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Digital Resources: The Laboratory of Oral History and Image (LABHOI-UFF), Brazil
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. Please check back later for the full article.
Since its creation in 1982, the Laboratory of Oral History and Image (LABHOI), a division of the History Department of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil, has been developing projects on the history of memory of different Brazilian communities, based on both oral and visual sources and the relationship between them.
The main purpose of LABHOI's projects, despite its academic origin, is to engage communities in the production of their own history through visual and oral records. One of the results of this work is the organization of a digital database, accessible for a large public, that covers three fields of interest: Memory, Africa, and Slavery; Memory, Art, and Media; and Memory, City, and Communities.
LABHOI has become an important source for theoretical and methodological debates about the uses of visual representations of the past, and its members have published books and articles in this field. Recently LABHOI turned to the production of experimental videos based on the idea of the "videographic writing" of history, a modality of historical text that can perfectly mix sounds and images of recollections.
The video productions of LABHOI include the DVD box set Passados Presentes (Present Pasts) with four documentaries built upon our audiovisual archive Memórias da Escravidão (Memories of Slavery), launched in 2012. This audiovisual collection has been developed since 1994 and is composed of more than 300 hours of interviews with the descendants of slaves of the old plantation coffee areas of Rio de Janeiro.
Other projects developed during the last ten years include: Sons e Imagens da Rememoração: Narrativas e Registros das Identidades e Alteridades Afro-Brasileiras dos séculos XIX ao XXI (Sounds and Images of Recollections: Narratives and Records of Afro-Brazilian Identity and Otherness from the 19th to the 21st Centuries) (2010–2013), sponsored by the Brazilian Research Council (CNPq), in which an international network of researchers worked on issues concerning the memory of slavery. História e Memória da Prática Fotográfica no Brasil Contemporâneo (History and Memory of Photographic Practice in Contemporary Brazil), started in 2003, which is organizing a database of interviews with different professionals who have worked before, during, and after the Brazilian dictatorship in order to understand the political role played by photography in producing historical meaning about the present time and the organization of photojournalism as a field for public photography.
Since 2013 LABHOI officially included public history as one of its fields of debate and research with the approval of two new projects: História Pública, Memória a Escravidão Atlântica no Rio de Janeiro (Public History, Memory, and Atlantic Slavery in Rio de Janeiro), sponsored by the Carlos Chagas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), which is developing a new approach to the study of the Atlantic diaspora in Rio de Janeiro, a city that has one of the major populations of Afro-descendants in Brazil; and Expanding the Global Feminisms Archive: Brazil and the "BRICS" Five, which is being compiled together with a team of scholars from the University of Michigan.


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OAKLAND -- Shortstop Jed Lowrie was out of the A's lineup Sunday for the series finale against Minnesota, with manager Bob Melvin giving him a day to rest his bruised right index finger.
Lowrie was at shortstop Friday and Saturday after going three straight games without playing the field.
"I had planned to play him two and give him one off, anyway," Melvin said Sunday. "At this point in time, when you play it really doesn't get any better.
"He's good enough to play, but it has been bothering him some, so if we give him a day off, hopefully we gain a little ground with it come tomorrow."
Lowrie has kept his finger wrapped and is 1-for-9 with a triple since sustaining the injury.
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Well well well. With the economy in crisis and the pound weaker than ever against the dollar, one must be frugal when indulging in hauls, which is not easy with al the Spring goodies coming up. Not easy at all.
I like Reece Witherspoon and her giant chin, I really do. She was on TV telling me about her
cheating husband new Avon Super Shock mascara, and I bought. I bought it because she is so lovely and wise.
And then I ended up with other stuff. I might add that I hate the way the Avon website looks (it is no where near as good as in the US and we don't have MARK), and I don't get a granny dropping off my Avon catalogues anymore so basically I had to buy from eBay (which has many Avon sellers).
Avon Super Shock Mascara in Fall Green and a LE tube in Midnight:
I haven't had the chance to try the mascara out yet, but let's see. It reminds me of Cover Girl Lash Blast and L'oreal Voluminous – the whole big brushes. big lashes thing. I have been dabbling more with drugstore mascara's but my verdict is so-so. Lash Blast I have found clumpy, Volumnious I owned for less than a month and that has gone quite thick too – my good Shu Mascara's can have a nice texture for months and months, so there you go.
Diamonds Glaze wear lipstick in Rhinestone Rose:
This is a lovely lipstick and quite close to the Japanese style liquid shine ones. It has tons of little silver sparkles – very nice indeed.
In a blink eyeliner and shadow in steel smoke – a dual ended product with a liner and shadow:
The pencil end of this is atrocious – really hard and needed a lot of warming up to use. The powder end is a silver shadow and its fine, nothing to write home about.
Cynthia Rowley Plum Gloss:
Quite a nice gloss…that's about it.
Arabian Glow, Sky Blue Liquid Eyeliner and Styx Emerald Eyeshadow:
The eyeliner is a very nice colour I love how bold it is, although the colour isn't 100% consistent which means going over the line. Once set its fairly long lasting. the Styx Emerald eyeshadow is DIVINE! So glittery and pigmented, gorgeous – but without a base it wouldn't last but with a base it will be perfect. I have my eye on the blue one of this pencil now and the bronze because it's just lovely.
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Everything cost around £20 which is like, less than one Nars duo so I won't grumble. The only let down is the dual ended pencil with is meh, the lipstick is gorgeous, the eyeshadow, liner and mascara are great. I wish we did have an avon lady, how exciting would that be to have someone come to your door and deliver a paper bag of goodies instead of a grumpy postman?!
Meh. Avon's considered a bit naff, Stateside, so I've never been all that crazy about it. Avon's been tryingrehabilitate it's image for the last few years, with Mark and celebrity spokeswhores, but I've never bought an Avon product that I liked.


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Another example of desperate flaying on the part of a dinosaur media as it tries to remain relevant
April 19, 2013
Fox resident blowhard Bill O'Reilly and correspondent Juliet Huddy have attacked Alex Jones and Infowars.com reporter Dan Bidondi. For the two Fox News talking heads it is apparently a serious crime to quiz Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick about the false flag attack in Boston on Monday. It is impermissible to call into question the validity of the official narrative now coagulating around the event. It is forbidden to deviate from the establishment's script.
Huddy dismissed Jones and Bidondi as "idiots" and the accused sexual predator O'Reilly – who has strongly condemned the First Amendment in the past and has shilled for mass murder in Iraq and Afghanistan – made his disgust manifestly apparent, as usual. Both displayed contempt for the internet and alternative media, a quite natural reaction from two irrelevant teleprompter readers. Fox News in particular and the rest of the bloated script-reading dinosaur media in general are seriously threatened by free expression and news reportage on the web.
O'Reilly and his guest also complained about Infowars.com commentary concerning a Family Guy episode that sickeningly lampooned mass murder at the Boston Marathon. The episode also cast character Peter Griffin as a ludicrously stereotypical Arab terrorist in a fez. For O'Reilly and Ms. Huddy, it is more reprehensible for commentators to attach social and political significance to the cartoon than for Fox News to produce the demeaning and insensitive cartoon in the first place.
O'Reilly's "pinhead" commentary is merely another example of desperate flaying on the part of a dinosaur media as it attempts to stay relevant and keep the faltering attention of its geriatric viewership.
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June 05, 2011
Illustration: Beautiful birds, clever signs, & more
- Paper craft:
- Alex Queral carves phone books as if they were blocks of wood, fashioning unique portraits out of them.
- Bronia Sawyer colors, folds and rolls the pages of books to create beautiful bird illustrations (sculptures?).
- Creatures:
- Excuse me, ma'am, there seems to be a monkey on your face.
- Horse/face.
- Signage:
- Could you communicate a public safety message in 2 seconds, with 2KB of RAM? The Barbarian Group did. "Slow Down (don't make skeletons)."
- This is not a good sign. Ba-dum, tssch.
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Thousands of people are expected to flock to the coast this weekend to enjoy the warm weather.
On the roads, there are delays along the A27 at Chichester bypass westbound between B2144 Shopwhyke Road and the B2144 Oving Road (Oving Crossroads) and A286 Stockbridge Road (Stockbridge Roundabout), as people make their way to the coast.
Saturday (July 4), is set to be dry and sunny with long spells of sunshine and feeling hot across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Essex
There should be long sunny spells, especially in the afternoon and early evening. There will be highs of 28 deg C (82 deg F).
It will stay dry throughout the night, with light winds and some long clear spells, particularly in the early hours of Sunday. On Sunday (July 5), it should remain dry with sunny spells throughout the day, with a maximum temperature of 24 deg C (75 deg F).
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Tuesday rather cloudy with scattered heavy possibly thundery showers.
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The Promega PowerPlex® Y23 System is now approved for use in laboratories that generate DNA records for the National DNA Index System (NDIS). NDIS is the US national database containing over ten million offender profiles used to help authorities in solving criminal investigations nationwide.
Launched in July 2012, the PowerPlex Y23 System is a rapid human identification Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) assay for forensic casework, offender databasing and relationship testing. Thermal cycling time is cut roughly in half, and the system detects substantially more Y-STR loci than current systems. The multiplex system co-amplifies 23 Y-STR loci, providing maximum discrimination. In addition, these 23 loci include all of the Y-STR loci found in key public STR databases in the US and Europe.
The system works with extracted DNA, including DNA from difficult samples with lower amounts of template and male:female mixtures. Streamlined protocols are provided for all sample types. The combination of reduced sample preparation time and shorter cycling times results in a significant reduction in total time to process samples. For many laboratories, this will save more than a half day per plate.
The additional loci and increased haplotype resolution improve scientists' ability to distinguish individuals from different paternal lines. The PowerPlex Y23 System is useful in multiple applications, including paternity testing, offender databasing and forensic casework such as sexual assault cases, missing persons investigations and familial searching initiatives.
PowerPlex is a registered trademark of Promega Corporation.
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Intel, Toyota & others create 'big data' consortium for self-driving cars
08/10/2017, 05:08 pm
Several major tech and automotive companies -- including Intel, Toyota, and Ericsson -- on Thursday announced a consortium that will build a "big data" ecosystem for use with self-driving cars, as well as related technologies like driver assist and mapping using real-time data.
Japan considers antitrust action against Apple over iPhone carrier deals
09/23/2016, 09:09 am
The Japanese government is considering pursuing an antitrust case against Apple because of its local carrier deals, a report said on Friday, echoing similar complaints in other countries.
Apple's iPad coming to Japan's largest carrier NTT DOCOMO on June 10
05/28/2014, 04:05 am
Apple and Japanese wireless carrier NTT DOCOMO on Wednesday announced the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display will finally hit the country's largest network next month, with preorders starting on June 2.
DoCoMo blames limited stock of Apple's iPhones for worst-ever subscriber loss
10/07/2013, 12:10 pm
Japan's NTT DoCoMo suffered the worst month of customer attrition in the company's history in September, placing blame in part on constrained supplies of Apple's new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.
66% of former DoCoMo customers dumped carrier for Apple's iPhone - report
09/13/2013, 10:09 am
Nearly seven out of every ten customers who recently defected from NTT's DoCoMo mobile communications unit switched carriers because of the iPhone, according to new research from Japanese firm Kantar.
DoCoMo said to have promised Apple 40% of sales will be iPhone
09/12/2013, 12:09 pm
The iPhone's long-awaited arrival on Japan's largest carrier could signal big trouble for other smartphone manufacturers, as the carrier has announced that the iPhone 5s and 5c will likely account for 40 percent of its future smartphone contracts.
China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo agreements predicted to drive 35M additional iPhone sales in 2014
09/09/2013, 11:09 am
If Apple were to reach agreements with carriers China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo to offer the iPhone before the end of the year, it would increase the company's addressable market by about 900 million total subscribers, providing a major boost to sales throughout 2014.
Japan's DoCoMo to carry Apple's iPhone starting this fall - report
09/05/2013, 02:09 pm
Japan's largest wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, appears to have settled its differences with Apple and will begin supporting the iPhone when it goes on sale this year, according to a new report.
Official with Japan's NTT DoCoMo fuels speculation that carrier will offer Apple's iPhone
08/26/2013, 08:08 am
Comments made by an executive with NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest wireless carrier, have suggested a deal to carry Apple's iPhone could be inked in the near future.
Pressure mounts on Japan's largest carrier as it still refuses to carry Apple's iPhone
07/05/2013, 08:07 am
NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest wireless carrier in Japan, has lost 3.2 million users over the last 4 and a half years without carrying the iPhone, yet the carrier remains steadfast in refusing to make a deal with Apple.
Japan's largest carrier sees no urgency to get Apple's iPhone
06/27/2013, 11:06 am
Asked when his company might try to win back some customers by carrying Apple's iPhone, a representative of Japan's largest wireless service stayed noncommittal on the issue, saying that Apple's phone is no longer "the god of all smartphones."
Docomo, Samsung team up on smartphone chip venture to challenge Qualcomm
12/27/2011, 03:12 am
Japanese wireless operator NTT Docomo has partnered up with Samsung and several other companies to set up a fabless semiconductor joint venture aimed at producing mobile device chips that will compete with market leader Qualcomm.
Apple's restrictive pre-installed software policy halts NTT DoCoMo iPhone deal
11/15/2011, 07:11 pm
Apple's policy that prevents partners from pre-installing software on the iPhone has stalled a possible partnership with Japan's largest wireless operator NTT DoCoMo.
Apple must publicize iPod nano fix in Japan, iPhone 4 to access DoCoMo
08/06/2010, 09:08 am
Apple has been ordered to inform customers in Japan how to receive a replacement battery for iPod nanos that can catch fire, while a wireless provider has taken steps to allow unlocked iPhone 4 devices on the DoCoMo network.
Piper sees iPod boost; Sybase for iPhone; Japan/Korea rumor
05/19/2008, 06:05 pm
Analysts at Piper Jaffray see iPod shipments on the rise and suggests Apple is bucking fears of a continued downturn. Also, Sybase is readying a native iPhone app, AT&T may offer iPhone insurance, and two carriers in Japan and Korea may launch the iPhone at the same time.


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Mayors campaign against gun violence kicks off in Newtown
NEWTOWN -- Friday's remembrance ceremonies marking the six-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook slayings include the launch of a national bus tour by the Mayors Against Gun Violence that's expected to hit 25 cities in 100 days.
The group will be advocating for universal background checks, which is "the single biggest thing we can do to prevent gun violence," said the organization's executive director, Mark Glaze.
Officials with organization noted that states with comprehensive background checks in place that include private sales experience fewer reports of domestic violence, 39 percent fewer law enforcement officers killed by gun shot wounds, nearly 50 percent fewer suicides and 17 percent less aggravated assaults.
"The bus tour is a chance for us to continue the conversation about common-sense measures like background checks and a chance for Americans to urge Congress to act on behalf of the people they represent," John Feinblatt, chief policy advisor to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said Wednesday.
Erica Lafferty, daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal Dawn Hochsprung and an outspoken advocate for gun control, is one of several family members of those killed on Dec. 14 who will be participating in the bus tour this summer.
Lafferty said she wants to do everything she possibly can to promote changes to the country's gun laws.
"Every single morning when I wake up I am as disgusted with the (U.S. Senate vote on) April 17 as I was that day when I was sitting the galley," she said, a reference to the Senate's vote not to advance gun-control measures. "I'm not going to give up."


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MyHeritage Raises $25 Million, Aquires Geni
MyHeritage.com, the company behind an online application for researching and building family trees, has raised $25 million in its fifth round of funding.
MyHeritage is also announcing that it is acquiring Geni, a rival formerly run by PayPal alumnus David Sacks, who sold his enterprise social networking company Yammer to Microsoft for $1.2 billion. That acquisition adds seven million users to its network, along with a few extra tools to the service. Sacks joins MyHeritage's board of directors.


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Horticultural hijacking: Researchers reveal the 'dark side' of beneficial soil bacteria
(Phys.org)—It's a battleground down there—in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell.
Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being attacked by pathogens, there's a dark side to the relationship between the plant and its white knight.
According to research reported by a University of Delaware scientific team in the September online edition of Plant Physiology, the most highly cited plant journal, a power struggle ensues as the plant and the "good" bacteria vie over who will control the plant's immune system.
"For the brief period when the beneficial soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis is associated with the plant, the bacterium hijacks the plant's immune system," says Harsh Bais, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences, whose laboratory group led the research at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
In studies of microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs), a hot area of plant research, the UD team found that B. subtilis produces a small antimicrobial protein that suppresses the root defense response momentarily in the lab plant Arabidopsis.
"It's the first time we've shown classically how suppression by a benign bacteria works," Bais says. "There are shades of gray—the bacteria that we view as beneficial don't always work toward helping plants."
In the past, Bais' lab has shown that plants under aerial attack send an SOS message, through secretions of the chemical compound malate, to recruit the beneficial B. subtilis to come help.
In more recent work, Bais and his collaborators showed that MAMP perception of pathogens at the leaf level could trigger a similar response in plants. Through an intraplant, long-distance signaling, from root to shoot, beneficial bacteria are recruited to forge a system-wide defense, boosting the plant's immune system, the team demonstrated. In that study, the Bais team also questioned the overall tradeoffs involved in plants that are associated with so-called beneficial microbes.
In the latest work, involving the testing of more than 1,000 plants, the researchers shed more light on the relationship. They show that B. subtilis uses a secreted peptide to suppress the immune response in plants. It is known that plants synthesize several antimicrobial compounds to ward off bacteria, Bais says.
The team also shows that when plant leaves were treated with a foliar MAMP—flagellin, a structural protein in the flagellum, the tail-like appendage that bacteria use like a propeller—it triggered the recruitment of beneficial bacteria to the plant roots.
"The ability of beneficial bacteria to suppress plant immunity may facilitate efficient colonization of rhizobacteria on the roots," Bais says. Rhizobacteria form an important symbiotic relationship with the plant, fostering its growth by converting nitrogen in the air into a nutrient form the plant can use.
"We don't know how long beneficial bacteria could suppress the plant immune response, but we do know there is a very strong warfare under way underground," Bais says, noting that his lab is continuing to explore these interesting questions. "We are just beginning to understand this interaction between plants and beneficial soil bacteria."
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Where will the sequester cuts hit your community?
With just four days before a sweeping set of across-the-board budget cuts is slated to go into effect, the Obama administration is ramping up pressure on Congress to reach a deal for averting the so-called "sequestration," which would carve out $1.2 trillion from defense and non-defense spending over the course of the next 10 years. But as the clock ticks toward the deadline with no apparent deal in sight, the White House Sunday night issued a dire memo about what, specifically, will go on the chopping block in the event that no deal is reached.
The memo rounds up the administration's state-by-state calculation of exactly how much money will be slashed from education programs; military and defense spending; public health programs; law enforcement, and others over the course of the fiscal year if sequestration goes into effect. But as Mr. Obama pointed out in remarks this morning, not all of the cuts will be enacted immediately: Even after March 1 - the date they kick into action - Congress can take action to negate their impact.
- Obama to governors: Help me get Congress to act on sequester
- Congress digs in for sequester battle -- again
In the meantime, however, here's a guide to what the projected cuts are according to the White House and where they'll be the steepest. The figures below represent cuts that will take place over the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in September.
According to the White House, sequestration would be devastating to the nation's already hard-hit public education system: A fact sheet released earlier this month says 70,000 kids would be kicked off Head Start, 10,000 teachers would find themselves at risk of unemployment, and funding would be eliminated for up to 7,2000 special education teachers, aides and staff.
In states like California, Texas, New York, and Florida, those cuts look particularly dramatic:
- California would lose $87.6 million in funding for primary and secondary education, as well as $62.9 million in funding for education with disabilities. The number of students who would no longer be served is 187,000; meanwhile, 1,210 teacher and aide jobs would be at risk and 320 schools would lose funding. The White House also says 8,200 children would lose access to Head Start and 9,600 low-income students would lose access to work-study aid.
- Texas would lose $67.8 million worth of funding for primary and secondary education; 172,000 fewer students would be served. The state would also lose $51 million in funding for teachers, aides and staff who help children with disabilities.
- Florida would lose $54.5 million in funding for primary and secondary education, putting 750 teacher and aide jobs at risk.
- New York would see cuts of $42.7 million to primary and secondary education, and 4,300 kids would lose access to early education.
The Department of Defense has been consistently vehement in its opposition to the sequester cuts, warning for months of the ways in which budget reductions would hit the nation's military readiness. Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in a series of farewell appearances at the end of his tenure, railed against Congress for inaction on the issue, and warned that the ability to effectively confront sweeping security challenges is at a risk as a result. States with heavy military presences would be particularly hard hit:
- In Virginia, 90,000 Defense Department employees would be furloughed, far and away the most in the country, and gross military pay would be reduced by $648.4 million overall. The army would lose $146 million in funding, the air force would lose $8 million, and a number of naval projects could be canceled or delayed.
- California would see 64,000 defense jobs furloughed, and it would lose $15 million worth of air force funding.
- In Texas, Army funding would be reduced by $233 million and Air Force funding would be reduced by $27 million. Gross military pay in the state would be cut by $274.8 million.
- Maryland, too, would see big cuts in gross military pay, with a $353.7 million dollar reduction.
- Hawaii's Army operation funding, meanwhile, would be cut by about $106 million.
Public health
The White House has also warned that up to 2,100 fewer food inspections could occur under the sequestration, and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) might have to furlough all its employees for up to two weeks. Not only would this pose public health risks, the administration argues, it would also potentially add costs in lost food production. Plus, a number of states would see losses in public health funding and access to funding for the treatment and prevention for substance abuse and HIV.
- New York would see $2.7 million in cuts to the department of public health.
- California would lose $2.6 million in funds for public health threat responses, another $12.4 million worth of grants to prevent and treat substance abuse.
- In Florida, funding providing meals for seniors would be slashed by $3.8 million.
- Funding for vaccines would be cut by $1.1 million in California, which would eliminate free vaccinations for 15,810 kids.
Social programs
A number of social programs would also be hit by sequester cuts: The administration says about 600,000 women and children would be dropped from the Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program from March through September, resulting in 1,600 job losses. And more than 100,000 formerly homeless people would be kicked out of housing and shelter programs, according to a White House fact sheet.
There are also implications for job training, child care, and victim protection:
- Ohio would lose out on $1.8 million worth of funds toward helping people find jobs; according to the White House, that means 57,100 people will lose out on that assistance.
- In Texas, 2,300 children would lose access to child care.
- Illinois would lose $274,000 worth of funding provided by the Violence Against Women Act, impacting 1,000 victims.
Steve Chaggaris and Lindsey Boerma contributed to this report.


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CINCINNATI -- Make no mistake, Opening Day in Cincinnati is no ordinary day at the ball yard.
"It's a special day. It's a day we all look forward to, getting out of Spring Training and getting under the real lights and playing a meaningful game," outfielder Ryan Ludwick said. "If you don't have a little bit of butterflies, a little bit of nerves and a lot of excitement, then there's something wrong."
The Reds' place as history's first professional baseball team merits special consideration. Over the years, that has manifested itself as a guaranteed start to the season at home.
"Certainly, I think everybody that follows Major League Baseball understands the great Opening Day that the Reds have had traditionally over the years," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It used to be the first game every year of the Major League season, which is outstanding. The parade, the support throughout the community, it's like a regional holiday, which I think is terrific. It brings a certain amount of electricity.
"Opening Day is special for everyone, but opening the first game at home I think is even more special than opening six days into the season. I don't know if there's a huge advantage; there's probably statistics that would verify that, but I do know that the city and the surrounding towns are so supportive of the Reds and the Reds Nation. I think it would be impossible not to feel that when you're on the field."
Jay Bruce said there's a major advantage to be had for the players in getting to start at home.
"The tradition of opening at home -- the Cincinnati Reds being the first professional baseball team -- is obviously something that the Reds as an organization are very proud of," Bruce said. "From just a personal standpoint, it's much more comfortable. You get to come home. You get to get settled in. You get to just take a deep breath and get on your routine, get on your schedule a little bit rather than start the hotel tour so early.
"It's nice to come here and know that you're going to be opening at home. Being able to play in front of the home crowd is huge, too."
But for all its fanfare, Opening Day comes with a fantastic amount of pressure. Just ask Price, who suited up Monday for his first time as the Reds' manager.
"I think it's a situation that can be overwhelming if you allow it to be," he said prior to the game. "I'm the 61st manager to have this opportunity to have an Opening Day here with the Reds, so that in and of itself can be overwhelming if I allow it to be. I think the most important thing is to embrace this wonderful moment, not just in my life and in my family's, but for this team and this group and this ownership and the fans.
"We'd love for this to be a memorable Opening Day for all the right reasons and a great start to our season. As much as I'm trying not to be overwhelmed by it, certainly going through this for the first time is special in its own way."
Ask Bruce, who is starting his sixth season in the big leagues.
"What I can relate it to most are playoff games," he said. "It really feels like a playoff game every day. For the city of Cincinnati, I've been fortunate enough to spend all my Opening Days here. It's very special. It really is.
"There's a parade that I never seem to be a part of, but I hear it's great," Bruce chuckled. "It's truly something that Cincinnati really does first class. And I'm honored and humbled to be a part of it."
Or ask Billy Hamilton, who was readying for his first Opening Day and for his new job as the Reds' starting center fielder.
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Channeling Spider-Man
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Issue: Volume 35 Issue 4 June/July 2012
Channeling Spider-Man
When Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego jumped into theaters this summer, audiences saw a few changes in the depiction of Marvel's classic comic-book superhero. Although much about Spider-Man is familiar in The Amazing Spider-Man, a new cast and crew aided by visual effects teams using the latest CG tools kept the material in this prequel fresh. They had big boots to fill: The first three films in the franchise, all directed by Sam Rami, cast a web on audiences in 2002, 2004, and 2007 to the tune of approximately $800 million each at the worldwide box office and received multiple awards for the visual effects.
Produced by Marvel Entertainment in association with Columbia Pictures, and directed by Marc Webb, the fourth film finds Peter Parker, played by Andrew Garfield in his first Spider-Man role, still in high school. Abandoned by his parents and treated as an outcast by other teenagers, Peter comes of age in a most mysterious way. He discovers a briefcase that belonged to his father. The briefcase leads him to Oscorp and to Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father's former partner. When Connors evolves into the Lizard, Spider-Man must counter the threat—and Peter Parker must grow up.
"Marc [Webb] had a vision of Spider-Man's character and the world he would be living in that was very organic and naturalistic," says Sony Pictures Imageworks' Jerome Chen, who supervised the visual effects created at 15 studios for The Amazing Spider-Man, "not as stylized as what the audience was used to." You see the result in the way Spider-Man moves, the texture of the suit he wears, his web, the detailed environments he inhabits, and the villain he must overcome.
Chen, who received an Oscar nomination for Stuart Little, followed Imageworks' John Dykstra, the visual effects designer, and Scott Stokdyk, visual effects supervisor, who both received Oscar nominations for the first two Spider-Man films and won Oscars for the second. Stokdyk was also the visual effects supervisor for Spider-Man 3, for which he received a BAFTA nomination.
Webb joined the franchise after directing the critically acclaimed 500 Days of Summer ; The Amazing Spider-Man is his first feature film with visual effects, and the first film in the Spider-Man franchise shot in stereo 3D. "It's hard for a director to pick up the fourth movie in a popular franchise, but he was a good choice," Chen says. "In 500 Days of Summer, he focused on the love story, but he has also done probably 100 music videos. Everyone expected he was a neophyte to visual effects, but his animation notes were spot on. His music video background gave him a strong sense of movement and rhythm. And, he has a strong sense of art direction. Each music video has to look different, so he had many opportunities to explore. All that experience came into play for this film."
CG characters gave the director freedom to create interesting camera moves. Animators performed the characters inside accurate but rough geometry (above).
Precise Movement
Webb was particularly keen to rely on physical performances from his actors and stuntmen rather than on digital characters. "That was a key component in how Spider-Man's movement language came to exist," Chen says. "Andrew Garfield was an avid Spider-Man fanatic, a complete Spider-Man geek. He was specific about the poses Spider-Man would hit. If he attached to a wall or crawled on the ground, he extended his fingers. His palms didn't hit the ground. He did specific things with his elbows, knees, how his back arched when he was in the suit that our animators had to pick up on. Our CG Spider-Man was an enhanced version of what Andrew could do, but with the same poses and feeling." When the action or scope became too big for Garfield or a stuntman to do, the animators took over, but with a vocabulary and visual style linked to Garfield's movements.
Animation supervisor Randall William Cook began the project, leading a crew of 43 animators. When the director added shots and the work expanded, Cook brought in David Schaub as an additional animation supervisor. The volume of shots increased as the director gained confidence in the animators' ability to emulate Garfield and the stunt actors.
Schaub gives an example from a sequence in which Spider-Man fights the villainous 500-pound Lizard. "It's natural for a director to be a little cautious at first," Schaub says, "especially if their background is in live action. The initial plan was to use live-action performances and real photography wherever possible, but as the Spider-Man animation took shape and the camera got closer and closer, Marc got excited about the opportunities this gave him. Long after principal photography, he could change the action as well as the cameras, to make it more dynamic."
As Webb realized the possibilities, the finale even changed. "Originally, there was going to be a quick shot of Spider-Man swinging toward the camera, and then going to 'bullet-time' for a final iconic pose," Schaub recalls. "Marc wanted a more epic finale: a solid minute of animation with a continuous camera move off the gantry of a crane, over rooftops, and down a long alley, and it was a month and a half before the deadline. Jerome [Chen] asked us if it would be possible to deliver in time."
It would have been impossible for one animator to achieve that much continuous animation that quickly, but by dividing the shot into four shots and assigning an animator to each, it became viable. "Each animator had a shot with a definitive beginning and end," Schaub says. "Once we refined each bit of animation, we figured out how to stitch them together seamlessly. It was a great way to end the movie."
At top, Imageworks' Arnold software produced final shots with realistic lighting.
Creating a Unique Superhero
Cook—a Disney-trained animator who was animation director on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, for which he received three Oscars—helped establish the animation style for the CG Spider-Man and the Lizard. As Chen points out, Garfield's performance gave the animators a starting point. And then, the animators moved Spider-Man into superhero action.
"Andrew [Garfield] created a unique pattern of movement and body language that helped define the character, and we could emulate it wherever appropriate," Cook says.
The challenge was to make him believable. Not realistic because he's doing things that are not real. "We'd look at gymnasts, ballet dancers, and athletes who attain physical things you and I can't do, and we'd think about how to distinguish Spider-Man's performance from the characters in every other superhero movie out there," says Cook.
Animators created distinctive superhero moves for the CG character with some particular behavioral characteristics that still preserved Garfield's performance as the young Spider-Man. "When he swings down the street," Cook says, "rather than being totally in control, there are times when he goes into a free fall. We hope this is a bit vertigo-inducing for the audience. And, when he hits the bottom of the swing after a free fall, there's a lot of reaction. Yet, he still has an acrobatic quality, which is sympathetic to the comic book, to the poses drawn in two dimensions, and to Andrew's approach to the character."
One animator in particular, Michael Beaulieu, who had been a comic book illustrator and is a Spider-Man fan, helped the animators hit the comic poses with the CG character. "The way we choreographed the character in and out of the poses makes the comic book [poses] seem like snapshots taken of those performances," Schaub says. "In many of the action sequences, we'd ramp down to slow motion so that the iconic poses really paid off. We also animated the focal length of the lens to push the perspective like the artwork in comic books. We'd hit the pose, and then get the comic book composition with extreme foreshortening using a really short lens."
In the slow-motion shots, the secondary motion became especially important. "He'll be flying through the air toward the camera and shoot a web," Schaub says. "With the force of that action, you can see his body mass ripple, the thigh muscle jiggle. You'll even see a jiggle in the cheeks. Having that nuance helps sell the fact that there's a real mass, which is something really obvious when you evaluate athletes in slow motion."
Each of the CG Spider-Man's muscles had controls the animators could use to hand-animate the muscle masses. "We didn't expect to see him as close as we did, so we set up those controls as additional features," Schaub says. Fine details, such as frayed threads in the seams of Spider-Man's CG suit and piling on the surface of the fabric, also added realistic details.
The Lizard (top) then the artist sculpted each scale on the Lizard's skin (center); dynamic muscle and skin sims kicked in after animation (bottom).
Leapin' Lizards
The Lizard, however, which Cook describes as like a dinosaur from the hips down and a bodybuilder from the hips up, had a full simulation system. As the story goes, Connors had lost an arm in an accident. Hoping to grow the arm back in much the same way that lizards can regenerate a tail, Connors develops a serum based on lizard DNA. The serum works. His arm grows back. But, he becomes a nine-foot-tall lizard with a human brain.
"He doesn't look like Rhys Ifans, but we had to put Rhys's character into it," Cook says. "He's angry and powerful, but he's also intellectual, haughty, and athletic. He has a broad range of action and emotion and intellectual intent."
His intent, in fact, is to turn the population of New York City into lizards like himself.
"The Lizard is the most complex character we've created at Imageworks," says David Smith, digital effects supervisor. "His design mimics a large Komodo dragon, a massive creature with heavy musculature, all of which responds dynamically. He has his own muscle structure and skin sliding over it. We gave him a tremendous amount of animation controls for flexing and breathing, and facial controls for a full emotional performance in his face. All those things are normal for us. But, his leathery skin had to bend and fold in a unique way."
Animators moved his limbs and joints, and could tense muscles as well. Once they had positioned the 500-pound reptile, simulation kicked in. "We had dynamic simulations of the muscles inside the creature and skin simulations that rode on top," Smith says. "And then we added a lab coat that gets torn up when he transforms and after his run-ins with the police." Cloth simulation moved the coat.
Modelers built the Lizard in Autodesk's Maya, and then the artists sculpted each scale on the Lizard individually using Pixologic's ZBrush. Because the scales don't lift off the skin like fish scales, they didn't have to move independently. Instead, the artists sculpted the scales in the direction they needed to bend and fold.
"To get fine detail throughout, the final ZBrush-painted model had 128 million polygons," Smith says. "Then, because it would take forever to render, we transferred the ZBrush model to [Autodesk's] Mudbox, which converted it to vector-based displacement."
Texture artists painted gunk and crud into the cracks and crevices between the scales to give the CG surface a more organic quality, and the creature team layered fine hair on top. "The hair isn't like peach fuzz," Smith says. "It's more a fine flaking or breakup that gives the surface a nice wash to break up the lighting just enough so that it doesn't have a polished CG look."
For lighting, Imageworks used Arnold to illuminate the characters and the city. "One of our challenges was to increase the depth and dimensionality for the environments because they shot the film in native stereo," Smith says. "And, because the Red Epic cameras capture so much detail."
New York, New York
The modelers and layout artists worked in tandem with the Imageworks crew on Men in Black 3 to create the digital buildings they needed in New York City. "We had extensive builds from projects in the past, but we do a lot of flying through and right next to buildings in this film, so we had to lift everything up a notch," Smith says.
Using data scanned from locations in New York and from set photography, the modelers created fine detail for important buildings. "I think we had 38,000 reference stills," Smith says. "We had 100 percent CG shots of Spider-Man's upper chest to the top of his head and the building he clings onto; we get very close to the buildings."
Geometry created for previous shows moved to the background; new buildings and sometimes upgraded previous buildings took center stage. "The modeling artists are very fast," Smith says. "They know what's efficient in our Arnold renderer and what kinds of things can benefit from true geometry rather than displacement. We also added room interiors, so we have full interiors for all the rooms in upward of 400 buildings. The more accurate the geometry, the more interesting the renders."
Lighting artists used Imageworks' Katana to place light sources in the environment and then rendered the result with the studio's in-house version of Arnold. "The artists placed nearly every actual light source with the exception of some room interiors," Smith says. "They placed up to 10,000 light sources. The end product is so beautiful. Light spills out from the storefronts onto the sidewalks. We see reflections of the lights on the cars, and from the cars back onto the buildings. It's all calculated in the renderer."
Further bringing realism to the environment were a variety of simulations: subtle simulations that added ash, dust, bugs, and other particles, as well as more typically dramatic explosions. "On previous shows, it would be unlikely to have more than 100 fluid simulations," Smith says. "This one had 1200 effects passes with fluid simulations. We needed physically accurate volumes to play accurately in stereo 3D."
Some of those volumes put the particulate matter—ash, bugs, dust—into the air. "We noticed small details, like dust, in the practical photography," Smith says. "The Red camera picks up that detail. So, we have little bits of things everywhere illuminated with dramatic lighting." To create the simulations, the team used Side Effects Software's Houdini tied into a proprietary network that feeds data into Arnold for rendering. In addition, they called on Maya and Imageworks' in-house software.
Spinning the Web
Houdini also helped the crew create Spider-Man's unusual web. "Marc [Webb] had a different take on what Spider-Man's webs look like," Chen says. "The webs in the previous movies were biological; they came from Spider-Man himself. But in the comic book, Peter Parker is a mechanical genius who makes web shooters that use synthetically created bio-cable. When the web-shooter in our film fires, something almost like gunsmoke comes out. The web is a glass-like filament with tremendous detail so the edges catch highlights."
For reference, the effects team found sculptures made by artists using glue guns. "We found spider-web-like things and even chandeliers," Smith says. "The thing that was neat about glue-gun art was its reflective/refractive quality."
Animators dictated the speed and timing of how the web would move using a core strand in Maya. "From the main core strand, we send it through a Houdini pipeline that added geometric detail," Smith says. "The end splays out and grabs onto things. Lighting, rendering, and compositing gave it a final look." Compositors worked in The Foundry's Nuke to pull the final shots together.
In addition to Imageworks, Pixomondo played a large role, creating, in particular, a sequence during which Spider-Man, in one of his first heroic actions, saves a boy from a burning van after an attack by the Lizard. "Pixomondo sent us their rendered bridge and water," Chen says. "And we shared composites between the two studios. As long as we shared lookup tables, the shots more or less matched. With 15 companies working on the movie, lots of facilities had to share assets, but Imageworks did everything centric to Spider-Man, the Lizard, New York, and Oscorp."
The challenge in this film was to give the franchise a fresh look, one that fit within the Spider-Man universe, yet was distinctive enough to win kudos from super-hero-sophisticated audiences. Visual effects played a huge role in making this more organic Spider-Man—and the film as a whole—believable.
"If Andrew Garfield moves a certain way, you have to study that and understand what makes it memorable," Chen says. "You have to convey the same cues digitally. But, you also have to look at the entire movie—how it's edited, the feeling of the whole visual vocabulary. You have to spot through lines [plot lines] and even talk about the colors of the digital city. Your effects have to fit in all that. If they stand out, they take you out of the movie."
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As previously promised I have been working on porting some software to the Nokia N810 internet tablet, unfortunately the SDK is not available for 64 bit systems, so I have been working on getting amd64 versions of the packages available for Ubuntu. So far I have not been able to compile them all, but it yeilding some bug reports and progress is being made. Thus I present you with the following packages;
- anjuta-plugin-maemo
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In Memoriam: Carol Channing
Clip: Season 46 | 1m 48s
Great Performances mourns the passing of Broadway legend Carol Channing, whose memorable appearances on the series included Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne in 1987 and "Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Bowl" 1994.
Aired: 01/15/19Video has closed captioning.
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GREAT PERFORMANCES is made possible by the Irene Diamond Fund, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Rosalind P. Walter, The Agnes Varis Trust, The Starr Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Lenore Hecht Foundation, Abra Prentice Foundation, The Lewis Sonny Turner Fund for Dance, Jody and John Arnhold, Anne Ray Charitable Trust, and PBS.


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Bearing friction, power loss and starting torque
Diagram 1 shows how friction changes, as a function of speed, in a bearing with a given lubricant. Four zones are distinguishable:
- Zone 1 – Boundary lubrication condition, in which only the asperities carry the load, and so friction between the moving surfaces is high.
- Zone 2 – Mixed lubrication condition, in which a separating oil film carries part of the load, with fewer asperities in contact, and so friction decreases.
- Zone 3 – Full film lubrication condition, in which the lubricant film carries the load, but with increased viscous losses, and so friction increases.
- Zone 4 – Full film lubrication with thermal and starvation effects, in which the inlet shear heating and kinematic replenishment reduction factors compensate partially for the viscous losses, and so friction evens off.
SKF model of bearing friction
In the SKF model for calculating bearing friction, the total frictional moment, M, is derived from four sources:
M = Mrr + Msl + Mseal + Mdrag
M = Mrr + Msl + Mseal + Mdrag
|the rolling frictional moment, and includes effects of lubricant starvation and inlet shear heating [Nmm]
|the sliding frictional moment, and includes the effects of the quality of lubrication conditions [Nmm]
|the frictional moment from integral seals [Nmm]
Where bearings are fitted with contact seals, the frictional losses from the seals may exceed those generated in the bearing.
|the frictional moment from drag losses, churning, splashing, etc., in an oil bath [Nmm]
Calculating values for these four sources of friction is complex. Therefore, we recommend using the SKF Bearing Calculator.
For detailed information on the calculations, see The SKF model for calculating the frictional moment [PDF].
When the total frictional moment, M, of the bearing is known, you can calculate the bearing frictional power loss using
Ploss = 1,05 x 10–4 M n
Ploss = 1,05 x 10–4 M n
|bearing frictional power loss [W]
|total frictional moment [Nmm]
|rotational speed [r/min]
Starting torque
The starting torque of a rolling bearing is defined as the frictional moment that must be overcome by the bearing to start rotating, at an ambient temperature of 20 to 30 °C (70 to 85 °F). Therefore, only the sliding frictional moment and the frictional moment of seals, if applied, are taken into consideration.
Mstart = Msl + Mseal
Mstart = Msl + Mseal
|starting frictional moment [Nmm]
|sliding frictional moment [Nmm]
|frictional moment of the seals [Nmm]
We recommend using the SKF Bearing Calculator for calculating starting torque values.


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I want to get data from 3 tables. A silly example:
I want ALL rows from table 'people'.
If there are rows with additional infos in tables 'address' and 'cars', I want some data from those tables, too.
If I write:
...I only get those rows of people where data exists in all 3 tables. A small result. When I leave the WHERE clause, the result is multiple number of rows in people.
Code: Select all
SELECT * FROM people,address,cars WHERE
people.address_id = address.address_id AND
people.cars_id = cars.cars_id
With 2 tables I could do a JOIN like:
How must I do that with more tables?
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SELECT * FROM address RIGHT JOIN people ON
people.address_id = address.address_id


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Romancing the West (Softcover)
By Margaret C. Conrads. With contributions by William H. Truettner, Lisa Strong, Kathleen A. Foster, and Stephanie Fox Knappe.American artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) joined Sir William Drummond Stewart, a Scottish nobleman and adventurer, to chronicle a journey in 1837 to the Rocky Mountains to attend an annual gathering of fur traders. Miller became the first, and perhaps only, artist to paint the legendary fur trade from firsthand knowledge. Thereafter, Miller based his art on the rich experiences from that trip. Romancing the West presents 30 captivating works on paper, spanning the subjects and techniques that the artist developed over more than 30 years. Mainly studio works in various stages of completion and in a sometimes unorthodox fusion of media, they provide a window onto not only how Miller worked, but how he envisioned the American West. Margaret C. Conrads is the Samuel Sosland Senior Curator of American Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.


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Transformers: Dark of the Moon Launch Video Game Trailer (2011)
The Launch video game trailer courtesy of Game Trailers.
The next colossal entry in the TRANSFORMERS saga on Earth is on the way as Activision Publishing, Inc. announced today that Transformers: Dark of the Moon is in development by the critically acclaimed developers at High Moon Studios. Based on Hasbro's legendary TRANSFORMERS property and featuring a brand-new 'Stealth Force' conversion mode, the game thrusts players directly into an original prologue storyline to experience the ultimate battle between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS that leads into the summer's most anticipated blockbuster film and reveals another face of evil, SHOCKWAVE.
"We couldn't be more excited to expand on the epic movie universe in the Transformers: Dark of the Moon game, and allow fans to experience the gripping events and backstories that occur right before the upcoming film," said Paul Wright, Head of Marketing for Licensed Properties, Activision Publishing. "The immensely talented group at High Moon Studios are huge fans of the property, and they are thrilled to unveil some new characters from the movie while introducing Stealth Force gameplay that lets players convert to a third form beyond robot and vehicle modes to defeat their enemies in more ways than ever before."
"Activision continues to deliver outstanding video games based on Hasbro's iconic TRANSFORMERS brand," said Mark Blecher, SVP of Digital Media and Gaming, Hasbro. "We're thrilled to deliver the Transformers: Dark of the Moon prologue video game to TRANSFORMERS fans around the world in anticipation of the film." The Transformers: Dark of the Moon game allows players to fight through the epic battles on Earth that will shape the events of the upcoming film. Armed with a brand-new gameplay mechanic, fans will harness the power of Stealth Force to instantly convert to a third, hybrid state that combines the weapons and firepower of robot mode with the agility and maneuverability of vehicle mode. Set in unique environments around the world such as the Jungles of South America, Siberian military facilities, Detroit Cityscapes and more, the game lets players assume the roles of a diverse roster of everyone's favorite TRANSFORMERS from the movie through a heart-pounding campaign to save mankind. Additionally, fans can play the game with or against their friends through intense, online multiplayer game modes as their favorite iconic characters.
The Transformers: Dark of the Moon video game is currently in development by High Moon Studios for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. Behaviour Interactive is developing distinct versions for the Wii system, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS hand-held systems.
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June 29, 2011
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Jeff Long named Under Armour AD of the Year
University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long has been name an Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year. Long is one of four Athletic Directors from the Football Bowl Subdivision honored for this award and will be formally recognized during the NACDA's 48th Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla.
Long, who is in his sixth year as the Athletic Director at the University of Arkansas, guided he Razorbacks finished 20th in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup. Which ranks as the best in program history since the current scoring system was adopted. In 2013, Arkansas had 16 programs advance to post-season competition highlighted by 4 SEC championships and one NCAA title in men's indoor track and field.
Long has lead the Razorback program to a record breaking fundraising year, along with launching the first of four projects of the Athletic Facilities Master Plan.
Due to Long's leadership, the University of Arkansas will receive a private gift of $1.25 million to start a student-athlete developmental program.
This marks the second season in a row that Long has been nominated for his work. In 2012, Long was a finalist for the SportsBuisness Journal Athletic Director of the Year.


text: It's not just another day at the Tiny Bit of Heaven Motel in Bethlehem (actually a stable behind a small Inn), which is run completely by animals. Annie Lamb is a reporter for The Bethlehem Chronicle and snooping around for clues regarding Caesar's Census. However she---along with the others---is about to have a life-changing night. Major Moo runs a tip-top motel, accompanied by Miss Dovie (Front Desk Clerk), Ladybug Lacey (maid), and Cecil R. Caterpillar (bellhop). The Innkeeper is the only human that ever comes in among the animal visitors, but rumor has it he's bringing a human couple in to stay the night, and the animals are afraid they'll ruin everything! But they all eventually learn a certain "Stranger on the straw" came to earth to change the world, and that even people and things we don't understand can sometimes be miracles in disguise. Recommended for grades K-6. Approximately 20 minutes.


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About Us
Media Gratiae is an independent nonprofit (501c3) multimedia ministry based out of New Albany, Mississippi. Our desire is to produce film, print, and other media for the glory of Christ and for the good of His Church.
Media Gratiae (pronounced "GRAH - tee - ā") is Latin for "the Means of Grace."
Fallen man receives all the blessings of salvation out of the eternal fountain of the grace of God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ and through the operation of the Holy Spirit. While the Spirit can and does in some respects operate immediately on the soul of the sinner, He has seen fit to bind Himself largely to the use of certain means in the communication of divine grace. " (L. Berkhof)
In other words, Christ has fully accomplished the redemption that the Father planned, and now the Spirit is applying that grace in time to the lives of God's people all around the world. God has appointed certain "means" to serve as the channels through which the Spirit applies that grace. The scope of the work Media Gratiae produces is meant to give aid to the church here and abroad in its task of fulfilling the Great Commission by the use of those means.
We believe that the chief means of grace is God's word. It alone has the promise of being the power of God unto salvation (Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:16). Paul tells us that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. In doing so, he elevates the preached word of God to the foreground as the means by which God's own voice is heard by sinners (Rom. 10:13-17). Paul's determination to preach Christ and Him crucified is understood in light of the fact that it is the voice of our Savior that brings dead men out of their tombs (John 5:25).
In Acts 2 we see that the early church not only gave themselves to the apostles' teaching and prayer, but also to fellowship with one another. In addition to the crucial fellowship we experience by being committed to a local body of believers, we can also experience something of "the communion of the saints" by making use of Christian Biography. In this way we can be helped by the example of those who have followed our Lord before us, and follow Paul's admonition to keep our eyes on those who walk according to the example we have in him.
Two lines from a hymn by John Berridge—one a statement, the other an earnest prayer—sum up the mission and hope of Media Gratiae:
The means of grace are in my hand,
The blessing is at God's command
Who must the work fulfill;
And though I read, and watch and pray,
Yet here the Lord directs my way
And worketh all things still.
Prepare my tongue to pray and praise,
To speak of providential ways,
And heavenly truth unfold;
To strengthen well a feeble soul,
Correct the Wanton, rouse the dull,
And silence sinners bold.


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Late-night snacking is a favorite with bears and this bear was notably out for the big score. He decided he wanted to keep snacking later in the day at his den so he hit on the idea of stealing the dumpster for an all day take away picnic lunch...
Check out the link to see this hilarious video. Animals are smarter than we often think!
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With over 6 million members, Circle of Moms by POPSUGAR is the most authentic online social resource dedicated to making the lives of moms easier and more enjoyable. We help moms connect, both to one another and to their families, to capture and share their children's stories and to tap a rich and authentic source of advice and support: other moms. On Circle of Moms, you can create a private circle for your mom friends, tap into the wisdom of an international community 24/7, and create Child Pages to keep permanent, shareable journals of your children's special moments. You have complete control over your experience, from the moms you interact with to the communities you join and the frequency of email contact.


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In addition to a wide range of bearings and solution products, customers also have access to excellent engineering services that only SKF can provide. These services could help you build additional value into the motor design and decrease the total cost over time.


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