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That's what turning the corner looks like.
Stanford enjoyed its best performance of not only the season but of the entire Johnny Dawkins era Saturday afternoon at Maples Pavilion, turning in a sustained and focused effort on both ends of the court en route to defeating No. 23 UCLA 83-74. The win moves the Cardinal (18-8, 9-5) into a tie with California for third place in the PAC-12 and, more importantly, with just four regular season games to go, into "all-but-in-barring-an-absolute-meltdown" territory in regards to its NCAA Tournament bubble status.
The win caps off a make-or-break month-long stretch for Stanford, one that has seen it transform from a defensively challenged, mentally fragile bunch lacking direction from both its veteran leaders and the sideline into a tough, poised, and mature squad peaking, as those dangerous and teams seemingly do year in and year out, in that final calm of February's waning days before the storming magic of March.
Indeed, heading into the final two weekends of the season, then, the Cardinal has not merely positioned itself on the safe side of the bubble but has afforded itself the luxury of playing for seeding down the stretch. In that regard, the schedule plays out favorably, with opportunities for quality wins looming at both the Arizona schools and at home against Colorado.
Improvement: From the Coach to the Senior Core
To zoom out for a moment, it really is quite amazing to think of how far the team has come since its 91-74 trouncing in Westwood on January 23. Facing its biggest test of the season to date, the Cardinal was flat out embarrassed by the Bruins in that contest, losing handily and seeming quite disinterested in doing so. Stanford was punked by a UCLA team hardly lauded for its physical—or, frankly, even mental—toughness, looking all the part of a side prime for one of its patented late-season free falls. We haven't spoken of it much in explicit terms here, but that loss and what it signified (the lack of improvement from November, a crippling lack of urgency, a long-standing inability to compete with any team that played defense, that pervading aura that Stanford no longer believed it could or should or deserved to win a big game) seemed to bring with it the beginning of the final chapter of the Johnny Dawkins saga. Indeed, you felt for the seniors—not to say they were without blame—but probably thought it best to wipe the slate clean and start anew.
You have to give credit to Stanford's veteran core—to Josh Huestis, Dwight Powell, Chasson Randle, Anthony Brown, and Stefan Nastic—for the resiliency it's shown in this, its final hoorah, but it's also time to throw the Cardinal's much maligned coach a bone as well. For, frankly, he too has improved as the season has worn on. He's gotten this group to finally buy in to his defensive principles (the extended, active 2-3 zone Stanford flashed Saturday against the Bruins was light years ahead of what they "played" in the first meeting) and has them working effectively inside-out on the offensive end, in the process actually establishing a team identity for the first time in his six years at the helm. Indeed, Stanford has not caught lightning in a bottle; the Cardinal is improving as a group game by game. A month doesn't completely erase five and a half years of mediocrity, but it must be said that Dawkins has done his best job leading when he has absolutely had to.
A Drastic Difference
All this is to say that Saturday's game was a complete 180 from the first time these two teams met. This time around, it was the Bruins who came out sloppy and uninterested, and the Cardinal that asserted itself as the aggressor from the tip. Indeed, for a team that was quietly putting together a run at both a Pac-12 title and a top seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Bruins were bizarrely flat for much of the first half, turning in an especially unenthusiastic performance on the defensive end. The Bruins were quite lazy in their zone defense and particularly undisciplined when Stanford worked the ball inside in the early going. Almost any entrance pass to Nastic elicited a wild double team and complete collapse to the ball by the Bruins, resulting in numerous Stanford shooters running free around the perimeter. Credit to Nastic and the other Stanford bigs for staying patient and finding the unmarked Stanford guards, Randle in particular, who nailed four triples in the first 20 minutes—almost all of them on wide open looks. Randle, in fact, shot it superbly all afternoon, finishing with seven threes and 26 points overall in quite the bounce-back game after going just 3-16 from the field the last time these two teams played.
The difference in intensity level really came to the forefront during what turned out to be the game's decisive stretch about midway through the first half. With the score tied at 18 (thanks in large part to some Stanford turnovers) at the 10 minute mark, Stanford went to its bench for the first time, trotting out a lineup that we're not sure has seen much—if any—time together this season. Yet nonetheless reserves Grant Verhoeven, Robbie Lemons, and Marcus Allen, paired with starters Randle and Huestis to spark a 10-0 run that essentially broke the game open (UCLA was never closer than 3 going forward). The key to the spurt was -- no surprise -- the group's play on the defensive end. Stanford effectively mixed zone and man looks for the three-minute stretch, keeping the Bruins off balance and forcing them into some difficult looks. On the offensive end, the bench made some key contributions. Verhoeven had a nice pin down that freed up Randle for a wide open three and also chipped in an offensive rebound, Allen converted on an acrobatic layup with the shot clock expiring, and Lemons buried a three in the corner to force Steve Alford's hand into calling a timeout as the Cardinal opened up a 28-18 lead.
Defensively Speaking
We alluded to it above, but the Stanford zone finally showed signs of being a defense capable of stringing together some stops against the Bruins. Whereas in the past the zone has inspired thoughts of "rest" and, hence, extended stretches of lackadaisical play, a recent adjustment by the staff to extend the defense and give it more of a pure match-up—and often one-man front—look has done wonders for the zone's activity level. On Saturday—during the 10-0 run in particular—Stanford defenders looked much more aware of their assignments while playing zone, the result being much fewer Bruin shooters running unmarked. Moreover, the clarity the matchup principles brings to the zone gives the defense a more aggressive look, with players communicating and acting decisively as opposed to being unsure of not only where the shooters and cutters are but where they themselves are supposed to be.
The intensity level and focus also carried over to Stanford's man-to-man defense. Cardinal defenders did an excellent job talking through screens during the spurt. We've singled him out before, but it bears mentioning once more that Lemons is an excellent assignment defender. He doesn't provide much in terms of offensive production, but his play on the defensive end and his attention to detail—his checking cutters, his extra second of help on screens to let his teammate recover, his fronting of the high post in the zone—are seemingly contagious on the court. It really is no surprise that Stanford has had some of its best stretches defensively with Lemons on the court.
Bench Involvement
That the decisive run in the game was spurred on by defense is certainly noteworthy but of added importance is that it came thanks to the play of the bench. It's no secret that Stanford is not a particularly deep team. In fact, despite the inspired reserve play on Saturday, Brown, Randle, Huestis, and Powell all still played more than 35 minutes against the Bruins. If there was a complaint about Saturday afternoon, it's probably that one would have wanted to get the bench more second half minutes in such a high-level game. Despite their solid play, both Allen and Verhoeven finished with just seven and four minutes, respectively. Allen, in fact, did not play in the second half at all. John Gage also never factored in much, finishing with just 4 minutes himself. As one looks toward postseason play, depth will undoubtedly prove crucial and with this Stanford team, there is always the pervading sense that it's one starter in foul trouble away from the wheels falling off.
Execution Down the Stretch
If the first half boiled down to a difference in intensity and one key Stanford run, the story of the second was that of the Cardinal taking the Bruins' best shots and responding with several backbreaking blows at critical junctures. The most threatening of those UCLA runs came at the midpoint of the second half, when thanks to Stanford struggles against UCLA pressure and Tony Parker turning into an all-conference player as he only does against the Cardinal, the Bruins cut a 12 point Stanford lead to just two. With the strong Bruin contingent alive and well in the Maples stands and his team sped up and out of sorts, Dawkins called timeout to regroup. There was a creeping sense that this was where the Card would fold: This, it seemed, was the UCLA team that had built one of the best resumes out West and this was the Stanford team that had underachieved for the past six years. The setup was perfect for yet another deflating loss, the type Stanford has suffered so often whenever the larger public has cared to notice the past half-decade.
I jotted down a note during the break: how will they respond?
Well, the Cardinal responded by deciding that enough was enough, by finally getting to the end of the block and turning the proverbial corner.
Brown knocked down a huge contested three late in the shot clock the first possession out and Randle followed with one of his own off a Verhoeven offensive rebound. Brown later added another jumper to cap a mini 8-0 run, and it was clear that Stanford had retaken control of the pace of play, had re-imposed its will on the game. It was as impressive a stretch as the Cardinal has had all season in terms of performance in a big moment, and, frankly, all you need to know about how far this team has come not only this season, but this past month as far as mental fortitude and resiliency are concerned.
Huestis Delivers
We haven't talked much about Josh Huestis thus far, but his play seems like as good a place as any to end our review. The senior forward had one of the best games of his career, finishing with 22 points, six rebounds, and five blocks. He was extremely active and efficient around the rim, and along with Brown did a nice job defending Kyle Anderson. His breakaway dunk in the game's closing moments served as the exclamation point for the biggest win of not only the season but of his entire Stanford career. Seeing him and Powell, the two faces of the senior class, huddled after Huestis had blocked Anderson's three-point attempt moments later was a fitting close to a special afternoon in Maples.
One couldn't help but feel happy for this senior class in that moment, for what they'd been through, for how far they've come, for the leadership roles they've grown into. And to that end, with the Cardinal having capped its make or break month with a 6-2 record and three quality wins, one couldn't help in that very moment but feel happy about the state of Stanford Basketball. Think of when the last time was you muttered those words.
Take your time; it's been a while.
Indeed, there was some magic in Maples again on Saturday, and with Stanford having created some NCAA Tournament breathing room heading into the Desert next week, it's time to start wondering if there might not be some magic in March on the horizon after all.
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Disabled children and distraught couples take to Douglas High School's stage this Friday and Saturday in the Drama Club's One-Act Play Festival.
The festival will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Douglas High School Drama Room. Tickets can be bought at the door for $7 general admission or $5 students, seniors, or presale from theater students.
The two plays that will be shown are "It's Not You It's Me" and "Painted Rain." Both one-act plays will last between 30 and 40 minutes.
"It's Not You It's Me" is a comedy written by Don Zolidis that revolves around relationships and the absurdity of breakups.
"Everyone should be ready for some intense moments, but lots of laughter," said Tamrah Torres, director of "It's Not You, It's Me."
Torres has been a part of Douglas High School's Drama Club since her sophomore year and has been a part of most of the plays the club has put on since then. She was also in "Usher," a play at Pau-Wa-Lu, during her freshman year.
"I've always been interested in directing," said Torres. "I figured since it was senior year I might as well go for it and try it out, see if I would want to pursue a career in directing."
"I like her spunk at jumping in and wanting to try this. I am confident in her because she is confident," said Amy Sando, head of the theater department at DHS.
The other production, "Painted Rain," is a drama written by Janet Allard that tells the story of two orphans trying to find a sense of normalcy, and to embrace the true meaning of love before it's too late.
"I thought it would be a representation of how most people don't actually love, they just artificially love," said Michael Demaree, the director of Painted Rain, "You don't realize when you do actually love someone."
He also said "Painted Rain" is very different than the comedy "Epic Fail," which he directed for the Thespian Competition last year.
"Most of my student directors never want to do it again as it is quite challenging to be in charge of one's peers as well as all the technical and design elements of the show. Michael really likes the creative process of directing, and I admire his choice of a dramatic piece after directing a comedy last year," said Sando. "Both directors appear to respect their peers and that is critical to create an enjoyable experience for both the cast and the directors."
This is the 18th production Demaree has participated in, and he plans to follow theater as a career choice in the future.
Jordan Sullivan and Nick Angelo will be debuting on the Douglas High School stage in this show.
"(Jordan Sullivan) is the only underclassman involved in this production," said Demaree. "She has been carrying her weight so well. I'm so proud to have her in my cast."
"I have been very impressed with Nick Angelo's work and his willingness to let us drama kids bring him out of his comfort zone," said Torres.
The plays will be judged by local actors and directors. While the judges are contemplating which play will go on to compete at the regional level, Douglas High School's Improv Team, led by Alina Harwood and Kyle Ruscigno, will entertain the audience with games and one-liners in the style of "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
The winning play will go on to compete at the Regional Thespian Competition in Reno Feb. 1.
The competition is put on by the International Thespian Society, which awards membership to active thespians in middle and high school. There are more than 2 million members in more than 3,900 middle and high schools.
Each year the International Thespian Society holds the Thespian Festival, where students compete at regional, state, and eventually international levels in individual events as well as one-act plays.
All the proceeds of the show will go on to send Douglas High School's Thespians to the regional and state competitions.
For more information, contact Sando at 450-8308.
What: DHS Drama Club's One-Act Play Festival
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
Where: Douglas High School Drama Room (Rm. 101)
Cost: $7 General Admission, $5 Students, Seniors, and presale

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'There is Mani Ratnam and then there are the rest'. A friend quoted my very words while ranking current directors from second position onwards. Raykesh Omprakash Mehra was one such name that came up, but with our minimum criteria of 3-4 films we decided to wait till Delhi 6 was out. I often argue with my buddies that the plot is the main ingredient in a movie much like baking a cake without flour. You may compromise on eggs or coloring, but without flour you don't have anything. A few ridicule me by asking me to wake up and smell the air as story is not always important these days and even a set of conversations make a memorable movie. Well for me atleast that only ranks alongside a salad, though some salads are sublime. You may gorge on salads to argue with me, but nothing makes up for the main course. A more simpler metaphor from back home is making biryani without rice, you may go ahead but it's only a salad then! This excessive food talk is only because I'm hungry after watching the movie and in spite of trying hard, food somehow finds it way into this post in the form of metaphors.
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social messagesMehra has a fetish for social messages which is clearly evident from his past two outings and this time he tries to deliver one as well. 'Aks' was about the victory of good over evil and how defeating the enemy within was upto will power and metaphored by an eclipse. 'Rang de basanti' focused on the awakening of the youth and raising their voice in protest which was metaphored as the souls of Bhagat Singh and team. Delhi 6 however tries to deal with a lot of topics like untouchability, superstitious beliefs, communal harmony, middle class dreams, urban legends, lost love, sibling rivalry and finally the discovery of oneself. Looking at this exhaustive list may entice you into believing that it is going to be a curry of human emotions. The way it stands is that the makers have bitten of more than what they could chew. Amongst all the sub plots, the ones that stand out are that of the imaginary monkey-man creating havoc and Abhishek's discovery and later falling in love with his roots. Lets step away and go to our art class in school, what happens when you mix red and yellow? You get a bright orange but what if you mix all the colours in your paint box? Delhi 6, falls for the same thing where the makers try to talk of a lot of things while managing to lose focus of the story they set out to narrate.
The movie has numerous flashes of brilliancenumerous flashes of brilliance though like how they use the Ram-leela as a story telling vehicle. It begins with a pointer of how even Ramji has to wait and dance to the whims of our politicians before embarking to find Sita. They use the Shabari tale to illustrate how untouchability is still an issue and since Ramji is god 'unko sab allowed hain'. Lalaji's wife rolls in bed with her illicit lover as the hapless remote switches channels each time their feet go over it, with suggestive lines playing on TV as the channels keep changing. The highlight being when they climaxing coincides with the Chandrayan launch and hence phallic references to the rocket! There is also the smart reference of Hanuman burning Lanka and connecting that to the urban legend of the monkey-man creating havoc in Delhi. There are many such flashes of brilliance that when put together don't fit like the pieces of a jigsaw but seem more like a collage. Such flashes make for intelligent viewing but one has to remember how the rain is more loved and worshiped than its more powerful cousin,lighting. If flashes of directorial brilliance were good enough to make a good film then Ram Gopal Varma would be at the Kodak Theatre each year.
Abhishek plays the NRI accompanying his granny back to the desh and finds solace in the small pleasures of life. He doesn't carry the film on his shoulders but is reduced to a mere character amongst others, probably on purpose. Sonam is a small town girl aspiring to be the next Indian Idol and a conservative middle class ladki serving chai to her obese suitor. She is symbolised by a dove whose wings are tied and Abhishek goads her to set the bird free. You know he is talking of the free spirit inside her, caged in her fathers wishes. The problem with Delhi 6 is that there are too many characters who all seem to get equal screen time heck even the dove gets a full song. A.R.Rahman would be the most pained to see only two songs of his mind blowing soundtrack being picturized and one of them was on a dove fluttering on a girls head. The other was handed over to an intern in a SFX lab as Chandni Chowk met New York. Cycle rickshaws, horses and a cow with its calf grace Times Square but you are lost in the only full song to spot the jarring inconsistencies. When the Abhishek is welcomed to India by the news of the kala-bandar you get the hint that the real focus isn't going to be our leading man. The sub-plots are beautifully woven though as Mehra points questions at our beliefs, roads are blocked when a cow gives birth, people are terrorized by a non-existent monkey-man with a circuit board on its chest and springs attached to its feet. God-men try to gain some mileage by justifying the attack on a shop with claims that a temple once stood where a mosque stands now. The ugly side of thngs are revealed when communal groups begin to clash against each other and yesterdays friends are todays foes. Mehra holds it all very tightly till this point with some brilliant writing, how we wish what followed was in the same vein.
Mehra has a knack of leaving a bad tasteknack of leaving a bad taste in the mouth at the very end. If Aks had the BigB miraculously fight his inner demon as the moon eclipsed the sun and Rang De basanti had the police gun down a bunch of guys holed up in a radio station. In Delhi 6, Abhishek decides to stay back because of the very people that make this nation so endearing to him who later almost pound him to death. The very man who accuses that people abroad were only living in a shadow of their past, puts to use those very same values to fight superstitions and religion. Pardon me for being too cynical but holding a mirror to someone's face and telling them that a part of the almighty resides in all of us, is like pushing the 'aham bramhasmi' concept a bit too far. You sense that the train is coming of the rails when the man who was ready to give up everything for the people he began to love, has to pay for their ignorance with his life. The part where he briefly travels to heaven and shares a jalebi with his grandfather in the ecstasy of lament may seem too far fetched. However one may seem to forgive Mehra for the closing sequences as an aberration and just look towards the other parts. If you can look past the wobbling camera that signifies an attacking monkey, you may see the terrifically talented ensemble who put up a good show. Despite having a central plot and lack of screen time for the lead pair, Delhi 6 is worth watching for its holds a mirror to you and forces you to get rid of the monkey in you and get on with life!
(Images courtesy: Delhi 6)
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nicely done.. will watch it.. even if just for masakkalli..
me: Go ahead you won't feel disappointed then!
brillantly written !! i luv ur comaprisons with flour & rice
yes indeed the movie tried to throw light upon different faces but it still had a moral carried out in the end.
Movie is indeed worth watching!!!!
me: moral yes, but then the last 30mins were difficult to endure!
Abhishek Bachchan is in it. I dont need any other reason to watch it
me: you will like it then
Ok, here goes. We are amazingly lucky to have Luck By Chance, Dev.D, Delhi 6 release in consecutive weeks and this is only February. What good films!!
A series of conversations can make a very good watch, even if there is only a wafer thin/simple storyline. Before Sunrise comes to my mind. A more brilliant effort is probably Pulp Fiction which trademarked non-linear screenplay. (Tarantino is a big inspiration behind Mani Sir) A series of events seen through an eye of an individual can also make a good watch. Delhi 6 can come under either of these. I liked how every seemingly serious sequence ended with humor. I loved the dialogs. I didn't like the in your face preachy last 45 minutes. The love story was spineless. The Dafatan song was probably picturized by someone even worse than an intern. It made Dasavatharam special effects look world class. But I liked the intention of the song. I liked how the other songs were used. Especially Arziyan and each part of lyrics complimenting the sequence.
You liked Vaaranam Aayiram. That had no story. The simple "story" of random events happening to an individual from ages 15-40. You liked it because you connected and it touched you somewhere. The sequences were made interesting(which is required when it is a non-story). And this can be seen as events happening to an NRI over a few weeks of his stay. And the sequences were just more interesting.
RGV is too overrated. At least from your part. There are people ahead of him in the queue to Kodak Theater(though it is doesn't signify or justify their talents anyway).
I should have probably blogged this.
There is a story. Of a man caught between worlds, of the monkey as a metaphor to which all ills are attributed. Not a very conventional one, there are also dozens of related sub-stories all woven together. Maybe it jars at places. Maybe it doesn't.
me: oh I loved the metaphors like I've already said in the post. But the preachy and shocking ending took me by surprise.
I was expecting to see a very, very different picturisation of 'Rehna Tu' and 'Dil Gira Dafatan'. I was disappointed there. And yes, the black monkey was a very intelligent metaphor for all the vices that we possess. I loved these lines in the 'kaala bandar' song 'Ghonghat ki gehrai mein
Phan Phailaae kaun hai, Jhak Safed Libason mein, kaala sa sach maun hai'. How introspective!!
me: Yup intelligent metaphor indeed!
Thanks for your insight!
me: Tell me what you think after watching it!
will watch it and let you know!
me: yes, do come back and comment!
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I am having a romantic dinner with the husband …and his friends tonight (:P) and then watching this movie. I'm sure I'll remember a few lines you ve put here
Well done and congrats. Autograph. Courier. Mind it.
Fantastic Film! Great way of handling sensitive topics.
I have long wondered as to how do you explain the logic behind the act of brutal violence people indulge in inspite of being so loving and good at heart. Kaala Bandar seems to be the most apt explanation.
Three Cheers………for such a fantastic movie.
me: thnx and welcome to this space!
I liked dillii six for the songs, the picturization, and the acting…but i second you on almost everything you said in this blog. i just liked how ROM touched upon a lot of minor issue — divya dutta's being my favorite…but yea, it could have been better…in any case i surely liked this more than billu barber that i saw the previous week
as always, clap clap clap for a nice post
me: thnx but don't insult D6 by mentioning Billu in the same sentence. D6 isn't that bad as this post may seem.
Good review… Lemme check this out, hopefully this week!
me: lemme know if you liked it!
I am visiting ur blog site after a longtime and was struck by the new look. I also read the heat generated by this review of DL6. So I decided to see the movie today with my better half. I saw a strange similarity between DL6 and Jai ho(SD Milare). While DL6 captures the ethos and culture of Mughal Dilli, SD Milare does the same of Amchi Mumbai. While one highlights the religious bigotry of the Lalas and Mias; the other realistically depicts the sleaze and power of the Bhais. Both the movies are seen from the eyes of a phirangi, to phir kyai ke liye story chaieyahe? Does a Woody Allen or James Schlesinger movie have story line. But I felt proud of Mehrabhai for the technical finesse he has presented. Picturisation of the song Masakalli and the Id sequences was on par with Mani Sar's standard. I asked my better half as to how she felt about the movie and she replied "not bad".
me: Thats more like my view as well, 'not bad but could have been great'. Too many morals I guess.
Shoot me, but I wasn't too impressed with the movie. Loved the songs. And parts of it. Not the whole thing, unfortunately. I did try to look it, but it was an effort
me: Neither was I!
I liked the movie for the real cool desi-feel of it! Almost started missing home…
Good concept, but Mehra could've done a much better job of it… too long, too many things stuffed in an otherwise interesting collage! The songs are ammaazzing. In retrospection, listening to them over and over while driving, I think their picturization was good too.. they didnt jump out of the movie, but were just there.. its up to us to reimagine them, I guess. But thumbs up for the spirit of the movie!
me: It's nice to see a new genre of multiplex movies roll out that don't stick to the old formulae. The movie did no justice tot he songs though!
Oh, btw I forgot.. very apt header.. where didya get it.. did the Indian movie board hand it over to you! Hehe.. I like it!
Me likey new header…
The length of your blog is 134 minutes?
I saw the first 30 minutes of this movie and that was about all I could take…way too much going on…Abhishek Bacchan is just an overrated fat famous actor's son who can't emote to save his life (sorry if I sound mean!)…so disappointing, I had high expectations. The music score is phenomenal, but the tracks play for barely 30 seconds…I am so glad I didn't pay a cent to watch this movie!
me: and this coming from a dilli wali!
Actually I am quite impressed with Ranjani -what intellect!!
Your review was fair enough; but reading your rejoinders to the reader's comments one feels that you are almost aplauding those who didn't like the movie.
About the movie..i liked it for what its was conveying sublty or not so subtly(??) towards the end..khair my (bad?)choice!!!
My 60+ mom & teenage son who don't understand metaphors so much or for that matter like or dislike a movie mostly based on the "story" part of it..seemed to enjoy it
Btw am from Delhi..& a few couples (in fifties maybe) sitting next to me were actually relishing it..
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World's First Hydrogen UAV
July 4, 2005 AeroVironment (AV) has successfully completed the world's first liquid hydrogen powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight tests. In doing so, the fifty-foot wingspan prototype Global Observer aircraft accomplished a major milestone in AV's unmanned High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) development and continued the life work of one of the greatest inventors the world has ever known – Paul MacCready. MacCready founded AeroVironment after achieving the world's first human powered flight and the world's first solar powered flight more than a quarter of a century ago. The prototype flight was the last major milestone in the company's HALE UAV technology development and demonstrates the practicality and operational robustness of the Global Observer system.
AeroVironment's Global Observer HALE platform will be able to operate at 65,000 feet for over a week with a flexible payload-carrying capacity of up to 1,000 pounds. Using only two aircraft in rotation, with one Global Observer replacing the other on station once per week, this capability will provide seamless communication relay and remote sensing systems at breakthrough affordability. Government and commercial applications include:
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Low cost, rapidly deployable telecommunications infrastructure and GPS augmentation
Hurricane/storm tracking, weather monitoring, and wildfire detection/support
Environmental monitoring, agriculture optimization and aerial imaging/mapping capabilities
In addition to validating the functionality of the airplane and the propulsion system, these flight tests demonstrated safe and efficient hydrogen powered flight and mobile liquid hydrogen fuelling operations, the last technology challenge for the Global Observer system. With this completed milestone and adequate funding,
AV is confident that a Global Observer system can be deployed for U.S. government applications within two years. The Global Observer prototype accomplished a successful maiden liquid hydrogen powered flight on May 26 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. It was flown again on June 2 demonstrating repeatable and reliable performance. The unmanned, fifty-foot wingspan aircraft operated entirely on liquid hydrogen fuel for over one hour on each flight and was flown under both manual control and autonomous waypoint navigation.
"Our dedicated, experienced team has achieved the last major milestone in our HALE UAV technology development," said Tim Conver, AeroVironment's president and chief executive. "We are now ready to quickly satisfy an urgent national security need for an affordable, persistent HALE system for communications relay and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions."
AeroVironment has been operating unmanned high-altitude platforms in the stratosphere for more than a decade and conducted over 50 flight tests on its earlier developmental electric HALE UAVs. Working with NASA, AV broke the world altitude record for all aircraft in level flight by flying an unmanned electric powered aircraft to 96,863 feet—well above the planned 65,000 feet operating altitude of the Global Observer.
In collaboration with the Japan Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, with payloads from NEC and Toshiba, AV also demonstrated the world's first use of a UAV system for telecommunications applications from 65,000 feet. These successful demonstrations included high definition television (HDTV) broadcasting and third-generation mobile (3G) voice, video, and data transmissions to an off-the-shelf mobile handset and wireless modem equipped laptop. Multiple commercial remote sensing missions have also been flown.
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Last Post of 2007
Meanwhile back at the farm, a five day old calf escaped and was retrieved. The milking robot went on the fritz and ruined Trent's Christmas day (Don't go into farming if you like to do things like sleeping and driving your car to the bowling alley.) and probably took a week or so off of his lifespan. But some good stuff happened too.
The bresaola (See slide show) finished curing and appears to be a resounding success. It looks great, with a beautiful looking fungal coat that smells to me like slightly dried field mushrooms (agaricus bispouous). The taste of the meat is sweet, salty, umami (in that order) and the overall aroma is of mushrooms and wine must. I hope our customers like it because I really, really loved making it. Trent and I have talked about making it from older dairy cows which in theory should be more flavorful. But the next batch will more likely be from the same kind of grass fed steers that were used for this one.
The mass of sausages you see in the slide show are large pepperoni (pepperone). These are made from highly seasoned beef top rounds with virtually no fat and stuffed into beef casings (middles). The pepperone have been inoculated with Bactoferm to drop their pH, give them an acidic edge and to promote drying. I left them sitting out in the kitchen on Saturday to kick start the fermentation. I assume Trent will be hanging them in the cheese room about now.
As this is likely to be my last post of 2007 I would like to thank you all for supporting my blogging efforts with your continued patronage and comments. If it were not for these, I certainly would not be bothering to post anything anymore. There's certainly no money in the kind of blogging I do, so the only currency that I reap is the type that comes from knowing that mostly complete strangers give a flying-fig about what I have to say. So thanks!
Finally, I'd like to wish you all a happy and healthy New Year full of meals that you cooked yourself or by someone that you know well. Go out and splurge on food cooked by strangers who are really, really good at what they do but mostly, make it yourself. If nothing else, if you screw it up or end up consuming some product that pisses off the food police, you've got no one to blame but yourself.
9 comments:
- Scotty said...
Back at you, Bob. You are an inspiration both as a cook and a blogger to many.
We too were hit by various virii. A stomach bug knocked me out Christmas Day, and my wife the next. Then she developed shingles Friday, canceling our annual pilgrimage to Ruhlmanland for New Years. Now I will find out if that galantine a la ruhlman freezes well. ;-)
Happy New Year to all, especially you, Bob!
- December 31, 2007 at 11:59 AM
- IdahoRocks said...
And a very happy New Year to you! Thanks for blogging: you're inspirational and I like your sense of humor. Of course, I didn't actually know much about your background until I received Ruhlman's "Making of a Chef" for Christmas. Now I'm humbled.... and grateful for the knowledge and experience you pass along freely to others.
Bloggers sharing, it re-inforces my faith in mankind....as well as taking the edge off some of my political forays....
- December 31, 2007 at 12:12 PM
- blondee47 said...
I have enjoyed meeting u on blog-a-world and u have enriched my cooking life...so thank you and a healthy happy and rich new year
- December 31, 2007 at 4:37 PM
I sincerely wish you and your a safe, prosperous New Year. It has been a really fun year reading you, and I truly appreciate your fielding all my questions with patience and clarity. Especially the gut check ones! My wish for you is to be as inspired and passionate as you can be and reap every benefit possible! Take care, friend.
- December 31, 2007 at 4:48 PM
- boberica said...
Best wishes to you in the New Year. Hope that you are all feeling better, crappy way to spend holidays. Thanks for the blog and all the knowledge that it allows you to impart. It's truly appreciated. Thanks also for the charcuterie insight and photos, don't stop.
Sounds like I may be coming into a couple of fresh bellys from Heath Putnams Wooly pigs. They are young, 5-6 months, probably nice fat content....any suggestions?
bob mcgee
- December 31, 2007 at 5:16 PM
- lectric lady said...
I check out your blog every day. I don't often comment, but I hope you keep it up because I learn so much.
And as soon as you start offering your goodies by web-order, I will be among the first in line!
Happy New Year~
lectric lacy
- December 31, 2007 at 9:28 PM
- Kevin said...
The meat looks wonderful. I made pork confit on yesterday, great stuff.
Happy New Year, buddy.
- January 1, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Dude, I don't know how to break this to you, but it's 2008 now.
Wake up and smell the program.
- January 1, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- Don Luis said...
I'd like to add my thanks for the blog. It's always interesting and educational, and sometimes even funny.
- January 2, 2008 at 1:50 PM


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»PPCES 2014 : HPC Seminar and Workshop : March 10-14
Parallel Programming in Computational Engineering and Science
Monday, March 10 - Friday, March 14, 2014vin Aachen, Germany
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Throughout the week we will cover a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from serial programming (Monday) to parallel programming using MPI (Tuesday) and OpenMP (Wednesday) in both Fortran and C/C++ as well as performance tuning. Furthermore, we will introduce the participants to modern features of the OpenMP standard like vectorisation and programming for accelerators and for the Many Integrated Core (MIC) Architecture (Thursday) as well as GPGPU programming with OpenACC (Friday). Hands-on exercises for each topic will be provided, which should not discourage you from working on your own code.
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"I believe Dieter will bring a much needed non-commercial viewpoint to the Board, as well as a non-US viewpoint", said Michael Wong, OpenMP CEO. "He has been a long-time, active OpenMP proponent who is widely respected within the OpenMP community."
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Spring F2F Meeting
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- Hosts: Michael Wong and James Cownie
»Hybrid MPI+OpenMP Tutorial Available
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»Hybrid MPI and OpenMP Parallel Programming
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»Lang Committee Meeting January 27-31 in Santa Clara
The OpenMP Lang Committee will be holding its first face-to-face meeting of 2014 on the Intel campus in Santa Clara, CA January 27-31.
This meeting will include breakout sessions and presentations by the various subcommittees (Accelerator, Error Model, Interoperability, Fortran, Tasking, Examples) as work continues to develop the next version of the OpenMP API specifications.
This meeting is not open to the public without a prior arrangement. Contact the OpenMP ARB at email@example.com for more information.
»Video: Performance Essentials with OpenMP 4.0 Vectorization
Intel has posted a video tutorial on the use of the OpenMP 4.0 SIMD pragmas.
A series of seven videos covering performance essentials using OpenMP 4.0 Vectorization with C/C++. It provides an overview of why explicit vector programming methods are crucial to getting performance on modern many core platforms. In the series, we explore code snippets and background information on such topics as OpenMP* 4.0 Simd-enabled functions, and explicit SIMD loops, as well as techniques to help determine if targeted loops were vectorized and if not, why not. Each video is typically less than 10 minutes in length and yet provides a good starting point for developer who wishes to get started using these technologies.


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WAIKAPU - In so many ways, Kaluka Maiava was at home on Saturday morning at the Maui Tropical Plantation.
Maiava, the former Baldwin High School and Southern California standout who just finished his fourth season as a linebacker for the Cleveland Browns, bounded back to his youth as he worked out with the Valley Isle's football future at the Hard Naks Speed Camp put on by his lifelong buddy, Cody Nakamura.
"It's really good, man," Maiava said. "I mean, guys think I'm on a different level or whatever. When I come back to this type of stuff and I see all these young kids all energized and stuff, it actually motivates me. I remember when I was young, running around, just doing whatevers, but, yeah man, it actually motivates me. It helps me refocus and recharge the battery."
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Cleveland linebacker Kaluka Maiava, shown wrapping up Philadelphia's Clay Harbor during a game in September, plans to help out at a friend's speed camp every Saturday while on Maui.
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To be able to do it with Nakamura - Nakamura was born eight days before Maiava in 1986, they attended school together from Wailuku Elementary to Baldwin, and Maiava was best man at Nakamura's wedding - makes it more satisfying for Maiava.
The turnout at the clinic - an all-time high 49 youths showed up Saturday - was evidence that things are growing for Nakamura. He and wife, Sasha, welcomed daughter Evalyn seven months ago.
"That's like a brother to me, so it is always good," Maiava said. "I'm always happy to see his business doing good, more and more kids, and hopefully this thing turns into a really big thing in the future."
Maiava will be at the event every Saturday that he is on Maui - Hards Naks also recently added weightlifting to its agenda, Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights at the Old Wailuku Gym. More information is available at hardnaks.com.
Maiava is set to leave in March, near the time he may become a free agent. Cleveland made him the first Mauian ever to be drafted by the NFL, taking him in the fourth round in 2009, and holds his rights until then.
"Right now, I'm just enjoying being back home and training and make sure I'm ready when I do get the call for whatever team I go to," he said.
Maiava has 133 tackles, 4.5 sacks and five forced fumbles in 50 career games. His 53 tackles in 2012 were a career high.
"I felt like I had a decent year this past year, the coaches seemed to like me," he said. "Every year, you just learn, roll with the punches and I feel like I'm getting better, a little more comfortable."
If Maiava returns to Cleveland next season, Rob Chudzinski would be his third head coach in five years. Eric Mangini and Pat Shurmur combined to go 19-45 in Maiava's career.
Maiava smiles when asked about free agency.
"Secret, but we are definitely talking to people," he said. "Obviously, that's the business part, but we are definitely talking to teams and if Cleveland decides to re-sign me, I love Cleveland. We'll just see what happens."
Maiava is working out with his younger brother, Kai Maiava, a two-year starter at center for UCLA who finished his college career in 2011 and then went undrafted.
"We're looking at the Japan Football League, I think that's his next stop, so we are starting to train," Kaluka Maiava said.
Kai Maiava, who like Nakamura helped coach Baldwin last fall, said, "I don't want to get my hopes up too high or anything like that, but so far (Japan is) the only thing going on, so I'm going to check that out."
When the brothers are reunited - their oldest sibling, Ilima Maiava, is an MMA fighter who lives on Oahu - they can't help but get better athletically.
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Being able to get to his goal with boisterous youngsters around is all the better for Kai Maiava.
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A Canadian County jury found Becky Bryan guilty in the death of her husband, Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan.
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Westminster Appoints Director of McNair Scholars Program
Salt Lake City-November 5, 2003-While many programs help students get in to college, Westminster aims to help students get out of college, and go on to Ph.D. programs. Today the college announced that Deborah Curry will head up the first Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program in Utah. The U.S. Department of Education awarded the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement grant to Westminster College in order to help Utah students complete their undergraduate education and pursue Ph.D. programs.
The $1.1 million McNair grant helps first-generation, low-income and underrepresented college students prepare for doctoral studies through faculty mentors, research experiences and other scholarly activities. The objective of the program is to help undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in the world of higher education earn Ph.D.s by building the skills and confidence necessary to move on to and succeed in post-graduate programs and consider becoming college professors. While the program will be housed at Westminster, the funds are available to students at all degree-granting institutions in Utah, with preference given to Westminster, Salt Lake Community College and University of Utah students.
"I am excited to be part of this historic undertaking for Westminster and Utah," said Curry. "The McNair Scholars Program speaks to Utah's present and her future. I look forward to working with higher education institutions and the community in making sure that the McNair Scholars Program becomes the premier program for growing our own pipeline of new Ph.D.s in Utah."
The new Westminster College McNair Scholars Program will have a significant impact on Utah, as the state has one of the lowest percentages of minorities enrolled in graduate education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 1998 Utah conferred among the fewest number of doctorate degrees to minorities. Westminster hopes to correct the problem, helping low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students earn doctorate degrees and become better represented in graduate education.
Established in 1986, the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program was named in honor of the astronaut who died in the 1986 space shuttle explosion. Dr. McNair received his B.S. in physics from North Carolina A&T State University and his Ph.D. in physics from MIT. He was an excellent jazz saxophonist and had a 6th degree black belt in karate. Westminster College faculty, Dr. Chris Cline, still uses Dr. McNair's Scientific American article "The Physics of Karate" in a calculus-based physics course.
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Those cloud ninjas wasting eggs like that!
Also didnt they change locations of the 8 tails rampage? In the manga I thought they where directly in the Cloud village where in this anime it appears they are further out.
Edit: err maybe not just reread it.
Next episode things get intense!
Nice build up episode, things are starting to pick up finally, looking forward to whats to come!


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"The critics received 'Temptation' very harshly," he said with an undertone of glee. "By then in the United States and Europe, authors of popular light-reading novels, like John Grisham and Tom Clancy, were flourishing. But in Israel there was an outcry. As if books are not allowed to have high ratings. It took a while for the hysteria to subside and for people to understand that easy reading does not place a threat on classic, high-quality literature, just as reality TV does not erase shows like 'The Sopranos,' and Rita's tunes do not threaten the eternalness of Verdi's operas."
More than a decade after the release of Oren's first book, he seems to have achieved a level of acceptance. Bookstands in Israel are filled with dozens of thrillers, many of them brisk reads published or written by Oren.
However, the man who has written 16 titles, sold more than 1 million copies in Israel and set up his own publishing house (Keshet) doesn't care to have his titles labeled "airplane books," a term used to describe a novel so fluffy it can be read entirely on a single flight.
"I don't understand what an 'airplane book' is supposed to mean," he said with a grunt. "It should be simply referred to as 'popular literature,' but I guess people have a need to label it in a demeaning way. It's OK, I'm not fighting it anymore."
While almost every book Oren writes becomes an instant best seller, others who try to ape his style remain obscure.
"This is proof that maybe it is not as easy to write popular literature as people think, just as it is not easy for Shlomo Arzi to invent a popular tune that will appeal to a broad audience," Oren said. "My books are easy to read, but not easy to write. You have to feel your reader, you have to research a lot of the incidents you discuss in the book, sometimes for a full year or two. And you have to acquire full proficiency in the art of light writing."
As a longtime Israeli journalist, Oren certainly understands his readers.
He started out in 1950 as a messenger boy for Yediot Aharonot, Israel's leading daily, before becoming its legal correspondent for three years until 1955. After writing for Bamahane, the Israel Defense Force's weekly newspaper, and studying law at Hebrew University, he rejoined Yediot Aharonot in 1964.
Oren served for years as the editor-in-chief of Seven Days magazine, the immensely popular Yediot Aharonot weekend supplement. Under Oren, Seven Days was a skilled barometer of the Israeli street -- a melange of feature stories that spread from political profiles to interviews with models, from riveting crime stories to sometimes yellowish celebrity accounts. He was 60 years old when he finally left journalism after his first books took off.
"I always wanted to write books," he said. "And I got to do what I really set out to do very late in my life. I always considered journalism as a time-out that lengthened and lengthened. But by the time I finally left it, I knew exactly what the readers want to read."
Judging by his two latest books, "HaRamatkal" and "The Oath," both released last year, his readers like stories based on factual events that feature lots of surprises and a somewhat flat, almost journalistic language with very few wisecracks and minimal metaphors.
"HaRamatkal," the title taken from the acronym for the IDF chief-of-staff, is an account of events largely drawn from the Second Lebanon War, with easily recognized characters (the prime minister is a lawyer, a member of a new Kadima-like party who inherited the job after the old prime minister was gravely injured; the defense minister was a union leader and knows nothing about managing the defense forces, etc.). "The Oath," based on a true story, recounts the unique bond between a Jewish boy and his Christian nanny as devastation and despair grow in Europe during World War II.
"I wasn't influenced by Grisham or Clancy, but rather by the Israeli realm," Oren said. "I think my style is mostly Israeli, and even when the story occurs overseas it reflects my Israeli agenda."
As for the reason why his version of the Lebanon War resolves better and with a brighter future then the real-life war, he attributes that to his journalistic past.
"I have a tendency to try and improve Israel in my books and to suggest a different path for the real Israel even in a fictional story. That's why I wrote a book about black medicine -- to expose to light many of the bad sides of the medical system; and that's why I wrote a novel about the judicial system -- to put a finger on the corruption related to the justice process. I want people to pay attention, but without preaching."
As for the critics, he said, he has long given up on them. "I don't read reviews anymore," he said, adding a cliche many pop-culture artists like to use. "I don't really care if they don't appreciate my writing. It is enough for me that I contributed to the success of pop literature."
Ram Oren will be a guest speaker in a four-part lecture series at the American Jewish University during the Celebration of Jewish Books. Oren's presentation on Nov. 7, 7 p.m., will be in Hebrew.
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The research of Alexei Grom, MD, has mainly involved two translational projects focused on two autoimmune diseases – systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile dermatomyositis. In both projects, recent advances of cellular immunology are applied to these diseases to promote better understanding of their pathogenesis and treatment.
Systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and an associated condition known as macrophage activation syndrome are severe and often devastating illnesses. The pathological mechanisms are not known but Dr. Alexei Grom has focused his research on NK and cytotoxic cell function in this disease. The rationale for this approach has been based on the strong clinical similarities between MAS and the better understood autosomal recessive disorder familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, in which the uncontrolled proliferation of T cells and macrophages has been recently associated with decreased NK cell and cytotoxic cell functions secondary to mutations in the gene encoding perforin. Recent observations suggest as in FHLH, MAS patients also have profoundly depressed NK function. Moreover, a large subgroup of systemic JRA patients has very similar immunologic abnormalities. Combined with the evidence of the immunoregulatory role of NK cells in many immune responses, this suggests that NK dysfunction is relevant to the pathogenesis of MAS. New directions have thus been established for research in this poorly understood disease.
Juvenile dermatomyositis is a chronic inflammatory condition involving primarily muscles and skin. The most characteristic feature of JDM is vascular damage associated with the capillary necrosis that eventually leads to capillary loss and tissue ischemia. The project is based on the hypothesis that capillary loss in this condition may be caused by angiostatic chemokines that are prominent in the inflammatory response in the affected muscles.
MD: Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Pediatric Medical Institute, Russia, 1986.
Residency: Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Medical Institute, Russia, 1988; Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1998.
Fellowship: Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Pediatric Medical Institute, Russia, 1991; Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995.
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De Benedetti F, Brunner HI, Ruperto N, Kenwright, A, Ravelli A, Schneider, Woo P, Wouters C, Zemel, L, Burgos-Vargos R, Dolezalova P, Grom AA, Wulffraat N, Zuber Z, Zulian F, Lovell D, Martini A. Tocilizumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a randomized trial. New Engl J Med. 367:2385-95. 2012.
Sikora KA, Fall N, Thornton S and Grom AA. A Markedly Low-Level of Interferon-Induced Gene Expression Distinguishes Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Synovium From other JIA subtypes: Implications for Pathogenesis of Macrophage Activation Syndrome. Arthritis Rheum. 64:3799-808. 2012.
Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Quartier P, Constantin T, Wulfraat N, Horneff G, Brik R, McCann L, Nistala K, Wouters C, Cimaz R, Ferrandiz MA, Flato B, Grom AA, Magnusson, Ozen S, Abrams K, Kim D, Martini A, Lovell DJ. Canakinumab in systemic juvenile arthritis with active systemic features. New Engl J Med. 367:2396-406. 2012.
Mellins ED, Macubas C, Grom AA. Pathogenesis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: some answers, more questions. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 7:416-26. 2011.
Sumegi J, Barnes MG, Lee S, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Nestheide SV, Risma K, Grom AA, AH Filipovich. Gene Expression Profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with untreated familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood. 117:151-60. 2011.
Barnes MG, Grom AA, Thompson SD, Griffin TA, Luyrink LK, Colbert, RA, David N, Glass DN. Biologic similarities based on age at onset in oligoarticular and polyarticular subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2010.
Hinze CH, Fall N, Thornton S, Griffin TA, Thompson SD, Colbert RA, Glass DN, Michael G, Barnes BG, Grom AA. Immature cell populations and an erythropoiesis gene-expression signature in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: implications for pathogenesis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010.
Barnes MG, Grom AA, Thompson SD, Ilowite NT, Olson JC, Sherry DD, Gottlieb BS, Aronow BJ, Pavlidis P, Hinze C, Thornton S, Griffin TA, Colbert CA, DN Glass. Gene Expression Signatures in new onset untreated juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 60:2102-12. 2009.
Zhang K, Biroscak J, Glass DN, Thompson S, Finkel T, Murray P, Binstadt B, Filipovich A, Grom AA. Macrophage activation syndrome in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis is associated with MUNC13D polymorphisms. Arthritis Rheum. x58:2892-6. 2008.
Fall N, Barnes M, Thornton S, Luyrink L, Olson J, Ilowite NT, Gottlieb E, Griffin T, Sherry DD, Thompson S, Glass DN, Colbert RA, Grom AA. Gene expression profiling in peripheral blood from patients with untreated new-onset systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis reveals molecular heterogeneity that may predict macrophage activation syndrome. Arthritis Rheum. 56:3793-804. 2007.
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Tim Beyers sits down with Rick Engdahl to talk comics, TV, movies, tech, and related geekery. Tim is a member of the Motley Fool Rule Breakers stock-picking team, as well as the real-money Motley Fool Supernova Odyssey I growth portfolio.
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) model entices users into a "walled garden" of an ecosystem, where intertwined devices and switching costs encourage users to stay. By contrast, Google's (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) aim is to get more software on more devices -- including Apple products.
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Richard Engdahl: I know that I have Google Apps on my iPhone, but somehow when I'm on my Chrome browser I don't see them as apps. I see them as Web pages or something like that. I don't know; there's something strange about that.
Is Google benefiting as much from the iPhone and the Apple user as they are from their Android users? They're fairly agnostic, I would assume.
Tim Beyers: Yeah. There is a reason that the Google experience on Android is more pervasive and productive than it is on iOS. Having said that, though, Google does very well with its iOS apps.
Like you, I'm an Apple user that tends to live in a Google universe. My Mac is loaded with all kinds of Google software. On my iPhone I use Google Maps; I use Chrome as my default browser on the iPhone. There [are] lots of things I use that are Google Apps on those Mac devices.
But definitely when Google is the owner of the pipe -- this, by the way, is the business case for Google Fiber -- when Google not only is delivering you the software, but also the owner of the distribution mechanism, then that's just more data and more insight.
When Apple is the one who gives you that handset, and is tracking the apps that you're using inside the iTunes App Store, then really it's Apple that has that data. Google is one step removed from it. So the iOS user, while very useful, is just not as useful to them as the Android user.
Rick: I've always felt that Apple has this advantage because of their "walled garden," or whatever. Once you enter the Apple universe, it's Hotel California. You can check in, but you can never leave.
Tim: But you can never check out.
Rick: Because everything's so related. For me to switch phones, from an iPhone to an Android phone, there's a huge switching cost because I have a lot invested in my apps, and with the iPad as well. Not just your phone and office-y things and stuff like that, but I have a bunch of music apps that I create with; I have photography apps.
If I add it -- it's $0.99 apiece, or sometimes more -- but you add it up and it's a lot of investment that you have in that universe.
Tim: Absolutely.
Rich: Whereas I've always felt like Samsung, with their latest phone, maybe they're top dog today, maybe it's LG tomorrow. There's no switching cost going from one Android phone to another, I don't think.
Tim: That's true.
Rick: I've never been real comfortable with that argument that, "Oh, Apple's doomed, and Samsung's the new kid on the block," or whatever. To me, it's a totally different apples-and-oranges comparison.
Google, on the other hand, they don't care if you're on LG or Samsung.
Tim: Right. Right. Google wants more software more places, so that you will generate more data and get more used to using the cloud, and particularly their brand of the cloud. The more you do that, the more data you generate for them, which makes their search engine smarter, their ads more relevant. They profit more than Apple, or really more than anybody, from habit changes.
The only one that might profit about as much would be Netflix, because that shift to watching television on a device -- or completely off of a regular big-screen TV -- when that shift accelerates, the first one to profit from that is Netflix. The next one to profit from that is probably Google and Apple.
But, yeah. You're not wrong. Google is betting on this eventual shift in the way that we interact with the digital world, whereas Apple is a hardware company that wants to sell you an ecosystem of products, and the more that you buy, the more you're going to want Apple. That has worked extremely well for them, and I think it's going to work well for them for a while.


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So far, 2013 has been a bit slim when it comes to essential cinema – I had to scrape a bit to fill the final spot in my following best-of-the-year-so-far top-five list. (Note, there are a few holdouts in my viewing schedule, including Sarah Polley's critically acclaimed documentary "Stories We Tell" and Joss Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing.") But the top four are as inspired and provocative as moviegoing gets:
5. "Evil Dead" – The funniest riff on the cabin-in-the-woods genre since, well, "The Cabin in the Woods," this remake of Sam Raimi's lo-fi classic is laden with shocking imagery and gruesome, giggle-inducing gore. Director Fede Alvarez shows more creativity behind the camera than the previous dozen horror flicks combined.
4. "Frances Ha" – This astute, thoughtful character study is a true showcase for the talents of ex-mumblecore queen Greta Gerwig, who co-writes alongside director Noah Baumbach (they worked together previously in the excellent "Greenberg"). Shot in sumptuous black-and-white, it's funny, sad and sweet, and not just another Woody Allen pastiche.
RELATED: John Serba picks the worst movies of 2013 (so far)
3. "Star Trek Into Darkness" – Shut up already about the lens flare – J.J. Abrams' reinvention of the "Trek" universe takes a fresh angle on the Kirk/Spock dynamic and effectively delivers bristling action and emotional peaks and valleys. The rest of 2013's blockbusters have a lot to live up to.
2. "Spring Breakers" – Harmony Korine's artsploitation film is a hypnotic, intuitive and impressionistic free-form commentary on innocence lost. The filmmaker bridges the gap between Roger Corman and Werner Herzog with a story of bikini'd college girls gone bonkers. The film is even more bizarre, depraved and brilliant thanks to James Franco's wacked-out portrayal of a metal-grilled gangsta – somebody give him an Oscar.
1. "Mud" – Jeff Nichols is the most promising new(ish) filmmaker working today, following up 2011's superb "Take Shelter" with this gritty and mesmerizing drama about two boys in rural Arkansas who befriend Matthew McConaughey's man-on-the-run, dubbed Mud. The writer/director submerges us in its setting, pens a thoughtful, layered story and coaxes terrific performances from his cast.
Honorable mention: Meta-comedy "This is the End" has more laughs per square inch than any movie yet this year. Kudos to Emma Watson for stealing a few scenes from a vulgar boy's-club comedy in which Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Jay Baruchel and Danny McBride are inspired and on-point.
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bacically i now have 2 wireless networks in my house one from my home hub but have a black spot so got a deverlo thing you plug one end into the hh that plugs into the wall socket (powerline ethernet) the reciver has a wifi radio inside which braudcasts wifi into my black spot the deverlo thing is a completerly differant connection settings
bacically while in the bath i like to watch a program normally on the i player the bathroom is next to the computer room (with hh) so i get full signal the deverlo wifi radio is in my bedroom cos im selfish and want the best possible plus give perfect covorage to the blackspot anyway
what the old xp laptop does is connect to deverlo when in my room and to hh when neer to that mine even when in computer room is still connected to deverlo
in short is there anything i can do
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Do both wireless signals have the same name (SSID) ?
If yes I dont think there's much you can do in the laptop settings.
One thing that night work would be to turn the power down on the deverlo so it's less likely to be seen by the laptop.
The other thing that would work is to give each wireless device different names (SSIDs) as you can then prioritise the wireless networks. There should also be an option along the lines of "connect to prefered network when available"
differant ssids bt-wifibox-1 and 2
set roaming to agressive and roaming decition to optimize bandwith instead of distance also card is set to max weather on battery or not
hope this helps
ps i prefure hh (bt1) if in bath but deverlo wifi thing (bt2) if in room/where used to be blackspot (even if in here is still connected to the verry bad hh connection unless i manually connect to deverlo
Only other option I can really think of is to turn the power down on the deverlo (and maybe the hh) so the signal doesn't go so far.
Other than that I'm not sure if there's much you can do at least not automatically (you shoud be able to manually disconnect and connect to the one you want). The sort of thing does exist in some of the enterprise wireless systems but they get expensive and can only really do that because there's a central box that controls all ap's and can work out where the clients are.
how would i go about turning the power down
yh i can do it manually alright just the sort of thing most people would want done automatically
the power setting should be somewhere in the wireless points settings.
nope sorry as far as i know i clicked every link in those settings on both machines and nope not there
looks like iil have to do it the harder way thanks anyway
ps anyone else have any ideas
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