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REAL NAME: Roderick George Toombs
6'2", 235 pounds
BORN: April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
DIED: July 30, 2015
One of wrestling's all-time great personalities, Rowdy Roddy Piper, spent most of his youth growing up in Canada. His father was a CN policeman, and the family lived everywhere from The Pas, Manitoba to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After a falling out with his father, he hit the road, and from age 12 to 15, he stayed in youth hostels wherever he could find them.
Despite being nicknamed "The Parkdale Pugilists" by Toronto media, Piper didn't in fact live in that part of old Toronto. Instead, he lived in the more upscale Don Mills area for a spell, including getting expelled from North York's Donview Heights Junior High School.
At 15, he ended up in Winnipeg. It was there that he got involved in wrestling.
He told The Oregonian newspaper "The first professional match I saw, I was in. I was living on the streets of Winnipeg and a guy offered me $25 to wrestle. I had been a boxer and an amateur wrestling champion (Piper won the 167-pound Amateur Wrestling Championship of Manitoba at 15) so I thought it sounded good.
"I was 15 years old and weighed 167 pounds. My first match was against Larry Hennig, who was a former world champion, 35 years old, and weighed about 320. I lost the match in 10 seconds."
After being used as a jobber in Winnipeg, Piper traveled to Los Angeles. In L.A., he wrestled as "the Masked Canadian" and later, tangled with Chavo Guerrero, Sr. It would be Guerrero that would be on the losing end of a match against Piper on March 12, 1976 to give Roddy his first championship, the NWA Americas title.
That victory would not be the last time that Piper and a Guerrero clashed. Piper would enjoy two reigns as NWA World Tag Team Champion while in L.A., and both times he would defeat a Guerrero to do so. On July 22, 1977, he would team with Keith Franks (who would later be known as Adrian Adonis) to defeat Tom Jones and Mando Guerrero, then on April 21, 1978, he would team with Ron Bass to defeat Black Gordman and Chavo. During his time in Los Angeles, Piper would be the Americas champion five times and a tag team champion seven times.
After a brief time in the San Francisco area in 1978,(where he defeated Moondog Lonnie Mayne for the United States Championship) Piper headed to Oregon to compete for Don Owen's Pacific Northwest territory. His big break come out in the Pacific Northwest territory, where he became a top draw. And he never forgot that he got his break there. When the company hit hard times in the late '80s, Piper came back to help promoter Don Owen boost some gates and pump some enthusiasm into the scene. In the end, the promotion still died, but Piper had shown his heart.
Before the year was out, Piper would team with Killer Tim Brooks to win the area's version of the NWA tag team championship. In February 1979, Piper would also team with Ed Wiskowski (later Colonel DeBeers) to win the belts before forming a very successful team with Rick Martel.
The team of Piper and Martel would win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles three times and also win the Vancouver-based Canadian Tag Team Championship. Meanwhile, Piper would win the PNW's top title on several occassions in 1979-80, defeating Johnathon Boyd and Buddy Rose.
By the fall of 1980, Piper was traveling across the United States, away from the Pacific Northwest to the Mid-Atlantic area. He wasted little time in gaining success and gold there, defeating Paul Jones in a tournament for the Mid-Atlantic Television Championship. Before the month was out, however, he would have to vacate that title, because he had defeated Ric Flair for the United States Championship.
1981 and 1982 saw Piper maintain a strong hold on the Mid-Atlantic title, although he would drop it to Ricky Steamboat in November 1981 and twice to Jack Brisco in January 1981 and July 1982.
It would be 1983 and the United States Championship that would have Piper cross paths with Greg Valentine. After Piper defeated Valentine for the U.S. title on April 16th, 1983, the feud between the two men intensified, leading to a dog collar match at Starrcade '83. Piper's left ear was injured during the battle. Piper would lose 75% of his hearing in the ear, and the injury would do irreparable damage to his equilibrium.
Piper was told his wrestling career was over but instead it was just beginning.
In January 1984, Piper headed north to the WWE. In addition to wrestling, Piper's mouth, always one of his strengths, would be put to good use as the host of "Piper's Pit". His actions on the Pit would lead to many feuds, including one with Jimmy Snuka after Piper smashed Snuka over the head with a coconut. Soon Piper found the need for a bodyguard Cowboy Bob Orton Jr., the father of future WWE Champion Randy Orton.
During Piper's time in "the Pit", he would begin to speak out about the WWE's "Rock and Wrestling Connection" which led him into a confrontation with WWE Champion Hulk Hogan.
One of the first times that Hogan and Piper clashed in the ring was at Madison Square Garden, during "the War to Settle the Score" in February 1985 on MTV. Hogan would win by disqualification, but the melee involved Cyndi Lauper and Mr. T and would lead to the first Wrestlemania.
Piper would team with Paul Orndorff to face Hogan and Mr. T in the main event of Wrestlemania. Orndorff would drop the fall, thanks to the misdirected interference from Orton, but it did little to soften Piper's edge. He would continue to be a thorn in not only Hogan's side, but would draw Mr. T back into the wrestling fray.
In early 1986, Piper would mold Orton into a boxer, challenging several jobbers to boxing matches on WWE TV. Piper's mouth once again seemed to get the better of him, however, when Hogan accepted Piper's challenge on behalf of Mr. T. Orton would face T on an edition of Saturday Night's Main Event. Mr. T got the win but Piper and Orton attacked him after the bout, leading to a boxing match between the Rowdy One and The A-Team star at Wrestlemania II. Piper would be disqualified in the third round.
After Wrestlemania II, Piper took a hiatus from wrestling to film the movie Body Slam (starring the Tonga Kid and Dirk Benedict). When he returned in the fall of 1986, he found that Adrian Adonis had taken over his TV time and had hired Orton as his bodyguard. After a short war of words, Piper found himself on the receiving end of a three-on-one attack, with Adonis, Orton and Don Muraco (a guest on Piper's Pit) ganging up on him.
Piper would vow revenge. Meanwhile, something strange had happened. Piper, the WWE's biggest heel since his arrival, was now receiving the cheers of the fans. The feud with Adonis lasted into 1987, and a "hair vs. hair" match at Wrestlemania III. Piper shocked the wrestling world with the announcement that the bout would be his farewell match. With the surprise help of Brutus Beefcake, Piper won the match, cut Adonis' hair, and left the WWE for Hollywood.
He said at the time to TV Guide that "I'm not just going to go out into the world and wing it, like I always have. I'd like to do some movies and TV. Not as anything in particular -- just as a personality. I can always come back and fight."
A year later, Piper's first major film, John Carpenter's They Live would debut in theatres. Piper would also do several other films during his time away from the ring, including Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987) and Buy and Cell (1989).
But the lure of the ring was too strong for Roddy. He would return at Wrestlemania V, as part of a wild interview segment that also included Brother Love and Morton Downey, Jr. As per usual, Piper held court, dispatching both Love and Downey. Soon, Piper would be back in the ring, and crossing paths with Bad News Brown. Piper would court controversy by painting himself half-black for his match against Brown at Wrestlemania VI.
After his battle with Bad News and a feud with Ravishing Rick Rude, Piper stepped away from the ring and into the broadcast area, becoming a commentator for most of the next two years. He would step back into the ring at the 1992 Royal Rumble and defeated The Mountie (Jacques Rougeau Jr.) for the Intercontinental Championship, the first title Piper won in the WWE.
Piper would lose the title to Bret Hart in a rare face-vs-face match at Wrestlemania VII. After the loss, Piper would once again step away from pro wrestling but would return two years later, as the special guest referee for the Bret Hart- Yokozuna match at Wrestlemania X. He would also feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler, leading to Piper's victory over Lawler at the 1994 King of the Ring.
In between sporadic appearances in the WWE, feuding with Goldust and taking over as interim WWE President in 1996, Piper would star in a series of straight-to-video flicks including No Contest, Immortal Combat and Back in Action. By the end of 1996, however, Roddy would head to the WWE's competition, WCW, and once again find himself facing Hulk Hogan.
But with Hogan installed as WCW's top heel and leader of the NWO, Piper found himself on the receiving end of the fans' cheers. Referring to himself as an ICON of pro wrestling, Piper would defeat Hogan at Starrcade '96, but in a non-title match.
Hogan would win the rematch at SuperBrawl, thanks to the use of a foreign object. Undaunted Piper would continue to wage war against the NWO, even teaming with old nemesis Ric Flair. But Flair and Piper did not last long as a team and soon found themselves battling each other.
Piper's schedule cut back in 1998, although he retained his role as WCW Commissioner. He both feuded and teamed with Randy Savage, all in one night in one instance (the 1998 Great American Bash) and took part in the War Games at Fall Brawl '98.
In Febuary 1999, "Rowdy" Roddy defeated Bret Hart on Nitro to regain the United States Championship only to lose it to Scott Hall at SuperBrawl shortly thereafter. 1999 would also see Piper feud with Ric Flair, again, this time over the position as President of WCW. Flair beat Piper at Slamboree '99 but Eric Bischoff reversed the decision and the feud continued. Piper would remain with WCW until his contract was terminated in the fall of 2000.
After a victory over Michelle Starr for Matt Osborne's independent federation, Piper moved on to Jimmy Hart's Xtreme Wrestling Federation, acting as the President and helping with the training of several of the organization's young stars.
The XWF soon folded and soon Piper was busy promoting his autobiography In the Pit With Piper. In late 2002, Piper unexpectedly appeared in NWA-TNA and did a shoot on Vince Russo before departing the company. Piper's next appearance, again an unexpected one, came at Wrestlemania XIX when he ran in during the Hulk Hogan/Vince McMahon bout and attacked Hogan. But rather than disappearing again, Piper remained in the WWE, bringing the Pit back with him. Piper became a manager of sorts to Sean O'Haire who would feud with Rikishi, and later Mr. America (Hogan under a mask) and Zach Gowen over the spring of 2003.
However, on June 24th, shortly after O'Haire and Piper lost to Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri in a tag team title match on Smackdown, Piper was fired for his comments about the wrestling business and his own drug use on an HBO program "Real Sports". After his departure from the WWE, Piper returns to NWA-TNA and after feuding with Vince Russo, appeared with Jimmy Snuka in a special "Piper's Pit" at the Victory Road pay-per-view.
As Vince McMahon once said "Anything Can Happen in the (WWE)" and assuredly that has never been more true than the announcement that "Rowdy" Roddy Piper would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2005. Piper delivered one of the highlight speeches of the night and then, twenty-four hours later, hosted a special "Piper's Pit" at Wrestlemania XXI with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin as his guest. Piper rid the ring of Carlito Caribbean Cool before falling prey to a Stone Cold Stunner.
Piper would continue to tour with the WWE, appearing at several live events during the spring and early summer of 2005. He would also make an appearance on Raw, saying that Shawn Michaels would answer to him for his recent attack on Hulk Hogan. In the end, Michaels knocked Piper flat with a superkick.
However, it would be Smackdown and not Raw that Piper would appear on next. He was re-united, sort of, with his Cowboy Bob Orton. Only instead of swapping war stories, Piper would clash with his former bodyguard, and his son Randy Orton.
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First fan event held in Ho Chi Minh City
More than 300 supporters attended the first official Manchester City fan event hosted in Ho Chi Minh City.
Club Envy was the location as local Blues came together to watch Pep Guardiola's side's 5-0 victory against Crystal Palace at a match screening delivered in conjunction with the Club's regional Affinity Card Partner, SHB.
An opportunity for fans living in the Vietnamese city to connect with and get closer to their favourite club, pre-match activities included a City quiz, the chance to find out more about the Blues' history, plenty of prize giveaways and performances from local musicians and DJs.
The emphatic result was not the only reason to celebrate, as the landmark occasion also saw Manchester City's Vietnam Supporters Club receive their commemorative plaque in recognition of their status as an official branch.
"This was an unforgettable night for all of us," said Chairman, Tri Nguyen.
"We love Manchester City and it was fantastic to have them give us this opportunity to enjoy the game together. I had such an amazing evening and I can't wait for the next time."
Nguyen Van Le, Chief Executive Officer of SHB, added: "Over three years of strategic cooperation, in addition to co-branded products, SHB and Manchester City have jointly organised many activities and programs for their customers and fans, which help bring Manchester City closer to their fan community in Vietnam."
To join the Manchester City Official Supporters Club, visit: supportersclubs.mancity.com.
This viewing event was supported by K+ as the Official Media Partner, while the live public broadcast rights was presented by MP & Silva.

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For Immediate Release, October 19, 2012
Contact: Michael Robinson, (575) 313-7017
Millions More Acres of Protected Jaguar Habitat Requested in New Mexico, Arizona
SILVER CITY, N.M.— In comments submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today, the Center for Biological Diversity provided evidence that, to recover in the Southwest, jaguars will require millions more acres of protected habitat than the roughly 838,000 acres the agency proposed in August. The additional areas of "critical habitat" identified in the 55-page, science-based comment document include the Mogollon Rim of Arizona and New Mexico's Gila National Forest. The federal agency must now consider these and other recommendations from the public and scientists before deciding on its final designation of protected habitat for jaguars.
"The best habitat for American jaguars lies in the vast and rugged Gila National Forest in New Mexico and adjoining pine forests in Arizona," said Michael Robinson, the Center's specialist on jaguars and wolves. "The Fish and Wildlife Service has a moral duty to protect these special places, where jaguars once lived and which they should be able to call home again. Recovering jaguars in this region, so full of wilderness, will bolster the genetic strength of the struggling jaguar population in northern Mexico, too, helping to ensure that these great cats will always share our country with us."
The number of jaguars in northern Sonora, Mexico was last estimated at 271 animals, in a population that may be increasingly isolated from other jaguars in Mexico and is too small to be genetically viable. Small, isolated populations are vulnerable to inbreeding and loss of the genetic diversity crucial for adapting to a changing world.
"It's time to welcome jaguars back to the Gila," said Robinson, who has lived and worked in this rural area for many years. "Jaguars are beautiful animals that belong here and will help restore the natural balance and health of our woods, grasslands and mountains."
Jaguars used to live across much of the southern United States, but disappeared due to clearing of forests, draining of wetlands, and hunting and trapping intended to protect livestock. Since the 1990s jaguars that are assumed to have come from Mexico have again begun to appear in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
The Center for Biological Diversity's lawsuits and public organizing resulted in Endangered Species Act protection for the jaguar in the United States in 1997 and in current efforts to designate critical habitat and develop a recovery plan.
Critical habitat designation prohibits federal agencies from harming the landscape features necessary for an endangered species' recovery; species with critical habitat are twice as likely to be recovering as those without it.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 450,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
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Matrox's Parhelia - A Performance Paradoxby Anand Lal Shimpi on June 25, 2002 11:02 AM EST
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It seems to be a new habit for graphics card companies to split up the release of a chip into two parts: a technology launch and a product launch. A few weeks ago we provided you with an overview of Matrox's latest GPU, the Parhelia; today we are finally able to provide you with a performance evaluation of Matrox's Comeback Kid.
We aren't going to be discussing any of the technology or features of the chip here today so please be sure to read over our technology overview first before continuing on here. Without further ado, let's spot a Parhelia.


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The Telegraph reports that having patients write down the details of their appointment themselves could save the NHS £250 million a year.
Traditional approaches to the problem have included sending reminder letters and putting up posters telling patients how many GP days are lost every year because of "do not attends" (DNAs).
But a small project in Bedfordshire managed to cut the inattendance rate by up to 30 per cent by jettisoning those ideas.
Instead, patients were asked to write down when their appointment was, rather than the receptionist doing it, and repeat back to them out loud the details.
Posters were also put up at the two participating GP surgeries, and messages run on digital tickers, saying: "Ninety-five per cent of people turn up to their appointments on time."
Steve Martin, director of Influence at Work, a behavioural science consultancy, said the psychology of negative messages was all wrong.
He said: "The vast majority of practices and hospitals tend to have these posters that point out how many people don't turn up. But that just makes people think it's normal not to attend."


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Nice, ay? Not bad for a campsite. I bought some Opal sock yarn and started a feather-and-fan pattern for my camping socks. It's not hard to remember, but not boring, either. I liked them. And this is a pic of them as I sat and knitted while everyone else slept.
And here's what I got done until everyone woke up that first morning. Nice.
And then I tried them on. And even though I knit with my regular sized #1 needles, and cast on 72 sts instead of my normal 64, they were still too small. And I realized I wasn't knitting my camping socks, but my older daughter's camping socks.
The second day, we hiked out and took some beautiful scenic pictures of the area. I admit I was distracted by scratching at mosquito bites and wiping sweat off my forehead. I had gone past even trying to look attractive. But still, nature was pretty enough by herself:
You can't tell by these pictures, but bad weather and tornado watches were on the way. That night, everyone slept in the same tent, and we feared for being struck by lightning. Actually, that was just me, but I was scared enough for everyone. It was kind of exciting, actually, in a sort of are-these-my-last-moments? sort of way. And when I finally laid down to rest, I heard a chipmunk or mouse or something trying to get in, scrabbling and scrabbling. I was the only one awake, and I admit that I felt a little smug that I was in a nice, warm, uninvadable tent, though I don't know where I got that idea. In the morning, I awoke and found a hole in the corner of the tent. And I said to my husband, pretty calmly, I think, "Doesn't this look like something got in?" And my husband and I looked and looked (I'm pretty sure he was faking calm for the sake of the kids, too) and we couldn't find an exit hole, which he said should have been there. So the assumption I got to was that the mouse/chipmunk/nature being was in the tent with us. That gave me the willies, but I kept poking around, and - though I had to take the picture outside once I'd found the camera - I did find this:
My sock yarn! Invaded! And of course I was pretty sure that the little invading creature was inside that mound of wool, but my husband scooped it outside of the tent, and there was nothing in it, but.. well, poop, to be honest, but I'm not skillled enough to identify the animal by its droppings, except that it wasn't a bear. What this means probably is that the mouse/chipmunk/whatever was in the tent with us when we were arranging sleeping bags and such for the night, and the scrabbling I heard was the beast trying to get out. Could you imagine if I had actually found my headlamp, which I was looking for and unable to find, and turned it on? Holy cow, I can't even. I'm terrified of small toothy things, and it's just a good thing that I didn't get a chance to scar my family with my screams if I'd seen the little beastie. In the morning, I fortified myself with my two favorite camping aids, which should have made everything better...
... except that it didn't stop raining. It just kept up. We hiked out (again) and I pretended we were just going home for a shower. But the rain got worse, and eventually my husband took a nap on the loveseat. Yes! I knew we were back in civilization for good. Sweet. And then, guess what I found in my front yard?
A little nature right there on the lawn. Here's a baby snapping turtle, fresh out of the shell. When he was scared (we picked him up), he didn't even pull his head into his shell. He just closed his eyes and hoped for the best. Cute little fella. Next year, we're at least going to find a drive-up campsite, so I won't be hiking around with a four-year-old on my back for an hour each time we go in or leave. You take your pleasures where you can get 'em, when you're camping.


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Do you suppose we should have a "Meta-discussions" category for people to ask questions or make suggestions about this forum? Otherwise, people are likely to post unrelated questions wherever they see the most traffic. (As I am with this very post. :-))
I'd also like to see a "News about Fingerworks-the(-ex?)-company" area, to contain any rumors or factual information that people find.
Thanks for setting up this forum!


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This is a basic introduction to molecular modelling approaches, suited especially to PhD students and researchers with little previous experience of the topic. It will discuss both formulation of equations of motion and the use of numerical methods for molecular simulation. Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods, in their many variations, are the backbone tools of the molecular modeler; the tutorial will introduce both types of approaches, with an emphasis on molecular dynamics, and will also describe the application of various schemes for realistic computations. The tutorial is meant to provide background for the subsequent IMA workshop. Topics will be introduced in complementary ways by the lecturers, covering both mathematical underpinnings and modelling issues.
Recommended Reading:
Understanding Molecular Simulations: From Algorithms to Applications (2nd Edition), D. Frenkel, B. Smit, Academic Press, 2002.
Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics, B. Leimkuhler and S. Reich, Cambridge University Press, 2005.


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AP&T Takes on Press Service in Sweden
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For the first time, Swedish press and automation-equipment builder AP&T (with North American headquarters in Monroe, NC) has taken on all of the service needs for a customer's mechanical and hydraulic presses. The firm announced its first all-inclusive service agreement with Swenox AB, a Swedish manufacturer of automotive parts.
AP&T, which previously had established service agreements for mechanical presses, now has overall responsibility for all of presses at Swenox—10 hydraulic models and 17 mechanical.
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Governor Abbott called the 85th Texas Legislature into Special Session for 30 days starting July 18. The governor identified 20 items for the legislators to address during the special session. Legislators may, however, also file bills not specifically cited in the governor's request.
DCCCD is tracking those bills of interest to us and those we serve. The bills are listed separately under the House and the Senate by categorical headings. View a brief summary in the chart below for House bills; click on the bill number to see additional information available on
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Who'd pass up a chance to own a full set of Yoshi Armor in Super Mario World for a mere 200 SNES points?
Copious amounts of downloadable content might be the norm these days, but then we've grown used to it, having lived through Oblivion's horse armor and Capcom's continuous costume packs. Taking a step back and imagining what could have been makes me feel a little silly about spending money to dress up my characters in colorful costumes.


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Heritage team member Anne Kinney
invited colleagues to participate in this special
component of the Hubble Heritage Project. They were
instrumental in selecting the 3 edge-on galaxies
which 8000 people voted on between January 6 and
February 14, 1999. These guest observers helped
aim the telescope at the winning polar-ring galaxy,
NGC 4650A, by working out many of the technical
details. (Some challenges
of aiming the telescope are described by P.C.
Mike Asbury.) This science team is currently
doing the scientific analysis of these data and
their results will be posted as soon as they are
available. The Hubble Heritage asked the NGC 4650A
science team to introduce themselves to you.
Our polar ring Heritage science team shares common
interests in the origins and evolutionary processes
in galaxies. Within this general area we have different
specialities. For example, Gallagher and Matthews
work with images to measure structures of galaxies,
Kinney focuses on interpreting the spectra produced
by stars and other processes in galaxies, while
Sparke is a theorist who seeks to understand the
way that gravity acts to produce the observed structures
and motions in galaxies. We also share connections
to Wisconsin, and our group enjoys gathering on
the shores of Lake Mendota in Madison.


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LETTER- Safety first-- fix the bricks
Thank you for the fine article, "Downtown showdown" [cover story, Jun 26], by Dave McNair.
My question is what difference do the pattern and size of brick make? So little of the bricks can be seen because of vendors, building and re-building sites closed off, and outdoor chairs and tables.
One has only to walk on the new bricks set in sand on Third Street between East Main and Market Streets to feel the pleasure of safe walking.
Dozens of people have fallen on East Main Street in the 18 years I've lived on East Jefferson and Third Streets. I have twice fallen after tripping on broken bricks downtown. Children running to the Discovery Museum have fallen.
In addition, it's dangerous to have any automobile crossing the Downtown Mall. The most important issue is safety.
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In this next drawing tutorial I will be giving you a full, easy to follow lesson that will teach you "how to draw Rabbit" from Skunk Fu, step by step. Now for those of you that watch this animated series on Cartoon Network, you already know that Rabbit is a confident animal that works his way to being the best by acting like the best. He is arrogant, cocky, tough, brave and even sometimes naive. Rabbit sometimes competes with Skunk to show him who is better at kung fu. Rabbit also has a humongous crush on Fox as well and he will often get very bashful whenever she comes around. Fox is older than the rest of the gang and she will sometimes tell Rabbit and Skunk to focus and use the skills that they know to accomplish goals that are sometimes set by Panda. If you were to ask who was a better martial artist I would have to say Skunk because he listens a lot more than Rabbit and he is less cocky and arrogant. In this tutorial I will show you how to draw Rabbit from Skunk Fu step by step. I made the lesson steps easy to follow and the instructions simple to read. Once you learn this tutorial, you will see how easy it is to draw other Skunk Fu characters step by step. I will be back with more drawing fun, but in the mean time look around and see what else you can tackle.
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It comprises ten essays by experts, examining the film as a representation of history and as cinema. Subjects covered include Roman history and gladiatorial combat, the cinematic origins and traditions of Gladiator, and the film's modern social and political overtones. The book also includes translations of the film's most important historical sources.
"A most welcome addition to this rapidly expanding discourse. It succeeds in collecting an insightful and diverse set of reflections 'inspired by' Gladiator (as filmmakers might say) and will hopefully encourage similar explorations of more recent and forthcoming films set in antiquity." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"This book provides a very useful resource that will enhance the analytical sophistication of students of Scott's film and one that will deepen their appreciation of the complexity of Roman society in the reign of Commodus as well as the problem of imperialism then and today. I have no doubt that it will be a great success and a distinct credit to its editor and his contributors." Scholia
"Martin Winkler is one of the pioneers in the use of film as applied to classical antiquity." New England Classical Journal
Winkler has created an unlikely meeting of brains and brawn in this collection of papers from classicists who contemplate the popularity of Ridley Scott's film Gladiator." Reference and Research Book News
"Martin Winkler has brought together classicists who understand and respect the power of modern film. This volume will set the standard for the serious study of the reflections and influence of the classical world on contemporary popular culture." Gregory N. Daugherty, Randolph-Macon College
"Boasting its own triumphant array of stimulating double takes on the film Gladiator, this book successfully recaptures the excitement and immediacy of the turn of the 21st century cinematic epic." Paula James, The Open University
"A promising model of the multiple approaches that may be taken to a single cinematic text ... Its demonstration that even highly commercial products of popular culture can still yield serious insights and analysis can only benefit the study of classics and cinema." Journal of Roman Studies
Notes on Contributors.
Editor's Preface.
1. Gladiator from Screenplay to Screen: Jon Solomon (University of Arizona).
2. Gladiator and the Traditions of Historical Cinema: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University).
3. Gladiator in Historical Perspective: Allen M. Ward (University of Connecticut-Storrs).
4. The Pedant Goes to Hollywood: The Role of the Academic Consultant: Kathleen M. Coleman (Harvard University).
5. Commodus and the Limits of the Roman Empire: Arthur M. Eckstein (University of Maryland).
6. Gladiators and Blood Sport: David S. Potter (University of Michigan).
7. Gladiator and the Colosseum: Ambiguities of Spectacle: Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University).
8. The Vision of a Fascist Rome in Gladiator: Arthur J. Pomeroy (Victoria University of Wellington).
9. Gladiator and Contemporary American Society: Monica S. Cyrino (University of New Mexico).
10. The Politics of Gladiator: Peter W. Rose (Miami University of Ohio).
11. The Major Ancient Sources:.
Cassius Dio on Commodus.
The Augustan History: Commodus.
Herodian on the Death of Commodus.
Aurelius Victor on Commodus.
Chronology: The Roman Empire at the Time of Commodus.
Further Reading.
Index to Chapters 1-10


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I've got kids, currently they are under the age where they get Smartphones and unfettered internet access but such a day is coming. Now at home I can set it up so on the WiFi there is a proxy and all content has to be routed via that proxy or it doesn't go out and I can lock down the proxy so they can't go where I don't want.
However on a Smartphone they get good internet access without me being in control.
Then I got my new internet connection from BT (VDSL, 40 down, 10 up) and so I'm putting a VPN in so when I'm abroad I can still do back-ups etc without having to lug disks around. Then I realised that I could set it up so my mobile phone used the VPN as well, which means iTunes backup and sync can be done as well.... double result.
This then made me think of how if you combine the VPN with a proxy that you can then have a controlled connection at all times. All you need is the ability to add restrictions to the device which force 'always use VPN', something that isn't supported today, and prevent the VPN connection identifier from being changed. This has two key usage scenarios:
- For Enterprises it means mobile device internet access can be controlled
- For families it means being able to control what your kids access... until they are around a friends or buy their own device
Its the latter that interests me at home, obviously, as I do think as a parent I have a responsibility to control what my kids access and to ensure that I can track things and keep them safe. This isn't about being over protective, I wouldn't let them wander the streets on their own or take a train to London on their own, and the internet can be just, if not more, dangerous than those things.
With the rise of high bandwidth upstream connections this sort of thing becomes completely feasible, all it needs now is the mobile phone manufacturers to add the capabilities into the OS in the same way as they add things like Internet blocks or other application blocks today.
High-speed uplink + VPN + Mobile = Personal control of your own internet connection... with the added benefit of NEVER being unencrypted on a public WiFi connection.


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For a long time Star Wars fans have been clamoring for Disney/Lucasfilm to re-release the original, unaltered cut of the first Star Wars trilogy, and Comicbook.com has now confirmed with two independent reliable sources that just such a plan is under way.According to our sources, Disney has plans to release the original cut of the Star Wars trilogy on Blu-ray. Our sources indicate that the project has been under way for quite some time, but its been challenging because of some damage to the original negatives they are utilizing. The goal is to release A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of Jedi in their complete, unaltered, original form without the redone special edition SFX.Our sources did not have an exact date as to when the original cut of the Star Wars Trilogy would be released on Blu-ray, due to the challenges Disney has encountered in pulling everything together. However, our sources indicated the goal is to have it ready and released before Star Wars Episode VII is released in theaters.
Of course, Disney is going to release the original, unaltered films!Are you kidding? The folks at Disney have $4 billion riding on this little investment and they arent stupid. The only reason the original versions havent been properly released before this is that George Lucas didnt want it to happen
but Lucas is no longer in control of such decisions. Theres simply no way Disney would have paid $4 billion without the right to do what they wanted to with this franchise. And what they want to do is exploit the crap out of it for years to come.As for Fox being a problem somehow, does anyone really think Fox wouldnt appreciate the chance to make some easy cash releasing the original versions in partnership with Disney? Where theres a will, theres a way... and where theres this much money to be made, you can bet theyll find a way. Besides, if Fox can work out its differences with Warner Bros. to finally release classic TV Batman on Blu-ray and DVD, Fox should have no problem striking a deal with Disney on this.Bottom line: Wed be absolutely shocked if the original, unaltered Star Wars films dont A) return to theaters, B) get released on Blu-ray and DVD, or C) both, prior to the theatrical debut of Episode VII in December 2015. I mean seriously. You dont need to be a Jedi or a Sith to see that the Force is strong in this rumor.
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Guest/Faculty Recital: Randall Scarlata, baritone & Nicola Melville, piano
Grammy-nominated singer Randall Scarlata joins faculty pianist Nicola Melville in a program of lieder. Featured will be Robert Schumann's masterpiece, Dichterliebe, and, in celebration of the bicentenary of Beethoven's birth, An die ferne Geliebte.
Baritone Randall Scarlata has been praised by the New York Times as "an intelligent and communicative singer" with a "compelling desire to bring texts to life." He has also been acclaimed for his "extraordinary vocal range and colour palette" and "ability to traverse so many different singing styles" (MusicWeb International). The Daily Telegraph (London) adds "Randall Scarlata sings with the assurance of one with nothing to prove."
Known for his versatility and consummate musicianship, Randall Scarlata's repertoire spans five centuries and sixteen languages. A sought-after interpreter of new music, he has given world premieres of works by George Crumb, Paul Moravec, Richard Danielpour, Ned Rorem, Benjamin CS Boyle, Lori Laitman, Thea Musgrave, Samuel Adler, Hilda Paredes, Daron Hagen, Wolfram Wagner and Christopher Theofanidis. He regularly performs the major German song cycles with pianists such as Cameron Stowe, Gilbert Kalish, Jeremy Denk, Jonathan Biss, Inon Barnatan, Peter Frankl, and Laura Ward. He is a regular guest with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, Lyric Fest, Chamber Music Northwest, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Festival, the Skaneateles Chamber Music Festival, among many others. In addition, Mr. Scarlata's extensive recording catalog appears on the Chandos, Naxos, CRI, Gasparo, Arabesque, Bridge, Albany and Sono Luminus labels. His recording of Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Gilbert Kalish was honored with a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Vocal Solo.
Randall Scarlata has appeared on concert stages throughout Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Asia. He has been a soloist with the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, and with the Pittsburgh, San Francisco, American, Sydney, Ulster, Tonkünstler, National, New World, and BBC Symphonies, as well as the early music groups Wiener Akademie, Grand Tour, Tempesta di Mare, and Musica Angelica, among others. Many of the world's great music festivals have sought him out as a soloist, including the Ravinia, Marlboro, Edinburgh, Norfolk, Vienna, Music at Menlo, Gilmore, Salzburg, Norfolk, Aspen, and Spoleto (Italy) festivals.
Mr. Scarlata is co-artistic director of the Alpenkammermusik Chamber Music Festival in Carinthia, Austria during the summer, and gives masterclasses throughout the United States and abroad. This summer he joins the faculty of the Tanglewood Music Center, and in the fall joins the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. He has also served on the faculties of West Chester University and SUNY Stony Brook.
Nikki Melville received the B.M. from the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), and the M.M., D.M.A., and the Performers Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Melville has commissioned and premiered many works by composers in the United States and her native New Zealand. She has recorded the complete piano rags of William Albright for the Equilibrium label; her most recent CD, released on Innova Recordings, features thirteen new commissions by award-winning composers from around the US, and is now available online at http://innova.mu/artist1.asp?skuID=334. As well as being an advocate for new music, her ongoing interests include interdisciplinary performances that combine music with other Arts in live performance.
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LifeCycle Get A Life
Singapore bicycle shop LifeCycle was started by Simon Siah as he sought to take life slower and find a sustainable business that would people happy. Working with DDB Singapore Siah was able to develop an outdoor advertising campaign that has gone on to win two gold Outdoor Lions, two silver and bronze Press Lions at Cannes International Festival of Creativity. Three billboards and posters, "Cityscape", "Terrain" and "Road Map", use bike parts to spread the message of life outside the box. As Siah says on the LifeCycle site, "Begin your journey with us and arrive where you choose to be, out-of-the-box at your own pace".
You live in a little box.
You get into a little box that drives you to another little box.
And you spend your day thinking little boxed thoughts in your little box.
Till it's time to leave for the other little box.
Unbox yourself. Get a life. Get a cycle.
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journeying to the Elevator,
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catching your breath at Cape Watercooler before
you venture to the unknown land they call the Pantry.
Step out. Get a life. Get a cycle.
Look out the window. What do you see?
Wait, there's no window.
Only a wall. And fake plastic flowers.
And a fake parquet floor.
A plastic coffee cup on a formica table.
Artificial lighting, on all day.
Get out. Get a life. Get a cycle.
The Get A Life campaign was developed at DDB Singapore by chief creative officer Neil Johnson, executive creative director Joji Jacob, creative director/copywriter Andrew Hook, creative director/art director Thomas Yang, art director Chris Soh, photographer Allan Ng, typographer Celeste Anning, retoucher Ning Woei at Digitalis, account supervisor Sandy Lee working with LifeCycle director Simon Siah.
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SqlXml WR3 sp2 ... finally!
WR3 sp2 RTM has been released. Actually,
it was released late last week - but I have been so busy I
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that is another story for another time.
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in it are some solid, customer driven features (bulkload ID propagation, no requirement
for Sql Client tools to name a couple, null support for value types in SqlXml Soap
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On a sadder note, Srinivasa Burugapalli -
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Will the new Big 12 last? Tech coach says 'No'
Yes, the Big 12 Conference beat the odds and, just in the nick of time, survived the defections of Colorado to the Pac-10 and Nebraska to the Big Ten.
Now comes the next issue. Will the new Big 12 last?
It sounds like first-year Texas Tech football coach Tommy Tuberville would recommend that league officials do not order cases of champagne. All the celebrating may be short-lived.
Tuberville, formerly head coach at Auburn and Mississippi, criticized the Big 12's imbalanced revenue-sharing formula that allocates more money to schools with football teams that play in nationally televised games.
"I don't think this conference will last long because there is too much disparity between all the teams," Tuberville said this week on Rivals Radio. "In the SEC, for instance, Vanderbilt makes as much money in the television contract as Florida. Everybody is good with it. Everybody is on the same page. Everybody gets the same votes.
"That doesn't happen here in the Big 12. We have some teams that get a little bit more money and have a little bit more stroke than some of the other teams. And when that happens, you're gonna have teams looking to leave and (have) reasons to leave.
"We have a 10-team league right now, but I just don't know how long that's gonna last, to be honest with you."
Also speaking this week on nationwide radio, Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne told Jim Rome that one reason for the Huskers' move to the Big Ten was Nebraska's regard for that league's "all for one, and one for all" mindset.
Meanwhile, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel recently told a gathering of Columbus, Ohio, civic leaders that he expects the Big Ten and other conferences to expand further. Tressel added that he wasn't aware of any timeframes.
"I haven't been in any of the meeting where the rumblings are going on," Tressel said. "I just hear what you do, but I would expect the conferences to get larger."
Don't look for any further expansion announcements by the Big Ten or Pac-10 this year. But Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany acknowledged that the addition of Nebraska may be only a first step in that league getting larger.
It's expected that Missouri of the Big 12 could be a target if the Big Ten decides to add more teams.
For more than a week, it appeared that five Big 12 teams -– Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State – might join Colorado for a Pac-16. That grandiose plan fell apart when the Pac-10 failed to budge after Texas demanded that it be able to form its own Longhorn television network.
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During a Q&A with the The Oklahoman newspaper in Oklahoma City, OU football coach Bob Stoops sounded disappointed that the Pac-16 failed to come to fruition.
"I thought it was exciting when all that came about," Stoops said. "The Pac-10 brings long tradition and history, great schools, great academic schools. I just thought all of it was a win-win in my eyes.
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Having just missed out on retaining his full European Tour card last year, Michael has been playing on the Challenge Tour and is starting to rekindle some of the form which saw him win five European Tour titles previously.
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MARION TWP, Beaver County — A Butler County man was rescued late Thursday night after the pickup truck he was driving plunged head-long into frigid Connoquenessing Creek.
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Need more proof that New Jerseyans hate having to pay for beach badges?
For the third time in the past four years, Wildwood — the south Jersey resort town where the beaches are free and gigantic — has been named the state's best beach.
Wildwood and its two neighbors, Wildwood Crest and North Wildwood, took top honors in the annual contest run by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/New Jersey Sea Grant and the Richard Stockton College Coastal Research Center as a way of making people feel more connected to and protective of the state's 127-mile coastline. Residents and tourists voted in an online poll.
The three beaches, which market themselves as a single entity called The Wildwoods, entered and won the contest that way, too. Admission to all three beaches is always free, which accounts for a big part of their appeal.
"They're nice and free, and they're always clean," said Lynda Jarrett, 59, of Lewisburg, Pa. "I've been coming here since I was 5 years old. I love everything about Wildwood. This beach is my medicine; it's what keeps me coming back each year."
Joint marketing also paid off for the second-place winner, the six municipalities on Long Beach Island. They placed third last year.
Ocean City, another south Jersey family resort which won the 2009 contest, came in third this year.
The other winners were, in order of finish: Sea Isle City; Cape May; Asbury Park; Seaside Heights (which moved up one spot from last year, possibly due to the absence this year of Snooki); Island Beach State Park; Cape May Point, and Sandy Hook, the first time the national recreation area made the top 10.
Cape May County thus took five of the top 10 spots in the contest. The Wildwoods, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Cape May and Cape May Point are all part of the state's southernmost county, where tourism is by far the largest industry.
This year's contest also selected winners for each of the state's four coastal counties. In Monmouth County, it was Asbury Park. In Ocean, it was Long Beach Island. Brigantine won in Atlantic County, and Wildwood, obviously, won in Cape May County.
The winners were announced at a news conference in Sandy Hook, where Jon Miller, a coastal expert from Stevens Institute of Technology, said New Jersey's beaches came through the winter quite well.
"The beaches are in extremely good condition," he said. "This winter was relatively mild in terms of the number of storms that impact the coast. It might be surprising considering the amount of snow we got."
The three major offseason storms — in October, right after Christmas and in April — all hit at relatively low tides and did not have extremely large waves that cause the worst erosion. As a result, Miller said, the beaches are well built up and able to withstand a summer pounding.
Wildwood has always been among New Jersey's most popular beaches. Motorists heading to the beach down the main drag roll up to a giant sculpture that spells out "Wildwoods" in 15-foot-tall letters on the boardwalk. On the ground in front of it are 29 brightly painted cement beach balls.
The Wildwoods boast three of the only five beaches in New Jersey that don't require people to buy beach badges to get onto the sand and into the water. Maybe it's because they have to work so hard to get to the surf.
The beaches here are a half-mile from the boardwalk in many spots, kicking sand in the faces of most other New Jersey beaches. Due to the prevailing ocean currents and the natural topography of the coastline, sand that washes away from other beaches piles up here.
In fact, the walk to the water is so far that Wildwood once seriously entertained a proposal to let a vendor offer camel rides to and from the surf before deciding against it.
Wildwood also is a hotbed of '50s doo-wop culture and is home to many oldies festivals and antique car cruise nights. The three-town resort says it has the largest concentration of preserved doo-wop architecture in the country, and last year was named one of America Online's 10 Architectural Wonders of the United States. Even the Wawa convenience store and gas station on the main drag into town is done up in neon colors and angular roof lines.
Wildwood and North Wildwood share a nearly two-mile boardwalk that has its own in-your-face charm, with the usual pizza and fudge shops alongside T-shirt shacks and body piercing outlets. It has three amusement piers with a gargantuan roller coaster and a freakishly tall Ferris wheel.
"This is where I've been coming all my life," said Joan Daug of Waterford, N.J., who was visiting the resort with her husband, Andy. "I always thought it was a nice family place. That's why I liked it."
"There's car shows on the boardwalk, fireworks," Andy Daug added. "There's always something going on here."
Wildwoods Named Best NJ Beach — Again
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Networks Give a Scant 65 Seconds to John McCain's 'Blistering' Russian Attack, Skimp on Quotes
The three networks on Thursday morning allowed a scant 65 seconds to Senator John McCain's "blistering" op-ed published in the communist newspaper Pravda, featuring a call for freedom and tolerance in Russia. Although ABC, CBS and NBC quickly summarized the Senator's international rebuttal to Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed, the morning shows offered the briefest of quotes and mostly portrayed the piece as a grudge match with Putin.
CBS This Morning devoted just 19 seconds to the "blistering opinion piece." Rose narrated, "[McCain] accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption and repression." Good Morning America's Josh Elliott allowed 23 seconds and insisted that the Senator "blast[ed] Russian President Vladimir Putin." According to Today's Savannah Guthrie, McCain offered a "scathing" attack on Russian corruption. Mostly absent from the three networks were full quotes highlighting the Senator's main topic, a defense of democracy and freedom.
In the op-ed McCain championed:
I am not anti-Russian. I am pro-Russian, more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today.
I make that claim because I respect your dignity and your right to self-determination. I believe you should live according to the dictates of your conscience, not your government. I believe you deserve the opportunity to improve your lives in an economy that is built to last and benefits the many, not just the powerful few. You should be governed by a rule of law that is clear, consistently and impartially enforced and just. I make that claim because I believe the Russian people, no less than Americans, are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
A Russian citizen could not publish a testament like the one I just offered. President Putin and his associates do not believe in these values. They don't respect your dignity or accept your authority over them. They punish dissent and imprison opponents. They rig your elections. They control your media. They harass, threaten, and banish organizations that defend your right to self-governance. To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorize and even assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption.
He concluded:
President Putin doesn't believe in these values because he doesn't believe in you. He doesn't believe that human nature at liberty can rise above its weaknesses and build just, peaceful, prosperous societies. Or, at least, he doesn't believe Russians can. So he rules by using those weaknesses, by corruption, repression and violence. He rules for himself, not you.
I do believe in you. I believe in your capacity for self-government and your desire for justice and opportunity. I believe in the greatness of the Russian people, who suffered enormously and fought bravely against terrible adversity to save your nation. I believe in your right to make a civilization worthy of your dreams and sacrifices. When I criticize your government, it is not because I am anti-Russian. It is because I believe you deserve a government that believes in you and answers to you. And, I long for the day when you have it.
In contrast, all three morning shows on September 12 offered full reports on Putin's New York Times op-ed denouncing American "exceptionalism." GMA, Today and CBS This Morning included the same types of descriptions as with McCain, calling the article a "blistering" taunt." However, Putin's op-ed was given much more time, as well as a fuller consideration of the Russian President's points and motives.
Transcripts from the three September 19 shows are below:
JOSH ELLIOTT: Also breaking overnight, Senator John McCain blasting Russian President Vladimir Putin in print. In an op-ed, in fact, published today in Russia's communist newspaper Pravda, McCain writes that "Putin rules by corruption, repression and violence." That's a quote. It is, of course, a come back to Putin's op-ed that ran in the New York Times criticizing President Obama. Overnight, the Kremlin responded to McCain, essentially saying, mind your own business.
CBS This Morning
CHARLIE ROSE: Russia's Pravda news website published a blistering opinion piece by Arizona Republican Senator John McCain. He accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption and repression. On Syria, McCain says Putin is making friends with tyrants. The piece is a response to Putin's opinion piece in the New York Times last week.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: A week after Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote that scathing op-ed in the New York Times, Senator John McCain has answered back. Today in an op-ed published on a Russian news site under the headline "Russians deserve better than Putin. McCain accused Putin of corruption and Repression. McCain told the Russian that people he himself is, quote, "more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today."
— Scott Whitlock is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Scott Whitlock on Twitter.


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Fujimoto Honored with Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award
James Fujimoto, Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been awarded the SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award, in recognition of his pioneering research in Optical Coherence Tomography and its development as a clinical tool.
"Jim's innovation, scholarly activities, professional service, entrepreneurial efforts, and impact on the field of biomedical optics typifies the spirit of this award, and reflects the seminal changes thatBritton Chance made during his lifetime," said Stephen A. Boppart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Few researchers in the world today have had such a profound impact as a result of their technological work that has literally changed our field, changed the way we practice medicine, and directly improved the lives of perhaps hundreds of thousands of patients (considering ophthalmology and cardiology)."
Fujimoto is a longtime Chair of the SPIE BiOS Symposium, serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Biomedical Optics, and was recently elected to serve a three-year term on the SPIE Board of Directors. An SPIE Fellow, he holds numerous patents, has written for countless publications, and has been honored with many awards, including the Carl Zeiss Research Award (2011), and induction in to the National Academy of Sciences (2006).
The Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award is presented annually, to honor contributions to optical methods and devices that have significant promise to accelerate or have already facilitated new discoveries in biology or medicine.
Fujimoto will receive the award on 2 February during the BiOS Hot Topics session at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco.
SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. The Society serves nearly 225,000 constituents from approximately 150 countries, offering conferences, continuing education, books, journals, and a digital library in support of interdisciplinary information exchange, professional growth, and patent precedent. SPIE provided over $2.7 million in support of education and outreach programs in 2011.


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Luxury Brand Christian Dior has created a two-part video marketing strategy for its new jewelry collection on mydior.com. In doing so, they have humanized the jewelry collection by featuring model Raquel Zimmermann in a candid conversation truly opening up across the gamut from fashion, beauty, emotions and dating. She concludes both videos with "My Dior is My Dior. Imagine talking to your jewelry."
There's truly an emphasis on the product because she speaks about various experiences, and in in a sense, it's like her Dior jewelry has become her security blanket. No matter what, she can count on that to be beautiful and consistent part of her life while Zimmerman proclaims her feelings and flaws.
In this micro-video, she is continuously re-styled with red lipstick and black eyeliner, to nude lip gloss and messy hair, truly exemplifying that Dior Jewelry can be universal in the various occasions or even everyday wear-age.
This is not only a much more engaging opportunity for Dior to get their brand messaging across, it's an interesting opportunity in regards to their brand positioning and how deep their future approaches will be in terms of brand messaging.
Dalia Strum teaches SXF 120: Blogging Smarts for Business and SXF 130: The Social Media-Social Commerce Revolution: What You Need to Know to Keep Up


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This territory includes Lubbock and El Paso, TX. Most ideal to live in Lubbock and travel to El Paso. 40% travel. Overnights potentially every week.
Builds and executes business plans to meet sales goals for assigned territory.
Drives territory sales performance, market share, and optimal resource utilization.
Develop effective professional business relationships with customers that support delivery of business results across a range of therapeutic areas.
Differentiates Alcon as a leader in therapeutic areas targeted.
Executes business plans and drives achievement of sales targets for assigned territory, customers, or therapeutic area.
Develops and applies understanding of customer organizations and networks and of diverse influences that affect customer decisions (e.g. peer relationships).
Executes call plans for customers, including medical experts from customer or academic communities; calls on the right person to deliver the right message with the right frequency.
Adapts and optimizes approach and communications style during sales calls, responding appropriately to customer needs.
Makes effective use of available technologies and channels to support sales calls.
Ensure that Alcon products and supporting services are broadly understood and available to more patients and customers.
Deploys and uses approved Marketing and Sales promotional materials and programs; runs direct promotion programs and facilitates pull-through activities.
Uses expert knowledge of Alcon products and of a range of therapy areas to build professional customer relationships and to support sound clinical discussions. Uses detailed knowledge of competitor products features and benefits during sales calls to improve sales of Alcon products.
Allocates resources effectively for sampling, programs and events, etc.
Works effectively with other Alcon and Novartis stakeholders and with resources in Sales and across other functions (e.g., KAM, Marketing, etc.) to achieve sales targets.
Provides Alcon stakeholders and other colleagues with insight and feedback gained from customer interactions.
Works within Integrity and Compliance policies and all company policies and ensures those around him/her do the same.
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The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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2 years of experience in B2B sales preferably pharmaceutical sales or current Novartis associate with experience in pharma/biotech sales
Proven track record of consistent high performance
Demonstrated success working within cross functional teams
Candidate must be properly licensed and able to safely operate and drive an automobile in order to perform field calls on customers; must have a driving record deemed safe by the Company.
Some territories will require regular airline travel and over-night stays in order to perform the essential functions of the job; most will at least require occasional airline travel and over-night stays for training or other business purposes. Ability to travel, including overnight travel, is a fundamental requirement for the job.
Experience in the promotion of vision care pharmaceuticals / biotech products
Understanding of the market access, diagnostic related groups (DRG), hospital reimbursement, and protocol development Demonstrated effective decision making, problem-solving and strategic thinking
Product launch experience
Strong ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally within a matrix environment
Demonstrated ethical leadership and foster an environment that promotes ethical behavior and compliance with company policies and applicable laws
Outstanding written and oral communication skills
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Ability to influence without formal authority in a matrix environment
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HOUSTON — After the Houston Dynamo's 1-0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps last Saturday, Twitter was abuzz with commentary on the club's season outlook.
"Embarrassing," some called it.
"There goes the playoffs," others said.
Hyperbole has become the norm in the age of social media, but for the Dynamo the loss is just that: one loss.
"You have to keep it as level-headed as possible," Houston head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "When you win, you're not the best team in the world and when you lose, you're not the worst."
Accepting the outcome is important for Houston. The truth of the matter is that the wheels have not come off on their season.
With both Sporting Kansas City and the Columbus Crew taking disheartening losses last weekend, Houston missed an opportunity to make a move up the Eastern Conference standings. But the Dynamo's defeat ultimately left them right where they were when they started the week: in third place in the conference and well within reach of the playoffs.
But that doesn't mean the Dynamo are taking the loss lightly.
"I will say Saturday was the angriest we've been in the locker room in a long time," Kinnear said. "It was a missed opportunity especially when you look at what happened on the weekend and that it was a chance to move forward.
"It's one of those where the guys spent a lot of time in the locker room, but you can't dwell on it. We just have to look at it, point out the mistakes and move on."
The Dynamo are set to face Mexican side Monterrey on Sunday night in a friendly at Robertson Stadium, but will not take part in league action again until Sept. 10 against Sporting. With the week off, the Dynamo have a chance to rest, get healthy and refocus.
"I don't think it's hard [to bounce back] because we can look at the way we've been playing," said goalkeeper Tally Hall. "It was just one game and it wasn't a case of putting us in or keeping us out of the playoffs. We know we're dangerous and we know we'll create opportunities and can play good soccer. I'm confident that we'll keep doing that and make a push towards the playoffs."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on twitter at @Dynamoexaminer.


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Tyler Durden Quote In High School Hallway
The original blogger said it perfectly: "Man, I wish my high school had been this cool." Really though, I grew up in an era where the most subversive book taught in school was The Catcher in the Rye. Now don't get me wrong, I love that book. But nowadays, we get at least an email a month from a college professor, high school teacher or student who informs us that Fight Club has joined their curriculum.
This school seems to have taken that to the next level. Check out those hallway quote from Tyler Durden!
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Tool measurement
Tool measurement on the machine shortens non-productive times, increases machining accuracy and reduces scrapping and reworking of machined parts. With the tactile TT touch probes you can measure your tools efficiently and reliably.
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The Baby and Me Wii game isn't your average video game aimed at young girls. No, this one comes with a baby doll that you can cram your Wiimote inside. The game can then, apparently, detect just how well you're cradling that baby. Or shaking it, we assume.
The game also supports the Wii Balance Board, so you can rock the baby to sleep. This is the age we live in, folks: where baby dolls are hooked up to video game systems. It is what it is, I guess.
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Here it is, a title which, as usual is quite confusing. First of all here we will not discus mathematical nature of various random number generators (which is also an interesting topic). And we will focus on esthetics of random. Random… what? Well anything random I guess.
So as I see it there are two ways of making things esthetically more interesting*. One would be depicting more. Say we have a plain wall, we would want to see 5 layers of paint which where applied, and in some parts the paint is cracked and we see bricks, also we see a spider web and so on. This is one approach, and it is a best way to achieve visual detail, and make our frame more interesting. But it takes time to construct both wall, and spiders and dirt and so on. Another approach is to increase detail by adding random elements, which by themselves do not depict anything in particular, but in certain context might be perceived as intended detail.
Again noise is just noise. But if we use gray noise placed above depicted fireplace, viewer will think its a smoke. If we add same gray pattern of noise on plain wall, viewer might interpret it as a dirt on a wall. This way is much faster. And this is what we will talk about.
First of all lets see a simple Perlin noise pattern, and a multiple scaled Perlin noise patterns. (image A)
And in picture "B" we see variations of Perlin noise (here I am not certain if it is actually a perlin noise, probably not, corrections are welcome) which intend to depict something more precise then abstract noise itself.
So a simple comparison could sound like this.
Perlin Noise. A boring plane noise which is rather abstract and doesn't depict anything in particular. Which is also a good thing as an element to construct more sophisticated noise like effects.
Now there is nothing better then Scaled multiple Perlin noises. It has different size elements (see image A) and is almost a god in cg world (no?). And variations of Perlin noise, which could be modified to depict wood and other interesting patterns. But what is the difference between Perlin noise – and multiple scaled Perlin noises? Well, I would say that its all same plane noise, but it goes towards depiction, towards sophistication, towards no randomness.
So desired noise for image enhancement, should look like intended detail rather then just random detail. What I want to say, its not the detail itself that is a valuable a detail, its a detail that has something behind it. And its quite tricky to make automatic algorithms that would not only add detail such as Perlin noise but a noise of a sort that somehow depicts something, without a necessity to actually take care of what it depicts. And for that I think we need to look in to such procedural maps as "planet" in 3d s max. Its is gone in new max versions.. (why?). Also in some older posts I suggested to build materials, or procedural maps that would "feel"the geometry they are applied upon. Especially the last link talks about an extra detail on edges of mesh.
One example from real world. Some days ago I was walking in a street and saw a window. It was dirty and covered in paint. But the paint was not running down, but upwards. Now first thought would be that it is an unneeded detail, which , if it where a CG shot, not a real life would make no sense and would complicate understanding of an image or a shot. And then I found a possible reason for paint running "upside down" Most likely the glass was already dirty, and a person who made window used dirty glass without directing it in any particular way from point of view of paint on glass. What I am trying to say, is that observer will always try to find explanations, and be it correct or incorrect, one always might find reason behind something. And here is the question: If it would have been a CG shot, would it be a bad shot, because if one notices this it makes them uncomfortable, ads an unnecessary level of thinking and so on. Or is it a good shot, because rather then having a clean boring "plain"glass we have some visual details…
So I guess the point of this post is to make a note, that we do want detail, but not just any detail, we want it to be "in the context". It has to depict something, somehow. And if it actually doesn't depict anything in particular, we should strive that a viewer would find its meaning on his own. Its a tricky task, and I guess.
*Here I have to make a note and remind you that I am by no means implying that more complicated is better, more detailed is better, visually overwhelming is a desire. But In some cases it might be the case (or some of these statements at least). Just imagine a white wall, which is shot in a close up, and all u see is just a wall. It covers hole screen. Now say a wall is white. So we can imagine a situation where we have a whole image containing only of pixels of rgb value 255,255,255. If you would not know beforehand that it is a wall, wouldn't you say, its just blank white screen? So in some cases more detail is better. And hole today's post is dedicated only to this situation, where more detail is better.
I have remembered this blog article of mine sis I found this cool interview with Ken Perlin himself! One nice idea he has is: if something is too complicated, add another dimention to it. What does that mean? Listen to his interview at fxpodcast here:
link to fxpostcast with Ken Perlin about noise, aesthetics and perlin noise too!
another article here: link