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Momenta producers seeks to raise funding, awareness through Kickstarter
[small]SAN FRANCISCO (June 10, 2013)[/small] – A Pacific Northwest coal project is threatening the global environment on a scale greater than the Keystone Pipeline, but most people have never heard of it. Momenta, a documentary collaboration between Plus M Productions (The First 70) and Protect Our Winters, shares the story of the people living along the coal export trail and the project's global environmental implications.
Since American demand for coal is declining, the American coal industry has turned its attention to rapidly expanding Asian markets. The plan is to extract 140 million pounds of coal per year from the Powder River Basin and ship it overseas via deep-water ports in Washington and Oregon.
Andy, Eric and Robin, Coalcountry.
The closest way from Montana to Asia is through our backyards and through our ports here in the Northwest, says Power Past Coal Campaign Director Beth Doglio. "If all of the proposals on the table right now get built, the impacts to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions would actually be significantly more than those of the Keystone Pipeline."
Each day, more than 50 mile-and-a-half-long trains, laden with Powder River coal, will travel from Wyoming and Montana through hundreds of small towns to ports in the Pacific Northwest, leaving arsenic and mercury laden coal dust in their wake. The near-constant stream of escaping coal dust imposes toxic environmental pollutants and a myriad of health risks to pass-through communities.
Unless you live there, you just can't imagine the hugeness of the Powder River Basin and what 50 coal trains a day is like – it's something that needs to be visually illustrated to gain broader awareness and take serious action. Because of that, we just felt that a documentary, followed by a strong grassroots effort was the best approach
Said Chris Steinkamp, executive director, Protect Our Winters.
And those are the domestic impacts. On a global scale, environmental experts warn that the amount of carbon emissions produced by burning the Powder River coal deposit would result in cataclysmic and irreversible impacts on global climate.
About the documentary:
The documentary features interviews with prominent experts and environmental activists, including Bill McKibben, the nation's leading environmentalist; and Jeremy Jones, professional snowboarder, activist and founder of Protect Our Winters.
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Through thoughtful interviewing and breathtaking cinematography, the documentary unveils the coal project's devastating potential. The project will be followed by a strong grassroots effort to engage the community to take action against the proposed construction of the export terminals.
"Our documentary has a moving target. New coal ports can be proposed at any time," says Director Andy Miller. "We truly don't know what the outcome will be, but we knew we wanted to raise awareness and activate communities to stop proposed coal exports in the Pacific Northwest. There are better ways to produce energy. And now is the time to transition."
Grassroots fundraising:
Plus M Productions and Protect Our Winters contributed the initial funding for the Momenta trailer, which can be viewed online at vimeo.com/65533675. However, they're looking to the community to raise the remaining funds for the full-length documentary.
The Momenta Kickstarter launches today, June 10, with the goal of raising $65,000 within 30 days. Producers plan for filming to take place for two weeks in August 2013 with a release at the end of September.
Additional resources
Momenta Project Website: momentaproject.com
Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/366884863/momenta
About Plus M Productions:
Plus M Productions is a San Francisco based video production company that produces socially-minded documentary films and video content for a range of clients, from local non-profits to international companies.
About Protect Our Winters:
Protect Our Winters is a non-profit dedicated to engaging the winter sports community to lead the fight against climate change. The organization's focus is on educational initiatives, activism and the support of community-based projects.
More information at: protectourwinters.org.


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With the goal of offering studio-level sound quality to everyone SoundMAGIC has created the E80C earphones. Listening with the E80C opens up the world of studio quality sound that never sounds boosted or enhanced with a neutral and poised sound stage. Equipped with a 3-button remote with automatic switching between Apple and Android smartphones for interchanging devices with ease make the E80C a truly versatile earphones.
To achieve true to original sound the redeveloped drivers of the E80C incorporate new high purity copper winding material specially imported from Japan. This material results in a higher impedance rating requiring more driving power to achieve the full potential of the E80C. A high-resolution digital audio player or headphone amplifier will bring out the best sound.
Compatible with all smartphones, the E80C incorporates a microchip in the 3-button remote that switches automatically between Apple and Android smartphones. Owners of multiple smartphones can easily swap between devices to control volume, track control and call answer/end functions.
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- Kimberley Perrin, Director
- 412 West Main Street, Marble, CO 81623
- Send an email or call (970) 963.9815
- Museum is open Memorial Day weekend through the end of August.
- Thursday – Sunday, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Adults $5, juniors and seniors $3, children and members of Marble Historical Society free (contact Kimberley Perrin about membership opportunities).
In the heyday during the early 1900's, Marble, Colorado was a thriving mining town that was known worldwide for supplying beautiful white marble for the construction of monuments and buildings across the United States, including the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C.
Home to some 4,000 hardy souls, Marble needed a school for its youngsters. The community built a fine two-story building with a marble foundation, marble veneer, and four large classrooms that was opened in 1912. The school housed as many as 200 students in the 1920's and 1930's, and graduated classes of as many as 25 students from the 12th grade.
During World War II, however, demand for marble buildings and monuments slipped precipitously, and combined with a couple of bad floods that struck Marble in the 1940's, the school's enrollment slipped to a handful of students. The school was closed by the Gunnison Watershed School District in 1948.
The schoolhouse was shuttered for several decades until the Marble Historical Society expressed an interest in refurbishing the building and opening a museum in the building. The building was deeded to the Marble Historical Society in 1985.
In the meanwhile, Marble continued to grow. During the sleepy years of the 1940's and early 1950's, the population of Marble had dipped to only a handful of hardy souls, but as Carbondale and Glenwood Springs grew in population, so did Marble.
As Marble grew, the sentiment of "why don't we have our own school again?" became stronger and stronger. Parents didn't like the idea of their kids riding the bus for a good part of their day. In 1995, concerned parents formulated a plan to become part of the Colorado Rural Charter Schools Network and start up a new Marble Charter School in the old building.
Because the Marble Historical Society had title to the building, the Marble Charter School arranged to lease classroom and office space from the Historical Society. As such, the school was not forced to complete a renovation of the entire building to modern classroom standards at significant cost, but rather was able to remodel only the classrooms that they intended to use. The Historical Society and the Charter School reached an agreement whereby they would share the costs of maintaining the building, while the Charter School would pay a $1 a year lease fee. In addition, the Historical Society maintains a museum and an upper classrooms of the building. It is open during the summer and fall months.


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Goldman Sachs has come under intense scrutiny following a government investigation into its practices. The firm is a powerhouse whose 34,000 employees are known as the best and the brightest. It's unique corporate culture and its long history of success have always been the envy of its competitors...but now Goldman Sachs is fighting to maintain its reputation. The firm has been accused by some critics of misleading investors, and taken to task for accepting a government bailout when, less than a year later, it was able to reap massive profits. Some ask if its connections to the many Goldman alumni who went on to influential government positions gave it an unfair advantage in surviving the global financial crisis.
In this CNBC original documentary, correspondent David Faber reveals how Goldman Sachs benefited from some of its most controversial deals before, during and after the economic collapse. He describes how Goldman, throughout its history, has fought back from adversity with innovation and fierce competitiveness. Faber also examines the future of Goldman Sachs, asking whether the bank can maintain its dominant position atop the world of finance.


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Brits in Crete as an expat community gets involved with helping publicize happenings to British folk in Greece, whether visiting or living here. Often social media and in publicity, in English has good exposure to target English speakers in the country. Often this can help awareness to find 'missing people', as an example.
BritsinCrete.gr asks you to help support the efforts to save from extinction the shy Mediterranean Monk Seal which is found in Greece's coastal waters. Monk seals (L: genus Monachus) have been living on Earth for 15 million years. Today in the European Union, however, the most ancient of Monk Seal species the Mediterranean Monk Seal - L: Monachus monachus is on the most critically endangered animal list. Its total remaining population is less than 600 individuals, of which 250-300 is thought to be in the coastal waters of Greece. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature - WWF Greece there are some 35 species of seal living in the world today. Only three species of the genus Monachus live in warm water. One, the Caribbean monk seal, became extinct in the 1950's.
Looking back over millennia, references to the Mediterranean monk seal appear in ancient Greek texts attesting to the attention mankind has given to this mammal. In 8th Century BC Greek mythology, Homer mentions the species in the 4th book of the Odyssey. In the book Menelaus tells Telemachus, the son of Odysseus and Penelope of his meeting with Proteus, the sea god who protected the sea's animals, including seals. Later, historian Herodotus (500BC), scientist, Aristotle (circa 300BC), and philospher, Plutarch (circa 100BC) also mentioned the monk seal in their recorded observations and writings.
Greek waters are today home to the largest concentrations of the Mediterranean seal population. Most live around the islands of the Northern Sporades, the Ionian Sea, the Cyclades, and the Dodecanese.
The Mediterranean monk seal can grow up to three metres long. The bulls are noticeably larger than the females. This streamlined aquatic mammal with flippers is intelligent and graceful but is particularly sensitive to any disturbance. While seals dive for fish, octopus and squid they come ashore to rest and breed. The seals reproduce their offspring in natural caves along Greece's shoreline. A cow monk seal gives birth to just one pup usually every one or two years. A pup is also referred to as a whelp or calf.
Many factors are driving the Mediterranean Monk Seal into extinction:
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Χρειαζόμαστε την βοήθειά σου και την υποστήριξή σου στην προσπάθειά μας να ευαισθητοποιήσουμε τον κόσμο για να βρεθεί το μικρό κορίτσι που απήχθη κατά την διάρκεια των διακοπών που έκανε με τους γονείς της στην Πορτογαλία. Ταυτόχρονα, στέλνουμε το μήνυμα, ότι δεν πρόκειται να ανεχθούμε από κανέναν να απαγάγει τα παιδιά μας. Δεν πρόκειται να καθίσουμε με σταυρωμένα τα χέρια και δεν θα αφήσουμε κανένα άλλο παιδί να μετατραπεί απλά σε στατιστικό στοιχείο. Αυτή η υπόθεση ανοίγει τον δρόμο σε έναν νέο τρόπο ενημέρωσης παγκοσμίως για απαγωγές παιδιών.
Read more: Find Madeleine Greece - την ανεύρεση της Madeleine
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The #Find Arthur campaign has gone global to locate missing British pensioner, Robert "Arthur" Jones, a 73 year old from Denbigh in North Wales. Arthur went missing in the Chania area of Crete on June 19, 2014. The "Missing People" charity (missingpeople.org.uk) has turned the search into a worldwide one initiated by Lee Hadwin of the charity with a Leah Roberts from Denbigh. Personalities including the American comedian, Alan Carr and actress Morgan Fairchild back the campaign. American actor, @ripper_street star #AdamRothenberg is the latest to join in the worldwide search.Add a comment
Conservation of water in Greece, particularly Crete has never been more important than now. Use less, conserve more! British and Irish Ex-pats living in the Greek Islands can support the natural ecosystems, that is to say, planting of more vegetation by way of grasses and trees, promote wildlife habitat, and be more economical in using less water overall, especially in the home and garden. Ex-pats can also support World Water Day, March 22 every year.
Article Author: Gerald Brown, webmaster at Brits in Crete.


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Some folks, including the creator, describe this Kinect mod in Hulk-smash terms. It does tint the screen (and the skin of the players) green. But towering above puny buildings and smashing them into rubble, that sounds more like Rampage, to me. Either way, let's get this one into production, stat.
Next on the to-do list: Eating people, eating appliances and belching flame, grabbing junction boxes and getting electrocuted.
HULK SMASH! Kinect Hack Using Flash and Box2D [Kinect Hacks via Joystiq]


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Hyperstimulation of the uterus during the oxytocin stress test
2792 contraction stress tests (CST) were analysed. Oxytocin was administered in 1730 of these to stimulate uterine contractions and the hyperstimulation which occurred in 48 tests (2.8%) was studied extensively. Seven ...
Combined (stressed and non-stressed) antenatal fetal heart rate monitoring
Acceleration patterns of the fetal heart rate, or a normal heart rate during spontaneous contractions, were used as a short weekly screening test to evaluate fetal well-being in 1102 high-risk pregnancies. When accelerations ...


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God has freely given us the tools we need to live a holy life that pleases Him—that's fabulous news! There's no need to fall short. The writer of Hebrews tells us:
"Pursue...holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God." (12:14-15, NKJV)
The main point here is clear: We need the grace of God to walk in true holiness. We might ask, "If, as we've been taught, grace is only about forgiveness, then what does 'fall short' mean in this verse?" The Greek word here is hustereo. Strong's Concordance defines it as "to be inferior, to fall short (be deficient), come behind, be destitute, fail." Thayer's Lexicon goes into more depth by stating that this word's meaning is "to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach the goal, to fall short of the end."
Holiness is crucial to finishing our race well. Hear the prophet Isaiah's words: "There will be a highway there, called 'The Road of Holiness.' No sinner will ever travel that road; no fools will mislead those who follow it. No lions will be there; no fierce animals will pass that way. Those whom the LORD has rescued will travel home by that road. They will reach Jerusalem [heaven] with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief." (35:8–10, TEV)
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God says that when we walk in the power of the grace of God, bearing true fruits of holiness, we are invincible because of Him. Isaiah says that no fierce animal, such as a bear or lion, will be able to take us out! (This includes our supreme enemy, Satan, who walks about as "a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" [1 Peter 5:8].) So, we have no reason to fail when we produce fruits of holiness through the power of God's grace. This ability is not because of us but because of Him. We must abide in the grace of God in order to live holy, fruitful, extraordinary lives!
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Boston BMW CCA Autocross Points Event 3
BMW CCA - Boston Chapter - Autocross
Registration closed July 16, 2020 11:59 AM on July 16, 2020 11:59 AM EDT Registration ends July 16, 2020 11:59 AM on July 16, 2020 11:59 AM EDT Registration opens June 15, 2020 12:00 AM on June 15, 2020 12:00 AM EDT Registration runs from June 15, 2020 12:00 AM to July 16, 2020 11:59 AM
The Autocross Series is open to Boston Chapter BMW CCA members. If you are not a member of the Boston Chapter BMW CCA, you may join for only $58 per year. If you are a BMW CCA member, you may add the Boston Chapter to your current membership. You do not have to own a BMW to be a member of the BMW CCA.
All events are held at Moore Airfield in Ayer, Massachusetts (entrance at 90 Fitchburg Rd., Ayer, MA).
Schedule: This is an all-day event with two running sessions and two working sessions. Please do NOT sign up if you cannot stay the full day.
- Gates Open: 8:00 AM
- Tech Inspection: 8:15 - 8:30 AM
- Drivers Meeting: 9:00 AM
- Course Walk: after the Drivers Meeting
- First Car Off: 10:00 AM
- Event concludes: between 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM
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This means we are not allowing First-Timers or Novices. Novices are defined as anyone with less than 5 autocross events. We do apologize and hope that we can get back to welcoming everyone back soon.
All participants must classify their cars before registering for this event:
- Read the Autocross Classing Rules: Autocross Classes
- Access the online classification system here: Classification
- Complete the IMF Form (Print and bring the form with you to the event)
If you have any issues accessing the classification system, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Please also read the Autocross Policies & Rules here: Boston BMW CCA Autocross
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NSW coast to be lashed by rain over next seven days due to low-pressure system
The east coast of NSW will continue to be lashed by consistent rain for the next seven days, with the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warning there could be flash flooding in parts.
Wild storms lash south-east Queensland, leaving thousands without power
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When gas prices fall, is it is good or bad for the economy? Read Charles Krauthhammer's opinion and compare it to mine.Seems we both believe in Don Quixote.
Economics 101 Supply and Demand teaches when prices fall on a product, demand will rise. This is good for the purses of present oil and energy consumers, but bad for the economy and welfare of future generations of consumers. Why? Because there is not an infinite supply of gas and oil. In time, as the supplies decrease, prices will rise.
So what is my point in relation to wise King Solomon? He wrote and said two things three thousand years ago that I believe we should start considering doing now.
A good man leaves his wealth to his posterity, but a sinner amasses wealth for a righteous man. (Proverb 13:22)
A good man transmits the material benefits which accrue from his goodness to his posterity, but a sinner's wealth is held in store (not for his own posterity but) for a righteous man. 'A man plants olive trees for his grandchildren.' In there is the contrast between the righteous man who eats his fill, and the evil man who never have enough to eat and suffer the pangs of hunger. (Proverbs McKane)
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
…36then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance.(Kings 8:36)
Points of This Post.
We seem to believe future technology will discover new sources of energy. However, there will never be any commodity or technology that will be less costly or efficient than our present inheritance of natural resources which were the result of millions of years of time and evolution.
In One, my point is that I predict our future generations will look back at our generation and judge us to be foolish, sinful, and greedy for wasting away rather than wisely preserving our natural resources of energy.
In Two, start praying that God will provide for our future generations.
My Personal Recommendation
All world leaders take a time out from warring with one another to best serve their national interests to control energy sources. Then all have a pow wow to agree to end the economics of supply and demand pricing for natural energy resources, and instead focus on slowing down depletion by investing and managing alternative sources NOW.
If some nations will not agree and decide to instead continue to terrorize and war to satisfy their selfish interests, all the nation who agree, join together and agree not to buy their oil or products that they obtained by warring with their fellow brothers in mankind.
And, yes one of my favorite heroes is Don Quixote, The Man From La Mancha. I also believe this. What the world needs now in addition to love is wisdom.
Regards and good will blogging.
Wikipedia Supply and Demand
Veterans Day The Soldier, Citizen, and Sin of Pride, and the comments.
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WEST, Texas (AP) - The mayor of West, Texas, says volunteer firefighters went to fight a fire at a fertiliser plant about a half-hour before a massive explosion tore through it and damaged surrounding buildings.
Mayor Tommy Muska says he's a volunteer firefighter himself and his helmet was knocked off when the explosion tore through the West Fertiliser plant around 7 pm local time on Wednesday.
Mr Muska says the blast badly damaged buildings for a five-block radius around the plant, including a nearby middle school and nursing home. He says the nursing home's 133 residents were safely evacuated.
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Red Bull Wake of Steel
Close to 5000 spectators brought a unique atmosphere to the sun-baked Linz harbour, while 16 top wakeboarders invited to take part in the Red Bull Wake of Steel hit absolute top form. Ten of the 16 starters rode their way into the head-to-head stages, with the winners of the knock-out ties then facing off in a grand final. Taking to their boards for the final were no less than local wakeboard hero Dominik Hernler, three-time Thai world champion Daniel Grant and German trio Dominik Gührs, Nico von Lerchenfeld and Frédéric von Osten. In the end it was Dominik Hernler and Daniel Grant who battled it out over the final. The rider with British descent put in a perfect performance that Hernler countered with no lack of style. A backroll 360 and a series of tricks on the rails saw the Austrian boarder delight the crowd. The charismatic Carinthian eventually missed out on a win by just 0.66 points.
Hernler had the following to say about performing in front of the Austrian fans: "The atmosphere in Linz was unbelievable. The unique obstacle exceeded my expectations and the other riders were definitely impressed. I am totally happy with second place. I wanted to win for sure but it was not to be this time. I hope that the Red Bull Wake of Steel will now become a permanent fixture on the international wakeboard scene."
After taking in the action-packed event, the entertainment continued as the spectators made their way to the Red Bull Brandwagen, where artists like Lylit, Chrisfader, S.K. Invitational , Texta, Kayo&Phekt, Hinterland, Average (Die Au), Andi & Alex helped the crowd get their grooves on.
Result: 1.Daniel Grant (THA) 81,33 points, 2. Dominik Hernler (AUT) 80,66 points, 3. Fédéric von Osten (GER) 70,67, 4. Dominik Gührs (GER) 70,33, 5. Nico von Lerchenfeld (GER) 61,67.
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Golson hopes Notre Dame's season ends on BCS note
When Everett Golson sees a piano, he usually sits down and starts entertaining. He plays several instruments, keeps a keyboard in his room and loves to sing.
Music is a huge part of his life, perhaps only topped by basketball.
And in Golson's spare time, he plays quarterback for Notre Dame.
"He's pretty good at his hobby," Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chuck Martin said. "This being his hobby."
Golson's biggest game - and biggest opportunity - awaits Monday night when the top-ranked Fighting Irish (12-0) take on No. 2 Alabama (12-1) for the BCS national title. Golson's season started with him winning a competition to be the quarterback for a then-unranked team, and now he's got the chance to lead Notre Dame back to the top of college football.
Or in musical vernacular, to be ND's maestro.
"It is a big stage," Golson said. "I don't ride the wave too much. I'm kind of just focused on what's played between the yard lines, what's played on the field. Can't really focus on everything that's off the field because that's out of my control."
A redshirt freshman, Golson didn't play last season, instead running the scout team. He won starter job entering this season, yet even when he was picked to be under center as Notre Dame opened the season in Ireland against Navy, there was some question about how long he would actually be able to keep his spot.
Golson had all the answers. His numbers aren't catchy - 11 passing touchdowns in 11 appearances - but his record is unblemished, 10-0 as a starter.
"I think he understood more of what our coaches wanted from him," Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert said. "When they would coach him up on something, he kind of better understood that as the year went on."
One of the major issues Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly had with the Irish offense a year ago was its penchant for turning the ball over.
Golson rarely dealt with that problem.
Poised more often than not, Golson has only five interceptions in 282 attempts this season. He averages 191 passing yards per game - only 79th-best in the nation - but he's not necessarily asked to win games with wild throwing sprees, either. Kelly's mandate was simply for his quarterback to avoid the big mistake that would lose games.
So far, so good.
"First-ever college game in Dublin, Ireland, first-ever home game against Purdue, road game primetime Michigan State, night game at Notre Dame against Michigan, on the road at Oklahoma, on the road at USC, coming off the bench ... take any other quarterback this year and try to figure out if they've gone through as much as Everett Golson," Martin said. "To me it's not even close. Not even close."
It goes deeper than the experiences of 2012.
In Golson's mind, not getting a chance to play in 2011 may have been more significant in pushing his development along.
"I think me being put back on the scout team, it was just really a humbling experience for me," Golson said. "Coming in, I thought I was ready to play or had that confidence that I was ready to play, but it wasn't that way for me. I think being put back on the scout team, like I said, really humbled me, made me kind of reassess myself."
Even the Crimson Tide can see that.
When Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart first started breaking down tape of the Irish, he predictably watched every play of every game several times. And by the end of that film study, Smart knew the Golson who started the season isn't remotely close to the player who now is tasked with running the Irish offense.
"You can't give the guy the ability to run all around and make plays, yet that's what he's going to do, so it's who's got the greater will to contain and keep him in the pocket," Smart said. "So it's a tough thing. The guy is going to scramble. He's going to be a better, quicker athlete than the people we have up front."
The thing the Irish rave about most when talking about Golson is his confidence.
Even when things were tough at times this season - particularly the game against Pittsburgh when Notre Dame trailed 20-6 entering the fourth quarter, then won 29-26 on his touchdown run in the third overtime - Golson continually showed he can do the job.
"He's a very important part of our offense and he's a big playmaker," Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin said. "Any time we can take a hit off of him, it's going to be big. He's a playmaker. He makes plays."
If that happens Monday, Golson may make football's equivalent of beautiful music.
"The race is not given to the swift or the strong ... but it's given to the one that endures to the end," Golson said. "We're obviously the underdogs coming into this game. ... Alabama has, like I said, a great defense, great team, bigger, faster, stronger. But it's really about who's going to endure to the end."


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Five years? Maybe there's a little bit of embellishment to help minimize the whole situation, but it seems a little suspicious that a not-so-elaborate homepage mock-up of Favre would be sitting around in some publishing cue pending a retirement announcement. And if it has been sitting around that long, you'd think a programmer's elbow grazing the SEND key would've been something they would've fail-safed a while ago. ( Right now, I'm picturing Mark Borchardt from American Movie is the guy mashing all the buttons at Packers.com headquarters.)
The most enjoyable part of the day was watching Pro Football Talk almost eat itself trying to keep up with all the madness. MDS to the rescue, of course.
After wiping the brown stuff off of its face, the Packers did say there will be some sort of press conference next week that'll address the future of Wisconsin's Gunslinging Wet Dream and the appropriate amount of mourning and/or rejoicing will finally be able to commence.
In preparation for that event and to pay my own homage, I was reminded of Reuben Frank/Sal Paolantonio's spot-on summary of Favre's career:
Let's interrupt the deification of Brett Favre for a moment to examine the second half of his career.
Since beating the 49ers in the 1997 NFC Championship Game, Favre has won just three of 10 playoff games. Eli Manning had more playoff wins in a 29-day span this year than Favre has in the last decade.
Yes, Favre won a Super Bowl 11 years ago. Good for him. But while his career arc has spiraled downward, the sickening fawning over him has only grown worse.
Favre has thrown two of the worst playoff interceptions in NFL history - Brian Dawkins in overtime against the Eagles in the 4thand-26 game in 2003 and last month against the Giants. He's the only quarterback in NFL history to throw overtime interceptions in two different playoff games.
Since 2002, Favre is 2-3 in home playoff games, losing to Michael Vick, Daunte Culpepper and Eli Manning. The Packers have lost as many home playoff games under Favre in the last six years as they lost from 1921 through 2001. In his last nine playoff games, Favre has thrown 16 touchdowns and 18 interceptions.
Yet the football hype machine still stubbornly paints Favre as this hallowed icon of Americana, a symbol of all that is right with sports, a Wild West gun-slinging good ol' boy. There's Brett on the farm! There's Brett with his family! There's Brett on the cover of Sports Illustrated! There's Brett throwing another overtime interception!
Favre was the best in the game once upon a time. Those days are gone. Even if nobody wants to admit it.
Stay tuned...
Packers: Favre retirement page a mistake [Sporting News]
Favre-tastic lunacy at The Rumor Mill [PFT]
Favre Could Maybe, Possibly Be Retiring Again [Chris Mottram's House of Fire! (or The Sporting Blog)]
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LONDON — Canada's Zach Bell sits in ninth position after three of the six omnium track cycling events have been completed.
It's not exactly where he'd hoped to be.
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Bell — who grew up in Watson Lake, Yukon and now lives in North Vancouver — was rated a medal contender here from many sources, including Sports Illustrated, which had him finishing on the podium.
"It's not a good start for me, I think everybody knows that, I don't have to say it," said Bell, 29, who was seventh overall after the flying lap and points events, and dropped two positions after getting eliminated late in the elimination race.
"I'm not really sure why," Bell said. "I felt good coming in, everything was lined up. It was just a bad day, I guess. [Day 2] is a good day for me, generally. Hopefully I can rebound, make a really good push and something good will come of it."
While he contested a few sprints, Bell was not able to come close to the level of Roger Kluge of Germany and Denmark's Lasse Norman Hansen in the points race. Bryan Coquard of France leads the omnium after Day 1.
"In the elimination race, I got caught in a bad position," Bell said, "but the other two [results] were a bit shocking."
Bell was 13th in the 30k points race, a virtual track marathon in which points are assessed in a series of 12 sprints to the line during the race. It is usually a strong suit, but he was not a big factor.
His remaining races Sunday are: the 4km individual pursuit, the 15km scratch race — one of his best events — and the 1km time trial.


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Uncertain about the Legislature's timetable and preference for addressing the state's long-term transit financing needs, MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott is leaning toward a budget solution that relies heavily on increased fare revenue to close a $117 million budget gap, the Patriot Ledger reported.
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After closing a budget gap last year with fare hikes and state bailout funds, the MBTA is facing an April 10 deadline to have a fiscal 2014 budget in place that addresses this year's $117 million budget gap.
Charles Planck, senior director of strategic initiatives and performance at the MBTA, estimated that an average fare increase of between 27 percent and 33 percent would be needed across all modes of transportation to generate $130 million, or between 13 percent and 15 percent to net $65 million in new revenue.
The MBTA raised fares on average of 23 percent last year to close its fiscal 2013 budget gap, an increase that dented the personal budgets of riders but which did not produce a drop in ridership that had been predicted, in part due to high gas prices.
Though there is some appetite in the House and Senate to advance a transportation financing solution that would address that budget gap, the MBTA must still prepare for the possibility that no new funding becomes available.
"I've lived too many lives, and so until you actually have the dollars I presume nothing," said Scott, who came to Boston from Atlanta where she ran the transit system. "I just left a place where I had to take buses down from 131 to 91 routes, reduce 10.2 percent in terms of rail service and wound up doing significant increases and laying off and reducing staff by 750 positions."
Scott's comment came during a meeting of the MassDOT Finance and Audit Committee on Tuesday where MBTA officials updated the board on their latest thinking for a fiscal 2014 budget solution. A final recommendation to close the budget gap could come next week when the committee meets again on Thursday.


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VANCOUVER — Japanese coach Kojin Nakakita may still have a hard time believing it.
But his quick, determined and not-to-be denied sledge hockey team did the unthinkable Thursday afternoon, beating Canada 3-1 in their 2010 Paralympic semifinal at UBC Thunderbird Arena to win the right to go for gold Saturday against the U.S.
The Americans defeated Norway 3-0 in the other semifinal later Thursday.
"My head went blank," said Nakakita, when asked how he felt immediately after the game ended.
"I knew if we played Canada 1,000 times we were going to lose 999 times. But not this one. We had a huge loss against the U.S. (6-0 on Tuesday) but we came back very strong."
Those percentages may be a case of selling his team just a little short. The Japanese were quick and skilled against Canada, much better than they were against the U.S. on Tuesday.
For Canada the loss was devastating. Thirteen of the 15 Canadians were part of the 2009 team that settled for bronze at worlds.
They came in here wanting nothing less than gold. They wanted to follow in the footsteps of the men's and women's Olympic teams that had won gold.
"We didn't win. That's what happened," said Canadian captain Jean Labonte, a 40-year-old defenceman from Gatineau, Que., who is in his fourth and almost certainly final Paralympics.
"We had a lot of chances. We out-chanced them but couldn't bury it. We worked really hard but you have to hand it to Japan. They played the game we expected them to play. They're a fast team. They go hard on the puck and I guess they capitalized on some of our plays. We lose as a team. Everybody battled hard but it just didn't go our way.
"I think they played the game they usually play. I'm wondering if we didn't beat ourselves out there. We had our chances, we had them pinned in their end quite a few times but we couldn't capitalize. Hats off to them."
Japanese goalie Mitsuru Nagase, who studied at Ottawa's Algonquin College from 2000-03, was exceptional.
He blocked shot after shot — 19 in all — and was spectacular as the defending gold medallist Canadians were pressing for the go-ahead goal with the score tied 1-1 late in the third period.
After a late Canadian flurry, the puck came into the neutral zone. The Japanese pounced on it, broke out on a three-on-one and Daisuke Uehara scored the game-winner, beating Canadian goalie Paul Rosen to the top corner at 13:47 of the third of three 15-minute periods. Japanese captain Takayuki Endo, who had tied the game 1-1 with a second-period goal, scored an empty-netter to ice it with 16 seconds remaining.
Marc Dorion of Bourget, Ont., scored Canada's goal on a power play at 9:56 of the first.
"I was (crying)," said Nagase, 34, of the game's dying moments. "I've been playing for 15 years. It's 7 a.m. in Japan. I think maybe it's on the news. I hope so. Japan beat Canada."
Japan beat Canada in the preliminary round at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, but they'd finished fifth in three straight Games before guaranteeing themselves at least silver here.
"We beat them 2-1," Nagase recalled. "I remember that one. This one is a bigger win. It's in the hockey country. I lived in Ottawa three years and I know how people respect the hockey. I'm very happy and proud of playing and winning in Canada."
Canada will face Norway for bronze on Friday.
On Thursday, after all the disappointment, the Canadians were at least able to talk about playing for keeps when the trophy is bronze.
"We came here to win gold but there's still a medal for us to win," said defenceman Adam Dixon, of Mississauga, Ont.
"We're going to have to gather our thoughts and play whoever we play. It's not the medal we want but it's the medal we're going to win."
Dixon, only 20, was one guy who dared suggest that perhaps Canada had over-looked Japan.
"We said that we can't look past Japan, but maybe we were focused on the game that we're not in," he said. "We came out a little flat, but we had a lot of chances. We have to hit the net. We'll have to bury them (Friday)."
Greg Westlake entered the game with seven goals but couldn't even rent one Thursday. The North Vancouver-born forward from Oakville, Ont., wondered if the team was as focused against Japan as it was when it handled Norway 5-0 on Tuesday.
"It was a bad game," he said.
"What happened? You know our preparation for the Norway game was spot-on. We did everything right from the time we went to bed to the time we played the game and I don't think we did that today. It has to start when you wake up in the morning. It was a quiet bus ride over today. I don't know, as an assistant captain and as a proud Canadian hockey player I wish there was something more I could have done.
"I wish we could have another shot, but that's sport, that's life. I'm still so proud to be a Canadian hockey player."
He said the team got its chances against a hot goalie, but just couldn't score.
"We weren't looking past Japan," he said. "We missed nets. Their goalie played well and we made him look good on a few plays.
"I thought we played the Norway game like it was a Game 7, but I don't think we played today like it was a Game 7."
And so it's a battle for bronze. Westlake hopes the country still has an appetite for it.
"We still have a young team," he said. "We're going to keep playing sledge hockey in Canada and we hope people still follow us. All we can take away from tonight is that we have to find a way when things aren't going our way to make them go our way. That's the Canadian hockey way and today we didn't do that. In the future we will."
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I did, actually! I started writing my first story at age twelve or so. It was on one of those new electronic typewriters that had a little LCD window and memory to store pages. So exciting! It wasn't a romance, but I knew I wanted to write romance within about a year of that first try at writing. I also go a lot of encouragement from my English teachers, which helped my confidence.
What was the book that most influenced your life and why?
There are a few. Stephen King's The Stand was one of the first books that truly rocked my world. I read it several times and that is one big book! Julie Garwood's books were the first romances I read that were FUNNY. What a revelation! And Connie Brockway's As You Desire really opened my eyes regarding characterization. It's still one of my favorites.
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I'm a firm believer that Shakespeare should never be read as a book. It should experienced for exactly what it is. A play. Entertainment. It should be performed and enjoyed. I never understood the beauty of Shakespeare until I had an English teacher who read the lines with real passion. I finally GOT IT! I love it when Shakespeare is presented in a more modern, relatable setting. The Romeo + Juliet movie really blew my mind. Same exact language, but suddenly these silly gangs of arguing gentlemen become dangerous. The situation becomes fraught. You understand what the stakes are and the motivations of the players. So wonderful for teenagers.
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Yes! The most dear to my heart is Grandma Olive in Lead Me On. She's cranky and strong and ballsy, and totally based on my maternal grandmother. That woman was amazing and terrifying. And there's a little bit of me in almost every one of my heroines. Different sides of me that help me relate to the heroine as I'm writing her.
Are you working on any new books now?
Yes! I'm currently writing a new contemporary series set in Jackson, Wyoming. There are cowboys! The first is Close Enough to Touch and it'll be out in September. It's the story of Grace, a tough purple-hair girl from the streets of L.A. who accidentally falls for a friendly cowboy named Cole while she's passing through Wyoming. Needless to say, they have very little in common . . . or so they think.
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I have a short attention span, so I could never be one of those literary writers who takes ten years to write a book. I mean, I'm sick of these characters after six months. I want them out of my head! The most difficult part for me is having to write a synopsis or outline before I write the book. I like to lay down a few ideas and then let the story unfold as I get to know the characters better. At the beginning of the book, they're nearly strangers to me. I like to take the time to figure them out. Sometimes when I have to write it all down before I start, a little of the magic fades! But then I start writing and throw the outline out anyway. ;-)
If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?
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title:A Primer on Human CloningHow, Why, and Why Not? (Part 1)
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Medical technology has reached a point where human cloning is beginning to look like a real possibility. But is it really? And if it is, should we do it? Why…or why not?
How is cloning accomplished?
Cloning is a form of asexual reproduction, which does not occur in nature among higher organisms. The method used is called nuclear transfer. It begins with an egg provided by a female donor, unfertilized and with the nucleus removed. The next step is to extract the nucleus containing the DNA, or genetic code, from a somatic (non-reproductive) cell of another donor, and inject it into the "empty" egg. Chemicals are added and the egg is then stimulated by a pulse of electricity, causing the cell to divide and develop into an embryo, which is implanted into a surrogate's womb.
The offspring of this process would be a clonean exact replicaof the one who donated the DNA (genetically speaking, like identical twins). No genetic material from the other "parent" (or of the surrogate) is present. In theory, it works because all of the genetic information needed to reproduce any organism is present in each of its cells.
All life begins as a single cell. It is still something of a mystery how a higher organism becomes an organized assemblage of bone, skin, nerves, blood, etc. As the cells in an embryo divide (there are many cell divisions in higher organisms) and differentiate, most of the genes in each cell are de-activated, leaving active only the genes that the cell needs to perform its specific role. All of the genetic information remains in that cell, but most of it is chemically disabled. Proteins are selectively synthesized to construct the many different types of tissues.
Dolly the sheep made history as the first successful cloning of an adult mammal. Ian Wilmut, who led the Scottish scientific team that cloned Dolly, has said, "It would be desperately sad if people started using this sort of technology on people."
Why would we want to clone humans?
Years ago, when we heard the first rumors that human cloning might be on the horizon, it seemed the chief benefit people anticipated was that a clone of oneself would be sort of like a "spare parts" inventory. Say you lose a body part to illness or injury. You take the corresponding part from your clone and have it grafted onto you; no tissue rejection, no need to get used to an artificial organ or limb that is not quite the same as your original oneproblem solved!
The imagined possibilities have since expanded. Now it seems that the main applications for human cloning involve creating not body parts but complete humansreplacing those lost to untimely death, or providing children to infertile couples. A great historical figure could be brought back to do more great work.
The emotional appeal is strong. A parent who has lost a child wants to replace him or her with a duplicate. An infertile couple sees cloning themselves as their only hope. How could we deny those grieving and yearning parents any chance? While on the surface this does not sound as ghoulish as the spare-parts scenario, on closer examination, perhaps it is.
Why would we not want to clone humans?
The first thing to understand about cloning is that a cloned specimen starts life as a baby. You do not get "matching" spare parts; you do not get a family member who picks up right where the departed one left off. Infertile couples would not even get a son or daughter in the strict sense.
The second thing to understand is that the failure rate of cloning is astronomical. The creation of Dolly began with 277 sheep embryos, meaning that 276 died or had to be destroyed.
It gets worse. Most animal clones (to date, sheep, cattle, and mice) die, usually during embryonic development. Others are stillborn with horrendous abnormalities. Mothers have difficult pregnancies and laborious miscarriages; sometimes they die. Both placenta and fetus are abnormally large; some cloned animals will be born twice normal size. Ask any woman if she'd like to carry and deliver, say, a 16-pound baby!
One of the greatest contributions of medical science to length and quality of life is to decrease dramatically the incidence of serious complicationsup to and including deathof pregnancy and childbirth. The foregoing sounds like a giant step backward.
Some babies will die within days or weeks because of abnormalities in vital organs. Survivors remain fragile because of immune system defects. And we don't know if those survivors' cells will multiply properly so they don't get cancer or age too rapidly. Some of these complications may turn out to be fate worse than death. Imagine the strain on our healthcare system!
There is not a single healthy cloned adult mammal alive. Even Dolly grew up extremely obese. It is worth noting that primateshumans' closest "relative"have not yet been cloned.
It gets worse yet
Beyond the formidable scientific hurdles lies the quicksand of moral ambiguity.
Disposal of less-than-perfect embryos, abortion, and euthanasia may be no-brainer solutions for problems with animal clonesbut for humans, they represent grave ethical concerns.
There is no way to identify defects to ensure that clone embryos implanted in women would be healthy. Proponents say that defective embryos will be screened outbut no such screening process has yet been revealed. If such "quality control" does come about, it raises serious questions of subjective judgment of worth vs. worthlessness. Is this just another incarnation of eugenics? Would cloning technology eventually invade all human reproduction, so that everyone gives birth only to "perfect" children?
Would a human clone be viewed as a creation in the image of Godor as a human invention? What if a cloned individual was made not for "adoption" by a particular couple, but merely as an experiment? Would that child be the "property" of some scientist? Would we eventually see clones being produced with inferior mental functioning to serve as "spare parts" donorspeople who wouldn't have full awareness of what was being done to them? This begins to sound positively Mengelian. (For those of you who are a little fuzzy on your World War II history, Joseph Mengele was the cretin who did experiments on real live people in concentration camps.)
Moreover, human cloning endangers the stability of the traditional family unit. A "son" conceived by cloning from his "father" would not really be a son but a twin brother. One cell biologist joked, "there'll be no need for men." I think that mentality has done enough damage to society without being literally true.
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I spotted a few mobile carts selling magic scarves that can be worn in various ways – like this MorMor scarf from Action City. It's furry and incredibly soft to the touch but I was particularly captivated by the versatility of this accessory as its ultra-stretchy fabric makes it possible to be worn as anything; as a simple scarf, a muffler, a hoodie, a shawl and even a halter top or strapless top. I bet it can be worn as a skirt too!
The MorMor scarf cost around $35 or so. I would concede it's a great fashion item to carry around as it's very lightweight! Definitely great for traveling although I have no idea if it can keep one warm like Pashmina scarves can. Actually, I almost wanted to get it because it's so soft and looks kind of fun but I thought I'll give myself sometime to decide as I don't want it to end up as just being a novel item in my wardrobe.
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Samsung Electronics has won court approval to fast-track its appeal against the ban on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.
The Korean company didn't look like it was going to catch a break in its ongoing patent battles with Apple after the last few decisions went against it, but it has been granted an expedited hearing by the Federal Court in Sydney, according to a Reuters report.
The firm will be hoping to overturn the ban on its new Galaxy fondleslab before the lucrative Christmas shopping period really kicks off.
"I'm quite firm of the view that the matter should proceed on the basis that the lead application be referred to a full court, that it be listed at the same time as any prospective appeal and that the matter be expedited," Justice Lindsay Foster said, although no date has yet been set.
The two companies were also in the courts for preliminary hearings into Samsung's attempt to get the new Jesus-mobe banned on the basis that it infringes on Samsung's patents.
The Korean chaebol launched preliminary injunction motions in a number of countries – including Australia, Japan and France – before the iPhone 4S even hit the shelves.
The move was the latest in the Great Patent Wars between Apple and the manufacturers using Google's Android OS, which has been taking place all over the world and is becoming more and more heated.
Samsung has been willing to modify its products to get through the court cases, doing so in Netherlands on its smartphones and in Australia with the Tab 10.1 as well, although in the end the changes weren't enough for Apple to settle the suit.
Last week, Samsung launched its latest phone, the Galaxy Nexus, which mobile president JK Shin said should avoid Apple patents.
"We will see if [the Nexus] will be 100 per cent free from Apple lawsuits," Shin told reporters in Hong Kong, adding that the patent wars between the two companies were only beginning. ®


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