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Picture(s) of the Week0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 4:56 PM
Many thanks to the kind words left in the comments section of the last Picture of the Week, as well as the kind emails people have sent (you know who you are, and I appreciate it). I would BARELY consider myself an amateur astronomer, as there are still truckloads of ignorance I carry with me onto the field. At best, I'm an armchair amateur astronomer. I have a decent scope (8" reflector), a decent camera, and I have a rough idea where to point these instruments. I'm trying to show people just how much you can do with very little in the way of gear, and just a little (very little) practice.
I went out last night, and snagged this picture. Enjoy.
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Pareidolia that Phil Plait hasn't seen?0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 12:41 AM
I was browsing old bookmarks tonight when I stumbled upon "another" face on Mars image. Here is the original, taken by the Mars Global Surveyor (sorry, but the site doesn't provide any more information as to where/when it was taken):
Can you see it? I jumped out at me as being WAY cooler than the lame-o one that Richard Hoagland has been screaming about for years. At least the face that I found is in three-dimensions, and portrays a masculine jaw, powerful neck, cheekbones and more! Here is the image zoomed in:
Pareidolia can be fun, just so long as you recognize it as what it is: an illusion, caused by a brain that instinctively seeks out patterns whether they're there or not.
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I got ramblin' on my mind0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 8:20 PM
This is not a skeptical entry in anyway, so forgive my ramblings.
Regular observers of this blog might have noticed that I haven't been updating here very much these past few weeks. There is a reason for this. A very lame reason.
I have a confession to make:
I am a slave to my new technology. Specifically, my 32" LCD HDtv, and the PS3 which plays not only a game I had been waiting for for 3 years to come out (Metal Gear 4), but also blu-ray discs.
I'm not paying for high-def TV, so all of my HD is experienced on blu-ray, and I sheepishly admit that I have very quickly become a blu-ray snob.
I recall back to my college days (the late 90's), and my resistance to DVD technology. Having had developed a respectable film library on VHS, I thought that DVD was simply an uneccessary frivolity for people with more money than brains (I was 19, and therefore a total pride-filled prick). Then I learned about "deleated scenes". It sounded intruiging. "Director and cast commentary"? Wow. I jumped on board on Sept 22, 2001, buying my first DVD player (which has lasted up until just a month ago!), and the movie "Snatch" and I was instantly hooked. I became a DVD snob overnight, and there was nothing anyone could to do to turn me back over to VHS. Hell, you might as well have asked me to cut a hole in my car and push it with my feet a'la Flintstones.
I later watched with bemused detachment as the Blu-ray/HD-DVD war raged on for a few years, acting like I was above the fray while those foolish peons spent their money on a format which may collapse. I thought that even if they picked the right format, the most they can get out of the new technology is a better picture.
Well la-tee-freaking-da! "No thanks" thought I. I could patiently wait out the format war, and it would also be no problem to wait several YEARS until the prices came down.
Yeah. I didn't. I bought a big hdtv. That same week, my loyal DVD player broke down and I decided to scale up while I was out looking for a new player. A PS3 plays games I want to play anyway, as well as all my DVD's and Blu-ray discs (which had won the format war, as we all know now).
Well Holy Moses, smell the roses! What a difference a blu-ray makes! I have a modest collection of movies, some new films (Which look amazing because they were shot with HD in mind), some classic films (The Godfather looks especially incredible, revealing previously unseen details), and the Discovery Chanel's documentary, "When we left Earth" (which was shot with high definition cameras, revealing every liver-spot, wrinkle and shaving knick of the various astronauts being interviewed).
It isn't just the blu-ray player that adds definition, as even my DVD's are showing a lot more detail than my old analog television. Back to the Future, Lord of the Rings, Cosmos, and Firefly all had a lot more detail in those dvd's than I had imagined, all revealed by the LCD.
If you have the money to burn, which I understand is in short supply these days, you WILL see an incredible difference in the now-hypnotic picture. Oh yeah, make sure you buy and HDMI cable. They're expensive, but they're necessary.
So that's what's been occupying a lot of my otherwise skeptical time. Bullshit-guy-watching-his-new-tv-too-much. Pathetic, huh?
Well, say what you want. At least I didn't put Aliens at the centre of an Indiana Jones movie.
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Picture(s) of the week3 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 10:35 AM
I had been purposfully holding off on the Picture of the Week bit of this blog, because I wanted to make the pictures exclusivley my own (since finding "Skeptical-themed" pictures on a weekly basis turned out to be more difficult than anticipated).
I recently bought some real high-grade astro-photography gear (not the absolute highest....I'm not shelling out $12,000 after all), and last night I went to a really dark sky, and took the following pictures.
I hope you enjoy viewing them a lot more than I enjoyed taking them. Which shouldn't be hard because it was below freezing last night.
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Astronomy, not Astrology!0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 11:19 AM
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It's Astronomy, not Astrology!
Astronomy may well be the oldest profession in the world (no matter how many other jobs lay claim to that title). Ancient farmers needed to know when to plant and when to harvest, and the appearance of a constellation in the sky was as good as marking your calendar. Indeed, in that ancient time, the stars truly did affect human lives, such as the ability to feed and maintain those lives. This evolved into a reverence of the stars, then into worshiping the stars. Before long came the idea that the stars are there just for us, and it is this human-centered worldview that astrology taps into. Astrology is the idea that the motions of the planets, stars and other celestial objects have specific influences on our daily lives. I'm a Taurus, because the sun was supposed to have risen in the constellation Taurus on my birthday. Therefore, the motion of the planet Venus (for some reason) also determines what will happen to my personality, income, love life, health etc… Extreme egotism aside, let's look into astrology for a moment.
In the early 19th century, astronomers had long been puzzled by the strange orbit of Uranus. English astronomer John Couch Adams and French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier had devised mathematical models that predicted an 8th planet in the solar system, tugging on the orbit of Uranus. Once it was discovered, it was eventually given the name Neptune, after the Roman god of the sea. It should be noted that before the discovery of Neptune, astrologers around the world had not assigned any traits to be attributed to the planet, for the obvious reason that no one had any idea it was there. Not surprisingly, after the discovery of Neptune, astrologers quickly assigned traits to it.
Several decades later, other astronomers were still wrestling with explaining the incredibly elliptical orbit of Mercury. Once again, several astronomers had devised mathematical models that predicted an extra planet to be there, this time between Mercury and Venus, which perfectly (mathematically) explained the strange orbit. So certain were the astronomers, that they even gave this planet a name: Vulcan. Some amateur astronomers even reported seeing Vulcan transiting in front of the sun (we now know that they were likely seeing sunspots). Not to be left off the bandwagon again, astrologers quickly began assigning personality traits attributable to those born under the influence of Vulcan. Decades later, Einstein's theory of General Relativity came along, and perfectly explained the weird orbit of Mercury, without the need of a hidden planet. Some astrologers tried to bury the Vulcan fiasco under the rug, while others held on like grim death, some as late as Linda Goodman's 1968 tome of astrological pseudo-science, "Sun Signs".
As I mentioned, I'm a Taurus. This is because on my birthday, May 6th (buy your presents now!), the sun rose in the Taurus constellation. Or did it? You see, the sun did indeed rise in Taurus on May 6th …two thousand years ago when the Babylonians made all this stuff up. But what astrologers have failed to account for is a little thing called 'precession'. The axis of the Earth wobbles like a top, completing a 23.5 degree rotation every 26,000 years. This means that the position of the stars in the sky changes very slightly even from one night to the next, and two thousand years ago, the sun rose in different positions at different times than it does now. In actuality, on my birthday the sun rose not in Taurus, but in Gemini. And everyone who reads this who thinks that they are a certain sign, are actually in the sign that comes after. But astrologers don't seem to care, and would rather I just shut up and take it. Like a Taurus.
Want to test astrology? I'll tell you how. Take any set of horoscopes you want: you can grab them from scrolls, newspapers, or even the priciest books. Find a nice friend who will put up with this. Randomize and blind the readings so that your patient friend will hear the readings, but not know which sign is assigned to the readings. If you want to make it even more scientifically sound, you can double-blind the test and get someone else to randomize, and another to hide the signs with their matching readings before they give it to you. Double-blinded studies rock. Then, get a friend (preferably, but not necessarily one without an intimate knowledge of astrology), or several, to read the readings, and pick out which one best suits them. If they get it right, great! Have them do it again the next day. If astrology is all it's cracked up as it says, your patient friend should get it right every single time. However, if they get it wrong, eliminate their choice, and have them pick again. Continue this until they get it right, or feel sheepish for ever believing this nonsense in the first place (if they did), then buy them lunch to make up for being such a tool…a fully-justified, skeptical, prudent tool.
Astrology doesn't work. Astrology can't work. Centuries of testing with the most mundane requisites of proof show that astrology doesn't deliver what it says it can. While it may be a harmless little distraction for some, remember that people in positions of real power dictate their lives, and our lives based on what their horoscope says. Companies, employers, and government officials have all fallen under the sway of astrology. Even Nancy Reagan used to arrange her husbands meeting schedule with heads of state and business based on what an in-house astrologer told her. This is serious business, both literal and figurative. We live in an age of incredible discovery founded on 400+ years of inquiry and scientific method. Are we really so willing to abandon the incredibly wondrous and far more beautiful findings of science just so we can comfort our selves with a 2000 year-old brand of mysticism that encourages us to not only treat science with hostility, but to harbour the idea that the entirety of the cosmos are here for our benefit?
For me, I'll go to my telescope, view a nebula or a galaxy, and continue to learn all I can about these objects, rather than try to figure out ways that I can tell people how those objects 2 million-light-years away are all about me.
Special thanks to the Bill Nye video in yesterday's clip, and to Phil Plait and his new book, "Death From the Skies"
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Astrology...just bugging me lately.0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 5:02 PM
Astrology pisses me off. Not only does it fall apart under it's own arbitrary rules, but it truly is dangerous. No, it's not as dangerous as vaccine denial or virtually anything coming out of the so-called 'complimentary and alternative medicine' (or CAM) community. And yes, a lot of people just passively look at their horoscopes at the end of the paper and forget about it.
But it doesn't end there. Companies and employers make real business decisions that affect economies and people's lives based on the idea that celestial objects have specific meaning for our lives. Nancy Reagan was big into this clap-trap and she would even schedule her husband's meetings with government officials, foreign and domestic, based on the motions of the planets and stars. I'll repeat that: the leader of the free world (during the Cold War!) adjusted his schedule based on what astrology told him.
This is serious anti-science, and it falls apart under even the slightest of scruitiny. For some really useful information on this, go to Phil's page on the subject.
Or, if you're in a rush, this video is less than a minute and a half, and nicely sums it up.
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About time, Steve3 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 10:49 AM
A while back, Pharyngula posted this. I meant to post it as well. I didn't. Then Bad Astronomy, then Skeptigirl and others posted it as well. It's about time I threw my hat in the ring.
It's a long-overdue site called Stop Jenny McCarthy. Great kudos to the folks that put this site together. I (and many others) have written about this irresponsible fraud before, so just click here to find a helpfull article which links to more and better helpful articles describing her anti-vax proclivities. Quite frankly, I'm too tired to (lather, rinse) repeat what the scientific community has been saying about the de-bunked autism/vaccine link. I won't stop fighting, but enough with the history lessons.
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Justnowism1 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 10:33 AM
CDK007 has some really cool, informative videos on sciencey-related topics (especially Evolution, which I cannot recomend higher). Recently, some creationists got pissed off by this video, and had youtube remove it. Check it out, and send a message to creationists that free-speech cannot be censored.
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Venus Envy0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 10:07 PM
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Venus Envy
We'll continue our tour of the Solar System with Earth's near-twin and closest neighbour: Venus.
Venus got its name because of its apparent beauty. Firstly, because of Venus's position between the sun and Earth, it has phases visible (barely) from Earth, just like the moon. Secondly, it has a thick veil of clouds, which, in concert with its nearness to Earth, also helps make it highly visible (those clouds have a high albedo, which basically means that they are highly reflective). After the moon, it's the brightest object in the night sky by far, shining at up to -4.7 magnitude (to help put that in perspective, the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius shines at -1.7, and the moon shines at anywhere between -2.7 at thinnest crescent and -12.74 at full)!
But the beauty ends there, as Venus seems custom-made to be as deadly a place to visit as can be conceived. From the pressure, temperature, and poisonous gas, Venus has yet more tricks up its sleeve that would prevent life from not only developing on it, but it seems stubbornly determined to remain as hostile as possible to visitors, so that if that ball lands in Venus' yard, it's keeping it. Then destroying it. Like a jerk.
Firstly, there's the pressure, all 90 atmospheres of it. On Earth, for every 10 metres you travel under water, you gain 1 atmosphere of pressure; therefore you'd have to scuba-dive nearly a full kilometre underwater to approach the surface-pressure of the atmosphere on Venus, so you can imagine the difficulty in landing probes there. The Soviets had an amazing Venus exploration program where they sent missions there year after year after year, slowly getting a little closer to the surface each time. Venera 4 in 1967 entered the atmosphere, deployed its parachutes fell for 93 minutes! In that time, the various forces working against the probe descended upon and it was crushed by the pressure, before even landing. Later missions had increasingly smaller and smaller parachutes, and eventually, the Soviets landed a probe. Venera 13 landed on the surface in 1982 and transmitted pictures. These pictures showed that there were rocks that had clear signs of weathering, indicating that cloud activity wasn't just limited to the upper-levels, and that storms do occur close to the ground as well. The probe survived for 127 minutes and probably still sits there to this day, most likely a heaping, crushed and semi-melted pile of metals.
Secondly, there is the temperature. At a surface temperature of around 462 degrees-Celsius, it's the hottest object in the solar system (after the sun, of course). Its extreme kiln-like surface temperature is due partly to its close proximity to the sun, but mostly to a green-house effect gone wild. 94% carbon dioxide (CO2) and trace amounts of nitrogen, sulfur-dioxide and water-vapor all swirl about the atmosphere, locking in nearly all the sun's heat. The hotter it gets, the worse it gets. For example: most people are surprised to learn that water vapor is a greenhouse gas, but it is. Venus probably used to have water oceans, but they were boiled away a long time ago, and there's no going back. When water evaporates on earth, it harmlessly re-condenses and falls back to the surface. On Venus, the problem is that that its perilously-thin magnetic field means that lots of ultra-violet (UV) radiation can get to the planet (and unable to escape because of the greenhouse effect). UV radiation breaks apart water molecules. So instead of having a nice molecule of H2O, you have H2, and a lone O. H2 is a really light molecule and it tends to zip about the atmosphere, colliding with other H2 molecules. These collisions can accelerate the motion of the molecules, and eventually they will speed up so much that they'll just leave the planet altogether. The water that used to be liquid and gas, has been destroyed forever when the H2 molecule decided that Venus was a terribly unfriendly place to live, opting instead for the blackness of space, where it could be left alone and enjoy a nice retirement.
Venus is a fine example of a greenhouse effect left unchecked. The Earth has only trace amounts of CO2 in its atmosphere and we feel its increases in dramatic ways. CO2 is a planet-killer, need proof? Look at Venus. CO2 is able to pile up in such huge quantities on Venus because, unlike Earth, Venus has no way to sequester carbon. On Earth, our oceans and tectonic activity help to lock away our carbon in rocks and petroleum. Venus has no such activity, so when volcanoes spew their goo, the carbon stays where it lay, until it gets swept into the atmosphere.
Thirdly, there is the poison. On Earth, it rains water. On Venus, it rains sulfuric acid. So...yeah. Wear a raincoat. A terribly thick one should do nicely.
Fourthly, the planet's surface is actually quite young, compared to other planets. On Earth, our oceans act like a lubricant to allow the continental plates to move about. This movement releases heat from the core, and (mostly) everyone is perfectly happy with the odd earthquake here and there. Venus, as mentioned, has lost all its water supply. This means no tectonic motion, leaving Venus with no way to release heat from the core. This heat builds up over time, and eventually, it's got to blow. Periodically, the heat from Venus' core escapes in a period of mass, planet-wide volcanism, completely resurfacing the entire planet in several kilometres of magma.
To me, Venus is much like Hollywood: a nice place to dream about, but I'd never want to visit, much less live there.
Clear skies!
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No overhead spending?0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 9:19 PM
John McCain just complained about the "overhead projector" again.
what a friggin tool.
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Defiant atheism....I like.0 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 1:27 AM
This video. So triumphant.
I'm sick of having to apologize every time I say something critical of a religion. As if playing nice is the ideal goal, Every time I critisize/insult a religion, I'm chastized as being culturally insensitive.
Well fuck that. Their churches impose their idealism on me and mine, and has been for the entire existance of Canada. Suddenly I'M the one who is being a dick?
Well, I'm sorry monsignor. That dog won't hunt.
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Dem Jones, dem Jones, dem drrrrry Jones.1 comments Posted by Steve Thoms at 12:38 PM
Hey! It's been a while! My bad. In case you haven't been paying attention, there are two elections going on right now, and they've been occupying much of my attention. I am, after all, more expert in Political Science than any other field. Well, today I voted, so the Canadian election will soon be out of my head.
Today's entry is about the Indiana Jones 4 movie that came out over the summer. I didn't see it in theatres because, well, I was afraid. You know how some people were reluctant to see the Star Wars prequels because they were afraid that their awesome childhood memory would be sullied by this blatant cash-grab-disguised-as-an-expanding-mythology, and those that DID see Episode 1 that were from that same generation quickly wished they hadn't, and proceeded to have a huge black-eye in their childhood otherwise-awesomeness?
Well, I'm not quite old enough to remember Star Wars when it was first in theatres, but I do remember seeing the Temple of Doom on the early Movie Network (from the mid-80's) and The Last Crusade in theatres, and I was terrified that this new movie would sully my memory. After all, the trailer makes the thing look a little too Tomb Raider for my tastes, and that's the exact opposite the way that it's supposed to work: Tomb Raider is supposed to steal from Indiana Jones, not the other way around, dammit!
Well, It came out on blu-ray, and I'm watching it right now, as I type.
And I'm saddened.
This movie stinks.
Not totally, as there are some chase and fight scenes that are very Indiana Jones-appropriate. I won't give away any spoilers here, but sufficed to say, it contains government conspiracies, ancient alien wisdom, and psychic powers.
The film is about 3/4 over, so I hope the last bit will redeem the first chunk-o-sad.


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Like anyone, I love a good quiz show. In fact, I love a bad quiz show as well. Sitting idly on your rump answering a few questions is a hobby that is hard to beat. Why anyone would humiliate themselves by going on a show is beyond me as I'm happy to be a coward and answer only the questions I know… or take random stabs at others without fear of national red-cheekery.
However, there is one show that I repeatedly tune in to that drives me insane… and that's Eggheads (BBC Two, most afternoons at various times). It features some of the best quizzers in the world… and also, some of the most unbearable smuggery ever witnessed on TV.
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The quiz champions who compete on the show are Kevin Ashman (winner of British Quiz Championship, European Quiz Championship, World Quizzing Championships, Fifteen to One, Mastermind, Brain of Britain and Mind Sports Olympiad), CJ De Mooi (winner of BrainTeaser, 100%, The Weakest Link and Mensa chess champion), Daphne Fowler (winner of Fifteen to One, Brain of Britain and Going for Gold), Chris Hughes (winner of Mastermind, International Mastermind and Brain of Britain) and Judith Keppel (first British winner of one million pounds on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?). An impressive list eh? Are they humbled by their success? Are they fu…
Looking at each Egghead in turn, you begin to understand why the show is so good at making anger. Kevin Ashman, with his haircut of a mass murderer is a dour bugger who really needs to cheer up. I have never seen him smile. If he did, the sky might crack and flood blood. CJ De Mooi is a rare one. Although I fear he may be harshly edited on the show, he doesn't help himself by wincing and pursing his lips everytime a contestant answers a question. He's got a shed at home where he keeps his superfluous smugness.
Daphne is a wolf in sheep's clothing. On the surface of things, she looks like a nice lady. She also looks like she really wants everyone to win some money. However, catch her in a wide angled shot and you'll see peevish little looks when things go against her and her team. Chris Hughes is a mountain of smug. He's an amazing man. Like the others, there is no doubting his great knowledge, but by God, you don't have to ram it down our throats you great dolt! What he has in general knowledge, he lacks in people skills. Then we've got wonky mouthed Judith Keppel who, for all the world looks like someone who has been plonked on the show thanks to her celebrity status (after …Millionaire) and is completely resented by the rest of the Eggs.
Once you get over the incredibly annoying Eggs and sidestep your fury, you begin to notice the questions. When it comes down to it, at crucial moments in the game (be it a sudden death play-off thing), the Eggheads' get mind numbingly easy questions. Some pub team from Rotherham get a question like "How many matches have been played in professional football since time began… as this is sudden death, you won't get the options…". Then the Eggheads will get "Who was Prime Minister in 1964?" You may not know the answer, but a regular quizzer laps that stuff up. I'm not even going into those giant screens behind each team that makes you feel like you're watching some giants quizzing with dwarves. In short, I keep watching this show thanks to some unkind scheduling… but the fact remains… I WANT AN INQUEST (that, or a life would do me nicely).


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Rep. Peter King, Sen. Jack Reed and Sen. James Inhofe on 'Fox News Sunday'
Genesis 5: LOL! Man Trump scam you guys GOOD! Now he is saying the same thing about Hispanics, as the other GOP nominees were saying, in other words, they were trying to tell you the truth, while Trump flat out LIE to you. You extreme to the right GOP's idiots really screw this one up, let the other GOP's pick for once and just maybe you will get another Mr Regan. Think about this, Trump has been a Democrat most of his life, he lives in New York City, a Democratic state, he has never attended Church and claims NOW he is a Christians, he won't show you his tax returns, what does that tell you for crying out loud? The Billionaire Warren buffet, said he was being audited as well, and that trump could show you his income tax returns, but what really got to me, is when Warren Buffet said Trump open his business with the stock exchange in 1995, for people to invest with his companies, every year it has made NO profit, but trump takes out 44 Million dollars a year. Trump opens a fake college, that has done nothing for the people who sign up, so they file a lawsuit against him, and what does he go and do, complains how the Judge was unfair because he is a Mexican. This man is the biggest hypocrite I have ever seen, dodge the war, but talks about McCain because he was capture, Talks bad about a father and mother who lost a son in the war, need I go on? Might I suggest instead of only watching Fox news, watch Fox and CNN news, it will give you a better balance on things. Point in case, did you know Fox news men, including Bill Reilly, have been sexually harassing women at Fox News? Have you heard about Fox news having a Black room? Have you heard that Fox news was encouraged to support the Iraq war? Fox news won't report on these things. Yet they pretend to be good Christians, what a joke.


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WENATCHEE — Darald Schall had just fixed his irrigation lines, cleared out a couple of flower beds and pulled up brick pavers that had all been buried when a mudslide hit his No. 1 Canyon home in early August.
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PORTSMOUTH — Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Ostrander Brougham, of Needham, Mass., died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Portsmouth at the age of 100. She was born Nov. 13, 1912, in Melrose, Mass., to Jennie A. Law and Robert E. Ostrander. She attended Portsmouth High School, graduating in 1930. The Depression thwarted her plans to attend Radcliffe College, her mother's alma mater.
As the beloved wife of the late George A. Brougham, she resided for most of her adult life in Needham, Mass. She was a lifelong member of the First Congregational Church of Needham, where she was well known for the extraordinary needlework that she contributed to the church. She was also a longtime member of "The Friday Club," founded in Quincy, Mass., in 1892, and was an active contributor well into her 80s. A devoted piano player, she played as recently as this past November.
Her entire career was spent working at the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. in Boston. As head of marketing services, she became the first woman to be appointed officer of marketing services, for which she was quite proud.
In November, her family held a 100th birthday celebration for her that was attended by friends and family from across the country, a testament to the many lives she touched.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews, spanning four generations.
SERVICES: A burial service is planned for the spring, date undetermined. It is requested that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to The First Congregational Church of Needham, Mass., 1154 Great Plain Ave., Needham, MA 02492. For online condolences or expressions of sympathy visit: www.jvwoodfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of the J. Verne Wood Funeral Home—Buckminster Chapel.
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DARTMOUTH — Arthur R. Freitas, of Dartmouth, died Friday, August 8, 2014 at home surrounded by his family following a period of declining health. Arthur was born in Fall River, the son of the late Antone and Antonia (Botelho) Freitas and the widower of Olive (Vieira) Freitas. He resided in New Bedford and the past 40 years in Dartmouth.
Arthur was a communicant of the former St. John The Baptist Church. He was formerly employed by St. Luke's Hospital as a supervisor of material management until his retirement in 1986.
Arthur was a U. S. Navy Veteran of World War 2, attaining the rank of Gunner's Mate 2nd Class. His many decorations include: The American Asiatic-Pacific Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Medal, The Good Conduct Medal, The World War 2 Victory Medal and The U. S. Navy Combat Action Ribbon. Mr. Freitas also had the distinction of being honored by Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the entire Russian people, in recognition for his service as a U. S. Navy Gunner on Merchant Supply Ships. (The article was published in the Standard Times January 10, 1993). Their mission into the Soviet port of Murmansk was regarded by many as a suicide mission, where 25 percent of all Allied ships were lost on the Murmansk run.
Mr. Freitas was a member of American Legion Post 1, Loyal Order of Moose, St. Luke's Hospital Retirees Club, U. S. Navy armed guard veterans, Project Liberty Ship, U. S. Navy Memorial Foundation, Charter Member of the USS Constitution Museum, American Life League, and a former member of the U. S. Navy League of the United States.
Survivors include his Son: Dennis R. Freitas of Dartmouth; 8 Grandchildren, 4 Great-Grandchildren, Several Nieces & Nephews. He was the father of the late Jeanne Adams and the brother of the late Alfred Freitas, James Freitas, Dorothy Santos.
Visiting hours are omitted. Those wishing to attend, are invited to his Mass of Christian burial, Wednesday morning in St. Julie Billiart Church, Dartmouth at 10:00. Interment with military honors in St. John Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to AUBERTINE-LOPES FUNERAL HOME, 129 Allen Street. For online guestbook, please visit www.aubertine-lopes.com.
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Dwyane Wade has taken some heat after he tweeted a complaint, saying the post-Sandy traffic in New York was way too much for him.
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Robin Rector Krupp relocated to Asheville in May of last year. She chose Asheville in part because her sister lived there and in part because of the artistic ferment of the community. She grew up in Maryland and California, daughter of a mathematician and a playwright. Robert W. Rector taught at the United States Naval Academy, conducted research at Ramo Wooldridge, and then became executive director of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies. Margaret Hayden Rector was a playwright and author who spent 10 years researching and writing Alva, "That Vanderbilt-Belmont Woman." This biography is of the imperious sister-in-law of George W. Vanderbilt, a society woman who was an important figure in the Women's Suffrage Movement in both England and America.
Brought up in a household of obvious intellectual accomplishment, Krupp attended Pomona College, the 120-year-old private college that is the founding member at the core of Claremont Colleges, a consortium that allows seven independent private institutions to share services. She majored in art practice. Graduate work at California State University Northridge earned her a master's degree in painting. Early in her period as a painter in the Pasadena area, she joined a group of older women artists. She realized from interaction with them that the greatest satisfaction came to those who used their artistry both in paintings and in a second line of artistic output that could bring in regular income. She became a writer and illustrator of children's books, seven to date. She began presentations about art and literature, usually in costumes suggested by her books. Over the past 30 years, she has been to more than 300 schools in Spain, Cuba, the Canary Islands and the U.S., including Inuit fishing villages.She has also taught at colleges, and currently teaches painting at the University of North Carolina at Asheville's College for Seniors.
She married Edwin C. Krupp, an astronomer who became director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. The couple collaborated on three award-winning children's books, the most recent of which is "The Rainbow and You," written by E.C. Krupp and illustrated by Robin Rector Krupp, published by HarperCollins and available for sale directly from Robin Rector Krupp's local studio. Also available are several travel books both written and illustrated by Robin.
She has found a supportive ambiance on the second floor of the Warehouse Studios building in the River District, amidst the studios of Wendy Whitson, Barbara Fisher and others. This building at 170 Lyman Street is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. The artists collaborate so that all the second floor studios can welcome customers on those days.
Robin Rector Krupp's paintings include recent large watercolors of French Broad River wildlife, oil landscapes of river scenes, and greeting cards with reproductions of her paintings. In addition to art and her children's books, she offers for sale some cute button berets. In fact, we first met when I complimented her beret while we were both waiting to get into a concert. I am pleased to welcome a talented new addition to the artists who have elected to move into our midst.
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|Low-frequency noise in gallium nitride nanowire mechanical resonators
|December 07, 2012
|We report on the low-frequency 1/f (flicker) parameter noise displayed by the resonance frequency and resistance of doubly clamped c-axis gallium nitride nanowire (NW) mechanical resonators. The resonators are electrostatically driven and their mechanical response is electronically detected via NW piezoresistance. With an applied dc voltage bias, a NW driven near its mechanical resonance generates a Lorentzian current signal which, when lock-in detected, displays a modulated, drive-frequency-dependent 1/f noise component. This noise is proportional to the square of the derivative of the Lorentzian lineshape with a magnitude highly dependent on NW dc bias voltage conditions, consistent with noise in the NW's resistance leading to temperature, and hence resonance frequency noise due to local Joule heating. An example device with a 27.8 MHz resonance frequency and 220 k{Ω} resistance experiences an approximate resonance frequency shift of -5.8 Hz/nW. In terms of NW resistance change, this corresponds with shifts of 0.1 Hz/{Ω} and 2.6 Hz/{Ω} at 1 V bias and 4 V bias, respectively, with an average resistance fluctuation of 1 k{Ω} in a 1-second bandwidth.
|Applied Physics Letters
|pp. 233115-1 - 233115-5
|gallium nitride nanowires, nanomechanical resonators, 1/f noise
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Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States in the summer of 1946. The series consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons: Able detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (158 m) on 1 July 1946; Baker detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on 25 July 1946. A third planned burst, Charlie, was canceled. The Crossroads tests were the fourth and fifth nuclear explosions done by the USA (following the Trinity test and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). They were the first nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand.
A series of three tests was recommended to study the effects of nuclear weapons on ships, equipment, and material. Test site requirements were specified:
* A protected anchorage at least six miles wide
* A site which was uninhabited, or nearly so
* A location at least 300 miles from the nearest city
* Weather patterns without severe cold and violent storms
* Predictable winds directionally uniform from sea level to 60000 feet
* Predictable water currents away from shipping lanes, fishing areas, and inhabited shores
* Controlled by the United States
Timing became critical because Navy manpower required to move the ships was being released from active duty, and civilian scientists knowledgeable about atomic weapons were leaving federal employment for college teaching positions requiring their attendance when the fall semester started.
A fleet of more than 90 vessels was assembled in Bikini Lagoon as a target. This target fleet consisted of older U.S. battleships Arkansas, New York, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, aircraft carriers Saratoga and Independence, heavy cruisers Pensacola and Salt Lake City, destroyers, submarines, numerous auxiliary and amphibious vessels, and three surrendered German and Japanese ships. Military equipment was arrayed on some of the ships as well as amphibious craft that were berthed on Bikini Island. Technical experiments were also conducted to study nuclear weapon explosion phenomena. Some experiments included the use of live animals.[2] Bikini target ship USS Burleson (APA-67) brought 200 pigs, 60 guinea pigs, 204 goats, 5000 rats, 200 mice, and grains containing insects to be studied for genetic effects by the National Cancer Institute.
The support fleet of more than 150 ships provided quarters, experimental stations, and workshops for most of the 42,000 men (more than 37,000 of whom were Navy personnel) of Joint Task Force 1 (JTF 1), the organization that conducted the tests. Additional personnel were located on nearby atolls such as Eniwetok and Kwajalein. Navy personnel were allowed to extend their obligated service for one year if they wanted to to participate in the tests and see an atomic bomb explode. Many of the civilian scientists also volunteered for project participation to see an atomic bomb explode. The islands of the Bikini Atoll were used primarily as recreation and instrumentation sites.
Before the first test, all personnel were evacuated from the target fleet and Bikini Atoll. These men were placed on units of the support fleet, which sortied from Bikini Lagoon and took safe positions at least 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) east of the atoll. Test personnel were issued special dark glasses to protect their eyes, but a decision was made shortly before test Able that the glasses might not be protective; and personnel were instructed to turn away from the blast, shut their eyes, and cradle their arm across their face for additional protection. A few observers who disregarded the recommended precautions advised the others when the bomb detonated. Most shipboard observers reported feeling a slight concussion and hearing a disappointing little "poom".
Ships sunk during test Able
A painting of USS Gilliam and Carlisle under the blast.
* Sakawa, an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser
* USS Anderson (DD-411)
* USS Lamson (DD-367)
* USS Carlisle (APA-69)
* USS Gilliam (APA-57)
Ships sunk during test Baker, 25 July 1946
* Nagato, an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship
* USS Arkansas (BB-33)
* USS Saratoga (CV-3)
* USS Apogon (SS-308)
* USS Pilotfish (SS-386)
* Concrete Auxiliary Repair Dock (ARDC-13)
* Landing Ship USS LSM-60 (Surface Zero Ship)
* District Craft YO-160
The ex-German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen survived both the Able and Baker tests but was too radioactive to have leaks repaired. In September 1946 she was towed to Kwajalein Atoll where she capsized on 22 December 1946.
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Image Annotation: Surface transplant of the A-5 line of human HaCaT immortalized keratinocytes after growth as a monolayer on a collagen type I matrix. The lack of invasion, atypia of the some of the keratinocytes, and presence of host granulation tissue are evident at this magnification.
Staining Method: Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining Method
Species: Mouse
Strain: SCID
Organ: Skin
Diagnosis: Squamous Hyperplasia of the Skin with Atypia
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California made headlines today when the Supreme Court overturned the gay marriage ban.
The timing is an echo of the period leading up to the 2004 election, when San Francisco legalized gay marriage and started a fevered national dialogue over the issue.
While we've always had a healthy amount of gay/lesbian merchandise, 2004 was the year that we really saw an explosion of content around the gay marriage debate, with both pro and anti-gay marriage designs flooding into the system.
At present, the gay marriage and civil union supporters are out-dressing the anti gay marrige folks in numbers; the gay marriage vs. anti gay marriage search is 107,000 vs. 18,000.
An interesting sidenote is the "family values" search, which would indicate that those on both sides of the gay marriage debate are claiming family values as part of their cause.
Will California's controversial ruling cause another frenzied national debate on the issue that affects the coming election?
Time (and T-Shirts) will tell…


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Maltby Main Football Club
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The original football club was formed in 1916 as Maltby Main FC (the local colliery). All players were employed at the nearby pit -
indeed, a good footballer was often guaranteed employment at the colliery so he could represent the football club!
The original Maltby Main FC was disbanded in 1965.
Maltby Miners Welfare FC was formed in 1970 and was the football section of the Miners Welfare. The club played in the Sheffield Senior League until 1972, when they joined the old Yorkshire League and then the Northern Counties East League formed from the merger of the Yorkshire & Midland Leagues. The club began their NCEL life in Division One (South) but the installation of floodlights earned a place in the Premier Division for the 1990/91 season, a very creditable sixth position being attained having won 10 and drawing 2 of the fifteen home games.
Success continued during what was to become the 4 year reign as manager of Colin Walker, the ex-
Rotherham United, Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers and New Zealand player, who took the club from the Northern Counties East First to the Premier Division where they finished 4th and won the President's Cup in his final season in charge (1992-
93). Colin then left to manage Barnsley's Youth team.
In season 1993/94, under the guidance of new player-
manager Gary Waller, the Miners briefly headed the table and remained strong championship contenders until the final month of the season when they fell away to finish 7th. Gary resigned because of work commitments just before the start of the 1994/95 season, with his assistant, Richard Moon taking over the helm.
The 1995-
96 season was difficult with injuries and suspensions plaguing the manager and following a good Easter period, all the remaining fixtures ended in defeat, the club ending the season in its lowest ever Premier Division position of next-
bottom. The club retained its Premier Division status only because of the resignation from the Northern Counties East League of Goole Town.
Following the split from the Miners Welfare in mid-
1996, the club decided to revert to its former name of Maltby Main FC, although they continue to play on the Welfare ground at Muglet Lane.
Following the resignation of Richard Moon, Dave McCarthy was appointed to the vacant position. Dave was manager at Hallam and formerly assistant at Parkgate. His playing career includes spells at Crewe Alexandra, abroad in Finland, New Zealand and Australia, and non-
league football with Ilkeston Town, Worksop Town and Alfreton Town. After a season of consolidation and 14th place, the 1997/98 season saw the Miners top the Premier Division for much of the mid-
season period before slipping back to finish in a creditable 6th position. McCarthy was lured away to take over as manager at Unibond League Alfreton Town and former Rotherham United and Maltby player, Steve Fleetwood, was appointed manager in the close season, with Bob Haddrell as his the Cup assistant.
The 1998/1999 season was difficult and, despite a successful start and a place in the President's Cup Semi-
finals, relegation was avoided only on goal difference and Steve resigned in the close season because of work commitments which took him out of the country for long periods.
Glyn Kenny moved from Parkgate to take over the reigns, along with his assistant, Glyn Reeves, coach Les Harris and several of the previous season's Parkgate squad and, with several promising youngsters coming through the ranks of the very strong junior sides, hopes were high for an improvement in fortunes.
After an uncertain start, the 1999/2000 season proved to be one of consolidation and, despite goalscoring problems, the team finished the season strong in defence and midfield only for the NCEL to relegate the club for not being able to fund hardstanding around the pitch for the new season. This scandalous decision was stubbornly adhered to by the league despite the fact that Maltby Miners Welfare, in close season, spent £¼ million on new dressing room and hospitality facilities which were arguably the best in the league. If, instead, the relatively paltry sum of £6000 had been spent on hard standing and a new portakabin for hospitality, the club would have remained in the Premier Division with the players having to continue to use damp overcrowded changing facilities -
such is the logic of football authorities!
With relegation came the resignation of the management team after only one season in charge and Paul Cavell and Glen Morris took over. Early season form was poor and, with Main rooted to the foot of Division One, with only one league victory, Paul resigned and the board moved swiftly to appoint Russ Eagle as team manager. Despite defeats in his first three matches, Russ managed to turn things around and with only 5 defeats in the last 20 fixtures, Main finished a creditable 9th.
Much hard work was put in the close season to bring Muglet Lane up to standard for the 2001/2002 season. The required hard standing was laid and toilets installed in the new dressing rooms in order that the club retain its league status, but this took a huge financial toll on the club. With all the previous season's players retained, the club and its supporters were hoping for better things with promotion back to the Premier Division but, after a poor start, Russ Eagle left the club and Wilf Race and Vinnie Brady were put in charge of team affairs. Wilf had left Parkgate a month before Eagle's departure from Muglet Lane, but several players followed him to Maltby and a spectacular run of form saw The Miners rise, in three months, from next to bottom to head the Division One table. The poor start to the season, however, eventually told and, following an indifferent run in, the club finished in 6th position.
Wilf Race stunned the club in June 2002 with a shock resignation, but the board moved quickly to appoint former player Mark Smith as team manager, with Vinnie Brady staying on as Assistant Manager. Despite a promising start with a win at Tadcaster Albion on the first day of the 2002/03 season, several defeats, some heavy, followed and, following Vinnie's departure back to Parkgate, Mark Smith resigned after only a few weeks in charge.
Chairman, Gary Kitching took over team affairs on a temporary basis but was very successful -
two wins and a draw in his three matches at the helm before the former Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers and Altrincham midfielder, Shaun Goodwin was chosen as new manager from a host of applicants with Bryn Webster as his assistant. League results were disappointing but the club did reach the semi-
final of the Sheffield Senior Cup, narrowly losing 2-
1 to Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue.
Hopes were high that 2003-
04 would see Main challenging for a return to the Premier Division and these hopes were justified as Shaun and Bryn made subtle changes to the side and made it one to be feared as they clinched the second promotion spot
Shaun's reign as Manager in the Premier Division was relatively short-
lived as, despite a good run in the FA Cup, the team struggled and Wilf Race returned to the club and took over in early January 2005. Early results were disappointing but Wilf quickly turned things around and the side became a match for anyone in the division, despite losing many key players to wealthier clubs, finishing 8 points clear of relegation.
Wilf then took a backseat role in the club and former Sheffield United player, Sean Kay, who has a wealth of coaching experience, particularly at Rotherham United, took the reigns for the 2006/2007 campaign. Main surprised everyone (even themselves) as they dominated the Premier Division for the first half of the season, putting all the division's "big spenders" to shame before falling away to finish 10th as injuries and suspensions took their toll on a small squad of players.
Despite high hopes of a good 2007-
2008 campaign and promotion aspirations from the management team, the season was a real letdown for the club. With superb sponsorship from Hargreaves, the new Maltby Colliery owners, all involved were looking forward to a successful season but it was not to be. Sean Kay resigned in December following a string of poor results and Robbie Barron took over the reigns until the end of the season. Most of the playing squad left with Kay but Robbie assembled a new squad in record time which was good enough to keep the club in the top flight.
Steve Adams came from Stocksbridge PS to take the helm for 2008-
2009 and enjoyed moderate success, with the side finishing 12th in 2008-
09, 16th in 2009-
10 and 11th in 2010-
11, but struggled in 2011-
12 and finished in 18th position, one place and 4 points above a relegation place.
Steve resigned before the 20011-
12 season and the club appointed Chris Dunn as manager, assisted by Andy Carney and Gary Middleton, who remained with the club from the Steve Adams era. Chris had achieved success managing in local football and, after a shaky start, the team did well and finished a creditable 14th place. Unfortunately, Chris resigned because of work commitments after only one season in charge and the club was once again facing a pre-
season management crisis.
Then, in stepped local businessman, Chris Ducker to take the reigns as club chairman and he moved swiftly to appoint Brian Cusworth and Paul Staniforth as joint player-
managers, with Wilf Race returning to the club as Director of Football. However, after gaining only one victory in their first 9 games, Mick Norbury was appointed manager with Brian and Paul reverting to a purely playing role and Wilf Race switching to Assistant Manager. The change proved fruitful with good wins at Lincoln, Nostell and Liversedge with Brian resuming his customary free-
scoring touch with 7 goals in the ensuing 5 games. Despite suffering a 12 point deduction for fielding a player under contract with a club higher in the pyramid, the team finished a creditable 15th and were looking forward to an enjoyable 2014-
15 NCEL season.
Last season proved to be somewhat of a disappointment. Wilf Race assumed the role of club Chairman, after the departure of Mark Ducker, with the stated aim of maintaining our Premier Division status, with a mid-
table position the goal. Main found themselves in 7th position in mid September but results declined thereafter and, following the resignation of Mick Norbury towards the end of the
campaign, finished in 19th place, one spot above the relegation zone but 12 points clear of 20th position.
Spencer Fearn and Mark Askwith were appointed joint managers with former player Andy Tomlinson as 1st Team Coach, John Stancliffe as goalkeeping coach and Katie Johnson as fitness coach. Spencer is no stranger to football having owned East Stirling FC and being vice-
chairman of Stockport County. For the past year he has been coaching and working through his coaching badges. Mark has been managing locally for ten years since retiring from playing football and has achieved seven promotions in this time. Both of the Co-
Managers have a long association and were schoolboys together at Sheffield United. So, hopes are again high among the Maltby faithful for a much improved campaign in 2015-
2016, coupled with celebrations of the club's centenary.
Honours List
Wharncliffe Charity Cup Winners: 1919/20 1964/5 1979/80 1980/1
Rotherham Charity Cup Winners: 1923/4 1945/6 1966/7 1976/7 1980/1 1990/1 2005/6
Rotherham Challenge Cup Winners: 1928/9 1935/6 1962/3 1963/4
Sheffield Association League Winners: 1925/6 1926/7
Maltby and District League Winners: 1921/2 1922/3 1934/5
Portland League Winners: 1925/6
Portland League Cup Winners: 1926/7
Rotherham FA Association Cup Winners: 1935/6
Rotherham Senior League Winners: 1936/7
Sheffield Amateur League Winners: 1936/7
Rotherham LV League and Wake Cup Winners: 1934/5
Doncaster Senior League Winners: 1963/4
Mexboro Montagu Cup Winners: 1962/3 1980/1
Retford Nursing Cup Winners: 1962/3
Sheffield Senior Cup Winners: 1977/8
County Senior League Div 1 Winners: 1986/7
County Senior League Cup Winners: 1986/7
Northern Counties East Presidents Cup Winners: 1992/3
Northern Counties East League Record
1982/83 6th Division One South
1983/84 6th Division One South
1984/86 11th Division One (Central)
1985/86 6th Division Two
1986/87 9th Division One
1987/88 3rd Division One
1988/89 4th Division One
1989/90 5th Division One
1990/91 6th Premier Division
1991/92 7th Premier Division
1992/93 4th Premier Division
1993/94 7th Premier Division
1994/95 13th Premier Division
1995/96 19th Premier Division
1996/97 14th Premier Division
1997/98 6th Premier Division
1998/99 18th Premier Division
1999/2000 17th Premier Division
2000/2001 9th Division One
2001/2002 6th Division One
2002/2003 14th Division One
2003/2004 3rd Division One
2004/2005 19th Premier Division
2005/2006 18th Premier Division
2006/2007 10th Premier Division
2007/2008 18th Premier Division
2008/2009 12th Premier Division
2009/2010 16th Premier Division
2010/2011 11th Premier Division
2011/2012 18th Premier Division
2012/2013 14th Premier Division
2014/2015 19th Premier Division


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One's an in-your-face, rabble-rousing superstar. The other's a laid-back, longhaired American icon.
Like a lot of great country music tales, this one begins with whiskey. Willie Nelson and Toby Keith were on Willie's bus, passing the bottle back and forth - to be precise, a bottle of Willie's own signature brand, Old Whiskey River. They were having fun, but Toby had a serious question for his boyhood hero.
"I've got a project I'd love to talk to you about," he offered. "It's singing the second verse on a song that I think fits you like a glove."
"What's the name of it?" asked Willie. "'Whiskey for My Men, Beer for My Horses,'" replied Toby.
"Hell, let's go cut it!" Willie exclaimed with a laugh. "It'd be hard to have a bad song with a title that good!"
Many months later, Willie's judgment turned out to be right on. "Beer for My Horses" shot to No. 1 and stayed there for six weeks - marking Willie's first appearance at the top of the charts since 1989.
"Johnny Cash said one time that all that's wrong with any of us can be cured with a No. 1 song," chuckles Willie. "And I think he was about right. I'm almost cured of everything!"
Toby is justifiably proud to have helped bring Willie back to that pinnacle - but perplexed by the way his hero was shut out of the No. 1 spot for so long.
"When you see somebody that still has the love and passion that he's got, you don't understand why they can't have a shot like these young guys and girls," he says. "But I've told him time and time again that I'm glad to be the guy that got to take that ride with him."
The ride actually began many years ago, way back in mid-Sept. 1976. Toby, then 15, made his way backstage when Willie was appearing in concert at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., as part of an "Outlaws" tour with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser.
At the time, Toby already idolized Willie, who was then riding high with the No. 1 Waylon duet "Good Hearted Woman" - a song Toby himself would sing with Willie months after Waylon's death in 2002.
Toby still remembers meeting Willie that night, 27 years ago. "He was his usual polite self," he smiles. "Willie is a real sweetheart. He takes care of everybody, and wants everybody to have a piece of him."
By the time they met again in the '90s, Toby had followed in Willie's footsteps to become a star himself. It happened that Toby's guitarist, Joey Floyd, had played the part of Willie's son in the 1980 movie Honeysuckle Rose, and still kept in touch. Joey made the introductions - and Toby and Willie's friendship was off and running.
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A southeastern Kentucky pharmacist is arrested for allegedly selling weapons and drug samples illegally.
The bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives arrested 61-year-old Calvin Lynn Manis of Barbourville.
Manis is the owner of Parkway Pharmacy and is a federal firearms licensee.
An indictment says Manis illegally sold or traded prescription drug samples in February of 2003.
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June 11, 2013
When asked if he would return to the Indiana Jones franchise, he told the L.A. Times in May 2010, "I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished. If I was going to do it twice, my career was over. So this was fight-or-flight for me. I'll probably get a call. But he needs to hear this. I love him. I love Steven."
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And the former All Black was also part of the tigers coaching team that took a first-ever club Rugby Camp into Asia with a course at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur.
Newby is now head coach at Cambridge but will return to Welford Road on May 29 to lead a day-long breakdown and contact skills masterclass.
This is just one of three mastercalsses to take place with Tuesday May 28 seeing the home of Leicester Tigers host a unit skills special which will have a set-piece focus for the forwards and will concentrate on the principles of attack for the backs.
And there will be a kicking masterclass at Welford Road on Thursday May 30. It will cover all forms of kicking, from place kicking to kicking out of hand, from the grubber kick to drop-kicking.
Welford Road Masterclasses are for players in U11s to U16s age groups and are an excellent opportunity to learn and develop position-specific skills.
Players attending a masterclass will receive a free junior ticket to an allocated first-team game at Welford Road next season as well as lunch on the day, a Rugby Camp T-shirt, a water bottle, a rugby ball and free membership to the Junior Tigers Club.
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The short-term financial interests of producers and manufacturers often conflict with environmentally -and socially- responsible practice. Because of this, consumers who strive to align their spending with values increasingly seek the assurance of a growing number of third-party certifiers. In the United States, dozens of government agencies, non-profits, and even for-profit organizations systematically evaluate products, services, and company practices on a wide variety of sustainability criteria.
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This recipe is easy to make and boasts tons of flavor. Brown rice or rice pilaf will round out the meal.
Makes 4 servings
For the pork:
- 3/4 pound pork tenderloin
- ¼ cup orange juice, divided
- 2 teaspoons Jamaican Jerk seasoning
- 1/4 cup no sugar added grape jelly (such as Smuckers)
- 2 tablespoons Creole mustard
Rub 2 tablespoons orange juice over pork. Rub with seasoning. Place pork in an aluminum foil-lined roasting pan.
Bake at 450° for 25 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155 degrees. Let pork stand 5 minutes before slicing.
Whisk together jelly, mustard, and remaining 2 tablespoons orange juice in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, whisking constantly until smooth and thoroughly heated. Drizzle over pork slices.
For the Lemony Green Beans:
- 3 cups water
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add green beans, and cook 5 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Return green beans to pan. Stir in olive oil and remaining ingredients.
(Nutrition information includes the pork and the green beans)
- 3 Very Lean Meat
- 2 Vegetable
- 1/2 Carbohydrate
Calories: 250; Calories from Fat: 80; Total Fat: 9 g; Saturated Fat: 2.5 g; Cholesterol: 80 mg; Sodium: 536 mg; Total Carbohydrate: 17 g; Dietary Fiber: 3 g; Sugars: 10 g; Protein: 28 g


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Alfredo went home with our Heavenly Father on Tuesday Jan 15, 2013.
He leaves behind his wife Carmen, daughter: Anet, son: Jesus, brothers: Antonio, Armando, Alberto, Carlos and Oscar, sisters: Ana and Angie as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Alfredo was born in El Paso, Texas and resided in Trona for the past seven years.
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Fred Brooks on The Design of Design: Interview and Excerpt
A review of Frederick P. Brooks' latest book, The Design of Design. Few individuals have had as much influence on the 'practice' of software development and this book of loosely coupled essays on the essence of design, design process, and the development and nurturing of great designers extends and enhances previous contributions to the field. The review is enhanced with an interview and excerpt.
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In this article, Jim Webber, Savas Parastatidis and Ian Robinson show how to drive an application's flow through the use of hypermedia in a RESTful application, using the well-known example from Gregor Hohpe's "Starbucks does not use Two-Phase-Commit" to illustrate how the Web's concepts can be used for integration purposes.


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Hammers, the day is drawing closer and I do feel for your trepidation. But remember it's only a game of football and after a few weeks the pain of defeat will be well behind you. While Pools eagerly wait for the big money earner, an away game with Man Utd. You guys can maybe look towards a european spot. Hoping they're hanging well.


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Nick's Article: Cristal Universe
July 3rd, 2014
Of all the different genres of winemakers, the chef de cave is undoubtedly one of the most complex. There's much to master - the technical side, the philosophical side, the management side and the marketing side - all full-time roles in their own right.
Any yet there are a few that seem to fuse all these together as effortlessly as Louis Roederer's Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon. A quick look over his resumé reveals why he is so good at bringing it all together.
He's had experience in setting up Roederer's Californian and Australian outposts, as well as their Bordeaux estates, taking the chef de dave role in 1999 and then moving to executive vice-president overseeing production at all Roederer's estates after that.
I recently attended a tasting in Melbourne with Lecaillon where he presented a set of vins clair as well as the current Roederer range, all of which were excellent, but the feature act was a vertical of Louis Roederer Cristal served in two flights. The first flight presented vintages 2006, 2005 and 2002, followed by a flight of 1999, 1995 and 1993.
Some background to Cristal, beyond the fairly well-known fact that it was created in 1876 for Russian Tsar Alexander II, the 'estate' was assembled from 1845-1850 with a view to purchasing the chalkiest soil in the Champagne region. The rationale was that these soils produce the potential for the most elegant Champagnes.
This resulted in specifically sought land in several different villages with the unusual quirk that land was not simply sought in the typically highly-regarded mid-slope position. Simply put, if the chalk was high slope then that was where the land was purchased.
Biodynamic farming has most recently been adopted for a large proportion of the Cristal source vineyards, the rationale here being to emphasise the effect of the chalk soil and capture more 'mineral' character and a stronger voice of terroir.
Lecaillon's take on vintages is interesting, citing three types of years in Champagne: "There are continental years (dry summer, pinot is king), oceanic (chardonnay is king where pinot struggles to ripen) and classic, where both are ripening well. Oceanic vintages we push more on chardonnay, continental we push more on pinot noir."
The six vintages tasted were incredibly distinctive and yet retained a filial deference to a shared philosophy and style, the ability of Cristal to age unequivocally demonstrated through various styles of vintage. The highest quality achieved here consistently in subtly different guises.
Click for the notes and scores.
** Louis Roederer will release the Cristal 1995 in a new initiative collection-style release in 2015. The official naming is yet to be announced, the wine will be released having spent 10 years on lees and 10 years on cork, with a view to showcasing the Champagne as a pristinely cellared example and not a late disgorged style.
Photo courtesy of Champagne Louis Roederer.
Nick Stock is a renowned Australian wine writer, author, presenter and filmmaker who reports on his worldwide wine tasting experiences for JamesSuckling.com.Comments


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You are talking thru your arse!! I agree with everyone else....he was a fool to waste his god given talent,if he knew he had a problem with alcohol,which he did,any other normal human being would have got help and advice from their doctor....did he.....no he went to the bar and confided in the barman,he thought it wouldn't kill him cos he wasn't like anyone else.....but he was wrong!!


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Aanchir, on 06 February 2012 - 04:02 AM, said:
Grrr. That's annoying as I actually thought that "looked" more right, but went by the Peeron colour chart (although Peeron's labelling of Paradisa colours doesn't seem terribly consistent), maybe we need the ultimate official Aanchir colour chart instead! Anyway fixed all those little niggles now and here's a few extras to almost complete the Paradisa range.
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CHARLESTON - Dorothy Telker Uthoff, 81, died at 8:45 a.m. Dec. 24, 2004, at her home.
Born March 21, 1923, in Texas Bend, daughter of the late William Raymond and Margaret Renaud Telker, she lived in Charleston most of her life. She was a homemaker most of her life and had also worked as a cook for the Host House, now Charleston Manor. She attended St. Henry School and was a lifetime member of St. Henry Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella and served on any committee needed.
On April 27, 1944, in Charleston, she married Verlin Bryant "Tuck" Uthoff.
Surviving are her husband; five sons, Gary Uthoff and Bill Uthoff of St. Louis, Robert Uthoff of Slidell, La., Greg Uthoff of New Milford, N.J., and Dr. Fred Uthoff of Sikeston; two daughters, Judy Uthoff Poyner of Scott City and Nancy Uthoff Leigh of Goldsboro, N.C.; two brothers, Joe Telker and Charles Telker of Charleston; one sister and godchild, Frances Telker of Charleston; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; godchildren, Dr. Larry Bohannon of Sikeston and Patricia Telker Cyr of Kennett; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were four brothers, Sylvester Telker, Wilbert "Buddy" Telker, Albert Telker and Alfred Telker; and one sister, Wilma Telker Bohannon.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McMikle Funeral Home, where prayers will be recited at 7 p.m. with Monsignor Stephen Schneider, pastor of St. Henry Catholic Church, officiating.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Henry Catholic Church. Monsignor Richard Rolwing of Sikeston, Monsignor Michael Swalina, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff and the Rev. David Coon, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City will serve as concelebrants.
Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons: Bryant Uthoff, Chris Uthoff, Peter Uthoff, Ross Leigh, Clayton Leigh and Gary L. Poyner Jr.
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Tallahassee, FL - As some Floridians face losing their unemployment benefits this week, 2-1-1 Big Bend, Inc. encourages them to dial 2-1-1 for referrals to area support services. 2-1-1 counselors offer 24-hour, confidential help, seven days a week. By calling 2-1-1, 617-NEED (617-6333) or 921-4020 TTY for the Hearing/Speech Impaired, Big Bend residents will find access to financial counseling and assistance, child care, job training, food banks and utility payment assistance.
"We are the gateway to community services in Tallahassee and its eight surrounding counties," said 2-1-1 Big Bend President Randy Nicklaus. "2-1-1 Big Bend is the perfect resource for people who need help during challenging times; we save them the legwork that often leads to more frustration and uncertainty."
According to the Agency for Workforce Innovation, federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Extended Benefits programs will conclude over the next several weeks. The Extended Benefits program, which provides additional compensation to Floridians who exhausted all their federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits ends Saturday, December 4.
2-1-1 Big Bend answers more than 50,000 calls each year through its seven hotline programs. The regional 2-1-1 helpline program assisted more than 25,000 callers last year. Thousands of people have sought help for unemployment, utilities, food, housing and mental health concerns. Anyone can dial 2-1-1 in the eight county Big Bend area for someone to talk to when it may be difficult to talk to friends or family. For more information about 2-1-1 Big Bend, visit www.211bigbend.org. 2-1-1 Big Bend is a United Way Agency.


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SAN JOSE -- Earthquakes rookie Adam Jahn wears No. 14 to pay tribute to Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls. Jahn, who grew up near Davis, idolized Henry when he was a goal-scoring machine for Arsenal of the English Premier League.
But the rookie out of Stanford wasn't intimidated to play on the same field with Henry last weekend in leading the Quakes to a 2-1 victory over New York.
"He wasn't afraid, mentally," coach Frank Yallop said. "And that's important. As a player, he's good enough. It's the mental side of the game where, can you play free of any thoughts of negative stuff? We just said to him, 'Go in there and make a difference.' And he certainly did that."
Said Jahn: "Frank always encourages us to not play afraid and try new things. You don't feel restricted in any way."
Jahn, 22, could find himself starting Saturday against the Columbus Crew if veteran Mike Fucito can't go because of a foot injury. Depending on the flow of the game Jahn probably will appear for the third consecutive week.
"It's one game ... but we've seen enough in preseason (to know) that he can play the position," Yallop said. "I didn't think he was ready to always be the man, to start, because it's tough. You never know how he's going to handle things."
Jahn, though, has spent his life preparing for such situations. He played the role of sweeper -- the last line of defense -- on youth teams. His parents didn't know anything about soccer but as college swim coaches they understood the commitment it took to excel.
Jahn always had a foot on the ball, his father recalled. He played on three or four youth teams at a time. "It got to be too much," Tom Jahn said.
But it also led to better competition. After mastering other parts of the field Jahn became a forward at Jesuit High-Carmichael because the coach thought the teen could attract college recruiters.
"He has the ability to keep learning and become a very good professional soccer player," Stanford coach Jeremy Gunn said.
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Fire contained at Red Rock Canyon
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A small fire is now contained at Red Rock Canyon.
That's off Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs.
We're hearing the fire burned 5 acres.
Fire crews say it was a slow-moving fire burning in steep terrain.
No homes were threatened.
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What is CSA?
Cougar Sports Associates is a group designed to assist the Mount Vernon Nazarene University Athletic Department in raising much-needed funds for special projects and athletic scholarships. It also affords an opportunity for alumni athletes and Cougar supporters to become more personally involved with our present athletes and coaches. CSA is an essential tool for the continued growth of our athletic programs.
Why join CSA?
There are several good reasons to join CSA. First, it is
your opportunity to support the mission of a Christian University
athletic program. Secondly, it helps to assist the Athletic Department
with special projects that enhance the quality of our programs.
It also gives you the satisfaction of helping support academically
gifted athletes who may not otherwise be able to attend MVNU.
Finally, it gives you the opportunity to become an active part
of the Cougar team and enjoy the thrill and excitement of University
Who may be a member of CSA?
Anyone who contributes $30 or more annually to CSA, can be
a member with all the benefits thereof.
When can I join CSA?
You can join right now! Membership covers the entire school
year. Joining early in the year allows your gift to go right
to work assisting student athletes and gives you more time to
enjoy your membership privileges. For a membership application,
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Anybody who has ever been hurt while trying to stay fit (and we're willing to bet that's most of you reading this) knows that sports injuries, defined as any injuries that occur during athletic activity, are a pain. Worse, the most severe can cause permanent damage if not diagnosed and treated properly. The only way to stay safe on the court, rink, or track—or wherever you prefer to play—is to be aware of the risks and know a bit about prevention (wear the right gear, use proper techniques, and make sure your body is ready). With that in mind, we've put together this sports injury quiz so you can test your knowledge and share the results with friends.
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NEW BEDFORD — Those wishing to vote for members of the PACE board have until the end of the month to do so.
Clients of People Acting in Community Endeavors as well as other low income city residents can vote at the main office of PACE at 166 William St. during regular business hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Proof of low income status is required for low income voters who are not clients of a PACE program, officials said in a news release.
Candidates for the three open seats are incumbents Joseph Devlin and Shelly Santos. New candidates are Josh Amaral, Matthew Daniels and Robert L. Xifaras J.D.
The three who receive the most votes will be elected to three-year term on the PACE Board of Directors.
For more information, call PACE at 508-999-9920.
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