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- Judd has been considering a race against Sen. Mitch McConnell%2C R-Ky.
- Her activism started while she was a student at the University of Kentucky
WASHINGTON — Possible Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Judd on Friday came to the city where everything is about politics and avoided the subject entirely.
In fact, the actress and activist seemed to tease the reporters pressing her for news of her decision on whether to run.
"Thank you all for being here. I appreciate your interest in public health," Judd said to reporters and camera crews as she swept up the stairs of a ballroom at George Washington University after speaking to faculty and students at the School of Public Health and Health Services.
But Judd apparently was busy earlier in the day: She met with the current and former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, according to Politico, quoting an unnamed source. The current DSCC chairman is Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and the former head is Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
During her remarks at an event called "Progress and Perspectives: Women's Reproductive Health — A Conversation with Ashley Judd," she stuck to lengthy discussions about the public health challenges of the Third World and about violence against women.
"You are the difference-makers," Judd told more than 200 people.
Three times during the hour-and-a-half appearance, Judd came close to touching on politics. At one point during the question-and-answer session, she joked: "I can't wait to hear from the College Republicans."
And when one questioner noted that she might run for public office soon, Judd smiled and cracked: "Is there an elephant in the room?"
Judd also said she had been invited to the school five years ago by Dean Lynn Goldman, who called her "a tireless advocate for women and children around the globe."
"This has been five years in the making — got that?" Judd said, appearing to suggest there was a particular reason she was making her appearance now.
Judd for the last couple of months has been considering a challenge next year to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who is seeking a sixth term.
Judd has told potential supporters that she will make a decision on running sometime before the Kentucky Derby on May 4.
Some Kentucky Democrats and Republicans believe she intends to enter the race.
Traveling to the nation's capital with her mother, singer Naomi Judd, Ashley Judd gave no hints of her intentions.
On Saturday, Judd will be honored by the Global India Fund for her humanitarian work on behalf of women and girls.
Speaking extemporaneously with only brief glances at notes, Judd spent quite a bit of her George Washington talk on her personal story and how she became involved in international humanitarian causes, which she called "this beautiful work."
"It's hard work. It's emotionally hard work," she said. "It's hard to be with people who are suffering."
Active in a variety of international efforts, from campaigns against AIDS to work on gender equality, Judd said she was "just a surrogate for people who are doing the grassroots work."
"I am all for our country showing our might," she said. "I'm also for us showing our goodness, our compassion and the brilliance of the idea of democracy, and there are things that we can do to help failed states strengthen their institutions and to foster democracy."
Her activism began while she was a student at the University of Kentucky, pressing other students to join her in protests against apartheid in South Africa, she said.
"I started to connect my Christian values with social justice," Judd said.
A three-time victim of rape, Judd spoke passionately about violence against women and the need for victims to have the courage to speak up about it, drawing some tears from those in the audience. She noted that studies show that about 1 in 3 women in college will be victims of rape.
"We're as sick as our secrets and the shame keeps us in isolation," she said. "And when we find that shared experience, we gather our strength and our hope."
Later, a woman came to the microphone and said she had been the victim of rape. Her voice shaking with emotion, she thanked Judd for her comments.
"I'm glad that you spoke openly today because I felt less alone," the woman said.
A man asked Judd how he should deal with a woman friend who had been raped but does not want to report it.
"You can ask why they don't want to go and take her by the hand and go there yourself," Judd advised.
While her university appearance steered clear of politics, Judd in the past has taken on Republicans over women's rights and family planning.
Last May, during the presidential campaign, she criticized the GOP's attacks on Planned Parenthood.
"As long as the Republicans keep doing really dumb things about women's reproductive health, that should help energize girls and women in this country," Judd said on NBC's Meet the Press.


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Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha counties could see 2 to 5 inches
Winter Weather Advisory goes into effect tonight at 8pm for Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Counties. The Advisory remains in effect until 9am Wednesday morning.
We'll stay dry today with a nice warm up to the mid 20s. Wind stays light until later tonight when it increases from the north. A winter storm passes to our south and clips us with snow tonight. Snow will spread in after 8pm and remain steady overnight.
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Snow totals will be in the 2-4" range for Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Counties. We may see a few locations with up to 5" of snow with some lake effect snow. Elsewhere snow totals will remain in the 1-3" range. Most of the accumulating snow will fall overnight to early tomorrow. Snow tapers off quickly tomorrow morning.
Windy and colder for late Wednesday with highs in the upper teens. Temperatures will fall later day on gusty north winds. Lows fall to about -5 Wednesday night with Thursday highs at 7.
Highs moderate to the teens for Friday and close to 20 for the weekend. Another winter storm will pass to our south this weekend. We will be on the northern fringe of this system and may see patchy, light snow. Stay with Weather Watch 12.
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I was wondering ... I remember seeing the Saturday night Adsit & Lutz show in OOB 2012. It was pretty amazing and still ranks as one of the best improv shows that I've ever seen. I remember video cameras being around. Is there any chance that there is video of that show somewhere?
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The ultimate mini-break packing guide
Packing is not an easy task. There's so much to think about and plenty you can't forget! Mini vacations seem to cause the most problems when it comes to packing, because you don't have the luxury of filling a 30kg bag with items you might need.
Here's where you have to get tight on what you really need to take with you. Let's face it – we've all been in the position where we haven't used half of the things we've packed.
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Short breaks usually mean you're staying close by, so the weather won't be too different to what you've been experiencing at home. If you're travelling in the colder months, make sure you pack a light trench or wrap coat in a colour that will go with all of your outfits. Coats are perfect at elevating your outfit and are most needed at the night.
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Don't go overboard with your beauty bag
Start packing your beauty bag a few days in advance so you'll have to take out any items when you want to use them. This helps you realise what items you don't really use, which usually means you won't need them on your trip either. Keep your makeup simple and make sure you remember essentials like moisturiser and a toothbrush!
Get your tech in order
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Missouri lawmaker: Allowing gays to serve openly increases a military's casualty rate.
Missouri State Sen. Gary Nodler (R), who is running for Congress, recently argued that repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) "would offend the terrorists" and be a "cultuaral [sic] affront to the Muslims in who's [sic] country we are operating." When blogger Eli Yokley asked Nodler to clarify his comments, noting that many U.S. allies do not discriminate, Nodler suggested that the UK has a higher causality rate than other allies because it allows gay men and women to serve openly:
NODLER: The fact is, in Iraq, and for a period of time in Afghanistan, that happens to be the force that had the highest casualty rate. I can't say with any certainty that I have any proof that that's because there's less comfort from the Iraqis and Afghanis in dealing with those forces, but it might be. And so, I believe the highest casualty rate in any of the allied forces has in fact been Great Britain.
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As the Wonk Room's Igor Volsky noted, Nodler is advocating a policy that allows foreign nations and cultures to "guide U.S. military policy." Nodler has also expressed concern with women serving, saying that the policy might not be "advancing the goals of the U.S. military." Moreover, every NATO member except the U.S. and Turkey allow gay men and women to serve openly. A recent report from the Palm Center found that "preliminary findings that open gays do not disrupt military effectiveness hold over time, including in Britain, whose policy of non-discrimination marked its ten-year anniversary last month."


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Salem Psalms teams up with The Beatz & Lyrics show with Jayforce to release the 3rd in their A3C mixtape series, Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Vol 2. The mixtape was recorded entirely during the A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta, GA on site at the venue in the Unique Squared Mobile Studio and also at Salem Psalms Library, an earshot away from the festival grounds. The project is once again executive produced by production duo The Bros Dynamite and features some of the most talented and notable independent hip hop artists around.
The 22 track mixtape is a mash-up of new collaborations between artists and producers that previously may not have worked together. The project features notables MC: J-Live, Reks, Termanology, Sha Stimuli, Focus…, Boog Brown, Stanza, Ultra Beast (Senor Kaos & 4ize), Laws, and many more. There is also a stellar line-up of producers featured on the project. Beats from Focus…, Illastrate, King I Divine, D.R.U.G.S., Shade Cobain, Nefarious!, and many more!
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In the Beat Bashers Competition you get to chose which artist had best verse, which producer had the best beat, and which one of the 22 song covers was the best. The winning artist and producer both get a Spark Microphone courtesy of Blue Microphones and a Mudguard from Auralex, the industry leader in studio acoustic treatment products. In addition the producer voted best will receive a copy of Ozone 5'Mastering System' by iZotope. The best cover art wins the artist a pair of BEATS™ by Dre "Tours".
- Listen to Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Vol. 2 – While you are there, check out the artwork for all the songs. (maxi-singles)
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Mannnnnn! What ever happened to the thumbing through photos inside my favorite jewel case? Well… we felt the same way.
This interactive, 74 page full-color photo flipbook by Lens of Life Photography and Salem Psalms was captured entirely during the A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta, GA, on Oct. 6-8, 2011. Lens of Life followed the B&L2GOV2 Team to Salem Psalms Library and the Unique Squared Mobile Studio to document all the behind-the-scenes action of the recording process for all three days. In addition, the includes exclusive "live on stage" photos of Elzhi, M.O.P., Dead Prez, 4IZE, and more.
You can scroll over the icons to find out more about the people in the photo. We have included links to Twitter, Music Pages and songs from Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Vol. 2. All photos by: Lens of Life Photography, "Capturing the beauty I see within you"
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C.Flux.Sing, Goldi Gold, and Mister Soul combined to form our team of art directors. They gathered an additional ten of the dopest visual artists around to create 22 separate pieces of amazing cover art. They went a step further in coordinating the teams efforts to sculpt the themes of both SalemPsalmsLibrary.com and the Salem Psalms Bandcamp sites to make the project an unforgettable experience. The team was good enough to bless us with a wallpaper version of each of the 22 singles. They are included in your free download of every maxi-single. – 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200
Sha Stimuli – The Calling (prod Focus) Official Music Video [Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Vol. 2]
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The Society of Jesus in the United States announced today that Fr. William J. Kelley, SJ, has been named the new secretary for social and international ministries at the Jesuit Conference. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Jesuit Conference is the liaison office that coordinates the national work of the Jesuits, the largest order of priests and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church. As secretary for social and international ministries, Fr. Kelley's responsibilities will include coordinating and supporting the Jesuits' social justice work in the U.S. and networking with international justice ministries. Fr. Kelley assumes his new role in the fall.
Currently serving as the provincial assistant for pastoral ministries for the California Province of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Kelley's life as a Jesuit has been defined by his care for those who are at the margins, especially those from Latin America.
Originally from Philadelphia, he first met the Jesuits as a student at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, and following his 1973 graduation, Fr. Kelley entered the Maryland Province Jesuits. Always interested in international ministry, Fr. Kelley was missioned to Chile in the late 1970s to serve for two years as a teacher at the Colegio San Mateo in Osorno.
After obtaining a master's degree in Latin American studies from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Fr. Kelley returned to Chile to study at the ILADES Latin American Institute of Doctrine and Social Studies in Santiago. Following ordination in 1985, he returned to Chile for 2 ½ years to work in a parish in Santiago. After several years of graduate studies at Stanford, Fr. Kelley served in parish ministry for nearly 15 years in Jesuit churches in North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey. Much of his parish work has been devoted to ministering to Hispanic and urban congregations and accompanying those who are struggling with issues surrounding immigration.
"As I look back over my life as a Jesuit, the single most important thing that ever happened to me was the opportunity to go to Chile early on, which helped shape everything that came later. I've found myself always seeking opportunities and assignments that would bring me into contact with Hispanic people," said Fr. Kelley. "The years of working in parishes have helped me see the needs of those we minister to, especially in terms of immigration and the impact of poverty. This position perfectly encompasses everything that gives me life, and I couldn't be more excited."
Father Thomas H. Smolich, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference, said, "In addition to his many years of parish ministry, Fr. Kelley brings solid academic credentials to his new role heading our office of social and international ministries. His extensive experience in Latin America will be extremely important as the Society of Jesus continues to put our work for faith and justice at the forefront of everything we do."
Fr. Kelley replaces Fr. Thomas Greene, SJ, who will next serve as rector of the Bellarmine House of Studies, a Jesuit formation center in St. Louis. Of Fr. Green's tenure, Fr. Smolich said, "I am profoundly grateful for the contributions of Father Tom Greene. "He brought energy, focus, and leadership to our advocacy efforts and because of his work and devotion to social justice, we've made tremendous strides in the last four years."


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There are numerous examples of people transferring into the T1/2 from T3/4.Where are you looking location/rank wise?
Thank you very much for the replies! I am actually looking to transfer to Ole Miss, or Pepperdine law. I know that those are two very different schools as far as rank and location are concerned, but those are the two places that I actually want to practice. (I have family close to both) I'm just a little nervous because of all the Cooley bashing that I have noticed. I realize that Cooley is not the premier law school in the nation, but I was hoping that I could attend there for my first year with a scholarship, and then transfer to my school of choice. Also, I completely understand that going to law school with the intent of transfer is not a smart move!! My only problem is that my undergrad GPA was a little bit low, and I didn't get into either school on my first attempt. Do you guys think it might be possible? Are either of these schools transfer friendly? Thank you for all of your help and advice!
hahaha.. thank you for the advice!! Both of my parents are alumni from Ole Miss, so hopefully that will help. I noticed on LSN that they only had 3 people transfer in though.. that doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy!


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The twenty-second edition of the SCIC-Universities conference focused on how to share knowledge, foster communities and future-proof the interpreting profession. The highlight was the launch of the prototype of the much-awaited Knowledge Centre on Interpretation, but the programme included presentations of the latest developments in the e-learning projects of DG SCIC and DG LINC, as well as contributions from various speakers from universities and international organisations on how to forge a fit-for-purpose profession, covering such hot topics as interpreter training in the 21st century, remote interpretation, artificial intelligence, and the need to build networks.
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Cohen Named Fellow of the American Psychological Association
This fall, the American Psychological Association recognized psychology faculty member Ron Cohen for his "outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology" by naming him a fellow. This honor is bestowed on those whose work has made "a national impact on the field of psychology".
During the past year Cohen was also elected a Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and received the Society's 2007 Undergraduate Teaching Award. Over the course of his career he has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute on Aging. For the last 19 years he has served as an Associate Editor of Social Justice Research, an international and interdisciplinary scholarly journal. In addition, his work has been published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Journal of Social and Personal Relations, Human Relations, and Human Rights Review. Since 1971 Cohen has taught at Bennington and has offered courses such as "Shhh: The Social Construction of Silence;" "(Re)Writing History: Historical Grievances and Retrospective Redress;" "Discourse, Deliberation, and Democracy;" "Conformity and Dissent," and "Trust and Distrust."
If you ask Cohen about his work, two words will drive what will be a rich and deeply intellectual conversation—justice and silence. Recently, he spoke about both.
Your scholarly interest in justice has spanned more than three decades. How has the study of justice in academic circles evolved, as you see it?
My major interest is in people's everyday understandings of justice and injustice. Social science theory and empirical research on these issues has grown tremendously during this period, in psychology, sociology, politics, economics, and anthropology. This growth was spurred both by the tumultuous events of the 1960's, and by the appearance of philosopher John Rawls's A Theory of Justice. Studying justice has also become much more important in professional schools—law schools, business schools, and medical schools—and in relationships between the social sciences and the humanities, most notably work on law and literature.
You teach courses on justice and silence. What are some examples of books that you use to help teach students about these issues?
One of the books I use is Troubling Confessions by a literary critic named Peter Brooks. It's a study of the structure and practice of confession in religious settings, in legal settings, and in psychotherapeutic settings. Such confessional practices, and the controversies surrounding them, are related to justice and silence in obvious ways. I also useWhistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power by the political theorist Fred Alford Whistleblowers seem the prototypic silence-breakers, and though they are publicly celebrated as heroes, their lives are hell. Many lose their jobs, their friends, and their families. In order for them to tell their own stories, and for us to hear them, we would need to forsake many of our fundamental beliefs: "that the individual matters, that law and justice can be relied upon," and that the purpose of law is to remove the caprice of powerful individuals."
How do approach teaching a topic like silence?
A basic principle of Gestalt psychology's approach to perception is the figure/ground relationship. In confronting any sensory array—visual, auditory—certain aspects of the array emerge as the focus of attention, while other aspects recede into the background. We typically think about (auditory) silence as the ground from which sounds, words, and language emerge. As a result, these things are called to and occupy our attention, both in everyday life and in scholarly work. The issues that tend to be addressed are, for example, how human beings learn to speak. What I suggest to students is that we reverse the typical figure/ground relationship and examine talk (including the babbling, cooing, and crying of infants) as the background from which silence emerges. Rather than assuming that talk emerges out of silence, the suggestion is that silence emerges from talk. At the beginning of the course I ask students to keep a journal of noticeable silences and how they are produced, maintained, and broken. We go on to examine the silences that sustain speaking and conversation (e.g., pauses within a turn at talk, silence as people exchange turns at talk, and how we are able to discern the difference), as well as "topical" silences.
You've talked about the elephant in the room phenomenon. Will you explain this?
The "elephant in the room" is the object or issue everyone recognizes, but must not be acknowledged, and therefore is not mentioned. This is a wonderfully complex but fragile achievement, because it requires that everyone be aware of what it is that must not be mentioned, and agree without expressing their agreement that it not be mentioned. Sometimes, of course, we explicate this agreement, as when we agree not to talk about matters that some of us might find discomforting or offensive. However, it is important to try to understand how we do this silently, i.e., without speaking. When there's an elephant in the room, we engage in collective denial.
Do you see evidence of any elephants in our culture right now that you'd like to speak about?
We're the richest nation in the world, but many people, often children, lack basic necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, and care. It's very uncomfortable to talk about—if this is the case, why aren't we at the local food bank, or homeless shelter, making sure that people don't go hungry? Every so often these issues emerge from the (back) ground and capture our attention, but for the most part they remain elephants in the room. The facts of inequality and unaddressed basic needs raise the issue of class, one rarely raised in public discourse in a serious and sustained way. When it is raised, those who do so are criticized for fomenting "class warfare," for appealing to envy and hate. In such a context, the risks in "speaking up" become quite clear, and a powerful "conspiracy of silence" is sustained. Issues no longer appear (to be) "on the agenda," and even periodic attempts to re-introduce them produce heavy sanctions. It will be interesting to see whether, and if so, in what ways, the issue of class becomes a matter of public discourse as we approach the 2008 election, and the attempts that will be made to relegate it to the category of issues good people don't discuss in public.


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Now this series on reading to your kids is for all you fellow moms out there. My next suggestion is technically two - but they go so well together that I wanted to talk about them at the same time. In general terms, here are the definitions:
Predictions and Inferences have to do with using context clues (from pictures or from words) in order to make a guess about the story. Predicting is guessing what will happen; inferencing is guessing what already happened.
1) A great example of teaching 'predicting' is something that you will see most lower elementary teachers do every time they grab a book. They will show the cover to their class, read the title, and ask, "What do you think this story is about?" Try doing this with your kids every time you pick up a book. They will start out by making guesses based on the picture on the front. That's great! Encourage every guess. It's important to teach your child that there is no wrong answer. Then read the title. Sometimes the title of the book doesn't match the picture exactly...this provides a good opportunity for discussion. For example, in many copies of "The Mitten" by Jan Brett, the cover shows the mitten but it also shows a lot of other animals that will make an appearance.
Talk about how the mitten is probably the main part of the story since it is the title. Then make predictions about the mitten. Whose is it? Why is it on the ground? What do you think happened next? What are the animals going to do with it? See how you have already had some great discussion and you haven't even opened up the book yet?
2) Make predictions as you go throughout the book about what might happen next. You will need to talk about why you think something will happen next. For example, in one of my favorite books for preschoolers, "Good Night Gorilla", there are hardly any words which can allow for some great conversation. There is a page where the gorilla is stealing the keys from the zookeeper.
You can ask, "What is the gorilla going to do next?" Talk about how the gorilla is reaching for the keys, so he is probably trying to take them and unlock his cage and escape. (That was actually using clues to make an inference which then helps you make a prediction. They go together very well. But you can see how it can get quite complex and children may need it explained step by step).
3) Many picture books have plenty of opportunities to teach inferencing, because the illustrator can't very well draw every single thing that happens in the story. Oftentimes you have to use your imagination and clues from the story to fill in the blanks. Returning to my "Good Night Gorilla" example, the page after the gorilla is sneaking the keys is a picture of the gorilla following the zookeeper and they are now at the elephant's cage.
Clearly some things have happened since the last picture, namely, the gorilla opened his own cage with the keys that he stole. Many children have a difficult time grasping these events when they didn't actually see them occur. Explain to the child that something happened and we didn't see the picture of it, but we know it happened because of the clues the pictures gave us. So....what do you think will happen next? See - another predicting opportunity. This particular book is great because there are a TON of opportunities for inferencing and predicting. I think that once you start paying attention you will notice how often we apply these skills in books without even realizing it! If your child learns how to do this with pictures then it will be a great foundation for them to start applying it when they learn how to read on their own, then when there are no pictures at all.
I hope you find this helpful and that you have fun reading books with your kids!


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The problem with dealing in illegal tech was that the clientele were both undesirable and untrustworthy. William Pearce reflected on this sourly as he waited near the berth of Captain Goodwin's ship, the aptly named Reaper.
Get through this, he thought, and you can go home to Lara, to Earth, and never have to see this hell hole again.
Clovelly was a frontier system, right out on the edge. The edge of known space, the edge of civilisation, the edge of humanity itself. It was out on this edge that Will reckoned a man could make his fortune, if he had the nerve for it.
"Change of plan, Mr Pearce", said Captain Goodwin by way of greeting as his men manhandled the goods from Will's truck into the Reaper's cargo bay. "I'll be needing your technical services for this voyage. You'll be rightly recompensed for your trouble."
"Why can't Gao handle it?" Will asked, remembering the Reaper's chief engineer, the man who had methodically examined the device when this deal had first been struck.
"He had an ethical disagreement with Sawad", said the Captain, nodding at his first mate. Sawad smiled like a shark, white teeth and hideous intent. Gao was dead, that was a certainty.
"My payment?" Will asked.
"In full when we return to port, plus a bonus. I give you my word", replied the Captain with a carnivorous grin.
Under Sawad's menacing glare Will had no choice but to followed the Captain's men into the Cargo bay.
Will stared out at the scattered rocks of the Stroma asteroid belt through the flight deck windows and shivered. Never ask why they want it and never get involved. Too late for that now. It was not hard to guess what Goodwin and his men wanted with a superluminal navigation beacon.
The Captain glanced his way and winked. "Not long now, Mr Pearce. Once our man at Launceston sends word, we'll be seeing action. The waiting is always the worst part."
The atmosphere was certainly tense. Goodwin's men were anxious and ill humoured, suited up and ready for egress down below. Will ran a system check on the beacon from the console, for the umpteenth time, and fidgeted.
The Captain stiffened, the blue light of his ear bud indicating an incoming communication. "Mr Pearce", he said, "power up the beacon if you please. Sawad, prepare the men."
In contrast to the frenetic bustle around him, Will activated the beacon with the merest touch of his fingers on the console in front of him. It began blasting out its navigation signal into the superluminal ether, drowning out the real beacon at the Launceston space port and sending false information to any ship bearing down on the Clovelly system.
It was over so fast, the eye could barely comprehend it. The wormhole opened five kilometres to port, inside the edge of the asteroid field. The ship transitioned into real space in a blink and collided with the icy rocks spinning out eternity there. The impact was massive. Will watched in horror as the fiery blooms burst across the ship's hull.
Captain Godwin grinned as he broadcast the doomed craft's SOS over the ship's intercom.
"Mayday! Mayday! This is the Napoli. We have lost propulsion and life support. Require immediate assistance."
"Napoli, this is the Reaper, we are on our way to assist. How many crew and passengers. Over."
The relief in the man's voice was palpable. "Twenty-two crew and fourteen passengers. Over."
"Get everyone to your aft airlock", replied the Captain, "I'm sending crew over to assist. Prepare for docking and transfer. Over and out."
The clang of the Reaper's own airlock rang throughout ship as the Captain's men exited the Reaper. Will sat impotently and watched as they jetted towards the torn hull of the Napoli. The Captain put the view from Sawad's helmet camera up on a screen, and they watched in silence as the Napoli's airlock drew closer.
"Napoli, open the outer door", Sawad said over the radio.
The door cracked and brief burst of atmosphere vented into space before it slid smoothly into the hull. Rather than enter, as Will had expected, Sawad threw a satchel into the airlock and then quickly manoeuvred to one side. Will saw the camera shake and then gasped in disbelief as atmosphere, debris and human bodies burst out or the Napoli's airlock. Sawad had blown the inner door.
"Law of salvage, Mr Pearce," the Captain said as Will watched the crew and passengers of the Napoli writhe, then slowly becoming still as they floated away into the void. "No claim while an officer or passenger aboard lives."
The sound of a gunshot catapulted Captain Goodwin from his sleep. By the time he got to the cabin it had come from, Sawad was already there, his white teeth flashed their shark like smile but there was a hint of disappointment in his cold eyes. William Pearce lay dead upon his bunk, his brains sprayed across the bulkhead, the gun still clutched in his hand.
"Damn fool could have pierced the hull", the Captain grunted, checking the bulkhead for damage.
Something on the cabin's comm terminal caught Sawad's eye. He poked at it, bringing up the last message. A pretty girl's face filled the screen.
"William, I can't wait any longer", she said into the camera lens, "I miss you so much and I couldn't keep this surprise until you got back." The camera shifted clumsily in her hand as she swivelled it to show the swelling bump of her belly then back to her face. "I've booked passage on the cargo ship Napoli. I hope you get this message before I arrive. Love you. See you soon!"
"Dump the body out the airlock", the Captain said, nodding at the corpse and yawning. "And keep this between ourselves, unless you want to split his share with the others."
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I recently received paperwork from my employer requesting a meeting to discuss my employment status with them. I had gotten injured at work on December 28, 2010. Approximately 8 weeks later I found out I was pregnant. At the time my pregnancy did not add to my injury, it just made my workers comp doctor more cautious regarding my restrictions. When I had a higher weight restriction of 50 pounds, they could not accommodate my restrictions, but when I was 8 months pregnant, they decided that I could do housekeeping with a 10 pound weight restriction, which my OB/GYN and my workers comp doctor did not appreciate as they were lied to about the work I would be doing. Now that I have had my son I have been able to restart my physical therapy at which point I ended up plateauing on and the pain from my injury was more prevalent than it had been during my entire pregnancy. After speaking with an orthopedic surgeon, he ordered an MRI with dye and was able to find a labral tear along with a couple other issues that could only be resolved through surgery and physical therapy following the surgery. Is it legal for my employer to fire me while I am still out on workers compensation? If so, do I lose the workers compensation payments for lost wages? My employer basically made me feel like the only 2 options I had with regards to my employment with them was to either have had an abortion or hope for a miscarriage or I should have gone back to work with no restrictions even after I ended up going into pre-term labor the one day I did end up returning to work. They also want me to present my case to them regarding keeping my employment. I had given them ample opportunities to allow me to work within my restriction guidelines and I even told them that I was a medication aide now and they never found a way to accommodate my restrictions. I feel like I am being singled out because I slipped and fell and got injured and subsequently found out I was pregnant, which is obviously not under my conscious control. What should I do if what my employer is doing is wrong?
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Being a relatively new "blogger", and being almost just as new to the idea of "online communication" outside of the email I use for work, it was somewhat surprising to find myself sitting in a North Federal taco joint with an "online friend": fellow Denver-area blogger and food-illustrating wonder, Riki Takaoka. My mission was twofold: 1) meet Riki and see him draw my favorite food, and 2) eat my favorite food.
One of the reasons I started this blog was to seek out Denver's best tacos al pastor, with the one qualifying rule that said pastor must come roasted on a spit. Here is what I know so far: Taco Veloz on North Federal has the best pastor in the city. There are some close seconds, but in my fourth installment of what will become many more, Taco Veloz is the best and most authentic (edging out Carboncitos and soundly beating Taco Mex, while Tacos Junior cried in the corner and begged for mercy ).
Taco Veloz on that rainy Monday night was pretty lonely. There were one or two other people in there when Riki and I walked in, and a few trickled in when we left, but for the most part we dined alone. Therefore I was able to pick a choice spot that gave Riki an unobstructed view of the spit of pastor, and he immediately set to work by opening his sketch book and spreading some pens on the table.
The taco spit is a little sad. It sits in the corner unadorned, unlit and seemingly unloved; and although every time I have been there it has been well-charred, the flame is off and there is no taquero there meticulously grooming, spinning, shaping and generally caring for it. (I think peak hours may be 2 am to 4 am when the club down the street lets out.) The taquero in the kitchen simply comes out to slice a few pieces off and goes back to the kitchen for the obligatory grilling found only in the hyper-sanitary United States of America. But regardless of the indifferent manner it seems to be treated, and along with the customary overcooking, what comes out is pure delight-- with a big chunk of fresh pineapple on top and handmade tortillas underneath. The salsa bar is extensive as well, and one weekend they even had a large molcajete bowl out with a recently ground tomatillo-avocado salsa that was out of this world for its freshness and taste.
Meanwhile Riki was sketching away. He truly gets inspired by food, and I love how his sketches primarily consist of the most ordinary and everyday food necessities. Milk. Lentils. Hot Dogs. It's a take on the still life, I suppose, putting center stage commonplace objects which are often under-recognized if not plainly ignored in our daily lives. Still life paintings teach us to pause and think about the beauty that can be our day-to-day grind and remind us to appreciate subtle moments in our life. Or something like that. Tacos al pastor are not necessarily a part of everyday life even for me, though arguments have been made (by me with to my wife) that they should be; but they are nonetheless beautiful and under appreciated. Riki, who appreciates even the most mundane of monotonous meals, found these morsels to be particularly inspiring; and never having even heard of tacos al pastor, he was grinning ear-to-ear after every bite; and somehow without soaking his sketch book in taco grease, he made some wonderful sketches like this one. Look at the amazing line work and shading:
The colors are great, and the whole painting is vibrant, almost jumping off the screen. I particularly like his broad brush strokes and the cartoon-like realism he evokes. (Plus, this painting makes me particularly hungry.)
Since going to Taco Veloz with Riki, everytime I have returned it has been consistently the best pastor I have had in Denver. The taste is perfect. The slices are thin and well charred. The pineapple is fresh, and so are the tortillas. The salsa bar is a bonus. I am still venturing out to new places I have heard about and also to a couple others that I have been to before, but until then, you cannot go wrong with Taco Veloz for an authentic pastor experience.
Holiday season got you in the mood for Tacos al Pastor? Get festive at 5044 North Federal. And what better way to end your New Year's celebration. Open until 4 am.


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Boasting a cast of 14, the latest production from this province's World class Wonderbolt Circus is called Tricksters. The show, unveiled for a sneak peak in St. John's, is without disappointment. Those that grew up familiar with early Wonderbolt days have a golden opportunity to feel the magic in its purest form again and with any luck the show will eventually (and hopefully) be available on DVD. Ringmaster Beni Malone performs in his classic, beloved way; signature funny clown hips, on stilts and playing with fire – his cherished charming smile, popping out for a well timed laugh.
Malone is joined in Tricksters by nephew Dash Malone who takes on an anime-style Zoolander appearance, living up to his name, zipping and flipping around the theatre. Also from the family clan is Anahareo White-Malone who returns home from Germany, where she's very obviously blossomed from training and is a rising international aerialist sensation. White-Malone takes on a number of characters in the show including an uptight foreign woman milling about the audience before the show struggling to find her seat harassing ushers played by Lauren and Jeff Smyth.
That character reappears throughout the show with Champaign. For the second act, in a pencil skirt and high heals she proceeds to perform acrobatics in a hanging hula hoop dangling over the stage with white round Chinese paper lanterns floating around her.
Prior to that standout solo, White-Malone snuck down on white silk ribbons attached to a stage fly wearing a white mask. She was followed down by Josh Oliver in the same piece, whose aerial strength was revealed off the top of the show when he'd been lowered from a hatch in the ceiling on black canvas straps right over the audience. Both performances were beautifully executed, visually stunning and easily trigged tears for some in combination with the soundscape.
The sounds by George Morgan and Bill Brennan were nothing short of outstanding. Speaking with producers at the intermission revealed Morgan made certain percussion elements, such as a wall of more then 7 gongs. A brilliant play fight shared by Oliver and David Mercer graciously shared the spotlight with the Wonderbolt band with class when the four used plastic piping to tap familiar tunes out on their thighs.
Mercer was joined by fellow Gentleman Juggler James Burke as the main through-line characters with Beni Malone. Both attempted to lure Mercer to step away from being fixated by the formulas of a rubrics cube in lieu of their world of make-believe. The second scene featured a touching but comedic shared campfire complete with roasting marshmallows between Beni and the Gentleman Jugglers. All three strategically used vocal exclamations during times of surprise, when Oliver snuck down from a fly and grabbed Mercer by a harness made to look like the back of his shirt for example.
A number of times a big dog popped out on stage to alarm Mercer, Burke and Malone as an especially great way to draw the younger audience in. Also vaguely familiar to the youth was a character that resembled the ever-popular Mary Poppins played by Kat Finck. She impressively lowered on stage holding an umbrella by a wrist strap that was also attached to a stage fly. Finck later reappeared opening the second act with an impressive costume change and diabolo performance. The second act also heats up with an amazing two hoop performance by Allison Collins (Ali Hoops) with Smyth ushers dutifully standing by the fire exits of the Reid.
A clear audience favourite was the vignette including world champion Aboriginal hoop dancer Terrance Littletent who's joined by Jayson Littletent for vocals and percussion. This is a particularly relevant feature as the show moves from St. John's to the 5th Annual Kamataukatshiuht Circus Festival. After running from August 19-23rd at the Reid Theatre (matinees Aug 19/20 at 2:00pm), Wonderbolt will take Tricksters to Natuashush and Sheshatshiu before doing a cross-island tour of Arts and Culture Centres in February 2010 after becoming a part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympics.
For more information about Wonderbolt go to www.wonderbolt.ca. Tickets for Tricksters at the Reid Theatre are available at the Holy Heart Boxoffice or by calling 579-4424.


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Not so long ago I did a kind of hatchet piece on Diamond Dallas Page and his new fangled yoga, called DDP Yoga. Since then, DDP Yoga has proven me wrong. A lot of people really love it! Including Dennis Haskins, who you likely only know as "Mr. Belding."
The endorsement sort of makes sense since, excluding wrestlers, it is virtually impossible to think of a person who has gotten more local mileage out of one character than Haskins has from his Mr. Belding—his twitter account is literally @mrbelding. Haskins, in his dual role as regular human being and fake principal/unlikely confidant to high school troublemakers, has hopped aboard the DDP Yoga train—"he eats it, he lives it, he breathes it"—and decided to nominate him for a Shorty award in social fitness.
Now, I don't know what any of that means but it's happened, as you can clearly see. Anyway, Haskins is totally in support of DDP yoga, especially because of the benefits it has offered a wide cross-section of the American public "from wrestlers today, to civilians in regular life."


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Sure it looks like a squashed bug, er Beetle; but the E-Bugster concept also has some very Porsche-y elements. Take, for example, those huge, chrome wheels that echo the Fuchs wheels of Porsches past.
Add to that the Carrera stripe and the low roofline, and you might think you're in the presence of a new sort of Porsche 356. Wouldn't that be swell? Perhaps.
But banish that though from your mind. This is a concept heralding the electric driveline set to power the Golf Blue E-motion, which will arrive in the U.S. market sometime in 2013.
The Golf Blue E-motion will compete for the affections of non-Joel-Johnsons against voltage eaters like the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-Miev.
The E-Bugster, like the Golf, is powered by a 114-hp (199 lb-ft) electric motor and lithium-ion battery, which weighs 700-lbs — just over one-third the weight of a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle.
Even still, the E-Bugster's chop isn't as radical as the Ragster concept's roofing chop-job was back in 2005.


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"What was Valentine's Day originally for? For sharing love?"
That's what our third-grader asked as she glued hearts onto her shoebox Valentine mailbox for school. She had just finished gleefully and proudly writing out Valentines for her classmates. She's the third child so she gets store-bought Valentines now. I found cute ones that she loves, but I laugh and shrug at one more thing that I've let go of as the years pass: Homemade Valentines.
When the kids were younger, they created exuberantly, sitting among construction paper hearts, white lacy doilies (with all the little teeny flakes that fall out as you pull them apart) and scraps of pink, red and white. They rubber stamped cupids and hearts and Valentine's Day wishes, they decorated rectangles into book marks and glued and glued and glued.
I drew the line at glitter. Have you ever tried to clean up a glitter spill? It will never ever actually completely go away, you will still see glitter at Christmas and in time for the next Valentine's Day.
As my Mom did growing up, each Valentine's Day, our tradition is to have a special family dinner. I'll set the table in the dining room with linen napkins, candles, Valentines and a small package at each place, a new book for each kid. I don't make my own cards either, I buy my Valentine's, too. (I'm a Hallmark girl – I love buying and sending cards!)
I savor selecting the perfect cards. For Nick, I often choose several. This year, I mailed a funny one to his office and he'll have another waiting at dinner. I'll find Valentines at my seat, too. Those poems and pictures lovingly made at school that warm my heart and the one that makes my heart flutter as I catch my husband's eye across the table.
Our Valentine's Day is about all of my sweethearts: the man I married and the three I birthed. We don't need February 14th to ourselves, other evenings, Nick and I will have our date nights. But tonight, we'll reminisce about our first Valentine's Day together 20 years ago and we'll enjoy our kiddos and family time.
While the old-fashioned, nostalgic fun of making your own Valentines has perhaps seen it's day in our house, in the end, it really doesn't matter. Valentine's Day is about the intention and the thought. It's about acknowledging and appreciating our friendships and relationships.
At eight, Anna said it perfectly: Valentine's Day is all about sharing love, however you do that.


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A lot can happen in the span of seven years. Coincidentally, that's how long ago this pack of cards came out. In case you didn't know, I freed it from a cheap-o box of cards I got at K-Mart.
Since this pack was produced somewhere before the dawn of television, and thus, before mixed martial arts pay-per-view, I'll give you an update as to what each player is now doing. Fun stuff!
Let's tear in.
Top to Bottom:
23 Jacque Jones
Update: Changed last name to Mauer, currently lapping up all of the accoutrements therein and therein contained.
93 Darin Erstad
Update: In the running for Disneyland's Goofy, summer 2011. Will settle for Thumper.
109 Victor Martinez
Update: Splitting time between Boston Red Sox and his home-operated "Bring Back Surge Soda" website.
18 Jose Vidro
Update: Spearheading the now-thriving Puerto Rican bullfighting movement.
98 Bartolo Colon
Update: Free agent starting pitcher.
By the way, the backs of the cards all show the exact same stadium seating diagram. How hard would it have been to show the diagram specific to that player's team?
Saturday, August 21, 2010
3 comments:
- Unknown said...
Hilarious about the seating charts.
- zman40 said...
Wow. That is bad.
- Super Dash Rendar said...
I think they tried too hard on these cards. The design feels cluttered and too dark. That is crazy that it's the same stadium design on the back. Well all cards can't be winners. Great posting.
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The word Kanchenjunga is derived from the Tibetan words Kanchen and Dzonga meaning five treasuries of snow. It is engirdled by three countries Sikkim in the south and east, Nepal in the west and Tibet in the North. The people of Sikkim worship the deity known as Khanchenzdunga. The festival is known as Tendong Lho Rum Faat by the Lepchas of Sikkim. The Lepcha tribe of Sikkim is affluent in folk tales. According to an anecdote customary among the Lepchas that the Kanchenjunga Range has raised from the horns of a deity which led for a massive flood in Sikkim. Therefore, to save themselves from the catastrophe, the Lepchas had taken their shelter in the high peaks of Tendong and Mainam. In the Lepcha Mythology, Kanchenjunga is spelt as Kong- Lo- Chu. They worship the peak as a God and on the third Moon Month every year; they celebrate a festival in reverence to the Lord Kanchenjunga. They make a model of the Mountain in facade of their homes and worship it. It is exclusively made of nine stones and the people dance and sings with mask to get the blessings of the Lord.
There is a belief among the Lepchas that the well wishes of the Lord are indispensable for keeping them wealthy and healthy. There was no permission to get to the top of the Mountain because it is believed that the Supreme resides in the topmost peak, and if anyone surpasses he will be displeased. A celebration is held every year to indicate the ascension of the Lord for the safeguard of the Lepchas. This carnival is known as the Tendong Lho Rum Faat.
The festival called Tendong Lho Rum Faat is held on the 3rd Lunar Month each year at Sikkim.
The festival called Tendong Lho Rum Faat is held on the 3rd Lunar Month each year at Sikkim.
Although Kangchenjunga is the official spelling adopted by Douglas Freshfield, A.M. Kellas, and the Royal Geographical Society that gives the best indication of the Tibetan pronunciation, there are a number of alternative spellings which include Kangchen Dzönga, Khangchendzonga, Kanchenjanga, Kachendzonga, Kanchenjunga or Kangchanfanga. The final word on the use of the name Kangchenjunga came from His Highness Sir Tashi Namgyal, the Maharaja or Chogyal of Sikkim, who stated that "although junga had no meaning in Tibetan, it really ought to have been Zod-nga (treasure, five) Kang-chen (snow, big) to convey the meaning correctly". Following consultations with a Lieutenant-Colonel J.L.R. Weir (HMG political agent to Sikkim), he agreed that it was best to leave it as Kangchenjunga, and thus the name remained so by acceptance and usage.
Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations made by the British Great Trigonometric Survey in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest (known as Peak XV at the time) was the highest and Kangchenjunga the third-highest. Kangchenjunga was first climbed on May 25, 1955 by Joe Brown and George Band of a Britishexpedition. The British expedition honoured the beliefs of the Sikkimese, who hold the summit sacred, by stopping a few feet short of the actual summit. Most successful summit parties since then have followed this tradition.
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Games Workshop Proves It Would Rather Bully Authors Than Be A Culture Participant
from the authors-unite deptBack in December, I informed you of an unfortunate Amazon takedown of a novel by M.C.A. Hogarth, Spots The Space Marine, due to Games Workshop, maker of the Warhammer series claiming trademark over the term "space marine." As I noted at the time, that term has been around for at least the better part of a century, becoming so common place as to be the placeholder name for anonymous characters in games like the original Doom. That said, one can't feign surprise at Games Workshop's actions, considering how they've treated their own fans in the past. Still, I had rather hoped at the time that cooler heads would prevail, some agreement would have been worked out between both parties ($1 license, anyone!?!?!?), and yet another novel would have been offered to a public in sore need of a good story.
Sadly, my hopeful optimism has proven once more to be a fool's stance. Despite ongoing conversations between Hogarth and the company, it appears no arrangement could be constructed and the only options are a court case or the disappearance of a piece of culture. Considering the potential costs of a trial and the villianous myopia of Games Workshop's legal department, the likely outcome would appear to be the latter, save some rescuing group swooping in at the last minute. Don't underestimate the company's bravado in this instance, since the precedent it sets is a dangerous one.
In their last email to me, Games Workshop stated that they believe that their recent entrée into the e-book market gives them the common law trademark for the term "space marine" in all formats. If they choose to proceed on that belief, science fiction will lose a term that's been a part of its canon since its inception. Space marines were around long before Games Workshop. But if GW has their way, in the future, no one will be able to use the term "space marine" without it referring to the space marines of the Warhammer 40K universe.Feel free to point out that the trademark only covers certain markets if you like, but the claim by the company so far overreaches what trademark was intended to be that such an argument fails to find many footholds. Hogarth may be one author and this claim may be over one book, but for a cultural term like "space marine" (snicker if you like, but that's what it is now) formerly shared, but now locked up in corporate perdition, the impact is all of ours. For a company to lock it up as though it birthed the term is disgusting.
Hogarth, for her part, isn't some IP abolitionist either, lest you get the wrong idea.
I used to own a registered trademark. I understand the legal obligations of trademark holders to protect their IP. A Games Workshop trademark of the term "Adeptus Astartes" is completely understandable. But they've chosen instead to co-opt the legacy of science fiction writers who laid the groundwork for their success. Even more than I want to save Spots the Space Marine, I want someone to save all space marines for the genre I grew up reading. I want there to be a world where Heinlein and E.E. Smith's space marines can live alongside mine and everyone else's, and no one has the hubris to think that they can own a fundamental genre trope and deny it to everyone else.It's difficult to imagine anyone but Phobos' fictional imps disagreeing with her. Still, while several lawyers she's spoken with have agreed to take on the case, the costs are predictably prohibitive. In her blog post, Hogarth seems bewildered that these are the only choices she faces: spend more money than her writing earns income in a legal battle, or relinquish her novel to the ether.
Which conjures another interesting question. Where are all of the author's groups that are supposedly built to protect their flock from this sort of thing? What good are groups like the Science Fiction Writers of America, The Writer's Guild, and their like if they refuse to get involved in cases like these? These groups are supposed to be about a great deal more than handing out their proprietary awards. They're supposed to be advocating for culture as well. Why they haven't in this case is a mystery to me.
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YOKOHAMA: A Japanese robot designed to withstand high levels of radiation and extreme heat at damaged nuclear plants such as Fukushima froze on Wednesday on its first public demonstration.
Despite being home to the largest number of industrial robots in the world, Japan did not have a device capable of entering the damaged Fukushima nuclear facility after last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Instead, Japan brought in US robots to survey the extent of the damage inside the reactor buildings.
Toshiba Corp. unveiled Japan's own nuclear-proof robot on Wednesday, a four-legged device able to carry up to 20 kg of equipment and capable of lifting itself up if it falls over on uneven surfaces and amid debris.
During the demonstration, the robot experienced a case of stage fright. The shuffling Tetrapod locked up and suddenly froze after it tried to balance itself, forcing technicians to carry it away.
It is the second time such Japanese robotic technology has experienced problems. Last October, a crawling robot developed by the Chiba Institute of Technology lost connection with operators and was abandoned inside Fukushima's No. 2 reactor building.


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Yes, the image above looks like crap. Yes, I did it on purpose. Yes, I'm hoping to destroy Mike's eyesight.
For those of you in on the joke, this is hilarious. For those of you who aren't, I'm sorry. But its over now. And the latest in the craft beer world is coming your way.
Remember, if you have anything you want to share with HBG, drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Focus people! It's time for Random Beer Roundup!
Hoosier Beer Calendar
Events are subject to change
Friday, May 29th, 4:30-6:30pm at Parti Pak Liquors in Indianapolis:
Free Beer Tasting featuring Boulder, Founders, Mendocino & Two Brothers Brewing Co.
Saturday, May 30th, 9:30am at Brugge Brasserie in Indianapolis:
The end of the English Club Football season is upon us with the most important trophy to be decided this week. And the best place in town to watch is upstairs at Brugge.
FA Cup Final
Saturday, May 30 @ 10:00AM
From Wembley Chelsea v. Everton
A special Steak, Egg, and Frites breakfast will be available for $12.95.
Doors open at 09:30. No reservations.
Wednesday, June 3rd:
Mystery Roundtable Event *SOLD OUT*. Stay tuned to our Twitters for future Mystery Roundtable Events!
Monday, June 1, 5-7p at Kahn's Fine Wines in Indianapolis:
Wedensday, June 3rd, 5-7pm at Mad Anthony's in Ft. Wayne:
Summer Daze wheat tapping w/ complimentary food
Thursday, June 4th, 6-8pm, at Big Red Liquors in downtown Bloomington:
Free Beer Tasting
Thursday, June 4th, 6pm, at Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Indianapolis:
Bottom's Up Kolsch tapping
Saturday, June 6th, 3-7pm at Keg Liquors in Clarksville:
4th Annual Keg Liquors Fest of Ale, 30 + breweries, 3 craft beer distributors, 2 wine distributors and over 100 different craft and import beers to sample. http://www.kegliquors.com/festofale.htm for more details.
Monday, June 8, 5-7p at Kahn's Fine Wines in Indianapolis:
Sierra Nevada, featuring Kellerweis, Southern Hemisphere and Summerfest Lager
Saturday, June 13th, 5-10pm at Upland Brewing in Bloomington:
Radfest beer festival, $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Tickets are now being sold online here. See details under "What's Brewing" below.
Friday, June 19th and Saturday, June 20th at Crown Brewing in Crown Point:
Summerfest: Live Music, food, bean bag tourney, bounce/jump houses and "some of the best beer money can buy."
Monday, June 22nd at Beer Sellar in Indianapolis:
Big Bell's Brewing tapping, a record breaking 30 different Bell's beers on tap at once.
Saturday, June 27th on Mass Ave in Indianapolis:
Indy Brew Ha-Ha
Friday, July 17th at Optimist Park in Indianapolis:
Brewers of Indiana Guild VIP Dinner
Saturday, July 18th at Optimist Park in Indianaplis:
14th Annual Indiana Microbrewers Festival
Saturday, August 22nd:
A beer event to be announced soon. Stay tuned!
Saturday, September 12th, from 7-10pm at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend:
Zoo Brew, beer tasting event, tickets on sale August 1, $30 in advance; more info here.
What's Brewing
Price and availability are subject to change
From Jerry at Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Indianapolis:
Bottom's Up Kolsch tapping on Thursday the 4th at 6 pm. It's slightly malty sweet with a great bone dry finish!
Other beers:
Seasonal Wheat
South German Wheat Ale.
Banana aroma, citrus and clove flavors
Hops: Mt. Hood Malts: Canadian Pale, Winter Wheat
Hoosier Ma Stout
Milk Stout
sweet and creamy. Udderly delicious!
Hops: Golding Malts: English Pale, Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Rolled Oats
Sweet and bready malt flavor with a spicy hop finish. It's Lagericious!
Hops: German Noble Malts: English Pale, Munich malts
Naughty Pappy
Strong Scotch Ale
aged 1 year in a 20 year old Pappy Van Winkle bourbon barrel.
Hops: Willamette Malts: English Pale, Crystal, Chocolate
German Black Lager
Roasty and smooth.
Hops: Mt. Hood Malts: Pilsner, Munich, Carafa
Belgian Farmhouse Ale with a tart, refreshing taste and fruity aroma.
Hops: Golding Malts: English Pale, Summer Wheat, Munich
At the Bar
Price and availability are subject to change
From Dean at Deano's Vino in Indianapolis:
Nick's Beer Chalkboard:
On Draft at Press Time: Kronenbourg 1664 Lager, Bell's Oberon Summer Wheat, Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA.
Harpoon Leviathan
Victory HopDevil
Spaten Dunkel
Pyramid Apricot Ale
Fat Tire Belgium
Three Floyd's Brian Boru
Three Floyd's Gumballhead
Three Floyd's Alpha Klaus
(Don't forget the $3.50 drafts & $13 pitchers every Monday & Thursday!)
Carry Out
Price and availability are subject to change
From Kirk at Mr. G's Liquors in Noblesville:
New this weekFrom Cari at Kahn's Fine Wines in Indianapolis:
Mendocino Summer White Ale $8.99/6pk
Mendocino White Hawk IPA $8.99/6pk
Sergeants American Ale $8.99/6pk
Boulder Flashback Anniversary $10.99/6pk
New/Back In This Week:
Brooklyn Local 1 & 2
Rochefort 8
Green's Amber, Dubbel and Tripel - Belgian Gluten-Free Beers
BFM Bon Chien Trousseau #5
Stiegl Radler - 50% Austrian Lager, 50% Lemon Soda
Boulder Flashback Anniversary Ale - Brown IPA
Left Hand St. Vrain Tripel - Now in new packaging
Mendocino Summer White Belgian Wit Style
Chang Thai Lager
News, Reviews, and Gossip
From Greg at Cavalier Distributing in Indianapolis:
Boulder Brewing Company is celebrating is 30th Anniversary with a special 30th Annivesary brew!! The Boulder Looking Glass Flashback Anniversary Ale is being released this week and will be in stores and bars around the state before long. The Flashback is a Brown IPA and has the malt backbone of a Brown Ale with the strong hop presence of an IPA. It's already selling like wildfire, so get yours asap.From Mat at Cavalier Distributing in Indianapolis:
Left Hand St. Vrain Belgian Style Tripel is being released to select accounts throughout the state. St. Vrain is truly a masterpiece and a wonderful Tripel exhibiting huge depth of flavor and wonderful balance. It's part of Left Hand's Big Mo series and is only released every other year. Make sure to pick up some 2009 St. Vrain at your local supporters of Left Hand Brewing Company!
Information about the upcoming Stone's 13th Anniversary Ale.A quick reminder, we are still looking for volunteers for the Indiana Microbrewers Festival on July 18th. Details here. We have forty-four volunteers so far; we have room for more.
New Albanian Brewing Company's Roger Baylor writes about beer and baseball for LEO Weekly.
From Rick at Pints for Prostates:
Pints for Prostates, a campaign that uses the universal language of beer to encourage men to take charge of their health, is expanding its presence in 2009. The grassroots effort will appear at more than 20 events during the year and is increasing its pro bono advertising blitz to reach more people.From Mat at Cavalier Distributing in Indianapolis:
"Pints for Prostates is just a year old, but the campaign is starting to gain traction. We're being contacted by people who want to help out by hosting events, donating ad space and getting involved in other ways," said Rick Lyke, a 48-year-old Charlotte, N.C., marketing executive and drinks journalist who had successful prostate cancer surgery in April 2008. "The fact is that nearly 4,000 men a week in the U.S. hear the words 'you have prostate cancer.' The key for these guys is detecting the disease in its early stages when treatment is nearly 100 percent successful. That's what Pints for Prostates is all about."
In its first year Pints for Prostates reached approximately 25 million people through a combination of donated advertising, news articles, appearances at beer festivals, and coverage on websites and blogs. The campaign's goal is generating awareness for PSA testing and regular checkups so that men can detect the illness before it has progressed.
All funds generated by Pints for Prostates benefit the Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education and Support Network, a 501(c)3 charity that works to support, educate and advocate for men with prostate cancer and their families. Us TOO was founded in 1990 and has a network of more than 300 local chapter support groups that help men dealing with the disease.
So far in 2009, Pints for Prostates has already held two events each in North Carolina and South Carolina, and one event each in California and Illinois. In the coming months the group has confirmed participation in the following events:
June7th: The Great Flanagan's Beer Festival, Louisville, Kentucky.
June 20th: Green Dragon Bistro Brewpub, 928 SE 9th Ave., Portland, Ore.
June 20th: Rogue Ales Public House, 748 SW Bay Blvd., Newport, Ore.
June 20th: Eugene City Brewery, 844 Olive St., Eugene, Ore.
June 20th: Issaquah Brewhouse, 35 W. Sunset Way, Issaquah, Wash.
June 20th: Rogue Ales Public House, 637 Union St., San Francisco, Calif.
June 20th: Hub City Brewing Co., 11352 40th St., Stanley, Iowa
June 21st: Falls Tap Room, 5009 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, N.C.
June 25th: Thirsty Thursday, Visalia Rawhide, Recreation Park, Visalia, Calif.
July 2nd: Rogue Ales Public House, 100 39th St. (Pier 39), Astoria, Ore.
July 23rd-26th: Oregon Brewers Festival, Tom McCall Park, Portland, Ore.
July 24th: Rogue Distillery & Public House, 1339 NW Flanders, Portland, Ore.
Sept. 17th: The Pub at Polaris Fashion Place, Columbus, Ohio
Sept. 24th-26th: Great American Beer Festival, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colo.
Oct 2nd: World Beer Festival, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, N.C.
Additional events are being booked and information will be listed shortly at www.ustoo.org/pints. Pints for Prostates also has a presence on Facebook and Twitter.
"The growth of Pints for Prostates has been encouraging to watch," said Thomas Kirk, President and CEO of Us TOO International, which is based in Downers Grove, Ill. "Our mission and program goal is to educate and empower men and their family members so men and their loved ones can take an active role in their health care. We are able to reach a whole new group of men with a critical health message. The more men we reach, the more lives will be saved."
From George at Phoenix Brands about Thomas Hardy Ale:From Ralph at Hop Union:
A rumor about Thomas Hardy's Ale being discontinued is beginning to
spread so we want to set the record straight. O'Hanlon's Brewing Co.
Ltd. has informed us that they will no longer brew Hardy's effective
immediately, even though we had an order pending with them. This is a
breach of our license agreement with them, and consequently we are
terminating that agreement.
We are in the process of interviewing other brewers to brew Hardy's and
Royal Oak Pale Ale but, given the time involved in that process and in
brewing Hardy's, it's quite likely that there will not be a 2009
vintage. And, obviously, no more 2008.
We will update you on the status of both brands at the earliest opportunity.
Did get a few good links that you can follow to see the hail damage in the hop fields around the Hallertauer. Some were completely destroyed, but others only partial and of course others escaped any damage. Pretty crazy pictures, but this kind of thing happens in the hop world. At this time, I am not very worried about availability, but more news to come. My preliminary report was 4,000 hectares affected with 2,000 destroyed. Have seen hail damage here in Yakima on occasion. Does a pretty good job of making a mess out of what it falls on.
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Ethiopian law criminalizes independent telecom use
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Nairobi, June 15, 2012--A new law in Ethiopia imposes prison sentences for offenses related to the independent use of telecommunications tools and services, according to local journalists and news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by broad and vaguely worded provisions of the law, under which journalists could be prosecuted for the methods they use to circumvent government surveillance and censorship.
The House of Peoples' Representatives, where 99 percent of the seats are controlled by the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front, passed on May 24 the Telecom Fraud Offenses Proclamation, local newspaper Addis Admas reported. The law purports to "prevent and control telecom fraud," which it described as "a serious threat to national security beyond economic losses," according to a copy of the text obtained by CPJ.
The law allows for a prison sentence of up to eight years and a fine of up to 80,00 birr (US$4,500) for "using or causing the use of any telecommunications network or apparatus to disseminate any terrorizing message" or using telecommunications for an "illegal purpose." What constitutes a "terrorizing message" could be broadly interpreted under the country's far-reaching anti-terrorism law, which criminalizes reporting that the government deems favorable to banned opposition groups and causes.
The law also gives the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology unchecked authority over the import, sale, and possession of telecommunications equipment. Use or possession of equipment without government authorization is punishable by a prison sentence of up to four years and a fine of up to 40,000 birr (US$2,250). The ministry may determine which equipment may be used without a government permit.
The government retains a tight monopoly over telecommunications in Ethiopia, with state-run Ethio Telecom the sole national provider, according to CPJ research. Under the law, methods used by journalists to circumvent state surveillance, interception, or Internet censorship on Ethio Telecom in the course of newsgathering could be interpreted as "obstructing or interfering" with the network--a criminal offense carrying a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
"We condemn the Ethiopian government's systematic effort to control all forms of communications," said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. "Authorities are obviously deeply threatened by any source of independent information, from critical journalism to sharing of information online."
Ethio Telecom has been losing revenue to Internet-based communication services and popular international calling businesses, according to local reports. Local journalists, however, fear authorities will use the law to curtail cost-effective and secure communications with contacts, including those outside the country, where most dissidents reside. Over the past decade, Ethiopia drove more journalists into exile than any other country, according to CPJ research.
Local journalists say the government has sought to control the use of Internet-based telecom services in recent years, by cracking down on Internet cafés that offered Web-based telecommunications services and requiring them to keep records of the names and addresses of their customers, according to local reports. A student, Yidnek Hail, claimed he was arrested by Ethiopian authorities in December 2011 for showing citizens how to use Skype in an Internet café where he was employed in the capital, Addis Ababa, according to news reports.
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Equilibrium Point for a Stakeholder Management Strategy in Crisis Episodes: the Case of a Crisis in a Food Processing Plant
The aim of this paper is to shed light on the way organizations that collaborate in multi-stakeholder networks organize their crisis management readiness. It argues that crisis management practices differ significantly based on whether or not organizations are supply or demand over-dependent. In equilibrium between demand and supply, an organization is able to rely on non-linear connectedness and interdependence to foster relationships in the supply chain during a crisis. In this paper, we analyze the case of a food safety crisis that occurred in 2008 at a Canadian-based processing plant and challenge the current conventions. Finally, conclusions concerning the implementation of the framework together with limitations and future research directions are presented.
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Fly Over Mesmerizing Landscapes in "Shadow Sites: Recent Work by Jananne Al-Ani"
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Vast deserts and ancient ruins have defined imagery of the Middle East since the advent of photography in the 19th century. These views of a landscape as a timeless and depopulated space have long fascinated Iraqi-born artist Jananne Al-Ani, culminating in a new work, "Shadow Sites II," on view in the U.S. for the first time Aug. 25–Feb. 10, 2013, at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
The 1991 Gulf War marked a significant moment in the history of visualizing the Middle East. Military technology produced long-distance cartographic images and transmitted them around the globe, sparking artistic responses to a war that seemed more virtual than real. Struck by these images, Al-Ani began to examine the relationship between photography and the enduring perception of the region as a blank canvas. Drawing on Paul Virilio's writings in particular, Al-Ani developed "The Aesthetics of Disappearance," an ongoing project of photography and video works, all set in the desert, that explore the absence of the human body.
"Shadow Sites: Recent Work by Jananne Al-Ani" features her latest work in the series, "Shadow Sites II" (2011). Composed of aerial film footage shot in Jordan, she seeks the traces of human presence from a vantage point far above the landscape, reminiscent of early archaeological and World War I reconnaissance photographs. Her camera slowly pans over ancient Roman ruins and remnants of Ottoman trenches, as well as active agricultural and industrial sites. The work is accompanied by "The Guide and Flock" (2008), an earlier two-screen video that led to the development of "The Aesthetics of Disappearance." Filming an enigmatic figure wandering down a nondescript desert road, Al-Ani noticed subtle variations in the landscape that she would explore further from the air.
The project involved extensive research in various archives, including the Ernst Herzfeld Papers, a significant collection of archaeological documents housed in the archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Sackler. A German archaeologist, Herzfeld (1879–1948) took numerous photographs during his pioneering excavations in Iran and Iraq. For the first time, "Shadow Sites II" will be exhibited along with a selection of his original panoramic prints.
"Herzfeld's prints and Al-Ani's video works are at opposite ends of the photographic medium and nearly a century separates them, yet both take the desert as their subject," said Carol Huh, assistant curator of contemporary Asian art. "Exhibited together, they invite reflection on the human relationship to the landscape."
"Shadow Sites: Recent Work by Jananne Al-Ani" is a highlight of the Sackler's 25th anniversary year.
Visitors will have the opportunity to hear the artist at the Sackler on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2 p.m., as she joins Huh in a conversation about her research into early photography of the Middle East, and the evolution of her work, from earlier portrait-based projects in the studio to shooting on location.
Al-Ani, born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1966 and based in London, uses photography and video to examine the relationship of the body to the photographic image, particularly focusing on visual representations of the Middle East. Her work is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Tate in London, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and Darat al Funun in Amman, Jordan. Exhibited as part of the first pan-Arab show at the Venice Biennale, "Shadow Sites II" was created by Al-Ani as a recipient of the prestigious Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2011, the world's only art prize to focus on the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, located at 1050 Independence Avenue S.W., and the adjacent Freer Gallery of Art, located at 12th Street and Independence Avenue S.W., are on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day, except Dec. 25, and admission is free. The galleries are located near the Smithsonian Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange lines. For more information about the Freer and Sackler galleries and their exhibitions, programs and other events, the public may visit www.asia.si.edu. For general Smithsonian information, the public may call (202) 633-1000.
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