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GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast
|GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast
|Conventional bomb
|Place of origin
|United States
|Service history
|In service
|Since 2003
|Used by
|United States Air Force, Royal Air Force
|Production history
|Air Force Research Laboratory
|McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
|10,300 kg (22,600 lb)
|9.1885 m (30 ft 1.75 in)
|103 cm (40.5 in)
|Filling weight
|8,500 kg (18,700 lb)
|Blast yield
|11 tons TNT
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB pronounced /ˈmoʊ.æb/, commonly known as the Mother of All Bombs) is a large-yield conventional (non-nuclear) bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory.[1] At the time of development, it was touted as the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed.[2] The bomb was designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules, primarily the MC-130E Combat Talon I or MC-130H Combat Talon II variants.
Since then, Russia has tested its "Father of All Bombs", which is claimed to be four times as powerful as the MOAB.[3]
Operational history
MOAB was first tested with the explosive tritonal on 11 March 2003, on Range 70 located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It was again tested on 21 November 2003.[2]
Aside from two test articles, the only known production is of 15 units at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in 2003 in support of the Iraq War. As of early 2007, none of those is known to have been used,[citation needed] although a single MOAB was moved to the Persian Gulf area in April 2003.[4]
It was first used on April, 13 2017 in strike against a network of tunnels in Afghanistan that was currently occupied by ISIS forces. Initial reports indicated that approximately 30 casualities, with no civilian deaths, occurred. [5]
The basic operational concept bears some similarity to the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, which was used to clear heavily wooded areas in the Vietnam War and in Iraq to clear mines and later as a psychological weapon against the Iraqi military. After the psychological impact of the BLU-82 on enemy soldiers was witnessed, and no BLU-82 weapons remained, the MOAB was developed partly to continue the ability to intimidate Iraqi soldiers. Pentagon officials had suggested their intention to use MOAB as an anti-personnel weapon, as part of the "shock and awe" strategy integral to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[6]
The MOAB is not a penetrator weapon and is primarily intended for soft to medium surface targets covering extended areas and targets in a contained environment such as a deep canyon or within a cave system. However, multiple strikes with lower yield ordnance may be more effective and can be delivered by fighter/bombers such as the F-16 with greater stand-off capability than the C-130 and C-17. High altitude carpet-bombing with much smaller 230-to-910-kilogram (500 to 2,000 lb) bombs delivered via heavy bombers such as the B-52 or B-2 is also highly effective at covering large areas.[7]
GBU-43/B on display at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Note the grid fins.
See also
- ↑ Times Wire Services (27 December 2005). "Albert L. Weimorts Jr. 67; Engineer Created 'Bunker Buster' Bombs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 July 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GBU-43/B / "Mother Of All Bombs" / Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb
- ↑ Luke Harding (12 September 2007). "Russia unveils the 'father of all bombs'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2007.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ MOAB bomb moved to Iraq war region
- ↑ MOAB Makes Impact Against ISIS Tunnels in Afghanistan
- ↑ "Enter Moab". National Review Online. 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "United States Military Weapons of War". about.com. 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2007.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb.
- AFRL GBU-43/B MOAB—Designation Systems
- MOAB - Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb—GlobalSecurity.org
- DoD News Briefing 11 March 2003 - Test of a MOAB (RTSP stream)
- Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb Test Video
- Five years later, it's still known as 'Mother of all bombs'—af.mil


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March 2011
Canon Ambassador, lion expert and TV presenter Jonathan Scott investigates the reasons why lions are the only wild cats to live in family groups in a major two-part TV wildlife documentary that will be screened on BBC 2 at 10pm (CET) on 23 and 30 March 2011.
The programmes study the social behaviour of lions and this is done with the help of probably the most famous lion pride in the world – the Marsh Pride of the Masai Mara in East Africa – which Jonathan Scott has been studying for several decades.
Jonathan Scott told CPN: "The series talks about all the conservation issues as well as profiling the Marsh Pride, who I have been following for over 30 years now." In fact, Jonathan Scott co-authored the 1982 book 'The Marsh Lions: The Story of an African Pride' with Brian Jackman.
Jonathan Scott's intimate knowledge of the massive Marsh Pride, and their various sub-groups, helps him to explore the possible reasons for the lion's social lifestyle. Scott revealed: "I have just been in the [Masai] Mara and the Marsh Pride continues to lose lions due to conflict with pastoralists – they are a boundary pride."
'The Truth About Lions' series reveals the latest theories on the social habits of lions and the intricacies of their behaviour. With the help of a team of scientists Jonathan Scott tracked individual lions over the course of a year, monitoring the way they behaved and interacted, to present an up-close explanation of the workings of the pride.
The two 'The Truth About Lions' programmes were filmed for BBC 2 last year and are both one-hour long. The series looks at how lion behaviour changes from the tough, dry season to the relative plenty of the wet season. Episode one concentrates on why lions live in family groups, whilst episode two looks at how lions may actually be under greater threat that many people realise.
While there are some apparent benefits to living in prides, from co-operative hunting to raising cubs, none appears to be a strong enough reason to evolve social living. Now, after 30 years of intensive study, the Serengeti Lion Project, lead by Professor Craig Packer, may have finally found the answer and it could have direct consequences for the survival of the lion as a species. The findings are revealed in the two 'The Truth About Lions' TV programmes.
Jonathan Scott added: "[This is] timely as many will, I am sure, be aware of the petition that has been launched by Born Free Foundation and others to have the African Lion listed as an Endangered Species by CITES. The contentious issue of trophy hunting is in the mix as always."
Jonathan Scott has presented the BBC's popular 'Big Cat Diaries' series, about the lives of the Masai Mara's big cat species, since 1996 and is a former Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

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Copyright 2011 Ude Lu NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL MODELING OF SINGLE NEURONS AND ITS APPLIACTION TO ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM POTENTIATION (LTP) by Ude Lu ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING) August 2011
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|Neuron spike-train to spike-train temporal transformation is very important to the functions of neurons. Neurons receive presynaptic (input) spike-trains and transform them into postsynaptic (output) spike-trains. This input-output transformation is a highly nonlinear dynamic process which depends on complex nonlinear physiological processes. Mathematically capturing and quantifying neuron spike-train to spike-train transformation are important to understand the information processing done by neurons. Compartmental modeling methodology is to simulate and interpret detail neuron physiological mechanisms/processes. The Hodgkin-Huxley model is the most prominent example in this category. However, model structure/parameter of compartmental modeling is specific to the targeted neuron (or type of neurons) and not applicable to the others, and the modeling result is vulnerable to biased or incomplete knowledge. Hence, the number of open parameters is often large, making it computationally inefficient. Integrate-and-fire neuron model is a computationally efficient methodology that received a lot of attention in the past two decades. It is perfect for large-scale simulation, and provides qualitative neuron characterization. However, it is over simplified and provides no or little mechanistic implications or quantifications. Lastly, input-output modeling methodology, which is applied in this study is another major approach to characterize neuron spike-train transformation. Input-output models are data-driven. This leads to an important property that it avoids modeling errors due to biased or incomplete knowledge. The number of open parameters is limited, making the model relatively computationally efficient. In other words, input-output model provides is well balanced between the common modeling dilemma: accuracy and efficiency. In my study, the purpose is to build a single neuron model that 1) captures both sub- and supra-threshold dynamics based on neuron intracellular activity, 2) is sufficiently general to be applied to all spike-input, spike-output neurons, 3) is computationally efficient. A nonlinear dynamical single neuron model was developed using Volterra kernels based on patch-clamp recordings. There were two phases in developing this model. In the first phase, a single neuron model with constant threshold was developed. It consists: 1) feedforward kernels (up to third-order) which transform presynaptic spikes into postsynaptic potentials (PSPs), 2) a constant threshold which represents the spike generation process, and 3) a feedback kernel (first-order) which describes spike-triggered after-potentials. The model was applied to CA1 pyramidal cells as they were electrically stimulated with broadband impulse trains through the Schaffer collaterals. This synaptically driven broadband intracellular activities contains a broad range of nonlinear dynamics resulted from the interactions of underlying mechanisms. The model performances were evaluated separately with respect to: PSP waveforms and the occurrence of spikes. The average normalized mean square error (NMSE) of PSP prediction is 14.4%. The average spike prediction error rate (SPER) is 18.8%. In the second phase, inspired by literatures, a dynamical model was developed to study threshold nonlinear dynamics according to the action potential (AP) firing history. To develop the model, we measured the turning point of AP by analyzing its third-order derivative. The AP turning point has a constant offset relationship with the threshold. In other words, variation to the AP turning point represents the nonlinearities of threshold dynamics. To perform accurate spike prediction, it requires an additional spike prediction validation to optimize that offset (the linearity). This dynamic threshold model was implemented using up to third-order Volterra kernels constrained by synaptically driven intracellular activity described before. This threshold model was integrated into the single neuron model to replace its original constant threshold and showed 33% SPER improvement. This single neuron model is a hybrid, combining both mechanistic (parametric) and input-output (non-parametric) components. The principles of neuronal signal generation common to all spike-input, spike-output determine the model structure. On the other hand, the specific properties that are variable from neuron to neuron are captured and quantified with descriptive model parameters, which are directly constrained by intracellular recording data. This hybrid representation of both parametric and nonparametric model components partitions data variance with respect to mechanistic sources and thus imposes physiological definitions to the model components and facilitates the biological interpretations of the parameters. This single neuron model was further applied to analyze long-term potentiation (LTP) in single neurons. The purpose of this application is to separate and quantify the pre- and post-synaptic mechanisms both before and after LTP induction. The single neuron model is modified to be a two-stage cascade model. The first-stage represents presynaptic mechanisms, taking presynaptic spikes as input and excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) as output. The second-stages represents postsynaptic mechanisms, taking EPSCs as input and excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) as output. Preliminary data shows that LTP intensifies the linear responses and reduces the nonlinearities.
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BOSTON (AP) Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao missed Wednesday night's game against the Boston Celtics because of a bruised right knee.
Varejao, the NBA's leading rebounder at 14.4 per game, was injured Tuesday night against Toronto when he landed awkwardly on his right leg and crumpled to the floor in pain after being fouled late in the first quarter. He limped to the locker room, but returned with 9:04 remaining in the second quarter and finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds in 39 minutes.
After the game coach Byron Scott said he was still concerned about Varejao's availability against the Celtics.
Rookie Tyler Zeller got his first career start in Varejao's place.


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My machine is Windows 7 64 bit. I have eclipse installed on machine and have a java program which is working fine. Java program reads xml file and inserts data into Oracle database. The program uses 64 bit jre (checked via Run--> Run Configutation --> jre). Java connectivity to db is via ODBC and i created DSN name in ODBC (C:\Windows\System32\odbcad32.exe -64 bit)
Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" );
c = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbcdbc:"+dsn, username, password );
But this program needs to be changed to use 32 bit ODBC as in our actual environment, all 32 bit ODBC connections is used.
I did some search on this problem and found solution that jre of 32 bit needs to be used which will point to 32 bit ODBC as it has access-bridge-32.jar file in it.
Now after doing this (also created DSN under C:\Windows\SysWow64\odbcad32.exe)and when running the program, the following error is coming while executing any sql statement in program
java.sql.SQLException: General error
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLExecDirect(Unknown Source)
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Can someone please suggest what needs to be done


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Rex Ryan is taking nothing for granted, not the way this season has gone for the New York Jets.
The Jets still have hope that a favorable schedule will give them a chance at the playoffs even after a 3-6 start. Ryan, though, is taking it one game at a time, beginning with the woeful Tennessee Titans on Monday night.
``I know we have three games left in the regular season,'' Ryan said. ``But every bit of our energy is focused on this particular game. Whatever is in the past, we can't dwell on or look at or whatever. We're just focused right now on one game.''
The Jets (6-7) head to Nashville having won two straight and three of their last four to put themselves a game out of the AFC's No. 6 seed. After the Titans (4-9), Jets finish out at home against San Diego (5-8) and at Buffalo (5-8).
``Guarantees are no good,'' Jets safety Yeremiah Bell said. ``As a team, you've just got to take care of business. Talk is cheap. You've still got to go out, you've still got to play the game. As long as we keep that one-game-mentality approach, we'll be fine.''
The Jets hit a low point when they were routed 49-19 on Thanksgiving night by New England to fall to 4-7. But they rebounded by beating a pair of losing teams, first Arizona and then Jacksonville last week. They didn't look good doing it, but at this point a win is a win.
Jets defensive end Mike DeVito said one loss can feel like the end of the world, but a couple of wins helps things out.
``It's kind of the way the atmosphere is around here and you have to recognize that and realize that the worst thing you can do is, when things like that are happening is to pack it in and really believe that,'' DeVito said. ``Either way, you just have to continue each week to be consistent and get better.''
Tennessee blew its chance to stay in the playoff mix or even salvage a winning season after owner Bud Adams put the entire franchise on notice that he wanted improvement. The Titans have lost three straight and five of their last six, most recently after blowing a 13-point halftime and falling 27-23 to Indianapolis.
Coach Mike Munchak is hoping the prime-time atmosphere brings out the best in his young Titans. They beat Pittsburgh 26-23 in prime time on Oct. 11, and this is the franchise's first Monday night game in Nashville since 2008.
``We know we're a lot better than 4-9. I know people don't know much about us,'' Munchak said. ``They haven't seen us play other than the Pittsburgh game, which we won when we were on national TV. We want to win and play well and having it on national TV just adds to it, so maybe people can see really what we're about.''
The Titans haven't won since beating Miami 37-3 on Nov. 11. They are embracing the chance to spoil the Jets' playoff hopes.
``That's all we can do from here on out,'' Titans cornerback Jason McCourty said. ``We want to win our last three games, and we're going to do everything we possibly can to do that.''
The Titans have shown signs of improvement over the past month, especially on third-down defense, even though they still rank next to last in the NFL allowing 29.9 points per game. They sacked Andrew Luck four times and hit him repeatedly in holding the Colts to 269 total yards.
Tennessee also may have middle linebacker Colin McCarthy back from a concussion that kept him out the past two games.
The Jets brought back receiver Braylon Edwards to help an injury-depleted group and a passing offense ranked 30th in the NFL. Ryan expects Edwards to play, giving quarterback Mark Sanchez a familiar target.
Sanchez isn't sure how quickly they will get back on the same page.
``We'll see,'' Sanchez said.
The last meeting in Nashville was 2008, when Brett Favre helped the Jets end Tennessee's 10-game win streak to open the season. The Titans have beaten the Jets only once since moving to Tennessee in 1997 with New York winning four of the past five games, including 24-17 on Sept. 27, 2009.
The game is sold out, though how many fans actually show up in the seats remains to be seen after thousands stayed away from their last game. Munchak said he hopes fans turn out and show their support.
Chris Johnson, who became the eighth player in NFL history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in each of his first five seasons to start his career, said the Titans know they have to keep playing hard.
``I'm sure the microscope is on every single person for whatever odd reason, if it's to keep a job here for the coaches or as a player to continue to be on this team next year or even if you're not, just to put things on film for other teams to see,'' Johnson said. ``So I'm sure everybody still have something to play for.''
Online:http://pro32.ap.org/poll andhttp://twitter.com/AP-NFL
AP Sports Writer Dennis Waszak in Florham Park, N.J., contributed to this report.
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The last time I saw Leslie Howard I heard her say something about Maya Abdominal Massage—we didn't even talk about it exactly, but I filed it away as something I wanted to try.
Pretty soon after that I was having lunch with a friend, and having a conversation about the pelvic floor (which is not unusual for me) and I realized that Maya Abdominal Massage might be helpful for my friend. So I resolved to find out more about this and to see if it was available in Chicago. I found Shungo, right in my friend's neighborhood which happens to be adjacent to my neighborhood, too!
So at our next lunch date I mentioned this to my friend, and shared the good fortune of the place being so close by and so on. And I shared that I might go, too. This is what I'm really getting at is that I was really interested, but it fueled my interest to include potential help for my friend in my search, too.
The abdominal massage has really changed my perception of my body. Just as Leslie Howard's workshops have changed my world by bringing awareness to my pelvic floor, so also has the abdominal work unleashed even more potential.
One of the important aspects of Leslie's teaching is about the necessity of being able to relax and soften the pelvic floor—many women unknowingly have already gripping pelvises. The usual emphasis on tightening and strengthening can complicate an already gripping pelvic floor. So what's really important is for a woman to know what is up with herself. This way she can practice techniques that will really fortify her root. This way she will know whether she really needs to strengthen or stretch and relax her pelvic floor.
What I have found for myself is that the pelvis doesn't necessarily grip evenly—sometimes one side is tighter than the other. This might be similar to how low back tightness can be gripping on one side and not the other. And there is a similarity—in my perception—to abdominal gripping. There are hot-spots or tension spots in my abdomen that I am learning to become friendly with. The recent abdominal massages that I have received and have also learned to do on myself have really helped with my self-awareness. I have discovered that my abdomen has been blocking some of the potential work in yoga, and as I learn to release these blocks things are moving much more smoothly.
I feel like my abdomen is waking up!
The pelvic floor work set a foundation, and the abdominal work (on releasing the tension hot-spots) is releasing all kinds of crazy fuel for the potential of blasting off into new realms of self-discovery.


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The U.S. Postal Service upgraded its Product Tracking System in order to increase the number of packages the system could process, but information technology officials also had another goal: to reduce, by 50 percent, the cost per millions of instruction per second (MIPS).
After a switch to Linux, IT shop modernizes 15-year-old Cobol system without altering code
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The lower the rate of MIPS the mainframe has to run, the lower the operation costs, they figured. MIPS are the number of program instructions a computer can process while executing a standard program.
In upgrading the 15-year-old system, USPS migrating it to the portion of the agency's IBM mainframe that runs the less expensive open-source Linux operating system. However, the officials found that they only achieved about a 20 percent reduction in cost per MIPS because an IBM middleware software program that was left on the proprietary side of the mainframe was using up MIPS to execute, said John Byrne, manager of application development and head of USPS' Integrated Business Solutions Centers.
"IBM's MQ Series is a store-and-forward guaranteed delivery system, meaning that when you put some data to be processed in a queue it is guaranteed to get there," he said. So even if the network connection, server or services are down, MQ Series will hold the data until the ability to send it is restored.
This month, USPS began to move MQ Series middleware to the Linux portion of the mainframe. "Now, we've spent the last month changing code so MQ will work on Linux. That will get us up to 40 percent" reduction in MIPS.
Cutting the cost of running mainframes is important because USPS business units want to add more events to the PTS system to track packages as they move throughout the postal network, Byrne said.
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Dear Colleague:
For more than 25 years, the Armed Forces of our Nation have been staffed entirely by volunteers. The All-Volunteer Force has come to represent American resolve to defend freedom and protect liberty around the world. Sustaining that heritage requires the active support of public institutions in presenting military opportunities to our young people for their consideration.
Recognizing the challenges faced by military recruiters, Congress recently passed legislation that requires high schools to provide to military recruiters, upon request, access to secondary school students and directory information on those students. Both the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 reflect these requirements.
In accordance with those Acts, military recruiters are entitled to receive the name, address, and telephone listing of juniors and seniors in high school. As clarified in the enclosure, providing this information is consistent with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects the privacy of student education records. Student directory information will be used specifically for armed services recruiting purposes and for informing young people of scholarship opportunities. For some of our students, this may be the best opportunity they have to get a college education.
The support by our Nation's educational institutions on behalf of the U.S. Armed Forces is critical to the success of the All-Volunteer Force. It can be, and should be, a partnership that benefits everyone. As veterans, and as Cabinet Members serving the President, we can attest to the excellent educational opportunities the military affords, as well as an environment that encourages the development of strong character and leadership skills.
The Department of Education and Department of Defense have worked together to provide you the enclosed guidelines for compliance with these new laws. We encourage you to examine the enclosed information carefully and to work closely with military recruiters as they carry out their important public responsibilities.
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4. Keep the file size as small as is reasonable for now. We don't know how many submissions we will ultimately get. Quicktime & mov have been offered as desirable submission formats, but obviously the editors will do their best to work with whatever you're able to turn in.
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If Haley Reinhart makes it through Thursday's results show, she might want to give the "American Idol" audience a bonus performance next week by singing her first number before the show starts.
For the second week in a row, Reinhart started off slowly. Her choice of Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" as her inspirational song didn't have the excitement of James Durbin's "Don't Stop Believin'," or the shameless pandering of Scotty McCreery's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" or Lauren Alaina's "Anyway." From both a tactical and vocal level, she was way behind entering the second round, as Randy Jackson made explicit when he said the other three finalists were tied for first at the halfway point.
And once again, she came up with the best performance of the night in her second number, showing some strength and power in "I (Who Have Nothing)." The same judges who slammed her first performance — well, at least in comparison to their usual ubiquitous praise — were very pleased to congratulate themselves for their high standards that clearly inspired Reinhart's turnaround.
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Self-serving though that judges theory is, Reinhart does seem to sing best when she's angry, or when she has something to prove. She was definitely seething after Randy wouldn't shut up about how "Earth Song" didn't suit her. And for the first time all season, the usually unflappable Reinhart did not look happy to be there. The conservative hairstyle didn't help either, as she looked like an older and tenser version of herself.
The second effort gives her a chance to survive, but unlike last week, this one didn't close the show. She's been the surprise of the season and her momentum grows every week, but "Earth Song" may have finally been the moment she ran out of chances.
If she survives, she'll need to figure out how to avoid these slow starts if she wants to win.
A match made in ... not heaven
Lady Gaga showed up to be the guest mentor this week, but made it clear that she wasn't going to be a monster to the four remaining finalists.
"I'm not interested in judging them, I'm just interested in being a friend," she said. Which pretty much qualifies her to be a judge this season.
Some contestants had more of a comfort level around her than others. To anyone who's watched the show this season, it will come as no surprise that McCreery looked like he spent every moment of the session praying for it to be over.
"I felt like I needed to kiss my cross," he said after spending time with Gaga. That's perhaps not the response she was expecting when she told him to think of the microphone as his girlfriend and make love to it, but it's clear her chances of being his prom date are approximately zero.
After his Gaga-mentored performance of "Young Blood," Steven Tyler compared McCreery to Pat Boone. That can't be what she had in mind either.
Winning Randy's vote
Durbin didn't start the show off with a flourish. In fact, he nearly took a tumble walking down the steps to the stage as he stumbled over the Princess Diana-esque train on Alaina's dress.
But he made up for that with his first solo. Not only did he pick a Journey song, he wore a vintage Journey T-shirt and shouted, "Come on, Randy! I know you know the words."
Any more of a lobbying effort and he'd have had to register with Congress.
No trouble for Alaina
The 16-year-old rebounded nicely from her struggles of a week ago, which saw her face the danger of the final spotlight for the first time. Referencing the devastation that the tornadoes caused the South before her performance of Martina McBride's "Anyway" didn't hurt, but even without the shameless pandering, her vocals were good enough to earn another "in it to win it!" from Randy.
Alaina said she was worried about her second song, however, because Elvis' "Trouble" has a line about the singer being evil and she feared the audience would see her as such.
Yeah, right. It may not have been her best effort, but her persona is about as evil as a sunbeam.
Craig Berman is a TODAY.com's "American Idol" correspondent. Follow him on Twitter @CraigBerman as he live tweets each episode.


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USDA research enables total quat release from cotton nonwoven disinfecting wipes: new technology could broaden cotton wipes' role in surface care applications.
Nonwoven disinfecting wipes play a key role in hard surface cleaning and decontamination in household and healthcare or institutional applications. According to the recently published INDA North America Wipes Market Trends & Forecasts 2012-2017 report, North American sales of household hard surface disinfecting wipes were estimated to be $811 million at the retail level in 2012 and are forecast to increase 8% a year to reach $1.9 billion in sales by 2017. The smaller but significant market of healthcare and institutional disinfection wipes had an approximate value of $114 million in sales to end users in 2012 and is expected to grow at a rate of about 6% to a sales level of $152 million by 2017.
Hard surface wipes, by their purpose, must be multifunctional and engineered to scrub, clean and absorb contaminants while delivering one or more disinfecting chemistries onto surfaces. A balance of properties is required in wipe solutions to both promote surface wetting, cleaning and to achieve broad-spectrum kill functionality without cross-contamination. The delivery of disinfection chemistries onto surfaces, however, is the primary function of these wipes and is part of a recommended regimen or protocol for effective surface decontamination.
Despite advancements in disinfection chemistries and protocol specification, challenges remain in facilitating rapid and complete disinfection across a range of surfaces and decontamination environments. Hard surfaces are often porous and are more difficult to completely wet out with the wipe solution. Some commonly used disinfection chemistries such as quaternary ammonium salts 'have inherently poor wetting and emulsion characteristics. Studies indicate that disinfection can require a contact time of four to 10 minutes, which may be an inconvenient or non-practical period for some cleaning situations. Disinfectants are also subject to deactivation from surface contaminants such as blood serum, animal waste and fats and wipe components including anionic surfactants and certain fibers with charged surfaces. More specifically, negatively surface charged fibers, including viscose and cotton, have been shown to bind up to 40% of the positively charged quaternary ammonium salt therefore limiting disinfection performance and wasting valuable amounts of the wipe active.
While there are over a dozen chemical classes of biocides, the majority are cationic surfactants such as quaternary ammonium salts referred to in the industry as "quats." One of the most common quats is alkyl-dimethvl-benzyl-ammonium chloride or ADBAC. It provides broad spectrum activity against bacteria, fungi, algae and certain viruses. Quats denature or modify the structure of the proteins of the bacterial or fungal cell, which affects the metabolic reaction within the cells and causes vital substances to leak out, causing cell death. During the inactivation of bacterial cells, the quaternary ammonium group remains intact and retains its antimicrobial ability.
Excessive binding of ADBAC and other cationic biocides by cotton and rayon has led to broad use of polyester nonwoven wipes for disinfection uses. However, nonwoven wipes containing only polyester can exhibit poor absorbency, limited surface cleaning and dirt pickup as well as non-uniform solution pickup per wipe in stacks. By contrast, cotton fiber nonwovens offer very good absorbency, solution distribution uniformity in stacks, good wet strength and unique hard surface scrubbing properties. The scrubbing and absorbency properties are attributable to the presence of convolutions and complex porous structure (see Figure 1) of cotton fibers, which lead to a high coefficient of friction and superior surface scrubbing. Cotton fibers also are cost effective and are natural, biodegradable fibers with environmental benefits.
The USDA Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, LA, in collaboration with Cotton Incorporated, recognized the opportunity for advantaged, cotton nonwoven disinfecting wipes if the ADBAC binding problem could be eliminated. As a result, a USDA research project was initiated in 2U10 with the goals of examining the effect of wet wipe solution chemical and physical properties on the level of ADBAC adsorption on cotton nonwovens and various other benchmark fiber nonwoven webs. The contribution of fiber surface characteristics of cotton nonwovens was also studied by selecting cotton nonwovens with several stages of post-processing treatments including unbleached--also known as greige--scoured and bleached webs.
The overall research goals included: 1) identification of all the significant mechanisms impacting quat active delivery from cellulose in comparison to polyester-based nonwovens; 2) elimination of cotton binding of ADBAC through modification of conventional wet wipe formulation chemistry; 3) development of a prototype formulation using simple, EPA-friendly chemistries and a common industry quat biocide; and 4) demonstration of enabling technology for the nonwoven industry and the associated technical understanding required to leverage cotton fibers in advantaged disinfecting nonwoven wipes.
Laboratory experiments were conducted using a matrix of 50-70 gsm hydroentangled nonwovens containing unbleached cotton, bleached cotton, rayon, polyester and cotton/polyester blends from webs prepared on site at the Southern Regional Research Center. The nonwoven samples were immersed in an aqueous bath of ADBAC biocide containing commercial wet wipe formulation ingredients. ADBAC was removed using a depletion method and any adsorption of the ADBAC on the surface of the fibers was measured via UV-vis spectroscopy. Pectin content was assessed using a Ruthenium Red stain and high-resolution camera image analysis. Solution experimental variables of concentration, time, liquor ratio, pH, temperature, electrolyte concentration, substrate pretreatment and co-formulation with other surfactants, small quats and alcohols were evaluated.
Adsorption of ADBAC on cotton nonwovens can be attributed to electrostatic interactions, dispersion forces and hydrophobic interactions. Preliminary findings showed that rayon and unbleached cotton adsorbed more ADBAC than bleached cotton, while there was negligible adsorption in polyester nonwoven webs. An increase in the adsorption of ADBAC with an increased level of both unbleached and bleached cotton was observed in various cotton nonwovens blended with polyester fibers as shown in Figure 2.
This trend combined with other observations indicates the binding mechanism of ADBAC on cotton surfaces is electrostatic interactions. Adsorption of ADBAC in cotton was also found to be dependent on the amount of pectin present and to a lesser degree on the presence of natural waxes. Wet wipe formulations containing nonionic surfactants, small quats, electrolytes and ethanol showed an optimal reduction in ADBAC adsorption on cellulosic fabrics comparable to the polyester control. Figure 3 shows this reduction in ADBAC retention in unbleached and bleached cotton webs versus a polyester substrate with the un modified (control) and several modified disinfection solutions.
Nonionic surfactants and small quats had the highest impact on the observed reduction. At a constant surfactant concentration, the liquor ratio, pH, temperature and electrolyte concentration in the solution were found to have a second level effect on ADBAC binding.
The following figures show the level of ADBAC exhausted as a function of the concentration of the co-formulated nonionic surfactant, polyethylene-oxide 12 (Figure 4) and small quat, tetramethyl ammonium chloride (Figure 5).
With these results, optimized biocidal solutions were then scaled up to match commercial formulations. The solutions were added at a wet pickup of about 1.5 times the weight of 8" x 12" substrate samples and packaged in airtight bags for external lab testing of biocide stability and efficacy. The optimized formulae were shown to inhibit excessive adsorption over 21 days of storage. The USDA and Cotton Incorporated have teamed up and are working with an external lab to quantify the performance of the laboratory nonwoven samples using industry standard testing procedures (ASTM E2362-09).
In summary, the modified USDA wet wipe disinfection formulations containing a common ADBAC biocide were shown to not bind the quat in a 100% hydroentangled bleached cotton fiber nonwoven wipe. Adsorption of the ADBAC was controlled by varying the chemical properties of the prototype wet wipe surfactant solution. Added electrolyte and co-formulation with nonionic surfactants and small quats was shown to be the most effective formulation.
Further formulation optimization specific to application and industry company formulation preferences, and EPA approval are important next steps. Nonionic surfactants are commonly used in quat-based disinfection formulations and can aid in surface tension reduction and micelle delivery and absorption to the cell walls of microbes. Care is needed, however, to avoid quat activity reduction from nonionic surfactants related to the micellular formation.
The USDA research team, under the direction of Dr. Brian Condon, has demonstrated the mechanism of cationic biocide binding in cotton-based disinfection wipes and developed a functional prototype formulation.The formulation was targeted to be as close as possible to conventionally used commercial formulations with EPA-friendly, simple chemistry modifications. Work is underway to further quantify wipe disinfection performance in a laboratory setting through the teamwork of the USDA and Cotton Incorporated. Dr. Condon is interested in supporting further refinements to the technology required for commercialization with an industry partner.
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(8.) Slopek, R., Condon, B., Sawhney, P., Allen, C, Adsorption of alky I-dimethyl-benzyl-animonium chloride on differently pretreated non-woven cotton substrates, 'textile Research journal, Vol. 81, No. 15, September 2011, p. 1617-1624.
(9.) Slopek, R., Condon, B., Sawhney; P., Reynolds, M., Allen, C., Effect of cotton pectin content and bioscouring on alkyl-dmethyl-berizyl-ammonium chloride adsorption, textile Research Journal, Vol. 82, No. 17, September 2011, p. 1743-1750.
By Dr. Brian Condon, research leader, cotton chemistry and utilization, USDA Agricultural Research Service & Keith Osteen, principal Smith, Johnson & Associates
% ADBAC Exhausted By Fiber Composition and Wipe Formulation Wipe Formulation Nonwoven (0.625 g/l Substrate ADBAC) Fiber Composition Polyester Unbleached Bleached (PES) Cotton Cotton Control 0.06 38.36 13.70 10% ethanol, - 0.0 0.0 0.30 wt. % K Citrate 20% ethanol, - 0.0 0.0 0.0005 M PEO 12, 0.05 g/l TMAC 30% ethanol, - 0.0 0.0 0.05% K Citrate, 0.05% K Citrate, 0.05 g/l TMAC Figure 3: ADBAC binding of polyester, unbleached cotton and bleached cotton from various wipe formulations. Data was gathered over a time period sufficient to access the results at equilibrium.
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Oh, surely I have caught thee
though no capture can it be
for quietness is not mine
nor can I send it to thee.
But remains the invisible gift
that seems to ebb and flow
for quietness you see my friend
tis revealed within the soul.
Till in absence of myself
to bequeath a portion divine
there needs to be willingness of soul
swept into quietness sublime.


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ROCKFORD — A 24-year-old Rockford man was stabbed multiple times after he tried to break into a home in the 600 block of 12th Street Saturday, and a 16-year-old boy fought him off using a pocket knife.
The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m., according to the Rockford Police Department.
Police responded to a call reporting a home invasion and stabbing. When police arrived, officers found a 16-year-old boy with a head injury. They later learned that Corian Moss, 24, of Rockford, was at a nearby hospital for treatment of stab wounds.
According to police, Moss unlawfully entered the residence to rob the 16-year-old and struck him in the head with a pistol, after which the boy stabbed him with the pocket knife. Moss, fled along with his wife, Victoria Moss, 23, who also was part of the robbery, according to police.
Two other individuals were involved, as well, police said: Brayden Sheley, 19, of Rockford, and Alexis Yager, 18, of Rockford.
Moss' wounds were serious, but he was in stable condition.
All four suspects were charged with home invasion and aggravated battery.
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Budget-friendly Nikon D3000 entry-level DSLR unveiled
Nikon has taken the wraps off of another entry-level digital SLR, the D3000. It offers a simplified shooting experience to a first-time SLR user with the addition of a newly developed Guide Mode. Featuring a smaller body than the traditional SLR, it boasts a smaller price tag to boot.
The D3000 is equipped with a 10.2 megapixel DX-format CCD sensor, an 11-point AF system and a 3.0 inch LCD. Also present are Nikon's EXPEED image processor and their D-Lighting function, which is designed to bring out details in difficult lighting conditions. The D3000 will offer an ISO range of 100-1600 with an additional boost to a Hi-1 setting of 3200.
Nikon has also developed some new technology for the D3000 to help first-time DSLR users take full advantage of the camera's capabilities. The Guide Mode will offer help in selecting the proper settings based on the needs of a particular scene. It will be available through the mode dial on demand as users need it.
A host of in-camera editing options are available for the D3000 user including filters and retouching tools. Nikon claims that the D3000 will even be able to put together stop-motion videos from collections of images in Stop Motion Movie Mode. The Soft Filter application from the D5000 will also be available, offering a quick way to create a smooth portrait effect.
Though the D3000 is equipped with a pop-up flash, a hot shoe will offer compatibility with wireless lighting options including the SB-900 Speedlight and the SU-800 Wireless Commander.
Pricing and availability
The D3000 will be sold as a kit with the AF-S NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR image stabilization lens starting in late August 2009. Look for it to debut at a very reasonable $599.95.


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3 stars (out of 4)
When Robert Pollard dissolved his longtime Dayton, Ohio, band Guided By Voices in 2004, he remained prolific, churning out multiple albums annually under a variety of guises. For his diehard fans, there's been no shortage of Pollard music, which is why this GBV reunion is in many ways business as usual.
"Let's Go Eat the Factory" (Guided by Voices Inc.) is another relatively brief album (41 minutes) stuffed with 21 songs and fragments full of Pollard trademarks: concision, sometimes taken to absurd extremes; arty experiments juxtaposed with shout-along choruses; bedroom production; cut-up lyrics; an air of tossed-off spontaneity that suggests both joy-of-discovery enthusiasm and serious attention-deficit issues.
This latest edition to Pollard's epic discography carries a bit more weight than usual, however, because it reunites him with one of Guided by Voices' most notable lineups, the one that created such indelible mid-'90s albums as "Bee Thousand" and "Alien Lanes." Though the presence of guitarist Mitch Mitchell, bassist Greg Demos and drummer Kevin Fennell is surely welcome by GBV diehards, the real attraction is the additional songwriting power provided by guitarist Tobin Sprout.
By now Guided by Voices fans know the drill: Each album is going to be packed with a huge range of music, from seconds-long false starts to more fully developed melodies that draw on everything from progressive-rock and orchestral pop to punk and glam. This time the hits outweigh the misses. The occasional annoyances ("The Big Hat and Toy Show," "The Things That Never Need") are sandwiched among more than a dozen keepers, including an oddly sweet ode to childhood ("Doughnut for a Snowman"); the autumnal chamber pop of "Hang Mr. Kite" and "Chocolate Boy"; the all-enveloping psychedelic "Waves"; and a would-be arena anthem that sets the bar for the young year's best song title, "The Unsinkable Fats Domino."


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Twilight Taggers are organising a woolly art installation for the
Lights in Winter Festival in Melbourne. Federation Square willplay host to the 'Lights In Winter' festival for the month of June.
A giant structure incorporating lights, lanterns, snowflakes
and yarn bombing will be set up for all to see.
This will be up for the whole month.
I will contribute with this piece.


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Sometime in November of 2012 my wife had her most powerful personal sync experience one night while I was out of the house conducting an Ayahuasca ceremony.
She explains it as such: First our daughters asked for the popular children's book Goodnight Moon as their before bed reading.
Next, once the kids were asleep she went to watch the remainder of a Grey's Anatomy episode she had recorded earlier from the week. In that episode they referenced the book Goodnight Moon. That was enough to stir my wife's interest but only enough to be dismissed as "that's funny." Then came the "cherry" on top sync. She watches after Grey's Anatomy that night's episode of Saturday Night Live starring Jeremy Renner. He does a skit where he reads to his children - you guess it - Goodnight Moon!
The next day my wife shares this with me with great wonder and joy.
For myself I take note of Jeremy Renner. I note his birthday is January 7th and that this year he turns the bright sync number of 42.
Next thing you know Jake is talking about a Jupiter Jack sync video that we should make. We note that Renner plays alongside Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 4. In that movie his code name is Saturn. Cruise has the code name Jupiter, part of the reason for the genesis of the video.
The rest is history, and not too long after the sync video Syncjack is born and released by December 21st, 2012.
Syncjack from Syncwinnipeg on Vimeo.
Two dates are highlighted in Syncjack. December 21st and January 7th. The other of course being the Saturn resonating date of January 7th.
January 7th being both Jeremy Renner's and Nicolas Cage's birthday.
Renner is code name Saturn and in "real" life Cage owns Saturn Films.
Fast forward to January 7th, 2013, and I find myself choosing a film to watch with my wife. Looking through my downloads I suggest The Town as it stars birthday boy Jeremy Renner.
She chooses The Amazing Spider-Man so we go with that. I think to myself "Oh well. Not heavy sync film but it will have to do."
We are watching the film when my wife takes note that the character Rajit Ratha of Oscorp is the same actor who plays the adult Pi Patel in Life of Pi.
His real life name is Irrfan Khan.
I note on IMDB as I am watching Spider-Man that he is born on November 30th. No sync alarms go off in me with this date.
We are watching the movie when at some point my wife leaves the room to go get tea. She comes back into the room and as she does we hear Irrfan Khan speaking to Rhys Ifans who plays Dr. Connors aka The Lizard.
They are talking about Peter Parker's father - Richard Parker.
As Irrfan Khan says "Richard Parker" my wife yells "What the fuck!"
She is in disbelief that the actor that plays Pi and speaks of the tiger Richard Parker is also the same actor in The Amazing Spider-Man talking about Richard Parker.
After I explain to her this is a great sign of the sync mystery at play we finish the movie.
The next day as I look further into Irrfan Khan, because that is what we do here, I notice a discrepancy in his birthday on-line. Turns out IMDB is wrong. His birthday is not November 30th but rather....
.... January 7th!
With excitement I share this news with my wife. I don't think she knows what to do with such information but I do.
I made a sync video that night.
Here it is.


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Last Tuesday, I had the privilege of attending the annual Knights of Columbus Prayer Rally in Albany. Knights, their families and friends came from around the state to give public witness to our Catholic faith, and to call on our elected officials to defend life and the family.
Many groups come to Albany during the legislative session to lobby their Assembly and Senate representatives. Virtually every day, you can see people from a wide variety of organizations and interest groups, patrolling the halls of the Capitol, and speaking to the elected officials. That's the regular course of business in Albany.
The Knights' rally, though, is fundamentally different.
Yes, it's about public policy. We heard speeches about issues of grave concern to Catholics and to the common good, particularly about abortion and same-sex "marriage". I even said a few words to the crowd about the dangers to religious liberty that would come from redefining marriage. A number of Assembly representatives and Senators spoke, and the crowd responded enthusiastically. Again, that's pretty typical for Albany.
What makes this rally stand out though, is the most important item on the agenda for the day — prayer. The entire rally was centered on the public communal recitation of the Rosary. Yes, public prayer, not just public advocacy. That makes all the difference.
Mary holds a special place in the heart of a Knight. We truly look upon her as Our Lady. Much as the knights of old were invested with their war gear, in a similar way we look upon Mary's Rosary as our weapon of spiritual warfare. Ask a Knight of Columbus, and chances are pretty good that he's armed with a Rosary in his pocket, and he knows how to use it.
My favorite part of the rally is the devout hush that descend on the assembly when the time for speeches has ended and the time for prayer has come. Further conversations are halted, or are muted. Passersby stare in curiosity, perhaps in disbelief, but with respect. All those present have lifted their hearts and minds to God, through the intercession of our Mother. The fervent prayers echo in the cavern created by the surrounding state office buildings — giving witness to our faith, and, in a sense, sanctifying the halls of secular authority.
We gathered together in a place of power to give courageous witness to the power of faith, and to proclaim that all public activism by Christians must be rooted in prayer. We came to do what the Lord commanded us, through the prophet Micah:
"Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice." (Mic 6:1)
Heeding that command, Mary's Knights came to Albany, offered our prayers to God through her never-failing intercession, and were confident that our prayers were heard.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 27 points, including four 3-pointers, and the Utah Jazz defeated the Dallas Mavericks 100-94 on Monday night.
Alec Burks added a season-high 13, including eight in the fourth quarter when Utah held Dallas (13-22) to 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting.
Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavs with 20 points. He had six straight late, but also was called for a charge with 32 seconds remaining as he tried to get Dallas within two.
The Jazz made 4 of 6 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
Al Jefferson added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Utah (18-18), which has won both meetings with Dallas this season.
The Mavs (13-22) have lost three straight and 12 of their last 14.


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Ellicott City will recover from the devastating flooding that killed two people and damaged Main Street this weekend, said local and state officials Monday morning.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in Howard County on Sunday after six inches of rain fell in two hours on Saturday night, causing the Patapsco River to gush through streets. A 35-year-old woman and 38-year-old man were killed, Baltimore County police said.
Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said at a news conference Monday morning that the city 14 miles west of Baltimore will bounce back. He spoke about residents' perseverance and determination.
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"We're going to make sure Elliott City rises up as a stronger, more vibrant place," he said.
"We will rebuild," he continued.
Kittleman praised the community spirit shown in a dramatic video of people linking hands to form a human chain so they could save a woman from the rushing waters.
"That human chain [video] has gone around the world five or six times already," he said. "People know that whenever people in a community would do that for their neighbors, or even for strangers, they will not let this storm defeat us."
Video shot from Chopper4 Monday morning shows flipped cars, broken roads and downed utility poles.
Local and state officials are working to request federal emergency funds, Sen. Barbara Mikulski said at the news conference.
"We're working as Team Maryland from every level of government," he said.
The funding, if approved, would help rebuild infrastructure and help business owners.
Business owner Geniese Brown said she was overwhelmed.
"It's just devastating to see some of the businesses that are totally gone. Totally gone. I don't even know where to start," she said.
St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church will evaluate whether there was structural damage to the church that has stood on Main Street since 1879.
Rev. Joan King said she was "devastated" and asked members of the congregation to pray for the church.
"I just don't know what to do or where we're going to turn to next," she said.
Crews inspected about 200 properties on Sunday and determined that four or five had been destroyed, the county executive said in a statement. Another 20 to 30 properties suffered substantial damage.
Residents affected by the flooding are invited to attend an information session from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the 50+ Center at 9411 Frederick Road.
The police department towed 180 vehicles off Main Street and surrounding areas, officials said. The cars have been relocated to Centennial High School. Another 20 cars will be removed from the river.
The tap water is safe to drink, officials say. If it appears cloudy, let it run until it is clear.


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Stein awarded Bergman Prize
The American Mathematical Society has awarded its 2005 Stefan Bergman Prize to Princeton mathematician Elias Stein.
The award recognizes Stein for "decisive contributions through his research, his expository efforts and his training of graduate students." In particular, the society noted Stein's work in the area of mathematics including "real, complex and harmonic analysis." The honor includes a prize of about $17,000.
Known as an exceptional writer and teacher as well as a leading researcher, Stein previously won the Wolf Prize, which is one of the highest awards in mathematics, as well as the National Medal of Science and the American Mathematical Society's Steele Prize for Exposition and Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement. In 2001, the University awarded Stein its President's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Stein was born in Belgium and received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago, where he taught until coming to Princeton's mathematics department in 1963.


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ST. CHARLES – The Geneva girls cross country team made sure everyone remembered the program's pedigree on Saturday.
The Vikings had a plan for the Upstate Eight Conference River Division meet at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve. They executed it, too, placing four runners in the top 10 en route to a team score of 35 points and a conference championship.
St. Charles North (52), St. Charles East (65) and Batavia (67) followed on a rainy, windy day. Vikings freshman McKenzie Altmayer was Geneva's top runner, taking second in 17:49. East sophomore Torree Scull was the overall conference champion in 17:32.
Altmayer said the Vikings focus was to take care of individual goals while letting the team race take care of itself.
"I know for me I just wanted to do as well as I could and try to hit a PR for this meet," Altmayer said.
In the boys race, River champion North survived a much closer shave, edging runner-up Batavia, 38-40. Four North Stars finished in the top 10 compared to Batavia's three.
"We really wanted to beat Batavia," said North Stars senior Spencer Gray, the individual champion in 15:13. "That was our main goal today as a team and we really wanted to pack after the first mile and then see what we could do from there."
Geneva (58) finished third, while East was fourth with 91 points.
Batavia stayed close to the North Stars as Trevor Hollis (second) and Mitch Zabka (third) paced the top of the pack.
In the girls race, Lexi Slome led Batavia with a fifth-place run in 18:00.
"I thought I ran a pretty good race," Slome said. "I was just focused on not thinking at all and just going out and running as hard as I could. I wanted to go as fast as I could. It was perfect running weather today, I thought."
1. St. Charles North, 38
2. Batavia, 40
3. Geneva, 58
4. St. Charles East, 91
5. Elgin, 153
6. Larkin, 172
7. Streamwood, 196
1. Geneva, 35
2. St. Charles North, 52
3. St. Charles East, 65
4. Batavia, 67
5. Streamwood, 135
6. Elgin, 191
7. Larkin, 193
1. Spencer Gray, St. Charles North, 15:13
2. Trevor Hollis, Batavia, 15:17
3. Mitch Zabka, Batavia, 15:31
4. Max Rowland, St. Charles East, 15:32.6
5. Nathan Klair, St. Charles North, 15:32.9
6. Chris Orlow, Batavia, 15:35
7. Dan Herrera, Geneva, 15:38
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This fall, Leah Devora Contemporary Art presents "Voices- Dating in the Modern World", a multimedia art installation. Devora's exhibit will incorporate audio of individuals discussing what they're looking for in a potential soul mate, juxtaposed against modern art of personal ads on the gallery walls, as well as encouraging viewer participation.
"It's a sound installation," she explained. "I'm recording men and women speaking about what they're looking for. What are your deal breakers, what are you needing right now? One part will feature just women speaking, one part with just men, then an area where it's layered. The idea is to listen to each other, to really listen-- because we don't do that anymore, we're so overly visually stimulated. I'm taking that down a notch and I want people to actually listen. I'm also going to have an interactive element where people can write on the wall: what they're looking for, must haves in a partner, etc., perhaps recording their own audio as well. It's like therapy." The event will be held in a gallery in the Papillion Art Institute, on 1835 South Main Street, Los Angeles.
Devora says her works are mixed media, "a combination of digital painting and traditional painting together. I use a lot of news stories, political stories; storytelling is a big part of my artwork. A lot of my stuff is realism and social commentary, reflecting what's going on."
"I have always been visual, just not always a painter," explains Devora,who has an MFA from Pratt and a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. "In the beginning, I was a writer. I painted when I was 10, and my dad was a painter, but I didn't really get serious about art as a career until my thirties. I devoted myself to my art career in New York for about seven years."
Influenced by contemporary artists such as revolutionary feminist and activist Kiki Smith, Leah also delves into polities, particularly with her Obama series. "I feel like artists have stopped making social commentary, it's become "me me me"-- so self indulgent. I think artists have an obligation to participate in politics."
"About four years ago I did the first one, right before he [Obama] was elected. I wanted to explore Obama, the Montgomery marches, the African Americans in Alabama, social commentary about "could a black man be president?", because it hadn't happened yet. Then, as the idealism died, I continued the series and this one is a socially dynamic series. Every few months when something politically meaningful happens, I add something to the painting. As a former sculptor, layering is something I use in my work to give dimension. I layer items about the economy, the jobless rate, the gay marriage issue. I have about six pieces right now, and each one has different elements of what's going on politically-- Detroit car plants closing and infostructure issues, a whole series of "Made in China" paintings."
Art reflects life, and as the President's time in the Oval Office has, arguably, been blanketed with problems, Devora's portrayal his of legacy has too. "You see Obama get more and more buried under this stuff. The same image from four years ago, layered by what he's experienced." Her skeptical eye also analyzes the Commander in Chief's oft-discussed celebrity status. "On my website I have a portfolio link called "Rock stars", and Obama is in there. He is a pop figure. He's on talk shows. He's on pop television. He's a part of pop culture. If your president goes on David Letterman, come on. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Politicians are just Hollywood movie stars; they're the rock stars of Washington. It's all hyped up glam; they're puppets in a way. But I like him because he does have his own point of view and he does talk back, he doesn't always say the 'right' thing and he's not afraid."
"And don't worry, Romney's not going to get out of this one," she assures, "he's going to be in something.. He's the exact antithesis of what this country has been wanting for itself. "
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We're thrilled by the news that James Earl Jones is set to receive an honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards. The move marks a fitting tribute to a great actor – and can be seen, in part, as a belated recognition of the "Star Wars" series.
It's worth noting word of the honor for the 80-year-old icon, best known as the doom-laden voice of Darth Vader, comes amid talk about whether the final chapter of the most successful movie series of all time – the "Harry Potter" franchise – will earn any major Academy Award nominations.
Which leads us to ask: Will Daniel Radcliffe and the gang, shut out through seven movies, have to wait until they're as old as Dumbledore to get Oscar's respect?
The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science sports, at best, a mixed record in rewarding fantasy-action flicks that scale both artistic and box-office heights. The "Star Wars" films bagged a bunch of technical awards, but only the first installment received any major nominations (Best Picture, Best Director and a Best Supporting Actor nod for Alec Guinness), with nary a win.
It took three tries for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy to complete its Oscar quest, with "The Return of the King" taking a record-tying 11 Academy Awards in 2004, on a night as memorable as Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday party.
But "The Dark Knight" got shut out of Best Picture category in 2009, a foolish snub that spurred the Academy to double the field of nominees to 10. That apparently didn't much help "Avatar," which lost in 2010 to "The Hurt Locker."
At least "Avatar," by some measures the biggest movie moneymaker of all time, got nominated for Best Picture: the "Potter" series, considered so far only for behind-the-scenes categories, hasn't notched a major nomination or a single statue.
We're not saying that "Potter" deserves Oscar recognition simply because the eight-movie series has brought in a record $7 billion – and counting – at the box office. The franchise, though, is overdue industry kudos for giving moviegoers some great films.
The final chapter, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," may be the best of them all, save for perhaps "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." For all the action and special effects, "Deathly Hallows" is driven by character – offering an ambiguity-tinged battle of good against evil wrapped in a story about growing up amid death and uncertainty.
The year in movies isn't over, but Best Picture, Best Director (David Yates), Best Actor (Daniel Radcliffe) and Best Supporting Actor (Alan Rickman) nods, at a minimum, would seem in order.
In purely practical term, Oscar voters, who haven't always been in sync with moviegoers, might want to think about the generation of fans who grew up with the "Potter" films over the last decade. Last year's bid to draw a younger crowd to the Academy Awards show by enlisting James Franco and Anne Hathaway as co-host failed, as ratings actually dropped amid the duo's lackluster performances.
What could be more magical for movie fans of all ages than an Oscars ceremony celebrating "Harry Potter," Jones and, by extension, "Star Wars?" Otherwise, the Academy Awards might not have many viewers left by 2069 when 80-year-old Radcliffe picks up his honorary Oscar.
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Culinary SOS: Huckleberry's whole-wheat apple butter cake
Dear SOS: Help! The apple butter cake at Huckleberry is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten. I can't stop thinking about the taste. I would do anything for the recipe, including washing dishes there for the day. It's that good.
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Dear Jefferson: I love this cake. Huckleberry's apple butter cake incorporates almond meal and cornmeal with whole wheat and all-purpose flours for a dense but wonderfully crumbly texture. Not too sweet, it's unabashedly rich, with no shortage of butter and a nice tang from generous apple chunks.
Huckleberry's whole-wheat apple butter cake
Total time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Servings: 16 to 20
Note: Adapted from Huckleberry Bakery & Café
Cooked apples
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 pounds apples (about 3 large), peeled and cut into large chunks (about 4 cups)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
In a large sauté pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the apples, then the sugar and salt, tossing to coat completely. Cook, stirring often, until the apples are just softened, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat and spread out the apples on a rimmed baking sheet to stop the cooking process. Set aside to cool.
Cake assembly
2 lightly packed cups (7 ounces) almond meal
1 cup (4.5 ounces) whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon (3.5 ounces) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (2.5 ounces) cornmeal
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 pound butter
2 1/4 cups (1 pound) sugar, plus 3 tablespoons, divided
8 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
Cooked apples
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-by-3-inch round cake pan and line bottom with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, sift together the almond meal, whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter until softened. With the mixer going, beat in 1 pound sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until combined, then beat in the vanilla.
4. Beat in the dry ingredients, a spoonful at a time, just until incorporated. Be careful not to over-mix.
5. Fold in the cooked apples by hand. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake pan and sprinkle over the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar.
6. Bake the cake in the center of the oven until the cake is risen and a rich golden brown on top, springs back when touched, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 11/2 hours. Check the cake after 1 hour; if it browns too quickly, loosely tent the top with a piece of foil.
7. Remove the cake to a rack. Cool for 15 minutes before removing the cake.
Each of 20 servings: 434 calories; 7 grams protein; 45 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 27 grams fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 136 mg cholesterol; 31 grams sugar; 406 mg sodium.
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Thirty-five years ago a special little (well, I suppose 10 lbs. isn't exactly little) bundle was delivered to our family. Mom had this wee girl at home, so I was there the very second she was born and have adored her ever since, because you see, she also was born the day after I turned seventeen. Big sunshiny smiles, a voice that could loudly..erm...sing :P, and a sister that grew up to be an incredible friend. Today I wish you a wonderful Birthday Rachel! I love you!
P.S....that's Mom sitting next to Rach.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Happy Birthday Sis!
Posted by Faye at 9:54 AM
3 comments:
- hippo chick said...
Hi Faye,
I'm a little behind the times. Looks like you've had a great week. I love the "chocolate" watch. It is very cool.
My oldest daughter is 35. Alas! I was 28 when she was born.
Happy BDay to your sis.
Have a great weekend.
~hippo hugs~
- October 17, 2008 at 11:04 AM
- Mz.Elle said...
I think it's so beautiful that
were right there to welcome your Sis into the world. Not too many people that opportunity!
I think this is a lovely tribute to
- October 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM
- hippo chick said...
Hey Faye,
It's me again. Just commenting on your comment. Our son is buried in the cemetery too. You, my friend, are one amazing woman.
~hippo hugs~
- October 17, 2008 at 7:46 PM
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Plans for Ralph Nader's Tort Law Museum raise questions in Winsted
Winsted >> By the end of August, the construction and remodeling will begin on the country's first Tort law museum which Ralph Nader decided to put in his home town.
"Why not? Museums are in small towns all over the country," Nader said. "Museums should be in small towns."
Nader says he believes having a museum, of any kind, will bring tourism into Winsted which will increase the activity in local businesses.
Though they tend to agree with the growth of economic development, there's a group of skeptics that aren't sold on the idea.
"I welcome any new business," said Gina Sartirana, Winsted resident. "But, we've heard about this Tort Museum for a while and nothing came to fruition."
Many residents, similar to Sartirana, say they're worried that talk will be had about the museum but nothing will come of it.
"I think we've just heard a lot of empty promises," Sartirana said. "For whatever reason it never happened."
Like Sartirana, many people are curious about the property on the corner of Rowley and Maine Street. This building, which is the current location of the Office of the Community Lawyer, was purchased by his brother.
"The building was bought, I think, in 1984 or 85," said Charlene LaVoie, Community Lawyer and affiliate of Nader. "Shafeek Nader and George Sherwood put together the deal to buy the building."
According to LaVoie, Shafeek Nader's initial plan for the building was to use it as a space for businesses and offices. Shafeek Nader died not long after purchasing the building, in 1986
"You know what happens after things like that," LaVoie said in regards to the plan being halted.
The Community Lawyer project started in 1989 and the building was used for that purpose.
"About a decade later the intention to start the American Museum of Tort Law began," she said. "Because it's a beautiful building and it's on the national registry of historical place."
LaVoie says the plans for that were halted because of the cost of renovations, and environment remediation that needed to be done.
"We had all the environmental repairs done like you should do with these old mill buildings," she said. "But there came a moment where it was decided that you can't put good money after bad. You can't put millions and millions of dollars into a building like this and run a non-profit organization and have it return anything."
Though all of the environmental remediation had been done on the building, LaVoie says further construction was needed for the building and that the money wasn't worth the project.
"So the plan for the Tort Museum was put on the back burner," she said. "Until last year when Ralph noticed that the Winsted Savings Bank was up for sale. We thought 'well that building doesn't have any of these problems.'"
Nader, who noted he didn't own any other buildings in town, says the town should be excited for the museum.
"[People] should be enthusiastic," he said. "Winsted needs this kind of activity."
Nader says he chose the former Winsted Savings Bank for several reasons including its location in his hometown as well as parking which presented an issue with the building on Rowley Street.
The Winsted native expects the museum to be up and running within the next two years and says he plans for the museum to host events and have interactive displays and exhibits.
Though it will be a non-profit, Nader notes what the building takes from the town in taxes it will replace with the amount of tourist it attracts.
"People have such a fascination with courts and judges," he said. "It's a non-profit but it'll bring tourist and visitors to the town."
He notes that tourist traffic means an increase of revenue to small businesses in town.
"Given that it's the first museum of its kind," he said, "tons of towns would want the first tort museum in the country, but this is my hometown."
Though Nader's apparent love for the town drove him to this decision, some residents don't share his enthusiasm for the museum.
"I can't see it as the saving grace of Winsted," said Carrie Case, Vice-Chair of Winsted's Economic Development Commission. "From a tourism point of view, I don't think that it's a board spectrum attraction."
Both Case and Sartirana both say they're pro-business but they say they would prefer a children's museum or an attraction for less of a niche audience.
"The amount of people a Tort museum will draw is minimal I think," Sartirana said. "But I would like to see something else."
Sartirana says she is willing to see what happens with the project and hopes Nader's plan pans out the way he expects.
"I welcome new business," Sartirana said. "I hope he's right. If it'll improve the economy of Winsted I support it."
Though Sartirana says she'd rather a different attraction, she figures Nader's project can work under a few conditions.
"If you take an idea and you can make it fun and interesting as well as educated I'm sure you can make it successful," she said.
Case agrees but says she'd like to see design plans and more affirmation before she's on board. Otherwise, as far as the economy of Winsted, both Sartirana and Case say funneling business into the town would be a good thing and should be the main concern.
Renovations will begin on the building soon after the bank vacates the premises at the beginning of fall.
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