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There's been a lot of buzz around the Senco Fusion. And if you're to believe what Senco has been saying about it, there should be. To give it all some context, you need to know that, to date, the technology behind cordless finish guns seems, well, incomplete. There are the gas powered guns, which take a battery and a removable gas cartridge, but they smell terrible and have the added expense of replacing the gas cartridge. Then there are the nailers powered by a flywheel motor, which have solved the dual fuel problem (as well as the odor), but are lacking in power, particularly when dealing with hardwoods. So there are options out there, but you're getting yourself into a tradeoff; sure I don't have a compressor or hoses, but I've got a smelly gas cartridge or I've got a gun that has some difficulty with mahogany. There isn't any ideal situation out there.
So the Senco Fusion seeks to fill this gap and combine the best of both arenas. Its goal is to fuse the manueverability of the cordless gun with the power of the traditional pneumatic nailer. And how does it attempt to do this, you ask?
Well, it's interesting and very smart actually. The fuel source for the Fusion is a built-in tank filled with nitrogen gas (the red thing in the picture). The tank is pressurized at the factory to a set level with the pressurized gas sitting behind the firing piston. When the trigger is pulled, the motor, powered by a rechargeable li-ion battery, releases a stop on the firing piston, which then blasts out a nail. Then the motor resets the piston back into the go position, once again pressurizing the tank, and locks it in place ready for the next nail.
What's so great about this is that it's an entirely closed system. The gas stays in the tank throughout the whole process, meaning that the amount of pressure (a.k.a. nailing power) in the tank doesn't change over time (Actually Senco admits that there is eventually going to be some loss, but that's after 100,000 nails and it's a relatively minimal loss). There's also no smelly out-gassing.
Senco was nice enough to put a Fusion in our hands about a month and a half ago and since then we've done quite a lot with it. We ran some trim, we installed some ballisters, we stood in the shop and unloaded a few magazines of nails just for the hell of it, and we showed the gun to every carpenter we came in contact with.
A few observations on the Fusion:
Weight - Because of the on-board tank and the firing mechanism, the Fusion is heavier than any of the air-powered guns that you're going to buy (Fusion: 6.1 lbs, the new Paslode air nailer 3.8 lbs), and it's generally heavier than the gas-powered nailers, but lighter than the flywheelers. Everyone we showed it to mentioned the heft of the tool. Some of them liked it because it felt solid, and none of them thought it was a deal breaker once they started firing off some nails.
Battery life - While the nitrogen tank can theoretically last until dinosaurs roam the earth again, the li-ion battery needs some recharging from time to time. The battery has a built-in charge indicator which is very handy seeing as the Fusion only comes with a single battery. But if you're smart about it, you never be dealing with dead batteries before lunch break. According to Senco, one battery can drive about 600 nails. So unless you move like The Flash, that should be plenty for a day's work.
One thing to watch out for though is the 'on' switch. It's a small little thing located at the base of the handle with three positions; sequential fire, off, and bump fire (more on this below). Obviously, the gun won't fire in the off position, but if you store the gun with it switched to one of the firing modes, like we accidentally did a few times, the battery will slowly drain down. We would have liked some kind of 'on' indicator light to help prevent this but there isn't one, so it's just up to you and your goldfish memory.
Power - The power on this gun is as good as anything you're going to get out of a compressor. And that alone, even without taking any of the other features into consideration, makes the Fusion a success. It put nail after nail into solid oak and then solid mahogany. It never once let us down. The gun has a very firm kick to it and the report is pretty loud, but the power is impressive. Everyone we showed it to was impressed with the power.
Depth of Drive - The Fusion has a depth of drive gauge that's probably the nicest one we've seen. In addition to the standard thumb wheel, there's a line gauge that indicates where you are in the depth, taking the guess work out of the equation. In the past, we would pick up a gun and have to dial it all the way in, just so we had a reference point to start from. Not with the Fusion. It's not a huge feature, but it's a really slick touch.
Removable magazine - If a nail jams (and none did while we were using it), it's a very easy operation to remove the magazine entirely. Just pop a little thumb clip and pull it down. Like the depth gauge, it's not an essential piece of the puzzle, but it's a really nice one.
Case - A very nice case rounds out the package. It's a bit bulky, but there is plenty of room to store extra nails, safety glasses, or a six-pack of PBR.
Crowd reaction - Every single person who touched the Fusion wanted one. It was like jobsite heroin. Some guys just wouldn't put it down and a few others stole it out of our truck just to get a second look at it. It's pretty rare that we see a tool get this kind of reception, even from the crusty old-timers.
So we, like everyone else who came in contact with it, became obsessed with the Fusion in a very short period of time. Can we nit-pick it and point out a couple negative things? Oh yeah, sure. The nose difficult to deal with because there are no markings telling where the nail is going to land. To us, one of the keys to fine finish work is nail placement, and the Fusion doesn't offer any help in this department. We got the feel for it after a while, but it seems silly not to have some kind of placement marks.
Also, the gun, like many finish guns these days, has a toggle between sequential fire and bump fire. This trend baffles us. If you don't know, bump fire is a mode that allows the user to hold the trigger down and bump the nose of the gun repeatedly against the workpiece, firing a nail at each bump. It's used aggressively and universally with framing guns and goes a long way to speed up production. But on a finish gun? To us, a finish gun with bump fire is like a baby stroller with a Hemi. Speed is not what you're looking for in a finish nailer and if someone showed up at our house to do some trim work and we saw that their finish gun was in bump fire mode, we'd show them the door pretty fast. Maybe if you're making prefab houses in a warehouse or something, but even then, take some pride in your nail placement. Slow the hell down. Bump fire on a framer is one thing, but a finish gun? It's insane, and the Fusion isn't all that great at it anyway. The time it takes for the piston to reset is long enough so that we couldn't get into a good rhythm with the bump fire. it's not like we care though, because we'll never use the feature.
Regardless of our little rant, we couldn't be any more impressed with the Fusion and there is no question that it is is the new gold standard in cordless finish guns. It's powerful, it's maneuverable, and it's very, very cool. The future is now.
And it isn't cheap either. $400 for the gun, a case, and one battery. While there might be a little sticker shock around the number, we think that the gun is worth it. For a contractor, it will pay for itself in no time. For a DIYer looking for a finish gun, if you're not spending any money on a compressor or hoses, $400 is a bargain for such a high-quality tool. There is also an 18 gauge brad nailer available as well.
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Thanks for pointing out the absurdity of the bump feature, I thought exactly the same thing. Another review said the tank will eventually loose gas over time and could be replaced at a cost of $175. I would be interested to know the cost of replacing the battery. We all know those don't last forever. Good review. Thanks
Would you be able to supply 20 Senco fusion nail guns & how much would they cost? Could they have charhe unit to suit Australia 240 Volt. We have a contaner leaving LA in approx 2 weeks.
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By Jeff Zillgitt and Mike Dodd, USA TODAY
Scratch any thought of injured New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin making a miraculous appearance in Game 5 of the playoff series against the Miami Heat.
"I'm not counting on Jeremy Lin to play," interim Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Monday of the guard's availability Wednesday in Miami, with New York trailing the Heat 3-1 in the possible elimination game.
Meanwhile, Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau says center Joakim Noah (sprained ankle) is "most likely" out for Game 5 on Tuesday vs. the Philadelphia 76ers, with the Bulls trailing 3-1. In Thibodeau talk, that means Noah won't be playing.
"He's doing some walking around now. It's better," said Thibodeau, but not counting on Noah, either.
His main focus now: Keep the Bulls alive in the series.
"The big thing is we just have to close out games," Thibodeau said. "We're in position to win. We just got to do a little bit better at the end."
Derrick Rose, meanwhile, is seeing the swelling go down from the torn knee ligament that ended his season late in Game 1 vs. the 76ers. But no date for surgery has been set yet.
As to Lin, Woodson said the team's medical staff, in consultation with Lin, would make the decision on his availability for Game 5 on Wednesday. Lin, who is not in playoff shape, Woodson said, will work out on the court Monday.
Lin, whose rise to stardom captivated the world earlier this season, will work out in three-on-three drills Monday and Tuesday.
"We'll gauge it today and tomorrow," Woodson said. "But again, I'm going into this as if he's not going to play. That's how it's been here in the last month and half and that's how I'm preparing.
"It's going to be up to the doctors and Jeremy that makes that decision. It won't be my decision. We'll gauge it as we go along. They've been able to keep close tabs on Jeremy in terms of his therapy work and training work now that's he's back on the floor and doing a little contact. They will make the final decision.
"I've watched him shoot and run up and down. He's not in great shape," Woodson said. "You know as well as I know that playoff basketball, you've got to be at an all-time high. He hasn't played in a while. I don't know if that's going to be a determining factor, the fact that he hasn't played. I can say, 'Yes, he looks good.' But again, does he feel good? Do the doctors think it's enough time, based on the injury he had, to get him back on the floor? I can't make that decision."
Woodson's thinking today is that Mike Bibby would start Game 5. Toney Douglas is expected to get minutes at point guard, but shooting guard J.R. Smith might also play the point.
"It's my job to put the right pieces in place on the floor," Woodson said.
Woodson has confidence in the 33-yeard-old Bibby, even though his best days are way behind him. Bibby played for Woodson in Atlanta with the Hawks from 2007-08 through 2009-10.
"Very comortable with him," Woodson said. "Bibby's had a hell of a career in our league. He's run a lot of basketball teams. He's been pretty good at it. He's not as fast and crafty as he used to be. But he's still capable, in short minutes, of running a basketball team.
"Sometimes, it doesn't look pretty, based on how he moves up and down the floor. Defensive schemes he knows and offensive sets he knows … and he's still capable of hitting a big shot."
In fact, Bibby made a huge three-pointer late in Sunday's victory against the Heat.
Lin, who was diagnosed with a partially torn meniscus in his left knee in late March and underwent surgery to repair it in early April, has been increasing his on-court activities in the past 10 days.
It seemed unlikely Lin would play in the first-round series at all. After experiencing some discomfort in the knee after a recent workout, Lin ruled himself out for Games 3 and 4.
But his availability turned into a pressing matter for the Knicks when point guard Baron Davis dislocated his right kneecap in the third quarter of New York's 89-87 victory Sunday. All of a sudden, the Knicks were left with Bibby and Douglas at point guard for Game 5. Rookie guard Iman Shumpert tore the ACL in his left knee in Game 1 and is out up to eight months.
An update on Davis' condition is expected later Monday afternoon. Woodson said Davis told him, "I tried to give you all I could."
If Lin is available, Woodson expects decent minutes from him.
"When a player comes to me and says, 'Hey coach, I'm ready to get back out on the floor in uniform and play,' then I'm going to play him," Woodson said. " 'I expect you to play at a high level even though you hadn't played. You tell me you're ready to play, then I expect you to play.' But it's not my decision to make."
While Woodson trusts the medical staff, he admitted some apprehension about playing Lin.
"If we had an opportunity to practice and that kid runs up and down five-on-five, and you can actually see him banging and cutting and moving and getting knocked on his (butt) … If we had time to do that, I'd feel more comfortable," Woodson said.
"But we haven't had a chance to practice at a high level where you can do those things I mentioned. So I am a little apprehensive about him possibly coming back. … They may put a time (limit) on him so he can only play so many minutes. I don't know."
Lin last played March 24 against the Detroit Pistons. The Knicks announced March 31 that an MRI revealed the meniscus tear in his left knee. He had surgery April 2.
Should Lin play? Should the Knicks risk it, already down 3-1?
Lin captivated the world in February during the Knicks' seven-game winning streak. Exasperated and looking for anything to jumpstart his struggling team, then-Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni gave a Lin a chance. Off the bench, Lin had 25 points and seven assists in a 99-92 against the New Jersey Nets.
One outstanding performance followed another, each as good or better than the last, proving Lin was not a fluke and that he was here to stay.
Lin, who bounced from the Golden State Warriors to the Houston Rockets the past two seasons before joining the Knicks, went from seldom-used reserve to global sensation in less than two weeks as the NBA's first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. He did not start one game last season in 29 appearances.
Before getting his chance against the Nets, Lin saw limited playing time in five games (28 minutes total) for New York in January.
He averaged 24.4 points and 9.1 assists in those seven games, none better than his effort against the Los Angeles Lakers, when he had 38 points and seven assists in New York's 92-85 victory. Two games later against the Toronto Raptors, he had 27 points, including the game-winning three-pointer with .9 seconds left in the Knicks' 100-97 victory.
He flourished in D'Antoni's pick-and-roll offensive system, meshing with forward Amar'e Stoudemire and center Tyson Chandler while forward Carmelo Anthony was out with a strained right groin.
The Lin craze had reached a fevered pitch, and the second-year guard from Harvard took it all in stride, almost always saying the right thing.
His whirlwind ascension to basketball stardom earned him a spot in the Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star weekend, a game featuring some of the best rookies and second-year players in the league.
Lin arrived in Orlando on Feb. 24 exhausted. The night before, the Heat had manhandled the Knicks and Lin, who had eight points on 1-of-11 shooting, committed eight turnovers.
Despite public concerns, when the season resumed after the All-Star break, Lin and Anthony functioned together offensively. But the Knicks weren't winning. A six-game losing strike culminated with D'Antoni's dismissal and assistant coach Woodson promoted to interim coach.
Lin's role in the offense changed. Woodson's offensive system favors a different ball movement and more isolation plays for stars like Anthony and Stoudemire.
Plus, Woodson favors veterans. But he left Lin in the starting lineup, and the Knicks won five in a row after Woodson took over. Lin didn't post the kind of stats he did earlier in the season, but performed well enough -- 19 points, seven rebounds, six assists in a 102-88 victory against the Indiana Pacers on March 17, and 18 points, five rebounds and four assists in an 82-79 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 21.
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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I have a lump (more like a hard ball) just under the skin, next to my panty line between my legs. I think it started as an ingrown hair and I messed with it and messed with it and now there is the lump. It feels detached from the skin though. It sort of feels like a hemoroid but it is not near there and it is not on the "exterior". It is under the skin and cannot be seen, just felt. Please tell me it is not a blood clot that is going to travel to my brain and cause a stroke. Thanks
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Old accountants never die. They just lose their balance.
Accounting Jokes
A job interview is in progress, a bright and experienced accountant is interviewing for a position of a CFO. He is being interviewed by the members of board of directors and a CEO. During the interview the CEO suddenly asks: "Tell me, what is seven multiplied by three?" The accountant thinks fast and tells "22." Once the interview is over the accountant goes out, takes out the calculator and finds the answer - 21, disappointed, he goes home. Next morning he gets a call from the CEO, "Hey, you got a job." The accountant is pleasantly surprised. He cannot but ask, "Thank you very much for the job but what about seven multiplied by three?" The CEO tells him - "of all the candidates we interviewed, you came the closest."
On a sunny afternoon three accountants are standing near a tall pole and wondering about the height of the pole. First accountant, a CPA says, I do not think there is any authoritative guidance on how measure the height of a pole, that is not the job of accountants. Second accountant, a professor at a state university says, well, if we take a survey of similar locations and asked people about the height of poles, then we may be able to deduce height of this pole, it will be a good enough estimate. The third accountant is a professor at an Ivy league university. He confidently claims, if we measure the shadow of the pole under different conditions, then I can run a multivariate regression model and can give a very good estimate of the height. As this conservation is going on, an engineer is passing by, he stops and asks about their discussion. Accountants tell him, you probably can not understand this complex problem. The engineer persists and hears about the problem. He smiles, lifts the pole from the base, measures it, and says, "twelve feet and three inches," and walks off. Accountants look at him, laugh contemptuously and say in unison - "hell, we wanted to know the height of the pole and he tells us the length."
A very successful partner is a big six firm had a peculiar habit. He will go to his desk open a locked drawer, look inside, lock the drawer again, and start his work. His subordinates knew that he hid the secret of his success in the drawer, they waited for the opportunity. One day when the partner had gone out of the city, the juniors decided to make a break. They broke into the drawer, breathlessly, and looked inside. There was one small piece of paper inside - it said - "left is debit and right is credit."
A Martian lands to plunder, pillage, and burn. The Martian goes up to the owner of the first house he sees and says "I'm a Martian just arrived from the other side of the solar system. We're here to destroy your civilization, pillage, and burn. What do you think of that?' The owner replies "I cannot express an opinion based on a hearsay evidence, I am a Chartered Accountant"
An auditor is hard at work, auditing an airline. The auditor cannot understand an excess fuel consumption on a Detroit to Erie route, for flight no. 420. The auditor calls the pilot and demands an explanation. The pilot replies "It was a late night, snow storm was raging, and I lost my bearings." The auditor demands a statement, "for what?" the pilot asks. The auditor tells him "for lost bearings."
The auditors have taken an inventory of thermometers held in a warehouse, in summer. The thermometers will be exported out of the country in January, and are kept under lock and key. In December, auditors ask management to redo the inventory count. The management is surprised "Why? Nothing has changed." Auditors tell them "The inventory is overstated, in summer there is more mercury in the thermometers."
There was an expert accountant who was well versed in the game theory. He once hears that his intelligent niece, who is five years old, always takes a nickel, when a choice between a nickel and a dime is offered. He explains to his niece "You must understand, dime is twice as valuable as a nickel, so always choose a dime." The niece tells "Uncle, but then people will not offer me any money."
Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, "I will bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock." The shepherd thinks it over, it's a big flock so he takes the bet. "973" says the man. The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right. Says "OK, I am a man of my word, take an animal." Man picks one up and begins to walk away. "Wait," cries the shepherd, "Let me have a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation." Man says sure. "You are an accountant with a Big Six firm," says the shepherd. "Amazing!" responds the man, "You are exactly right! But tell me, how did you deduce that? "Well," says the shepherd, "put down my dog and I will tell you."
An Indian Accountant's Theory of Reincarnation - if you are a good accountant, virtuous accountant, then you are reborn as an engineer. But if you are evil, wicked accountant, you are reborn as a psychologist.
One day in microeconomics, the professor was writing up the typical "underlying assumptions" in preparation to explain a new model. I turned to my friend and asked, "What would Economics be without assumptions?" He thought for a moment, then replied, "Accounting."
A science graduate asks, "Why does it work?" An engineering graduate asks, "How does it work?" An accounting graduate asks, "How much it costs?" A humanity graduate asks, "Do you want fries with that, Sir?"
A man lands on a hot air balloon in the middle of the desert, not knowing his whereabouts he looks around. Along walks another guy so the balloon man asks "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?" "Sure" says the other one "longitude 23'45", latitude 34'12". "Oh," says the balloon man, "you must be accountant" "As a matter of fact, I am, how did you know?" "Well, you just gave me a very precise piece of worthless information." " I see" says the accountant "and you must be a consultant." "You are right, how did you know?" "As long as you're up in the air, you seem to know where you're going, but as soon as you get down to earth, you're lost."
While waiting to board a plane in a small airport, a ticket agent said on the paging system: "Would the accountant who dropped his pants please return to the ticket counter." After a slight pause, the same voice added, "The pants were on a hanger!"
An auditor is having a hard time sleeping
and goes to see his doctor. "Doctor, I just can't get sleep at night."
Three accountants were in the urinal
performing their morning constitutional. The first finishes and walks over
to the sink to wash his hands. He then proceeds to dry his hands
carefully. He uses paper towel after paper towel and ensures that every
single spot of water on his hands is dried. Turning to other two
accountants, he says - "Chartered Accountants are trained to be extremely
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A partner is discussing ethics policy with the staff accountant. He says "We take ethics very seriously around here. Remember, we are professionals not businessmen." The young staff accountant is impressed. The partner elaborates "Yesterday I received a check from a client. It paid $5,000 more than our bill. Immediately an ethical question arose, shall I tell it to other partners?"
An auditor is hard at work auditing a manufacturing plant. He spots one worker at the end of the shift, that worker is always carrying a wheelbarrow covered with an opaque cloth. The auditor is certain something is fishy. He asks the security to check the wheelbarrow. Many surprise checks, security finds nothing. On the last day of the audit the auditor goes to the worker and asks, "Alright, I give up. I know you are taking something. I cannot prove it . I do not want to pursue it. I just want to know. What are you stealing?" The worker replies, "Wheelbarrows."
A Tax Official has come to a rural
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me, please, after you have distributed all your unleavened bread, what do
you do with the crumbs?"
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What is the definition of an accountant?
How many accountants does it take to change
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What is the definition of a good tax
When does a person decide to become an
What does an accountant use for birth
What's an extroverted accountant?
What is an auditor?
Why did the auditor cross the road?
How do you drive an accountant completely
What do accountants suffer from that
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If an accountant's wife cannot sleep what
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When the accountant laughs loud?
What did the accountant say when he got a
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What did the accountant say when he looked
at the tax form?
Why the accountant started smoking?
How does an accountant stay out of debt?
Did you hear about the constipated
There are just three types of accountants:
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Newton's Laws of Accounting
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opposite accountant.
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10. In several places on your tax forms,
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Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield stepped out for an intimate date night in LA on Saturday, grabbing a bite at a casual sushi restaurant. From the looks of it, the couple's romance is going strong despite November being the last time we saw them together publicly. Emma had a sweet grin on her face as Andrew followed her out the door. No strangers to mixing business with pleasure, the costars are gearing up for the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in May. A special trailer for the film aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday, showing Andrew saving Emma's life as they break through a glass ceiling. The actor became a real-life hero to fans last week, when he reached out to high-five a boy in a Spider-Man t-shirt after a long flight. Keep reading to see Emma and Andrew's latest photos!


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QPR manager Harry Redknapp today revealed he wants to sign Carlton Cole if West Ham decide not to extend his contract this month.
Cole agreed a three-month deal to return to Upton Park in October and West Ham have yet to confirm if they will give him an extension.
The 30-year-old has begun to make an impact for Sam Allardyce's side, who are currently second bottom in the Premier League, having scored three times in the top flight.
Redknapp wants to bring him to Loftus Road though to add competition to his current strike force in the Championship of Charlie Austin, Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson, especially as the last two have struggled for fitness.
He said: "It's difficult as he belongs to West Ham still. Sam Allardyce has his own problems with injuries and everything there.
"Carlton is a good player and I like him. He is one of many players we are looking at but if West Ham decide to keep him it can't happen.
"I'm looking for a proven goalscorer and someone who can come in and do the job. You need three or four strikers. That is the key. Leicester have got four strikers and someone told me they might be taking [Crystal Palace forward] Kevin Phillips. That would give them five.
"You need strikers. You can take two off and bring two on and you have got options. When you're struggling with one it's difficult.
"Tony [Fernandes, QPR chairman] will get on the phone with Philip [Beard, QPR chief executive] and they will do the deals if there are any to be done. I'll leave it to them really."
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Professor Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies at Catholic University, has a post up at the Institute's website explaining the ways the venerable idea of subsidiarity in Catholic social thought is being hijacked by conservatives, what the concept really means and how it relates to other key concepts such as solidarity and the common good.
Schneck knows Catholic social thought as deeply as virtually anyone writing in America today. It will be fun to see if any of those worshipping the false idol of the market - and you know who you are Fr. Sirico, Mr. Weigel and Professor George - will care to engage Schneck in debate. And, poor Congressman Ryan looked up from his copy of "The Fouontainhead" long enough to conclude that subsidiarity and federalism are really the same thing: They aren't. Federalism has to do with the allocation of power in a political system. Subsidiarity, as Schneck demonstrates, is rooted not in concerns about power but concerns about humanity in all its fullness and relationships.
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Computer Simulation of Biomolecular Dynamics and Reactions
Workshop Dates: Tuesday, June 5 - Friday, June 8, 2012
Location: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, 300 South Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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The workshop will present computational approaches for the simulation of biomolecular dynamics and reactions, primarily focusing on the latter. Lectures will be held on the relevant theoretical background including the prediction and analysis of protein dynamics using normal mode analyses (NMA) and elastic network models (ENM), molecular mechanics (MM) force field parameterization of small molecules, the applicability of Quantum Chemical (QC) methods for large molecules, re-parameterization strategies for improving Semiempirical Molecular Orbital (SMO) methods for specific reactions, and hybrid QC/MM potential energy functions and simulation techniques on high performance computers. In-depth tutorials will be presented on applying and interpreting the results from ENM-based NMA using ProDy developed in Prof. Ivet Bahar's lab, MM force field parameterization of small molcules using a newly developed toolkit ParamIT, developing corrections to SMO methods for use in quantitatively-accurate free energy simulations, constructing a QC/MM model, and the various methods for generating energy profiles of bio-molecular reactions to determine mechanisms and structure-function relationships employing the freely available pDynamo package developed in the lab of Dr. Martin J. Field. Graphical user interfaces in Pymol and VMD for QC/MM model construction will also be demonstrated. Experience with pDynamo is helpful but not a prerequisite for attendance.
The workshop is designed for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty in computational biophysics and physical organic chemistry who have experience with computational chemistry methods and seek to enhance their capabilities to include the modeling of enzymatic reactions. Participants are encouraged to discuss and work on bio-molecular systems from their own research during the workshop. Space is limited.
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- Timothy Lezon (University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Department of Computational Biology)
- Ahmet Bakan (University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Department of Computational Biology)
- Nikolay Simakov (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center/NRBSC)
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A US judge has given a lawsuit by pro-democracy activists against Baidu Inc. and the People's Republic of China new life, even after the country invoked its authority as a sovereign nation to block the censorship case. US District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said the activists were entitled to serve their lawsuit on Baidu's lawyer in New York, without infringing China's sovereign protections.
Baidu and China censorship lawsuit gets a new life
Saying the issue had never been analyzed in detail, Furman on Friday night rejected Baidu's contention that allowing service would turn the part of the Hague Convention that China invoked into a "dead letter" by letting a court circumvent it. The convention is a multilateral treaty that makes it easier to serve court papers internationally.
In their May 2011 lawsuit, eight New York writers and video producers had accused Baidu and China of conspiring to suppress their political speech from Baidu's search engine, the most widely used in the country. The plaintiffs said the content could be found via search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing, and Google's YouTube. They sought millions of dollars in damages for alleged violations of their First Amendment rights and human rights law.
Furman had dismissed the lawsuit on March 25 but put the dismissal on hold to let the plaintiffs propose another means to serve Baidu. In giving the plaintiffs another chance to pursue their case, Furman said the Hague Convention was designed to ensure "sufficient" notice to recipients abroad of court documents.
Allowing service in the United States "In a manner that does not call upon China to effect service (in that country) does not override its invocation of its own sovereignty and security; to the contrary, it honors that invocation," the judge wrote.
Carey Ramos, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan representing Baidu, declined to comment. Furman gave the plaintiffs 30 days to serve the complaint to Baidu's US lawyer, and 120 days to serve China through diplomatic channels. Stephen Preziosi, a lawyer for the activists said, "He intends to meet those deadlines. In terms of fairness and procedurally, the court got it right."
The lawsuit was filed one year after Google Inc pulled its search engine out of China after hitting censorship issues. China has also blocked YouTube and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State and municipal offices are closed throughout Rhode Island as the state marks Victory Day.
Rhode Island is the last state to recognize the holiday, which marks the Japanese surrender in World War II in 1945, which put an end to the war.
Public buses are operating on a holiday schedule, and trash pickups are delayed a day.
Most retail stories are open, as are federal offices. The postal service is delivering mail.
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Sands of Iwo Jima
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HAHAHAHA This FAKE with his patriotic big mouth....He never served a day in the military during WWII. Only 'Japanese' he 'killed' were Mexican, Chinese and Filipino's dressed in costumes.
The Duck could have served but he worked stealthily to keep the home fires burning...
John Ford saw through this clown. But needed him and they were drinking buddies.
As for Sabu -the Hollywood actor in 'KIM' and 'The Thief in Baghdad' -born in India-Sabu served as a gunner in an American B-24 in the Pacific.
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I don't understand. Did Wayne kill Sabu in 'Sands of Iwo Jima?'
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Not on camera . . .
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It's as if director Breck Eisner (son of Disney chief Michael) realized two-thirds through that more excitement was needed and then ladled it on thick. The buddy action-adventure morphs into a disaster flick, and, just for kicks, both good and bad guys detonate as many explosions as might have gone off during a week of the Iraq war. (Related video: Watch the Sahara trailer)
Reason and logic are blown away as well. Characters traverse the Sahara on foot for days and never seem to need a drop of water as they pull off amazing feats. They also happen upon a working pay phone after stumbling through miles of barren terrain.
Sahara * * (out of four) Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, William H. Macy Director: Breck Eisner Distributor: Paramount Pictures Rated: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and some sensuality Opens Friday nationwide
But at least this movie has the sense to cast the goofy Steve Zahn, who utters the movie's only funny lines. A plan to release poison into the water supply of western Africa is exposed and threatens the Atlantic. Treasure-hunter/ scientist Matthew McConaughey — a swashbuckling good ol' boy — asks Zahn: "What would you do if you were exposed as the world's worst polluter?" Zahn cracks: "Run for president?"
Penelope Cruz, in one of her least convincing performances, plays a World Health Organization doctor who believes she has discovered a deadly plague in Mali, when actually a nefarious local warlord is poisoning the water supply. Cruz is supposed to be feisty and dedicated, but mostly she looks wide-eyed and out of place. To convince cynics of her medical skill and moxie, she dons thick glasses and gamely fires a gun when the opportunity arises.
McConaughey and Zahn are explorers bent on finding a sunken Civil War battleship, which they believe drifted over to Africa. (Don't ask.) Childhood pals, they now work for a former Navy admiral, played by William H. Macy, who brings some sorely needed intelligence to the proceedings. When Cruz's life is threatened and the potential ecological disaster exposed, the roguish pair spring into hero mode.
Sahara is a testosterone-drenched escapade that misses because it lacks the tension to make it a thrill ride. Never do you doubt that key characters will survive various perils. The film clocks in at under two hours, but the last 20 minutes feel like 40. In the interminable climax, Zahn whines: "I'm so tired of being shot at." Not nearly as tired as his audience.


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SAN GABRIEL - Cub Scout Pack 311 of San Gabriel will hike Mt. Hollywood Saturday night in remembrance of 9/11.
The hike will start at the Griffith Park Observatory and reach an elevation of 1625 feet. When the summit is reached, the Cub Scouts will conclude with "a simple and solemn 9/11 remembrance ceremony."
"Our prayers and thoughts of peace and togetherness are the healing that we can participate in, to help eliminate the illness of isolation caused by the 9/11 attacks" said Pack 311 Cubmaster Mark Padilla in a statement. "The majority of our boys were not born when the attacks happened."
Padilla added that it is important for the youths to "understand and know the history of what happened that day."
This is the second annual night hike that commemorates the 9/11 attacks.
On this hike, cub scouts will work towards their "Leave No Trace Behind," "World Conservation Award," "Night Hike" and "Astronomy and Science" belt loops and patches. The cubs will also get a chance to visit the Griffith Observatory and view a few of the exhibits prior to the hike.
Cub Scout Pack 311 is chartered by St Anthony's Church in San Gabriel and is part of the San Gabriel Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.


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Associate Professor of Education
Coordinator of First Year Inquiry Freshmen Seminar
2009 Ed D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
1998 M Ed in Elementary Education, University of Hartford, 1998
1996 B.A., M.Ed., University of Hartford
Courses Taught:
ED263/ED 518: Instructional Design: Methods for Teaching Mathematics in Elementary and Middle Schools
ED 314/ED 519: Instructional Design: Methods for Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle Schools
ED508: Introduction to Assessment
ED 483 Student Teaching Seminar
ED 490 Student Teacher Supervision
ED 300 Historical Perspectives in Education
ED 310 Current Topics in American Education (Technology related theme)
ED 260 Child and Adolescent Literature
ED 226 Curriculum I
ED 256 Curriculum II
ED 112 Foundations of Education
GLE101First Year Inquiry Freshman Seminar
Research Interests:
• assessment in public education (K-12) and higher education
• faculty development in public education (K-12) and higher education
• teaching inquiry and analysis
• first year seminars and students in transition
Honors & Awards:
• Teagle Development Scholar, Center for Inquiries in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College, 2010-present
• Recognized by Student Government Association 2009, 2010, 2011
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Research Fellowship 2010-present Faculty Consultant for Program Review, Teagle Scholar Development Project, 3-Year Term. Projects
2013-present Investigator; Utilizing Backwards Design to Inform Elementary Science Education, a collaboration between Franklin Pierce University and Rindge Memorial School (with Professors Thomas Bennett, Fred Rogers, and Paul Campbell.)
2012-present Team Leader for Franklin Pierce University CIC Engaging Evidence Consortium; work with faculty to redesign curriculum or First Year Inquiry, assess the model, and complete action-research projects using direct and indirect measures Conference Presentations
2013 "Developing a Faculty Consultant Position to Support Program Review" poster presentation at AAC&U General Education and Assessment Conference; Feb.
2012 "Developing a Faculty Consultant Position for Program Review" poster presentation at IUPUI Assessment Conference; October
2012 From Silos to CSAs, Engaging Faculty in Collaborative Work. Presentation given to Teagle Data Into Action workshop, Franklin Pierce University; July.
2011 "Developing a Faculty Consultant for Program Review" presentation at New England Educational Assessment Network, held in Worcester, MA; November
2010 "Actively Engaged While Learning Math" presentation at the 2010 Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England (ATMNE) Conference in Nashua, New Hampshire, held on November 8th and 9th.
2010 Foucault's Techniques of Power act on the Novice Teacher. (paper accepted for April meeting) American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Denver, CO: April 30-May 3
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2013: Council of Independent Colleges Engaging Evidence Consortia Grant
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2013 Instructional Coach at Rindge Memorial School, Rindge NH 2013 Team Manager, Destination Imagination, Jaffrey-Rindge Middle School, Jaffrey NH 2013 Teagle Scholar Consultant at AAC&U General Education and Assessment Conference; assisted faculty in revising and gathering feedback for an AAC&U Global Learning VALUE rubric 2012 present Educational Consultant for 21st Century Grant Jaffrey Rindge Middle School Extended Day Programs; presided over by Kathy Batchelder Executive Director of Jaffrey/Rindge Extended Day and James O'Neill Superintendent of Jaffrey-Rindge Public Schools. 2011 Teagle Assessment Consultant at Illinois Wesleyan University; assisted faculty in developing assessment programmatic plans; organized by Provost Frank Boyd of Illinois Wesleyan. 2011 Teagle Assessment Consultant at Wabash College; assisted faculty from Hope College in making meaning of their Wabash 4th year results.


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A Michigan State University researcher is looking to give exercise enthusiasts the extra nudge they need during a workout, and her latest research shows that a cyber buddy can help.
The study, which appears in the Games for Health Journal, is the first to indicate that although a human partner is still a better motivator during exercise, a software-generated partner also can be effective.
"We wanted to demonstrate that something that isn't real can still motivate people to give greater effort while exercising than if they had to do it by themselves," said Deborah Feltz, a University Distinguished Professor in MSU's kinesiology department who led the study with co-investigator Brian Winn, associate professor in MSU's College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
The implications from the research also could open the door for software and video game companies to create cyber buddy programs based on sport psychology.
"Unlike many of the current game designs out there, these results could allow developers to create exercise platforms that incorporate team or partner dynamics that are based on science," said Feltz.
Using "CyBud-X," an exercise game specifically developed for Feltz's research, 120 college-aged participants were given five different isometric plank exercises to do with one of three same-sex partner choices.
Along with a human partner option, two software-generated buddies were used - one representing what looked to be a nearly human partner and another that looked animated. The participant and partner image were then projected onto a screen via a web camera while exercising.
The results showed that a significant motivational gain was observed in all partner conditions.
"Even though participants paired with a human partner held their planks, on average, one minute and 20 seconds longer than those with no partner, those paired with one of the software-generated buddies still held out, on average, 33 seconds longer," said Feltz.
Much of Feltz's research in this area has focused on the Kohler Motivation Effect, a phenomenon that explains why people, who may not be adept exercisers themselves, perform better with a moderately better partner or team as opposed to working out alone.
Her findings give credence that programs such as "CyBud-X" can make a difference in the way people perform.
"We know that people tend to show more effort during exercise when there are other partners involved because their performance hinges on how the entire team does," she said. "The fact that a nonhuman partner can have a similar effect is encouraging."
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health funded the study. Other MSU researchers on the project included Karin Pfeiffer, associate professor in kinesiology, and Norbert Kerr, professor of social science psychology.
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Josh Loposer takes a look at the newest move by Google Plus to integrate an individual's profile with the online reviews they make in Google Play.
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The most recent blog post from Digital Marketer's Managing Editor and lead blogger Josh Loposer takes a look at the newest move by Google Plus to integrate an individual's profile with the online reviews they make in Google Play.
Loposer states the obvious, writing that although this connection will legitimize a product review, it will also kill the anonymity on Google Plus that some users appreciated.
"If you're skeptical of online reviews (and up until recently, you should have been), Google is working to renew your faith… although you may not be 100% thrilled from a privacy perspective," wrote Loposer.
Loposer assumes this is yet another attempt to add users to Google Plus, but that it may be a little shortsighted. "Once again, Google is making a firm, yet strategic push to force G+ on all of its users. The thing is, not all of us want a Google Plus account," he wrote in the post.
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Since ditching his deep house inclined Deeplay label a couple of years back, Swedish producer Martin Brodin has enjoyed a new lease of life as a maker of typically Scandinavian nu-disco. Here he continues to explore the Scandolearic end of nu-disco with the emphatically melodic "Badabing". In many ways its typical Brodin, all vintage synths, touchy-feely slo-mo grooves and yearning riffs, with just enough solid back end to keep dancefloor happy. Norwegian producer Diskjokke provides the obligatory remix, turning in an apocalyptic psychedelic disco rework that breathlessly builds via waves of organs, moody bass and twinkling pianos. As remixes go, it's pretty special.
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Introducing Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic
In the Central Australian desert, Marina sat for very long periods of time in extreme heat, doing nothing
Marina …
Lived in a car for five years
Designed menus for a French restaurant
Painted walls at technical fairs
Wore wooden shoes
Knitted all her pullovers herself
Milked goats in the mountains in exchange for food
Once a year, for five years, she let 5 snakes trace energy veins of her body.
She makes her students:
Hold a tree and complain for fifteen minutes
Walk backwards using a mirror
Eat a ball made of almonds, white peppercorn, black peppercorn, coriander seeds, and honey wrapped in a thin 24-carat gold leaf, after fasting for 5 days.
Marina Abramovic and Students at Reed College
She would like to: die three times and explore each of these deaths individually.
Marina thinks it is important to: fast, to sometimes do things in extreme slow motion, to drink a lot of water, to clean the house.
Her private spaces: bus stop, the space under the pillow
Marina likes to: collect little coins and exchange them at the airport.
Marina doesn't like to: sit in front of a piece of paper and try to imagine what to do. Ideas come to her like apparitions, while in the kitchen, chopping garlic.
Marina is very much against: habit.
No more than twice a year, Marina re-edits, humorously, her own work to date, on stage in a real theater with its gold and plush fittings. And if she cuts a star in her stomach, really, just as she did years ago in Belgrade, the audience in the front row starts fainting.
She does things that she's really ashamed of. It's a huge relief, she says.
When she rents a DVD, she likes to see the deleted parts, the unused material, and the documentaries about how the movie was made before watching the actual movie.
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In 2006, I taught a course on anthropology of art at Reed College in Portland, OR. "Why don't you bring Marina Abramovic to your class?" my wife Gordana Živković, an artist from Belgrade, asked. Wasn't there something very "ethnographic" about her work – with all these Australian Aborigines and Tibetan Lamas she learned from and performed with? True, Reed has a well-endowed Art program and regularly brings in such stars as Hans Haake, Ann Hamilton, or Mona Hatoum, but bringing Marina to Reed on short notice was still a fantasy until we learned that she was coming to Oregon anyway and we can snatch her for a day. I spent two months preparing this five minute introduction and decided to introduce Marina, arguably the most famous performance artist today, without once using the words "art" and "performance." Why? It occurred to me that Marina is actually an "extra-dimensional being" passing through our Flatland universe. She only appears to us as a "performance artist" because we have no other categories to capture her.
Marina Abramovic and Gordana Živković
What happens when you encounter an "extra-dimensional being"? Abbott's delightful 1884 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions tells us that such a being would cause certain kinds of perturbations or ripples. And this is what Marina caused during her Reed sojourn.
This first happened in my anthropology of art class, where Marina talked about her experience with the Australian Aborigines. She told us how when she visited Australia in 1979 with her partner Ulay for the European Dialogue Biennale, they wanted to see the Aborigines. In Alice Springs, a lawyer who represented the Aborigines literally threw them out of his ramshackle office as yet another pair of "bloodsuckers out to exploit the Aborigines." Later that day, in a bar, the lawyer tells them to come when they can do something for the Aborigines. Marina and Ulay come next year and spend three months drawing maps, making photos, and designing a book about Aboriginal land rights. They then joined the Aborigines deep in the desert for the rest of the year. Ulay goes through some of the male initiations Marina hangs out with women who seem to spend most of the day enacting each other's dreams.
Now, several times during the class, Marina says that Aborigines have telepathy. "I found out," she says at the outset, "that the Aborigines are one of the most developed human beings on this earth ... they use much more of their brain than we do. They have extra-sensory perception, they have extremely developed telepathy ... They start talking to you in your head ... It's much cheaper to use telepathy than telephone."
Anthropologists have long had these "extraordinary experiences" – visions and altered states of consciousness – related to their fieldwork, but would rarely dare to report them in official writing for fear of ostracism.
The fact that Marina lived with the Aborigines in the deepest desert, participated in dream enactments with the women, and even took meticulous notes makes her a kind of ethnographer. This is why she made the budding anthropologists in my class uncomfortable – she was acting as an ethnographer- then suddenly she made a leap into the territory where anthropologists fear to tread.
In the afternoon, Marina was to appear in an informal seminar aimed primarily at Reed art majors. My wife and I were two minutes late and when we cracked the door open we see Marina has made everyone in the room take off their shoes and lay down on their backs. She is in the middle of the circle leading the group through a Tibetan breathing exercise.
Here is a confusion of genres. Yes, we know that some artists have famously drawn on Buddhism, but in an academic setting do we really expect to do breathing or chanting exercises instead of discussing such things verbally?
Now these two situations give me a neat triangulation. If we take the morning class as an example of Anthropology World, then we can interpret the ripple Marina's passage provoked there as coming from an intrusion of Artworld into Anthropology World. Anthropologists discover that Marina has at least one more additional "degree of freedom" just as extra-dimensional beings would, and this jolts them out of a simple identification with Marina as a fellow ethnographer.
But was Marina just showing herself as a Being of Artworld pure and simple? The slight shock might then come from realizing that although she seems to share a bit of territory (ethnographic experience) with our tribe, Marina actually belongs to another one. If this is the case, nothing terribly shocking really happened beyond us recalling that there is an Artworld out there that in some ways transcends our Academic World. For don't we commonly allow artist types quite a bit of "latitude" even additional "degrees of freedom" that we deny ourselves as academics, scientists, or even ordinary people in our rational hard-headed commonsense mode?
The ripples that Marina caused in her passing through Reed, however, cannot be attributed to a simple jolt that an Artworld Being causes to us Academe types. None of the other stars of the Artworld whose passage through Reed College I witnessed caused these effects. Marina couldn't have caused such ripples if she had been just an Artworld Being pure and simple. I think that in fact she isn't, and that it is because she is a Being passing through Artworld without being of it, just as much as she is passing through Anthropology without being of it, that she has the effect that she does. Because she causes ripples or perturbation in both worlds, she probably belongs to neither.
I don't think Marina fundamentally cares whether what she's doing is labeled art or something else, as long as it does to her and her audiences what it should. It is only that she happens to find the Artworld the most generous and congenial home. It provides the spaces and opportunities, and calls forth a certain mindset that she could, sometimes with difficulty, exploit for her purposes. This mindset – that we are going to attend to something with quite an unusual degree of attention and openness, an expectation that our ordinary perception is going to be challenged, etc. – this whole attitudinal set developed by Artworld could be seized upon by Marina for her own ends. Such temporary curiosity could be used to trap Artworld audiences just as a clever monkey traps work by exploiting monkey curiosity.
Sure, Marina will explicitly say that art is a tool for her, but when she performs there is no sense that she is using Artworld as merely a ruse, a trap, or enticement. She is not ironic about being an artist at all. In fact she is fully, completely an artist and also fully, completely not an artist. In a word, she is shimmering.
Marina's work probably couldn't work without witnessing her in person. She is a flickering, shimmering being. She is a shy young girl AND an eternal mother, perhaps even grandmother, but all at once. There is power and assurance and there is fragility and shyness, and they are both there simultaneously, at the same time, but because our minds cannot process these qualities as being one and the same, they get processed as an oscillation between states, an eye blink of a girl, an eye blink of a wise mother, on and off, thus shimmer.
It was Marina who introduced me to Lawrence Weschler, the CHF Artistic Director Emeritus and my use of shimmering owes a lot to his use of this concept, especially in his Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder. That Marina Abramovic will appear at CHF is for me a sign that extra-dimensional forces have been at work.
Marko Živković and Marina Abramovic
Marko Živković is a professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta and the author of Serbian Dreambook: National Imaginary in the Time of Milošević (Indiana University Press, 2011).
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Linkin Park's frontman Chester Bennington revealed that the band may be faster in releasing their fourth album, the follow up to "Minutes to Midnight".
It took them around four years to move from "Meteora" to "Minutes to Midnight" with a Jay-Z-collaborative album in between, but Linkin Park have predicted that they will move faster on the new one. Frontman Chester Bennington revealed that he has "a good feeling" that the fourth album will come out quicker.
"We sparked a new kind of life into what we do during the writing of ('Midnight')," Bennington told Billboard.com. "We want to keep that going. I think we're in the mode, and I have a good feeling we're going to put another record out really quickly."
Bennington also explained what happened during the transition from the sophomore set to the follow up, saying, "Even though we did tour (for 'Meteora') for two years, we didn't start working on writing ('Midnight') until seven months after we stopped touring. So it seemed like a really, really long time to our fans and it seemed like a really, really long time to us. I don't see that happening again."
The rock band are also still rooting on their spontaneous method in writing the next one. Bennington for instance, fears that overplanning a creative project may mean "you're gonna screw it up". He explained, "When a song comes, I'll write it. When a song comes to Mike (Shinoda), he'll put an idea down. We just kind of roll with it spontaneously."
Together with Coheed and Cambria and Chiodos, the six-piece will kick off a tour on Tuesday, February 12 in Omaha, Nebraska. They also reveal plans to headline another Projekt Revolution this Summer that traditionally will bring other bands along with them.


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|SSHS tennis settles for second place
|From Staff Reports
Oct. 4, 2004 - MOUNT PLEASANT - Beset by injuries and playing a tough Texas High squad, the Sulphur Springs tennis team finished up District 14-2A play in second place after Saturday's match with the Tigers.
Texas High compiled a 19-0 match record against the Wildcats, who had already qualified for the regional tennis tournament in Grapevine on Oct. 29-30.
Saturday, coach Susan Reynolds had to juggle her lineup after Luke Panter was unable to play due to a staff infection, Paul Pattberg re-injured his lower back and Brant Small's knee gave him problems.
"I had to rearrange the doubles, which is tough when you've had set teams for the entire season," Coach Reynolds said. "We were definitely the walking wounded."
Texas High, which won the district championship, also qualified for the regional team tennis tournament.
"Texas High was not as strong as I expected, even though the score does not show it," Reynolds said. "Our kids played some excellent tennis, but fundamental errors and mental miscues really hurt us in the long run. Several matches had some long rallies, and there were points that I was impressed with, but we need to work on consistency and putting our points away when we have the chance.
"I'm proud of the kids and how hard they've worked and now we have another goal to achieve and that's giving a strong showing a regionals. We have three weeks to recover and work on some things, and I have no doubt we'll be ready."
In their next action, the Wildcats will host Wills Point in a non-district match at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Below are the results of Saturday's match (SSHS players listed first):
Boys Doubles - Cody Moore/Brant Small lost to Pulido/Moore, 3-6, 4-6; Ryan Thompson/Landon McCaig lost to Morgan/Moser, 0-6, 0-6; Paul Pattberg/Jacob Harris lost to Pippen/Austin, 3-6, 2-6.
Boys Singles - Cody Moore lost to Andy Pulido, 1-6, 2-6; Brant Small lost to Samuel Moore, 4-6, 0-6; Ryan Thompson lost to Chad Morgan, 0-6, 4-6; Paul Pattberg lost to Daniel Moser, 4-6, 3-6; Jacob Harris lost to Trey Brown, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6; Landon McCaig lost to Davis Shimpcock, 3-6, 2-6.
Girls Doubles - Cynthia Sanchez/Tara Moore lost to McWilliams/Smith, 3-6, 3-6; Lauren Longino/Aly Jackson lost to Lamb/Riley, 0-6, 1-6; Morgan McCormack/Kendall Smith lost to Follis/Rivas, 2-6, 0-6.
Girls Singles - Cynthia Sanchez lost to Mary McWilliams, 5-7, 2-6; Tara Moore lost to Stephanie Lamb, 4-6, 4-6; Katie Hettich lost to Starr Riley, 1-6, 2-6; Lauren Longino lost to Courtney Leftwich, 4-6, 1-6; Aly Jackson lost to Shannon Malaby, 0-6, 0-6; Kendall Smith lost to Aimee Pearson, 0-6, 3-6.
Mixed Doubles - Jordan Horne/Britney Silva lost to Clark/McWilliams, 1-6, 2-6.
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After the discussion with Nacho, my first TS chapter is looking into buoyancy and how to make buildings float (not through excavated layers and density of geological strata, but simply by lifting them up into the air). The building of future strata is to come in later. This is a photoshop to end the chapter on buoyancy, weighing buildings, detaching foundations etc. Since I was a bit bored with TS spreads, I did this collage which turned out pretty fun.
Late night pensive mood:
While I was writing, I remembered a discussion that I had with Charles right at the beginning of last term when he kept mentioning weather balloons. It all goes back to the beginning doesn't it?…. We weren't even discussing floating stuff, it was all excavation related but somehow weather balloons became a topic.


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A speeding SUV ran over three persons who were drying and packing maize grains on the state highway (Kushela-Jogbani road) off Champawati village on Sunday evening. Two others were injured in the incident.
The deceased, identified as Sobha Devi (40), Hema Devi (34) and Pooja Kumar (12), were residents of Parasmani village under Sarsi police station of the district, 310km northeast of Patna.
Sobha and Hema died on the spot, while Pooja died on way to hospital in Purnea.
Two persons, who suffered injuries, have been identified as Namo Pandit (32) and Dodhai Pandit (28), residents of Parasmani village. They are undergoing treatment at Purnea Sadar hospital.
Having encroached upon more than half the state highway, the trio were packing maize grains in sacks on the road around 8pm on Sunday. The SUV ran them over and managed to flee the spot.
During summer, residents of various localities in Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj and Katihar districts thresh maize crops, dry grains and pack them into sacks on the heated road.
Confirming the incident, station house officer of Sarsi police station Mukesh Kumar told The Telegraph: The spot where the SUV driver ran over the trio is L-shaped. Two were killed on the spot, while the third died on way to hospital.
Mukesh said: We have lodged a case. The bodies were handed over to the families after post-mortem at Purnea Sadar hospital on Monday. Angry residents blocked the Jogbani-Kurshela road for more than three hours on Sunday night but it hardly made any impact on the light traffic. Later, when they realised their guilt that the SUV ran over as the trio had encroached on the road, they lifted the blockade.
The Telegraph had earlier reported about the maize mess on NH-57 on May 14. The situation on other roads is almost the same. Accidents are quite common in different parts of Purnea division, including Purnea, Araria, Kishanganj and Katihar districts, though the intensity of the accident is low. Threshing and drying of maize crops would continue till end-June.
Sarsi resident Awadhesh Rai said: Farmers are bound to thresh, dry and pack their crops on the road, as it needs heated surface. The state government has not made any arrangements for us yet. We keep tabs on how to encroach minimal part of the road so as not to affect the traffic. We would take precaution to avert any such incident.


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Poor possession and lack of quality in front of the goal story of the day for Roy Hodgson and Martin Jol, as they share the points following League Cup exploits
Fulham had the slight upperhand in an uneventful first half marred by wasteful possession and very few clear cut opportunities, with both teams coming into the tie off the back of gruelling League cup fixtures, in which they were each defeated after playing 120 minutes of football.
Noticeably tired and lacking ideas, the first effort on goal came in the 3rd minute from Chris Brunt, who headed an effort straight towards Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.
Despite a half decent start, the Hawthorns' crowd grew anxiously silent when Fulham began to get a foothold on the game. The visitor's playmaker Danny Murphy began to find his feet, floating a beautifully dinked pass towards Carlos Orlando Sa, who was free in the area. The Fulham striker's effort on goal could have been dangerous, if not for a last ditch block from West Brom debutant Gareth McAuley.
This passage of play was quickly followed up by the best effort on goal in the first half. Unleashing a strike from 20 yards, the Baggies' fans suffered a moment of discomfort as Clint Dempsey's effort was fumbled by keeper Ben Foster. With the ball loose in a dangerous position, Pajtim Kasami was on hand to place the ball into the back of the net, only to be ruled offside.
The away side were buoyed by their early possession, whilst West Brom were wasteful, with a series of poor passes stopping them from capitalising on the few chances being presented there way.
Isolating lone striker Shane Long, a flurry of desperate long balls from his West Brom teammates were ineffective in reaching their frustrated target man.
All-square | Dembele and Mulumbu clash as Fulham and WBA fight out goalless draw
The second half of play commenced in a similar fashion, as a Dempsey volley deflected off Jonas Olsson and eventually hit the post.
Taking this as a warning sign, Roy Hodgson's team began to create some chances, pushing Peter Odemwingie into a forward role in order to assist the isolated Long. Odemwingie immediately benefited from this tactical change, as his lively runs, together with a better midfield performance, enabled the home side to finally begin penetrating the Fulham defence.
However, characteristic of the game on a whole, opportunities from both sides were squandered by some very poor finishing. Bryan Ruiz was the key culprit in this instance, with another Foster error providing the Costa Rican with a golden opportunity, only for the former FC Twente man to strike the post.
Odemwingie likewise was guilty of some very poor finishing, hitting one good chance straight at Schwarzer after being put through on goal by his teammate Youssouf Mulumbu. The Nigeria international went on to miss another great chance in the 79th minute, when after beating Fulham defender Chris Baird he blasted a poor shot way over the bar.
As the game drew on West Brom continued to struggle in their attempts to beat the visitor's offside trap. They did however come close in the 89th minute when the Baggies' skipper Chris Brunt saw his low shot bounce back off the post.
Four minutes of stoppage time were indicated at the end of 90 minutes and were almost utilised when Dempsey found himself with a sight on goal in the area. However, following the pattern of a game marred by dreadful finishing, his decent positioning was wasted by a very poor finish as the match finished all square.
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A TEENAGER has been handed a two-year driving ban after a crash in which a Chadwell Heath woman died.
Margaret Lyons, 69, was visiting her son in Little Walden, Essex on May 18 last year when she was knocked down and killed on the B1052.
James O'Malley, 19, of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, was found guilty of careless driving after a two-day hearing at Harlow Magistrates' Court.
O'Malley was given the driving ban and was also ordered to pay £700 in fines and costs.
He will also have to retake a driving test at the end of the ban period.


text: Bacheller graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.New York, in 1882 and entered journalism. In 1883 in Brooklyn, N.Y.New York, he founded the first modern newspaper syndicate and through its services distributed fiction by such writers as Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, and Stephen Crane, as well as nonfiction material. From 1898 to 1900 he was editor of the New York World. Bacheller became extremely popular for Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country (1900), which sold more than 1,000,000 copies. This novel about a hired man gives an authentic picture of 19th-century farm life and character in upper New York Statestate. D'ri and I (1901), a novel about the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812, was also popular. His own favourites were The Light in the Clearing (1917) and A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy (1919), the latter a story of Abraham Lincoln. Opinions of a Cheerful Yankee (1926); Coming up the Road, Memories of a North Country Boyhood (1928); and From Stores of Memory (1938) were autobiographical.


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A Sioux Falls man has been charged with violating state election laws related to robo-calls made in September. The state says the calls were made on behalf of three candidates for the state Legislature but failed to include the required disclaimers.
Robo-calls have become a part of the political landscape in recent years and we have a hard time finding anything more annoying than these automated calls that are often difficult to get rid of. Many times when you answer the phone, you have to let the prerecorded message play all the way through before you can get rid of it.
More political robo-calls are expected in the near future as the national Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced it's starting automated telephone calls to South Dakotans describing U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, a Republican, as a "hostage taker" in the budget maneuvers labeled as the fiscal cliff. And you can bet before long someone will get the bright idea to target Sen. Tim Johnson and Sen. John Thune with similar plans.
Politicians and others defend the use of robo-calls not only on economic grounds but on free speech grounds. They have a point on both counts especially the first one. The second, however, is a bit of a stretch. Yes, you are entitled to whatever opinion you choose and have the right to voice that opinion. But if you're going to do that at least have a live person do it. Robo-calls are annoying, disruptive and can be made at any time of the day or night and as often as the person programming the machine wants.
One would think that people wanting to make a point with the public would want to do all they can not to upset the people on the receiving end of the message. We'll bet that messages delivered by robo-calls, however, are less well-received than those made by someone who took the time to dial a number and place the call themselves.
We realize that as long as robo-calls are cheap, convenient and allow a message to be spread faster than the old fashioned way they'll continue to be used. But if there were a way to get rid of the machines delivering the pre-recorded message we'd think that message would have a better chance of being heard. Ask yourself this — has a robo-call ever prompted you to change your opinion or convinced you to support someone or something? Smart politicos know the answer and hopefully at least some of them will do the public a favor and get rid of their automated, prerecorded phoning system.


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Walking along the second floor lobby of the SM Mall of Asia, a promo booth of Paris Hilton perfume stands out with sales men giving out samples. There is the Paris Hilton Just Me Eau de Parfum for women and Paris Hilton Just Me For Men Eau de Toilette Spray men.
My husband wanted to buy me the Paris Hilton Just Me but my 2 daughters said that I am making Paris Hilton richer. I liked the smell of the Paris Hilton Just me over the Heiress though. The latter smelled of cheap perfume.
Just Me makes a grand entrance with sparkling top notes that epitomize the high society girl. It exudes a youthful energy that's perfect for wearing day and night.Just me by paris hilton is for the young, sexy social girl. Introduced in 2005, this youthful fragrance includes raspberries, lily of the valley, iris, white rose, vanilla, sandalwood. Paris Hilton Just Me For Men opens with the chilled fresh burst of Sicilian Bergamot, Lemon Zest and Tangerine combined with Black Currant and Key Lime .
What is interesting if you buy a 100 ml bottle, one gets a free watch or a bag.
I'm not a young girl so I told my husband not to buy it. Besides it's so expensive at 3150 pesos or $67.00. A 100 ml bottle only sells for $31.47 at discounted perfume stores. No not for me. Maybe if I were younger, I'd go for the Just me perfume