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Zezima: Indoor weatherman blows hot and cold
Most people who work in modern office buildings are convinced there is no such thing as climate control. I believe otherwise. Here's why: When it's 92 degrees outside, it's 52 inside. Add them up and divide by two and that's how you get an average temperature of 72 degrees.
Still, I have told my wife that I don't have to change my seasonal wardrobe -- put winter clothes away in the spring and take out summer ones, put summer clothes away in the fall and take out winter ones -- because you never know what the temperature is going to be in the office.
Instead, I suggest you take a suitcase to work every day so you can change clothes if it's too hot or too cold.
To warm up to the subject, I recently spoke with a cool guy, Steve Zimmerman, director of engineering services in the building where I work.
"We do get our fair share of complaints about the temperature," said Steve, who was wearing a long-sleeve shirt and a tie (and, of course, pants) even though it was a hot day.
"Actually, I think it's pretty comfortable in here today," I said, dressed in a sweatshirt (it was "casual Friday," even if Steve wasn't observing it) with a T-shirt underneath and a pair of jeans. I had also brought a windbreaker in case the wind in the office broke the record for the low temperature on that date. (Office conditions are not monitored by the National Weather Service, but they should be.)
Regulating the temperature in the building, which is half a million square feet, is "a big challenge," Steve said, adding: "We have three air compressors on the roof. And we have chillers in the basement. They have a series of pipes that blow air over the coils. There's a lot of wear and tear on the equipment. We try to keep it comfortable, but you can't please everybody. Some people say they're too hot; others say they're freezing. It's a constant battle."
It's also a battle at home, said Steve, who doesn't have central air-conditioning.
"I recently put air conditioners in the windows," he said.
"I put one in the bedroom because it gets too hot up there," I said.
"My wife is always hot," said Steve. "She'll open the window in February. I'll have five blankets on and she'll be on top of the sheet."
"Have you told her that you shouldn't have to change your seasonal wardrobe?" I asked.
"If I had the space I would," said Steve, adding that he boxes his clothes for the appropriate season.
"But you're wearing a shirt and tie today," I noted.
"I have to dress professionally no matter what the temperature is," Steve explained.
In the summer, the temperature in the office can be so cold that the place feels like a meat locker.
"Maybe," I suggested, "we can hang sides of beef in here and use them as punching bags, like Sylvester Stallone did in the first `Rocky' movie. It would be a good way to keep in shape."
"It might also make somebody want to punch you," Steve said.
"Good point," I replied.
In the winter, the temperature in the office can be so hot that the place feels like a sauna.
"Maybe," I suggested, "we can make it like a real sauna on casual Fridays and wear towels."
"If yours fell off, you might not have a job anymore," Steve said.
"Another good point," I replied.
I gained new respect for Steve and all the other people who, through broiling heat and bone-chilling cold, try to keep the temperature comfortable in office buildings across the land.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to pack a suitcase for work.
Stamford native Jerry Zezima recently was named Humor Writer of the Month by the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. He also won second place for humor in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' 2012 Writing Contest. It was the fourth time he has won a humor award from the NSNC. Visit his blog at www.jerryzezima.blogspot.com. Email: email@example.com.


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Transit hub and affordable homes to revitalize Miami's Liberty City
Rocked by scandal and delayed for more than a decade, the construction of a long-sought Liberty City transit hub that will also offer shopping and affordable housing is finally under way.
Workers are steering bulldozers and wielding wrecking balls, tearing down what remains of 13 decayed businesses in a run-down neighborhood that for decades has fought crime, drugs and worn-out roads.
The goal: To combine transit, retail and housing into one liveable urban village where people can eat, shop, live and hop on public transportation. Planners hope to create enough pedestrian traffic to return at least one small section of Liberty City to the glory days of the '60s and '70s, when it was one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in all of Miami.
"I was raised there. This used to be such a thriving intersection, and it just fell under," said Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, who has fought to build the village since she took office in 2005.
Back in the day, the busy Seventh Avenue corridor near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where the transit village will be built, boasted a Byron's department store, tailor shops, photography studios, a Frederick's of Hollywood and a Winn-Dixie supermarket.
Those stores are gone now and pedestrian traffic almost non-existent, thanks mostly to the construction of Interstate 95 in the '70s, and the 1980 McDuffie riots, when Miami's urban core was torn to shreds and burned down after a group of police officers who beat motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie to death were acquitted at trial.
Now, almost 15 years since former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek set her sights on revitalization, and six years since the plan was put on hold after the county's inspector general accused the former developer of questionable billing practices, one block is about to get a much-needed makeover.
The $54 million project is located between Northwest Sixth Court and Seventh Avenue, and 61st and 62nd streets. When complete, by the end of next year, its five bus bays will serve as a major transfer site with shuttles to downtown Miami and Metrorail stations. It will also have a large transit office for ticket buyers.
Aside from transportation, the complex will include a 22,000-square-foot playhouse theater for small productions, 8,000 square feet on the ground floor for retail, and more than 160 affordable apartments on the second floor that will rent for between $280 and $853 a month.
"It's going to be the catalyst and economic driver in this corridor," Edmonson said.
Getting everyone on board with the project hasn't been easy.
Before development plans were set in stone, Miami-Dade and the Carlisle Development Group — partners on the project — had to get the 13 property owners on the block to sell, and work out agreements with some of their tenants.
One shop keeper who had been there for decades refused to move, demanding $5 million, then $2 million, said Kenneth Naylor, chief operating officer of Carlisle. When the city of Miami finally declared the shoe-repair shop, which was on county-owned property, an unsafe structure, the retailer left and Carlisle tore it down.
Then there are Rafael Koblence and Markera Galustyants, owners of three pieces of property facing Seventh Avenue, two of them empty, the other a barber shop known as a community fixture. So far they've refused to sell. At one point, Koblence said, the sides had agreed on a deal for $2.1 million, but when Carlisle came back with an offer of $620,000 due to a lowered property assessment, it only angered the duo.
Now the asking price is $5 million, so Naylor said he plans to build around and over the three storefronts.
"They can build, that's fine," Galustyants said. "It's only going to be a plus for me."
The man who owns the barber shop on Galustyants's property is Johnny Cheeley, who has been cutting hair at Mop City Unisex Hairstyle Center for 42 years. One recent day, Cheeley focused intently on an older man with speckled gray hair seated in a barbershop chair, even as noisy trucks tossed dirt and tore down plaster walls outside. Cheeley said he's cut the hair of Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, and Billy Dee Williams.
Asked if he could continue to wait out the construction, Cheeley would only say: "Time will tell. I've just got to wait and see. I don't know what I'm going to do."
The transit hub's beginnings date back to the late '90s when Meek first advocated for the site. Her cause was later picked up by her son, Kendrick Meek, when he succeeded her in November 2002. With his aid, Congress appropriated $10 million to the venture. Carlisle is investing $24 million, and the county another $20 million in bonds and grants.
The plan almost went south in 2007 when a county inspector general's report found fault with the previous developer. The county returned the federal money and then-Mayor Carlos Alvarez warned the neighborhood of a trimmed-down plan, leaving some tenants who had already downsized staff and inventory in a quandary.
Edmonson, though, kept plugging away. The county retrieved the $10 million from the federal government, and Carlisle Development joined the effort. Edmonson made the transit hub the centerpiece of her reelection bid last year, posing for photos while seated in the big bulldozer that swung the initial wrecking ball blow to one of the buildings.
For a peek into the possibilities of the project, Carlisle representatives point 20 blocks west to Northwest 61st Street and 27th Avenue in Brownsville, where the developer recently completed a renewal of commercial space and living units for the elderly at another transit hub that has seen ridership increase almost 30 percent in the past year. Most of the Brownsville Transit Village was built in the former parking lot for the Metrorail station.
"Street-level retail and widening the sidewalks, which will create more pedestrian life and plays right into the buses, those are some of the tenets of urbanism," Naylor said. "At the end of the day, it's going to be an amazing place to live."
Alison Austin remains skeptical. The chief executive of the Belafonte Tacolcy Center, which offers help to families and needy kids, understands the need for economic development and agrees that the community was invited to dozens of meetings about the pending hub. Despite that, she says, residents had little say in the final plans.
Austin said she would rather have seen a job training center than a performing arts space in the complex.
Nathaniel Wilcox, a community organizer and executive director of People United to Lead the Struggle for Equality, said he can't understand the naysayers.
"For too long we've had to settle for the ragged, the tattered," Wilcox said of inner-city residents. "This will bring new life to the area."

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I was a serial British entrepreneur who started a number of successful media companies. At first I followed holistic business principles but over time I began to get caught up in corporate culture and lost my sense of true values. It took a life-threatening illness to bring me back to reality.
Now I am passionate about bring compassion back into business and reawakening timeless values. Business is more than making money - it's about connecting with others and spreading fulfillment at every level including employees, suppliers, stakeholders and the community.
My book Enlightened Business - Making a Living without Selling Your Soul will (hopefully!) inspire others to follow my example.
They are the people who read books my Malcolm Gladwell, and Tim Ferriss but have a particular interest in business.
Open-minded, interested in new ideas, interested in spiritual matters (in the broadest sense), any age but young at heart.
They could be disillusioned by corporate life or the current financial chaos or simply starting out. In every case this book challenges the conventional view of business.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a Senate hearing that if he were the president at the time of the Benghazi consulate attack, he would have fired her, adding that "I think it's inexcusable." He also said her stepping down indicates that she accepts "the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9/11." Um, I am guessing the Newtown school massacre doesn't count. How come he was so quiet when on Condoleezza Rice's role in the mess in Iraq?
Hillary Clinton leaves behind an impressive 20-year history in Washington D.C. and I scarcely believe what happened in Benghazi, as unfortunate as it was, will derail any presidential aspirations she may have for 2016.


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My 50 Favorite Tweets of 2010
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Every month, I put out a list of my favorite tweets from my Johnhawkinsrwn account. Since I think of Twitter as a blog, with a 140 character limit on the size of posts, that seems to work out pretty well.
Here are the best of the best: My fave tweets from 2010.
* I wonder what the consequences are of having such a youth-centric culture when the average lifespan is 78.4 years.
* Getting angry at women for liking men with money is like being angry at dogs for chasing cats. It's instinct.
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* Go forward like death's on your heels, live in the now like there's no tomorrow, & only look back to relive your most cherished memories
* Being an anti-Semite is incompatible with Christianity. You can't love God and hate His chosen people.
* It's okay for people to take charity as long as they need it and they're ashamed to have to take it.
* Men can't even understand what each other do. What makes us think we can truly comprehend why God does all that He does?
* Zombie flicks reveal innate optimism. They all feature 99.9% of people dying, but everyone pictures themselves surviving.
* If you have a moderate level of income & simple taste, you get to a place where there's not a lot of new stuff you want
* Why do libs always excuse themselves from their criticisms of America? America is rich, childish, racist — but, not you?
* It's nice to be able to take a walk after dark without having to worry about being eaten by wolves. Thanks civilization!
* The further you regularly get outside of being masculine as a man or feminine as a female, the unhappier you will become
* How to make decisions: Carefully consider the alternatives, make your best decision, don't reconsider unless new info comes in, don't look back. Easy.
* I'm pretty sure James Madison would see having your crotch grabbed as a condition of travel as an "unreasonable search."
* Greed is accusing other people of being greedy because they oppose giving you more of their money to spend.
* The Swift Boat Vets told the truth, the Willie Horton ad wasn't racist, and Max Cleland's patriotism wasn't challenged in his Senate race.
* You can't have good without naming evil, rights without responsibilities, or decency without limits on behavior.
* Having a good heart can get you in trouble when you're dealing w/ unstable people. Help if you like, but protect yourself
* I find it oddly comforting that even great & righteous men like David and Solomon sinned & fell short sometimes
* At a certain point, it makes sense to stop trying to be the exception to the rule and just adhere to the [email protected] rule.
* I hate to break it to people, but if you are born a man, surgery can only make you into a deformed man, not a woman
* The goal of Republicans in Congress shouldn't be to get gov't to work, it should be to get gov't off of our backs
* If the PC police wouldn't be outraged by the things you say from the pulpit, you're not doing your job as a pastor
* The same people who denigrate Christianity at every opportunity often turn around & bemoan the lack of decency in society
* The whole you "paid their debt to society" by going to jail thing is bogus. Jail is punishment. It doesn't pay anything.
* In America, it's usually the bully who says he's a victim, the extremist who cries over extremism, & the bombthrower who demands civility.
* All you have to do to change your mood is change what you're focused on.
* Christianity is supposed to be challenging, difficult, and cut against the grain of society. If it's easy, it's phony.
* Whether you're on the wielding or receiving end of the ax has a way of changing your perspective.
* Liberal feminism: Devotion to abortion, copying the worst traits of men, & pretending to be outraged by the real world.
* Liberals find a rationale for supporting just about anything that degrades morality, tradition, and American culture.
* Government condemning business is like a tick condemning a dog for not giving it enough blood.
* Accepting that you create most of the problems in your own life is the first step towards real freedom.
* The idea that the middle path between two extremes must be the right one because it's moderate is smug & lazy thinking
* Poor Roman Polanski. You rape a girl and these conservatives never want to let you forget it – even though you're famous!
* Odd, but true fact: The farther off a poll is, the more attention it draws. So, the worst polls make the most news.
* Some people lash out so much when they're angry or afraid that you can't afford to let yourself feel sympathy for them.
* Ironically, spell checker is, over time, ruining my ability to spell
* I've never seen someone who wasn't patriotic, but who did strike me as a fundamentally good & decent person.
* Dif between men & women: Does anyone think the Old Spice guy worries women like him for his body, not his mind?
* Ad: "My credit was bad, so I never thought I could get a computer AND a TV!" Maybe that shouldn't be your top priority.
* Why do successful nations fail? Usually because they stopped doing the things that made them successful.
* All you have to do in America to be a "dangerous radical" is tell truths so obvious that a child could see them.
* If you can't even be fake nice to me for 2 min in person, you really shouldn't be emailing me pitches for your clients
* We need a charity that ships weaponry to Christians being murdered & persecuted in backwards parts of the world.
* While walking the dog, I saw a cat trying to sneak up on 3 buzzards. Ya gotta admire the moxie.
* Know who tells people they "don't do drama" right off the bat? People who tend to be involved in a lot of drama.
* The average lib thinks that if we're nice enough, we can reach an understanding with Ahmadinejad, but Rush Limbaugh can't be reasoned with
* If 90% of what we worry about never happens, why is being positive less "realistic" than being negative?
* The solution to America's problems isn't new government programs, it's scaling back the power of government.
* I'm always for my own species. I'd side with the living against the dead, people over orcs, and humans against aliens.
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The bootenv keyword can be used for either a UFS file system or a ZFS root pool installation. The usage is different for a ZFS installation.
For a complete list of keywords that can be used in a UFS or ZFS installation, see Table 8–2
For a description of how the bootenv keyword can be used when installing a ZFS root pool, see JumpStart Keywords for a ZFS Root (/) File System (Reference)
bootenv createbe bename new_BE_name filesystem mountpoint:device:fs_options [filesystem...]
bootenv createbe keyword enables you to quickly create an empty-and-inactive boot environment at the same time you are installing the Solaris OS. At the least, you must create the root (/) file system. The slices are reserved for the file systems specified, but no file systems are copied. The boot environment is named, but not actually created until installed with a Solaris Flash archive. When the empty boot environment is installed with an archive, file systems are installed on the reserved slices. The following lists the values for bename and filesystem.
bename specifies the name of the new boot environment to be created. new_BE_name can be no longer than 30 characters, can contain only alphanumeric characters, and can contain no multibyte characters. The name must be unique on the system.
filesystem determines the type and number of file systems that are to be created in the new boot environment. At least one slice that contains the root (/) file system must be defined. File systems can be on the same disk or spread across multiple disks.
mountpoint can be any valid mount point or – (hyphen), indicating a swap slice.
device must be available when the operating system that is being installed is first booted. The device has no relation to JumpStart special storage devices such as free. The device cannot be a Solaris Volume Manager volume or Veritas Volume Manager volume. device is the name of a disk device, of the form /dev/dsk/cwtxdysz.
fs_options can be one of the following:
ufs, which indicates a UFS file system.
swap, which indicates a swap file system. The swap mount point must be a – (hyphen).
For a profile example and background about using this keyword, see the following references:
For an example of a profile
For background about using Solaris Live Upgrade that creates, upgrades, and activates inactive boot environments
Chapter 2, Solaris Live Upgrade (Overview), in Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
For background about using a Solaris Flash archive
Chapter 1, Solaris Flash (Overview), in Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)


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Our target audience is mortgage brokers and banks that are seeking new borrowers/loans. These are instituitions that are currently struggling since lending guidelines have tightened so if we can get in front of them to present our company and lead generation model we almost always leave a with a commitment to run a test market.
We need a professional look and feel that will stick in peoples minds. We realize that our name is not very creative, but it's partially because we don't want everyone knowing what it is we do. All we're trying to do with this logo design is pass the "sniff test" when it comes to gaining credibility in our clients and future clients eyes.
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Ha... I am driving a Nebraska Corn Husker thru Duck country!. Looking at map, we can 20 from Ontario, Oregon to Newport. And go thru Corvallis... and miss Salem and Portland!! No reason to go that far North. Now to calculate miles driven in a day on two lane highway instead of interstate.. where to stay???
We usually take I-84 to I-205 and bypass downtown, picking up I-5 farther south. It works okay as long as it's not during commute hours.ArdraF
Sounds like I-84 to 205 south is still the preferred route. To avoid the smoke, get to the coast as soon as possible via one of the several routes through the coast mountains. I hope by the time you are able to come back to Eugene for the Ducks vs. Huskers game the smoke will have abated. No guarantees, though. It all depends on wind direction. Most of these large acreage fires have a projected date of mid-October before they are able to be contained. Pray for rain!
I agree. Avoid rush hour then use 205 to bypass downtown Portland. It is a high quality route to 5.
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* Mills likely to replenish when China returns next week
* Vale halts output at 3 Brazil iron ore pellet plants
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SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Bids for iron ore forward swaps remained firm on Friday, reflecting investor expectations spot iron prices will bounce back as Chinese steel mills replenish inventories when they return next week.
The premium of swap prices over spot has widened this week, although the absence of Chinese traders due to the National Day holiday limited trading volumes on the cash-settled derivatives, with physical markets grinding to a halt.
The November iron ore swap contract
climbed 2.5 percent to $111.42 a tonne on Thursday, and December
jumped by around the same amount to $111.58, with other further forward contracts
also extending recent gains.
On Thursday, the average bid for the fourth-quarter swaps was at $112.50, traders said, above Thursday's average settlement of $111.31.
The prices are well above the benchmark spot rate of $104.20 a tonne for 62-percent grade iron ore
, where it was stranded for a seventh straight day on Thursday, with China's holiday silencing physical markets.
"People are betting that the Chinese will restock next week so we've seen some activity in swaps," said a Singapore-based trader.
The thin volumes, however, may have also helped exaggerate price gains, he said.
Volume cleared by the Singapore Exchange - which clears the bulk of cash-settled iron ore swaps traded globally - increased to 812 lots, or 406,000 tonnes, on Thursday from 322 lots on Wednesday.
Last month, the amount of swaps cleared by the Singapore Exchange peaked at nearly 4,000 lots on a daily basis, based on exchange data.
Iron ore hit a three-year low of $86.70 in September and while prices have since rebounded to above $100, they have struggled to go much higher in the face of poor steel demand in China, the world's biggest consumer.
Responding to slower global steel demand, Brazil's Vale
, the world's top iron ore miner, said on Thursday that it plans to suspend operations at three Brazilian iron ore pellet plants and increase output of lower-value mine products.
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Field Recording Gear Tips: Wind Protection
One of the great things about blogs, forums, Twitter and the digital age in general is the ease with which information gets passed around. There are so many makes and models of studio and field recording gear, and more innovations being marketed all the time, that without all these new ways to access information, we'd have a much tougher time narrowing down what gear is right for every individual's needs. I have come across a few great articles and discussion forums about what items other professional field recordists have in their kits and I have stolen more than a few ideas. So I thought I would throw my hat in the ring and describe my recording kit and how it has evolved over the years. This post is not meant to be a gear fetish article so I am going to skip over the actual microphones and recorders in my kit (for a great mic fetish article read this though!) and talk about the accessories and handy items that fill out my equipment locker.
This will be a four-part series, with each post covering a different portion of my current kit. In coming weeks I'll cover Stands/Booms/Mounts, Useful Odds & Sods/Tools, and Storage/Transport Solutions, but today I will write about what items I use to protect recordings from wind and other unwanted environmental noise.
Wind Protection is possibly the most important microphone accessory category, as not everything that one wishes to record can be put in a sound-isolated recording booth. Out in the field, wind can be a really tough enemy to overcome and I find I can never be too prepared to battle the unpredictable elements. Wind can ruin a great recording, and Murphy's Law of Location Recording dictates that if it's nice and calm while you're setting up your mics, then the wind is going to pick up as soon as you start recording. Ways to minimize how wind affects a microphone sometimes are as simple as creative placement of objects (or a willing body) at the side of the mic to act as a baffle, but eventually you are going to need more than makeshift solutions to save your recordings. As wind speeds increase you have to up the ante and get a proper covering for the mic. Over the years I have used a bunch of different techniques that vary from standard professional gear to more DIY/McGyver-inspired solutions.
In terms of the professional gear, I have both a Rode Blimp and a Rycote Windshield and they both have their pros and cons. One big positive for the Rode is its price, as it's much cheaper than a Rycote. But with that discount comes some trade-offs. The Rode Blimp is bigger and a little bit heavier than the Rycote and if I am using a boom pole or using the hand grip for extended periods then this extra weight becomes a problem. It also has an annoying little rubber piece that holds the mic cable in place where it exits the blimp and this little rubber bit is always falling and bouncing/rolling away when you change out the mic in the blimp. I have spent lots of time on my knees scavenging through the grass looking for it, time that could have been better spent recording whatever I was trying to capture in the first place. The Rode Blimp is also more susceptible to wear and tear. The structure of the cage is made up of hundreds of plastic hexagons and over time some of these thin hexagon sides have snapped. This hasn't caused any problems for me yet but I imagine that if enough of these bits break, I'll start hearing wind-noise creeping into my recordings.
As befits a somewhat higher-end product, the Rycote windshield seems to be much more adaptable for different length mics as it has extensions that can be added or removed as needed. The Lyre system used in a Rycote also makes it much easier to change out microphones with different body circumferences - as opposed to the Rode's rubber-band suspension. The Lyre lets you simply pop out one mic and pop in another, while with the Blimp's suspension, swapping out two different-sized mics takes time and fiddling. The Blimp comes with a variety of different mic clips that can be put in the suspension system to accommodate various mic diameters, so if you want to swap out the mic, you have to completely dis-assemble the rubberband suspension, attach a new clip and then rebuild the suspension again. It is not difficult to do, but it is a 'stop-everything' kind of process. In terms of comfort of handling, if you tend to spend a lot of time holding the mic with the pistol grip, the contour on the Rycote's grip is much less comfortable then the Rode's, but I feel like this is off-set by the fact that the Rycote is lighter.
Both of these mic surrounds are quite effective in protecting the microphone from the wind. They both come with furries that are very similar; Rycote calls theirs a Windjammer and Rode refers to theirs as a Dead Wombat. I used the Rode Blimp dressed in it's wombat fur during my trip along the coastal roads of Iceland where I encountered some pretty heavy winds. The Blimp allowed me to capture good sound without much difficulty in those wild conditions.
Before I invested in the Rycote and Rode systems I was using a foam wind cover with a furry fabric sheath pulled over it made by Rode, it continues their dead animal themed naming convention and goes by the name "Dead Cat". This is not good enough in extreme circumstances but it will get you through light wind in a pinch. One advantage of the Dead Cat is that it is much less imposing and doesn't draw attention as much a full windshield and furry does. I am not saying it is stealth by any means but it is a bit less conspicuous.
In addition to the windscreens, I carry some extra supplies I purchased at a local fabric store. I have a roll of foam about an inch thick, and a few yards of long-haired fun fur (I use black but you can get some far-out neon colours if that's your thing). I have found these supplies to come in handy when I have to get creative in a situation that is not going according to plan. For instance I've found myself in this predicament: I'm recording a sound that turns out to be too loud for my planned microphone and I have to try another mic, but am missing the right clips to mount in the Blimp. I've cut a few chunks of foam and fur, wrapped them around the mic and secured it all with a rubber band, and voilà - a homemade solution that saved the recording session. It's not ideal for getting the sound perfectly but it helped me get something when otherwise I would have got nothing.
I also have some wind protection for other-sized mics. I have the Rycote Portable Recorder Kit to help cut down wind noise when I am out with my hand-held recorder. It works quite well but is not terribly effective in really high wind conditions. To help, I have cut up a piece of the foam mentioned above and shaped it so it can fit over the mics inside the Rycote furry. This helps with the wind but does colour the sound a bit.
For smaller mics, I have a few tiny foams in a couple of sizes to help with lavs and tiny mics. Again, if needed, in a pinch I can cut off a small square of the fun fur and secure it with a rubber band if more wind protection is needed.
If I think they will be needed I have 6 sound re-enforcement blankets that I can bring along to try to help isolate a sound from its surroundings. These can substantially cut down room reverberation or help in deadening down noise leaks from outside. They can also be used in extreme wind as barriers held on the windy side of the mic, as they are quite heavy and won't audibly flap around, unless we are talking hurricane-speed winds. Finally these can be used to place under things that move, so you can cut down on the ground friction sounds they may make. They are also good for putting under your knees if your recording session requires a lot of kneeling and crawling.
Since the blankets are quite bulky I find a good technique to keep them manageable is to store them in vacuum sealed bags. This process makes them quite a bit smaller during storage and they are easy to get out of the bags when needed and are back to full size in a few minutes.
The final thing I like to bring along for microphone protection is another human being. A second set of eyes can watch for problems that might go unseen by a recordist concentrating on the task at hand... specifically protecting your gear from theft. I have had a few occasions where a friend or colleague has noticed something/someone I had not, and I've been very glad for their presence as a result. Plus, a second set of hands (attached to a quiet and patient body) is helpful in countless ways throughout the whole recording process in the field. I try to always go out with at least one other person, my wife usually drawing the short straw for this job.
So that's what I like to have handy in terms of microphone protection on a field recording adventure. Please feel free to contribute what items you find invaluable in your kit via the comments section below or through Twitter. You can find me on Twitter @azimuthaudio .


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New European rules on Over-the-Counter Derivatives and Market infrastructures – Frequently Asked Questions
What are derivatives?
A derivative is a financial contract linked to the future value or status of the underlying to which it refers (e.g. the development of interest rates or of a currency value, or the possible bankruptcy of a debtor).
Over-the-Counter (OTC) derivative contracts are not traded on an exchange (for example the London Stock Exchange) but instead privately negotiated between two counterparts (for example a bank and a manufacturer). The definition of OTC derivatives in EMIR refers to all derivatives contracts which are not "executed on a regulated market". As a result all derivatives contracts executed on a venue of execution which is not a regulated market (e.g. a Multilateral trading facility), is considered as an OTC derivative contract under EMIR.
What is the size of the market? What kinds of products are comprised?
OTC derivatives account for almost 95% of the derivatives markets. In June 2011, the notional value of outstanding OTC derivatives was around $707 trillion or €540 trillion. The OTC derivatives market comprises a wide variety of product types across several asset classes (interest rates, credit, equity, foreign exchange (FX) and commodities) with widely differing characteristics and levels of standardisation. OTC derivatives are used in a variety of ways, including for purposes of hedging, investing, and speculating. Contrary to derivatives traded on exchanges, OTC derivatives are not automatically cleared through Central Clearing Parties (cf next question) or subject to reporting rules.
What are market infrastructures?
Central Counterparties (CCP)
A CCP is an entity that interposes itself between the two counterparties to a transaction, becoming the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer. A CCP's main purpose is to manage the risk that could arise if one counterparty is not able to make the required payments when they are due –i.e. defaults on the deal.
CCPs are commercial firms. There are currently about a dozen CCPs, all but one located in Europe or the USA, clearing interest rates, credit, equity and commodities OTC derivatives. There is currently no CCP clearing FX OTC derivatives.
Trade repositories
A trade repository is a central data centre where details of derivatives transactions are reported.
Trade repositories are commercial firms. There are global trade repositories for credit, interest rate and equity OTC derivatives, and soon for commodities and FX.
Why did the Commission propose legislation on OTC derivatives?
Derivatives play an important role in the economy. But they are also associated with certain risks. The financial crisis, including the default of Lehman Brothers and the bail out of AIG, highlighted that these risks were not sufficiently mitigated, particularly in the OTC market where almost 95% of derivatives are traded. The European Commission committed to deliver, in its Communication on Driving European Recovery of March 2009, appropriate initiatives to increase transparency in the derivatives market and to address financial stability concerns.
In September 2009, at the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit, the leaders of the 19 biggest economies in the world and the European Union agreed that "all standard OTC derivative contracts should be traded on exchanges or electronic trading platforms, where appropriate, and cleared through central counterparties by end-2012 at the latest." Furthermore, they acknowledged that "OTC derivative contracts should be reported to trade repositories and that non-centrally cleared contracts should be subject to higher capital requirements."
The Commission's proposal meets the G20 commitments on OTC derivatives markets.
What are the objectives of the new rules?
The new rules objectives are to increase transparency in the OTC derivatives market and to make it safer by reducing counterparty credit risk and operational risk.
How does the proposal make the derivatives market more transparent?
Currently, there is little reliable information on what is going on in the OTC derivatives market. There are no public prices available, no public information as to who is entering deals with whom, over what period of time, relating to what underlying asset or for which amounts.
Under the final text agreed in the negotiation process, detailed information on each derivatives contract traded by a financial or a non-financial firm will have to be reported to trade repositories. The data in these trade repositories will then be available to regulators, giving them a much better overview of who owes what to whom so they can spot any potential problems early and be in a position to take action if need be. In addition, trade repositories will have to publish aggregate positions by class of derivatives, providing market participants with a clearer view of the derivatives market. However, trade repositories will not publish data at trade level as the type of information is commercially sensitive.
To whom will the clearing and reporting obligations apply to?
The obligation to clear OTC derivatives contracts through a CCP and report derivatives to trade repositories will apply to financial firms (banks – both universal banks and investment banks, insurance companies, funds etc.) and to non-financial firms (energy companies, airlines, manufacturers etc.) that have large positions in OTC derivatives.
Are any exemptions foreseen from the clearing and reporting obligations?
The proposal provides for some limited exemptions from clearing and reporting requirements for non-financial firms.
- contracts by non-financial firms:
Contracts by non-financial firms below a 'clearing threshold' will not have to be cleared through a CCP. "Commercial and Treasury hedging activities", i.e. when these firms use OTC derivatives to hedge risks related to their activities, will be subtracted from the firm's overall position which means that they will not count towards the threshold set for the clearing obligation. These activities do not need to be cleared. For example, commercial hedging could be when airlines using OTC derivatives to secure the price at which they buy fuel, or when exporters who use OTC derivatives to shield themselves from fluctuations of exchange rates.
These thresholds are not set out in the proposal. ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, together with ESRB, the European Systemic Risk Board and other relevant authorities will draft technical standards on what these thresholds should be.
When setting these thresholds, ESMA will have to take into account the systemic relevance of the sum of net position and exposures by counterparty per class of derivatives (i.e. looking at how much overall risk they pose to the system).
A hypothetical example of hedging: a plane manufacturer has a contract to build 6 planes in the next 6 months and will need 10 tonnes of steel per plane. He may want to guarantee that whatever the fluctuations in the market of the price of steel, he gets steel at a certain fixed price for the next 6 months so as to be able to deliver the planes on budget. To cover for the risk of steel rising, the plane manufacturer could enter into an OTC contract with a bank for example. They could agree on a set price for a set quantity of steel for 6 months. If, after 6 months, when the contract matures, the market price turned out to be lower, the bank would make a profit; but if the market price turned out to be higher, then the plane manufacturer would be able to purchase the steel a price lower than the market price and thus save money.
- financial institutions involved in the management of public debt
Members of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), public bodies charged with or intervening in the management of the public debt, and the Bank for International Settlements will not be subject to the clearing, reporting or bilateral risk mitigation obligations in order to avoid limiting their powers to intervene to stabilise the market, if and when required.
- pension funds
Besides, a temporary exemption from central clearing for pension funds has been introduced in the course of the negotiations. This is aimed at ensuring that pension funds do not incur disproportionate costs that could ultimately impact EU pensioners. Once the industry has developed the appropriate technical solutions for the provision of non-cash collateral as variation margins by pension funds they will be subject to central clearing. In the interim pension funds will have to exchange collateral for their OTC derivatives.
- intra-group transactions
In addition, an exemption from the clearing obligation for transactions entered within a group of financial firms, non-financial firms or a mix of financial and non-financial firms has been introduced ('intra-group exemption'). This exemption is necessary because requiring clearing of intra-group transactions could substantially increase the capital and liquidity required by firms that centralise risk management in certain entities as well as increase operational complexity. However, to ensure that the exemption does not increase systemic risk, EMIR will require that intra-group exempted transactions will be subject to bilateral collateralisation unless two conditions are met: there is no current or foreseen practical or legal impediment to the prompt transfer of own funds and repayment of liabilities between the counterparties, and the risk management procedures of the counterparties are adequately sound, robust, and consistent with the level of complexity of the derivative transactions.
Which OTC derivatives contracts will be eligible for mandatory clearing?
To have as many OTC contracts as possible cleared through a CCP, the Regulation introduces two approaches to determine which contracts must be cleared:
The 'top down' approach will ensure that if no CCP clears a product that should be subject to the clearing obligation, there are tools available to regulators to get this product cleared through a CCP. It will also ensure that new products will not fall through the net.
ESMA will use the following criteria when determining eligibility for the clearing obligation: the degree of standardisation of the contract and operational processes, liquidity and the volume of contracts, availability of fair, reliable and generally accepted pricing information.
Why does the proposal not envisage mandating clearing for all OTC derivatives?
Because they are customised to meet particular counterparty or end-user needs, some bespoke OTC derivatives products will not have the level of standardisation required for central clearing.
How will the proposal reduce counterparty credit risk in OTC derivatives trading?
Currently, participants in the OTC derivatives market do not collect sufficient collateral (i.e. guarantees; usually they are in the form of cash or securities) to mitigate counterparty credit risk, which refers to the risk of loss arising from one party not making the required payments when they are due.
The Commission's proposal requires that OTC derivatives that are standardised will have to be cleared through central counterparties (CCPs). Since an OTC derivative contract cleared by a CCP usually involves the posting of higher amounts of collateral than an equivalent contract that is not cleared by a CCP, this will increase the amount of collateral held in the system.
As collateral will be held in a few places, there is an argument that risk will be concentrated there. To avoid CCPs becoming a source of risk to the financial system in themselves, the proposal introduces stringent conduct of business, organisational and prudential requirements so that CCPs manage risk properly and are therefore safe to use. The final text defines stringent requirements on CCPs liquidity risk management, which will be specified in technical standards. CCPs' access to liquidity could result from access to central bank or to creditworthy and reliable commercial bank liquidity, or a combination of both.
If a contract is not deemed eligible (e.g. prices are not available or the contract is not liquid), or if one of the parties to an eligible contract is not subject to the clearing obligation, then that contract will in all likelihood not be cleared by a CCP. For such contracts, the proposal will require the institutions subject to the clearing obligation to apply robust bilateral risk management technique, including marked-to-market on a daily basis of outstanding contracts and holding of additional capital.
Are commodity derivatives and foreign exchange included in the proposal?
The proposal covers all segments of the OTC derivatives market (interest rate, credit, equity, foreign exchange and commodities). At this stage, while the segments differ in their characteristics, the Commission considers that there is no strong evidence to exclude any of them from the scope of the proposal.
There is, on the contrary, a strong incentive to adopt a comprehensive policy on OTC derivatives, as the failures uncovered by the financial crisis are present in all segments of the OTC derivatives market. Furthermore, there is a risk that excluding any segment from the outset would create a loophole that could be exploited by market participants. This is because any derivative contract can be partitioned and reconstructed into different but economically equivalent contracts. For example, if a specific contract is eligible for clearing but can be reconstructed into two other types of derivatives that are not covered by the Regulation and do not have to be cleared through a CCP, market participants would be able to avoid clearing requirements by modifying the original contract.
However, there will be a need to look at what other G20 jurisdictions do and ensure consistency at a global level.
What will be the role of European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)? What will be the role of national financial supervisors?
The proposal gives ESMA a key role. ESMA will be responsible for the identification of contracts that will be subject to the clearing obligation, i.e. those that are standardised and must then go through CCPs. It will also be responsible for the supervision of trade repositories and will be a member of the colleges supporting national authorities supervising CCPs operating in several members states. Finally, it will be required to draft a large number of specific binding technical standards for the application of the Regulation, for example with respect to the clearing thresholds.
The members of those CCPs, who bear the financial risk for the contracts cleared, are largely major internationally operating financial firms such as banks and investment firms. In view of its cross-border activities and the involvement of large international financial firms, the continued health and viability of a CCP is therefore not only of interest to the authorities of the Member State of its establishment, but also to authorities from other Member States.
Therefore the proposal from the Commission envisaged that during the authorisation process of a CCP, there would be strong cooperation between all of the public authorities concerned (supervisory authorities, central banks, etc) from all of the Member States involved. This principle has been retained in the final agreement.
It has been agreed that in the event that the public authorities have legitimate concerns about the authorisation of a CCP, the Regulation will include a mechanism that allows those authorities to raise their concerns and, if necessary, to request ESMA to take a final decision using a procedure of binding mediation.
The mechanism to request binding mediation by ESMA is balanced and takes into account the interests and concerns of both the home authorities (authorities of the Members States in which the CCP is established) and the host authorities (authorities of the Member States in which the CCP provides its services).
Host authorities cannot request binding mediation by ESMA against the opinion of a home country authority unless the host authorities agree to do so unanimously, or if a significant number (two-thirds) of the host authorities are concerned with the proposed authorisation and agree to request binding mediation
What about data protection for trade repositories?
The proposal will require those trade repositories that wish to be used for the purpose of the reporting obligation to register with ESMA. In order to obtain registration, a trade repository will have to comply, among other things, with strict requirements aimed at ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and protection of the information it receives and maintains.
How will the regulation interact with third countries?
Recognition of a third country CCP by ESMA will first require that the European Commission has ascertained the legal and supervisory framework of that third country as equivalent to the EU's, that the CCP is authorised and subject to effective supervision in that third country and that ESMA has established co-operation arrangements with the third country competent authorities. A CCP of a third country will not be allowed to perform activities and services in the EU if these conditions are not met.
Recognition of a third country trade repository will be subject to similar conditions as for CCPs in terms of equivalent legal regime and supervision. In addition, it will be subject to an international agreement being in place between the European Commission and that third country with regard to mutual access to data and exchange of information on OTC derivatives contracts held in trade repositories.
The final text also introduces important tools to manage the risks of market participants being subject to two sets of potentially conflicting requirement on OTC derivatives (EMIR and the rules of a third-country). The text also contains an anti-avoidance clause: if market participants deliberately structure a contract outside of the EU to avoid EMIR then EMIR rules still apply
What does the proposal say with respect to interoperability of CCPs?
Interoperability is an essential tool to achieve an effective integration of the post-trading market in Europe. However, interoperability may expose CCPs to additional risks. For this reason, regulatory approval is required before entering into an interoperable arrangement. CCPs should carefully consider and manage the extra risks that interoperability entails and satisfy the competent authorities about the soundness of the systems and procedures adopted. In view of the complexity of derivatives markets and the early stage of development of CCP clearing for OTC derivatives, the proposal does not extend the provisions on interoperability to instruments other than cash securities.
A new article on the access of CCPs to venues of executions opens an access right of CCPs to the transactions traded on a venue of execution. This provision may result in a venue of execution being cleared by several CCPs but this does not imply the implementation of interoperability arrangements between those CCPS.
What has been done at the global level on OTC derivatives?
In line with the EU's G20 commitments there have been a number of initiatives both by individual jurisdiction and international bodies. At national level, both the US (Dodd-Frank Act) and Japan have passed OTC derivatives legislation in 2010. The Commission's proposal uses different approaches at times, but is very much in line with the legislation being adopted in other parts of the world. This is essential to ensure no regulatory arbitrage.
At international level, the Financial Stability Board set up a work stream, co-chaired by the Commission, in order to address the challenges related to the implementation of the G20 commitments. In addition, the OTC Derivatives Regulators' Forum was established to promote cooperation between regulators. Finally, CPSS/IOSCO has published guidance on the application of its 2004 recommendations for CCPs to OTC derivatives, and is currently in the process of reviewing these recommendations and preparing recommendations for trade repositories.
The Commission has also regular bilateral discussion with the US authorities in order to identify the possible issues raised by the cross-border effects of Dodd-Frank act's provisions on derivatives and EMIR.
What additional proposals are foreseen in the OTC derivatives space?
Other measures relevant to OTC derivatives have been taken, notably the revision of the Capital Requirements Directive (e.g. differentiation of capital charges between CCP cleared and non-CCP cleared contracts), the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (e.g. ensuring trading of standardised contracts on organised trading venues, enhancing trade and price transparency across venues and OTC markets as appropriate) and the Market Abuse Directive (extending the scope of the Directive to OTC derivatives).
What are the next steps?
The European Parliament needs to vote in plenary session on the regulation and the Council will then need to formally adopt the rules.
The regulation will then be published in the Official Journal and the rules will enter into force.
In line with G20 commitments, the new rules should be fully in place by the end of 2012.
The ESAs will submit technical standards to the Commission in due course.
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Baseball Strikes Out, Golf Scores En Route To Possible Olympic Reinstatement
August 13, 2009: In the end, it might have been the possibility of seeing Tiger Woods at the Olympics rather than dealing with situations that have surrounded Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and other baseball stars that might have swayed the International Olympic Committee to recommend that golf and rugby sevens be considered for reinstatement into the Games while baseball and several other sports remain outside looking in.
At a meeting in Berlin on Aug. 13, the IOC executive board approved the proposals of both golf, which has not been an Olympic sport since 1904, and rugby sevens, last seen on the Olympic stage in 1924. The recommendation must now be approved by a full meeting of the IOC congress in Copenhagen in October, which at this point is seen more as a formality than a hurdle. Baseball, softball, squash, karate and roller sports failed in there attempts to be approved for reinstatement.
At the meeting, the IOC executive committee also approved the inclusion of women's boxing as an event at the 2012 Summer Games in London.
There was some talk that baseball's reinstatement might also bolster the chances of Chicago being named by the IOC at the host city for the 2016 Games. However, there was no indication by the IOC in Berlin that rejecting baseball had affected Chicago's chances one way or the other.
Woods might have been the man who helped put golf over the top. This week, Woods said he would seek to be part of an Olympic golf team in 2016 "if I'm not retired by then." Woods would be 40, but seemingly would still be in prime condition to contend for a spot. Supporters of reinstating baseball, which will not be in the Olympics beginning with the 2012 London Games, had pitched the notion that top MLB players would participate even though the Olympics take place during the baseball season. Among the IOC's reasons for voting baseball out of the Olympics was that not enough of the game's stars appeared on national rosters and also that baseball had to resolve such issues such as the use of performance enhancing drugs.
"All seven sports made a strong case for inclusion, and the [executive board] carefully evaluated them in a transparent and fair process. In the end, the decision came down to which two would add the most value," IOC President Jacques Rogge said in a statement. "Golf and rugby will be a great addition to the Games."
According to Rogge, winning a gold medal would now rank as high for golfers as winning a major tournament. "Ask [tennis stars] Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, ask the NHL players, ask the NBA basketball players. They all want to go to the Games," Rogge told reporters after the vote.
The proposed format for golf would be a 72-hole strokeplay competition for men and women, with 60 players in each field. The world's top 15 players would qualify automatically, and all major professional tours would alter tournament schedules to avoid a clash with the Olympics. The International Rugby Board proposed a seven-a-side version for both men and women, and said it would scrap its Sevens World Cup to ensure the Olympics is the sport's top event.
For women's boxing, the International Boxing Federation plans to have 40 female boxers compete in five weight categories, with eight women fighting at each weight.
After the vote, the International Baseball Federation expressed its disappointment in failing to get the game back into the Games. "Today is certainly a disappointing day for the billions of fans and participants around the globe who love the game of baseball, especially for the many young people from emerging countries who are now just learning the game and will not get the opportunity to realize the Olympic dream that so many before them have had. We effectively addressed all the International Olympic Committee's questions with regard to reinstatement and are confident that we had made the best presentation possible."
The IBAF also congratulated gold and rugby sevens on being recommended for reinstatement. "Both will be welcome additions to the Olympic program and should add great excitement to which ever city is selected to host the Olympic Games in 2016." The IOC will select a host city for the 2016 Olympics in October from among Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
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OAKLAND — Archbishop Alex J. Brunett, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Oakland, will celebrate a special Mass of Remembrance Wednesday for the victims and families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The hourlong service begins at 12:10 p.m. and is open to the public at Cathedral of Christ the Light, 2121 Harrison St., in Oakland. It will provide an opportunity for people to come together and pray as a community. Archbishop Brunett and Bishop Emeritus John S. Cummins will lead the prayer.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT dominated the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District team that was released by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Seven of the 25 positions on the team were filled by Engineers, the most by any team in the New England Football Conference. Senior offensive lineman Ethan Peterson (Rutland, Vt.), senior defensive lineman Russell Spivak (Scarsdale, N.Y.), junior defensive back Rhys Borchert (Pocatello, Idaho), junior defensive back Matt Merlino (Vancouver, Wash.), junior defensive lineman Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.), sophomore receiver Brad Goldsberry (Elizabeth, Colo.) and sophomore running back Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.) were the Engineers selected for the honor. All will now advance to the Capitol One Academic All-America ballot, from which first, second and third team All-America honorees will be selected later in November.
Peterson, a first team All-NEFC selection this season, was a second team Academic All-American in 2011. A nuclear science and engineering major with a 4.8 GPA (5.0 scale), Peterson was recently named a finalist for the National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy that recognizes the best scholar-athlete in the nation. Peterson was the leader of the MIT offensive line that that was among the national leaders in allowing the fewest sacks. The Engineers allowed just nine sacks all season, tying for the best mark in the NEFC.
A starter along the defensive front, Spivak was among the leaders on the line with 29 tackles this season. A management and political science major with a 4.8 GPA, he also tied for the team lead with 5.5 tackles for a loss of team best 29 yards.
A repeat member of the all-district team from last season, Borchert finished fourth on the squad with 54 tackles. Majoring in physics with a 4.9 GPA, he intercepted two passes and broke up three others for the Engineers as well as serving as one of the team's primary kick returners, averaging 20.3 yards per kick return and 12.3 on punt returns.
Another starter in the defensive backfield, Merlino tied for second on the team with 69 tackles in 2012. An electrical engineering and computer science major with a 4.4 GPA, he shared the team lead with three interceptions while also leading the Engineers with six pass breakups.
Santisteban was solid along the defensive line for MIT, leading all linemen with 33 tackles. Majoring in aerospace engineering with a 4.4 GPA, he led the line with three passes broken up while also getting in on 1.5 sacks.
Goldsberry, a first team All-NEFC selection, turned in one of the most prolific seasons in MIT history in terms of all-purpose yardage. Playing at receiver, running back and kick returner he led the Engineers with 56 receptions for 666 yards and three scores. He also rushed for 458 yards and four more TDs as well as returning kicks and punts for a total of 585 yards. Majoring in mechanical engineering with a 4.5 GPA, he was among the national leaders in all-purpose yards all season and led the NEFC with his 189.9 yards per game average in that category.
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Hi, I'm Frank Smarrelli, I have been a Health and Fitness Coach and Motivator since 1992. I am a Certified NLP Coach, Time Line Therapist, and Founder of (name of business)
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The annual Fantastic Fest film festival is tool place in Austin this week. It's the largest genre-based film festival in the United States. We sent special correspondent Brennan Foster to hunt down the weirdest films, the coolest parties and the biggest star sightings he could find. Here's his final wrap-up.
The end is here. I look forward to my return. I much prefer Albuquerque's weather and local breweries. But I'll keep many good memories of FF2011. Where else can I sit in a theater with friends and genre fans from around the world, order a beer and pizza and enjoy watching an uncircumcised penis undergo a vasectomy procedure?
Nowhere else. I promise.
This morning, I caught a screening of Morgan Spurlock's genial documentary, Comic-Con Episode 4: A Fan's Hope. Initially, I took the title to be a geek joke, but it actually speaks to the varied dreams that its subjects want to see realized. Spurlock profiles a soldier who travels cross-country to submit his portfolio; a collector eager to score a 19-inch Galactus figurine; even a young man who proposes to his girlfriend at a Kevin Smith Q&A. While there are no surprises or fresh insights, the film zips through its multiple plotlines with a clear inclination that each story, come closing day, will have its happy ending.
The final day of Fantastic Fest also trends toward happiness--after blazingly hot weather, cool winds and rain clouds appeared.
After watching dozens of blood-soaked films, my final selection was a perfectly light meringue: the adorable Audience Award recipient, A Boy and his Samurai, about a time-traveling warrior transplanted from Edo to Tokyo who lays down his sword and takes up pastry making.
And after the festival's final reel, the Superhero Carnival erupted: I saw an awesome Dr. Strange in attendance, Flash, Aquaman, Duffman, Tacoman and Cookie Monster. There was even a very aerodynamically outfitted Batman. The party was fueled by free Shiner beer, tequila shots, deep-fried, cornflake-crusted bacon strips, fried butter and something that made my mood (and cholesterol) soar higher still: the nacho cheese fountain.
My good friend Mary marveled: "You've just taken me to the world's biggest sausage fest, served with a side of bacon. "
A quick review:
Outstanding films from this year are Clown and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, an epic crime film that contains elements of Goodfellas, All The President's Men and "The Wire."
Must-sees: Bullhead, A Boy and his Samurai, A Lonely Place to Die, Headhunters and Kill Me Please.
Recommended: Borderline, Let the Bullets Fly, Boys on the Run, Milocrorze: A Love Story, You Said What? Knuckle, Rabies and The Yellow Sea. Now get out there and find 'em.
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Don't chicken out: Eat insects.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization just released a report that strongly suggests bug consumption, both to curb hunger in developing countries and shrink waistlines in the Western world. Since the planet's population is on track to top 9 billion by 2050, we'd better get used to noshing on the creepy crawly critters, which are supremely nutritious and one of the most efficient ways to turn plant matter into protein, the 191-page study explains.
You've in all likelihood already ingested some – or a derivative thereof. Forbes notes that cochineal, used in food dye, comes from a cactus-chomping bug. Earworms burrow into corncobs to munch on silk and end up in canned corn. And the FDA allows 20 maggots in every 100 grams of mushrooms and 2,500 aphids for every 10 grams of hops.
Your older siblings probably scared you with tales of how you swallow about eight spiders a year in your sleep (although that stat might be a bunch of bunk).
Secret insect parts in your food isn't a problem for much of the Western world. It's when it looks like a bug, walks like a bug and crunches like a spicy fried beetle that Americans get a little jumpy. We'd generally rather not see the semblance of our food's living form.
No one's arguing the nutritional value of entomophagy, but Forbes questions the U.N.'s claims that the world will run short of conventional food. For three reasons, it says: Crops yields are growing 1 percent or more a year, production levels have room to grow in places like Africa and half the world's food gets wasted anyway.
So really, in that light, food shortages are more a matter of preserving the food supply than finding other things to eat.
"Some of that waste is us in the rich world buying too much, not finishing our plates and so on," writes Forbes contributor Tim Worstall. "But the vast majority of it is, ironically, being eaten by those very bugs that we're being told to go and eat."
Up to half the food in impoverished countries rots before it gets from harvest to plate.
"If we could just get such poor country food losses down to the same sort of level of loss we have in the rich countries then, again, there would be no shortage of food."
Of course bringing grain elevators, processing plants, quick transportation and refrigerated grocery stores to, say, Zimbabwe is no simple task.
Ah, screw it. May as well pass the cicadas, since we're on the brink of "Swarmaggedon." Or the waxworm tacos. Or the mealworm meatballs. Or any of these tasty suckers.
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A man who waited outside Ryan Seacrest's Los Angeles office building brandishing a knife was officially charged with stalking the "American Idol" host Monday afternoon, days after he was arrested.
Chidi Uzomah Jr., 25, is facing a felony stalking charge for showing up at a Seacrest event last week even though he had already been ordered to stay away from the star. In September, Uzomah pleaded guilty to attacking Seacrest's bodyguard in California, and last Friday, Uzomah walked into the E! building holding a knife.
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