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Languages on the Web and in modern software products are commonly identified using RFC 3066 language tags. Locales in modern software are identified in various proprietary ways, but no standard exists for identifying them.
For that matter, there isn't always general agreement about what constitutes a locale, what should be identified, or even if anything ever should be identified as a locale.
My involvement with both language and locale tags as an on-going project started several years ago when an active and lively discussion of the problem was conducted on the now defunct "locales" list hosted on the Yahoo groups site. In this discussion there were several different points of view that emerged. Ultimately, though, I wrote a specification for a locale identifier scheme that I called "ULocale". ULocales were URNs that could describe various independent features of a user's language and cultural preferences.
In a discussion at Unicode Conference #22 with Mark Davis, we agreed that ULocales, while possibly a good idea, would not sufficiently meet the needs of Web applications because a de facto standard already existed and could be modified to meet the needs of Web services appropriately. The de facto standard was RFC 3066 language tags. The modification was the addition of script subtags to identify variations in writing system.
The W3C Internationalization Core Working Group recently rechartered and one of the work items that it is undertaking is to provide better information about language identifiers and a clear definition of locale identifiers for Web technologies. This work is driven by the findings of the Internationalization Working Group's Web Services Task Force (WSTF) under the previous charter. In surveying Web services, it was noted (in the Web Services I18N Usage Scenarios) that:
Other groups are also working on the problem of language and locale identification. Notably, the Unicode Consortium took over the Common Locale Data Repository project during 2004.
RFC 3066 and its predecessor, RFC 1766, define language tags for use on the Internet. Language tags are necessary for many applications, ranging from cataloging content to computer processing of text. The RFC 3066 standard for language tags has been widely adopted in various protocols and text formats, including HTML, XML, and CLDR, as the best means of identifying languages and language preferences.
RFC 3066 was adopted in January 2001. In the past four years issues with the design of language tags and the standards that underlie them have become apparent. A new Internet-Draft, draft-phillips-langtags, has been developed to address these concerns.
This draft proposes enhancements to RFC 3066. Because their names are unwieldy, it is sometimes the practice to refer to Internet-Drafts using the old number plus the French suffix "bis" (which means second) to refer to a proposed successor to an existing RFC.
Because revisions to RFC 3066 have such broad implications, it is important to understand the reasons for modifying the structure of language tags and the design implications of the proposed replacement.
RFC 3066bis addresses a number of issues that implementers of language tags have faced in recent years:
The stability, accessibility, and ambiguity issues are crucial. Currently, because of changes in underlying ISO standards, a valid RFC 3066 language tag may become invalid (or have its meaning change) at a later date. With much of the world's computing infrastructure dependent on language tags, this is simply unacceptable: it invalidates content that may have an extensive shelf-life. In this specification, once a language tag is valid, it remains valid forever.
To understand the reasons for creating 3066bis, it is important to understand how Language Tags are defined by RFC 3066.
Tags defined by RFC 3066 take two forms. Most tags are formed using an ISO 639-1 (two-letter) or ISO 639-2 (three letter) language tag, optionally followed by an ISO 3166 country code. Tags formed in this manner are not individually registered and anyone can use such a combination of codes to identify their language preferences or the language of some piece of content. Because this system allows a broad range of tags to be formed by reference to the underlying standards, these tags are referred to as generative in nature. The generative system is very powerful and allows content authors and others to form and use very expressive tags without the need to engage in a long and arduous registration process. Examples of such tags are:
While it is possible to generate tags that do not identify any likely real-world content, such as Aleut as
used in Belgium, tags of this nature do not represent a serious problem. Consider the case of a database that can identify people
mode of transporation and
commute distance. It is not a problem that one could compose a query for people who walk to work with a distance greater than 100 kilometers, even though it is extremely unlikely for any results to be returned.
There are more serious problems with the RFC 3066 definition of generative tags, however. The ISO 639 and ISO 3166 standards are not freely available and evolve over time. For example, ISO 3166 has withdrawn tags in the past and, worse, then reassigned them to a different country altogether. As a result it is difficult for implementers to obtain a correct list of codes and then ensure interoperability with other implementations of language tags.
The other way to form an RFC 3066 tag is via registration with IANA. Tags registered with IANA identify a specific language, dialect or variation. Unlike the generative tags, the registered values cannot be combined with other standard subtags to form additional tags that are more descriptive. Examples of such tags are:
Registration, besides being a long and arduous process, also presents a variety of problems for implementers. Although the tags are freely available, most implementations do not support these tags because they do not fit neatly into the generative system. Special logic is required to handle these tags, especially when performing language negotiation or fallback. In addition, many of the tags are deprecated because the registration process is less opaque and time-consuming than registering a language with ISO 639 MA/RA has historically been. Eventually ISO 639 does catch up and assign the language a code, resulting in overlapping tag choices. Implementations must also deal with the implications of multiple valid tags identifying what is essentially the same content.
But most problematic is the lack of a relationship to the generative mechanism. Since each variation of a tag must be separately registered, language variations with a broad range of valid uses require an enormous number of registrations. For example, there are 8 registrations to deal with minor spelling reforms in the German language and these registrations cover just three countries where German is commonly spoken--and no countries where it is not the majority language (including those where it is spoken widely). Variations in languages with a broader diffusion (such as Chinese) may require 20 or more registrations to gain full coverage.
The registration process, in fact, was designed with the assumption that each language tag is atomic in nature; that one is not supposed to "look inside" a tag such as
de-CH-1996 to find the region, for example. RFC 3066 describes a rudimentary matching scheme based on
language ranges which brings the alleged opacity of the registered tags into question.
This specification addresses each of these issues with a simple, elegant design that is compatible with existing language tags and implementations.
This compatibility exists on several levels. All language tags, both generative and registered, that were valid under RFC 3066 are still valid under this specification. In addition, and very importantly, language tags that are newly defined by this specification are compatible with the ABNF syntax, matching, parsing, and other mechanisms defined by RFC 3066.
Thus for an implementation of RFC 3066, all of the new tags defined by this specification are still in the form of valid registered tags, and will simply be dealt with in whatever fashion the implementation used to handle future registrations, those that were added to the registry after the implementation was created. In other words, tags formed under this specification that are unfamiliar to RFC 3066 implementations will be treated by those implementations as if they were registered tags from a future version of the 3066 registry.
The largest change proposed in the draft is that it modifies the structure of the language tag registry. Instead of having to obtain lists of codes from five separate external standards, the IANA registry will maintain a comprehensive list of valid subtags that can be used in the generative mechanism in a machine-parseable text format. This registry will continue to track the existing core standards and will start with the current list of valid codes. As future codes are assigned, the IANA registry will be updated to reflect the changes.
RFC 3066 also doesn't allow effective testing of conformance. The problem with RFC 3066 is that to determine the status of an implementation produced at a given point, one has to reconstruct the historical contents of each of the ISO standards and the historical contents of the registry. This is a time-consuming and error-prone process. The new registry provides a complete, easily parseable file which provides the precise the contents of valid tags for any point in time. The underlying standards (three existing ISO stanards, plus the two new ones incorporated by the draft) are not readily available.
Having a separate registry allows IANA language tags to resolve ambiguity and stability problems with the underlying standards. Language tags formed today will be guaranteed to maintain their validity and meaning essentially forever, something that is not true today.
In addition, switching to a subtag registry changes the nature of registrations themselves. Instead of registering complete tags and therefore potentially having to register a very large number of them (complicating life for implementers and discouraging support for the registry), a single subtag can be generatively combined to form many useful tags.
For example, one registered tag today is
zh-Hans, which represents
Chinese written in the
Simplified Chinese script. Only this tag is valid under RFC 3066. Useful tags such as
(SG=Signapore) or
zh-Hans-CN are not valid. By switching to a registry in which
Hans is a
registered subtag, any of these valid and useful tags can be formed generatively.
In addition, the subtag registry will encourage implementers to support registered items, since the subtags will fit the generative mechanism and exception handling code will no longer be necessary with the exception of a fixed set of grandfathered tags that only has to be implemented once.
To prevent the IANA language registry filling up with deprecated entries, rules have also been introduced to curb harmful registrations that should be handled by the various ISO maintenance and registration authorities (such as ISO 639). The point is not to usurp the ISO standard's authority and expertise but to make these standards accessible in a coherent way for implementers of language tags.
The new structure and registry allows implementations to determine much more about tags, even in the absence of registry information. This is important because at any given point in time there will be a mixture of implementations that have different snapshots of the registry. The new structure allows these implementations to to interoperate effectively. In particular, the category of all subtags (as language, region, script, etc.) can be determined without reference to the particular version of the registry snapshot by the implementation. This allows for much more robust implementations, and greater compatibility over time.
This specification introduces two additional international standards as sources for language tags.
ISO 15924 represents script codes. (The example above of
Hans is from ISO 15924.) Writing
system variations are often crucial to communicate, especially when selecting content using language
negotiation. Addition of this standard will allow these distinctions to be formed generatively,
rather than via individual registration.
UN M.49 represents region and country codes. The UN M.49 standard is used by ISO 3166 to
determine what a country is. The UN M.49 codes are used by this specification in two ways. First, if
ISO 3166 reassigns a country code formerly associated with one country to another country (as it did
in 2001 with the
CS code, formerly Czechoslovakia and now assigned to Serbia and Montenegro), then
the UN M.49 code can be placed in the registry to preserve stability. Secondly, the UN M.49 standard
defines regional codes for areas such as
Central and South America which can be useful in forming
language tags for larger regions.
Because of the widespread use of language tags, it is potentially disruptive to have periodic revisions of the core specification, despite demonstrated need. This specification addresses this problem by fully specifying the valid syntax of language tags, while providing for future, unforeseen, requirements. One of these mechanisms is the extlang subtags, which allows for future extensions of ISO 639, in particular, the advent of ISO 639-3.
Private use subtags is another one of these mechanisms. In RFC 3066, any tag that was not
registered or wholly made up of generative subtags must use a wholly private-use tag (such as
Recipients of such a tag are not allowed to infer any information from such a tag, except by private
agreement. Implementations cannot extract useful non-private values from such as tag. RFC 3066bis allows for private use subtags in a particular, prescribed manner.
the IANA registered tag
sl-nedis, which represents the Natisone dialect of Slovenian. The subtag
is a valid ISO 639-1 code for Slovenian. Prior to its registration with IANA, if users wished to tag
content as being in the Natisone dialect, they had two choices for language tags:
sl and
(or similar). The first tag does not meet the need of distinguishing the text from other varieties
of Slovenian, while the second one does not convey the relationship to Slovenian to outside
processors (a human might look at the tag and infer Slovenian, but the
sl subtag doesn't necessarily represent that language).
Under this specification, if a new dialect of Slovenian were needed (let's call it the 'xyzzy'
dialect), a tag such as
sl-x-xyzzy can be used. In fact, a quite comprehensive amount of
information can be communicated:
sl-Latn-IT-x-xyzzy would represent Slovenian written using the
Latin script as used in Italy with some additional private distinguishing information (which
implementations of this specification can match algorithmically).
Note that RFC 3066 private use tags are still permitted and have the same information content and treatment as they did previously.
The extension mechanism also provides a way for independent RFCs to define extensions to language tags. These extensions have a very constrained, well-defined structure to prevent extensions from interfering with implementations of either RFC 3066 or of RFC 3066bis.
Content tagging is only one of the applications for language tags. The other major applications
are querying for for matches and in content negotiation. RFC 3066 defines
language ranges for use
in content negotiation and querying and describes a very simple matching algorithm. RFC 3066bis maintains compatibility with this language negotiation scheme. A separate document (draft-phillips-langmatching) was created to deal with the topics of matching and ranges formerly contained in RFC 3066.
Existing language tag processors already fall into two categories. There are language tag processors that check if language tags have the proper, well-formed, syntax, but which do not validate their content, and there are language tag processors that in addition validate and reject unrecognized tags. Each of these categories is appropriate to different implementations. For example, to process incoming tags that may have been formed under a future registry, an implementation may restrict itself to only checking well-formedness. Another implementation that allows users to generate tags may fully validate.
RFC 3066bis clearly distinguishes these two possible classes of conformance, and provides an explicit, testable definition of each one.
One concern that is crucial to acceptance of the new language tag design is how it works with existing implementations of RFC 3066 and how existing implementations will interact with implementations of the newer language tags.
It is important to recognize that all language tags that were valid under the existing RFC 3066 will remain valid, with their meanings intact, under the new specification. In fact, RFC 3066bis stabilizes these meanings so that existing implementations can be continued forward for as long as necessary. Content, regardless of its format, will remain valid, essentially forever.
As content and systems begin to make use of the new language tags by adopting the additional fields defined by this specification, there will be an impact on software and systems that expect only the older tags. The design of this specification was carefully created so that all of the new values that can be assigned fit the pattern for registered language tags under RFC 3066. Thus while existing implementations will not recognize the meaning in the tags, they will be able to process them as if they were unrecognized-but-well-formed registered tags.
One concern that arose in discussions of the design of RFC 3066bis is the placement of the script subtag in the generative mechanism. Under the draft, the script subtag is placed between the primary language and region subtags. Some implementers have noted that some existing implementations are sometimes built to rely on the region code being in the second position. With 3066bis, it is not guaranteed that a region code will be in the second position, if present. Thus those processors would not be able to find a region code in a 3066bis language tag, if it wasn't in second position.
However, this was also not guaranteed under RFC 3066; it was only guaranteed to be true for the generated tags. So those implementations would be no worse off then if they tried to find a region code in a registered RFC 3066 language tag. Once they upgrade to 3066bis, however, they then have the ability to parse all of the subtags, in a guaranteed fashion instead of a heuristic.
The design chosen was a tradeoff between immediate compatibility with implementations that already do not recognize the tag versus the logical aspects of placing the script subtag in the second position. The reason for allowing the region code to sometimes not be in the second position is that when present, the script is much more tightly bound to the language than the region is. By design in RFC 3066, subtags occur in decreasing importance so that the practice of matching by truncation works in most cases. For example, when integrating sources of data into a webpage, it is better to have a mixture of content with regional variations than it is to have a hodgepodge of different scripts show up. Having the script code come before the country code makes this happen.
In addition, although the new draft on matching acknowledges the possibility of alternate or advanced matching and negotiation strategies, it maintains the existing matching algorithm (by removing subtags from the right side of a language tag until a match is obtained), simply providing more detail on usage.
The authors of this document (who are the authors of RFC 3066bis) have worked for the past eighteen months with a wide range of experts in the language tagging community to build consensus on a design for language tags that meets the needs and requirements of the user community. Language tags form a basic building block for natural language support in computer systems and content. The revision proposed in this specification addresses the needs of this community of users with a minimal impact on existing content and implementations, while providing a stable basis for future development, expansion, and improvement.


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The suspension came after a post-game skirmish involving Camara, following the Spirit's Sept. 17 exhibition game in Sarnia. Watson will be out for the Spirit's opening weekend games at Kitchener Friday night and Erie Saturday. Camara received a four-game suspension from the league.
League rules state that if a player is involved in an off-ice incident, his head coach will also be suspended.
"There was no intent for trouble or issues to come up," Watson said. "It just transpired after the game. But the rule states that the coach is suspended if a player gets involved that wasn't on the ice. So I'm out."
Watson and Camara will both make the road trip with the team. Associate coach John Kisil will coach the Spirit in Watson's absence.

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Jeni Patton
Jeni Patton is an Instructor of Computer Information Systems on the Sierra Vista campus at Cochise College in sunny Southeastern Arizona. She has an M.S. in Education from California State University, Hayward (now East Bay). She has certificates in Technical and Professional Communication and Online Teaching and Learning from CSU, Hayward and a B.S. in Computer Science from Portland State University with undergraduate work in Computer Engineering at Boston University. Jeni served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Solomon Islands, South Pacific, 1990-1993. Before coming to Cochise College in 1997, she taught Mathematics at VisionQuest for the San Joaquin County (CA) Office of Education, Alternative Programs.


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Men's Tennis Narrowly Falls To Wayne State, 4-3
Feb. 7, 2004
Hinsdale, Ill.- Despite another fine effort from Artsem Burmistrau and exciting singles victories by Paul Glendenning and Pat Zufan, the University of Illinois at Chicago men's tennis team was narrowly defeated by Wayne State, 4-3, at the Hinsdale Racket Courts on Saturday night.
Wayne State notched the doubles point with two wins while splitting the six singles contests.
UIC (1-4) was paced by Burmistrau's No. 1 singles win over Miguel Cobbs, 6-3, 6-3. It is Burmistrau's third straight win of the season, keeping him undefeated with a 3-0 record in singles play.
Burmistrau also teamed with John Cincola to grab UIC's only doubles win on the day, taking out Cobbs and Rohan Singh, 8-6, at the top doubles slot.
The Flames received outstanding matches from Glendenning and Zufan. Glendenning defeated Lech Czerwinski, 7-6 (1), 7-6(9), in a tough battle, while Zufan went back and forth with Greg Zilo at No. 6 singles before earning a hard-fought 7-6 (4), 5-7, 11-9 win.
Karol Zarucki turned in an admirable performance against Singh at No. 2 singles, just barely going down in a 7-6, 7-6 contest with the Wayne State phenom.
Yevgen Ryeznik was also strong in defeat, dropping a 7-5, 7-5 bout with Goran Marijan.
Cincola rounded out the singles action with a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Sebastian Foka.
In other doubles action, Ryeznik and Glendenning dropped an 8-3 match to Marijan and Foka at the No. 2 doubles spot, while Zufan and Zarucki's "Z-Team" pairing could not overcome Czerwinski and Phil Tharakan in a rough 8-4 heartbreaker.
UIC is back in action Friday, February 20th as they take on Southern Methodist University at the Oak Brook Racket Court. The action kicks off at 8 p.m.


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Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition (Gasoline and LPG) Equipment Regulation (LSI Regulation)
This page last reviewed September 25, 2015
To achieve its healthy air quality, climate, and sustainability goals, California must take effective, well-coordinated actions to transition to a zero emission transportation system for both passengers and freight. The freight transport system is a major economic engine for California, but also accounts for about half of toxic diesel particulate matter, 45 percent of the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) that form ozone and fine particulate matter in the atmosphere, and 6 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in California. These statistics include emissions from trucks, ships, locomotives, aircraft, harbor craft, and all types of equipment used to move freight at seaports, airports, rail yards, warehouses and distribution centers. Proposed amendments to the LSI Fleet Regulation are identified in the Sustainable Freight Strategy as a Near-Term ARB Measure.
In 1998, ARB first adopted emission standards for new spark-ignited engines used in propane forklifts and other similar industrial equipment. These engines are referred to as large spark-ignition engines. In addition to forklifts, the LSI category includes airport ground support equipment (GSE), sweepers and scrubbers, generator sets, small irrigation pumps, and a variety of other similar equipment.
The LSI Fleet Regulation applies to operators of forklifts, sweeper/scrubbers, industrial tow tractors, and airport GSE. These vehicles are found in approximately 2,000 LSI fleets in California in industries as diverse as manufacturing, wholesale, transportation and utilities, retail, services, and construction, as well as public agencies. The 2006 LSI rulemaking and 2010 amendments required operators of in-use fleets to achieve specific hydrocarbon + NOx fleet average emission level (FAEL) standards that became more stringent over time, the lowest FAEL for large and medium fleets was to be achieved in 2013. The standards are also more stringent for forklifts than they are for non-forklift fleets. The stringency of the standards reflects the differences in availability of retrofit devices for the four categories of in-use LSI equipment as well as the greater ability of large fleets to incorporate zero- and near zero-emission equipment into their operations. Since 2007, fleet operators are required to keep updated fleet records at their facilities until June 30, 2016. Small fleets and in-field agricultural equipment are exempt from the LSI Fleet Regulation.
What's New
Posted September 25, 2015
- Public Workshops To Discuss Proposed Amendments To The Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engine Fleet Regulation
Staff is developing a proposal to require reporting and labeling, similar to the existing In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulation, for equipment covered by the LSI Fleet Regulation. Additional minor clarifications are also being proposed. The proposed amendments are critical to providing needed inventory updates, facilitating uniform compliance, and identifying incentive opportunities. Staff is also interested in hearing from affected stakeholders on alternatives to achieving these same objectives. For more information, please contact Todd Sterling, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 323-2397. To be apprised of public workshops or other opportunities for public input, please subscribe to the regulation mailing list.
- Workshop Notice (PDF - 42K)
- Meeting Handouts (PDF - 1.13M)
- Draft Proposed LSI Regulatory Language (PDF - 162K)
29, 2015
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812
30, 2015
Coast Air Quality Management District
For those unable to attend in person, webcast may be accessed here.
08, 2015
For those unable to attend in person, webcast may be accessed here.


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Vencer, an all-new Dutch car manufacturer, has released pictures of their first super car, the Sarthe. The super sports is a two-seater, with a design that in some lines (front) reminds of the McLaren F1 and mounts large and flashy alloy wheels. Its strength comes from the total weight of 1,390 Kg, achieved through the use of special materials like carbon fibre for the bodywork and chrome - molybdenum for the frame.
Under the hood of the Vencer Sarthe lies a GM-sourced, centre positioned V8 engine, developing an output of 510 hp and 650 Nm of maximum torque, according to what reported by Autoblog.nl. The supercar boasts true sports performance: 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and top speed of 326 km/h. The Sarthe is equipped with ABS and EBD safety systems. At present no information about pricing and number of units produced has been released.


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Apple Trail
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Apple Trail parallels ridge routes followed by the historic Mascall Stock Driveway and the Paulina-Dayville Wagon Road (Apple Road) through open grass and shrubland, and mixed conifer forest. Most grades are moderate, with some steep pitches. Trail is maintained every year to primitive standards. Horse travelers can plan loop trips of various lengths using other trails and lightly traveled forest roads to return to their starting point. Use caution when sharing roads with motor vehicles.
Directions: From Paulina: continue east on Paulina-Suplee Highway 3½ miles to Beaver Creek Road.Turn north (left) onto Beaver Creek Road 7½ miles to Forest Road 42. Follow FR #42 1.5 miles to FR #3810. Take FR #3810 6.5 miles to FR #38 at the end of FR #3810. Turn east (right) onto FR #38, following it 4 miles to FR #3820. Take FR #3820 2 miles to the unmarked trailhead at Mascall Corrals (historic site of sheep sorting pens no longer in existence). Roadside parking is available.
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As you can see from the above image, nero is showing some "session is open" in my DVD rewritable disc. The problem is whenever I erase the session it is not getting erased and I am unable to write the remaining part of the disc.
So, the worst part is will I be able to use this dvd-rw again or now it's just a waste scrap?
Nero version is 11
OS win7
AV is KIS2012
Dvd-rw is from Sony company
Dvd drive from samsung sh-s203b with latest firmware


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UNT Research Home | Advancing Nanotechnology | Other examples of UNT nanotechnology research
Stronger airplanes:
Researchers in UNT's Institute for Science and Engineering Simulation use modeling and simulation to determine what causes jet engine failure and to evaluate materials at the molecular level to design more robust airplane parts for the U.S. Air Force. The project is funded by about $8.5 million from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Non-stick frying pans:
Witold Brostow, Regents Professor of materials science and engineering, is working to develop a new, stronger and safer non-stick surface for frying pans to replace the current technology that can potentially emit a suspected carcinogen. Brostow says as everyone who has ever created scrambled eggs knows, current frying pan coatings also have "hopeless scratch resistance." New nanohybrids under development have high wear and scratch resistance as well as low friction.
Eco-friendly packages:
Countless soldiers can tell stories of subsisting on MREs, or Meals Ready to Eat. Unfortunately, the environmental impact is substantial, with the rations producing 14,000 tons of packaging waste each year. Nandika D'Souza, associate professor of materials science and engineering, is working with the military to make MRE packaging more environmentally friendly. She is developing materials that will take less than a month to decompose instead of the four centuries traditional petroleum-based plastics require.
Drug delivery:
The toughest part of using any medication is remembering when to take it and how much to take. That's why Zhibing Hu, Regents Professor of physics, is developing a gel with microscopic particles that do all the work for you. Using hydrogels — water-based, gelatin-like polymers that can be programmed to expand and contract in reaction to temperature — Hu has created a self-regulating delivery system for medicine. He is working to develop biodegradable hydrogel devices that can be implanted to medicate an illness. Once the device has completed its task, it can be broken down and absorbed by the body.
A new light:
Researchers are rethinking a 130-year-old standby of modern technology: the light bulb. UNT's Mohammad Omary, professor of chemistry, with Nigel Shepherd, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and Bruce Gnade, UT-Dallas vice president for research, are pioneering innovative research in the field of organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, an emerging technology that will revolutionize lighting. OLEDs require far less energy to produce and operate than incandescent lights, which would lead to billions of dollars in savings and reductions in carbon emissions. Omary is working with U.S. and Japanese lighting and display companies on commercialization aspects of the UNT technology.
Killing cancer:
Researchers at UNT are studying how gold nanoparticles can be used to kill cancer cells from inside a tumor. The approach involves attaching the particles directly to the cancer cells, then beaming a certain light on them in the tumor. Their absorption of the near infrared light can generate sufficient heat to kill cancer cells. The Omary group invented a synthetic technique for toxin-free nanoparticles (patent pending) and works with Robby Petros, assistant professor of chemistry, and Pudur "Jag"Jagadeeswaran, professor of biological sciences, on biological attachment of these non-toxic particles to cancer cells and on model studies.
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Former Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon 's condition is continuing as his organs continue to deteriorate, including kidney failure, and blood infection courses through his body. 20 inches of his intestines were removed when he first became ill in 2006.
"His condition continues to be critical, and doctors note a number of central systems in his body are not functioning," Amir Maron, spokesman for Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Sharon, 85, has been in a coma for the past eight years following a devastating stroke during the neight of his political career.
A Sabra (native born Israeli), Sharon made his entrance into the world in 1928 in Kfar Malal, and began working with the Haganah (forerunner of what would one day become the Israeli army) that fought for Israel's Independence after graduating high school in 1945. He then began to rise through the Israeli military ranks in 1953, and helped form an elite commando unit before being promoted to major general in the army, a rank he held during the 6-Day War in 1967.
He also played a major part by heading the Army's Armored Reserve Division during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, eventually becoming the nation's agriculture minister and defense minister from 1981-1983. It was during this time that he directed Israel's invasion into Lebanon, which resulted in the death of hundreds of Palestinian refugees in camps outside of Beirut in September 1982, an action that caused Arab leaders to dub him the "Butcher of Beirut."
Although he resigned as Defense Minister after the attacks, Ariel Sharon went on to hold several other cabinet posts from 1984-2001, when he was named Prime Minister during a special election. And although he was considered a "hawk," he did make overtures toward working out a peace agreement with the late PLO leader Yassar Arafat before becoming permanently incapacitated.
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The greatest scorer in Fresno State history, Wil Hooker starts his third season at his alma mater as an assistant coach. Hooker was Fresno State?s equipment manager from 1995-98 while he finished his degree. In 1995, he served as an assistant coach for current UCLA assistant coach Jim Saia at Columbia College.
Hooker?s responsibilities with the Bulldogs include film breakdown and exchange and working with the Bulldogs? summer camps. During practice he works with the front court players.
Hooker is very familiar with the Bulldog program. Besides being the head manager for three years, Hooker was a stand-out player for the Bulldogs from 1989-92. He started 112 of 119 games while at Fresno State and ended his career as the Bulldogs? leading scorer with 1,739 points.
He also set career records for field goals made (262) and attempted (677), steals (183) and free throw percentage (.836) and he holds the single-season record for three-point field goals made (74). Hooker was the first Bulldog ever to total 1,700 points, 400 rebounds and 300 assists.
Hooker was named the Fresno State MVP in 1990 and 92, and was a second-team All-Big West selection in 1991-92. As a freshman, Hooker was named to the Big West All-Freshman team.
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Security Advisory
ZF2012-04: Potential Proxy Injection Vulnerabilities in Multiple Zend Framework 2 Components
Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr and
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Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr, if the client is behind a proxy server,
the detection of the proxy URL was incorrect, and could lead to invalid
results on subsequent lookups.
Zend\View\Helper\ServerUrl, if the server lives behind a proxy, the helper
would always generate a URL based on the proxy host, regardless of whether
or not this was desired; additionally, it did not take into account the proxy port
or protocol, if provided.
Action Taken
A new class,
Zend\Http\PhpEnvironment\RemoteAddress, was
developed to provide reusable code surrounding the detection of a client IP via
proxy headers, and
Zend\Session\Validator\RemoteAddr was refactored
to consume this class. This code:
- no longer searches against the non-standard
- allows specifying the specific header to check against for proxy detection
- allows specifying a list of trusted proxy servers against which to mask any detected proxy IPs
- properly selects the right-most IP address from the list of proxy IPs
ServerUrl view helper was modified as follows:
- a flag was introduced to enable/disable proxy detection
- proxy detection is disabled by default
- in addition to using the
X-Forwarded-Host header, support for detecting
the proxy port (via the
X-Forwarded-Port header) and proxy protocol (via the
X-Forwarded-Proto header) was added.
This patch has been applied starting in versions 2.0.5 of Zend Framework, as well as to the 2.1 development branch.
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Dec. 2, 2009
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Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller
"That was a great college basketball game. It's not easy to say that after a loss, but it's definitely true. We both had about five to seven or eight chances to win the game, and UNLV was able to take advantage. They are a great team, excellent on defense, and Tre'Von Willis had a great game for them tonight. They were down by five at half, but UNLV stuck with it, got him the ball, and he made plays. We just have to move on, and stick together, as a team."
"They definitely tested us on defense tonight. We are improving, and I think that we couldn't have defended the ball as well ten days ago. This is our fourth game in a row like this, with this kind of intensity. Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Colorado, and now UNLV, and there is no doubt that there will be more games like this as the season goes on. We are going to have a lot of games where there is absolutely no room for error. We win as a team, we lose as a team. We'll be ready for what's next, and there is no doubt that we will keep improving."
"Our younger guys were definitely too reliant on Nic (Wise) tonight. They kept getting him the ball, and while he makes plays, Nic can't make them all. It really wore down our offense. A good number of our guys are in unfamiliar territory right now. The plays are there, and they pass them up because they doubt their talent, their ability, but that will pass, and they will get more confident."
"The game doesn't stop if someone gets hurt. Nic went down and our guys went to him, which led to UNLV getting a practically open lay up. That can't happen. We gave up too much tonight, and that can't keep happening. We have to find a way to up the confidence of our freshmen and sophomores, and I know we will.
"Derrick (Williams) had a really great game tonight. Sometimes I wonder how our team would be if we didn't have him. He is very talented, and will do a lot of great things this season. Had we won tonight, he would have been the reason for it."
Arizona Player Quotes
Freshman Forward Derrick Williams
"I thought we played hard. It was a tough loss. Somebody had to lose; we were just on the wrong side of the coin I guess. It was a tough loss."
"We played excellent on defense, we were a completely different team out there tonight than we were against Vanderbilt."
On how UNLV tried to stop him:
"They kept switching bigs on me, putting some quicker bigs on me. They had three guys, some post-up bigs, some quicker bigs that they kept interchanging. It was pretty physical. They were fouling a lot, so we just had to be strong and finish, which I did tonight, getting all those And-1's."
Freshman Guard Lamont Jones
On the improved defense:
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"We showed a lot of people that we can play with the best of them. They're top 25 and we're a team that no one expects much out of, and we played with them the entire night. We all like the direction this program is headed. They're a top 25 team and we took them into two overtimes, it's disappointing that we lost the game, I know we could have won."


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Toes: I elevated them while I slept last night and they seem better today. I will try to do that for the next few nights. They did seem to improve as the day went on yesterday; some of the feeling returned after walking around and the ones that were very swollen reduced a little. Unfortunately, I'm in the office and can't keep them elevated during the day. I will try to get up and walk around the building a few times today, however.
Allergies: Allegra seems to do a good enough job of keeping the sneezing and itchy eyes at bay. The neti pot helps with the post nasal drip, but is not working as well anymore, now that everything is blooming. I'm interested in trying stinging nettle leaf (in a supplement), but that will have to wait until after next paycheck. I am waiting until I can order colostrum again, I want to see if that will help too. The neti pot is a hassle, but at least it helps pretty significantly.
Weather is looking up this weekend! I want to go biking!
I ate pancakes yesterday. So tasty. A few little pimples to show for it. Yes, they were regular wheaty pancakes (well, chocolate chip). I had an egg and bacon with them to help mitigate any hypoglycemic symptoms and I was fine.
I got my period yesterday, much earlier than expected.
Wedding: Hulky and I are tossing around ideas for favors & programs. We'd like to have some kind of print-out that can be left out for our guests after the ceremony, with a basic announcement "Tasha & [Hulky] were married in front of friends & family on July 13, 2013 at the [my last name] homestead in [my hometown]" and information on our registry/honeymoon website. I'm thinking of making a "wedsite" where we could also host pictures and videos that people take, or possibly set up a place for people to upload their photos to share with us. We'd link to the registry from that site. We want these programs to work for people who cannot attend, so we can mail them out too. I think I'll probably design something in Photoshop or Word, otherwise I think we can design something for pretty cheap online, possibly less than $1 per program (need 50-60, I think, so there are extras). We'll just need to buy nice paper and be stealthy about using somebody's color printer (my mom has a good one, but I'm worried that she'll notice the ink levels reduce =P).
I want to make my template/trial infinity dress next month. I'm going to need something like 5 yards of stretch fabric (probably stretch jersey) to make it! For the template dress, I think I will just use an old bed sheet for the skirt. I'm mostly concerned about getting the circle skirt measurements right, and the waistband. The rest seems fairly easy and any messy seams will be hidden. I should have enough fabric leftover if I buy the jersey for the straps to make two sets, otherwise I can just reuse the straps on the final dress if they come out right. That means I have to pick a color! Still leaning towards a pastel/baby blue.
We want to jump into the pool after the ceremony ("You may now take the plunge!") but I'm not too keen on getting married in a swim suit. I may put my bathing suit on under the dress and while Chip reads the last announcement, I'll take it off.
Also, I'm going to plan on getting a pixie cut (I may get it trimmed soon, the back is getting ridiculous) 2-3 weeks before the party, then bleach it 1-2 weeks before, and pink soon after that :).
Hulky's best man will probably not be able to make it out :(. Flights from Flint, MI to here around that time are over $300. I don't know if we'll be able to afford his ticket, but we're going to try. Unfortunately, Jet Blue doesn't fly out from there and they are usually pretty cheap.


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Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 41st round of the 2004 MLB draft ... Selected in the 42nd round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 MLB draft.
Arizona 2007
Appeared in 17 games, making 10 starts ... Went 4-3 with a
4.98 ERA and 62 Ks in 68 2/3 innings pitched ... NCAA Wichita Regional (June 1-4): Allowed just three runs on five
hits over 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision start against the Shockers. Struck out
six and walked two ... at No. 6
Arizona 2006
Appeared in 15 games, making 10 starts ... Went 4-3 with a
6.83 ERA in 56 2/3 innings of work ... at
USC (May 26-28): Was named the
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week after shutting out the Trojans in a seven-hit,
complete-game effort. Struck out seven and walked just one over nine innings in
UA's 6-0 win ... No. 12 Arizona State (May 19-21): Picked up
his third win of the season with a five-inning start against the Sun Devils ... at Washington (April 28-30): Did not
earn a decision despite limiting the Huskies to one earned run on just two hits
over six innings. Finished the contest with seven strikeouts ... Stanford (April 21-23): Picked up his
second win of the season after limiting the Cardinal to three runs on five hits
over six innings. Struck out four and walked three ... at No. 14 Oregon State (April 7-9): Won his first game of the
season after holding the eventual national champion Beavers to just one run on
five hits in seven innings of work ... at
Cal (March 30-April 1): Struck out a season-high eight batters over 5 1/3
innings in a no-decision start. Allowed just one run on five hits ... No. 7 Cal State Fullerton (March
17-19): Gave up two earned runs over 4 1/3 innings in two appearances against
the Titans. Finished the weekend with four Ks ... at No. 15
Arizona 2005
Appeared in 18 games and made 12 starts ... Finished the season 3-3 with a 5.50 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings ... NCAA Fullerton Regional (June 3-6): Gave up an unearned run in 2 2/3 innings of relief of UA's final postseason game of the year ... at #22 Stanford (May 20-22): Picked up his third win of the year after limiting the Cardinal to one earned run on four hits over three innings of relief ... Utah Valley State (May 6-8): Made his final start of the season. Went 2 1/3 innings and gave up two runs on five hits in the no-decision effort ... at Sac State (April 23): Was charged with his second loss of the year despite giving up just two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Finished the outing with five strikeouts ... #15 Oregon State (April 15-17): Went a season-high 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision start against the Beavers ... UNLV (March 15-16): Picked up his second win of the season in a 15-4 win over the Rebels. Went a season-high 5 1/3 innings and struck out a season-best seven hitters ... Arizona State (Feb. 23): Gave up just one run on four hits while striking out six in a four-inning no-decision start ... Northern Colorado (Feb. 12-13): Earned his first career victory in his second UA start. Did not give up a run and scattered three hits over five innings with a career-high seven Ks in the 10-0 combined shutout win ... New Mexico (Feb. 4-6): Went four innings against the Lobos in his first career start. Gave up two earned runs on three hits and struck out five. Did not earn a decision.
Summer 2005
Pitched for the Orleans Cardinals in the Cape Cod League ... Went 2-3 with a save and a 2.33 ERA in 38 2/3 innings.
High School
Graduated from Hanford High School in Hanford, Calif., where he earned three varsity letters in baseball for head coach Ryan Champlin ... Team captain his senior season ... West Yosemite League MVP his junior year ... First team all-league his junior year ... Batted .426 as a junior ... 2004 Louisville Slugger Preseason HS All-America team ... Also earned three letters a shooting guard on the basketball team for head coach Brad Felder ... Basketball team captain his senior year ... Four-year Honor Roll student ... Graduated with distinction with a 4.17 GPA ... Four-time scholar athlete.
Summer Leagues
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College: Tennessee (school history) (Coleman college stats)
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Texas Tech and South Carolina Set for Showdown
LUBBOCK, Texas - Both Texas Tech and South Carolina swept two matches with foes Southwestern Louisiana and Louisiana Tech in the 19th annual Four Points-Sheraton/Red Raider Classic volleyball tournament Friday at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum.
Texas Tech (9-0) defeated both Southwestern Louisiana (15-3, 15-6, 16-14) and Louisiana Tech (15-5, 15-10, 15-3) in straight sets, while South Carolina (5-1) answered by sweeping Louisiana Tech (15-5, 15-1, 15-7) and Southwestern Louisiana (15-1, 15-3, 15-10). Those victories set up the Four Points-Sheraton/Red Raider Classic title game against Tech and the Gamecocks at 2:00 p.m. in the Coliseum.
Tech head coach Jeff Nelson is excited about the matchup. "It's a different game," Nelson said. "We're more physical, we play the game higher above the net but they're a finesse team and move the ball around really fast. It'll be an interesting matchup. I'm excited about it because it'll be a different test for us. They play a different style of game than a lot of the teams we play in the Big XII Conference. It'll be fun."
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Senior middle blocker Brande Brown led Tech in its victory against Lousiana Tech with a sterling 15 kill performance. The senior set a personal career record with a .737 hitting percentage (15-1-19), contributed five blocks (one solo) and six digs. Brown was followed by junior outside hitter Angela Cooper's 14 kills in 22 attempts (.591 attack percentage) and sophomore outside hitter Courtney Putnam's 12 kills. Junior setter Lisa Hilgers also dished out 39 assists and led the team with nine digs. Tech finished the nightcap with 56 kills and a .422 attack percentage and limited Louisiana Tech to only 32 kills and a .155 hitting percentage.
Nelson was impressed with the play of his Raiders in the team's second victory in the nightcap against Louisiana Tech.
"The Louisiana Tech match was much better than our first," Nelson said. "We played really aggressive. We told the team beforehand to swing at every ball and go up and get after it. Tonight we didn't let the game slow down. That's what we didn't want to do- we didn't want the pace of the game to slow down like we did earlier this afternoon. It was a much better effort. Brande (Brown) was back on track and was really fantastic tonight and Angela Cooper and Courtney Putnam hit some nice balls and did some good things and Janelle Jones really played well. It was a good team effort. At times, I was really excited about how well they did play because they really looked good."
The match also marked the return of senior outside hitter Cristine Martin. Martin was cleared to play by the NCAA on Tuesday after awaiting eight months on a decision to grant her a fifth year of eligibility. Martin played in only seven matches and 16 games as a freshman after undergoing two arthroscopic surgeries. Friday, Martin totaled two kills in four attempts against Southwestern Louisiana and finished with three kills in seven attempts against Louisiana Tech.
"We got her some court time," Nelson said. "That's what we wanted to do and we're going to need her tomorrow against South Carolina. We're going to need her to go in there and do some things for us. We'll get that done."
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Texas Tech Classic Notes: Tech is looking for its second consecutive Red Raider Classic Tournament title. The Red Raiders have won the Red Raider Classic tournament title nine times in the 18-year tournament history. *Brande Brown had a career-best hitting percentage (.737) vs. Louisiana Tech with 15 kills kills and only one error in 19 attempts. *Junior setter Lisa Hilgers moved into second place on the all-time Texas Tech career assists list with 40 assists in the Raiders' first game against Southwestern Louisiana. Hilgers then finished with 39 assists against Louisiana Tech in the nightcap to finish Saturday with 3,350 career assists. She passed Sheila Solomon (3,307) and will set her sights for the Texas Tech career leader, Ginger Carter at 3,598. Hilgers should easily own the record by seasons' end.


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ANAHEIM – Teemu Selanne leaned against a wall in the Ducks dressing room and took deep breath after deep breath before firing off shot after shot of the verbal kind.
"A lot of talking. A lot of meetings. Really no answers," Selanne said Sunday night after the Ducks dropped their seventh consecutive game, a 5-2 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs before a sparse 13,685 at Honda Center.
"It seems to me that nothing works," Selanne continued. "When things go bad, they really go bad. We try to stay positive and try to find some bright sides. I don't really see any bright sides. It's just unbelievable."
The Ducks (6-13-4) stayed out of the Western Conference basement because of a Columbus loss to St. Louis, but they're about as low as a team can get. They have won once in their past 14 games and twice in the past 18.
This loss had the usual marks. Goals scored by Toronto's Tyler Bozak and Clarke MacArthur in a 19-second span after Francois Beauchemin gave the Ducks a first-period lead. Bozak making it 4-1 just 47 seconds into the third.
Selanne appeared to be flabbergasted at the same mistakes occurring, saying: "There's no mental toughness right now."
Corey Perry got his team-leading 10th goal later in the third, but the defeat again had the appearance of a paralyzed squad that's playing with a sense of dread.
"We have to be concerned with what is going on," Ducks center Saku Koivu said. "At this point, we can't think for a second that there are enough games to get back."
Coach Randy Carlyle scoffed at the notion that his team is beginning to accept losing.
"This is not something that's going to be accepted," Carlyle said. "This organization, as long as the people here representing the ownership group and what not, that will never happen as far as acceptance with what's going on right now."
As he spoke calmly but pointedly, Selanne was fuming more with each syllable.
"There's no excuses," he said. "I just hate excuses. Everybody has a job to do and it starts from there. Do your job. Not talking. It should be simple but I guess it's not.
"We shouldn't even talk about anything. Enough talking."
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Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa released a letter yesterday to both Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury and Steven Miller, Acting Commissioner of the IRS urging prompt attention by the IRS to extend the March 1, 2013 filing deadline. As many farmers know, they can file and pay by March 1 without having to make any estimated tax payments on January 15.
Due to the passage of the new tax law, the ability of the IRS to accept most farmers tax returns by March 1 is very uncertain. Senator Grassley's letter indicates that the IRS has granted an extension in the past, most recently last year when the MF Global mess occurred. In that case, the IRS did not actually extend the filing date, but granted waivers of the penalty for any estimated tax penalty caused by MF Global untimely mailing of form 1099.
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The Oklahoma Sooners are ranked in the AP Top 25 as 25th in this week's college basketball rankings. According to NewsOK.com on Jan. 13, this is the first time since 2009 that the Oklahoma Sooners basketball team has been ranked.
The Sooners are now one of five Big 12 teams ranked in the Top 25, the most of any college basketball conference. The other Big 12 teams include Iowa State (8), who Oklahoma beat on Saturday, Oklahoma State (9), Baylor (12) and Kansas (15).
The Oklahoma Sooners also ranked 29th in the Coaches Poll, but that is a big move from last week. With the win over Iowa State, OU proved they are a team to reckon with. They next face Kansas State, who dropped out of the Top 25 this week, and then face the ranked Baylor Bears. If they win those games, OU should jump nicely in the rankings next week.
The last time the Sooners were ranked was the 2009 college basketball season when Blake Griffin was still with the team.
This year's team is led by Cameron Clark, who is averaging 18.3 points a game, with Buddy Hield (16.8), Jordan Woodard (11.8), Ryan Spangler (10.9) and Isiah Cousins (10.9) making this the most well rounded team since Kelvin Samspson was coaching in Norman.
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Explainist (yay! they're back) has a new post about Explanatory Filenames and how to think about the person on the other end. Quote:
But think about the guy on the other end who receives proposals from 10
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I think the key point is about the perspective of the explainer. As I wrote in a comment, it's this awareness of the other person and their needs that helps so
much with explanation - being able to put the idea in the other
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Another example is giving driving directions (before Google Maps anyway). I bet that good explainers are also good at giving directions. When I've been lost in the past, I could see that the person giving directions had a hard time understanding what it was like to drive from A to B for the first time. Good directions account for the driver's perspective and context just like good explanations account for the learner's perspective and context.


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Amorphis - Eclipse - 2006 - Nuclear Blast
Let's first start by simply saying I am at a huge disadvantage by simply attempting to relay my thoughts and overall pleasure of this new Amorphis album. Just like the last In Flames record I feel as though I'm at a total loss for words. How can you describe a sunset to a blind man? How do you explain to a lifelong New York city resident the sights and smells of autumn in the Blue Ridge mountains of Southwest Virginia? Without the proper poetic expression it is nearly impossible. That is what I'm challenged with in explaining to you the material found on this new record, this amazing and beloved gem that shines with so much illumination and clarity. "Eclipse" is a window to the soul, a moving, emotional ride that gathers everyone who hears it into perfect harmony and love for the spirit of the song. Amorphis have reached deep into their creative reservoir, really taking their craft upon higher peaks of musical worship. This is truly a band that has no boundaries, no limits, and absolutely no restraints or binds of talent and craft. It is all on dazzling display, a whirlwind of musical perfection that few bands and musicians can even fathom. This is extraordinary, this is absolutely amazing. This is the spirit of song, captured in all of its stunning glory.
At one point Finland's Amorphis crept into my obscure watch zone, really showing me things musically that few bands could even attempt. With albums like "Tales From The Thousand Lakes" and "Elegy", Amorphis proved to the world that they were "that really interesting" band that put on sights and sounds that have never, ever been done before. Think of a moonlit night filled with the sounds of Hawkwind, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Pink Floyd. It is such an abstract thought, such a strange and completely odd combination of styles and elements. However Amorphis pull it off perfectly, in my opinion creating their own sound rich with identity and purpose. With the group's 1998 release, "Tuonela", I felt the musicians had finally went too far out there in search of diverse tactics and that all consuming need to be completely different. The band rebounded with a slightly more metallic approach with the 2001 release "Am Universum", and almost came back to the glorious roots of "Elegy" with their 2003 effort "Far From The Sun". Now lead singer Pasi Koskinen has left the group, replaced by Sinisthra singer Tomi Joutsen. Joutsen is the perfect asset for this band and proves it clearly and undeniably with his sensational performance on "Eclipse".
Finally Amorphis are on solid ground once again, really going beyond my expectations by entering that sacred chamber to hone their craft. With "Eclipse" the group find themselves deeply rooted in the mystic sounds of "Elegy" and "Tales From The Thousand Lakes". The band have created stirring, stunning visuals through music, injecting their cold climate and frosty Finland bite into these Northern tales of heartbreak and despair. While many songs create that somber mood perfect for the most dreary of sunless days, other tracks here are somewhat pleasant in their purpose and planning. Longtime fans will obviously miss the strong vocals of Koskinen, but Joutsen steps in and really leads this group back to those obscure, breath taking ventures. As I write and write and write I cannot possibly explain to you, the hopeful listener, just how amazing these songs are. This is a wonder, a real highlight for the band and the fan, and the best Amorphis album to date. "Eclipse" is beyond words for me. It is simply a need and a must for every type of music fan inhabiting planet E. Oxygen, Nourishment, Amorphis--the only three musts of this free world.
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The Revealer is tempted to practice some Darwinistic deduction of its own. Don't virgin birth believers have a greater gene pool of people with shared values to dip into in search of a mate with whom to participate in bringing about the the non-virgin kind of birth? Isn't subscribing to a majority belief an adaptation with a good shot of paying off?
But that would be missing the real story here — the tyranny of surveys within the coverage of belief in America. The intangibility of belief tempts too many reporters into quantitative "reasoning," which in turn leads to unsupported, unexamined conclusions based on data no more reliable than a Maxim poll on readers' sexual adventures.
"There are two subjects on which no half-bright person should ever take an opinion poll seriously," writes Steve Perry, a columnist for the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages. "And of the two, I suspect people these days are quite a lot more honest about sex than they are about religion."
Critiquing a poll conducted by The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Perry points out what should be obvious — people lie about piety. The same logic as that underlying Pascal's Wager may explain the deception — there is nothing to be lost by telling pollsters you believe in God, but perhaps a risk to saying you don't.
"Consider," writes Perry, "that 69 percent of Minnesotans affirmed God to be very important in the conduct of their lives and 46 percent said they frequently use religious principles to solve problems; then consider that, to any serious religious person, these two questions are essentially the same question stated in different terms. So why did half again more respondents say yes to the first version of the query? Because it mentioned God, and — as a matter of cultural manners, first and foremost — Americans aren't supposed to say no to God, openly anyway."
As oversimplified as The Revealer's social Darwinism, above? Absolutely. Revealing of the unreliability of the "facts" peddled by the press when it comes to explaining religion? No doubt.
Which brings us to The Revealer's latest feature, "Religiously Ignorant Journalists," by Christian Smith. Smith, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the top scholars of evangelical America; as such, he's also the recipient of any number of phone calls from religion reporters seeking a quick fix for a story due the next morning. More often than not, Smith writes, they don't even know what they don't know.
Smith is not so much concerned with polls and surveys as he is with the fundamental lack of any background at all among many of the reporters he deals with — journalists who call with questions about "evangelics" and "evangelicalists."
"I find it hard to believe that political journalists call Washington think tanks and ask to talk with experts on background about the political strategies of the 'Democrizer' or 'Republication' parties, or about the most recent 'Supremicist Court' ruling…. So why do so few journalists covering religion know religion?"
Good question. Let's take a poll. Better yet, read "Religiously Ignorant Journalists," and repent, all ye sinners.


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Miami Marlins: Javier Vazquez not retired, but comeback unlikely; WBC possible
He's arguably the best free agent available, and he was at Marlins Park Monday. Don't get excited. Javy Vazquez isn't looking for a job.
In South Florida on vacation, Vazquez brought his young son, Javier Josue, to see the ballpark. Wednesday, they'll attend the Heat-Thunder game.
Vazquez won't use the word retirement, but he admits a mid-season comeback is unlikely.
"Last three, four years I've been thinking about when it's going to be my time," Vazquez said. "I've always said I want to spend time with the family and want to see the kids grow up. You know what? Right now, I'm not missing it. That's why I'm here."
Vazquez has three kids between the ages of three and eight. Based on how he finished the 2011 season, Vazquez probably could have named his price to pitch this season. He said two general managers personally contacted him around Christmas. He told them the same thing he told Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria at season's end: He was done.
"I want to leave the door open in case I want to play, but right now I don't see myself playing," Vazquez said. "For me to be ready in July or sometime in the summer, I'd have to start throwing soon. Right now, I don't have any desire."
Don't be surprised to see Vazquez pitching competitively at Marlins Park next season. He didn't rule out pitching for his native Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic. Marlins Park is expected to be one of the host sights next spring.
"I'm studying it," he said. "Physically I feel good, but I haven't thrown since October. I'm not going to go to the Classic to have a bad time. If I'm not ready, I'm not going to go. If I can prepare like I always have, it's an option."


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Former B2K frontman Omarion's solo album "O" debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week, the California magazine said Wednesday.
"The Documentary" by The Game declined to No. 4, and fifth place was taken by Tori Amos' second Epic effort, "The Beekeeper."
John Legend's "Get Lifted" cinched sixth, and Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 7" claimed seventh place.
The rest of the top 10 spots were rounded out by Eminem's "Encore," 3 Doors Down's "Seventeen Days" and at No. 10, Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway."
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Borini's inside track
by Stuart Vose
New signing reveals chats with Henderson and Mignolet.
Fabio Borini already had the inside track on Sunderland prior to making his loan move to the Stadium of Light.
With the wheels in motion regarding his transfer, the Italian consulted with two Liverpool team-mates more familiar with Wearside than most – Jordan Henderson and Simon Mignolet.
Henderson, of course, came through the Black Cats' youth system, while keeper Mignolet spent three seasons at the Stadium of Light.
And their references were glowing – with Borini now beginning a new chapter of his career in red and white.
"I asked them a little bit about one or two things about the club," said Borini, who has penned a season-long loan deal.
"They gave me some advice. Obviously Jordan is from Sunderland and Simon was really happy I was coming here.
"He told me it was the right place for me to come and I am really looking forward to it."
Borini made 20 appearances for Liverpool last season and impressed for his country during the recent U21 European Championships.
Now he's looking forward to kicking on and hopefully getting regular games with Paolo Di Canio's side.
"It feels good to make the move," he added. "I was waiting to get my time to play and I needed to play.
"This is the right place to come. It is a great opportunity for me.
"Playing [regularly] is important for me to achieve my goals for the season."
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