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O'Dorney Wins Intel Science Talent Search
Math Olympian Evan O'Dorney took 1st place in the Intel Science Talent Search. Three other Intel finalists had also participated in the USA and International Mathematical Olympiads. Article.
Bart de Smit Outlines the Solution to an Escher Mystery
Read a recap and listen to the full podcast of Bart de Smit's MAA Distinguished Lecture on "Escher and the Droste Effect." Article.
April is Mathematics Awareness Month!
This year's theme is "Unraveling Complex Systems." Look for essays, posters, and more devoted to this theme. Article.
Online Euler Archive Finds New Home at MAA
The MAA website is now the home of the Euler Archive developed by Dominc Klyve and Lee Stemkoski. Article.
MAA national Elections Are in Progress!
All members of MAA (other than undergraduate students) are eligible to vote. Balloting is all electronic and began on Tuesday, April 5. All eligible voters with a valid email address should have received an email (from email@example.com) with a direct link to a ballot. Any eligible member of MAA without an email address in the MAA database should have received a letter with the web address and sign-in information. Voting closes on May 17th. You must use the sign-in information from the letter or email to vote. Candidate information is available here.
Students Selected to Participate in the USAMO and USAJMO
Approximately 280 highest scoring students on the combination of the AMC 12 contest in February 2011 and the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) in March 2011 have been invited to take the USA Mathematical Olympiad on April 27 and 28, 2011. Approximately 230 highest scoring students on the combination of the AMC 10 contest in February 2011 and the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) in March 2011 have been invited to take the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad also held on April 27 and 28, 2011. For the list of invitees and additional information, click here.
April/May 2011 MAA FOCUS
This month's issue, with a preview of MAA MathFest 2011 in Lexington, Kentucky, is now available online.
New MAA eBooks
Mathematical Time Capsules available here.
Lobachevski Illuminated available here.
MAA MathFest 2011 Registration is Now Open
Register Now to Save! Early Bird registration ends May 15, 2011. Click here to register.
Call for Papers: Abstract Submission for MathFest 2011
MAA will hold its eighty-ninth summer meeting August 4-6, 2011, in Lexington, Kentucky. Please visit the MathFest website for more information on the contributed paper sessions. The deadline for submission of abstracts is April 30, 2011. Submit an abstract here.
PREP 2011 Workshop Registration
Now is the time to register for the MAA's 2011 Professional Enhancement Programs - the early registration discount expires soon. Click here for information about this year's workshops.
Application Deadline for the MAA Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences Program
Deadline for the MAA RUMC grant program is May 15, 2011.VisitRUMCfor more details and application instructions.
14th Annual Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference, Washington DC, June 2- 4, 2011
Co-hosted by the Educational Advancement Foundation and MAA, this conference will unveil the final results of the three-year project assessing student outcomes in inquiry-based learning classes at four major research universities. Housing deadline is May 4th. Register now to secure a hotel room. Read more and register here.
"Before Congress in Support of NSF"
David Bressoud's April Launchings column focuses on his recent experience testifying before the US Congress. Article.
"A Knight's Tour de Force"
From the April issue of Math Horizons, Adam Berliner explains the ideas behind an intricate sculpture that hangs in the math department at St. Olaf College. Article.
"Unraveling Complex Systems Includes Modeling Heart Activity"
The human heart is one example of a complex system where mathematics can offer insights. Math in the News item.
"Zeilberger's FOCUS Interview Published in Mathematical Advance in Translation"
An Interview with Rutgers mathematician Doron Zeilberger, which appeared in the May-June 2007 issue of MAA FOCUS, has been translated into Chinese and published in Mathematical Advance in Translation. Math in the News item.
The next installation of the "river of bricks" in the Paul R. Halmos Commemorative Walk, located at the MAA's Headquarters in Washington, D.C,is scheduled to take place in early summer. Don't miss this installment of commemorative bricks and a chance to become a lasting part of MAA history. If you have been thinking about having a brick inscribed with your name, to honor a mentor, thank a friend, or remember a loved one-the time is now! Please place your order no later than April 30th to have your brick installed in this phase.
The cost of each brick is $303.00 in honor of Paul Halmos's March 3 birthday. Proceeds from the sale of bricks help support conference center programs and activities. Click here for an order form, which youcan fax to Christina Knowles, Associate Director for Development at 202-387-5948 or call 202-319-8497.


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New Riglet snowboards are equipping kids as young as 18 months to try the sport for the first time using a tow reel to focus on balancing techniques.
"If they can walk, they can board," said Tucker Vest Burton, spokeswoman at Keystone Resorts.
Riglets, a reel that attaches to a snowboard targets ages 3-6, though some have seen kids as young as 18 months on them. To aid with balancing, young boarders have a reel attached to them for parents or instructors to tow and aid in establishing balancing techniques.
The new gear, similar to a tow rope for tots on skis, aims to get young kids out on the mountain to experience winter sports and learn the basics of balancing and standing sideways.
"We have been pushing down the barriers that kids need to learn how to ski first - we've adamantly said that that's a myth," Shaun Cattanach, global experience manager at Burton Snowboards. "We've been focusing on better gear for kids for over a decade and have continuously evolved the product through ongoing testing year round and introducing new idea concepts, technologies and programs that support it all that make it easier for kids to learn."
When snowboards were first introduced to the target age group of 3- to 6-year-olds, the board was stiff and boots were comparatively higher than equipment for adults, making them less flexible for youngsters.
"Burton has done a lot of work with the core of the boards to make them flex for the little kids," Cattanach said. "We thin out of the core and use softer materials, different fiber glass and the internal components that make a snowboard flex."
Adding the Riglet reel to gear allows parents and instructors to get children even younger comfortable on snowboards.
Last season at Steamboat, Nelson Wingard, the snowsports school director at the ski area, decided to try the Riglet on his 2-year-old daughter, Lily.
"She rode for maybe 20 minutes and was hugely successful," Wingard said. "The next day she woke up and her first words to me were 'Dadda, is the snowboarding place open today?'"
The success of Riglets and the reel have gained the confidence of snowboarders nationwide.
"Once we added the reel, it really showed people that kids down to 3 years old, and in some cases even younger, could get on a board and slide around and have fun," Cattanach said. "At the end of the day, that's all we're really looking to do: To get kids outside and into the winter sports mode. We are looking to get kids stoked on snowboarding as early as possible."
Avid snowboarders with children are a growing market, according to Cattanach.
"It's good for everyone in the industry to have kids engaged as young as possible, especially if they look at it as outside playing rather than having to work," he said. "
At home or on the hill, Riglets allow parents to expose their children to the winter sports environment and balancing techniques anywhere.
"Parents can create their own Riglet environment in their backyard," Cattanach said. "The goal is to have their kids go through the experience - other than doing it at home, the easiest way is to take them up to Keystone or one of the other resorts that are doing Riglets riding as a special event."
Keystone's brand new Kidtopia will offer a Burton Riglet Park and board rentals in the resort's Mountain House area this winter. Designed for the youngest snowboarders, Burton's Riglet board and park design operate under that mantra "if they can walk, they can ride" and introduces the basics of snowboarding in an interactive environment.
"Young skiers have been starting to ski at the age of 3 for years, so with the new Burton Riglet Park and equipment the sport of snowboarding can now tap into the youngest of snow tikes," Burton said. "We are incredibly excited about this new addition, and it really is a great example of the importance Keystone places on skiing and riding progression."
This season, Riglets will be featured at Copper Mountain. Burton is launching the Burton Mountain Festival tour, slated for Dec. 31 at the ski area.
For the youngest riders, every Burton Mountain Festival stop features a Burton Riglet Park where young kids can try the sport for free using Riglets and reels.
Outside, but close to the county, Winter Park and Steamboat will have Riglet parks set up on a special event basis while Vail will have a park set up during the U.S. Open at the end of February.

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> Dr. Bill Pettigrew gave an invited lecture "Potassium influence on crop yield and quality" at The International Symposium "Importance of Soil Management and Potash Fertilization for Sustainable Agricultural Development of Central America and the Caribbean" sponsored by the International Potash Institute in cooperation with the Soil Science Association of El Salvador at San Salvador, El Salvador. While there he also served as an international judge for a student poster competition and meet with local officials, industry representatives, and university faculty. Tours of coffee and sugar cane growing regions occurred on the days immediately prior to and after the symposium.
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> The paper entitled 'Formulation and adjuvant effects on the absorption and translocation of 14C-clethodim in wheat (Tricitum aestivum L.)', co-authored by SWSRU Plant Physiologist Dr. Krishna Reddy, and Mississippi State University collegues Vijay Nandula, Dan Poston and Trey Koger, was awarded the 2007 'Weed Biology and Management' Paper of the Year at the April 2009 meeting of the Weed Science Society of Japan. (4/11) PDF
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Minot Ryan blew a 10-point third-quarter lead then came from eight points down to beat Central Cass 54-50 Saturday in the title game at the North Dakota girls Class B basketball tournament.
The unbeaten Lions (27-0) trailed 42-34 after a 16-0 run by Central Cass gave the Squirrels (24-4) the lead. But they took a 51-50 lead late and never trailed again.
Hannah Stewart led the Lions to their 29th straight win and their first title since 1993 with 27 points and 12 rebounds.
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CUPERTINO -- As far as corporate theater goes, Apple's (AAPL) annual shareholder meeting Wednesday was ZZZZZZZZ.
Despite pre-meeting buzz around hedge-fund activist David Einhorn's legal assault to try and shake loose more of Apples's enormous stash of cash in the form of a preferred dividend, nothing close to fireworks materialized. In fact, the most excitement of the morning came from a group of noisy pro-union demonstrators out in the parking lot, a shareholder who lambasted Apple board member Al Gore and an awkward slip of the tongue by CEO Tim Cook.
"We don't have our heads up our ..." Cook said in defense of Apple's competitive fervor, stopping himself mid-sentence to add "in the sand."
The ensuing applause and laughter from the audience pretty much summed up the goodwill coming from the 225 shareholders who squeezed into Apple's conference auditorium. Einhorn did not show up at the meeting, and Cook deftly fielded a shareholder's question about the activist's lawsuit. After Einhorn sued Apple over its plans to change its articles of incorporation dealing with preferred stock, a federal judge last week issued a temporary injunction forcing Apple to pull an expected vote on the issue from its shareholder ballot.
Midway through the question-and-answer session that took up more than half of the hourlong meeting, Cook was asked if he still believed, as he'd previously told analysts, that Einhorn's lawsuit was "a silly sideshow."
"Well, I absolutely do," said the soft-spoken CEO, who was dressed totally in black and clutching an iPad Mini in his hands. "The lawsuit was not about whether Apple should return cash to shareholders -- it was about shareholder rights. And if we want to issue preferred shares, you all should get a vote on it."
Again, the audience erupted in applause. And again, it was clear that Einhorn was the odd man out, even though many investors would love to get a bigger share of Apple's $137.1 billion stockpile of cash.
"One investor should not be trumping the rights of others," said Anne Simpson of CalPERS, a huge shareholder of Apple stock. Of Einhorn's legal skirmish, she told Cook "it's a matter of great regret that you had to withdraw the proposal. There is a debate to be had over what you do with your cash, but it must not be done under duress."
Others in the audience agreed. Carol Baker, a retired schoolteacher from Cupertino, said that despite losing a chance to vote on the dividend proposal, and regardless of the steep decline in the value of Apple shares in the past five months, she's still 100 percent behind the Cupertino company.
"I'm still very happy with my investment in Apple," she said. "It's been a great long-term investment for me ever since I bought shares in the $12-14 range. How could I complain?"
Apple stock, while solidly off its high of more than $700 a share last September, stood at $445 on Wednesday, an impressive jump for the stock Baker bought years ago.
Mark Marley, a NASA astronomer from San Jose who has owned Apple stock for five years, came to his first shareholders meeting out of curiosity.
"I was just curious to see the principals in the flesh," he said, adding he was not impressed with the ultimate goal of Einhorn's campaign, a preferred stock issuance that many feel would largely benefit hedge-fund operators like Einhorn.
"Apple needs to be more attuned to the concerns of investors, and hopefully they'll split the stock," said Marley, "but I don't like Einhorn's proposal because basically it benefits the hedge-fund investors and not the rest of us."
Letha Dawson of Sacramento said that while she was disappointed by the failed vote on a proposal to push Apple to take a more active role in global human rights, she was upbeat about the company's future.
"More companies should be looking long-term and not just after the short buck in the market," she said, adding that she was "surprised and pleased by Cook's comment that Apple had aggressively removed toxins from its products."
But if shareholders were expecting sparks to fly because of the preferred-stock battle in the courts, they instead were treated to vintage, and at times tedious, Cook commentary on how wonderfully Apple is faring these days, its sagging stock price aside.
"I know the recent stock price is a disappointment for you," he told the crowd, which spilled over into other rooms where investors looked on at a live video feed. "I want you to know that I don't like it either. But we're focused on the long-term and that's always been the secret of Apple's success.
"We focus on making the best products in the world," Cook told the beaming crowd, "and the revenues and profits will follow. We'll continue to do that, and we have some great stuff coming."
Staff writers Jeremy C. Owens and Dan Nakaso contributed to this report. Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689 or follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc.
The CEO with the mostest
Even as Apple struggles with a sagging share price and an embarrassing setback in its battle with hedge-fund activist David Einhorn, here are five signs that shareholders apparently still love CEO Tim Cook:
1. Cook received a rousing 99.1 percent approval rating in the perfunctory board of directors election.
2. He got laughs from the crowd several times, including when he said: "We don't have our heads up our ... in the sand.''
3. He also got laughs when he introduced board member and former Vice President Al Gore, joking that this was the same guy who invented the Internet.
4. He seemed cool, calm and collected, even as he carefully answered a question on what he called Einhorn's "silly sideshow'' of a lawsuit against Apple.
5. He got kudos for promising to look into a shareholder's complaint that the new Apple Store in Santa Monica apparently has no restroom for fanboys or girls. "We do have restrooms in many of our stores,'' he said, "but I'll have to check on the new one on Third Street'' promenade. (A call to the store late Wednesday revealed that there is a bathroom but with limited availability.)


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A store that churns about 40 percent of Eagle's sales tax revenue wants to double in size and needs to move to do it, said Eagle Town Board members.
The Kroger corporation, City Market's parent company, wants a store almost twice the size of its Eagle City Market building, and there's not enough room on its current site.
City Market is not leaving Eagle, but is considering expansion to Gypsum, said new Eagle Mayor Yuri Kostick.
It came up during a spirited public input session at Tuesday's town board meeting, just minutes after three new town board members and Kostick were sworn in.
Kostick talked to Joel Starbuck, director of real estate development for Kroger in Colorado.
Starbuck and Kroger like the Eagle store, said it's a high performer and they like being in Eagle, Kostick said.
They'll talk again about some other sites in Eagle, including Eagle River Station, Kostick said.
"I thought it was a positive meeting," said Kostick
Starbuck was out of town and unavailable for comment at press time.
During research and market analysis for Eagle River Station, City Market mentioned that their format is for a larger store, said town board member Scott Turnipseed.
The Eagle City Market building is 38,000 square feet. They want 60,000 square feet and can't do it on that site, Kostick explained moments after he sat down in the mayor's chair.
"They'll stay in Eagle if they can find a site," Kostick said.
Gypsum officials have heard the same rumblings, but haven't talked to anyone from City Market or Kroger.
"We've had zero contact with City Market," said Gypsum Town Manager Jeff Shroll.
Eagle River Station's developers have not talked to Kroger or City Market either, but will be happy to, especially if it means keeping City Market and its sales tax revenue in Eagle, said Trinity RED's Vince Riggio.
"We have not talked to them yet, but we would be more than willing to sit down with City Market to see if there's anything we can do to keep them in Eagle. We'd give them the best deal we possibly can," Riggio said.
"We cannot control their decision, but we can put an opportunity before them that meets or beats anyone's," Riggio said.
Trinity RED is already working with the Kroger company on another development in Atlanta, Riggio said.
For the second time in two years, Eagle voters will decide the fate of Eagle River Station, a commercial/residential development on the town's east side. That vote is scheduled for next month.
"Eagle River Station could accommodate City Market, and they'd probably be very happy there," said Eagle town board member Scot Webster.
City Market, Kroger and King Soopers stores on the Front Range are 50,000 to 60,000 square feet. Some go as big as 125,000 square feet, Riggio said.
Gypsum's 74-acre Tower Center site went to a sealed-bid auction Wednesday. The winning Tower Center bid will be announced next month.
Trinity RED is not among the bidders, and they have no intention of moving their project to Gypsum, Riggio said.
"We are committed 100 percent to Eagle River Station and we're committed to Eagle," Riggio said. "We will do everything we can to keep City Market in Eagle."


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo (KKCO) They are responding to a national report on underwater properties in Mesa County, saying things aren't as bad as they seem. Underwater means the homeowner owes more on the home than it's worth. According to the report by Zillow.com, which tracks mortgages, home values, and the real estate market nationwide, nearly 41% of Mesa County homes are underwater. However, local experts say you can take the report with a grain of salt.
"Are they accurate? They're semi-accurate," says Kevin Borman, Chairman of the board of the Grand Junction Realtors Association, and Managing Broker at Keller Williams Realty in Grand Junction.
Borman has worked in the local real estate market for over 30 years. "The only way to really know for sure is to talk with a realtor that has that information available that is very specific to this specific area, because Zillow doesn't take that into account," says Borman.
Zillow uses what's called automated valuation modules, "which will take account of information, particularly when it comes to sold properties and determine a valuation of the property," explains Borman. The percentage isn't out of left-field though. "That's a fair number I think to utilize for people that have gotten loans four or five years ago."
And while things don't look great, there is light at the end of the tunnel. "There's a lot of 1st time home buyer programs giving them 20% back on their mortgage interest," says Laurinda Conrad, Vice-President with Unifirst Mortgage in Grand Junction. Conrad says while homes are underwater, more building is helping them resurface. "Noting that building permits are up, noting that more builders are building homes; that's a good sign, because for a while there, there were no homes being built, so inventory starts slowing down a little, and building goes up; so I think it's a good sign for our community," says Conrad.
And since the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that interest rates will remain at all time lows; if you're shopping, the deals have never been better. "The interest rates are at all-time lows right now, under 4-percent for 30-year fixed mortgages; that's a perfect time for the buyers to buy right now, the buying power is at it's strongest point," says Borman.
The report has nearly half of homes in Garfield County underwater, 30% in Eagle County, and 29% is Rio Blanco County.
According to the report, 7.7% of Mesa County homeowners are delinquent on their mortgage.
The following is a statement from Camille Salama, spokeswoman with Zillow.com on the company's methodology.
"Zillow Negative Equity Reports incorporates mortgage data from TransUnion, a global leader in credit and information management, to calculate various statistics. The report looks at current outstanding loan amounts for individual owner-occupied homes and compares them to those homes' current estimated values. This is the only report that uses current outstanding loan balances on all mortgages when calculating negative equity. Other reports estimate current outstanding loan balance based on the most recent loan on a property . The report includes, but is not limited to, negative equity, loan-to-value ratios, and delinquency rates. To calculate negative equity, the estimated value of a home is matched to all outstanding mortgage debt and lines of credit associated with the home, including home equity lines of credit and home equity loans. All personally identifying information ("PII") is removed from the data by TransUnion before delivery to Zillow. Overall, this report covers over 800 metros, 2,100 counties, and 22,200 ZIP codes across the nation."


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LIVERMORE -- History textbooks are full of solid facts and figures, but they didn't record the whistle of the incendiary bomb that exploded in Susan Mayall's yard in England during the Blitz, terrifying the neighborhood and torching her sister's diapers drying on the clothesline.
Nor can teachers convey the horror and disbelief experienced by Aaron Latkin, a young foot soldier in Patton's 3rd Army in World War II. Deep in Germany, he and his buddies participated in the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp, the first such capture by U.S. forces. There, he saw a pit filled with emaciated corpses, and witnessed the reaction of American commanders to the carnage. The photos he secretly snapped during those days are part of an invaluable historical record.
These remarkable first-person accounts -- and those of other original witnesses to history -- are being shared with another generation, thanks to the efforts of a Livermore woman who believes stories like these can teach powerful lessons of courage and cultural understanding. Ruth Gasten, herself a Holocaust refugee, has been speaking about her experiences as a child in Nazi Germany for the past two years. It one day occurred to her that her rapt high school audiences would benefit from other first-person stories.
"I've been here in the valley for more than 50 years, and I knew other people who had thrilling and harrowing stories of what happened to them," she said. "We're all seasoned people of a certain age, and our lives have been through different paths ... but these are stories students should know about."
Gaston began talking to friends and networking, looking for a range of potential speakers willing to share their personal histories. Her recruits include former Livermore Mayor John Shirley, an infantry veteran who fought in Italy, France and Germany during World War II and saw combat at Anzio Beachhead. Speaker Mony Nop survived the Pol Pot regime and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, walking from Cambodia to Thailand at the age of 6. He spent four years in refugee camps before escaping to the United States in 1983.
Tad Kishi is a Japanese American who was sent to the Manzanar internment camp in California at the onset of World War II, only to be later drafted and sent to occupied Japan to serve as an interpreter. John Sarboraria's story is local -- the recollections of a boy in Livermore when the city was a small town of 3,500 residents.
"I think hearing stories of historic events and how they affected the lives of real people is helpful to young people in many ways," Gaston said. "It helps them to realize how people have suffered great deprivation and survived, and it helps them to understand how necessary it is to take an early and decisive stance against injustice when you see it.
"We can give (students) a different viewpoint from what they can get in a book," said Aaron Latkin, a retired Lawrence Livermore Laboratory engineer who witnessed the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp. "You couldn't believe what you were seeing" there, he said.
Although the Allies won the war, it wasn't a given, he said.
"Practically everyone contributed to the war effort in one way or another ... We started with very little, and had a lot to overcome. At times we weren't sure we were going to be victorious."
Susan Mayall is a retired history teacher and former owner of Goodenough Books in Livermore. Her father, a Royal Marine officer, was killed when his ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean by an Italian submarine during World War II. She survived years of air raids as a child in Great Britain during the war.
"It's something I feel people should know about since this country has experienced so little of war itself, and the people have very mixed ideas of what it's like," she said. "I do this because I think it's an important part of history -- to know that even in a country that was fairly cut off from the worst of the war, there can still be tremendous suffering."
The fledgling speakers' bureau is an original and valuable resource, said Neil Henry, director of the Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley.
"I've never heard of a program quite like this," he said. "First-person viewpoints on history usually are not collected by history books, and add another dimension of immediacy for audiences, and that resonates with people. Those who have lived through historical moments can pass on information ... and can be very impressionable for young people."
Ruth Gasten has only begun approaching schools with her concept, but is working to find additional speakers from a wide variety of countries and cultures who can relay their life experiences to a diverse student body. A wide-ranging knowledge of history is not necessary -- just real-life stories.
"We're talking about personal experiences -- fears, pain and joy," she said. "I want people from Asia and Africa, from South America ... History didn't just happen 50 years ago. Look at Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, the partition of India, Vietnam, the boat people -- there are so many situations.
"I hope we will all learn to understand and accept each other," she said. "We've all had harrowing and transformative experiences; the speakers will share their experiences, and hopefully the audience will learn from them. The stories may even help the students gain insights into themselves or members of their families."
The speakers' bureau has the potential to literally bring history alive for students, said Henry of the Bancroft Library.
"You multiply this by manifold, and you have a real rich treasure trove that adds to the historic record," he said. "When people can talk directly about their experiences it tends to be very emotional and moving -- it puts history right in front of (students) and it brings it alive right before their eyes. It's not just a dusty textbook you're reading."
The speakers bureau website (http://ruthgasten.wix.com/speakers) has the email address of each speaker next to their biography, which tells about their personal story. Readers who want to contact a particular speaker may send them an email.
To learn more about the website, or to become a speaker, contact Ruth Gasten at email@example.com.


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The act of shitting a females chest and proceding to titty fuck her.
50 Cent is such a skank. Why's he always chili dog his moma?
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A disturbing type of scatology in which a man defecates between a womans breasts and then procedes to tit fuck using the waste as a lubricant. The penis is the hot dog the shit the chili and of course the breasts are the buns. chili scat shit
I performed a chili dog with this fat chick with huge tits yesterday. How was it? Lets just say the best part of the experience was the smell, well atleast it wasn't my bed.
by Kendall March 08, 2005
When a man lays a sloppy shit on a woman's breasts and then titfucks her.
"Man, that chick was so dirty she let me throw her the chilidog without even flinching"
by Mike S. May 14, 2003
a food that is commonly composed of a hot dog, a bun, and chili. toppings such as relish can also be added
My mom is making chili dogs for dinner tinight.YUM!
by Justin April 28, 2003
Simply a hot dog on a bun, with chili con carne, and sometimes cheese. Grow up, Urban Dictionary.
I'm hungry, let's make some chili dogs.
Why would you want to shit on a girl's tits?
I'm talking about the food, you idiot!
Why would you want to shit on a girl's tits?
I'm talking about the food, you idiot!
by TheSpencinator2012 August 03, 2011
when a woman lies back, offers her full supple breasts to a man, who then proceeds to squeeze out a mass of diarrhea shit all between her breasts, making sure to evenly coat them for best tase, then puts his penis between her shit-covered breasts and fucks her tits, which implies a "chili gdog" effect to their love-making.
Johnny wanted tome excitement in his marriage with his 67-year old Vietnamese hooker of a wife, so he spiced it up by making a chili dog.
by Braski April 21, 2004
Possibly the best concession ever invented, consisting of your ordinary hot dog or smokie, except you add a chili that has nothing but the meat and sauce. Grated cheese or cheese sauce is optional.
I love the chili dog and i hate how Urbandictionary is good at ruining my snack.
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The Hart Witzen Gallery's probably not the first place you think of when you think of indie hip hop shows, but then again, Sage Francis isn't your normal hip hop artist. No, Sage Francis' shows fit better in a place like an art gallery or a library: The lack of suffocating clouds of smoke and missile-shaped goons looking for a fight somehow accentuates the art behind what Francis does so well. Friday evening, Francis played the gallery as part of the "Live Band Dead Poet" tour, along with his backing band, Gruvis Malt, and localish rappers Supastition, Dominant 7 and DJ Notik 1. Owing to the cold, I had bought myself a knit cap earlier in the day and wore it Friday night. As such, I was indistinguishable from the rest of the guys and most of the girls in attendance, which is just the way I like it. That said, the fact that only myself, Francis, and a couple of others had full beards probably gave my age away. No matter, as this show has to be an early finalist for my show of the year, even though it ended a little -- OK, way -- past my usual bedtime -- which, frankly, is usually pretty damn late. Dominant 7, who claimed to be representin' for Mt. Holly, Gastonia, Charlotte, Denver and surrounding burgs, surprised with verbal acuity, if not vocal power (they're young, though -- it'll come). Supastition I missed most of, as I went home to get a bite to eat before Francis was to appear (this would have been, oh, midnight or so). I returned in time to slake my musical thirst with Gruvis Malt, a sort of jazz band with beatbox and harmonica. Finally, Francis took the stage and belted out his Post 9/11 anti-hit "Makeshift Patriot" ("makeshift patriot/ the flag shop is out of stock/ hang myself... half mast/ makeshift patriot/ The flag shop is out of stock/ I hang myself... via live telecast"). Sage, of course, occasionally rhymes about getting' some booty, tosses in the odd F-bomb here and there, and isn't above calling his landlord mid-set to get the weasel back for ripping him off (Francis exhorted the audience with a call-and-response: "I say slum, you say lord!") The part of the show that was so moving? Francis, like the audience in attendance, knows you don't have to choose between one or the other, between "saint" and "sinner." You can be both. You can be the Anti-Shania. You can be... human.
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I think the dude in his description kind of missed a lot of elements. There was such an incredible energy to the show and I think this guy missed it in his description.
He should have just said, "shit's bananas." and he didn't really describe the CR Avery portion of the show which if he had been in front of anyone but Sage he would have stolen the show right out from under them.
Out of everything though, my favorite part is still the performance of The Rewrite.
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SOCHI, Russia - #Boom.
Canadian Chris Del Bosco, who grew up in Eagle-Vail, likes to post some variation of this on his Facebook or Twitter feeds.
And with good reason. Having been on the shelf with a shoulder injury since before the ski-cross season started, Del Bosco returned to World Cup action Tuesday, finishing second in Sochi, Russia, the site of next year's Winter Olympics.
"I'm so competitive - I want to win - but I feel great to be back on the podium," Del Bosco said. "I made a couple of tactical errors in the final but these are the first couple of rounds of skiing in traffic that I've had since March."
Yes, Del Bosco wanted World Cup win No. 7, but, as he noted, a podium in his first race since he injured his shoulder in training before the season-opening event Nakiska, Alberta, back in December, isn't too bad considering the calendar ahead.
Del Bosco left Sochi Tuesday after his silver to head to Harrachov, Czech Republic, for a another race Saturday and Sunday. Of greater import is the stop after that, Voss-Myrkdalen, Norway, the site of the World Freestyle Ski Championships, where Del Bosco will be defending his 2011 Worlds gold on March 10.
"I felt really good," said Del Bosco, who said his shoulder stood up well to the challenge of pulling out of the start gate, as well as head-to-head racing. "I'm 100 percent - I'm stoked."
And looking ahead, doing well in the test event for next year's Olympics probably doesn't hurt either. Ironically, Del Bosco has a pretty good record in Olympic test events. He picked up his first World Cup win on Feb. 6, 2009, at Cypress Mountain, British Columbia, the 2010 site of Olympic ski cross.
Del Bosco finished third in the qualification round, and he won his round of 32 heat with ease. It was a different story in Del Bosco's quarterfinal as he found himself in third place before he got huge air off the final jump to edge a photo finish at the line and advance to the semifinal.
"In the (quarter-final) I made a tactical error on the last turn and left the door wide open," Del Bosco said. "I was passed so I jumped back in and drafted. The last jump was one of the opportunities we had to pass. I definitely launched a little further than I wanted but it worked out."
Del Bosco made a smooth pass to win his semifinal before a slow start in the final saw him once again sitting third. He moved up to second thanks to a slick pass and then put it all on the line in a desperate attempt to win gold.
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It's an unwritten law of the universe -- the people who most need our help are always the least likely to ask for it. In fact, psychologists say, the more spectacularly messed up a person is, the more they're likely to become convinced that it's everyone else who has the problem.
How else to explain the strange behavior of Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers recently? Last month Rhys Meyers, 32, was permanently banned from flying with United Airlines because he caused such a nasty scene at their private airport bar; news of the incident just broke in the last couple of days.
According to reports Rhys Meyers (who owns homes and apartments in Dublin, London, New York and Morocco), was "pounding drinks" into himself at 7 a.m. before attempting to board the New York to LA flight, and he quickly became "belligerent and disruptive" when he was told he could not take his seat. According to RadarOnline.com, he even used the "n" word when shouting at one of the United employees.
Rhys Meyers' fury at discovering he couldn't just behave in any old way he likes is the classic symptom of a person who's already checked out of reality. His insanely angry outburst stems from his refusal to abide by the same social contracts the rest of us do.
Because, after all, rules are for the little people. He's a star. "Do you know who I am?" he screamed at the attendants.
It was a statement, but it might have been a question. Behavior like this suggests that at some points Rhys Meyers may not know the answer himself.
When a man with a bank balance as impressive as his threatens people who make a fraction of what he does, you quickly lose sympathy. Sure he was drunk, but -- ask an alcoholic -- not everyone who boozes gets completely out of control: it's either a choice, they'll tell you, or a necessity.
United Airlines didn't want to deal with the incandescently angry, self-destructive star for the duration of a six-hour flight, nor do they want to deal with him ever again. The truth is, no one else will either if JRM doesn't get his act together.
This latest incident is not the first time the young Irish actor and model (who has been the face of Versace and Hugo Boss) has been in trouble for boozing it up in the air. In fact there's been a pattern.
Every recent Rhys Meyers drunken flare up seems to have unfolded in an airport or on a plane, where his hard drinking is highlighted by confined spaces and the very hard and fast rules that come with them. In other words, when Rhys Meyers is asked to play by the rules he's been failing spectacularly, which makes you wonder what he's been up to when he's out of the public eye.
Most worrying of all is that 1,000-yard stare of his that's been captured each time he walks a red carpet. Some celebrities learn how to make their peace with the rigors of fame, while others look like they've been incarcerated -- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (who was born Jonathan O'Keefe) has been in the latter camp for years.
As King Henry VIII in the hugely popular Showtime series The Tudors (which is filmed in Ireland) Rhys Meyers is a natural, a volatile, mercurial leader given to sudden inexplicable outbursts. His role looks like a perfect marriage of his creative life and his personal one.
Then in February his successful turn with John Travolta in the movie From Paris With Love also looked like it was turning the dial up on a notch on Rhys Meyers' ascent to superstardom. Onscreen Travolta and Rhys Meyers had a surprising natural chemistry, so much so you could actually tell they hit it off behind the scenes too.
"Jonathan is a miracle," said Travolta. "He's just this amazingly talented gorgeous guy that can do anything. He just approaches a role full bodied and we communicated well. There was no stone unturned when it came to discussing the possibilities together."
Travolta was right. Rhys Meyers exhibited an unexpected talent for comedy, delighting in sending up his own image.
That playfulness looked like Rhys Meyers' answer to critics who claim the Irish actor's acting career has been the longest running audition for the role of James Bond in cinema history. He's certainly got the stone-faced ladies-man persona down cold, but he also knows how to turn on the Golden Globe winning talent that made his name in the first place (JRM won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Film in 2005 for his star turn as Elvis Presley in the CBS biopic Elvis.)
The fact is Rhys Meyers got lucky and he knows it. Blessed with leading man good looks and a knack for picking winning scripts, he's charted his onscreen course with real savvy.
In the process he's travelled far from his own humble origins. At 16 years of age, he was a school dropout who spent listless days hanging out around Cork City pool halls on the road to nowhere, Irish style.


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Samuel Lucas Stucky of McPherson was among more than 1,700 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students to be recognized in conjunction with the All-University Honors Convocation Sunday. Honors convocation recognizes students for their cumulative academic achievements, compared with Dean's List, which is for one semester.
Honorees include: Chancellor's scholars, superior scholars and high scholars, students other than chancellor's scholars and superior scholars who are in the top 10 percent of their class.
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There was controversy during Thursday's elections in Lauderdale County, long lines and complaints of not enough voting machines.
One example was the line at MSU Meridian Tuesday evening. When polls closed at 7:00, the door had to be closed. Those already in line were allowed to vote.
A lawsuit complaint was quickly faxed by a firm in Jackson to the Lauderdale County Circuit Clerk's Office, hoping to get more voting machines and longer hours at MSU Meridian and the Frank Cochran Center.
That suit has since been withdrawn, according to Casandra Sloan, who was listed as a plaintiff and is a member of the Lauderdale County Democratic Party.
"There's no law that says you can't be required to stand in line to vote," said Bill ready, attorney for the Lauderdale County Election Commission. "You have a duty to vote; you should have to stand in line. I hated standing in line in the military but you had to do those things."
County election officials have a formula for determining how many voting machines go to each precinct, and once those machines are put in place, more cannot be added because each voting machine has go through a lengthy set up process.
"We had an overwhelming turnout yesterday which we are very thankful for," said Election Commission chair, Awana Simmons. "We will recalculate how many registered voters we had there at each precinct and then determine how many machines need to be sent out that way."
It's that formula that placed two machines each at the precincts that saw such long lines and lots of frustrated citizens Tuesday.
"I feel like there will be more machines going out to MSU and Frank Cochran in the next election," said Simmons.
Because of a late change made to absentee ballots by the secretary of state, absentee counts have been slow being completed. She said she hopes work on certifying results can begin Thursday.


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After kicking off last Friday, the new "Get Stoked" winter film series at Warren Station continues this weekend with two days of ski and snowboard films at Keystone Resort, tonight and Saturday night, to celebrate opening weekend.Tonight's movies include Absinthe Films' "Resonance," described as "an artistic celebration of Mother Nature's 2011-2012 winter" and featuring some of the industry's best snowboarders posting backcountry lines and riding urban locations around the globe, from Alaska, Japan and Europe to the Pacific Northwest. Next is "Sunny," a ski movie from Level 1, also featuring backcountry and urban shots, set in Scandinavia, Alaska, Japan and British Columbia. The film seeks to inject a positive mood into a not-so-stellar season last year, with plenty of wall-slamming fun in addition to the pow the skiers sought worldwide.On Saturday night, Warren Station opens its doors again for Poor Boyz Productions' "WE: A Collection of Individuals" and Matchstick Productions' "Superheroes of Stoke" following the second rail jam in the A51 River Run Rail Series, taking place in River Run Village Saturday afternoon. This year, Poor Boyz takes on the preconception that skiing is an individual sport, illustrating both its artistic side and collaborative nature. "WE" follows some of the industry's most influential skiers around the world seeking powder as well as creative street and park features. Closing out Saturday night is Matchstick Productions' "Superheroes of Stoke," which commemorates the 20-year anniversary of MSP's first ski film by honoring freeskiing's heroes - past, present and future - including those who gave their lives for the sport they loved. The film uses storytelling and first person perspective to give voice to the industry's game-changers. The "Get Stoked" series, presented by Keystone Neighborhood Company, includes raffle prizes and drink specials both nights. Parking is free in the River Run lots off Gondola Road. Take Highway 6 east from Interstate 70. Info: www.warrenstation.com
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James L. French, 75, of New Rockford, N.D., died Saturday, January 5, 2013, at Essentia Health, Fargo, N.D. His funeral service will be held Wednesday, January 9 at 10:30 a.m at St. John's Catholic Church, New Rockford, ND. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, rural Oakwood, N.D. Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford, is in charge of arrangements.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's and Women's Tennis teams had several strong efforts on Friday in the first round of the 2012 Marco & Co. Catering Islanders Open. The opening day did not end until a mandatory shutoff of the lights at midnight.
Matt Westmoreland led a group of men's players that earned victories, winning 6-2, 6-3 over Thomas Panoulas from Texas – Pan American. Newcomer Javier Pujol won 6-4, 6-1 against Eric Buchalter of UTSA in the first round, but lost 7-6 (7-2) in the first set before retiring due to cramps against Joel Rubio, also of UTSA. Peter Nagy cruised in his first match of the day, winning 6-0, 6-0 against UTSA's Kolby Kilgo before facing new teammate Guillame Rauseo in the next round after Rauseo won a 6-2, 6-2 match against Alejandro Senoja of UTPA.
In the second round of singles, Westmoreland rallied from a set down to win in tiebreak with a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-7 final over Joel Rubio of UTSA. Nagy also advanced to the semifinals, winning 6-2, 6-4 against Rauseo.
In doubles, Pujol and Pietro Jordan were trailing 6-3 when play was suspended at midnight, while Westmoreland and Rauseo were behind 7-6 at the stopping point.
On the women's side, defending champion Stefania Nicolae won 6-1, 6-1 in the opening match of her title defense. Chelsea Horan took a 6-2, 6-1 final, Leanne Mascall rallied for a 2-6, 6-0, 10-5 win, newcomer Maider Martin won in straight sets by a 6-4, 6-2 score and Sandra Burges earned a 6-3, 6-3 final to win her match. Ashley Garza won 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round, while newcomer Venesa Figueroa earned a quick 6-1, 6-0 victory to start her Islanders career.
In doubles action, Burges and Horan won 8-3 in the only match of the day, Nicolae and Martin won 8-1 and Cassie Shaw teamed with Garza to win their opener 8-4 before falling by an identical 8-4 score in the second round.
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MPI has released a major study that describes and analyzes today's immigration enforcement programs, as they have developed and grown in the 25 years since IRCA launched the current enforcement era.
Video, Audio
December 14, 2012
The event discussion, which touched on the intersection of race and immigration, focused on the demographics of Black immigrants (both African and Caribbean) in the United States and their children, their educational success, and the implications of the recently released volume's findings for research and public policy.
October 24, 2012
How the anti-immigrant political movement and rancorous debates surrounding immigration will impact countries' ability to build strong economies and vibrant, diverse societies is yet to be determined. This discussion focuses on the factors and players that contribute to this environment, an analysis on the current situation in both Europe and the United States, and a discussion on its implications for community cohesion and national identity in European countries and the United States.
November 30, 2010
Over the past year, MPI has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine how diasporas contribute to – or detract from - development efforts in their countries of origin. MPI and USAID have published an edited volume of the research. Please join us for the release of the book where speakers will discuss new thinking on the role of diaspora engagement in U.S. foreign and development policy.
Video, Audio
October 14, 2010
Commissioner Bersin details his agenda for his agency and discusses illegal immigration, border enforcement, the impact to the economy on migration flows, the future of the Secure Border Initiative, drug trafficking, and other topics in this wide-ranging conversation with MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner and the audience.
Video, Audio
September 20, 2010
This important MPI report challenges the conventional wisdom about the immigrant workforce, using a sophisticated new method of analysis that permits deeper examination of how workers – immigrant and native-born – fare by economic sector, the skill level of their jobs, and educational attainment.
Video, Audio
July 16, 2010
This discussion is an overview of a report undertaken by a team at the Columbia University School of International Public Affairs which examines the U.S. refugee resettlement Program and offers a strong set of recommendations and observations about the program.
June 30, 2010
Testimony of Marc Rosenblum, MPI Senior Policy Analyst, before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
June 24, 2010
The conference, co-sponsored by Georgetown Law, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and the Migration Policy Institute, focused immigration and refugee law and policy.
Video, Audio
June 9, 2010
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Kathleen Newland.
Video, Audio
June 7, 2010
Briefing and discussion of the release of the latest paper by MPI's Labor Markets Initiative: The Impact of Immigrants in Recession and Economic Expansion.
Video, Audio
August 7, 2012
Join MPI as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas discusses the application process and policies that the agency has announced to implement the administration's deferred action program.
Video, Audio
July 30, 2012
MPI is pleased to host a discussion with experts from both KIND and the Women's Refugee Commission, focusing on the causes of the increase in unaccompanied minor migrants, the situation these minors face once detained or apprehended, and the challenges confronting both nongovernmental organizations trying to provide aid and the U.S. government agencies responsible for processing minors through the system.
Video, Audio
July 11, 2012
MPI/IOM Panel Discussion and Asia-Pacific Launch of Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development
A discussion with Dr. Noppawan Tanpipat, Vice President, National Science and Technology Development Agency; Frank Laczko, Head, Migration Research Division, IOM; Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, IOM, and Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute (MPI); and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development, Migration Policy Institute (MPI).
Video, Audio
June 26, 2012
This discussion highlights the best practices and experiences of different countries in engaging and maximizing the contributions that diasporas can and do make to the development of their country of origin, and more broadly the experience of policymakers in both sending and receiving countries and the related challenges and opportunities they face.
June 22, 2012
This discussion includes a status of preparation of the 2012 GFMD summit, including a discussion on the possible ideas and projects presently being contemplated that would fully integrate migration into the development framework, with a special focus on Africa.
Video, Audio
May 23, 2012
The launch of the Diaspora handbook and a joint panel discussion that explored the opportunities and challenges that governments face when developing strategies to engage diaspora populations.
Video, Audio
May 23, 2012
A discussion with Rosario Farmhouse, Alejandro Mayorkas, Jasenko Selimovic, Peter Sylvester, and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
Video, Audio
May 15, 2012
This discussion on the current global challenges of protecting refugees with Volker Türk, who directs UNHCR's Division of International Protection, and Kathleen Newland, Director of the Refugee Protection Program was organized around three main themes: protection gaps, burden-sharing, and reducing statelessness.


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OTTAWA — Canadian housing starts fell in November as construction of multiple-unit buildings declined, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Thursday.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of starts was 181,100 units last month, down from 208,800 units in October. Economists had expected activity to ease to 200,000 unit in November.
"Housing starts declined in November, reaching a level which is more consistent with the rate of household formation," said Mathieu Laberge, CMHC's deputy chief economist. "The decrease in housing starts was due to a moderation in the multiples segment."
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of urban construction fell 14.4 per cent to 158,900 units in November, CMHC said. Single-unit activity rose 3.5 per cent to 63,600 units, while multiple-unit starts dropped 23.3 per cent to 95,300 units.
Urban housing starts were down 30.6 per cent in Ontario, 13.4 per cent in the Prairies and 3.6 per cent in British Columbia, the federal housing agency said. However, urban starts were up 8.3 per cent in Atlantic Canada and 3.2 per cent in Quebec.
Rural starts, on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, totalled 22,200 units in November, down from 23,100 units the previous month.
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A wise medical student once remarked, "rankings are important because Americans like lists." Magazines promising to provide the low-down on the top 10 songs, best movies, most beautiful beaches, most talented chefs, the top colleges are guaranteed to sell. Lists provide a starting point for people to make decisions when they have many options to choose from. Americans want to believe that in a capitalist society, they should be able to find and pick the best value their budget can afford.
For rankings to be useful, two things have to be true. First, people have to have a choice they can make. Second, the rankings have to measure what is important to people making the choices. Beyond that are pesky details like validity and reliability of the data but let's just deal with the high level assumptions. Choice and values in health care. Do rankings like US News & World Report's Americas Best Hospitals help consumers make good choices? Continue reading


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I have a question about the possibility of setting VLC as an option for the Video Files Engine. First, let me explain what I'm trying to attempt.
I have a few DVDs as .iso images that I can play in both VLC and via PS3MS (thank you for this, btw.). I can also switch the .iso extension to .mpg, and VLC and PS3MS can read them no problem. The issue is that on PS3MS using MEncoder as the default engine quickly flips through the menu screen of the .mpg file, and starts playing the movie. VLC does not do this. It allows the menu screen to come up, and you can select chapters, etc. These files do not require any transcoding, so they can be streamed directly to the device (I'm currently playing them on my PC). So I'm wondering if the same results can be achieved on PS3MS with using VLC, instead of MEncoder.
Even if it can, I think the next stumbling block may be that the PS3 BD Remote and/or the controllers won't be properly able to move up/down etc to select different items on the video menu. Anyway, I was looking to see if anyone had any input to this.
Thanks for this great program, and thanks for your responses.


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One of the defining characteristics of Silicon Valley is how entrepreneurs swing boldly from job to job, sometimes navigating wildly into little-charted territory with a mind to turn an industry sector upside down.
But sometimes, as in the case of former Apple (AAPL) retail guru Ron Johnson, it's the entrepreneur who gets capsized.
Remember? Remember when Johnson was king of the retail world, overseeing the fabulously successful and incredibly crowded Apple stores? The stores were pieces of art selling pieces of art that also happened to be how millions communicated with others, entertained themselves, kept track of their lives and expressed their creative sides.
And what did he do? He left all that in 2011 and headed over to J.C. Penney, a 109-year-old department store that spoke more to Ozzie and Harriet than Woz and Jobs. You'd be forgiven for wondering at the time: "What was he thinking?"
And now Johnson, 54, who was canned Monday, is likely wondering the same thing. Maybe this boldly swinging thing is not all it's made out to be. Maybe companies and executives should find a rut and stick with it.
Consider this: Penney installed Johnson to replace Myron Ullman, the man Penney announced Monday would return as the new CEO. (Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.)
And over at Apple? It took the company less than year to fire John Browett, the guy they hired to take Johnson's place. Maybe what we need here is a do-over: Ullman, you go back to running J.C. Penney -- or jcpenney as the wanna-be hipper store likes to be called. And Johnson, you go back to running the Apple stores, which is sticking with Apple Store for now. There is an opening, after all.
A Penney news release was sparse when it came to discussing Johnson and his performance. It quoted board chairman Thomas Engibous as saying: "On behalf of the board of directors, we would like to thank Ron Johnson for his contributions while at jcpenney and wish him the best in his future endeavors."
Those Penney people have a funny way of showing gratitude, don't they? First they cut Johnson's pay by 97 percent last week. Then this week they fire him. On the other hand, let's take a look at Johnson's "contributions."
First, Penney stock lost half its value during Johnson's tenure, a period during which Apple stock soared before retreating but still coming out far ahead. Add to that, Penney's sales were down 25 percent last year. Makes it easy to agree with hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, an early Johnson backer, who told Reuters that Johnson had made "big mistakes," the results of which were "very close to a disaster" for Penney.
Not really what those at J.C. Penney, who saw Apple visionary Johnson as a savior, had in mind. So, what happened? Getting the full story behind these big firings is always tricky. But it wouldn't be crazy to suggest that Johnson took the sort of arrogance that seems to work so well for Apple to an old-line business where it just didn't fly.
It's not uncommon in Silicon Valley to run into executives who are bold and confident. Leaders who don't shy away from thinking they are the smartest person in the room, that they know something no one else does. It leads to the kind of risk-taking that can propel companies -- or derail careers.
As the new CEO, Johnson came in with a plan to spiff up stores and do away with coupons and dramatic sale prices. Instead, shoppers were going to get everyday low prices. The problem is that shoppers -- J.C. Penney shoppers certainly -- like deals. It's part of the modern American sport of consuming. And everyday prices, being the same every day, simply become the regular price for that floral print sun dress or that stripped cotton polo shirt.
Not to mention that what works for selling gleaming tech devices that instantly mesmerize their fans isn't necessarily what works for selling crew socks and three-packs of Jockey briefs.
But Johnson, various reports indicate, would have little way of knowing what his customers wanted. He refused to employ a well-established practice in retail (and other businesses for that matter): Trying out new ideas on a small scale to see how they are embraced, or not.
Apple, after all, didn't test-market products or call in focus groups to tell engineers how to design the next device that would dazzle us. What was good for Apple, Johnson seemed to argue, was good for J.C. Penney.
Only it wasn't.
The point here isn't that the customer is always right. The point here is that sometimes even the boss has to acknowledge that he isn't always right either.
Contact Mike Cassidy at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5536. Follow him at Twitter.com/mikecassidy.