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Scores of books let you hold Hubble imagery in your hands — including "Touch
the Invisible Sky," from which this photoillustration is taken.
Only a few astronauts have ever held the Hubble Space Telescope in their hands, but "Hubble huggers" on Earth have plenty of opportunities to get hold of Hubble's finest - including books that focus on coffee-table-sized imagery, the deeper stories behind the telescope's travails, and even the feel of outer space.
Hubble's images have inspired a lot of big books over the years - including "A Journey Through Time," which was co-written in 1995 by one of the most experienced space reporters on Earth, our own Jay Barbree. (Click here for Barbree's up-to-date reflections on Hubble's continuing mission.)
One of the latest entrants in the coffee-table category is "Hubble: Imaging Space and Time," by David Devorkin and Robert Smith. The book was published last year, so it offers up recently released images such as this panoramic view of the Carina Nebula, and addresses recently explored mysteries such as the dark energy quest.
Robert Zimmerman's "The Universe in a Mirror" takes a completely different approach: This isn't a big book with text surrounding the pictures. Instead, it's a book that tells the big stories behind the telescope (while including 16 pages' worth of color pictures).
Most of Hubble's fans know that the telescope was crippled in its early years by an incorrectly made mirror. Zimmerman explains in depth why it was crippled. The story is stranger than fiction, involving a few flecks of chipped paint on a measuring device, 1.3 millimeters' worth of washers, and a look-the-other-way philosophy that led the experts to ignore the warning signs during fabrication. (Zimmerman points out that some of the same failings arose in the run-up to NASA's 1986 Challenger tragedy.)
"The Universe in a Mirror" also tells how Hubble's handlers triumphed over adversity - not only in the case of the misaligned mirror, but throughout the telescope's history, from the late astronomer Lyman Spitzer's inspiration in 1946 to the observatory's near-death experience in 2004.
"This is a story about the desire of people to see things they've never seen before," Zimmerman told me. Spitzer suggested putting a giant telescope into orbit long before Sputnik reached orbit in 1957, but for years he got no takers. When the money was available, the technology was wanting. By the time the technology caught up, the space-race money had dried up.
Even after the space telescope got the go-ahead, the project was beset by challenges - including the Challenger tragedy (which held up Hubble's launch) and the 2003 Columbia tragedy (which led to the near-cancellation of the current servicing mission). Zimmerman also touches upon the personalities behind the project: Spitzer as well as project organizers Nancy Roman, Bob O'Dell, John Bahcall "and a legion of others who sacrificed so much to get this telescope built."
"This is a telescope that was resisted every step of the way," Zimmerman said. "But those who oppose it are eventually won over by it."
What is it about Hubble that has made it so popular with the public, even when some astronomers were ready to move on? For Zimmerman, the roots of Hubble's appeal don't spring so much from the machine itself, but from our own vision of the cosmos.
"Before Hubble, we were like a person who is nearsighted and is not allowed to put glasses on. ... If someone tries to take your glasses away, you can get pretty indignant," Zimmerman said.
Hubble's vision isn't just for those with sight: Yet another book published last year, "Touch the Invisible Sky," presents the story of Hubble and NASA's other Great Observatories in Braille, along with tactile-enhanced versions of celestial wonders. The book received a thumbs-up review from Deborah Saylor, an Alabama space enthusiast who has been blind since birth.
"The way to seek and learn the most is to develop as many ways of 'seeing' things as possible," she told Science @ NASA. "And keep your sense of curiosity and wonder alive, always!"
You can keep the wonders coming into your e-mail account by signing up for "Inbox Astronomy" at the Space Telescope Science Institute's HubbleSite. And don't forget to check in with other Hubble resources, including the European Space Agency's Hubble home page as well as our own Space Gallery and Human Spaceflight section.
If you're a Twitter fan, there are plenty of feeds you can follow - and in fact, Hubble spacewalker Mike Massimino sent his first tweet from space via the Web today:
"From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!"
On Facebook, meanwhile, you can become a friend of Hubble Heritage and keep posted on the Last Mission to Hubble. Do you have other Hubblecentric resources to recommend? Leave a comment below and I'll pass them along.


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Welcome! Gather round for a "Tale of Two Cities"....an amalgam of cultures, a gumbo of people and a blend of architecture and atmosphere like no other. Experience New Orleans, "The City that Care Forgot", with a historically accurate and interactive tour that you will never forget.
From the comfort of your seat, in climate-controlled vehicles, you will view the French Quarter, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the famous French Market, infamous Bourbon Street, Esplanade Ave and the Riverfront, as well as New Orleans' famous City Park.
Then it's off to the ninth ward for an up-close and personal view of the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. You will also see the homes built by Brad Pitt's "Make it Right Foundation" in an effort to help restore the neighborhood. Your guide will show you where the water entered the city and explain the levee system that surrounds the city.
The next part of your journey takes you back in time, where old colonial mansions and ancient oak trees lined beautiful Saint Charles Ave. You will travel along the route of our magnificent Mardi Gras parades. See Tulane and Loyola Universities and Audubon Park in the most beautiful part of New Orleans, the Garden District.
Tour Times
Hotel pick-up in the morning is from 9:30 to 10 a.m., with the tour starting at 10 a.m. In the afternoon, hotel pick-up is from 1:30 to 2 p.m., with the tour starting at 2 p.m. All city tours last approximately two and a half hours.
For more information, please visit www.neworleansadventuretours.com.
New Orleans City Tour package includes two tour passes with additional passes available for $38 each.Terms and Conditions
Tour may be postponed or cancelled due to weather, special events and/or unforeseen circumstances; in case of these cancellations, a refund will be offered at $65 per night.


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Deadline: September 5, 2014.
Our juried competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering. Any typographic project first printed or produced from September 2013 through September 2014 is eligible.
Chosen by a jury of leading design professionals, the selected entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Typography Annual, in print and on the iPad, and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.
Each winning entrant will receive a personalized Award of Excellence, milled from solid aluminum, and award certificates issued for firms, individuals and clients.
CAs Award of Excellence is one of the most-coveted awards in the industry. If chosen, winning places you in the highest ranks of your profession. Ask any creative director which competitions rank as the most influential and they'll place Communication Arts at the top of the list.
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What to Enter: Information on eligibility, categories and fees.
How to Enter: Information on preparation of entries and forms.
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and file formats.
Any project printed or produced for the first time from September 2013 through September 2014 is eligible. Entries may originate from any country, but we need an English translation for the jurors. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of Communication Arts to use them for publication and exhibition.
Typography Competition Categories/Fees
These categories are judged by the typography jury and will appear in the Typography Annual:
Advertising: $40 single entry/$80 series
Brochures: $40 single entry/$80 series
Posters: $40 single entry/$80 series
Ephemera: $40 single entry/$80 series
Packaging: $40 single entry/$80 series
Books: $40 single entry/$80 series
Periodicals: $40 single entry/$80 series
Digital Media: $40 single entry/$80 series
Environmental: $40 single entry/$80 series
Identity: $40 single entry/$80 series
Motion: $90 single entry/$180 series
Typeface Design: $40 single entry/$80 series
Calligraphy/Handlettering: $40 single entry/$80 series
Miscellaneous: $40 single entry/$80 series
Unpublished: $40 single entry/$80 series
Late Fees
Entries must be registered no later than Midnight (Pacific Time Zone), September 5, 2014. Entries registered after that date require a late fee of $10 per entry. No entries will be accepted after September 19, 2014.
All competition entries are processed through our online entry system. Printed Call-for-Entry forms are no longer used.
Before you begin the process of entering a competition, please have the following information and materials ready. This will make the process go quickly.
Entries can be submitted in the following formats:
Print Entries: Submit tearsheets or proofs, unmounted and trimmed as they appeared. Do not tape series together. Send annual reports, brochures, folders, books, catalogs, etc., in bound form. For posters over 18" x 24", packaging, displays or signage, submit JPG files with a resolution of 1024 wide x 768 high. Wordmarks must be centered on an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet. Place the company name and nature of the business under the mark. Typeface designs must show a complete character set and a sample setting and fit on a single 11" x 17" sheet. Type families must show a complete character set and a sample setting for each variant. Each variant must fit on a single 11" x 17" sheet.
Digital files: RGB (not CMYK) JPG format with a maximum width of
1024 pixels and a maximum height of 768 pixels (72dpi). Digital files will be projected
for the judges.
Motion Entries: Submit motion graphics on DVD NTSC (viewable on a standard DVD player) or CD-ROM. Include 4 seconds of black, no slates or bars, at the beginning of the piece. Single entries must be on individual disks. Series should be edited together on one disk with 2 seconds of black between each entry. Computer-based formats such as QuickTime or Flash should have a maximum screen size of 1024 wide x 768 high. Tape an entry form to the outside of each disk case.
Please do not send any pieces of art you want returned. NO ENTRIES WILL BE RETURNED. No exceptions. CA is not responsible for damage or loss of any entry. All entrants grant Communication Arts the right to reproduce work selected in the Typography Competition on the Communication Arts site and in materials used to promote the magazine, the competition and/or future related promotions.
Preparation of Packages
Address packages to Communication Arts Typography Competition. Non-United States contestants should mark each package "Materials for Contest Entry. No Commercial Value." No provision will be made by Communication Arts for U.S. Customs or airport pickup. International entries should be sent by post or international courier. All entries must be received by the deadline date.
Forms and Entry Fees
After choosing a form of payment, you will have access to PDF reports summarizing what you entered. If you chose to pay by check, you will have an invoice available for printing. If you chose to deliver entries via mail/courier, you will also have entry forms in PDF format that you will need to print, trim and attach to your entries. Tape an entry form to the back of each entry. If the entry is a print-based campaign, you will tape an entry form to each part of the campaign. Tape an entry form to the outside of each disk case. Multiple digital files may be placed on a single disk. Please tape all applicable entry forms one on top of the other so we can flip through them to verify the contents of the disk.
Make checks payable to Communication Arts. Non-United States contestants must send an International Money Order or a check in U.S. funds drafted on a U.S. bank. Please include the check with your entries if you are delivering them via mail/courier. If your payment is being sent under a separate cover, please send your entries now, with a note saying that the check is coming under separate cover. If you submit all of your entries online please write the Communication Arts invoice number on the check. The invoice number can be found in the Entry Forms PDF file. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. Charges for your entry fees will appear on your statement as "Commarts"). Credit card charges can only be done online. We do accept wire transfers, however there is an additional fee of $25 (U.S.) to cover fees charged by the banks to process the transfer. Please contact our office at (650) 326-6040 (9-5 PST) for instructions.
Refund Policy
All entry submissions are final and entry fees are nonrefundable.
Mail entries to:
Communication Arts Typography Competition
110 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1107 U.S.A.
(Via United States Mail, FedEx, UPS, etc. Entrants submitting from outside the U.S.
please use an international courier)
Notification of Acceptance
Only accepted entries will be notified two months after the deadline date. Complete credits and any necessary material for the best possible reproduction in the Annual will be requested at that time.
If you have any other questions you can reach us by:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: (650) 326-6040
Fax: (650) 326-1648
Can I get an extension on the deadline?
We will accept entries up to two weeks after the September 5, 2014 deadline date, but a late entry fee of $10 per submission is required. No entries will be accepted after September 19, 2014.
Do you offer a cash prize?
We do not offer a cash prize. The winners are featured in one of our annuals distributed worldwide, in both print and iPad editions, and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work. Each winning entrant will also receive one personalized Award of Excellence, milled from solid aluminum, and printed award certificates for all creative contributors.
Can I submit my work via e-mail and just include a credit card number with it?
No, we do not accept entries via e-mail. All entries must be registered using our online competition system.
Will you confirm receipt of my package(s)?
The best way for you to track your package(s) is to contact your carrier. We are unable to acknowledge receipt of your package(s) until your submission(s) has/have been processed. At that time you will receive an e-mail confirming that your package(s) has/have been received, along with your assigned entry number(s). This process can take up to two weeks.
Will my entries be returned?
Because of the number of entries we receive, it is not possible for us to return any of them.
If we submit digital files, do we also need to mail a copy of our entries?
No, we only need one version of the work.
What is the best way to submit my entries, digital or print?
The method of entry you select will not impact the judges decision, however, we strongly recommend submitting printed examples of all multi-page projects. Any entries over one cubic foot or posters larger than 18" x 24" need to be submitted as digital files.
Can I enter one project into multiple categories?
Yes, just make sure to submit a duplicate entry for each of the categories you are entering and attach a separate entry form on each printed submission.
Can I enter my work as a series?
Yes, but all work in a series must be part of the same group. When works are submitted as a series they are judged together as a group. The overall strength of the series depends on each individual piece and its function within the group.
If my entry is accepted, what will you use for reproduction?
If your work is accepted we will request necessary reproduction materials at that time.
How do you want trademarks/logos presented?
If mailing your entry, please send an unmounted output with the trademark/logo (maximum of 4" square) centered on an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet. Text with the client name and nature of the business should appear under the mark for the judges information. If uploading your entry, please include the client name and the nature of the business in the appropriate field.
How do you want typeface designs presented?
While you can submit Typeface designs digitally, we recommend submitting them in printed form. Typeface designs must show a complete character set and a sample setting and fit on a single unmounted 11" x 17" sheet. Type families must show a complete character set and a sample setting for each variant. Each variant must fit on a single 11" x 17" sheet.
Where do we put creative credits?
All we need is the contact information of the person submitting the work along with the name of the design firm or agency. Creative credits will be requested only if your work is selected for inclusion in the Annual.
I don't know which category to put my piece in?
Choose the category that you feel best fits your submission. If we feel another category is more appropriate, we will move it; your work will not be penalized or disqualified.
We're waiting on the check from our accounting department. Can we have an extension?
Please send your entries now, with a note saying that the check is coming under separate cover. If you submit all of your entries online please write the Communication Arts invoice number on the check. The invoice number can be found in the Entry Forms PDF file.
Do you accept work on disk?
Yes, entries can be submitted on disk. Please review the information under How to Enter for size and formatting requirements.
Can I submit multiple digital files on one CD?
Yes. Please name the files as instructed on the entry forms generated for you and attach all the entry forms (one for each entry) on the CD case. Please enclose each series in its own folder on the CD.
Can I put more than one single motion entry on one disk?
No, each single motion entry must be submitted on its own disk. Video-based series must have 2 seconds between each spot.
How do I enter a website?
If you would like your project judged for its typographic design, submit it as a series of captured screenshots into the 8A (Digital Media) category of the Typography Competition. If you want the complete website judged, enter it in our Interactive Competition.
Is there a category for student work?
The Typography Competition has an Unpublished category, which can include student work. However, the work must be completely original and not utilize content owned by another copyright holder unless the entrant has been granted specific usage rights. If a student project is selected and documentation of specific usage rights cannot be supplied, the project with be disqualified. Communication Arts is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become involved in copyright disputes.
How does the judging take place?
Judges are not permitted to vote on work they were directly involved in. Print entries are spread out on tables by category. Most categories require several room setups. Each juror views the entries independently. Any juror can put an entry into the final voting by picking it up from the table. Digital and motion entries are selected by checking an "in" or "out" column on prepared scoring sheets. For finals, print entries are again spread out on tables by category. Two paper cups, one white and one red, with slots cut in the bottom, are placed upside down to the right of each entry. White cups are for "in" votes, red cups for "out." Each juror votes with different colored ceramic tiles by putting his or her tile in the appropriate cup. After all the jurors finish voting on print, they move to another hall for digital files and motion entries. Again, voting is done by each juror checking the "in" or "out" column on scoring sheets. Meanwhile, in the print hall, a check of the tile colors tells the Communication Arts staff if a specific juror has missed a piece and he or she is called back to vote. After the judges make their selections, their votes are tallied. A simple majority is usually required for a finalist to be selected a winner.
What rights do I retain if my work is chosen?
You retain all rights to your image(s). If selected, you will need to grant us the right to reproduce the image or images for both our digital and print-based publications.
When will we know if our entry was chosen?
If your entry is chosen we will notify you two months after the final deadline date. Because of the number of entries we receive, we can only notify people whose work is accepted.


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Release Number: 3009 (605) 330-4243, ext. 11
Sioux Falls – The South Dakota Small Business Administration District Office has announced Dakota BUSINESS Finance, Sioux Falls, as the recipient of both of SBA's 2012 Asset Builder Awards. These awards recognize the Certified Development Company (CDC) with the largest total loan volume and largest total dollars approved in fiscal year 2012.
Dakota BUSINESS Finance (DBF) had the largest approved loan volume, originating 27 loans, and also had the largest dollar amount approved totaling over 18.5 million during the year. These accomplishments established new SBA records for South Dakota and included the largest single project in the history of the 504 program in the state. Dakota BUSINESS Finance was also the overall leader in all of the SBA loan programs for FY 2012 for the second consecutive year.
Since becoming a Certified Development Company (CDC) in 2006, Dakota BUSINESS Finance has processed 120 SBA 504 loan applications totaling over $43 million.
"Remarkable achievements in the same year by a single CDC – and record lending in 2012 to small businesses in South Dakota. We congratulate our CDC's across the state on a job well done," said John L. Brown II, District Director of the South Dakota District Office.
First District Development Company, Watertown, was also recognized with the 2012 Leadership Award for Outstanding Achievement. First District established new records for their CDC in both number and dollar lending volume in 2012. Their 504 dollar volume for FY2012 was the second highest among all CDCs in the history of the program in South Dakota.
First District Development Company, Dakota Business Finance, Black Hills Community Economic Development, Inc., South Dakota Development Corporation, Prairieland Economic Development Corporation, and Siouxland Economic Development Corporation are licensed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to offer the SBA 504 Loan Program in South Dakota.


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Depth ChartAZ Phil's Roster Info
ARTICLE XX-D MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT:Marcos Mateo, RHP
SIX-YEAR FREE-AGENT:Jeffry Antigua, LHPLars Anderson, 1BAlberto Cabrera, RHPMarcelo Carreno, RHPLendy Castillo, RHPHunter Cervenka, LHP (see NOTE)Chris Coghlan, OFCharlie Cutler, CEduardo Figueroa, RHPLuis Flores, CEdgar Gonzalez, INFMarcus Hatley, RHPTommy Hottovy, LHPJonathon Mota, INFStarling Peralta, RHPCarlos Pimentel, RHPDae-Eun Rhee, RHPJose Rosario, RHPJonathan Sanchez, LHPRyan Searle, RHPJeudy Valdez, INFChris Valaika, INFCasper Wells, OFEli Whiteside, CNOTE: Hunter Cervenka will be eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league 6YFA post-2014 if he signed a 2008 contract when he signed his "first contract" with the Boston Red Sox on 8-15-2008. However, if he was "Signed for Future Service" (first contract was a 2009 contract), he will not be eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league 6YFA until post-2015.
SECOND CONTRACT MINOR LEAGUE FA:Humberto Garcia, INFNate Maldonado, CYomar Pacheco, RHPJoel Pineiro, RHPBrohiglyn Rivero, RHPRoberto Vahlis, CTsuyoshi Wada, LHP
1. If an ARTICLE XX-B MLB FREE-AGENT signs a minor league contract at least ten days prior to MLB Opening Day, and then is either not released by 12 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day prior to MLB Opening Day or added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or MLB Disabled List by 3 PM (Eastern) on MLB Opening Day, the player automatically receives a $100,000 retention bonus, and the player can unilaterally opt-out of the minor league contract on June 1st if he has not been added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or an MLB Disabled List by that date.
2. A minor league player eligible to be an ARTICLE XX-D FREE-AGENT who accepts an Outright Assignment and defers free-agency until the end of the season is not eligible to be a free-agent if the player is added back to an MLB 40-man roster by the end of the MLB regular season. If the player is not added back to a 40-man roster by the end of the MLB regular season, the player can file for free-agency beginning on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season up through October 15th.
2. A minor league player eligible to be an MLB RULE 55 FREE-AGENT is not eligible to be a FA if the player is added to his club's 40-man roster by 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
After a nice little run where the Cubs took 6 of 9 versus the baseball bottom-feeders (Astros, Brewers & Mariners), the Cubs are back to playing the major league teams and have promptly dropped 3 of 4 including yet another loss to Fransisco Liriano this afternoon. 3 More months of this fun...
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Hopefully they can turn Olt into Skaggs like the Angels did with Trumbo.
Offensively Olt reminds me of Ron Cey.
I was thinking the same thing about Castro. He seems like an actual big league shortstop this year. He's still not Omar Vizquel, but if he continues to improve like he has, who knows. I feel like I've been one of the more critical of Castro, but with his on-the-field improvement, I'll have to change my tune a bit.
Nice offense last night: Cubs won 9-2, Iowa won 10-3, and Daytona won 18-5. Bryant went 3-5 and is up to .311 BA now, with a 1.030 OPS.
Gonzo/tribune piece quoting Theo on "we're taking the best player available in the draft, regardless of position" yada, yada... More depth than elite choices this year... Losing sucks...When losing stops sucking you'd better find another career...
Arrieta to get one more minor league start
JD/Len mentioned that tony campana hit for the cycle last night, campana style...GO 5, GO 6, GO 4, GO 3.
castro's D is really nice so far this year...even with the scattering of non-error plays and 2 errors he has to his name in 19 games he's looking sharp. his glovework is strongly improved so far. he's always been good at ranging on popups...now he's looking a lot better on stuff hit on the ground (so far).
he may never achieve a gold glove quality D, but as long as someone like rizzo is playing 1st with stellar range/defense, it can help bridge the gap on some of castro's throw accuracy at the very least.
I haven't been able to take in a whole game all season and that was a good one to watch. If they played like that every day they'd win the division. Castro was great - he seems like a different guy this year, more confident or something. Rizzo was good too, did a nice job on some tough throws from Olt and Castro.
Captain Happy (thanks Jacos), your third baseman is ready. Please play him everyday. Thanks.
Len and JD were looking for a nickname for Olt last night. I'm thinking Insane Bolt if he keeps up this HR pace.
Len n JD said he saw 40+ pitches last night. Valbuena's winning me over. Time to dump Barney and park Valbuena at second, maybe Bonifacio at CF and make them 1-2 in the lineup. Definitely move Barney out of the lineup permanently.
Still really early but Rizzo is currently 5th in baseball in OBP. His power hasn't been there but maybe his working the count can make up for Castro, Baez and them.
Yes rizzo too
And yes to ur idea to move boni to cf
get rid of barney, put valbuena (and his 2 years of club control after this season) in at 2nd...let boni play more CF...tell renteria that r.sweeney really doesn't need as many ABs as he's getting...problem solved as far as i'm concerned.
seriously though...it's either valbuena or rizzo that sees more pitches per PA so far this season just guessing off the cuff.
His platoon partner does it pretty good too and hits hrs too
does anyone on the team work a count better than valbuena so far this season? short sample size and all (as well as a somewhat disappointing average), but he's had some long ABs all april with a good amount of walks.
no HRs yet...surprising...but given last season and especially this spring, he's got it in him.
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"I really don't see myself doing this for 40 seasons," Long said. "Having a family changes things. The wins aren't quite as important, and the losses aren't quite as hard to take as they once were."
Long and his wife have a 4-year-old son, Ryan, and would like to have another child.
"I can't see myself going all the way through as a coach with my kids growing up," Long said. "Those early, early years at [Gainesville High], basketball was the center of my world. You still have the competitive fire, but it's different now."
Five of the six area coaches who have recorded 500 career wins are still in the game. The exception is the late Joe Pigotte (570-186), who retired from Port Orange Spruce Creek in 1982.
Here are the active coaches in our 500-win club, with career records through Tuesday's games:
805-351: Ed Kershner, Oviedo, 41 seasons
555-318: John Zeoli, DeLand, 32 seasons
518-236: Jerry Howard, Jones, 24 seasons
501-376: Mike Clutter, Clermont East Ridge, 38 seasons
500-517: Bob Traina, Seminole, 37 seasons
Steve Kohn is 493-346 record in 20 seasons as a head coach at Lake Howell after 10 in Iowa and still is going strong. His wife keeps his scorebook while their sons, Josh and Reggie, are winning as head coaches at Hagerty and Orlando Christian Prep, respectively.
"I tried being an athletic director, but it took a couple of days to realize that's not me," Steve Kohn said. "I think I'm just a coach."
Kissimmee Gateway's Bob Baker, who is 421-263 in 29 seasons, has known Kershner since both were young coaches in Indiana 40 years ago.
"I'm like Ed in that I was raised on basketball and was always around coaches growing up in Indiana," Baker said. "They weren't getting rich, but they were happy. You're kind of called to it."
Montverde Academy coach Kevin Boyle is 42-6 in two seasons with the Eagles after winning more than 400 games in 23 years at Elizabeth St. Patrick of New Jersey. He's another guy who could chase Kershner's record if he stays to fuel Montverde's independent dynasty. It seems the one thing that could pull Boyle away is a college job.
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When six frustrated pot entrepreneurs got together to launch TheNug.com, an Oakland-based site dedicated to "weed, women, and other important stuff," they thought they'd stumbled on an Internet gold mine. Who knew that weed sells better when it's accompanied by pictures of hot naked women? And who knew that, by larding a website with boob pictures, it's possible to jack up traffic and maybe even yank your product from the snowy hinterlands of the Internet?
Everyone did, apparently. Including Nug content curator "T Bone," whose most recent Nug article discusses the objectification of women — or rather, innocuous, bikini-clad promo girls — at cannabis events. In fact, cannabis sites have a long history of pandering to the so-called "male gaze," trying to hook readers in with nude model pics that have no apparent connection to the product at hand.
That actually makes very little sense, says "PMad," co-founder of a San Francisco site called GGDub, which touts itself as more progressive and woman-oriented than most of its competitors. When you think about it, he says, weed is just like lavender. It's a light, feathery herb; feminine, even.
Yet most weed sites seem unapologetically tailored for a male demographic: boob slideshows, bikini chicks, inane action-figure cartoon shows featuring characters like The Nug's "Master Kush." PMad blames their advertising model. Since Google Adsense prohibits sites that sell drugs or drug paraphernalia, weed sites have long had to use alternate avenues, he says. Many of them courted porn advertisers because they occupied the same taboo zone.
"Adult Friend-Finder, or any of those types of ads — they'd always accept you," says PMad.
But it doesn't have to be that way, he says. When PMad ceded day-to-day operations of GGDub to his wife, she helped add many feminine touches, including a "weediquette" video cribbed from Vice Magazine, and a Health & Living section with posts on breasts — advice about them, rather than pictures of them — and a recipe for vegan chocolate mousse. Even the web fonts seem softer, girlier, and more pastel-colored than they are on other sites. There are photos of girls, but they're less overtly sexualized than The Nug's, even, nearly, artistic: Shots of women smoking from bongs, close-ups of buds, smoke tumbling from mouths. The focus is different, more relevant; here, the pot is the porn.
Granted, the acronym "GGDub" is a reference to the "Girls Gone Wild" franchise. PMad says their site began as a spoof on 420 Girls, a 20-year-old webzine featuring 15,000 pictures of naked girls smoking weed (updated weekly). He and his wife got serious after they started receiving fan mail and submissions from female readers — not just girls looking to start a nude modeling career, he says, but actual real-life potheads with a keen interest in pot paraphernalia. It turns out there's plenty of them.
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Men like sex, women like drugs. Sure some women like some sex, some men like some drugs, but overall men like sex way more than women do as women are free but men are always asking women for it, when a man goes home from a bar after trying for a hookup without he feels bad, women don't feel bad they feel normal. Men often pay women for it. However, women often become more sexual with marijuana and if a guy has pot, they'll hang out with him for free pot and when comfortable, often have sex with him. I don't even like pot it makes me vomit but once when I gained weight and went 6 months without sex and couldn't take it anymore I became a pothead, got laid a couple times, then went off pot and focused on weight loss. I think about it all the time and just couldn't go any longer and didn't have money for hookers, just enough for pot. I also wanted real sex, making out, etc., didn't want a hooker. But I found really hot college girls would hang out and end up having a lot of sex with me if I paid for the pot. It's no different than paying for dinner or drinks.
This sort of pornvertising makes dispensaries "hostile environments" for females. Brownie Mary never would have been used as a model, and she did more for sick people than all those thugs ever have or ever will. Sure, their girlfriends have pain from their implants, so they "deserve" free pot, whereas the sick, the homeless, those in SROs, who need the pot the most, can't afford the artificially high prices.
This is just proof that pot is run by thugs, and medical marijuana is a sham. It's so expensive that real patients simply can't afford it. It's expensive only because of the huge rate of taxation, both direct and indirect, and the politicians, their minions, and the lawyers and others parasitizing pot are costing california BILLIONS every year. The only reason it's expensive is because the supply is kept artificially low, and the price high, by this "taxation without decriminalization" I say, grow it, smoke it, share it, barter it, but sell legally only to the dispensaries so that that the most needy have what they need. BTW, for elected/appointed officials to be collecting ANY revenues from dispensaries is TECHNICALLY racketeering, so why aren't the Feds going after them? Round up the usual suspects . ..


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The names of all 161 Connecticut residents who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on September 11 were read during the emotional ceremony that brought tears to the eyes of many people in attendance.
Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, who gave the keynote speech, remembered specific people who lost their lives, like a college graduate who started working as a trader just months before the tragic incident. Wyman also remembered victims in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania like the Connecticut mother and daughter who lost their lives while flying to Disneyland for their first time.
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"This is one of our greatest state parks," Esty said, adding that Sherwood Island State Park is Connecticut's first state park.
Esty said Sherwood Island is the perfect place for the memorial as you can see New York City. Esty remembered the smoldering clouds of smoke that could be seen from Sherwood Island on the morning of September 11.
Redding Police Officer Chris Vadas, who lost his brother Bradley on September 11, read many of the victims' names during the ceremony. Bradley Vadas was a Westport resident who lived on Bermuda Avenue and worked at the World Trade Center. Chris Vadas said his son was born two weeks after September 11 and that he named him Bradley, after his uncle.
White roses that were donated by the Classical Studies Academy in Bridgeport were given out for the third consecutive year at the beginning of the ceremony. Friends and family members were able to place the roses on the memorial following the ceremony. Family members gathered around the memorial and watched the sun set after mourning their lost relatives.
Chris and Mark Spagnoletti recalled memories of their brother who they lost on September 11. The two brothers created the Gregory T. Spagnoletti Foundation in his memory, which has donated nearly $500,000 to hospitals and people in need since 2001.
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State Senator Toni Boucher, State Representative Johnathan Steinberg (D-136), and State Representative Gail Lavielle (R-143) were also in attendance.
Westport First Selectman Gordon F. Joseloff said the ceremony was very moving.
Joseloff said it was difficult to watch children who were not born 11 years ago ask their parents to explain why this tragedy occurred. He recalled the clouds of dark smoke that could be seen from Westport on the morning of September 11.
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Despite early call for mild winter, new forecast calls for colder winterFargo, ND (WDAY TV) - The long range weather forecast for the winter "was" calling for a mild temperatures and slightly less snow.
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - The long range weather forecast for the winter "was" calling for a mild temperatures and slightly less snow.
But now, a new forecast from the Climate Prediction center is a complete reversal, and is calling for a colder winter.
We're here at Holiday Lights parade in Moorhead where today's warm weather has brought out a good sized crowd and last year about this time a similar forecast of cold and snow had been issued.
A few golf courses took advantage of the record high on Thanksgiving so golfers could get in one last round before the weather was supposed to turn cold and snowy.
But in January, more than a few hearty souls were driving and putting their way around the Pebble Lake course in Fergus Falls.
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Cold and snowy turned into a big bust.
Last year was part of back to back La Nina Winters, which is somewhat rare, so the probability of a busted long range forecast was high.
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"The Strategic Logic of European Integration" with guest speaker, Sebastian Rosato, University of Chicago. Burkle Seminar on Global Affairs, May 7, 2004
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Summary: After World War II Western Europe had to contain both an external hegemon, the Soviet Union, and a member of their own coalition, Germany. Faced with a common threat, states pool their economic assets, and the weaker members in the group do this more extensively in systems that are unipolar within the region but have an off-shore balancer. In order to contain their stronger partners, the minor powers also demand a pooling of authority
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February 7, 2012
There's a picture floating around from the 2010 season of three Phillies players looking at all the Phillies fans sitting in the outfield seats at Nationals Park.
There's another one of Phillies fans holding up a giant sign that read: "Citizens Bank Park South."
Scenes like those continued to unfold all last season, too, in Washington, D.C.
The announced paid attendance for a Phillies-Nationals game on Aug. 20, 2011, was 44,685, which set a stadium record. CSNWashington.com's Mark Zuckerman estimated that 35,000 of those fans were rooting for the Phillies.
"You wish they were cheering for you," Washington outfielder Michael Morse told reporters after that game.
So does Nationals Chief Operating Officer Andy Feffer, and he's doing everything in his power to make that happen.
According to Washington Post blogger Dan Steinberg, after the club received countless emails and phone calls from their own fans claiming they won't go to Nationals Park when the Phillies visit, the club, on Friday, put up for sale single-game tickets for just one weekend series — against the Phillies (May 4-6). Those tickets will stay on sale for an entire month before the remainder of the single-game tickets become available.
Here's the kicker: Tickets for that series will be made available only to buyers with a credit card linked to a mailing address in Maryland, the District of Columbia or Virginia.
They even have a name for it: "Take Back the Park."
"Frankly, I was tired of seeing it," Feffer told Steinberg, referring to the stadium being filled with fans of the opposing teams. "Forget you, Philly. This is our park, this is our town, these are our fans, and it's our time right now."
It's hard to discount Feffer's last statement.
If you want to be picky, the Nationals' time might not be this year. But their time is inching closer. They probably won't win the NL East in 2012, but they will make it as tough as possible for the Phillies because the Nats got much, much better over the winter.
They have some serious talent in the rotation (Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Chien-Ming Wang, Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Jackson), reliable arms in the bullpen (Drew Storen, Tyler Clippard and former Phil Brad Lidge ) and a quality lineup that includes Ryan Zimmerman, Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos.
"I'd be a little leery of Washington," former Phillies manager Larry Bowa told a few reporters on Jan. 24. "That team is starting to get a little scary. They're starting to put it together.
"They're the team, not this year, but they're the team that I think is going to make a big-time run once they get that experience."
The Nationals are marketing "Take Back the Park" as the lead item on their Web site. The club also sent out a notice to their season-tickets holders, giving them a heads-up about the pre-sale and alerted them to the "Take Back the Park" campaign with the hopes they wouldn't put their tickets on the secondary market, and instead, would encourage others in the Nationals community to jump on board.
"We've heard it enough, we've seen it enough, and I don't like it any more than anyone else," Feffer told Steinberg. "We're trying to build a team here, and nothing irks me personally or the people here more than to see another team's fans — particularly Philly fans — in our ballpark, holding up signs. That's not the way it should be. And I think we've got an opportunity here to do something different."
There's always the chance that this whole thing backfires.
Not only are there thousands of Phillies fans in the D.C. area, but Phillies fans love their team and are determined to see them. And be on the lookout for when they actually make their way into the park. I'm not predicting a ruckus, but I'd venture to say those who do get tickets for that series will be louder and more visible than ever.
"I'm sure our fans, if they want to go down, will get down there," said John Weber, Phillies VP of sales and ticket operations. "Our fans travel very well and will continue to do so."
It's been well-documented how many fans are turning out for Phillies road games. Winning has that effect.
"I know one thing, when I watched the Phillies play the Marlins last year [at Sun Life Stadium], there were more Phillies fan there than Marlins fan," Bob West, Jonathan Papelbon's high school coach, told me. "I was like, this is business for the Phillies."
The dilemma of a road team drawing oodles of fans is nothing new. Yankees fans go to Fenway Park and other stadiums in droves. Dallas Cowboys fans come to Lincoln Financial Field. And back in the days of Veterans Stadium, Mets faithful invaded the place.
Although most of his energy is focused on ticket sales in Philadelphia, Weber admits he's never heard of an approach quite like that of the Nationals.
"I'm sure it has happened, but maybe not with as much publicity," he said. "Each club is different and has its own policies. The great thing about sports is every year is different and presents different challenges. We're very fortunate, especially since Citizens Bank Park has opened, that we haven't had to worry about those sorts of issues."
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I moved to a different state a year ago after house was foreclosure on. Per the new occupants of my former residence, a process server came by several weeks ago. He/she was told by the new occupants that I had moved to another state.
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Kinect to MAX/MSP for Windows
Aug 25, 2011 at 2:36pm
Kinect to MAX/MSP for Windows
I just thought id post about i program i created for the start of my final year research project as i imagine some people here may get some use out of it.
Using the offical SDK for windows the program takes data from the Xbox Kinect and sends it to Max/Msp via OSC. By using the Ventuz OSC C# wrapper it packs all the X, Y, Z data for all the skeletal points into an OSC bundle and sends that to Max where it was unpacked in the patch.
The data sent from the Kinect is the unchanged co-ordinate system of values in metres rangeing from -1 to 1 for all three axis for both players.
That being said the data sent from Kinect to Max can be used by any device that is capable of reading OSC packets .The format of the OSC message is
/joint/skeleton_[1/2]/[joint] x, y, z
This is a simple implementation allows quick and easy access to the full power of the kinects skeletal tracking in windows for users of the offical SDK over OSC. I hope it can be of some use.
Iv tested this on my Windows 7 x64 machine running Max 5, the download includes the program, source code and patches.
Aug 25, 2011 at 3:10pm
Oct 23, 2011 at 2:10am
Hey Jordan,
This is awesome! I'm having trouble getting any OSC data to read in my patch though. I've linked the OSC-Route external, Opened the DepthView.exe, Opened Kinect for Max and opened port 7710. I'm not getting any OSC data in the skeleton patch.
I even turned my firewall off to see if that was the problem but no luck.
Oct 26, 2011 at 9:18pm
when you open the program do you see the depth image and get the messages of player 1/2 being tracked?
In maxmsp when you open the main patch and double click skeleton 1 do you see the data there?
Jan 4, 2012 at 9:36pm
Hey Jordan,
Jan 9, 2012 at 1:30pm
I have just recompiled the program against the latest SDK. That should fix the problem.
Jan 9, 2012 at 8:05pm
sorry for maybe noobie questions but i dont know what to do..
thx ;)
Jan 10, 2012 at 7:13pm
Hey Jordan. First off, great work! This is a serious project and you've done a great job. A couple things though.
First off, I'm on a Windows 7 x64 machine with Max 5 & 6.
Everything seems to load and run OK, but for the life of me I can't get the skeleton to lock. Any depth, any length, any position, no luck. Any ideas? The MS Sample Skeletal Viewer locks on with pretty much no problem.
Also, it'd be nice if the viewer had the option to show as a mirror image. It just makes working on screen a bit easier.
Thanks so much man, and again, great work!
Jan 11, 2012 at 3:39pm
I tested that version as well and still cant get any data, same as before.
Jan 11, 2012 at 8:48pm
Hey ElectronicElement. Are you able to get the Kinect to Max program to lock on to you?
Jan 12, 2012 at 9:05am
Jeff, I've been trying to, but unfortunately I cant get the patch to work, I cant get the depth viewer (Kinect To Max.exe) to work neither. Just doesnt show anything. I contacted Jordan by email, and he was kind enough to compile couple of different versions with different versions of the SDK drivers, but again with no success. Since yesterday I am trying with processing and then to send the data to Max, I still havent got any result but if I do I will post the code here. Otherwise the official SDK and its Simple Skeleton Viewer works fine…
Mar 27, 2012 at 8:22am
This is an incredibly late response but did you buy any chance sort your problem Jeff? Sorry i couldnt help you EE
Mar 28, 2012 at 9:35pm
Hey Jordan, I still havent, I left it aside for that time I was working on a sequencer controller and just finished it few days ago and again I am looking to get that kinect working so I could finish my project untill the end of June. I had to reinstall my computer several times since last month and I will install the kinect drivers right about now and see if there is any change since the last time.
Apr 3, 2012 at 12:09pm
Hi Jordan, have you compiled any version with the final kinect SDK? the once I have does not work again :/ also I wanted to ask you whether with your program I can have the raw kinect data as well?
Apr 5, 2012 at 2:41pm
As it stands its compiled against the beta SDK v2 which still supports the 360 Kinect as I dont own a Kinect for Windows, if i can get my hands on one ill recompile it but until then it wont work on the latest SDK sorry
Apr 5, 2012 at 8:05pm
The final Kinect SDK works perfectly with my xbox kinect. Even the speach recognition works fine and as far as I remember it didnt with the beta SDK. So you might want to try the final SDK as well. Also I found that external called synapse http://synapsekinect.tumblr.com/post/6307752257/maxmsp-jitter I tried to test it but because of lots of additional stuff which it requires I couldnt get it to run, but thats most likely because I am doing something wrong with the additional stuff. I will give it a try again tomorrow and will post if there is any result.
Apr 10, 2012 at 1:04pm
Awesome, did not know that, ill try recompiling against the latest SDK. As for synapse I did look at that but it doesnt have access to the audio API which i needed for my project.
May 19, 2012 at 11:39pm
Hi there, I've also been trying my hand at updating the source against the new SDK. These two articles have been indispensable:
As you can see there's been a fair amount of updates. If you haven't had the chance to get started on this yet, JordanRS, maybe we can collaborate: I'll send you what I have and maybe you can help me figure out why I'm getting a black window frame instead of the camera data from the Beta version.
It seems to be a worthwhile project as the new SDK seems to be a lot more robust than the beta.
May 20, 2012 at 12:14am
Here's what I have so far…
May 20, 2012 at 3:02pm
meanwhile you might want to check this jit.openni external http://hidale.com/category/software/
May 24, 2012 at 6:08am
Well it turns out the 1.5 SDK just came out on Monday so it would do well to compile against that one and forget about 1.0, I'll have another look at the project.
I am likely going to also start working on a 64-bit Windows version of Synapse since it only supports 32-bit Windows at the moment (if anyone did get it to work let me know!), so if you have any requests for it let me know.
Jun 23, 2012 at 4:26am
Ok so I've mixed together a bit of code to get the functionality I was personally looking for (simply transmission of my two hand's XYZ coords) implemented by mixing together the OSC portion of Jordan RS's codebase in with some code from the Beginning Kinect Programming book, Chapter 4.
The advantage here is that developments on this codebase will now be able to take advantage of new features of the 1.0/1.5 SDKs, and also already includes some extra code bits from the book's base, including a method to detect which hand is closer on the depth plane to the camera than the other (which would be great for air drumming with the hands).
The GUI application is simply drawing the skeleton, scaled/truncated ints for the XYZ coords of the hands, and also showing which hand is closer to the camera. There's no color camera layer as for my purposes it just takes away focus from how well the skeleton itself is being mapped.
I'm working with the Kinect for Windows hardware now but it's been tested as working fine for XBox Kinect as well. I'm really interested in getting more into the seated mode and perhaps the face tracking as well (see my avatar!).
At this stage the codebase isn't really good enough to share publicly here, but if anyone wants it I can send it to them privately.
I'll also look into implementing any feature requests.I'm sending raw data to Max, as its better to scale the data only once within Max rather than scale once on the SDK side and then again within Max which would introduce some precision loss.
This is really all a side project to add Windows support for a Max application I'm going to release soon for Kinect, 2 WiiMotes, OpenGL/Jitter, and surround sound. If anyone has interest in that main project specifically, I'm starting a thread to try to gage interest so look for it.
Jun 23, 2012 at 6:22pm
hi Jordan.. firstly, thanks for your sharing on this… :)
im on max6 // win7 64bit sp1 with kinect sdk 1.5 and a xbox kinect model camera. drivers and camera working fine with other apps.
just downloaded your files, give a try to both .exe's and absolutly nothing coming out or in…
is your piece of soft only for new kinect for windows camera? or must work also with xbox model?
Jun 26, 2012 at 6:21am
That code was designed for the beta 2 version of the SDK, as mentioned above. I'm working on a version for the 1.5 SDK that is now functional but I'd like to add a little more before releasing it. If there's any particular functionality you're hoping for now is a good time to mention it!
I should have it out by mid July.
Edit: Whoops almost forgot. So it turns out the Candescent NUI is in C# too so I'm going to see about merging some of that codebase to get some finger tracking information going into Max as well. With any luck it'll all be working together within a few weeks, but this fork of the project will probably only be able to support the Kinect for Windows with its Near Mode (see Candescent FAQ)
Jul 9, 2012 at 2:54pm
Hey Kcoul,
How is the ability to having multiple people? Say two people on screen at once, is it possible to simultaneous control four or more objects in unison? (depending of course that the people are in sync).
I can't wait to see the project and give it a spin for my presentation.
Thanks Again,
Sep 5, 2012 at 6:29pm
Hi Drazzan,
Sorry for a late reply as I was quite busy over the summer. Are you starting the semester this week, or did you start already?
The code I am working on can easily be modified to handle two people, I'll take a look at doing that. I lost my code when an SSD I had everything on died so I will get it up and running again.
The way it works is all the joint data is being piped into Max/MSP and you can do whatever you want with it. I'm looking to add a few additional messages, such as a boolean for which hand is out further.
I'm not sure how much work I want to do on the Max/MSP side, aside from perhaps one patch as an example: the idea is to abstract it as much as possible so I don't give the impression that the patch is only useful for a specific range of things. Hopefully I'll get my code back to where it was before the SSD died by the end of this week or next, then if I can clean it up a bit I'll be happy to post a first version, so check back soon.
Mar 19, 2013 at 3:38am
Sorry for the long wait, here is a fairly stable version that works with the latest 1.6 SDK. As you can see I am really only interested in upper torso data.
The wait is for a good reason though, I am now working on a centralized gestural dev environment called "GestureLab" that will map input from WiiMotes, Kinect, PS Move, and LeapMotion. It looks like the first version will probably be in C# for Windows. I'll try and post an update, and check this thread to support this code if anyone has setup questions.
Jul 13, 2013 at 8:13am
hi Jordan today I get a kinect xbox 360 model 1473. I using sdk v 1.7 , I am really need advice what should I do for using kinect on max msp on pc window 7 with your patch.
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