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Prototype brings UNIX to blind users
For blind or visually impaired computer users, the buttons and icons of a graphical user interface can make a software program impossible to use. A new auditory interface system developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, NASA, and Sun Microsystems solves that problem for the most widely used UNIX graphical interface, X-Windows. The Mercator prototype substitutes sounds for the visual cues that help sighted users to navigate a program. The system will allow sighted and blind computer users to work side-by-side on UNIX workstations, using the same applications software. For details, fax the Georgia Institute at (404) 894-6983.
OEM partnership to develop low-cost sensors
An OEM partnership called the Uncooled Low-cost Technology Reinvestment Alliance (ULTRA) will develop and manufacture advanced industrial and military infrared heat-detecting sensors and components. Conventional thermography systems use mechanical scanners and detectors that must be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. In contrast, ULTRA sensors will use silicon microbolometer uncooled focal plant array detectors made using standard silicon semiconductor processes, and will operate at room temperature. The ULTRA effort will reduce the costs of infrared radiometric and imaging sensors by a factor of eight, predict engineers. Partners include Inframetrics, Rockwell International, and Honeywell. For more information, fax Inframetrics at (508) 667-2702.
Time to enter R&D 100 awards
R&D MAGAZINE is accepting entries for the annual R&D 100 awards. The award is an international competition that recognizes innovators and organizations for outstanding applied sciences developments and technological advancement. The winning products will be honored in a four-week exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago from September 15 through October 14. Past winners include the electronic video recorder (1969), the automatic teller (1973), the fax machine (1975), and the digital compact cassette (1993). For an application, fax "R&D 100 Entry Forms" at (708) 390-2618.
System brings automated refueling down to earth
Engineers at Robosoft S.A. in France have developed OSCAR, a 24-hour robotic refueling system specifically designed for fleets of vehicles. Among OSCAR's features is a robotic sensing device that locates the vehicle's fuel-tank filler cap, unscrews it, and replaces it when the tank is full. An electronic on-board label system captures data such as vehicle ID, date, and location of the tank filler. Engineers have tested prototypes for three years, and the company plans to commercialize the technology in France this year.
NASA and Ford to transfer technology
NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, and Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, have agreed to a two-year cooperative agreement that will allow Ford engineers to use NASA-developed technology to improve the design and engineering of new vehicles. NASA and Ford designated eight technology areas after assessing more than 60 Langley technologies. Among them: computational fluid dynamics, flow measurement techniques, antenna measurements, and advanced materials to improve manufacturing processes. The agreement marks the first broad technology transfer between NASA and any automaker. For details, fax NASA at (202) 358-2983.
Million-mile, ten-year auto radiators?
New technologies such as no-flux brazing and inno-vative tube and fin designs may yield copper and brass automotive radiators that offer one million miles of service and a ten-year life. So say engineers at the Copper Development Association (CDA) and the International Copper Association. The new radiators, which may be ready for manufacture as early as this year, will be 30% to 40% lighter than their modern counterparts, claim developers. Other technologies under test include anneal-resistant fin and tube alloys, laser-welded tubes, and electrophoretic coatings. For information, fax the CDA in New York at (212) 251-7234.
Micromirrors may make optical coupling easier and cheaper
Using surface micromachining techniques, engineers at University of California, Berkeley, have miniaturized optical systems that use movable beam-steering mirrors. Their microscopic version, designed for fiber-optic systems, uses a micromotor not much larger than the cross-section of a human hair to make mirror adjustments. The entire movable micromirror fits within an area four-hundredths of an inch square. The gold-plated micromirror reflects laser beams into optic fibers for communication systems, environmental sensing, or for optical scanners where the mirrors are continuously vibrated. The micromirrors will be especially useful in systems that require precise alignment, say researchers. They claim that due to their very small mass, the micromirrors can survive a six-foot fall without going out of alignment. For details, fax the Berkley Sensor and Actuator Center at (510) 643-6637.
Rotary engine passes beta tests
A prototype rotary engine developed by Canadian-based firm Reg Technologies, Inc., recently passed test-firing with continuous combustion on both sides of the rotor. The test verified successful combustion, the sealing design, and the ignition system, say Reg engineers. The Rand Cam engine uses only seven moving parts. It offers a power-to-weight ratio of less than one pound of engine weight per horsepower-compared to a six-to-one ratio for piston engines, say Reg engineers. The engine is being modified in Detroit for use as a compressor for auto air-conditioning units. Look for a diesel version from Hercules Aerospace and West Virginia University within a year. For more information, fax John Robertson in Vancouver at (604) 241-4232.
Composite structures to bridge the future?
Innovative polymer matrix composite materials may go a long way towards repairing deteriorated bridges in the U.S. and reducing the cost of offshore oil rigs. With help from a three-year, $2,000,000 award from the government Advanced Technology Program, engineers at Morrison Molded Fiber Glass Co., Bristol, VA, plan to design new composite structural members using glass and carbon fibers in a resin matrix. Morrison will work with engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, to optimize composite shapes and testing. The firm plans to develop the process capabilities and build the necessary pultrusion equipment in-house. For details, fax Morrison at (703) 645-8132.
Performance fluids replace CFCs
3M Engineering Fluids and Systems, St. Paul, MN, has announced replacements that may help electronics, computer, and medical-device manufacturers meet phase-out requirements for CFCs and ozone-depleting compounds (ODCs). Existing perfluorocarbon products, known as 3M Performance Fluids, address applications defined by the EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy. 3M is also developing new hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) products with short atmospheric lifetimes that include: highly inert liquids for applications where containment and recycling are difficult, high-solvent-power liquids formulated as "drop- in' replacements for CFC-113 in applications such as vapor degreasing, and fluorinated gases for heat-transfer and refrigeration uses. The new products are expected to be available later this year. For details, call 3M at (800) 621-6413.
'Space age' microprocessor withstands radiation
Hitachi Ltd. and the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan have jointly designed a 32-bit RISC microprocessor that they claim can withstand hard-radiation environments such as outer space. The processor is insulated with a 1,200-nanometer layer of silicon nitride film on top and a 550-nanometer silicon dioxide film below. Tests confirm that the microprocessor withstands radiation equal to that encountered by a satellite operating in geostationary orbit for 10 years, Hitachi reports. NASDA plans to conduct a series of tests in low-Earth orbit using satellites during the next few years. For details, fax Hitachi in Japan at +81 3 3258 2375.
New composite may aid thermal management
Electronic systems engineers are faced with the challenge of designing high-performance thermal management systems that are both lightweight and economical. A new composite developed by DuPont and Lanxide Electronics Composites may offer one solution. Lanxide's process combines silicon carbide and aluminum to produce composites that exhibit low thermal coefficients of expansion and high thermal conductivity. The composite-silicon-carbide-reinforced aluminum-has a thermal conductivity comparable to that of aluminum alloys. Another benefit: Its thermal coefficient of expansion closely matches those of commonly used ceramic materials and semiconductors. For more information, fax Lanxide in the U.K. at +44 929 550357.
Optical wheel-rotation sensor to boost brakes
Engineers at NTN Bearing Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL, and Los Alamos National Laboratory are developing an optical wheel-rotation sensor for future automatic braking systems (ABS). They predict that future cars will use fiber-optic communications systems that offer several advantages over conventional wiring: They aren't damaged by salt or water, and they don't oxidize. Another advantage to the optic sensor is that it suffers no signal loss when the vehicle slows down. Since the sensor works down to zero speed, the same sensor can be used with the speedometer. For details, fax NTN Bearing at (708) 297-2552.


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Shy Blake, Shy Ryan at LAX
Of course they are. After all, somehow a lone pap found them in a dinky little town in Utah last year and just happened to catch them kissing and hugging, positioned right beside a sign bearing the name of her sister's bed and breakfast. Click here for a refresher on those photos. So, you know, it's not surprising that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds wouldn't want to be shot together arriving at LAX. They don't like having their picture taken when they didn't arrange for the pictures to be taken themselves.
Here they are yesterday exiting the airport separately. As mentioned earlier in today's open, I saw Savages on Friday and thought it was sh-t. But I don't blame her for it either. They were all sh-t across the board. What I did finally realise about Blake though, aside from the truth about her breasts, is that she is a very...slow... talker...
I don't know how I didn't pick up on this before. It takes her a long time to get a sentence out, right? Is that an acting technique? Like Kristen Stewart's deliberate voice immodulation?

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Happy Monday, everyone. Below you'll find an interesting video to give you material to show your crazy uncle during the holidays.
Despite the title, this video doesn't show a UAV going cross country on a flatbed truck. It shows
what looks like one of Northrop Grumman's X-47B drones being shipped to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland from California, a Northrop spokesman just confirmed to DT. Remember, the two X-47Bs are being sent to Pax River where they'll practice aircraft carrier take-offs and landings on a strip of runway painted to resemble a flight deck. After that, the drones will perform the real thing using this technology.
Yes, its shrink wrapped but you can clearly see the profile of the aircraft's nose and air intake beneath the packaging. You can also see the plane's landing gear, too.
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Royal Mail has invited Sussex to beat the rush when sending Christmas post abroad.
Anyone wanting to use international economy surface mail services to deliver letters, cards and parcels around the Globe should act soon to avoid late mail.
For the UK postal operator, Christmas kicks off on September 28 2015 as the latest posting date for surface mail to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia, South America, Russia and the Caribbean.
Anyone wanting to send cards and parcels to the Middle East, and the Far East should send them by Tuesday September 29.
For the USA, Canada Singapore, Hong Kong and South Africa the latest recommended posting date is Tuesday October 13, while mail to Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland must be in the Royal Mail system by Tuesday November 3 2015, if parcels and cards are to arrive in time for Christmas Day.
Surface mail to the rest of Western Europe should be posted by Tuesday November 17 to arrive in time.
David Cunnington, Head of International at Royal Mail, said, "Surface mail products provide value for money for those sending cards, letters and parcels to far away destinations.
"In the modern world, it is easy to forget that it can still take a long time to reach some destinations by land and sea. We don't want anyone to be disappointed if they are waiting for Christmas mail.
"As always, we urge customers to post early as Royal Mail builds up to its busiest time of year. "
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BT is changing the digital game by offering a new premium, broadband-based TV channel—available across multiple devices.
On August 1, 2013, one of the most anticipated broadcasting ventures in the world of sport was launched by a telecoms company—BT.
BT's new offering—BT Sport—is a full multiplatform, premium, broadband-based TV channel available on a wide range of devices—from set top boxes to smartphones—free for BT broadband subscribers.
TV is now as much about broadband as it is about TV, and what were once localized experiments have given way to large-scale disruption. BT Sport is leading the way.
BT is long established as one of the UK's largest telecom providers, and is in the vanguard of delivering high-speed fiber across the UK. A key strategy for its retail business has been expansion into the television market. BT has a clear understanding that the consumer it now serves has substantially changed from even just a few years ago.
On Web and mobile, BT will augment its broadcasts with interactive programming, information and news that together create the compelling and immersive experience that digital consumers now expect.
That rich content will help BT Sport compete in an increasingly tough game and achieve its stated goal of expanding its broadband base. In short, BT Sport is a premium sports channel without the need for a premium TV subscription.
In the digital era, the consumer feels more empowered, both in terms of what they expect to consume and how they choose to consume it. They have high expectations; with instant access to the content they want, when they want it, on their device of choice very much to the fore.
BT's new service—BT Sport—aims squarely at meeting those demands. BT has acquired the rights to the live broadcast of 38 Barclays Premier League games each season from 2013 to 2016, along with Aviva Premiership Rugby, WTA and MotoGP from 2014—augmented with BT's own produced content.
BT Sport is offered as a free service via BT TV and the Web to BT's 7 million broadband customers and Virgin Media XL customers, as well as being available on a subscription basis through both Sky set top boxes (or free if a BT Broadband customer).
Delivering a complex, multiplatform, live streaming and video-on-demand digital service—to an immovable deadline—is a complex and challenging proposition. Competition for the digital consumer has reached a new level of intensity.
Accenture's research demonstrates that today's digital consumer is willing to pay for premium content, but they expect everything about a service to be on their terms, meeting their precise needs. With "super premium" content like live sports on the top of many wish lists, it's no surprise that BT has chosen Barclays Premier League football as a way to drive additional subscribers to its broadband and communications services.
But realizing the vision of a compelling multiplatform, digital service required finding a provider that could bring together a number of key capabilities—including:
Live digital video broadcasting
Mobile app development
Cloud services
End-to-end video-on-demand supply chain capabilities
In addition, the service provider selected would need to have in-depth industry specialism in the digital space—able to support a high-quality service, with end-to-end capabilities from content encoding to service management and a demonstrated record delivering feature-rich digital services for a project that had a non-negotiable start date.
The ability to drive and orchestrate a wide range of specialist capabilities was essential to support the development and realization of BT's vision to create a compelling multiplatform offering against the clock.
Following a competitive pitch, BT selected Accenture because we offer integrated, digital specialism across the board using the following capabilities:
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Working with Accenture not only meant that BT avoided the complex and risky challenge of having to manage multiple vendors, but also that they saved valuable management time that would have otherwise been committed to managing different suppliers.
With all the relevant capabilities under one roof, Accenture was able to deliver an end-to-end solution from stream capture to play out, against a very tight timetable.
Accenture was engaged in February and the service was launched in August 1, 2013 for the start of the new Barclays Premier League season.
Accenture and BT have worked together to create a service that offers a wealth of content and a compelling user experience, from the very first kick of the ball at the start of the Barclays Premier League Football 2013/14 season.
BT Sport's live coverage of the inaugural game drew 764,000 peak viewers, and the BT Sport App passed 1 million downloads within two months of launch. Much of the UK is already equipped to watch BT Sport channels on their TVs—via satellite, BT TV or Virgin Media.
While many of them who have BT Broadband have also downloaded the App, there are hundreds of thousands of homes that watch BT Sport exclusively online.
Delivered to a very tight timetable, BT Sport has already taken its place as a major player in the highly competitive arena of digital entertainment.
Accenture's ability to integrate all the required capabilities—including digital services, mobility and cloud—and work in deep collaboration with BT underpinned the successful, on-time delivery of BT Sport.
As faster fiber rolls out and increasingly becomes the standard for more and more consumers, the pace of digital evolution will accelerate.
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Rising Auto Exports Boost the Midwest
A rebound in auto exports is giving a lift to the economy, a reversal of trends that caused angst in the Midwest during economic slowdowns in the 1980s and 1990s.
A new study by Thomas Klier, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, finds that vehicle exports from the U.S. have nearly regained their 2007 peak, after dipping sharply during the Great Recession.
Most of the vehicles shipped out of the U.S. go to Canada or Mexico, but an increasing number are going to other countries, including Korea, Mr. Klier writes. Japanese auto makers are using their U.S. factories as a source for vehicles built for sale in the Korean market, in part to offset the impact of the strong yen. Since 2006, exports of U.S. made vehicles to Korea tripled to 12,815 cars and trucks in 2011.
Mr. Klier forecasts that shipments of U.S. made cars and trucks to Korea will rise further now that a South Korea-U.S. trade deal has dropped Korea's tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles by half, to 4%.
At the same time, the share of imported vehicles sold in the U.S. is dropping, declining by four percentage points during the past two years through May 2011, Mr. Klier writes.
"Combining both of these developments, rising exports of new vehicles, up 50% since 2009, and declining imports of light vehicles, nearly flat since declining by a million units between 2007 and 2009, have resulted in the smallest U.S. trade deficit in light vehicles since 1998," Mr. Klier writes.
During tough times in the 1980s and 1990s, complaints from Detroit's auto makers and the United Auto Workers about the U.S. auto trade deficit rang loudly, especially in election years. The improved global competitiveness of U.S. car makers could be one reason why in this election season, there's been relatively little noise from auto states about trade, at least so far.


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I'm not a health nut. I'm not much of a nut at all and I'm barely a health legume. The rush of exercise and the surge of endorphins aren't things that gets me especially jazzed. However, there is something, sometimes, especially pleasant about the expurgation that comes along with physical activity. It's oddly cleansing, even though it's literally the exact opposite of that. I also find bike commuting to be cathartic and that might be one of its best-kept secrets, though a secret no longer if I'm sharing it with you. Mens sana and whatnot.
Yield must not mean what I think it means or maybe it does mean that and I'm not the one who is constantly misunderstanding its meaning. Were one to photograph me at the places along my route where I get the dirtiest looks from drivers, invariably there would almost always be a yield sign in the background. (note: invariably followed by an almost? what does that even mean?) There's a yield sign by Lincoln Park where the traffic from North Carolina Avenue merges with East Capitol and, though there's both a sign and a bike lane, I'm almost never given the right of way, especially when traffic isn't flowing smoothly. Boo.
I took 6th NE today and rode past H Street and up to M Street, which I found out was one way east and I wanted to go west, so I took to the sidewalk for two blocks and I'm still mad about how stupid it is that we have so many one way streets for reasons that I assume have to do with car parking. I'm fairly certain that the greatest enemy to the swift movement of people in a city is the storage of cars in public space. That or ACME fly paper but life isn't always a Road Runner Cartoon. You have no idea how many bike lanes look like they're going through a tunnel but instead it's just painted on a wall. And don't even get my started on all of the TNT-laden birdseed.
M goes under the railroad tracks and then I got myself onto the Metropolitan Branch Trail which I took for the equivalent of a bunch of blocks before decamping at R, riding the contraflow lane for one block and then crossing North Capitol to again cross Florida and continue on my way across town. It was around this time that I determined that I think my bottom bracket is creaking. (Creaking Bottom Bracket will also be the name of the "team" when I fill out my 2013 NCAA basketball tournament picks.) This article suggests that it's almost never really the bottom bracket that's creaking and instead of some other bike part that's making noises, but even if that's the case, I'm no better equipped to deal with that. The standard advice seems to be to tighten all the bolts and lube everything, so I guess I'll go about doing that.
There's no better way to assure that someone will shoal you than to remove your coffee cup at a red light and take a sip.
The climb up Massachusetts today was fine. I stuck to the road for most of it and I was given a fair amount of space by most of the drivers and there'd really be no reason for them to do otherwise. It's almost August and allegedly DC shuts down in August (except for those of us who work in higher edumacashun when it's the exact opposite so I'll preemptively apologize if the posts become even less regular) and I'm hoping for even banal and relaxed rides to and from work. I did have a bus driver races to get around me and subsequently cut me off not once but twice and I would have considered kicking his bus, but that's not a very mature response to these things of things and also I probably would have hurt my foot.


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If you have to ask this question, you are going about this the wrong way. Who exactly are you "training"? - the child to go to the bathroom when they feel the urge or the adults to adhere to a "does the kid need to go potty now" schedule? A child will not "potty train" until THEY are ready, and there is no magic to it, it just happens. Of course you offer the option of the potty often, talk about the process, and what bodily cues to look for, but if you push it on them before they are truly ready you are only training the adults - not the child. My son at 3 1/2 threw away his own diapers and never looked back. He had 2 daytime accidents the first week and that was it. He has pull ups to wear to bed if he wants to and has the occasional overnight accident when he doesn't - but this is not uncommon or unexpected. Save yourself the headache and just keep buying diapers until both of you know that the time is right.
I think this is the most sane, common-sense thing I have read about potty-training in a long time, so thank you. My daughter is 2-1/2 and always wants to "go potty" where she just sits for a minute and then wipes and flushes. Part of me wants to rush this along and the mom that knows how headstrong she is just keeps saying, "Give it some time. One of these days she bound to accidentally pee or poop while she's doing this and the light bulb will turn on for her." Thank you for the encouragement/reminder that we are NOT going to have a control struggle over potty training!


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Helicopter crew rescues injured paraglider in mountains east of Tahoe (w/ video)
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — A regional helicopter crew and a longtime volunteer rescued an injured paraglider who crashed Saturday evening in the mountains east of Lake Tahoe, officials said.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office received a cellphone call from the male paraglider at about 6:30 p.m., saying he had gone down in the area of Herlon Peak, above Sand Harbor and near Marlette Lake.
Roughly 20 WCSO Search and Rescue Team volunteers responded, along with units from the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, according to WCSO.
Volunteers headed toward the location on foot, but due to the location and condition of the victim, the department's RAVEN helicopter was requested.
The RAVEN crew and Andy Monroe, a Search and Rescue HASTY team volunteer, responded and made cellphone contact with the victim, locating him between two sharp peaks at the 8,000-foot level.
Monroe was at Dollar Point near Tahoe City celebrating the holiday weekend with his family when he got the call.
He quickly drove to the Ponderosa Ranch parking area in Incline Village, got into his gear and made sure his rescue basket — which he keeps in his vehicle at all times in case of emergency — was ready before RAVEN swooped him up.
"Luckily, we had his cellphone number … we called him to get his exact location and kept asking if he could hear the helicopter getting louder or quieter," Monroe said Tuesday. "Luckily he could move around a bit, could use his arms and could help me get him into basket."
Monroe said the whole ordeal took roughly 25 minutes.
RAVEN brought the victim to the Ponderosa parking area for transfer to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno via Careflight. An update on the paraglider's condition was not immediately known. His name also has not been released by WCSO.
"Our volunteers and staff continually prepare by putting in thousands of hours of training every year for just this type of incident," WCSO Assistant Sheriff Darin Balaam said in a statement. "Training we'd prefer never having to use, but we know will be critical to saving lives when the call comes and our response is needed."
Monroe, 48, was born and raised in Reno. His operates a family business managing a few apartment complexes in Reno, and he's been a Search and Rescue volunteer with WCSO for more than 20 years.
While RAVEN and Search and Rescue handle a half dozen or so rescues like this per year, Monroe said Saturday's mission was "a little more unusual" because "it was so far away from any roads or trails … and the steepness made it really hard to walk in there."
When asked why he volunteers to help save lives, he said he "wants to give back to my community" — and he gladly does it for free.
"It would take some of the fun out of it if I got paid for it," he said. "If you get pad, then it's a job. If you volunteer, it's a passion."
Visit washoesar.org to learn more about Washoe County Search and Rescue.


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The Fulton Soil and Water Conservation District has fully assembled wildlife houses and feeders available for sale.
The houses are sold at a low cost to promote wildlife in Fulton County and to provide natural insect control. Birds and bats are a natural alternative to spraying chemicals. Houses are available for bluebirds, house wrens, wood ducks, squirrels and bats.
The houses come in a variety of styles and types of wood and are designed for easy cleaning after the nesting season is over. Included with each house is a set of instructions detailing how to mount and care for each one.
Also available for sale is a variety of bird, bat and squirrel feeders. The bird feeders are made of high quality cedar with flip-up lids for easy cleaning and filling. Colorful booklets describing specific birds, bats, and butterflies are also available for sale.
The Conservation District offers building plans for wildlife houses and feeders free of charge so carpenters can build their own.
With spring approaching, now is a good time to get birdhouses ready for new arrivals. It is important to clean out any nest debris left over from last year's residents. Birds like to start new each year and rebuild their nests. It is also a good time of year to install new houses for birds returning from the South. New houses should be mounted by the middle of March so that early arrivals will have several houses to choose from.
Items are on display at the Fulton Soil and Water Conservation District office, located at 8770 St. Rte. 108, Suite B in Wauseon, across from the fairgrounds. Items may also be seen by visiting www.fultoncountyoh.com/swcd. Click on the link "District Services" and "Items for Sale."


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It was only a matter of time before this "not available online" comic strip was available online. (Thank Waxy.)
I hate to rain on the parade, but not only is it not particularly funny, but it isn't even the first time he's used essentially this same joke. Not a great beginning for the strip being hyped like the Second Coming. Message for the newspapers that paid big bucks for the priviledge of cancelling three Sunday strips to make room for this mistake: Cut your losses. Run Prince Valiant instead.


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High-flying Orioles grounded by Cards in series finale
Despite Baltimore's 10 hits, just one went for extra bases vs. St. Louis
BALTIMORE -- Sundays aren't the Orioles best days.
After a commanding win in the first two games of the series, Baltimore couldn't get on a roll -- both with the pitching and the offense -- in a listless afternoon contest. Even an animated Buck Showalter, who earned his first ejection this season on an overturned transfer play call in the seventh inning, wasn't enough to spark a comeback.
Instead, the first-place O's fell, 8-3, to the Cardinals, dropping to 3-7 on the year in home Sunday games as the first-place club has struggled to secure the final game of any weekend series at Camden Yards.
Baltimore, which got just five innings from starter Kevin Gausman, went 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position and stranded eight men on base. The O's bullpen, which has been one of the best in baseball, gave up five runs in the underwhelming matinee that dropped the club to 18-22 in day games this season.
"My last three starts have all kind of been a grind," said Gausman, who set the tone for a less-than-ideal afternoon by O's pitching. "I've kind of been battling myself a little bit at times. I think part of it is I've been walking some guys in some bad situations. That's what I tried to do. I knew after the first inning, I probably wasn't going to go seven, possibly even six. So, I just kind of tried to pitch effectively when I was in there. I tried to keep them and us where we were at."
Down a run in the top of the seventh inning, things got heated. With one out, Orioles shortstop Ryan Flaherty dove to stop Jon Jay's ball and threw to second baseman Jonathan Schoop, who lost the ball trying to remove it from his glove to pivot and throw to first base. The call was initially ruled as out at second base, but Cardinals manager Mike Matheny requested a review and it was overturned.
Showalter immediately came running out gesturing and wanted to get in contact with the League's operating headquarters in New York. He was ejected not long after by second-base umpire Jeff Nelson, although Showalter kept arguing and using his hands animatedly until finally walking off the field to a standing ovation from the crowd of 27,779.
"They changed [the rule] out of spring, then they changed it back to the old rule. Today, it got changed back to the other one, so what are you going to do?," Showalter said. "It's one of the challenges you have when you've got... I think the [replay] system is kind of programmed for one or two guys in the big leagues a year, and now we've got eight or nine. Those same people in New York, too. The guy behind the plate was very challenged today. It might have been as challenging a game as we saw all year."
Gausman, who allowed a pair of runs in a 37-pitch first inning, got into trouble from the get-go as St. Louis tallied three straight singles to start the game and scored on Jhonny Peralta's RBI into center field. He then issued a one-out walk to Jon Jay, but got out of further trouble thanks to center fielder Adam Jones, who retired Oscar Taveras and threw home to nail Matt Adams on the inning-ending double play.
Gausman was charged with three runs, but struck out six and was able to get through five frames on 104 pitches despite 11 baserunners.
Cardinals starter Lance Lynn also had a rough first inning, but the O's were only able to plate one run. After a pair of singles from Nick Markakis, who tied a season high with four hits, and Manny Machado, Nelson Cruz doubled in a run. But Lynn got Chris Davis and Delmon Young to strike out.
"He's got that late-life fastball," Showalter said of Lynn. "He's got kind of like Koji [Uehara], that same type of fastball, everybody just sits there and says, 'It's just X miles an hour and it should be easy.' It's not that easy. You see that high percentage of fastballs thrown like he does, you know he's got one that people don't square up very easily."
After scoring a fifth-inning run, the O's chased Lynn from the game in the sixth, and moved within one on Markakis' RBI single off Randy Choate. But that's as close as they would get, with Machado popping up and Orioles lefties T.J. McFarland and Andrew Miller each allowing a run before Zach Britton gave up a three-run homer in the ninth to Peter Bourjos.
"That was really important [to keep adding on], especially with the offense that the Orioles have," said Cardinals third baseman Daniel Descalso. "We saw what they can do the last couple of nights. We had to keep pushing it to try and keep pace with them."


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Get Off The Bottle — These 7 Shampoo Bars Are The Beauty Breakthrough We've Been Waiting For
If you haven't tried replacing your shampoo with a shampoo bar, now's your chance. What used to be a niche category in the green beauty space has grown into a full-blown trend that's here to stay and has even extended into mainstream beauty territory. These shampoo bars are not the ones of yore that caused limp, starchy hair and oil buildup. To the contrary, the new guard is carefully sourced, made from plants and botanicals, and leaves hair feeling nourished and squeaky clean, sans residue. Like its sister bar soap, shampoo bars cut down on plastic and product, are ideal for traveling, and are more affordable than liquid bottled shampoos. Save money, save product, and save the planet? It's the beauty innovation we've been waiting for. These are the best on the market:
by Humankind Shampoo Bar
This is the shampoo bar that'll convert people who aren't quite sure about shampoo bars. Packed with a saponified blend of oils including castor, coconut, palm, sunflower, and safflower, and root cleansing, scalp healing rosemary extracts, the formula leaves hair feeling like a regular shampoo would—squeaky clean without buildup. Plus, their reductionist take on plastic is exactly the kind of innovation the beauty industry, clean and conventional, needs more of.
Shampoo Bar, by Humankind, $13
Ethique Damage Control Shampoo Bar
For six years and counting, Ethique has been preaching the shampoo bar gospel. Its first and most popular edition, the "Damage Control," contains nourishing coconut oil, coconut butter, and cocoa butters to nourish damaged strands, while peppermint oil purifies and smoothes, to ensure hair isn't weighed down. One bar, which is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, is equivalent to not one or two but three (!) bottles of shampoo, conserving both plastic and product.
Damage Control Shampoo Bar, Ethique, $16
Lush Lullaby Shampoo Bar
If you're feeling left out of the shampoo bar trend because your scalp is sensitive or flaky, hold up. This one by Lush is formulated with oat milk, almond meal, jojoba oil, and soothing lavender and neroli for a heavenly experience that's therapeutic for both the scalp and the soul.
Lullaby Shampoo Bar, Lush, $12
Christophe Robin Hydrating Shampoo Bar with Aloe Vera
When a product like shampoo bars land at Sephora, it's solid evidence the trend is going mainstream. And thank goodness! Christophe Robin is a conventional brand that leans natural, and the list of ingredients in the shampoo bar checks out clean. The aloe vera is appropriate for all hair types, and while it does have a strong smell, it achieves a squeaky-clean feeling and primes the hair for conditioner.
Hydrating Shampoo Bar with Aloe Vera, Christophe Robin, $22
Basin Charcoal Shampoo Bar
If you're looking for a detox from pollution, product buildup, or oils, this activated charcoal by Basin works wonders. Astringent charcoal draws impurities from the scalp and around the hair follicle, which helps bring more movement to the hair, while coconut oil balances it out with moisture and nourishment.
Charcoal Shampoo Bar, Basin, $9
Meow Meow Tweet Lavender Coconut Milk Bar
Known and lauded for their natural deodorants, green beauty darling Meow Meow Tweet has nailed the shampoo bar formula, too. They're made with no animal-derived products and are vegan, small-batch, made with carefully sourced ingredients, and packaged in wrapping paper or glass contain with the Earth in mind. Bonus: You can use it for your body too.
Lavender Coconut Milk Bar, Meow Meow Tweet, $12
Unwrapped Life Balancing Shampoo Bar
Bid farewell to frizz and/or flakes. This balancing shampoo bar contains calming calendula, neroli, patchouli, and rosewood essential oils to nourish strands and the scalp while leaving hair feeling light and bouncy—a feature that, for shampoo bars, is notoriously hard to achieve.
Balancing Shampoo Bar, Unwrapped Life, $14
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We all have those things we need around, but might not want to show off: The thick blanket for winter, the indispensable chargers, that vase you got from your mother-in-law, but really don't like. And then we have the things we love to show off: The much treasured family photo, the first edition books, the oh-so-stylish vase you bought last week. Don't worry, the Copenhagen wall system is the ideal living room addition for you to show what you want and hide what you need. With clean, simple lines and endless customisation possibilities the Copenhagen can be made to fit every need and every room.
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On Monday, March 26, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Simmonds. The Court held that an alleged failure by a corporate insider to file a short-swing profit disclosure under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 does not indefinitely toll the two-year statute of limitations on another party's claim for recovery of such profits under Section 16(b). Rather, normal equitable tolling principles apply: the statute of limitations on a Section 16(b) suit is tolled only until a plaintiff is aware, or should have been aware, of the facts underlying the claim.
Section 16(a) requires directors, officers and 10 percent equity holders of publicly traded companies to report their transactions involving the corporation's securities. If a corporate insider profits from the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the securities within a six-month period, Section 16(b) provides that the corporation or its shareholders (if the company fails to take action following a demand) may sue for those profits. Section 16(b) provides that "no such suit shall be brought more than two years after the date such profit was realized."
In Credit Suisse, plaintiff Vanessa Simmonds sued more than 50 underwriters in 2007, asserting Section 16(b) claims relating to alleged manipulation of aftermarket prices of stocks offered in the late 1990s and the year 2000. The underwriters successfully argued in the district court that the two-year period in Section 16(b) barred the claims because the underlying facts had been disclosed publicly years earlier, in offering registration statements and complaints in prior related lawsuits. The Ninth Circuit disagreed and held that the plaintiff's claim was not time-barred because the statute of limitations was tolled until the defendants filed § 16(a) disclosures regarding the transactions on a Form 4. In addition to the Ninth Circuit, the Second Circuit and a number of federal district courts have held that the two-year period in Section 16(b) is a statute of limitations subject to equitable tolling where the defendant director, officer or substantial shareholder fails to disclose the trades at issue.
The Supreme Court Ruling
A unanimous Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's decision and rejected the argument that the Section 16(b) statute of limitation is tolled until a Section 16(a) filing has been made. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the Court, held that even assuming underwriters had failed to make required disclosures, "it does not follow that the limitations period is tolled until the §16(a) statement is filed." Justice Scalia noted that "Section 16 itself quite clearly does not extend the period in that manner. The 2-year clock starts from 'the date such profit was realized.' § 78p(b). Congress could have very easily provided that 'no such suit shall be brought more than two years after the filing of a statement under subsection (a)(2)(C).' But it did not." (emphasis in original). The Court held that it would be "inequitable" to allow the statute of limitations to be tolled "beyond the point at which a § 16(b) plaintiff is aware, or should have been aware, of the facts underlying the claim." Justice Scalia also noted that potentially "endless tolling" was "especially at odds with a provision that imposes strict liability on puta¬tive insiders."
On a separate, but related, question – whether any tolling under Section 16(b) is permissible, or whether the two-year period is a "period of repose" not subject to extension – the Court was evenly divided (Chief Justice Roberts did not participate). The Court therefore, affirmed – "without precedential effect" – the Ninth Circuit's rejection of that argument. The Court remanded the case to allow the lower courts to determine whether any tolling of the statute of limitations in this matter was called for under traditional equitable principles.
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|Homily - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
|John 1:29-34 (Part of the Homily series).
|Preached by Msgr Timothy Keeney on January 19, 2020 (Sunday Early Morning Mass).
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When we see Scripture refer to "invisible things" as being evidence for our Creator, do we often think of chemistry?
Why does the Bible say to be like a child, but then to put away childish things?
Man's sense of the supernatural and morality, coupled with the fact that there is organized religion, all point to something special about humankind.
Creationist scientists Drs. Tomkins and Bergman came up with an overall DNA similarity between humans and chimps of around 81%—quite a difference!
What can we do to help corals survive and why should we want to?
Disney/Pixar's Good Dinosaur did leave us wondering what exactly good means. But the Christian has a perfect standard on this.
A recent study on algae supposedly sheds light on how aquatic life became terrestrial.
Scientists were hoping for insight into why so many fossilized dinosaurs are buried in rock appearing to be in what's been called the "throes of death" posture.
A recent two-part piece on The BioLogos Forum admits that meshing evolution and the image of God that all humans possess is a "challenging issue."
Physics, mathematics, and constants like pi are only possible because we live in a rational universe upheld by a constant, unchanging, and consistent God.
God said it was not good for man to be alone, so why did Paul say it is good to remain single?
How can a Christian discuss this difficult topic with others in a Godly way? Or should we even be discussing it at all?
We are happy to report that the long-awaited and much-asked-about Zoo Guide has been an AiG bestseller since its release in June.
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Sugarland Snag Vocal Duo of the Year, Thank Indiana at 2011 CMA Awards
Despite nearly 10 years of unthinkable success as a duo, Sugarland still maintain a humble attitude. Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush very modestly accepted the award for Vocal Duo of the Year at the 2011 CMA Awards ... for the fifth time.
"Thank you so much to the fans... I would love to dedicate this to the fans this year," Nettles said with a smile, while Bush nodded in agreement. The frontlady even used the pair's few seconds of mic time to thank the state of Indiana, which became an integral part of the band's history earlier this year.
Sugarland were at the forefront of a very newsworthy stage crash at the Indiana State Fair back in August, which resulted in multiple deaths, injuries and deep-rooted bad memories, especially for the band. Nettles added, "Thank you to the good folks of Indiana. Thank you to the fans. Thanks guys."


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Watch: Is the Second Great Depression approaching? The case for
In the first part of a two part series in which we debate whether we are on the verge of a depression akin to that which hit in 1929, Emerging Markets Economist Craig Botham presents his four key reasons for a bleak global outlook.
The case for a second Great Depression
The parallels between today and the 1920s are manifold:
- We see weak growth in most of the world, with the US as the sole – and stuttering – motor, with even data there patchy recently. With, China now slowing and Japan and Europe weak, there is no leader to pick up the slack if the US falters.
- Commodity prices have collapsed globally due to massive overproduction across the spectrum. This leads to weakness in what we call the economic periphery and gives a very weak backdrop.
- Although we no longer rely on the Gold Standard we still have a global monetary system that ensures the importing of US monetary policy by a significant proportion of countries and a reliance globally on the US dollar as a funding currency.
- The US is stepping back as an economic leader and China is not yet willing able to step up in its place, so there is a lack of coordination allowing issues to fall through the cracks.
Though not our base case, there seems a real risk that the global economy could take another tumble.
See Keith Wade set out his case against a second Great depression


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NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Biofuel and oil industry lobbyists have raced to the White House over the past two weeks in a last-ditch effort to sway controversial ethanol blending rules for next year, fueling talk of that a decision may be just a few weeks away.
The White House has hosted at least 17 meetings related to the rules since October 21, after the federal government reopened for business following a shutdown. Some 84 industry executives and lobbyists have visited, with about 70 percent of the attendees representing biofuel interests, a Reuters review of meeting records shows.
Participants in the meetings say Obama administration officials who are vetting the proposed renewable fuel rules have given no indication of which way they are leaning. But privately, some observers privy to the proceedings say the White House will likely support a leaked Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal that would dramatically lower ethanol blending volumes
Both sides of the fiercely contested issue are hoping the agency will heed their warnings before making a final decision. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must vet the proposed rules and confer with other agencies before returning them to the EPA, so they could yet be changed during that process. The EPA must then release the draft rules publicly before finalizing them.
Although that date is likely months away, the leak of the EPA's draft proposal has complicated the matter, in effect giving an early, unexpected start for public comments.
The EPA document proposed backtracking on the so-called Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, by cutting the 2014 quota of corn-based ethanol fuel used in gasoline to 13 billion gallons, versus the 14.4 billion called for in the 2007 RFS law. The move set off a storm of criticism from biofuel backers.
"We said . . . 'it would be a capitulation to the oil industry' if the corn ethanol figure is lowered," said Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union, who discussed the rules with the White House OMB last Friday.
Johnson said OMB officials gave nothing away. "They didn't say anything. They didn't even confirm that stuff that is being reported even is being considered," he said.
Yet some Washington insiders say the EPA's proposal seems likely to stand. In setting quotas for 2013, the agency had already hinted that refiners and blenders were reaching a limit in how much ethanol they can mix into the gasoline pool.
"It's pretty clear the stars are aligning for the EPA to make a major revision in how it implements the RFS," said Bob McNally, White House energy adviser to former President George W. Bush, who championed the 2007 law.
A spokesman for the OMB declined to comment. A spokeswoman for the EPA did not return a request for comment.
The debate over mixing home-grown biofuels into the U.S. fuel supply has raged for years. But it is reaching a fever pitch this year as oil refiners say they can not inject more than the traditional 10 percent ethanol into gasoline without risking damage to most car engines on the road today.
After ethanol credits used to meet ethanol blending quotas spiked in price earlier this year due to fears of a shortage, the oil industry stepped up its argument that injecting more biofuels will drive up gasoline prices.
The politically potent message has resonated in Washington. In its leaked draft proposal, the EPA called refiners' 10 percent blending limitation an "important reality."
"I think they realized that there's a problem," said Charles Drevna, president of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents oil refiners.
To drive the point home, refinery operators Philadelphia Energy Solutions, CVR Refining and PBF Energy, who collectively refine about 1 million barrels-per-day (bpd) of oil, met with the OMB last Tuesday, a meeting record shows.
They were joined by Delta Airlines, which owns a 185,000 bpd refinery in Pennsylvania that can not blend any biofuels with its fuel output. That puts the airline on the hook to buy credits to make up its blending shortfall — at a cost of $66 million for the past two quarters, filings show.
Since the EPA proposal leak, ethanol blending credits deepened a months-long slide, falling to their lowest since late January after peaking at nearly $1.45 this July. They traded at 25 cents each on Wednesday.
On the other side, biofuel groups that have billions at stake in the outcome of the rules say the EPA has no right to change the 2007 law, which has turned ethanol into a cottage industry across much of the U.S. corn-producing states, boosting incomes and creating jobs in rural areas.
Jeff Lautt, chief executive of South Dakota-based POET, one of the world's largest ethanol producers, warns that EPA's leaked proposal could push corn prices down by $1 a bushel or more.
"You would be sitting on the heels of a potential farm crisis," Lautt said. "It would be gutting the pure, core intention of the RFS."
POET made its point to the OMB in a meeting last Thursday. Other pro-biofuel groups, including the Advanced Ethanol Council, Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the Biotechnology Industry Organization also made their case to the OMB last week, according to records of the meetings.
At least three more meetings by biofuel backers took place this week, records show, and OMB will continue to schedule meetings in response to requests while it is still reviewing the EPA's rule. Anyone can request a meeting by submitting a simple request via the OMB website.
Judging by the flood of interest, the administration is likely to be equally busy once the rule is finalized.
"I guarantee you if there's this many people going there, this is going to end up in court," said one participant who declined to be named so he could speak freely about the meeting. (Additional reporting by Charles Abbott and Timothy Gardner in Washington DC. Editing by Jonathan Leff in New York and Bob Burgdorfer.)


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Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Gboyers (Talk) 08:49, August 24, 2010
Re: Userboxes
I'm glad you like this wiki. Help:Userboxes should sort you out with userboxes. You can see the Staff page for information about becoming an administrator here. However, our staff need to be experienced users who know this wiki inside-out (not just any wiki). They deal with any conflicts and generally make sure the wiki runs smoothly. As I'm sure you know, you don't need to be an administrator to do 90% of things on this wiki - any user can edit almost any page, add pictures, undo vandalism, make and use categories, make and use templates, rename/move pages and even mark pages for deletion. The only extra things that staff can do are delete pages and ban users, so it's not even useful unless you are already an active user here and cleaning up things that other administrators aren't. It's very important that our staff understand everything about this wiki, so that they can make an educated decision, which is why you would need to be on this wiki for a lot longer before you could become staff. If you really want to become staff, I suggest you edit pages all across this wiki, and help out with some tasks to show you're a useful asset to us here. There is so much on this wiki for you to do, so get stuck in :) Gboyers talk 12:05, August 24, 2010 (UTC)
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Please try to use the "preview" button instead of saving a page 10 times in a row. I don't understand your question: "I want to do the profile links on my profile account so I can view and read my customs". Do you mean you want an editable user page (like mine) instead of the automatic profile one (like yours is currently)? If so, just click on: Special:Toggleuserpage. If you have an editable user page, you can add Userboxes and To Do Lists etc. To link to your user page, it's just User:Crescendospectredragon. To sign your name on a talk page, you use four tildes:
~~~~ - if you want to edit what that shows, you can change it in Special:Preferences. If this isn't what you wanted, please can you please make your question a bit clearer?
- I don't know what you mean by "profile links" or "profile account" or "my custom". As for scanner dialogue, you don't have to ask me before you make a page :) Gboyers talk 13:29, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
Click here, then edit your page, and tell me if that solves your problem. Gboyers talk 13:35, August 29, 2010 (UTC)
Admins are wanted
Hey in case you didn't notice but we have a lack of admins around here, and you seem to like a good editor, so if your intrested in becoming an admin on GTA Wiki, please start a community vote in the Community Noticeboard, and if the community votes yes you'll be prmoted, what do you think?WikisEditor 12:57, May 16, 2011 (UTC)
So your intrested
If you are intrested, please start a community vote in the wiki's community noticeboard and the community will vote, just like Dan the Man 1983 did.WikisEditor 19:45, May 16, 2011 (UTC)
I reckon now that the wiki has four admins it's time we start building the rules and policies. I started the page with a couple of really uncontroversial rules (Assume Good Faith, Don't Be Incivil, No Vandalism), but I'd like to do like Dan and I have over on Bully Wiki and get some full fledged policy pages written up. I guess the best place to talk about it is on the Policies talk page. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 06:16, June 7, 2011 (UTC)
You're now an admin here on GTA Wiki. Dan the Man 1983 17:52, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
- I did not promote you, Wikia staff did. I only voted you in. Dan the Man 1983 18:02, June 8, 2011 (UTC)
Urgent message
I have an urgent message.
Peter13 is editing pages, in a bad way. He deletes everything and types this instead of useful things and informations: "Do not go here. Go to the grandtheftwiki.com. Wikia only in for the money!"
He did that with these pages:
- Collectibles
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Please check this and fix it if you can.
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Deleting accounts
Hi, I just thought I should say that you can't actually delete someone's account, you can delete there userpage but the account will still exist and the user can just create it again, well not in his case since I blocked him. Tom Talk 19:38, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
- Which I changed to an infinite block. Using an account for the purpose of advertising is a big no no on Wikia. Dan the Man 1983 22:22, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
Request for demotion
I've started a vote for demotion on Chimpso here, please vote and post your thoughts. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 06:57, June 27, 2011 (UTC)
Remember to vote on this :). Tom Talk 14:57, July 3, 2011 (UTC)
Do you actually plan to edit this wiki and do work here? I noticed you haven't edited since July, you've only performed one administrative action since you got promoted, and you did it wrong. If not I think you should voluntarily relinquish your administrator position so that someone who is going to can have it. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 20:23, August 23, 2011 (UTC)
- By unanimous vote the bureaucrats have voted to demote you from administrator. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 17:23, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for proving that we made the right decision. You have been blocked for 2 weeks. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 21:00, September 1, 2011 (UTC)


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If you're not interested in a movie about Harry Houdini and Artur Conan Doyle fighting crime together, maybe you'd prefer an action movie about Houdini's work with the Secret Service.
Summit has hired Noah Oppenheimer to adapt "The Secret Life of Houdini, The Making of America's First Superhero," the 2006 biography by William Kalush and Larry Sloman, reported Heat Vision.
Kalush and Sloman contend that Houdini was a spy for Britain, worked with police and was invited to work as adviser to Czar Nicholas II--so naturally, Summit hopes to turn the story into "an action thriller featuring a character who is part Indiana Jones and part Sherlock Holmes."
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Most of Oppenheimer's credits are as a TV producer, but he wrote "Jackie," which was nearly made by Darren Aronofsky and his then main squeeze Rachel Weisz, and the franchise "The Maze Runner," about a group of kids trapped in the midst of a giant labyrinth.
So now "The Secret Life of Houdini" finds itself in a race with "Voices From the Dead," a script by J. Michael Straczynski ("The Changeling"), based on the real-life friendship between Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in the 1920s, the film follows the duo as the fight crime in new York City alongside a psychic.
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Ladd Field broke ground in 1939, just a few days before World War II began in Europe. Once the United States entered the war, the facility became a transfer point for American aircraft bound for the Soviet Union. The airfield's evolving mission from a Cold Weather Test Station to a key player in the Lend-Lease program reflects the significant role the most remote part of our country played in the war. Ladd Field served as the meeting point for the Soviets and the Americans to exchange planes manufactured under the Lend-Lease Act. The Lend-Lease Act was designed to provide allies with aircraft and supplies for the war in Europe. As such, Ladd Field came to represent not only a political and economic exchange, but a cultural one as well.
Despite the economic and human resource issues Ladd Field faced, its "raw wind and incredible temperatures" could not stop the soldiers or the people who lived and worked there from protecting Alaska, the United States, and the world.
1 Price, Kathy. The World War II Heritage of Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska. Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, 2004.
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The Ball
Discovering the
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Don't think of big-league ballplayers as "dumb jocks." Think of them as "smart cavemen."
It was a smart caveman who first thought, hey, if I whip this rock at the head of that saber-tooth tiger, I won't have to chase it down and wrestle the sharp-clawed beast. But as hunting gave way to ranching and gathering became Whole Foods, what becomes of the Paleolithic Andy Pettitte inside us all? How about a game of catch?
That's a supposition of the fun and anecdotal new book "The Ball," by anthropologically minded journalist John Fox, which uses the evolution of the ball itself to trace mankind's progress from prehistory through ancient Egypt and gladiatorial Rome to the births of modern sports like tennis and "base-ball."
Why balls? They're inherently social and fun. They can be passed (unlike a spear) and they bounce and roll. Even dogs and dolphins love them. So did the Mesopotamians, whose unearthed relics dating back to 2600 BC include jars and terracotta figurines depicting a "bizarre and homoerotic form of polo played from the backs not of horses, but of humans."
Egyptian art also occasionally depicts ball tossing, and in some tombs, preserved balls have been discovered. Think: hacky sack from 1500 BC, animal hide stuffed with straw, hair or yarn.
In Greece, fourth-century comic playwright Antiphanes offered the first-ever play-by-play commentary on episkyros, a rugby-like game: "He caught the ball and laughed as he passed it to one player . . . all the while there were screams and shouts: 'Out of bounds!' "
Romans were fonder of the gladiatorial spectacles of Circus Maximus, including lion fights and chariot races. But every wealthy Roman had his own sphaeristerium, a ball court, near their bath. Their favorite game was harpastum, a sort of keep-away that would today entertain third-graders in gym class.
The Middle Ages were something of a halftime break for the advancement of ballgames. There were festivals, most notably in Scotland, where, at the traditional brawl-fest Kirkwall Ba', one half of the village tried to submerge a leather ball in the bay — while the other shoved them back.
The great leap in sophistication — and civility — of ball games occurred in French monasteries in the 12th century. Tennis, the "game of kings," in fact began as the medieval game of monks and abbots. No net, no racket (they used their hands) and the monasteries' high cloister walls made the game as much like racquetball or squash as the kind of modern tennis played at the French Open.
Known as jeu de paume, or "the game played with the palm of the hand," the civilized sport caught on as recreation for monarchs, with France's Henry IV constructing a majestic court in 1600 at Fountainebleau, where he and seven subsequent kings would compete. Just imagine Marie Antoinette as cheerleader to Louis XVI. (One of Fox's many interesting side notes is that the scoring term "love" in tennis comes from the French word l'oeuf, meaning egg, which looks like a zero.)
The Gallic tennis balls were leather stuffed with a crushed cork center (for bounce) bound in a crisscross pattern by dog hair (to help keep a spherical shape). The game soon caught on in England, too — Shakespeare mentions tennis at least six times in his plays.
Balls got their bounce in the New World after the Mayans discovered that the sticky, white latex sap of the Castilla elastica plant would stabilize and become formable when boiled with the juice of the sulfonic-acid-rich indigenous vine Ipomoea alba.
Boing! The precursor to basketball was born, especially on the coast of Chiapas, where the remains of ballgame stadiums remain at Paso de la Amada. Like today's US cities, any major population center had multiple ball courts, more than 1,5000 in total. One popular Mayan game was ulama, a game where players passed the ball with their shoulders and hips.
We may know more about Mayan games than the origins of our national sport, baseball. The claim of its invention by Abner Doubleday in upstate Cooperstown has been widely debunked as a marketing scheme. What's indisputable, though, is New York City's place as the home of baseball in the mid-1800s. Among the interesting facts Fox uncovers: Early games were pretty dull, because until 1864 you could get someone out by catching the ball after one bouce.
The "fly rule" made it mandatory to record an out by catching it on the fly, thus giving incentive for hitters to swing for a long ball, thus producing diving catches by fielders, and thus leading to the pinnacle of human evolution — the highlight reel.