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McDermott has 27, Creighton tops Cincinnati 67-63Creighton's Doug McDermott, top, tries to get a shot past Cincinnati's Titus Rubles during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Doug McDermott can put his decision about whether to stay at Creighton or bolt for the NBA on hold.
He'll let the Bluejays' NCAA run play a factor in deciding his fate.
Whether he stays or goes, McDermott showed why he's an All-American on Friday. He scored 27 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and made all 11 free throws to help Creighton hold on to beat Cincinnati 67-63 in the second round of the Midwest Regional.
Up ahead, No. 3 seed Duke on Sunday.
''Since last season, we wanted to get back to this game,'' said McDermott, the two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year.
The Bluejays (28-7) moved on to the third round for the second straight season. They were eliminated last year by North Carolina at that point. Now, the ACC stands in their way again.
''We've been shooting for this game for a year, wanting to get back to have an opportunity to play to get into the Sweet 16,'' coach Greg McDermott said.
Gregory Echenique scored 13 points and Ethan Wragge added 12 for the Bluejays, who overcame 30 percent shooting in the second half.
Sean Kilpatrick's driving layup after Cincinnati had the arrow on a jump ball cut it to 64-63 with 17 seconds left.
Austin Chatman sank two free throws for Creighton. Kilpatrick's attempt at a tying 3 rimmed out, and the Bearcats were whistled for traveling after grabbing the rebound.
Chatman then hit one of two from the line to clinch it.
The fans waving Creighton flags behind the bench can bring them back Sunday.
McDermott has said he'll wait until after the season to decide if he'll return for his senior year. He's projected as a late first- or early second-round pick and could probably boost his stock with a strong season against tougher teams in a new-look Big East.
''All I'm on focused on right now is just trying to get as far as we can and that decision will come later,'' McDermott said. ''But I feel like it definitely does play a part in it.''
The Bluejays could never put away the 10th-seeded Bearcats (22-12) in their camouflage-patterned shorts.
Echenique snapped a tie with a layup and McDermott hit two from the free-throw line to help the Bluejays keep the lead over the final 3 minutes.
For all their offensive woes, the Bearcats stayed close and never trailed by more than eight in the second half. Cashmere Wright hit a 3 - Cincinnati's fourth on 15 attempts - to slice it to 52-49.
McDermott had a rare miss inside and showed some visible frustration, clapping his hands trying to rally the Bluejays. Kilpatrick hit two free throws to pull the Bearcats within two. He sank consecutive jumpers to tie the game at 54-54 with 3:33 left.
That was pretty much all the Bearcats had left, and they're heading home a year after reaching the round of 16. Except for a 5-minute spurt midway through the second half to help them tie the game, they couldn't buy a basket.
McDermott was double-teamed in the corner and swung his left elbow into Shaquille Thomas' face to break free with 53 seconds left. McDermott was whistled for a flagrant foul and Thomas went to the line but missed both free throws.
''They would have made a huge difference if he made both but he missed both,'' Bearcats coach Mick Cronin said. ''It would have been a whole different ballgame.''
The misses stung because Wright buried a 3 on the ensuing possession to make it 60-57. Cincinnati just couldn't get to the line.
Led by McDermott's flawless effort, the Bluejays made 22 of 25 free throws. The Bearcats made only 4 of 9, and that doomed them down the stretch.
''The foul line let us down at the end of the day,'' Cronin said.
Kilpatrick and Wright were the only Bearcats who truly delivered some scoring punch. Kilpatrick scored 19 points and Wright hit three 3s and had 15.
The loss was Cincinnati's farewell to the Big East. Cincinnati is staying behind in the football-based, soon-to-be-former Big East.
Creighton, Butler and Xavier are set to shed the mid-major label and join Big East holdovers Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall and DePaul next season.
The Bearcats struggled to score all season and had little production after Wright hit two quick 3s to open the game. Each team made 12 shots in the half. The difference was in efficiency. The Bearcats were 12 of 33 while Creighton was 12 of 19. The Bearcats even forced 10 turnovers and it still wasn't enough.
McDermott had a quiet half until the final minutes. He hit his first 3-pointer, then got the ball in the low post and twirled around for a layup. He sank the free throw to complete the three-point play to send the Bluejays into halftime with a 32-27 lead.
''There aren't many 6-8 guys who can do everything but he's in the post and out shooting 3s,'' Kilpatrick said.
And he gets to do it all for at least one more game.
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Introducing an all-new 200 PS, three-cylinder 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine that will deliver an unprecedented combination of power and fuel efficiency, the next generation Fiesta ST is developed using the same Ford Performance innovation mindset that delivered the Ford GT ultra-high-performance supercar, on show in Ford GT '66 Heritage Edition livery for the first time in Europe at the Geneva Motor Show.
Next generation Fiesta ST - The third generation of Fiesta ST will be the first Ford Performance model ever powered by a three-cylinder engine and the first Fiesta ST to feature selectable Drive Modes.Next generation Fiesta ST
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"You go deep enough or far out enough in consciousness, you will bump into the sacred. It's not something we generate; it's something out there waiting to be discovered. And this reliably happens to nonbelievers as well as believers." Whether occasioned by drugs or other means, these experiences of mystical consciousness are in all likelihood the primal basis of religion.
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published a great, brief assessment of how tough it is to make a living as an artist, and it's pretty obvious that if you want a life of luxury then you should look into investment banking. Yet the ultimate effect of the piece is heartening. Most of us are on the same life raft. On the whole, artists don't make much. But we find ways to make ends meet and still make art. And the longer we stick with it, the happier we get. The writer, Benjamin Sutton, was reporting on a
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The Butler Institute of American Art, the nation's first museum devoted exclusively to American art, is a jewel tucked way in an old, slimmed-down Rust Belttown, which was booming when America's industrial age was in full swing. Youngstown is probably one of the communities hardest hitby the migration of heavy industry out of the U.S. and has had to rebuildsince huge job losses in the 1970s. Once a city of 170,000 people, it shrank to around a third of that in the 70s and 80s. As with most cities once nourished by the Erie Canal (like the one in which I live), it has had to find ways to diversify its economy and attract and grow innovative new technology firms despite the Great Lakes climate. In the past decade, Youngstown began to stir with new economic life and because of its history as an industrial powerhouse, back when it attracted immigrant workers from around the world, it remains one of the most racially and culturally diverse cities in the nation. Flint and Detroit may get all the publicity, but Youngstown has to have been buffeted and betrayed by the global economy about as severely as any town in the world—and yet it has found a path forward to a new sort of identity and pride in itself. The Butler seems to assert a kind of unassailable character, an affirmation that a few quiet human virtues—gratitude, appreciation, taste—won't just survive but can prevail in our current feverish media culture. It feels a little miraculous to walk into this little oasis of beauty and wisdom hidden in "flyover country," among the ghosts of steel mills almost exactly halfway between New York City and Chicago, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
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I've been writing about the early development of Warcraft, but a recent blog post I read prompted me to start scribbling furiously, and the result is this three-part, twenty-plus page article about the development of StarCraft, along with my thoughts about writing more reliable game code. I'll be posting the latter parts over the next several days.
During the development of StarCraft, a two and a half year slog with over a year of crunch time prior to launch, the game was as buggy as a termite nest. While its predecessors (Warcraft I and II) were far more reliable games than their industry peers, StarCraft crashed frequently enough that play-testing was difficult right up until release, and the game continued to require ongoing patching efforts post-launch.
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StarCraft as it appeared in June 1996 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Yeah — I wouldn't play it either.
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Rapidly Growing Aesthetics Company Opens Office in Santa Barbara to Capitalize on Local Pool of Talented Aesthetics Professionals
Feb 21, 2013, 12:22 EST
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Suneva Medical, Inc., a privately-held aesthetics company, today announced that it has expanded from its San Diego base to open an office in Santa Barbara. The Company has leased office space at 5383 Hollister Avenue to meet the rapidly growing needs of its team.
"Santa Barbara has been home to some important and successful aesthetics companies and has generated a tremendous pool of experienced local professionals. We have made several key hires in finance, marketing, clinical, and regulatory over the past few months and will continue to recruit from the great local talent pool as we grow our business," commented Nick Teti, Chairman and CEO of Suneva Medical.
This move follows several significant corporate developments for Suneva Medical in 2012. The company expanded its portfolio with the acquisitions of two best-in-class topical facial aesthetic products, ReFissa® and ReGenica®, while also completing critical milestones in its long-term 5-year and acne scar indication clinical trials for its dermal filler ArteFill®.
ReFissa is the only .05% tretinoin cream available on the market with a broad FDA approval for treating facial fine lines and wrinkles, mottled hyperpigmentation and tactile roughness. It represents the gold standard in anti-aging tretinoins. ReFissa is formulated in a soothing emollient base specifically suited to hydrating mature skin.
ReGenica Skincare is the latest scientific breakthrough fusing the promise of stem cells with the power of growth factors. The ReGenica line of products was developed by Dr. Gail K. Naughton, a world-renowned scientist in regenerative medicine. ReGenica contains a highly potent composition of active growth factors and proteins developed through a revolutionary and patented method. The proprietary blend of ingredients in ReGenica have been clinically proven to help reduce the signs of aging and accelerate recovery times after laser treatments. Allure Magazine recently featured ReGenica in its December issue on "Totally Gorgeous Skin" and quoted renowned dermatologist, Dr. Doris Day, who stated "What we've been waiting for is a formula like this one with additional science to back it up. This line may help skin appear more youthful over time."
Suneva Medical also launched a multi-center study to investigate the efficacy of ArteFill, its lasting dermal filler, for the treatment of acne scars. Between two and five million people in the U.S. on an annual basis suffer from acne, with approximately 60%-70% of them going on to experience scarring. There is no product on the market today that is approved for treating this distressing and highly prevalent condition. Suneva worked with the FDA to create a novel classification system to evaluate acne scars and subsequently launched the study with 10 premier clinical investigational sites across the country. Recruitment and enrollment was quickly completed and all study subjects have now received treatment. Efficacy and safety data will be available later this year with plans to submit the PMA Supplement for the new indication by the end of 2013.
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text: Romney now says 47 percent comments were 'completely wrong' 10/04/12 11:51 PMUpdated 09/06/13 07:02 AM By Quinn Wonderling After repeatedly defending his secretly taped description of 47 percent of Americans as "victims, dependent on government," who don't take responsibility for their lives, Mitt Romney appeared on Fox News Thursday evening and changed his tune, saying his comments were "completely wrong."Sean Hannity asked Romney what he would have said if Obama had brought up the damaging comments during the first presidential debate on Wednesday. "Clearly, in a campaign with hundreds, if not thousands, of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. In this case, I said something that's just completely wrong," Romney replied. "And I absolutely believe that my life has shown that I care about the 100 percent. That's been demonstrated throughout my life and this whole campaign is about the 100 percent."Romney had originally defended the 47% comments at a recent press conference as "not elegantly stated," "off the cuff" and "a message which I'm going to carry and continue to carry." msnbc's Alex Wagner stopped by Thursday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and offered one explanation for the unexpected turnaround."You know, Lawrence, the word that has popped into my head in the course of the last 24 hours is 'lobotomy,'" she told host Lawrence O'Donnell. "Either Mitt Romney wants the entire American public to have one, or is proposing they get one, because that's the only way they're going to believe what he's saying. Or, he himself has had a lobotomy, which is the explanation for this pivot that is miraculous."O'Donnell noted that a presidential candidate never wants to say the sentence,"I was completely wrong," because it opens the door to questions about other things he could be completely wrong about.In the same vein, back on the campaign trail in Wisconsin today, Obama capitalized on Romney's habit of contradicting his own statements and hoping voters will forget."Whoever it was that was on stage last night doesn't want to be held accountable for what the real Mitt Romney's been saying for the last year," Obama said. "And that's because he knows full well we don't want what he's been selling over the last year." Explore:Barack Obama, Election 2012, Elections, Lean Forward and Mitt Romney 'Legitimate rape' not Akin's first gaffe,... LGBT celebrities endorse Obama in new ad More Like This Best of MSNBC


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Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 2:00 PM - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 10:30 PM (PDT)
Event Details
The 2014 benefit concert took place on August 30th. You can still help by making a donation to the cause. We will add you to our invite list for 2015, and if you become a VIP Benefactor, you'll receive a special invitation to the VIP events.
CANcert - A Concert for Causes
August 30, 2014 Lineup:
Jimi Jamison and all the original members of the band have come together to perform their hits
Eye of the Tiger, Burning Heart, High on You, The Search is Over, Is this Love, I Can't Hold Back
Robert Berry Band
Critically acclaimed guitarist, vocalist and producer, Robert Berry is know for his work with Ambrosia, Hush, and 3 with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer (of Emerson, Lake and Palmer fame). His musician friends join him for this benefit as the Robert Berry Band.
Gundacker Project will be filming a music video for their song
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Walter Cronkite: death of America's 'most trusted' news voice
America has lost a top celebrity anchorman, whose news delivery was so influential, he came to be called 'the most trusted man in America'.
He died peacefully at his home, on Friday July 17, at the age of 92.
Walter Cronkite was an anchorman for CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, reading news including a wide range of historical events: the moon landings, Watergate, John F. Kennedy's assassination and the Vietnam war.
He had a reassuring manner of delivering the news that inspired confidence and trust in the audience. Every evening 70 million Americans heard him deliver his broadcast, which invariably concluded with the parting words "And that's the way it is."
He was born Walter Leland Cronkite Jr on November 4th, 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of a dentist. As a teenager, his family moved to Houston, where he had his first junior reporter job at The Houston Post – and at the same time delivering the very paper for which he worked.
Known for his trademark clipped moustache and grave voice, he was affectionately known as Uncle Walt, owing to a resemblance to Walt Disney. Despite his popularity, Cronkite was uncomfortable with his celebrity status and declined a proposal for a Walter Cronkite fan club saying: "I don't think news people ought to have fan clubs." He also brushed aside suggestions for him to stand for vice-president, even president. The only job he had ever wanted was that of reporter.
No amount of friendship or adulation could compromise Cronkite's journalistic integrity. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said, "When I wanted to make a point Cronkite was the first person I would call. I was sure I was getting a fair interview – tough but fair."
Some of Cronkite's finest moments:
- 1963: Assassination of President John F . Kennedy: Walter Cronkite famously displays a rare show of emotion, taking off his glasses to fight back tears as he announces the death of President Kennedy. Video below:
- 1968: Vietnam War: After visiting Vietnam in 1968, he called the war 'a stalemate' and made his pro-peace stance clear. His views were so influential that, having watched the broadcast, the then US President Lyndon Johnson reportedly said, "I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America." Two weeks later Johnson resigned and announced he would not stand for re-election. Walter Cronkite on the Vietnam War.
- 1969: Apolo 11's landing on the moon: His coverage of the landing made CBS' footage of the first moonwalk a favourite in America. Walter Cronkite and the landing on the moon.
- 1977: Cronkite's interview with Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin led to Sadat visiting Jerusalem and signing the peace accords the following year at Camp David.
Cronkite retired from from the CBS evening news programme in 1981, handing it over to Dan Rather, but continued producing special reports for the CBS network and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour. In 1983 he covered the general elections in the UK for ITV and interviewed Margaret Thatcher.
He is survived by a son, two daughters and four grandsons.
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Padres' turnaround begins with pitching, timely hitting
SAN DIEGO -- Looking back to April when the Padres were 5-15, it's interesting to see how they reacted then. If you're looking for an explanation for their 30-19 turnaround, maybe it begins there.
First, there's manager Buddy Black, one of the best in the business.View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- Looking back to April when the Padres were 5-15, it's interesting to see how they reacted then. If you're looking for an explanation for their 30-19 turnaround, maybe it begins there.
First, there's manager Buddy Black, one of the best in the business.View Full Game Coverage
"With Buddy, there are no excuses, no pouting," Padres general manager Josh Byrnes said Sunday after watching his team finish a three-game sweep of the D-backs with a 4-1 victory at Petco Park. "Our team plays hard every day."
Part of that goes back to Black using his entire roster, which means guys show up at the ballpark knowing there's a chance they'll be put in position to win a game.
"Our players are close," Byrnes said. "They focus and play hard. It's a good group."
Anyway, since that 5-15 start, the Padres have been one of baseball's hottest teams and have cut their deficit in the National League West from eight games to two. They've won six straight as they head to San Francisco to play the defending champions three games beginning Monday.
"There's a lot of parity around the league," Byrnes said. "Every night, we're in a close game, and we're finding a way to win."
Now about 5-15.
Third baseman Chase Headley was injured. Left fielder Carlos Quentin got off to a slow start. Catcher Yasmani Grandal was serving a 50-game suspension for a positive test for performance enhancing drugs.
And there was the starting pitching. No need to name names here because they all had a tough time of it. It was a perfect storm, and also a bad bounce or two. So a season that began with optimism could have ended almost before it began. Only thing is, the Padres went through something like this last season.
They were 27-49 before finishing 49-37. The Padres never stopped plugging along when they were 22 games under .500, so they weren't about to quit at 5-15 in 2013.
"I think this year there was confidence the group could win," Byrnes said. "It was more frustration than panic."
And then it all changed.
There were no team meetings, no dramatic speeches, none of that stuff. All the Padres did was keep playing hard. Suddenly, the pitching turned around. In Jason Marquis, Eric Stults and Andrew Cashner, they have three first-rate starters. Since 5-15, the Padres are 23-6 in their starts.
And the offense has come from various places. Backup first baseman Kyle Blanks broke up a 1-1 tie with a three-run, eighth-inning home run to beat the D-backs on Sunday.
A day earlier, it had been a three-run home run by Grandal. Even with Headley off to a slow start, the Padres have increased their offense from 4.0 runs per game to 4.6 since April.
One of the things the Padres were excited about on Opening Day was the depth of talented young pitching in their system. As Byrnes watched it get closer and closer to the big leagues, he felt good about the future.
Turns out, some of his best moves are the ones that didn't excite many people. For instance, he claimed Stults off waivers from the White Sox last season.
Now, Stults is one of several guys on which Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley has worked his magic. Stults has allowed five earned runs in his last four starts and pitched the third complete game of his career Saturday. He did it by mixing a 90-mph fastball with a 65-mph curveball and aggressively throwing strikes.
"He pitches. He truly pitches," Black said. "He keeps hitters off balance. At this point in his career, he's very comfortable with what he throws and what he does to get outs. It's great to watch."
Likewise, Marquis conducts the graduate school of pitching every fifth day. At 34, his 14th big league season surely has been one of his most rewarding. Only Adam Wainwright has more than his nine victories.
As for Cashner, he's 26 now and finally able to harness the dazzling stuff that made him a first-round Draft pick of the Cubs five years ago. He's turning out to be exactly what Byrnes hoped he'd be when he surrendered first baseman Anthony Rizzo to get him.
In a division that seems wide open, the Padres have breathed life into their season. As Byrnes said, they aren't a perfect team, but none of the other NL West teams are, either.
"We're in the middle of June and in the race," Byrnes said. "I do think we're competitive."
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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We live in an age of gaming gorgeousness. Gamers' lives nowadays are filled with fancy normal mapping and illumination engines, powered by slickly encased hardware that outputs onto super-sharp screens. In short, there's a lot of thought given to aesthetics in the present day. But, it hasn't always been this way and an upcoming art show will showcase the uglier — yet vitally important — gaming hardware of yesteryear.
American Icons gathers select works by Massachusetts artist Jason Brockert, who's done a series of hazy still-life renderings of the Atari 2600, the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System and old-school cartridges. Another series of paintings also portray classic Star Wars action figures, with most painted in a quietly contemplative style.
This showing's being put together by nerd culture collective I Am 8-Bit in their downtown LA gallery and will open to the public this Friday. Some of the paintings — which are affordable as far as fine art goes — will also be available as prints for those who can't make the show. So, if you're still mourning that Pitfall cartridge that your mum threw away way back when, you can hang up a nostalgic replica in your living room in memory of dear old Harry.
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Pumpkin Soup with Toasted Pepitas
This is a great dish for autumn, when pumpkins are in season and you can take advantage of affordable fresh pumpkin and pepitas—shelled pumpkin seeds. Not to mention the presentation is eye-catching!
4 tbsp. butter
2 cups finely chopped onions
1 tsp. ground cumin
1⁄2 tsp. ground coriander
1⁄2 tsp. ground nutmeg
Salt and pepper, to taste
3 cups chicken stock
3 cups pumpkin puree
1 cup heavy cream or milk
Hot pepper sauce, to taste
Miniature fresh pumpkins or small squashes
1⁄2 cup shelled pepitas (pumpkin seeds), toasted
Chopped fresh cilantro
- Melt butter in large saucepan; add onions and sauté 5 min. or until golden. Stir in cumin, coriander, nutmeg, and salt and pepper; sauté 2 min. longer.
- Add stock and pumpkin puree; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 15 min., or until soup thickens slightly and flavors blend.
- Stir in cream and season to taste with hot pepper sauce; heat through.
- For service, cut tops off pumpkins or squashes and scoop out seeds and strings. Ladle in soup and garnish with toasted pepitas and cilantro.


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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA could have prevented last summer's near-drowning of a spacewalking astronaut at the International Space Station, an investigation panel concluded Wednesday.
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano's helmet filled with water July 16 during his second spacewalk in a week. He barely made it back inside alive.
But according to the panel's report, his helmet also had leaked at the end of his first spacewalk a week earlier. The panel said the space station team misdiagnosed the first failure and should have delayed the second spacewalk until the problem was understood.
"This event was not properly investigated," said Chris Hansen, NASA's chief space station engineer and chairman of the investigation board created by the space agency after the close call.
"There was a lack of understanding in the severity of the event," Hansen said during a news conference.
Space station officials — even the astronauts themselves — presumed the leak was from a water drink bag in the suit when, in fact, that was not the culprit, he noted.
Investigators said Parmitano's "calm demeanor" during the incident quite possibly saved his life. It was fortunate he was relatively close to the space station entrance when the helmet flooded, Hansen noted.
Now 37, Parmitano is a former test pilot and an officer in the Italian Air Force who was making his first space mission. He returned to Earth in November.
The precise cause of the water leakage is still under review.
Debris clogged a pump mechanism inside Parmitano's spacesuit, part of its cooling system, and water ended up in the helmet, Hansen noted. Engineers do not yet know the source of the aluminum silicate contamination.
NASA almost ended up with another disaster following Parmitano's close call. The day after his near-drowning, the astronauts used a vacuum cleaner to dry the spacesuit and accidentally sucked oxygen out of a tank. "The hazardous mix of electricity and pure O2" could have sparked a fire, the report stated.
Mission Control had aborted the spacewalk once the water began to rise to alarming levels in Parmitano's helmet; the spacewalk by Parmitano and American astronaut Chris Cassidy lasted 1½ hours, versus the anticipated six hours.
So much water filled Parmitano's helmet — an estimated 1½ liters — that he could barely see and could not hear or speak. He said he made his way back into the space station by relying on the position of his safety tether.
NASA was contrite following the release of the 222-page report, saying it could and would do better.
"We're taking it very seriously," said space station program manager Mike Suffredini.
He expects the engineering investigation wraps up by year's end.
Bill Gerstenmaier, head of NASA's human exploration and operations mission, said the spacewalk probably should have ended sooner on July 16.
"We can all improve and do better," Gerstenmaier said.
The spacesuit failure — an unexpected problem initially given short shrift — has overtones of the 1986 Challenger and 2003 Columbia disasters. Both shuttle accidents were caused by misunderstood technical problems and miscommunication. In all, 14 astronauts died.
Gerstenmaier stressed that Parmitano's close call is "an excellent reminder for us."
"The message to all of us is to be really vigilant, right, and to really communicate," he told reporters.
"I think it's a tribute to the agency that we're not hiding this stuff, that we're actually out trying to describe these things, describe where we can get better. That's how we prevent Columbias and Challengers."
A former NASA associate administrator said the incident is an all too familiar problem: Engineers think they know everything that can go wrong with complicated technology and often don't.
"When things go wrong, the machinery is talking to you. The equipment is trying to tell you something," said Scott Pace, space policy director at George Washington University. "The question is whether or not you are listening."
U.S. spacewalks were put on hold after the incident. An exception was made right before Christmas so two U.S. astronauts could repair a crippled cooling system at the orbiting outpost. As a precaution, they had makeshift snorkels and water-absorbent pads in their helmets, but there were no problems.
A series of NASA-led spacewalks tentatively are scheduled for July or August, but the agency wants to know exactly what caused the helmet flooding before carrying them out, Suffredini said. The age of the shuttle-era spacesuits is not thought to be a contributor.
Six men currently reside on the space station: three Russians, two Americans and one Japanese.
Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html


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While there is a lot of talk in the media about Florida's top juniors leaving early for the NFL, there apparently is little chatter among the players.
While there is a lot of talk in the media and among the fans about Florida's top juniors possibly leaving early for the NFL, there apparently is very little chatter about it among the players and coaches.
"None," senior defensive tackle Omar Hunter said. "Whereas, when I was a young guy, I used to hear it all the time, 'Oh, man, I'm leaving. I don't want to be here anymore. I'm going to go get the money.'
"This year, not one bit. Guys are locked in on the task we have to do now. And that's winning this next bowl game. There hasn't been a lot of time to worry about the NFL or the next step or whatever."
The Gators have five juniors who are considering declaring for the draft — safety Matt Elam, defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, tight end Jordan Reed, outside linebacker Jelani Jenkins and defensive end/tackle Dominique Easley.
Hunter has some advice for the juniors.
"Talk to (defensive coordinator) Dan Quinn and (defensive line coach) Bryant Young," he said. "That's the best advice I can give. Those guys know it (from being in the NFL for many years). They wouldn't lie to us. They love us, they really do.
"I know they really care about us and won't let us make a bad decision. Ultimately, the decision is ours, but those guys will give you the best advice they can."
Quinn said he hasn't really been approached yet by the top juniors.
"Not as much as I would (think)," Quinn said. "I've stayed back a little bit and waited for them to come and use me as a resource if they want my opinion on it. I would certainly give it, but it really hasn't come up as much as I would have thought it would.
"I'm glad that some guys are (in a position to leave early for the NFL). It's a good problem for them to have to think about. How many young guys wouldn't want to be in that spot? But not as many guys have approached me as I would have thought."
Stopping Johnny Football
Quinn had to admit that he had some warm feelings (and some good memories flash through his mind) when Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy earlier this month. Manziel was pretty much unstoppable all season. But Quinn's defense stopped him, shutting him down in the second half in a win over Texas A&M in the second week of the season.
"It certainly is (something to be proud of)," Quinn said. "I had a chance to talk to the offensive coordinator there, and we were laughing at it. There was another coach from LSU and we said, 'That guy is a problem.' That's my best way to describe him.
"In terms of how we rushed and pushed the pocket and played really good coverage on the back end, I think it was a total combination of those guys playing today, and it certainly didn't hurt that we had him in his first ballgame."
Quinn was asked if it was cool hearing Manziel's name announced as the Heisman winner.
"Yeah, not on our watch, right?" Quinn said. "What a season that guy had."
Young guys emerging on 'D'
Quinn said two true freshman defensive players have really started to stand out in practice — Buck linebacker/end Dante Fowler Jr. and cornerback/safety Brian Poole.
"One that is really coming on and you can see is Dante Fowler," Quinn said. "You say, 'Well, Dan, he's played all year.' But he's really playing at a high level now. You can see the momentum, the confidence, the understanding at a faster rate.
"In the (secondary) one guy that's really caught my attention and is doing a good job right now is Brian Poole."
Hunter said Fowler has a chance to become a big-time player.
"That kid is special. He's special," Hunter said. "He is what I wanted to be my freshman year. He's going to be very special. He's going to be a great player here. He's a quick, powerful guy.
"He can play inside and outside at end. He can cover tight ends. He's just a special athlete, special football player. He's learned the system. He's getting smarter. He's a smarter football player than when he first game in."
Quite a Christmas gift
Several players have been asked this week what they consider to be their favorite Christmas memory. Some have hesitated trying to come up with an answer. Hunter did not.
"Um, early Christmas, my daughter being born," he said. "She is two weeks (old)."


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The Finals scoreboard, however, is in THIS POST. Check it out, if you haven't already. What a close finish!
DKs Best of 2011 IV - Escalating
This is the fourth in a short series of five tournaments celebrating my favourite maps of 2011. The term "Best of" is highly subjective, of course. I offer no warranty that these maps are the "best" by any measurement other than my personal opinion. The first tournament in this series used No Spoils, the second used Flat Rate, and the third was Nuclear. This tournament will feature all these maps with Escalating spoils.
Eligibility: To play in this tournament, you must be premium, have a turns-taken record of 98% or better, at least 100 completed games, and be at least a PFC on sign-up.
Procedure:The format of this tourney will be familiar to anyone who has played in my "Nuclear War" series. In each tourney in this series, the first nine phases will consist of multiplayer Standard games. In each of these phases, only the first player eliminated from each game is eliminated from the tournament. All others will continue to the next phase. As soon as all games in a phase have had one player eliminated, I will begin the next phase with the survivors. Winning these games will not influence the course of the tournament; only that first elimination is significant.
In the Final phase, all remaining players will play simultaneously in nine multiplayer Terminator games. These games will be completed and winning them will count, as will the number of kills.
Settings: All games will be Casual, Automatic, Foggy, Chained, Escalating, with a 100-round limit and no trench.
The maps to be used are shown in the Phase spoilers below.
The finals will be different from the first nine phases.
A GA medal has been approved:
Subject: DKs Best of 2011 IV - Escalating [Phase 1]
merch313 wrote:A General Achievement Medal will be awarded to the player with the most wins in the first eight phases..
For further updates on this series, visit the newly-launched (January 14th 2013) Best of 2011 Series Infocentre (located in Post 3 of the same thread as the earlier History of Nuclear War Infocentre.)


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LODI - A Lodi Middle School student was arrested on campus last week after police allege he assaulted a teacher.
LODI - A Lodi Middle School student was arrested on campus last week after police allege he assaulted a teacher.
Lodi police said the 14-year-old student had been scolded for misbehaving by teacher Jon Lapachet, 60, at an assembly Nov. 19, then got up and punched him several times.
"He was scolded for not paying attention, and he became upset," said Lt. Sierra Brucia, a Police Department spokesman. "It doesn't appear to have been a provoked attack. There was no physical force used by (Lapachet), according to witness statements."
Brucia called the assault a "relatively minor crime." Charges against the teen include assault, and he also had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He was booked into San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall, Brucia said.
Lapachet did not immediately return a phone call Monday seeking comment. Lodi Unified Associate Superintendent Tim Hern said he did not have any information on the incident Monday, calling it a personnel and student discipline matter.
Lapachet is the same teacher who was placed under citizen's arrest by former Vice Principal Lurdes Rosales in December 2011.
Rosales alleged that Lapachet was abrasive toward her during a physical education class and physically bumped her.
The charges against Lapachet were later dropped by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office. Rosales resigned her position but has been reinstated to work in Lodi Unified, her attorney Israel Ramirez said. Rosales filed a civil suit against Lodi Unified, which is still being adjudicated, her attorney said.
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 546-8257 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/lodiblog.


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The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is accepting applications to serve on the court's Criminal Justice Act ("CJA") Panel including: (1) applications from attorneys not currently on the panel; and (2) reapplications from panel members whose terms expire on October 1, 2013. To be considered for membership, an attorney must be a member of the bar of the Court in good standing; have a demonstrated knowledge of, and experience with, federal criminal law and appellate procedure; have a commitment to indigent criminal defense; and be willing to accept at least one CJA appellate appointment each year.
Attorneys not currently on the panel should complete the "Questionnaire and Application for Membership on the First Circuit Criminal Justice Act ("CJA") Panel" and submit the attachments identified in the form. Panel members who are reapplying should complete the "Reapplication for Membership on the First Circuit Criminal Justice Act ("CJA") Panel" and submit the attachments identified in the form. The forms may also be obtained from the Clerk of Court.
Completed applications and attachments should be mailed to the Clerk and must be received no later than June 10, 2013 at 5 p.m. Applications will be reviewed by the CJA Panel Advisory Committee, which will make recommendations to the court. Applicants will be notified in the early fall. Appointments and reappointments will be for a four-year term. Attorneys whose terms do not expire on October 1, 2013 should not reapply at this time; rather, they will be given an opportunity to reapply closer to the expiration date of their term. Attorneys who want to confirm when their term expires can consult the attached panel list and if questions arise should contact Jessica Pace at (617) 748-9380.


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Ah, the Marquis De Sade. One of the most infamous and influential figures in world literature, De Sade is one of the few Pre-Revolution bad boys who still maintains his power to shock and appall modern readers. His tales of nihilistic social hypocrisy, of the triumph of vice over virtue, of the pursuit of one's personal pleasure without regard to the sufferings of others (even exulting in such suffering), still pack enough of a wallop after more than 200 years. If you've ever read any of De Sade's writings (especially his unfinished opus 120 Days of Sodom), you know that our modern conception of Sadism as a fun way to spend your weekend with some freaky kinky friends falls woefully short of the full picture when it comes to the man's literary ideas.
Probably one of De Sade's most-adapted stories is Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue, and it is this story (along with its sequel, L'Histoire de Juliette) that forms the basis for Chris Boger's 1977 film Cruel Passion (aka The Marquis De Sade's Justine), a gorgeous and suitably bleak adaptation that doesn't water down De Sade at all. In this one Koo Stark (famous for being the American girlfriend of Prince Andrew before his marriage to the the Duchess of York) plays the titular maiden, who over the course of the film learns that meek adherence to Christian ideals of virtue in a world where no one else is virtuous is not only stupid--it's downright dangerous.
We open the film with Justine and her sister Juliette going down to the graveyard to attend their parents' funeral. Their father hanged himself, and thus cannot lie in consecrated ground; their mother, dead apparently of a broken heart, wished to lie beside her husband for eternity; thus, in the views of the strict nuns who run the convent where Justine and Juliet lodge, both are damned to ETERNAL HELLFIRE! The sincerely virtuous Justine is horrified by this pronouncement, and over the grave has the first of the film's excellent nightmare sequences, as she envisions the coffins spitting flame from the grave while the voices of tormented souls and condemnatory clergy echo in her ears.
Back at the convent the elder sister Juliette (played with laudable lasciviousness by the lovely Lydia Lisle) has been influenced by letters from their cousin, a prostitute making a fine living in London. Irreligious and disrespectful, Juliette torments the sapphically-minded Sister Claire into many compromising positions, laughing at her protestations and hollow repentance after the deed is done. Meanwhile the money-grubbing Mother Superior and the hypocritical Pastor John are both looking for ways to turn the girls' new orphaned status to their advantage. When Justine turns down the Mother Superior's amorous advances (in a wild, disturbing near-rape scene intercut with images of Juliette and Sister Claire and set to the music of otherworldly groans), the enraged Bride of Christ tosses both Justine and Juliette out of the convent to make their way in the world however they might.
Justine wants to throw herself on Pastor John's mercy, but the canny Juliette has different plans. Since both she and Justine are virgins, Juliette plans to take Justine to the brothel where their cousin works, train to become prostitutes, and make a fortune selling their virginity to the highest bidders. Justine recoils at the idea, but having no other means of support she's forced to go along with her sister. On the road to London they meet the handsome Lord Carlisle, who flirts with both sisters and promises to win the bid for Juliette's maidenhead.
Once they arrive at the brothel, Madame Laronde (a wonderful performance by Katherine Kath) takes both sisters under her wing and begins training them for their future careers. The Madame delivers a lot of Sadean philosophy almost verbatim from his writings, musings about sex and power and a woman's responsibility to use what she has to get all she can. (Great quotes abound, such as "Religion is an illness--to be cured!" and "If nature had intended us to be modest, we shouldn't have been born naked!") The sooner they rid themselves of pretension to virtue and ideas about the innate goodness of people, she says, the happier and better off they'll be. Juliette takes it all to heart, but the pure-hearted Justine is not convinced.
I can't go by the brothel training scenes without mentioning one of the hightlights of the movie, a show-stealing turn by Barry McGinn as the cocaine-tooting sexual maniac George, whom the Madame keeps on hand to help initiate all the girls into the life of a prostitute. The skinny, effitte George is like something out of a Monty Python porno, all high-pitched laughter, wild gesticulations, and unintelligible Italian. He rides the whores like horses or is carried like a sack of potatoes, all the while cackling orgasmically. Juliette learns her lessons well, but Justine won't even try.
True to his word Lord Carlilse wins the right to be Juliette's first lover. While he deflowers her, though, Justine steals a bauble and runs away. Once the sisters' paths diverge, we begin to see the Sadean consequences of a life spent seeking virtue versus a life spent embracing vice.
Justine makes her way back to Pastor John's rectory, expecting the man of God to shield her from the evils of the world. Of course the Pastor is as fallen and corrupt as most (and more than some). Drunk when she arrives, the pastor spouts more Sadean philosophy and leers at Justine for a while before showing her to her room. She falls into a dream-filled sleep (giving us time for antoher wild nightmare scene, complete with zombie parents, monster nuns, and Justine herself stretched out on a flaming cross!), and then awakes to find the Pastor standing over her bed, ready to pounce! Justine overpowers the drunken preacher and runs to the roof, where he, tipsy from the drink, falls to his death. Another near-rape avoided, Justine is nonetheless wanted for the murder of a clergyman, and so has to flee for her life.
lets the horrified girl see her folks' decomposing bodies. The thieves decide to hold her for ransom or turn her over for the reward, but their matronly leader Miss Bonny likes a third option--have her join them and use Justine's beauty to lure victims into their murderous, thieving web. (In this world, beauty is always a trap for the unwary.) Justine again refuses, but when Miss Bonny threatens to let her men rape Justine before turning her over for hanging, she must finally consent.
Meanwhile back at the brothel, everything's going well for Juliette. Rescued from a Sadistic spanking by Lord Carlisle, she's soon to be installed as his mistress, with a big house all her own and all the gold she can spend. Worried about her sister, though, she asks his loving lordship to look for her, which he does. By a twist of fate he finds her tied up on the coach road, only to be waylaid by the gang of thieves! A brutal scene follows in which the thieves murder all the other coach passengers (including a young boy who gets his throat cut and a woman who gets raped posthumously!) and hold Carlisle for ransom. When one of the robbers decides it's too risky to let his lordship live, Justine offers to sacrifice herself to the man's lusts if he'll spare Carlisle's life. Before the deal can be consummated Justine manages to slip her bonds and free Carlilse, and together they ride off toward the nearest town, with the robbers in pursuit.
Being in close proximity with Justine is playing havok with Carlisle's libido, however, and finally even he is driven to attack Justine to satisfy his own vile lusts. Forsaken by her savior, Justine meets a perversely biblical fate when the robbers catch up with them and loose the dogs on them, a turnabout of the Jezebel story with virtue recast in the role of vice. Juliette presumably lives happily ever after (though Carlisle is also killed, one doesn't imagine she'll be long on the rebound), and the topsy-turvy turnaround of the kind De Sade loved so much is complete.
De Sade's bleak world view is not softened here, and it's bound to turn off some less cynical viewers. Perhaps most central and hammered home is the view that not only is Justine's virtue no protection against the evils of the world, it actually provokes those evils to be brought down upon her; her vulnerability and naivety is an absolute magnet for the worst in everybody, even (especially) those from whom she expects only good. Self-sacrifice and self-denial are a chump's game; virtue is punished, vice is rewarded, everyone uses everyone else and no one is uncorrupted--the best you can hope is to get what you can and damn the rest.
So there are a lot of heavy philosophical ideas being floated around here--but of course really that's all an excuse for exploitational hijinks, and the movie doesn't disappoint here either. Koo Stark is absolutely gorgeous and often nude, and her angelic purity does indeed seem to invite the kind of lusts it seeks to defend against. Lydia Lisle, while not the beauty that Koo is, still has a great body and doesn't mind showing it with her character's attractive abandon. And the first half hour of this movie contains pretty much some of the most intense, dirty nunsploitation I've seen, particularly Justine's harrowing attack at the hands of the Mother Superior. Murder, rape, thievery, and more rape--the movie scarcely lets up, and leaves the viewer breathless and probably feeling a little sick.
So how to rate it? Well, most folks know what they're getting into with one of De Sade's stories, so if you've sought it out chances are you'll like what you see. The acting is good, the filming is gorgeous (there are some particularly nice compositions with religious icons in the foreground while horrors go on in the background, and the nightmare sequences are all really powerful), and I could look at Koo Stark for hours and not get bored. So I give this one 2.75 thumbs, and a hearty recommendation for those looking for the feel-bad sex romp of the year. And tell Madame Laronde the Vicar sent you. You might even get it free. ;)
Friday, February 29, 2008
Cruel Passion (1977): or, This World Is Nun Too Good
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 3:49 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Nunsploitation
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- Karswell said...
Nuns! Gimme some!!
- February 29, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Do you know if this film is still available? A reviewer on amazon said that the DVD version ("Justine") is cut and censored. Is this true?
- July 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
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5 Reasons to Stop Fearing Your Credit Report
When asking friends or family if they've checked their credit report, it's not uncommon to get a variety of responses. But one that's more common than you might think is, "Nah, I messed up some things in the past. I don't want to know." In this case, ignorance is NOT bliss. Find out why it's time to suppress the fear and check your credit.


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"I wonder if I did the right thing," she asked me after Mass. A mother of a teenage daughter, she went on to explain her dilemma.
"My daughter was asked over to some friends to watch a movie on the passion and death of Christ. The friends are not Catholic, but they are wonderfully believing Christians. They had invited a group over to read the gospel story of the Passion, watch the movie, and then have common prayer and discussion."
"I was thrilled to let my daughter go," the mom went on, "until she told me this would take the place of her Sunday Mass. If she went to that, she reasoned, she would not need to go to Mass."
"Well, what did you decide?" I asked the mother.
"I told my daughter that the movie and the group would be all about how the Passion happened, while the Sunday Liturgy was about the passion happening. So a movie could never take the place of Mass."
Mom was right: the Liturgy is not just about what happened way back then; it's about what is happening now. The paschal mystery — the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus — is renewed at every sacred liturgy. Yes, we remember, but we also relive.
The Mass is not, then, a movie or a "Passion play," but the actual renewal of those pivotal redemptive moments, for we believe that the dying and rising of Jesus is of infinite, eternal value, and that we are absorbed into it every time we come together for the Sacred Liturgy.
This is especially clear during Holy Week. On Palm Sunday, as the opening invitation bids us, we accompany Christ right now, with lively devotion and faith, as He enters Jerusalem. On Holy Thursday, the Last Supper is renewed, not just recalled, as we are at the table with the Master the evening before He died. On Good Friday, we are "there as they crucify my Lord," not just in a nostalgic way, but reliving it again in the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion. On Holy Saturday, at the Easter Vigil, we behold the Resurrection, as Christ conquers sin, Satan, and death now in the Easter sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist.
The Liturgy is not just a compelling story of earth-shaking events that happened long ago. It is where these saving events continue, are renewed and happen in the here and now for us today!
Cardinal Dolan is the archbishop of New York.
This is an excerpt from "Doers of the Word: Putting Your Faith Into Practice." Cardinal Dolan offers a unique combination of simplicity, practicality and guidance to give faith a daily dose of meaning and application.
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MPAA Paid Off NYPD To Stop Bootleggers?
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The New York Post, which is not the most accurate source in the world, is reporting that the Motion Picture Association of America might have possibly tipped of the NYPD to the locations of illegal street vendors selling pirated versions of their movies. Nothing wrong with that. The sticky part is that it is being reported that they then offered gratuities to officers if and when they made the arrests. That is the illegal part. Two officers are currently under investigation, and the MPAA is denying any wrongdoing.
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JOBO Giga Vu Pro PVP Available
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The Giga Vu Pro looks like a worthy contender in the PVP market, mainly due to its size. Our biggest complaint with most portable video players is that they are either too large to really be portable, or too small to watch a movie on. This one has a 3.8-inch transflexive, color LCD (320 x 240 pixel) touch-sensitive screen. For me touch screens are excellent on PVP's, and the Archos AV400 was almost an annoyance because it didn't have one. The Giga Vu Pro has a 60 GB internal drive, which is enough to hold quite a few movies, photos, and MP3 tracks. The unit also has a TV Out port, which is nice - but it lacks a video in port. This means that it will not act as a portable PVR. It can be had for about $530.
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Okay guys, we know how much you all love video games. It has gotten to the point where we decided, what the heck, let's move it to its own dedicated spot on the interweb. The result? Gear Live and the I4U Network have launched a new site dedicated to video games - Playfeed. We plan to make Playfeed become to gaming news what Gear Live is to gadgets and technology. We kick it off big with a roundtable looking at what Nintendo needs to do at this years E3 Expo. We are also looking for a few good men (or women!) interested in being an editor on the new site. If it is something you are interested in, drop us a line at andru [at] gearlive.com. Either way, check out the new site.
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Should Nintendo Bring The Revolution To E3?
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The E3 rumor mill has been buzzing quite loudly over the past few weeks. People are excited about what Microsoft is doing with the Xbox 2/360. People are curious about how Sony is going to use the PlayStation 3 to combat the hype machine that the next generation Xbox has been generating. And Nintendo…well…Nintendo has people buzzing for a different reason. We have been hearing that Nintendo may choose to play down the Revolution at E3 – and that is if they even choose to show it at all. Does it really matter if Nintendo shows the Revolution or not? Is Zelda enough for a successful show for Nintendo? The Playfeed editors take this issue to task in our Nintendo at E3 Roundtable.
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Google My Search History: Like an Elephant
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Google will now remember all of your search history, and they advertise this as a good thing. I'll admit we have wasted much time looking for a particular site again when we didn't remember the specifics of the search. But is it a good thing to remember all of our searches? We don't think so. There are some I wouldn't want anyone to see. Possibly even some that I wouldn't even want to see again. Luckily, the feature can be paused - but it remains on by default.
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Another Piece Of the Xbox 360 Puzzle
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The latest challenge from OurColony.net gave us an image of what looks to be a console as a reward. It is very possible this could be the next generation gaming console from Microsoft judging from what we already know of what they want to do with it. Let's analyze the picture.
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Sony and Toshiba Possibly Compromising on High Definition DVD Format
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Sony and Toshiba are said to be as close to an agreement on the next gen DVD standard which could be announced as soon as the end of the month. This is great news for us technology hounds. Usually it's the lack of an industry standard that keeps us waiting. The compromise will allow Sony to use it's Blu-Ray structure on Toshiba's HD-DVDs. Sony's Blu-Ray discs hold 50GB vs Toshiba's HD-DVD at 30GB. However, by using Toshiba's HD-DVDs, DVD facilities won't have to do as much retooling as Sony's format would require. Don't get your hopes up too high just yet, nothing is a done deal until it's signed, sealed, and delivered. Here is a bit more on the issue.
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Nintendo's Power Pad And Power Glove As MIDI Controllers
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Assuming that you may not know what MIDI controller is, here's a quick explanation:
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a computer based musical language that has been expanded since it's inception in the early 1980's. MIDI controllers come in many forms - most of them keyboard format. They are used to "control" the respective software integrated with the host computer.
So what did Jeff Hoefs do that is so special? He made a cool mod using a Nintendo Power Pad and Power Glove, which he can now use as a MIDI controller. Nerds unite and check out this site.
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Seagate 120GB Laptop Drive Coming Soon
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In today's high tech world, when talking about hard drive space, we have become accustomed to the large amounts of data that hard drives can hold these days. Of course, it's no wonder with music and video downloads becoming more popular every day. So why not carry around all those files on your laptop? In response to user demand for more space on their portable computers, Seagate has announced its new 120GB and 100GB hard drive will begin shipping. The 120 GB hard drives are the largest of their kind and will be available at 5400 RPM speeds. The 100 GB drive hits 7200 RPM. The company claims these new drives have more efficient power consumption over previous models and should also be a lot quieter. The drives are expected to hit the market in May. Check out the full press release after the jump.
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A whale was spotted in San Francisco Bay on Thursday afternoon near Pier 39, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials.
The whale was traveling east in the San Francisco Bay when it was seen around 3:30 p.m.
Coast Guard officials said a whale sighting in San Francisco Bay is fairly common in January.
Marin County-based Marine Mammal Center spokesman Jim Oswald said this time of year marks the gray whale migration. The whales are heading down to Baja.
For onlookers, Oswald advised using caution.
"It's wonderful to see them," he said. "Enjoy them from a distance."
A whale in the area becomes more of a concern when the animals head toward the San Joaquin Delta, where chances of getting stuck are higher, Coast Guard officials said.


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Havelock commissioners unanimously voted Monday night to award a $1.8 million contract to build a new city hall.
Havelock commissioners unanimously voted Monday night to award a $1.8 million contract to build a new city hall.
Marand Builders, Inc. will get the contract contingent on approval of financing by the Local Government Commission.
The Charlotte-based company was one of 11 bidders for the project at an Aug. 13 opening for the project to replace the city�s current 70-year-old city hall. The company�s base bid was $1.66 million, but with six additional alternate jobs, the price comes to $1.86 million. The additional costs include $59,224 to demolish the old city hall, $43,215 for sunshades, $53,031 for connecting canopy and columns, $5,166 for wall laminate, $9,054 for dual fuel system and controls and $34,084 for a new generator.
�That is within the budget,� Finance Director Lee Tillman said in presenting the recommendation to hire the company.
The 9,295 square-foot building was designed by Oakley Collier Architects of Rocky Mount.
It will include room for most of the department heads in the city as well as a commissioners meeting room/courtroom facility. Plans are for the new building to be built on the general footprint of the existing building.
Havelock is receiving a $1.7 million loan and a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to pay for construction.
In other business Monday night, the board:
-- scheduled a public hearing on interim financing for the City Hall Project for 7 p.m. on Sept. 23.
-- scheduled a public hearing on a proposed text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance regarding communication towers and wind energy facilities for Sept. 23.
-- decided against the placement of no parking signs on the service road in front of Premier Martial Arts due to improvements in parking issues in front of the business.
-- declined to take $14,664 out of the city�s reserve fund to pay for new lights on an old fire engine. Instead, the board asked Fire Chief Rick Zaccardelli to take the money out of department funds.
-- heard from Havelock Parks and Recreation director Dave Smith that repairs to fix the roof of the Senior Center will cost $64,308. Commissioners took no action.
-- appointed James Luksza to a vacant seat on the Havelock Appearance Commission.


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W ho's got the most colorful name in town?
W ho's got the most colorful name in town?
My nominee is the popular bartender at Dave Wong's. Everybody knows him as Junior. But that's not his real name.
His real name is Steele.
Armor Steele.
Armor Tungsten Steele Jr.
"My dad was Armor Tungsten Steele Sr.," said Steele, who adds that the story behind his remarkable moniker goes back generations.
Steele's grandfather - Joe Pierce Steele of Phoenix - won a Tungsten mine in a poker game, Steele says.
OK, so the mine explains the name "Tungsten;" where did the name "Armor" come from?
"I have no idea," said Steele.
Steele is still skillfully slinging drinks at age 67. I asked him why he doesn't retire.
"I have to pay off my bar bill," he deadpanned.
Alas, Steele has no biological children. Stockton will never boast an Armor Tungsten Steele III.
"I've tried to name my horses and dogs that, but they don't go for it," Steele said.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Both the MIT men's and women's track and field teams will travel to Barea, Ohio this week for the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship with their sights set on bringing home a record number of All-America honors. A total of 11 athletes are entered in the field, the most in Institute history, as the women will be represented in nine events and the men will appear in five.
Portia Jones, who was recently named the New England Track Athlete of the Year, will be MIT's busiest competitor. The sophomore, who captured a pair of All-America honors at the Indoor National Championship earlier this year, is entered in four events this week. Jones' competition will kick off with the trials of the 200 meters at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, an event she enters as the seventh seeded participant. The finals of the 200 are scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 3:35 p.m. On Friday afternoon, Jones will have a pair of trial heats, the 100-meter hurdles at 3:30 p.m. followed by the 400m at 4:10 p.m. Jones currently has the second fastest time in the country in the 400 and is seventh in the 100 HH. In addition to the 200, Jones could be competing in as many as three other event finals on Saturday. The 100m hurdles will take place at 1:45 p.m., the 400 is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. and the 4x400 relay will conclude the meet at 4:45 p.m.
Jones will be joined in the 4x400 relay by Jamie Simmons, Martha Gross and Kirsten Aarsvold. That quartet enters the meet with the third best time in all of Division III and will look to replicate Tech's All-America performance in this event at the Indoor Championship.
Simmons is also entered in the 400-meter hurdles as the no. 5 overall seed. Trials for that event begin at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday with the finals set for Saturday afternoon at 3:15 p.m.
Along with Jones and Simmons, the third Tech athlete scheduled to compete in multiple events is senior Jacqui Wentz. Wentz will run both the 1500 and 3000m Steeplechase and is among the favorites in both races. The senior from Santa Rosa, Calif. owns the top overall time in the 1500, which she achieved just last week at a Last Chance qualifier, and the second fastest time in the Steeplechase. The 1500m trial heats will be run at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday and the finals will follow at 1:20 p.m. on Saturday. The field of 18 in the Steeplechase will race for the National title on Friday evening at 5:45 p.m.
Alina Gatowski will be one of 18 runners competing in the 10k, a finals only event that will be run on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. Gatowski enters the NCAA Championship seeded 15th and will hope to improve on that place to capture All-America honors.
Karin Fisher is MIT's final entry on the women's side, competing in the pole vault on Thursday. Fisher will look to become the fifth vaulter in program history to earn an All-America nod.
On the men's side, four Tech competitors will be in action, three of whom will appear in the field events. Leading the way for the Cardinal and Gray will be four-time All-American, Stephen Morton. Morton, the program record holder in four events, will take part in both the long and triple jump competitions. The long jump, in which he is seeded ninth, will take place on Thursday beginning at 6:00 p.m. The trials and finals of the triple jump are set for Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Vladimir Sobes, the first MIT athlete scheduled to compete this week, will take part in the javelin throw on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Greg Tao will also be in action on Thursday with the trials and finals of the men's pole vault, scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Tao finished fourth in the pole vault at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championship and has collected four All-America honors in his career.
Tech's final competitor is Yermie Cohen, who enters the competition as the top overall seed in the 1500. Cohen will look to become MIT's first All-American in an outdoor track event since Sean Montgomery in 2001.
Live results of the NCAA Championship will be available, following the conclusion of each event, and can be found here. For more information on the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championship, click here. Fans can also follow MIT progress on Twitter, at http://twitter.com/MITengineers.
A year ago, the MIT women secured a program-best, 10th-place finish while the Tech men placed 29th. Six athletes came home with All-America accolades, including Jones (400 IH), Morton (Triple Jump), Tao (Pole Vault) and Wentz (3000 SC).


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A lot of very successful fiction authors have been criticized for how they write about the opposite sex. Normally this criticism is directed at male authors not knowing how to write believable female characters.
Everyone from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stephen King has had such accusations leveled against him. And it's not just male authors either. Many female chick-lit writers use men more as plot devices than real characters.
But while there are classes writers can take to learn about crafting the opposite sex on their pages, another problem remains largely unaddressed: writing about technology.
I made the mistake the other day of picking up Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress," his techno-thriller set behind the walls of the National Security Agency.
Now, I've visited the NSA several times. Back when I was a civilian agencies reporter for GCN, they were on my beat (and although Brown's book was published in 1998, my NSA experience predates that).
I can tell you that Brown got a lot of his facts about the agency incorrect. But what's more glaring is that the technology in the book is completely and utterly wrong, even in 1998. I mean, it's so wrong that it had me laughing out loud at parts that were supposed to be serious.
I was going to list all the flaws with the book, but Impressions columns are supposed to be brief, so I decided to skip it. However, I do need to say that:
In Brown's defense, this was one of his earlier books. He got better over time. And really, it's not that easy to write about technology these days when so many people are familiar with it. You can't fudge the facts without getting caught by someone.
In a way, guys like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein had it easy in that respect. They were around at the dawn of modern technology, before most people were fluent in it. Computers and robots were all future technologies, at least in their modern forms. Computers did not live in wristwatches and car dashboards and washing machines. Not every college kid was required to take at least basic computer classes, and elementary schools certainly did not have computer labs.
You can still have realistic fiction books set in the future, but first you need to remove your world from reality somewhat. One of the best sci-fi books I've ever read was "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. In the book, he describes the evolution of the Internet, the fall of the U.S. government and the new society that forms from the ashes.
Looking at the pathetic battles in Washington over the debt limit this past week, it's not hard to see how Stephenson's future could come to pass. And his technology is surprisingly believable, even if the Internet looks a bit like a modern MMO (massively multiplayer online game).
My point is that if you want to write good science fiction, you are probably better off setting your book far in the future. Contemporary tales involving computers can work well and be a good read, but you better get your facts straight or you might as well hang the idea with your 12-gauge printer cable.
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Needed a shorter column? Coulda' just ended it after, "made the mistake the other day of picking up Dan Brown's [book];" said it was "rife with historical and technological errors." and been done.
If the novel is contemporary, expect the technology to be old or an unproven future possibility. If you want current accurate technology, you won't and shouldn't find it in a novel about the NSA or any similar agency.
Dan Brown can't even get simple facts [(like the number of voters or the issue in contention in the Council of Nicea); i.e., 99% and relationship of Jesus to God], why be boggled that he doesn't get current science correct?
reference: "Hold on. You're saying Jesus' divinity was the result of a vote?"
"A relatively close vote at that," Teabing added.
(Chapter 55, p. 233)
So the Council of Nicea was not called to vote on 'whether Jesus was God', but on how, as God, he stood in relation to God the Father. And there was no 'relatively close vote' either - 99% of the bishops voted against Arius. Yet again, Brown completely misrepresents history.
I bought 'Digital Fortress' at a garage sale, to use as a time compression tool on my last plane trip. Glad I only paid a quarter for it. It did make the trip shorter, but I had to turn off the quasi-geek side of my brain to summon the willing suspension of disbelief. I'll leave for another discussion the formulaic characters and plot devices he used in the book. Hey, I WORK for the government- anytime they include multi-gigabuck secret projects or mass conspiracies on government side, I KNOW the author is clueless. EVERYTHING leaks.
Get a life! Its Fiction.
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Bedford man arrested after crash while evading police
February 02. 2013 9:43AM
BEDFORD — A local man, 45, is facing charges after failing to stop for police and crashing into another vehicle on South River Road while attempting to flee.
David West is being held on cash bail pending a hearing Monday in Merrimack District Court on seven charges, including operating after suspension, disobeying a police officer, reckless operation and breach of bail, police said.
According to a press release, Sgt. Devon Kimball attempted to stop the driver of a 2002 Chevy Prizm for multiple driving violations about 7:30 p.m. but the driver continued south, reversed directions near the Merrimack town line, and drove northbound at a high rate of speed. West crashed into a vehicle stopped at a red light near the Ray Wieczorek Drive ramps.
Police said the collision involved three vehicles and sent one person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Police said West was uninjured and arrested at the scene.
The crash closed the South River Road northbound lane for about 45 minutes. Bedford Fire Department provided cleanup for a ruptured fuel tank.


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What am I cooking for Christmas dinner? Well a goose, of course, a fine, fat one, cooked in the Barbara Kafka way that involves high heat and an hour of resting in the cooling oven; and my mom's sweet-and-sour red cabbage; and blanched Brussels sprouts finished in hot fat. There will be no foie gras this year for the obvious reason, so there may be another pâté, something absurdly luxurious made from pheasant and juniper berries or some such.
But mostly there will be potato pancakes, lots of them: fragrant, brown and served with sautéed apples and the best sour cream. I used to think that I made potato pancakes because I was making the dinner Frank Morgan's character describes in the Ernst Lubitsch comedy "The Shop Around the Corner." I liked the idea of a Christmas dinner that was so evidently the food of middle European Jews.
Then I watched the film again and realized that what Morgan was hungry for wasn't potato pancakes but boiled potatoes with butter, which is quite a different thing. Observant Jews may not eat buttered potatoes in the same meal as goose as part of the general prohibition against consuming milk with meat. I must have been mishearing the movie for my own reasons.
Or maybe I just like making potato pancakes. They're crisp, they're delicious and they provide an excuse to sauté apples. Your hands smell like onions the rest of the week. If Hanukkah ends before Christmas, as it did this year, the latkes extend the dreidel fun just a little longer, and when the two holidays coincide, all the merrier.


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Call Out To All Pro-Migrant Bloggers
(I've bumped this up to the top of the page so it continues to get some exposure ... Duke)
I've noticed that technorati is listing up a plethora of new pro-migrant blogs. With that in mind it's really time to update my blogroll (it's woefully out of date, and missing many key players in the pro-migrant blogosphere).
So, if you have, or know of a pro-migrant blog, write about migrant and/or immigration issues, human rights, or other issues of concern to the broader immigrant community - leave a link in the comments, or e-mail me and give me some info on our blog.
I'd be more than happy to add you to the blogroll.
I'd eventually like to have as complete a listing as possible of the pro-migrant blogsphere.


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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media from all sides of the political spectrum have reacted with unusual compassion to the announcement of President Vladimir Putin's divorce.
Putin, 60, and his 55-year-old wife, Lyudmila, announced the end of their marriage less than two months shy of their 30th anniversary in an interview Thursday with Russian television.
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov could not say when they would formally divorce, adding that this did not matter.
Divorce is common in Russia. Nearly 700,000 Russian couples dissolved their marriages in 2009, according to UNICEF. But Russian leaders, unlike their American counterparts, generally keep their domestic lives well out of public view and divorce among top officials in Russia is unprecedented.
Lyudmila Putina was rarely seen in public during her husband's long tenure at the top of Russian politics, fueling rumors that she and Putin had already separated.
While breakups involving prominent Russian politicians are exceptionally rare, some sections of the media often sneer at celebrity splits.
Russian media, however, were unusually compassionate about the Putins' decision.
Opposition-leaning Kommersant Radio lauded the couple for keeping the public informed instead of keeping the divorce a secret.
"Perhaps a lot of people feel better now that the president did what he did instead of living a double life for the sake of following some false protocol," prominent columnist Viktor Loshak said on Kommersant FM Friday morning. "The president and his wife acted like real people."
One of Russia's best-selling tabloids, Moskovsky Komsomolets, credited the president with breaking a long-held taboo about talking about his private life, let alone any problems.
"There was hardly any politics-savvy Russian in the country who could not have guessed that the first couple wasn't particularly intimate. Lyudmila Putina's long-time absence at political events was telling," writer Mikhail Rostovsky said. "Putin has broken a taboo by showing that he is a man like everyone else. Even the president is entitled have a private life — and entitled to have failures in it, too."
There was no comment on state-run media about the prospect of a second marriage for Putin or another woman in his life.
In a Friday interview with the opposition Ekho Moskvy radio, Peskov, his spokesman, said there is no other woman in Putin's life, responding to rumors years ago that Putin was going to marry a gymnast half his age.
"Look at Putin's work schedule," Peskov said. "You will see that there is no place for family affairs in his life, which is probably unfortunate. It's only about the duties and responsibility that he has as head of the state."
The Putins married on July 28, 1983, and have two adult daughters, Maria and Yekaterina, who haven't been seen in public for years.
There had been hints that Lyudmila Putina was unhappy. In a 2005 interview with three Russian newspapers, she complained that her husband worked long hours, forgetting that "one needs not only to work, but also to live."


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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain court has rejected a request for the early release of jailed human rights activist human Nabeel Rajab, lawyers representing him said.
Rajab received a three-year prison sentence in August 2012 on charges of encouraging "illegal gatherings" tied to anti-government unrest in the country, though a court later reduced the term by a year.
Lawyer Jalila al-Sayed said a judge rejected her request Sunday to approve a conditional early release, for which Rajab is now eligible under Bahraini law.
Rajab heads the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and is one of several high-profile prisoners from crackdowns during an uprising by the country's majority Shiites that began in 2011.
The protesters seek a greater political voice in the Sunni-ruled nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that the State Department had seen reports that Rajab had been denied early release, and that the U.S. continues to urge the Gulf nation to take steps to promote reconciliation among its citizens, including permitting all sectors of society to peacefully voice their political views.
'We remain deeply concerned about the three-year prison sentence for leading illegal gatherings," Psaki said. "We urge the government of Bahrain to protect the universal rights of freedom of expression and assembly just as we urge all elements of Bahraini society to engage in peaceful expression of political opinion."
Deb Riechmann contributed from Washington


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MANCHESTER — A city man was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest early Sunday after he refused to leave a Hanover Street bar and struggled with police.
According to a release, Fautee Quiah, 25, was arrested about 1:05 a.m.
Two officers working a detail at the 123 Hanover St. bar said they watched Quiah leave the bar while being told by a bouncer he wouldn't be allowed back in due to the late hour.
When he tried to get back in, Quiah began yelling at the bar employee, pushing his way past to re-enter the club, police said. When the officers approached, Quiah allegedly refused to leave, grabbing the door frame and struggling with the officers before he was arrested, police said.
Quiah was released on $1,500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to appear in Manchester circuit court June 26.