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Saying they succumbed to peer pressure, two of the 12 jurors who acquitted Michael Jackson of child-molestation charges say in TV appearances that they now regret their decision.
The jurors, Eleanor Cook and Ray Hultman – both of them have book deals, according to the Associated Press – made their statements on MSNBC's Rita Cosby: Live and Direct and appeared on Monday's Today show.
"People just wouldn't take their blinders off long enough to really look at all the evidence that was there," said Hultman, 62, while Cook, 79, told Cosby: "No doubt in my mind whatsoever, that boy was molested, and I also think he enjoyed to some degree being Michael Jackson's toy."
Jackson defense attorney Tom Mesereau dismissed the two jurors' comments as "embarrassing and outrageous."
"The bottom line is it makes no difference what they're saying. It really is a non-event," Mesereau tells AP. "Twelve people deliberated and out of that process justice is supposed to result. Now two months later these jurors are changing their tunes. They clearly like being on TV. I'm very suspicious."
The changes of heart have also angered fellow jury members. "They've become traitors," Michael Stevens, a 21-year-old student, is quoted as saying by New York's Daily News. Added juror Susan Rentschler: "They've really changed their tune. I don't know about Ray, but I think Elly wants attention and she's trying to sell a book."
Hultman's book is to be titled The Deliberator and Cook's, Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird, according to Larry Garrison, a producer who is working with both on their separate books and a combined TV movie. Part of the profits from their book sales will go to charity, he said.
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But investigators still hadn't made a positive identification of the body found in William Spengler's burned house. They have said they believe the remains are those of his 67-year-old sister, Cheryl Spengler, who also lived in the house near Rochester.
Autopsies showed that West Webster volunteer firefighter Michael Chiapperini died of a single gunshot and Tomasz Kaczowka was killed by two, police said.
Spengler set a car on fire and touched off an "inferno" in his Webster home on a strip of land along the Lake Ontario shore, took up a sniper's position and opened fire on the first firefighters to arrive at about 5:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve, authorities said. He wounded two other firefighters and an off-duty police officer who was on his way to work.
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Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said he would put out another statement "when events warrant it."
The spokesman cited the family's right to and desire for privacy.
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He had spent about a week there earlier in November for treatment of the same condition.
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Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said Clinton continues to recuperate at home and will resume her office schedule next week.
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NEW YORK -- A Florida fossils dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling charges Thursday and agreed to give up a celebrated $1 million dinosaur skeleton seized by the U.S. government earlier this year for its eventual return to Mongolia.
Eric Prokopi, 38, said he would surrender the 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton and give up claims to six other dinosaurs and various other bones.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Martin S. Bell read a list of the dinosaurs to Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis, saying a second substantially complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton was found at Prokopi's Gainesville, Fla., home while a third was believed to be in Great Britain.
The government accused Prokopi of smuggling bones into the country illegally from Mongolia before assembling them into a skeleton that was sold by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions for $1.05 million.
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Red Wings-Maple Leafs wrap-up, round 2: From Gustavsson to Zetterberg, the OT win was pretty sweep
by George Malik on 10/19/14 at 04:13 AM ET
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This has been a weekend of embracing the insanity that is the great Maple Leaf Hype Machine, so let's get the most insane parts of the Red Wings' 1-0 OT win over Toronto and the past three days' worth of nonsense out of the way.
Nick Kypreos said this to George Strombolopolous during the second intermission, and I'm paraphrasing his comments suggesting that the Red Wings may or may not be comfortable with the concept of paying a coach more than they pay their GM:
After the game, Henrik Zetterberg did speak with Fox Sports Detroit's Lindsey Hayes, but Fox Sports Detroit cut off the end of his message, so did he say his "heart" was to his wife in the stands, or his wife and son?
We'll have to wait and see, I suppose. In any case, it was Sweetest Day on Saturday, and Zetterberg delivered a present for every Wings fan:
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Red Wings prospect news: Pulkkinen leading Griffins in back-to-back wins; Walleye drop home opener
by George Malik on 10/19/14 at 01:09 AM ET
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The Red Wings' prospects continue to experience high highs and low lows.
In the AHL, the Grand Rapids Griffins swept their weekend series against the Charlotte Checkers, taking Friday's game 2-1 and defeating the Checkers 4-1 on Saturday. The Griffins' website posted a game recap:
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Quick take: Red Wings-Maple Leafs, round 2: Gustavsson, Zetterberg deliver love-ly performance
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 10:26 PM ET
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Mad dash: Babcock, Carlyle discuss personnel prior to Red Wings-Maple Leafs, round 2
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 06:14 PM ET
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Amongst this evening's pre-game coaches' presser comments ahead of tonight's game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings (7 PM on FSD/CBC/NHL Network U.S. with the requisite Center Ice blackout/97.1 FM):
The Windsor Star's Bob Duff took note of Mike Babcock's comments regarding Jimmy Howard, who's on a 48-hour IR with a groin issue, as well as Franzen...
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Red Wings recall Petr Mrazek: Howard slightly tweaked his groin
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 12:35 PM ET
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Updated 5x at 1:08 PM: The Red Wings did not hold a morning skate ahead of tonight's game against Toronto (7 PM EDT on FSD/CBC/NHL Network U.S./97.1 FM), but the injury bug fairy apparently visited Detroit during last night's 4-1 win. Jimmy Howard must have tweaked something, because the Wings have recalled Petr Mrazek to back up Jonas Gustavsson:
I'm not sure what happened to Jimmy Howard, but Mrazek has indeed been recalled:
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Game-day post, Red Wings vs. Maple Leafs, round 2: No morning skate for Wings; stats and videos
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 11:29 AM ET
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Updated at 12:10 PM, FYI:
The Detroit Red Wings hope to sweep their home-and-home series with the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight (7 PM EDT on FSD/CBC/NHL Network U.S. with the usual Center Ice/GCL blackout/97.1 FM).
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The overnight report: On Nyquist, the Red Wings' PK, a Sheahan-Jurco moment, Bertuzzi and Hicketts
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 04:34 AM ET
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Updated substantially at 4:48 AM: I've been to cities much larger than Detroit was during its heyday, but when I've visited Toronto, Washington D.C., Chicago or anywhere else that makes even Metro Detroit's 4.5+ million population look like a postage stamp, I've always had the same feeling toward the end of my trip: "I want to go home, where it's not this nuts." I will take the desolate buildings and Metropolitan Area spread out over an area larger than Rhode Island any day.
My feelings are similar in a professional sense every time the Red Wings travel to Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia or of course Chicago; even with Tuesday's game in Montreal in the offing, I think I'll breathe a sigh of relief after the Wings wrap up their home-and-home series with the Centre of the Hockey Universe [a.k.a. Toronto and its Maple Leafs] and the Centre of the Hockey Media Universe this evening (7 PM EDT, FSD/CBC/NHL Network with the requisite Center Ice/GCL blackout/97.1 FM).
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Red Wings-Maple Leafs wrap-up and Wings-Leafs set-up: Zetterberg dominant, Leafs media still Babsing
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 03:21 AM ET
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The Red Wings flew back to Metro Detroit having rebounded from Wednesday's loss to Boston in fine fashion, defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 in what may have been the Wings' most complete performance of their 4-game-old 2014-15 campaign.
Tonight, the teams tangle again at what's likely to be a split Joe Louis Arena (7 PM on FSD/CBC/NHL Network U.S. with the usual Center Ice blackouts/97.1 FM) and a front office that's pretty pissed off at Bob McCown, with Jonas Gustavsson playing goal for the Wings and Johan Franzen "possible" after suffering leg spasms subsequent to tumbling as he scored his second goal of the game.
Franzen had this to say about his issue to the Canadian Press's Stephen Whyno:
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Red Wings prospect news: Griffins defeat Charlotte; Bertuzzi, Turgeon score 2, Hicketts w/ 2 assists
by George Malik on 10/18/14 at 01:07 AM ET
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The Red Wings' prospects had a pretty solid Friday night, and the headliners were the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins, who defeated the Charlotte Checkers 2-1 despite a 41-save performance from former Griffin Drew McIntyre.
The Griffins' website posted a recap of the game:
Teemu Pulkkinen scored his second goal of the season 46 seconds into the third period and Petr Mrazek made 18 saves as the Grand Rapids Griffins (2-1-0-0) defeated the Charlotte Checkers (1-3-0-0) Friday at Time Warner Cable Arena.
In the Checkers' home opener, it was the Griffins who controlled the flow of the game as 10 penalties were called against Charlotte, which led to nine power play opportunities for Grand Rapids.
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Quick take: Red Wings-Maple Leafs, round 1: Zetterberg, Nyquist, Franzen power Wings over Leafs
by George Malik on 10/17/14 at 10:33 PM ET
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Mostly good, very, very little bad, including denials from Ken Holland and Jimmy Devellano regarding the Wings' supposed sale possibilities.
The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night, taking game 1 of the back-to-back series by a 4-1 margin, and from Kyle Quincey playing well to Jimmy Howard looking strong when the Wings were out-shot in the 2nd to some superb play by...Jakub Kindl...Almost everything went well:
Regrettably, after scoring his second goal, Johan Franzen left the game with what was deemed a "lower-body injury," and we got a post-game sigh of relief via RedWingsFeed:
The teams go back at 'er on Saturday at 7 PM (on FSD/CBC/NHL Network U.S./97.1 FM), and aside from Andrej Nestrasil and the Riley and the Slovaks line not finding their hands yet (though Tomas Tatar has the "Joe Hicketts my center of gravity is several feet below the ice" thing going), the Wings played a superb overall game, rebounding from Wednesday's 3-2 shootout loss to Boston and witnessing a command performance by a Henrik Zetterberg who seems to be "finding his wind."
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Nikki Walker and Jody Hodges, both of Amarillo, were married Saturday, July 13, at Paramount Terrace Christian Church. Trent Sellers, cousin of the groom officiated.
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Candlelighters were Cody Lehnert, nephew of the bride, and Lauren and Morgan Hodges, nieces of the groom. Guest book attendant was Stephanie O'Donnell. Gift table attendant was Krissy Brantley.
Deonne Martin sang "There You Are."
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The groom graduated from WT with a bachelor of science degree in mass communications, advertising and public relations. He works for Bank of America.
The couple planned a honeymoon to Cozumel, Mexico. They reside in Oklahoma City.
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Skip to comments.It's Pearl Harbor Day, Somebody Tell Google and Yahoo.
Posted on 12/07/2010 5:27:20 AM PST by central_va
Somebody tell Google and Yahoo it is Perl Harbor Day. Every year, on this special day, I always check google and yahoo to see if they have a clue. They don't. They'll put special home pages up for every cause under the sun, but for this -NOTHING!
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Never forget!
Google & Yahoo are waiting for Abu Grahib day or something similar.
As contemptible as MSNBC may be, check out Bing. I never use Google anymore - ever.
Thank you Sir for reminding me. I woke up remiss until I read your thread.
When my Dad was in the Legion, they would have memorials on Dec 7. Every year this guy would parade out with his PH Vet hat, and get in front of all of the cameras. He was a boisterous man. Suffice it to say that he was not well liked.
I remember standing with my Dad and several of his friends. These friends had more medals on their chests than I could even imagine. They would look at this guy, and I heard one of them say, "He was a cook on the other side of the island. The only bomb he heard that day was on the radio."
But, he had his "I was there" ticket punched, so they all shut up and let him take the limelight.
To all of the men and women who were really "there" you have my respect and I will remember those who never left "there" in my thoughts today.
And if you are in Manilla, stop by the American Cemetery and tell my Uncle and all of those there that we appreciate their sacrifice still.
The media seems to not only avoid mentioning Pearl Harbor Day but are starting to ignore 911 also.
If you ask the lefties, they will tell you that both tragic days were the fault of America.
Earth Day is a biggie at Google.
He taught his children (by example) outstanding moral courage, that right is right, to extend a charitable hand to those in need, to work hard, to love those in your charge, be spiritual, expect the best, prepare for the worst....and NEVER, EVER FORGET!
Thanks Dad!
It would be nice to have an e-mail address for Google, but they 'conveniently' left that off of their site.
Nothing on Drudge either. Most other sites don't have anything about it either. It's just "another" day....as the guys who fought in it die off sooner or later nothing will be remembered except in the history books.
Bing has a U.S.S. Arizona photo up.
Pearl Harbor and 9/11, when we let out guard down, forever living in infamy!
No! Don't tell them!
They'll want to cobble together something honoring the Imperial Japanese Navy.
My mom says that on Pearl Harbor day, Dec '41-She was at a dance.
When the announcement was made, the music stopped, the people were silent. All the guys left and headed for the nearest recruiting office... literally. Her date (later my dad)also left the dance right away to enlist! She remembers this vividly.
My wall calendar says it's the Islamic New Year; ever so much more important than Pearl Harbor Day. pfft.
FWIW I insisted on running Pearl Harbor stories on the radio stations where I work. Don't know how many actually ran because there were some developing stories that took precident, at least in the news. I'm sure WJAS will run something throughout the day.
Not as much as I would prefer of course!
Hmmm...didn't come out as I intended.
Thank You Again BING for remembering
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Second Amendment Sisters has received a couple of small checks from them as someone named us as their "charity". I think it's a good deal.....
Why do you expect them to care?
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My father was an ensign on the USS Phoenix. He said it took them 30 minutes while under attack for the boilers to make enough steam to get under way. They were sitting ducks. However, since he was on a cruiser and the Japs were going for the battleships, they made it out of the harbor without a scratch. My father never spoke much about the war and only after he died that out curiosity that I researched the Phoenix's role in WWII. It was quite a ship.
"My wall calendar says it's the Islamic New Year... "
I read an article some time back stating that many calendars have replaced Pearl Harbor and other historical American events with Islamic religious holidays. I purchase Lang calendars and mine states: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. (nothing else). After that article, I am very particular about the calendars I purchase. Just a thought.
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42 years ago MAD or CRACKED magazine ran a page of cartoons about the changing movie attitudes toward the Japanese in WWII.
The one that really got to me was one showing Rosevelt bowing to Emperor Hirohito, apologizing for American ships blowing up and hurting the ears of Japanese pilots flying overhead.
Yes well, I usually get a German Shorthaired Pointer calendar as a yearly gift and this one is no different. It's a little item that makes the giver happy because they think they've found something special for me, so I keep quiet. :)
But, I appreciate the info.
I understand completely. It is the thought that matters and it is nice someone gets you something nice. Thanks.
That's probably what they think. That, or PHP Harbor Day, or Python Harbor Day, or Ruby on Rails Harbor Day.
Yeah, it's a geek joke. Never mind.
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And....they were quite a group of guys. IMHO, the best we can do is follow faithfully their example.
Or at least try to.
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A hoarse voice is the first indication of how the BCC women's basketball season has been for first-year coach Ashlyn Burke.
"I have a raspy voice," she said Dec. 6, one day after her Lady Dolphins played its fourth game in six days.
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The South Brunswick girls' swim team finished second and South's boys third in a 14-team meet Dec. 19 at Goldsboro. South's boys missed second by three points.
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BOLIVIA—Surrounded by bare walls in his once-embellished office, Randy Thompson reflected on his career in public safety on his last day of work before heading for retirement.
Career fulfilled, Thompson said his years in public safety have been a childhood dream realized—from police chases and dangerous arrests as a young public safety officer to ascending to new heights on a fire department ladder truck—Thompson leaves his latest post to start a new chapter, fittingly in disaster management.
Shallotte officials didn't send a resolution the town board approved in November asking the district attorney to file charges against someone who accused a town police officer of assault.
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On a balmy July evening 18 months ago, Drug Treatment Court debuted in Brunswick County—the first in the state at the superior court level.
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In one case, $100 in cash was reported stolen. Most of the vehicles were entered but nothing was taken.
The incidents are still under investigation.
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•Forgery of prescription at CVS Pharmacy; suspect altered a prescription for Clonazepam from reading one refill to 11 refills.
•Vandalism on Bridgers Road; victim found two tires slashed a day after being confronted by suspect. The damage was estimated at $120.
•Larceny of beer at Kangaroo; suspect took three beers without paying for them.
In the CFAG event Dec. 21 at Farmstead, John Ogden, Ned Meier, Bob Jaeger and a draw placed first with a 152. Team scoring was two nets per hole. Steve Maiorca, John Ducey, Sid Pennington and a draw placed second.
On Dec. 23 at Meadowlands, Frank Janton, Jerry Rubin, Joe Meo and a draw placed first with a 136. Teams scored three nets on the par-3s, two on the par-4s and one on par-5s. Placing second were Ned Meier, John Ogden, Jody Serensits and Bob Jaeger.
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Proposals for major cuts in Social Security, floated by deficit commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles last week, are an attempt to "bully" seniors "while Wall Street millionaires once again just skate on through scot-free."
That reaction by Edward Coyle, executive director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, was part of a flood of condemnation for the Bowles-Simpson proposals targeting Social Security.
One of the proposals is to cut Social Security benefits by changing the cost-of-living adjustment formula. That would start in 2012, so it would hit current as well as future beneficiaries.
"This will lower seniors' benefits by about 3 percent after they have been retired for 10 years, and by about 6 percent after 20 years," Coyle said.
"Today's 20-year-old workers who retire at age 65 would see their benefits cut by 17 percent if their wages average $43,000 over their working lives," he said, calling the plan "an attack on the middle class."
The Simpson-Bowles proposals would raise the retirement age for full benefits, currently 67 for those born after 1959, to 68 by 2050 and 69 by 2075. That amounts to a lifetime benefit cut.
The proposals would also change the way benefits are calculated - leading to another reduction in benefits.
Keep in mind that currently, the average retiree's annual Social Security benefit is $14,000, which is lower than the minimum wage, the Economic Policy Institute reports. "Three and a half million seniors are living below the poverty level, even with Social Security," says Ross Eisenbrey of the EPI.
The National Council to Preserve Social Security and Medicare said the Simpson-Bowles proposals would mean huge benefit cuts. "Workers who earned $37,400 annually (that's about half of Social Security recipients) would actually take a 35-41 percent cut!" the council said.
"While Simpson/Bowles promise these benefit cuts will only impact high income earners, there's a catch," the group said in a statement. "Anyone who made $38,000 a year during their working years is considered a 'high income' earner. Yes, that's right."
People's World economics commentator Art Perlo says the Simpson-Bowles proposals would lower benefits for 80 percent of Social Security recipients - those who earned above about $25,000 a year - "on the excuse that they are 'high income'." And this is at a time when retirees' other income, if any, from employer or private-savings pensions are all being cut, notes Perlo, who chairs the Communist Party USA economics commission. It's odd that the deficit commission co-chairs "claim that the biggest cuts are to the 'highest' incomes - mainly in the $75,000-$150,000 range," Perlo said, yet incomes up to $250,000 are considered "middle class" when talking about tax cuts.
Currently, working class people shoulder the primary burden for paying into the Social Security fund - only the "first" $106,800 of income is subject to the Social Security payroll tax. The Simpson-Bowles proposals include raising the "cap" but only slightly. Critics say it lets the "really rich" off the hook.
"While the biggest negative impact of the proposals would be on low-income workers, there is something bad for everyone below the millionaire level," said Perlo. "Some of the proposals seem designed to give credence to the idea that the moderately well off are being penalized to help the poor. For example: the proposal to raise the minimum benefit while slightly lifting the Social Security cap (affecting those making between $106,80000 and about $125,000), but not touching significantly the income of the really rich."
"How about lifting the payroll tax cap entirely?" asks the National Council to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
It's not only seniors who rely on Social Security, but also the disabled and surviving spouses and children of deceased workers.
The AARP called the deficit commission co-chairs' proposals "contrary to the best interest of American families."
"During these tough economic times, the last thing we should be considering is targeting the guaranteed, inflation-protected Social Security benefits that millions of Americans count on every day," said Nancy LeaMond, AARP executive vice president.
"Social Security can pay full benefits for at least 25 years," Perlo said. "The whole discussion is a diversion from the urgent need to provide useful, productive jobs for 30 million unemployed and underemployed Americans."
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DHS Secretary On Cybersecurity: Public, Private Sectors Need To Work TogetherHomeland Security chief Jeh Johnson takes the stage at the 2015 RSA Conference in San Francisco to discuss the emerging federal cybersecurity strategy and how it needs the tech community's help.
Websense Tackled 'Three Cyberattacks Per Second' In 2014Websense's Charles Renert talks to CRNtv about the 4 billion attacks the security firm handled in 2014, and which attacks are growing in popularity.
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XoptFoil: airfoil optimization with XFoil
A few years ago I started a thread about airfoil optimization with XFoil. The thread is here:
At the time, I was using Matlab and running XFoil externally each time a new design had to be evaluated. This was very slow, and required a timer for each instance of XFoil to kill it in case it got into an infinite loop condition for a bad design. I recently decided I'd like to work on airfoil optimization again, but this time with my own code. So I took the relevant parts of the XFoil source code and incorporated them into my own program. This allowed me to put in checks for convergence and infinite loop conditions. The fact that it is a compiled program instead of a Matlab script also makes it much faster.
The code is available on SourceForge:
Code development can be tracked on GitHub:
In case anyone wants to try it. Pre-compiled binaries are included for Linux and Windows for x86-64 architectures in the bin/x86-64/Linux or bin/x86-64/Windows directories. If you can use them, you will need to compile it yourself. Detailed instructions are included in the user guide in the doc directory.
XoptFoil is driven by an input file, a copy of which is included. Most of the inputs are commented, so the important ones at least should be fairly self-explanatory. Basically, you select a seed airfoil, optimization options, operating points (each of which consists of a lift coefficient or angle of attack, Reynolds number, Mach number, and relative weighting of the operating point) , constraints (such as minimum moment, thickness, trailing edge wedge angle), XFoil options, etc., and let it go.
As for the details about the optimization, right now you can use either particle swarm or the Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm (which is the same as Matlab's fminsearch function). Particle swarm is a global search method which is rather computationally expensive but has the best chance of finding the best design. The simplex algorithm is more of a local search which could be run after particle swarm. Airfoils are paramterized by adding a user-defined number of perturbation functions to the top and bottom surfaces of the seed airfoil. Right now, I am using what are referred to as NACA shape functions, but I'm planning to add another type in the near future. Eventually I'm also going to parallelize the particle swarm routine to speed it up a bit.
If anyone wants to give it a try and has questions about compiling or setting up the input files, feel free to post here.
Here is an example I did to improve the Clark-Y airfoil for a Reynolds number of 300,000 at lift coefficients of 0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0. The video below shows the progression of airfoil designs throughout the optimization and the improvements made in the airfoil polar.
It looks like the optimization stagnates in the middle, but really it is making very small incremental improvements. At the end, some noticeable improvements occur when the code switches from particle swarm to simplex search. The final design is a bit thinner and gets significantly better performance up to Cl = 0.8. Above that, the performance is about the same as the Clark-Y.
I plan to use this for a real-world design soon. That's actually the reason why I decided to make the program. The plan is to make a powered flying-wing glider optimized for duration and thermal soaring.
Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing your amazing work Dan.
Edit: The GnuWin link didn't work for me. I went to :
Thanks for your comments, too. I do have Windows 7 on my laptop (64 bit). Maybe I will compile it on there and include the binary on my SourceForge page next time I update it. That will make it easier for people on Windows.
I ran XFoil on the optimized airfoil in post #2 at Re = 300,000 (which is where it was optimized) and Re = 90,000 (an off-design condition). The results are shown in the XFoil plots below.
Interestingly, the improvements are even more pronounced at Re = 90,000. The Clark-Y does do better at high lift coefficients above 1.0. But over the rest of the range, the optimized airfoil is much better. The optimized airfoil also has a lower pitching moment coefficient in pretty much all operating conditions, even though pitching moment wasn't a constraint in this particular optimization. The rightmost plot makes it appear that some portion of the performance improvements are achieved by the fact that the optimized airfoil has a later transition to turbulence on the bottom side. (At least I think that's the bottom side -- the XFoil plots don't make it quite clear.)
Thank you for posting this update as well as the original thread. This is a special area of interest for me. At the moment I am an aerospace engineering student and my programming isn't yet up to utilizing the posted code, but I intend to see what I can accomplish with it in the next year or so.
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The input file is in the "bin" folder, just like the xoptfoil executable, and this problem also occurs when I try using the xfoil_only.
Any idea how I can fix this?
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Airfoil Optimiser
Hi Dan
I have been following along this thread for a while. I am an 'ol timer and my programming experience goes as far as BASIC and VBA. I jumped for joy when I saw your comment " Maybe I will compile it on there and include the binary on my SourceForge page next time I update it. That will make it easier for people on Windows". YES Please! I have windows 7 64 bit and 4 cores. I am sorry but I just don't know how to get gfortran and Make file to work. I have a few aerodynamics ideas I want to work on and would rather not spend my time messing with a compiler that does not even have a "go" button!
Thanks for all your great work. I am sure there are lots of people out there like me who want to use your program but cant get past the need to set up the compiler etc.
Thanks and Best Regards
Thanks for reminding me. I'm planning on adding a new feature in the next few days, and when I do that I will also include binaries for Windows and Linux on x86-64 architecture (that's what my computer is). I will also include more detailed compiling instructions. It's really not hard, but on Windows and Mac it's a little bit more trouble to get the compiler installed.
However, even if you have a working executable, you still need to be comfortable with changing things in the input file to get it to do what you want. Because of that, I'll also work on a reference guide to what all the inputs do and which ones are important, etc.
Open up a terminal ("Command prompt" on Windows) and navigate to the XoptFoil/bin/ directory where the program is compiled and the input file resides. This is important, because by having the command prompt open in the correct directory, you have set this as your working directory and now the program should be able to see the input file. Once you have the command prompt ready to go in the correct directory, assuming the program is already compiled, type:
North Britain
Joined Jun 2006
89 Posts
Many thanks for the new toy, Dan.
Just to let you know that it compiles with no problems at all on my old steam-powered WinXP box (dual core x86) using GFortran and GNU Make.
I guess I'll have to update my system one of those days to keep up with all of this great stuff that you're coming up with.
Thanks again.
1.5 hours is actually pretty quick for that test case. Particle swarm is kind of a "smart" brute force approach, similar to a genetic algorithm. They both require large populations of designs to find the best solution, and lots of objective function evaluations. But they both work pretty well in aerodynamic problems like this where there are a lot of potential "local" optimal solutions. Of course, the more XFoil operating points you include in your optimization, the longer it takes. Parallelizing the particle swarm algorithm is on my eventual to-do list, though.
North Britain
Joined Jun 2006
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Anyway I'm going to try it out this weekend on a few different foils and if I find anything untoward I'll let you know.
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Open Thread: Fire Everybody
Can them all!!!!
Can them all!!!!
double check
double check
Yes, I agree, especially
Yes, I agree, especially McPhail and Hendry. Dusty is third on this list but yes, he should go, too. If Sandberg would come in as the interim manager, I would do it. But I doubt that Ryne is that stupid. What would be fun would be if Steve Stone got the job. It won't happen but it sure would be interesting to watch.
It won't happen but
It won't happen but .........FIRE MCFAIL
Not me! I won't take
Not me! I won't take this.
Wormer is a dead man!
Marmalard: dead!
Neidermeyer: dead!
You can't lose over the
You can't lose over the course of time the Cubs have (a century?) without doing one thing consistently, over and over again: reward incompetence.
The contract of Mr. Hendry has already been extended, so his competence/incompetence is irrelevant at this point. I don't hold him responsible for not improving the starting pitching for this year (with the September success of Williams and Rusch and the promise of least a couple of kids), but I do hold him responsible for not obtaining a quality major league back-up(s) for Lee/Ramirez, offensively and defensively, at first and third. The person he did acquire for that purpose, John Mabry, is inadequate.
I also hold him responsible for seemingly making Rich Hill an untouchable over the off season. Now I don't really think that Miguel Tejada was available at any point over the winter. But if, indeed, the Cubs could have obtained him in some package that included Hill and Cedeno (as good as Ronnie is going to be), then Hendry is a bigger idiot than I'm giving him credit for.
I also do not think it takes a good GM to just throw money (lots of it) at 30+ year old pitchers. The most promising thing about the Hendry off-season actually was Angel Pagan. I don't remember the last time the Cubs picked up someone on waivers who actually looked like he might contribute. He remains a work in progress.
As for Dusty, his lack of leadership is now breathtakingly clear and he should go. No more rewarding incompetence.
And with him should go his failure of a pitching coach, as well. It is amazing to me that Rothchild has virtually escaped blame -- not only for the injuries and lack of advancement of Cub pitchers, but also for the very consistent improvement in pitchers as soon as they leave the Cubs (Koronka being only the most recent).
This year's done. There is a nucleus for a good team in the near future. We're stuck with Hendry in the short term, so we can only hope. The Cub brass should make the other changes ASAP.
What makes everyone think
What makes everyone think Sandberg would be so terrific as a manager? What is his managerial background?
Blame the Tribune co. all
Blame the Tribune co. all you want the real reason for the cubs failures ...the fans.
If the fans would get a brain and realize nothing will change as long as they make the Cubs so profitable...they might make a dent in the trib comp bottom line and they'd be forced to sell..put out a winner or both....but the fans keep coming through the gates...buying ridiculously priced food/drink...and keep watching losers find new ways to lose.
It's you fans who support them financially during losing times at fault.
*There is a nucleus for a
*There is a nucleus for a good team in the near future. *
Biggest lie since "There is too much talent on this team for them to be so bad."
Please, J-Damn, leave us
Please, J-Damn, leave us some hope!
I place Merton, Cedeno, Ramirez, Lee, Barrett, F. Pie, Pagan, Zambrano, Marshall, Eyre and Dempster in the "nucleus" category. That's 6 out of 8 offensive starters, one bench player, two starting pitchers and two relievers -- only 14 other players to get and we're good to go!
I personally think
I personally think Rothschild should be the first to be shown the door...who in this sport gets consistantly less out of more with a pitching staff then he does. I don't think there is something in the air that forces Cubs pitchers, young old, starter, relievers, to walk as many people on the other team as possible...so with that in mind, there must be something very wrong with the coaching of our pitchers.
My ranking of who should be first first down.
1st: Rotschild
2nd: Baker
3rd: Clines
4th: Hendry/McPhail
Pagan as part of your
Pagan as part of your nucleus? I like him but he's strictly a complimentary player. I think Howry is more valuable.
Money, a "complimentary
Money, a "complimentary player" is a player who tells you you've lost some weight. A complementary player is one fills a certain niche, a role player. Maybe Pagan IS one of those, but damn, he's fast!
My Core: D Lee R Cedeno M
My Core:
D Lee
R Cedeno
M Murton
S Marshall
C Zambrano
Everyone else can be had. Prior/Wood? Who knows if they will ever be healthy? E-ramis? When is he going to get into shape to play ball? Barrett? I love the way his defense costs us big time, and few mention it.
Fire the whole coaching staff. Send up the white flag early (like today), and see what you can get for our chaff. I'd have no problem going with a young team, and one that actually looks like they want to be out in the field. I hate the way we don't hustle anymore. Even the king of hustlers JP failed to run yesterday out of the box. If a team ever needed to be dumped, this non-caring, non-hustling, non-blaming group does.
Ryno as manager? There's a
Ryno as manager? There's a guy who might give Jim Marshall a run for his money as least fierey Cub manager.
Unfortunately Jim Hendry
Unfortunately Jim Hendry starts out with a couple players who are "NO WAY IN HELL I WILL TRADE THEM...EVER!"
Those two players were Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood....
The problem with this strategy is you never DO trade them...or you pay their entire salary to someone else and get nothing in return for them.
Now that list is Zambrano, Lee, Ramirez, Barrett, Dempster, Prior, Wood, and a ton of minor league players who probably never will see the light of day in the major leagues...(felix pie are you listening??).....
having a core of untradeable players is ridiculous...EVERYONE has a price....just ask George Steinbrenner....everyone can be sold, traded, bought and traded for.....you risk being a losing organization like the Cubs if you have players you will not part with.
I've been looking at every
I've been looking at every roster in the majors for a roster that we might trade all 25 players for. Probably wouldn't be any better but at least the faces would be different!
The problem is that we fans
The problem is that we fans keep giving the team our money. The 'Wrigley Field Experience" has been great for all fans. I spent the better part of 15 years in the bleachers before moving to the surface of hell and truly miss it. But let's be serious the team can put any product on the field and tourist and die hards will pack the stands. Why should the trib provide a WS appearance? They get rich and we get the "experience". I hard as it is for me to say it we need to tear down Wrigley! The only way we are going to get a solid team is by having the team earn it's business. They don't have to earn anything now as we will continue to flock to this stadium.
The brainless lemmings that
The brainless lemmings that spend $400 at the Tibune's scalper operation for tickets, pack Wrigley and buy overpriced watered down crappy beer are definitely a big part of this. But there is more to it than that. Wrigley Field itself is the biggest impediment. The Cubs are not a baseball team, they are a circus act marched ouot to entertain the masses in Major league baseball's most reknowned tourist trap. Even if real Cubs fans finally catch on and start to stay away, their seats will be gleefully filled by tourists. Scan the crowd and see all the out of town business types and tourists with their brand new pastel colored cubs hats. Wrigley Field's so called magical atmosphere started to die out in the early 90s. I say burn down the beast! Raze it and build a new retro style park. Make this team have to earn it's following like the other teams do. In every single park in the league teams have to do that (many fail), EXCEPT THE CUBS. If that doesn't change first it doesn't matter who runs this team. Go ahead, Fire the three stooges in charge and scapegoat them. Bring in three more and let the cycle start anew. Just another sorry cycle in a sordid Cubs history.
clean house.
clean house.
I'd have no problem with
I'd have no problem with this, but why would the Trib ever fire McPhail? And why would McPhail fire Hendry after just extending him? This is going to be up to Hendry to make changes.
In terms of who I think should go first:
1. Clines
2. Rothschild & Baker
3. McPhail
4. Hendry
Not to say Hendry is without fault, but he has the most redeeming qualities of the guys on here, few though they may be.
Wrigley Field has become
Wrigley Field has become little more than a shopping mall for working professionals with deep pockets to hang out at and be seen. A minority of the people who attend games at Wrigley can be classified as "diehards" or folks who are passionate about baseball. While they all cheer for the Cubs to win, most of them don't really give a damn if the Cubs lose.
Bleacher seats go for $60 ! The secondary market for Cub tickets is a thriving business enterprise ! It doesn't matter if the Cubs win or lose on the field. Believe me, this fact is understood by the management team at Tribune Tower. Sure they'd probably like for the Cubs to win, but it isn't there biggest concern. They know they are going to make truckloads of money from the Cubs regardless whether the team is good or sucks. This equation is doubtful to change. I laugh out loud at all this boycott talk. It will never happen. If it didn't happen with the White Sox winning the World Series, it will never happen. Wrigley is just too cool of a shopping mall experience for too many.
Wrigley Field has become
Wrigley Field has become little more than a shopping mall for working professionals with deep pockets to hang out at and be seen. A minority of the people who attend games at Wrigley can be classified as "diehards" or folks who are passionate about baseball. While they all cheer for the Cubs to win, most of them don't really give a damn if the Cubs lose.
Bleacher seats go for $60 ! The secondary market for Cub tickets is a thriving business enterprise ! It doesn't matter if the Cubs win or lose on the field. Believe me, this fact is understood by the management team at Tribune Tower. Sure they'd probably like for the Cubs to win, but it isn't there biggest concern. They know they are going to make truckloads of money from the Cubs regardless whether the team is good or sucks. This equation is doubtful to change. I laugh out loud at all this boycott talk. It will never happen. If it didn't happen with the White Sox winning the World Series, it will never happen. Wrigley is just too cool of a shopping mall experience for too many.
"My Core: D Lee R Cedeno M
"My Core:
D Lee
R Cedeno
M Murton
S Marshall
C Zambrano"
I agree but I think you have to put the back 3 of the bully (Dempster, Howry, Eyre) on that list too given that it's becoming more difficult to find decent relievers than reliable starters. Do you really want to invest $9-10 mill for a Rivera, Ryan, Wagner? There are roids rumors surrounding Gagne so that leaves Rivera, Wagner, K-rod and Nathan as the only real lockdown closers with Lidge fledling. Dempster will walk a few guys but so does Lidge and K-rod.
If Prior can return this year and put up 8-10 solid starts I definitely trade him in the off-season for another starter or a RF power hitter that isn't Abreu. If Aramis can rebound in the 2nd half I'd lose no sleep in dealing him as well.
We have to do something with
We have to do something with the roster, the following moves should be a must to start.
1.Get rid of Neifi Perez.
2.Pick-up some righthanded hitting firstbaseman.
3.Move Todd Walker back to secondbase.
4.Or trade Todd Walker, Neifi Perez, and maybe Guzman or Hill for Alfonso Soriano at secondbase.
Notice that Todd Walker starting slumping when moved to play firstbase.
Notice that Neifi Perez is playing every game.
Imagine a lineup of when D.Lee returns.
We need Soriano's bat now and later. Lets get this done Jim Hendry
Don't just fire Fitzsimons,
Don't just fire Fitzsimons, McFail, Hendry, Dusty, and the coaches. They should allow the fans to stone them all to death. The Trib could recoup most of the salary they would have to eat by selling tickets to the stoning and selling the actual stones. Then sell commemorative stones. Heck, they could engrave your personal message on the stones.
Make everyone on the team available but Cedeno and Murton. Not that either will be a star, but they are young players with talent and cheap salaries.
Don't you dare trade for or sign Soriano. He is a gloveless bum who swings at the first pitch and won't walk if his life depended on it. He is exactly the kind of impatient hitter the lineup is packed with now.
Hypothetically, if all of management were fired and you wanted to rebuild the team, it would take years. This team is a disaster. They also need to fire every minor league coach, farm director, and the entire scouting staff.
Whether or not one thinks
Whether or not one thinks either McPhail or Hendry should be fired, the question remains: why to the Cubs need both? What does McPhail do? If he's the master and Hendry is the puppet, why do they need Hendry?
There is no need to have both McPhail and Hendry.
There may also be no need to have either McPhail or Hendry, but certainly the Cubs don't need both of them
#29 Because McPhail doesn't
Because McPhail doesn't deal with day-to-day baseball decisions. The GM does, in this scenario. He did it briefly after Lynch was canned.
Bob #30, Then what does
Bob #30,
Then what does McPhail do? He was also the GM before he hired Lynch. I understand generally what the GM does, but see no reason for McPhail's presence.
I more-less agree that
I more-less agree that Soriano will not take pitches and the lineup is already filled with those kind of players, but what a shot in the arm offensively would he bring to the lineup. We need a star, we need a 30+ homerun/100+ RBI guy, on top of Ramirez and Lee, we just do not have enough offense as well as quality starters. I have preached this same thing all winter long, and I hate to see the Cubs play so lousey but I feel good that I was right. I blogged this way back in December, and even saved the blog. I look at it several times weekly to better understand what is happening.
McPhail is the president of
McPhail is the president of the Cubs, he's been dealing more with bleacher expansion, ticket prices, rooftop owners, etc. I would venture a guess that him and Hendry are so tight that Hendry probably doesn't even have to get his approval on most personnel moves.
Fire Carrie Muskat!
Fire Carrie Muskat!
#34 of 34: By Andrew (May
#34 of 34: By Andrew (May 16, 2006 01:18 PM)
Fire Carrie Muskat!
Where then would we get our honest, unbiased, hard hitting, in depth, insider cubs news from?
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#34...Comment of the Day
I think Rob nailed it on
I think Rob nailed it on MacPhail's duties, though of course Hendry runs stuff by him...not so much for approval, just a sort of "keeping the boss in the loop" thing.
The point, Ranch, is that MacPhail doesn't make trades, doesn't make roster moves, etc. He's more corporate, I guess, at this point, than involved in nitty-gritty baseball decisions.
Thanks Bob and RobG. It
Thanks Bob and RobG. It seems that if McPhail was really the architect of 2 WS champs in Minnesota, that we are wasting his talents. If he wasn't really the guy who put those teams together, he's a glorified bureaucrat. Either way he doesn't carry his weight.
That said, if we put his salary towards team payroll, it probably doesn't but the Cubs very much.
Here is the problem with
Here is the problem with McFail. With the Cubs having a corporate owner, there is no ownership face to demand wins and losses. All you have is shareholders who want to see a profit.
McFail is the one person who is supposed to be making sure that the Cubs are both profitable and victorious. Unfortuantly, based on his statements that nothing is wrong with the Cubs, Hendry, or Baker even when the team is severely underperforming, its pretty clear that McFail will remain happy as long as he's got fans in seats, naming rights to sell, and new billboards to put up around the ballpark.
Andy McFail has been Team
Andy McFail has been Team President for 12 years. Tribune management is euphoric over his performance. The primary concern is making money and adding goodwill to the corporation. The secondary concern is W's in the win column. McFail figured out that formula a long time ago, and has managed himself accordingly.
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Not an inspired outing by Rondon. Seemingly got ahead of every hitter but had no swing and miss pitch today, slider had no bite.
Somebody give Soler some smelling salts - yeesh
And...now that runner scores on a single...
So where do you think Soler will be traded to this off season?
And right on cue he throws to third with no chance to get runner on 2nd so the batter takes 2nd easily. How long has he been playing baseball??
Man you cannot put Soler out there late in games for Playoffs. Yuch...
Such is the life of a fatted calf...
fowler with a triple in the 4th...he's a HR away from a "natural" cycle
...and contreras takes one off the hand and he's in obvious pain. sigh.
he's staying in the game, though he's wringing his hand out during breaks in the action. aside from that he seems to have no issue giving signs or tossing back to the pitcher.
...and he's batting in the cubs half of the following inning. sweet.
his collapse started on august 21st this season...so it's a slight improvement.
but wow, what a collapse since then...only 2 out of 7 can be considered good/decent.
I'm really going to enjoy watching Hammel watch the playoffs.
The always combustible Jason Hammel
Hammel :(
That was fun.
"home field advantage through the playoffs?"
Except for the away games.


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Sacramento Kings and Milwaukee Bucks name new coaches
- Of all the lessons Mike Malone has learned from his head coaches in more than a decade as an NBA assistant, the problem of unrealistic expectations was obviously one of them.
Malone was introduced Monday by new Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive as the first head coach in the new era in California's capital city and he made sure to avoid a mistake that plagued his former boss in Golden State.
Malone said, "We're not going to guarantee the playoffs in the first year like we did in Golden State, that's for sure."
Malone helped turn the Warriors into a capable defensive team that made the playoffs for only the second time since 1994. The Warriors finished 47-35, beat Denver in the first round of the playoffs and were eliminated by San Antonio in six games.
- Larry Drew could have sulked during his last season in Atlanta, complained to anyone who would listen about being a lame duck despite a winning record and three straight playoff appearances.
He never did.
"When you stay in this game as long as I have, the most important thing is you don't take a negative situation and keep it negative," Drew said. "I thought I would get something positive of it."
That came Monday, as Drew was introduced as the new coach of the Milwaukee Bucks six days after his awkward tenure with the Atlanta Hawks ended with the hiring of his replacement. Drew has a three-year deal with the Bucks, and the team has an option for a fourth season.
Drew was 128-102 in Atlanta, and the Hawks reached the postseason in each of his three seasons. His first year, they upset Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in the first round and then took the Chicago Bulls to six games in the Eastern Conference semifinals. They reached the playoffs again last year despite having center Al Horford for only 11 games.
And he did perhaps his finest job this season.
Despite knowing he would be out of a job at the end of the year as new general manager Danny Ferry remakes the team, losing All-Star Joe Johnson to an offseason trade and seeing Lou Williams and Zaza Pachulia go down with season-ending injuries, Drew led Atlanta to a 44-38 record. The Hawks took Indiana to six games before losing in the first round of the playoffs.
-- from wire reports