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Both teams are coming off losses. The Cubs had a split decision in Cincinnati yesterday, while the Sox, well, let's just say at least no blood was shed in that ugly loss to the Red Sox.
These teams don't like each other. The fans detest one another. And, hey, Jose Hernandez is back.
We'll have baseball soon for those of you stuck at work like us. Hopefully, this play by play will be of some help.
Lefty Shawn Estes takes the hill for the Cubs; former Cubs first-round draft pick Jon Garland for the Sox. Not to bring up painful memories for Cubs fans, but it has to be said: Jon Garland for Matt Karchner, who's probably cutting Ed Lynch's lawn at this moment.
The Messmers sing a fine rendition of the anthem and it looks like the wind is blowing in gently from center field. Let's get this going. And not one word on David Beckham's move to Real Madrid.
First inning
Tony Graffanino leads off for the Sox and Estes starts him with a called strike. Graffanino grounds to Alex Gonzalez for the first out. And here's the president of the South Side Sammy Sosa Fan Club, Jose Valentin. Valentin draws a walk and the rejuvenated Frank Thomas digs in. Speaking of Beckham, Estes' sweeping curveball would make the English one-footed wonder proud. Unfortunately he can't spot it. Thomas walks and it's Magglio Ordonez's turn. Maggs drops a single into left-center, driving in Valentin. Thomas loafs to second. First and second for Cubs killer Carlos Lee. He's hitting .404 lifetime at Wrigley. With apologies to Hawk Harrelson, mercy. Estes can't find the plate at all. The count goes full. Lee pops one behind first and Eric Karros, stepping gingerly over the bullpen, makes an over-the-shoulder catch and quickly throws to third.
This inning is taking so long, I have to start a new paragraph. Estes throws two straight balls to third baseman Joe Crede, but comes back to even the count. Sometimes you get the feeling if Estes weren't left-handed, he'd be selling peanuts. Ball four to Crede looked like a ceremonial first pitch. The bases are loaded for Aaron Rowand and the count goes full. Ball four. Everyone move up one base. The Cubs' bullpen stirs and Todd Wellemeyer readies for some serious long relief. Estes throws a called strike to catcher Miguel Olivo prompting sarcastic cheers. Grand slam. You could see that driving up Waveland. Guy can't find the plate at all, so eventually he's going to groove one. Big-time meatball. And Estes still can't find the plate. 51 pitches and counting. The 52nd pitch is a slow roller to Grudzielanek and Estes exits to much booing. He might as well walk straight to his car in the parking lot.
Sox 6, Cubs 0
Whew. OK, let's see: fifty-two pitches, four walks, one grand slam.
So, Jon Garland starts with a comfortable lead and Grudzielanek grounds out on the second pitch. The Cubs get one back on a big fly by Alex Gonzalez that got out in a hurry. Patterson hits one on the ground that's eaten up by the US Open rough and he's thrown out easily. Sosa steps in and the Sox fans in attendance let him have it. Garland wants no part of Sosa and walks him. Alou lines out to Lee in left.
Sox 6, Cubs 1
Second inning
There's no possible way Estes comes out for the second inning. One could argue you could yank him on pitch count alone. Wellemeyer picks right up where Estes left off, throwing three straight balls well out of the strikezone. Graffanino flies out to Sosa, who makes it interesting fighting the sun out there in right. Wellemeyer blows it by Valentin and the Cubs are appealing for a mulligan on the first inning. Thomas rips one down the left-field line for a double. This dude is really hitting now. Ordonez walks and Cubs fan readers are angry about Estes. While Sox fans are miffed they have to listen to Chip Carey. Lee rips one to center and Corey Patterson misplays it and it gets by him, scoring Thomas and Ordonez. So much for all that talk about a Gold Glove. Wellemeyer retires Crede to end the inning.
Sox 8, Cubs 1
Karros pops to his counterpart at first. Ramon Martinez rips one back through the box for a single and Damian Miller strokes one to right. First and second. Wellemeyer squares to punt and pops out to third. The ball gets away from Olivio and the runners advance. The G-Man walks to load the bases for Gonzalez and Sox pitching coach John Cooper pays Garland a visit on the mound. Garland goes full on Gonzalez before striking him out.
Third inning
A friend writes in to tell me he'll buy me dinner at Gibson's if the Cubs score eight runs all weekend. I'm not exactly reaching for the phone to make reservations. Wellemeyer fans Rowand on some high heat. Olivo walks and the dinner offer already has been down-graded to Cambridge House. Weak! Though, great milk shakes at the House. Garland sacrifices Olivo. Graffanino flies out to Alou. Hey, fuggedaboutit. Inning over.
Patterson hits it deep to center but Rowand catches up to it on the edge of the track. Sosa hits the first pitch to Phil Rogers' guy in right, Ordonez. Not much patience there by either guy. Alou beats out a slow grounder to third. Karros stares at strike three and Alou is stranded.
Fourth inning
Valentin strikes out, Thomas walks, Ordonez flies to right and Sosa loses it in the sun. The ball drops at his feet. Second and third. Lee bloops one to right, scoring Thomas. Lee hits the Cubs harder than Mike Schmidt. Crede hits a sinking liner to right and Sosa nearly makes a diving catch, but it was a trap. Sosa tried to sell it to the ump instead of throwing to second where he may have had a shot at forcing Lee. The Sox reach double digits as Maggs comes around to score. Rowand clears the bases with a poke off the ivy in left. That's 12 runs for those of you who lost track. Olivo grounds to short and that's only the second out. Wellemeyer walks the always dangerous Jon Garland. And here we go: top of the order. Graffanino grounds out and he's 0 for 4. He's the only guy who hasn't gotten in on the action.
Sox 12, Cubs 1
Martinez alliteratly lines out to Lee in left. Wellemeyer draws a walk and Cubs fans actually cheer it. The G-Man grounds a single through the middle of the infield and the winning run is 10 batters away. Alas, Gonzalez flies out to center.
Fifth inning
Valentin walks. And strong-side linebacker Kyle Farnsworth gets up in the bullpen to a huge hand. Wellemeyer fans Thomas. Farnsworth punk'd Paul Wilson harder than Tony Siragusa on Rich Gannon in the 2001 AFC title game. I'm surprised he didn't get flagged 15 yards for driving Wilson into the turf. Ordonez grounds into a double play and onward we move.
One more thing on the fight: Am I the only one disappointed that Dusty wasn't allowed to have his way with Ray Knight during yesterday's dust-up? "Little roller up around first. Behind the bag...it gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight and the Mets win it!" Ugh.
The struggling Paul Konerko replaces Thomas at first. Patterson rolls out and here's the situation where Sosa usually launches one. Nothing at stake. Not this time. Strike three. Alou grounds out. Zzzz.
Sixth inning--yes, it's only the sixth
Greg from Bloomingdale writes in with a correction: "You must be in a 13 run pool, as your live column has 13 runs and its only 12." Sorry about that, Greg, but Adam Caldarelli has gone home for the day. Honestly, I didn't think anyone was paying attention. Farnsworth strikes out Lee. Crede flies to right and Sosa battles the sun again, but this time squeezes it tight. Rowand bloops a single to center. Olivo grounds to Hernandez, who somehow sneaked into the game, and that ends it.
Karros gives it a ride to center, but not long enough. One out. Aaaannnnd... two outs. Valentin made a Jeter-esque play going deep in the hole to his left and throwing off balance to get Martinez. Paul Bako singles and Troy O'Leary doubles him home. Bobby Hill rips one to left and O'Leary goes to third. Dusty has emptied his bench. Jose Hernandez picks up where he left off in his last stop with the Cubs with a strikeout.
Sox 12, Cubs 2
Seventh inning
Lefty Mark Guthrie enters for the Cubs and strikes out what looked like Brian Daubach. But I'm not sure. I was busy handling a technical issue. Graffanino grounds back to Gutherie and Eddie Vedder has appeared in the booth. Bobby Hill throws the ball away on a grounder to second, but Konerko flies out to Sosa in right.
Can someone please explain the logic behind getting a vanity license plate with your favorite team's nickname on it and then wearing said plate around your neck?
Chip and Steve now chatting up Evanston native Eddie Vedder. Hey, how's that crusade against Ticketmaster going? Considering Pearl Jam just played the United Center, a Ticketmaster only venue, I would say not good.
Someone named D. Sanders has come on to face Sosa. Fox has forsaken the game completely and is now alternating between shots of babes in the crowd, Eddie Vedder in the booth and a perplexed Ron Santo. Apparently, Kerry Wood and Vedder are hitting the bars together tonight. Hopefully it turns out better than Vedder and Jack McDowell's misadventure in the Big Easy years back. Sosa flies out to right and Patterson, whom I had no idea was on base, tags and takes second. Tom Goodwin rifles one up the middle and Patterson scores. Here's something else we've learned: Steve Stone plays golf with Alice Cooper. Gives new meaning to his song "18." Yes, I'm spent. Martinez grounds to third and we're 12 outs away from starting the weekend.
Sox 12, Cubs 3
Eighth inning
Mike Remlinger is the new Cubs pitcher and gets Ordonez to fly out to left. Eleven outs away from the weekend. Lee grounds out. Ten away. And Crede grounds out.
Bako grounds out and that's five straight ground-ball outs for both teams. O'Leary lines a hit to center and that's not good for me. I feel a pitching change coming, just to prolong things. Hill fans and here's Jerry Manuel making the change. Come on. So, Willie Harris replaces Rowand in center, Rowan moves to right, Maggs puts his feet up and Rick White is the pitcher. The point? Not sure. Jose Hernandez digs in to eventually strike out. No, make that ground out.
Ninth inning
The Sox need to take the baseball equivalent of a knee here. Of course, Rowand gets a hit. Joe Borowski is the pitcher, by the way. Olivo pops out to Lenny Harris, who long ago replaced Karros at first. Borowski walks Graffanino and Valentin comes up with two on. Harris makes a diving play at first and we're three outs away from the weekend.
The Cubs go three up and three down in the bottom of the ninth and the Sox crush the North Siders in the first game of the series. Thanks to everyone who read and wrote in. Have a great weekend.


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I want to implement a basic game by using the state machine pattern. It should contain at least the following states: running, paused and stopped.
Perhaps more states could make sense, but I don't know which behaviors should be modeled as single states. Example: While the game is running, the user clicks on the settings panel to change some settings. Do I need a new state here or would the game just switch to the "paused" state? Would it be a better idea to disable the settings panel while the game is running? Can every GUI view be seen as a new state or would that be overkill?
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The Virtualizer is an award-winning locomotion device for Virtual Reality that allows the user to move freely in virtual environments. Step inside the game and become one with your character.
"The closest you can get to actually being in Skyrim" -www.kotaku.com
"Step Inside the "Virtualizer" – the Next Level of Immersive Gaming" - http://www.techandinnovationdaily.com/
"The Virtualizer takes gaming to the next level" - uk.reuters.com
"The Virtualizer is revolutionary. It is going to fundamentally change the gaming experience!" - Toni Sonn, CEO Caseking.de
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Who in the gaming community has never dreamt of getting rid of devices like joypads, mice and keyboards and switching to something more natural: Your own body. Why control your in-game avatar with buttons, when instead you could be the one walking through these beautifully crafted worlds. Up until recently the answer would have been quite simple: It's either technically impossible or at least not affordable for the consumer market. Well, not anymore, thanks to the Virtualizer, the most immersive gaming experience to this date.
The Virtualizer - No Restrictions, Full Immersion
Over the course of two years, we here at Cyberith have developed the Virtualizer, an easy to use virtual reality device that allows the user to walk through any kind of virtual environments in real-time. It does so by combining a revolutionary low-friction principle and high precision sensors with a special mechanical construction, resulting in a new form of omni-directional treadmill. To increase immersion even further, the Virtualizer is now equipped with vibration packs! (check the section below to get further information).
See the Virtualizer in action in different games like Crysis 3, Counter Strike Global Offensive and others:
We have experimented tirelessly with different setups and materials, made detailed motion analyses and built three different prototypes in order to come up with a Virtual Reality solution that would satisfy our own needs as gamers and Virtual Reality enthusiasts. From the beginning our main focus has always been on immersion, a key concept in Virtual Reality, which means creating the perception for the user of being physically present in a non-physical world. We didn't want for the Virtualizer to just be another way of handling your games, like a new form of Gamepad or something comparable. The Virtualizer is first and foremost a new form of experience, allowing you for the first time ever to really become part of the game, instead of just playing it! With head-mounted Displays like the Oculus Rift and a pair of surround sound headphones you are able to visually and auditory immerse into games, but as Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe put it when asked about the immersion level of the Rift: "We'll need some seat belts for people. You want to stand up, you want to walk around." Well, forget the seat belts and hop into the Virtualizer!
Meet the Virtualizer
The Virtualizer has a set of unique features that make him the optimal Virtual Reality locomotion device. Here are the reasons why it looks exactly the way it does!
A flat base-plate
When we first came up with the idea of the Virtualizer we had the choice to make to either go for a bowl-shaped or a flat base-plate. We quickly dismissed the bowl-shaped platform after we ran our first motion analyses for a simple reason: It inherently breaks immersion. When you run or walk on an even ground in-game your brain expects that your feet touch the ground exactly the moment your feet would do in reality. But with a bowl your feet touch the slope of the bowl earlier than they should. Therefore every step becomes a reminder for you that you are not really inside Virtual Reality, you are in fact just using a controller.
So after deciding to use a flat base-plate we had to find a material that features the perfect friction coefficient for our base-plate, so that walking and running would feel as natural as possible. If the coefficient is too low the user starts to slide as if he were on ice, whereas if the coefficient is too high walking and running become exhausting very quickly. Over the course of 3 prototypes we've tested different materials and added a Materials Scientist to our team to find the one material that would fit our needs. Check out our video of running and walking in the Virtualizer compared to running in a treadmill, which showcases how close we've got to the natural motion sequences.
Movable ring construction
A core feature of the Virtualizer is its movable ring construction. You are fixed into a comfortable harness that allows for a great freedom of movement: With it you are able to rotate, jump, kneel and even sit down effortlessly. Furthermore, the ring will not weigh you down, since its weight will be compensated through a special balance-system. Combined with the custom made linear guides in each of the three pillars we achieve smooth and quiet vertical movements.
All those moves are picked up analogically with an accuracy lower than 1 cm (0.4 inches) as you perform them, so once a game fully supports the Virtualizer (see our SDK section for more information), you will be able to not only 'trigger' a crouching stance with the Virtualizer, but actually crouch in-game exactly as high or low as you do in real-life. The same applies for jumping of course. Achieving this is vital for a truly immersive experience because obviously you will break immersion if the positioning of your body in-game and in real-life are different. To not break immersion while driving a vehicle in-game we implemented a sitting function, because who wants to drive a tank or fly an airplane while standing upright? Check out our action-packed Battlefield video to see all the possible movements (and of course our sitting function) in action:
The Virtualizer HT – Feel the game!
Controlling games with your own body obviously raises the level of immersion significantly, but we thought that the real icing on the cake would be the integration of haptic feedback. That's why we implemented vibration units in the base-plate, so once a grenade explodes right next to you, you get appropriate feedback from the Virtualizer to let you know that now would probably be a good time to get moving!
The integration of haptic technology into an omni-directional treadmill is definitely a first and with the Virtualizer HT you have the chance to acquire a technological novelty which sets new standards in its area.
The Virtualizer HT brings the missing ingredient to VR: Feeling the game. Don't worry, the HT has nothing to do with a giant rumble pack. Our acousto-haptic technology is a vastly different kind of animal: It uses audio and special transducers, creating precise, directed haptic output to deliver you an unmatched VR experience. The technology is implemented in the base plate, allowing you to feel your virtual environment like never before: Feel grenades exploding next to you, jump off a cliff and level the impact, the possibilities are endless. And here's the best part: It works with every game. Simply plug in the USB and let our software do the rest. No matter if the game has native support for haptic feedback, our software is able to pick up audio signals produced by the game engine and transform them into haptic feedback. Of course, if native haptic technology support is available the Virtualizer HT will use it. And once our SDK is released, developers will get their own interface for our haptic technology, allow them, to implement it in their games exactly the way they want to. Check out our SDK section for more information.
Integrated sensors
The integrated sensors assure low-latency motion detection. Optical sensors inside the base-plate pick up every move of your feet, whereas sensors inside the pillars guarantee an immediate detection of your vertical position. Combined with sensors in the ring-construction that determine your angle you're good to go!
No shoes needed
The low-friction base plate allows you to play in your socks. No need to buy extra shoes or equipment. Plus, playing in socks makes using the Virtualizer completely silent, so don't worry about your neighbors while playing your favorite games!
Full compatibility
The Virtualizer is an USB-Plug & Play device with no need for additional power supply (applies only to the standard Virtualizer - added haptic feedback will require regular power supply). With our easy-to-use software interface you are able to choose between emulating either a controller or a keyboard, making the Virtualizer compatible with any software that allows for controller and/or keyboard input. Furthermore, our software allows you to track your distance covered and analyze your calorie consumption and average speed. With the soon-to-come SDK, developers will be able to integrate optimal Virtualizer support in their games with no effort.
Gaming is just the beginning
When we started with the development of the Virtualizer we obviously had gaming in mind. But its possible fields of applications are almost limitless. You could use it for educational purposes, training situations, psychological therapy or architecture to just name a few. Why not explore historic sites, walk through a DNA strand or go for a walk on the moon with the Virtualizer? Or why not take a walk through your future home before it's even built or design 3D models while you're standing inside of them? We've already been approached by companies like SIGNA (Austria's biggest real estate company) and joined them at the MIPIM 2014, one of the world's most glamorous real estate exhibitions, providing real estate companies the possibility to present their projects to visitors from all over the world.
"To the science-mobile!" - Get the Virtualizer without sensors
Another version of the Virtualizer you will find in our pledges is the 'dummy' Virtualizer. This one comes without any integrated sensors and is therefore directed towards a very specific group of customers: If you plan to use the Virtualizer with different tracking systems (for example the PrioVR suit or the Kinect) this should be your choice. You'll still be able to walk/run etc. without reaching the limitations of your own four walls but again, those moves will not be tracked by the Virtualizer. Watch our Video of the Virtualizer combined with the PrioVR suit!
The Arm - A solution for wired Head-Mounted Displays
Until wireless head-mounted displays are advanced enough in terms of latency or weight to be suitable for Virtual Reality, you're going to have to have one cable! To avoid the cable getting in the way of your awesome 360° spins, wrapping you up like a python, we came up with a simple and effective solution: "The Arm". The Arm is attached to the side of the Virtualizer and stretches out above your head. This means you can channel the cable for your HMD or headphones straight up and down the side of the Virtualizer. The result? Free and unconstrained 360° moves!
Full Virtual Reality needs Virtual Reality games - The Virtualizer SDK
Don't worry: all your favorite games will be playable with the Virtualizer. If they allow for keyboard or controller input, our easy-to-use software enables you to emulate one of the two. But, the potential of the Virtualizer goes way beyond that: For example recent games neither allow for analog crouching, nor are you able to separate viewing from movement. In a way, hardware has surpassed software when it comes to immersion and it's time for software to catch up. That's where our Software Development Kit comes into play: With it developers will be able to easily integrate full Virtualizer functionality in their games for full immersion. Analog crouching, jumping and the possibility to have independent viewing direction and walking direction will change the way games are played and give rise to real Virtual Reality games. That's why we are working really hard to deliver our SDK at the end of 2014 to make sure there are tons of Virtual Reality games out there, once you receive your Virtualizer. Regarding the Virtualizer HT we currently have three different ways of feeding the vibration units with data: The easiest case is if the game supports haptic technology out of the box (e.g. for controllers). Our driver software will automatically pick up the signals sent by the game and translate those into haptic feedback. In case there's no native support for haptic feedback, our driver will analyse the audio output of the game to generate enough data to feed the vibration unit. The best results will be achieved once our SDK is released: It will feature an HT interface, allowing developers to freely determine if and when haptic feedback should be produced to offer players an unmatched level of immersion experience!
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Virtual Reality is on the rise - become a pioneer today
The last two years really were breakthrough years for the whole Virtual Reality sector. Not only did devices like the Oculus Rift cause excitement all over the world, they also attracted big players of the industry. Facebook teamed up with Oculus, Sony unveiled their first HMD prototype and the list goes on and on. There's no way around it: Virtual Reality will be the next technological revolution in a matter of no time. We here at Cyberith want to speed up that process but we need your help to do so! The Virtualizer is one big step in bringing Virtual Reality into people's homes but it has to be noted that it will require more of these steps to truly establish consumer friendly Virtual Reality. So due to Virtual Reality itself being a completely new sector, please note that the version of the Virtualizer offered here on Kickstarter is the first of an ongoing project that will turn out successful thanks to your pioneer attitude!
Please note that the Virtualizers offered at Kickstarter will come in an exclusive Kickstarter design, only available through our campaign. Furthermore the price of the proposals is especially aligned for Kickstarter. It realistically allows to start the production, but notice that the price will be significantly higher when it comes to market.
Risks and challenges
Since we are a young team and hardware production and shipping is not always smooth sailing, there of course are some obstacles to overcome. We are well aware that production, shipping and logistics are the major problem areas for Start-Ups and Kickstarter projects. That's why we decided to outsource them and teamed up with experts for the respective areas.
We have already found local partners who have decades of experience in producing elaborate hardware and who will now produce, assemble and transport the Virtualizer. Some materials and parts from external sources will be utilized too, but every single step of production and assembly will be covered in one plant. If there still should be any unforeseen circumstances we can visit the manufacturers easily and sort the problems out quickly. Not only are our partners always within reach, but they will also deliver the highest level of "Made in Europe"-quality. Logistics and shipping will also be taken over by a professional company with years of experience, so the Virtualizer is guaranteed to arrive safely at your door!
It is very important for us to keep our promises that's why we limited the number of the offered Virtualizers to a number that is manufacturable in time.
Another point that also should be addressed is stress testing. Albeit Prototype 2 has been tested thoroughly by over 2000 people at various conventions over the last year, we have not stress tested Prototype 3 this extensively yet. That being said, Prototype 3 represents an improvement in every aspect and we expect it to be at least as durable as Prototype 2. Since our analyses, simulations and tests deliver affirmative results, we are confident in being able to deliver the quality we promise to.
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BELMONT — Police released photos of a man in an orange knit cap they say held up a bank and escaped Tuesday.
The man walked into the US Bank on Ralston Avenue just before noon, demanded cash and then got away with an undisclosed sum, said Belmont police Lt. Pat Halleran.
No one was hurt in the robbery, Halleran said.
Bank workers said the robber was a white man who appeared to be 25-35 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall and was clean shaved. In addition to the knit cap, he also wore a dark gray or black winter coat.
Not long after the crime, witnesses saw a silver sedan speeding southbound on 6th Avenue from Hill Street, which is near the bank, police said. It's not clear if the car was connected to the robbery.
Anyone with information about the crime can call Belmont police at 650-595-7400 or the FBI at 415-553-7400.
Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Follow him at Twitter.com/melvinreport.


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Cal comes close but falls to Ohio State
Columbus, Ohio -- Chances for a Cal team, any Cal team, to have a shot at defeating Ohio State don't come around too often. The last game between the schools was 40 years ago, and it's been 90 years since the Bears were on the winning side against the Buckeyes.
On Saturday at Ohio Stadium before more than 105,000 fans, Jeff Tedford came close to joining the sainted Andy Smith (1922 Rose Bowl) as Cal coaches with victories over Ohio State on their resumes, nine decades apart.
Instead, a questionable fourth-down decision by Tedford, three missed field goals by Vincenzo D'Amato and one stunning example of a blown pass coverage led to a 35-28 defeat for the Bears.
"It's disappointing for sure," Tedford said. "We came here to win the game. We played well enough most of the day to do that. We didn't come away with the win. What I told the team was it proved we can play with anybody, anyplace."
In falling to 1-2 with No. 2 USC up next in Los Angeles, Cal played with composure and confidence and a belief that it belonged on the same field with the No. 12 Buckeyes despite being 18-point underdogs.
Whether this team shows up in the Los Angeles Coliseum a week hence, or the one that got pushed around at home by Nevada, is anybody's guess.
"It's definitely going to help us a lot," wide receiver Keenan Allen said. "It's going to give us a lot of confidence for our next game at USC. We played hard. We did a lot of great things. We showed a lot of character."
In the end, an inspired performance by Cal's offense - 512 total yards, spectacular touchdown runs of 81 and 59 yards by sophomore Brendan Bigelow - came to naught as a 72-yard touchdown pass from Braxton Miller to Devin Smith with 3:26 remaining broke a 28-28 tie and made the difference for the Buckeyes.
Cal was supposedly in a cover-2 defense on the play that was its denouement, meaning cornerbacks up, two safeties back. Only no one thought to actually cover Smith as he ran a go route down the right sideline.
Left cornerback Marc Anthony got caught in limbo in the flat, wary of a short pass by Miller or a run by the dual-threat quarterback. Safety Alex Logan realized too late that he should have been back in coverage. As blown coverages go, this one was a beaut.
"We just had a mental lapse in the secondary," Anthony said. "It was just a simple cover-2. We got caught getting noisy. That put me in the flat. I was worried about them completing short passes. It turned the momentum of the game around."
Prior to the long TD catch by Smith, Cal had driven to the Ohio State 25-yard line, where it faced 4th-and-1 with 4:25 to go and the game in the balance at 28-28. Rather than go for it, Tedford sent out D'Amato for a 42-yard field goal attempt. He missed badly to the left to complete an unfortunate hat trick of three misses, all to the left.
"At that point in the game, you're there to go ahead," Tedford said. "It's a tie game. ... Vince was close on the other two. Typically he gets that worked out. It's not him. It's a team effort. I don't want to put it on Vince. I have confidence he'll bounce back."
Tailback Isi Sofele said of the decision to try a field goal, "Personally, I would have went for it. We all respect coach Tedford and what he calls."
Although he threw an interception with 1:22 remaining to quash any chance of a Cal comeback in the final seconds, quarterback Zach Maynard played one of his better games. He hit on 26 of 37 passes for 280 yards and a 19-yard touchdown strike to freshman Chris Harper.
Maynard didn't have an easy time of it, either. He was sacked six times by the Buckeyes, twice on free-and-clear blitzes off the edge, the others by defensive linemen who beat their opponents on the Cal line.
"They walked away with a win we should have had," Sofele said. "We'll take all the good and put it into next week's work."
Said Tedford, "That's a very good team over there. We went toe-to-toe with them and came back from a halftime deficit to go ahead. I'm proud of the team and the way they competed. You can take a lot of good from that."
Just not enough to secure what could have been Cal's first win over Ohio State in 90 years.
John Crumpacker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @crumpackeroncal


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FOR much of the world, film festivals remain impossibly glamorous affairs filled with rapturous beauties, flashing lights and the adoring cries of the public, an image that hews closer to a Federico Fellini film than the truth. These days, festivals tend to look very different, partly because their mission extends beyond the 10 or so days of the event itself. This might have interested the film theorist André Bazin, who in the early 1950s asked of the Cannes Film Festival, "Why can't we have a serious geology as well as a flashy geography of our art?" At the time, Cannes didn't present retrospective screenings that allowed festivalgoers to explore the history (geology) of cinema and not just its gaudy surface (geography). These days, the major festivals attend to both, and more.
Certainly Cannes, like other festivals, has greatly expanded on the familiar idea of what constitutes a film festival and now looks back at cinema's history with retrospective screenings and toward the future with initiatives that support young filmmakers. Other festivals have expanded even further, including the Toronto International Film Festival, which ran from Sept. 9 to 19. One of the largest such events in the world (this year's slate included 339 features and shorts), Toronto took what might be considered an enormous evolutionary step in the history of film festivals with the Sept. 12 opening of its new center, the T.I.F.F. Bell Lightbox, a step that reflects the increasingly expansive roles festivals play in world cinema culture.
Designed for maximum public attention and attendance, the Lightbox is wrapped in soaring glass walls intended to invite your gaze and comes with five screens (more than 1,300 seats), a pair of galleries, two restaurants, a bar and a gift shop — as well as three learning studios and a research center. The five-story complex and the 38-floor condo rising above it eat up 175,000 square feet in the city's west downtown entertainment district. The site was recently named Reitman Square because once upon a time that's where the parents of the director and producer Ivan Reitman ("Ghostbusters") owned a carwash, a legacy that Mr. Reitman and his sisters, with the site's developer, commemorated with a gift of more than $22 million. It's too bad the Reitmans didn't grow up on this side of the border, where famous directors seem inclined to slap their name on anything except public film institutions.
Ever hear of Elinor Bunin-Munroe, filmmaker and philanthropist? Neither had I before she wrote a honking big check for the Film Society of Lincoln Center's new complex on West 65th Street, across from the Walter Reade Theater. Scheduled to open in the spring, the Elinor Bunin-Munroe Film Center will have two theaters (240 total seats), an amphitheater and a cafe. After decades of being hidden away in the backyard of the Lincoln Center campus, tucked in the rear of the second-floor plaza, film has been allowed to step forward. In case you were wondering where Hollywood, or any of the major directors who call New York home, figures into the Film Center, some studio types might end up with their names on a lobby plaque. (The northern 65th Street sidewalk flanking Lincoln Center, meanwhile, will be christened Disney Walk.)
How this expansion will affect the Film Society, which does well with the New York Film Festival (through Oct. 10) but has sometimes struggled to fill the Walter Reade (268 seats), is the big question, though its new visibility can't hurt. (The society was created in 1969, six years after the first festival.) Among other demands, the Film Society has yet to raise all the money for its $40 million capital campaign. The Web site (futureoffilm.org) dedicated to the expansion comes with the hopeful tag "Building the future of film," a dual message that speaks to the literal development and the Film Society's urgent need for new blood. I once came out of a press screening at the Walter Reade to face a sea of white-haired moviegoers. Who are all these people, I asked. "Our donors," an employee cracked.
Hooking young viewers accustomed to watching movies on computers and television is critical for a film culture that insists on the difference between cinema and screens. For Noah Cowan, the artistic director of the Lightbox back in Toronto, the big-screen experience remains crucial. Movies might be produced to be seen on smaller and smaller devices, but, he said, "size and groups of people should form the basis of our advocacy" (quality, too, he later added). I had to wonder what Bell, which ran advertisements in front of most of the Toronto festival selections promoting the smaller-screen experience ("Be entertained anywhere"), would say about that. In one ad, a smiling family gazes into a laptop playing "Up in the Air," which was directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan.Continue reading the main story
"Up in the Air" had its official premiere at the 2009 Toronto, the first leg on its ultimately disappointing long march toward the Academy Awards. It's a good bet that at least some of the higher-profile titles at this year's event, including "Black Swan" and "The King's Speech," will be among those on track to be championed, dismissed and, following the inevitable backlash, reclaimed for your consideration in time for the next Oscars. That Toronto has become a significant launching pad for the American industry's new releases and award hopefuls might seem paradoxical or worse, but it's hard not to wonder if the Lightbox could have been built without Hollywood and its red-carpet imperatives. Bazin likened festivals to religious orders, but there's always more than devotion at stake.
Those who help pay for festivals have other interests, including cultural capital. Festivals give the wealthy something to spend their money on and everyone else who can afford a ticket a place to gather in common cause. Festivals also serve cities, refurbish neighborhoods, attract tourists: as Mr. Cowan noted, the Toronto International Film Festival and its host city evolved together. The roles festivals play, however, reach beyond civic boosterism — it's worth remembering, as the scholar Thomas Elsaesser does in his study "European Cinema: Face to Face With Hollywood," that Venice, the world's first festival, was partly a propaganda exercise by Benito Mussolini. It's from that inglorious beginning that an extraordinary system — a network, to borrow Mr. Elsaesser's word — has emerged as a genuine rival to contemporary Hollywood.
Festivals have long complemented traditional distribution channels by generating early public word of mouth (positive and negative) and by stirring up valuable publicity for movies before they hit theaters. Now, however, festivals constitute a web of relations that lasts the entire year, during which films and their makers travel the world (from Berlin to Toronto) attracting audiences and media attention. "This originally European phenomenon," Mr. Elsaesser writes, "has globalized itself, and in the process has created not only a self-sustaining, highly self-referential world for the art cinema, the independent cinema and the documentary film, but a sort of 'alternative' to the Hollywood studio system" in its current incarnation.
It may be that the Toronto International Film Festival has emerged as one of the biggest, most influential festivals in the world specifically because it learned how to bridge that art-cinema world and those conglomerate-owned movie studios we nostalgically refer to as Hollywood. (Other factors doubtless have played a role, including support from the Canadian government and the festival's location: it's an easy flight for New York journalists.) To judge from the Lightbox, this balancing act has paid off nicely. It remains to be seen whether the Lightbox, like the new film complex at Lincoln Center, can fill its theaters year-round with viewers who are as eager to dig into cinema's past as they are to take part in its uncertain future.Continue reading the main story


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Posted 06 September 2012 - 12:01 AM
Nice camera. It will give you people a lot to talk about.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 08:37 PM
Is this the way Rock sells the new camera ? Equipped with all we see on that picture ?
Cable, driver and supply fine. I guess those two nosepieces are optional ?
Posted 06 September 2012 - 09:37 PM
It'll be neat to see what this new camera can do and the price point it comes in at. It's nice to have options.
Posted 06 September 2012 - 09:58 PM
That's the tradeoff we have to live with (DSLR uses RGB to get better color fidelity). DSLR sensors are mass produced so we can enjoy the reasonable price.
As I mentioned in early post, this CCD imager has a very high-gain amplifier (and probably uses a less resolution A/D converter to obtain the faster readout time as required in near-real time liveview style.) But again it's a tradeoff imaging (high S/N) vs. near realtime view (faster readout).
Clear Skies!
Posted 07 September 2012 - 01:47 AM
I agree, the closer Rock gets to making a CCD camera over a video camera, the less enticing the product becomes. Can't wait to see some images from normal people around here.
Posted 07 September 2012 - 12:12 PM
It's wise for a business to diversify. And just who are the 'normal people' around here?
Posted 07 September 2012 - 08:11 PM
I have to admit that Rock is not a normal person by any standard. Having listened to him share with me his passion and detail for perfection in custom design and application of components that experts even at NASA said was impossible... I'd have to agree, he's off his rocker. But thank goodness someone is. I don't know the history here, but I have to say that having shared a few great times this summer with Rock was a fascinating and a wonderful experience. It was a real pleasure to see how someone not caught in the commercial machine remains true to his soul. Well, it feels like I just came out of the closet on my first post... Let's see if I survive the gauntlet.
Ian in MD
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 04:58 AM
Hi ccs_hello - whilst we appreciate the need for colour fidelity in 'normal' imaging of faces and places this is largely irrelevant for deepsky objects where virtually no colour can be deteched by the human eye even if one lived next to say M57 - an emission line object ! I therefore take a more relaxed view that colour in deepsky, via a 'fast' complimentary colour filter system, is fully acceptable.
Yep. The new one is using a DSLR's OSC sensor. RGBG Bayer (primary color) let less light in as opposed to videocam CCD's complementary-color Bayer (CMY, and G).
That's the tradeoff we have to live with (DSLR uses RGB to get better color fidelity). ccs_hello
Of course Rock must use available technology as in the M/C Universe and undoubtedly big chips have almost universal appeal
ps: still awaiting some sample Universe pics!
Posted 08 September 2012 - 11:51 AM
I agree, the closer Rock gets to making a CCD camera over a video camera, the less enticing the product becomes. Can't wait to see some images from normal people around here.
I prefer video myself, and love my Xtreme. To be fair, however, many of Rock's users are focused on broadcasting on Night Skies Network. Having a digital feed will be a godsend for them. From what I have heard, the Universe seems to retain some of the features of Rock's analog cameras, too...I look forward to seeing one in action.
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Have yet to see any pictures from anyone but Rock and Chris A. Must be cloudy skies from NES.
Posted 08 September 2012 - 01:18 PM
So far we only have single or limited number of subs (interesting to evaluate the fov, especially the optical quality of the .5x focal reducer), but nobody has gone very deep yet.
A lot of the initial units when to existing Mallincam customers. It's going to take a little while to get good images from experienced imaging folks who have good dark skies, the appropriate weather and time to take deep images.
There will likely be a bunch of images from EVCAR over the next week or so but remember we really want/need images from experienced folks using the camera in nice controlled environments.
Posted 08 September 2012 - 06:44 PM
I thought Lorence posted a link to my site showing some shorter single none processed captures using my C9.25 at both F6.3 & F10. I will post these 4 images again just in case. I will be doing sometime in the next couple of weeks a live NSN broadcast using the MC Universe and I am also going to try some multiple stacked process imaging with this camera on the faint larger deep sky objects. Here is the first image of M27 @ F6.3
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 08:06 PM
Can you also explain the differences between your prototype/beta version of the Universe that was used to take these pictures and what is actually shipping as a production unit? I believe the software was a little different as well?
Chris's images as great as they are (great focus, tight stars etc.) don't entirely represent what the camera is actually capable of ... the shipping Universe's are more sensitive. Plus there are the imposed limitations of images reproduced here on CN.
We're going to need more folks like Chris who have CCD imaging and post processing capabilities to give the camera good workout. Still it's going to be a little while before we get to see what this camera is really capable of.
Posted 08 September 2012 - 10:20 PM
You are correct regarding the camera differences between the 1st prototype/beta that I was testing and the newer units now being shipped. The new models now have Rocks built in hyper circuitry making the sensor more sensitive to collecting the photons. Also the Peltier cooler has been beefed up to increase the cooling capacity from -30C to -45C The software has come along way with Rock adding the Long Power open window concept which greatly reduces the amp glow and most importantly the option to bin the pixels either by a factor of 2 x 2 or 4 x 4 to greatly increase the light collecting which then allows one to use a much longer focal length as long as the mount can handle this. The binning does not effect the color debayer at all and produces very pleasing results.
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1 Trillion Gallons of Water.
Sometimes when we hear numbers that large, it's hard to really conceive of what they mean. How much water is 1 trillion gallons, really? Well, 1 trillion gallons of water is:
- the amount of water in about 40 million swimming pools.
- the amount of water in about 24 billion baths.
- the amount of water in Florida's huge Lake Okeechobee (with a surface area of 669 square miles).
- the amount of water used in one year by 11 million homes.
- the amount of water wasted every year by household water leaks. Washington Post
That's really an astounding figure. Every year, enough water to serve 11 million homes is needlessly wasted. (EPA) Down the drain. That leaky faucet or constantly-running toilet is more than just an annoyance; it is wasting water at an alarming rate. "The average household's leaks can account for more than 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year and ten percent of homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more per day. Common types of leaks found in the home are worn toilet flappers, dripping faucets, and other leaking valves. These types of leaks are often easy to fix, requiring only a few tools and hardware that can pay for themselves in water savings. Fixing easily corrected household water leaks can save homeowners about 10 percent on their water bills." EPA WaterSense
How easy are these leaks to fix? Well, did you know that all you need is a few drops of food coloring and you can check to see if your toilet is leaking right now?
"How could we cluelessly waste such a vastness of water? 'I think how it goes unnoticed is, people see a couple of drips coming out of their shower head, or sprinkler outside, or faucet, it doesn't seem like that much,' said Karen Wirth, who does marketing and outreach for the EPA's WaterSense program. Washington Post
Those few drips don't seem like much, but they really add up.
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Deep candidate resequencing (dCARE) using the Ion PGM™ Sequencer increased coverage at the candidate region
Franziska Turck, PhD, is a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. Dr. Turck's group studies the interplay of DNA-binding transcription factors and chromatin structuring complexes in the orchestration of gene expression. In particular, the group studies the regulation of key developmental genes, which are mostly under the control of repressive chromatin complexes. Dr. Turck and her team recently published the paper "Fast isogenic mapping-by-sequencing of EMS-induced mutant bulks" in Plant Physiology and introduced deep candidate resequencing (dCARE) using the Ion PGM™ Sequencer to their mutant identification pipeline. In this interview, Dr. Turck answers questions about her work.
1. Can you tell us the broad goal of the work described in the recent Plant Physiology article?
In plants, induced mutagenesis provides a magnificent tool to elucidate new components in any regulatory pathway. For our particular case, there is a mystery still to be solved around a chromatin factor called LHP1 (LIKE-HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1), which should have much stronger effects on plant development if mutated than it actually has. This implies that there are some undiscovered redundancies or compensatory pathways. As Arabidopsis geneticists, an obvious approach for us was to initiate a suppressor/enhancer screen. In such a screen we use the original mutant, already defective in LHP1, and hit it again with a chemical mutagen. Among the offspring of these plants, we identify individuals that are either worse off than the parental mutant or look more like a nonmutant plant. The goal is to identify the causative genes and study their connection to LHP1.
2. Why is this goal important? Who will ultimately benefit from this work, and how? For example, how will it matter to breeders or farmers?
The results are interesting from a purely mechanistic point of view because, as mentioned above, there is still a mystery around this. As the pathways we are working on are conserved in insects, humans, and plants, we may uncover something new in plants with corresponding implications for other species. There are many examples of this cross-fertilization between fields in the past. In animals, "our" pathway is highly relevant for stem cell research.
In plants, this pathway controls genes that are important for the correct seasonal timing of flowering. Mutant plants that are defective in the pathway are not so interesting for breeding purposes, because they have lost the ability to delay the expression of flower-promoting genes, which are usually only turned on after the perception of inductive environmental signals. However, we are interested in the detailed "how" of LHP1 and its effect on gene control. As we learn more about this, we become able to turn a few screws in the process. For example, we can make flower-promoting genes more or less sensitive to external signals. Being able to subtly change such environmental responses can have tremendous impact on breeding in the context of a changing environment. Even better, we can predict effects on naturally occurring mutations, which are immediately useful for breeding.
3. What has enabled you to do this experiment now? Has our knowledge or the technology changed? What is 'first" here?
It is not a matter of first, but of much-improved in this case. The mapping of mutations in enhancer/suppressor screens has several bottlenecks that next-generation technology helps us to overcome.
4. Can you explain isogenic mapping? How does it work? What was the previous approach? Why is it better?
In the past, in order to map a suppressor/enhancer mutation, it was necessary to have the original mutant available in two independent genetic backgrounds that could be crossed. Quite often, the crosses between the different backgrounds generated so much variation in the offspring that the actual phenotype of interest was lost. With NGS technology, we and our bioinformatic collaborators from Korbinian Schneeberger's group realized that we do not need two independent backgrounds since we can use the mutations introduced during the mutagenesis to identify our gene of interest.
5. Can you briefly walk us through the steps of the experiment?
- In a pool of seeds that are already mutants, more random mutations are induced with the help of a chemical mutagen. The seeds are grown up and their offspring are scored for additional phenotypes.
- Once interesting candidates are identified, these are crossed back to the original mutant. Subsequently, the offspring of the cross are again scored and selected for the phenotype. This can be repeated one more time, but that is optional.
- Then many plants (~250) are grown—soil is inexpensive—and leaves from many individuals with the phenotype are harvested. The leaves are pooled and DNA is harvested from the pool. As a reference, DNA is extracted from the original mutant.
- As a first sequencing step, an Illumina platform was used to obtain 20- to 40-fold coverage of the genome.
- Mutations that are not selected by phenotype segregate in the pool of twice-backcrossed plants, therefore it's necessary to identify a region of interest with nearly homozygous mutations.
- The pool of 250 plants contains more precise mapping information than can be assessed by a 40-fold coverage. Candidate mutations from the focus region are then selected, primers that amplify over these regions are designed, and DNA is amplified by PCR using the original pool.
- The Ion PGM™ is then used for amplicon sequencing, and the SNP rates are counted. In our case, we nailed the mutated gene with deep candidate resequencing (dCARE).
6. What role do you think isogenic mapping-by-sequencing will play in plant research in the future?
Isogenic mapping will replace more conventional approaches that require distinct genetic backgrounds for gene identification. I predict a new wave of interesting genes being cloned that could previously not be mapped because the phenotypes disappeared during mapping. Isogenic approaches also facilitate the use of transgenic marker lines as phenotypic trait. In addition, nothing stops us now from doing tertiary mutagenesis or mutagenesis of, let's say, quadruple mutants.
7. Could dCARE replace other methods, e.g., TILLING?
Yes, dCARE can replace CEL1-based TILLING immediately. One would have to think of a cost-effective barcoding system for the Ion PGM™ System.
8. Why did you choose the Ion PGM™ System for this experiment?
We can go from PCR to sequences in two days, whereas we would have had to wait up to a couple of months for results with other sequencers. And some of these would have been overkill with respect to sequence depth, but that is more an argument decided through the final cost of the experiment.
9. What are the advantages of Ion Torrent™ semiconductor sequencing for this application?
We didn't need to think about any complicated way of making libraries as we included all required sequences in the amplification primers.
10. Do you see this workflow being adopted by the research community, and if so, for which applications?
The Ion PGM™ System could be useful in marker-assisted breeding—once the markers of interest are known and can be amplified.
11. Do you see any obstacles for this?
Mostly people do not have an Ion PGM™ System available, and therefore don't even consider using it.
12. What's the next step for your research in this area?
Well, we have now mapped half a dozen genes with our approach and will probably be busy for a couple of years studying their precise functions. Technology-wise, I would like to pick up the challenge and map some of the mutants that seem to be affected in two genes at once, because the phenotype segregates accordingly. This should be possible in a very similar way.
13. Where would you like to take the Ion PGM™ technology for your laboratory?
The Ion PGM™ could become a great tool for measuring allele-specific expression—not so much as global transcriptome analysis, but for more targeted approaches. Again, a nicely functioning barcoding system would be very helpful here. Such a high-power barcoding system would also promote other applications (such as TILLING, marker-assisted breeding, etc.).
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UC Davis Health System is in the process of notifying approximately 1,800 patients that emails containing their personal or medical information may have been compromised by an Internet phishing scam that affected three UC Davis clinicians in mid-December. The breach does not appear to have an identity-theft component, nor does it include access to the electronic health records of patients or their personal financial information.
The phishing scam compromised three physicians' email accounts, which means that malicious software could potentially provide access to their email, some of which contained patient health information. While data security experts are unable to determine the exact nature of the breach or whether any messages were specifically read, they say that the automated nature of typical phishing scams makes it unlikely that content from individual messages was viewed. The content of patient information in the emails consisted primarily of name, medical record number and limited information associated with a clinic visit or hospital admission. No patient credit card or Social Security numbers were contained in the messages.
The clinicians first noticed the problem when they experienced the deletion of emails from their accounts and found their email was being used to send messages to addresses outside the health system, presumably to obtain personal financial information, passwords and other individual identifiers.
UC Davis Health System's email program is encrypted, and there are measures in place to prevent intrusions like this one from occurring, including email filtering, cyber surveillance and staff training and education. Immediate actions to protect patient privacy were taken when it was discovered these emails were compromised, including deleting the phishing email from other staff accounts, blocking access to the phishing website, and actively warning UC Davis staff about the scam.
UC Davis Health System has notified, or will be notifying, several government agencies – the California Department of Public Health, California Attorney General's office and the federal Office of Civil Rights – about the breach.
Patients with questions about the incident may call the health system's Compliance Department at 916-734-8808 for additional information or advice.


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The invisible man: Liu Bolin's latest camouflage artwork, Hiding in the City/
Chinese artist Liu Bolin paints his entire body to exactly match the scenery behind him. He is camouflaged so well it is sometimes almost impossible to spot him. His latest exhibition, Hiding in the City, at the Eli Klein Fine Art gallery in New York, shows him melting into various urban backdrops, including a picture of a variety of mobile phones. Picture: Eli Klein / Barcroft Media


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research so far has not found obvious advantages to minimally invasive surgery involving just one cut, according to a leading organization of women's doctors.
Although single incision surgeries have become more popular in recent years, the evidence does not show they are any better for patients' health than other minimally invasive procedures, said Dr. Jessica Shepherd, one of the authors of the report from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
"The one benefit that it does have is improved cosmesis," or cosmetic appearance of the surgery site, said Shepherd, who is the director of minimally invasive gynecology at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System in Chicago.
"Cosmetic benefit is still really important for women," she told Reuters Health.
Single incisions can be used for a variety of procedures, including removing the fallopian tubes, uterus, uterine fibroids or other masses, repairing a protruding vagina and "tying" a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.
It's not clear just how often single incision procedures are performed, but Shepherd said their increased use prompted ACOG to review the evidence on whether they are any better than conventional approaches to minimally invasive surgery.
Minimally invasive surgery, also called laparoscopy, typically involves several small cuts.
"The thought is, if you have one incision the pain will be less and cosmesis is potentially much better," said Dr. Ally Murji, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at the University of Toronto and Mt. Sinai Hospital in Ontario, Canada.
But as the ACOG Committee on Gynecologic Practice found, there are very little data backing up the idea that women's pain is reduced when surgery involves just one cut.
Two studies did find some reduction in pain among women who had single site surgery, compared to those who underwent a standard minimally invasive procedure, whereas two other studies did not find any differences in women's reports of pain.
"The data that we do have from the pain aspect really (don't) show that single incision laparoscopy is superior at this point in time compared to conventional laparoscopy. It's probably equivalent," said Murji, who did not participate in the ACOG report.
He said the ACOG committee, who published their report in Obstetrics & Gynecology, did a thorough job of assessing the single site technique.
One analysis by Murji and his colleagues earlier this year found that single incision surgery appears to be just as safe as surgeries with several incisions.
"The disadvantages (are) it's technically much more challenging, and second is it does take more time than conventional laparoscopy, likely because it is more difficult to accomplish," he told Reuters Health.
A third drawback to the technique, Murji added, is that it could cost more if surgical tools have to be modified - although Shepherd said the same instrumentation can be used and the cost should not be any different.
Shepherd's group called for more research, particularly large studies comparing traditional minimally invasive surgery to single site operations.
In the meantime, having more surgical options available for women is a good thing, she said.
"We want to promote women knowing their options and being able to choose what's available," Shepherd said.
Murji agreed.
"I am optimistic and I'm encouraged that women have more of a choice," he said.
"But I caution that just because we can do something through a single incision surgery doesn't mean that we should be doing it. And we really have to see, is it beneficial before we begin offering it to everybody."
SOURCE: bit.ly/15fR9fP Obstetrics & Gynecology, online July 23, 2013.


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Polar Plunge for Special Olympic New York (video)
BREWERTON -- Despite 46-degree rainy weather, hundreds of people took a plunge in Oneida Lake on Sunday.
It was the Polar Plunge, an annual fundraiser for Special Olympics of New York, held at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton.
At noon, leading the charge into the water was the torch-bearing 29-year-old Diane Budnar of Cazenovia.
Budnar has a developmental disability and is one of 55,000 New Yorkers who regularly competes in Special Olympics. In the winter she downhill skis and has even traveled to Alaska to participate in competition. In the fall she golfs and plays bocce ball, and the summer sees her swimming and playing volleyball.
"I am very busy," she said of her year-round activities. "I love competing in the Special Olympics."
This year, Budnar raised $2,700 for the cause. The money raised each year funds training and competition costs for athletes. Event organizers hope to raise $100,000.
As Budnar stepped into the water and waded in until she completely submerged herself in the 40-degree water, she was joined by hundreds of other supporters who were dressed for typical July weather in Central New York, rather than early December.
Even though it was uncharacteristically warm on Sunday, many people still underestimated how chilly the water was. While many people took a quick 20-second dip in the water, some braved the chill and cold for full submersion.
Standing farther out in the water were members of the New York State Police Troop D in Oneida and other law enforcement agencies.
They sported heavy duty rubber suits that are typically worn when they need to dive or wade through water that might have toxic chemicals -- such as a car crashing in a body of water and spilling gasoline. The suits are made of an almost quarter inch thick rubber that can withstand harsh chemicals better than lighter weight neoprene ones.
Trooper Mike Scheibel emphasized that by wearing the suits they were not saying the lake is toxic or dirty -- the suits were simply handy for the task at hand: acting as life guards to make sure no one got hurt in the water or succumbed to the chill too quickly, said Scheibel, who has been diving for 26 years.
The water was indeed cold said Budnar as she wrapped up in a towel.
"It was cold, but it was fun," she said.


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Halloween festivies at our house...pumpkin carving and trick or treating. We carved pumpkins Saturday afternoon. The girls both did most of the carving all on their own. Tonight we did some trick or treating around the neighborhood and then went to HighGate Senior Center. It was a fun night!
|Halee digging out the goo.
|Halee's pumpkin
|Hannah's pumking, carved all on her own
|Repunzal Halee
|Gypsey Hannah
|Trick or Treat
|Trick or Treating at HighGate Senior Center


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JFace is a UI toolkit with classes for handling many common UI programming tasks. JFace is window-system-independent in both its API and implementation, and is designed to work with SWT without hiding it. JFace includes the usual UI toolkit components of image and font registries, text, dialog, preference and wizard frameworks, and progress reporting for long running operations. Two of its more interesting features are actions and viewers. The action mechanism allows user commands to be defined independently from their exact whereabouts in the UI. Viewers are model based adapters for certain SWT widgets, simplifying the presentation of application data structured as lists, tables or trees.
New in Eclipse 3.2 is the JFace data binding framework. Data binding allows linking UI elements and models so that users can edit or view the data in the model. The framework makes it easy to connect data sources to widgets such as text fields, combos, tables and trees, for viewing and editing. Using it relieves developers from writing and registering listeners with widgets and model objects.
More information
- Platform UI home page
- Plug-in Developer's Guide: JFace
- Workbench and JFace Articles
- JFace code snippets
Using JFace outside the Eclipse platform
JFace can be used in standalone SWT+JFace apps, without requiring the Eclipse Runtime or other parts of the Eclipse Platform. This was made easier to do in 3.2, with the only prerequisites for JFace being reduced to SWT, the new org.eclipse.equinox.common plug-in, and org.eclipse.core.commands plug-in.
For more details, see Bug 49497.
In 3.3 an optional dependency on the org.osgi.framework package was added which is defined in the org.eclipse.osgi. If this plug-in is absent JFace will continue to function but without the benefit of internationalization support for it's images.
Setting Up an Eclipse Project to use SWT and JFace
This section contains detailed instructions for creating an Eclipse project for developing a stand-alone Java program that uses SWT and JFace. This will be broken down into three steps, as follows:
- Identify the required external JAR files for JFace.
- Create an Eclipse project (called org.eclipse.swt) that will have all of the required SWT and JFace JAR files on it's build path and configure the Order and Export tab of the Build Path to export these files. This project will supply the required JAR files to any other Eclipse project that needs them.
- On any new Java projects that need to use SWT or JFace, simply add the org.eclipse.swt project as a required project on the Projects tab of the Build Path.
Detailed instructions for each of these steps are outlined below.
Identify the Required External JAR Files for SWT and JFace
A JFace project requires the SWT classes, JFace classes, and other Eclipse classes that JFace is dependent on. The SWT classes will be provided in the file we download from the SWT Project Website. The JFace file, and the files the JFace is dependent upon, need to be added to the project manually.
The first step is to identify the required JAR files for JFace. The primary file is called org.eclipse.jface, followed by specific version information. In addition, this file requires classes from other Eclipse JAR files. For Eclipse version 126.96.36.199, the required JAR files for JFace are as follows (where <version info> is the specific version information):
- org.eclipse.core.commands_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.equinox.commands_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.jface_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.osgi_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.ui.workbench_<version info>.jar
The file org.eclipse.ui.workbench_<version info>.jar is not required to run the standard JFace classes. However, since it adds a number of very useful Dialogs (such as ListDialog, ListSelectionDialog, and others), it is included here as well.
You can find the JFace dependencies for any Eclipse version if you have the Plug-in Development Environment, which includes the Plug-ins and Plug-in Dependencies views. To do this:
- Select Window/Show View/PDE/Plug-ins. (Note, if you don't have a PDE view folder, it means you don't have the Plug-in Developer Environment plug-in in your Eclipse installation.)
- Select the org.eclipse.jface plug-in from the list.
- Right-click and select Open Dependencies. This will open the Plug-in Dependencies view. An example of this view for Eclipse version 22.214.171.124 is shown below.
- Press the Set Flat Layout button to see a simple flat list of the required plug-ins, as shown below.
- Each plug-in on the list corresponds to a JAR file in the plugins directory for your Eclipse installation. If the list for your Eclipse version is different than the list above, make a note of it and modify the remaining instructions accordingly. At this point, we have the list of JAR files that we need.
Create the Eclipse SWT/JFace Project
In this step, we will create one project that will point to all of the JAR files needed for SWT and JFace development. Here are the steps:
- Download the SWT stable release for your Eclipse version and your operating system from Eclipse SWT Project Page. For example, for Eclipse version 3.3 and Windows, select the Windows link under Releases / Stable, as shown in the screenshot below.
- This will download a zip file that contains our org.eclipes.swt project. (For example, for Eclipse 3.3 and Windows, the file is called swt-126.96.36.199-win32-win32-x86.zip.) Do not unzip this file. Just download it and note the directory where you saved it.
- Inside Eclipse, select Import / Existing Projects into Workspace, as shown below.
- Press Next and select the option Select archive file. Browse to the zip file you just downloaded. A project called org.eclipse.swt will display in the Projects list. Make sure it is checked, as shown below, and press Finish.
- Eclipse will create the project org.eclipse.swt in your workspace. This project already has the required SWT JAR file, including source code for the SWT classes. This is all you need to develop SWT applications. But for JFace applications, you need to continue with the remaining steps.
- Make sure the org.eclipse.swt project is highlighted and select Project / Properties / Java Build Path and select the Libraries tab.
- Next, we'll create a new Variable called ECLIPSE_HOME that points to the directory where Eclipse is installed. This will make it easier to keep this project updated as new Eclipse versions are installed.
- Press the Add Variable... button to display the New Variable Classpath Entry dialog.
- Press the Configure Variables button to display the Classpath Variables dialog.
- Press New to display the New Variable Entry dialog. Enter ECLIPSE_HOME in the Name field. For the Path field, press Folder and browse to the top-level directory where Eclipse is installed. This is the directory that contains the Eclipse executable file (e.g., "eclipse.exe" on Windows) and has subdirectories including "configuration", "features", and "plugins". In the example below, Eclipse is installed in "c:\eclipse".
- Press OK. Now the ECLIPSE_HOME variable will display in the Classpath Variables list. Press OK again to return to the New Variable Classpath Entry. Press Cancel to return to the Libraries tab of the Java Build Path dialog.
- Now, we're ready to add our JFace JAR files. We'll use the ECLIPSE_HOME classpath variable we just created. That way, if the location of our Eclipse installation changes, we can just change the ECLIPSE_HOME variable to point to the new location.
- Press the Add Variable button to again display the New Variable Classpath Entry dialog. Make sure ECLIPSE_HOME is selected and press the Extend... button to display the Variable Extension dialog, shown below.
- This will display the subdirectories of the ECLIPSE_HOME directory. The JAR files we need are in the plugins directory.
- Expand the plugins directory and browse down to the org.eclipse.core.commands and select it as shown below. (Note that the JAR file version numbers may be different.)
- You can select multiple JAR files from this list by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking. Scroll down the list and select the remaining JAR files. The complete list for Eclipse 3.3 is shown below.
- org.eclipse.core.commands_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.equinox.commands_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.jface_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.osgi_<version info>.jar
- org.eclipse.ui.workbench_<version info>.jar
- If there are any other JAR files that displayed for your Eclipse version when you looked at the JFace dependencies above, select them here as well. As mentioned earlier, org.eclipse.ui.workbench is not actually part of JFace but is included here because it supplies some useful dialog classes. When you have selected all of the required files, press OK. The Libraries tab should now show all of the JAR files, similar to the screenshot below.
- The source code for the SWT classes was added automatically when the org.eclipse.swt project was imported. If you like, you can add the source code to the JFace JAR file. Expand the JFace JAR file and select the Source Attachment, as shown below.
- Press Edit to display the Source Attachment Configuration dialog. Press the Variable button, select the ECLIPSE_HOME variable, and press OK to display the screen below.
- Now press the Extension... button. This will open the Variable Extension Selection dialog. Again, expand the plugins directory. Find the directory called org.eclipse.rcp.source_<version infomation>. Note that this is a directory, not a JAR file.
- Expand this directory, expand the src subdirectory, scroll down to the directory called org.eclipse.jface_<version information>. Expand this, and select the file called src.zip, as shown below.
- Press OK twice to return to the Libraries tab. At this point, you have attached the JFace source code and the screen should look like the one below.
- Finally, select the Order and Export tab and check the check boxes next to each of the ECLIPSE_HOME JAR files so that the screen appears as shown below.
- Press OK. At this point, the org.eclipse.swt project is set up and will supply all of the required libraries for a SWT and JFace project.
Add the org.eclipse.swt Project to Your Java Project
Once the steps above are complete, it is very easy to add the SWT and JFace libraries to any Java project.
- Select the project that will be used to develop SWT and JFace programs (for example, "MyProject) and select Project / Properties / Java Build Path.
- Select the Projects tab. Press Add. The org.eclipse.swt project will display in the Select projects to add: list. Select this project by checking the box. The screen should display as shown below.
- Press OK to return to the Projects tab of the Java Build Path dialog. The screen should show the org.eclipse.swt project as shown below.
At this point, your Java project should have everything needed to create a stand-alone SWT or JFace application. You can test this with the following steps.
- Create a new package called jface.test.
- Create a new class called JFaceTest. In the New Java Class dialog, for the Superclass press Browse and enter ApplicationWindow. The class ApplicationWindow, in the org.eclipse.jface.window package, should display as an option.
- Press Finish to create the class.
- In the Java editor, click on the word ApplicationWindow and press F3. This should open the Java source code for the ApplicationWindow.class.
At this point, you are ready to create a stand-along Java program that uses any of the SWT or JFace classes.


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: : : : I woke up two days ago and the right side of my face no longer worked. I went to my family doctor and he informed me it was bells palsey, and the only thing i can do is exercise my face and hope the muscle function will return. What is it? what caused it? And what can I do about it?
: : : Hi, This is usually due to a virus and the virus causes swelling of some tissues that compresses the nerve to the face. The treatment is to decrease the swelling and take away the inflammation. Hyperbaric oxygen treatments can relieve the problem if you get at it immediately.
: : : : : What causes the virus? My boyfriend was just diagnosed with Bells Palsey and was prescribed steroids. He was told he should (could) regain most or all of his facial muscle control in approximately 2 - 3 weeks. I am concerned. What else can we do? Can this be caused by stress?
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Questions persist about post-migrant generations and their sense of belonging in one homeland or another. As descendants of migrants, 'second' and further generations often struggle to establish an unproblematic belonging in/to a resident homeland, as the place where they live and work but are often categorized as 'outsiders'. Simultaneously, because of improving access to travel, they can also maintain a physical presence in an ancestral homeland. However, their encounters there may also problematize their sense of belonging. During their summertime visits to Morocco, the European-Moroccan participants in this ethnography repeatedly find themselves negotiating a sense of belonging in the 'homeland'. This book analyzes how these negotiations take place in order to investigate how the categories of 'diasporic' and 'Moroccan' become shaped by the interactional encounters observed. In the setting of Morocco, where trajectories to and from Europe have colored several centuries of history, this book provides a framework to explore how migration and return become incorporated into contemporary 'Moroccanness'.
This book draws a fascinating ethnography of the summer holidays in Morocco. Focusing on marketplaces and public spaces, Lauren Wagner shows how immigrants returning to their homeland from Europe deal with their 'diasporic-Moroccanness' and offers innovative insights about how ongoing fluid and transformative categorization processes are experienced and negotiated through multilingualism and embodiment.
– Lorenza Mondada, University of Basel, Switzerland
This book brings much needed attention to the multi-centered experiences of migration, as social actors interact with and negotiate belonging with those in their families' 'home' society. Deftly combining fine-grained attention to broader ethnographic context as well as to participants' embodied interactional practices, this book is a must-read for those interested in questions of migration and identity.
– Michele Koven, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Wagner offers a new and authentic look at the relationship between language, body and identity in the case of the Moroccan diaspora. Crossing borders and languages, the author uses a combination of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and semiology to understand the fluidity of identity categorisations and dynamics of multimodal interactions in multicultural contexts.
– Christine Deprez, Paris Descartes University, France
Author Biography:
Lauren Wagner is Assistant Professor in Globalisation and Development, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. She is co-convener of the Anthropology of Mobilities network, European Association of Social Anthropologists. Her research focuses on embodied practices and diasporic mobilities.


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In Advance of Monday's White House Summit on Working Families, New State-by-State Analysis Reinforces Compelling Need for Congress to Act
A new state-by-state analysis shows how little the nation supports and protects working mothers and fathers when a new child arrives – and Oklahoma is among the states with the worst records.
The study, Expecting Better: A State-by-State Analysis of Laws That Help New Parents, is the most comprehensive analysis to date of state laws and regulations governing paid leave and workplace rights for new parents in the United States. Oklahoma earned a grade of "F," joining 16 other states that do not provide any support or job protection to new parents beyond what federal law provides.
The analysis was conducted by the National Partnership for Women and Families. The full report, which grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the enactment of select laws that expand upon federal leave and workplace protections, can be found here.
"New mothers and fathers should not have to experience financial hardship at what should be one of the happiest times of their lives," said National Partnership President Debra L. Ness. "Yet tens of millions of expecting and new parents struggle because our nation fails to provide paid leave and other basic workplace protections. As the president, lawmakers, businesses, workers and advocates gather in the nation's capital next week to discuss these issues, this study shows how much work lies ahead. America's families expect and deserve much better. We need national family friendly workplace standards now."
Strong Support For More Family Friendly Workplaces
Public support for family friendly policies like paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, and pregnancy accommodations is strong. A growing body of evidence shows that they promote the health and economic security of families and strengthen businesses and the economy. Yet Expecting Better finds that no state is doing enough to provide these basic workplace supports. California is far ahead, earning a grade of "A-." On the other end of the spectrum, 17 states received grades of "F." Most states fall somewhere in between; they are doing something to expand upon minimal federal protections, but not enough.
Those states scoring an F are:
"This report shows that progress toward a family friendly America is possible, and history demonstrates that state activity can pave the way while providing needed support to working families," explained Ness. "But the ability of working people in this country, including new and expecting parents, to manage their responsibilities at home and on the job should not depend on where they live. Lawmakers at all levels should take a close look at this study and the evidence that shows the benefits of providing leave and other workplace protections, and then move quickly to establish the standards people urgently need and deserve."
At the national level, attention to and support for policies that support new and expecting parents has increased in recent years. Hundreds of organizations including the National Partnership are calling on Congress to pass legislation that would establish federal-level protections, including: the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program; the Healthy Families Act, which would set a national paid sick days standard; and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which would help to combat pregnancy discrimination.
President Obama recently called for family friendly workplace policies, including in his State of the Union address this year. For the fifth year in a row, his budget includes a state paid leave fund that would help support states that want to create their own paid leave programs. Only California, New Jersey and Rhode Island currently have paid leave insurance programs. And on Monday, the White House will host a Summit on Working Families in Washington, D.C., to showcase policies that would help working parents and families while bringing the country's public policies in line with the rest of the world. Members of Congress are also increasingly discussing the challenges working families face.
The United States is one of few countries that do not guarantee working people access to paid leave. Paid leave for new mothers is guaranteed in 181 other nations, and 81 nations guarantee paid leave for new fathers. The United States guarantees neither and has just three national laws – addressing pregnancy discrimination, unpaid family and medical leave, and nursing mother's rights at work – that help some new and expecting parents. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act provides new parents up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave, but just under 60 percent of the workforce is eligible for its protections and many cannot afford to take the unpaid leave it provides.
To determine the state grades included in this third edition of Expecting Better, the National Partnership reviewed different but overlapping public policies aimed at helping new parents in each state and the District of Columbia. It looked at laws governing both private sector and public sector state employees. The full report is available at www.NationalPartnership.org/ExpectingBetter.
The images that appear in this post are the U.S. National Archives. No known copyright on any of them. Aren't they wonderful?
If you're a parent did you feel supported in the workplace when you had a baby? Does the government have an obligation to provide a family-friendly workplace? What do you think about this report?


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