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Someone's in trouble
The Los Angeles Times was there when the LASO came to pick up the "Innocence of Muslims" filmmaker for a "voluntary interview".
As the Times put it:
Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.
Sheriff's officials could not be reached by The Times, but department spokesman Steve Whitmore told KNBC News that deputies assisting the federal probation department took Nakoula to the sheriff's substation in Cerritos for interviewing.
Apparently, they're concerned about a possible probation violation, because he wasn't supposed to access the Internet. But now his horrible movie is on YouTube, so he may in trouble. Hence, brown-shirted men showed up at midnight to "escort" him to a "voluntary interview".
There's no free speech issue at all to be concerned with here. Move along citizen.
Instapundit has a round-up of reaction.
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Oceanside beach photoblogging
Chris and I went down to Oceanside today, and I took along the FZ200 to take a few pictures. This time though, rather than fill up the front page, all the pictures are below the fold. All the pics are clickable, so you can see a 1920×1280 larger version.
About that great Obama foreign policy success …
Seems Japan may not think the US is a dependable ally anymore:
When the U.S. Defense Secretary arrives in Asia this weekend, his biggest challenge may not be convincing China that America will give its full support to longtime ally Japan in the escalating dispute over islands in the East China Sea. His biggest challenge may be convincing Japan.
"There is a perception in Japan that the U.S. commitment is ambiguous," says Yoichiro Sato, director of international strategic studies at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in southern Japan. "If China thinks Japan will hesitate to respond or that America will hesitate, that will embolden the Chinese. It's better that America sends a clear, explicit message now than have to respond to something worse later."
But remember … conventional wisdom (i.e. the MSM) has it that Obama has made the world better, safer and everyone likes us better. That he is a master of foreign policy.
In fact, as many countries have indicated, they see the US as a declining power. This particular instance is only one example of that thinking.
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The most offensive QandO post ever (NSFW)
Below the fold is a NSFW image. It is obscenely offensive. It was posted by The Onion in one of the most brilliant satirical statements about the cultural difference between the Muslim world and everyone else I've ever seen. As The Onion writes:
The image of the Hebrew prophet Moses high-fiving Jesus Christ as both are having their erect penises vigorously masturbated by Ganesha, all while the Hindu deity anally penetrates Buddha with his fist, reportedly went online at 6:45 p.m. EDT, after which not a single bomb threat was made against the organization responsible, nor did the person who created the cartoon go home fearing for his life in any way. Though some members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths were reportedly offended by the image, sources confirmed that upon seeing it, they simply shook their heads, rolled their eyes, and continued on with their day.
The FBI will not launch an investigation to find out the identity of the artist involved. The offices of The Onion will not be besieged by angry Christians, demanding death to the editors. No heads will be cut off. No Internet-wide debate will be sparked on whether or not this image should be reproduced. No calls for the arrest and imprisonment of the author will be made.
But, if you were to add a bearded fellow with a turban into this depraved scene, we all know the response would be far different.
So, you can take your multicultural "no culture is better than any other" nonsense and stick it where the sun don't shine.
Economic Statistics for 14 Sep 12
Here are today's statistics on the state of the economy:
The Consumer Price Index rose sharply, up 0.6% for the month, though the year-over-year inflation rate is 1.7%. The core CPI, ex-food and –energy, rose just 0.1% last month, and 1.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Business inventories rose 0.8% in July, while sales rose 0.9%, trimming the stock-to-sales ratio down to 1.28.
The Reuter's/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index rose a sharp 4.9 points to 79.2.
The Fed reports that industrial production declined by -1.2% last month, erasing the previous two month's production increases. Capacity utilization at the nation's factories fell -1.0% to 78.2% from 79.2 percent.
Retail sales jumped 0.9% in August, and sales less cars were up 0.8%. But, sales less gas and cars only rose 0.1% showing underlying weakness in the headline number. On a year-over-year basis, sales were up 4.7%. When taking prices into effect, sales were soft for the month.
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A failed presidency in one picture
I don't remember who it was who left a comment asserting that Romney's statement in the wake of the rioting in the Middle East may have been the moment in which "he lost the presidency".
A couple of days later and it seems entirely possible to posit exactly the opposite to be true. Those events may be the moment Obama lost the election. Remember, foreign policy was supposed to be Obama's strong point.
Yet, this image of the bloody handprints of a dying American may be the defining image of his failed foreign policy.
And his reaction to all of this?
Apologize and go to Vegas for a political fundraiser.
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When the beast starves
I tend to be more optimistic than Dale about the near-to-intermediate future for the economy and for the culture. This may be unusual for a libertarian, but I'm heartened by many of the ways in which our opponents' system is unsustainable.
Let me start by saying that, given a certain size of central government, libertarians could do worse than spending almost two-thirds of the budget on a few wealth transfer programs (Social Security and Medicare, both mostly funded by flat taxes, plus Medicaid, which gets much of its funding from the states) and a military like ours. Imagine if that money was spent employing domestic police and busybodies.
But even that government is fiscally unsustainable, so we expect our government to eventually be forced to give up some of its "responsibilities." Assuming the country avoids a sovereign debt crisis, that adjustment might not be so bad for libertarians. Continue reading
DoJ identifies man allegedly responsible for anti-Islamic film
So the Justice Department (a department name becoming more Orwellian by the day) has fingered the man they suspect of being responsible for this film the administration says caused these deadly attacks in the Middle East?
Federal authorities have identified a southern California man once convicted of financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement official said Thursday.
Attorney General Eric Holder said that Justice Department officials had opened a criminal investigation into the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other diplomats killed during an attack on the American mission in Benghazi. It was not immediately clear whether authorities were focusing on the California filmmaker as part of that probe.
A federal law enforcement official said Thursday that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was the man behind "Innocence of Muslims," a film denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad that sparked protests earlier in the week in Egypt and Libya and now in Yemen. U.S. authorities are investigating whether the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya came during a terrorist attack.
Uh, so? Implying this film is the reason for the murders that have taken place is a bit like complaining that a woman who was raped dressed too provocatively (which, btw, is a valid complaint … in Saudi Arabia).
And AP, by gosh, is on the job:
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation, said Nakoula was connected to the persona of Sam Bacile, a figure who initially claimed to be the writer and director of the film. But Bacile quickly turned out to a false identity and the Associated Press traced a cellphone number used by Bacile to a southern California house where Nakoula was found.
Bacile initially claimed a Jewish and Israeli background. But others involved in the film said his statements were contrived as evidence mounted that the film's key player was a southern Californian Coptic Christian with a checkered past.
Nakoula told The Associated Press in an interview outside Los Angeles Wednesday that he managed logistics for the company that produced "Innocence of Muslims," which mocked Muslims and the prophet Muhammad.
Nakoula denied that he was Bacile and insisted he did not direct the film, though he said he knew Bacile. But federal court papers filed against Nakoula in a 2010 criminal prosecution said that he had used numerous aliases in the past. Among the fake names, the documents said, were Nicola Bacily, Robert Bacily and Erwin Salameh, all similar to the Sam Bacile persona. Other aliases described in the documents included Ahmad Hamdy, Kritbag Difrat and PJ Tobacco.
During a conversation outside his home, Nakoula offered his driver's license to show his identity but kept his thumb over his middle name, Basseley. Records checks by the AP subsequently found that middle name as well as other connections to the Bacile persona.
The AP located Bacile after obtaining his cellphone number from Morris Sadek, a conservative Coptic Christian in the U.S. who had promoted the anti-Muslim film in recent days on his website. Egypt's Christian Coptic populace has long decried what they describe as a history of discrimination and occasional violence from the country's Arab majority.
If only AP had shown the same drive and interest in Fast and Furious. Or actually vetting the President before the 2008 election.
But to the point. It doesn't matter who did what to whom concering the film. Or who is responsible for it. Until recently this was America, land of the free and home of those with the right to freedom of speech.
We have the right to express our opinions in various ways whether others like it or not. Do you imagine that "Christian feelings" were "hurt" when "piss Christ" was displayed? Of course they were. Christians were very offended.
Don't remember 4 dead over that, do you?
Don't remember the Justice Department becoming involved either.
I think that may be because when that happened the right to free speech wasn't under assualt and those who created the so-called "work of art" (as well as the government) weren't particulary concerned with whether or not the feelings of any particular religion.
Because back then we knew the test of freedom of speech wasn't protecting speech you agreed with, but that with which you vehemently disagreed.
And, like it or not, that's the principle, so quickly abandoned by this administration, Mitt Romney was talking about.
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QEIII: It's ON, bitches! (Text updated with more details)
Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, announced today that the Fed will embark on another round of Quantitative Easing, beginning immediately. The Fed will increase its holdings by an estimated $85 billion per month in securities, about half of which will be long-term Treasury bonds, and the remaining $40 billion or more will be agency mortgage-backed securities. The agency paper will be purchased with new cash, while the long-term Treasuries will be acquired in exchange for short-term Treasury paper, as a continuation of Operation Twist.
There is no ultimate target amount or end date specified for this round of easing. Essentially, the Fed will buy or exchange $1 trillion in securities per year, until chairman Bernanke says to stop. It is completely open-ended. Additionally, the Fed expects to keep interest rates at or near 0% until sometime in 2015.
Let's be clear about what this announcement means: The Fed will print $500 billion per year in new money, and inject it into the economy by buying agency paper (Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, et al.), while also flooding the market with $500 billion of short-term paper in exchange for long bonds. That new money is not based on any realistic estimate of economic growth, or economic requirement to expand the money supply. It is pure, Keynesian monetary stimulus.
This will, of course, be done in a completely responsible way, and there is no threat whatsoever that this will cause an increase in inflation, and in any case, the Fed is fully prepared to sterilize this move at any time conditions warrant. Seriously, it's best for the Fed to do this, and nothing could possibly go wrong.
Some may disagree.
Anyway, here's some video of the first round of this open-ended QE being implemented:
Image via Max Keiser
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Economic Statistics for 13 Sep 12
The following US economic statistics were announced today:
Initial jobless claims rose 15,000 in the latest week to 382,000. The 4-week moving average rose to 375,000. But, continuing claims are down 49,000 to 3.282 million. Much of this week's rise is blamed on Tropical Storm Isaac, which led to increased claims.
The producer price index rose a sizable 1.7% in August—mainly on sharp increases in food and energy prices—after a 0.3% rise in July. Ex-food and energy prices, the core PPI rose 0.2%.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose sharply on improved personal finances, up 4.3 points to -42.2. Despite the sharp improvement, the CCI is still at a deeply depressed level, of course.
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I'm still in Japan, and I've got a whole bunch of little posts on the fantastic beverages I've been consuming, but this one took the cake… the hotcake that is! Ha ha ha. This is Morinaga's Pancake Drink, which I heard about this week and then spent several days searching for in various vending machines.
I found this particular vending machine in Ryogoku, in front of the JeansMate. I bought 5 cans.
As you can see, it has more or less the consistentcy of milk tea. That's kind of how it drank as well.
How does it taste you ask?
Like a delicious drink of pancakes, butter, and syrup (table, not maple). It's pretty fantastic. Admittedly, there is no chance of something like this coming to North America, but as far as cult-followings for Japanese snack goods go, I strongly suggest you get on the pancake-drink bandwagon immediately. :)
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June 12, 2012
San Francisco Bayview's own, the undefeated Welterweight Champion of the World, Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (16-0-1), brings his knockout power to the San Francisco Black Film Festival. "In the Hive" director Robert Townsend is coming a day early, on Thursday, to promote his film, which opens the festival. It stars Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, Vivica A. Fox and newcomer Jonathan McDaniel.
March 16, 2012
In a Hollywood Reporter article, Spike Lee is quoted: "In 1989, 'Do the Right Thing' was not even nominated [for best picture]," said Lee, with some mock outrage. "What film won best picture in 1989? 'Driving Miss Mother F-ing Daisy!' That's why [Oscars] don't matter," said Lee. "Because 20 years later, who's watching 'Driving Miss Daisy?'"
November 26, 2010
Ted Pontiflet is an Oakland icon. He is East Coast swing meets West Coast bop. Classy. The man is too smooth to be close to 80. Ted is around until Dec. 1 and then away he goes.
April 16, 2010
"Death at a Funeral," produced by actor and comedian Chris Rock, hits theaters today with an all-star cast of actors and comedians. I had the opportunity to chop it up with comedians Chris Rock and Tracy Morgan, two of the most talented Black comedians in the game right now.
November 27, 2009
Always a singer as well as an actor, Loretta Devine is in San Francisco to take her act on the road, to develop a singing career, a first for the multi-talented lady. Her appearance at the Rrazz Room Friday through Sunday, Nov. 27-29, will mark her nightclub debut. This engagement is exciting, because not only will it be Ms. Devine's first performance as a singer, she will be singing original music as well as work from the American songbook of love.
August 1, 2009
Black August begins with a campaign for the acquittal of Francisco Torres, the only member of the San Francisco 8 still charged. Go to www.freethesf8.org for messages to phone or fax to Attorney General Jerry Brown, urging him to drop the charges. Cisco's hearing is Aug. 10 if the charges aren't dropped.


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Hey Everyone!
This is CJB here just wanting to wish everyone a happy and safe night tonight. I hope everyone has something fun to do and some good friends/family to do it with. If you plan to do some drinking like I am, please designate a driver, call a cab or just use your bonus legs and feet that god gave you and walk your lazy asses to where ever the merriment is going down. Also, try to hook up with a lady or a fellow before you get your goggles so thick you its like looking through binoculars backwards. You will like yourself alot better tomorrow. Also, think about tomorrow and the fact that it will come with or without you. Wouldnt you rather be here to enjoy it. Dont do something stupid like drinking and driving, or get into a bar brawl, get arrested, get a ticket, a dui, a blackeye, a broken nose, dead, dont cheat on your partner, dont get into a fight with your partner, the list goes on and on....Make this a good one, one to remember, one that you will tell stories about!
This holiday can be the best of them all. A time for reflection and a chance to set your ship to sail in a new direction. A time to erase the slate, clean it and start fresh. What an opportunity!
So I will end this with a giant screaming HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE!
Much Love and Peace,
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Meaghan Merckel, 22, is being arraigned on charges of vehicular manslaughter, DWI and inadequate brakes in Penfield Town Court. Sheriff deputies say she and her boyfriend were playing a game along Route 250 Sunday morning when they hit Heather Boyum as she was biking on the road. Merkel struck Boyum with a motorcycle and then Mark Scerbo, 22, ran Boyum over with a car. Merkel was issued an appearance ticket for DWI. Scerbo, too, faces a manslaughter charge and is being held without bail.
Does this mean she wont have her big white trash mouth on every news source that will give her the time of day?


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- Climate change doesn't just make people angry, it makes them violent, too. (CNN)
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Honey Roasted Beets and Sweet Potatoes
Recipe from:
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2 lbs. Beets
2 lbs. Sweet Potatoes
1/3 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tbsp Honey
1 tsp Black pepper
1 tsp Coriander
Preheat oven to 350.
Blend Olive Oil with the Honey, Black Pepper and Coriander.
Peel beets and rinse. Then cut into 1 inch wedge type chunks.
Pour half of the olive oil blend on the beets, toss to coat and then spread the chunks on a baking sheet.
Bake for about 40 minutes, or until fork tender.
Then peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into similar size chunks.
Pour the remaining olive oil blend onto the sweet potatoes. Toss to coat and place on a baking sheet.
Bake the sweet potatoes for about 18 minutes, or until fork tender.
Combine the beets and sweets and serve.
These also reheat beautifully, so IF you have any leftovers, you can have them again.
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Lauren E. Allen, Eric Osthoff, Paula White, and Judy Swanson, Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform
This qualitative study provides commentary from school administrators, principals and teachers on the disconnect between districts' lofty reform agendas and teachers' understanding of how to translate them into everyday practice. After examining curricular reforms in three districts (Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle), the authors conclude that front-line educators need more resources and support to implement superintendents' policies and improve instruction. So far, so good; policy makers are unwise to ignore the wisdom and experience of teachers and principals. But for such a promising premise, the report disappoints greatly as it evolves into a screed against standardized testing. One Chicago principal complains, "We are taking tests all the time...The emphasis on testing is one that I sometimes question because the day that the children have to take the test - it's like a judgment day...you have to look at the whole child." In fact, the authors draw a sharp line between "improving instruction" and district administrators' "relentless focus on increasing standardized test scores." Perhaps for their next report the Cross City Campaign should visit some of the charter schools - such as KIPP, Amistad Academy, and NorthStar - that show how improving instruction and raising achievement can go hand-in-hand. The report weighs in at 104 pages, but you can glean the most important (if dubious) points from the slim executive summary. Both are available here.


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All times Mountain Standard Time
Friday, September 17, 2010
8:00 PM - ESNP2 - California at Nevada
If Nevada's defense decides to show up against a BCS conference team, they could very well be ranked by the time we go to Reno for Black Friday. This could be good for Boise State. Sadly, I have these hopes every year the the most over-hyped non-AQ team in the nation. I would put money on this game that Nevada loses. But I'll be watching, regardless. California 35 - Nevada 24
Saturday, September 18, 2010
10:00 AM - ESPN - No. 12 Arkansas at Georgia
I'm really interested in finding out if Ryan Mallett is the real deal this season or if he's a product of his offensive line and Jevan Snead-like-hype. He received negative comments out of Manning Camp and I'd like to know how much he has improved because of it. Georgia couldn't get things offensively against South Carolina, but I attribute that more to the defense of USC. This makes for a great post-GameDay game that I'll be on my couch for. Arkansas 31 - Georgia 33
If you're able to find it, East Carolina plays at Virginia Tech at 11:30 AM. I'm already tired of the Hokies, but if you're now, look in the Week 3 comment thread for an internet link to the game, if one exists. But just for the record: East Carolina 17 - Virginia Tech 35
The Slew
I'm just not sure what to watch Saturday Afternoon. We're done with week 1 and 2 patsies and have finally gotten to some real meat of some football games. With that said, here's a whole list of games that I'm interested in watching, but won't be able to get all of them. I even had to throw out Hawaii at Colorado, but only because I can't find it televised anywhere.
1:30 PM - Altitude - Air Force at No. 7 Oklahoma
This has potential upset all over it. Oklahoma is now playing their 3rd home game of the year (serisouly, these guys should be in the SEC with how many home games they have), which has extended their home winning record further than Boise's while we continue to play on the road. Maddening! But there's a whole other story to this game. Oklahoma turned over their Week 1 hangover with Utah State and obliterated Florida State last week. Air Force toppled a crippled BYU team but shows hope and promise travelling to Norman. I'd like to see if Oklahoma's defense can change from defending a quick-passing spread offense last week to defending the 3-4 option playbook of Air Force. My faith in the college football says Air Force can do it, but my gut is telling me to stop believing. Air Force 27 - Oklahoma 35
1:30 PM - ABC* - No. 8 Nebraska at Washington
I don't care about Jake Locker anymore. Thankfully a bad BYU defense showed that if you stop one man, you stop Washington. I am, however, concerned for a Nebraska defense that only took what Nathan Enderle gave them (which was passes and 3-and-outs) and also for a Nebraska offense that only scored 38 on Shilo Keo and company. Will the 'Huskers be exposed in Seattle? I think they will be, because only because the game will be close. Nebraska 31 - Washington 24
1:30 PM - CBS - No. 10 Florida at Tennessee
I'm leaning very heavily on this being my 2nd favorite match-up of the day. Florida is favored by 14 points in Neyland Stadium, which means Tennessee impressed no one by giving up midway in the 2nd Quarter to Oregon last week. But this Florida offense is no Oregon. Tennessee and Wilcox seemed have Oregon in their hand, until their offense sputtered giving full momentum to the Ducks. Florida has had their struggles vs. Miami(OH) and USF... in which /both teams practically gave them good field position. Add this to Demps being the only good part of Florida's offense, Chris Rainey being excluded from team activities, and this being Florida's first this away game, this has upset written all over it. And I'm not only suggesting it, I'm predicting it. Florida 17 - Tennessee 31
1:30 PM - ESPN2* - Arizona State at No. 11 Wisconsin
PAC-10 not so great vs. Big-"10" maybe great. This could turn out to be a very boring game, a Wisconsin blowout, or a battle in the trenches waiting for the other to make a mistake. The uncertainty has me clueless over who will win this matchup. I'm going to give in to Wisconsin, though, since the Big-10 always disappoints me by winning game that I don't want them to (read: all of them). Arizona State 20 - Wisconsin 27
1:30 PM - ESPN - No. 18 USC at Minnesota
Nevermind. I thought this could be a good game, but then I remembered that Minnesota really, really stinks. Just watch, now that I've said that, Minnesota will pull off the upset. USC 45 - Minnesota 6
1:30 PM - ESPNU - Brigham Young at Florida State
Was it glorious to anyone else watching BYU lose to Air Force for the first time in years? They still have no clue what they're doing at the QB situation. What I find funny is that BYU's woes have been focused on their lack of backfiled, when the real issue is their defense. I fully expect Florida State to get back on their feet from the beatdown from OU and whomp on the Cougars. Do it for the WAC, the MWC, and mostly, do it for me, Seminoles!!! Probably my most unrealistic prediction of the day: Brigham Young 17 - Florida State 52
2:30 PM - Vs. - Baylor at No. 4 TCU
I'm rather excited for this game. Baylor has been snuffing TCU out of conference inclusion and using political means to do it. Sound familiar? That's why I like TCU so much. Great coach, great defense, stupid nemesis. If they could only do something about their red-headed QB situation. I don't know what the "experts" have this game so close (not really expert 1, not really expert 2. Baylor 6 - TCU 45
There is interest in the Louisville at No. 25 Oregon State game at 3:30 PM as a preview to the competition we're facing next week. But again, you're goign to have to look for it on the Internet somwhere. Note: The ESPN GameDay traveled to the Clemson at No. 16 Auburn game, which is probably one of the most boring games that will be on today. But if you want to watch, it's on ESPN at 5:00 PM.
You best be setting one of these games to your DVR, because your full attention best be set to CBS C (what does that 2nd "C" mean anyway?) to watch Boise State vs. Wyoming. If you have Cable One, first of all, it sucks to be you. Second, you should really find a sports bar or head to the Student Union building to watch the game.
6:00 PM - ABC* - No. 6 Texas at Texas Tech
My favorite match-up of the day. Ever since the Texas Tech firing of Mike Leach, I've not been a fan of this team, but I just do NOT see how Texas wins this game. Their defense has had problems the past two weeks and their running game only found strides against an armless Wyoming. Texas Tech won 2 years ago in epic fashion. And even though their 2 Heisman dark horses are no longer there, Tech always knows how to throw the ball. Add the ferocious Tech fans in a night game and I'm really eager to watch this game (after Boise State stomps Wyoming, anyway). Texas 35 - Texas Tech 45
8:30 PM - ESPN - No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona
This game also has the same "I'm not sure what to do" feel to it as the Wisconsin/Arizona State game. It's like wanting to reply to two OBNUGgers flirting in the comments section after one of them tries to /smoothly find out if the other is already in a commitment ... you just don't know what to say. I think Nick Foles will have to play very well to get past a stout Defensive front of Iowa. While Stanzi will have to keep playing 2010 Stanzi and not 2009 Stanzi. The equally matched teams should display some good football. Iowa 21 - Arizona 24
8:30 PM - ESPNU - UNLV at Idaho
Please don't think less of me for wanting to watch this game. Neither team has a defense, so I know it won't be good football, but it will be something to watch while waiting for College Gameday Final to come on. How does Mark May eat his words? He doesn't, he chokes on them in silence. [insert Thrusday's Dr. Lou segment where Kyle Busch awesomely calls Mark May an idiot, and Lou Holtz jokingly concurs]. The game is in the Kibbie Dome, so expect Idaho to keep it close and barely win. UNLV 29 - Idaho 31
Comment on what games you will be watching this weekend and also include your predicted outcomes and analysis of your favorite games. I quite enjoyed TheShrewdOne showing that I was completely wrong about the Notre Dame/Michigan game... I tuned in just in time to see Mr. Robinson's final drive and Mr. Crist's chokingly funny overthrow to end the game.
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Ana Ayora is an actress who plays Young Woman on Castle.
Ana Ayora on Castle as Young WomanEdit
Ayora played the young woman who found the body while throwing out a pizza box in One Man's Treasure. While she screamed upon seeing the body, she had no speaking role.
Esposito describes her as a "hottie".
External linksEdit
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No, not bowling shoes. Something even less expensive (and a lot less tacky).
Over at VandyMania, a grassroots effort has begun to get as many fans as possible to show James Franklin their support in a simple way this holiday season: by writing him a letter. Recognizing that the man came here with very little initial support , I think this is a wonderful idea. No matter how the man's personal opinions about Vanderbilt, rival schools and the SEC in general have evolved in the last year, it's nothing compared to the manic-depressive roller coaster ride that has been a Vandy fan's life. And it's just something special when an fan gets to share his or her story and thank the coach for the difference he's made in their lives. Who wouldn't want to give that? Who wouldn't want to hear that?
If you're interested, join in and send a note of thanks to James at email@example.com. Share your story, including how long you've been a fan, and what kind of an impact he's made in your life as a fan of Vanderbilt athletics. He needs to hear from you. To borrow from the original poster - "We can't fill Vanderbilt Stadium with our good intentions," but we can fill an inbox with sincere tokens of appreciation and gratitude.
Original post after the jump.
I'd like you all to consider this opportunity below, if you're a lifetime Vandy fan who has sat through decades of uninspiring football; if you're a recent graduate or current student who has never cared about football until this year; if you're a brand new Vandy fan; if you're a UT fan who likes his fire or another fan who has decided Vanderbilt is their second-favorite team; or any other kind of fan. I urge you to contribute.
Remember: this man moved to Nashville with his wife and two daughters without a lot of fanfare and with a lot of criticism, and put every waking minute into blowing the lid off this program and our expectations. While we've been supportive by showing up to some games and talking about it on message boards, that doesn't always come through. We can't fill Vanderbilt Stadium with our good intentions, and he's struggled throughout the season with a small home crowd, a sometimes-bitter SOV fanbase, and some SEC fans who don't like the status quo being upset by Vanderbilt's success. He's not immune to this criticism, and he's struggled with the fan's seeming apathy at some points. Next year will be better - but let's end that now.
How can you help? Write a short note to Coach Franklin thanking him for all you've done. Tell him who you are, and why he's made a difference. It can be a few sentences or a few pages, it doesn't matter. Send them to email@example.com. We'll collect them, sort them, throw out the hate mail (CJF won't ever see the smack talk), print them, bind them, and get it to him. I can't think of a better Christmas gift to give him, for all that he's done for the thousands of alumni and fans.
So write a note, then pass on the message. Post this on Facebook, tweet it if that's what you do (use the hashtag #notesforfranklin), tell your family and have each of them write a short note and send an E-mail for Franklin. You have until Monday, December 12th to write your letter. After that we'll print them and take them in. You can send notes after that, of course, but they won't be in the first batch we hand him.
VU ALL IN. Thank Coach Franklin, his family, and his staff (don't forget the staff!) for everything they've done. Have a wonderful holiday season.


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Aided by a chronicle of letters -- 400 from World War II alone -- Moraschs volumes of memories present a living history. It is a wonderful thing getting old and having something to remind you that you cant deny, (that) this is what you were thinking and doing, he said of the letters. More than just a narrative of past events, Moraschs life and times stand as souvenirs of little miracles, the fantastic interlopers to intention.
Born in Portland in 1923 and residing here all but a sliver of his 86 years, Morasch, slight and self-effacing said, Im strictly an Oregon boy. I have always referred to Oregon as Gods country. God started dumping all the good stuff on the earth in Oregon and it was too small to hold it all, so now you can go anywhere and find some good stuff, but we got it all.
Yet the city of his youth stirred up few memories. When youre growing up you dont really think of things about the city. You are just busy growing up. You dont have all the news. You dont know what you have. When you get old then you look back and you finally realize what you had.
What he had was little. His father, a German/Russian immigrant (Morasch, like many Americans is of mixed descent. His father's family came from Germany originally; they moved to Russia when the Tsarina was giving out free land. So they were of German descent living in Russia. Once they tried to draft Moraschs grandfather into the Russian army, they moved to Canada -- Morasch's father was six years old at the time. In Canada, Moraschs father told everyone he was German, until WWI began and the tide turned against Germans. He then moved to Oregon and told everyone he was Russian. It's tricky because his father never lived in Germany, and he wasn't ethnically Russian; Morasch's mother was Romanian, adding another ingredient to the Morasch ethnic stew pot) struggled to find work, moving the family often. Morasch attended five different grade schools: Kellogg, Creston, Russellville, Vestal and Parkrose. After skipping two half-grades, he graduated from Benson in 1940 and promptly moved to live with a sister in Renton, Wash., where he could work at Boeing, one of the few employers who hired 17-year-olds. There, his brother-in-law taught him welding, a skill he used to earn employment at the Commercial Iron Works shipyard upon his return to Portland. Eighteen months later, after Pearl Harbor, the country entered World War II and took this Oregon boy with it.
Morasch spent four months of Air Force training in Atlantic City, N.J., where the service utilized a hotel as barracks and the boardwalk for parade grounds. One day they staged a test that involved identifying the colors in a piece of rope. Im color-blind, he announced. So they said, Whoops, you cant be in the Air Force.
His high IQ made him eligible for the Army Specialized Training Program, a higher education program instituted to provision the Army with junior officers and soldiers with technical skills. They sent Morasch to Fordham University in New York City. That was heaven, he said. You got to see all the plays, all the sports. Frankie Sinatra was the big thing then and they let you in free if you were wearing a uniform. But after only nine months, D-Day reorganized the ASTPs priorities. They realized (they) didnt need any more officers: (They) needed bodies. They transferred him to the 104th infantry division training camp in Camp Carson, Colo.
The 104th, nicknamed the Timberwolf division, was activated in 1942 out of Camp Adair, just north of Corvallis. It moved to Camp Carson where it culled the ASTP students, creating a highly educated infantry with 15,000 college men out of 34,000. Not that that makes a bit of difference. You can educate a fool, too, Morasch said. Designated as a medic, I was upset at the time not knowing Not knowing what he was in for and how shallow the pomp and bravado of an eager, inexperienced young solider stacks up against the realities and horror of what he was headed. Morasch was like any patriotic young kid, he wanted to be on the front lines out fighting the war. I am kind of glad now that I did that. It would be hard to kill somebody, whereas here you were busy picking them up and patching them up. As for his medical qualifications, Morasch had none, and joked, The Army didnt make any sense. If someone knew how to drive a truck, they would have him be a cook.
Morasch landed in Cherbourg, France, just 90 days after the D-Day invasion. The Timberwolves entered combat on October 23, 1944, at Wuustwezel, Belgium. In their 195 consecutive days of front line combat, the group pushed across the Netherlands into Germany, where the enemys resistance became known as the Battle of the Bulge. War is not nice, Morasch said, but its an important part of the country and the worlds deal. Its 11 months of something I would never trade.
The Timberwolves, known for their night-fighting initiatives championed by General Terry Allen, suffered 13,407 casualties during the war. Morasch credited their stealth invasion techniques for capping their losses. We (would) go with a small group, try to get into town, get two or three houses on the outskirts. Now weve got a foothold and its a lot easier. Its scary: You go in and you have no guns, you have guns but you dont use them. If you hear a shot, you do something, but you dont shoot. We lost a lot less men because of that.
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*Lets be honest here, I'm probably risking my nonexistent press credentials, but since I planned on attending my final Royals game of the year later today, I think I'm alright.
It was pretty clear to just about anyone watching the game yesterday that something was off in the home plate umpires calls of balls and strikes. Not just a little off, like Tim McClellands notoriously small strike zone, or the occasional random bad decision most umpires make. I'm talking a full fledged out and out bias for Red Sox pitchers and a tightening of the zone against Royals pitchers.
Now to be fair, I'm ONLY going to address the pitch calls. I'm not going to discuss Gibson's handling of the Zach situation, the warning given out after a wild pitch, nor the further situation with Trey Hillman.
So using the very convenient graphs at Brooks Baseball(ironically enough a very pro-Boston site) I decided to take a look at just how the game was called.
The first thing we need to look at is the overall game calling to see if something is amiss.
The first thing we notice is a MAJOR shift of the plate. For the most part the Vertical location of the calls was pretty good, there are still a few missed calls but that's to be expected. However the Horizontal location of the calls is absolutely atrocious. Not only were the calls for the left side of the plate sheared off by almost half of a normal strike zone (Note: the scale above uses a normalized strike zone, since this is fairly accurate to the rules, the distance from -1 to 1 is about 17 inches) this effectively cuts almost 5 inches off the left side of the plate. For comparison the average diameter of a baseball is about 2.9 inches. So where did that extra room go? To the right side of the plate, where Greg felt compelled to add on as much as 3 inches to the strike zone.
One major problem with this setup is that it favors right handed batters by a good deal. While it may be nice to throw half way to the right batters box when a lefty is up, it would prove too easy to hit any righties who might crowd the plate. This leaves righties with a strike zone less than 3/4 of its original size. At the same time it allows the pitcher to basically throw strikes well beyond the reach of your average left handed batter, giving them a good margin.
So was this biased against the Royals? Well if it was then the Red Sox didn't seem to know before game time. Despite a strike zone with a large anti-lefty bias the Red Sox started just one fewer lefty than the Royals (5 to 6).
BUT that just means that the "strike zone" didn't have a bias. But did the CALLING of the strike zone have a bias? Lets take a look.
What we have here is a edited version of what you saw earlier, I removed any pitches that were more than a ball length away from the traditional strike zone as well as from the "Gibson Strike Zone", which I marked in blue.
So now we have to count and see if preferential treatment was being given to one team or the other.
First we have to see the number of pitches compared to the Traditional zone Including the edited out pitches.
# of Correct KC Strikes: 27
# of Correct KC Balls: 61
# of InCorrect KC Strikes: 7
# of Incorrect KC Balls: 18
Totals: 88 correct out of 113 called pitches (77.8%) 6% incorrect Strikes, 16% incorrect balls
# of Correct BOS Strikes: 21
# of Correct BOS Balls: 45
# of Incorrect BOS Strikes: 11
# of Incorrect BOS Balls: 8
Totals: 66 correct out of 85 called pitches (77.6%)13% Incorrect Strikes, 9% incorrect Balls
And compare them with the number in the "Greg Gibson Strike Zone"
# of Correct KC Strikes:32
# of Correct KC Balls: 67
# of InCorrect KC Strikes: 1
# of Incorrect KC Balls: 13
Totals: 99 out of 113 Correct (87.7% correct) 1% Incorrect Strikes, 12% Incorrect Balls
# of Correct BOS Strikes:32
# of Correct BOS Balls: 50
# of Incorrect BOS Strikes: 0
# of Incorrect BOS Balls: 3
Totals: 82 out of 85 Correct (96.8% correct) 0% Incorrect Strikes, 3% Incorrect Balls.
Important to note that many of the Correct balls for both sides were no-doubters well away from the strike zone. All told about 80 pitches combined were likely not even close, this makes the miscalls all the more important.
So what does this tell us? Well for starters it means that Greg Gibson got only about 3/4's of his calls right tonight across the board. However it also tells us that Greg was twice as likely to miscall a strike for Boston and about half as likely to miscall a ball. But that's compared to the normal strike zone. Inside his own Zone Greg was much better, rarely miscalling any strikes, he was however FOUR TIMES more likely to miscall a ball against Royals pitchers.
But there is one more step to the puzzle. We can tell from the top graph that Greg was just as harsh against both teams on the Right side of the plate. But what about his little "growth" on the left side? Was he fair there?
Here's our final edit. I narrowed the field down to just the difference between Gregs apparent strike zone and the normalized one. Remember this represents almost 4 inches of space OFF the outside edge of the plate.
In this area Greg called:
KC Strikes: 8
KC Balls: 8
BOS Strikes:14
BOS Balls:3
Now take from this what you will, But it seems obvious to me that not only was Greg Gibson an inaccurate disgrace to his profession, but one with a large pro-Boston bias. The biggest problem that I have is that with the exception of 1 Miscalled KC Ball there are BOS Strikes that are called further out of the zone, so this isn't simply a matter of the BOS strikes being close and the KC Balls being on the fringe, this is a case where the KC Balls and BOS Strikes look like someone tossed them into a blender. There is simply no reason, AT ALL, for this sort of inconsistent calling from the umpires.
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'Good' school told it requires improvement
Updated 1:22pm Wednesday 29th January 2014 in News By Rachael Knowles
A school previously rated as good has been told to improve its teaching.
King Solomon High School in Forest Road, Barkingside, was also criticised by Ofsted for a high level of fixed-term exclusions.
A report published last week found the school's self assessment of performance was "too generous".
Inspectors said the number of pupils making progress in English was well below the national average, while the number of students making expected progress in maths was in decline.
General progress among pupils was found not to be quick enough and too few knew how to improve their work.
The report said it was too soon to evaluate the impact of Headteacher Jo Shuter, who was appointed in October 2013.
However, it added: "The new headteacher has had a very positive impact on the school. She is developing strong and capable leaders at both senior and subject levels who have the capacity to develop the school further.
"They know that the school requires improvement, but leaders are skilled and able to take on this challenge."
The Jewish secondary school was rated good by Ofsted inspectors in 2011.
Jo Shuter was named the country's best headteacher in 2007 for her work at the Quintin Kynaston Academy in St John's Wood, but stepped down after being disciplined by governors over her expenses.
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This footage is truly incredible. The dogs are notably disturbed in this video.
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Cfmadcow July 23, 2008 3:02:00 AM CEST
notice how the cage is perfectly positioned to hide some fishing wire used to open and close the door.Too convenient for me.
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Good video,the door i could not see any strings and if it was someone inside the closet how he slam the door shut? only thing that bugged me was the dogs were looking behind the camera and not at the closet and paper towels flew from behind the camera, but the dog did not act as if it was the owner due to his/her tail went down between his/her back legs but never know =/


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AJ McCarronĺs standard reply about handling big-game pressure is a shrug and a look that says, Whatĺs the big deal?
Itĺs an attitude that has served No. 2 Alabamaĺs quarterback pretty well so far. McCarron and Aaron Murray, his counterpart for No. 3 Georgia, have played on plenty of huge stages with varying results and a couple of performances they wouldnĺt mind forgetting.
The nationĺs two top-rated passers will square off in Saturdayĺs Southeastern Conference championship game with the winner moving on to face No. 1 Notre Dame for the national title.
Crimson Tide center Barrett Jones said succeeding in such games is about controlling emotions and focusing on execution not the hype. Then heĺs asked about McCarron.
ôI think he exemplifies everything Iĺve been talking about,ö Jones said. ôHe doesnĺt get caught up in the hype. He stays calm. A lot of people Ś itĺs a weird phenomenon Ś when they get in big games like this, in big moments, they go, as coach (Nick) Saban says, `rat trap.ĺ They forget everything theyĺve learned, they forget their reads, they try to do things they didnĺt do at practice. AJĺs not one of those guys.ö
McCarron has been MVP of the BCS championship game, shaken out of a second-half slump to lead the winning touchdown drive against LSU and also thrown his only two interceptions of the season in a loss to No. 9 Texas A&M. His only other career defeat came against LSU in 2011 before his superb showing in the national title rematch.
Like Murray, heĺs no stranger to the spotlight of big games.
ôI donĺt think thereĺs a big key in anything,ö said McCarron, whoĺs 23-2 as a starter. ôItĺs another game. I think thatĺs what hurt us back last year in the LSU game, we tried to make the game bigger than it was. Itĺs just another game, just another Saturday. Go out and play, do our job, execute plays and let the chips fall where they fall.ö
This game is a chance for Murray to shine against the nationĺs top defense and maybe cancel out some bad memories from an otherwise sparkling career.
Murray is the nationĺs highest rated quarterback Ś McCarron is second Ś and the SECĺs active leader in a number of categories, including passing yards (9,399) and touchdowns (89). Heĺs already passed for 3,201 yards and 30 touchdowns against seven interceptions this season and boosted his win total as a starter to 27.
A title or two would polish off the resume nicely.
Avoiding costly mistakes will be key in a game featuring the SECĺs two top pass defenses.
ôI think all QBs want to make a big play in a big game,ö Georgia coach Mark Richt said. ôAll players want to make a big play in a big game. Thereĺs a time and place for everything. You have to understand when a play presents itself, then you make the big play. If it doesnĺt present itself, burn the ball, get rid of it. ô
A win might also wipe out some forgettable performances in key games for Murray. He was 16-of-40 passing with two interceptions in a loss to LSU in last seasonĺs SEC championship game and was picked off twice again in a bowl defeat to Michigan State.
This season, he completed just over a third of his passes for career-low 109 yards in a blowout loss to South Carolina and threw three first-half interceptions before righting himself in a 17-9 win over Florida.
Thatĺs the one that ultimately got the Bulldogs to the brink of an SEC and national title.
The normally media-friendly Murray opted out of talking to reporters this week.
His teammates spoke for him, and talked about the comfort of having a star quarterback in games like this.
ôItĺs very valuable,ö tight end Jay Rome said. ôYou have to have a quarterback whoĺs not only a good athlete and can throw the ball, but a quarterback who knows where to go with the ball. Whether he needs to hand it off or check to a pass or recognize blitzes, you have to have a smart guy back there. I feel like Murray is definitely that.ö
Wide receiver Tavarres King noted that the number of records his quarterback holds is ôcrazy.ö
ôHeĺs probably about to break Usain Boltĺs record or something,ö King joked. ôNo, heĺs too slow for that. But heĺs playing extremely well. Itĺs just a tribute to the guy he is, the leader he is. He just goes about his business.ö
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Legislation was the Backbone of Apartheid
Laws were enacted which defined a person's race, separated the races in terms of where they could live, how they traveled, where they could work, where they spent their free time, introduced a separate system of education for Blacks, and crushed opposition.
Timeline of Apartheid
An understanding of how Apartheid came about, how it was implemented, and how if affected all South Africans is most easily gained through a timeline.
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The future of some campaign finance laws may be at risk under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday striking down the so-called "Millionaire's Amendment," according to a law professor who is an expert on the subject.
The 5-4 ruling in Davis v. Federal Election Commission struck down a law that permits candidates to accept larger campaign contributions when self-financed opponents spend more than $350,000 of their own money. The law is intended to level the playing field, but the court said it violated the First Amendment rights of candidates who choose to spend their own money and see the the effectiveness of their speech diminished.
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CINCINNATI (FOX 19) -- UC is gearing up for the first BIG EAST game of the 2010 football season. Coach Butch Jones says he is looking to his upperclassmen to lead by example in defending the team's back-to-back conference championships.
The Bearcats travel to Louisville for a Friday night game that is billed as the battle for the Keg of Nails. This the 50th anniversary of the rivalry. Cincinnati leads the all-time series 27-21-1 over Louisville.
Cincinnati hasn't lost a BIG EAST conference game since mid-season 2008. "It is a big game in their stadium, our maturity has to be on display," Jones said. "Our older kids have to step up and go play in a venue and handle the adversity that is associated with going on the road and playing in that type of environment."
The team will be without running back Darrin Williams another week. He was out for the Miami (OH) game last week with an ankle injury. In a press conference with Jones Tuesday, he said Williams might make it back for Syracuse at the end of the month, but wasn't sure yet.
The battle for the Keg of Nails isn't the only big showdown in the conference. It starts Thursday in Morgantown, W.Va., as West Virginia hosts South Florida. Saturday Pittsburgh travels to 4-1 Syracuse.
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I have tried a lot of different hot fudge sauce recipes. I've never been happy. They've either been runny, or tasted funny, or they crystallized. I am happy to say that I have finally created my own and it is everything I've ever looked for in hot fudge. It is better than the expensive jar you buy at the grocery store. It is thick, and fudgy, and gooey, and oh so delicious. It can be a topping, or a fudge layer in a pie. Or you can just eat it off the spoon. I like it that way too!
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
2 cups sugar
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1. In a medium saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, sugar, and evaporated milk. Stir to combine over low heat.
2. Bring to a boil (see cooking lesson below). Reduce heat to medium and continue simmering for 7 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
4. Blend the mixture for about 2 minutes using a blender or hand mixer.
Hot fudge sauce is considered low level candy making. Candy making is considered to be anything that has a main ingredient of sugar. It is a finicky thing and small missteps can be disastrous. Don't fret though, if you can follow instructions then you can make candy.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A proposal to increase taxes by a dime a gallon on beer sold in New Hampshire isn't going down smoothly with brewers.
State Reps. Charles Weed of Keene and Richard Eaton of Greenville say their proposal would raise $4.2 million, which would be used by the Department of Health and Human Services for alcohol treatment programs.
But Smuttynose Brewery owner Peter Egelston tells the Portsmouth Herald that the proposal is "a combination of bad social policy and very bad economic policy."
The current proposal leaves unchanged taxes on wine and liquor. Rep. Adam Schroadter, R-Newmarket, said that if the goal is to help people with alcohol problems then it would make sense to have the state kick in from revenue from wine and liquor sales at state-run stores.
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GE Global Research announces the successful demonstration of the world's first roll–to–roll manufactured organic light–emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices. This demonstration is a key step toward making OLEDs and other high performance organic electronics products at dramatically lower costs than what is possible today.
OLEDs are thin, organic materials sandwiched between two electrodes, which illuminate when an electrical charge is applied. They represent the next evolution in lighting products. Their widespread design capabilities will provide an entirely different way for people to light their homes or businesses. Moreover, OLEDs have the potential to deliver dramatically improved levels of efficiency and environmental performance while achieving the same quality of illumination found in traditional products in the marketplace today with less electrical power.
"Researchers have long dreamed of making OLEDs using a newspaper–printing like roll–to–roll process," says Anil Duggal, manager of GE's Advanced Technology Program in Organic Electronics. "Now we've shown that it is possible. Commercial applications in lighting require low manufacturing costs, and this demonstration is a major milestone on our way to developing low cost OLED lighting devices."
Duggal continues, "Beyond OLEDS, this technology also could have a broader impact in the manufacturing of other organic electronic devices such as organic photovoltaics for solar energy conversion, sensors, and roll–up displays."
"For businesses, architects, lighting designers, and anyone interested in pushing the envelope to achieve increasingly energy–efficient lighting – and vastly expanded lighting design capabilities – today marks the day that viable, commercialized OLED lighting solutions are coming into view," notes Michael Petras, GE Consumer & Industrial's vice president of Electrical Distribution and Lighting. "We have more work to do before we can give customers access to GE–quality OLED solutions, but it's now easier to envision OLEDs becoming another high–efficiency GE offering like LEDs, fluorescent, or halogen."
The demonstration of a low–cost, roll–to–roll process for OLED lighting represents the successful completion of a four–year, $13 million research collaboration among GE Global Research, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.,and the US Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The goal of the collaboration was to demonstrate a cost–effective system for the mass production of organic electronics products such as flexible electronic paper displays, portable TV screens the size of posters, solar powered cells, and high–efficiency lighting devices.
ECD senior vice president Nancy Bacon says, "This program was a major step in developing high volume roll–to–roll manufacturing for OLEDs and other organic semiconductor devices. The success of the program is a testimony to the effectiveness of NIST's advanced technology program model, and our 20–year history of pioneering research in roll–to–roll technology. We are currently utilizing this technology to mass-produce our flexible, durable, and lightweight UNI–SOLAR brand solar laminates. ECD looks forward to continuing collaboration with GE to further develop this technology for future commercialization."
GE researchers provided the organic electronics technology and were responsible for developing the roll–to–roll processes, while ECD provided its unique roll–to–roll equipment–building expertise to build the machine that manufactures the OLED devices. The machine is being utilized for further manufacturing research at GE's Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY.
The development of this low cost roll–to–roll manufacturing process has the potential to eliminate the manufacturing hurdles that currently exist in preventing a more widespread adoption of high performance organic electronics technologies such as OLED lighting. The unique commercial equipment and technology needed to enable high performance-based organic electronics products does not currently exist. The few organic electronics products on the market today are made with more conventional batch processes and are relatively high cost. A roll–to–roll manufacturing infrastructure that enables high performance and low cost devices will allow a more widespread adoption of organic electronics products.
GE's OLED Research Program
GE, as part of its ecomagination initiative, has made substantial investments in OLED research that has resulted in world records for OLED lighting device size and efficiency. In 2004, researchers were able to demonstrate an OLED device that was fully functional as a 24"x24" panel, which produced 1,200 lumens of light with an efficiency on par with today's incandescent bulb technology. This was the first demonstration that OLED technology could potentially be used for lighting applications. Since then, GE has more than doubled the level of OLED efficiency using device architectures that are scalable to a large area and can be produced cost–effectively.
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Margaret M. Mantz, 73, of New Tripoli, died Friday, June 16, in Gnaden Huetten Convalescent Center, Lehighton. She was the wife of the late Frederick Mantz.
Born in New Tripoli, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Sarah (Loch) Kuntz.
She was a member of Ebenezer United Church of Christ, New Tripoli.
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We truly have so much to rejoice for in our home. This fall season was very busy, between family, church, work and boys activities. I don't blog enough about what's going on with the rest of our family life (other than school and the kids stuff) so I wanted to take a chance this week to share some additional blessings.
Starting in late October, we had colds going on in our home for six straight weeks. Some weeks one kid, some all three, some all of us! I rejoice that we survived those weeks, and thankful that they were just colds.
We did have one incident with Sarah where she began to experience wheezing and had to receive her first rounds of albuterol. It was scary for me, but in comparison with some of the people around us, our sickness was mild.
Brad's job continues to go very well. I'm so thankful that he's had very steady hours. I rejoice at seeing how the Lord is using him there to care for the elderly and speak to others about Christ.
As for me, I continue to sing at church with the worship ministry, now on a more regular basis. Often it is a sacrifice but I'm so thankful Brad supports me and encourages me to continue to use my gifts for the Lord and the church body. It is such a privilege to be infront of the congregation to lead in sung worship. I rejoice in that God chooses to use me inspite of all my imperfections.
I also started leading our church's four year old kids choir class as part of the children's Worhip Arts Ministry (WAM). We've had average of 28-30 kids per week attending our class on Wednesday nights. This semester we focused on teaching the kids songs about the attributes of God. This has taken a lot of preparation time for me but I rejoice at this wonderful opportunity. I've had some great, loving leaders to help me and the kids are adorable. So full of energy but so sweet at the same time!!
Last October was also my 30th birthday! It was a big deal for me. I really enjoy being "the young one" in my family and circle of friends. I rejoice to look back and see how the hand of God it's been at work in my life in so many ways. I'm thankful to see that I'm not who I used to be. That God is changing me and molding me to become more like Him. I rejoice, because I know that He has given me so much strenght in this journey of motherhood. And day by day drawing my closer to Himself. I rejoice because even when I keep falling, He is always there to pick me up again, extending His compassion and mercy.
Brad made sure my birthday was a special one and provided me with an entire day of pampering and relaxation (that I sooo needed!). He also had planned for my good friend Laura Laramie and her husband Nick to come from Chicago to visit us! We had such a wonderful time together!!!
Many more reasons to rejoice coming up later this week.


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pravaas.org is based on a simple idea:
pravaas.org used to be hosted as a social network on ning.com (pravaas.ning.com). In May 2010, ning.com announced they were going pay-only. This aggravated one of the founders and he decided to take matters into his own hands and host the entire network himself. The result is a much simpler and easy to use service. And to top it all, you do not need to sign up for a ning.com account. To post a message you just need a Google Account! Sometimes, disruptive changes are for the better!
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UPDATE: Autopsy results are back on the Christmas Day death of Laurie Lindig.
The results show that the manner of death was an accident. The cause of death was hypothermia due to the cold environmental exposure and other significant conditions found were methamphetamine abuse with acute intoxication and clinical history of depression and anxiety.
This report was completed by the Midwest Medical Examiners Office in Ramsey, Minn.
At this time this case is closed and cause of death is Hypothermia.
Rural Chetek (WQOW) - A little-known symptom of hypothermia could be behind the death of an area woman. Laurie Lindig died last month. Her body was found in a wooded area outside of Chetek on Christmas Day. She was 2.5 miles from home.
But now the Barron County sheriff says investigators have learned it was not unusual for Lindig to go for long, 2 mile walks. He says all indications are that she died of hypothermia.
In fact, he says Lindig had taken off her coat and her shoes which were found neatly arranged nearby. One of the effects of hypothermia is that a person becomes very hot and confused and actually takes off their clothing.
The medical examiner is still waiting on toxicology test results which are expected within two weeks.