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4 Pop Culture Arguments That Need to be Retired
#2. Books Versus Movies
What You Say:
"The movie was fine, I guess, it's just that, I don't know. I mean I'm sure it's ... good ... clearly, you liked it, and that's fine, it's just ... knowing the books -- like I do -- it's kind of hard to watch the movie without thinking about all of the things they should have done. Maybe if I hadn't read the books and really gotten into them then I would have liked the movie better. Such is my burden."
What You (Unconsciously) Mean
"I read a book!"
One of my favorite things about reading a book is that I can make my own movie in my head while reading it. I can cast whomever I want, and they can sound the way I want them to sound and I'm incapable of getting it wrong, because this particular piece of art only exists if I imagine it.
One of my favorite things about seeing a movie is that it's over in two hours and I don't have to read anything.
I love reading books. And I love movies. And I'd love to live in a world where a discussion about one doesn't have to lead to a discussion about the other.
The problem with people who read and talk about books that become movies or TV shows is that they can't separate the two. I'll give you a personal example. Even though I don't like The Walking Dead, it's a show that I consistently rage-watch, I guess because I kind of like it when a bad thing is still bad ("Has anyone seen Carl? Carl's not in the cell! Carl, stay in the cell!"). Whenever I complain about the pacing of the show, or how underwritten one of the characters is, or how underwritten all of the characters are, one of the show's defenders will inevitably point out that I only have that opinion because I haven't read the graphic novel on which the show is based. If I read all of the comics, they say, then I'd like all of the characters better.
I agree. If I'd read a better version of The Walking Dead, I would probably like it. However, until such time as the Walking Dead show gets so much better that it retroactively makes the first two seasons enjoyable, I'm going to go ahead and continue not to like it.
#1. Music Today is Different!
What You Say:
"Have you listened to the shit they play on the radio? Katy Whatshername and that other one with the coal-black eyes of a shark?
Lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes.
"I can't stand it. Where'd all the good music go? When I was a kid, they made real music. Can anyone even hear me?!"
What You (Unconsciously) Mean
"I'm getting older but no one told me!"
One day I woke up and realized the pop stars on the radio were no longer making music specifically for me. It felt like a betrayal, because suddenly the radio was alienating, and it all happened sooner than it was supposed to. Something profound changed. If it hasn't already happened to you, it will. Within the next five years, it will.
That's what everyone is dancing around when they complain about music today. Music isn't getting worse, you're just getting older, and no one writes music for old people.
And I'm not speaking in a general sort of way. In a time when you thought no one actually bought music anymore, Taylor Swift's latest album is on track to sell one million copies in its first week. That's because Taylor Swift is writing music for the only people who ever bought music: 15-year-old girls.
Taylor Swift is successful because she writes songs exclusively for 15-year-old girls, an experience I am wholly unfamiliar with but one that, based strictly on her music, seems to involve being consistently shocked that sometimes people break up with other people, and also involves routinely watching boys through your bedroom window.
Two. Different. Videos.
That's life. 15-year-old girls are the tastemakers. And now that you know that 15-year-old girls are the ones who buy music, are you still shocked that you don't like what's on the radio? Was that a surprise? Are you still holding out hope that the next generation of 15-year-old girls is going to be into some really good shit? Because that's not going to happen.
Pop music does not grow and mature alongside you. The pop stars of the 90s who sang songs about chasing girls and falling in love for the first time when you were chasing girls and falling in love for the first time aren't going to suddenly start singing songs about how your liberal arts degree was worthless and it's weird that all of your friends are getting married just because you're 26 and going through that now. The Backstreet Boys will never become The Backstreet Men. All you can do is cling to your favorite artists and pray they never stop releasing new music. Also stay away from pop radio. It's terrifying out there.
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a failure so incredibly unbelievable it will go down in fail history right next to the Chia Pet and Pet Rock.
"Hey, what's 2 + 2?"
"Epic failure."
"Epic failure."
LindsayLouFool가 작성 2008년 12월 10일 (수)
Someone who has any moment when they thought they could be sucessful but they end up failing EPICALLY!!!
Mason my uber epic failure! buddy and me myself and I who are epic failures
Falloutgirl0916가 작성 2009년 10월 20일 (화)
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Olivia Calistri performs actions which can be construed as 'epic failures' multiple times daily.
damn_right_son가 작성 2009년 01월 09일 (금)
Despite being given a perfect opportunity for success, no matter what you do it ends in total failure. If the same opportunity was given to another person it would have resulted in success, but you only transform things into failure..on a very large scale.
(Dude 1): Man...I'm miserable.. my wife's a gym teacher, I dont have a job, everyone hates me, I've been divorced 3 times, my dog just peed on my leg....
(Dude 2): You're an Epic Failure
(Dude 2): You're an Epic Failure
Jack Duvales가 작성 2010년 12월 03일 (금)
A failure of such proportions that it takes an extra word at the front to fully describe the magnitude of the fail.
Person 1: "I did a backflip off my house onto my trampline and landed it. Then I jumped off the trampoline and broke my ankle"
Person 2: "Epic Failure"
Person 2: "Epic Failure"
Laughing @ him가 작성 2009년 10월 04일 (일)
an expression used to identify failure of the epic kind
Astronaut: "Sir, the pants have landed."
Sir: "OMFG THIS IS EPICFAILURE."
Sir: "OMFG THIS IS EPICFAILURE."
Pierce The Mighty가 작성 2007년 11월 17일 (토)
Top 5 reasons why you fail
1. You rolled a BE Lock
2. Your on Coilfang
3. Punctuation
4. Spelling
5. You have horrible comebacks and are retarded.
1. You rolled a BE Lock
2. Your on Coilfang
3. Punctuation
4. Spelling
5. You have horrible comebacks and are retarded.
Your response is a #5. (epic failure)
Gurubashi가 작성 2007년 10월 20일 (토)


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Chamber Music @ CMUFaculty members David Harding, viola, and Noah Bendix-Balgley (PSO Concertmaster) are joined by guests Lorna McGhee (Principal Flute, PSO) and renowned cellist Amit Peled in chamber music by Mozart and Bach. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Toby Saks, founder and artistic director of the Seattle Chamber Music Society. Free, but advance tickets are required.11/19/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Kresge Theatre, School of Music, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Carnegie Mellon University Guitar EnsembleJames Ferla directs the Carnegie Mellon Guitar Ensemble in selections including Molinaro's Saltarello and Ballo, Gagnon's Kaleidoscope, and the traditional Spanish folksong El Vito.11/20/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Mellon Institute, 4500 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Wind Symphony & Symphony BandRobert C. Cameron conducts.11/20/2013Time: 7:30 pmPNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Electronic EnsembleShowcasing an eclectic mix of contemporary, classical and jazz fusion material, students perform on electronic keyboards, violin and cello; wind and guitar controllers, and electronic percussion. Lynn Purse & Kenneth Karsh, directors.11/20/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
CMU Guitar Ensemble concertJames Ferla, director11/20/2013Time: 8pmLocation: Mellon Institute Auditoriumwebsite
Jazz EnsembleMike Tomaro, director.11/21/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center for Performance and Innovationwebsite
Music for Violin and Piano by Beethoven and BrahmsRoy Sonne, violin; Yeeha Chiu, piano.11/21/2013Time: 7:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Bellini's NormaNorma: A fiery love triangle set in the mysterious, mythical world of the ancient Druids. Norma has broken her vow of chastity for the love of a Roman soldier, Pollione. When Pollione abandons her for another druid priestess, Adalgisa, Norma swears revenge on the pair. But something proves stronger than revenge, bringing this classic opera to an unbelievable end.11/21/2013 - 11/24/201311/21 - 7:00 pm11/22 - 7:00 pm11/23 - 7:00 pm11/24 - 2:00 pmSeton Center, 1900 Pioneer Ave. Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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ETA: Have they officially named the team for JGP #7? If she does well in the FS, I think Barbie has a case for getting another assignment over Samantha Cesario, though it will be a tough choice as I think they'll end up scoring pretty close to each other. I believe Angela Wang and Hannah Miller are locked in for JGP Croatia, yes?
http://www.usfsa.org/Athletes.asp?id=216 - nothing is solved for JGP #6 and #7.
Solution will be after Ladies FS (and also for Men after Men FS and for Dance after Dance FD).
Now the main at #6 are Miller (place 2 Linz) and Wang (place 3 Lake Placid with extremely good FS). I believe - they will not be substituted.
The main at #7 are Keiser (place 1 Istanbul, so she will not be substituted) and Cesario (place 3 Linz) - she may be substituted by Long if she earn place 1 or 2.
Last edited by AlexRus; 09-27-2012 at 12:40 PM.
Yes, I think that sounds reasonable.
Also we must remember that #6 is so close to #5, that it is no sense to return to USA and it is very hard - two so close starts.
So it is not good to send Long to #6 in any circumstance.
1. Hae Jin KIM (KOR) - 53.64 (TES: 30.83, PCS: 22.81)
2. Barbie LONG (USA) - 52.24 (TES: 30.38, PCS: 21.86)
3. Hinano ISOBE (JPN) - 50.14 (TES: 28.55, PCS: 21.59)
4. Laurine LECAVELIER (FRA) (TES: 47.46, PCS: 26.69)
5. Evgenia GERASIMOVA (RUS) (TES: 46.79, PCS: 25.47)
6. Courtney HICKS (USA) - 46.63 (TES: 24.34, PCS: 22.29)
7. Miu SATO (JPN) - 45.13 (TES: 24.95, PCS: 21.18, DED: 1.00)
8. Anna SHERSHAK (RUS) - 44.74 (TES: 24.53, PCS: 21.21 DED: 1.00)
9. Xiaowen GUO (CHN) - 44.14 (TES: 23.94, PCS: 20.20)
10. Julianne SEGUIN (CAN) - 43.37 (TES: 24.19, PCS: 20.18, DED: 1.00)
11. Gabriella JOSEFSSON (SWE) - 43.35 (TES: 23.81, PCS: 19.54)
12. Alisson Krystle PERTICHETO (PHI) - 43.33 (TES: 24.53, PCS: 18.80)
13. Aleksandra GOLOVKINA (LTU) - 41.50 (TES: 23.76, PCS: 17.74)
14. Patricia GLESCIC (SLO) - 40.26 (TES: 22.23, PCS: 18.03)
15. Sabrina SCHULZ (AUT) - 39.95 (TES: 21.83, PCS: 18.12)
16. Jennifer PARKER (GER) - 38.02 (TES: 19.54, PCS: 18.48)
17. Ivett TOTH (HUN) - 36.89 (TES: 21.26, PCS: 16.63, DED: 1.00)
18. Nicole RAJICOVA (SVK) - 34.70 (TES: 18.69, PCS: 17.01, DED: 1.00)
19. Ema LIPOVSCAK (CRO) - 32.44 (TES: 17.22, PCS: 15.22)
20. Sandra RISTIVOJEVIC (SRB) - 31.88 (TES: 17.80, PCS: 15.08, DED: 1.00)
21. Eline ANTHONISSEN (BEL) - 31.86 (TES: 16.89, PCS: 14.97)
22. Eike LANGERBAUR (EST) - 31.81 (TES: 16.70, PCS: 16.11, DED: 1.00)
23. Chantelle KERRY (AUS) - 31.57 (TES: 16.21, PCS: 16.36, DED: 1.00)
24. Lena WU (TPE) - 31.30 (TES: 16.08, PCS: 15.22)
25. Victoria MANNI (ITA) - 31.20 (TES: 15.24, PCS: 16.96, DED: 1.00)
26. Alina FJODOROVA (LAT) - 30.83 (TES: 16.92, PCS: 14.91, DED: 1.00)
27. Melisa Sema ATIK (TUR) - 29.99 (TES: 15.91, PCS: 16.08, DED: 2.00)
28. Natasha MCKAY (GBR) - 29.38 (TES: 15.22, PCS: 15.16, DED: 1.00)
29. Patricia JUREN (SLO) - 27.60 (TES: 13.12, PCS: 14.48)
30. Yong Yeu Tiffany LAU (HKG) - 25.84 (TES: 11.76, PCS: 14.08)
31. Naja FERKOV (SLO) - 25.32 (TES: 11.81, PCS: 13.51)
32. Arijana TIRAK (BIH) - 20.67 (TES: 9.98, PCS: 11.69, DED: 1.00)
33. Raisa RJENOVSCHI (ROU) - 18.84 (TES: 7.13, PCS: 11.71)
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Last edited by Mao88; 09-27-2012 at 03:35 PM.
Rather disappointing for Miu Sato as well -- she came in 5th at Japanese Nationals last year and actually skated an excellent LP at Junior Worlds last year; I thought she was severely undermarked there.
Miu SATO had a rough SP at JW 2012: she fell on the first 3t and couldn't complete the combo. She started at #8 in the FS; the judges tend to lowball the PCS scores in the first two groups for the FS. That's where she took the hit: 39.89. She was 12th in the FS overall: 7th in TES, but 14th in PCS.
I'm really glad that the US has Barbie Long as a rising talent. I really enjoy watching her skate (Courtney Hick's you can take some pointers). I know Pink Panther has that sultry feel to it, but Barbie really knows how to use her shoulders, but fix the camel spin!
Hinano Isobe seems like the Japanese Vanessa Lam. Dynamic but can't leave the ice for more than 6 inches.
Where did this french lady come from? I really enjoyed her program too. She has great SS but just needs to fix some jump technique.
I don't like Gerasimova's program, and Shershark looks like a woman now (or closer to Gedevanishvili XD)
Miu Sato is wonderful. Too bad about her jump mistakes but I really liked her everything else. She reminds me of Miki Ando with better SS at that age. She's probably my favorite Japanese junior. Loved her dress too!
Finally, another person who skates to Joe Hisaishi. Xiawen Guo needs to work on deeper edges but oddly didn't effect her step sequence that much.
I just saw the videos and i am surprised no one talked about hicks scores up to now. Well poor girl popping the Combo, almost falling out of Layback double footing flip and haveing troubles in steps.... AND ending up in 6th place ?!?! sooo lucky. I mean she got the 2nd best PCS for THIS ?!?! She was totally held up with the scores. That´s just not fair for some of the girls behind her. or am I totaly wrong on this
The one girl I felt was significantly robbed was Gabriella Josefsson. Maybe Xiaowen Guo who went clean (but with a 2F and 3T2t combo), and skated really, really slow, but I felt Joseffson should have been ahead of Guo, because with the same content (2F, 3t2t) she just skated better.
For one thing, although her combo was not there today, Courtney's final spin was still super amazing, and I would have given it +3; the judges only +2. She didn't fall. Most of the girls behind her did (1 point to Courtney there). And she skates very fast. And only 2 judges called negative GOE on the flip, so apparently they didn't see the double foot. This is not surprising. And it was a triple flip. A lot of the girls behind her did a double. With so much fog in the arena, there were a lot of slight double footed jumps that went uncalled throughout the competition-the judges have to have had a heck of a time, as did we.
Versus Sato, who was immediately behind her, Sato fell on her 2A and also popped her combination. Then you had Shershak- who did a 3t3t and fell on it and a double flip, and also only got level 2 on one spin and level 3 on each of the other two spins, and level 2 footwork.
As I said, there were not a lot of good performances in the ladies' sp.


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Thanks to the Clarence Industrial Development Agency, Christmas came early for Towne Mini owners Franklin and David Downing.
Taxpayers across Erie County now are footing the bill for about $69,000 in sales and mortgage tax breaks that the Clarence IDA awarded the auto dealer for a project that will create no new wealth in the Buffalo Niagara region and just two new jobs.
With its vote on Thursday, the Clarence IDA effectively thumbed its nose at the whole IDA reform effort, defiantly backing tax breaks for a project that will live on as the latest poster child for what ails the suburban IDAs in the Buffalo Niagara region.
"It just doesn't make any sense," said Assemblyman Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo, who has been pushing a plan in Albany to rein in the suburban IDAs in Erie County.
"These IDAs are going their own way and they're pursuing the economic development ideas of the past," he said. "It just guarantees higher taxes for all."
What's so bad about the Towne Mini project? Let me count the ways.
• For starters, it's a retail project. Wine stores, car dealers, doughnut shops, pizza places and dollar stores all serve local customers. They don't bring new money or business into Erie County. Should we be giving tax breaks to clothing stores? Video game stores? I don't think so.
• It's not economic development. It's just re-slicing the pie, with the IDA giving Towne Mini a competitive advantage over all of the other competing dealers who weren't lucky — and smart — enough to take advantage of the loophole that opened the door to tax breaks for retail projects almost five years ago.
Erie County is shrinking, and that only makes the notion of giving tax breaks to retail projects all the more ridiculous. With fewer buyers living here, every store has to compete harder just to maintain the same level of business. Any new sales they get don't come from new people moving into the area, they come from snatching new customers from the competition.
Towne Mini, in the documentation it filed with the Clarence IDA, said only about one of every 10 Minis that it sells goes to a buyer from outside Erie County. Overwhelmingly, its business is local. And that means that just about every Mini that Towne sells comes at the expense of every other Chevrolet, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota and Nissan dealer in the region.
It's robbing Peter to pay Paul.
David C. Hartzell Jr., the IDA's chairman and the Clarence supervisor, said he had been on the fence about the incentives but backed them because Towne was the only Mini dealer in the region. But even Hartzell said the IDA system needs fixing.
"The IDA structure as it exists today is in need of massive reform," he said. "The only question is how."
Hartzell would like to see IDAs put more of a focus on funding startups, which often struggle to find the funding they need.
"All of our current IDA options revolve around providing tax breaks for existing businesses. The way we score our success — by tracking jobs created — favors the companies that are currently in business, but not the ones who we would like — or we need — to grow and succeed," he said. "So the companies that have the most money and can create the most jobs — but need the funding the least — get the most help? The current system is upside down."
Hartzell would like to see each Erie County IDA contribute $250,000 for a fund to help finance startups and other fledgling firms.
• There's nothing wrong with competition, but IDAs shouldn't be picking which retailers are winners and which ones are losers.
Ryan thinks Towne Mini would have gone ahead with the project even without IDA tax breaks. "They are expanding. They bought the property. They have demolished houses on the property," he said. "Their franchise agreement requires [the expansion]."
Towne officials have indicated that they were counting on the tax breaks, but if $69,000 in tax breaks can make or break a $1.9 million project, it's on mighty shaky ground.
To be sure, the tax breaks that Towne Mini is getting are pretty modest. But the tax breaks add up as retail projects multiply.
"It's a slow drip, and often they'll say it's only $80,000," Ryan said. "But it's like letting your faucet drip. It doesn't seem like much, but wait until you get your water bill."
• While this is a Clarence project, the revenue hit that Clarence schools and its town government will feel is minimal because the tax breaks are spread across the county. That's not fair to taxpayers in Cheektowaga and more than a dozen other Erie County municipalities, which doen't have their own IDA and can't offer tax breaks for retail projects in their communities.
That's because those communities work through the Erie County IDA, which takes a much harder line on retail projects than its suburban counterparts. Towne Mini wouldn't be getting any tax breaks if it was looking to build a new dealership in West Seneca or East Aurora.
And that wouldn't be a bad thing.
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A new study from the National Center for Safe Routes to School shows that the number of kindergarten through eighth-grade students walking to sc...
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A new study from the National Center for Safe Routes to School shows that the number of kindergarten through eighth-grade students walking to school increased from 12.4 percent in 2007 to 15.7 percent in 2012, a 27 percent increase.
Parents also reported an increase in school support for walking or bicycling to school, from 24.9 percent in 2007 to 33 percent in 2012.
The full report, "Trends in Walking and Bicycling to School from 2007 to 2012," analyzed parent survey data collected by 4,700 schools, representing more than 525,000 K-8 children, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
While increases were seen across the board, the largest were in areas with high populations of low-income students. Schools in the suburbs, towns and rural areas reported an increase in walkers, but much of the change occurred in urban settings.
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Since May 2006, the National Center for Safe Routes to School has assisted states and communities in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bicycle to school. For more information, visit saferoutesinfo.org.
ROCKFORD — A partnership between the YMCA and Winnebago County Health Department is wrapping up its second year of making sure about 30 children on Rockford's near west side get to school on time and safely.
It serves kids like Antonio Russell, a kindergartner who rides the "walking school bus," as it is dubbed, every morning from his Forest Avenue home to Lewis Lemon Elementary School. Well, almost every morning.
A couple of Fridays ago, Russell's mother, Santita Thompson, got him ready for the bus, but the sleepy 5-year-old had other plans. He snuck back into his bedroom for a few more minutes of shut-eye rather than heading to the "bus stop."
Luckily, the walking school bus doubles back. Deniece Smith, one of two walking school bus coordinators, dotes over "her kids," greeting each one by name with a big smile. Her cellphone is loaded with numbers of parents whose children live along the nearly one-mile route. Parents call her when their kids are running late. She calls them from the sidewalk when she counts heads and comes up short.
While child wellness is the main objective of the walking school bus, Smith and co-coordinator Larry Wilson use the program to do more than get their students' blood pumping in the morning. They're tuned in to challenges that their students face that affect truancy and tardiness.
"Most of our families are single-parent homes. Mom has to leave early to go to work or go look for work. Usually it's older kids getting younger kids ready," Smith said. "We think it's important to meet them halfway. Some of these parents really want to get their kids to school, but they need some help. ... I have two kids who go to Lewis Lemon so from a parent's standpoint, I would want somebody to do the same thing for my children."
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Many of the 30-some students who ride the walking school bus live in or right next to the Rockford Housing Authority Fairgrounds Valley housing project. The bus departs from there each morning, heading west on Andrews Street.
On one recent morning, Smith and Wilson arrived at the school at 7:10 a.m. and Smith headed back into the neighborhood on foot to get her car and pick up the stragglers in hopes of getting them to Lewis Lemon in time for a couple of bites of breakfast before they have to be in class.
Page 2 of 3 - Thompson and Russell were waiting for Smith on their front step.
Typically, Thompson is the one helping Smith with the students. She'll go up and down her block knocking on doors to let kids know the bus is coming. This particular morning she was the one who needed a hand.
"It's a beautiful thing," Thompson said about the walking school bus. "It helps us get our kids to school on time. It helps everybody out."
Smith is a native New Yorker who also works as a breakfast and lunch aide at Lewis Lemon, a job that helps her know her students. Wilson is a YMCA fitness instructor and Army veteran.
"I work with them on keeping pace," Wilson said. "I work with the older kids to be leaders and mentors for the younger ones. I give them responsibilities. ... I grew up in Mississippi, and I walked about the same distance to school every day. I have a lot of fond memories of that. I want that for them, too."
Program could expand
The walking school bus costs about $15,000 a year, paid for through the We Choose Health grant, a multiyear Community Transformation Grant funded by the Affordable Care Act. The money is spent on the part-time salaries for Smith and Wilson.
Lewis Lemon is the only school in Rockford to have a walking bus, said Kyle Auman, the We Choose Health coordinator for the Winnebago County Health Department, but that doesn't have to be the case.
"Lewis Lemon made sense," Auman said. "There are a large number of students who live at Fairgrounds who don't get a bus because it's just under a mile. The people living there were identified as having limited access to transportation."
But any school could have a walking bus if it's built into the school's culture, Auman said. All they need is a committed group of volunteers.
The health department worked with the YMCA, Rockford School District, Youth Services Network, Rockford Housing Authority, Neighborhood Network, city of Rockford Human Services Department and RMAP to organize and launch the walking bus at Lewis Lemon.
Last year's program was a pilot, and much smaller, Auman said. This year's program operated at full-steam for only half of the year. Still, the health department hopes to analyze student data at the end of the school year to see what, if any, impact the walking school bus had on overall wellness of its participants as well as attendance and tardiness.
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Published October 10, 2013
Some might consider it to be the ultimate UB accomplishment: being a valuable, contributing member of the university community for half a century.
William H. Baumer, Alastair Brownie, Jean G. Haar, Mirdza Neiders and David J. Triggle were honored for being consummate university citizens yesterday at UB's 10th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence, held in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
Lucinda Finley, vice provost for faculty affairs who served as mistress of ceremony for the event, called it a "rare and distinct pleasure" to recognize the five faculty members for 50 years' service to UB. Finley noted that the faculty members, "through their steadfast commitment to our university over five decades, have greatly enriched the academic community and numerous students by their contributions."
As three of the faculty members received their awards and were congratulated by President Satish K. Tripathi and Provost Charles Zukoski—Haar and Triggle were unable to attend—Finley briefly recounted the contributions of all five awardees:
Tripathi earlier opened the Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence by noting that the ceremony was one of his favorite UB traditions. The annual ceremony recognizes those individuals whose long-term contributions have made a significant impact on the people and communities around them, whether through groundbreaking research or in ensuring the smooth operation of a department or office.
In addition to honoring the faculty members for 50 years of service, the program also recognized the new SUNY Distinguished Professors, SUNY Chancellor's Award winners, UB Distinguished Professors, and winners of the Graduate Student Mentoring, Sustained Achievement, Young Investigator and Teaching Innovation awards. See related story for the full list of honorees.
During the program, music department faculty member Roland Martin performed two pieces on the C.B. Fisk Organ: "Grand Choeur" by Alexandre Guilmant and "Wachet Auf" by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Tripathi told those attending the event that the faculty and
staff members being honored "have achieved excellence in
their fields because of their abiding enthusiasm for what they
"Your excellence is the direct result of your passion, your drive, through your work, your university and the students we all serve," he told honorees. "Your accomplishments and discoveries encourage us all to reach higher and further in our collective pursuit of excellence."
In his remarks, Zukoski said the honorees "serve as inspiration for the future we envision for UB. What these colleagues teach us is the transformative potential of academic excellence."
"Our most impactful colleagues choose to change lives through greater understanding, better policies, new technologies or new innovations," he said. "The scholars we honor have chosen to make a difference. They commit their time, focus their skills and unleash their creativity to change the world."


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THOMPSONTOWN - James Edward "Jim" Eby, 68, of Thompsontown, and formerly of Rockville, went peacefully to rest at 3:55 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
Born on Feb. 1, 1944, in Lewistown, Mifflin County, he was a son of the late Charles L. and Christiana R. (Derr) Eby. He shared more than 47 years of marriage with his first wife, Charlene L. (Singley) Eby, whom he married on May 4, 1963, before she preceded him in death on Nov. 18, 2010. On Aug. 4, 2012, he married his surviving wife, Kimberly M. (Noldin) Warner Eby.
Also surviving are: his children, Mike Eby and his wife, Donna, Gina Bell and her husband, Greg, all of Mifflintown, Todd Eby, of Lewistown, Michelle Rhodes and her husband, Doug, of Shippensburg, and Jimmy Eby and his wife, Karen, of Sevierville, Tenn.; stepchildren, Amanda Howard and her husband, Tom, of Port Royal, and Jessica Fite and her husband, Gary, of Thompsontown; a brother, Richard Eby and his wife, Janet, of Yeagertown; a sister, Maryann Eby and her husband, Celo Lauver, of Harrisburg; 20 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
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One brother, C. Leonard Eby, preceded him in death.
Mr. Eby proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. He was a member of the American Legion Post 298, Mifflintown, and the J. E. Bowen AmVets Post 122, Thompsontown. He was an avid supporter of the Port Royal Speedway, where he held various positions, including track steward and wrecker operator.
Jim loved telling stories and making others laugh and he will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at the Brown Funeral Homes Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown, with Pastor Chris Buttery officiating. Interment will follow in the Adams Cemetery, Mifflintown, where the Juniata County Veterans Council will accord full military burial honors.
There will be no viewing; however, the family will receive friends from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the funeral home.
For those who wish, memorial donations in Mr. Eby's memory may be made to the Sacred Heart of Jesus School, 9 N Brown St, Lewistown, PA 17044.
Online tributes and condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownfuneralhomesinc.com.


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BEAVERTOWN - Eastern Orthodox churches may not be uncommon in Pennsylvania, but they are in Snyder County.
Up until recently, the county never had one.
In the past few years, though, a small Orthodox congregation has been growing and gaining more recognition in the mainly Protestant community.
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Members of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit participate in a blessing of Beaver Creek in Beavertown on Feb. 26. The congregation, an extension of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in State College, meets in members' homes for worship every Sunday.
The Chapel of the Holy Spirit, a branch of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in State College, now welcomes between 30 and 40 members to worship in Beavertown each week.
To the knowledge of the Rev. Basil Biberdorf, who serves the congregation, there has never been another Orthodox church in Snyder County.
The population in this area does not have roots in the Orthodox church, he said. The Beavertown group began with a former Protestant pastor, David Smith, who began exploring Orthodoxy, Biberdorf said.
Smith contacted the Rev. John Reeves from the State College church, and soon after, a small group of interested people began to meet with Reeves once a month.
"They were a group of people searching," Biberdorf said. "They found and were taught."
In 2009, the small group took steps to become members of the Orthodox faith, the priest said.
The chapel draws families who used to travel to Huntingdon, State College or Harrisburg to attend church, he said.
Worship is a vital part of the Orthodox faith, and the hour-long drive or more was a big barrier for the families, Biberdorf said.
"This parish took them under its wing," he said.
Smaller sister churches like the group in Beavertown often are established to make the distance easier for the members, he said.
The Beavertown house church holds services three weekends a month, plus regular weekly gatherings like Bible studies and special holiday celebrations.
Orthodoxy emphasizes a personal level of worship by praying, worshipping and cultivating an Orthodox life, Biberdorf said.
"The beauty of the church is found in her people - the way they live their lives," Biberdorf said. "Orthodox is not just a head thing. It's a whole life experience."
Members' thoughts turned toward building as their congregation grew.
Last summer, the congregation purchased a half acre of ground in Beavertown for the purpose of building a chapel. Biberdorf said it's too early to say when.
"It will be a modest church, yet we want its design to be a credit to the community," Biberdorf said. "We want it to be pretty."
They chose a lot just off of U.S. 522 in Beavertown because it is easy to find and to access, the priest said.
Lots in Selinsgrove were expensive or near the flood plane; other properties in western Snyder County were off the highway in hard to find places or would be difficult to get to in the winter, he said.
After the chapel is built, the congregation wants to employ a priest who will live in the community and serve just their congregation, Biberdorf said. He travels between the State College and Beavertown congregations, serving both.
For those who want to learn more about Orthodox worship, Biberdorf recommended that they attend a Saturday vespers service at the State College church. Afterward, people usually have the opportunity to speak with the priest and ask questions.
"The Orthodox Church" by Bishop Timothy Ware also is a great resource for people who are curious about the faith, he said.
For more information about the Beavertown church, visit holyspirit-oca.org or call (814) 231-2855.


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Published January 24, 2014
A prestigious legal honor society, whose philosophical roots stretch back to medieval English jurisprudence, has chosen the UB Law School as its newest member.
The Order of the Coif — often called the law school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa — extended the invitation following a lengthy and thorough application process. UB Law is the only new chapter granted this year by the organization. The school joins a select list of law schools that have received this honor, a group that includes Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Michigan, University of California-Berkeley, Chicago, Georgetown and Northwestern.
The organization's criteria for admittance include commitment to superior legal education, a stimulating intellectual environment, dedicated teaching faculty who also produce quality research, instruction in both basic and new areas of the law, and rich and varied co-curricular activities, such as law journals, moot trial and appellate courts. In addition, the school's student body must have varied educational backgrounds and excellent academic credentials, and the staff of the law library must provide a high level of assistance to the school's teaching and scholarship.
"We are delighted to take our place in the Order of the Coif alongside other highly regarded law schools," says Law Dean Makau W. Mutua. "This recognition is an affirmation of the star quality of our faculty, the hard work of our staff and the high standards of our students. We are dedicated to educating new lawyers who are both deeply grounded in legal theory and conversant in the professional skills they will need in practice. We are gratified that our commitment to the best educational experience for our students is being acknowledged in such a public way."
Through its chapter of the honor society, the law school will honor the top 10 percent of each year's graduating class with membership in the Order of the Coif. In addition to honoring the best law students, the Order of the Coif confers a triennial book award, arguably the most prestigious award given for legal scholarship, and sponsors a national lecture series, through which member schools bring outstanding scholars to their campuses.
In medieval England, the Order of the Coif comprised the sergeants-at-law from whom the ranks of judges were drawn. (The coif, pronounced "koyf," was a round white cloth that these barristers wore atop their wigs.) The contemporary American version began in the early 1900s at Northwestern University Law School as a way to encourage excellence in legal education nationwide.


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Early studies of gene expression in single cells revealed a greater than expected amount of heterogeneity among cells from supposedly homogeneous populations. It is now well accepted that, for example, not every tumor cell, liver cell, or stem cell isolated from a distinct population will be identical in terms of which genes are expressed and at what levels.
Simply averaging the transcription levels measured across multiple individual cells will not accurately convey what is taking place in any one cell. Furthermore, this approach may result in an especially interesting and biologically or clinically relevant characteristic of one or more of the cell subtypes present in a cell population to be missed if their genomic heterogeneity is not analyzed and understood.
The desire to characterize this variability in gene expression across cells and to acquire genomic sequence data on a single-cell level is driving advances in the field of single-cell genomics, which is part of a broader field of single-cell analysis that is benefiting from an emerging trend to develop and apply tools and technologies for robust, high-throughput, and reproducible analysis of biological function at the single-cell level.
Initial focus areas include developmental biology and cancer and stem cell research; early commercial applications relate to embryo screening for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, characterization and drug-response testing of circulating tumor cells, and infectious-disease diagnostics. Single-cell genomic analysis was a key area of discussion at Select Biosciences' "Single Cell Analysis Summit" held recently in San Diego.
In reality, "most cells have very few transcripts, and a few cells have a lot of gene expression," explained Mikael Kubista, Ph.D., CEO of Tataa Biocenter. Gene expression is a highly dynamic process, occurring in bursts of active transcription followed by less active periods during which existing mRNA transcripts decay.
"We have found that these bursts generally do not correlate from cell to cell," Dr. Kubista said. This led the company to develop its single-cell transcription correlation platform, in which identification of a cell type is not based on the level of any particular transcript, but rather on correlations of transcription.
Using single-cell expression correlation, it is possible to distinguish between two or more subtypes of cells within a population that express the same transcripts. They differ not in the presence or absence of a particular transcript, but in the pattern of gene-expression levels. One way Tataa is applying this technology is to study circulating tumor cells, with a clinical goal of identifying what clones are present in a patient's blood and to which chemotherapeutic agents they may/may not respond.
Tataa developed a technique for measuring intracellular mRNA gradients using qPCR and applies it to the study of gene-expression heterogeneity at the single-cell and subcellular level. To capture mRNA transcripts from a single cell without significant loss of material, Tataa formulated a set of detergents to facilitate cell lysis and mRNA removal without the need for washing steps. It licensed the detergents to Roche, which incorporated them into its RealTime Ready Cell Lysis Kit.
Dr. Kubista identified three main challenges at present for single-cell gene-expression analysis including the need for robust single-cell isolation techniques, increased throughput, and improved tools for data mining and multivariate data analysis.
Steven Bodovitz, Ph.D., principal at Bioperspectives, defined the opportunity in this field as the ability to "transform cellular heterogeneity from a source of noise into a source of new discoveries."
The reasons to do so are "compelling," he said. For example, if an easy and more reliable method was available to identify the different cell subtypes in a tumor, could a more effective, multitargeted chemotherapeutic approach be developed?
Dr. Bodovitz identified two main drivers of single-cell omics research: the potential biological significance of understanding cell heterogeneity, and the enabling technological advances including miniaturization, microfluidics, and whole-genome amplification (WGA) techniques that yield enough DNA from a single cell to enable genomic analysis using available gene-expression analysis or next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods.
When asked to identify the main challenge the field of single-cell genomics currently faces, Dr. Bodovitz pointed to the need for improved methods of isolating single cells from tissue samples. "One tends to destroy the cell to analyze it."
Whereas perturbations to a cell are unlikely to affect the results of genetic or epigenetic analysis, as these characteristics should remain stable, cellular disruption could affect gene-expression analysis and other types of omics studies. Intentional perturbation of a single cell represents an "elegant system" for studying biological pathways and intracellular networks based on the up- or downregulation of gene expression, added Dr. Bodovitz. This knowledge could be used to guide the design of drugs capable of interfering in a particular pathway.
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Something like 108 billion people have lived on our planet during its history, and despite all of the experiences in all of the lifetimes of all of those people, we have still not found a way to exist together in peace and harmony, much less create individual lives with a powerfully glorious, intrinsic meaning and a wonderfully joyful purpose. Life has such a meaning and purpose, but across thousands of years only a very small number of human beings seem to have really understood it. Until now. Now, everyone seems to be "getting it" all at once - and agreeing with one another, at last, that it truly is...The Only Thing That Matters.
©2012 Neale Donald Walsch (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Worth the credit..."
I am a HUGE fan of Neale's having read most all his previous works. The contents of this book still have me a fan but several times I did have to turn it off and 'digest' what he was saying. He gets his point across about 'the only thing that matters' but sometimes in an annoying way. Maybe its just the pace I learn at (slowly!). I found myself getting frustrated with his comparisons that ran on FOREVER and how the topics swirled back on each other. With all that said this book is definitely worth the credit and time taken to listen to it. You will learn a lot and have MANY 'ah ha' moments. As usual Neale is very comforting in one segment and then knocks you off your base in the next only to steady you again in the following one. I will listen again soon (after my head quits spinning from this round!)
"Really Great, and better than I expected."
The best thing about this book is the thoroughness and attention to detail. Although the content of the book may bring up some "deep" questions for you, the author seems to cover everything the book advertises and more. I would say he over-delivered...which is a very good thing and much appreciated. Some authors leave out important information or hint around at it, to keep you hanging for their next book, but Mr. Walsch doesn't employ that tactic in this book.
His raspy voice that also sounds like Casey Kasem takes a little getting used to, but after you adjust to it, it's quite soothing and pleasant. He reads with passion and enthusiasm, but is never loud. Very nice.
I get it. I completely understood and resonated with the content in this book. I listened to it in a very focused way. While I was listening, if I found my mind drift to something else, I would hit the 30 second rewind and listen to what I missed while my mind went to other thoughts. Sometimes I had to rewind two or three times in a row, but I didn't want to miss a thing, and I'm so glad I didn't.
This book is full of lots of great information... much of which I already consciously knew. The book solidified what I consciously knew and brought forth into my mind other things my soul knows.
"Waste of ear noise!"
This is just a slow paced waste of ear noise get to the point same old stuff everyone knows ''Love and gratitude.'' See three words done! I listened up to the first hour then fast forwarded the other chapters. Glad I didin't listen to the whole thing waiting for some huge revelation! Yes the message is important and it is the way to a happy and fullfilled life. But this gibberish non-ending I'm about to tell you something important but not right now, sounds like a terrible over exhasting infomercial.
The needless length.
It sounded more like he needed to fullfill a signed legal contract for another book he didn't want to write.
Most of it.
First time I regretted a purchase with Audible.
"A life-changing book packed with loads of wisdom"
This is the first book that I have read by Neale Donald Walsch, although I've heard of his books for years. This book is full of simple, yet extremely deep insights about life, God and everything. I dare say that this one book, if its messages are taken to heart and lived out, could indeed change the world. I am now listening to the book that precedes this one, The Storm Before the Quiet, and intend to read (or listen) to all of Walsch's books soon. The messages of this book, while very straightforward and sensible, are radical shifts from consensus reality and will take lots of serious inner work to properly digest and integrate them into my life. I look forward to the journey ahead.
"A lot to think about & a lot of repetition."
Yes, but first I would say they should read "Conversations with God", then I think they will understand this book better.
Yes, I always take something away that helps me.
Yes, most of them. I find it is easier to read them than to listen,especially because I am usually driving.
I wanted to race ahead, because it seemed that he took along time to get to the point. In a way this turned out to be a good thing. I realized I needed to hear everything to fully understand what he wanted me (us) to learn.
I listened to his first book on tape with Ellen Burstyn & Ed Asner and they were terrific !
An easier listen.
How the soul,mind & body are integrated, and how they work together. Why gratitude is an important part of enriching our life.
If you are searching for the meaning of why you are here, this can help you get a glimmer, maybe even get you to recognize what your path is.
"Another Good One"
I listen to Donald at night to get my mind right before bed. I listen to Donald in the morning to validate my beliefs to help keep me straight through the day. I feel connected to the bright side of my hearr.
Living ExtraOrdinary Lives
"It all matters, beep!"
Neale again writes and speaks from a soulful place. This is the second one of his audible books I have listened to. It means so much when the author reads their own words in these types of books, they make you feel apart of the journey. I had beautiful aha moments, and deep ummm thoughts and felt like if I asked a question I got my answer from source. It was delicious and I can't wait to share it!
"Good reinforcement, very repetitive at times"
Ideas presented
Very straight forward and easy to follow
The Only Thing That Matters
Read only after Conversations with God
"a book to create awareness"
it's one of those books that awakens your inner sence of peace and hamony and I so enjoyed every second of listening to it.
"Deep and Thought Provoking!"
Depending on your frame of mind at the time you listen to this book, it can either be "deep and thought provoking", or "long and winding", and I for the most part, founded deep and thought provoking.
I'm not sure if the rest of humanity will I ever figure out a way for all of us to get along, especially with the global population that is about to go off the charts as we deal with scarcer and scarcer resources, it's going to be interesting.
Anyway, a good read for those who want to be challenged and stretched a little bit.
I've tried and tried to 'get into' Donald Walschs' workhowever, I can't! It's so Americanised and patronising. Does he thing we are all stupid?? I dislike his voice, he is packaging spirituality for profit. My very least favourite spititual writer
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When Dustin Runnels made his pro wrestling debut in 1988, there was little doubt that the second-generation performer was going to make an impact on the wrestling business.
The eldest son of one of the sport's most charismatic figures, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.), the youngster then known as Dustin Rhodes had all the tools to go with the pedigree.
A strapping, athletic specimen who broke into the business after graduating from Charlotte's East Mecklenburg High School, the 6-5, 220-pound rookie got his feet wet in his dad's old stomping ground of Florida, teaming with other second-generation wrestlers such as Mike Graham and Kendall Windham.
A short two years later, Runnels would find himself joining his father in the World Wrestling Federation. By that time, however, Dusty Rhodes was nearing the end of his run as an in-ring performer. Now parading as the yellow polka-dotted "Common Man," the 45-year-old Rhodes was a far cry from his days as a three-time NWA world champion
whose electric personality endeared his working-class hero character to a generation of wrestling fans.
Runnels, though, was eager and was immediately thrown into a hot angle on a Saturday Night Main event show.
"It seems like it was yesterday," says Runnels. "That was quite a moment. I remember very, very clearly when Ted DiBiase opened me up hardway with that chair. I was like, 'Oh my God, what just happened to me?' This was the big time. Here we go."
Several months after making his WWF debut, young Dustin Rhodes would be gone.
On Jan. 19, 1991, at the Royal Rumble, Runnels and his father lost to Ted DiBiase and Virgil in a tag-team bout. "Dad was leaving, and I wanted to follow him out right then. I asked for my release and (WWE owner) Vince McMahon said yes," Dustin recalls.
As young Rhodes walked away, however, McMahon took Dusty aside. It was a conversation Dustin would learn of only later.
"Listen. You take him now, but I'm going to bring him back and make him a star," McMahon prophetically told Dusty.
Several years passed, but McMahon was true to his word. Goldust, one of the most radical, revolutionary characters in the history of the industry, would make his in-ring debut in October 1995.
Never in Runnels' wildest dreams would he have ever envisioned the way McMahon would make him a star.
"Back then, I was just on a wrestling learning tree, following Dad around and trying to fit into his shoes. It was part of growing up, and later I learned that I needed to stretch my wings and kind of fill my own shoes because his were impossible to fill."
Dustin still remembers the day he got the call from McMahon. Bruce Prichard, McMahon's right-hand man at the time, also was on the line.
"Are you sitting down?" McMahon asked Runnels.
"Well, I can be," he politely replied.
McMahon went on to explain the gimmick that had been drawn up for Runnels. He told the youngster that the character, which would be called "Goldust," would be androgynous.
"I had no idea what androgynous meant at the time," says Rhodes. "I just listened to him and agreed to whatever he said."
Runnels, figuring he had nothing to lose, was ready for a career change.
"Sure, let's give it a whirl," said Runnels, who was looking to do something "outside the realm of the Rhodes family."
"I wanted to do something on my own and see if this was possible."
Travel plans were made, but first, Runnels wanted to check the dictionary.
"I wanted to find out what in the hell androgynous was," he laughs. "Oh, man, look at what I just got myself into," he said to no one in particular when discovering that the word was defined as "having both male and female characteristics or qualities; having traditional male and female roles obscured or reversed."
Being a good old boy from Texas, Runnels took a couple of deep breaths and pondered the situation he had gotten himself into.
"I took a positive out of it, and said, 'Man I'm going to make this happen.'"
Peculiar personified
Runnels had spent the past several years working as "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes for Ted Turner's WCW. Returning to the then-WWE had some risks attached to it — not the least of which was completely revamping his character. He was, after all, the son of the legendary Dusty Rhodes. He had a reputation to uphold.
But that, ironically enough, was also a motivating factor, he says, in making such a switch. Runnels and his dad had not spoken in several years, and he reasoned that perhaps a major change was in order. That's not to say he wasn't apprehensive about the big move.
He was even scared at first of doing the gimmick, realizing that it would shock many people.
"Vince said he was behind it. But there were a lot of things going on up there with The Kliq and things like that ... I was worried. I was very scared. I had never been a bad guy. I've always been a babyface. They give me this character, and now I had to learn how to be a bad guy and do this androgynous stuff, which was way ahead of its time."
Runnels introduced his new gimmick to a mixed reaction. He would be later accompanied by his then-wife Terri Runnels who, as the lovely seductress Marlena, played the role of a glamorous, cigar-smoking femme fatale that she had concocted to complement her husband's eccentric, gender-bending character.
With a flowing golden robe and gold face paint, Goldust wore a platinum blonde wig over his short platinum blond hair, with his appearance modeled after an Academy Award. The controversial performer appeared to be effeminate and loved to get into the minds of his foes with sexually suggestive interviews and antics in the ring.
In the beginning, says Runnels, nothing seemed to be working.
"I was learning as I went. It took five months, then six. Vince had told me to call him if I had any problems on the road. And I did ... more than a few times."
Although Runnels removed the wig before his matches and exhibited his wrestling skills once the bell rang, the sexually ambiguous character was far from over with the audience in the beginning.
Terry Taylor (aka The Red Rooster), another wrestler whose career went spiraling downward with a questionable gimmick, jokingly called Goldust "a cross between Dick The Bruiser and Marilyn Monroe."
Scott Hall, then known as Razor Ramon, refused to wrestle "The Bizarre One" because he feared it would hurt his image.
"I tried something one night about eight months into it while trying to figure out this character, and it worked. And it worked big," says Runnels. "And I thought to myself, 'Wow. That was easy. Why didn't I get that sooner?' And I took that and ran with it."
"It was cutting edge," he says. "We pushed the envelope to where it was stepping and going over at times. And here we are. I've been through a lot of transition and changes with the character over the years."
Eighteen years later, after numerous changes, some better than others, the Goldust character, which predated WWE's scandalous Attitude Era, is still alive in WWE.
"I'm just happy to be back and with my brother," says Runnels.
Bumps in the road
Things haven't always been easy for Dustin Runnels.
A well-documented split with his father produced family friction and discourse. Runnels admitted in a 1997 interview that he had never been able to emerge from the shadow of his father no matter how hard he tried.
His drug abuse spiraled out of control during his two stints with TNA. The money he made he spent on coke, pills and booze. When he'd run out of drugs before he could find another doctor to write a prescription, he'd turn to drug dealers on the street.
"It was day in and day out, probably two years solid, and I can go through the list of things. A half gallon of vodka a day, probably 60 or 70 pills a day, plus other stuff like cocaine. It wasn't good, but I didn't care. I didn't see the other way. I only thought about where I could get my next fix.
"I didn't see what it had done to me or what it was doing to my family and everybody around me. And what it was doing to my career and especially my health."
Rhodes hit rock bottom at the end of a three-day bender. He called his dad early one morning pleading for help.
"I was trying and trying and re-medicating myself. It just didn't happen. Enough was enough, and about 3 or 4 in the morning I crawled out in the rain and my wife was with me. I was like, 'I give up,' and I got on the phone and told Dad I wanted to go to the WWE rehab center."
Connections were made, and Runnels was in rehab the next day.
"I haven't turned back. I've been clean and sober for five-and-a-half years," Runnels now proudly claims.
Back on track
Runnels, as Goldust, returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble on Jan. 27. He appeared as the eighth participant in the Rumble match, and was eliminated by brother Cody Rhodes (Runnels). He later confirmed that his return was a one-night-only deal.
Two months ago, however, Goldust returned to avenge a storyline firing of his brother. What has resulted since then has been a highlight reel for both Dustin and Cody. Even dad Dusty has been involved in a Rhodes vs. McMahon family angle.
And on Oct. 11, in what has been hailed as one of the greatest WWE tag-team matches in years, Goldust and Cody won the WWE tag-team title from Shield members Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.
"It was one of those matches that was built the right way from the ground up," says Runnels. "It started out very slowly, old-school style, and ended with some boom, boom, boom. It was hot. It was very, very exciting."
A week earlier at WWE's Battleground PPV, the Rhodes brothers had once again beaten The Shield, thus earning Cody's job back and reinstating Goldust to the WWE roster as well.
But the non-storyline material has been even better this time around.
Dustin Runnels is a new man. He's undergoing a career renaissance.
What makes it all the more enjoyable is the fact that he's getting to do it with his younger brother, and on a main stage.
"It was cool the way things worked out," reflects Runnels. "I never could have imagined or dreamed where my career would be taking me the way it has with the Goldust character. It's awesome.
"I think I've stumbled upon the fountain of youth or something. I'm 44 years old and I'm down to high school weight (225). But I've worked hard for it the past few years. Plus being with Cody gives me more motivation. I've really enjoyed this storyline we've been doing."
More important, says Runnels, is that he feels good in the ring.
"Now I realize that I can get out there and be clear when I'm working and really give a (darn) and get through a match without taking all that (stuff). That's really what it's about. And I'm enjoying it. I know what's going on now. It's cool."
And he's not looking back either.
"The past is history. I can't change any of that. And tomorrow is a mystery. I just take it a day at a time, and that's how I get through each day. Whatever they give me today, me and Cody are going to shine. That's my attitude on everything now.
"Since I got out of rehab I found another addiction of just taking care of my body. But it's a good addiction. If I had only known all this stuff back then. But you can't turn back the clock. I work out constantly and I keep focused and try to make the right decisions every day. Stuff has panned out for the better. Opportunities are knocking left and right. It's just a really cool deal."
Brotherly bond
Dustin and his brother have been setting the WWE tag-team scene on fire since they joined forces last month.
The two will bring their red-hot act to the Bon Secours Wellnes Arena (formerly Bi-Lo Center) in Greenville on Monday Night for Raw, and the following night for Smackdown at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte.
"It's a great lineup. We're definitely looking forward to being in that neck of the woods," says Runnels, who adds that he is thrilled watching his brother make such big strides in the ring.
"I've been watching him constantly for the past two or three years. In the beginning it was me sort of pushing for a match with Cody at Wrestlemania. Vince just kept saying no. It got to the point of me just turning on Raw to watch it. I suffered a shoulder injury in 2010. So I did the producing thing. Getting the chance to watch Cody grow has been very special since he is wise beyond his years."
Runnels is part of a vanishing breed of veterans on the roster who have been around long enough to impart their vast knowledge of the business to the younger hands.
"Some of the young guys out there — not all of them, but some of them — just get really nervous, and they need to know everything and have everything written down for them. They're what I call spot monkeys. They just go a hundred miles and hour, no rhyme, no reason. That's not what we do. We tell a story. It's hard to teach them how to tell that story and teach them the psychology. You have to feel it."
Cody, now with nearly seven years pro experience under his belt, is "feeling it."
"The other night at the pay-per-view I gave Cody a tag and I just watched him. I thought to myself: 'This kid's got it.' I felt good for him. He was just cleaning house, on fire, and the crowd was hot. It was very special. He's really doing well, and I am very proud of him. He is the future. "
Dustin, who is 16 years Cody's senior, isn't afraid to give his little brother advice when it's warranted.
"If he wants to do something that I don't think is right, I tell him. I give him a different way to look at it and a different way to get into it. He trusts that. Sometimes he's a little impatient and hotheaded, but at the end of the day we get on the same page. Whatever he can learn from me, that's great. We've gotten so much closer since this has happened than we were in the past. It's just awesome all the way around."
No one is prouder, though, than dad and WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. To Dustin and his brother, Dusty was, and still is, their hero.
"He's always texting us after we've had good matches. And we haven't had a bad one yet since we've been put together. So it's been like bam, bam, bam, one after the other. Dad's just going crazy over the phone. 'Great job, I love you boys,' all that kind of stuff."
No longer is Dustin Runnels in his father's shadow, but he's proud to be his son.
"Back then it was just stupidity. It was drugs, it was alcohol. I will never let that happen again. And for any child out there, brother or sister, get over it. Your parents are going to be your parents forever, and you only have one mom and one dad. Just make your amends and move on and be happy that they're alive. Just love them. Don't worry about the disagreements. It's great to have my dad back."
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A recipe to get a dog to lick your genitals.
Steve has no girlfriend, but the peanut butter balls recipe always keeps him and Rover satisfied.
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A medication that someone would take for seizures.
He takes the peanut butter balls for his shakes
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COLUMBIA After relaxing with their families for Christmas, South Carolinas players and coaches arrived in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday to begin serious preparations for Tuesdays Outback Bowl against Michigan, in which the Gamecocks will try to equal last seasons program-best 11-2 record.
The Gamecocks did not practice Wednesday. Their first practice in Tampa will be this morning. Because the bowl falls on a Tuesday, today will be like Monday of a normal game week. Before breaking for Christmas, USC practiced in Columbia from Dec. 15-22, which were its first formal workouts since the regular season finale win at Clemson on Nov. 24.
The initial practices in Columbia focused largely on getting experience for younger players, similar to what USC does in spring practices, said defensive line coach Brad Lawing. The practices in Tampa will focus exclusively on game preparation.
Michigan got to Tampa on Sunday because coach Brady Hoke wanted his players to have extra time to adjust to the warm weather they likely will play in, since the bowl kicks off at 1 p.m.
The Wolverines also last played Nov. 24, which means quarterback Denard Robinson has had plenty of time to rehabilitate his injured throwing elbow. He suffered the injury Oct. 27 and did not play in the next two games. He played in the final two games but did not throw a pass, as the Wolverines stuck with his replacement, Devin Gardner, and Robinson lined up at running back and wide receiver. Their quarterback plan for the bowl game is unclear.
Michigan has won at least 10 games 26 times, including nine seasons with 11-plus wins, most recently last years 11-2 record, which culminated with a Sugar Bowl victory. Those achievements should come as no surprise, since Michigan has more wins (903) than any program in college football history, ahead of Texas (866), Notre Dame (865) and Nebraska (856), which USC beat last season in the Capital One Bowl.
So finishing 9-4, in and of itself, wouldnt be a monumental accomplishment for Michigan, like another 11-2 record would be for USC. Still, the Wolverines are trying to win back-to-back bowl games for the first time since 1997-2000. Between that four-game bowl winning streak and last seasons victory, the Wolverines were 2-6 in bowls and went bowl-less in 2008 and 2009.
People will remember our last game of the season, Lawing said. We built up a lot of goodwill by beating Clemson at the end of the season and having 10 wins. But we all know that if we go out there and dont play well against Michigan, yall (reporters) are going to be in here, asking questions: What the hecks going? I know that. Thats the reality of our profession and what we do.
Michigans front
It didnt take much film study of Michigans defense for USC coach Steve Spurrier to notice one thing in particular.
Their front guys sort of jump out at you, he said.
While Michigan ranks No. 16 nationally with 18.8 points allowed per game and No. 10 with 311.2 yards allowed, the Wolverines rushing defense and sack totals arent that great. Michigan is No. 59 with 156 rushing yards allowed per game and No. 87 with just 19 sacks. But in rushing yards per carry allowed, Michigan is No. 39, with 3.77.
Perhaps whats most remarkable about Michigans defense, considering its stingy yardage allowed number, is that the Wolverines rank No. 96 nationally with 17 turnovers gained. Then again, USC is No. 51 with 22 turnovers gained and ranks No. 11 with 312.3 yards allowed.
The most statistically productive member of Michigans defensive line is senior end Craig Roh. He has four sacks, tied for the team lead, and his 10½ career sacks and 26½ tackles for loss both rank first on the team. He is in his third season as a starter.
USC has sold or distributed 8,900 of its allotted 12,000 tickets for the Outback Bowl, an athletic department spokesman said Wednesday.
The Outback Bowl will be USCs 10th game against the Big Ten. The Gamecocks are 5-4, with three wins in its past four games against the Big Ten the 2000 and 2001 Outback Bowls against Ohio State and last seasons Capital One Bowl against Nebraska.
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While at school, you must steal a persons backpack. Take out all their books. Then you must inside out the back pack. Then you put their books back in a zip it back up. The end product resembles a nugget. The rule is if you get nuggeted, you must carry it to your next class like a nugget.
Chris and Greg nuggeted Taylor while he fell asleep during a world geography video.
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to take one's backpack and make it inside out with all the books in the inside... Zipper and and all
I nuggeted poss's backpack 11.6.06!
by Pete Sholley November 06, 2006
to get hit directly in the eye with a Chicken McNugget.
hey, remember that time we took Mello to the e.r. at 3am after she got nuggeted?
by homer d. poe December 22, 2007
Where someone cuts off your arms and legs and leaves you in a field.
Jack: "What have you been up to?"
James: "Not much, I got nuggeted on the weekend"
James: "Not much, I got nuggeted on the weekend"
by Noisievelt64 November 05, 2014
To convey the end of a romantic entanglement by means of excrement. The nuggeter leaves the nuggetee unflushed turd nuggets in the toilet rather than breaking up using traditional means such as text messages or Post-It notes. The nuggetee thus becomes nuggeted.
This really sucks. My hamster just died and I think I'm gonna get nuggeted by this chick I've been seeing.
by owningThis February 05, 2010
The past tense of grabbing onto ones' "nuggets" for an extended period of time, and ripping until ones' shorts are bloodied.
Man, that crazy Sooner Deacon really nuggeted that UT fan. Someone should really lock him up forever. I mean man nuggets are crucial to sustaining the human race!!!
by T-Russ October 02, 2007
The act of turning an extremely poorly performing pro-sports team into a winning team.
"The Rockies have totally Nuggeted themselves!"
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Ares 5 Stage Rocket Test, Utah Desert, USA, The United States tested their Ares series solid rocket with success on Aug. 31st 2010. This was a test that the international space community watched closely. This rocket produced (+) 22 million horse power. Flames exited the nozzle at ~ mach 3. Sand around nozzle turned to glass.
Alliant Techsystems and NASA conducted a successful ground test earlier today of the second Ares five-segment Development Motor (DM-2). The successful test is an important milestone in the development of America's next generation of launch vehicles. With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs. The stationary firing of the first-stage development solid rocket motor, dubbed DM-2, was the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor test in NASA history. More than 760 instruments measured 53 test objectives. Prior to the static test, the solid rocket motor was cooled to 40 degrees Fahrenheit to verify the performance of new materials and assess motor performance at low temperatures during the full-duration test. Initial test data showed the motor performance met all expectations. The first-stage solid rocket motor is designed to generate up to 3.6-million pounds of thrust at launch and burns for just over two minutes. The test collected 764 channels of data to accomplish 53 test objectives. This is the most data ATK has ever collected in a static fire test. Information collected from this test, together with data from the first development motor test last year, will be evaluated to better understand the performance and reliability of the ...
First Test: Ferrari 458 ItaliaAutomobile MagazinePunch the pedals and buttons in proper sequence and you leave the launch pad like an Ares rocket. But instead of smoke and fire from melting tire tread, ...and more »
Congress Surveys NASA in Creating Heavy-Lift RocketSoftpediaWhat did change in the bills is that Congress agreed not to continue work on the ARES V delivery system, a massive rocket that could ferry 188 tons to ...
Coal Geology (blog)Work Continues on New NASA Spaceships, Despite UncertaintiesFOXNewsOrion was originally intended to fly atop an Ares I rocket, a next-generation booster planned under Constellation. The Obama administration's proposal ...Constellation Spacecraft Development ContinuesRedOrbitNASA, ATK Schedule Full-Scale Solid Rocket Motor TestSatellite Today (subscription)New NASA Spaceships Forge Through Uncertain AtmosphereSpace.comall 12 news articles »
NASA, ATK to Test New Rocket MotorSoftpediaExperts at NASA say that the Development Motor-2 (DM2) will equip NASA's planned ARES I delivery system, the component of Project Constellation that was ...and more »
Space NewsSenate Prescribed Heavy-lifter Looks Like Ares 5Space NewsSenate legislation authorizing $58 billion for NASA directs the agency to build a heavy-lift rocket that resemblances the Ares 5 launcher. ...and more »
Aviation WeekNASA IDs 3 Asteroids For Human ExplorationAviation Week... given a heavy-lift rocket roughly equivalent to the canceled Ares V, only three meet the necessary requirements for a future visit by astronauts, ...and more »
FOXNewsArmy Wants Nanomissiles to Launch Small SatellitesFOXNews... government rocket programs, said Cook, a former NASA official who led the development of the US space agency's Ares family of rockets before resigning ...and more »
Senate passes its NASA plan before leaving on August recessal.com (blog)The House wants NASA to continue a program much closer to Constellation, which included the Ares 1 rocket for trips to the space station and the moon, ...Senate approves bill adding extra space shuttle flightSpaceflight NowSenate passes NASA "compromise" bill to build new rocketshipOrlando SentinelNASA bill passes Senate, awaits House approvalDeseret NewsThe Space Reviewall 67 news articles »
Spaceflight NowExecutives provide outlook on ATK's rocket businessSpaceflight NowFor ATK, the sticking point is the Ares rocket. The Minneapolis-based company holds a contract for the solid-fueled first stage of the Ares 1 launch vehicle ...
al.com (blog)ATK sets test this month for next Ares 1 solid rocket motoral.com (blog)HUNTSVILLE, AL - Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and NASA have said they will test the second fully developed Ares I solid rocket motor, known as Development ...ATK Reports Strong FY11 First-Quarter Operating ResultsMarketWatch (press release)all 102 news articles »
On Sept. 10, 2009, NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program. ATK Space Systems conducted the successful stationary firing of the five-segment solid development motor 1, or DM-1. ATK Space Systems, a division of Alliant Techsystems of Brigham City, Utah, is the prime contractor for the Ares I first stage. Engineers will use the measurements gathered from the test to evaluate thrust, roll control, acoustics and motor vibrations. This data will provide valuable information as NASA develops the Ares I and Ares V vehicles. Another ground test is planned for summer 2010.
Congressman Rob Bishop Grills NASA Administrator Charles Bolden over the cancellation of the Constellation program and Ares rocket.
Kansas City StarSpace cuts short-sightedDeseret NewsThe replacement, which has already been through extensive research, development and testing, is the Ares rocket, part of the Constellation program. ...Senators Say Plan Puts NASA On Mission To NowhereNPRThe United States is losing its way in spaceNiagara Falls ReviewHuman Spaceflight for Sale?ISNBusinessWeek -Space News -Orlando Sentinelall 436 news articles »
SatNews PublishersNASA — Helping Ares Rocket To SuccessSatNews PublishersNASA's Stennis Space Center in Stennis, Mississippi, unveiled an initiative today to chart the future of the nation's premier rocket engine testing facility ...and more »
Logan Herald JournalLast rocket to be fired in Utah as final space shuttle launch nearsKSL-TVATK hopes to continue with the Ares rocket using the same boosters, but President Obama proposes to eliminate the Ares too, hoping industry will develop a ...Shuttle program's final launch: ATK, NASA to fire last rocket motorLogan Herald JournalThe FINAL FrontierTremonton LeaderATK supporters dismayed over US space plansSalt Lake Tribuneall 7 news articles »
Telegraph.co.ukLost in spaceToronto SunCancelling NASA's proposed re-visit to the moon with its Constellation program, using the Ares-1 rocket and Orion spacecraft, has left NASA bereft, ...US no longer a space-faring nationThe Hillall 1,642 news articles »
Space.comLaTourette among House members trying to keep NASA's moon program alivePlain DealerAssociated Press fileThe launch of NASA's experimental Ares IX rocket last October was the first and last flight of ...NASA moon missions groundedKe AlakaiFour Colorado Congress members ask Obama to save NASA's Constellation/Orion ...Denver Business Journalall 29 news articles »
al.com (blog)Obama's budget stresses wants and ignores needsStandardNetThe administration's budget proposal includes cancellation of the NASA Constellation program and specifically the Ares rocket, the planned replacement for ...Editorial: NASA needs clear futureBaylor University The Lariat OnlineAlabama Legislature urges Obama to change NASA budget to allow Constellation ...CanadianBusiness.comNASA Administrator Charles Bolden looks to work out NASA futureThe Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)Houston Chronicle -New Scientist -Space Newsall 116 news articles »
DailyTechObama overhauls NASA's agenda in budget requestWashington PostBrian Cullin, a spokesman for ATK, the prime contractor on the first stage of the Ares 1 rocket under development as part of Constellation, said it makes no ...Davis defends NASAThe Huntsville Times - al.comMission correctionBoston GlobeProposed budget grounds US moon missions: A giant leap backward?American ChronicleSoftpedia -Philadelphia Inquirer -The Ledgerall 160 news articles »
The Money TimesConstellation's Demise Will Cost ATK $650M in BacklogSpace News4 said it is counting on stiff congressional opposition to help limit the damage from US President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the Ares rocket. ...Congress strikes back over rocket cuts, lost ATK jobsDeseret NewsStennis test stand work will continueSunHerald.com (registration)Plan for NASA lacks visionTampabay.comNews Banner -American Thinker (blog) -WMFEall 139 news articles »
al.com (blog)Marshall Space Flight Center workers disappointed over planned Ares cancellational.com (blog)Marshall Space Flight Center workers are disappointed and distracted over the proposed cancellation of the Ares rocket program the ...ATK's future uncertain as Obama releases budget proposalKSL-TVNASA's ambitious Constellation moon program to be wiped out!TopNews United StatesSen. Shelby Launches Rocket at Plan to Cut NASA ProgramWall Street Journal (blog)Salt Lake Tribune -The Canadian Press -The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)all 2,109 news articles »
Marketplace (blog)Rocket may not find space in budgetMarketplace (blog)But NASA backers ask this question: What if the US abandons the Ares rocket, and private companies can't launch their space crafts successfully? ...Obama's 2011 budget proposal could have big impact on local NASA communityWAFFReport: NASA moon mission cut, Stennis impact unclearWLOXObama to End NASA Constellation ProgramFOXNewsWDBO Radio -Washington Post -Popular Mechanicsall 713 news articles »
...Sondra Rovilo said. There are no estimates yet on how many jobs will be lost with both the shuttle retirement and the Ares rocket being axed. Copyright 2010 by wftv.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed...
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September - December 2009 systems engineering topic. Prototype sounding rocket inspired by stick rocket concept. Simulation and 3D design tested for CG, CP, coefficient of drag, and stability under 150 N thrust using composite propellant (synthetic rubber & aluminum + NH4CIO4 oxidizer). Solid fuel single stage booster designed with no gyro or gimbals used in prototype.
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Launch Vehicle: Ares IX Launch Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Launch Time: 11:30 am EDT Launch Pad: 39B Launch Site: NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida › Status Report - Nov. 6, 2009 Ares IX Completes a Successful Flight Test NASA's Ares IX test rocket lifted off Oct. 28, 2009, at 11:30 am EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The flight test lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Complex 39B until splashdown of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles downrange. The 327-foot-tall Ares IX test vehicle produced 2.6 million pounds of thrust to accelerate the rocket to nearly 3 g's and Mach 4.76, just shy of hypersonic speed. It capped its easterly flight at a suborbital altitude of 150000 feet after the separation of its first stage, a four-segment solid rocket booster. Parachutes deployed for recovery of the booster and the solid rocket motor, which were recovered at sea and will be towed back to Florida by the booster recovery ship, Freedom Star, for later inspection. The simulated upper stage and Orion crew module, and the launch abort system will not be recovered. The flight test is expected to provide NASA with an enormous amount of data that will be used to improve the design and safety of the next generation of American spaceflight vehicles, which could again take humans beyond low Earth orbit
...Ares rocket test impressive. Last week's launch of the test vehicle for NASA's Ares I rocket was an impressive sight. More than 30 stories high, the thin white rocket shot off the launch pad like an arrow piercing the sky above Kennedy Space Center. If U.S....
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An aerial video crew observed the October 28, 2009 Ares IX test flight from a Cessna Skymaster aircraft positioned approx. 10 nautical miles away from the vehicle at an altitude of 12000 feet. The videographer used a gyro-stabilized high-definition camera system mounted to the outside of the aircraft to capture this spectacular footage which provides extremely valuable engineering data, and imagery of the recovery sequence in rarely-seen detail. Ares IX is the first flight test of the Constellation Program and provides NASA an early opportunity to gather critical data during vehicle ascent and during booster deceleration and recovery. www.spaceflightnews.net
nasa's Ares IX test rocket lifted off Oct. 28, 2009, at 11:30 am EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The flight test lasted about six minutes from its launch to splashdown of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles downrange. The flight test will provide NASA with of data that will be used to improve the design and safety of the next generation of American spaceflight vehicles, which could again take humans beyond low Earth orbit.
www.nasa.gov The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly-modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles down range.
A rocket, Ares 1-X, designed by NASA to replace their ageing space shuttles, blasts off from Florida on an unmanned two-minute test flight. For more news video by Current TV visit current.com
Nasa's test rocket Ares 1-X has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com Ares 1-X Launch [HD] Nasa TV
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www.euronews.net NASA successfully launched its Ares 1-X rocket today from the Kennedy Space Centre, in Florida. Rising into the Florida sky, the 327-foot (100-metre) rocket thundered away from the launch pad, marking the first time a new vehicle has launched from the complex since the first space shuttle launch in 1981.
October 28, 2009 Launch of the first next generation Ares test rocket. Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II with a 200mm lens
I took this video today with my pocket camera, so the quality is not the best. It is the Ares IX flight test rocket being launched at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This video was taken at the press site and also includes some decent footage of some manatees that were hanging out there in the turn basin.
I took this video today with my pocket camera, so the quality is not the best. It is the Ares IX flight test rocket being launched at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This video was taken at the press site and also includes some decent footage of some manatees that were hanging out there in the turn basin.
NASA Ares 1-X Rocket Test Flight from Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Center.
nasa's Ares IX test rocket lifted off at 11:30 am EDT Wednesday from nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The flight test lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Pad 39B until splashdown of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles downrange.
NASA's Ares IX test rocket lifted off at 11:30 am EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The flight test lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Pad 39B until splashdown of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles downrange.
www.spaceflightnews.net - For the first time in over 28 years, a rocket other than the space shuttle lifts off from Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This video was shot from the KSC PRess Site adjacent to the Launch Control Center. The launch of the Ares IX test rocket is the first flight of NASA's Constellation program, a prelude to the Ares I, which seeks to return humans to the Moon and then fly to Mars and beyond. The flight of the Ares rocket lifted off 38 years and 1 day after the very first Apollo Saturn rocket launched. For more Ares and Constellation news and multimedia, visit The Spacearium at http
Nasa successfully launches the Ares IX Rocket
NASA test launch of new rocket design, the ARES 1-X. October 28, 2009. Watch daily live webcam video and more clips from Don Browne - Florida on www.justin.tv
On board camera of NASA test launch of new rocket design, the ARES 1-X. October 28, 2009. Watch live video and more clips from Don Browne - Florida on www.justin.tv
This is a video of today's launch of Ares 1-X from the North West corner of the VAB.


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Center for Advanced Energy Systems
The Center for Advanced Energy Systems (CAES) is a multidisciplinary center dedicated to the creation, development, and promotion of new technologies and practices in the field of energy systems. The center's mission includes the dissemination of knowledge through education and technology transfer, and providing leadership in shaping present and future of energy policy in the state and nation. This 'full service' center has activities in research, education and outreach seeking to increase visibility, awareness, and impact within the state as well as addressing problems of significant national interest.
The Center operates through program funding from the US Department of Energy, the NJ Board of Public Utilities-Division of Energy, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, and NJ Commerce. This support is gratefully acknowledged.