, he added.
Journalists who ignore cartel edicts face real threats in Mexico, the deadliest place in the Western Hemisphere to work as a journalist. Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says 68 journalists were murdered in Mexico from the year 2000 to March of this year.
Colleagues who spoke only on the condition of anonymity offered up other theories of the murders, saying that Lopez and Ordaz may have been passing information to military intelligence and were killed by crime gangs in vengeance.
Cerdan Diaz, who's taught university journalism classes to hundreds of students in Veracruz over the years, said that only one conclusion was beyond a doubt.
"These executions and the decapitation of Yolanda are unequivocal signs of cruelty and malice to send a message that someone is in charge," he said.
Whoever that may be lingers murkily in the air.
Crime reporter believed probing boss's death killed in Mexico
Mexicans turn to social media for news about drug crimes
Killings of journalists lead to news blackouts in Mexico


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Police in Orange are currently investigating a burglary of a business there. According to a report from OPD, Tractor Supply Co. at 2020 Interstate 10 was burglarized for the second time in eight days.
Officer Marcus Bernard reported responding to a call regarding a burglar alarm at the business at approximately 2:20 a.m. on April 9. A previous burglary in which a Husqvana chainsaw was stolen was reported at approximately 2:32 a.m., exactly one week before the most recent one, on April 2. Again, the glass on the front entry door was shattered in order for the perpetrator to gain entry. The store manager reported another chainsaw missing from the store after the April 9 theft, a Poulan Wood Shark valued at approximately $114.99. The damage to the glass was estimated to be close to $270.
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The Federal Reserve's policies have not been responsible for the dramatic run-up in prices in food and energy, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans told CNBC.
Moreover, Evans said the surge in commodities, which has pushed prices at the gas pump to $3.50 a gallon and sent some food prices sharply higher as well, are isolated and do not indicate that broadscale inflation is on the way.
"It has been interesting during this time period that people who I socialize with in a variety of formats who haven't ever paid attention to the state of monetary policy say, 'Hey Charlie, what's up with this QE 2 program and will I ever get anything for my passbook savings?'" Evans said. "Inflation is not always well-understood. We focus on the prices going up, the things that catch our attention."
The Fed's QE, or quantitative easing, program has come under fire for holding down the value of the dollar and thus increasing the real costs of the commodities that are priced in the US currency. The central bank is about halfway through a round of $600 billion in buying of Treasurys, a program often referred to as QE 2.
QE 2 is causing more divisions within the Fed itself. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher warned Monday that he would vote to scale back or stop the Fed program if it proves to be "demonstrably counterproductive." And Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told a conference Monday that the central bank shouldn't rule out further bond purchases if unrest in the Middle East causes further weakness in the US economy.
Since the beginning of QE 2, the unemployment rate has fallen and the stock market has rallied, but the costs of commodities have soared and voices ranging from investor Warren Buffett to former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan have been warning of inflation.
But Evans said focusing on food and energy doesn't provide a clear picture of what the government refers to as "core" inflation—the Consumer Price Index minus the traditionally volatile food and energy sectors.
"Car prices have been lower, rent has not been increasing very much, recreation has been negative. There are just many, many goods growing in the 1 to 2 percent range or less than that," he said "What we tend to forget is that technology is improving and those prices are going down. We have to pay attention to underlying inflation pressures."
Moreover, he said the actual drivers of the higher prices particularly in oil come from global growth and other geopolitical factors and not the central bank's dollar devaluation.
"The demand for the commodities and oil is really strong around the world," he said. "The supply isn't as strong and that puts upward pressure on it."
At the same time, Evans said he does not see the Fed extending quantitative easing as the economy is "growing nicely."


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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has called for 'idiots' to stop singing vile chants in the wake of Wednesday's Hillsborough revelations.
His sentiments echo that of MirrorFootball's Martin Lipton, who also called for a change in terrace attitudes.
Liverpool and their fans have had to endure chants from rivals supporters about the events at Hillsborough, although some of the club;'s fans are not entirely without blame in a similar situation, as songs about Manchester United's Munich air disaster have been sung in the past.
Rodgers hopes such chants will now cease in the light of what was made public yesterday.
"I speak as a human being and I don't ever like to hear anything like that, whatever club it is, that associates with other people's tragedies and death," said the Reds boss.
"Unfortunately you have a very small percentage of idiots at any club who will always try to smear another club's reputation.
"Of course, it is obvious these are chants that no-one wants to hear about any club.
"Unfortunately there are that minority of supporters who will maybe disappoint but let's hope we can all move on and we can all learn from this whole process."
Rodgers said the smear campaign which had been perpetrated against the fans was something which had gained a global foothold and he sympathised with what the families had faced up to.
"There is no doubt the propaganda at the time, if you were outside the city of Liverpool and its people, planted seeds throughout the country and the world," added the Northern Irishman, who was among a number of club representatives who attended a vigil in the city last night.
"It is the people who have suffered over all the years who have had to contend with that and fight against that sort of relentless campaigning at the time.
"But having come into the city and been around the people and being at the vigil last night there has never been any qualms about any sort of justification.
"We have all suffered death in our lives but to have it happen to your son, daughter, brother, sister, and then have a campaign against that - you can't begin to imagine what that must feel like."
Rodgers explained he had nothing but admiration for the work of the families of the bereaved who fought for the truth to be revealed.
"It has been incredible what they have had to go through," he said.
"I was a 16-year-old boy in Northern Ireland at the time and I sit here today as a 39-year-old and the families have just had justice.
"It is absolutely incredible it has taken all that time.
"My respect goes out to everyone involved in that process over 23 long, hard, arduous years and hopefully they found some sort of justice yesterday.
"I have met with some of the campaigners since I've been here and had a shortened version of what they have been through and it has been remarkable really for all the families.
"The inspiring effect it has had on me alone, and certainly for the club, is that you fight: there is a cause there and if you feel strongly enough about it you must be relentless to make a wrong right.
"These people have done that. They have suffered - none of us can begin to imagine what they have been through.
"Everyone will draw inspiration from how hard they have fought and the time and effort which goes into protecting those loved ones.
"I don't think it's only a message for the football club and the city, I think it is a world message."
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Hello MaryB,MaryB wrote:
Good catch Gallina! You're so right - those are the best endearing moments!!!!
Leonka - How wonderful for you! Will you tell us your experience, please?
Warmest regards,
The option to have the signature of Leonard,, was as follows:
First I wrote an e-mail to the agency Vivien, I have a very serious interest in the VIP tickets Leonard Cohen.
I got a reply that it can be.
So, I ordered tickets-binding . Then I have exchanged several times with agency e-mail, where I wrote about another, if I can through them, obtain the signature of Leonard. Not came, long ,answer, so I thought that I have not any chance to get the signature. Only a few days before the concert, I received a very nice message that I have the possibility to obtain the signature of Leonard. I almost jumped 3 meters .
But,it could be, only DVD. With that, I was not satisfied, so I asked if it can be, rather vinyl. Agreed.
But I was advised that Leonard, that it is all on his decision.. So, cared only for Leonard, or will be, so kind as to sign my vinyl.
It was for me, long wait. When, I received the good news that Leonard signed vinyl. My joy was so great
that I was not able to fall asleep. I could not believe it. For the vinyl, I flew as a jet,.
When I got into the hands of vinyl, so I viewed it several times, whether it is really Leonard's signature, the signature is Leonard. I am very, very happy.
LEONARD, please, return again to Slovakia.


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On 12 June, the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania hosted a national stakeholder meeting on protected areas for Fiji.
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Greetings. First post, first RC, first build! Ive been wanting to get into RC vehicles and build a kit for years now, but never committed for one reason or another. When I happened across an inexpensive P4de roller recently, I finally took the plunge. I enjoy build threads on this (as well as other) sites, and thought that I might contribute.
Didn't think to take pic of roller prior to tray removal:
Following Rit treatment:
Pleasantly surprised at the near perfect match:
Used two packets of dry dye into boiling water, followed by 3 hour soak off heat.
More to follow...
Welcome to the forum and addiction. You sure picked a great RC to start with. I hope this build brings you many hours of enjoyment. Have fun and I will be watching.
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Welcome, and i have to say i love the dye job the black chassie looks great
Looking forward to chassis mod for the 1415... love to Dremel stuff.
Went with the Field Link as the difference in price vs Castle Link was negligible ($2.34 difference). When attached to PC via USB, the FL provides all functionality of the CL.
I know, I know... What about the transmitter and receiver? Well I do love to tinker:
TQi who?
Overkill? I certainly hope so:
Decided to address the rear:
The right tools are a must have:
Began with the shocks:
Note no e-clips:
30W all four corners:
Loving everything you've bought so far now what about batteries?
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SPC 5400mAh/50C/3S/11.1V LiPO (x2) en route as we speak. Running the 4PKsR with a Hobbico 1900mAh/3C/13Wh/6.6V LiFe. Charging duties will be provided by Traxxas EZ-Peak Plus 6amp.
Arms by Pro-Line, axle carriers by Traxxas:
Thought (read on various posts) that previous instructions indicated "blue" threadlock:
Using MIP X-Duty CVD #11104 x all corners for added reach on P-L arms:
Also, I used "graphite dry lube" spray on the sliders, instead of grease. You can also see that I do not have faith in the MIP grub screws.
Stock vs MPI/PL comparison:
Note reversed axle carriers. At this point I have zero contact/rub of MIPs on carriers throughout full range. Still have to mod guards for appropriate fit.
I used a black sharpie after the Dremel work. I love busting out my Dremel too!
Sent from Oser world
Looking fine. Great build.
Welcome to the pede family dude your build is looking very awesome dont worry about a thing your in good hands and just take your time when doing new stuff.And you can tell by the parts you are using that you did your homeworkkeep up the good work........peace
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
In the mailbox today:
Those batteries will go with that castle setup super well dude enjoy....peace
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
Nice pede..I also can't help but notice your sweet mancave
You ain't bashin unless your crashin!!
What kind of Proline shocks are those i really like them?
I also have Pro-Line's Spring Assortment (ie. tuning kit) for both front and rear shocks.
Funny... postman actually came back after dinner, as two packages were left on truck:
Nice build you got there
Decided to modify rear shock guards to work with PL arms.
Stock position was 2nd hole. My desired mounting position with PL was somewhere between 1st and 2nd. Decided to remove material between 2 holes, then reinforce with small body washers:
Shaped washer to fit within stock mold:
The guard sits further away from PL arms than the stock arms. Even with sway bar link, there was still space to fill. I fabricated a spacer by bisecting the stock spacer from single/inner hole, and then filing to appropriate size:
Awesome build. If I had a car built that nice, I would never drive it
Nobody is born with experience
Oh man, super nice so far! Attention to detail is impressive. I Had to modify my shock guards basically the same way you did. Keep up the great work dude!
I have got to admit its one of the best pede builds i have seen so far dude you have done your homework and more I will be watching this one...........peace
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
Yeah... After acquiring the roller, I read the forums obsessively for 2 months prior to purchasing components. As of now, all but the servo have been delivered.
My P4de is gonna have some big meat - tires that is. To handle stronger than stock servo, I decided to install STRC Aluminum Steering Bellcrank.
STRC bellcrank appears to eliminate driveshaft rub that I have read about (linkage turned to full right lock):
Anyone up for a game of "Spot the Mods"?
revo spec slipper and bearing mod?
Everything overpowered...
Some sort of output or yoke mod, but I dont know what it is as I havent seen it before and could not name it lol
Possibly upgraded slipper pads?
Everything overpowered...
Glad I spotted something you missed!
I really like that Center driveshaft. Bellcrank is gorgeous too.
Everything overpowered...
nice build whats the cost on this baby?
Well now the drivetrain is just as bulletproof as the rest of the truck dude awesomeAnd can you after a few run give us a review of the tekno big bone......peace
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
Still gonna give it a go, though.
Someone stole my signature.
Rear Completed:
Following removal of more material, shock guards fit very well:
EDIT: For the very perceptive (you know who you are) - Lunsford pins not yet installed. Also need to lower body mounts/posts.
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And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
ERRR, OK. after watching lanka last night, i change my stance on them. Thought they might be overrawed by india and safrica, but this is a brilliant team. such unity and pride in the way they play.
They will demolish any of the topteamsif they're not on top of their game.
will be safrica, lanka , india and gapfiller in sf.
If india go crazy with the bat, and bat to their ABSOLUTE POTENTIAL, then they can beat lanka. Otherwise, this solid team will beatthem.
if lanka make the final v safrica, which i thinkthey will, it will be interesting. South africa are the strongest team of the tournament, but if they choke or play poorly on slow wickets, lanka will be the victors.
Just love the efficiency they play with
Don't think we've seen enough of SA lately in ODI's (particularly on the subcontinent), to say they're the strongest team on paper. Would fancy Australia over them TBH, because they've played lots of cricket in India in recent times and done well in ODIs. SA are one of the contenders of course, but don't particularly stand out from the rest.
And they lost to India 1-2 in an ODI series last year (won a dead rubber).
benchmark00 YOU WERE WRONG
Oh no, someone was wrong on the interwebz.
-My beliefs summarized in words much more eloquent than I could come up with
How the Universe came from nothing
If that was a Mark Williams/Port Adelaide reference from Spikey, SS has clearly missed it yet commented anyway.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
i was just reading through the thread (i was trying to find posts made by sri lankans critical of the original squad selection) and then felt like pointing out yet another failure by benchmark00
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|My best HDR of a parking garage: Visitor's Center parking garage.
Our location: St. Augustine. We focused on HDR. Here are a few of my favorite HDR images . . but we all got good shots. I'll share these images with you as they come in.
|Photomatix and Topaz Adjust/ Spicify
|Nik HDR Efex Pro and Nik Silver Efex Pro
|Flagler College. Photomatix plus Topaz Adjust/ Exposure Correction.
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Bosch Classixx PIL811F17E 4 burner Frameless Induction Hob in Black Glass is brilliantly designed and will add a contemporary look and feel to your kitchen.
Bosch Classixx PIL811F17E is a 80cm Induction Hob and uses electromagnetic fields to generate instant heat between the hob and pan making your everyday cooking efficient and precise. All 4 Induction cooking zones come with residual heat indicators. Each cooking zone has a 17 stage power settings which also have a Power Boost function. By selecting this option the power increases by approximately 50% which reduces your cooking time.
With the help of Electronic Touch Control and Power Level Display located on the front you are in control of your cooking at all times. The controls of PIL811F17E hob are easy to operate and it includes Timer for each zone, QuickStart-Restart Function and Main On/Off switch giving ease to your everyday cooking. For additional safety and peace of mind this hob is fitted with a child safety lock and control panel lock which prevents it from being inadvertently operated. With the help of a Automatic safety Shut off function the hob will turn itself off if left unattended for an extended period.
The Automatic pan recognition feature is really useful as it is designed to only heat the base of the pan and not the whole zone, saving time and energy. One of the key features of this hob is DirectSelect which operates by simply selecting the required power level from those on offer instead of having to press +/- keys repeatedly. The Frameless design of this hob makes cleaning easier with no fuss.
Please note only pans with ferrous (magnetic base) to be used with this hob. These also include pans with iron, enamelled steel and special stainless steel pans depending on the alloy. Pans with copper or glass bases are not suitable for induction hobs.
This hob comes with a 2 years parts and labour warranty.


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Aaron Eckhart is no stranger in playing morally suspect characters, but none comes even close to his dual roles of ambitious District Attorney Harvey Dent and the vindictive Two Face, in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight.
Off screen, Eckhart is unpretentious, charming and says he's just grateful to be in the movie, despite the buzz he's receiving for his performance. He talked to Paul Fischer in this exclusive interview.
Question: Your thinking behind saying yes to a movie like this. I think the last time we spoke you had already started shooting it, or maybe you had finished, I can't remember, and I think one of the things you were saying is that part of your thinking is, you know, given a career, what is good? Is it a good career move? Is that something you consciously think about when you take on a big movie like this?
Eckhart: Well, you know, I'm sure that I thought about it, but mostly the fact that Chris [Nolan] is directing it. I don't know, I'm trying to think how I could have said no.
Question: If it had been some other director, I assume. Or some director that you didn't really trust.
Eckhart: Yeah, then it's a whole different ball game. But coming into it, having Chris directing it, having Christian [Bale], Heath [Ledger] playing the Joker, and Gary Oldman and Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and Michael Caine and everybody, then having read the script. Chris called me to his office, and said, "Will you come in?" We had a chat, and a cup of tea, talked about everything but movies, or but Batman. Then he says, "You know, I'm doing the second Batman and we got this part and maybe you want to read the script." I was like, "Well, give it to me." He says, "I'll have a guy come over to your house and give it to you." So he did, and I read it, and I was like looking at my part and reading this thing and going, "Oh my Gosh!" Because I thought I was just going to have a little part, you know, a throwaway part, because Heath was in it and everything. The script was so beautiful, so dense and complex, and so many characters intertwined, and so many dynamics, psychologically, social, personal, political, moral, ethical. It was so big, and I thought, Wow! So the way, to answer that question, I feel lucky to be in the film. I certainly feel lucky now to be in the film, being part of what I think is one of the strongest Batmans, having one of the greatest characters in cinematic bad guy history, which is Heath playing the joker. To have watched him do it, to have been a part of it, you know, I think is very special, and it's an honor for me. And to be a member of Chris's cast, and to have worked with Gary. So, I don't know if I ever, even knowing that Chris was directing it, it didn't turn my mind to turn it down. The question was, How am I going to be good in it? You know, how am I going to, you know, I have to really prepare and try to be good with Gary and with Christian and Maggie and Heath. Those were more my concerns.
Question: What were the challenges of playing a character so morally ambiguous as this character is?
Eckhart: Well, I sort of made a name on it, you know, it's in my lexicon, but he is complex. First of all, I really appreciate that Chris brought Harvey Dent into the movie, so we get to know Harvey as an altruistic, justice minded, Gotham-loving citizen who was, is the DA of Gotham, but he was also internal affairs, so he's a ball buster, you know, he's a tough guy, but he's also got a big heart. That was fun to play as an actor, because Gotham City is really the central character in this movie, and cleaning it up is the issue. And then watching the transformation into Two Face, I think the audience can empathize, or understand if not empathize, why he's doing what he does, the pain and the anger and the bitterness and the whole kind of the why of it all. So I was happy to play that.
Question: Was Two Face a tougher character for you to play?
Eckhart: I think tonally, to find the tone, especially knowing what Heath was doing, and trying to get it in the ballpark. You know, being in a historical comic book movie playing an iconic figure, where do I go? What tone does Chris want? And we had a lot of discussions about Chris, being lost sometimes, and saying, "What do I do, where am I going? Should I go here, here, over here?" We tried it many different ways. That was probably, for me, was to find the range of the character and how that fit in with the overall picture of the movie.
Question: Does the physical aspect of Two Face help you? When you look at the mirror and see that makeup, does that enable you to really transform into the character?
Eckhart: Yeah, definitely. Even the suit and the reactions of the other actors.
Question: What were the reactions of the other actors the first time they saw you in that makeup?
Eckhart: It was a lot of touching. It was funny because Heath and I spent time in the same trailer, him figuring out what he was going with The Joker, and me figuring out what I was doing with Two Face, so there was a lot of, weird noises, a lot of us trying on the character together. I really appreciated that.
Question: What surprised you about Heath when you were working with him?
Eckhart: He was, well, I don't know if it surprised me, but what thrilled me was that he was an actor who put it all on the table. It was all out there, and he was committed to this character and loved the character. That the crew and the cast loved him. Chris loved what he was doing with it, and he raised everybody's game. He was a topic of conversation, about his character and what he was doing with it. To act with him was to fly, you know? I watched him as a fan while I was acting, you know? Like going, Wow, this is really amazing.
Question: Were you a comic book fan before you did this?
Eckhart: I was not an aficionado. I read the comic books after I got the part. But I grew up with Batman, I knew the television show. My interest in comic books is little, but what I do like about comic books is the reality of them. And I think that's what interests Chris in making these movies, sort of how do you make it real and entertaining at the same time.
Question: It doesn't look like a comic book movie, does it?
Eckhart: No.
Question: This movie doesn't have that.
Eckhart: No, but it also has a big feel. That's where Chris's genius comes in, because you don't want Batman to be an independent movie. You want it to be big. How Chris achieved that in my opinion is that every chance he gets he does it for real. Those are real stunts, those are real people, those are real crowds. You know, so you're grounding this film in reality, we're in the streets of Chicago flipping trucks in the streets of Chicago. Having helicopters, you're sitting there one day in a building, and you have helicopters flying through the streets of Chicago. That's insane, you know what I mean? We just shut down the city.
Question: Do you think this film is contemporary, do you think this film has contemporary themes?
Eckhart: Oh my gosh, so contemporary. When I read it I was like–I didn't know when I read it if that was his intention, and I think he's stating that it wasn't his intention, but it's just subconsciously it just leaks out. But the themes and the issues and the decisions that one has to make in this life and death, fighting crime, vigilantism. Love. Every, it's a morality play and every issue is explored. Testing people's limits. The Joker asks the Batman to betray his one cardinal rule in order to save the woman he loves. How Shakespearean is that?
Question: What's next for you?
Eckhart: Traveling. Well, Towelhead comes out.
Question: Finally, right?
Eckhart: Yeah, finally, and then Traveling, which is a romantic comedy with Jennifer Aniston.
Question: That'll be a bit of a change of pace.
Eckhart: Yeah. But it's good. Hopefully it's touching and profound at the same time.


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The flu vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and your family. However, misconceptions about vaccination persist. Here are 7 common myths about vaccination.
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No, a flu shot cannot cause flu illness. The influenza viruses contained in a flu shot are inactivated (killed), which means they cannot cause infection. Flu vaccine manufacturers kill the viruses used in the vaccine during the process of making vaccine, and batches of flu vaccine are tested to make sure they are safe. In randomized, blinded studies, where some people get flu shots and others get salt-water shots, the only differences in symptoms was increased soreness in the arm and redness at the injection site among people who got the flu shot.
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Many people use the term "stomach flu" to describe illnesses with nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. These symptoms can be caused by many different viruses, bacteria or even parasites. While vomiting, diarrhea, and being nauseous or "sick to your stomach" can sometimes be related to the flu — more commonly in children than adults — these problems are rarely the main symptoms of influenza. The flu is a respiratory disease and not a stomach or intestinal disease.
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Over the last 50 years, seasonal flu vaccines have had very good safety track records. Over the years, hundreds of millions of Americans have received seasonal flu vaccines. Every year the same methodical process is used to make vaccine to protect against the different flu strains. Vaccination is the gold standard of care recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), safe to receive and the most effective way to protect against the flu and spread of infection.
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The flu vaccine is the single best way to prevent the flu, and vaccination is the main tool used to protect people from influenza. But protection is never 100 percent, and some people can still get the flu after being vaccinated. How well the flu vaccine works (or its ability to prevent influenza illness) can range widely depending on who is being vaccinated. In general, the flu vaccine works best among young healthy adults and older children. Some older people and people with certain chronic illnesses might develop less immunity than healthy young adults after vaccination. However, even for these high-risk individuals, the flu vaccine still can provide protection against getting severe complications from the flu. While determining how well a flu vaccine works is challenging, in general, recent studies have supported the conclusion that influenza vaccination benefits public health, especially when the viruses in the vaccine and circulating viruses are well-matched.
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American Airlines Cancels 500 Flights, Grounds Additional Planes For Safety Inspections
American Airlines has announced the cancellation of upwards of 500 flights as they inspect the way a bundle of wires are attached to the MD-80 aircraft. These new inspections stem from FAA concerns about the way American handled the last round of emergency inspections.
From CNNMoney:
"We're apologetic for the issues this is causing customers, Frizzell said. "In some situations these adjustments will take only 15 minutes."
American stated it would cancel upwards of 500 flights Tuesday with additional cancellations likely Wednesday. By about 6:00 p.m. ET, American had already cancelled 409 flights, according to FlightStats, an independent flight tracking service.
By comparison to Monday's total cancellations, FlightStats reported that American scratched only 108 flights on Tuesday for typical reasons.
Second fix. The FAA ordered similar inspections last month that resulted in the cancellation of over 300 American Airlines flights. The FAA raised additional concerns and ordered a new round of inspections Tuesday regarding the manner in which American followed a specific directive in the previous inspections, the airline reported.
American cancels hundreds of flights [CNNMoney]
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That's a relief. Those are BEAUTIFUL ornaments, and as someone who has JUST STARTED collecting vintage ornaments, I can say that they would indeed make a lovley gift!
As for the topic of this thread - my Husband and I buy eachother gifts, I LOVE the surprise, and he's really good at picking out things I'd LOVE
"Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." - Garfield
I'm Admin of AllThingsChristmas Forum - Click Here to Message Me with questions or if you need help!
well I'm not married but my boyfriend and I buy eachother gifts
It's just special to give someone close to you
When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
The link actually took me to an unrelated article but I initially assumed the quote meant that people were inclined to buy themselves gifts in addition to their holiday purchases during shopping (a pair of boots for so and so, a jacket for myself. A new set of pots and pans for this person, a new radio for myself. etc)
I am unmarried but generally buy the gift for my girlfriend -- I suppose it may be different when we share a budget and bank account but, for the time being, it works well.
"I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys." ~Charles Dickens
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
When it comes to gifts, it's not the thought that counts. At least, not in America's wealthiest households.
Two-thirds of affluent American women want gift cards. But less than a fifth of men will give it to them, according to a report from American Express Publishing and the Harrison Group out Thursday.
Instead, 70% of women are gifted clothing or jewelry.
A survey of 625 households that represent the top 10% of the nation's wage earners found a wide gap between what people want and what they will actually get.
According to the article women don't buy what men really want either.


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On January 9 my partner, Gus Calderon and I, completed a successful aerial survey mission that covered abut 900 Meters by 650 Meters. The results was a very high resolution picture of the area.
The aircraft: Graupner Kadett
Motor: Extreem Flight 2814T/820
Prop: APC 13 x 6.5
ESC: Hacker X-55
BEC: Castle Creations 10 Amp
Servos: 4 ea. Hitec HS65MG
GPS: MediaTek
Telem: XBee
Battery: Turnigy 3300 mAh nano-tech 25-50c
Autopilot: APM1 Version 2.27 (Loaded via Mission Planner)
GCS: Mission Planner Version 1.1.17
Mission Planner's 'Draw Polygon' and 'Grid' were used to generate the waypoint file.
Camera: Canon SD1100is with CHDK control (via relay through the camera's USB port)
Shutter: 1/1000 sec.
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.2 mm
Stitch software: ICE (Microsoft Image Composite Editor) PTGui was also used but it requires a lot of manual intervention. It can give better picture placement than ICE.
Some stats:
The plane flew at 100M AGL, 10M/sec ground speed.
The flight lasted 17 min. and used 65% of the battery capacity.
There were 13 passes, 25 Meters apart. The camera was turned on at takeoff an took a picture every 2 sec. for about 24 exposures per row. 556 exposures total.
The really good results:
APM did a very good job of controlling the aircraft. (Look at the .kml flight path.)
The Kadett performed flawlessly. Great payload capacity, strong, spacious structure, good endurance, has a short turn radius, and it is a very pretty airplane.
Resolution of the pictures is so good that the placement of irrigation valve covers (1.5 foot square or less) could be identified.
The not so good (but fixable) results:
The spacing of the rows was too close, we got too many pictures. A lot of hand picking of the images was required to render the final stitched picture.
The camera took pictures every 2 seconds (set by the internal capability of the camera). That was too many. A bit too much overlap. We used every other row for the stitch. That was 7 rows of 24 pix or 168 images.
The big problem:
The APM directed the Kadett very well. The Mission Planner provided a very easy way generate the waypoint file. The XBees kept us informed about critical aspects of the flight. Log files were generated and saved. Thanks to all members of the development team. A job very well done.
There is little or no payload management capability with the current APM/Mission Planner system.
I have managed to turn the relay on and off in the past but it doesn't work with APM V2.27. (I submitted issue 479)
In March, I submitted issue 292 'Add a command TRIGGER'
To trigger a camera shutter or any other event driven payload (water drop, parachute, etc.) please add a TRIGGER command.
It should have these characteristics:
Use either the relay or a servo
Configurable active state (relay on or off to trigger - servo on pulse width and off pulse width)
If servo - assignable channel
Assign time the trigger event is active (in ms.)
Choose if trigger is to be repeatable
Choose and set the repeat interval (every x seconds or every y meters)
The TRIGGER event should be logged for both the onboard log file and the GCS stream
The TRIGGER event should be able to be fired from the GCS
In October there was this reply:
Comment 4 by project member amilcar....@gmail.com, Oct 11, 2011
Part of it has now been implemented in the "APM_Camera" git branch:
-Use either the relay or a servo
-Configurable active state (relay on or off to trigger - servo on pulse width and off pulse width)
-Assignable servo channel
-Assign time the trigger event is active (in ms.) (via define only)
-The TRIGGER event should be able to be fired from the GCS
What is not implemented yet:
-Choose if trigger is to be repeatable
-Choose and set the repeat interval (every x seconds or every y meters)
-The TRIGGER event should be logged for both the onboard log file and the GCS stream
Please note:
APM_Camera is not in the git directory and is not in the latest arduino sketch file set.
The existing DO_RELAY and DO_SERVO commands do not work if instantiated through the Mission Planner.
Even with no APM control of the camera we were able the get these results.
The waypoint file generated by the Mission Planner
The flight path as captured via the Mission Planner .tlog and converted to .klm
The survey picture stitched with ICE.
Again, a big thanks to the development team.
Views: 8464
Nice job man.
I intend to do something like this too.
If you want to generate a 3D mesh (without precision of course) the way is to send pictures to the site http://www.hypr3d.com/, and they automatically and for free, make the 3D mesh.
Look what the site could do with my pictures taken by a Bixler, without any autopilot http://www.hypr3d.com/models/4f0e0fd99cf4a8000100004b
Yes, no magnetometer or airspeed.
Stitching with ICE took 20+ minuets.
Kadett is smaller, easer to transport, had more cabin space, and is more efficient in the air than the Telemaster.
I applaud your camera code efforts. I have been hoping the basic relay and servo mavlink commands would have been operational by now.
I will be patient - hoping for it to be all sorted out by the time the APM 2 board and code is released.
nice job, I also I have some problems after several months of work, I could not use the command (DO_REPEAT_SERVO) to activate the camera automatically, I'm doing it manually via RC . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iITNOluOS4c&context=C3cd1bc8ADOE...
Congratulations for the mission Irvin !
Same problem here, we haven't been able to use the the DO_SET_SERVO command with ArduPlane 2.28.
Here is the post : http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/do-set-servo-command-on-arduplane...
Thank you for sharing your information and insights!
What was your goal or objective in this aerial survey, just a simple mosaic or did you have a specific purpose in mind?
At that altitude, you should have some good parallax and I imagine you could make some impressive stereo images out of those. Did you plan on georectifying the images for more detailed surveying?
Thanks again for sharing, I'm always interested to see the reasons other people use aerial photography.
Our goals were to develop equipment and capabilities to do 'aerial photo survey' work. We had not yet determined specific applications.
During test flying at our local city park a Parks and Recreation employe enquired about our activities. Turns out that he had tried small helis (with little luck) but was still interested. We told him of our efforts to do aerial survey work and that we were making progress. He said that he was the irrigation supervisor and that it sure would be nice to have a picture of the park fields so he could show his workers where the irrigation valves are now. These covers are about 1 ft. X 2 ft.
We have almost done it! Here is the mosaic of our latest flight. The area is about 450M X 300M
Here is a blow up of an area (30M X 25M) showing some valve covers. They are the small white squares in the grass.
If I can improve the stitching (using PTGui) we will have the mosaic printed on a 16" X 20" foam board.
Thanks for posting such a helpful article. I am truly amazed at your results. Since I already own AutoPano Giga, I think I will give it a try for stitching instead of purchasing PTGui
I have some questions.
1. Can you recommend any other suitable aircraft or is the Graupner Kadett the best available? The $600 price seemed a bit high, but, since it is ARF and Graupner's great reputation, that may not be so bad. I found an construction article and it appears to be very easy to get it into the air.
2. Are you mounting your camera facing straight down from the belly of the aircraft? I am waiting for my APM2 to complete my quadracopter but it looks like I may have to order another one to build a survey aircraft.
3. Do you think it is possible to mount a large sensor camera like a 5D2 or 7D on this aircraft?
Thanks for the kind words. BTW - we have added the airspeed sensor. I have tried AutoPano. It might be a bit better than PTGui.
We flew the large Electro-Telemaster before and found the Kadett was better.
We are going to try a Multiplex Cularis motor glider as our next airframe. We are hoping for less roll during the photo passes. Another very good airframe is the Multiplex Mentor. It is about the same size as the Kadett.
The camera is mounted straight down in the cabin area just forward of the wing LE.
The 5D2 and 7D are very heavy. You do want the high pixel count (21megapixel) but I don't think the extra features of the EOS line are necessary. We are getting the S100 for our next camera. It too has a 21megapixels but weighs only 7oz vs 1.8 lbs for the 5D2 and 7D.
Remember - you only need the focus fixed at infinity, ISO as high as the application allows, and the shutter speed as fast as the light level will allow. With our current camera (Canon SD1100) we use ISO @ 320, Shutter speed @ 1/1000.
Good luck with your efforts.
The Cularis looks incredibly stable from this video. It really looks like the way to go.


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The Berger Performing Arts Center presents CONFIDENTIALLY, CHAIKOVSKI, written by Harry Clark and directed by Troy Hollar. This production, starring Michael Learned (The Sisters Rosensweig, The Outgoing Tide) and Richard Thomas (Enemy of the People, Race), theatrically reunites the famous TV mother and son for the first time since The Waltons.
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CONFIDENTIALLY, CHAIKOVSKI, is based on relationship between Nadezhda Philaretovna von Meck (1831 - 1893) and Peter Ilyich Chaikovski (1840-1893). Nadezhda, a wealthy Russian widow of 45 when she first heard Chaikovski's music, The Tempest, a symphonic fantasia first conducted by Anton Rubinstein. Overwhelmed by the beauty of the work, she decided to use part of her large fortune to support the composer, who was 36 at the time. Thus ensued a vast correspondence between the two stretching from 1876 to 1890. She steadfastly refused to meet the composer (a refusal with which he was in agreement) though they did occasionally make eye contact at concerts or at the opera house. Once they even came face to face in the street, both turned away, embarrassed. In 1893, three years after his last letter to Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky died from cholera. Within three months his beloved friend, too, was dead.
Michael Learned is a four-time Emmy award-winning actress (three for The Waltons and one for Nurse). She has received a People's Choice Award and has been a three-time Golden Globe nominee. Her Broadway appearances include Gore Vidal's The Best Man and Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosenweig, and recently appeared in the successful production of The Outgoing Tide.
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Playwright, Harry Clark's career as both cellist and playwright is a rare and successful combination. Harry began his first efforts writing portraits of composers; this body of work nearing 40 scripts is titled RHYTHMS OF LIFE-fusions of theater and music. Critics have declared Clark's work as "An extraordinary interweaving of music and biography ... his work has passion, joy, and mystery" and "From his mighty pen Clark has inked a classical-music program that's both inviting and exhilarating for the learned and ignorant ear alike." CONFIDENTIALLY, CHAIKOVSKI is drawn from the extraordinary correspondence between Chaikovski, von Meck, and Modeste Chaikovski, brother and confidante of Peter Ilyich.
Built in 1991, the Berger Performing Arts Center (BPAC) is a modern theatre mixing classic Southwestern architecture with state of the art amenities. BPAC is a 496-seat Proscenium theater located in Tucson on the campus of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. A non-profit theatre, the BPAC is an excellent multi-purpose concert hall and theatrical facility. Spacious seating, an excellent line of sight throughout the house and superb acoustics make this hall one of the finest theatres in Tucson, Arizona.


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When I launch an application from terminal related to the window system, for example gnome or kde, then usually these applications send all sorts of junk messages in my terminal. How do I make these applications shut up?
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okular somepdf.pdf &
a window which shows the pdf file pops up and I can read the pdf next to my terminal, and when I am done I close.
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:~/Documents$ okular(5823)/kdeui (kdelibs) KXMLGUIClient::~KXMLGUIClient: 0x2322528 deleted without having been removed from the factory first. This will leak standalone popupmenus and could lead to crashes.
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Q&A with Senior Cari Cunningham
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Q: This is your senior
season-how is your approach to swimming different now than it was when you
first arrived at UCSD?
CUNNINGHAM: The last two years I have been able to overcome many intimidations and limiting factors I put on myself my first two years swimming at UCSD. I think my freshman and sophomore year, fellow athletes, coaches, and our vigorous training schedule intimidated me. Also, as a senior, I find myself thinking more about the team's success than my own. It is a lot easier to get through tough races when you think about scoring for your team.
My approach to swimming has changed greatly both during training and in meets. The past two years, I think our whole team has stepped up a lot in our out of the water training, especially in weights, and we've seen direct results from this. I also have come to realize that racing really is more mental than physical, and if you know you have put in the work then you have to be confident in your abilities to perform. Lastly, one of my younger teammates said something at the beginning of last season that has really stuck with me. There are two or three races that are still a mental battle for me, no matter how many times I swim them. I remember being pretty nervous before swimming one of them that day last season when my teammate told me, "It's going to be SO much fun!" and now every time before either of us swims one of our more mentally (and usually physically) challenging races, we joke with each other about having fun, even if it is a tough race.
Q: During your college
career, what, if anything surprised you about college swimming in general and
UCSD in particular?
CUNNINGHAM: As an incoming freshman, I was definitely prepared for a busy schedule crammed with both my athletic schedule and academics. Having started competitive swimming before even attending elementary school, I have always had to balance my training and academics. However, college swimming is more than simply attending nine practices a week. Sometimes it can be more physically and mentally draining than I ever expected, which makes schoolwork, especially here at UCSD, hard to get done even when we aren't practicing.
It is the physical, mental, and time demands of swimming, however, that give rise to what I am most surprised about college swimming: the tight-knit bond that everyone on our team shares. Through club and high school swimming, I never felt the tie to my teammates that I feel now. It is amazing that after spending over 20 hours training together a week, we still spend every free moment together. Maybe it is because we can't actually talk to each other while swimming with our face in the water, I don't know!! Swimming at UCSD is particularly unique, as the women and men's teams train and compete together, and act as one team rather than two.
Q: Besides the
competitive successes, what else have you gotten out of swimming?
CUNNINGHAM: I think the biggest gain I have gotten out of swimming, particularly while at UCSD, is a close group of friends that will always be connected through our college swimming experience. In addition, the demands of swimming teach you to be mentally tough, committed, a team player, and extremely adept at time management skills! This may sound nerdy, but I can't tell you how many pages I have read on the shuttle from the parking lot to the pool!
Q: As a prep, you swam
at San Clemente High School, also the Tritons. How did you wind up coming to UC
San Diego?
CUNNINGHAM: Just because I loved the mascot so much! I think UC San Diego had everything I was looking for in a school: first and foremost an outstanding academic reputation, but also a strong swimming program I could be competitive in, and a location that can't be topped!
Q: Last year, you
qualified and competed at the NCAA Championships for the first time. What was
that experience like and is there any residual effect for you this season?
CUNNINGHAM: I think qualifying for nationals and getting to compete in Houston last season was one of the most rewarding experiences of my lifetime. Qualifying for the first time my junior year was even more gratifying, knowing that I came a long way since starting as a walk-on my freshman year. UCSD usually qualifies a large number of swimmers to compete at the NCAA Championships each year. Getting to be part of that group, and the women's team placing third in Division II last year was phenomenal. This season, I definitely have the confidence boost from last year and the ambition for both our men and women's teams to move up in rankings from last year. And so far this season, our team is showing the potential to have a great performance at nationals in March.
Q: You're a
breaststroke specialist-what specific mental and physical skills are important
in that discipline?
CUNNINGHAM: Breaststroke is a more rhythm-driven stroke than any of the others. The correct synchronization between the pull and kick is fundamental. Tempo also is a large factor in breaststroke. You have to learn how to pick up your tempo for shorter breaststroke events, and lengthen it for longer events.
Q: Besides the obvious
distance, what are the differences in the 100 and 200 breaststroke races? Which
do you like better and why?
CUNNINGHAM: The main difference between the 100 and 200 breaststroke events is the stroke tempo at which you race. The 100 breaststroke is a sprint: a fast, but efficient tempo is key. The start off the blocks and each turn are even more crucial since the race is over in a little more than a minute. The 200 breaststroke is definitely not a "Sunday afternoon swim", but the stroke tempo is definitely slower than in the 100. As much as I love to swim the shorter 100 breaststroke, I think I need some more fast-twitch muscles before I can convince the coaches I should train as a sprinter. I actually enjoy the 200 breaststroke, where you have time to get into the race and have a race strategy.
Q: Does swimming in
other events help with your specialty?
CUNNINGHAM: I definitely think swimming the individual medley and butterfly helps with my breaststroke. The hip movement in butterfly helps drive my kick forward in breaststroke, and the out sweep of the arms is similar in both strokes. I also think getting to train different strokes breaks up the practice regimen.
Q: What are you
thinking when you step onto the blocks before a race?
CUNNINGHAM: No matter the race, there are many of the same thoughts going through my head. Our coaches always tell us take deep breaths before going down into the starting position. I usually try to give myself some brief pep talk too, and relax. And of course, "Am I on the right block!?" One of our swimmers got on the wrong block last meet and was completely unaware of the swimmer and coaches on the other team yelling at her. I can't help laughing about it before my races now.
Q: Last week, the team
swam against a slew of Division I teams at the very competitive Toshiba Classic
in Long Beach. What were you trying to get out of that event and how does it
fit into the overall objectives for the season?
CUNNINGHAM: This invitational meet has always been very competitive, but this year especially drew in some big name Division I teams. Coach McGihon has always believed that to be the best, you have to race the best, and this past weekend we definitely did that. We had swimmers racing and beating competitors from the top Division I college swimming programs in the nation. Placing fourth on the guys' side and seventh on the girls' side, ahead of many strong Division I programs was definitely a positive indication of the success we have had as a team so far this season, and a confidence booster for our goals the rest of the season.
Q: Besides just putting
in yardage, what do swimmers work on during training?
CUNNINGHAM: A lot of our practices are geared for different aspects of training. There are some practices designed just to put in yardage. However, we also have practices that focus on drill work and stroke technique to maximize the efficiency of our strokes. Starts and turns play a large role in races, so we allocate a large amount of time working on both of those aspects. This year especially, with a unique training situation due to the Canyonview pool closure, our team has done a lot of strength and aerobic training on land. We always joke that we are only coordinated in the water, but we may be a little more coordinated on land this year because of it!
Q: The swimming season
runs for roughly seven months. As a swimmer, what do you find the toughest time
CUNNINGHAM: The time period we are getting into shortly! December is dedicated solely to training, as we don't have any meets that month. Without classes over winter break, there is an abundance of time to whip us into shape! January is also a mentally and physically demanding training time as we are still over a month away from our conference and national championships, which is a long enough time period to physically push us beyond our limits, but a short enough time period to feel the pressure to get into shape for our biggest meets of the season.
Q: What impact has
Coach Scott McGihon and his staff had on your career?
CUNNINGHAM: I think the biggest impact our coaches have had on my career is teaching me that nothing is out of my reach. They are always reminding me that I am capable of achieving things in my swimming career that are far beyond the personal goals
I set for myself each season. The coaches also emphasize many aspects of college swimming besides the actual swimming portion: such as developing a strong bond with teammates, and enjoying the sport.
Q: Your father was a
UCSD graduate. Do the two of you ever compare notes on the experience? What
does he think about the changes since his days on campus?
CUNNINGHAM: My dad was in the first four-year graduating class at UCSD, although he will probably not be happy with me for mentioning that! It is funny, because every time he comes to the campus, he will mention how different it was back when he was at UCSD. Despite that, I think I lived in the same dorms that he did his freshman year (Revelle fleets) and I'm not sure I can say they have changed much!
Q: When you have down
time, what do you enjoy doing?
CUNNINGHAM: Besides catching up on sleep (I am one of those people that takes a nap pretty much everyday!), I still seem to enjoy spending my free time in the water. I grew up in a beach town and love body surfing. My family also spends any free weekend we can at the Colorado River wakeboarding. When I only have a little down time, I love watching "Friends" and dancing. Our team has a little obsession with dancing.
Q: You are a biology major.
What are your post-graduate plans?
CUNNINGHAM: If everything goes according to plan, I will be graduating in June. I chose biology as my major because it opened up a lot of doors for post-graduation. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time deciding which career choice to pursue. I am very interested in both nutrition and genetics, and will most likely attend graduate school in one of those areas. Before I immerse myself in more school, I want to travel since I missed out on the opportunity to study abroad.
Q: At this point, what
do you think the possibilities are for both the men's and women's teams at the
NCAA Division II Championships in March?
CUNNINGHAM: I am already very excited for the Championships in March! Our team has great depth this year and we are looking to give the Division II champs from last year a run for their money. It's still very early in the season but we already have a large squad qualified for nationals, so it should be exciting!
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Elena Inouye (Cross Country) November 6, 2009
David Morton (Men's Water Polo) October 28, 2009
Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
Karen Reis (Women's Volleyball) October 2, 2009
Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
Lauren Chastain (Softball) February 5, 2009
A.J. Maulhardt (Men's Basketball) January 28, 2009
Annette Ilg (Women's Basketball) January 22, 2009
Steven Hardy (Men's Swimming) January 13, 2009
Frank Fritsch (Men's Volleyball) January 5, 2009
Kendall Bohn (Women's Swimming) December 22, 2008
Kelvin Kim (Men's Basketball) December 15, 2008
Michelle Osier (Women's Basketball) December 5, 2008
Sylvia Schmidt (Women's Volleyball) November 7, 2008
Denny Harper (Men's Water Polo Head Coach) October 17, 2008
Ron Larsen (USA Volleyball Assistant Coach) October 13, 2008
Jessica McGovern (Women's Soccer) October 6, 2008
Bre Schofield (Cross Country) September 26, 2008
Tony Fernandez (Men's Soccer) September 18,2008
Kimberly Carpenter (Women's Volleyball) September 12, 2008
A.J. Kotanjian (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2008
Peter Akman (Men's Soccer) August 21, 2008
Natasha Belak-Berger (Women's Soccer) August 15, 2008
Jake LaVieux (Men's Cross Country) August 8, 2008
Dr. Penny Rue (Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs) July 30, 2008
Michelle Torres (Women's Volleyball) July 15, 2008
Jon Pascale (Men's Soccer Head Coach) July 1, 2008
Julie Ertel (Athletics) June 16, 2008
Clint Allard (Men's Basketball) June 9, 2008
Jen Myers (Women's Crew) May 27, 2008
Casey Ryan (Men's Track and Field and Men's Basketball) May 21, 2008


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