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TANAGURA, Japan -- Washington men's golf opens the season this week at the TOPY Cup in Japan. The international event pairs U.S. collegiate teams with their counterparts from Japan. The three-day tournament begins on Tuesday, Sept.10 with a practice round on Monday.
The Dawgs will highlight the event with UAB, Charlotte and TCU also coming from the United States to compete again the Japanese collegians. Making the trip for Washington are Cheng Tsung-Pan, Trevor Simsby, Jonathan Sanders, along with freshmen Corey Pereira and Kevin Kwon who will be making their UW debuts.
Pan is currently the sixth-ranked amateur in the world, while Simsby is a senior and has been a key contributor for the Dawgs the past two seasons. Sanders returns after a breakout freshman season, playing as the No. 5 for most of the spring. Pereira and Kwon are expected to make immediate contributions this season.
Washington enters the season ranked No. 5 in the nation by Golf World and once again will be among the favorites for the NCAA Championship.
Results for the Topy Cup will be posted at www.topycup.com. The format will be similar to a regular collegiate tournament played in the United States.
The Tanagura Country Club will play host to the tournament.
In addition to the TOPY Cup this week, the Dawgs will also send five golfers to compete at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate hosted by Washington State. Washington's Gerrit Chambers, Tyler Salsbury, Chris Babcock, Kyle Bowser, and Shane Wathanasaynee will compete as individuals. They begin with 36 holes on Monday at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club.


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Face Off--1970s Super Coupes
The mid-1970s were a dark, dark time for automotive enthusiasts, as the spectre of emissions regulation, a gas crisis, and skyrocketing insurance rates dimmed the vibrant high-performance youth culture that had blossomed in the 1960s. Muscle cars, the cheerfully one-dimensional heroes of the late 1960s, were systematically eliminated; the survivors were emasculated and became sticker-and-tape caricatures of their former glory. Exotic European sports car models either retreated back to Europe, underwent a similar emasculation, or died entirely. British sports cars sprouted unwieldy bumpers and lost horsepower. At the time, doom-and-gloom forecasts predicted the end of performance; even worse, the end of fun.
But, from every great extinction, new life appears--and with it, hope. From the scorched landscape of the mid-1970s sprang a few tentative shoots of a new organism that was better-suited for survival in this harsh automotive climate. This class of cars was known as the super coupes, smaller, lighter cars that substituted agility and enjoyment for brawn and intimidation. The first steps were tentative--graphics packages on Chevy Vegas and Ford Pintos--but progress picked up with the cars pictured here, which mixed style and sportiness at a price that young enthusiasts could afford. These cars broke the ground for the burgeoning sports coupes that brought performance to the people in the 1980s and 1990s. The Honda Preludes, Mitsubishi Eclipses, Acura Integras, Ford Probes, Nissan 240SXs and Volkswagen Corrados of the world can all trace their roots back to these early trailblazers.
So--in our short but proud tradition of Car Lust Face Offs, here's your opportunity to vote for your favorite of this all-but-forgotten class of cars. More detail and my choice after the jump.
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Ford/Mercury Capri
Quoting from our previous post on this car:
"The Capri was one of the earliest and, to my eyes, the prettiest of the class, boasting classic long-hood-short-deck proportions, Ford-of-Europe chassis and powerplant, and scale-model Mustang looks. Later special editions, one black with gold trim, another with a huge, fanciful body kit, helped drive home the basic attractiveness of the Capri and its very similar offspring, the Capri II. ...
"Even after its short stint in America, the Capri went on to ongoing hero car status across the pond, with various high-performance special editions and a sterling motorsports career. The apex was an especially pretty version of the Capri that performed well in the elite German DTM touring car series."
Mazda RX-3
For those of you familiar with the Mazda RX-7 and RX-8, the RX-3 appellations might look a little odd--especially since this car seems to have been almost univerally forgotten among today's car enthusiasts. That's understandable, as the RX-3 didn't really stand out fom its super coupe competition. The styling was quirky in the typically 1970s Japanese way--cleaner and more handsome than the Datsun B210, clearly, but more muddled and strange than the rest of the cars here. In the context of the class, the RX-3 didn't handle particularly well, either--its performance in the twisties was sapped by speed-killing understeer.
But, unlike the other cars here, the RX-3 had an ace in the hole--a rotary engine. Mazda has always been one of the world's foremost rotary engine advocates, but in the last few decades the rotary has really only appeared in the company's RX-7 and RX-8 sports cars. Back in the early 1970s, though, when the rotary was considered the next major revolution in powerplant technology, Mazda used the rotary engine in just about everything it offered. That included everything spanning from its top-end Mazda Cosmo luxury coupe to its pickup truck, including the mainstream RX-2 and RX-3 models in between. Every RX-3--two-door super coupe, four-door sedan, and wagon--came with a rotary.
That rotary made the RX-3 special. In comparison with the gutless, low-tech four-cylinders of its day, the rotary was a revelation, providing a smooth, bottomless well of power that made the RX-3 a veritable hot rod. In a Car and Driver test, the similar RX-2 smashed its super coupe competition in straight-line acceleration tests. It sprinted from 0-60 in 8.6 seconds, which was rocket-ship material in 1974--it easily outran the V-6 Capri (9.5 seconds) and completely dismantled the four-cylinder cars, which did the run in 11-12 seconds. This was serious speed, even if the car's soft handling kept it behind the Opel Manta on the race track.
It was obvious to all concerned that the rotary was a fantastic sports-car engine in need of a car to match; that match was finally made when the rotary was finally paired with the legendary RX-7 sports car in 1979. But, of course, that's another story.
Opel Manta Rallye
Again, I'll quote from a previous post:
"In an era of behemoth road yachts, the Manta was a pint-sized muscle car minus a muscle car's muscle-bound torpidity. Incredibly light and agile, the Manta's eager 1.9-liter four-cylinder engine moved it well enough to make it one of the fastest small cars around at the time. Its agility and German intensity made it the General Motors equivalent of the vaunted BMW 2002. ...
"Oh, and did I mention that it's gorgeous? Just as the Capri looked a bit like a pint-sized Mustang, the Manta had the glowering glare, muscular haunches, and purposeful profile of a Camaro or Chevelle, but on a trimmer scale. I'm sure there are many who would disagree, but I think the Manta is one of the best-looking small cars of this era.
"The problem the Manta and its sporty Opel brethren faced was horribly confused marketing. In an era when every domestic automaker was scrambling to produce compelling small cars, GM had a great one available in the Manta--then promptly torpedoed it by selling them exclusively through Buick dealers. In retrospect, it makes perfect sense. Who better to sell light, sporty minimalist cars that eschewed typical 1970s American ostentation than a confused Buick salesman who would rather upsell a Century customer into a Laundau Brougham package?"
Toyota Celica
In terms of pure significance, the Celica might just trump all of these cars. Most obviously, the Celica can boast the most direct progression from super coupe to modern sports coupes. The humble 97-horsepower early 1970s Celica is the patriarch of a long line of Celicas that included the wildly popular mid-1980s Celica, the turbocharged and all-wheel drive Celica All Trac, and a successful line of rally cars. Celicas were staples on American roads until 2005, when the last Celica--a light and aggressive model--came to America. The Celica also gave birth to the heavier and more powerful Supra; the first Supra was actually called a Celica Supra.
The Celica was also one of Toyota's first mass-market offerings in the U.S.--it was right on the leading edge of Toyota's American invasion and helped set the stage for the automaker's growth and success. Had the Celica failed, it would have been a blow to the automaker's fragile reputation in a new market.
But perhaps most significantly, the Celica was important because it helped convince the United States that the Japanese automotive industry could produce inexpensive but high-quality cars that were still fun to drive. At the time, Japanese cars were thought of in much the same way that Korean cars were regarded a decade ago--as inexpensive hair shirts to be worn only until you could afford something better. Just as the Datsun 240Z did in the sports car market, the Celica served as an eloquent metal-and-rubber rebuttal of that impression. At a time in which American cars were suffering through quality issues and European cars performance cars weren't affordable, the reliable, inexpensive, fun-to-drive Celica was a welcome addition to the market--and a harbinger of things to come.
As a car, the Celica didn't really stand out in the super coupe class--it looked fine, accelerated in line with the rest of the class, and handled okay. But as a symbol, it stands apart.
Volkswagen Scirocco Mk. I
Again, I'll quote from a previous post on this car:
"There are times ... when a car enters a class and instantly raises the bar, making its competitors look thoroughly antiquated and raising customer expectations for the whole class. Such was the case when the first Volkswagen Scirocco joined the party. With elegant, crisp lines penned by Italian master stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro and better-composed hardware than that offered by the half-hearted semi-economy cars in the class the Scirocco was an instant classic upon its debut. ...
"The Scirocco weighed less than 2,000 pounds; for context, a 2008 Toyota Corolla weighs 2,800 pounds. Because of that, the Scirocco was still moderately fast for the time despite having only a 1.6-liter, 76-horsepower engine for motivation. The Scirocco's lifespan corresponded with the highly entertaining era between 1975 and 1985 when manufacturers routinely advertised 0-50 times because the lower numbers sounded better. But even during this time, the Scirocco's 10.5-second 0-60 time was nothing to sneeze at.
"No, the Scirocco didn't have much power--an oversight not rectified until the Mk. II Scirocco received a 16-valve head a decade later--but its sweet handling, light weight, and style to die for gave it the visceral edge missing from its competitors."
My Vote
This widget won't allow us to submit a rank instead of a vote--if anybody knows of a widget that does allow ranking, I'm all ears. But since a ranking allows for a little more description and is innately more interesting, I'm going to be listing my preference 1-5:
- Opel Manta Rallye
- Volkswagen Scirocco Mk. I
- Ford/Mercury Capri
- Mazda RX-3
- Toyota Celica
This was a tough decision, but I got there by working from the bottom up. The Celica was my obvious fifth choice; while it gets points for its significance, I'd rather own one of the other four cars--not only were those cars more fun to drive at the time, but I think they'd feel a little more special. The RX-3 was another fairly easy choice in fourth; while they're incredibly rare and have the added cachet of the rotary, they just don't look good enough or handle quite well enough to overcome my personal top three.
This is where it got difficult for me; the Capri, Manta, and Scirocco are all long-time lusts of mine, and I'd jump all over any of them if I found a nice version for sale. Ranking between these three actually causes me some degree of physical pain, but eventually I decided to make the Capri third. It's a gorgeous car, with a great motorsports heritage, and it boasted the smooth Cologne V-6. But it was a little bit more of a cruiser than the Manta or the Scirocco; it didn't have the sharp edge of those cars.
The Scirocco is probably the best car in this class, but I ultimately placed it second--largely because despite being several years newer than the Manta, nearly a full generation behind, it wasn't that much quicker. The Manta, on the other hand, defined the class from its inception, and like the Scirocco it melded decent acceleration with superior agility and handling. The Manta handled as if it was on rails; it invariably won Car and Driver's showroom stock races, and it was an all-star on twisty roads. It also gets bonus points for rarity and for offering BMW looks and handling for a relative pittance; and even deducting points for the heinous "Rallye" misspelling leaves it my winner. That's my reasoning for now, at least, but it was close enough that I'll probably have changed my mind by tomorrow.
--Chris H.

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I was reading about the monster group, and how hard it was to do calculations in it, and I wondered: Is there a known presentation of the monster group? I know that it is a hurwitz group, but other than that I don't know. If we have two generators a and b such that $a^2=b^3=(ab)^7=1$, what are the possible orders of $[a,b]$? I believe that the conjugacy classes are known, so if you are given the conjugacy classes of two elements x and y, can we determine the possible conjugacy classes of $xy$?
There's a 12-generator 80-relator presentation for the Monster group. Specifically, we have 78 relators for the Coxeter group Y443:
together with a single 'spider' relator, $(a b_1 c_1 a b_2 c_2 a b_3 c_3)^{10} = 1$, which results in the group $M \times C_2$. We can get rid of the $C_2$ by quotienting out by an eightieth relation, $x = 1$, where $x$ is the unique non-identity element in the centre of the group.
See http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~jnb/web/Pres/Mnst.html for the explicit Coxeter-Dynkin diagram.
A presentation for $M$ was constructed by A.A.Ivanov. This presentation is not so easy to describe; it arises from an amalgam of parabolics in certain diagram geometry. S.Norton then proved that the Y-presentation from ATLAS indeed describes the "Bimonster" (see Derek Holt's comment to the previous answer).
Googling "monster group as a hurwitz group", the first hit is web.mat.bham.ac.uk/R.A.Wilson/pubs/MHurwitz.ps
which I believe contains the answer.
Bimonster can be presented by the Coxeter group of the 26-node graph of the projective plane of order 3: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.23.2634 (26 Implies The Bimonster, by John H. Conway and Christopher S. Simons). See also http://citeseer.uark.edu:8080/citeseerx/viewdoc/summary;jsessionid=57D5F004B2D42A5AE3CF28FD1C29E8E7?doi=10.1.1.137.1363 (An Elementary Approach to the Monster, by Christopher S. Simons).


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Scrabble word: TART
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Definitions of TART in dictionaries:
- noun - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- noun - a small open pie with a fruit filling
- noun - a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
- adj - tasting sour like a lemon
- adj - harsh
- Having a sharp, pungent taste; sour.
- Sharp or bitter in tone or meaning; cutting.
- A small open pie with a sweet filling, as of custard or cooked fruit.
- A pie.
- A prostitute.
- To dress up or make fancy in a tawdry, garish way.
- adj - having a sharp, sour taste
- verb - to dress up
There are 4 letters in TART: A R T T
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WSUV students create OMSI exhibit. An occasional series.
On the Web: Autovation.
WSUV students create OMSI exhibit. An occasional series.
On the Web: Autovation.
This meeting about the planned "Autovation" exhibit at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, to be created by a dozen students from Washington State University Vancouver, would be anything but digital daydreaming.
The second-floor meeting room at OMSI in Portland provided a visual cue that this would be no blue sky session: its windows facing the sparkling Willamette River were so low on the concrete wall that meeting participants could see only water, with no view of the morning's sunny sky.
The task at this late February gathering was to establish a timeline for the WSUV students to complete work on "Autovation," a new permanent exhibit that will educate museum visitors about the hidden wonders of automobile technology. The students, all participants in the university's Creative Media and Digital Culture program, have worked since December on the huge project.
But their time runs out in May. That's when the school semester ends — and both OMSI and Dick Hannah Dealerships, which is based in Vancouver and is funding the project, want the exhibit open on the busy Memorial Day weekend.
"Tick. Tick. Tick," said OMSI exhibit developer Katura Reynolds at one point during the meeting.
Denny Andersen, OMSI's project manager for Autovation, was more specific and more blunt. The logistics of installing the exhibit are daunting, he explained to the students and their faculty advisors. They involve moving an automobile frame, called a unibody, through tight doorways into the relatively packed Turbine Hall. An exhibit called the Earthquake House might need to be moved out of the way, Andersen explained. The entire setup will need to be done in a single day — a Monday, when the museum is closed to the public.
"It's going to be a real crunch to get something that big into the room," Andersen said,
But there's plenty to do before moving day. Right now, Hannah Collision Center manager Rick Stoker is looking for a unibody frame worthy of display for many years. Students need to work with other Hannah employees to create an eye-catching vinyl wrap to create the image of a vehicle on the unibody frame. Back at the museum, OMSI workers must build display mounts for the digital tablets that will display the "augmented reality' of the display vehicle's inner workings.
And when everything starts to come together, students will need to test whether their recognition software will read data embedded in the car under the museum's lighting conditions.
The smartphone scanners that students are using in project development worked great in the low-window meeting room. When they arrived for the meeting, they'd posted papers on the wall and encouraged everyone to download a mobile application, or app, onto their smartphones. OMSI staff members and Dick Hannah marketing director Kent VanArnam, went through the necessary finger-fidgets to find the free junaio app, a scaled-down version of the product they'll use for the exhibit.
Everyone gathered around the papers posted on the wall and, one at a time, pointed their phones at the flat, uninspired drawings. The images leaped out of the phone displays in globe-shaped three dimensions, textured and appealing to the eye. This was the dazzling "augmented reality" effect that the students want to create to take their exhibit to the "wow" level of education and entertainment.
The "wow factor" impressed the OMSI officials. But Mark Patel, OMSI's vice president of marketing, wondered whether the exhibit could sustain that sense of technological wonder.
"We don't want something that looks really cool, but when you dive in there isn't really much there," he said. The display will need videos, photos, demonstrations of how a vehicle works to really live up to the expectations created by the technology, he said. "For example, Word documents and really cool stuff don't go together," he said.
The students, many wearing red "Creative Media and Digital Culture" T-shirts under their jackets, raised questions about how their work intersected with the jobs of OMSI staffers. But Andersen didn't want to stray far from discussion of deadlines for developing and installing the exhibit. He wants to make sure the project, OMSI's first major collaboration with both a student group and a major business donor, is a hit when it is put on public display.
"We need to be testing through March." Andersen said. "We want to fail early, so we can fix it."


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FDA Blamed for Produce Poisonings
It's been a rough go for fruits and vegetables. We had the HUGE spinach-E. coli outbreak. Then New Jersey's green onions got E. coli too. After that, tomatoes were blamed for salmonella, but it turned out a SINGLE jalapeño pepper was actually the guilty party. Yeah, a lot of drama!
So, who's to blame? The Government Accountability Office says the failure falls squarely on the shoulders of U.S. Food and Drug Administration—signaling a call for improved preparations against biological attack and outbreaks of food poisoning; Rueters reports.


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FDA says mercury dental fillings not harmful
FDA has whitewashed mercury amalgam fillings, again, reversing its earlier caution, which was issued presumably only to settle a lawsuit. This story is from Reuters
FDA says mercury dental fillings not harmful
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By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday silver-colored dental fillings that contain mercury are safe for patients, reversing an earlier caution against their use in certain patients, including pregnant women and children.
"While elemental mercury has been associated with adverse health effects at high exposures, the levels released by dental amalgam fillings are not high enough to cause harm in patients," the FDA said, citing an agency review of roughly 200 scientific studies.
Still, in final regulations issued on Tuesday as part of an earlier legal settlement, it said the fillings were now considered "moderate risk" devices and will include details about the risks and benefits of the products. They will also carry warnings against their use in patients with mercury allergies or in poorly ventilated areas.
Millions of Americans have such fillings to patch cavities in their teeth and the FDA said it does not recommend patients have them removed. The fillings, also known as amalgams, are a combination of other metals and mercury, which at certain levels has been linked to brain and kidney damage.
In 2006, Moms Against Mercury and three other groups sued the FDA to have mercury fillings removed from the U.S. market. Later that year, an FDA panel of outside experts said most people would not be harmed but that more information was needed.
Mercury — whether in dental, vaccines, fish or other products — has generated much controversy. Some consumer groups contend the fillings can trigger a range of health problems such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.
Part of the problem is that while much is known about high exposures to heavy metals, questions remain about "what is happening at chronic low-level exposure over a lifetime," said Urvashi Rangan, the director of technical policy for Consumer Reports, whose group was not part of the initial lawsuit.
But Susan Runner, acting director for the FDA division that oversees dental devices, said there was no "causal link" between amalgam fillings and health problems.
"The best available scientific evidence supports the conclusion that patients with dental amalgam fillings are not at risk," she told reporters on a conference call.
Over the past 20 years, the agency has received just 141 reports of problems in patients with the fillings, she added.
That conclusion counters a statement the agency made last June that the fillings may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses.
The ADA, which represents the dental industry, backed the FDA's decision not to restrict mercury fillings, saying alternatives are also considered "moderate risk" by the FDA.
"The FDA has left the decision about dental treatment right where it needs to be — between the dentist and the patient," ADA President Dr. John Findley said in a statement.
But Charlie Brown, a lawyer for Consumers for Dental Choice, said poorer people or those who receive their health care through large institutions such as the U.S. military are more likely to receive the cheaper, silver-colored fillings and are at greater risk for harm.
"Most consumers, and most dentists, have already switched to the main alternative, resin composite," said Brown, whose group was part of the lawsuit settlement last June that called on the agency to issue more specific rules. His group is now weighing its legal options, he said.
Moms Against Mercury President Amy Carson said she was disappointed in the FDA's reversal. Her group, along with several others, filed a new petition with the FDA on Tuesday, again calling for a ban on mercury fillings, she added.
"FDA remains alone in the world in failing to protect children and pregnant women from mercury fillings. Since 1996, Canadian dentists have been told not to put mercury amalgam in children or pregnant women. Since 1998, British dentists have been told the same for pregnant women. Norway and Sweden have banned amalgam altogether. Regrettably, this rule should have meant the end of two-tiered dentistry: mercury for the poor and choice for the rest. Instead the FDA has failed to carry out its mission of protecting the public health," concluded Brown.
Why the reversal? FDA reluctantly issued the warning, to settle a lawsuit, and now feels it can revert to its usual whitewashing of mercury. After all, if it conceded mercury in dental fillings poses a substantial danger, it might have to concede the same is true of mercury in vaccines. Mercury is a highly toxic element, dangerous in all forms, though the ability of the body to deal with mercury does depend on many factors, including what is bonded to the mercury. There is no safe dose of mercury; there are only levels that most people can handle by excreting it out of the body. While it is in the body, it wreaks havoc. There is no reason for any mercury to be in the body, except the human follies of using it to repair teeth and preserve vaccines, and burning coal, which releases mercury into the air and water, where it gets into the food chain.
Supposedly the mercury derived preservative, thimerosal, was removed from most childhood vaccines, but traces remain, meaning the manufacturers only removed most of it. This is a sick joke. Injecting any amount of mercury directly into the bloodstream is as reckless as it gets. This is a deadly poison. That the body has some ability to remove it does not prevent it from doing damage in the meantime. Mercury fillings are constantly releasing vapor, and to say the level of vapor is not high enough to be a risk is junk science at best. That is like saying, a little bit of cyanide will not hurt people, because if the dose is low enough, no immediate damage is apparent, and a healthy body might be able to repair whatever damage is caused. Poison is poison. That a low dose will cause only subtle damage does not make it safe, or not harmful; all it means is that the risk levels are deemed acceptable by FDA, so those making money by subjecting people to slow poisoning can continue to do so.


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The Team USA vs. Russia men's hockey game in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics is on Saturday, Feb. 15, and it will air on live TV and via live stream video. According to a Feb. 13 Bleacher Report, the upcoming USA vs. Russia men's hockey game is one of the biggest live stream events of the Sochi 2014 games.
While this game clearly will not be like the Miracle on Ice, it is still a huge game for Olympic fans. Team USA seems to have the advantage in 2014, but Russia also has an excellent team. The U.S. team has more depth while Russia has some amazing offensive players. Each team is set to play again on Sunday after tomorrow's matchup. Whoever wins will go directly to the Olympic Quarterfinals in Men's Hockey, while the loser will end up playing additional games to get into the event.
You can watch the USA vs. Russia men's hockey game live on TV at 7:30 a.m. EST on NBCSN. If you cannot catch the game on live TV for some reason, you can also log into the NBC Olympic website and watch a live stream video if you have valid login credentials. The winner of this pivotal game could go on to win Olympic gold in Sochi 2014. Interestingly, Russia struggled during its opening game earlier this week while Team USA soundly beat their opponent.
Will Russia come out stronger against Team USA than it did against Slovenia? They probably will. No doubt Team USA is prepared for a tough battle tomorrow. Be sure to check out the TV broadcast or the live stream video starting at 7:30 a.m. EST.


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Choosing the Right Mnemonic at the Right Time
Memory mnemonics are simple techniques to help you remember what you want to remember. A mnemonic is as easy as, "One two, buckle my shoe; three four, shut the door; five six, pick up sticks." Many people learned that simple number rhyme before they ever even heard the word mnemonic, yet, it's an example of a mnemonic.
To use a mnemonic, all you have to do is
- Decide what you want to remember
- Match what you want to remember with an image or word cue
- Refer to the cue to recall your memory
Think of mnemonics as a way for you to organize information so you can later recall it more easily. The word mnemonic actually means, "aiding memory." You can structure or package your memories so they are easily available to you. A mnemonic is like a thread that, when you pull it, has a whole string of memories attached.
Not all mnemonic systems work the same for everyone. Just as people are unique, so are their needs and preferences. What you find useful may be useless to your neighbor and vice versa.
Choose a mnemonic that works for you
Choose the mnemonic that fits best with your personality and familiarity. Doing so can increase your chances of remembering your memory-aid in the future.
To use mnemonic aids effectively, consider the following basic principles.
Make sure the mnemonic:
- Gets your attention.
- Contains an easy association.
- Is organized in such a way that it's easy for you to remember.
- Is meaningful to you.
Don't rely on a mnemonic technique that you've read about if you already have one that suits you personally. Each person's life experience is different, and people will respond to images in their own way.
Mnemonics that grab your attention and make remembering fun are always more effective. If your mnemonic is stale and boring, you'll tend to forget it. Make the mnemonic stand out by making it silly, funny, absurd, or even titillating.
Settle on a mnemonic that fits the situation
If your mnemonic has little to do with what you're trying to remember, you'll probably forget it. For example, for your biology class, you're trying to remember that the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador have one of the widest ranges of unique animal species, including aquatic dragon lizards.
You may think of mnemonics like these:
- The Ecuadorean flag. A flag image probably won't grab your attention, compared to a more vivid and evocative image.
- A knight fighting off a dragon just outside a medieval castle. You're trying to associate the dragon lizards on the Galapagos Islands with the image of castles and knights. Remember, you're trying to recall the Galapagos Islands, not the British Isles.
- A huge number of gallon containers with dragon lizards crawling out. With the word gallon, you have a link to the word Galapagos Islands, and you have added the lizards. You also want to make sure that you organize your imagery in such a way to carry the broader point, namely that not only are there aquatic lizards on the Galapagos Islands, but a wide range of animals. In this case, you may want to envision the gallon containers brimming over with a wide variety of living creatures, in addition to the dragon lizards.
- Darwin's boat, the Beagle, anchored in the bay, and hundreds of gallons of containers on shore, brimming over with life. You want to make sure that there's personal meaning to the image you're trying to remember, and for me, an actual image from history works: Darwin's boat. The overall concept of the Galapagos Islands should represent a geographical location so remote that living species have evolved differently from others on the mainland.
Taking shortcuts: They're okay
Although the visual mnemonic route (the Link system) can potentially carry much more than just one image, the lack of time you have could make identifying an image impractical in some situations.
Visual mnemonics take much more time for you to develop than do peg, link, story, or phonetic mnemonics. When you don't have a lot of time and need to develop a quick way to remember something important, using a peg may be wiser.
For example, if you're listening to a lecture and don't have a notepad, then you'll end up in the dust when the lecturer moves on to another subject while you're trying to conjure up a visual image.
One of the advantages the Peg system has over the story, phonetic, or link systems is that you can select individual items from a list. In contrast, the link system relies on a sequence. Like the Loci system, which depends on prememorized location-connected links, the Peg system use prememorized word or number links. With the Peg system, that information connects to nouns.
The more complex or abstract the noun, the more vulnerable it may be to association with other words or ideas. The nouns are most useful if they are concrete nouns.
Whatever mnemonic system you use, make sure that it's flexible and meets the demands of what you're trying to remember. Practice using mnemonics so that you'll be versatile in their use. Mnemonics have a long history and have been used all over the world. You can make them work for you.


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"Food Network Star" 2014 came to a close Aug. 10 as gourmet cowboy Lenny McNab bested runner-up Luca Della Casa and third place-finisher Nicole Gaffney to take the season 10 title. Less than 24 hours after the finale aired, Examiner caught up with the personable McNab for an exclusive interview. Still basking in the joy of his big victory, the 42-year old executive chef talked freely on a variety of topics, including which of his fellow competitors cooked up the best cuisine, how he and the other finalists celebrated his win, and his earliest cooking memory.
When was the show actually taped? When did you find out?
Lenny: I found out on Wednesday night [Aug. 6].
So you've had a couple days to let it sink in.
Lenny: You know what, I did have a couple days to let it sink in. You've got to keep it to yourself and boy, that's the hardest thing in the world when you've got good news to spread. I remember last night when I was watching the show... I knew I was gonna win, but when it came down to that moment where [Food Network President] Mrs. [Brooke] Johnson said 'the next Food Network star is' and there was this big pause, for me it was kind of like opening up a bottle of champagne, where you're taking off the foil, and then you're removing that little metal doo-hickey thing and you don't know if it's gonna pop --you're getting into unsafe territory now-- and you're getting nervous, and the bubbles inside are starting to build, and then all the sudden it flashed on the screen, and even last night when that big bottle of emotional bubbles popped in me, I even dropped to my knees last night and started bawling my eyes out. Even though I was there live, it still took me by surprise.
When you saw your face up on that screen, what was your first thought?
Lenny: My first thought was of the Lord, and thanking Him so much for putting me where I am these days, even though maybe half the time a fella doesn't deserve it. I won a really big one. I just felt really blessed so the first thing I did was drop to my knees and pray and thank the Lord.
It was a really sweet moment.
Lenny: It was. [Laughs] Then I threw my hat up in the air and I realized I shouldn't have done that because I was down on my knees and the cameras could catch my balding spot. [Laughs]
Oh, come on. Everyone was looking at your face. We weren't looking at your head!
Lenny: It was the best. It was the best time ever when Mrs. Johnson gave me a big old hug, and she whispered into my ear 'welcome to the family, Lenny.' Man, I'm a Food Network star now! It's just great.
Okay, so you teared up and threw your hat and danced with Giada [DeLaurentiis]. How did you celebrate after the cameras stopped rolling?
Lenny: After the cameras stopped rolling, I went back to my hotel room, I sat on my bed, and I cried for about 10 minutes. Then I took a shower and I immediately went to a beer garden with all the other contestants and had some wonderful bratwurst with sauerkrat and mustard and some delicious hefeweizen beer. It was great. All 12 of us were out that evening and we just tore up that beer garden. It was a big old time.
When you were on the show, which of the mentors was most helpful to you?
Lenny: I think the mentor that was probably the most helpful to me was Alton Brown. When I went into the season, I went in preparing to cook my food for Bobby Flay, wear my personality for Giada, and listen to everything that Alton Brown told me to do and do it. I remember when I was pitching my pilot to the selection committee, I told Alton at that moment 'if I win this competition, I'm gonna give you this belt buckle you've been talking about all season.'
Did you?
Lenny: Sure enough, that evening, right on the middle of that stage, I took that belt buckle off and I gave it to Alton Brown. I wanted to show that I am a man of my word and I'll give away my most prized possession in my life if that's what it takes to be a Food Network star [laughs].
Where did you get the belt buckle to begin with?
Lenny: I went to Rocky Point, Mexico once on a vacation and I went to this pharmacy to get some suntan lotion. It was in this glass case at the register --this huge, giant belt buckle-- and I asked to see it and on the back of it it says 'made in Chihuahua' which I thought was very funny, because chihuahuas are very small and this buckle's huge. From what I understand, they wear a lot of things big to compensate for their dogs. But I remember I asked the lady behind the counter 'how much for the buckle?' and I think she was pretty savvy and saw the tourists there, and she told me $40. And I was like sold, done. And I've been wearing that belt buckle like it's a religious relic for the last 10 years. I love that buckle, but I'm having a new one made. It's gonna be a half inch larger, and it's gonna be gold and silver and in the middle it's gonna say 'Food Network Star.' It's gonna be epic [laughs].
So Lenny, no lie here whatsoever, when I first saw you come out during episode one, I turned to my husband and I said 'that guy is going to win.'
Lenny: Did you really?
I did! I think it was the combination of the fact that you seemed different from everyone else on the network and your big personality and your big belt buckle. Did you have a moment during the show when you thought 'I could seriously win this thing'?
Lenny: Yes, I did have that moment. That moment came to me when I did the belly flop at the pool party. Working on a set for a TV show, there's a lot of stimulation, you get pulled in a lot of different directions and you don't know what's coming around the corner because it's a competition show. I remember when I did that belly flop --and this was totally unexpected-- but I went under water and I was probably under water for maybe a couple seconds, but everything muted in my life for those seconds I was under water. Time seemed to stop and the loud screaming had come to a little muffled roar, and I felt like I was back in some type of pool of life and I realized at that second that this is where I want to be. And as soon as I popped out of that water it was like being baptized. From there on in, Food Network has saved my life.
You had several pretty distinctive moments on the show, but I remember when you walked in an saw Chef Robert Irvine standing there, I saw your face and I thought 'I wonder what he's thinking right now?' So what were you thinking?
Lenny: I was thinking 'aw, I wish it was Guy. I wish it was Guy Fieri.' [Laughs] The first thing that went into my mind was 'oh, Chef Irvine, he's tough' and it immediately brought back memories of when I was going through basic training in the Army. And I got scared for a second because he's a very ominous figure and a very straightforward guy and he's got biceps the size of the Taj Mahal. But then he kind of eased my mind. But then he yelled at me a little bit and made me get out of my head. I couldn't have done the pilot without Robert Irvine. It wouldn't have come out half as good without him. Boy, I owe him a debt of gratitude. I should cook him dinner some day.
You should! What would you cook for him?
Lenny: I might go with some nice Colorado lamb chops with a sweet pea and mint puree cuz he's from England and they love peas, from what I understand. And some Hungarian roasted potatoes and a nice sweet onion demi-glace to swirl around the plate.
That sounds good.
Lenny: I think that's what I'd make him. I'm starving now.
You're working up my appetite, too.
Lenny: I just went out to the garden a little while ago. I've got this beautiful garden here at my house, putting out 23 different vegetables this year. I was just out in the garden and I picked a bunch of zucchinis and one of them was the size of my head. I sliced some pieces off it and sauteed it in butter with salt and pepper and then mixed up a couple eggs and poured it over it and baked it in the oven. That was a great breakfast for me this morning.
You're killing me, Lenny! The only thing I've managed to grow this year are tomatoes because we're in drought country.
Lenny: Did you grow some tomatoes?
I have a ton of tomatoes in my back yard. I say that I didn't grow them, God grew them...
Lenny: Yes, God grew them...
...because I have a habit of letting tomatoes fall off the plants and letting them do what they want to do so I ended up with a ton of plants.
Lenny: I'll tell ya, that's exactly how I run my garden. I rarely weed anything. I'm not a big on getting down on my hands and knees because I don't know if you knew it, but I'm kinda heavy. But you know what I grew for the first time this year? These black tomatoes. They're really dark black, and when you hold them in the light they've got this purple tint to them. I just picked off the very first one this morning and I tried it, and it kinda has a smoky flavor to it.
Oh, weird!
Lenny: Yes, exactly! It's the weirdest thing ever. So I'm really excited about my smoky black tomatoes. I can't wait to bring them up to the ranch and cook supper with them for the guests.
You talked about smoke. When I think about smoke, I think about Guy Fieri. I know you love him and that you've said that he's one of your big inspirations. What is it that you love so much about Guy?
Lenny: I think I see some of Guy in me. Guy's not afraid to be himself and he's cool as a cucumber doing it. And man, if there's one Food Network star I'd wanna emulate, it would be him because he's just real laid back. The time I got to meet him on "Guy's Grocery Game" he was just an everyday fella. He was just sitting out in front of his trailer with his tank top on and a soda pop in his hand and he was very approachable and very kind and I was like 'yes! That's what I wanna be!' I wanna be the guy that people don't mind coming up to in the airport because I love people so much.
Well, you seem pretty approachable.
Lenny: Yeah. I want people to come up and talk to me. I think that's one thing that I'm enjoying the most about this --and it only really dawned on me when I went back to New York for the finale-- but people are screaming my name... from across Chelsea Market and a whole family of five came up to me and they're like 'we watch you every week! We can't believe we're seeing you!' and I can't believe that... people know me. I'm shocked by it.
It's definitely cool! But I know you got your start somewhere, way back when. So, what's your earliest cooking memory? Go way back!
Lenny: That's a great question because I've always remembered my first cooking memory! When I was seven or eight years old, one of my Christmas presents was a cookbook for kids. It was real thin and big with a lot of cartoon pictures in it and it had stuff like peanut butter and jelly sandwich and deviled egg and stuff that kids could cook. Of course, what seven-year old wants a book for Christmas? Blech. So after I had broken all my other toys, the cookbook was left. So I remember one day I brought it down into the kitchen... and decided I was gonna make some eggnog. So I separated the eggs and I got the milk out and the sugar and the cinnamon and the nutmeg and the vanilla, and I put together my first batch of eggnog. I was like 'whoa, I love eggnog!' And every day, I'd get up and make more eggnog until about two weeks later, my mom comes into the kitchen and she's like 'Leonard! Enough with the... eggnog! Pick another recipe out of that book!' So I went directly into hot chocolate. But that's my first memory of being little chef Lenny. Still love eggnog.
Well, it's good stuff! So, going back to the show for a minute, how did the experience of competing change the way you think about being a chef?
Lenny: Doing the competition is very different than being a working chef. As a working chef, I have all day --sometimes two or three days-- to build a dish and execute and plate it. The competition showed me to keep it simple [to create] a better dish that's do-able. In the end, the show will be about teaching so that's what I've taken from this competition: to make things that are do-able.
When you were on the show, which dish was your favorite creation?
Lenny: Boy, I think that's a toss-up between either the chicken fried lobster at the beginning [of the season] or the lamb burgers with the homemade curry ketchup and the goat cheese. That was just so succulent and juicy; it was a nice game-y burger with that smooth, velvety goat cheese underneath and that super zing of the curry ketchup all enveloped inside a little brioche bun. It was like a burger angel had descended from burger heaven with a ketchup scepter. Yeah, let's go with the lamb burger.
Of all of your fellow contestants, which of them made the food that you'd most like to eat again?
Lenny: Ooh, I'm gonna tell you whose food was great every time. I'd go and try everyone's food because you wanna size up your competition. And the one person's food that I'd just love to eat,, I'd get over there and just start munching and munching and munching, was Nicole's. Nicole made some out of control, great food. That girl's got her act together and if she doesn't get a show I'll be surprised. You'll see her on TV some day. She's really good and she was just so sweet and nice to me, too. Everyone was really nice. Luca became my best friend out of all of them.
Okay, so I have a couple of fairly quick questions to wrap things up. I read that you like to perform as well as cook. Who's your favorite musician?
Lenny: My favorite musician is Dwight Yoakam.
Do you sing or just play guitar?
Lenny: Oh no, I play guitar and sing. I have a whole 'nother persona and a stage name, the Black Mamba. I go on stage every night at Kessler Canyon and do a honky tonk show with song and dance and cowboy poetry and stories. The Black Mamba is very dangerous. He rides a three-legged donkey. Her name is Priscilla. [Laughs] Just throwing that out there for ya. The Black Mamba shows are really some of the highlights of my day, every day.... I consider myself a country music star but I don't think anyone else does. [Laughs] You gotta have fun with yourself in life before anyone can have fun with you. I crack myself up.
When you're cooking, if you have a glass on the counter, what's in it?
Lenny: Probably a whisky and cola if I'm at home. If I'm at work, it's just water or tea. I like the Alpine Berry Tea because it's like drinking tea, but also it tastes like Kool Aid and I love Kool Aid.
Dogs or cats?
Lenny: Dogs, especially Tess, my little springer spaniel. She just brought me back lunch. I'm sitting at home out on my porch and she ran off into the woods and brought me back a turkey.
Wow, really?
Lenny: Yeah, no joke. So I'm gonna make turkey soup today. Life on the ranch!
Okay, last one. What's your favorite Food Network show?
Lenny: "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." I like Guy, but I think I like watching the people that he goes to because you get to see all the little spots in life that I eat at. I eat at diners and dives. That's where I wanna eat. I want a can of Spaghetti-Os and raw hot dogs. Chefs eats awful food, by the way. Because we're cooking good food all day, we just wanna eat Oreo cookies and orange soda when we get home.
I wish you the very best when it comes to getting your show off the ground.
Lenny: My first show, I'll tug my ear and that'll be for you.
Okay, I'll be looking for it!
Lenny: I'll do it! I got a memory and a belly like an elephant.
Suggested Links
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 finale: Who won it all?
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 week 10 sees pilots premiere; how can fans vote?
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 week 9: The butcher babe says bye
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 week 8: Bizarre team challenge effort boots one
- 'Food Network Star' 2014 premiere recap: Who went home?


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Bullock and James seen here at the Academy Awards. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
2010 hasn't necessarily been the greatest year for Sandra Bullock. Not long after she won her very first Oscar for her movie, The Blind Side, Michelle McGee came forward admitting to having an affair with Bullock's husband, Jesse James. Since then several other women have came out and said the same, causing several rumors to be fueled about James possibly being a White Supremacist. None of those reports were confirmed, but the amount of women along with that possibility has kept the story in the headlines since March. Bullock has since filed for divorce from the reality star mechanic. (IMDb.com)
In a recent People magazine shoot, Bullock confirms that she adopted a baby boy from New Orleans. The child, who is named Louis Bardo Bullock, was brought home in January. Louis is three and a half months old but Bullock admits in the recent article that the adoption process has been going on for about four years. However, Bullock says that she wanted to keep the adoption private until after the Academy Awards. Bullock and James started the adoption process together but Bullock has now said that she will finalize it as a single parent. (EW.com)
Catch Sandra in Speed (still one of her best movies) tonight at 8pm on Encore-Action (Channel 532 for Lexington-area DirectTV subscribers. 343 on


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|The Study of Projective modules over an Affine algebra
|Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
|Ravi Rao, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
|The study of finitely generated projective modules along the lines indicated by J-P. Serre-H. Bass is outlined; its continuation by the three step Eisenbud-Evans program is then described. The development of the first part of the EE-program by Mohan Kumar, Pavaman Murthy, Madhav Nori's Euler classes vision and Bhatwadekar-Sridharan's completion of it, the functorial French approach of Barge-Morel, and Morel's later ideas are touched. The thesis of Andrei Suslin which touches on the second part of the EE program, his conjecture at his Helsinki talk in 1978, and Jean Fasel's breakthrough work on threefolds, and recent developments of the work of Fasel-Rao-Swan in higher dimension are surveyed.
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CrossFit Scottsdale Connections is a monthly networking event where fellow CrossFitters come together to enjoy lunch and learn about each other's professions, to not only become a better supporter in the gym, but to help grow everyone's business and network outside these walls. Your first month is FREE and Lunch is provided!
December's meeting will be moved up one week due to the holidays and will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from Noon to 1:00pm. This meeting is hosted by Matt Blanton and will take place at Printing Solutions Office located at:
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Printing Solutions has been in business since early 2007 and is dedicated to achieving a reputation of excellence in the Phoenix area. Specializing in the common business products such as business cards, letterhead, catalogs, presentation folders, and envelopes, they also cater to the high impact marketing pieces such as postcards, tear cards, posters, stickers, and banners.
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San Francisco Skyline, Bridge Cables. San Francisco, California. March 31, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Golden Gate Bridge Cables silhouetted against hazy morning light on San Francisco Bay and city skyline
Back in March I took a day to go up into Marin County to do some early spring photography, thinking about the possibility of shooting in the redwood forest at Muir Woods – which was, in fact, where I ended up. I left well before dawn, and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge right about the time the sun was coming up. Being a big fan of shooting in atmospheric haze of all sorts, the very thin layer of fog spreading across the entrance to the bay was enough to make me pull over and make a few photographs of the bay and the city.
This was an unusual sort of fog. We are more familiar with the banks of thick fog coming in off of the Pacific and flowing in through the Golden Gate, covering the bridge and rising over the shoulders or even the summits of the hills, often with a fairly sharp boundary between fog and clear air. This fog, however, was thin and more widespread and did not form the familiar "bank." It was closer to translucent than to opaque, and the outline of the downtown San Francisco skyline was visible, though all details were muted. The identity of the foreground structure probably needs no explanation!
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Anthony David Gonzalez (twitter: @TonyGonzalez88)
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Height: 6-5 Weight: 251 lbs.
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There are some great films with a fetish theme out there, but they can be hard to find and far too many people never see them. However, you can discover the very best of them, all in one place, at the Fetisch Film Festival in Kiel, Germany. If you've film and you love fetish, you must visit Kiel in October.
Fetisch Film Festival – 25th to 29th October 2011, Kiel
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Scrabble word: AWFUL
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Definitions of AWFUL in dictionaries:
- adj - exceptionally bad or displeasing
- adj - causing fear or dread or terror
- adj - offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- adj - inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- adj - extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- adj - inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- adv - used as intensifiers
- Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible: had an awful day at the office.
- Commanding awe: "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath" (Herman Melville).
- Filled with or displaying great reverence.
- Afraid.
- Extremely; very: was awful sick.
- adv - extremely bad or unpleasant [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST] : AWFULLY
There are 5 letters in AWFUL: A F L U W
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Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
Analysis: Plot Analysis
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice.
Initial Situation
Lost in Space
Our girl's lost. There's no doubt about it. In fact, it's pretty much the first thing we know. Not only is Miyax lost, she's lost in one of the most unforgiving places on earth: the North Slope of Alaska. Good thing she's stumbled upon some wolves to help her out. And good thing her dad was an awesome Eskimo hunter. He taught her a lot about survival. This will definitely be an interesting story.
The Girl who Cried Wolf… Or Tried
The conflict here is survival. Plain and simple. Miyax speaks English and Eskimo. She does not, unfortunately, speak wolf. So how in the world can she tell these wolves she's hungry? We watch as Miyax struggles to learn their language in order to survive.
Where'd the Wolves Go?
There are a lot of complications in this book: from a rogue wolf stealing her supplies to an encounter with a grizzly, things aren't easy for Miyax out on the tundra. Plus, the wolves disappear for long stretches of time. None of this is making it easy to survive.
The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
Amaroq, the leader of the wolf pack, has seemed pretty invincible up until this point. And that's a good thing, too, because Miyax has come to think of him as her wolf-father. But Amaroq finally meets a foe he can't take down: hunters in a plane. In a climactic moment, Amaroq is shot and Miyax's whole life on the tundra comes crashing down. The civilization she comes from has killed the father she's come to love. It's a key moment for our Miyax.
Tundra Times
Is the trauma of losing Amaroq at the hands of civilization enough to make Miyax end her journey back to town and stay on the tundra? Well, we know the answer to that question. Miyax chooses the tundra life, and we can't blame her. But how long can a thirteen-year-old possibly last all alone out there? That's where our suspense comes in. What will happen to our leading lady?
From Tundra to Town to Tundra Again
When Miyax hears her father is still alive, she simply has to go back to town. He's a true Eskimo, after all, and now Miyax is, too. She imagines an ideal life in which she and Kapugen live like Eskimos in town. Unfortunately, Kapugen is not the man he used to be. And Miyax wants nothing to do with him, so it's back to the tundra for her.
To Town (Again)
When Miyax loses Tornait to the cold, she knows the hour of the Eskimo is over. It's time to face the facts and return to her father.


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After checking tunnel, latches, and docking probe, the crewmen had a light workload as they coasted toward the moon. They were grateful for even such small jobs as firing the thrusters to make slight corrections in spacecraft attitude, but this was so seldom necessary they began to wonder if the jets were working. On occasion, however, when nothing was firing, the whole stack shimmied. They later speculated that this may have been caused by fuel sloshing. When making optical navigational sightings, the crew had trouble acquiring enough stars for an accurate reading. Without the optics, the men could see no stars at all for a long time. Finally, Stafford spotted a few dim orbs after he had traveled 190,000 kilometers into space. But not much navigating was needed; the course was so true that the service module propulsion system was used only once, to add 15 meters per second to their speed, at 26 hours into the voyage. This firing put the spacecraft on a lunar path that would lead the crew over the exact spot where the first landing might be made. The rest of the time the astronauts studied the flight plan, slept, ate, and beamed five excellent television transmissions back to the earth.
Stafford, Cernan, and Young were the first Apollo pilots to be free from illness during the mission, although Cernan experienced a slight vestibular disturbance. Like all their colleagues who had flown before, once they unbuckled from the couches they had a stuffy feeling in their heads. This lasted for 8 to 10 hours for Stafford and Young; Cernan gradually lost the sensation over the next two days. He practiced "cardinal head movements" that the medics thought might help overcome his slight feeling of nausea. Although he was able to do the exercise for more than four minutes at a session by the seventh day of flight, when he returned to earth he lambasted the procedure, saying it must have been designed to bring on illness rather than to alleviate it.
The crew slept well, although thruster firing bothered Cernan the first night. Later, when they were circling the moon, the men were glad that McDivitt's crew had suggested they carry a sleeping bag apiece. The spacecraft grew cold once the windows had been covered to darken the cabin for sleeping.
One major complaint the astronauts registered was about their water supply. They were supposed to chlorinate it at night; because of an error in procedures passed to them by flight control, Stafford had a double dose of chlorine when he took a drink during the first breakfast of the trip. This was unpleasant, but it posed no major problem. Something else in the water supply did. When earlier crews had complained about gas in the water system, a new water bag was designed, with a handle the crew could use to whirl the bag around to separate the gas from the water. It did not work. The gas settled to the bottom of the bag and then remixed with the water when the crew members tried to drink. The gas worried them; they could envision getting diarrhea, which would have been difficult to cope with during flight. They did have gas pains and cramps but, fortunately, nothing more.
Poor water quality may have affected their appetites, for the astronauts on this flight were not big eaters. On occasion, they skipped meals. Stafford estimated they had enough food to last for 30 days. Not all the blame could be laid on the water, however; the food was still no epicurean delight. Back on earth in early May, Donald D. Arabian, chief of the Apollo Test Division, had tried a four-day supply of their rations. Arabian claimed to be "somewhat of a human garbage can," but even he lost his desire for food on this diet. The sausage patties, for example, tasted like granulated rubber and left an unpleasant taste. With all the difficulties of preparation, Arabian added, by the third day continuing the test was a chore. He did like the items that were closest to normal table foods. Stafford's crew also found some of the newer dishes that could be eaten with a spoon quite palatable. But the men dreaded reconstituting the dehydrated meals, knowing that the water contained so much gas.
Unlike Borman's crew, which could not see the moon with the unaided eye until the spacecraft was almost upon it, Stafford's group spotted it on the second day of flight. On the earth, it looked like a waxing crescent, but Stafford and Young, with the help of earthshine, could see almost a full moon. Although the moon was much bigger at 200,000 kilometers above the earth, landmarks on the lunar surface still could not be picked out. Cernan also asked flight controllers if they thought he could really recognize the S-IVB stage 5,600 kilometers away, because that was what he thought he was seeing. The CapCom told him that the men in the control room were nodding their heads yes and that the distance between the two vehicles actually measured 7,400 kilometers.


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As product manager for the modular dispensing systems line, she will be responsible for overseeing all inside and outside modular sales personnel, as well as the development of new modular products, distribution, pricing and promotional programs. "Under Jeanne's leadership, Tomlinson looks forward to seeing the modular line of dispensers for disposable paper products become to top-of-mind brand awareness," said Louis J. Castro, executive vice president.
Eight O'Clock Coffee Co., 3 Paragon Drive, Montvale. New Jersey 07645, Tel: (1)(201) 571-0288.
Boudreau has already been involved with Safmarine for a number of years, having participated in Safmarine's integration in 1999 and the absorption of the Torm Lines breakbulk and MPV activities into the Safmarine brand, which coincided with his board appointment in 2002. He moves into the shoes of Henrik Friis, who has been appointed vice president of sales & marketing, A.P.M. Terminals North America Inc. after a successful four and a half year tenure.
He can be contacted at (1) (802) 865-4480, E-mail: email@example.com, or Web: www.coffeeenterprises.com.
"Roger's engineering and financial background make him well suited for his new position," stated PHA director of operations Jimmy M. Jamison.
Guenther joined the PHA in 1988, as assistant maintenance manager of the Barbours Cut Terminal. In 1992, he was promoted to assistant terminal manager and was named container facilities manager in 1998. Due to his attribute, over the past 12 years, the annual volume at Barbours Cut has increased to more than 1.3 million TEUs, while the terminal's annual net income has risen to approximately $30 million. Before joining the PHA, Guenther was an engineer for Emscor, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Port of Houston Authority owns and operates the public facilities located along the Port of Houston, the 25-mile long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo, containers, dry bulk materials, and different types of cargo. Each year, more than 6,600 vessels call at the port, which ranks fourth in the U.S. in coffee waterborne tonnage and eighth largest in tea tonnage.
Mirek was appointed manager of commercial affairs in 1992, when Van Rees decided to start their own office in Warsaw. Before Mirek joined Van Rees, he owned a private company and tea was among one of the products. Not long before that, all Polish tea imports were handled by the state enterprise Agros. Mirek made Van Rees Poland quickly grow as the number one importer selling
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women Chapter 21 Summary
READ THE BOOK: Chapter 21
Laurie Makes Mischief and Jo Makes Peace
- Jo keeps the promise she has made to her mother and doesn't discuss John Brooke with Meg. Meg can tell that Jo is keeping a secret, but doesn't know what it is.
- Laurie can also tell that Meg is keeping a secret. He teases and pesters Jo, and he figures out that it is something about John and Meg, but she still won't tell him the details. He decides to have his revenge with a prank.
- Meg seems to have forgotten the matter entirely, although Jo thinks she can detect signs of lovesickness.
- One day, Jo delivers the notes from the little "Post Office" between the houses. Meg receives a sealed note that makes her exclaim and blush.
- Meg says to herself that it – whatever "it" is – is all a mistake, and "he" didn't send the note after all. She's very upset and blames Jo for something.
- Jo and Mrs. March ask Meg to explain. She shows them a note signed with John Brooke's name, confessing his passion for her and asking her how she feels about him.
- Jo swears that she didn't write this note or play a trick on Meg.
- Mrs. March asks Meg if she answered this first note. Meg says that she did, and that she said that she was too young to think about getting attached, and that she didn't want to hide anything from her parents, and that he should talk to her father.
- Mrs. March is pleased with Meg's modest response and tells her that she did the right thing.
- Meg tells her mother and Jo that the second note, also signed by John Brooke, says that he didn't send her any love letter and thinks that Jo must have forged it.
- Meg is in despair, but when Jo examines the two notes, she thinks that they are both forgeries by Laurie and that John Brooke doesn't know anything about it.
- Mrs. March sends Jo to get Laurie. While she is gone, Mrs. March tells Meg that John has asked for permission to court her, and inquires about Meg's feelings.
- Meg says that the prank has made her scared and worried, and she can't think about having a lover at this point.
- When Jo comes back with Laurie, Meg goes to her room. Jo waits in the hall as Mrs. March spends a long time talking to Laurie, making him realize how cruel the prank really was, and how much mischief it could have caused.
- When Jo and Meg are called back into the room, Laurie apologizes to Meg and promises not to tell anyone else about the prank.
- Meg forgives Laurie, but Jo doesn't. Laurie is hurt and goes home with his nose in the air.
- Jo decides to go over to the Laurences' to tell Laurie that she forgives him. She finds out from the servants that Mr. Laurence and Laurie had a fight.
- Jo goes to see Laurie, who tells her that he fought with his grandfather because he couldn't reveal the reason Mrs. March was angry with him – doing so would have broken his promise to Meg not to tell anyone.
- Laurie says he wants to run away. For one crazy moment, he and Jo consider running away together and having adventures, and then Jo reminds him that he needs to stay with his grandfather and she has duties at home.
- Jo goes to see Mr. Laurence and explains that Laurie has already atoned for his bad behavior, and that he's keeping a secret to protect someone else. Mr. Laurence agrees to trust Laurie and not ask again about what happened.
- Jo gets Mr. Laurence to write a note in which he apologizes to Laurie. Jo takes the note to Laurie and encourages him to turn over a new leaf.
- Everyone forgets about the prank except Meg, who does start to have romantic daydreams abut John Brooke.
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Baby LeRoy was a child actor who appeared in films in the 1930s. When he was sixteen months old, he became the youngest person ever put under term contract by a major studio. Born Ronald Le Roy Overacker in Los Angeles, California, Baby LeRoy's career began when he was less than a year old, co-starring with Maurice Chevalier in A Bedtime Story, and ended with a cameo role as himself in Cinema Circus. He is best known for his appearances in three W. C. Fields films: Tillie and Gus, The Old Fashioned Way and It's a Gift.
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Health & Pregnancy
Poor Sleep in Pregnancy Linked to High Blood Pressure
More Study Needed continued...
"Moving forward, large-scale sleep studies should include pregnant cohorts so that health care providers and mothers-to-be can more fully appreciate the health risks of insufficient sleep," Michele A. Williams, ScD, a professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle and the co-director of the Center for Perinatal Studies at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, says in a news release.
In the study, more than 1,200 healthy pregnant women were asked about their sleep habits since becoming pregnant at 14 weeks into their pregnancy. Overall, 20.5% of women said they slept nine hours per night, 55.2% of women slept seven to eight hours per night, and 13.7% slept six or fewer hours per night, and 10.6% of women slept 10 hours or more per night early in their pregnancy.
More than 6% of women were diagnosed with preeclampsia or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure during the study. Women who got less than five hours of sleep per night were almost 10 times more likely to develop preeclampsia, the study showed.
Good Sleep Hygiene in Pregnancy a Must
"This was a rather groundbreaking study," says Michael Breus, PhD, author of Beauty Sleepand the clinical director of the sleep division for Arrowhead Health in Glendale, Ariz.
"It is a great start and one of the first, if not the first, study to look at how sleep can have an effect on blood pressure during pregnancy -- specifically first-trimester sleep," he says.
The study points to the importance of good sleep hygiene in pregnancy, he says.
For starters, "you need to be careful about how much weight you are gaining," he says. Some pregnant women may develop sleep apnea, a sleep disorder marked by pauses in breathing while asleep. "If your bed partner notices that you have started snoring or light breathing, call your doctor for evaluation," he says.
Exercise is known to improve sleep quality. "If you are comfortable and your doctor has said it is OK to exercise during pregnancy, moderate exercise will help with overall sleep," he says. Cutting back on caffeine is also important during pregnancy, and as a means of improving sleep.


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I was chatting recently with a U.S. law firm managing partner, who asked me about the Canadian health-care system and how I'd compare it to its American counterpart. Stepping carefully around that minefield, I did allow that health-care regimes worldwide are like partner compensation schemes in law firms: there's at least one thing seriously wrong with every version, but so long… Read more »
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The canary in our coal mine
My newest column has been posted at Slaw, winner of the Canadian Association of Law Librarians' 2009 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. It's the latest honour for Canada's best legal website, and yet another reason to read this post there and take in the rest of the terrific content.
The failure of billable-hour compensation
Two ugly stories from the mainstream legal media at least give us the opportunity to consider an under-publicized way in which the billable hour poisons the profession. First is this National Law Journal article about how law firms are responding to the recession (short answer: myopically). Among other things, firms are laying off staff and… Read more »
Fear and loathing in the law firm
Many law firms' insistence on treating their newest associates as adversaries continues to baffle me. Law firms know very well that the associates they hire fresh out of law school (or even after a year of articling) are sufficiently unskilled that they don't merit the salaries they make or the rates they bill. Equally, firms… Read more »
Casualties of the salary war
Dan Hull at What About Clients has stirred the smouldering embers of the associate salary debate with a post suggesting that new lawyers should pay law firms to apprentice with them. It's a provocative idea, and while I voiced my disagreement with it in a comment there, I do appreciate the frustration he and other… Read more »
Coping with fewer associates
The Ottawa Citizen ran an article over the weekend that caught my eye, thanks in part to this succinct summary of the gigantic demographic challenge facing the North American economy: Baby boomers are retiring and the number of young adults behind them is on an irreversible slide. Starting in 2011, Canada's workforce will lose two… Read more »
The value proposition for associates
From the Recorder comes news of a 220-lawyer firm in San Diego that has decided to abandon lockstep, year-of-call-based compensation for its associates. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has created no fewer than 14 different levels of associate compensation, based on what type of law the associate practises and how good she is at it…. Read more »
The good times rolled
A noteworthy item in the National Law Journal today, interesting for a bunch of reasons. The thrust of the article is that with a recession likely to arrive in 2008, associates at many top US firms are likely to see an end to the salary and bonus frenzy that has obsessed the legal press for… Read more »


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Calvin Andrew Preston
DENNYSVILLE - Calvin Andrew Preston, 68, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, May 5, 2013, at home. He was born Aug. 16, 1944, in Lubec, son of Hardy R. and Ruth E. (Laslie) Preston.
Calvin was a 1962 graduate of Pembroke High School. He went to work for Thomas DiCenzo Inc., Calais, after graduating. Calvin married Donna, the love of his life, Nov. 27, 1965. He was a life time member of American Legion. An American hero, he served in the U.S.
with the 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One, 1965-1967. He served a tour of duty in Vietnam from January 1966 to December 1966. Calvin received the
Purple Heart
Medal and the Combat Infantryman's Badge while serving his country. After returning home, Calvin worked in construction in Franklin, N.H. Eventually, he moved back to his home town of Dennysville and exhibited his entrepreneurial spirit by opening Cal & Don's Variety. After years of working for himself, Calvin sought a new opportunity and joined Washington County Unorganized Territories as supervisor. He held this position for 16 years until his retirement in 1998. Calvin was never idle at any moment, always looking for a chance to turn a buck. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, carpentry, gardening, working in the woods and sawing lumber. He and Donna enjoyed many road trips together. Calvin enjoyed his many adventures with his great friend Kevin, one would lie and the other would swear to it. He loved a great laugh and was ever ready to hear his family's mishaps because of how comical he knew the story would turn out to be. He will always be remembered as a great man and willing to give a helping hand to anyone in need.
Calvin is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Donna J. (Cushing) Preston of Dennysville; son, Dean A. Preston and wife, Avery, of Pembroke; daughter, Wendy J. McKim and husband, Tony, of Trenton; son, Chad A. Preston of Dedham; nine loving grandchildren, Cody and Holly Preston of Pembroke, Tyler, Kyle, Keegan and Chase McKim of Trenton, and Allison, Macayla and Jacob Preston of Dedham; mother, Ruth E. (Laslie) Preston; sister, Juanita L. Matthews and husband, Larry; two brothers, Dennis L. Preston and wife, Gail, and George O. Preston all of Dennysville; mother-in-law, Dora H. Cushing of Pembroke; brothers and sisters by marriage, Frank E. Cushing and wife, Lynn, of Orrington, Darlene M. Preston, Wayne C. Cushing and wife, Muriel, and Helene E. Blanchard and husband, John, all of Pembroke; life long friend, Kevin Small of Edmunds; many loving nieces and nephews; two special nieces, Tabitha L. Griffin of East Machias and Laurie B. Cates of Cutler; and a very special and heartfelt thank you to Frank E. Cushing, a brother-in-law but more importantly a life long friend. We could not have done it without your help over the past couple of months. Dad wanted to be home and you helped make that happen. This is appreciated more than you know. Calvin was predeceased by his father, Hardy R. Preston; two brothers, Stephen D. Preston and Morris H. Preston; and sister; Lydia A. Preston; father-in-law, Donald E. Cushing; and brother-in-law, Kenneth A. Cushing.
There will be a celebration of Calvin's life 5:30 p.m. May 9, at American Legion Hall, Pembroke. Being a Vietnam Veteran, he requested in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Wounded Warrior Project,
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February 3, 2015
The Fight Against Pseudo-Classification
It's only February, but its been a busy year on the open government front. The Transportation Security Administration's use of pseudo-classification markings has been criticized and the problem appears more like a pattern that a random instance.
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January 20, 2015
Nuclear Lab Whistleblower Case Moves Forward
A whistleblower from the Los Alamos National Laboratory begins mediation with the lab this month in an effort to resolve his claim.
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November 21, 2014
Awaiting Answers from DOE IG on Whistleblower's Accusations
The Department of Energy's Inspector General has yet to deliver answers about the firing of whistleblower Dr. James Doyle and the underlying ambiguous classification procedures used by DOE and its contractors.
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DOE Handling of Whistleblower Case Leaves Much To Be Desired
The Department of Energy Inspector General will investigate Dr. James Doyle's termination for any impropriety from DOE.
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When the Administration Asks Itself to Declassify
In preparing a recent report, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board demonstrated an unusual mode of declassification. In this case, the process was remarkably productive, and it may offer a precedent for future declassification efforts.
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Like photographs of children and puppies, stories that fall neatly into the "local boy made good" (LBMG) or "local girl made good" (LGMG) category are highly attractive to media outlets.
It is powerfully affirming to read about those people from your community, maybe even your neighborhood--better still from your own block--who have gone out into the big, wide world and made something of themselves. Implicit in the tale is that you, too, can launch a successful business, make it all the way to the NBA, or write that best-selling novel.
So reporters and editors frequently gravitate to those feel-good LBMG and LGMG accounts.
A current media outreach that taps into this niche is about collaborative law attorney Sandra Young of Naperville. Along with Brian Garvey, Young has developed "The Weekend Divorce" model as an innovative response to the drawn-out, volatile, messy--and often expensive--ways in which so many people end their marriages.
In March, they will be making an educational presentation about The Weekend Divorce in Yorkville, near Young's roots in Oswego, where she lived the first 18 years of her life. While the distance between her current home and that from her upbringing is hardly transcontinental, it's far enough to qualify for the LGMG treatment.
You can see that illustrated in this Yorkville Patch news release posted earlier today.
Another seldom-used but relatively simple way to build on the "local boy/local girl made good" motif: alerting college alumni publications about the success of their graduates.
Theron Nelsen's undergraduate years at the University of Idaho, starting nearly 60 years ago, came during the Eisenhower administration. It was 15 years after graduation when he launched what has become a hugely successful Amway business, growing into one of the foremost leaders of World Wide DreamBuilders.
But once associated with your alma mater, forever linked. That enduring bond is reflected in colleges continually seeking financial support from their alumni. Part of the unwritten, but very real, trade-off is that your university, in turn, devotes editorial space to your life's stories and successes.
Another strong "local boy made good" category, in the collegiate arena, comes in the form of Halls of Fame, Outstanding Alumni awards and so forth. Among the many Amway Independent Business Owners mentored by Nelsen is Bill Hawkins, another WWDB leader who was a part of the Outstanding Alumni Class of 2011 at Bemidji State University in Minnesota.
So whether it's in business, in the social services, the athletic arena or some other facet of life, universities are attracted to proclaiming, outright or indirectly, that their institution provided fertile ground for helping graduates achieve resounding success.


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Wayne Rooney and Nike are in trouble for tweeting
A tweet that's an advert must say so
ENGLAND FOOTBALLER and apparent mobile advertiser Wayne Rooney has got into a little bit of bother because of a tweet.
The tweet, a promotion for something to do with Nike, didn't go far enough to show itself for what it was, which was an advert, and has been criticised by the UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).
Rooney and another footballer called Jack Wilshere sent their tweets in January, and both sent vaguely aspirational messages with a link to a Nike web site.
The ASA investigated in response to complaints and was told by Nike that people really ought to associate Rooney with Nike anyway, and therefore should assume that things that he might say could be adverts for the brand. It's some argument, and it's the one that Nike likes apparently.
"They said Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere were communicating to Twitter members who had chosen to 'follow' them and that both footballers were well known for being sponsored by Nike, as were the teams for which they played; Manchester United and Arsenal respectively," reports the ASA.
"They believed, therefore, that Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere's Twitter followers would not be misled about the relationship between the footballers and Nike."
Nike also said that the presence of a URL that identified Nike should help clear up any confusion. But this and the other argument were dismissed by the ASA.
"We considered the average Twitter user would follow a number of people on the site and they would receive a number of tweets throughout the day, which they may scroll through quickly," it said, adding that marketing codes require that marketing communications must be "obviously identifiable as such".
The ASA said the adverts must never appear in the same form again. µ
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