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Resonating Spaces: Sounding out MOA
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Seven final year composition students from the School of Contemporary Music travelled to Vancouver in October to create site-specific sound works at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA), as part of a collaborative project between the University of Melbourne and the University of British Columbia (UBC).
Under the supervision of Associate Professor Mark Pollard (composer and Head, School of Contemporary Music) the students, Kym Dillon, Lisa Illean, Thomas Madden, Julius Millar, Peter Nowotnik, Chris Rechner, and Hayden Schueler were in residence at MOA for two weeks.
They chose different locations within the Museum and composed works to resonate these locations, exploring issues linked to the museum's location, themes and objects within the context of cross media composition.
The new works were performed live to the public as electronic pieces on three occasions over 14 and 15 October. A group performance, Canopies and Shelters, led by Mark Pollard began each session in the Museum's lobby, illuminating MOA as a place of shelter and protection, through a welcoming canopy of sound and vocal echoes.
The works have become a Resonating Spaces sound catalogue of podcasts to be to be listened to and experienced by MOA visitors in the future.
During his stay, Mark Pollard was Composer in Residence at Green College, UBC. He presented a talk Reconstructing the Familiar - a discussion on the function of music composition in film, animation and theatre and its broad use in site specific contexts such as gallery and exhibition spaces. He also talked about projects that are linked to higher education teaching and learning outcomes and illustrated how music composition can be viewed as a creative problem solving task that can be applied to a range of interdisciplinary contexts.
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You would think that Abraham Lincoln's wife is sacred, especially on the national holiday known as Presidents' Day.
That's clearly not the case at the CBS Late Show where one of the jokes during the evening's Top Ten list trashed Mary Todd Lincoln's looks (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
DAVID LETTERMAN: The category tonight, things you don't want to hear, things you don't want to hear from a guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln. For Presidents' Day we sent a guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln to mingle with city pedestrians. Good gig. Here we go, Top Ten things you don't want to hear from a guy dressed as Abraham Lincoln.
You knew this was going to be rather disrespectful to our 16th president when number ten was the man dressed as Lincoln saying to a woman, "How about you and I form a more perfect union?"
Yeah, that's funny. One of our most revered presidents trying to pick up a girl on the street.
But the disrespect didn't stop there, for at number six, the fake Lincoln said to another woman walking by, "Damn, girl, you make Mary Todd look like Ulysses S. Grant."
Did I mention this was Presidents' Day - the day the nation commemorates the birthdays of George Washington AND Abraham Lincoln?
But Letterman wasn't done, as no Top Ten list of his dealing with presidents could possibly pass up the opportunity to trash George W. Bush; at number two, the fake Lincoln asked a stranger, "Hey, where's my idiot son, Abraham W. Lincoln?"
Even less surprisingly, when MSNBC's Chris Matthews played some of these on Tuesday's Hardball, number two was his favorite.
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By Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press Sports
A source has confirmed to the Detroit Free Press that the Red Wings will host Original Six rival Toronto Jan. 1, 2013, at Michigan Stadium.
The Red Wings won't get to announce that they're hosting the Winter Classic until next month, but that's only because logistics won't allow it.
The Wings asked to host the game right after participating in the '09 game against the Blackhawks at Wrigley Field.
Detroit was an easy selection for the NHL and NBC, which broadcasts the game, because of the rich history of the Wings and Detroit's wintry location, but it remained to be negotiated whether it would be held at Michigan Stadium, which will guarantee a record-setting crowd topping 110,000, or at Comerica Park, property of Wings owner Mike Ilitch.
The appeal of setting an attendance record -- along with the fact players prefer the rectangular set-up of a football field versus that of a baseball stadium -- made Ann Arbor a logical choice.
That the Wings would host the game, whom they would host and where they would host, has been parsed at length for the past few weeks, and there was speculation the event would be announced before next week's All-Star Game.
However, the Wings aren't able to commit to an on-site announcement until the second week of February. They are at Phoenix Thursday, travel Friday, play Saturday and Monday, travel to Montreal next Tuesday and play the Canadiens next Wednesday. Immediately after the All-Star break they're in Western Canada and Phoenix through Feb. 6, so look for an announcement right after that.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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Researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center report the results of a six-year experiment in which doubling the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in a scrub oak ecosystem caused a reduction in carbon storage in the soil.
The scientists said these findings add a new perspective on the capacity of Earth's soils to store carbon, and a measure of caution suggesting that elevated CO2, by altering microbial communities, may turn the soil from a potential carbon sink into a carbon source. This could offset some of the gains in carbon storage in plant biomass due to increased growth at elevated CO2.
Previous studies (including the present study) have shown that plants will respond to higher CO2 by increasing growth and taking up much of the excess carbon. This has led some to speculate that plants may be able to mitigate increases in atmospheric CO2 and that soils, which represent the largest and most stable terrestrial carbon pool, also may serve as a sink for excess carbon.
During the course of their study, Smithsonian scientists found that the amount of carbon in the ecosystem as a whole increased. However, they also saw a consistent loss in soil carbon under high CO2 conditions. The CO2 loss from soils offset about 52 percent of the additional carbon that had accumulated in the plants above ground and in the roots.
"We were surprised to find that these soils were losing soil carbon despite the fact that there was more plant growth," said Patrick Megonigal, a microbial ecologist at SERC and one of the study's authors. "We thought that higher plant growth at elevated CO2 would either add more carbon to soils, or at least leave it the same. We now need to consider a third possibility-the carbon already in soils will end up back in the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas."
Working at a long-term Smithsonian experimental CO2 site in a Florida scrub oak ecosystem, the researchers compared core samples from test plots that had been exposed to six years of elevated CO2 and core samples from plots exposed to ambient CO2. They also performed laboratory experiments on soils from both elevated and ambient plots to understand microbial composition and activity within each type of soil.
Their study reveals that added CO2 has a so-called "priming effect," stimulating certain microbes and increasing decomposition. Soils exposed to the elevated CO2 had higher relative abundances of fungi and higher activities of a soil carbon-degrading enzyme.
As the fungi and enzymes decompose the organic matter in the soil, they free up stored carbon and release it through respiration as CO2. With the priming effect of added CO2, more soil decomposition results in higher respiration rates, an overall loss of carbon and an increase in the release of CO2 from the soil.
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These measurements provide a lens through which researchers can assess soil quality and better understand global carbon cycles. Proper modeling of global carbon cycles and monitoring of carbon sequestration require wide-spread, accurate assessments of soil carbon contents.
The researchers compared field and laboratory measurements to determine the color and the organic content of soil samples from cultivated and native land in northeast Iowa.
"Soil color is one of the most obvious features of soil and organic matter has long been known as one of the primary pigmenting agents in soil," said Skye Willis, lead author of the Iowa State study that was published in the March-April issue of the Soil Science Society of America Journal.
Soil field descriptions made in the U.S. are based upon the Munsell color system - field scientists match soil color to standardized color chips based upon hue, chroma, and value. Additional laboratory tests, such as the chroma meter, offer rapid quantification of soil color. In general, darker soil colors indicate more SOC is present.
To test the efficiency of color analysis as a measure of SOC content on different landscapes, scientists collected soil samples from an agricultural field and an adjacent native prairie in northeast Iowa. Scientists analyzed the color of soil samples using three tests:
Soil cores were split in half and matched to a color chip in a Munsell Soil Color Book
The matrix color of soil layers were described according to Munsell Soil Book
Soil was ground and analyzed by a chroma meter, an instrument used to digitally record the color reflectance of soil sample.
From these three assessments, scientists determined the soil color (represented by hue, value and chroma) and predicted the SOC content.
According to Willis, "We found that typical description colors done by a soil scientist were nearly as effective in predicting SOC as the more expensive and tedious method of deriving colors by a chroma meter."
Color analysis is capable of predicting SOC values more accurately in common land areas (agricultural fields) in comparison to less common land areas (native prairies). Additional studies are needed to better predict SOC under native soil conditions.
This rapid SOC measurement will increase the understanding, prediction, and modeling efficiency of carbon distribution across fields, watersheds, and larger regions as the current methods of characterizing SOC are costly and time-consuming. As an alternative to direct measurements of SOC, soil color can be used as an efficient predictor of SOC soil contents.
Study authors (first report) are: Karen Carney and Bruce Huntgate, SERC post-doctoral fellows at the time of the study, who now work at the U.S. Agency for International Development and Northern Arizona University, respectively; Bert Drake, SERC plant physiologist; and Patrick Megonigal, SERC microbial ecologist. The study will be published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Hello, I am beyond pi$$ed that I can't make this work so figured I would reach out here before I smash something. I have 5 new HP computers with Win 7 Pro and either IE 8 or 9 running as Admin due to an outside software requirement. Anyway, I think when they were originally set up, they had AUTO COMPLETE turned on for web browsing, but it was causing issues once passwords were changed. Now whenever the users try to go to the sites with stored passwords, it tries to auto login then boots them out to an error page/log in help page.
Of course I have tried shutting off auto complete, clearing the browser history, clearing the passwords, Resetting IE, on and on and on, but the passwords still remain and everytime someone navigates to any password site, it just pops as an error.
Am I missing somethign in the registry? Why only these 5 computers?
Well as I was typing this I remembered seeing something called TruSuite Browser Helper Object as an Add On that can't be disabled. Figured I would research this more and of course it points to a program called HP SImple Pass 2011, which does include an autologin to web sites option. Once I shut that off, it stopped auto logging in. SOB f'in HP. Pulling my hair over this hidden nonsense software. Didn't want to bother posting this while no longer needing an answer, put searching the heck out of Google for the issue didn't help me so I figured this may just help someone else in the future.
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Jul 11, 2012 at 11:57 UTC
Damn, I actually use HP Simple pass software to log in to my PC and many websites using my fingerprint.
If the laptops don't have a fingerprint scanner, the software is pointless...uninstall it.
Jul 11, 2012 at 11:58 UTC
Use credential manager in the control panel and delete the HP product that is storing passwords.
Jul 11, 2012 at 12:01 UTC
Damn, I actually use HP Simple pass software to log in to my PC and many websites using my fingerprint.
If the laptops don't have a fingerprint scanner, the software is pointless...uninstall it.
Agreed...to make this worse, they are 5 desktops with no fingerprint reader. Makes no sense
Jul 11, 2012 at 12:02 UTC
Use credential manager in the control panel and delete the HP product that is storing passwords.
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Thank you. I was in there as well and there were a lot of entries for Windows Live Messenger but nothing for any of this that I recall. These seem to stand alone in the Simple Pass program.
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:)) Yes give yourself 8/10 for posting this to help others - well done you!! Except you didn't say how to disable it?
I found it in Manage Add Ons but it won't allow me to disable or delete, left or right click - there is no other way to get rid of it so can you help please? Regards.
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It hasnt always been easy, but it has proved to be rewarding.
Back in 2005, Jessica Beaver started her freshman year at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock on a soccer scholarship. Beaver had been the most talented player on her Jacksonville High School team, but the world of Division I soccer was new and sometimes overwhelming.
Four years later, Beaver, now a senior, is tied for fifth in the Sun Belt Conference in goals. She has also knocked home a pair of game-winning goals, good for fifth in the SBC.
It was a lot to take in at first, said Beaver, who played at JHS under longtime soccer coach Bill Vasquez. In high school, a lot of the girls on that team had never even been on a team before, but it was nothing new for me because I had been on one team or another since I was 5.
Coming in my freshman year, it was a lot faster game. Everyone had speed, and could move as fast as you.
Beaver has been a starter all four years at UALR in a variety of positions, but is closing out her career strictly as a forward.
First-year UALR soccer coach Freddy Delgado said Beaver was already solid when he first joined the program, and has continued to develop during his short tenure.
Jessie is having an excellent season, Delgado said. It started out a little rough. She was not quite where she needed to be physically when we started out, but I could see the potential there.
She just gets better every day. She is a great leader for the team as well. She has a good balance of being serious but at the same time having fun. Shes probably the funniest player on our team. Shes quite a character.
Beaver is one of only three seniors on this years Lady Trojan team, and their leadership has been invaluable to the new coach.
They have the experience of being in this conference for four years, Delgado said. And the program has gotten better every year. They only won two conference games back in 05, and to go from that to last season when they had their most success is a pretty good accomplishment. Success starts from the top down, and they have the rest of the team believing in the program.
Beaver chose UALR over a variety of schools, including Delta State and Harding. She took an instant liking to the Lady Trojan program. It had the added advantage of keeping her close to her parents Kathy and Carl Beaver.
The Lady Trojans missed the Sun Belt tournament in her freshman season, but have made it both times since. The 2007 season ended historically for Beaver and her UALR teammates. In fact, they made history twice with one win.
The Lady Trojans had never beaten Middle Tennessee in school history, nor had they made it to the semifinal round of the conference tourney. That all changed when they downed the Lady Raiders in the quarterfinals in a dramatic shootout ending, but even that is not her most memorable performance.
For that, you have to go back to her senior year of high school, and a game against cross-town rival North Pulaski. It was that game in which Beaver recorded her only career high-school hat trick in a 3-1 win over the Lady Falcons.
Before her senior year of high school, most of Beavers high-school accolades came from basketball. She was a two-time all-conference selection and an all-state selection her senior year for the Lady Devils basketball team before earning all-conference in soccer her senior year, which earned her an invitation to the prestigious all-star game the following summer in Fayetteville.
She also played club soccer for the Searcy Crush, which earned a state title during her tenure.
Jacksonville High School athletic director Jerry Wilson has seen his share of college signees go through his program over his 20 years at the school, but said that a DI signee was fairly rare.
She was always the epitome of a good student athlete, Wilson said. She was the type of person that could come out, and if you needed help in one sport or another, she could do it. She also got it done in the classroom. She just had a great attitude about everything truly unique.
Beaver graduated from JHS with a 3.6 grade point average.
This season may be her last to compete as a player, but her future plans will most likely have her on the soccer fields in the central Arkansas area. With a major in math and a minor in coaching, Beaver hopes to become a high-school math teacher and coach.
The self-described homebody wants to stay in the Little Rock area to begin her teaching and coaching career.
Ive been in sports all my life, Beaver said. Just because this is ending for me as a player doesnt mean I want to stop. I like kids, and I like being involved.
She is making the most of her senior year at UALR. Along with her 2008 Sun-Belt records, she currently sits 12th on the Lady Trojans all-time goals list with 10, and is 14th in career points with 24. Her highest ranking is in career shots, where she sits in eighth-place with 85 shots. All this with seven matches still left in the regular season.
As the 08 Sun Belt soccer season winds down, the Lady Trojans are in the middle of the fight for one of the top-eight seeds required to reach the conference tournament, which will be held in Denton, Tx., on Nov. 5-8. Now 2-2 in league play, the Lady Trojans two-year streak of reaching the postseason is on the line, but Beaver remains confident.
The last couple of practices, weve been refreshing things, she said. Not really changing anything, just using the same things but trying to make them better. We all feel like we should be 4-0 (in conf.) right now. We felt like we were the better team in the two that we lost, but we didnt finish the way that we needed to. Were going to stick to our game plan. We definitely have the team to make it.
As for her career and her choice of school, she says there are no regrets.
Its been a rollercoaster ride, Beaver said. Theres been a lot of ups and downs, and it hasnt always been easy. I feel like playing all four years is a pretty good accomplishment for me. Not everyone lasts.
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Limp Bizkit Announces U.S. Tour with Machine Gun Kelly [Video]
After playing shows in Europe over the summer, Limp Bizkit will return to the U.S. for a tour with Machine Gun Kelly.
The trek kicks off Sept. 15 in Los Angeles and wraps up Oct. 12 in Silver Spring, Md.
Limp Bizkit will also be playing the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento on Sept. 13.
Limp Bizkit will be releasing the new song 'Endless Slaughter' for download on Friday on its official site. It's from the band's upcoming album, "Stampede of the Disco Elephants," which has yet to receive a release yet.
In addition to performing with his band, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has been busy with directing projects, including a recent eHarmony commercial. In addition to that spot, he also directed two other ads for the company that will reportedly premiere in August.
Durst also recently debuted a 33-minute mockumentary short film called "The Truth." It revolves around a film crew invading the world of an evangelist known as Evan Jealous, who is portrayed by Durst.
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Sept. 13 — Sacramento, Calif. -– Aftershock Festival, Discovery Park Aftershock (without Machine Gun Kelly)
Sept. 15 — Los Angeles, The Wiltern
Sept. 16 — Las Vegas, House Of Blues
Sept. 19 — Dallas, South Side Ballroom
Sept. 20 — San Antonio, Aztec Theatre
Sept. 21 — Oklahoma City, Diamond Ballroom
Sept. 23 — Sioux Falls, S.D., The District (no Machine Gun Kelly)
Sept. 24 — Fargo, N.D., The Venue (no Machine Gun Kelly)
Sept. 26 — Kansas City, Mo., Power Plant Live! (no Machine Gun Kelly) (free show)
Sept. 27 — Maplewood, Minn., Myth
Sept. 28 — Chicago, Aragon Ballroom (no Machine Gun Kelly)
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Oct. 1 — Indianapolis, Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
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Diana Williams, founder and chairwoman of Fernwood Women's Health Clubs, has been named Telstra's Australian Business Woman of the Year.
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The founder of the Fernwood chain of women-only health clubs was last night named the 2005 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year.
Melbourne-based Diana Williams began Fernwood Women's Health Clubs in 1989, despite having no business qualifications or experience. Before that, she had been a stay-at-home mother to her two children for 18 years.
The idea for the gym came from her desire to have an exercise space for women only.
Fernwood now has more than 2000 employees and an annual turnover in excess of $75 billion. In 1994 the business became a franchise operation.
Ms Williams' current role as chairwoman of the Fernwood board is to guide growth into new markets at home and overseas and to keep alive the organisation's core purpose of empowering women.
In 2006-07 Fernwood will venture into the New Zealand and South African markets, while continuing to develop member services.
Nanette Carroll, one of the three judges, said Ms Williams' values, humility and belief in herself had impressed the panel.
"It's just such a wonderful story for women," she said. "She is such a great role model for all women, that no matter who you are, if you have the tenacity, integrity and enthusiasm then you too can be a success story."
It is the third year in a row that the overall Australian winner has been a Victorian. Last year's winner was Janine Allis, managing director and founder of Boost Juice Bars and in 2003 it was Launa Inman, the managing director of Target.
Three of the four winners in last night's awards ceremony, held at the Sofitel, were from Victoria. Ms Williams also won the Westpac Business Owner Award. Glenys Shearer, the commercial director of the Just Group, won the Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award. Suzanne Dvorak, chief executive of Marie Stopes International, received the Hudson Community and Government Award.
Ms Shearer operates Just Group's 720 stores and its six brands - Portmans, Just Jeans, Dotti, Jacqui E, Jay Jays and Peter Alexander.
She established the Just Jeans brand in New Zealand in 1990. Ms Shearer now has more than 5000 employees, a capital expenditure budget of $20 million and a leasing budget of more than $100 million.
Ms Dvorak launched the Marie Stopes International sexual health clinics in Australia in 2002. The clinics provided services to more than 11,000 Australian women and their families last year.
The organisation donates its profits to non-government organisations to ensure people have safe and affordable access to sexual health services.
Belinda Smith, maintenance manager for plumbing firm HL Mullane & Son, was named the Panasonic Young Business Woman of the Year. Ms Smith began her career as a receptionist at the firm in the NSW city of Newcastle. Nearly 10 years later, her department turns over almost $3 million per annum.
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Loretta Nyhan was a reader before she was a writer, devouring everything she could get her hands on, including the backs of cereal boxes and the instructions booklet for building the Barbie dream house. Later, her obsession with reading evolved into an absolute need to write. After college, Loretta wrote for national trade magazines, taught writing to college freshmen, and eventually found the guts to try fiction.
I'll Be Seeing You, her novel cowritten with Suzanne Hayes, debuts from Harlequin Mira in June 2013. Loretta and Suzy are hard at work on a second book for Mira, tentatively titled, Finding Kingston.
Loretta also writes paranormal thrillers for HarperTeen.
When she's not writing, Loretta is knitting, baking, and doing all kinds of things her high school self would have found hilarious. She lives in the Chicagoland area with her very patient husband and two wonderful sons.
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NDP Fisheries critic Sterling Belliveau says the province has stepped out of bounds by declaring a five-cent-a-pound lobster levy without first consulting with harvesters.
Belliveau made the comments after Keith Colwell's announcement that he will introduce legislation this fall that will impose a levy on lobster catches for "marketing and quality."
The Queens-Shelburne MLA says this is nearly triple the amount recommended by the Maritime Lobster panel in the fall of 2013.
"I honestly don't know where Keith Colwell gets off thinking he can impose a five cent a pound tax on lobster without getting the approval of the industry first," says Belliveau. "Lobster fishers have fought hard to maintain their independence and Minister Colwell has no right to impose anything on them without first getting their permission."
Belliveau says while the industry was open to considering a two cent a pound levy for marketing, Colwell's unilateral decision to increase the levy to five cents will cost fishermen and their crews a tremendous amount of money. It will also cost buyers additional money. Belliveau wonders who is going to receive profits from this levy and who will determine how they will be administered.
"Every fishermen in every port across Nova Scotia is wondering right now why they are going to have to fork over hundreds of extra dollars and who will decide how that money will be spent. Minister Colwell has a lot of explaining to do," added Belliveau.


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A special evening for our neighbors that is completely free! Extreme Jean will wow us with her wacky science experiments that have kept audiences' eyes glued and anticipating the next wonder.
We'll also be calling on our neighbors to help us start our community art project. In partnership with Mosaic Makers, participants will create mosaics that will help decorate the façade of 5 Lloyd Street (the building just north of the Lloyd Street Synagogue).
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1. Teaching Physics with the Physics
Suite by Edward F. Redish (University of Maryland). This
book is not only the Instructors Manual for Understanding
Physics, but it is also a book for anyone who is interested in learning
about recent developments in physics education. It is a handbook
with a variety of tools for improving both teaching and learning
of physicsfrom new kinds of homework and exam problems, to
surveys for figuring out what has happened in your class, to tools
for taking and analyzing data using computers and video. The book
comes with a Resource CD containing 14 conceptual and 3 attitude
surveys, and more than 250 thinking problems covering all areas
of introductory physics, resource materials from commercial vendors
on the use of computerized data acquisition and video, and a variety
of other useful reference materials. (Instructors can obtain a complimentary
copy of the book and Resource CD, from John Wiley & Sons.)
2. RealTime Physics by David Sokoloff
(University of Oregon), Priscilla Laws (Dickinson College), and
Ronald Thornton (Tufts University). RealTime Physics is a set of
laboratory materials that uses computer-assisted data acquisition
to help students build concepts, learn representation translation,
and develop an understanding of the empirical base of physics knowledge.
There are three modules in the collection: Module 1: Mechanics (12
labs), Module 2: Heat and Thermodynamics (6 labs), and Module 3:
Electric Circuits (8 labs). (Available both in print and in electronic
form on The Physics Suite CD.)
3. Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
by David Sokoloff (University of Oregon) and Ronald Thornton
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naïve conceptions. The demonstrations use computer-assisted
data acquisition tools to collect and display high quality data
in real time. Each ILD sequence is designed for delivery in a single
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with peers, viewing the demonstration and reflecting on its outcome.
The ILD collection includes sequences in mechanics, thermodynamics,
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5. Tutorials in Introductory Physics
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by lectures and textbook in standard introductory physics courses.
Each tutorial is designed for use in a one-hour class session in
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deepen their understanding of critical concepts and develop scientific
reasoning skills. There are tutorials on mechanics, electricity
and magnetism, waves, optics, and other selected topics. (Available
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6. Physics by Inquiry by Lillian C. McDermott
and the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington.
This self-contained curriculum consists of a set of laboratory-based
modules that emphasize the development of fundamental concepts and
scientific reasoning skills. Beginning with their observations,
students construct a coherent conceptual framework through guided
inquiry. Only simple inexpensive apparatus and supplies are required.
Developed primarily for the preparation of precollege teachers,
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students and for underprepared students. The amount of material
is sufficient for two years of academic study. (Available in print.)
7. The Activity Based Physics Tutorials
by Edward F. Redish and the University of Maryland Physics Education
Research Group. These tutorials, like those developed
at the University of Washington, consist of a set of worksheets
developed to supplement lectures and textbook work in standard introductory
physics courses. But these tutorials integrate the computer software
and hardware tools used in other Suite elements including computer
data acquisition, digital video analysis, simulations, and spreadsheet
analysis. Although these tutorials include a range of classical
physics topics, they also include additional topics in modern physics.
(Available only in electronic form on The Physics Suite CD.)
8. The Understanding Physics Video CD
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a collection of the video clips that are introduced in Understanding
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QuickTime player x Preface software. Students can view video clips
as they read the text. If they have video analysis software available,
they can reproduce data presented in text graphs or complete video
analyses based on assignments designed by instructors.
9. WPTools by Priscilla Laws and Patrick
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be loaded with Microsoft Excel software that allow students to graph
data transferred from computer data acquisition software and video
analysis software more easily. Students can also use the WPTools
to analyze numerical data and develop analytic mathematical models.
10. The Physics Suite CD.
This CD contains a variety of the Suite Elements in electronic format
(Microsoft Word files). The electronic format allows instructors
to modify and reprint materials to better fit into their individual
course syllabi. The CD contains much useful material including complete
electronic versions of the following: RealTime Physics, Interactive
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Harlan Krumholz: Make E-Communication a Team Effort
Should doctors communicate with their patients via email?
This question is not so much about the doctor, but the health-care team. And the question should not be about a particular mode of communication but a concept about what people can expect from their health-care team.
Patients should have the easy ability to answer questions about their health and their care. We create barriers to access when we have systems that implicitly (or explicitly) inhibit queries. Prompt answers to patient questions have the potential to allay anxiety, pre-empt serious health problems, prevent errors and promote patient engagement in their care


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Published: March 8, 2012 at 2:40 PMI had forgotten the ride even went down for the new upgrades. Looking forward to riding it. They were correct that the ride was amazing before, but looking forward to seeing how much better it is now.
Published: March 8, 2012 at 2:44 PMGreat article. The refurbished Amazing Spider-Man is receiving rave reviews on other sites also. I'll be at Universal for 12 days in May & I can't wait to see the upgrade. My opinion was that the previous ride was nearly equal to HP Forbidden Journey (minus the tremendous Forbidden Journey queue). This upgrade may possibly push it back to it's former best attraction status.
Published: March 8, 2012 at 2:56 PMI can't wait to ride it this Saturday! Only bad part is the 3D glasses might not fit over my glasses. Quick question though; how bad were the waits?
Published: March 8, 2012 at 7:22 PMI thought the updated animation was awesome, but the music was glaringly awful. Like "I can't believe someone was paid to compose this music" bad. Whereas the music previously was reminiscent of the 90's Spider-Man cartoon, this one has lots of EuroPop synth "bleepy bloopy" sounding moments and the big musical "gasp" as the Scoop is about to hit the pavement has been removed. I love this ride just as much as I did before, but for me it's kind of 2 steps forward, 2 steps back.
I think this would have been a good opportunity for Universal to change the villain lineup to have each villain have a 4D effect (I'm looking at you Scream). Like maybe Mysterio and have him trick Spider-Man with illusions and fill the room with mist. Something ANYTHING beyond "Oh the humanity, she's swiping her claws at me!"
So in summary: Animation great, music abysmal.
Published: March 8, 2012 at 7:59 PMI'm looking for a video just to see how awful the music is.
Published: March 10, 2012 at 7:13 AMI don't think the music is that bad at all. I have heard speculation that after the sale of Marvel to Disney, Universal would be able to keep the characters they already use in the parks, however they would not be able to add new characters. So a villain shakeup would not be permitted in accordance with their contract. I agree though, Sream is a lame villain.
I rode yesterday and the wait was about 90 minutes, 40 mins for single riders. The new animation is beautiful, but the ending sequence did not seem to have the same intensity as before. The tilt of the ride vehicle seemed far less extream, so Maybe they are breaking the movement in slowly?
Published: March 10, 2012 at 2:10 PMThat's me at the 0:53 mark standing with my buddy who talks twice on that video. We were literally the first two people who got on the first ride after the grand ceremony, had a camera crew following us and after the ride, they popped up with cameras and microphones, pretty cool experience. After we left the gift shop, we were brisked to the stage area to do some interviews, about a 3 minute session, truly is a great upgrade to the great ride.
Published: March 10, 2012 at 5:48 PMI rode Spider-Man this past Friday, and while the visual enhancements were a stunning improvement (and long overdue), I found the ride to have been slowed down a bit, possibly due to being able to track the digital 3D better and allow for more clarity during the ride.
As a result, you're able to take in the images onscreen longer (including a few new details and minor scene extensions), but the physical ride itself seems much less 'wild', and, as a result, a bit less fun than it used to be.
It's kind of like adding trim brakes to The Beast. Sure it's still great, but not as great as you once experienced. And yes, the new soundtrack will take some getting used to.
Published: March 11, 2012 at 5:03 PMPer the conditions of my NDA, I can't discuss this ride or the upgrades in detail but I can say that this upgrade has taken a great ride and made it even better.


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Ah, live gigs, who doesn't remember those well–loved experiences of callow youth? There's just nothing like standing in a sweaty crush behind some bloke nine feet tall who won't budge out of the way but is fully ready, when the music starts, to pogo up and down on your toes. The deafening sound, the brilliant coma–inducing lights, the half–time bar that's fourteen feet long and nineteen people deep, selling astoundingly overpriced lager–water in plastic beakers that crack open as soon as you pick them up, the toilets that look and smell like a medieval swamp, the bouncers who are obviously supplementing their other income as hit–men, the cheers of the last closing encore when you finally realise the bars are already shut and the buses have all stopped for the night and you're miles from anywhere and it's started to rain...
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House Republicans Fail Civics, Put Jobs at Risk
UPDATE 3:15 P.M.: In order to keep funding from lapsing entirely, the U.S. Senate just approved the House's short-term extension, despite the House's unwillingness to consider the bipartisan Senate compromise. So, as predicted, we'll be having the same fight again in a few months.
Here they go again: the Republican majority in the U.S. House is—to re-use a phrase that has become tedious by now—about to risk our economic recovery through a crisis of their own making. This time, it's hundreds of thousands of construction jobs at risk as highway funding is set to expire.
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed—in a bipartisan 74-22 vote—a two-year highway funding bill that would keep money flowing to local highway projects—which is good not just for the communities who rely on these roads and the workers who maintain them, but also for the people who manufacture construction equipment and materials and businesses whose customers and employees rely on those roads. This is simple, basic, intro-to-civics-level stuff: the government funds the building and upkeep of roads, and citizens and businesses benefit.
Where we run right into a brick wall is that a sizable portion of the Republican caucus in the House are indifferent or even hostile to these intro-level functions of governance—and the leaders of the Republican caucus have made it clear they're not interested in passing any bill that doesn't get every vote it needs to pass from their own side. That gives the hardest-right, most ideological component of the caucus an enormous amount of power over legislation, and actively deters attempts to build bipartisan compromise bills like the one that passed the Senate.
Highway funding expires at the end of this month, which, if you'll consult your calendar, is two days away. And Congress is set to go on recess at the end of this week. Today's Republican strategy is to ignore the Senate bill entirely and pass a 90-day extension instead, which just pushes the same fight another few months into the future. Hanging in the balance? About 2 million jobs, by some estimates.
This is no way to run a government. Giving new meaning to the term "buyers' remorse," even the big business interests that helped put this Republican majority in office in 2010 are getting tired of the repeated manufacturing of crises:
There could be real-world consequences to the conservative rebellion. The 90-day extension of the highway trust fund that House Republican leaders say they will pass this week in lieu of a broad highway bill would keep existing projects moving for now. But business groups say few new government-funded infrastructure projects can get under way without longer-range certainty about federal backing.
We've seen the pattern again and again—on the debt ceiling, the payroll tax and unemployment insurance, FAA authorization and the simple continuation of government operations. The most extreme segment of the Republican caucus is perfectly willing to turn every routine legislative fight into an emergency, in ways that threaten jobs and could stall the economic recovery. And whether it's out of shared ideology, fear of an in-caucus coup or the wish to deny victories to President Obama, Speaker Boehner and his leadership team are willing to let them run the show.
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Rain pounds South Hills, flooding roads, homes
Heavy rains flooded roads and basements and knocked out power Saturday evening in portions of the South Hills, stranding some motorists caught in the deluge.
"It was raining so hard, I couldn't see the trees in my yard," said Maggie Shoup, 20, of Scott.
The downpour blew manhole covers off the road, she said.
"We have responded right now to 27 water emergencies inside structures, several roads flooded and vehicles with people trapped inside," said John Levi, fire chief of the Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Department in Scott.
Levi said he was not aware of any injuries.
Carnegie Mayor Jack Kobistek said conditions were "really bad," especially on Charles Street, where he was in ankle-deep water at about 9 p.m. directing traffic.
Route 50 through the borough was mostly underwater, he said.
Firefighters were pumping out basements on Rock-hill road and going house to house in the Bower Hill neighborhood of Scott.
Tim Sexton, 42, of Rock-hill Road said he had 2 feet of water in his basement,
"It's sewage back-up. Every time it rains hard, we're getting water in here," he said. A heavy rain about the same time last year flooded his basement with about 3 feet of water. Sexton said he didn't think the sewers were large enough to handle such a large volume of rain.
A manhole and cistern blew out at Vanadium and Montgomery roads and caused a sinkhole at a railroad underpass, Levi said, closing the road there.
Levi said Allegheny County maintenance crews would check the damage.
Flooding also was reported in Green Tree, according to Allegheny County dispatchers.
Allegheny County's emergency response crews were on standby and would help if asked, said county spokeswoman Amy Downs
Roxanne Shoup, 48, Maggie's mother, said flooding is a recurring problem in the Rockhill Road-Spring Valley Road section of Scott.
The storm knocked out power for about 750 customers in Beechview, Dormont and Green Tree, said Brian Knavish of Duquesne Light. He expected power to be restored by 2 a.m.
Staff writer Megan Guza contributed. Bob Bauder is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-765-2312 or email@example.com.


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I want to talk to you about two subjects virtually everyone is interested in: food and money.
Specifically, I want to address the frequently heard complaint that it costs much more to eat healthy.
Don't worry—I'm not going to give you a lecture about how much broccoli you could eat for the price of a Big Mac, or how, if you were really inventive, you could make a four course nutrient dense meal for the price of two large bags of Dorito's and a 2 liter coke.
That stuff may be true, but it doesn't speak to your experience, which is that calories are generally cheap, and good food (like grass-fed meat) isn't. And that it takes a lot of work (and time!) to make healthy food that's economically viable, while dropping by the take-out window at Taco Bell takes neither.
So let me start by saying two words about that: It's true.
And let me follow it with two more: So what?
Now before you think I'm being calloused and unsympathetic, hear me out. When President Herbert Hoover spoke inspiringly of putting "a chicken in every pot", chicken was an expensive commodity—in 1930, you'd pay a whopping $6.48 a pound for chicken (in today's currency). Last year, in contrast, the price was $1.57.
So this is a good thing, right?
Well, yes and no.
See, one of the casualties of modern life is we've lost the ability to think ahead. We're so focused on the now, on immediate ratification, that few of us stop to think of long range costs. This is why we have a credit card crisis in America. This is why "buy now pay later" is virtually the national anthem. And it affects every area of our lives. People lease cars based on how much their monthly payment is, not how much the real cost of the lease is over 3 years. We pay the minimum requirements on our credit card. We eat what tastes delicious now and figure we'll start our diet "tomorrow". Everything in modern life is skewed to sacrifice long range consequences on the altar of immediate reward. If it feels good now, do it—and worry about the consequences later.
And you can see just how well that's been working out.
So sure, we can now get chicken for a buck and a half a pound. But the real costs of that "bargain" are hidden. Chickens are bred to grow breasts so large that they literally topple over and can barely breathe or stand. They are shot full of hormones, steroids and antibiotics (a contributing factor in the looming crisis around antibiotic-resistant bacteria). Many health professionals feel the "meat-cancer" connection that seems to show up in some association studies has little to do with meat and everything to do with the chemicals and hormones that the meat is filled with.
Sure, you can buy that kind of meat a lot cheaper than you can buy pasture-raised. But you're kicking the can down the road. You may not be paying more cash at the register right now—but payment will come due just as sure as death and taxes, and it won't be cheap.
That many diseases and conditions are lifestyle related is no longer in doubt. Lifestyle choices—and dietary choices especially—have a huge influence on cancer, cognitive impairment, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Calories are cheap in the standard American Diet, but the costs of that diet are anything but. You just don't have to pay for them right now.
But pay for them you will. Make absolutely no mistake about that.
So does it cost more money to eat healthy? Sure it does—at least at first. But it costs even more not to eat well. You might not notice it right now, today, at the cash register. But a decade or two from now, the bill will come due.
And it won't be fun.
Look, one of the most difficult lessons any of us as parents have to teach our children is to look at the long range picture. A 20 year old doesn't care about what happens when he's forty (let alone sixty)—he cares about Friday night. (That's why it's so hard to get kids to save money.)
But are we adults really any different?
Look, I have an advantage over a lot of you in that I'm in my 60's and I know how this game turns out. I'm passionate about making people understand how much it matters to eat well when they're younger because I know what it feels like "on the other side". I'm 67, look 47, feel 37, and act 27. I have boundless energy. I get up without an alarm clock at 6 AM. I play tennis every day. I have a healthy libido and a wonderful relationship. I have a great career, amazing health, an optimistic outlook and I look forward to every day.
And I know—I know—that's because I've been eating well (albeit a bit more "expensively") since I was 38. And, like a person who's been putting a few bucks away every month since he's twenty and now, at 70, is enjoying millionaire status, I'm enjoying the results of 30 years of spending a little more and eating a little better.
And I can tell you that it's worth it. Big time.
So does meat from grass-fed cows, eggs from free-range chicken, organic coffee and milk and strawberries and all the rest of it cost more? Sure it does. In the short run.
But if you can lift your head over the horizon to see the long view, that extra cash you're laying out now will pay off in benefits you can't even imagine.
Do the math. And then tell me whether or not it's worth it.
I think it's a no-contest. How about you?
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Ever since i started eating right three months ago, its been Great! Losing weight,inches i will make it was 250lb now at 240lb.My goal is 160lb by Dec of this year ; )
You are right on the mark as usual. I'm in my late 50's and have been taking your advice (and others) for years and I too look younger than my years and definitely feel much younger. It is worth the cost and as you get accustomed to eating well you find ways to minimize the costs. It's also worth a mention that eating well was a process that took years to develop (at least for me). I slowly adjusted and adapted my diet to be eating a fully real food diet. Thanks Jonny for all you do
BRAVO Jonny !! It takes SO much time and money to forage out the organic produce and grass fed meat and prepare it, but like you say, it pays off in dividends !!! The energy and vitality eating mindfully creates is PRICELESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jonny, have you read the excellent article in the Atlantic by James Hamblin (Science Compared Every Diet, and the Winner is Real Food)? It's about a study of all the major diets by Dr. David Katz, head of Yale University's Prevention Research Center, who is apparently very well respected and unbiased. Guess what? The diet he recommends is almost exactly what you've been recommending for years. It's nice to have some confirmation from a scientist with no agenda. I highly recommend this article to everyone.
Interesting. The article can be seen here:
Thanks for posting the link, I'm not too good at that :). The only major difference from Jonny is that Dr. Katz thinks whole grains are good.
Another great article! As with some previous comments I have been paying more and loving the healthy results! The proper combination of veggies, fruits, and quality proteins can really change your life; it's almost like a natural energy drink/boost!
There are "poor" people, like myself who literally do not have the money to consistently pay for "clean/organic/no hormones/no antibiotic" food.. I try my hardest and do the best I can to read labels and meet in the middle with the food I buy. I am blessed that sometimes I am able to find deals at local shops on meat and milk. But there are people much less fortunate than myself whose main goal is to simply feed their children. They can only get food at the food bank. Articles like this make me feel like because I can't always pay for this food, that my quality of life won't be the same as those who can. It's basically telling people that because you literally have no extra 20 bucks to add to your grocery bill, it will eventually catch up with your health. I think we still need to inform everyone the difference of these foods, but also keep in mind there are people who might not be able to make that change. Maybe we could focus our attention on tips and ways to find deals on these foods .
Leslie, you are eating expensive luxury foods. Ditch the meat and the milk; buy whole grain pasta; brown rice; beans; lentils; etc. Even if they're not organic, they'll be as close to it as you can get, and will still offer immense health benefits, while REDUCING your grocery bill. I've been poor most of my life too. My grandparents raised 7 kids during the Great Depression…and they all lived into their 80's & 90's just eating simple peasant meals- just because it was "real food". The sick thing is: Most "poor people" you see- the ones on the dole/food stamps, are usually obese! They eat too much, and everything they eat is junk- and that junk and convenience food is much more expensive than simple real food.
It can actually be cheaper (even now) to eat healthy, than to eat junk. Things like whole wheat pasta (a meal of pasta and home-made sauce = <$1); brown rice & beans; greens and beans; lentils; split peas; etc. all cheap as dirt- Avoid the fancy stuff- Don't replace regular meat with organic grass-fed…just give it up. I'm 52; been eating good since I was 23. Haven't been to a doctor since 1978. It works! (And yet people tell me I'm "irresponsible" because I've never had health insurance! This is how sick the typical American mind is, today.)
I always put this in mind that it is more expensive when you are admitted in the hospital compared to buying healthy foods. Mostly, people are stingy when it comes to their health. They prefer cheap, canned, and unhealthy fast foods and then later on their health suffers. They got to spend a lot through hospitalization and medicines in the long run. I hope that this article will help the public to be aware that they need to choose and buy healthy foods though it cost a bit but will save them from lots of money to be spend in the medicines and treatment.


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— TNA iMPACT! Wrestling averaged a 1.01 (1.0) cable rating in 2012. This is down from the 1.17 (1.2) cable rating the show averaged in 2011.
It should be noted that iMPACT! Wrestling saw two big changes introduced in 2012 on Spike TV including moving to a new 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Eastern time slot starting on 5/31 and producing weekly live shows.
Below are iMPACT! rating averages since 2006:
2006: 0.89 (0.9)
2007: 1.04 (1.0)
2008: 1.06 (1.1)
2009: 1.14 (1.1)
2010: 1.06 (1.1)
2011: 1.17 (1.2)
2012: 1.01 (1.0)
Just to compare …. here are the WWE RAW and SmackDown average ratings as well ………
— WWE Monday Night RAW averaged a 2.99 (3.0) cable rating in 2012. This is down from the 3.21 (3.2) cable rating the show averaged in 2011.
The biggest shift for the show in 2012 was moving to a new three hour format beginning on 7/23. Over the course of 24 weeks in the new format the show averaged 4.07 million viewers.
Below are RAW rating averages since 1998:
1998: 4.35 (4.4)
1999: 5.90 (5.9)
2000: 5.88 (5.9) * Show moves to TNN on 9/25 (now Spike TV)
2001: 4.64 (4.6)
2002: 4.01 (4.0)
2003: 3.76 (3.8)
2004: 3.67 (3.7)
2005: 3.81 (3.8) * Show moves back to USA on 10/3
2006: 3.90 (3.9)
2007: 3.61 (3.6)
2008: 3.27 (3.3)
2009: 3.57 (3.6)
2010: 3.28 (3.3)
2011: 3.21 (3.2)
2012: 2.99 (3.0)
— WWE SmackDown averaged a 1.89 (1.9) cable rating in 2012. This is down from the 1.95 (2.0) cable rating the show averaged in 2011.
2011 marked the first official year for SmackDown on cable after spending over ten years on broadcast television on UPN, The CW and MyNetworkTV.
Below are SmackDown rating averages since 2000:
2000: 4.73 (4.7) * UPN (broadcast TV)
2001: 4.03 (4.0) * UPN (broadcast TV)
2002: 3.52 (3.5) * UPN (broadcast TV)
2003: 3.30 (3.3) * UPN (broadcast TV)
2004: 3.18 (3.2) * UPN (broadcast TV)
2005: 3.04 (3.0) * UPN (broadcast TV)
2006: 2.46 (2.5) * Show moves to The CW on 9/22
2007: 2.64 (3.6) * The CW (broadcast TV)
2008: 2.33 (2.3) * Show moves to MyNetworkTV on 10/3
2009: 1.94 (1.9) * MyNetwork TV (broadcast TV)
2010: 1.81 (1.8) * Show moves to cable on Syfy on 10/1
2011: 1.95 (2.0)
2012: 1.89 (1.9)
Looks like wrestling in general dropped .2 points.
I'm a former WWE guy and I still think TNA is putting out a better product. About two years ago RAW was so bad a friend of mine and I decided to try and decide the matches before the happened . Guess what we were 3 out 4 and I turned . RAW has gotten way to predictable an the recaps take up a lot of time. SMH so 2013 I'm going to watch only TNA so far not to bad, it's not great however it's better than watching THE Big Slow! Lol!
You stopped watching WWE because you got a couple of predictions in a 50/50 chance correct?
Not defending WWE at all, but that's shitty reasoning.
not really if you're right 3 out 4 times then that means WWE's creative team is becoming horrible and very predictable also WWE's product is losing it's quality, TNA on the other hand is using guys right like Christian York and Ace's & Eight story is fun to watch. I think TNA can only get better in the later months
3/4 times on one show & your calling WWE's creative team horrible? Just admit that you're a TNA symp & really don't care as long as no one bashes your precious TNA. Also, A&8's is not fun to watch, it's very boring, talk about predictions, the big reveals have all been obvious.
Well someone's cranky, WWE's ratings has been DECLINING while TNA's has been at a steady rate of 1.0-1.1 numbers don't lie. And don't give me the "WWE is more popular or has bigger venues or draws more fans or has/makes more money blah blah blah……." It doesn't matter how many people watch your show if you can't keep them continuing to. Something is very wrong if you keep losing your fans, number 1 reason it has to do with your product. WWE's creative team are horrible they even took the AJ and pregnant chick storyline and just changed bits and pieces of it. Live in your little WWE PG fantasy world, keep pretending that Hornswoggle is "funny" and Cody Rhodes doesn't look like a baby version of Jon Swanson. While I'm here watching actual wrestling, and yes TNA isn't Good God Almighty but it's sure as hell more entertaining than anything WWE has put out since they went PG.
Yea, you keep on liking your Stink as champ & your drugged out jeff hardy symp.
oh ignoring my paragraph comment and insulting an Icon of 20+ years and an ex druggie who happens to have more money you could ever want with a wife and child and millions of fans supporting him and the strength to conquer his drug addiction…….yea sure buddy just keeping making your "jokes" and just go away 🙂
It really is stupid as you said. All PW is scripted & it doesn't take much to figure out winners & losers on any PW show, especially if you've tuned in. The longer you watch the more apt you are to guessing correctly. The reason we all watch is to be entertained. The drama, the moves, the work rate. These are reasons we tune in. Hell, the live audience can make or break a show for those at home. Anyway, you hit the nail on the head w/ all of it. We all know Undertaker is going to win each Mania, yet people tune in like crazy, it is always in the running for match of the year, and it gives that big time feel to it.
Side note, Big Show (and I'm not a fan) has been doing some of his best work lately. Mostly on the mic, but some of his in ring stuff has looked better as well.
2000: 5.88 (5.9) * Show moves to TNN on 9/25 (now Spike TV)
2001: 4.64 (4.6)
2002: 4.01 (4.0)
2003: 3.76 (3.8)
2004: 3.67 (3.7)
This is for everyone who says that TNA's problem is Spike TV and that they can't draw ratings because of Spike. Bottom line, there is no reason why TNA doesn't have the capability to do at least 2 million fans on Spike on a regular basis, if the product was what people wanted to see. That is just barely half of WWE RAW. If you are the number 2 you should at least be able to do that even in a bust period. It is obvious some fans have tuned out of WWE due to dissatisfaction, but TNA hasn't given them a reason to come over. I mean for god sakes, ROH has reportedly at times beat TNA in some markets with their crappy syndication deal , weird time slots and no advertising.
i know right, i seen roh on tv before, but it was never on the same time slots. once it was i thik at night another it was i think either mid afternoon or morning
I literally have to record ROH on two different channels at 3 different times, because I never know if it is going to be shown or not. Sometimes for no apparent reason, it will not be shown when it is supposed to be in my market.
'If you are the number 2 you should at least be able to do that even in a bust period.' There is one bakery in a town which has been very successful for a number of years and has a loyal customer base. A new bakery starts up because they think there is room for competition. Should that bakery be doing half the business of the other company? No. Why? Because both bakeries are doing different things, tailoring to different markets. One has the nice white and fluffy rolls, the other uses less yeast to make their product harder, grittier if you will. You can't assume that TNA ratings should be higher by virtue of being second place in the market.
You will notice I stated "IF THE PRODUCT WAS WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE"
You will notice the arbitrary nature of assigning a factious value to popularity. People do want to see it, therefore they do.
There is nothing arbitrary about the fact that TNA has the ability to draw at least 2 million fans on Spike TV. WWE proved this is possible, whereas TNA fans often bitch and complain that the network is the reason for their failure to do so. The failure is completely on the part of TNA to find a formula that works.
I partially agree with you. I am a firm believer TNA needs to differentiate itself more so than it currently is from the E, however I am a proponent that in order from the company to do this they need to think outside the box in ways not done so for 15 years. But guess that is neither her nor there. What WWE has which TNA does not is a budget. Without it they are unlikely to become serious competition. Yes you could argue that, but honestly can either of us say about the average viewership change in Spike? Or the amount of money they have spent promoting both promotions? Market awareness works in the short-term in terms of media presence which TNA has ALWAYS lacked. Were TNA on a bigger network would they get higher ratings? It is likely because of the new company would want to see bigger ratings and thus promote the hell out of it. BUT and here is the big BUT. Ratings would need to sustain a 1.3 for Spike to do this, or drop to a 0.6. All TNA can currently do is try to be inventive and cater to it's core audience and try not lose ground. You could have a thing which is better than an Ipad, but unless you are willing to spend 300-700 million on it, no one will buy it. Sad fact.
TNA isn't an "upstart" they been around for 10yrs, they have a number of old WWE stars, they have arguably the biggest name ever in PW on their roster. There really is no reason that TNA shouldn't do better… that is if they didn't alienate so many people for years. They would randomly start & stop programs, they would flip the belt each time they went a new direction. People got tired of the sh*t. I know I did, that's why I would turn off each time they gave Sting the belt the last 2-3 times. And because of that I missed the about half of Roode's heel turn & the Storm program. Not my fault, I boycotted. Let's just face it, people gave TNA a shot, probably multiple times & got tired of the bs. No matter what they do now, TNA lost people's trust. They have alternative programming they enjoy, and I'm not saying WWE, I mean 8p on Thrs. They may never get a shot w/ a lot of those they lost again.
I am glad they shown www ratings. Never like www talk. But this proves that wrestling in general is falling in ratings
you can all dislike this if you want, but this show, wrestling is losing people, not just tna rating going down, but top dog wwe rating are being hit. so look like wrestling is slowly dying
Yup unless they do some drastic changes.
I'd put it down to the aging wrestling audience.
I mean, all my friends used to watch it, but now they are too busy working or studying.
good point. thing is, back in the 90s, wrestling was incredibly hip and exciting to watch..and mma was still just getting started really..but nowadays, wrestling is rather stale, cant attract a lot of new audiences and the old audience from the 90s/ early 2000s as u said..is too busy to bother with it anymore..so this leads to Wrestling in general losing audience
I'll disagree with you :).
"Wrestling is slowly dying". No. Wrestling comes and goes. Hulkamania (and yes, Vince helped create Hulkamania too) took wrestling to a new level in the late 80s. It got wrestling national exposure in major streams, national events, and launched Wrestlemania. And then it because predictable.
Enter the nWo. Hogan a BAD GUY? You outta your mind?!? What? I gotta see THIS! And the nWo went running wild. And then it grew stale.
Enter Stone Cold. At a time when America was rebellious, Austin was the quintessential rebel. With foul language and respect for nobody, he picked up the ball. And just at that time there was another guy with as much talent as we've ever seen – The Rock.
And the rest is history. Stone Cold got stale (and injured), and The Rock took his services elsewhere. Wrestling got stale and stayed that way. Just like it did prior to the formation of the nWo.
Enter Dana White and the UFC with a similar (but better) business model appealing to the same audience with a similar product (but real).
So how does wrestling turn the corner? For one, it will happen as the UFC loses popularity. That's bound to happen because of the number of injuries they sustain and as the fighters get closer and closer in talent. Don't believe me, imagine the UFC with GSP & Anderson Silva retired. Ouch – yeah – that's not a pretty picture.
The second thing they need to do is become more compelling to watch. And that starts and ends with story lines (not in-ring work, folks). Wrestling is a soap-opera for men (no offense, gals). So how is it that Days of Our Lives has been on the air for nearly 50 years? It ain't the acting. It's the story line. Same thing for wrestling. ROH & Indy matches are typically far faster-paced than WWE, but guess who sells? Ya got it – the one with the higher-quality production.
The third thing is cliff-hangers. Soaps do it seemingly every day. Why can't wrestling run 3 or 4 story lines at a time and give us one a week?
BTW – I hate soaps and don't watch them. I also believe a primarily male audience wants and needs high-paced matches. I certainly support that myself. My point though is that these are the top priorities for a wrestling company if they want to grow.
Oh, yeah – and don't forget the kids. I'm far more likely to spend my entertainment dollars on my little ones than myself. So if the product includes them (and their heroes), you're more likely to get me to the gate. Just sayin'.
The Wrestling industry is changing but it will not die. WWE is going to be around for the foreseeable future unless Vince decides to sell it before he himself dies. Then WWE might go out, simply for the fact that love him or hate him, it is Vince McMahon's vision that has driven WWE. An outside entity, like the situation WCW was in with a parent company who neither had the experience or understanding of running a wrestling company might allow it to wither on the vine. Other than that, it will be around in some form as long as Vince, Stephanie or HHH are running it. It is the other wrestling companies who hover around the level between indy and true national promotion, such as TNA and ROH, that have the most uncertain futures right now. I have said for a while that if we don't have another promotion like ECW that ignites a real alternative cult following and soon, there will be no revival of wrestling as what we have known since at least the late 70's. WWE will be like the Harlem globetrotters or the old ice capades and all the rest will be small local indies with part-time employees, who primarily wrestle as a hobby. WWE has basically become the mainstream industry and there is apparently no room for competition that does not think outside the box.
The show was gaining its own momentum in 2009 until HH and EB joined….
i miss the days when tna was so different, 6 sides, the amazing PPV matches, the great tournaments. now tna turn into a wannabe wcw/wwe. we dont have the it factor that made tna what it was . now we have is just the old played out cage matches and ladder matches
With 2011 being the highest related year ever…
Just saying'…
i miss some of the people that left, like roxy,jay lethal,petey, etc.. , not saying tna roster now isnt great. it just isnt what it use to be
Only thing i want to see is james storm with that dam belt for at least three months tna have royally screwed this guy twice and hes never once bitched about it hes tna loyal through and through that loyalty deserves an aj styles type of push nt nearly at promised land then slamming door in his face smh
To be honest and I know a lot of the marks are going to call me a "wwe fanboy or defending wwe but" WWE's ratings always take a dive from about June to December and spike from January threw April/May. This is nothing new and I don't see how y'all don't realize that or even see that. The wrestling business as a whole is taking a hit but WWE's rating are pretty much the same every year, TNA's ratings I have no clue what is the reason they cannot break past the low ones. They have guys who are proven draws and don't say it's because most people only watch wwe or only know about wwe. There is an entire fan base that watches wwe and other wrestling companies or just watch indies, Spike isn't to blame, it's TNA's job to pay for marketing
I tired watching ROH and what a crapfest that was!
TNA was the most exciting and the storylines were great when Jeff Jarrett was running the show. Storylines weren't all over the place and all the divisions were featured properly: heavyweight, knockouts and X-division. When Jeff Jarrett stopped running the show and Hogan and Bischoff took over in January of 2010, there has been a huge difference in the quality of the show. Storylines don't make sense or are just scrapped with no explanation (i.e. Dixie Carter/ AJ Styles/ Claire Lynch or when Samoa Joe got kidnapped in the van. We still don't know who kidnapped him). There are no great storylines anymore, wrestlers aren't seen on television for months at a time and are not being properly utilized. Under this new leadership, nothing is connected. Guys are just thrown in the ring with no stories behind the matches, and every division is bad right now. When Jeff Jarrett was running things I sat and watched a whole 2 hours of Impact excited with anticipation. Now I only watch for the knockouts division (which they are doing a horrible job with them) and I fast forward through everything else pretty much. If TNA brings back Jeff Jarrett and let him run the show, I don't think we would be having this discussion.


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