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#1 Everybody Is Doomed: Normal Weight "Obesity" Newest Fat Threat.01-29-2010, 02:11 PMReport: Millions in US May Be 'Skinny-Fat'
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(Jan. 28) -- We all know Americans have a fat problem. About 67 percent of adults, 140 million of us, are either overweight or obese, according to government data.
But don't fool yourself into thinking those other 75 million American adults have a healthy relationship with body fat. A new report from the Mayo Clinic, which looked at data from 6,100 patients, warns that as many as 30 million Americans are skinny yet, somehow, still fat.
Put simply, the "skinny-fat" phenomenon occurs when someone has a normal body weight but a high percentage of body fat. Experts have dubbed the problem "normal weight obesity" and warn that it can accompany a host of health risks, mostly the same ones plaguing the obese and overweight: diabetes, metabolic syndrome, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Those suffering from middle weight obesity probably look average in size but harbor internal fat stores -- called visceral fat -- that surround organs but don't show up upon superficial examination. It takes one of a few specific types of medical tests, like using calipers to pinch fat or submerging the body in water, to determine body fat levels.
High-risk fat levels are about 23 percent for men and 33 percent for women. By comparison, body fat levels among male athletes can be as low as 8 percent, and 15 percent for women.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses body mass index, based on height and weight, to slot Americans into categories. A BMI below 25 is normal; above 25 is overweight, and anything above 30 is considered obese. The new Mayo Clinic data are based on more precise body fat measurements of those with "normal" BMIs.
The combination of obese and overweight Americans and "normal weight obese" Americans leaves few adults -- about 45 million, or 21 percent -- in a normal range when it comes to weight and fat-to-muscle ratio. With experts urging more exercise to combat both problems, it's interesting to note that this figure almost matches up with current American workout habits: a 2008 Gallup poll found that 32 percent of Americans get regular vigorous activity, and only 15 percent pump iron.
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I'm 6'2" at 185lbs and I'm borderline "overweight". I wouldn't give a shit if it didn't have an impact on my PT scores. I spent most of my life grossly underweight, and I finally get myself to a weight level that I'm comfortable with, and I get all these nuts out here telling me I'm fat and it's causing negative impacts on my career.
I've been told to lose weight by giving up carbs. It didn't work.
I tried a low fat diet. It just made me crave Whoppers, which I don't even eat all that often.
I tried macrobiotics. I did lose weight, fast, but I also felt like I was losing my mind.
So I started swimming almost 3 years ago, 4-6 days a week, with no diet. I lost 50 lbs in about 18 months, and have been losing a small amount each year since that mark. I eat what I want, I feel better than I have in a long time, and some of the weight I still carry is converting from fat to muscle. If I lost it all at once, I wouldn't have enough money to keep my wardrobe up. I'm 2 sizes now from my goal. I haven't been this small since I started working for CFS (almost 23 years ago). I'm also smoking a lot less, a decade ago, I smoked a couple of packs a day. I'm down to somewhere between a third and a half a pack a day.
I am convinced that one of the problems with dieters is that they want to lose all the weight quickly, and not do it patiently over time. If you are patient, you don't have to restrict your eating all that much, and can splurge once in a while on something totally unhealthy, like a Whopper or the local chinese buffet.
One of the guys at church told me "you'll never lose any weight by just swimming", then pretended not to notice as a couple of people who hadn't seen me in a while told me how great I looked! He had a diet plan to sell me, of course-I always love it when some guy who is as fat as me tries to sell a diet to me. It's like Dr. Phil writing a diet book.
Swimming has helped my arthritis, so I'm more active than I have been for a decade, even if all the activity isn't what we would call exercise.
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Dude! What are the standards now in the military? When I was in the least I ever weighed at 5'10" was 183 pounds. Of course I always had to be taped because I think my weight had to be 169 or something. I never tried to make the weight because it would have been impossible for me to do so without chopping off a leg. I had an aversion to making weight for the Army anyway as I had to make weight for the Golden Gloves and I stayed at welterweight for a year longer than I should have and making weight for that year was a horror!
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Companies and institutional investors who hedge their Canadian dollar exposure through major banks expect the currency to fall back under parity with the U.S. dollar in 2013, a Bank of Canada survey showed on Friday.
The central bank conducted the survey of banks that are active in Canadian foreign exchange hedging from June to August, a period when the Canadian dollar was largely weaker than the U.S. dollar.
It found the banks' average estimate of their clients' budgeted Canadian dollar rate for 2013 is C$1.0119 to the U.S. dollar, or 98.82 U.S. cents. The rate for 2012 is C$1.0075 per U.S. dollar, or 99.26 U.S. cents, the survey showed.
On Friday afternoon, the Canadian currency stood at C$0.9922 per U.S. dollar, or $1.0079.
"The Canadian dollar is largely anticipated to remain little changed over the next year with banks noting that most accounts do not expect the Canadian dollar to trade significantly outside a (US$)0.98-(US$)1.03 range," the bank said.
"They noted that their customers felt little pressure to hedge due to expectations that the currency would remain steady, with clients choosing to wait for a more opportunistic level to hedge, within the anticipated range."
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Everything they say is based on beliefs, not evidence. They seem to have no interest in an honest discussion of the facts. Instead they hang on to their naive ideologies like "Freedom" and "govt is incapable and corrupt". I hate taxes as much as the next guy, but sometimes the best solution is a public solution.
For right wingers, the only solution is a capitalistic solution - everything else is "socialist".
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on tactics that might get these people to open thier minds just a little bit?
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Mila Kunis wants to star in the big screen adaptation of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.
The 29-year-old beauty insists she would have a ''good time'' playing Anastasia Steele in movie version of E.L. James' erotic novel – which details S&M-crazed billionaire Christian Grey's relationship with the young student – because she would love to do something ''fun and different''.
The Sun newspaper: ''There are times when you just want to do something fun and different, because you're going to have a good time doing it.''
As well as Mila, several stars have been linked to the part of Anastasia including 'Harry Potter' actress Emma Watson and brunette beauty Keira Knightley, but the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star has confirmed she will ''definitely not'' be taking on the raunchy role.
When asked if her next project will be a more risqué literary adaptation than she has done in the past, she replied: ''No, it's not. It's not going to be 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' You know, I normally don't like to give a definite about anything, [but] I can definitely say it will not be 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.''
What's more, a number of male stars have been linked to the role of Christian – who introduces Anastasia to the world of bondage and kinky sex – including Channing Tatum, Ryan Gosling, Tom Hardy and Jake Gyllenhaal, who is keen on portraying the lead male.
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Asus CEO blasts ARM netbooks
Lacks clear USP, apparently
Asus' CEO has turned on ARM-based netbook PCs, hinting that the segment lacks a unique selling point.
During a recent investor conference in Taipei, Jerry Shen reportedly said: "Currently, I still don't see a clear market for smartbooks."
'Smartbook' is the term coined by chip maker Qualcomm to imply there's some substantial difference between netbooks based on its ARM chippery and those equipped with processors from other vendors. There isn't of course, as is usually the case with marketing-driven terminology.
The word has also been used to discuss devices with on-board mobile phone connectivity, but a fair few netbooks - including Nokia's Wintel-based Booklet 3G - do that too, so it's no distinction.
It's unclear whether Shen has a downer on ARM, on Google's Android - the OS most often associated with ARM-based netbooks - or devices with always-on HSDPA 3G connections.
We presume it's ARM and certainly there's the fact that Windows doesn't run on that processor architecture. But Asus offers Linux-based netbooks. And what, fundamentally, is the difference between an Atom-plus-Linux netbook and one with ARM and Linux? Not a great deal, really. Not enough, certainly, to warrant treating ARM-based netbooks as a separate category. ®


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Throughout the Summer of `69, Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo celebrated each victory by clicking his heels in the air.
He clicked them often as the Cubs built a seemingly insurmountable 10-game lead by Aug. 13. However, he wouldn't be clicking them on this day, although superstition would be the headliner.
That lead was cut to a half-game on this date as Tom Seaver, backed by homers from Donn Clendenon and Art Shamsky, beat Ferguson Jenkins and the Cubs, 7-1, in what will forever be known as "The Black Cat Game.''
While the Cubs were batting, a black cat walked behind the on-deck circle where Santo was standing.
"(The cat) kept walking around their on-deck circle,'' said Ed Kranepool in a phone interview. "The crowd kept yelling and cheering, and the cat just stayed there.''
No, the cat wasn't planned.
"We had a lot of cats (at Shea) because we had a lot of rats there,'' Kranepool said.
From Aug. 14, the Mets sizzled at 39-11 while the Cubs went 21-29 during that stretch, including 8-17 in September. The Mets were 23-7 in September.
The cat is a nice story and a great piece of Mets' lore. From the Chicago perspective, perhaps Leo Durocher burned out his team – which only played day games at home – by running out the same lineup every day. Five Cubs played in at least 150 games and two more played over 130.
Still, 92 wins for the year isn't bad.
However, the Mets' pitching was brilliant with 13 shutouts in August and September.
"We were playing great baseball,'' Kranepool said. "When we came home from the West Coast (where they went 6-4) we were playing our best baseball of the season.
"The lead went from ten to six, then it kept going down.''
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Friday morning they started the day at the Eagle Classic at Statesboro, Ga., with an 8-0 win over Oakland. It was the second shutout in five games for the Lady Bisons. They finished the day with a 5-4 win in the bottom of the seventh against Binghamton.
"It was definitely a good start for the tournament," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said.
Saturday morning at 11 the Lady Bisons, 4-1, will face tournament host Georgia Southern. In the afternoon they will start championship bracket play. Ryman is uncertain which pitchers she will use.
The Lady Bisons pounded out a combined 19 hits with nine in the win over Oakland and 10 against Binghamton.
Second baseman Abby Keese and first baseman Kellie Sirus each had three hits for the day. Keese slammed a home run and two doubles. Sirus hit her second home run of the season and also added a double and a single.
Center fielder Lauren Dortwegt hit the first home run of her college career in the Oakland game. Shortstop Courtney Billington had two doubles. Catcher Mollie Mitchell connected for one double to round out the extra base hits.
"I am definitely pleased with how we swung the bats," Ryman said. "Our lineup as a whole, one through nine, is really starting to come alive. That's good to see, especially early in the season.
"Kellie and Abby both hit the ball well. Lauren's home run was a big boost for her. She expects so much from herself and is probably her hardest critic. She can drop a bunt down or hit a home run. We were all so excited for her. Courtney also hit the ball well."
The biggest hit of the day may have been a single by third baseman Christen Campbell in the seventh inning of the Binghamton game. With the score tied 4-4 Campbell came to the plate with two outs and Billington on second base. Campbell singled to right field, advancing Billington to third. Billington scored when the right fielder made an error on the play.
"Binghamton is an athletic and scrappy team," Ryman said. "They came out and found ways to get runners on base and make things happen. It was good for us to be challenged that way."
Pitcher Whitney Kiihnl picked up both wins. She threw a complete game shutout against Oakland, allowing only two hits and striking out 10. She walked three. The game was called after five innings due to the Lady Bisons lead.
Alaina Jacobson started the game with Binghamton and scattered three hits while allowing one run in five innings. She struck out four and walked one. Christy Grisham started the sixth inning for the Lady Bisons in relief of Jacobson. She gave up one hit, a three-run homer.
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No more OJs at USC?Posted by nvr1983 on May 12th, 2008
I'm not even sure where to begin with this post. Here at RTC, we have discussed OJ Mayo several times most recently in what rtmsf myopically thought would be a final retrospective on the latest OJ to grace the USC campus. As pretty much everyone knows by now Mayo has been implicated in a rather large scandal involving Bill Duffy Agency (BDA) and Rodney Guillory, who appears to have been essentially hired by BDA to bring Mayo to them.
Most of my knowledge on the topic comes from Kelly Naqi's Outside the Lines report I saw on Sunday morning while I was staying at a beach resort so this isn't going to be some deep NY Times investigative piece that some of you may be expecting from RTC–we'll work on that over the summer. Instead, I think it's more interesting to consider the impact this will have on USC and recruiting/college basketball in general given the hype that Mayo brought with him to USC and the manner in which he handled his recruitment of USC–yes, the way he recruited USC.
According to the OTL report, Guillory gave Mayo cash, a flat-screen television, cell phones, hotel rooms, clothes, meals, and airline tickets. Given Mayo's celebrity status, it's pretty hard to believe that Tim Floyd and others at USC didn't notice this was going on. Some prescient writers like Gregg Doyel even warned USC about the specific threat as early as 2006, but USC never did anything about it. Floyd and USC just looked the other way and hoped nobody else would notice or at least that nobody would give them up while they raked in the money from the increased attendance and sales of Mayo's jerseys. The transgressions are not at the same level as those involving Reggie Bush's family at USC, but these directly involved a player (Mayo) while the majority of the financial benefit in the Bush situation appears to have been reaped by Bush's parents who stayed at a million dollar house essentially for free.
The big question now is what the NCAA will do about it. There have been several reports over the past year that the NCAA has investigated Mayo thoroughly, but did not find anything. Given the amount of evidence presented in the OTL piece, it's hard to imagine that the NCAA spent much time digging into Mayo if they never came across any of this stuff. Ever since Yahoo! Sports broke the Reggie Bush allegations, Internet message boards have been abuzz first with what sanctions would be levied against the Trojans and when none came with conspiracy theories about how the NCAA was protecting the Trojans while being much more harsh on other teams such as a dominant football power on the East Coast (Miami). Compounding the fans fury was the seeming indifference of the sports media outside of Yahoo! Sports (read: ESPN) to really go after USC. Fans claimed that ESPN was trying to protect its sacred cow as ESPN had hyped up the Trojans to the point where they ran a week-long segment on where the Trojans ranked historically even before their Rose Bowl game against Texas, which they lost thanks to a super-human performance by Vince Young (I Heart VY). Now that ESPN has decided to join the attack against USC, it will be interesting to see if the mainstream sports media will turn up the heat on the NCAA (still waiting for the SI cover asking USC to cancel its athletic program). For those of you who think I may be going too far, the list of transgressions by USC athletes goes far beyond Bush and Mayo and includes recent charges against athletes ranging from dealing drugs to weapons possession to sexual assault.
While I'm not on board with Pat Forde's reactionary death penalty column, I think the NCAA should come down pretty hard on USC. I am not sure what the precedent is for multi-sport probation, but given the multiple transgressions by the USC football team and the Mayo fiasco that anybody could have seen coming, its pretty clear that the Athletic Director Mike Garrett has no control over his programs or doesn't care as long as they win. I would think that a 1- or 2-year probation with a ban on postseason play would send a pretty clear message that the NCAA won't tolerate this kind of behavior. However, I doubt the powers that be will punish USC that severely, but USC should at least have some scholarships taken away from them in addition to the ones they lost with their poor APR performance. If the NCAA fails to do that, the Internet and the parents' basements that bloggers inhabit will be all over them and this time the mainstream sports media with ESPN's support will be behind them.
The story about Mayo's recruitment is well-known as an associate of his (Guillory) entered Tim Floyd's office and offered Mayo and his "services" to USC. When Floyd asked for Mayo's number to speak with him, he was told that Mayo would call him. Perhaps Guillory wanted to make sure Mayo stayed within the minute limits on the plans that Guillory was paying for. Hopefully, this fiasco will convince more coaches not to get involved in these situations as it was obvious from the beginning of this relationship who was in control. At least Floyd seemed in control over the team, but it won't be too long before some 5-star comes in with his personal coach and pushes for certain personnel moves and demands that the offense runs through him so he can get his numbers to boost his draft status.
The final issue, and potentially the most important in terms of its overall effect on college basketball, is how this will affect the NCAA's decision on the 1-and-done rule. It's pretty obvious that Mayo and several other stars like Michael Beasley were never going to spend a minute more than required in college before jumping to the NBA. If it's going to be like that for the next generation of college stars, I wonder if the trade-off is worth it. As much as opposing fans like to knock Tyler Hansbrough and J.J. Redick, they embody what we used to love about the college game with guys staying 4 years and developing their games and fans identifying teams with players and not just the coaches manning the sidelines. Unfortunately, Tyler and J.J. are not the caliber of player that we saw do that in the 1980s. College hoops fans need to face the reality that we will never see a Lebron James (would have finished his senior year last year) or Dwight Howard (would have finished his senior year this year) having those kind of historic college careers. The question is how much is it worth to bring in guys of that caliber (or Mayo who is clearly several steps below James or Howard) in for 1 year with the risk of it blowing up an athletic program like it threatens to do at USC now. Mayo's career and eventual legacy at USC may go a long way in determining the future of this rule.


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Did you know that insects are eaten in more than three-quarters of the world's countries? They are a good source of vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates and fats and have a very small environmental footprint when compared to other types of livestock.
Think that's gross? You are probably ingesting insect parts everyday — you just don't know it. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has something that it calls The Food Defect Action Levels, and this document specifies the acceptable amount of bug bits in your groceries. For real. For example, you can totally have "10 or more whole or equivalent insects and 35 fruit fly eggs per eight ounces of golden raisins." Yum, extra protein!
Having an exoskeleton makes bugs crunchy on the outside but chewy in the middle, like a 100 Grand Bar. You, on the other hand, are chewy on the outside and crunchy in the middle, like a Take-5. The crunch in the exoskeleton comes from chitin, a long polymer chain that makes up the "shells" of many arthropods — including crabs, lobsters and insects. Interestingly, chitin never shows up in animals with an internal skeleton, which recognizes the chitin as a foreign substance and eliminates it. Allergy sufferers take note: If you are allergic to shellfish, you are also probably allergic to insects. Blame the chitin.
A chiton, which is not to be confused with chitin or a chiton (a type of Greek dress), is a type of marine mollusk in the class Polyplacophora. We have several preserved specimens here at the Museum, and they are awesome. This one once went on a trip to Whiskey Bridge with a group of school kids and was referred to by name as "Mr. Ugly."
The third form of chiton (the Greek clothing style) is less likely to be crunchy and more likely to be stylish in everyday use, but appears to have more than one etymological meaning. The Greek "Khitōn" could be used to describe this simple cloth garment or a type of protective armor, which makes total sense when you think about the chitinous exoskeleton of a bug as its protective armor.
Are you totally hooked? Can't wait to try some chitinous culinary cuisine? You can wait for more blog posts which will feature critters in your own kitchen, you can check out the books below by other famous entomophagists, or you can come visit us on October 26th for Spirits & Skeletons or Oct. 27th for Tricks, Treats & T.Rex — which will both feature a bug chef!
From the Test Kitchen of Julia Chitin: Beginner-Appropriate Chocolate Chirp Cookies
• Chocolate chip cookie dough of your choice
• Crickettes (available in the Cockrell Butterfly Center)
1. Make sure no one is watching. See Recipe Notes below.
2. Preheat your oven to the correct temperature as listed on your cookie dough instructions.
3. Place cookie dough on a baking sheet as you normally would.
4. Place a single crickette on top of each ball of cookie dough. Don't be put off if some drumsticks or wings fall off.
5. Bake as recommended and let cool.
6. Serve up to your friends and family and enjoy the subtle flavors and audible crunch.
Recipe Notes:
This recipe is the equivalent of ordering fancy take out and then putting it in your own dishes before the in-laws arrive. Minimal effort for maximum gross out results.
I used to make the cookie dough from scratch using a family recipe, adding in the bugs and mixing well. What I discovered is that the bugs get covered in the dough and aren't visible. (AND when you are eating cookies with bugs in them, no one actually cares about Nana's secret recipe.) Save yourself the time — and Nana the heartbreak — and use prepackaged dough.
The crickettes, which generally taste like what they are cooked with or in, will have a slightly nutty flavor and are therefore excellent for replacing nuts in recipes for those with nut allergies.
NOTE: If you have a shellfish allergy, you might also be allergic to insects as well!


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Sons of men who sat in council with their Bibles round the board,
Answering England's royal missive with a firm, "Thus saith the Lord!"
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Three days intensive scanning of my father's compiled genealogy, and we're beginning to see the light of day. My genealogy will be much easier to scan, since it is organized and in notebooks.
Among the treasures is this four-generation picture I didn't know existed. I know it's not much too look at, but it means the world to me. (No, I don't have cataracts in my right eye.)
The baby is my oldest daughter Tamara Jeanne (Smith) Rounds, 6 weeks of age.
Tammy is held by my father, Glen S. Player, M. D.
Dad has his arm around his mother, Myrtle Eliza (Weiser) Player Severinson.
I am on the right, also helping Grandma stand up.
Taken in February 1972 at the home of Glen and Blanche Player in Bellevue, Washington.
Taken in February 1972 at the home of Glen and Blanche Player in Bellevue, Washington.
Grandma had Lou Gherig's disease, and would die about six months after this photo was taken.
I remember this visit well. Tammy was really too young to travel, but we made the trip anyway. I recall thinking I'd rather come up and visit Grandma now than attend her funeral in a few weeks.
At this stage of the disease, Grandma couldn't speak, so she communicated in writing. Instead of going through reams of paper, Dad thought to get her a "magic slate" similar to this one for sale at Amazon.com. It's the kind of inexpensive kid's toy where you write with a plastic or wooden stylus on film covering black waxed background. When you are through with one message, you lift up the film to erase the previous message. That was high-tech texting circa 1972.
I remember arriving at Dad's home, finding Grandma sitting in a chair. She had tears in her eyes and was very excited to see her great-granddaughter Tammy for the first time. We "talked" back and forth. Grandma recalled how I had once made a disparaging remark about going to Redondo Beach house of one of Dad's cousins when it would just be Grandma, Uncle Harley and Aunt Grace Butler, and ???. I had hoped my young cousins would be there, and in despair I said "I don't want to be with all those old people!" Now all I do is hang out with "old people" as I study the lives of ancestors who've long since passed into the great beyond. Of all the things to remember me by, Grandma!
After about 45 minutes, I asked Grandma if she wanted to hold tiny Tammy. She wrote on her slate "I couldn't, I don't want to drop her." I said no problem, and placed the baby in Grandma's lap, and knelt by her as we both cried at the miracle little baby girl.
Grandma soon tired, and Dad all but carried her to her room. We had to return for my husband's work, but were staying the night in Tukwilla, the home of my maternal grandmother Frances Irene (Goering) Froman McDonnell. Little did I know that this trip from Salt Lake City to Seattle would be the last time I'd see both grandmothers. Grandma Myrtle died 28 September 1972, and Grandma Frances died 12 Jan 1974.
You can imagine this scanning project has meant an uptick in the use of Kleenix at our house. Nostalgia does seem to make one's "allergies" act up.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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Luxury retailer Burberry released lower-than expected earnings results on Wednesday, adding to growing anxiety about China's impact on the sector. Despite this, one analyst sees bright spots in high-end retail.
Burberry , which derives 37 percent of its revenue from the Asia-Pacific region, saw its growth rate cool due in part to a slowdown in China's growth. However, Erika Maschmeyer, an analyst at Robert W. Baird, emphasized that China is not a new issue, and much of the concern is already baked into luxury retail stocks.
"From an investment standpoint there are really attractive opportunities within the sector," she said. "In particular, I think that within affordable luxury there is an opportunity."
So far, Maschmeyer told CNBC's "Closing Bell" that she is seeing a softer landing for the sector, rather than a hard one.
She cited Coach as an example of an affordable high-end retailer that has seen growth recently from entering China. The New York City-based company is growing rapidly in the market, and Maschmeyer thinks it can gain further market share, especially in the men's segment.
Although Coach Charmin and CEO Lew Frankfort said as recently as March that he was not seeing a slowdown in China, Stacey Widlitz, president of SW Retail Advisors and CNBC contributor, said a lot has changed since then.
"We continue to get data from retailers and out of China saying growth in slowing there, and you really can't ignore it — Burberry is just the latest today," Widlitz said.
Coach , which reports at the end of the month, recently warnedthat it is beginning to see a slowdown in its tier-one markets. Still, Widlitz said the question remains whether it is also seeing growth decelerate in its smaller, less well-off tier two cities.
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Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Mrs. Ann Hicks, Dr. Chip Klostermeyer, Mrs. Joannie Newton, Dr. Bruce Taylor, Mrs. Carol Thompson, Ms. Rachael Tutwiler, Mr. Kevin Twomey
Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Mr. Luther Coggin, Mrs. Toni Crawford, Mr. Hugh Greene, Ms. Wanyonyi Kendrick
Chair Taylor called the meeting to order.
Chair Taylor thanked everyone for coming and said that he had nothing to report at this time.
President Delaney said there were some positive signs regarding funding for higher education. The first round of cuts was less than originally thought and a technology fee had been approved for fall 2009.
President Delaney reported on UNF's transition to NCAA Division I, stating that in some ways the certification process was similar to an accreditation review, affording the university the opportunity to review its procedures. Both the certification process and the budget were going well with all reports, including staffers and consultants, stating that the university was positioned well.
Chair Taylor offered opportunity to guests in attendance for open comments and there were none.
Chair Taylor presented the consent agenda for approval. He stated that the consent agenda also included minutes from the regular June Board meeting and from the special September meeting. He asked if Board members wished to pull any of the items from the consent agenda for further discussion. There were no requests so Chair Taylor asked for a motion for approval of the consent agenda as presented. A motion was offered, seconded and approved unanimously.
Chair Taylor stated that there was a request before the Board to approve a 5 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate tuition. This increase was approved by the Board of Governors at their September meeting, with a parallel increase approved by the Legislature in their recent special session. He stated that this request would be the first of two actions on tuition.
Chair Taylor asked for a motion for approval of the schedule of tuition and fees. A motion was offered, seconded and approved without further discussion.
Chair Taylor stated that, subsequent to the approval of the 5 percent tuition increase, the Board must also approve an emergency amendment to the 2007-2008 tuition and fees regulation which would incorporate the tuition increase.
Chair Taylor asked for a motion for approval for the Schedule of Tuition and Fees regulation. Without further discussion a motion was offered, seconded and approved.
Chair Taylor asked Committee Chair Twomey to speak about this item.
Committee Chair Twomey stated that this item was presented to the Finance and Audit Committee at their last meeting and was coming forward as a recommendation for approval from the full Board. He asked Vice President Shuman to present the details of the transaction.
Vice President Shuman stated that the University was requesting permission to purchase the Auchter building and approval of a delegation of authority to the President to execute the purchase and sale agreement, as well as the closing documents required to complete the sale. The original bid started at $4.2 million and was negotiated down to slightly less than $3.9 million.
Vice President Shuman discussed an alternative to the university's direct purchase of the Auchter Building, stating that consideration was given to a third party's purchasing the building. This was dismissed as a viable alternative due to the timing constraints, leasing expenses and the impact of the recent purchase of UNF Hall on possible PECO funding.
Vice President Shuman provided a proposed financing plan for the purchase of the Auchter building. This proposed plan included the following:
Vice President Shuman stated that the proposed closing date for the purchase of the Auchter building was December 31, 2007. The purchase and sale agreement was included in the meeting materials with some minor changes forthcoming.
Trustees discussed the depletion of reserves and the availability of funds for emergencies or other purposes. The conclusion was that there were other E&G funds available for emergencies and the university's budget was not being put at risk.
Operating funds for the Auchter building were discussed, concluding that this building would qualify for PO&M funding from the state.
Trustees discussed the regeneration of auxiliary reserves, closing with the understanding that these reserves could be built back up over time through revenue from some auxiliary units on a regular basis, such as the University Center and the bookstore.
Chair Taylor asked for clarification on the loan to Foundation, Inc. – would the satisfaction of this loan have any impact on various endowment accounts. Vice President Shuman stated that Foundation, Inc. had additional sources and this transaction would not affect any endowment accounts.
Chair Taylor asked for a motion to approve the purchase the Auchter building and approval of a delegation of authority to the President to execute the purchase and sale agreement, as well as the closing documents required to complete the sale. A motion was offered, seconded and approved without further discussion.
Chair Taylor asked Vice President Shuman to speak about this item.
Vice President Shuman stated that the university was asking permission to transfer $3,125,000 from auxiliary reserve funds for the purchase of the Auchter building.
A motion was offered, seconded and approved without further discussion.
Vice President Shuman stated that the university's entire budget was $130 million. The state intended budget cuts were figured on funds provided by the state and did not include tuition revenues. At this time, the state had allocated about $84.7 million to UNF for 2007-2008 in recurring and non-recurring general revenue dollars.
Of this amount, the state would reclaim funds for financial aid and casualty insurance, amounting to about $1.5 million, leaving about $83.2 million. There would be a 3.56 percent revenue reduction on this $83.2 million, which amounted to about $2.9 million (this was still tentative).
The state gave back, for this year only, about $533,000. The state then gave back about $581,000 in non-recurring dollars to cover what would have been raised had the 5 percent increase not been vetoed. The university would also gain about $581,000 from the spring tuition increase. There was a slight reduction in financial aid. The technical correction yielded additional funding to UNF for about $95,000. Taking all these numbers into consideration, the adjusted reduction in state funding amounted to about 1.43 percent of the university's general revenue allocation.
Vice President Shuman stated that, when the university calculated an additional 10 percent of spring tuition dollars it was putting to funds financial aid and the $17,000 of the call back that would be taken from the pass through funding for the Schultz Center, this would yield a state budget reduction of about $1.2 million. UNF had put aside about $1 million for possible state budget reductions. This left about $200,000 which would be taken from reserves. She stated that this was how UNF intended to balance the 2007-2008 budget.
Trustee Thompson asked if the $200,000 from reserves would impact next year's budget. Vice President Shuman stated that the outcome of next year's budget was an unknown. She spoke about upcoming budget needs including that Quality Enhancement Plan required for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation renewal would have to be funded. While there was likely to be a tuition increase for next year in anticipation of lower state funding, the President had asked all non-academic units to cut their budgets by 2 percent. Academic Affairs would cut its budget slightly less than 1 percent.
These cuts would give the university additional dollars and provide better footing going into next year without knowing what might happen next.
Further discussion clarified that funding for summer school would come from salary savings, not reserves.
Chair Taylor stated that the university's prudence with the budget had made these cuts less painful. He commended administration for their insight.
Chair Taylor asked for clarification regarding funds reserved for faculty growth – when would these funds become available? Vice President Shuman stated that the university was waiting on further discussion before these funds were released. Provost Workman stated that these funds were necessary to advance the institution's strategic plan. Chair Taylor stated that these funds were critical to progress.
After Chair Taylor asked for further discussion on budget reductions, he asked for a motion for approval. A motion was offered, seconded and approved.
Chair Taylor added a postscript, stating that everyone was mindful of salaries and the need for raises. He stated that the Board and the President would do everything they could to address this issue as soon as possible.
Chair Taylor asked Committee Chair Twomey to speak about these reports.
Committee Chair Twomey stated that this item included the audits from the UNF Financing Corporation (UNFFC), the Training and Service Institute (TSI) and the UNF Foundation, Inc. These audits were reviewed by the FAC.
Chair Taylor asked for questions and/or comments. There were none.
This item was for review only. No further action was required.
Committee Chair Twomey stated that this item was presented to the FAC by Mr. Robert Berry, Interim Director for Internal Auditing. He asked if there were any questions from the Board, stating that Mr. Berry was present for further discussion.
The Board offered no additional discussion and no further action was required.
Committee Chair Twomey stated that this item was discussed by the FAC and it was determined that there were no issues of concern. He stated that the university had maintained good control over accounts receivable and all write-offs were within the constraints of the delegation of authority given to the President.
This item was for discussion only. No further action was required.
Committee Chair Twomey stated that this report was discussed at the FAC and it was determined that there were no issues of concern. He stated that funds were managed and reported well.
Committee Chair Twomey stated that there were no significant issues to be addressed within this report.
Chair Taylor asked Committee Chair Hicks to speak about these reports.
Committee Chair Hicks asked Provost Workman to speak about these reports.
Provost Workman referenced the Fall 2007 Convocation and New Faculty Profiles, September 7, 2007. (All trustees received a copy of this publication). He stated that this publication listed the new faculty hires along with their credentials.
Provost Workman stated that the Educational Policy Committee had received a substantive report addressing animal care and research. He said that UNF had three active committees that collectively provided oversight for research undertaken by faculty and students. One committee oversaw any research that might involve human subjects, one oversaw research that might involve dangerous or toxic materials, and the Animal and Research Care Committee. A responsibility of the latter committee was to ensure that animal research was engaged in when no alternative was available. In cases where animals were used for research this committee reviewed the practices to ensure ethical treatment of the animal subjects. Provost Workman stated that this committee were deemed to be responsible and appropriately constituted.
Provost Workman spoke about UNF's Graduate School, stating that the university had recently appointed Dr. David Fenner as the full-time dean. He said that the most recent data suggested a resurgence of interest in UNF's graduate programs. Provost Workman credited Dean Fenner for systematically targeting and recruiting potential graduate students. He stated that the recently approved graduate programs also made a considerable difference in recruiting.
Provost Workman spoke about graduate tuition, stating that the cost for out-of-state students was prohibitive, however graduate fellowships would be addressed by the upcoming capital campaign.
Chair Taylor stated that he was very glad to hear that the prohibitive out-of-state tuition might be offset by additional graduate fellowships offered through funding from the upcoming capital campaign.
Provost Workman spoke about the U.S. News and World Report rankings, stating that the meeting materials included comparisons over the past three years. These comparisons showed that UNF had improved in rankings going from 47th to 43rd, up 4 positions. Specific ranking categories showed that the average freshmen retention rate was steady and graduation rates increased by 1 percent. Provost Workman asked Ms. Deb Kaye and Mr. John Yancey to include comments on the other factors of these rankings in their report on the fall 2007 student profile (discussed in Item 10B).
These reports were provided for information only. No further action was required.
Committee Chair Hicks stated that the SAT scores were at 1177 and the GPA was 3.65 and these were statistics to be proud of. She asked Associate Vice President Kaye and Mr. Yancey, Director of Admissions, to provide more details.
Mr. Yancey stated that it had been an interesting and challenging year. He talked about the impact of the university's decision to level out FTIC enrollments, stating that total enrollment at UNF for the fall 2007 term was 16,561, an increase of about 500 students, which represented a 2.92 percent growth in total enrollment over last year. Of these currently enrolled students, 1,617 were FTIC students, which was a slight and intentional decline from the past year. The increase in overall enrollments was the result of transfer students and doctoral students.
Mr. Yancey stated that UNF was among three other institutions that leveled out the freshman class, including the University of Florida, the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. This action was in anticipation of forthcoming budget issues and was a concerted effort to decrease lower-level enrollment because of under funding from the state.
Mr. Yancey stated that geographic diversity continued to remain strong with the crown region accounting for about 55 percent of FTIC enrolled students – this included about 34 percent from Duval County. This impacted university housing in that many of these students lived at home.
Mr. Yancey spoke about minority enrollment, stating that fall 2007 minority enrollment increased slightly to 22.4 percent and the percentage of FTIC minority students new to UNF for fall 2007 was 22.7 percent, also a slight increase over last year.
Mr. Yancey stated that the freshman academic profile was the best profile the university has ever had. The average newly enrolled FTIC GPA for fall 2007 was 3.61, up from 3.58 last year. SAT scores for the same group were 1177, a significant increase over last year's score of 1166. He added that this was a direct result of leveling out the freshman class.
Mr. Yancey spoke about the future academic profile, stating that the university was on target for 2009 SAT scores to reach 1200. The profile should continue to move in a positive direction with increased applicants and lower FTIC admissions which should result in a higher academic profile.
Mr. Yancey spoke about scholarships, stating that 82.6 percent of FTIC students enrolled in fall 2007 received state scholarships, amounting to about $6.88 million being accepted by all matriculated students.
Mr. Yancey discussed the Presidential Scholarship Awards, stating that this program was extremely effective in increasing the student profile and had been ongoing for four years. Last year there were 198 recipients, compared to 179 this year, with the decrease attributable to the intentional reduction in FTIC enrollment. Mr. Yancey stated that there was a 95 percent retention rate for these scholarship recipients, compared to a 75 percent rate for the general population.
Ms. Kaye stated that stricter admissions deadlines had been set and adhered to this year. This was done intentionally to remain within funded enrollment targets.
Mr. Yancey stated that the institution was changing its academic reputation and this message was being sent to students across the state. He stated that, as the profile changed, the university would become more selective as an institution.
Mr. Yancey profiled a decade of change, from 1997 to 2007, stating that there was a huge growth in headcount and a dramatic change in student age. In 1997, headcount was 11,397 and in 2007 it was 16,561. He spoke about the male/female split, stating UNF was slightly ahead in male enrollments than the national average by between 2 to 3 percent. Ethnic diversity had improved significantly during this decade. There was also a remarkable increase in the number of degrees awarded.
Mr. Yancey spoke about enrollment goals for next year, stating that the BOG had called for a freeze in freshman admissions, allowing the university to increase the academic profile of students.
Chair Taylor asked for further data regarding applications received with the first choice listed as UNF. Mr. Yancey stated that there wasn't a quantifiable way for gathering this data but the trend suggested that more applicants listed UNF as their first priority because they were looking for a place where they might make a difference in the classroom. There was an opinion among applicants that UNF was an institution that was moving forward and becoming more selective. Chair Taylor asked if there might be a way to gather this data.
Provost Workman asked for clarification on the difference between the SAT and ACT. Ms. Kaye stated that the ACT was readily accepted at the national level because students seemed to perform better on this exam. The SAT was scored in two parts, compared to four parts for the ACT. Mr. Yancey stated that the ACT did not have a foothold in Florida but had seen tremendous growth.
This item was presented for discussion only. No further action was required.
Chair Taylor reminded everyone that a calendar listing scheduled meetings for the remainder of 2007 and 2008 was included in the meeting materials.
Trustee Gonzalez asked for an update regarding required health insurance coverage for students. President Delaney stated that this was up for discussion by the BOG but no real action had been taken at this time.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Definition and Background
Aliasing is a process that results in "jaggies" or Moire effects when an image is sampled or resampled.
The word "aliasing" comes from frequency-domain analysis. Slow periodic sampling of a signal causes high frequency components to be "aliased" into low frequency ones that corrupt the sampled signal.
To avoid aliasing, a signal must not contain frequencies that are higher than one half the sample rate. Likewise, an input image must not contain details that are smaller than one pixel in the output image.
This can be accomplished by appropriately filtering the signal or blurring the image before resampling it.
Such filtering is one way to anti-alias. (There are others, not relevant here.)
When using Panorama Tools, the important thing to know is that Panorama Tools does not anti-alias. This means that if you have Panorama Tools make a small panorama directly, it is likely to show jaggies or Moire effects.
You will get better results by having Panorama Tools make a large panorama, then resizing it (downsampling) using some tool like Photoshop that does incorporate anti-aliasing.
The following images illustrate this guidance. They show crops from a 1000x500 panorama.
On the left is what Photoshop produced by downsampling from a 6068x3034 pano, using the Image Size command with Bicubic resampling. (6068x3034 was the PTGui "optimum" size.)
On the right is what Panorama Tools produced directly at 1000x500.
Actual pixels
2X enlargement to show the aliasing more clearly


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What is Challenge Funding?
The CBA's Challenge Funding Scheme is a grant scheme that provides modest grants to encourage independent, voluntary effort in original archaeological research. It is currently supported by English Heritage, although discussions are underway to extend the reach of the funding into Wales and possibly even further afield. If you are based in Scotland, check the Historic Scotland∞ website for details of a similar scheme.
Who can apply and what sort of projects are eligible?
Groups, societies and individuals working in a voluntary capacity or promoting voluntary involvement. At present the project for which you seek funding must be based in England.
For the complete details, visit the CBA's Challenge Funding∞ page.
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Italy: Bid to hold CIA chief rejected by Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Italy's justice minister says her country formally asked Panama to hold an ex-CIA base chief convicted of illegally abducting a terrorism suspect, and adds that she "deeply regrets" Panama's decision to let him return to the U.S.
Annamaria Cancellieri says in a statement that Italy asked Panama to hold Robert Seldon Lady, and the request was "rejected without plausible explanation."
Panamanian Public Safety Minister Jose Mulino said Friday that Seldon Lady was freed from detention and sent to the U.S. because Italy didn't formally request his extradition within the allotted 48 hours.
Panamanian Foreign Ministry officials did not respond Saturday to questions about the discrepancy in the version of events.
Seldon Lady faces prison in Italy after being convicted in absentia in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terrorism suspect.


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Overreacting To Anonymous Is A Greater Threat To Freedom, Innovation & Creativity Than Any Of Their Attacks
from the preach-it dept
Yochai Benkler has a typically brilliant essay in Foreign Affair magazine explaining why overreacting to and misunderstanding Anonymous is ridiculous and dangerous:
Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen. Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices. Diffuse and leaderless, its driving force is "lulz" -- irreverence, playfulness, and spectacle. It is also a protest movement, inspiring action both on and off the Internet, that seeks to contest the abuse of power by governments and corporations and promote transparency in politics and business. Just as the antiwar movement had its bomb-throwing radicals, online hacktivists organizing under the banner of Anonymous sometimes cross the boundaries of legitimate protest. But a fearful overreaction to Anonymous poses a greater threat to freedom of expression, creativity, and innovation than any threat posed by the disruptions themselves.Benkler argues that if you look at Anonymous' actions in the "context of protest," you begin to realize that what they're doing is much more about political speech than any sort of "security" risk or terrorist threat. After detailing a bunch of hacks -- where they all had political messages of sort attached to them, Benkler notes:
The political nature of these targets demonstrates why it is patently wrong to see Anonymous purely as a cyberthreat. Opinions about the justifiability of any given attack may differ, either because of the target or because of its form. The main challenge becomes one of deciding who gets to set the boundaries of legitimate protest. If one unquestioningly accepts the validity of all U.S. government decisions, as well as the current distribution of power in the private sector, the pattern of Anonymous' attacks seems unambiguously dangerous. But surely there must be a place for civil disobedience and protest that is sufficiently disruptive to rouse people from complacence. Viewing Anonymous purely as a matter of crime reduction or national security will lead governments to suppress it and ignore any countervailing considerations. A more appropriate, balanced response to Anonymous' attacks would err on the side of absorbing damage and making the hacks' targets resilient, rather than aggressively surveilling and prosecuting the network and its participants.He notes that some of Anonymous' attacks appear to go over the line from protest to something more problematic, but most of them really are just forms of traditional protest. But the overreaction threatens to hinder all sorts of online protests and speech, which is a very dangerous precedent to set. Hopefully those insisting that Anonymous is pure evil can take the time to read Benkler's full article and reconsider their views.


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"We had some winnable matches in singles, but the girls were unable to come out on top," said Lady Bisons coach Kristin Lusk.
Top singles players for the Lady Bisons included Kara Jackson, who fell in singles No. 2 to Elvina Yusupova 7-5, 7-6 (7). Danielle Hansen advanced into a tiebreaker against Iva Janesova 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (4).
"Danielle Hansen and Kara Jackson both played great in singles, and if they keep playing the way they did tonight, they are going to able to win some these matches we have coming up," said Lusk.
The Lady Bisons will host to conference team the University of North Florida today at the Whitworth Country Club.
1. Soldatova/Yusupova (JU) def. Jackson/Hansen (LU) 8-4
2. Umeki/Camero (JU) def. Jann/Landry (LU) 8-2
3. Janesova/Spencer (JU) def. Keevil/Ellis (LU) 8-5
Singles 1. Tatiana Soldatova (JU) def. Raphaela Jann (LU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Elvina Yusupova (JU) def. Kara Jackson (LU) 7-5, 7-6 (7)
3. Juliana Umeki (JU) def. Elizabeth Keevil (LU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Iva Janesova (JU) def. Danielle Hansen (LU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
5. Virginia Tuinski (JU) def. Claire Landry (LU) 8-3 (a pro-set was played since the match was already decided)
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Refractive Index of Al20Ga80As
Aluminium gallium arsenide (also aluminum gallium arsenide) (AlxGa1-xAs) is a semiconductor material with very nearly the same lattice constant as GaAs, but a larger bandgap. The x in the formula above is a number between 0 and 1 - this indicates an arbitrary alloy between GaAs and AlAs.
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Stokes' Theorem (statement)
Sorry for the little hiatus. I've been busier than usual.
Anyway, now we come to Stokes' theorem. You may remember something by this name if you took a good multivariable calculus course, but this is not quite the same thing. In fact, the Stokes' theorem you remember is connected to but one special case of this theorem, which also subsumes Gauss' theorem, Green's theorem, and the fundamental theorem of calculus, all in one neat little package. The exact details of the connection, though, require us to move into the realm of differential geometry, so we'll have to come back to them later.
But anyway, on to the theorem! We know how to integrate a differential -form over a -chain . We also have a differential operator on differential forms and a boundary operator on chains. We can put these together in two ways: either we start with a -form , take its exterior derivative to get the -form , then integrate that over the -chain ; or we take the boundary of to get the -chain , then integrate over that. What Stokes' theorem asserts is that these two give the same answer. As a formula:
In a hand-wavy, conceptual way of putting it: integrating a differential form over the boundary of a region is the same as integrating its derivative over the interior. Indeed, if you look back over the results I mentioned above — even just the fundamental theorem of calculus — you can see this concept at work.
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TORONTO - Watching the fight drama Warrior, you can't help but feel it represents three steps forward, followed by a quick stumble backwards for mixed martial arts.
On the one hand, it's a huge positive to have a film with some actual depth associated with the sport. The characters are real people with relatable motivations for stepping inside the cage.
But the film doesn't do much to dispel the myth that MMA is a barbaric free-for-all -- it almost revels in that stereotype as a means for generating sympathy for the two leads, played by Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy.
The filmmakers also tack on so many superfluous plights to the main protagonists that you begin to wonder if they were awarded with free ice cream each time.
But enough about the story -- we're here to talk about fights. So are they any good?
Despite some obnoxious shaky-cam direction, the scraps feel authentic enough, due in large part to stunt coordinator J.J. Perry, who choreographed the awesome action flick Undisputed II: Last Man Standing. The appearance of some familiar faces like Nate Marquardt, Anthony Johnson, Yves Edwards and Roan Carneiro doesn't hurt either.
Sure Warrior takes some liberties with the sport, but this is a film after all. MMA fans will roll their eyes at the ludicrous turn the final bout takes -- hint: right at the end of the third round -- but these are some of the best movie fights of the year.
One of Warrior's key players in this area is Olympic gold medallist turned pro-wrestler Kurt Angle, who plays Koba, a stoic Russian fighter who is thought by many to be invincible.
Sound familiar?
The parallels to Fedor Emelianenko are anything but coincidental. When the film was being shot, Emelianenko's mystique was still alive and well. The filmmakers decided to fuse the former PRIDE heavyweight champion's background with Angle's to create Koba, who is both an Olympic gold medallist wrestler and world Sambo champion.
"They revolved the character around both me and Fedor," Angle said on a recent media call. "They wanted me to act like Fedor and they wanted him to be an Olympic gold medalist. So it just seemed like a perfect fit.
"Because Fedor was the hottest fighter at the time, they wanted (Koba) to look and act like Fedor in terms of his demeanour. It's kind of that 'I don't even care' attitude. So I fit that description. They even tried Russian fighters and it didn't work. So they picked me and I was just very blessed and very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time."
Angle said coming from a pro-wrestling background gave him the edge in learning the fight sequences.
Despite working as a pro-wrestler for over a decade, Angle once flirted with the idea of switching to MMA. Around the time he signed with TNA wrestling, he was also in talks with UFC president Dana White.
When he eventually chose wrestling, many MMA fans labelled Angle as someone who wasn't serious about the sport and was simply trying to generate headlines. During a recent appearance on the MMAWeekly Radio, he even stated the UFC extended him a new offer.
However, White later rebuked this claim.
Having failed to make the switch to MMA, Angle said he now has his sights set on returning to the U.S. Olympic wrestling squad.
"I plan on making the team," Angle said. "This isn't just a media thing. This is for me and it has a lot to do with MMA. I kind of missed the boat on it and I signed a three-year deal with TNA. This was the last thing I wanted to do before I got out of competition entirely. I think this will fill that void of not being in MMA or the UFC. It was something I wanted to do and knew that if I could do again -- make the Olympic team -- that would make me very proud.
"What really eats me up inside is how good of a fighter I would have become."


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Veteran point guard Jannero Pargo needs to put something aside in his next paycheck for a trip to Morton's or Sullivan's.
"According to him, he's the reason I'm back here," Pargo said of close friend Al Jefferson. "So I owe him a steak dinner, and that's a lot of money."
Pargo re-signed with the Charlotte Hornets on Friday to be the team's third point guard behind Kemba Walker and Brian Roberts. It's appropriate that center Jefferson's name came up Friday, because the playful needling Jefferson and Pargo engaged in last season became the locker room's soundtrack.
They were a bit of an odd couple – the Charlotte Bobcats' All-NBA center and a little-used point guard. But they were both in their 10th NBA seasons, and they had much in common as far as experience to pass on to the group.
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Pargo played in 29 of 82 regular-season games last season, totaling 242 minutes and averaging 4.7 points and 1.8 assists. But he drew frequent praise from the coaches for the example of professionalism he set. The Bobcats had a particularly healthy locker-room atmosphere last season, and Pargo was a factor.
"We all wanted to see each other do well. It was never about playing time. It was all about the team," Pargo said. "We got into little scuffles here and there, but after the game it was all about love. Nothing really carried over (from game-to-game), and that's what you need to be a good team."
Pargo said it's a mistake to assume that chemistry is a given from season-to-season.
"It definitely has to be re-established. Only way it doesn't is if you come back with the very same group of guys, and that's very rare in the NBA," Pargo said.
"We have some new guys on this team, so that will be a work-in-progress, but I'm sure we'll have a really great locker room like last season."
Part of what worked for the Bobcats last season was a low-maintenance bench. Guys like Pargo, Anthony Tolliver, Chris-Douglas Roberts and Jeff Adrien didn't complain about playing time, and they all stayed ready to play. Pargo is the only one of those four to re-sign in Charlotte.
A 6-foot-1, 175-pound veteran, Pargo has changed teams nine times over a 10-season career. So knowing in July he has job security next season is a pleasant change from how much of his NBA career has gone.
"It's definitely a relief," Pargo said. "That's refreshing. I can't wait to get started."
Part of that excitement is about how he believes the Hornets have improved, both internally and externally.
'Lance (Stephenson) is a great player on the rise," Pargo said of the key free-agent signing. "I really like the signing of Brian Roberts. I think Cody (Zeller) is getting better and Mike (Kidd-Gilchrist) is working really hard this summer.
"I think we'll be better than we were last season."
Vonleh signs: Noah Vonleh, the Hornets' ninth overall pick last month, signed his rookie-scale contract. As the ninth pick, Vonleh is guaranteed more than $4 million total over the next two seasons, followed by two one-season team options. The Hornets have yet to sign their other first-round pick, P.J. Hairston.


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Paonia [15] is a town in the Northwestern part of the Rocky Mountains state of Colorado. It is the nearest town to the West Elks American Viticultural Area (AVA), part of Colorado's Wine Country and home to the highest wine vineyards in North America.
For a small town, Paonia is a bastion of progressive media, community activism and liberal thinking. Main Street boasts The High Country News [16], an internationally award winning environmental newspaper renown for its investigative jourinalism. KVNF (90.9 FM) [17] is a left-leaning Paonia-based public radio station that broadcasts from Grand Junction to Lake City.
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By plane
There are also airports in Denver and Grand Junction.
By car
Nestled in the North Fork Valley in Delta County, roads to Paonia from the east and the south are particularly beautiful. Paonia is 70 mi from Glenwood Springs on US 133. If you're in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park or Curecanti National Recreation Area take US 92 north. From Grand Junction take US 50 southeast to US 92 east for a total of about 70 mi.
By train
Amtrak [22] serves nearby Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction with the California Zephyr [23], which runs daily between Emeryville (in the San Francisco Bay Area) and Chicago. For more information, see rail travel in the US.
But once at the rail station, you will still have to rent a car.
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Downtown Paonia is only a few blocks and is easily navigated by foot. For the rest of the area, you will need a car or a bike.
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A few months ago, I experimented with green curry paste and lake trout. This time, I wanted to see what I could do with a can of red curry paste. In particular, I wanted to highlight some vegetables, so I went with zucchini, carrots, and loads of green peas. To help bulk things out, I also added in some shrimp.
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Feb. 16, 2007
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UCSB (2-1) took game one of a three-game series against Hawai'i (7-3) at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium by a count of 3-1 after a gem of a performance by senior right-hander Steve Morlock.
Morlock (1-1, 0.64) tossed a complete game three-hitter, tallying nine strikeouts and walking only one en route to his first victory of the season. The Kentfield, Calif. native retired the last sixteen batters in a row to close the game and seal the Gaucho 3-1 victory. The nine strikeouts were a career-high for Morlock, who tallied eight against UC Riverside on April 18, 2004. The nine-inning complete game was the first of that variety since 2005, when fellow Gaucho senior Michael Martin tossed nine complete to earn a 5-3 victory over Fresno State on February 19. For Morlock, it was his second complete game of his career, the first coming in an eight-inning game against Cal State Fullerton on April 29, 2005. In Friday's win over Hawai'i, Morlock surrendered a single run in the fourth and gave up a measly three singles over the nine innings.
Senior Mario Lewis and freshman Matt Valaika paced the Gauchos offensively, both finishing two-for-three with a double and an RBI on the day. The third Gaucho RBI came off the bat off junior Mike Zuanich, who earned a sacrifice fly to plate Blauer in the first inning.
Although Hawai'i only managed to scrape together three hits on the day, two of them came off the bat of leadoff man Jorge Franco. Franco finished two-for-four in the game. The lone Rainbow run came in the fourth inning when first baseman Kris Sanchez singled into centerfield to plate Jonathan Hee who had reached earlier in the inning on the only walk that Morlock issued all day.
Rainbow starter Ian Harrington lasted six innings, surrendering three runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two to be tagged with the loss. The left-hander gave way to right-hander Matt Daly to start the seventh. Daly pitched two scoreless innings, giving up no hits while walking one and punching out two batters.
The Gauchos got all the run support they needed for Morlock in the first inning, plating two runs in the bottom half of the frame to take an early 2-0 advantage. Junior Patrick Rose got things started out of the leadoff spot, lofting a fly ball over the pitcher's mound that fell for an infield hit. Rose moved from first to third on a Robbie Blauer single on the ensuing play, with Blauer taking second on the throw. With runners on second and third and nobody out, UCSB traded two outs for two runs. Lewis grounded out to shortstop Eli Christensen to move Blauer to third and plate Rose for the first Gaucho run. Just moments later, Zuanich lofted a deep fly ball down the right field line to bring in Blauer and cap the Gaucho scoring run.
After Hawai'i had pushed one run across in the top of the fourth, UCSB answered right back with a run of its own in the bottom half of the inning. Zuanich led off with a walk before Harrington picked up his second strikeout of the afternoon to bring up sophomore Chris McMurray. On the ensuing play, McMurray connected for his only hit of the day, a single that put runners on first and second for Valaika. The Valencia, Calif. native took advantage of his opportunity, lining a base hit into centerfield to plate Zuanich and give UCSB the 3-0 advantage.
From the fourth inning on, Morlock was lights out. The right-hander tallied five of his nine strikeouts in the last five innings of play. As previously stated, Morlock retired the final sixteen batters faced to close the game and ensure his first win of the 2007 campaign.
UCSB and Hawai'i will continue the three-game series tomorrow at 1 p.m. Game two should feature left-hander Jeff Braun (0-0, 5.40) for the Gauchos against lefty Mark Rodrigues (3-0, 1.72) for the Rainbows.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Erin Ross went a combined 4-for-7 with five RBI and two runs scored as Brandeis University defeated MIT 9-1 and 11-0 in Wednesday's non-league doubleheader at Briggs Field. The Judges improved their season ledger to 20-7-1, while the Engineers fell to 5-21.
Ross produced all four of her hits during the first game. Her three-run double in a four-run seventh inning put the game away, after Brandeis entered the frame leading 5-1. She also singled in a run in the second as the Judges bolted to an early 3-0 lead.
MIT put a run on the board in the bottom of the second as Kaitlyn McCartney tripled to right field and scored on Cheryl Kwinn's groundout to short. However, that's all the Engineers could muster on the combined pitching effort of Kaitlin Streilein and Emily Vaillette. Streilein (12-3) tossed six innings of five hit ball, while striking out seven and walking two, as Vaillette mopped up with a scoreless frame of relief.
Also contributing for Brandeis was Natalie Volpe, who went 3-for-5 with two RBI. Volpe drove in both the first and last runs for the Judges. In the initial stanza, she singled in Ross, who doubled to left to start the rally. Then, in the seventh, she knocked in Ross again, after the latter struck with her three-run double.
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The CDC had forecast the flu would directly cost businesses over $10 billing this year, but now expects that number to be much higher. Small-business expert Susan Solovic joins Lunch Break with details. Photo: Getty Images.
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