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Updated: July 29, 2009, 9:36 PM ETBy Bill Williamson | ESPN.com
Larry Johnson will head to Rivers Falls, Wisc., on Thursday for the start of training camp for the Kansas City Chiefs.
And he's thrilled about it. Six months ago, that seemed impossible. Johnson's departure from Kansas City seemed inevitable after a rough 2008 season that was his sixth in a productive but rocky career in Kansas City.
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From The Editor: Sea/Sky Adventure
Five years ago at a desert storage facility, Joe Duke came across a 1954 Grumman G-111 Albatross calling his name.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Aerobatics, Judgment And Stupidity
All the FARs in the world can't protect us from ourselves
A few minutes ago, I stumbled across a YouTube video of a Cirrus accident caused by attempting to do a roll at 200 feet.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Weather Picture
The NTSB wants you to be able to see what's happening in places you're going to
The program that data shows isn't needed, according to the AOPA/EAA exemption petition, is the third-class medical requirement for pilots who fly day/VFR for recreation.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Light-Sport Chronicles: The Lindbergh Way
More insights into aviation's electrifying future from Erik Lindbergh
Last month, I shared Erik Lindbergh's highlights of his first solo flight in an ultralight aircraft—that just happened to be an electric-powered airplane: the GreenWing International eSpyder e280.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
From The Editor: Cross-Country Cubbing
If you've ever flown around the Southwest U.S., then you know of its immense vastness and beauty.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Aerobatic Boxes
The airspace of the air show world
One of the best things about being a pilot is we can choose where we live, especially aerobatic pros who like to live close to their work.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Issues With Oil
Oil may be more important than fuel
I bought my first airplane, a Globe Swift, from a retired petroleum engineer and A&P mechanic who had lavished hundreds of hours on his airplane.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Light-Sport Chronicles: The Lindbergh Way
A famous aviator's reflections on his first solo electric flight
There's an ineffable pleasure, a kind of shy excitement, that comes with sitting down with an aviation luminary you've admired for some time.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Oshkosh '13
The biggest or shiniest isn't always the most amazing and impressive
For me, the most amazing thing about Oshkosh '13 (per usual, I can't bring myself to call it AirVenture) is that this was number 45 for me.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Setting Stabilized Approach Criteria
Just because the FAA doesn't get specific doesn't mean you don't need criteria
When Asiana Airlines flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013, it became apparent very quickly that the Boeing 777 wasn't stabilized during the final portion of its approach to runway 28L.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
One Trip, 85 Suitcases
The logistics that go into a big GA flight might leave you wondering where you left your car
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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Winds almost never play fair
It was 1998, and my ride was one of the last of the Mooney MSEs, better known as the 201.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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10 Best Pilots
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Maybe There's Still Hope
Just because they're young doesn't mean they don't have a passion for flight
One of the more common conversations around the water cooler these days concerns our younger generations and how they have trouble seeing past their iPads and cell phones to the world beyond.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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...will they come? Time, work, imagination, and location, location, location will tell.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
War College
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I was with several hundred students, faculty and guests at the Army War College's 59th National Security Seminar (NSS) in June of this year.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
It's What's Up Front That Counts
Consider for a moment the job of the lowly tractor propeller (with apologies to pusher drivers)
I was speaking to a group of pilots a few years back when one of them asked about a story I wrote a decade before on the London-to-Sydney Air Race.
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Marvel braded characters fed into the Disney's marketing machine have produced huge returns for the Mouse House. Since Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, the 10 films that have been released have grossed over $7 billion in box office revenue. Of course, films are only the starting point of Disney's revenue streams.
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Had Meeks been launched into public consciousness as a model, would anyone have noticed him more than we notice other mannequins with flawless skin and impossible cheekbones? The tattoos gave him a boost. The mugshot setting sold him. Crime didn't pay, but it made him a star.
Witness Candi Staton as heard on her latest album Life Happens (Beracah Records). Her overall influence on popular music is incalculable. The artist who Frank Sinatra referred to as "the only true genius in show business" once bestowed upon Ms. Staton the title of "Female Ray Charles" a few decades ago.
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The end of the year is a great time to survey workout music for two reasons. First, it provides a chance to look back at the year that's winding down and reminisce. Second, the new year is when folks make resolutions -- often to get into better shape -- and the recap includes a few songs that might help with that.
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PC's business administration majors are well-versed in the applications of technology to the business world. Many classes incorporate the use of computers and technology in creative ways, encouraging students not only to understand the mechanics of using technology but also the impact of technology on people. Jacobs Hall, home of the Department of Economics and Business Administration, houses a PC computer lab and a teaching theater. These facilities are available to students most of the day to allow opportunities to apply computer skills by using Excel applications, Capsim simulation, and more course-specific software.
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Conservative Confidential Memo: Wind Power the Next Target
Conservative America's fight against the advancement of a new energy economy continues to evolve. The latest development is a concerted campaign to discredit the wind industry and shift public opinion against the technology.
A confidential memo published by The Guardian highlights a proposal crafted by John Droz, a fellow at the right-wing think tank the American Tradition Institute, which calls for the creation of a national organization and focused public relations campaign to use "subversion" to build a nation-wide anti-wind movement.
The nine-page memo was presented to a room full of self-titled "wind warriors" in Washington, DC in February. One of the chief goals of the national PR campaign is to "cause subversion in message of industry so that it effectively becomes so bad no one wants to admit in public they are for it."
In order to make this happen, the proposal calls for joining forces with established organizations that have "substantial commonality and commitment [to the cause]." Unsurprisingly, the authors call for partnerships with some of the most well-funded and notorious challengers of climate science and clean energy. These groups include the Heartland Institute, Cato Institute, Manhattan Institute, Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, American Legislative Exchange Council, and the American Tradition Institute.
Each of these organizations has received significant funding from major fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil and Koch Industries. Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, and the Cato Institute have all been established by Charles and David Koch, the owners of Koch Industries, America's largest privately-held oil company.
This close-knit group of organizations has continuously used subversive tactics to discredit the evidence around climate change, influence public opinion, and inhibit government action to shift toward a low carbon economy.
Through their clever tactics, these groups have overwhelmingly been successful in their collective mandates to influence public opinion and insert doubt around climate change. Over the past ten years this issue has become so polarized that any discussion of climate change legislation has been removed from the halls of congress. Although, some of their activities have not created the desired result, such as the Heartland Institute's recent Unabomber climate change campaign.
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Spokespeople for the wind industry confirm there has been an increasing rise in organized opposition to wind power and renewables since President Obama placed clean energy as a central piece of his economic recovery plan in 2009.
Peter Kelley, a spokesperson for the American Wind Energy Association, says, "We do see evidence of co-ordination. The same rhetoric pops up all over the place. Things that are disproven, that are demonstrably untrue, continually get repeated."
The repetition can be found in Droz's memo. Creating astroturf of shell organizations has been a common tactic used in many campaigns. Droz's proposal is no different as it calls for the creation of a "dummy business that goes into communities considering wind development, proposing to build 400 foot billboards."
Energy is fast becoming one of the largest campaign issues in the 2012 Presidential election. This can be seen in the $6 million Americans for Prosperity has spent on an ad-campaign attacking Barack Obama's investment in renewable energy, or in the email and telephone campaign by the American Legislative Exchange Council to repeal Renewable Portfolio Standards passed by states. Finally, it can be seen in the political posturing of the two candidates running for President, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Either way, Droz's memo highlights yet another example of the focused strategy of the fossil fuel industry to use whatever means necessary to protect its interests and maintain its rank as the most powerful industry in America. It also illuminates just how steep a hill clean energy industries will have to climb in order to break through the current cartel.
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Mike Barnard says:
There's a lot of disinformation and fear tactics being pushed around wind energy. People are becoming much more afraid of this clean, safe, CO2-free form of generation than they should be.
Setbacks like those mandated by Ontario's Regulation 359/09 of 550 meters for smaller wind turbines and 1500 meters for larger ones make sense. The only risk from wind turbines is noise annoyance, and these setbacks follow ISO and WHO guidelines for noise. At these distances, rural dwellers are exposed to much less noise than city dwellers.
Wind turbines don't make people sick.
Wind energy is much less subsidized than fossil fuels or nuclear, and negative impacts from fossil fuels especially are very large and borne by society, not the generator. Whether its the PTC or FIT that you dislike regarding wind and other renewables, you must know that they are a fraction of what society is subsidizing fossil and nuclear generation.
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Sad, it's coming from all sides. I'm a home owner who will have to live with a wind turbine very close to my home. The wind developers are just as greedy as the other energy companies, lying and manipulating to receive subsidies. Remove subsidies (corporate welfare) for all. That way, smart technologies will be developed and applied where they make sense, and dirt-bag developers won't have ulterior motives.
If green energy advocates really want to see wind succeed, keep wind turbines 1 mile away from homes. I used to be a green energy advocate, but I (and many others) have become jaded. Was that the goal, to alienate the public?
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A drug plot that involved flying hockey bags full of weed into the Twin Cities using a single-engine plane has led to five men being indicted, according to federal court records unsealed this week.
The five men -- Todd C. Skonnord, 26, of St. Paul, and Cameron L. Christensen, 23, of Andover, and Coloradans Boyd E. Wilkinson, 36, Robert L. Bowker, 33, and Anthony W. Raymond, 37 -- were arrested in late September and early October for conspiring to distribute 132 pounds of weed, according to the indictment, which was originally filed in late November.
If convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison for the conspiracy charges, and another five for possession.
In late September, a Homeland Security agent assigned to a drug task force got a tip about some suspicious activity at the Anoka County Airport in Blaine. Two men had flown in on a single-engine plane filled with hockey bags. They both seemed nervous, which led the tipster to believe the bags were full of drugs.
Four days later, around 3:30 a.m. -- hours after the air traffic control tower had closed -- the same plane was getting ready to land in the Anoka County airport again. This time, the Homeland Security agent was waiting for them.
The agent boarded the plane after it stopped at a taxiway. In it, he found two men fitting the description given by the tipster and a rear cabin full of hockey bags, according to the affidavit.
"I immediately smelled the strong odor of marijuana," the agent noted in his report.
After a drug-sniffing dog hit on the bags, the agent opened one of them up. It was filled with marijuana, according to the affidavit. In total, he found 88 pounds of weed in the plane. The two men, Wilkinson and Hecker, said they were transporting the bags for someone else, but they wouldn't say who.
On October 4, Iowa state patrol officers pulled over Christensen and Skonnord, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. From their car, officers seized almost $80,000 in cash, a "small amount" of marijuana, documents "appearing to be drug ledgers," and several cell phones. One of the phones contained pictures of marijuana, bulk amounts of cash, commercial marijuana cultivation tools, and some texts that appeared to be coordinating a drug deal.
A week later, after obtaining a search warrant, authorities found more evidence on Wilkinson's cell phone, including photos of cash on the dashboard of an airplane. Presumably, this was the link to Wilkinson and Hecker.
Hecker and Wilkinson have already pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy each.
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Probably no animal has become more of an environmental symbol than the polar bear. Recently, however, beyond just being a symbol for conservation, polar bears have become closely linked with global warming. We see polar bears everywhere now, on ads, in documentaries, on environmental websites, and on protest signs. There's just one problem: Global warming, by itself, isn't a threat to polar bears.
The Polar Bear evolved roughly 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, after diverging from the common brown bear. Since that time, there have been interglacial periods, including times where much of the polar ice cap melted. Today, polar bears hunt seals from ice platforms, and presumably they did this in the past as well. When the ice melts, their habitat is reduced, and this means they have less access to seals, or they must travel further to find them, which can take more energy. Yet, they have survived such transitions in the past. As Dr. Andrew Miall has pointed out, as recently as 4000 to 8000 years ago there was a period of very limited ice cover, which they survived without difficulty.
Of course, today polar bears are indeed a threatened species. Their numbers have fallen dramatically in the past hundred years, and they are at serious risk of extinction. Global warming is not the cause of this however, humans are. We have killed many of them, and disrupted their activities. We have also eliminated much of their food supply. The number of whales, walruses and seals are not what they used to be in the past. Indeed, many species of whale that used to live in the arctic are now extinct thanks to us. If that weren't enough, we've polluted the water, the land, and the air and many of these toxins have entered the food chain, where they can bioaccumulate in top predators.
During previous interglacial periods, polar bears did have to change their behaviour to survive. This adaptation was possible because the ocean was literally teeming with life in a way that is hard to imagine today. Thousands of whales swam in the ocean close to the smaller ice cap. Many of them would die and their carcasses would wash ashore. This would provide an abundant and consistent source of food for polar bears, which they could use to supplement a smaller diet of seals and other creatures.
Of course, today, global warming is a threat to polar bears, but only because their previous methods of adaptation are no longer possible. They are very few whales in the sea today, and limited numbers of other animals. Certainly there would not be enough to provide carrion for the polar bears. Also, their already reduced numbers means they have less of a cushion to absorb any losses during a transition period. They are too close to extinction. As they move to different areas, they are also likely to encounter more humans, with the predictable outcome.
This is why I said at the beginning, global warming, by itself, is not a threat to polar bears. If we had not destroyed the environment and caused so much extinction, polar bears would likely survive global warming just fine. The rate of warming today, though, is much higher than in the past, so there would be increased pressure, but likely not enough to threaten the species as whole. When the other factors are considered, unfortunately, their extinction seems pretty much assured.
It may seem as though I am making a somewhat academic distinction here, given that the polar bears are probably not going to survive in any event. But I think it's important to remember that as serious as global warming is, it is not our only sin, and even if we found a way to stop it, without stopping the rest of our destructive ways, the planet would still be in trouble. We need to move towards full sustainability in all areas, and this goes beyond carbon emissions. Real sustainability means we make the world a little bit better each year than the year before. That is something new and something hard and something absolutely necessary.


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Social media is everywhere and is here to stay. This summer we have seen the good side of social media through the wonderful on-the-spot news updates during the revolutions and uprisings in the Arab world, most recently in Libya and Syria. We have also been witness to the dark side, as demonstrated by the downfall of New York Representative Anthony Weiner and his unfortunate distribution of inappropriate personal pictures through Twitter. The ubiquity of social media has caused a headache for employers, however. Just how much can and should an employer regulate the social media use of its employees?
Employers can regulate social media, but should do so carefully
Though employers can regulate their employees' social media use, employers need to use caution and do so through carefully-established written policies. In cases where complaints have been filed by employees regarding adverse employer action based on social media use, employers have prevailed where the actions were taken consistent with preexisting written policy.
For example, on August 18, 2011 the National Labor Relations Board's Office of General Counsel released a summary of fourteen NLRB cases involving social media from July 2010 to August 2011. [Note that the National Labor Relations Act, under which the NLRB acts, applies to most private sector employees whether or not the workplace is unionized.] This document can be viewed at https://www.nlrb.gov/news/acting-general-counsel-releases-report-social-media-cases.
In short, except in four specific cases where the use of social media constituted concerted activity regarding terms and conditions of employment, the NLRB held that employers could in fact discipline and terminate employees for derogatory and offensive social media posts about the employer or other employees. In each of these cases, however, the employer had carefully-drawn social media policies which themselves did not prohibit the use of social media for protected concerted activity.
In contrast, the NLRB rejected employer actions taken under social media policies deemed to potentially infringe on protected concerted activity. In one case, a nurse posted a complaint on her Facebook page about a coworker's frequent absences along with a request for other employees to contact her with any additional information. The nurse was terminated on the basis that the post was in violation of written policy forbidding the dissemination of private or confidential information. Though the nurse was clearly engaging in concerted activity in this example, thus making her discharge inappropriate, the NLRB also noted that the written policy was flawed since it was overbroad. There were no limitations or examples in the written policy of what was deemed "confidential" or "private," and the policy could be reasonably interpreted to reach concerted activity regarding terms and conditions of employment.
So how should I regulate social media?
The first step in regulating employee use of social media is to craft a carefully-worded social media policy. The policy should never prohibit use of social media to engage in concerted activity regarding terms and conditions of employment. The policy must also take care to be sufficiently concrete and narrow so that there is no doubt that concerted activity is not covered. For example, if you want to prohibit the dissemination of confidential information, a valid and indeed practical restriction, explain what you mean by confidential information, and do not include terms and conditions of employment. If you want to limit who can speak on behalf of the employer to the media, that is wholly acceptable and indeed a good practice. But again, do not instruct employees that they cannot speak to any member of the media regarding their personal terms and conditions and employment. Finally, take care not to reach too far. Do not attempt to regulate private conduct and statements which in no way bear on the employer.
The second step is to follow up and enforce the policy. If an employee is posting inappropriate material through social media, such as private or confidential information or profane or harassing statements about supervisors or other employees, take action. You do not want to open yourself up to an argument that employees had no reasonable expectation of adverse action because you as the employer let too many violations go in the past. Furthermore, if an employee is targeting another employee with harassing or profane communications, and you as the employer take no action, you could be opening your business up to potential liability. Take all reports of inappropriate social media use seriously and follow up.
Please note, however, that your investigation should involve only publicly-available information. It should go without saying, but do not break into an employees' Facebook or Twitter account if you have not been granted access. Such access could potentially violate the Federal Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq. if the employer is not accessing information stored on its own server. The Stored Communications Act imposes both civil and criminal liability, and has been held to apply to an employer's act of gaining unauthorized access to an employee's private social media group, a group maintained on a third-party server. You can investigate stored on your own server, but keep investigations of information maintained on third-party servers to that which is publicly-available.
The upside
But even though social media can appear dangerous, and employers must treat employee social media use with caution, don't underestimate the good that can come from social media. Social media can be a wonderful tool for recruiting and for vetting potential hires. Smart use of social media can also build goodwill and camaraderie between employer and employees and among employees.
Don't fear social media. It's here to stay, and it can be good for the employer-employee relations. Just be sure to craft a sound, focused, detailed social media policy, and follow up on any reports of inappropriate social media use by employees using above-board, legal methods.


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Author Jaci Burton On Her Irresistible Sports Heroes
Fans know Jaci Burton's erotic romance Play-By-Play series for two main reasons: #1 the sexy sports heroes and #2 the even sexier covers. However, when I met up with the author at the RWA Conference for an interview, Jaci said that she can't take credit for either one.
"I give [author] Maya Banks 100% credit for the sports setting of the series," says the author. "I was brainstorming some new book ideas and Maya said I should do a sports series, and here we are!" As for the covers. "At my first cover conference with the editor, I told her to give me a hot guy that looks like an athlete. When I first saw the cover for The Perfect Play, I just stared at it for an hour saying 'Oh, my God!'. I was giddy like a kid."
What can this author take credit for? Her sinfully, sexy writing of course. However, even though her stories are extra steamy, Burton is also very careful to create complex characters that readers will love. "My primary focus is always the characters," Jaci says. "In a relationship, intimacy is both emotional as well as physical."
This balance between bedroom antics and character development is a hallmark of Burton's Play-by-Play series. In 2011, the series starter, The Perfect Play, won RT's Seal of Excellence Award for its realistic portrayal of single mother Tara Lincoln falling headlong into a relationship with famous football player Mick Riley.
The author's series second, Changing the Game, is set in the world of baseball with a second Riley sibling Gavin. In Taking a Shot, readers get to know the Riley sister, Jenna, and her hot hockey player Tyler. The fourth in the series, this month's Playing to Win, places readers back on the football field with Riley cousin Cole, whose superstar status is in jeopardy because of some bad press. Who is going to save him? None other than PR guru Savannah Brookes.
Part of the fun of the series is the variety of characters and situations that Jaci adds to her stories. Readers never know what sport they will find themselves reading about next or what dilemma will be plaguing these hunky men. Jaci says that she is also pretty much left in the dark when it comes to her characters' next moves. "I write a book with no plotting done in advance. So what the characters do is a revelation. Crafting is the fun part."
Here I actually have to disagree with the author because I think the fun part is reading about the larger-than-life sports heroes and the women who bring them down a peg or two. Huge muscles, and huge hearts, readers know why we love these guys, but what piques Jaci's interest in sports heroes? "Athletes have this level of perfection. They are just beautiful specimens of male perfection. But there is a lot going on under this. You can stare at their pictures and think 'what's wrong with you.' I want to know about their personal lives, their childhoods. Maybe they grew up feeling like an outsider. They may have a perfect body, but their lives are far from perfect."
This is especially true in Playing To Win. Footballer Cole is as strong and masculine as they come, but everyone, including the author, is aware of his flaws. Jaci says about Cole, "He's a jerk, a real jerk. It was a struggle for me, but I had to be true to who he was which is somewhat unlikable at the beginning of the book." So what does he struggle with? His temper. This guy is ready to explode at any moment, something that has put a damper on his football career.
"Cole has a lot of growing up to do," says Burton. "He needs to accept responsibility for his own actions. His problems are his own doing." So just how does his redemption take place? Through the heroine. Savannah is strong and self confident, a career woman that knows what she wants, which currently is making sure that Cole tempers his temper.
The author says that the dynamic between Cole and Savannah was new to her. "Cole is a lot more vulnerable than Savannah is. He has this 'I don't need anyone' idea but the truth is he does lean on Savannah and he does need her." However, as seemingly put together as Savannah is, she does have her own baggage including a fear of falling in love. This issue comes to the forefront after the couple spend plenty of time together in the name of fixing Cole's image, and their hands-off policy just doesn't work the way they think it will.
Readers that love a romance couple that tries to keep things between them strictly professional will be especially excited to know that Burton's next Play-By-Play book, Thrown by a Curve, will feature baseball pitcher Garrett Scott and his sports doctor Alicia Riley. Sure there are a lot of reasons why this pair should keep a formal patient/doctor relationship, but I am betting nothing will keep these two apart.
With an expected release date of March 2013, Jaci is already ready for readers to meet this next couple. "Before, all of my heroes in this series are star athletes at the top of their game. But Garrett in Thrown by a Curve is injured. He has a torn rotator cuff and this can be the death of his career." Sounds like he is in definite need of Alicia's healing!
I did ask the author if we would be getting more Rileys after Alicia's story. Jaci says while the Play-By-Play series is definitely continuing, she is hesitant to add more Rileys into the mix. "After a while," she says, "it just becomes a little unbelievable." Her solution? "I'm going to continue the series with friends that my heroes know from college." And, as a special insight only for RT readers, Jaci ended our interview by letting me know that we will be meeting some new characters and we will be getting into a new game. Expect an upcoming book from the author to be set not on a sports field, but rather on a track — an auto-racing track!
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WATCH: Luis Suarez as a zombie, shark in Taiwanese animation
It was coming. Of course it was coming. Luis Suarez bit an Italian defender, and you thought we weren't going to see the Taiwanese animation version of how his latest taste-test went down?
Just hours after Luis Suarez appeared to bite the left shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in Tuesday's 1-0 Uruguay win, we've got the version that shows Suarez going "full on shark mode" against his opponent. Over-the-top would be an understatement as we see both zombie Suarez and a slightly exaggerated version of his infamous buck teeth.
As much as the video roasts Suarez, it still saves some cursory uppercuts for football's governing body.
"FIFA needs its stars playing in the World Cup so no doubt Suarez will get off with only a slap on the wrist." Can't say we'd be too shocked.


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i know lot of online shops (b&h, adorama, etc), but none of retail type.
the reason is that i'll be travelling to SF soon, but won't be stayin long in one place to use online stores. i'm from europe and our currency is quite strong against USD at the moment and also prices in US are bit lower anyway (because of taxes), so i'll be glad even if i'd save some 20-30%.
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Well it is Computer Science Education week. Are you doing anything at your school for it this week? I attended three different CSTA chapter meetings in the last couple of weeks (northern New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire) and there was a lot of talk about CS Ed week at all three meetings. Check out the CSEdWeek web page to see what is going on around the country. And now a few other interesting links.
The XNA Game Studio team announced Dream.Build.Play for 2011. While students should absolutely be entering the game division of the Imagine Cup Dream Build Play is open to everyone including people who develop software for a living. So you pros out there looking to make a name for yourself in game development this is the one for you.
Are you ready to compete? Dream.Build.Play is a competition where you can create and submit your XNA Game Studio 4.0 game for Xbox 360 to win prizes, including the chance to have your game featured on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Registration will open in late February 2011.
Are you ready to compete? Dream.Build.Play is a competition where you can create and submit your XNA Game Studio 4.0 game for Xbox 360 to win prizes, including the chance to have your game featured on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Registration will open in late February 2011.
Speaking of the Imagine Cup, Andrew Parsons, recently relocated to New York City from Australian, makes the case Why [students] should make a game for Imagine Cup 2011
A thought provoking post on the CSTA blog Maybe Course Proliferation Is a Bad Idea? Could we possibly have too many computer science courses? Types of courses that is – not too many courses in too many schools. Check out the post and leave your thoughts over there.
Did you know that Microsoft has been ranked as one of the top corporate citizens. One of the reasons I am proud to work here. A lot of people seem surprised by this which tells me that Microsoft is not the company some people think they are. The article makes for an interesting read.
Are you using Visual Basic and thinking that the C# people are having all the fun with Smart Phone programming? Well, good news, Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Developer tools is now available!
As with most blogs traffic here comes from two main sources. One is subscribers; people who follow the RSS feed and read regularly. I use one analytic tool to try to understand that traffic. I use another tool to try to understand the direct web traffic. Most of the direct web traffic comes from links from other blogs and web pages but a lot comes from search engines as well. And some people who arrive directly from favorites in their web browser. It's all good of course. The interesting thing is that while there is a lot of overlap between the two groups as to what posts are read the most often there are differences. So what I tried to do for today was to gather links of the top 10 based on merging the two sets of data. (well it is a rough merge but it works for me.) The idea here is to encourage subscribers to look back as some links they might have missed first time around as well as to encourage people who wind up here from search engines to look at what others found interesting.
Hélène Martin had a pair of great posts last week (links below) about what makes a good programming project which I linked to from my links post. Hélène asked in the comments what my idea of a good programing project was. It's a fair question. Developing projects is one of the hardest things teachers of programing have to do. A lot of what we do involves borrowing projects that other people develop. Sometimes we get them from textbooks, others from course websites, more from conferences, and still more more conversations with other teachers. Some of my favorite original projects have come from conversations with students in class. But what makes a project a good project?
Before we go farther I divide projects into small projects and large projects. large projects are very different in scope and purpose than small projects. For the purposes of this post I will talk about the sort of small projects that are assigned during the course of a semester. These projects are generally focused on a particular concept. In fact a project that tries to cover too many topics in a small space is not usually a good idea. So to start off a small learning project has to have at its core a central, as close to atomic (I use that word very loosely) operation or concept. Ideally you don't want students confused by trying to use two or more new concepts at a time. As a teacher you don't want to have to guess about which of several concepts students are having trouble with.
A good project should have a "hook" for the student. While not every project is going to interest every student one should aim to interest as many as possible. I got interested in programming because it was fun. It is still fun. It's not much fun if the project isn't personally interesting to me though. The same is true of students. A motivated student will knock themselves out to work on a puzzle/project that interested them. They'll do the minimum and get the minimum out of a project that makes no sense to them or lacks interest for them. I think that some courses get too pure mathematical for some students. Programming and math have more than enough in common that beating a student over the head with the connection can be counter productive. Fun is not a bad thing and I would argue that more learning happens when students are having fun than when there are miserable. But no I don't have peer reviewed research to support the idea.
A good project lends itself to helping the instructor understand what students do and do not understand. This is a hard piece and frankly I think it comes more with instructor experience than purely a function of the project. For me any assessment tool, including projects, are most valuable when instructors are able to use it to gauge learning. This cycles back to the bit about a single main concept of course. I'm not sure how to define this characteristic. I used rubric a lot in evaluation. So a project that allowed me to define a lot of things to check while remaining simple (yeah a tricky balance) was/is a good project.
The other thing I like in a project is that it is easily expandable. By that I mean that a student who completes the basic assignment can easily find ways to expand their project. They can make it personal. They can use it as a base to learn beyond what has been covered during lectures or assigned reading. When students learn on their own they seem to learn it better. They also often teach the concept to their peers. While one has to be careful to make sure this peer tutoring is accurate it can be a real bonus to learning. Letting students get creative lets students get more satisfaction from their work. It can also open the door for development of additional projects or aspects of projects that can be used in future classes. There is nothing wrong about learning for students.
I like Hélène's list and her thinking behind it. She has clearly given a lot of thought to what she has been doing. I don't think my ideas are all that different. I do think I took longer to stumble on to my conclusions though. It may be that we as a CS education community need to talk more about what is and is not a good project. Maybe if we had a better mental image of what we wanted we'd have an easier time creating new projects. Or worst case, recognizing one when we find one.
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This is Dr. Ruchi Mathur updating you from the American Diabetes Associations 65th Scientific Symposia. As promised in my last update, some interesting facts about a new drug that has it's origins in the saliva of a desert lizard.
The Gila monster can go for prolonged periods without eating. When studied it was found to produce a protein that helped to slow the emptying of its stomach- so it stayed full for extended periods. This protein is very similar to one that human's make- called GLP-1. Well, researchers have now made a synthetic GLP-1, which has recently been FDA approved for the treatment of diabetes . It is called Exenetide, and marketed under the name Byetta. This injectable medication slows stomach emptying, increases a feeling of fullness, reduces glucagon release from the liver (glucagons causes the release of sugar from the liver into the blood stream) and may help the cells that produce insulin in the pancreas live longer.
These attributes of Exenitide have been known and extensively studied. What has not been unknown (until now) is whether there is any improvement in cardiovascular risk factors with this therapy. The first data looking at this question was presented this afternoon. It included subjects on Byetta for up to 82 weeks. There was a decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, though modest. More interestingly, there was a significant weight loss that occurred inpatients treated with Byetta, and this weight loss was sustained- or actually continued to accrue out to 82 weeks. In some patients this weight loss was as much as 24 pounds. When compared, patients who lost the most weight had a more significant drop in their triglycerides and a more significant increase in their HDL, or good cholesterol.
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Milton Friedman has been called the most influential economist from the second half of the 20th century. With his passing this month a great deal has been written regarding what he did and did not achieve. While Dr. Friedman helped transform the economic world, he also believed that economic freedom was key to creating long-term economic growth, eradicating poverty, and preserving our broader freedoms. This struggle to transform greater society still has a long way to go. The slippery slope toward socialism continues to threaten our freedom, but it does so in a less obvious manner. The vibrancy of the modern Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement stands as a testament to this continued threat.
In response to the rise of CSR principles more than 30 years ago, Milton Friedman wrote that in a free society, "there is one and only one social responsibility of a business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits, as long as it stays with the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud."
The modern CSR movement is the next wave of political correctness that ignores the basic free market principles articulated by Friedman. So-called "corporate social responsibility" is the notion is that businesses have much broader responsibilities than simply selling products that people want to buy and generating profits for its investors. According to the CSR view, businesses are as, if not more, responsible to "stakeholders" – that is, virtually anyone affected by a company's products or means of production.
It is also quickly becoming accepted dogma. According to a recent Forbes article (11-28-06), "'In order to make a profit in this day and age, companies are not going to exist if they don't have corporate responsibility," says Alan Hassenfeld, the chairman of Hasbro. 'You have to do the right thing," he says, claiming it helps to recruit and retain employees as well as keep customers.'"
CSR's proponents paint themselves as the "moral entrepreneurs" who are "doing good" while doing well. The reality is different. When carefully examined, it becomes clear that CSR is immoral, and the firms that engage in CSR will ultimately cause more harm than good.
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Can't get rid of my wedding dress!
I have been trying to get rid of my wedding dress for ages. It is clean, good as new & ready to go. I am selling it for such a bargain, I can't understand why nobody is snapping it up! I have advertised on various sites. (I will not do Ebay). (Size 14, white, petite if anyone is remotley interested). It is just wasted sitting in my wardrobe.
Where did you buy if from?
Do you have a pic and price? I can put the word about for you
I got married in Cyprus in this dress, it was a really hot day. The dress is lightweight for summer, with some layers under skirt. It is a 1 piece A-line dress, very falttering for a curvey figure. (I can email privately if you prefer). I live in Hornchurch, so if you know anybody that needs a wedding dress, they can come to try it on.
Not sure if it's too far away for you but there's a shop in Parkstone, Poole called Pre-Loved Gowns and they sell once worn wedding dresses.
Good luck!
A different idea - have some fun with it instead and 'trash the dress' it would be your chance to wear it again and look fabulous. There is bound to be a photographer in your area who does shoots and they might just want to buy the dress if you don't want to trash it yourself.
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Psych: Psych the Musical (2013)
Staggeringly bad episode
Terrible musical numbers. Who wrote them? They should not be allowed near a writing device again. Complete lack of continuity (chief de-suspended? Juliet forgot Shawn isn't a psychic?). What was the point of the fairy tale book thing? Is this a fairy tale or a musical? Yang has always been annoying but this scaled new depths. The actor playing Shawn's ego scaled fresh heights: is he attempting to jumpstart a singing career or something? The plot was nonsensical. And pretty much the only funny thing in the entire two hour long episode was Gus singing Jamaican at the end. This episode was like watching an Ed Wood movie.
The Onion Field (1979)
Good first half, poor second half
Most people have commented here about the film being let down by a rather slow, poor and melodramatic second half. I agree but won't dwell on it since it's already discussed by better reviewers.
So let's discuss the acting. James Woods is very good as Powell, the main villain so to speak. Danson is very good as one of the detectives. Unfortunately, Savage (who plays the other detective) is a mediocre actor, and Seales (the other criminal) is awful and seems to have walked out of a 1930s theater with his hamming (there's no other word for it).
The direction is tight in the first half but pretty much loses it in the second. I give it points for honesty and not going for gimmicks etc, but it doesn't do the truthful storytelling very well. The director should have known his limitations and tried to go for a more entertaining angle. It'd have been nice to see more of the early Powell and his attempts at crime, and a longer set up of the post crime events and how the two come to be caught. This could have been a much better movie.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Deception on His Mind (2003)
Maybe the worst one of the series
I am a fan of the series but this one falls way short. Firstly, Havers's character in this is completely wrong. She is too diffident, too easily ruffled, too quickly taken to task (by Lynley as well as Barlow). And just how are we supposed to believe she is interested in someone who talks derogatorily of English women? It does not make any sense. Further, without giving any spoilers, there are unnecessary changes made to the narrative structure which not only violate "if it ain't broken don't fix it" but also stretch the viewer's credulity. In a similar vein, the action sequence at the end does not belong at all in the series. Even the directorial touch is wrong with the constant closeups of faces. It's as if they thought let's do one about the Pakistani community and the hell with everything else. Despite the pretty decent plot, this episode just does not belong in the Lynley canon.
Andrey Rublyov (1966)
One of the greatest movies of all time
You cannot see this movie without being prepared. You want to see it preferably alone with no disturbances. And you need patience and the right mood - contemplative, philosophical.
This movie is an experience. I have seen nothing like it and doubt I ever will. I am a cynic by nature yet this movie completely affected me, even though I cannot put a finger on why. I broke down and wept at the end of the bell making scene. It was a spiritual experience.
Andrei Rublev was my first Tarkovsky which helped (he does get repetitive across movies), but it's still easily his best work. In my opinion, that's because this movie proves that art and hard work are not mutually exclusive, but in fact good art *requires* hard work. Just notice how much vision and effort has gone into the last bell making scene. Also the raid scene, the orgy scene, the violence, all these are impossible to be art without the effort.
I feel like I'm overselling but this movie is a masterpiece. Watch it.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Identity Crisis (2009)
One of the best
The Goren stories were quite disappointing in season 7. When you find yourself looking forward to Noth, you know something is amiss. Season 8 replaced Noth by Goldblum, whom I *cannot* stand at the best of times. That was an inexplicable move, I mean what were the producers thinking? Who next? David Caruso? The team from CHIPS? So I was at a point where you just go thru the series because that's what fans do.
Well, this episode came as a shot across the bow for me. HS, that was a great episode. The story, the acting, the direction, everything was top notch. I almost teared up at the powerful last scene. And Goren is finally back - I cannot stand it when the episode focuses on personal stories rather than the real stuff, so this was very welcome. The director, Michael Smith, seems to have done some stellar work on TV, I hope he makes it big in movies as well. Can CI be back at Season 8 episode 3?
Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein (1977)
Terrible film, zero continuity
If you want to see Rajesh Khanna's hair change from his older short style to his newer "sufi" style and back every five minutes, see this movie. At one time he gives a letter to Hema Malini and has short hair and is cleanshaven. In the next scene he has crossed the street to give a letter to Farida Jalal and here he has long hair and a two week beard. Just an awful movie. Couldn't bear to watch more than half an hour. I want to know what the other reviewers here were smoking when they saw this movie. The kindest thing I can say is that perhaps the director (Meraj) signed Rajesh Khanna by mistake, and lacked the budget to work through the superstar's eccentricities.
Nostalghia (1983)
Not much here to offset the pretension
Tarkovsky being pretentious is like Lucas using CGI; but he is undoubtedly a genius - because of his other films. In Andrei Rublev, you can see his sheer hard work: events unfold before your eyes - the balloon, the clown, the orgy, the raid, the awesome bell - all these scenes are masterpieces. Solaris has the mood and sets done just right, which causes an overwhelming uneasiness in the viewer.
Nostalghia has nothing of the sort. I actually didn't mind the last couple of scenes - the immolation and the candle. It was the rest of the movie that was - how shall I put it - duller. Tarkovsky is just being lazy here. Not only has he given up any attempt at hard work, he repeats and re-repeats himself - from his own other movies and then within this movie itself.
The scenes of things under water - done in Andrei Rublev. The family life scenes (including ending) - same as Solaris. Rain inside house - cf snow inside church in Rublev. Philosophical conversations about the same old topics - done better in Rublev. Fog - done in Solaris. Unblinking closeup of painting - you get the idea. Even the immolation reminds of the cow being set on fire in Rublev. There is little that's original here - the baths, the candle scene. That's about it.
If this is your first Tarkovsky you might like it better. But this is a pretentious, unoriginal, tired work with few redeeming qualities.
Shwaas (2004)
Extremely overrated movie
Shwaas may have a good story, but the director is utterly devoid of talent. He does not know when to stop. When the story calls for people to act confused, there are ten minute scenes of people miming the act of confusion. When the story calls for a little background history, there are ten minute scenes of Konkan's greenery. When the story calls for a kid throwing tantrums... you get the idea.
Not to mention the extreme closeups so that you can count people's nose hair. There are movies that should be seen on a big screen, this movie should be seen on a 13" TV. Also Amruta Subhash who plays Asavari is the worst actress I've seen in quite a long time. A normal human being would need to practise overacting for years to achieve what she does so effortlessly.
I give it 4/10 solely because the subject matter is different, and the story is not bad. The fact that a movie like Shwaas gets to be India's entry to the Oscars tells volumes not about the state of Indian cinema but the state of Indian judging committees. A movie is not good just because its subject matter is arty.
The Edwardian Country House (2002)
Interesting, informative, superbly made
Reality TV is not for me or so I used to think after not being able to endure more than five minutes of American Idol or Bachelor or Survivor. Until I chanced upon "Manor House" on PBS while channel surfing Sunday afternoon -- the first episode was just beginning -- and was hooked for six hours as they showed the entire series.
This is brilliant television, I've never seen anything like it. Not only was it extremely interesting and informative, it was great fun. The characters were so genuine. Most played their parts perfectly. Loved Sir John, the born aristocrat, who one week into the thing talks about the "clarity of the system... the poor will always be with us... Jesus said so, he couldn't be wrong". This is genuine, matchless stuff! The Lady talking about the undergarments of the time, shyly, a little naughtily, and wasn't her use of euphemisms just perfect? Also the butler, another genuine chap.
That said, I would have loved to see: (1) Less of the reality-TV-like romance (2) More of the cook in general, and more of his argument with Sir John (3) Less and more of the tutor - most scenes he was in were boring, but OTOH his homosexuality which would be obvious even in 1900 was not addressed or even mentioned (4) More information about the actors' real lives.
In any case despite its flaws, it's really light years better than your average reality TV. Forget Survivor, this is the real thing.
Seducing Maarya (2000)
Watching this movie was pure and unadulterated torture. It is a movie so appallingly bad that it cannot even be watched for poking fun at, like Plan 9 or Dolemite. Unlike Wood or Rudy Moore, this director has absolutely no endearing quality and comes across as a snob full of it. This movie is akin to ultra modern art, where a broken toilet or a piece of dog excrement is supposed have great artistic merit. I can count on fingers of one hand movies I've seen that are worse than Seducing Maarya.
I shouldnt even talk about the story... let's just say it is terrible. Every scene is more awful than the previous. People laugh for no reason. And loudly too, and for minutes, and for the same (no) joke, till it drives you mad. Nandana Sen looks and acts horrid. The usually dependable Mohan Agashe is wasted and looks it. The less said about the direction and technical aspects the better. Please avoid this awful, awful mess.


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