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From what I understand, we're currently at a point in history where the importance of getting the Singularity right pretty much outweighs all other concerns, particularly because a negative Singularity is one of the existential threats which could wipe out all of humanity rather than "just" billions. The Singularity is the most extreme power discontinuity in history. A probable "winner takes all" effect means that after a hard takeoff (quick bootstrapping to superintelligence), humanity could be at the mercy of an unpleasant dictator or human-indifferent optimization process for eternity.
The question of "human or robot" is one that comes up frequently in transhumanist discussions, with most of the SingInst crowd advocating a robot, and a great many others advocating, implicitly or explicitly, a human being. Human beings sparking the Singularity come in 1) IA bootstrap and 2) whole brain emulation flavors.
Naturally, humans tend to gravitate towards humans sparking the Singularity. The reasons why are obvious. A big one is that people tend to fantasize that they personally, or perhaps their close friends, will be the people to "transcend", reach superintelligence, and usher in the Singularity.
Another reason why is that augmented humans feature so strongly in stories, and in the transhumanist philosophy itself. Superman is not a new archetype, he reflects older characters like Hercules. In case you didn't know, many men want to be Superman. True story.
The idea of a human-sparked Singularity, however, brings about a number of problems. Foremost is the concern that the "Maximillian" and his or her friends or relatives would exert unfair control over the Singularity process and its outcome, perhaps benefiting themselves at the expense of others. The Maximillian and his family might radically improve their intelligence while neglecting the improvement of their morality.
One might assume that greater intelligence, as engineered through WBE (whole brain emulation) or BCI (brain-computer interfacing), necessarily leads to better morality, but this is not the case. Anecdotal experience with humans shows us that humans which gain more information do not necessarily become more benevolent. In some cases, like with Stalin, more information only increases the effect of paranoia and the need for control.
Because human morality derives from a complex network of competing drives, inclinations, decisions, and impulses that are semi-arbitrary, any human with the ability to self-modify could likely go off in a number of possible directions. A gourmand, for instance, might emphasize the sensation of taste, creating a world of delicious treats to eat, while neglecting other interesting pursuits, such as rock climbing or drawing. An Objectivist might program themselves to be truly selfish from the ground up, rather than just "selfish" in the nominal human sense. A negative utilitarian, following his conclusions from the premises, might discover that the surest way of eliminating all negative utility for future generations is simply to wipe out consciousness for good.
Some of these moral directions might be OK, some not so much. The point is that there is no predetermined "moral trajectory" that destiny will take us down. Instead, we will be forced to live in a world that the singleton chooses. For all of humanity to be subject to the caprice of a single individual or small group is unacceptable. Instead, we need a "living treaty" that takes into account the needs of all humans, and future posthumans, something that shows vast wisdom, benevolence, equilibrium, and harmony — not a human dictator.
Squeaky Clean and Full of Possibilities — Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is the perfect choice for such a living treaty because it is a blank slate. There is no "it" — AI as its own category. AI is not a thing, but a massive space of diverse possibilities. For those who consider the human mind to be a pattern of information, the pattern of the human mind is one of those possibilities. So, you could create an AI exactly like a human. That would be a WBE, of course.
But why settle for a human? Humans would have an innate temptation to abuse the power of the Singularity for their own benefit. It's not really our fault — we've evolved for hundreds of thousands of years in an environment where war and conflict were routine. Our minds are programmed for war. Everyone alive today is the descendant of a long line of people who successfully lived to breeding age, had children, and brought up surviving children who had their own children. It sounds simple today, but on the dangerous savannas of prehistoric Africa, this was no small feat. The downside is that most of us are programmed for conflict.
Beyond our particular evolutionary history, all the organisms crafted by evolution — call them Darwinian organisms — are fundamentally selfish. This makes sense, of course. If we weren't selfish, we wouldn't have been able to survive and reproduce. The thing with Darwinian organisms is that they take it too far. Only more recently, in the last 70 or so million years, with the evolution of intelligent and occasionally-altruistic organisms like primates and other sophisticated mammals, did true "kindness" make its debut on the world scene. Before that, it was nature, bloody in tooth and claw, for over seven hundred million years.
The challenge with today's so-called altruistic humans is that they have to constantly fight their selfish inclinations. They have to exert mental effort just to stay in the same place. Humans are made by evolution to display a mix of altruistic and selfish tendencies, not exclusively one or the other. There are exceptions, like sociopaths, but the exceptions tend to more frequently be towards the exclusively selfish than the exclusively altruistic.
With AI, we can create an organism that lacks selfishness from the get-go. We can give it whatever motivations we want, so we can give it exclusively benevolent motivations. That way, if we fail, it will be because we couldn't characterize stable benevolence right, not because we handed the world over to a human dictator. The challenge of characterizing benevolence in algorithmic terms is more tractable than trusting a human through the extremely lengthy takeoff process of recursive self-improvement. The first possibility requires that we trust in science, the second, human nature. I'll take science.
I'm not saying that characterizing benevolence in a machine will be easy. I'm just saying it's easier than trusting humans. The human mind and brain are very fragile things — what if they were to be broken on the way up? The entire human race, the biosphere, and every living thing on Earth might have to answer to the insanity of one overpowered being. This is unfair, and it can be avoided in advance by skipping WBE and pursuing a more pure AI approach. If an AI exterminates humanity, it won't be because the AI is insanely selfish in the sense of a Darwinian organism like a human. It will be because we gave the AI the wrong instructions, and didn't properly transfer all our concerns to it.
One benefit to AI that can't be attained with humans is that an AI can be programmed with special skills, thoughts, and desires to fulfill the benevolent intentions of well-meaning and sincere programmers. That sort of aspiration voiced in Creating Friendly AI (2001) — which is echoed by the individual people in SIAI — is what originally drew me to the Singularity Institute and the Singularity movement in general. Using AI as a tool to increase the probability of its own benevolence — "bug checking" with the assistance of the AI's abilities and eventual wisdom. Within the vast space of possibilities of AI, surely there exists one that we can genuinely trust! After all, every possible mind is contained within that space.
The key word is trust. Because a Singularity is likely to lead to a singleton that remains for the rest of history, we need to do the best job possible ensuring that the outcome benefits everyone and that no one is disenfranchised. Humans have a poor track record for benevolence. Machines, however, once understood, can be launched in an intended direction. It is only through a mystical view of the human brain and mind that qualities such as "benevolence" are seen as intractable in computer science terms.
We can make the task easier by programming a machine to study human beings to better acquire the spirit of "benevolence", or whatever it is we'd actually want an AI to do. Certainly, an AI that we trust would have to be an AI that cares about us, that listens to us. An AI that can prove itself on a wide variety of toy problems, and makes a persuasive case that it can handle recursive self-improvement without letting go of its beneficence. We'd want an AI that would even explicitly tell us if it thought that a human-sparked Singularity would be preferable from a safety perspective. Carefully constructed, AIs would have no motivation to lie to us. Lying is a complex social behavior, though it could emerge quickly from the logic of game theory. Experiments will let us find out.
That's another great thing — with AIs, you can experiment! It's not possible to arbitrarily edit the human brain without destroying it, and it's certainly not possible to pause, rewind, automatically analyze, sandbox, or do any other tinkering that's really useful for singleton testing with a human being. A human being is a black box. You hear what it says, but it's practically impossible to tell whether the human is telling the truth or not. Even if the human is telling the truth, humans are so fickle and unpredictable that they may change their minds or lie to themselves without knowing it. People do so all the time. It doesn't really matter too much as long as that person is responsible for their own mistakes, but when you take these qualities and couple them to the overwhelming power of superintelligence, an insurmountable problem is created. A problem which can be avoided with proper planning.
I hope I've made a convincing case for why you should consider artificial intelligence as the best technology for launching an Intelligence Explosion. If you'd like to respond, please do so in the comments, and think carefully before commenting! Disagreements are welcome, but intelligent disagreements only. Intelligent agreements only as well. Saying "yea!" or "boo!" without more subtle points is not really interesting or helpful, so if your comments are that simplistic, keep it to yourself. Thank you for reading Accelerating Future.


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This week I when I went for my chemo treatment, I met with my oncologist. As part of our meeting, she measured the tumor in my breast. It is SHRINKING!!! After being one third of the way through my first type of chemo that i'm getting, it has already shrunk down by one third it's original size. I thought it was shrinking, but it's great to have it actually confirmed by an independent source. This is good news! I'll take a shrinking tumor!
Actually, other than a major stomach upset that I had during week two of chemo, things are going very smoothly. I'm starting to get a feel for what to expect after chemo and recognized a pattern of how I feel each day of the week between treatments. It's not nearly as bad as I had read it could be.
In terms of side effects, I've been the most tired on day 2 and day 3 after chemo. I just take special care of myself on those days....actually, I take special care of myself everyday, but I give myself more of a break on those two days in particular.
My hair started falling out about a week ago, but I still have plenty of hair left at this point. I still look "normal." I notice that my hair is a lot thinner, but I don't think anyone else would at all. Most people on my particular type of chemo lose their hair around week 3. It looks like my hair is hanging in there a bit longer, but my oncologist told me on Wednesday that it still will most likely all fall out in the next week or so. It's a wierd feeling knowing it's going to be happening. I can't imagine what I will look like without hair! Oh well.....we shall see.
On a completely different subject, my mother's 89th birthday is today. We had a nice visit together at her assisted living home this morning. She is in excellent health for her age. She loves working jigsaw puzzles to pass the time, so I got her some puzzles for her birthday. She seemed really happy with them. It was nice to be able to get something she actually enjoys.
Last, but not least, I had to get a biopsy done on some nodules on my thyroid yesterday. I will know the biopsy results by Wednesday at the latest. Ninety five percent of the time such nodules turn out to be benign. I'm hoping that is the case for me. I'm just trying to stay calm between now and Wednesday about it. The nodules were discovered during an MRI that I had last month.
Waiting for test results is one of the most difficult parts of dealing with cancer. I've gotten a little better at waiting for results since I've had so many tests done. Actually, I think I've gotten a LOT better at waiting for results since this whole thing got started. In this case....just like all the others....it is what it is, no matter what the results are. Worry only makes me miserable, so I choose to spend my time focusing on other things like......A SHRINKING TUMOR and all the other wonderful stuff in my life.
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Last year at this exact time one of my friends found that she had breast cancer Stage 2B. I went to her chemo appointments with her and buzzed off my hair with her when most of hers had fallen out. She is now healthy and back to work. Her tumor had shrunk down to a tiny piece when they removed it, and when they first diagnosed her it was the size of an orange, Her nieve went through chemo right before her and had the exact same experience. I know everyone is different, but they have come a long way in curing breast cancer. Just wished they would come a little further with the hair situation. But I kinda liked mine that short. Hang in there.
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i'm so glad you're tolerating chemo well and eating right and taking care of yourself is definitely helping. Isn't it nice now that you're starting to find out how your body tolerates the chemo and what to expect? Keep going and hoping for great results about the thyroid.
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Bald is beautiful! Went through breastcancer in 2001, lost all my hair and that is when my now husband says, he fell in love with me! Didn't really notice me before until I was bald. That was the last thing I'd expected!
Your blog is lovely. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all this.
I believe in clean eating for beating illness and are doing it to keep on living. And I love your tandem! Fun!
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I am happy to hear that your tumor is shrinking! That is wonderfuk news.
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Great news!! I would take a shrinking tumor over a full head of hair anyday!! So happy the chemo is working!!
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Such great new about the tumor! You are doing really well Kay! It's good that you are learning to what to expect when you have chemo and the days after so you can take extra special care of yourself on those days.
Do you have any scarfs that you are planning to wear when your hair does fall out?? My friend that is going through chemo for breast cancer has many different scarfs that she can put on each day.
That's great that you were able to bring your mom some puzzles and that she liked them. Happy belated birthday to your mom.
I'm sorry to hear about the nodules on your thyroid. Keeping my fingers crossed that the results of the biopsy come back with them being benign. Glad you aren't worrying about it though because there worrying isn't going to change things one way or the other.
I'm so glad you are taking care of yourself the best you can and continue to keep a positive attitude!
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Kay, that's fantastic news about the tumor shrinking. I know you're going to beat this back and win!
I wish I could be with you to do those puzzles. I just love jigsaw puzzles.
So, about that hair....I have a ton and sure wish I could give some to you. I'm sure it's going to be really hard to lose it, but it WILL grow back. My hair is just starting to get back to normal --18 months after surgery. My hairdresser calls it anesthesia hair. But again, at 48, what's normal anymore? The texture changes so much as it grays. Let's just be grateful. For you, no bad hair days and lots of fun scarves and hats to wear -- just in time for winter. For me....I get to live vicariously through your non-bad hair days!
I can't wait to try that recipe that FLORIDASUN shared. I'll mix it up in my Blendtec....here's to you, Kay!
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Yip...yip...YIPPEE...how wonderful that you are kicking that nasty invader OUT! I really have a peacefulness that you will come through this ordeal with flying colors! I wanted you to know that yesterday when I was vacillating on putting out the $$ for the VitaMix (I've wanted one forever...but just hated the cost) the demonstrator lady's husband came up to me as I was reading one of the boxes stacked up near their demonstration on all of the things it does.
He told me that the demonstrator was his wife and that he had written the company and requested to work for them because he really felt that the VitaMix and the green juices had saved his life!
He then showed me his 'port' scar and said that he had been a former body builder but had contracted cancer and that last Sept. he felt he just didn't want to continue living. He couldn't walk, he had NO energy, he couldn't eat...I don't know what kind of cancer he had...or how advanced..I was thinking about you and how you were faithfully juicing and how I just KNEW this would be a key component in saving your life so I wasn't concentrating as carefully as I should have been.
But he said once they bought the vitamix and he started faithfully juicing with the green juices he could actually FEEL his body start to wake up and revitalize itself day by day. He said it was truly a miracle that his body in such a degenerated state could restore itself with healthy foods.
OKAY...I was SOLD at that point. I SO need extra energy..it's being zapped by all the stress from our SOHF 'Save Our Home Fight'!
But beyond that another guy and his wife stepped into the conversation and said they had purchased a vitamix~ 4 years earlier and used it every day and LOVED it..almost as much as their first born child.
Okay it was IN the stroller by then!
He gave me a recipe he used daily and said was his favorite.
You may already have it...but here it is just in case it's new to you.
I'm not sure if you can have natural fruit sugars this does have fruit.
Green Whole Foods Juice:
8 oz coconut water (enough to cover blades)
1 orange peeled, but with pith
1/2" thick slice of pineapple, peeled
1 apple, quartered
1 slice of lemon or lime with zest
1 small handful spinach
2 oz agave nectar
1 c ice to chill
Of course all organic...if you can.
Blend on smoothie setting
You can buy Coconut Water at Costco too...I got some...hope this might be of interest to you. Happy Vita~mixing!
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happy news !
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Good news! Praying for continued progress and a good report on Wednesday! It sounds like you're really handling things as they happen, rather than stressing over "what is."
Happy belated birthday to your dmom and glad she liked her gift. I trust she's doing well in assisted living. I remember how hard that decision was for her! My mom was always easy to shop for, but my grandmother is something else. She just turned 99 in August!
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Fantastic news! So happy for you!
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Great news Kay...still praying...
Loving hugs,
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Love your attitude. Hope all goes well.
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One thing I believe we all learn is that Life goes on! An as you said " It is What It Is." Just as "Positive Is As Positive Does!"
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FANTASTIC!!! that is the best news I have heard all day!! So so happy for you and glad you weren't too ill after either.
What a great way to start a weekend. Enjoy and savour your ME time!
and happy birthday to your mum. Glad she is still doing well.
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Kay, that is fantastic news!!!
to your mom.
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Kay -that is EXCELLENT news!!! I think all your healthy eating and positive thinking along with the chemo is hitting the tumor from all sides.
It is nice to hear that your mom is doing well. Happy Birthday to her!!
Big hugs to you!
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That really is great news--the tumor is responding to the chemo the way one hopes, getting smaller. Continue to be kind to yourself and take care of yourself; I will continue to pray for good news on the biopsy from the nodules on your thyroid.
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Wonderful news!!
Keep up the positive thoughts!
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Glad there is so much good news!
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That is fab news! Wonderful!
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Good Luck - this cancer is much more common then people think, but is beatable. P.S. My mom is also 89 and in assisted living and I make a point of stopping in often for a cup of coffee!
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I'm glad the tumor is shrinking! It sounds like you have a good handle on things as to what to expect for each treatment and plans to deal with the symptoms.
I agree, waiting for test results is one of the hardest things when you have cancer. I've been dealing with it for so long that I don't worry about the lab work so much any more, but I still very anxious when it's time for a scan. I get bone scans about 6 months, and a CT scan about once per year.
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So happy to read about a SHRINKING TUMOR!
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Summit rallies past Lady Raiders, 2-1
Rider coach Carl Wiersema called Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Mansfield Summit at Memorial Stadium a "real heartbreaker."
The Lady Raiders (9-4) took a 1-0 lead on Courtney Boe's goal in the second half. Nikki Neal had the assist.
But Summit tied the score with nine reminutes remaining and notched the game-winner with two minutes remaining.
"We played a great game. I felt like we outplayed them," Wiersema said. "Sarah Haley played a great game. Kristen Sult played great defense clearing out two goals. The whole team played well."
Rider hosts Richardson Pearce on Friday.
Bulldogs play Frenship to 0-0 tie
BURKBURNETT — Burkburnett generated scoring chances but couldn't finish them in a 0-0 tie Tuesday night against Wolfforth Frenship.
"I felt like we should have won. We had a lot of opportunities, but we didn't put them away," Burkburnett coach Robert Daiker said.
Midfielders Charlie Salas-Groves and Austin McShan and goalie Bradley Freeman (three saves) were listed as standouts for the Bulldogs (2-5-2), who travel to FW Trimble Tech next Tuesday.
Lady Bulldogs fall to Stephenville, 2-1
BURKBURNETT — Stephenville scored early in the second half Tuesday night to double its lead, then held off Burkburnett for a 2-1 win.
Angela Ortiz scored midway in the second half. but the Lady Bulldogs (3-5) couldn't come up with a tying goal.
"I was very pleased with how the girls responded even though we were down 2-0," Burkburnett coach Patrick Birk said. "They fought until the end."
Burkburnett's next match will be next Tuesday at Azle.
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Affirming the continuing large automotive presence at CES, January's show in Las Vegas will feature a Monday evening keynote address by the chairman of Daimler, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, and the unveiling of a new concept car.
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U.S. authorities said Tuesday they foiled an Iranian-directed plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington, a rare instance where Tehran is accused of fomenting terrorism on U.S. soil.
Prosecutors alleged an elaborate international plot, with two men, including an Iranian-born U.S. citizen who had been living in Texas, using funding from the Iranian government to try to hire a Mexican drug cartel to kill the ambassador.
Attorney General Eric Holder said elements of Iran's Qods Force, a unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were ready to spend $1.5 million on the plan.
Saudi officials described the alleged plot as an escalation in the confrontation between the two Middle Eastern rivals, which have clashed anew in recent months over Saudi efforts to bolster the monarchy in Bahrain.
U.S. officials said Iran would be held accountable over the case and announced new sanctions against Iranian officials.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called the alleged plot a "dangerous escalation" in Iran's support for terrorism that must draw an international response.
Late Tuesday, the U.S. issued a new world-wide travel alert on potential anti-U.S. actions, saying the foiled scheme could be a sign that Iran has adopted a "more aggressive focus" on terrorist activity.
A spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York said, "We categorically reject these baseless allegations." Mohammad Khazaee, Iran's U.N. ambassador, wrote a letter to the U.N. secretary-general "to express our outrage" over the allegations, calling them "politically motivated."
The Saudi Embassy in Washington issued a brief statement condemning the plot as "a despicable violation of international norms, standards and conventions."
Prosecutors announced several criminal charges against Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who was arrested Sept. 29. Charges were also brought against Gholam Shakuri, described as a member of the Qods Force. Mr. Shakuri remains at large; U.S. officials believe he is in Iran.
Prosecutors allege that Mr. Arbabsiar met with a paid Drug Enforcement Administration informant earlier this year. U.S. authorities described the informant as a paid source who was facing drug charges by authorities in a U.S. state and that the charges were dismissed following his cooperation on unrelated drug investigations.
Federal agents developed a sting operation over a period of months, helping set up details of a plot to bomb a fictitious Washington restaurant where they purported the Saudi ambassador, Adel al-Jubeir, was a regular, according to U.S. authorities. The plotters also discussed bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, as well as the Israeli embassy in Argentina, according to U.S. officials.
Beginning in May and in the months since, Mr. Arbabsiar held multiple meetings in Mexico with people he believed to be cartel members. In August, the plotters wired a $100,000 down payment to an account in New York controlled by the U.S. government, the Justice Department said.
According to prosecutors, Mr. Arbabsiar told undercover U.S. informants that his cousin was a high-level member of the Iranian military, whose job was focused on matters outside Iran.
Much remains unclear about the alleged plot, including which high-level Iranian government officials, if any, knew about it. U.S. authorities said they controlled the alleged plot and no explosives were ever obtained, nor was an attack imminent.
Mr. Arbabsiar, who was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 29, has confessed to his involvement in the plot, the Justice Department said.
Mr. Arbabsiar appeared before a magistrate in New York's Southern District Tuesday and waived his right to have the criminal complaint against him read in court. Sabrina Shroff, his attorney, said Mr. Arbabsiar intends to plead not guilty if he is indicted. Mr. Arbabsiar faces a preliminary court hearing Oct. 25.
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McDowell returns to site of Open winBy DOUG FERGUSON
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Actor Ray Romano hits from the 18th tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the celebrity shootout event of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Wednesday in Pebble Beach, Calif.PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Graeme McDowell twisted his back and swung a club to loosen his joints in the morning chill of February at Pebble Beach, a course that looked nothing like he remembered it.
I was a little more warmed up the last time I played here, he said.
The first fairway, once lined with thousands of fans, was empty on this day. The putting surfaces were emerald green. McDowell recalls them being closer to brown. That was the U.S. Open, his first major. This is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-am.
For three years, McDowell had little incentive to return to the scene of his greatest individual feat.
Its not going to get any better than how it felt last time I was here, McDowell said. It was pretty tough to top the experience that weekend the emotions, my dad, winning my first major championship. Doesnt get any better than that. So I really wasnt in a rush to come back.
He found two good reasons to return, starting with the silver-haired man who joined him on the tee with a smile bigger than Stillwater Cove.
Kenny McDowell walked at least 108 holes the week of the 2010 U.S. Open, which included two practice rounds. McDowells father was on the 18th green after the final shot, embracing him as he said Youre something, kid.
They are partners this week, a treat for both of them.
Being here brings it all back, the father said. Being able to play in the tournament, its a dream come true. I dont think Ill be able to do it justice, but Ill be trying.
Kenny McDowell has a handicap index of 12. He was never a great golfer, just a great father for an aspiring golfer. McDowell recalls his father organizing tournaments for the kids at Portrush, driving them across Ireland for competitions. He was involved in golf without knowing enough about the swing to meddle.
He talked about the long summer days when his son would sneak onto Portrush and play into the darkness.
We used to have to go looking for him, Kenny McDowell said. My wife would say, He could be playing golf at night. I said, Ill tell you exactly where they are. I would drive out to the car park. Theres a big bush at the back of 17 green and the next thing youd hear is, Im coming out.
They played together in the Dunhill Links Championship, a European Tour event in Scotland modeled after Pebble Beach. It doesnt attract the kind of crowds expected for Saturday for all the celebrities. The McDowells are playing with Jason Bohn and actor Chris ODonnell. Right behind them will be two-time Pebble winner Dustin Johnson with Wayne Gretzky (his future father-in-law), and John Daly with Kid Rock. In front of them will be actor Lucas Black and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith.
Peyton Manning was a late entry into the field, just a few days after a Super Bowl loss to Seattle. He played a practice round Wednesday with New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who will be playing with his own quarterback (Tom Brady) when the tournament starts Thursday.
Pebble Beach is serious business on Sunday, all about the celebrities on Saturday and plenty of fun leading up to that point.
For the McDowells, the week already got off to an ideal start.
They played San Francisco Golf Club, Cypress Point and Monterey Peninsula even before getting to Pebble Beach. There were memories on every hole, such as the shot into 8 feet on the par-3 fifth for his lone birdie of a brutal final round.
Kenny McDowell couldnt help but think of Dustin Johnsons triple bogey as he walked up the second fairway.
If that had been Graeme, Id have been back in the bar, he said.
The 18th was special, without being over the top. McDowell called it a poignant moment, though he didnt want to get too wrapped up in the memory that he is defined by it.
Emotionally, I dont think that moment will be beaten in my career, McDowell said. But Im not going to put Pebble up there on a pedestal and say, `That is the highlight of my career, because I want more. I want more Pebbles, I want more major championships, I want more things.
So theres a fine balance between getting too obsessed by it emotionally, he said. Its fun to be out there and just reconnect a little bit with my thoughts and feelings that day.
More than the ultimate Father-Son golf trip, McDowell has a big season ahead of him in a Ryder Cup year. He hasnt played since the World Challenge two months ago. He typically starts his year at Riviera, a tough place to shake off the rust. Along with playing Pebble with his father, McDowell said it would be a good week to play without putting too much emphasis on results before heading into the meat of his season.
At least by the end of the week, Ill know where Im at, McDowell said.
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Left unarmed
Dan K. Thomasson's lack of understanding the criminal element is surprisingly naive ("High court must confront gun issue," Sept. 12). He thinks reapplying a recently debunked gun ban in Washington, D.C., will reduce crime and stop shootings. Washington, D.C., has had one of the strictest gun laws for more than 60 years, yet it has one of the highest crime and death rates around.
Continually repeating the debunked gun control theories that: "One can only imagine how much more havoc could result from completely unfettered possession of these weapons." These same untrue "theories" were repeated when states, at the request of voters, started enacting licensed pistol-carrying for self defense. One often-repeated verse went, "There will be shoot-outs in the streets like the OK Corral." Texas and many other states' concealed-carry laws have shown that criminals are less likely to attack if the possibility of a victim being a licensed self-defendable citizen is present. Gun control laws do not work. Criminals are people who don't care about laws; that is why they are criminals. And the sad truth is gun-control laws make decent Americans helpless victims.
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Mansheim troubles
Maybe the City Council, Mayor Henry Garrett and City Manager Skip Noe would like to live in the Mansheim area between Kostoryz and Ayers for a month or so to see how much some of us love our Corpus Christi. The construction is going at a snail's pace. There are holes and ditches on every street. The road is ruining our cars.
Maria Maynard
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Historically speaking, I find it immensely refreshing whenever mention is made of the development of the U.S. Southwest by the early Spanish settlers. We should strive to never lose sight of the vital role played by them in organizing and establishing scattered centers of frontier civilization in this area, which predated the Anglo migration.
Yet recent history finds us remiss in delving into and informing ourselves of the past exploits of these brave people. As regards the Alamo, the blood shed by the gallant offspring of these Spanish colonists, the Tejanos, blended with that of their equally brave Anglo brothers-in-arms and the mixture consecrated the sanguinary confines of that humble mission on that fateful March morning. Tejanos bearing such names as Juan Abamillo, Juan Baudillo, Carlos Espalier, Gregorio Esparza, Antonio Fuentes, Damacio Jimenez, Toribio Losoya, and Andres Nava also made the supreme sacrifice and left their imprint on that hallowed ground for all eternity. It is left to future generations of both Tejano and Anglo cultures to ponder such truths and to future historians to keep them in mind. Lest we forget.
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Rights at risk
Do I feel safe? No, absolutely not. But no Islamic terrorist is in my nightmares.
My terror is the present government of this country. We have no more guarantees of any of the original freedoms. Freedom of speech, freedom from search and seizure, a speedy trial by a jury of our peers, privacy of our home and papers. The right to keep and bear arms, that which gave us this nation and was included to protect us from this very happening. The Founding Fathers knew this was the only way to persevere the revolution's result. Our courts have ruled this one and only protection away. We and we alone are at fault; we let this happen for safety!
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Envision a full size sailing ship in a bottle overlooking Corpus Christi Bay. But that's not enough; let's envision the full Columbus fleet -- the Santa Maria, Pinta and Niña -- with sails flying, all in a large transparent light-controlled dome on Corpus Christi's waterfront.
Shades of the Sydney, Australia, opera house or the Wassa in Stockholm, Sweden. Maybe not on as massive a scale, but equally as impressive and memorable is the concept for the new Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History presented to the City Council. The Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum are to be congratulated for funding the study by the nationally recognized museum planning consultant Ralph Appelbaum, which resulted in this inspiring concept. I look forward to hearing more about this project as the funding study progresses.
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Call me silly, crazy or whatever, I cannot begin to express the glee I am feeling as I reflect on what I have seen. David Letterman and Oprah Winfrey together on television. Why, I am not sure, but for some reason this event moves me. Two great folks who are driving forces in multimedia and examples of the American dream of individual success in our society today, working together.
Respectively, as individuals the two mega-media icons educate and entertain us. They have created and maintain an essence of charm and integrity of self that is constant and dependable. Giving folks something to look forward to when they have a chance to tune in. Proverbially, hell has frozen over.
With perceived years of back-and-forth between them, whatever they have been, bygones are now bygones. I believe that great things come from great people. When they work together, even greater is possible. Thanks, Dave and Oprah! I am looking forward to what the media gods envision for your futures and ours. Now, that's a big honk'n pair of pants.
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The mood within the Arizona State football program could not be more different than it was a year ago. Instead of a four-game losing streak ahead of a disappointing bowl game, the Sun Devils are on a two-game winning streak that includes a Territorial Cup win over Arizona. Instead of a lame-duck coach, they have a first-year coach who is being credited with reviving the program. But that mood could be dampened in a hurry if the Devils don't accomplish what they came to San Francisco to accomplish. In Saturday's Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against Navy, ASU has the chance to capture a crucial win with implications now and into next season, and coach Todd Graham considers anything less a failure. "We just have one focus: winning," Graham said. "The momentum going into the offseason, these seniors, everything that we're doing to move forward, we have to win. Our preparation has been that." ASU has plenty to play for at AT&T Park. First, there's the chance for eight wins in Graham'...
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Stabilization comes first. When I met Maria, she was shy and embarrassed as her parents described her symptoms and their futile struggle to get her to see reason. "I know I'm washing too much," she said quietly, "but I just can't stop." Her parents, like most parents seeking help for their child's OCD, expressed a sense of urgency. They asked if they should be actively fighting the OCD by "getting tough" with their daughter and refusing to give in to her rituals. I said that our first focus was on stabilization and that it wasn't the right time to withdraw support for Maria, who was already overwhelmed and struggling to function each day. Instead, I encouraged them to function in "survival mode"—to be flexible in their expectations, accommodate their daughter temporarily at home and school, and cut back on discretionary commitments to reduce her stress and conserve time and energy for future treatment.
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SUDBURY, Mass., Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Quercegen Pharmaceuticals LLC, producer of plant-based nutrients for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries and creator of Q-Force™, was notified that its QU995™, The World's Purest Quercetin™, received GRAS ("Generally Recognized As Safe") notified status on November 22, 2010 under U.S. Food and Drug Administration GRAS Inventory Number GRN 341. A copy of the comprehensive safety dossier submitted to the FDA by Quercegen can be found on the Agency's website. www.fda.gov/Food/FoodIngredientsPackaging/GenerallyRecognizedasSafeGRAS/GRASListings/ucm235935.htm
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The chief spokesman of transport operator SMRT is quitting after five months on the job, a departure seen as unusual as she is not required to serve notice.
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MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 21: Punter Pat McAfee #1 of the Indianapolis Colts kicks off against the Miami Dolphins at Land Shark Stadium on September 21, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Colts defeated the Dolphins 27-23. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)
Mike Garafolo reports that the Colts have franchised punter Pat McAfee. With no obvious candidate for the designation, it makes sense for the Colts to use the tag on a punter as it will cost them a very reasonable $2.97 million for the 2013 season. McAfee put together a very solid season for the Colts and was rated as the No. 3 best punter in the league by Pro Football Focus. A long-term deal remains a possibility for the Colts and McAfee. The post Colts Franchise P Pat McAfee appeared first on NFL Trade Rumors -.
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Design. The obverse depicts a head of Liberty facing left with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around and the date, 1879, below. The head is essentially a miniature of that featured on the regular issue Morgan dollar. On the reverse, the denomination ONE DIME, the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, and an arc of 13 stars are inscribed within a circle of dots. Around the circle is a wreath of corn, tobacco, cotton, and wheat. Struck in copper with a reeded edge.
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There was a time when Andrei Arlovski stirred fear in the hearts of other heavyweight fighters. That time was in 2005, before the world discovered that Arlovski's jaw had the consistency of a tortilla chip. A few years later, Arlovski suffered several hideous knockouts, the kind where you'd literally see his eyes roll back as he face-planted into the mat. Every so often, though, it's possible to forget about Arlovski's defensive shortcomings and return focus to his always-impressive ability to maul a lesser opponent. Which is what he did to Travis "The Ironman" Fulton on Saturday night at a ProElite event. Fulton's most notable accomplishment in MMA used to be his 247-48-10 record as a pro. Guess what it is now. More »
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As the age of health club members skews older, more care has to be taken to guard against falls.
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The Wall Street Journal had an unusual take on the concussion debate last week: "Retire the Football Helmet," as the headline read. The argument put forth by Reed Albergotti and Shirley S. Wang is a provocative one that has been voiced off and on for some time. Helmets create a sense of invincibility that encourages athletes to collide with greater force and use the hard surface of their helmet to inflict the maximum amount of ass-whupping - "Helloooo, Brian Dawkins!" - on opposing players.
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