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Proclaimed as the development that will transform how global consumers pay for goods and services, contactless payments are currently a hot financial topic. In this report, we investigate the extent to which different markets around the world have developed to date, and provide analysis and insight into how they will develop over the next two years.
Data rich and full of previously unpublished case studies from around the world, the report profiles both regionally-focused contactless schemes like Hong Kong's Octopus, and the global solutions provided by payments giants Visa and MasterCard. Retailer initiatives and the progress of new products are also profiled to provide the reader with a view of the development of contactless from a range of perspectives. The likelihood of the development of contactless payments using other devices, such as the mobile wallet, is also considered and developments in this area of the market are discussed.
The payments industry appears to be pushing the development of contactless payments, but the situation is very much 'chicken and egg'. Card issuers like Barclaycard and Bank of America are issuing the contactless-enabled cards regardless of the level of consumer demand for them, but outside of London, a very small number of merchant outlets accept them. Whilst there is an incentive for retailers that operate in low transaction value markets to adopt the technology in order to reduce cash transactions, it is unlikely that larger retailers will be in any rush to adopt the technology due to the restrictions on transaction values that fall way below consumer spend in their stores. For this payment technology to reach anywhere near to mass adoption, retail chains will require a good understanding of the business case and payback period for investment in updating their POS systems. They are also likely to require some financial support from either the card provider or acquiring bank.
Despite various high profile marketing campaigns, consumer understanding of contactless is low and many people who have the functionality on their cards are simply unaware that this is a payment option for them.
Key takeaways of this report include:
-Contactless cards are still in their infancy in most countries and they are likely to remain so for the next year
-Growth of this payment technology is being restricted by limited retailer acceptance and low consumer awareness and understanding, particularly in the UK
-Despite having been introduced to the US market for a number of years, contactless cards account for just 15% of the total payment cards in issuance
-Larger retailers, where the majority of retail spending takes place, are unlikely to be in any rush to make the required investment in updating their POS terminals due to the restrictions on contact and PIN-less transaction values
-The mobile phone will eventually become a payment device, but it will take longer than payment industry executives are predicting to reach anywhere near mass market proportions
-At present, contactless is being pushed by the card providers and retailers and, although card users like the technology when they use it, contactless users represent a tiny proportion of the payments market
Proclaimed as the 'next big thing' in the payments industry, there has been a lot of media attention directed to the growth of contactless payments over the last five years or so. But to what extent is the media attention justified? This report presents the findings of research into the growth of this payment technology in key regions around the world.
The picture that emerges is one of fragmentation and complex commercial models, with a marked lag between contactless card issuance and merchant acceptance, even in those markets considered to be well developed. In the US for example, there are around 100m contactless cards in issue, yet only 2% of merchant outlets are reported to accept this form of payment, despite it being available for nearly 10 years. Migration to chip and PIN is a more emotive topic in the US, with retailing giant Walmart making its position clear in the media as being in support of this more secure payment method, ahead of the introduction of contactless payments. This makes sense when the level of plastic card fraud in the US is taken into consideration, estimated by Aite Groups to cost US$8.6bn p.a. The push for migration is also in line with the strategic aims of large retailers to gain a greater share of consumers' wallets by broadening the range of products and services offered in stores.
Merchant acceptance of this payment methodology, alongside the issuance of cards and other payment devices, is crucial to the success of contactless payments. The majority of merchants are unlikely to be willing to fund the migration to contactless payments unless a clear business case and short payback period can be identified to them. In a number of countries, for example, Turkey and the UK, the card issuers and payment processing companies are footing the bill for the introduction of the required technology, and this will need to continue in order to increase merchant acceptance of contactless payments until the benefits of migration have been conveyed.
Contactless and PIN-less payments are generally capped at a low level – for example, £15 in the UK and $25 in the US, above which a PIN or signature is required for payment authentication. All sides are conscious that these latter moves are self-defeating for the contactless industry. Retailers that have adopted contactless typically operate in the convenience market, where speed of service is considered to be vital. Examples of global companies that have embraced contactless payment technology include McDonalds, 7- Eleven, Starbucks and Burger King – organisations characterised by quick, low-value transactions with an emphasis on speed of service. Contactless payments are not, therefore, competing with debit or credit cards. Rather, they are mainly competing with cash and as such, are still in their infancy in terms of their market share of the overall value and volume of financial payments.
As the early adopters of technology, consumers in the Asia Pacific region have been making contactless payments using cards, mobile phones and other devices as early as 1997, with the launch of the Octopus card scheme in Hong Kong. As with a number of other closed loop contactless schemes, such as Oyster in London, Octopus began as a solution for the elimination of cash payments on Hong Kong's transport network and has since developed beyond travel to become accepted in a number of merchant outlets. Although this scheme is well established and deemed a success in Hong Kong, with 95% of consumers aged 16+ owning a card, and card issuance almost three-times the size of Hong Kong's population, the scheme does not adhere to international payment technology standards. In other countries in the Asia Pacific region, contactless payments are commonplace, but again, a number of proprietary and closed-loop systems are in place.
Many of the trials underway in various countries have been instigated by Visa and MasterCard. Mainly located in large conurbations, Visa payWave and MasterCard PayPass do adhere to international standards, and both schemes are open-loop meaning that cards can be used in a wide range of retail outlets, and not just for payment for public transport, or where proprietary readers are installed. Much of the trial activity is taking place in Europe, seen as the next region for growth in contactless payments. UK card providers have been the most proactive in the region in terms of card issuance, with over 11m in circulation at the start of 2011. However, the majority of merchants in the UK have not been eager to upgrade their POS systems to enable them to accept contactless payments. Approximately 40,000 merchant outlets accept contactless payments in the UK, forecast to grow to 60,000 in 2011, representing a fraction of the total number of vendors in operation given that this estimate includes all sectors, including 8,000 London buses. One of the companies with outlets in the UK that see's benefits of contactless payments over cash is convenience retailer SPAR. It is making a significant investment in the roll-out of contactless payment acceptance to appropriate stores, having developed a business case that shows that the payback period for doing so could be as short as 18 months. Other merchants have not yet made such a commitment, and some of the large multiple retailers have indicated that they have no intention of upgrading their extensive POS systems until their existing terminals are fully amortised.
It is a different story in the Turkish payments market, one of the most progressive markets under coverage. Although the number of contactless cards in issue is lower than in the UK, with, card issuers like Garanti Bank of Turkey have taken a proactive approach towards developing a contactless payments infrastructure. Recognising that contactless payments are in a 'chicken and egg' situation, i.e. merchants don't want to invest in the installation of contactless card readers and POS systems until consumers are issued with contactlessenabled cards or other devices, the company has implemented a number of initiatives to boost growth in this area. In May 2010 it trialed a mobile handset add-on in the form of a SIM card overlay and NFC-enabled antenna. Garanti was keen to test contactless mobile payments in Turkey due to attractive market factors such as the young profile of the country's population, where the median age is just 28.1 years compared with 40.5 years in the UK. Garanti has now launched a commercial roll-out of the add-on in partnership with mobile network operator Avea, and the product is now available to Turkish consumers in Avea stores and other mobile phone dealerships. In addition to this innovation, Garanti has also recognised that retailers are unlikely to invest in contactless card readers themselves, and it has developed a commercial arrangement whereby the bank pays for the contactless technology to be installed and then charges a monthly fee to the merchant to recoup that cost over a period of time. Further, Garanti has committed to investment in the installation of contactless readers throughout merchant networks, unlike many of the trials taking place throughout Europe whereby only branches in major cities are included.
This raises the issue of the development of contactless mobile payments. Predicted to be the wallets of the future, the reality is that the global payments industry is at least 3 years away from the mass adoption of the mobile wallet. A number of NFC compatible handsets have been developed, so advancement of the technology is not an issue that is preventing the growth of this type of payment. Contactless mobile payment technology has also been proven in markets in the Asia Pacific region, the US and in trials in Europe, including in the UK and in Spain. Despite this, various factors are inhibiting the growth of contactless mobile payments. The commercial model is complex in terms of ownership of the customer, the marketing rights involved in the relationships, and profit share arrangements. Apart from countries in the Asia Pacific region, consumer education is lacking, and consumers are likely to need familiarity with contactless cards before they are comfortable with using a mobile phone as a payment mechanism.
Although the manufacturers have developed NFC compatible mobile handsets, they have been somewhat reluctant to release them to the market due to a lack of a contactless mobile payments acceptance infrastructure. When the handsets do become more widely available, there is a question over the extent to which consumers will be willing to switch to them just to gain access to another payment method. Having recognised the lack of payment-enabled handsets in the market as an opportunity, technology companies like On Track Innovations, have produced a number of add-ons containing NFC including stickers and antennae, such as that adopted by Garanti. Such add-ons will provide an interim solution to the lack of NFC compatible hardware available to consumers, although the extent to which consumers will be happy to add such items to their prized i-Phone or Google Android devices, thereby changing its look and feel, remains to be seen.
In summary, contactless payments are being pushed by the payment providers without necessarily being demanded by consumers. Aimed at displacing cash, which is generally disliked by merchants and financial institutions due to the costs of handling it (including security), contactless payments face strong competition from increasingly popular chip and PIN debit card payments. Although contactless cards are the short-term future for low-value payments, they will over time converge with mobile handsets. Innovators like Google and Apple have already launched NFC-enabled devices, and other mobile handset manufacturers will follow when acceptance of contactless mobile payments broadens. SHOW LESS READ MORE >
Chapter 1: Introduction to contactless payments
1.1 Definition of contactless payments
1.2 The decline of cash
1.3 Contactless payment security
1.4 The technology involved in contactless payments
1.4.1 On Track Innovations – providing an alternative to payment-enabled handsets
220.127.116.11 OTI's current business relationships
188.8.131.52 The importance of contactless infrastructure is key
184.108.40.206 A lack of commitment from large retailers
1.5 Is the mobile wallet the future of contactless payments?
1.6 Summary
Chapter 2: Worldwide contactless card schemes
2.1 The technology behind the schemes
2.2 Brief histories of Visa and MasterCard2.2.1 Visa
2.2.2 MasterCard
2.3 PayPass and PayWave location-based trials
2.4 National retailer rollouts
2.5 Sponsorship of major events will build consumer awareness
2.5.1 PayWave expansion forecast in 2011 for the UK in particular
2.5.2 Progress of PayPass trials
2.5.3 Consumer education is an important factor in contactless adoption
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3: Contactless cards and payments in the US
3.1 Debit cards are driving payment growth
3.2 Migration to chip and PIN in the US
3.2.1 Pressure from some retailers for EMV migration
3.2.2 The consumer benefits of EMV are also clear
3.2.3 Cost and complexity are the big inhibitors of EMV adoption in the US
3.3 Interchange fees under review
3.4 Mobile payments – trials and fragmentation
3.4.1 Visa and DeviceFidelity
3.4.2 Smartphone ownership is increasing
3.4.3 The potential impact of Google Android
3.4.4 Further developments in US contactless mobile payments
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4: Contactless cards and payments in Europe
4.1 Specific developments in Europe
4.2 Forecasts for the growth of European contactless payments in 2011
4.3 Developments in the UK
4.4 Transport for London's Oyster card
4.5 Barclaycard – driving issuance of contactless cards
4.5.1 'Too much too soon' for consumers?
4.5.2 Awareness remains low amongst consumers, despite ATL advertising
4.5.3 Barclaycard OnePulse
4.5.4 Barclaycard contactless mobile payments
4.5.5 The future of contactless payments
4.6 SPAR – taking a calculated gamble on contactless payments
4.6.1 Regional acceptance of contactless payments
4.6.2 Challenges of contactless implementation
4.6.3 Security concerns
4.6.4 Benefits to SPAR stores
4.7 Contactless mobile payments in Europe
4.8 Contactless mobile payments – the Spanish experience
4.9 Everything Everywhere – the latest contactless mobile development in the UK
4.10 Garanti Bank of Turkey – enthusiastically embracing contactless technology
4.10.1 From trial to commercial roll out
4.10.2 Security concerns are not an issue for Turkish contactless mobile consumers
4.10.3 The ingredients for success in contactless payments
4.10.4 Merchant acceptance across Turkey
4.10.5 The future of mobile payments in Turkey
4.11 Summary
Chapter 5: Contactless cards and payments in Asia Pacific
5.1 Octopus – expansion beyond transport
5.1.1 The development of Octopus
5.1.2 Limited international expansion
5.1.3 The technology behind Octopus
5.1.4 Octopus acceptance
5.1.5 Octopus card types and form factors
5.1.6 Future issues and challenges facing the scheme
5.2 Other developments in the Asia Pacific
5.2.1 South Korea – strong contactless mobile growth is forecast
5.3 Japan and Malaysia
5.4 Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan – cards fuelling growth
5.5 Add-ons – an interim solution to accelerate contactless mobile adoption?
5.6 Summary
Chapter 6: The future of contactless cards and payments
6.1 Contactless payments are cash replacements
6.2 Big retailers are in no rush to adopt contactless
6.3 Speed through checkout is still a focus for larger retailers
6.4 Without the large retailers, market share of contactless will be negligible
6.5 Merchants are unlikely to bear the cost of contactless adoption
6.5.1 Support has been shown by payment processors and card issuers
6.5.2 Government support has been important in other regions
6.6 Contactless mobile payments are the future
6.6.1 Complexity is restricting the development of contactless mobile payments
6.6.2 Add-ons as an interim solution
6.6.3 New market entrants are challenging the traditional payment model
6.7 Summary
Sarah Richardson-Clarke is a specialist cards and payments author. She has worked for a number of financial services organisations, including GE Money and Mintel where she was responsible for providing insight and analysis. She has an M.Phil from the University of Durham.


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Buffalo Could Become National Mammal
The American bison may be joining the bald eagle as an official symbol of the land where it was once hunted to near-extinction, if a bipartisan-backed "buffalo" bill succeeds in the legislature.
Both Democratic donkeys and Republican elephants are supporting a bill that would make the American bison (Bison bison) American's national mammal. The National Bison Legacy Act, Senate bill 3248, has 10 co-sponsors hailing from both sides of the aisle.
"Since our frontier days, the bison has become a symbol of American strength and determination," Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) said as he introduced the bill.
Besides Enzi's romantic Wild West idealism, bison have economic value. Although images of bald eagles may appear on commemorative plates, bison regularly appear on restaurants' plates in the form of bison burgers and steaks.
"The importance of bison in Colorado extends far beyond its symbolism and our heritage," said Mark Udall (D-Colo.) "Colorado has a thriving bison ranching industry that sustains herds of these majestic creatures while also creating jobs and driving commerce."
Ironically, it was the bison's economic value that led to over-hunting. Bison tongue was a prized delicacy in the 1800's and bison pelts were valuable commodities on the international market.
ANALYSIS: Will Bison Roam Europe's Mountains?
The rapid slaughter of the bison herds had more sinister motives than greed. An L.A. Times blog, expressed skepticism of the National Bison Legacy Act and noted that eradicating the bison was a means of destroying the native cultures of the Plains.
Making amends with the bison on a national level may take more than making it a symbol. "Providing resources to restore bison to some of their former range, like on tribal reservations, is an even greater idea," said Cindy Hoffman of Defenders of Wildlife in the L.A. Times. "Congress should look beyond the symbolism of this proposal and make a commitment to conserving bison and other imperiled wildlife.''
ANALYSIS: Film First: Wolves vs. Bison
Thirty million bison once roamed from northern Canada to Mexico and from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians. Now, the majority of the world's bison live behind fences. Most of them aren't pure bison anymore, either. Most of the "bison" meat you find are from cow/bison hybrids. The hybrid beasts are more docile than their pure-blood kin.
Although much of where the "buffalo" roamed has been taken over by farms, pastures and cities, perhaps someday large swaths of land could return to the wild bison. Billionaire media-mogul Ted Turner partnered with Yellowstone National Park in 2010 to help expand the park's herd of purebred bison and to save the animals from deadly brucellosis disease, reported another article from the L.A. Times' bison beat.
Turner has over 55,000 head of bison on his ranches and hopes to use Yellowstone's bonafide bison to improve his herd's genetics.
An American bison (Bison bison) in Yellowstone National Park (Hans Stieglitz, Wikimedia Commons)

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Nazareth quarterback Nicky Rowland and Sunray tailback Colton Wilson might best be described as unknown quantities when the season began.
Class 1A Playoffs
Nazareth Swifts (12-1) vs. Sundown Roughnecks (13-0), 2 p.m. Saturday at Littlefield in a Class 1A Division II quarterfinal.
Sunray Bobcats (10-2) vs. Seymour Panthers (9-3), 6 p.m. Saturday, Lowrey Field, Lubbock in a Class 1A Division I state semifinal.
As their teams prepare for Saturday playoff games, each player has emerged as an offensive force that has carried the team to a lengthy postseason run.
Rowland, a junior, was the backup quarterback last season to Dustin Schulte as the Swifts reached the Class 1A Division II state semifinals.
Wilson, a sophomore, backed up Matt Whiteley as the Bobcats advanced to the 1A Division I quarterfinals.
Neither player put up impressive offensive numbers, mainly because they didn't play much.
Rowland figured to be the quarterback this season for first-year head coach Rocky Smart, while Sunray head coach Bryan Wood went into the season wondering who might pick up where Whiteley left off a year ago after rushing for more than 1,500 yards and carrying the ball more than 300 times.
When the teams met in the season opener Sept. 1 at Dick Bivins Stadium, it was Wilson who stole the show. He rushed for 210 yards in a 35-13 victory, while Rowland failed to pass for 100 yards and was ineffective running the ball.
Wilson continued to put up good numbers: He has rushed for more than 100 yards in 10 of 12 games and enters this week's game with 328 carries for 1,776 yards and 14 touchdowns.
"When we began fall practice in August, I wasn't sure who would take Matt's place from a year ago," Wood said. "Colton played some last year, but not all that much on offense. He pretty well answered our questions in that opener against Nazareth."
Wilson has proved every bit as durable as Whiteley. He has carried more than 20 times in nine games with a high of 43 against Gruver. On six occasions he has carried 30 or more times, this by a player who might not weigh more than 150 pounds.
"He is a slashing kind of runner," said teammate Darren Bumpas, who is the team's fullback. "Colton is a lot different kind of runner than Matt was last year. Matt was more of a power runner while Colton might be a little quicker and more elusive."
Rowland completed only 9-of-19 passes for 95 yards and rushed for 8 yards on four carries in the loss to Sunray.
"That game was a wakeup call for our young players," Smart said. "They learned from that game what it was going to take to get better, and they have done so all season.
"Nicky has assumed the role of team leader on offense. He has improved throughout the season and his understanding of the offense has been tremendous."
In the Swifts' second game against Morton, Rowland completed 10-of-23 passes for 226 yards and two TDs, while rushing for 84 yards on 13 carries with three TDs.
He has continued to put up impressive numbers and enters the game having completed 177-of-311 passes for 2,913 yards and 27 TDs while rushing for 790 yards on 111 carries with 18 TDs.
Overall, he has accounted for 3,703 yards and 45 TDs. As a team, Nazareth is averaging 409 yards. Rowland is averaging 285 yards or nearly 70 percent of the team's total.
"I learned a lot from Dustin last season," Rowland said. "He was really cool under fire. He had the ability to shake off a bad play and I've tried to emulate him in that regard."
No matter the outcome of Saturday's games, one thing is certain: Both players will be back next season and each could be in a similar position in early December.
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I thought the defeat to Bolton which knocked us out of the FA cup was hard to take, especially after our recent home form has been so good, but at least we can fully concentrate on the league now. Something that Birmingham, Villa and Everton can't say.
How are your nerves after the Blackburn game? Still jangling ? Yup, me too. A fantastic result on Saturday it has to be said, however we still find ourselves in the drop zone.
It was almost indescribably important that we beat Blackburn on Saturday if we're to have any chance of beating the drop. Our next three league games are against a resurgent Liverpool and then the two Manchester clubs. I'm sorry if I sound like a negative so-and-so but it's quite concievable that we might not pick up any points in any of those matches. That said, under Martinez we always seem to give the big clubs a decent game when we play them.
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Dr. Franklin's Island (Readers Circle) (edition 2003)
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A derivative of [The Island of Doctor Moreau], this book explores the realm where science fiction crashes headlong into body horror. Not for the faint of heart, it offers some graphic depictions of two girls unwillingly mutating into animals (think the vague sensations given in Animorphs, amplified times a hundred) thanks to the efforts of a mad (yet brilliant) scientist. If it pushed the boundaries any further, it would be sliding into Jeff Goldblum's "The Fly" territory.
Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and frequently found myself incapable of putting it down! I enjoy gore (though understand it isn't for everyone). I also enjoyed the very relatable and realistic character development of Semi and Miranda.
So, let the students pick the book we would read for Book Club...Sigh. The book wasn't that good. I guess the author thought that since it is a young adult novel, she didn't have to include a plot that was realistic. Or maybe this just isn't my type of book. The best thing I can say about it is that we are finished. Phew.
So, let the students pick the book we would read for Book Club...Sigh. The book wasn't that good. I guess the author thought that since it is a young adult novel, she didn't have to include a plot that was realistic. Or maybe this just isn't my type of book. The best thing I can say about it is that we are finished. Phew.
Oh dear, quite possibly one of the most boring books I have ever read. Okay, I mean, it started out fairly good. And I was confident it would be good because my friend wouldn't let it rest till I read it. But the second they became animals, I seriously was falling asleep. It was SO boring. Nothing was happening. At all. Had to go through pages and pages of a freaking mantra swimming around doing... nothing. The start was okay, and the end was okay. But everything in between was garbage.
Soft-serve YA science fiction, with strong themes of imprisonment and abuse, and false authority. Very much a modern spin on the Island of Doctor Moreau, the use of young people as test subjects instead of animals makes it much easier to engage.
The writing really isn't very good, unfortunately. If the narrator were any more passive she'd be a sea squirt, and she spends much of the time worshiping her hyper-competent, always unflappable friend as the plot plods along. It's beach reading, but also an opportunity to teach a younger reader about critical pop-lit concepts like Mary Sues.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0440237815, Mass Market Paperback)"When something terrifically terrible happens to you, I think your brain doesn't get it, for quite a while. You go on trying to see the world the way it was, even when common sense should tell you that everything has changed forever."
Semirah Garson is certain that nothing could ever be more horrific than what she has just lived through: a plane crash in the middle of the ocean followed by the shocking discovery that she and the other survivors are stranded on an apparently deserted island with no Target or Taco Bell in sight. But she's wrong. Because no matter how hard it is for Semi, Arnie, and Miranda to bear the sun, snakes, and fading hope of rescue, it's nothing compared to what Dr. Franklin has in store for them. It's his private island they've had the misfortune to land on. And it's his private hell they'll have to endure. Dr. Franklin is too old to test his theories of animal gene therapy on himself. He needs resilient teenage bodies that have already proven they can handle great trauma. Semi's always wondered what it might be like to breathe underwater. She just never imagined she'd know firsthand....
Veteran science fiction author Ann Halam has taken the framework of H.G. Wells's classic evolution parable The Island of Dr. Moreau and crafted an exquisitely wrought 21st-century update that plays on all our modern fears of test-tube clones and misguided medical ethics. Haunting, bold, and heartily recommended. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
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At the Venice Film Festival, celebs float in on a tide of glamor
Yes, the canals remain inspiring. And a moonlight ride in a gondola can still spark romance. But what really impressed the stars attending last week's 58th annual Venice Film Festival was the utter excess of it all. Fancy clothes, five-star hotels, parties galore—and many, many diamonds. "Bulgari came to my hotel today to loan me jewelry, and it was at that very moment I thought, 'My life doesn't suck,' " said Ally McBeal's Portia de Rossi, whose movie Women in Film played at the festival. However, de Rossi, attending a Friday night charity ball sponsored by the jeweler along with Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and a rain-soaked Claudia Schiffer ("I need a hairdryer-not for my hair but for my dress," she said), saw some of the weekend's extravagance result in a good cause.
Auctioning off Bulgari baubles for the AIDS charity amf AR, the stars and the rest of the guests at the $15,000-per-table event raised $700,000 for the cause. While amf AR Chair Elizabeth Taylor, who spoke at the event about the epidemic, got plenty of attention, most eyes seemed to be on Kidman, who attended another bash the following evening for the European premiere of her latest film, The Others.
Paparazzi—on boats and on foot—chased Kidman from the moment her plane landed, but the actress exhibited perfect control in the spotlight. "The Italians are great," she said. "And they know how to live well." Ditto Kidman, who stayed at an island hotel that provides butler service to some VIPs and showed up at the festival's events in one sexy outfit after another—including a pair of sky-high Tom Who ? heels.
Other guests getting their feet wet in rainy Venice last week included Ethan Hawke and wife Uma Thurman (due in January with their second child), Helen Hunt and Paul McCartney, who showed up Tuesday with fiancee Heather Mills to promote a short animated movie he produced called, appropriately, Tuesday.
Hardball About Hardball
Whoa. Claiming that Keanu Reeves's character paints a dim picture of him in the upcoming film Hardball, Chicago Little League coach Bob Muzikowski is suing the movie's producers for defamation of character and asking for $20 million in damages, which he says will go to charity. The film, about an aimless young man who agrees to coach an inner-city team, was "inspired" by a 1993 book about Muzikowski, admits a rep for coproducer Paramount Pictures. However, the spokesman says, the film is "a piece of fiction" and "not a movie about a reallife person." Muzikowski, 45, disagrees. According to his complaint, both he and Reeves's character work in securities and coach Little League in Chicago's Cabrini Green projects. Both drive blue station wagons. Both coach teams named after African tribes.
So where's the defamation? Muzikowski claims the film falsely portrays him as a violent drunk and wrongly shows the kids as potty-mouthed punks. (Ironically, the film's producers cleaned up the kids' language from the original script to get a better rating.) Says Muzikowski: "I want a 30-second thing in front of [the movie] saying this in no way reflects upon the League."
Hitting the lecture circuit this summer, Shannen Doherty spoke with teens around Los Angeles about her Dec. 29,2000, arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol. "Thank God, I did not injure anybody," the former star of Charmed said at a Thousand Oaks teen center. "There hasn't been a day gone by that I haven't wanted to relive that decision to get in my car."
Thanks to a plea-bargain agreement, Doherty's lectures may fulfill a court order to perform community service and avoid jail time for the incident. (A judge will decide on Sept. 10 if the lectures are sufficient.) Saying she was upset with "boyfriend problems and everything else," Doherty recalled how she drank "two or three margaritas" with friends before driving home on the Ventura Freeway and being pulled over at 3 a.m. for weaving. She refused a breath test but was given a sobriety test at the scene, was arrested and spent the next 10 hours in jail. "It's probably one of the most humiliating, degrading experiences you can ever go through," said Doherty, 30, who pleaded no contest in April. "It's affected my career, it's affected the way I look at myself." She hopes the talks were tough. "You want to make sure you say the right thing and impress upon them how important this is," she told People. "I hope a big mistake in my life can be used to make sure nobody else makes that mistake."
Posh's Lip Disservice
"I just had it done a few minutes ago," Victoria Beckham, a.k.a. Posh Spice, explained to reporters asking about the lip ring she sported at her Birmingham, England, concert Aug. 27. "It hurts like hell." A lot less than the tongue-lashing she got when it turned out the ring was just a clip-on. "She is a real cow," said Clare Selby, a fan who got her own lip ring after seeing Beckham's. British newspapers predicted a spike in appointments for the somewhat risky procedure (infections sometimes occur). Beckham, hearing flack about her bad example, quickly fessed up. "The ring is not a real one," she said. "I had no idea it would cause this much fuss."
Back to You, Candice
She played reporter Murphy Brown for 10 years, but that isn't Candice Bergen's only experience in television journalism. Her piece last week for the Today show, about a program that arranges animal visits to hospital patients, simply came after a very long hiatus. Bergen was a Today contributor in the mid-70s, covering human-interest stories. "It's like coming home for her," says executive producer Jonathan Wald, adding that there are more Bergen reports to come. "She brings a fresh voice that's familiar—it's not often you get that."
with Tyra Banks
For a week this summer, skinny-kid-turned-supermodel Tyra Banks headed into the woods to lead Tzone, her Southern California camp aimed at building self-esteem in teenage girls. Banks, 27, spoke to Scoop about helping awkward adolescents find their inner swan.
Why did you start the camp?
I started getting tons of letters from young girls talking about their insecurities [and] I wanted to meet girls that were going through what I went through. I have great memories of camp—just having that camaraderie of girls that weren't from the same background thrown together. That's what happens at my camp.
How do the girls react when they first meet you?
The first day I see that they're kind of staring and asking to take a picture with me. After a while, when I'm doing the rope course with them or leading the talks, I'm just BBQ [her camp nickname], a girl like them.
You lead talks?
We talk about gender stereotyping one night, another night beauty and body image, and another night about sex, dating and relationships. And it's not just the surface of those issues. They get really deep.
Fashion, arguably, contributes to self-esteem problems. How do you deal with that?
I talk to them about how I'm very blessed to be a certain height and to be born a certain way where I was able to do this job. At the same time, it is not who I am, it's not what I am, it's what I do. I realize that [modeling] creates this image that's hard to live up to. But it's important for me to let young girls know how much of it is smoke and mirrors. I still go to work and see people, my peers, that make me feel insecure. I talk about that. I shed tears about that. It breaks down barriers.
So which is harder—work or camp?
It's harder than any acting or fashion shoot I've ever done. After it ended, I slept for 14 hours.
Kirstie Alley's ex-husband, actor Parker Stevenson, is selling the sprawling former inn the couple bought on Islesboro island off the coast of Maine a decade ago. He has decided the 20-bedroom, 15 ½-bathroom summer house, built in 1916, is too big for him and the ex-couple's children (the pair share custody of William, 8, and Lillie, 7). The 4.5-acre property has a deep-water dock, boathouse, tennis court and pool. Stevenson, 49, is asking $7.8 million—"a bargain," according to Sotheby's New York broker John Golden, since the neighbors "are people like the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts."
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A preacher wanted: If any self-denying servant in the cause of religious reform desires to take up his abode in Tuscarora, he will find a church, neatly fitted and furnished... and as many sinners needing sledge-hammer pulpit eloquence as can be unearthed in any town of its size. (Tuscarora Times-Review)
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A plucky boy: Phillip Gillson, 14, arrived in Carson, having walked over the mountains from Placerville. He went to work in the summer in Placerville for a fruit man at a salary of $15 a month... After three months he asked for his money but his employer laughed and refused to pay. Gillson decided to get out of the place... He had a dollar and needed to get a pair of shoes. Some Chinamen working the placer diggings allowed him to pan gold and he got $3.00 worth of dust. (continued on Tuesday)
70 Years Ago
Service men have been prohibited from buying liquor in bars between the hours of 5 p.m. and midnight in the states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah and Arizona... sale and consumption of beer is not restricted.
50 Years Ago
Best book sellers: Fiction - "A Shade of Difference," by Allen Drury, "Ship of Fools" by Katherine Ann Porter" "Dearly Beloved," by Anne Lindbergh. Nonfiction - "Silent Spring," by Rachel Carson, "Travels with Charley," by John Steinbeck, "Sex and the Single Girl" by Helen Gurle Brown, "Letters from the Earth," Mark Twain edited by Bernard de Veta.
30 Years Ago
Heirs of Argentine boxer Oscar Bonavena who was shot to death at a brothel in 1976 will receive $200,000 each in a wrongful death lawsuit against brothel owners Joe and Sally Conforte... Bonavena was shot to death outside the Mustang Ranch brothel by Conforte security guard.
10 Years Ago
Max Bear Jr. of "The Beverly Hillbillies" recently signed a deal with International Game Technology of Reno to produce hundreds of penny slot machines featuring the show. Max Baer, Jr. is the son of Max Baer, Sr. who fought Max Schelling in 1933 at Yankee Stadium.
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.


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Wow this is great! I like Jay Robb's a lot. I haven't tried the others. The Swanson one looks interesting. Tera's Whey is awesome. I think it's more expensive though.
For those who've tried Mark's, is it good? Does it taste really coconutty?
After realizing my "crappy" protein powder was expired, I looked into organic / grass-fed whey powders. I've compiled a little spreadsheet that I wanted everyone to see. This is in no means an endorsement of any other product, or saying that Mark's "Primal Fuel" is bad. This is not an exhaustive comparison of the ins and outs of each product. I would appreciate feedback on other organic / grass-fed whey powders to add to this list:
Mark's product is solidly in the middle of the price per gram of protein in the container. It has some "extras" (coconut fat, natural sugars, etc) that some of the others don't. Are they worth the money, in your opinion?
One thing Mark's site does not indicate is whether or not the WPI in Primal Fuel comes from grass-fed hormone-free cows. Does anyone know either way?
I hope some people find this useful. I will probably buy some Primal Fuel to see how it tastes, since it is solidly in the middle of the "rankings," so to speak. Note that shipping prices are NOT included in these estimates. Feel free to let me know if you think that's way off.
Wow this is great! I like Jay Robb's a lot. I haven't tried the others. The Swanson one looks interesting. Tera's Whey is awesome. I think it's more expensive though.
For those who've tried Mark's, is it good? Does it taste really coconutty?
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If anyone has a Wegmans near them (ie you live in the Northeast), I really like their store brand.
I am in no way affiliated with Mark's products, but after having tried like every good powder i could find, I am solidly in the camp for Primal Fuel. It's so goddamn delicious and that means a lot to me. Also, I use it for brownies, puddings, and all sorts of other stuff and it just cooks really well. I freaking love it and I hope it stays around for awhile.
I've thought of trying Jay Robb's after reading Maria tout it so often in her recipes: Maria's Food and Nutrition Journal.
One of these days I'm going to spring for Mark's powder. Maybe if I win the lottery... err... get some Christmas money.
Seriously though, I do plan on getting that powder some time. Just so I can see for myself what it's all about.
I use the organic & grass fed plain whey from Defense Nutrition, tastes great, even with water, and contains no chemicals and other useless stuff. I wanted to try Jarrows because of the cheaper price but it contains Soy Lecithin.
I actually use the Swanson and really like it. It uses whey protein from grass fed hormone free cows.
By the way, you can call Mark's customer service and get a sample of each flavor for $5.95. Some of the people there don't seem to realize they still have them, though. I just got mine and plan to test it out in the next week or two.
Thanks for compiling all of that info, thoraxe! Very useful.
*My* main concern when selecting a protein powder is... how insulinergic is it? Today's MDA post concerns the insulinogenic effects of dairy, including casein, and mentions that casein and, especially, whey, are very insulinogenic. As someone who needs to reduce my BF%, and who is aware that I am insulin-impaired, I'm trying to determine what type of protein powder would be *best* to use. Any input? I have been trying to lose weight following the PB, and the only typical deviation from PB is that I have been taking ~3 heaping tablespoons of hydrolyzed casein every day; my morning fasting blood glucose levels are bad (120-130 range), and I haven't been able to take off any weight, despite otherwise following a very healthy PB diet. Mark's post below struck me like a bolt of lightning... it's probably the casein that's the source of my problems!
On Dairy and Insulin
(Note: I have a specific health issue that requires me to use protein powder to get extra protein. The protocol that I'm on requires the protein to be hydrolyzed, while Mark's post above mentions that hydrolyzed protein (whey) seems to provoke a particularly large and prolonged insulin response. Any ideas of which hydrolyzed protein might be the least-insulin-provoking?)
Here is the site from which I typically order my protein:
It seems that the pea protein isolate, rice protein, whole egg, egg white, and hemp protein are all non-dairy, non-whey, non-soy options. Does anyone know which is the highest-quality form of protein and provokes the smallest insulin response?
Update: I located this interesting MDA post, which is relevant but doesn't quite address my questions above:
Insulin Index
excerpt: "High protein, virtually no-carb foods like meat and eggs, while low on the glycemic index, measured high on the insulin index. In other words, while the meat and eggs didn't cause a spike in blood sugar the way most carbohydrates do, they did result in an unexpectedly significant rise in insulin."
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Wow thanks for the effort and posting this Thoraxe. I will be looking into these other protein powders in the future.
"If man made it, don't eat it" - Jack Lallane
People say I am on a "crazy" diet. What is so crazy about eating veggies, fruits, seafood and organ meats? Just because I don't eat whole wheat and processed food doesn't make my diet "crazy". Maybe everyone else with a SAD are the "crazy" ones for putting that junk in their system.


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Isoda Koryûsai (active mid-1760s-1780s)
'Beauty Dreaming of Good Luck'
Nishiki-e (brocade print), hashira-e (pillar print)
Hashira-e size Early
Museum no. E.3757-1953
Koryûsai was the principal follower of Suzuki Harunobu, an ukiyo-e artist who dominated the genre in the Meiwa era (1764-72). Koryûsai excelled particularly in prints in the format of hashira-e, or 'pillar print'. These were designed, as the name implies, for hanging on the interior pillars of Japanese rooms.
This print depicts a superstition widely believed during the Edo period. A beautiful woman is shown slumbering against a background featuring an eggplant below a hawk soaring in front of Mount Fuji. People believed that good luck would follow if a hawk, an eggplant and Mount Fuji appeared in the first dream of the New Year.
This print can be found in Prints and Drawings Study Room box TOPIC JP2.


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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- A "hidden gem in the IT world" will go on display this week.
CIMS Global Technology Solutions, a Huntsville-based company, is hosting a free seminar on some of the latest technologies in this area.
"It should be a great venue," said Ron Wicks of CIMS GTS. "We'll keep it short, brisk and educational."
The company, which has just 12 employees, has been in Huntsville for about 15 years and provides services with health care, academic, state and federal agencies in document management, workflow and automated forms processing technologies, software and database development, systems integration, business process consulting and analysis.
"We specialize in helping companies break free from paper," said company President Ron Casto. "We bring expertise in a broad range of technologies to helping them.
"Some companies are limited by the size of their facility. If we give them back some space (by reducing the amount of physically stored documents), that gives them room to grow."
Wicks said the company isn't well-known in the community, and that's one of the reasons for Wednesday's seminar.
"This is the first time we've done this," he said. "This is the first of many seminars we plan to hold.
"We are going to show a number of technologies at the seminar."
The keynote speaker is Richard Payne, who has 19 years of experience in electronic document management as well as converting legacy systems to electronic business systems. There will also be presentations by Kodak, OnBase, Cardiff Liquid Office, Prostor, Kodak Capture Pro and Versitec.
"We are a combination of IT experts and people who can listen to agencies' and business needs and help them," Wicks said of the company. "Our goal is to help the community think out of the box.
"We help them develop a technology plan that targets their goals, provides for future growth and stays within their budget."
Casto said his company also helps its customers improve their access to documents and information, as well as keeping them secure.
"If a doctor needs to get information on a patient after midnight, they can access that right away" on a PC or laptop instead of going to the office and going through a file, he said.
"We don't just provide 'stove-pipe' solutions," Casto said. "We provide a total view of their systems."
And, Wicks said, the company can help decision-making, which leads to being more competitive in their industry.
"People are either overloaded with information or underloaded, they don't have enough," he said. "If we can provide the tools to help, we'll make them ore competitive."
In the meantime, Wicks said the company hopes to add to Huntsville's image as a space-based, defense town.
"We see Huntsville as a leader in space, defense and now biotechnology," he said. "We want to be a catalyst in making Huntsville a leader in IT."


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on October 6, 2012 - 1:18 AM
A historic marker commemorating the westward settlement of the Seneca Indians will be unveiled later this month near the entrance of the Elma Town Museum.
Historical Society President Marlene Baumgartner told the Town Board this week she hopes the unveiling to recognize the role of the Indian nation in the development of the town will draw a big crowd "as we continue to preserve Elma's historic past."
The marker, Baumgartner said, is in the state colors of blue and gold and has information on the site of the Seneca Indian Village from 1780 to 1842. A dedication will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 16 near the Jackman Park site of the Bowen Road museum. The event is open to the public.
Later in the board meeting, Baumgartner asked members to "hold off for a few weeks" on any permits to demolish the old Lee Mansion requested by the new owner of the 80-acre Camp Centerline until she hears from the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. She said the mansion was built in 1914 by Randolph Lee, who was an executive at Ford Motor Co. in Detroit. Henry Ford was a frequent visitor to the mansion and paid for the fence around the structure.
Dr. Patrick Carmody, of Bullis Road, a neighbor of the camp area, said he wanted the board to take an active role in whatever plans any new owner may have, as he and others don't want to find out after the fact. He called the site "a pristine parcel," and is concerned the new owner may be planning a senior apartment building or seasonal nursery. Another neighbor is concerned the mansion may be leveled so the new owner can build a private home.
There was no comment from Building Supervisor Joseph Colern.
Councilman Michael Nolan said the area is zoned residential, so a housing development could not be placed there without a zoning change approved by the Town Board.
Supervisor Dennis Powers told the residents, "You will know as soon as we know."
Also at the Wednesday meeting:
• A public hearing held prior to the meeting on community block grant money resulted in the board agreeing to apply for an extension for the Rural Van Service, a cooperative endeavor with other nearby communities to take elderly residents to medical appointments and shopping. A second request will seek funds for a handicapped-access ramp for the Historical Society.
• Powers said grant writer Connie Minor was instrumental in obtaining two grants this year totaling $111,000.
The next town work session will be Wednesday. The October board meeting has been moved back a week, to Oct. 24.


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He must be doing something right. At 92 years old, John Humphrey swears by his annual physical.
"So that I can see if I am in decent shape that I don't have any serious problem that is coming up," says John Humphrey, gets annual physicals.
That's the basis for a wellness exam. To get in front of your doctor for a thorough once over. But do you know what to expect from a physical?
"What I tell patients is you want to get a full head to toe exam," says Dr. Sal Lacagnina, vice president of Health & Wellness with Lee Memorial Health System.
First doctors 'get into your head'- talking about any aches, pains or concerns you have. It's called a review of symptoms. Once that's finished, they'll take a look.
"The physician or nurse practitioner should be examining you in a gown so they can look at your skin and make sure they're listening and feeling every part of your body to make sure physically that you're healthy," says Dr. Lacagnina.
The basics include: blood pressure, heart rate, weight, temperature and respiration. Anyone one of these can trigger additional testing.
"So some of them are blood tests, some of them are procedures or other physical tests," says Dr. Lacagnina.
A doctor should listen to your heart, lungs and abdomen, and look in your ears, eyes and nose. They can do a basic neurological exam and test your reflexes. Along with a skin cancer evaluation. Males and females have gender specific screenings. A new addition for some is a fitness exam.
"When most people get their wellness exams they are sitting down on an exam table, they're not doing anything physical. If you really want to know you're healthy you do a fitness assessment," says Dr. Lacagnina.
A comprehensive test can take up to 45 minutes; a small investment in your health.
"I can't imagine why someone wouldn't see a doctor every year. The benefit to your health is huge," says John Steffel.


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Al-Qaida asks Iraqis in embattled city for support
BAGHDAD -- Members of al-Qaida's branch in Iraq handed out pamphlets in Fallujah on Thursday, urging people to take up arms and back them in their weekslong fight against government troops for control of the city.
While the militants battled Iraqi security forces in and around the western cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, police outside the capital, Baghdad, found the bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni men who had been abducted from a funeral by gunmen wearing military uniforms. It was a grim reminder of similar slayings at the height of the war about six years ago.
Iraqi forces and allied Sunni tribesmen have been fighting to recapture key territories overrun by al-Qaida militants in the country's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, including its two main cities, Fallujah and parts of the provincial capital, Ramadi.
Violence has escalated in Iraq over the past year, particularly since late December after authorities dismantled an anti-government Sunni protest camp and arrested a Sunni lawmaker on terrorism charges. To alleviate the tension, the army pulled back from the two cities, but that allowed al-Qaida militants to seize control.
Speaking to the Associated Press by telephone, Fallujah residents said al-Qaida militants distributed pamphlets with the emblem of their group -- the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -- at main city intersections Wednesday and Thursday.
The pamphlets called on Fallujah residents to join the fight, give money or open their homes as shelters, the residents said. They spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for their safety.
Another pamphlet announced that al-Qaida would form a Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice that would look into the disputes among residents of Fallujah, about 40 miles west of Baghdad.
Clashes between the militants and security forces continued in two Fallujah neighborhoods from late Wednesday to early Thursday, the residents said.
A medical official said the city hospital received the bodies of seven men killed in the fighting and that 13 were wounded. He didn't know how many of the dead were militants or civilians.
Elsewhere, security forces and allied tribal fighters clashed with militants inside and around Ramadi on Thursday.


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June 8, 2011]-----Experts are now saying what I have always been a believer of: that separate bedrooms may improve your marriage. My friends thought I was crazy to advocate such a thing. Afterall, isn't marriage about sharing everything?
Not necessarily. I don't believe couples have to share everything and sleep together in the same bed every night, to be committed, caring and have vibrant, healthy, sizzling sex lives. In fact, on the contrary, a little space to breathe, stretch out and be yourself can do wonders for your relationship.
Remember when you were dating, how excited you would get at anticipating the evening--what your lover would wear, look like, smell like, have in store for the night? Well sleeping in separate rooms can bring back that mystery and allure.
Making dates to visit each other's room, spend the night on long luxurious 'sleep-overs' can do wonders for your sex life and deepen the intimacy.
You might be an all-nighter while your partner may be an early snoozer and this arrangement eliminates that conflict. Another major problem that can be avoided with separate boudoirs is if one has the dreaded snoring on blast at nights. You can have an intimate interlude, then retire to separate quarters to sleep in peace.
Some of you may ask what happens to cuddling all night if you and your lover are sleeping separately? You can still have warm, fuzzy times in bed whenever you like. nothing is written in stone. The point is you both have a space you can go to when you want some time for just you.
Apparently some experts agree with me and have chronicled this premise in a new book called separate bedrooms are actually not so uncommon. They suggest separate bedrooms as a way to spice up or jump-start a mediocre marriage. Below is an excerpt:
"If it's possible, consider separate bedrooms. You'd be surprised how the creation of privacy and nonmarital spaces in a marriage might help. Already one in four Americans sleep in separate bedrooms or beds from their spouses. The National Association of Homebuilders predicts that by 2015, 60% of new homes will be designed with "dual master bedrooms."
What do you think: separate bedrooms can be new and exciting or a damper on intimacy?


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working with the Visiting Vehicles Office. We are responsible for any
type of vehicle that wants to go to the space station, or any activity
involving rendezvous of the space shuttle and space station.
Some activities that make up my work include making
decisions on how, when, where, and why the shuttle will rendezvous with
the space station. Math skills are crucial to this job, as are knowledge
of the Russian and Japanese language since we work with the Russians and
Japanese to help them build safe space vehicles.
I always wanted to be an astronaut for as long as
I can remember, so NASA has always been my dream! The best part is that
I get to work in Mission Control!!! What I like the least is the computer
programming that everyone has to do.
I worked as a counselor for the U.S. Space Camp and Aviation
Challenge for a summer, and I pursued aerospace engineering at the University
at Buffalo (UB) to help land me a co-op position here at NASA. I was also
involved in the aerospace engineering club at UB, which gave me a hands-on
approach to the aerospace industry, through projects offered by the club.
I go back and forth every other semester from Houston to
Buffalo for school and co-oping. I have two dogs back home in New York
-- Toby is a terrier mix and Scout is a beagle. I miss my dogs down here
in Houston!
When I'm home, our family loves to get together for big
huge Italian dinners every Sunday night! I play lacrosse for my college
in NY, and I love to paint as well. I also enjoy running, skiing, and
reading books.
My new hobby is flying; I want to get my pilot's license
in the next year. I have learned to always set goals, live for my dreams
and never give up!
I grew up in Jamestown, NY and went to Southwestern
Central High School. Since I was in sixth grade I've wanted to be an astronaut.
A great experience I had in high school was winning a scholarship to attend
Space Academy in Huntsville, AL, which was the most fun and interesting
week ever! I always looked up to Eileen Collins,
the first female shuttle pilot and commander, as my role model. When I
was younger I liked to read astronomy books, or any books about NASA that
I could find
I intend to go to graduate school to get my masters
degree in aerospace engineering, and then hopefully become an astronaut!
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'BioShock 2' on the way for Mac
Feral Interactive, who are the masters of bringing games to Mac, is adding another title to their growing inventory — BioShock 2. The title, a sequel to BioShock (which Feral has already brought to the other OS), will go on sale January 2012. The game allows you to play as one of the iconic Big Daddy characters on a quest to escape Rapture, which has recently been repopulated with Little Sisters following the kidnapping of multiple little girls from communities nearby the undersea city. The Mac version of the game also features the multiplayer mode found in the console and PC versions of the game, where players take part in the civil war that ultimately tore Rapture to pieces before the first game. "BioShock 2 shows Rapture in a completely new light," said David Stephen, Managing Director of Feral Interactive. "By allowing players to be a Big Daddy, it exploresRead more →
'Deus Ex: Human Revolution' will augment your Mac this winter
Feral Interactive announced today that they're in charge of the Mac release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This release will be out "this winter," so either late this year, or early next. "We are delighted to partner with Feral, a leading expert in development for the Mac platform, to bring the acclaimed Deus Ex: Human Revolution to Mac players, " said Stephane D'Astous, general manager of Eidos-Montreal. "The game presents a powerful vision of a dystopian future, and we're excited that gamers will now be able to experience it on the Mac." We'll know a more concrete release date in the future. FollowRead more →
Macgamestore accepting "Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy" pre-orders
Popular Mac game retailer Macgamestore is now taking pre-orders for a collection of the Mac versions of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. These three games will be together in limited edition packaging, and they'll ship November 22. Luckily, they've provided summaries and hardware specifications for the titles, so, just in case you've been under a rock this decade – here they are. If you still haven't made the jump to Leopard or Snow Leopard, now might be the time. Grand Theft Auto III: The fifth game in the series overall and the one that introduced players to the famous in-game environment of Liberty City, it is widely considered one of the most important video games in history due to the popularity it generated for the open-ended gameplay style of the GTA franchise. In the game you play an unnamed characterRead more →
Half-Life 2 Arrives for Mac Tomorrow
Everyone's been expecting it, especially since it was one of the Valve titles repurposed for teasing Steam for Mac OS X: the science-fiction epic FPS Half-Life 2 will be available tomorrow as part of the third weekly update for the new Steam platform. The announcement was done in style, as Valve tends to do. They created a trailer duplicating the iconic "1984" Mac commercial, but added their own touch, including Alyx Vance throwing a crowbar at Breen. The video's been embedded below. The message, however, remains the same. You now have a choice for your Valve gaming experience. Or at least for some parts of it. Episodes 1 and 2 will also be available. They will retail for 30% off the usual price. The Half-Life 2 (and the Episodes) will feature new Steam Achievements, as well as the addition of the cloud saves service. You can save your game andRead more →
Steam for Mac Dated
Valve's Steam content delivery service has an official arrival date for the Mac – May 12. Good news for anyone that's been waiting on it, like several GA staff members. It will run natively on the operating system, according to reports. We will let you know when we know more, including minimum system specs and what games will be available at launch for Mac users. FollowRead more →
Pricey iPad Apps
We have become an app nation. There are app for all varieties of smartphones, but once we hear the word app we think "Apple". Of coursewith the new launch of the new iPad next month, the new apps are just flooding in. Yet, after shelling out so much dough for the 3g version, the data package, you should have enough for a few apps right? Well, maybe not. Some of the apps for the new iPad have the potential to be a bit pricey. For example the Wall Street Journal will charge $17.99 a month for access to their iPad version. 17 dollars? It's that a little obscene? Since other online versions cost a little less. Are you willing to pay monthly charges for an app? Or is there no limit to your app love? Source: Shiny Shiny http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2010/03/ipad_apps_shapi.html FollowRead more →By netzach in Gadget Angels 1 Comment »
Your Mac is About to Get a Little Steam-ier
Mac users, rejoice! Finally, you're going to get something to play besides The Sims and Spore! No more dual-booting, either! Steam – Valve's digital content delivery service – is coming to the Mac! Valve's game library (including Left 4 Dead 2, the Half-Life series, and Team Fortress 2) will be making its way onto the new platform starting this April. And they won't just be emulated Windows versions, either. "We looked at a variety of methods to get our games onto the Mac and in the end decided to go with native versions rather than emulation," said John Cook, Director of Steam Development. "The inclusion of WebKit into Steam, and of OpenGL into Source gives us a lot of flexibility in how we move these technologies forward. We are treating the Mac as a tier-1 platform so all of our future games will release simultaneously on Windows, Mac, and the Xbox 360. Updates forRead more →
Covering It Live: The Apple Tablet Announcement
Hi, all! Since it's incredibly likely that Apple will be announcing their tablet tomorrow, we're putting up a CoverItLive event to get the news out in semi-real time. Come back tomorrow at 10:00 Pacific/1:00 Eastern for live coverage of the press conference and thoughts from me. UPDATE: CoverItLive is DOWN. Repeat, the system is down. Resume refreshing Engadget (in another tab!), and I'm doing my best to get back in.Read more →By Tiffany Nevin in Gadget 2 Comments »
BOOM! Help Flo Rebuild With Diner Dash 5
Playfirst announced that a brand new Diner Dash game is coming to PC and Mac this February. When Flo's Diner explodes, it is up to you to rebuild a completely customizable diner. With over a thousand possible combinations do discover, you will run your diner, collecting tips and making as much as you can in order to make it completely your own. Playfirst promises that once players reach the final stage, they will be in for a great surprise. Diner Dash 5: BOOM! will be released as a Collector's Edition for $19.99 on Feb 16th and will include: 5 Advanced levels of exclusive Diner Dash 5: BOOM! game play, Strategy Guide Walkthrough to reach expert level, Behind the Scenes Digital Art Book (sketch art and production concepts), Animated Screensaver and Wallpapers, and the "Flo Over Time" Historical Retrospective. A standard edition of the game will be released for $6.99 aboutRead more →
Macintosh Computer given to Gene Roddenberry to be Auctioned
Celebrity memorabilia has a tendency to be auctioned off. Sometimes it's for charity, or it can be for financial gain for the celebrity. This auction is for a Macintosh computer that was given to Gene Roddenberry. The original computer was a Macintosh 128 computer, given to Gene Roddenberry by Apple Computer, Inc which has been upgraded to a Macintosh Plus by Apple. This auction also includes a signed letter of provenance from Gene Roddenberry's son, Rod. The auction itself will be taken place on October 8th and 9th 2009 with an estimated sale price of $800-$1200. For those of you interested in having this piece of a technology used by one of the most influential creators of science fiction, the worldwide bidding begins at 12:00 PM (noon) on both days. Your bid can be placed either in person, via mail, phone, fax or live on the Internet at: http://www.icollector.com/Hollywood-Auction-37_a5736. FollowRead more →By netzach in Gadget 1 Comment »


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Now is a great time to take another look at the top 25 2014 recruiting classes. This cycle has had several surprise programs build good classes and several big disappointments. A few juggernauts are dominating once again on the recruiting trail.
With summer almost over and football season arriving, many programs have assembled a solid portion of their classes. They're resetting their boards and gearing up for the dual roles of game-planning and recruiting during the week this fall.
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. got almost everything he wanted yesterday, receiving a boxing license and naming an opponent and a date for his next fight. The unbeaten champion got everything except a showdown with Manny Pacquiao
Mayweather will fight Miguel Cotto on May 5 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden after Nevada's athletic commissioners granted him a conditional license for one fight before he goes to jail June 1 to start serving a 90-day sentence for domestic violence.
Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) chose Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs), the respected Puerto Rican champion, as his next opponent only after failing to land a date with Pacquiao, the superstar Filipino congressman. The two sides have discussed what's likely to be the most lucrative fight in boxing history for nearly 3 years without reaching a deal.


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On Friday, we're hosting a screening of the documentary Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. and will include the participation of filmmaker Sharon La Cruise. Moderated by PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan and featuring filmmaker Sharon La Cruise, the event will take place at this link on Friday, February 3 at 11:30 AM PT/1:30 PM CT/2:30 PM ET. Premiering on Independent Lens this Thursday, the film examines the life Daisy Bates — a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock in 1957.
The screening will take place exclusively online; you can join for free by signing in with Facebook (or directly on the site) and interact with other viewers, Central High students, La Cruise, and Sreenivasan in real-time, while you watch the film. Viewers can comment, ask questions, take polls, and even express their feelings about what they're watching through a variety of tools on the site.
This is an entirely new way we're offering some of our documentary films, and all of us are looking forward to an open, freewheeling conversation on Daisy Bates!
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That's right. We're still here !! Did someone lose the key ?? Any chance of someone letting us out this Summer ??
Hello ??
@ Tommy...Haven't heard from Kev.
100 degrees here today and I see Big Indian NY isn't much cooler..
Can you say hot campers!
No blog or anything from there.
No cryin' - that's my game face.
(I really need to make a beeping sound when I back up like that)
OK..They were both there but I swear I wasn't looking out the window..
Besides DZ was in there before me..I think he opened the window!
@ Mark - I knew the scene without ever clicking on the link !!
The Short Bus keeps rolling along.......
@Tommy....Says you!
I know this is suppose to be a support group in all but I feel like the kid that was sent home from Dweezilla Camp early cause he was Naughty!
(Something about beating off watching the girls by the pool!)
But they got it all wrong... I forgot to lift my zipper, and I swear to God I was just pulling it up when the counselor walked in on me in the bathroom when I was standing by the window overlooking the pool!
Doesn't anybody fu cking knock anymore!
( And it wasn't Megan by the pool either! )
There seems to be a 'whole lotta cryin' ' going on in here. There is no crying allowed on the Naughty Kid's Short Bus. We''re just happy to be here !!
I don't think they'll spend too much time up there holding a vigil for 'absent campers' lol.
Hope they all have as good a time as I did last year.
(NO, not really! The naughty kid in me hopes they're miserable - too hot or too cold and too wet, their strings break, mmmwwwaaaaahhhhhhh. I WANNA BE THERE!!!!)
If I promise to be real, real good can I go next year???
@poodle and @ noodles - I am really sad that we are not there -- it cant be as much fun without us. Driving up to the Berkshires and will see James Taylor on the 4th (with fireworks) but I will be missing zappacamp. I do get to see them on the 7th, but...
I, too, am a naughty kid -- time to start saving up for Dweezilla 2013, which will be much better because we three will be there!


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WASHINGTON – After weeks of silence, there was a small but welcome stirring of concern last week in the House Democratic leadership about the way the government's secret spying machine is shredding Americans' constitutional liberties.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California asked an obscure oversight board to comment on two bills filed by House members in the wake of the stunning revelations of whistle-blower Edward Snowden about the federal sweeps and storing of our emails, telephone calls, GPS postings and social media notes.
One bill would effectively stop random snooping on innocent Americans. The other would require more disclosure by government agencies when it prowled on its citizens.
Pelosi raised the issue at a Thursday press conference. This contrasted with Democratic neo-conservatives who ply attacks on Snowden himself to deflect from legitimate worries about unbridled violations of our rights by the ominous National Security Agency.
She may have been prompted by a Quinnipiac Poll, taken before Snowden was said to ask Russia for asylum, that showed a strong majority of Americans think Snowden is a whistle-blower and not a traitor. Or because of anger that President Obama's two top intelligence chiefs lied to Congress when summoned to comment on Snowden's revelations.
Pelosi was booed when she told a Netroots conference in San Jose last month that Snowden violated the law when he released NSA documents. Booing is good. It can remind politicians that there are real people back home – a life beyond the lobbyists, the fund-raisers in posh clubs and estates and the camp followers.
The agency to which Pelosi wrote is the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created in 2001 to advise Congress and the president about abuses stemming from enactment of the Patriot Act. President Obama made halting attempts to invigorate it. But it hasn't done much, considering the deflowering of the Constitution begun under Bush-Cheney and run rampant under Obama and the whip held by his attorney general, Eric Holder.
Holder has worn out his welcome – even in Washington. Besides criminalizing a Fox News reporter's questions and sweeping the Associated Press' phones, Holder is now revealed as an inspiration behind an insidious new program exposed by McClatchy Newspapers. It's called Operation Insider Threat, which calls on all – all – federal employees to psychologically profile, to spy on each other to nab potential leakers of government secrets. Failure to report a likely whistle-blower can result in criminal charges being lodged against a federal employee. This program, which is now law by presidential order, affects not only national security but the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Someone should psychologically profile Holder. Now comes a report from the conservative Judicial Watch that Holder's Justice Department dispatched money and people from its Community Relations Service to agitate for marches in Florida against Trayvon Martin's Neighborhood Watch killer George Zimmerman.
About 130 House Republicans have signed on to a non-binding resolution voicing "no confidence" in Holder and calling for his immediate retirement; 218 House votes are needed for passage. Obama has voiced confidence in Holder, but a bill of impeachment against Holder might be next.
It's impossible to know whether Pelosi is serious about curbing the NSA, or just made a move to fend off public outrage.
Reacting to the earlier scandal of Holder's spying on AP telephones, Obama asked Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., to introduce a bill shielding reporters from having to reveal their sources. Schumer has, and the American Society of News Editors supports it, but S.987 doesn't appear to be going anywhere soon.
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A suspected heroin dealer who gave police the slip Monday is in custody.
Shawn R. Belardi, 34, of Williamsburg took off on foot Tuesday after he was spotted by Altoona police, who had a felony drug warrant for his arrest stemming from an alleged sale of heroin the day before, according to Altoona police.
Belardi jumped a fence and ran when police tried to arrest him in the IDA Tower parking lot on the 1000 block of 12th Street but was subsequently caught and taken into custody at Ninth Avenue and 11th Street, Altoona police Lt. Jeffrey Pratt said. Belardi was arraigned on drug and flight to avoid apprehension charges Tuesday afternoon. Belardi was taken to Blair County Prison after Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey Auker set bail at $20,000 cash.
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The Quill of Gemination is an item used in the Thieves Guild quest "The Pursuit." It belongs to Maven Black-Briar and was lost by Mercer Frey's guard Vald.
The Quill is in Vald's Strongbox, which has a leveled lock and is located in a sunken rowboat slightly north of the halfway point between the large boat at Riften Fishery and the boat docked at Goldenglow Estate.
- The quill has the ability to replicate any writing that the user is viewing; however, it is completely useless without a specific kind of ink.
- It is not usable by the Dragonborn.
- Even if the Dragonborn kills Vald, they can still do this quest.
- The sunken boat will not appear in the water unless the quest has been started.


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