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October 03, 2007
Thomas's Comeback
Clarence Thomas is back in the prints, and so is Anita Hill. Before you rush to Hill's corner, let me call your attention to the sympathetic review of a Ken Foskett's book, Judging Thomas: The Life and Times of Clarence Thomas, that appeared in the October 25, 2004 issue of TNR. The review was written by David J. Garrow, that great chronicler of the civil rights movement and the author of Bearing the Cross, a biography of Martin Luther King Jr. It surprised readers then, and it will surprise readers now.
October 02, 2007
Department Of Germans And Pearl Harbor
Campaigning in Iowa yesterday, Fred Thompson explained the wisdom of the Iraq war thus, according to CNN: "We can't forget the fact that although at a particular point in time we never found any WMD down there, [Saddam Hussein] clearly had had WMD," Thompson said. "He clearly had had the beginnings of a nuclear program, and in my estimation his intent never did change."... "Saddam Hussein, today, had we not gone in, would be sitting on this [powder] keg and be in control of the whole thing," Thompson predicted. "He would have been the new dictator of that entire region in my estimation.
A Question For Justice Thomas
In his Washington Post op-ed today, Eugene Robinson makes this key point about the suddenly ubiquitous Clarence Thomas: Thomas said in the interview that the scorched-earth battle over his confirmation wasn't really about him, it was about abortion. Yet at other points he made clear that the whole thing was about him, specifically his commission of the ultimate sin: He is (drum roll, please) a black conservative. The interview in question was the one Thomas gave to Steve Kroft during 60 Minutes on Sunday.
Obama's Speech
Politico has the text. Before he gets to the nuclear abolition bit, he escalates his criticism of Hillary over her Iraq vote (though still without naming her--or John Edwards, to whom the same critique can apply): Some seek to rewrite history. They argue that they weren't really voting for war, they were voting for inspectors, or for diplomacy. But the Congress, the Administration, the media, and the American people all understood what we were debating in the fall of 2002. This was a vote about whether or not to go to war.
More Evidence Of A Secret Clinton Pact?
I'm a little late on this, but here's another comment that stood out when I went over the transcript of Bill Clinton's "Meet the Press" appearance this weekend: I think she's the best suited, best qualified nonincumbent I've had a chance to vote for for president for this moment in time. So I don't want to see her eliminated because, because we've been together for so long, and we've had a life we enjoyed immensely and--because I always thought, when we were going together in law school, I thought--I literally told her she shouldn't marry me because she was more gifted than me at politics.
October 01, 2007
The Military And Academia
The attempt by the country's leading law schools to ban recruiters from the military's Judge Advocate General Corps has long been a self-indulgent and, ultimately, futile effort. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (the ostensible reason for the schools' ban, something of a cover for these institutions' deeper and decades-long hostility to the military) came about via congressional statute and can only be repealed by Congress.
Spongebob Hunterpants Versus The Ieds
There's a fabulous article in the Washington Post today on the troubled history of our struggle against IEDs in Iraq. Two things stand out. When I think about IEDs, I tend to put mental emphasis on the word "improvised" -- and envision a box with frizzled metal wires sticking out of it, like something you'd see at a high school science fair. The Post piece details just how ingenious and flexible the bomb-makers can be, and how sophisticated the market for them has become.
September 29, 2007
Newt Says Nyet
That lasted all of two days. Newt decides he's not going to raise $30 million in a single month after all: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt political organization, a spokesman said Saturday.Just last week, Gingrich said he had given himself a deadline of Oct.
Put Your Rifle Locks Back On
Lyle Denniston over at SCOTUSblog reports on a little-noticed development this week: the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seems to have narrowed its ruling (pdf) from March of this year (which the Supreme Court will likely review) regarding the District's gun laws. The original decision was understood to have invalidated not only D.C.'s ban on handguns, which garnered most of the attention, but also its provision stipulating that all firearms, handguns or otherwise, be disassembled or have trigger locks engaged.
September 28, 2007
'bollinger V. Suzman'
Lee Bollinger clearly considers himself to be a hero. It was so evident in his preening, faux-heroic speech on Monday, in which the Columbia University president valiantly told a Holocaust-denying, homosexual-murdering, genocide-inciting dictator "You exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator." What courage. Several days ago, I received the following message from Helen Suzman, the legendary South African parliamentarian who spent 36 years in office opposing apartheid, often as the only voice of reason in that body.

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Thinking about readability after Michelle Obama, Ann Romney speeches
Online pundits and commenters got excited this week after the University of Minnesota's Smart Politics blog pointed out the great range in apparent grade level between the speeches delivered by Ann Romney and Michelle Obama at the Republican and Democratic conventions:
"The First Lady's speech Tuesday was written at a 12th grade level -- the highest in history among the wives of presidential nominees and far above Ann Romney's lowest mark of a 5th grade level."
Smart Politics evaluated the speeches using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test, a well-known metric first developed for the U.S. military to assess the prose in its technical manuals.
While some of the blogs and politicos were simply content to report the disparity in apparent grade levels between the speeches, Smart Politics' Eric Ostermeier looked at the differences tactically, considered why the nominees' wives and their speechwriters might have crafted the speeches the way they did.
Ann Romney's speech "was extremely focused on the family vis-à-vis past speeches from the wives of nominees," Ostermeier wrote, seeing her emphasis as part of her "attempt to close the gender gap for her husband's campaign."
Michelle Obama's speech "ls actually written at a higher grade level than all but 11 of the 70 orally delivered State of the Union addresses delivered since 1934," Ostermeier writes.
"It bears repeating," Ostermeier cautioned, "that a simplistically written speech does not necessarily mean it is a poor speech, nor that a speech with longer sentences is necessarily superior."
"At best, readability formulas are estimates of conceptual complexity," said Bill Henk, dean of Marquette University's College of Education, whose academic expertise includes literacy, reading and language studies.
Readability measurements like the Flesch-Kincaid consider factors such as the number of unisyllabic words compared to polysyllabic ones, and the number of words per sentence. But, Henk noted in a cautionary tale, you could take a 100-word speech at a given readability level, re-cut it into randomly ordered new sentences, and end up with incomprehensible gibberish with the same readability score.
Differences in reading grade level of speeches or pieces of writing often come down to "the audience you are trying to reach and the purpose you are trying to reach them for," he said.
Public speakers face risks in both directions, Henk said, if they try to sound more intellectual than they really are, or if they dumb down what they're trying to say.
Readability is really another word for the "comprehensibility" of a text, Henk said, noting that comprehension can vary significantly from person to person. "The only way to tell if a text is readable or comprensible is to have someone read it," Henk said. But even then, evaluating comprehension may depend on what you ask the reader to do after reading it.
I'm pretty sure that Rudolf Flesch (1911-'86), a strong advocate for plain speech in public writing, would have considered a 12th-grade level elevated for a broadband speech (though I think Ostermeier and others would counter that Michelle Obama's speech was likely tailored to an audience comfortable with that level of diction).
I'd certainly contend that good writing, excellent writing, even writing that moves people to tears or to action, can be found at a wide variety of Fleisch-Kincaid grade levels.
I ran the Gettysburg Address through an online Flesch-Kincaid calculator: it has a grade level of 11.49. Another of President Lincoln's greatest hits, the Second Inaugural Address, grades even higher, at 12.26.
But the King James translation of the Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Matthew checks in at 9.58, as does the final segment of "The Great Gatsby."
Three recent columns by my colleague Jim Stingl average to a grade level of 7.10, not unusual for a newspaper writer, who wants his work to be read by a wide range of people.
Connie Willis' novelette "Fire Watch," which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for excellence in sci-fi/fantasy writing, captures the heroism of volunteers during the blitz of Britain in World War II at a grade level of 5.22, though I'm not sure many fifth-graders would grasp all of its emotional nuances. Mike Resnick's dialogue-heavy "The Homecoming," a Hugo nominee this year, tells the story of a highly-charged father-son reunion, not to a mention a little exobiology, at a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of 4.35.
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The article says "The park's advertising makes frequent use of the made-up word "nahtazu", pronounced "not a zoo," to emphasize that it offers more than animal displays and that it aims for more of an open and free 'safari' feel in regard to the animals." I was under the impression that AK and Disney are no longer using the Nahtazu phrase in advertising and/or promoting the park. Can anyone confirm before I change the sentence into past tense? Thx. SpikeJones 20:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- I'm going to Animal Kingdom tomorrow for the cast-only preview of Expedition Everest (my girlfriend is a ride engineer in the park). I'll keep my eyes open and see if I see it. Raul654 20:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Rumors of animal mishandling[edit]
I've heard of the above shortly after the park opened. Has anyone else heard this and can confirm or debunk it? I, frankly, enjoyed myself when I went there years ago and everything seemed to be pretty respectful towards the animals kept there. --JerryLewisOverdrive 19:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- I've never heard anything like that. I have heard quite the opposite, that Disney employed internationally recognised zoologists to help set up the park e.t.c., but nothing like mistreatment. --Speedway 19:39, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- There were some highly publicized animal deaths in 1998 but Disney was cleared of wrongdoing. [1] Whoville 13:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
- When I was in high school, in 2002, my class took a trip to Disney World and a girl did not go in protest of the Animal Kingdom. I remember she said it was something about the way Disney obtained the animals there. She was very intelligent and works with animal conservation today, so I am assuming there is validity in what she was saying, and I am trying to find something online that further validates this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 19:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC).
- There were some highly publicized animal deaths in 1998 but Disney was cleared of wrongdoing. [1] Whoville 13:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
The following news article does not specify reasons why the issues occured, but does support the notion that there are people who believe there were animal handling issues at the time the park opened. It can be used as a stepping point for further research on the topic: CNN article from 1998 regarding Animal Kingdom SpikeJones 20:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, when the park opened I remember people complaining, but I'm pretty sure Disney was proven to take better than good care of the animals quickly after. --blm07 12:44, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- As a castmember who works for Kilimanjaro Safari I see animal care a lot and even have some friends in that department. There isn't any animal mishandling. Disney has highly trained people looking after the animals and plenty of policies and procedures to protect them, because a lot are endangered. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs) 21 July 2007.
- Almost one year later, I've run into an article that talks about the animal deaths. It seems that there were deaths, but they were accidents when the park first opened. I haven't heard anything since then about deaths, and certainly nothing about intentional deaths or abuse. From Wall Street Journal "Death of Wildlife At New Disney Park Is a Worry to Experts - 7 Apr. 1998":
Two weeks from the park's April 22 opening, the tally of animals that have died include four cheetah cubs, two rhinoceroses, two hippopotamuses, three herd animals and two West African crown cranes that were run over by park tour buses. "What we're talking about and experiencing is what you really can't plan for in many cases -- and that is the unknowns in dealing with exotic animals," Disney spokesman Bill Warren said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reviewed most of the deaths and found no violations of federal animal-welfare regulations. "Upon inspection of the records, all the animals were receiving proper care under the Animal Welfare Act, which means they had access to vets and treatment for any problems that occurred," department spokesman Jim Rogers said.
--blm07 00:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Wow. Does anyone else think that this entire thing looks like it was taken directly from publicity materials? 18.104.22.168 19:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yes. Nearly all of the attraction descriptions read like gushing advertising copy from Disney. Whoville 13:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
- It's Tough to be a Bug! - See the world through a bug's eyes as you peek into the hilarious and dazzling 3-D world of amazing and amusing insects as they astound you with a one-of-a-kind stage show. Laugh at the fun and startling in-theater effects like overhead giant spiders! The only thing that will "bug" you is if you miss it!
- Discovery Island Trails - Saunter through these sumptuous garden pathways for glimpses of hilarious animal antics and captivating critters. Have face-to-face encounters with Galapagos tortoises, lemurs, cotton-top tamarin monkeys and other fascinating creatures.
- Tree of Life - Marvel at this 14-story masterpiece sculpted by more than a dozen artisans. The 50-foot wide tree is the centerpiece of Disney's Animal Kingdom. The swirling tapestry of 325 animal carvings creates a staggering spectacle that is truly a sight to behold!
- I love Disney, WDW and the Animal Kingdom, but this is pretty inappropriate. I'll see about fixing it up at work tomorrow. 184.108.40.206 02:14, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah. I was just thinking about that. I will try and reword it so it doesn't look like a Disney ad. Splamo 22:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
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This section sounds more like a tourist brochure then an encyclopedia article. For proof:
|Affection Section - Don't be shy! Enjoy this delightful animal encounter with goats, sheep, pigs, chicken, llamas and more. Watch for special guest appearances by some of the park's friendlier animals. This is a great way to help little ones begin to "open their eyes to the world around them.
- Exibit II:
|Kilimanjaro Safaris - Climb aboard your open-sided safari vehicle for an exciting expedition for the entire family. Animals from Africa freely roam through acres of savanna, rivers and rocky hills. Look out for giraffes, hippos, elephants, rhinos, lions and poachers too!
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|Maharajah Jungle Trek - Trek into the lush forests for an unparalleled adventure into the wilds of the mystical Anandapur Royal Forest of Southeast Asia. Have up-close encounters with Komodo dragons, tapirs and tigers. Make eye contact with stalking tigers. Wander among the ruins of an ancient palace inhabited by beautiful and exotic animals!
In clausula, is portio oportet exsisto Vicified addo a magis adnotatio cuspis visum. (Translation: in conclusion, this section should be Wikified to give a more neutral point of view.) 184.108.40.206
merge proposal[edit]
Beastly Kingdom doesn't have enough info on it's own to warrant it's own page. SpikeJones 02:54, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- Since somebody merged the Beastly Kingdom article into this one...
- it needs to be re-written into WP standard style;
- the MAIN tag needs to be yanked;
- the original Beastly Kingdom article needs to be redirected here
- all files pointing to the original page need to be redirected
- the appropriate "unbuilt Disney attractions" page needs to be updated as necessary
- any takers? SpikeJones 16:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Because the entire section amounts to trivia, which is counter to WP guidelines, and because none of it was cited, I've commented the text out. It's still in the source if anyone wants to tackle this but there's no reason to retain it if it isn't factual and quality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) 23:06, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Originally WDW was looking at calling it Wild Animal Kingdom, they soon realized that it was in conflict with Wild Kingdom a TV show that's name is copyrighted. So Disney quickly dropped the Wild and it is known as Animal Kingdom. Technically its full name is Disney's Animal Kingdom. From http://www.solarius.com/dvp/wdw/animal-kingdom.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rshah4 (talk • contribs) 14:42, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Article = Advert?[edit]
Many of the attraction synopses appear to have been written by a Disney executive. Whilst some of it IS being sorted out, there may be more of it, so be viligant, and destroy it on sight. Wikipedia is NOT an advertisement column! Malpass93 (talk) 11:28, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Wild Africa Trek[edit]
Someone should add something on this new attraction/area of park that just opened. Jjaazz (talk) 05:02, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Is there some reason that there is a vertical navbox just under the infobox that is titled Walt Disney World Resorts, and another horizontal one at the bottom that is also titled Walt Disney World Resorts? This seems like duplication to me. If there is something in the vertical one that is not in the horizontal one, wouldn t it be better to move the information over and only have one navbox? Donlammers (talk) 01:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
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The present invention relates to a method of examining and/or modifying surface structures of a sample by means of a beam impinging on the surface structure of the sample, in the case of which gas is supplied at least in the area of impingement of the beam on the surface structure of the sample.
From the technical publication W. H. Brunger and K. T. Kohlmann, "E-Beam Induced Fabrication of Microstructures", Micro Electro Mechanical Systems '92, published in connection with the conference of the same name held in Travemüinde on Feb. 4 to 7, 1992, it is already known to produce microstructures on the basis of an electron beam-induced manufacturing method. For such a method, a modified scanning electron microscope is typically used for electron beam-induced deposition. The sample to be processed is arranged in a chamber in the area of impingement of the electron beam, the sample being surrounded by a metallo-organic precursor gas which is kept in the interior of a subchamber at a pressure of e.g. 2×10−2 mbar. The electron beam enters the subchamber through an opening the subchamber maintaining the basic pressure within the microscope at 10−5 mbar.
In order to obtain an increased deposition rate in the deposition process, this publication additionally suggests that a subchamber arrangement should be dispensed with and that the precursor gas should continuously be supplied to the point of impingement of the electron beam on the sample. In typical embodiments the continuous gas supply takes place via a gas nozzle having a small opening of e.g. 100 micrometers which is positioned very close to the point of impingement of the electron beam. Typical distances lie between 100 micrometers and 1 millimeter. This application of the precursor gas to a particular surface area of the sample, instead of flooding a subchamber or object chamber, has the advantage that the scattering of the beam is reduced, whereby the resolution is improved. However, even if the gas is continuously supplied to a particular surface area by means of a gas nozzle, the electrons or other image-forming particles of the beam will encounter gas particles on part of their way and will be scattered.
A further problem of the described deposition process by means of local application of gas to a surface area of the sample is that the deposition rate is limited by the gas flow, which, in turn, has an upper limit due to the maximum admissible chamber pressure of the system and the suction power of the pump system.
The publication D. Winkler, et al., "E-beam Probe station . . . ", Microelectronic Engineering 31 (1996), pp. 141-147, already discloses a method of electron-induced etching of passivated integrated circuits. In the case of this method, gas is supplied via a nozzle to the area of impingement of an electron beam on the surface structure to be etched. Etching gas molecules are here adsorbed on the surface, and a dissociation of the gas molecules takes place subsequently due to the interaction with the ion beam. Following this, product molecules with a substrate are formed, whereupon the etching product is desorbed and removed from the surface. Also during product formation, during desorption and during the removal of the etching product an interaction with the electron beam takes place.
However, the electron beam is, also in this case, scattered at the gas particles which are locally supplied via a nozzle to the surface structure of the sample to be etched.
Starting from this prior art, it is the object of the present invention to further develop a method of examining or modifying surface structures of a sample by means of a beam, in such a way that an improved resolution and/or an improved surface modification accuracy is achieved.
This object is achieved by a method according to claim 1.
The present invention is based on the finding that, in the case of the above-mentioned examination method or in the case of the method for modifying surface structures by means of a beam, an improved local resolution will be achieved when a discontinuous, preferably pulsed gas supply is used instead of the continuous gas supply.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a gas blast of higher pressure is first applied to the surface of the sample. The gas particles are adsorbed on the surface where they remain for a certain period of time, which depends on the type of gas used and on the surface temperature of the sample, among other parameters. The particle beam will preferably be caused to impinge on the surface structure of the sample when, after the termination of the pulsed gas supply, the volume gas blasts are already rare, whereas the surface gas blasts still occur frequently, since the particles of the beam will then reach the surface unscattered where they will able to bring about chemical or other reactions.
The method is, however, also used for examining the surface of a sample by means of an electron beam; in this case, the discontinuously supplied gas serves to reduce or to prevent an electric charge on the surface of the sample.
In the following, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail making reference to the drawings enclosed, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a scanning electron microscope used for examining a sample;
FIG. 2 shows a scanning electron micrograph of a ceramic surface with charge phenomena;
FIG. 3 shows a micrograph corresponding to that of FIG. 2 with charge neutralization by gas supply;
FIG. 4 shows a scanning electron micrograph with interruption of the gas supply during image scanning by the scanning electron microscope.
As shown in FIG. 1 as a schematic cross-sectional representation, a modified scanning electron microscope, designated generally by reference numeral 10, comprises an electron beam gun (not shown) that generates an electron beam 11 which passes through a chamber 12 at a basic pressure of 10−5 mbar so as to impinge on the surface of a sample 14 in an area of impingement 13. The above-mentioned low internal pressure of the chamber 12 is established by a pump system (not shown) which evacuates the chamber 12 through a suction opening 15.
The chamber 12 is supplied with process gas via a supply line 16 provided with a microvalve 17 directly in front of its discharge nozzle 18 so as to avoid dead spaces worth mentioning. The position of the discharge nozzle 18 relative to the area of impingement 13 of the sample 14 can be adjusted by a manipulator (not shown). The supply line 16 is connected via a seal 19 to a flexible area 20 of the chamber 12 for this reason.
As has already been explained, the gas is supplied discontinuously by controlling the microvalve 17. According to a preferred embodiment, the discontinuous supply of gas is effected as a pulsed supply or as a purposefully temporally controlled supply. In this case, the microvalve is controlled such that the switching time and the pulse duration, respectively, are in the range of from approx. 100 μs to a few seconds, e.g. 1 ms.
The scanning of the sample surface to be examined by the electron beam 11 takes place after a period of time after the termination of the gas blast after which the gas particles adsorbed on the surface are still effective.
Depending on the process gas used as well as on the beam used, which may be an ion beam, electron beam, X-ray beam or a laser beam, the arrangement shown is, in principle, also suitable for particle beam-induced deposition of materials on the surface of the sample or for particle beam-induced etching.
FIG. 2 shows a scanning electron micrograph of a ceramic surface during scanning of said surface by a scanning electron beam, without any gas being introduced through the supply line 16, so that charge phenomena will occur on the ceramic surface.
FIG. 3 shows the scanning electron micrograph of the same ceramic surface, but with charge neutralization accomplished by the supply of a gas neutralizing the surface charge.
FIG. 4 shows a scanning electron micrograph in the case of which the supply of gas is interrupted, during image scanning, approximately on the level of the middle of the image so that an undisturbed transition area will be obtained in a region approximately from half the image up to approx. 80% of the image in the direction of image build-up, the transition area being followed in the rearmost (lowermost) fifth of the image, when seen in the direction of image build-up, by an area which is disturbed again by renewed charge build-up.
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Dona Ana County Sheriff's officials say 35-year-old Angel Flores is being held on a $10,000 secured bond.
It's unclear if he has a lawyer.
A citizen called 911 about 11 a.m. Wednesday to report a 2-year-old girl wandering around wearing pink pajamas. A sheriff's deputy went to the scene and saw the girl standing in the middle of a street.
Other neighbors reported seeing twin 3-year-old boys walking in the neighborhood without adult supervision and wearing only diapers.
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"Lee Daniels' The Butler," "Kick-Ass 2," "Jobs," "Paranoia," "Austenland," "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," "The Happy Sad"
Dave and Alonso hate the term "chick-flick" but they liked the show "Taradise." That's just two of the many vital tidbits contained in this week's episode. Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast, and check out the slow-but-sure growth of http://www.linoleum-knife.com and I wish this dream comes true.
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"Elysium," "We're the Millers," "Planes," "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters," "Prince Avalanche," "In a World..."
Fans of long episodes and of things getting knocked over in Dave and Alonso's apartment should enjoy this one. Plus we announce the winner of our creepy-doll contest, and we pay homage not only to Karen Black but also Eydie Gorme and Marilyn King. Like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast, subscribe for free (and review us!) at iTunes, blame it on the bossa nova, with its magic spell.
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Sun, 28 July 2013
Dave and Alonso argue over their punk credentials but both agree that Hugh Jackman should enjoy a nice bowl of fettucine. Like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast, subscribe for free and review us on iTunes, first I'm gonna take it, then I'm gonna shake it 'til it falls apart.
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Sun, 21 July 2013
"New Queer Cinema" author B. Ruby Rich, "The Conjuring," "R.I.P.D.," "Turbo," "Only God Forgives," "Girl Most Likely," "Red 2"
B. Ruby Rich, editor of Film Quarterly, professor of film and media studies at UC Santa Cruz and author of the new collection "New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut" classes up the joint with her presence and her insights. Dave and Alonso argue over whether or not the new movie from the "Drive" guys is art or merely arty. Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast, subscribe on iTunes, I bought a ticket to the world and now I've come back again.
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Sun, 14 July 2013
Dave and Alonso discuss hideous monsters that bring misery and destroy everything in their path. And in addition to "Grown Ups 2," there's "Pacific Rim." (Pacific rim-shot.) Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast, subscribe for free (and review us!) on iTunes, Hedora, Hedora, He-do-raaaa...
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Sun, 7 July 2013
Dave and Alonso take their show on the road -- well, across town, anyway, to the home of writer pals Robert Abele (a previous guest on the podcast) and Margy Rochlin. The homeowners chime in and kibitz while Dave complains about Viking movies that need to take a page from Tyler Perry and Alonso's glasses fog up because it's July. Subscribe on iTunes (and show us some positive-review love), like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast, thanks for the yacht and for the solid-gold sink.
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Mon, 1 July 2013
Dave and Alonso salute the good and stupid this week, whether it's the smart-stupid of Melissa McCarthy's hilariously obnoxious characters, the exhilarating-stupid of Roland Emmerich's new "Die Hard" ripoff, or the sexy-stupid of a fizzy, naughty romp from Pedro Almodóvar. Because really, it's too hot outside for anything else. Like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast, stream us on Stitcher, please tell us why you had to hide away for so long.
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Mon, 24 June 2013
Vinny Lopez of the very funny web series Two Jasperjohns (www.twojasperjohns.com) pops in to talk about the upcoming season, and Dave and Alonso discuss metaphorical zombies and boysenberry-flavored commitment ceremonies. Like us on Facebook, follow us @linoleumcast, subscribe (and review us!) at iTunes, commited a crime and went inside, it was coming your way and you had to survive.
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Mon, 17 June 2013
Dave and Alonso have thoughts about nausea and superheroes and the Kuleshov Effect. And, as ever, grape soda. Subscribe for free on iTunes, like our Facebook page, follow us @linoleumcast, stream on Stitcher, she loves to do the pony, she loves to do the jerk.
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US military working on mini-drone gliders to help spy on the enemy
US Navy scientists have created a miniature glider drone, dubbed the Cicada, which is designed for its simplistic and disposable functionality. The small drone doesn't have an engine and features just 10 moving parts and costs around $1,000 - and could drop in price down to $250 each - seems like nothing more than a circuit board attached to a paper airplane.
After being dropped from a drone, airplane or other form of aircraft, the Cicada drones can be assigned GPS coordinates. During a live test three years ago, the drones were launched from almost 60,000 feet and successfully landed less than 15 feet of their intended target.
The drones could be equipped with microphones and other tools, opening the door to multiple possible missions.
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Swiss researchers develop pocket-sized, origami-inspired drone
Researchers are working on a new drone that is able to automatically unfold itself and quickly go airborne, with the compact and foldable drone ideally suited for emergency first response. The custom quadcopter drone is able to launch in less than one second, and is easily transportable since it's the size of the palm of your hand.
The current prototype has to be folded up by hand - taking less than 10 seconds with a skilled operator - but an auto-fold feature is in development. The drone weighs just 1.3 ounces, so first responders at a natural disaster site could launch a number of these small aircraft to help survey a site.
"You can take it out of the box, switch on the motor, and it's ready to fly," said Dr. Stefano Mintchev, professor of robotics at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, in a statement to LiveScience.
Worries of possible lethal use from emergency robots made for military
There are a growing number of companies in the United States fighting for lucrative government contracts focused on disaster recovery. The Pentagon is hosting a multi-million-dollar competition that will have robots compete in a rigorous series of tests to gauge how developed this technology is at its current level.
"We don't know what the next disaster will be, but we know we have to develop the technology to help us address these kinds of disasters," said Gill Pratt, program manager at DARPA, when speaking with reporters.
Even though DARPA - and governments across the world - are developing robots that could be deployed for disaster recovery, there is some concern that autonomous robots could be used for rather devious purposes.
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Concern mounting that robots will steal white-collar jobs in the US
Robots aren't just going to one day take over manufacturing jobs, but could also replace lawyers, grocery store clerks, teachers, and other positions in the service sector, according to an author with a background in robots and automation.
There are a number of different focuses for robotics, with companies expanding outside of just manufacturing - with the new generation of robots able to work in fast food restaurants, hotels, retail stores, farms, and other common workplace tasks.
"As we look forward from this point, we need to keep in mind that this technology is going to continue to accelerate," said Martin Ford, Silicon Valley executive and author, in a statement to NPR. "So I think there's every reason to believe it's going to become the primary driver of inequality in the future, and things are likely to get even more extreme than they are now."
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Bionic Lens could improve eye vision three times better than 20/20
The Ocumetics Bionic Lens could one day transform the eye-care world, as the custom lenses can provide three times better than 20/20 vision. Instead of needing eye glasses or contacts, the surgically-implanted lenses would be able to improve a person's vision regardless of how poor their vision was beforehand.
"This is vision enhancements that the world has never seen before," said Dr. Garth Webb, Canadian optometrist and CEO of Ocumetics Technology, in a statement published by CBC. "If you can just barely see the clock at 10 feet, when you get the Bionic Lens you can see the clock at 30 feet away."
The surgery takes around eight minutes, with the procedure similar to a cataract surgery, and would immediately improve vision. Dr. Webb showed his technology to ophthalmologists prior to the start of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery - with clinical trials involving international surgeons expected down the road.
US Navy F/A-18 to be able to fire autonomous anti-ship missile
The US Navy and Lockheed Martin want to attach a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) to the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet, so it has greater range when identifying and attacking targets. The LRASM has undergone three tests by the Navy, DARPA and Air Force, with operational deployment expected by 2019.
The autonomous missile has a range up to 200 nautical miles, though additional information regarding its guidance systems and seeker technology are classified. However, the missile should be able to identify - and dodge - any obstacles en route to its target.
"We wanted to make sure it can exit the canister when the booster lights up and the missile stays intact," said Hady Mourad, program manager at Lockheed Martin Missiles, in a statement to Military.com. "We're furthering the maturity of our surface launched integration and planning on doing a few flight tests in the near future."
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Next-gen drug test can detect cocaine in your system from fingerprints
Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK have developed an interesting new, noninvasive drug test that can detect cocaine in your system through your fingerprints. The system looks for two common cocaine metabolites: benzoylecgonine and methylecgonine.
These two metabolites can be found in blood, sweat, and urine using a "mass spectrometry technique known as Desorption Electrospray Ionisation (DESI)", reports Engadget. Metabolites dissipate from our sweat much quicker than they do in blood and urine, so law enforcement will one day in the near future be able to know if a suspect is high right then and there, or was high a few nights ago.
The study's lead author, Melanie Bailey, told Motherboard: "We can distinguish between cocaine having been touched and cocaine having been ingested". With fingerprints being unique, it's hard to swap out a urine sample or test, which will make this type of technology fast-tracked beyond belief. The team has added that their research is still in its early stages, as they'll need to secure much more data on the effects of dosage and timing before they can move to more reliable testing. They still say that this technology will be made available to law enforcement within 10 years.
Robot inspired by the octopus could change medical surgeries
Researchers have created a new robotic device that is able to mimic octopus tentacles, with the hope that surgeons can carry out surgeries in a faster, safer manner.
Ideally, surgeons will be able to check parts of the human body that are normally difficult to access without major interference - and part of the robotic arm can assist with the surgery without hurting the medical patient. The octopus-themed arm is able to bend up to 255 degrees, increase stiffness up to 200 percent and stretch up to 62 percent - giving doctors and surgeons much more flexibility.
"The potential is to allow the performance of current minimally invasive procedures in an easier way for the surgeon, as well as to enable them to perform procedures that are currently not possible in a minimally invasive way with the instrumentation surgeons have today," said Tommaso Ranzani, lead author and researcher at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, in a recently published story.
Engineers successfully create long-range iris scanning technology
An engineer at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has created a long-range iris scanner that can accurately and quickly identify people up to 12 meters away. The scanner is able to capture a person's full face and both irises, even if they are simply walking by the scanner.
There are a number of potential use cases, ranging from police and military deployment, to possibly one day replacing identification scanners. If implemented, it could also remove the need for a traditional fingerprint biometrics login with notebooks and computer systems.
"Fingerprints, they require you to touch something," said Marios Savvides, an engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in a statement published by The Atlantic. "Iris, we can capture it at a distance, so we're making the whole user experience much less intrusive, much more comfortable."
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Intel working towards drones that won't even require human control
Drone technology is advancing rapidly, and it may not be too much longer when humans will no longer need to directly control them, according to Intel.
During the Intel Future Showcase in the UK, Intel and Ascending Technologies showed off a drone that uses six Intel RealSense Cameras - that power the drone so it can fly by itself. Using the onboard cameras, a drone can create a real-time 360-degree map of the world, supporting depth and distance analyzing functionality. The idea of a self-navigating drone might be frightening to some, but appears to be a small glimpse of the future.
"Ultimately it will make for a safer and more useful robot... it can avoid people for example, so we can be less likely the drone will run into someone and cause harm," said Scott Dwyer, product and marketing manager at Intel, in a statement published by BT.


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