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By Susanna Park
LOS ANGELES - As legislators move to push the American Clean Energy and Security Act through Congress, the issue of global warming continues to be debated among scientific and political circles, and has become a matter of growing concern in American society. This timely and controversial topic produced debate at a UCLA Anderson panel discussion held on May 7, 2009 titled, "Climate Change: What can we expect? What can and should we do?"
The session was presented by the UCLA Anderson Board of Visitors and was moderated by Cinny Kennard, a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Communication's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. The panel featured Myron Ebell, Director, Energy and Global Warming Policy and Chair, Cooler Heads Coalition; William Happer, Ph.D., Cyrus Fogg Professor of Physics, Princeton University; Michael J. Prather, Ph.D., Fred Kavli Chair and Professor of Earth System Science and Director, UC Irvine Environment Institute: Global Change, Energy, and Sustainable Resources; and Joao Teixeira, Ph.D., Global Change and Energy Program, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Each of the panelists began by presenting four-minute summaries of his views on climate change. The validity of climate change proved to be a contentious topic as panelists were asked to address each other's opinions and research. NASA researcher Joao Teixeira claimed that drastic climate change has been occurring at a rapid rate, arguing that there has been a 50% decrease in Arctic sea ice. In response, physicist William Happer stated that the Arctic sea ice has largely recovered from any warming, noting that findings are biased due to the short amount of observation time by satellites and other forms of measure.
Myron Ebell echoed Dr. Happer's stance, saying it is difficult to get accurate predictions about global warming and that "looking at a little piece of data can be very misleading." He warned audience members not to buy into alarmist claims, to which UC Irvine Professor Michael Prather responded that, "it's not a matter of belief, but a matter of testability." Prather went on to say that the earth has experienced unusual climate change over the past 20 to 30 years, and that a pattern of warming matches claims that global warming is indeed occurring.
Moderator Cindy Kennard opened up the discussion to audience members, who addressed the tension between panelists and raised questions about the practical ways people can cultivate sustainability in their everyday lives.
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Rolling Into Competition On Heels of Dominant Weekend
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – When the Yale women's fencing team competes for the Ivy League Championship at Coxe Cage on Feb. 11-12, the Bulldogs will draw confidence from their lopsided victories in recent weeks.
"The team has certainly been working hard to be in top fencing shape with a competitive mindset going into Ivies," junior captain Robyn Shaffer said.
Just last weekend, the Bulldogs routed Vassar, 19-8, and Drew, 26-1, at Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Those wins built on momentum generated by the team's 15-12 victory at home against Sacred Heart on Jan. 28.
"We've come together as a team throughout the season, and I'm hoping our results will reflect that as we try to improve over last year's performance," Shaffer said.
With a stronger and more developed team this year, Yale will look to avoid a repeat of its performance at last year's Ivy League Championships. Then, the Bulldogs finished with a 0-6 record after a tough weekend of competition.
This year, the team will open its bid for the Championship at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, when it takes on Brown. After a short lunch break, the Bulldogs will take on Harvard, at 2:45 p.m., and Cornell, at 4:15 p.m.
The next day, Yale will face Princeton at 10:00 a.m. before the lunch break. Then, the team will finish-off competition with matches against Penn and Columbia.
"The Ivy League Championship is a tough tournament, and we've known that from the beginning," Shaffer said. "We'll be as competitive as we can, while maintaining a positive attitude and good spirit throughout the weekend."
Tickets for the Ivy League Championship can be purchased at the door. A day pass costs $5 for adults and $3 for students. A weekend pass costs $8 for adults and $5 for students.
After the Ivy League Championship, the Bulldogs will compete at the United States Collegiate Squad Championships at NYU on Feb. 26.
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The Epicurious Cookbook by Tanya Steel & The Editors of Epicurious
The Epciurious website is an absolute goldmine for tried-and-true recipes and new inspiration alike, especially since it draws from both the Bon Appétit and old Gourmet archives. I probably visit the site every day for one reason or another. This new cookbook from Tanya Steel and the Epcurious editors gathers all their "Four-Fork" recipes: those recipes that get the highest ratings from home cooks again and again. If the website is like a goldmine, then this book definitely qualifies as striking it rich.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Tanya Steel and the editors of Epicurious
• Who published it: Clarkson Potter
• Number of recipes: Over 250 recipes
• Recipes for right now: Creme Brûlée French Toast, Roasted Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Tart, Eggplant Lasagne, Pasta Fagiola, Beef Empanadas, Double-Nut Maple Bars, Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake.
• Other highlights: The editors take an interesting organizational approach with this cookbook. The recipes are all divided by season and then further divided into breakfast, starters, mains, sides, breads and sandwiches, and desserts. Handy for weekly meal prep as the seasons change! The full list of recipes isn't printed in the table of contents or chapter openers (disappointing for those of us who like to skim), though I do appreciate the menu suggestions for special occasions and the extensive index.
The cookbook includes a surprising number of member-submitted recipes from the Epicurious community. I also appreciate the quotes from members who have made all the various recipes. These provide additional ideas for how to make and serve the dishes and an extra seal of approval for the recipe itself.
• Who would enjoy this book? Frequent users of Epicurious, new cooks looking for a dependable all-purpose cookbook
→ Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: The Epicurious Cookbook: More Than 250 Of Our Best-Loved Four-Fork Recipes for Weeknights, Weekends, & Special Occasions by Tanya Steel & the Editors of Epicurious
• Visit their website: Epicurious
See more on Epicurious from The Kitchn:
• iPad: First Impressions and the Epicurious App
• Agree? Disagree? Epicurious Food Trends for 2010
• Recipe Review: Mediterranean Eggplant and Barley Salad from Epicurious
• Recipe Review: Arugula Vichyssoise from Epicurious
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — When Tropical Storm Arlene was bearing down on the Gulf Coast, Leigh Ann Gill considered escaping. She had just moved into a new house five weeks ago, after her old home was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan last year.
But instead of being in a packed shelter when Arlene breezed ashore Saturday with 60-mph winds, she spent part of the patchy storm in a much more comfortable place — her pool.
"We were freaked out earlier in the week," said Gill, a resident of the barrier island Perdido Key southwest of Pensacola. "We just started hanging pictures, and then we had to deal with this again."
As the rainy remnants of Arlene pushed across Tennessee on Sunday, residents in Florida's Panhandle realized they had avoided serious damage. The Atlantic hurricane season's first named storm dropped less than 6 inches of rain, temporarily flooded a few roads and caused scattered power outages affecting about 11,000 customers.
"We kind of do feel like it was a real blessing because it wasn't anything like last year," said Fred Gund, a 61-year-old accountant. "I just closed my storm shutters and went out to a bookstore. I wasn't very worried."
Drowning victim
One person drowned Friday in the rough surf kicked up by Arlene at Miami Beach.
Showers and thunderstorms streamed northward Sunday from western Tennessee through Kentucky into Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The National Weather Service said there was one report of a tornado touchdown in southeastern Indiana, but there was no major damage. Indianapolis received 3 inches of rain.
What was left of the storm was moving northward at 27 mph and was expected to continue that motion with a gradual turn toward the north-northeast, the National Hurricane Center said.
Back in Florida, Jim Hudgens rode out Arlene with his wife and bedridden mother-in-law in the trailer they now share in Milton, ignoring a call to voluntarily evacuate low-lying areas.
"I think everybody was overreacting to this one," Hudgens said. "They were going out for gas, emptying the stores. You couldn't get anything at Wal-Mart."
Storm called a good test
It nevertheless was good practice nine months after Ivan, said National Weather Service meteorologist Gary Beeler in Mobile, Ala.
"We've had enough experience, but it's a good way to test some things we didn't do so well in Ivan," Beeler said. "The inland counties may have heightened their awareness more. ... We know Ivan cleaned their clock."
Arlene was a typical early tropical storm, "a rainmaker and a little coastal flooding," he said.
Nearly 5½ inches of rain fell at nearby Hurlburt Field, but the storm wasn't as big a rainmaker as some spring thunderstorms that drenched the area. April was Pensacola's wettest month on record at 24.46 inches, Beeler said.
The heaviest reported rain fell 440 miles away in Naples, which got 5.67 inches over the course of the storm. The sprawling storm also dumped 5 inches of rain in Columbus, Miss. Fort Myers got 5 inches, and 4 inches fell in Homestead south of Miami.
Rough surf kicked up by Arlene was blamed Friday in the drowning of a Russian exchange student who was pulled from rolling waves off Miami Beach, more than 525 miles southeast of the landfall point.
While Arlene failed to chase Gill from her pool, a full-blown hurricane is another matter.
"If another Ivan comes through," she said, "we're leaving."
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LOS ANGELES — Wichita State is headed to the Final Four, and these Shockers should be no surprise to anybody.
Not after the way they held off mighty Ohio State in the West Regional final.
Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and ninth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over Ohio State on Saturday.
LOS ANGELES — Wichita State is headed to the Final Four, and these Shockers should be no surprise to anybody.
Not after the way they held off mighty Ohio State in the West Regional final.
Malcolm Armstead scored 14 points, Fred Van Vleet bounced in a big basket with 1 minute left, and ninth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a 70-66 victory over Ohio State on Saturday.
Van Vleet scored 12 points as the Shockers (30-8) followed up last week's win over top-ranked Gonzaga with a nail-biting victory over the second-seeded Buckeyes (29-8), whose 11-game winning streak ended one game short of their second straight Final Four.
Wichita State roared to a 20-point lead with 11 minutes to play after Ohio State played an awful first half, but LaQuinton Ross scored 15 of his 19 points after halftime, leading a ferocious rally to within three points in the final minutes.
But after Tekele Cotton hit a 3-pointer with 2:20 left, VanVleet scored on a shot that bounced all over the rim before dropping. Ron Baker and Cotton hit last-minute free throws to secure the second Final Four trip in Wichita State's history.
Wichita State is just the fifth team seeded ninth or higher to reach the Final Four since seeding began in 1979, but the second in three years following 11th-seeded VCU's improbable run in 2011.
The Shockers are also the kings of Kansas, reaching the national semifinals after the powerful Jayhawks and Kansas State both went down.
Deshaun Thomas scored 21 points after missing nine of his first 12 shots for the Buckeyes, who made just 24 percent of their first-half shots. Aaron Craft scored nine points on 2-for-12 shooting for the Buckeyes, who dug a hole too deep to escape with their second-half rally.
But after two weeks of upsets in the wild West bracket, underdog Wichita State was an appropriate choice to cut down Staples Center's nets. The Shockers' well-balanced roster managed built that enormous lead with the same consummate team play that they've shown throughout the tournament.
Two sections packed with cheering Shockers fans provided all the encouragement necessary for a team that didn't win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and was thought to be a bubble team for an NCAA berth. Now, Wichita State is the MVC's first Final Four team since Larry Bird led Indiana State to the title game in 1979. Another giant awaits the Shockers in Atlanta next weekend: They'll face the winner of today's Midwest Regional final between Duke and Louisville.
At Washington, Jim Boeheim calls this year's Syracuse team his best defensive group ever. Hard to argue, based on the suffocating performances that put the Orange in the Final Four.
Using its trapping, shot-challenging 2-3 zone to perfect effect for 40 minutes, No. 4-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 3 Marquette 55-39 in the East Regional final Saturday to earn Boeheim his first trip to the national semis since a freshman named Carmelo Anthony helped win the 2003 NCAA title.
"It's a great thing," Boeheim joked afterward. "We go once every 10 years."
Fittingly, a matchup between schools from the soon-to-break-apart, rough-and-tumble Big East became quite a struggle on the offensive end. Syracuse (30-9) was led by senior forward James Southerland's 16 points. Michael Carter-Williams, a 6-foot-6 guard who is out front in the zone, was named the regional's top player after having 12 points and eight rebounds Saturday.
Marquette (26-9) hadn't scored fewer than 47 points this season — and, indeed, put up 74 in a victory over Syracuse on Feb. 25. But this time, Marquette kept turning the ball over, seeing its shots blocked or just plain missing.
It was much like what happened Thursday in the regional semifinals, when Syracuse knocked off top-seeded Indiana by holding it to a season-low output, too.
All told, Marquette made only 12 of 53 shots — 23 percent — and was 3 for 24 on 3-pointers. Vander Blue, who carried Marquette to the round of eight, was held to 14 points on 3-for-15 shooting.
In the national semifinals at Atlanta next week, Syracuse will face the winner of today's South Regional final between Florida and Michigan.


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No perfect choice to replace Petraeus
President Barack Obama needs a quick, no-drama solution to a sensational personnel problem.
But the vacancy left at the top of the Central Intelligence Agency by David Petraeus's abrupt departure amid a headline-grabbing sex scandal calls for a particularly complex skill set. It requires a charismatic chief to oversee the large, notoriously tough-to-manage intelligence apparatus.
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It needs a leader who has a strong relationship with the president — and who understands that it's the president himself who sets major policy and takes a very active role in carrying it out, right down to approving and rejecting targets for drone strikes in some instances.
And most of all, it calls for a politically savvy operator who understands how to interact with Congress — and can assuage some of the current anger on Capitol Hill that lawmakers were kept in the dark about the probe. Lawmakers will have an opportunity to vent some of their frustration on Friday, when Petraeus is scheduled to appear before the House and Senate Intelligence Committees in closed-door sessions.
( PHOTOS: Who's who in the Gen. Petraeus scandal)
There is no single, slam-dunk choice for his former job, intelligence community insiders say. Some contenders have long ties to the agency but lack the throw-weight on Capitol Hill or a history with Obama's tight-knit White House team. Others are wired on the Hill and at the White House but would have to win over the trust of the CIA's executive corps and rank and file.
Still others might run into roadblocks in the confirmation process.
And after the white-hot media attention to Petraeus's exit, the emerging revelations about the involvement of Gen. John Allen and the mounting congressional scrutiny of the Benghazi attack, a nice, newsless confirmation trip past the Senate for the fifth CIA head in eight years would be ideal.
( Also on POLITICO: Petraeus hearings set to begin)
"Given how [Petraeus] left, the first and single most important quality is someone who's what I'd call bulletproof in terms of confirmation," said Bush administration homeland security adviser Fran Townsend. "Not somebody who's never been confirmed before or somebody who is in any way vulnerable to a confirmation fight … someone who has filled out all the forms and been through this process."
The most-favored candidate among agency veterans is Michael Morell, a longtime intelligence analyst who has served as the CIA's deputy director since 2010 and who was named acting director on Friday. He seems to be interested. In a message to CIA staff last Friday, Morell said he was honored to "once again" serve as acting director at Obama's request.
"His choice will be reassuring to the agency," said Michael Hayden, who served as CIA director from 2006 until the early weeks of the Obama administration. "He's a very familiar face in the West Wing because, one, he's been there a while and, two, Petraeus traveled so much. Michael's very much a known quantity."
( Also on POLITICO: Petraeus scandal tests D.C. code)
"They would be wise to give the job to Michael Morell," said a former senior intelligence official, who asked not to be named. "Whenever an institution goes through something like the sudden departure, under a cloud, of its leader, it rips up the institution a little bit, even if it had nothing to do really with the agency. It can cause great turmoil and this place has got a lot on its plate. … Do you want to inject into the middle of that bringing in an outsider who would have a steep learning curve and come in with a new entourage?"


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I would love to do something like that, with the costuming and acting stuff. But I'm too lazy, I think, and I don't have a lot of money. I've had brown cloth laying around waiting to be sewn into a tunic for over a year now. I think it's somewhere in a corner on the floor. So I doubt I'd be able to make myself make anything like that, though I do intend to make some Mandalorian Armor sometime. I was curious how people made armor and lightsabers and stuff, cause it seems a lot of people do it, but you can't just walk down to Wal-Mart and pick up an Armor Making Kit. So you bang metal and stuff? That'd be fun! My house is also very, very small so I wouldn't have room for it. The biggest costuming achievment I've made was making moccasin type boots for my mom for Christmas, without a pattarn or anything. I would love to learn more about sewing/costuming type stuff, but I don't know where to go, I don't know if the community college would have something like that or if there's anyone around here who would know. And I seriously doubt my small town would have any cool costuming group. There were two Sith in line for ROTS who had pretty cool costumes but I have no idea what their names are much less if they bought their costumes off the internet or made them. But I've always been interested in costuming.
The Jedi Costumes actually have very simple lines and are good projects to start learning on: there are a few actual patterns out there, but a tunic is great because all you need to know is how to draw the letter T. No lie. The simple T tunic is a great project. I learned to sew from my grandmother and then taught a few friends, but mostly picked patterns and learned as I went. You don't even need a machine: there's stuff called stitch witchery, it's this glue that is in a paper form, and when you iron it between fabric it chemically alters and bonds with the fabric, joining the pieces together. You can get tons of the stuff for a few bucks at jo-anne's fabrics. They also have the Jedi Costume patters, but wait until they do the 99 cents pattern days. I'm cheap so that's when I buy them. You can cut and tape a pattern down, or, outline it in chalk on your fabric so you can use it again and again (vs. using pins). A T tunic at it's barest sews only the sides. You fold and cut in the shape of a T.
Run a web search on costuming, T tunics, and the SCA. All the different kingdoms and shires and such posthresources out there on how to make any number of things, including the T Tunic, which would be perfect for your fabric. You can also email me backchannel, I can dig out some old instructions and send them your way. I may even have spare Jedi-esque haloween patterns I can send you: I used to pick them up just to read the directions to see how they were constructed, (because I'm a detail freak), with no real intent to make them. Sort of like reading a modeling magazine.
Also, check your local college: check and see if you have an SCA group or a Sci Fi or Star Wars group there, or even an animae club. They all do costuming, and you can usually find someone who does it who'll teach you. When you're into sewing, you like to pass along your addiction to others. Many of the local SCA events have classes where they teach the techniques. I learned how to make 14th century cloth buttons at one, from a guy who looked like Orlando Bloom in Lord of the Rings.
The metal stuff is hard. We learned from a guy we met who wanted to build a war band. We worked with him , and then when the war came, in exchange for the teaching, we fought in his war band as mercenaries in a deal he brokered with the king at that time. Yes, it sounds insane, but that's kind of how the SCA works.
A lot of fantasy and sci fi armor is either vacuformed, or sculpted from polymer resins. That takes an artistic hand, one I don't have, but I'm always impressed. Those guys who posted on the old board had great costumes, and would be worth contacting to see how they made thiers. Also, the guys who participate in the 501st are high and tight, and I bet they know TONS about costuming.
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Odd Machines Put Fun in Movies (Mar, 1935)
Odd Machines Put Fun in Movies
By John E. Lodge
MOVIE studio men were stumped when a comedy script called for an oyster that would open its shell and wink one eye. But a New York maker of comedy props welcomed the job. A few days later, he appeared at the studio carrying an ingenious shell made of papier-mache. The two halves opened and closed on a spring hinge and an eye within winked when a studio man pulled a hidden string.
In another picture, a laugh-getter was a bow tie that spun around like a propeller every time an actor swallowed. A crack propmaker spent two whole days designing it. Secreted within was a coil spring. Every time the comic swallowed, his Adam's apple tripped a release lever and set the tie whirling.
From the studios of Hollywood and the East come frequent requests for such curious, absurd, fantastic bits of mechanism. They appear for a few minutes upon the screen, get their laughs and are never used again. Yet, not infrequently, it requires days of study and infinite ingenuity to produce them.
The men who supply these mechanical aids to comedy, are behind-the-scenes workers. They often work on a free-lance basis in little shops of their own. Their names rarely, if ever, appear on the screen when actors, directors, costumers, cameramen and technicians are given their due. However, their skill is vital to almost every comedy flashed upon the screen.
A few months ago, for example, the big laugh in a comedy reel came when the hero went fishing. The trout played tag around his bait and finally came to the surface and squirted water in his eyes. The comedian nonchalantly reached into a pocket, pulled out spectacles equipped with little windshield wipers and went on fishing.
That scene clicked along on the set without a hitch. But, behind it lay days of work and experiment. The spouting fish, I was told, were realistic imitations cast in rubber. Long tubes led off-stage and ended in bulbs. When these were squeezed, water squirted from the fishes' mouths. A laboratory workshop turned out the trick spectacles. These had invisible threads running down the actor's sleeves by means of which he operated the midget wipers.
Of comedy propmakers, the New York firm of Messmore and Damon is probably the most famous. With machine shops, papier-mache rooms, carving benches and 27,000 square feet of floor space, it turns out a weird list of products ranging from rubber asparagus to mechanized prehistoric monsters; from sixteen-foot saxophones to animated cupids that shoot arrows; from a winking statue of George Washington to a black stork to deliver a Negro baby!
This concern has made so many comedy props that it can quote prices over the telephone for almost any fantastic mechanism you can think of. A balsa-wood alarm clock, a mechanical spider and a whirling necktie, for example, would together cost you in the neighborhood of a hundred dollars.
On the day I visited the plant, workmen were putting slide fasteners in the hind legs of a horse. The imitation animal was to double for a real horse in a comedy. Two actors in the legs were to go into a comic dance and the slide fasteners would enable them to get in and out. The body was formed of papier-mache and the legs of a special fabric. Viewed from across the room, the real horse and the imitation animal could hardly be told apart.
A few days before, finishing touches had been put upon a nine-foot camel. Slide fasteners in the humps enabled comedy characters to use them for luggage carriers on a burlesque trip across the Sahara. Another ludicrous prop was a horse with rubber-fabric sides. During the action of the comedy, two actors inside the horse were supposed to become mixed up in their signals. The rear legs stood still while the front legs kept on going until the horse was stretched to three times its normal size.
Such orders are all in the day's work for the propmaker. Requests for trick fountain pens that pour out ink when the point is pressed against paper, for rubber stirrup straps that stretch and then fly back when a comic starts to mount a horse, and for trunks that are designed so they fall apart when a string is pulled, are comparatively easy ones.
An expanding turkey which was ordered last year, however, was not so simple. It was made of special rubberized fabric and contained a heavy rubber balloon. In the comedy in which it was used, bushels of dressing were stuffed into the turkey, the dressing being shoved down through a hole in the table while the balloon expanded farther and farther until the bird was the size of an ostrich. When a knife was stuck into the bird at the Thanksgiving dinner, it collapsed to the size of a robin. Another puzzler for a Hollywood prop designer was a breathing cake for a Hal Roach "Our Gang" comedy. Five children had gathered around a birthday-party table when the huge frosted cake in the center began to breathe, expanding and contracting while the guests' eyes popped out in amazement. The cake was covered with rubberized fabric over which the frosting was placed. A battery of small balloons encircled the cake beneath the outer covering. Off-stage, workmen pumped air in and out of the balloons, producing the appearance of breathing.
The other day, a comedian on a Hollywood set reached for a broom, intending to frighten his co-star with a playful tap on the head. Instead, his hand grasped a sledge hammer. Swinging it in a great arc, he crashed it down on the skull of the other actor. The blow was so hard that it broke the hammer. However, the complete tool weighed only three ounces and the head and handle, both made of desert yucca, were stuck together with two toothpicks and a little mucilage.
Every fall, Hollywood prop men scour the desert foothills of Southern California, fighting rattlesnakes in their search for yucca plants large enough to yield the raw material for such imitations of hammers, chairs and other heavy objects used for playful socking on the comedy set. Lighter and more fragile than balsa wood, yucca is being widely used in place of it at West Coast studios.
After the sap has gone down, they cut the tall plants, which sometimes gain as much as twelve inches in diameter in a single season. Then they strip off the heavy bark and cut up the pith into boards. Yucca chairs retail for about $7.50 apiece, wine bottles for $7 a dozen, sledge hammers for $3 and giant wrenches for $5.
BECAUSE bottles, plates and other "breakaway" objects made of wax "go mushy" on the sound track, thin plaster is being used instead. It breaks with a realistic crash. Often, the side of such an imitation milk bottle is thinner than a sheet of this paper. The necks of the bottles, where the actors grasp them, are made heavier to withstand the pressure. Painted plaster-of-Paris plates, looking exactly like china, often weigh less than two ounces.
"When we make rocks," one veteran prop man told me, "we clean house, throwing in everything soft we have lying around."
The smaller rocks are formed of layers of newspaper covered with brown building paper and filled with excelsior and similar materials. The larger bowlders, such as roll down mountain sides to block the path of the villain, are likewise made of layers of paper. First, strips of brown paper are glued around a rattan frame. When they are dry, the covering is cut open and removed from the frame. Then it is glued together again and additional layers of paper are cemented in place over it. A "two-ton" rock of this sort could land squarely on your head without injuring you, since it weighs only a couple of pounds.
When a comedian stumbles through a glass door he doesn't really endanger himself. For the glass isn't glass at all, but candy. Thin, transparent sheets of hardened sugar and water look exactly like glass on the studio set and are widely used. Because of the fragile character of most breakaway objects, the propmakers turn out six times as many as are actually needed in a scene, to take care of accidental breakage.
In one recent comedy, the biggest laugh came from a trick shirt front. A pompous gentleman entered a room in full dress, unbuttoned his coat with a sweeping gesture, and his shirt bosom rolled up like a window curtain! The prop man who made it sewed a coil spring from a clock at either side of the shirt bosom. Unbuttoning the coat released the spring and permitted it to coil up again, rolling the shirt front with it.
A jumping-bean gag, which was the high point in another reel, depended upon the ingenuity of a propmaker for its success. In the comedy, a blundering actor fills a pot by mistake with Mexican jumping beans and puts it in an oven. Later, when he tries to taste the beans to see if they are done, they hop out of the ladle before he can get them to his mouth. The dipper was fitted with an interior spoon set on a spring. A wire, running down the handle and ending on a ring that fitted over the comic's little finger, enabled him to trip the release lever by a twitch of his finger, and send the beans flying.
ONE mechanical device, supplied as a comedy prop, worked too well for its own good. Several months ago, an eastern studio was filming a comedy about an eccentric inventor. He had devised a rocking chair with a motor attachment to do the rocking. In the play he pulls the wrong lever and the chair begins to hop around the porch like a hen on a hot plate. The chair, loaded down with gears, cams, and flywheels, appeared at the studio during the noon hour. By the time the camera was ready to shoot, the directors and actors had had so much fun riding the jumping chair that its machinery had broken down and it had to be sent back to the plant for repairs.
Queer inventions are always a fertile field for comedy gags. Scores of them have appeared on the screen in recent years. Of them all, the weirdest undoubtedly was the taxicab rigged up not long ago for a western production.
WHEN the driver pulled one cord, a boxing glove on a telephone extension swung out to indicate a right or left turn. A jerk on another cord started a fan revolving in front of the radiator and this in turn set in motion a mechanical hand which played a tune on a cornet to warn pedestrians. When a jaywalker was struck, the bumper automatically swung around, pivoting on one end, and swept the victim into the gutter.
To start the contraption, the driver pulled a cord which opened a feed box at the rear. A mule, hitched behind, started forward to get the oats and' propelled the taxi forward. With the animal never quite catching up with the oats, the ludicrous vehicle rolled down the street.
Another puzzler that took some figuring out, was a horse that scratched its chin with its left hind hoof. Western prop-men finally solved the problem with one of the largest puppets ever filmed. This huge horse had twenty-one wires leading up into the rafters of the big sound stage. Here "puppeteers" operated the wires that gave life to the imitation animal.
Not infrequently, sound plays a big role in making the comedy picture funny. In a film recently released, the comedian steals barefooted down a long hall carrying a sack of roofing nails which he intends to scatter in a rival's bedroom. As he tiptoes along, the nails pour in a steady stream from a hole in the bag. Since the microphone could not be held close enough to the falling nails to record the sound at full strength, a record was made later and dubbed in at the proper place. In making the record, a technician poured the nails into a metal container.
Lifelike dummies of papier-mache and other materials are often used to replace comedians in dangerous situations. Usually, they are photographed from a distance. But, in one film, at least, a dummy of this sort was shot at close range. In a train wreck, a dog rushes up to what appears to be its master and grabs a leg in an effort to pull him out. The leg stretches and stretches and stretches. Rubberized cloth permitted this ludicrous anti-climax to a tense scene.
Oftentimes, the dummies serve as "stand-ins" for actors, taking their positions under the hot lights until the director is ready for action. Because of the effect of the heat and light upon real foods, rubber asparagus, plaster-of-Paris fruit and papier-mache meats are turned out by propmakers to take the place of the genuine articles.
Virtually every comedy filmed these days depends for many of its laughs upon the skill and mechanical ability of prop men. Endless variety, rarely the same thing twice—that is the story of their work. The telephone rings; the mailman arrives; a telegraph messenger appears. And in comes an order that may be for anything from a twenty-foot monkey wrench to a dancing sardine—curious, laugh-getting mechanisms that form the strangest product list on earth.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the best college teams of all-time smothered Stanford's hopes of winning its first national title in 22 years as top-ranked and unequaled Connecticut scored a resounding 75-56 victory at the Final Four on Sunday in front of 19,395 at Bridgestone Arena.
The Stanford locker room was devoid of tears despite the final appearance of All-American Chiney Ogwumike, who was held to a season-low 15 points by a hellacious defense that flustered the Pac-12's best player.
Ogwumike, expected to be the top overall pick in the WNBA draft next week, was not downcast although ending her illustrious Stanford career with a third defeat at the Final Four.
"I want to go out there and play them again," she said an hour afterward.
Coach Tara VanDerveer perhaps would prefer otherwise, wondering how many times the Cardinal (33-4) could defeat Connecticut in a 10-game series.
Probably not many when the Huskies feature a lineup of five All-Americans, including college player of the year Breanna Stewart.
UConn (39-0) will defend its national title Tuesday night against Notre Dame in the first battle of unbeatens in NCAA history. The Fighting Irish (37-0) swamped fourth-seeded Maryland 87-61 in the other semifinal game despite losing center Natalie Achonwa last week to a knee injury.
No question the big dogs owned the Big Dance.
All the bright explosion of energy that propelled Stanford to its sixth Final Four in seven years dissipated on the night the music died for the Cardinal.
"They were relentless," said senior Mikaela Ruef, who had six points after scoring 17 in the Elite Eight. "If you can't score, you can't win."
The Cardinal stunned the vaunted Huskies by taking a 22-16 lead with 5:39 left in the half on Ruef's prayer as the shot clock expired.
Just as quickly, the momentum swung east. Connecticut went on a 12-0 run behind center Stefanie Dolson and Stewart, who each scored four points.
The Huskies didn't let up.
UConn jumped to a 44-27 lead with 14:12 left when Stanford made only one of its first nine shots of the second half and was unable to counter a decisive 16-3 run.
"Days like these will make me a better player — and person," said Ogwumike, the Pac-12's all-time scorer and rebounder.
Ogwumike was hounded from the front and behind by 6-foot-3 Kiah Stokes and the 6-5 Dolson.
A player who appeared unstoppable with 27 double-doubles this season was neutralized in her final appearance in a Cardinal uniform.
Connecticut's defense was so effective that Stanford tried to isolate Ogwumike to shoot from outside. She made only 5 of 12 shots, 1 of 3 from 3-point range.
Junior guard Amber Orrange led Stanford with 16 points, and freshman Lili Thompson added 12, 10 in an impressive first-half performance.
Cardinal players and coaches kept using the word "disruptive" to describe the experience.
For Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma, everything starts with defense. His players underscored the point on a night they shot 50 percent with all of the starters scoring in double figures.
Stewart led the Huskies with 18 points and seven rebounds. But forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis did the serious damage after a scoreless first half. She finished with 15 points, and guard Bria Hartley added 13.
"We can do things that other teams can't do," Auriemma said.
UConn put Dolson on Ogwumike and let the other defenders harass the Cardinal sharpshooters.
The usually reliable Bonnie Samuelson made one of seven shots — all from 3-point range.
"They were really big," the 6-3 Samuelson said.
Samuelson's 3-pointer with 5:24 left made it 61-50, and it looked as if Stanford could make UConn uncomfortable for the first time this season.
But Stokes made two low-post baskets, and the Huskies surged to 15-point lead with 3:30 to play as they extended their winning streak to 46 games.
Connecticut, which had defeated opponents by an average margin of 35 points, now goes for a record ninth NCAA title to break a tie with rival Tennessee.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.
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Tourism officials are buzzing about new ways to draw visitors to Louisiana to experience its unique environment, flora, fauna and outdoors activities.
Tourism officials are buzzing about new ways to draw visitors to Louisiana to experience its unique environment, flora, fauna and outdoors activities.
What industry officials are calling ecotourism has always been a factor driving visitors to the area, said Carolyn Cheramie, director of the Bayou Lafourche Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Expanding interest in agriculture and food production could lead to even more opportunities such as seafood and farm tours.
Ecotourism includes popular south Louisiana activities such as swamp tours, birding, charter fishing, recreational fishing on local beaches and bayous, and walking on trails.
"We've always promoted those things, and we'll continue to promote them," Cheramie said.
Interest in ecotourism has flourished in recent years for a variety of reasons, said Jennifer Ritter Guidry, assistant director for the Center for Cultural and Ecotourism at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
After the 2010 Gulf oil spill, many affected parishes received money from BP to make up for lost tourism dollars. Some of that money was to be directed to ecotourism to help in the recovery of affected natural resources and the people who lived off of them.
"There was a very real threat to those resources that compose ecotourism," Guidry said.
Waters were closed to recreational and commercial fishermen, coastal areas were closed for cleanup and the nation saw repeated images of black crude coating birds and beaches. There was also a persistent fear about eating seafood contaminated by oil that industry officials still battle today.
There's also been an increased interest in Louisiana's residents and the state's environment with the popularity of shows such as History Channel's "Swamp People" and A&E's "Duck Dynasty."
While the shows may sometimes present a skewed perception of life in the bayou communities, Guidry said the increased awareness they bring to Louisiana is valuable.
"They're seeing some of the most beautiful areas of the state that not a lot of people travel to," she said.
Sondra Guidry, who owns A Cajun Man Swamp Cruise with her husband Ron "Black" Guidry, said that business has been up and down over the years and was particularly impacted by the perception of visitors after disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.
"I remember we had people calling us six months to a year afterward asking if we were still under water when we were never under water," she said.
Now many of their guests are asking about "Swamp People" when they go on a cruise.
Ecotourism is also getting bigger because of increasing interest from city residents about where their food comes from. The so-called farm-to-table movement has stirred an interest in agritourism, an offshoot of ecotourism that includes tours of working farms and food businesses.
The Legislature has worked toward making those more feasible for farmers to run as side businesses by protecting them from liability if tourists want to, for example, visit a sugar cane farmer and tour his equipment.
Outdoor recreation is already a big economic driver in the state, and it's growing.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, nationally, 38 percent of Americans participated in outdoor recreation in 2011, an increase of 2.6 million people compared to the last survey conducted in 2006. The number of hunters nationwide increased by 9 percent, and the number of fishermen increased by 11 percent.
In Louisiana, more than 904,000 people hunted and fished in 2011, more than the population of the entire Baton Rouge area, according to data released by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Those hunters and fishermen spent more than $1.67 billion in Louisiana with a ripple effect of $2.5 billion, according to the foundation. In addition, their activities supported 23,345 jobs in the state.
Terrebonne and Lafourche were each granted $2.1 million in marketing aid to recoup tourism losses from the BP oil spill.
Terrebonne Parish in particular has grounded out two new marketing campaigns on the draw of its outdoors.
The parish has worked to tag itself as the "saltwater fishing capital of the world." The parish is also promoting itself as "Louisiana's Bayou Country."
Janel Ricca, director of the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center and a leader of the parish's marketing effort, said the ideas just came naturally during a branding brainstorm session.
"We live off the land, and that's what we're all about," she said.
There was also a need to shift focus away from the idea that the natural environment had been irreparably harmed by the BP oil spill.
"We wanted to show people the beauty we do have down here," she said. "We've recovered, and this is what we have to offer."
In addition to heavily marketing the area's fishing, the parish is installing wayfaring signs and information kiosks to guide travelers easily to points of interest around the parish. Those should all be in place by November.
Ricca said Terrebonne's tourism board is always looking for ideas, such as paddling tours, that could promote the area's environment.
Ecotourism is only going to continue to grow, Jennifer Guidry said.
But she said one of the great things about this offshoot of tourism is it promotes environmental awareness and stewardship of our natural resources, which is particularly important on Louisiana's coast, which faces the threat of erosion.
"We're building awareness," she said. "And Louisiana is one of the luckiest states because our tourism is fully grounded in our environment, culture and people."
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Turkish PM says he, Obama no longer talk directly
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he no longer holds "direct" telephone conversations with U.S. President Barack Obama, suggesting a rift between the leaders who were once close.
In an interview with Turkey's ATV television late Monday, Erdogan said that "in the past, I used to call him directly. Because I was not able to get direct results on Syria, now our foreign ministers talk to each other."
Erdogan did not elaborate. But the Turkish leader is known to have been frustrated by U.S. reluctance for a military involvement in Syria to end the violence there.
Erdogan told ATV he speaks with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss Iraq.
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Former European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, explains what the European Council does
The European Council defines the EU's overall political direction and priorities. It is not one of the EU's legislating institutions, so does not negotiate or adopt EU laws. Instead it sets the EU's policy agenda, traditionally by adopting 'conclusions' during European Council meetings which identify issues of concern and actions to take.
More recently, the European Council adopted a 'strategic agenda' of priority areas for longer-term EU action and focus.
How does the European Council work?
The members of the European Council are the heads of state or government of the 28 EU member states, the European Council President and the President of the European Commission.
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also takes part in European Council meetings when foreign affairs issues are discussed.
The European Council mostly takes its decisions by consensus. However, in certain specific cases outlined in the EU treaties, it decides by unanimity or by qualified majority.
If a vote is taken, neither the European Council President nor the Commission President take part.
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Meetings are chaired by the European Council President. The President can also convene extraordinary European Council meetings when needed.
The President of the European Parliament attends the start of each meeting, to outline the European Parliament's views. Other people, such as the President of the European Central Bank, may be invited to attend meetings, depending on the issues being discussed.
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Nov 29, 2003
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Once Georgia fell behind for the first time this season, junior center Kara Braxton knew her team had to turn to defense. The offense wasn't bad either.
Braxton had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 10 Georgia turn back an upset bid in a 77-65 victory Friday night over host Santa Clara.
``All we had to do was settle down and get back into the flow of things,'' said Braxton, who picked up her third double-double of the season and 15th of her career. ``Our defense was the main factor.''
The Bulldogs outscored Santa Clara 16-3 in the final four minutes to pull away.
``Although we play a couple of freshmen, this is a veteran team who has been there,'' Georgia Coach Andy Landers said. ``I thought we rebounded well and defended better down the stretch. That's what basically wins basketball games.''
Christi Thomas added 18 points as the Bulldogs (3-0) won their second consecutive road game. Jessica Pierce added 12 points.
Michelle Cozad scored 15 of her 22 points in the first half as the Broncos (1-2) lost their second in a row at home. Santa Clara had not lost its first two home games since the 1977-78 season, when SCU finished 4-20. Whitney Sutak had 13 points and Jennie Rondel added 10.
``We had a few turnovers, but we played an awesome game,'' Cozad said. ``We just kept fighting back.''
Sutak sparked a 13-2 run that gave Santa Clara a 58-56 lead with 6:54 remaining. The senior guard scored seven points during the run, including a key three-pointer.
``We were right there until the final minute,'' said Broncos Coach Michelle Bento-Jackson. ``Their big kids really hurt us and made some tough shots. We were just beating ourselves in the last two minutes.''
Four lead changes later, Thomas put the Bulldogs ahead for good with a short jumper with 4:15 to play.
The game remained in doubt into the final minute. Sherrill Baker, who finished with 11 points, made a steal and basket to help secure the victory.
``Baker's play was terrific,'' Landers said. ``When your defense is good, like hers was, it creates the easiest shot in the game.''
Tori Markey's baseline jumper brought the Broncos to 40-35 two minutes into the second half.
Santa Clara, without two of its regulars and using its third starting lineup in three games, remained within striking distance as the Bulldogs went cold from the field. After making 13 of its first 24 shots, Georgia made eight of its next 24.
Braxton's inside jumper gave Georgia its biggest lead of the first half at 30-13, and it highlighted a 14-3 Bulldogs run.
Santa Clara responded with its own run, closing to 32-24 with 3:39 left in the half on a short jumper from Markey.
Georgia, which plays at Stanford on Sunday, went on a late run to open a 37-28 lead at halftime.


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Chain Reaction: Trying Pinkberry's New Greek Yogurt
Greek yogurt has been a terrific addition to the cultured dairy world. So has tart fro-yo, and I think Pinkberry churns out better frozen yogurt than most of the other chains and independent shops. That's why I had high hopes when the California-based company chose a small contingent of their stores* to launch Pinkberry Greek: their fat-free, non-frozen take on thick, creamy, protein-packed Greek yogurt.
This being Pinkberry, one of the apparent draws to their Greek yogurt is their vast array of toppings. In fact, the company is using their fixins' bar as a marketing tool, offering three sweet—and, surprisingly, three savory—combinations. Kiwis, mangoes, berries, granola, and various sweeteners bulk up the morning-friendly category (locations that offer Pinkberry Greek now open at 8 a.m. to serve on-the-go breakfasters); cukes, bell peppers, grape tomatoes, olives, crunchy sesame crackers, and dressings like extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic glaze, and pesto top off the latter. You can opt for one of the six preset combinations or dream up your own. (Or just get plain yogurt.)
Before I get into why I wasn't impressed, I should say that I'm picky about Greek yogurt. Most of the commercial stuff—especially the fat-free kind—I find chalky, bland, and astringent, and Pinkberry's version was no exception. In fact, I thought it actually had less dairy flavor than store brands like Olympus and Fage. The lack of sugar is why I like Greek yogurt so much, but at the same time the acidity needs to be in check. Good fat-free Greek yogurt doesn't remind you that it's fat-free.
Maybe that's what the toppings are supposed to do. I suppose if you stir enough berries and honey into the yogurt, you'll get some sweet-tart balance (though that never really compensates for the dull dairy flavor). But loading up the yogurt with salad ingredients just didn't work. Cucumbers and tomatoes didn't offer the bright sweetness of fruit. The balsamic glaze was gooey and saccharine. And the pesto tasted like it came from a jar.
Verdict: Pinkberry should stick to their original recipe: tangy fro-yo and fresh-cut fruit.
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Frittata with Zucchini, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Sausage
Add 2-3 links diced chicken or turkey sausage and saute about 3 minutes more.
Then add 1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes and saute about 2 minutes more. (You could also use chopped slow roasted tomatoes in this if you have them.)
Frittata with Zucchini, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Sausage
(Makes 3-4 servings, recipe inspired by Rand)
1 cup diced zucchini (1 small zucchini)
1 T olive oil
2-3 links pre-cooked turkey or chicken Sausage (If using sausage that's not pre-cooked, I would saute it in a separate pan before adding to zucchini.)
1/4 cup finely diced sun-dried tomatoes
6 eggs
2 T half and half (optional, I don't add this any more)
1/2 tsp.Spike Seasoning
fresh ground black pepper to taste
fresh grated Parmesan for top of frittata
While zucchini sautes, cut sausage lengthwise into fourths, then into 3/4 inch pieces. Add diced sausage to zucchini and saute 3 minutes more. Add diced sun-dried tomatoes and saute 2 minutes more.
Grate desired amount of Parmesan over top of frittata and place under broiler 2-3 minutes, until cheese is melted, frittata is slightly puffed up and top is starting to brown. Serve immediately.
This would be good with sour cream and/or salsa.
South Beach Suggestions:
More Ideas with Zucchini and Eggs:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Zucchini and Green Chile Breakfast Casserole from Kalyn's Kitchen
Zucchini Bake with Feta and Thyme from Kalyn's Kitchen
Gluten-Free Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini, Feta, and Quinoa from Kalyn's Kitchen
Zucchini Breakfast Casserole from Simply Recipes
Zucchini and Eggs from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska
Zucchini Frittata for Two from The Perfect Pantry
Eggs Cocotte with Cream of Zucchini, Sun-Dried Tomato and Artichokes from Citron & Vanilla
Zucchini and Squash Frittata from Artichoke Heart
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SYCAMORE — Although they say one of the links in their family chain is missing, the parents of Steven Agee II say they need to get back to normalcy.
Agee, 22, of Park Forest, was shot and killed about 2 a.m. Nov. 23, 2011, during an off-campus party in an apartment at 809 Edgebrook Drive in DeKalb. The man who pulled the trigger, Chaz Thrailkill, 21, of Markham, accepted a 30-year murder plea agreement Tuesday. The case was set for trial April 14.
"I am so humbled and blessed," Steven Agee Sr. said of the plea agreement. "Now we can have peace and move on. The healing process starts."
Thrailkill was sentenced to 25 years in prison for first-degree murder and 5 years for attempted aggravated discharge of a firearm. Thrailkill will serve the mandatory 25 years but will be eligible for day-for-day good-time credit for the 5-year sentence. He will serve three years of parole after he is released.
If convicted of first-degree murder at trial, Thrailkill would have faced at least 45 years in prison because he personally pulled the trigger, DeKalb County Assistant State's Attorney Phil Montgomery said. Thrailkill's youth and the fact he had no previous criminal history makes the sentence appropriate, Montgomery said.
"He was 19 at the time, had no background whatsoever and was with the Marine Corps at the time this occurred," Montgomery said, adding Thrailkill likely will be 46 years old when he is released.
Thrailkill was set to stand trial on the charges in a couple of weeks. Both the Agee family and Thrailkill's mother were in court for a hearing on pre-trial matters; court adjourned while Thrailkill talked with his mother before DeKalb County Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert accepted the agreement.
Agee, an NIU sociology major who was to graduate that May, was shot twice in the back and shot once in the arm, which then hit his chest, Montgomery said. He was later pronounced dead at Kishwaukee Community Hospital.
Agee was involved with numerous organizations on campus. His mother Kimberly Agee will attend a students' choice award presentation at 7 p.m. April 14 at NIU's Holmes Student Center, 340 Carroll Ave., DeKalb. A student will receive a scholarship in Agee's name for his or her high achievements, Kimberly Agee said.
"I don't know how to move forward," she said. "We know Steven's gone, and he's not going to come back. This is over, and we need to get back to normalcy."
Rhonda Thrailkill hugged and kissed her son goodbye after he was sentenced. Chaz Thrailkill completed basic training with the Marine Corps and was expected to fly to Iraq a day or so after the shooting, she said.
Rhonda Thrailkill described her son as a good guy who comes from a good family.
"He wasn't a threat to the community," Rhonda Thrailkill said. "He wasn't a threat to anyone. He was very well-liked and well-loved."
The Agee family thanked both NIU and the State's Attorney's office for helping them throughout the process.
DeKalb County State's Attorney Richard Schmack sat next to the Agee family when the plea agreement was read. He said the family worked well with his staff.
"They made us work hard," Schmack said, "but they listened to everything we had to say, just like we listened to everything they had to say."


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Each year, the Massachusetts Dental Society, in cooperation with the dental societies of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, hosts the Yankee Dental Congress (YDC).
The exhibit floor showcased innovative products, technology and services, as well as the finest educational courses in dentistry. Courses are offered not only to dentists, but to students, hygienists, technicians and other office staff.
For the third time, the IPPF Boston Support Group (BSG) provided an educational table at YDC using a modified version of last year's pop-up display provided by the generosity of Burt Gordon.
The group knew from previous years that many people walked by scanning the name at the top of the booth and stopped only when they recognized the name or message. This lead to the thought that what was being sold at the table was knowledge — or rather awareness of pemphigus and pemphigoid — with the IPPF being the source of knowledge. The BSG hoisted a banner with the words Boston Area Support Group Raising Awareness without specifying awareness of what. The idea, put forward by Burt, was to arouse curiosity, draw visitors over and give a chance for the Support Group to discuss pemphigus and pemphigoid and to distribute hand-outs to those interested. The IPPF sent brochures for dental offices and newsletters to help spread the word.
Alan Papert asked Legal Sea Foods, a restaurant near the convention center, to hold a fundraiser in support of the table. Unfortunately, due to the tough economy, they had no budget for sponsorships this year. Instead, Legal Sea Foods gave a $59 gift certificate to raffle. Business cards were collected and the lucky winner was Jessica McMullin of Hartford, Connecticut. A donation collection box was placed close to the card collection box. Few people shared their business cards so we will brainstorm about how to engage visitors better.
The BSG members did find a contact with the Boston University Goldman School of Dentistry where they can volunteer in the classrooms to show dentists-in-training real examples for diagnosing the diseases. Educating and informing front line dental health professionals improves diagnoses times.
Because of the current financial crisis, dentists are not shopping for new equipment so the exhibition had more empty spaces in the hall and less pedestrian traffic. Unfortunately, this resulted in fewer visitors to the table than was expected, but we learned a lot and made more people aware!


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Sunday, March 23, 2008
going home
The talk went well- the technology worked for the most part, and the crowd was really friendly and responsive. Many had never seen my work so that was fun, getting their response, and some crossed over into the sesame street generation.
They all seemed to especially enjoy when I read some random whinsey logs, since that applied to the sex topic of the conference best. I need to put a clean log up (in more ways than one) but the current log, all 135 + pages of it, is here
(reader beware)
Since there are no dates or ids and no privacy anymore, what the heck?
Afterwards we went out for a very jolly dinner at a fancy Thai restaurant with 25 people at a long table. It was sponsored by Alternative Comics and the publisher was there, a very handsome and kind looking guy I never really got to speak to.
All in all an excellent trip and now I'm headed home where it's supposed to be 90 degrees, and Dinah's back for the week.
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Well done! And that log is really fun to read. Thanks for posting it.
- Mar 23, 2008, 9:46:00 AM
- Linda said...
Sally, which of your animations did they seem to get the biggest kick out of? What did they think about the cell phone piece? Did they ask any fun questions?
I'll be reading the Whinsey log all day.
- Mar 23, 2008, 11:50:00 AM
- Jesse said...
I'd like to know their thoughts on the computer voices too!
And the logs I think should be displayed in a transparent scrollable frame, laid over the chat area of the barn. It might put some of the conversations in a more natural context. ;)
- Mar 23, 2008, 1:02:00 PM
- Namowal said...
Glad everything went so well. I had a hunch it would. You have a lot of cool stuff up your cartoon sleeve.
Whinsey's log was amusing. I'll bet every guy who got crude with her thought that he was mighty clever, surely the first fellow in the world to do such a thing. Ah well, if it keeps 'em from doing crank calls...
- Mar 23, 2008, 2:14:00 PM
- Sally said...
I can think of a number of things more fun to read than Whinsey's log, but a brief peek at it is funny, if you hit the right section.
When I was demonstrating Whinsey the Chatbot it seemed a little like a ventrilloquist act, because she kept responding "I love you" to me non sequitur!
Because many of them are heading for phds in new media, I think, the cel phone and chatbot were of most interest. They seemed to be unaware of chatbots. They also cracked up at the closet drag and drop on Whinsey's blog.
These were academics, not art students-- but cartoon studies academics, so they were comfortable with weird but not interested in exactly how things were done.
Jesse, I don't think I explained that they were computer voices clearly enough. I've reached a point with my work that I actually have more animation to show than there's time in a program.
Another piece they liked was the one I opened with, "From Your Head", the Sesame Street song performed by Betty Carter.
One of the main presenters was very out there, but I will wait to post sketches until some time has passed. Please don't suggest names because then google will index it.
- Mar 24, 2008, 10:03:00 AM
If you celebrate such things, I hope you, your guy and Dinah salavaged some Easter time together along with some fresh colored eggs from your managerie. I think they are going to have to go back and revisit the fairy tale about the Golden Goose. The damn chickens have started laying golden eggs too now!
- Mar 24, 2008, 2:17:00 PM
Re the Whinsey log--which I read in bits and random pieces---what is wrong with men? What is their effin problem? Abusing the keyboad, abusing whinsey, abusing something, and boring too, boring all the effin way. Send them to Alligator Lake for their tired thrills. Others....more amusin'; interested in a wider range of life and conversation.
- Mar 24, 2008, 6:34:00 PM
- Sally said...
anon, I know what you're saying. It's why I generally can't bear to even look at those logs. But sometimes they're really funny.
- Mar 25, 2008, 11:40:00 AM


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Sally Mais is travelling around Britain to document life backstage with 12 pantomime dames in 12 days, in the lead-up to Christmas 2012. She explains: "Last year, as I was photographing actor and friend Andy Hockley applying his lipstick and heaving on his huge padded undergarments for his eponymous role in Mother Goose, I realised that the subject of 'The Dame' was fascinating in its own right. A year later, as theatres around the UK launch their panto season, I've decided to tour round the country, going backstage to meet and document a selection of our favourite dames in every part of the UK." See Sally's blog for the latest updates.Picture: Sally Mais


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It should be no surprise to anyone reading this blog that my guild is not an end game progression guild. I haven't seen Illidan or Archimonde other than in Warcraft3, heh.
Our guild isn't very big, and attempts to stay casual by nature. And by casual, I mean in playtime and raiding schedule only. When we are online and raiding, we play and raid to win. We are currently running 2 Karazhan groups and clear Kara weekly. We have only been seriously putting forth effort in raiding since early June. All in all, I'm pretty happy with our progress.
Now, we are turning our eyes towards the 25 man raids. Our roster still isn't full enough to do guild only 25 mans, so we joined forces with another guild for our first ever attempts on High King Maulgar and Gruul.
I'm happy to report that we downed HKM on our 5th attempt, and got Gruul to 20% on our 3rd try before calling it a night. I learned a valuable lesson on our 3rd HKM attempt. When going up against bosses that can hit this hard, that first little bit of rage should be spent on Shield Block. Typically I use my Bloodrage for an initial Shield Slam for aggro. Last night, on our 3rd attempt, HKM came along and smacked me for a 9500 crushing blow right out of the gates. Followed by an Arcing Smash and regular melee. He finished me off doing 25k damage in just under 4 seconds. My 18k buffed hp wasn't enough to survive that opening salvo.
05:00'12.343 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
546 Bizzam gains Prayer of Mending
05:00'13.390 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
05:00'14.437 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
05:00'15.359 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
05:00'16.375 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
05:00'17.390 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
921 High King Maulgar's Melee hits Bizzam for 9241 (crushing)
05:00'18.140 Bizzam's Shield Slam parried by High King Maulgar
281 Bizzam's Melee hits High King Maulgar for 172
578 Bizzam gains Lightning Speed
578 Bizzam gains Shield Block
625 Bizzam's Prayer of Mending heals Bizzam for 1542
640 Bizzam performs Prayer of Mending
05:00'19.375 High King Maulgar's Melee hits Bizzam for 4982 (398 blocked)
375 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Bloodrage
812 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Shield Specialization
812 Bizzam's Melee hits High King Maulgar for 127 (glancing)
05:00'20.218 Donator's Flash of Light crit heals Bizzam for 2270
234 Kcinham's Holy Light heals Bizzam for 4640
234 High King Maulgar's Arcing Smash hits Bizzam for 6541 (398 blocked)
671 Bizzam gains 1 Rage from Shield Specialization
05:00'21.468 Bizzam's Heroic Strike crits High King Maulgar for 507
578 High King Maulgar's Melee hits Bizzam for 4652 (398 blocked)
05:00'22.265 Bizzam dies
From now on, my first rage spent will be on Shield Block as the boss is incoming. There isn't much more demoralizing than getting obliterated in the first 5 seconds of a boss fight.
In the end though, we still prevailed. Our guild performed great and we came together to down HKM 2 shots later. We had good attempts on Gruul and he'll go down the next time we see him.
To wrap up, as noted, we are trying to fill out our roster for 25 mans. If you or anyone you know is interested in having a look at a mature, casual playtime, yet serious when playing guild, take a look at Calzowned


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With no end to record-high energy prices in sight, those in the business of supplying our country with fuel are looking with increased enthusiasm to a variety of "unconventional" sources for oil and natural gas. Once deemed too expensive to produce economically, these reservoirs of nonstandard hydrocarbon energy are moving closer to center stage and taking a role in the transition to more renewable resources. Leading the way among these sources in the U.S. are the natural gas shales, which occur beneath the surface of large swaths of the country.
One of the busiest of these "shale plays" today is the Barnett Shale right here in Texas, a vast layer of sedimentary rock that stretches from Dallas to Fort Worth, beneath 21 counties. The shale originated during the Mississippian Period, about 325 to 350 million years ago. It is now buried beneath layers of sedimentary rock at depths from about 5,000 to 9,000 feet, with a thickness varying from about 50 feet to 1,000 feet. When a geological survey in the early 20th century found rich, organic black shale rock in an outcrop near the Barnett Stream, geologists named it the Barnett Shale. The Barnett Stream was named for John W. Barnett, a late 19th century settler.
The Barnett Shale has huge amounts of natural gas locked up inside it—as much as 250 trillion cubic feet. That amount could fill a cube almost 12 miles on each edge, enough to provide all the natural gas needed in the U.S. for ten years.
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Why are we just now getting this natural gas out?
In regular natural gas wells, once a driller reaches the gas reservoir, the gas flows naturally to the well through tiny pathways in the porous and permeable reservoir rock. The gas in the Barnett Shale is locked in tinier pores with no pathways to let it flow. If you just drill a well to it, the gas won't budge.
Up until the last few decades, there was no economical way to get the gas out of the shale. Recently, we have solved that problem with new technology. 3D seismic imaging has made it possible to get accurate pictures of the underground layers so engineers can better plan well pathways to avoid obstacles like faults and water zones. Horizontal drilling lets us avoid sensitive areas on the surface like parks or schools, and put more of the well into the shale by going sideways rather than straight down. Finally, better hydraulic fracture methods allow us to inject high-pressure water into the rock to make millions of tiny cracks in the shale so the gas flows to the well. These procedures have made the Barnett Shale a very popular place for drilling.
The success of the Barnett Shale has renewed interest in other major shale formations in North America that were previously too tricky to drill and produce, including the Haynesville Shale on the Texas borders with Arkansas and Louisiana, the Marcellus and New Albany Shales in the Northeast, and numerous others. Some projections indicate that the Marcellus Shale may end up being more than twice the size of the Barnett. And then there are the Canadian gas shales, which have been estimated as high as one quadrillion cubic feet, a hundred times Canada's current existing reserves. In comparison, the major Alaskan reservoirs of Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson contain combined estimated total reserves of 35 trillion cubic feet.
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Of course, everyone knows that statistics can always be manipulated to suit the purposes of the statistics spewer, and the real numbers of petroleum reserves are a constant source of agitated discussion by legions of petro-pundits, and no one can be too sure of exactly how much gas might be out there, but we do know—however you measure it—that there are significant amounts of recoverable gas locked up in shale, and if we use those reserves wisely, in combination with other unconventional fossil fuels and the right mix of renewable resources, we just might come out smelling like a rose—or possibly, due to the sulfur compounds called mercaptans added to consumer-ready natural gas to give it a detectable odor, like a rotten egg.


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Forum Post: Occupy... Great Idea, But Missed The Mark
Posted 6 years ago on April 22, 2013, 1:59 p.m. EST by nickm11
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Occupy was a great idea and a great place to start. If you want to bring down Wall Street, you have to change the owned leadership of government.
After the loss of the park, I would like to have seen a move to paperwork. What I mean, is the constant going over, following up and the informationalizing of the large financial investments of big money with politicians.
Occupy should have and should now move on to specific elected officials and publicize the special large contributions and match that with the way they vote.
As is said, sunlight is the best sterilizer, so let there be light, lots of light.
Get out the people and the picket signs with the money info. Find ways to publicize the money and what it does to specific officials. We hear almost nothing of that.
Pols care about themselves and keeping power first. Affect that and you effect change.


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