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Sintering is a complex industrial process that applies heat to fine particles of iron ore and other materials to produce sinter, a solidified porous material used in blast furnaces. The sintering process needs to be carefully adjusted, so that the combustion zone reaches the bottom of the material just before the discharge end. This is known as the burn-through point. Many different parameters need to be finely tuned, including the speed and the quantities of the materials mixed. However, in order to achieve good results, sintering control requires precise feedback to adjust these parameters. This work presents a sensor to monitor the sintering burn-through point based on infrared thermography. The proposed procedure is based on the acquisition of infrared images at the end of the sintering process. At this position, infrared images contain the cross-section temperatures of the mixture. The objective of this work is to process this information to extract relevant features about the sintering process. The proposed procedure is based on four steps: key frame detection, region of interest detection, segmentation and feature extraction. The results indicate that the proposed procedure is very robust and reliable, providing features that can be used effectively to control the sintering process.
Sintering is a primary process in steel production that applies heat to fine particles of iron ore to transform them into a coarse-grained product [
Temperature measurement and monitoring is a mandatory requirement for most steps in steel manufacturing [
Sintering applies a heat treatment process to the material. Thus, temperature measurement and monitoring during and after the sintering process are critical to achieve optimal results [
During the sintering process, a mixture of fine particles of iron ore and other materials, such as coke and limestone, are charged onto a set of sintering pallets and leveled to form a bed. Then, the material is ignited. Combustion begins in the top layers of the mixture and moves down through the bed, while the sintering pallets move forward. The sintering process needs to be carefully adjusted, so that the flame front reaches the bottom of the bed, known as the burn-through point (BTP), just before the discharge end. The BTP must be near a desirable set-point at approximately the discharge end, so that adequate fusion of sintering materials occurs.
Many different parameters need to be finely tuned in the sintering process. Control is mostly based on models that calculate the inputs of the process depending on predictions. Different techniques are used, including fuzzy logic, neural networks, finite state machines and genetic algorithms [
This paper presents a sensor-to-monitor sintering BTP based on infrared thermography. It uses an infrared camera to acquire 2D infrared images from the material at the discharge end of the sintering process. The sequence of images is processed in order to detect the most appropriate images to monitor this process. Only some of these images provide relevant information about the process, those where the position of the flame front can be clearly seen. Thus, the first step is to identify these images. Then, the selected images must be analyzed to extract different features to provide feedback for the process control. The system needs no configuration; it automatically detects the material in the images and the regions of interest. The information provided by the system can be used to control many parameters of the sintering process, including the strand speed, the bed height, the quantity of coke, water and other materials in the mixture.
The proposed system has been installed in one of the two sintering machines of ArcelorMittal in Gijón, Spain. Sinter production in this plant is about 3,000,000 tons of product per year.
This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 describes the sintering process; Section 3 presents the proposed approach for sintering BTP monitoring; Section 4 discusses the results obtained and finally, Section 5 reports conclusions.
Sintering is an agglomeration process in which iron ore fines and other products such as coke fines are mixed and fired at a temperature high enough to achieve a certain degree of vitrification. This process produces a solidified porous material known as sinter. The initial mixture is made up of particles with a diameter smaller than 3 mm, and the resulting sinter has a diameter of approximately 30–60 mm. Blast furnaces that produce pig iron use sinter as one of the principle raw materials.
The most common machine used for sintering is the Dwight-Lloyd machine.
The hot gas produced by the combustion is sucked in through the material from the wind boxes placed below. Combustion begins in the top layers and moves down through the bed, due to the burning air that flows throw the ignited bed from the top towards the bottom of the bed. A portion of the material in the high temperature region, known as the flame front, melts. This partial melting causes the particles to agglomerate [
The resulting solidified sinter is crushed and screened to a size suitable for a blast furnace feed. Material of acceptable size is transported in a conveyor belt to the blast furnace to proceed to the next step of the steel-making process. Undersized material is recycled back to the process.
The camera used in the system is at the discharge end of the sintering process. The position of the camera can be seen in
Temperature measurement with infrared devices is largely affected by the emissivity of the material. Emissivity calibration is especially complicated in low emissivity objects, such as polished steel or aluminum, because small variations in emissivity lead to large variations in the resulting temperatures. However, in objects with high emissivity, such as a sintering mixture, slight variations in the chosen emissivity value cause only minor changes in the resulting surface temperatures.
The movement of the material is slow compared to the maximum acquisition rate of the camera. For this application, it is not necessary to use a high frame rate. An acquisition rate of 15 frames per second provides more than enough resolution to obtain images with the best possible view of the flame front.
The proposed approach for sintering BTP monitoring is broken down into several steps, which are outlined in the following sections.
The system acquires images from the discharge section of the sintering process. Not all the images acquired contain useful information. Most of them show the top layer of the sinter, and the flame front is hidden. Thus, it is necessary to identify the images where the flame front is visible from the sequence of infrared images. These images are called key images, since they are the key to extracting relevant features about the BTP in the sintering process.
When the sinter is discharged, the temperature of the top layer of the sinter is much lower than the temperature of the sintering pallets used to move the material. Thus, when the sinter falls and the sintering pallets become visible, the average temperature in the infrared image is much higher. This can be seen in
In order to detect the peaks in the average temperature signal, a procedure based on derivatives is used. The first step is to calculate the first derivative of the signal. Possible peaks are detected, because the first derivative of a peak has a downward-going zero-crossing at the peak maximum. However, the presence of random noise causes many false zero-crossings. Possible peaks are filtered based on two conditions: the slope must exceed a minimum, and the original signal at that point must exceed another minimum value. In this way, small peaks are ignored.
The position of the peaks in the average temperature signal makes it possible to identify the key frames in the sequence of infrared images. The position of a peak corresponds to a key frame.
The position of the flame front is not always at the same level. This is because the sinter does not always fall from the same position, as it varies with the density and porosity of the mixture. Thus, it is necessary to identify the region in the image where the flame front is located.
Region of interest (ROI) is the commonly used term to refer to the portion of an image of particular interest. In this case, the ROI is the portion of the image where the flame front is located. The part of the image where the sintering pallet is located is not of interest and must be removed. Once the ROI is defined, there is no need to process the whole image to detect the position of the flame front. Thus, the computational cost is greatly reduced.
The ROI in the image is located above the sintering pallet. In the moving strand, there are many sintering pallets moving on rails. When the pallet reaches the discharge end of the sintering process, it rotates, and the sinter falls into the crusher. It is at this point where the key frames are detected. When the pallet rotates, a space appears between consecutive pallets that can be seen in
ROI detection starts by applying a gradient detector to a key frame. The gradient of the infrared image is calculated vertically using the method proposed in [
Next, the absolute value of the gradient is thresholded. Two different morphological operations are applied to the resulting binary image: thinning and opening. Thinning is an operation used for skeletonization and reduces all lines to single-pixel thickness. Opening is an operation used to remove small objects. Pixels are connected, and the objects that have fewer than a specific number of pixels are removed. The connectivity matrix used to decide if two pixels are connected is shown here:
This connectivity matrix is selected, because it connects horizontal lines as valid objects, but not vertical lines. The final result of this process can be seen in
The Hough transform is applied next to the edge map. The Hough transform is the most commonly used method for line detection in an image, because it can be used without prior knowledge and under extreme noise conditions [
The top line seems to be a good division between the part of the image where there is interesting information and the part of the image that must be removed. However, careful examination reveals a small gap between the top line and the bottom of the sinter bed. The real line should be a few pixels above the detected top line. However, the distance from the top line to the bottom of the sinter bed depends on the position of the top line. Due to the position of the camera, when the position of the top line is low in the image, the distance is greater than when the position is high in the image. This issue can be solved by creating a small lookup table that indicates the required distance depending on the position of the top line. This table is created off-line and depends on the relative position between the camera and the scene.
Using the top line detected by the Hough transform and the described lookup table, a new line is calculated: this line corresponds to the bottom of the sinter bed in the image.
Image segmentation divides the image into sets of segments with similar attributes, in this case, temperature. Segmentation is one of the oldest and most widely studied aspects of computer vision [
For segmentation of the flame front in infrared images, many methods (such as thresholding, edge detection, region growing or watershed) fail or provide inaccurate results. The proposed method for this task is an image segmentation based on active contours models [
There are many advantages of active contour models over classic image segmentation methods. For example, active contour models can achieve sub-pixel accuracy of object boundaries and can incorporate prior knowledge, such as shape and intensity distribution. They also provide smooth closed contours as segmentation, which can be used for shape analysis and recognition. Particularly important is their ability to perform in images with intensity heterogeneities, which often occur in real images taken from both the visible and the infrared spectrum.
Active contour segmentation aims to minimize an energy function by evolving the current contour towards image features. The energy function is defined based on the specific active contour model [
The total energy can be rewritten in terms of the three basic energy functions as
Existing active contour models can be divided into two major classes: edge-based models and region-based models. Edge-based models use local edge information to evolve the contour toward the object boundary using, for example, an energy function based on a two-dimensional spline curve. Region-based models use an energy function based on a certain region descriptor, which guides the motion of the active contour.
In this work, the precise segmentation of the flame front is carried out using a region-based active contour model in a variational level set formulation [
Before carrying out segmentation based on active contour, it is necessary to prepare the image. First, a contrast enhancement procedure is applied to the image [
Segmentation using active contours requires the specification of an initial contour. In this case, the initial contours are established by applying a thresholding process [
In general, the objective of feature extraction is to characterize an object by measurements whose values are very similar for objects in one category and very different from objects in others [
The first set of features is related to how the sinter is discharged. In order to extract these features, the information about the detection of key frames and ROI is sufficient: segmentation of the flame front is not required.
The frequency at which the sinter mixture falls is an important feature. The value of this feature depends on the speed of the strand. However, it also depends on other parameters of the sintering process. This feature can be calculated as the number of peaks in the average temperature per frame in a period of one minute. In the example shown in
A complementary feature related to the same issues is the position of the line that divides the region of interest. When this line is at the top of the image, the sinter mixture disintegrates easily. If this line is towards the bottom of the image, the sinter mixture is stuck to the sintering pallet. These issues are also related to problems in the mixture.
The hot zone is the maximum temperature zone in the flame front. The position of this zone compared with the bottom of the sinter bed is a good indication of the BTP. In this case, interesting features are extracted by subtracting the position of the maximum temperature in the flame front and the position of the line that divides the region of interest.
The best way to analyze the distribution of a set of points is with a histogram.
The maximum temperature in the flame front is also a very good quality metric of the sintering process.
Many useful features can be extracted from the histograms with the distribution of distances and temperature, such as, for example, the center of the data or the spread. It can also be used to calculate the skewness and the presence of outliers and multiple modes. All these features are of utmost importance to improve the result of the sintering process.
Another set of features can be extracted from the flame front zone. The first set of features is related to the heights of the zone. The heights of this zone can be computed from the binary image produced by the segmentation. The top and bottom limits of the zone are calculated (
The temperature distribution in the flame front is also important.
These two new histograms for the flame front zone provide a new set of features that complement features extracted from the hot zone. A similar procedure could be used to calculate numerical values from the obtained distributions.
The width distribution of the flame front is another central feature. Uneven distribution of the flame front across the width of the sinter bed indicates anomalies in the sintering process. It is especially useful to measure the width of the area where the flame front is missing. In the key frame used in this example, the value of this feature is 12.5%.
The proposed image processing and feature extraction procedure has been applied to an extensive dataset, containing thousands of infrared images. These experiments were used to adjust the parameters of the system and to validate the procedure. The proposed method provided robust detection of the key frames and the region of interest. However, in some cases, the line that divides the region of interest was very low in the image. In these cases, there is not an adequate perspective of the flame front in the image. These images are discarded, as they cannot be used to extract useful information. Most key frames show a perfect view of the flame front. In these images, the proposed segmentation procedure makes it possible to identify the position of the flame front in the image very accurately. The proposed procedure was very robust and effective.
The final step of the proposed procedure is the extraction of features.
The information obtained after processing the infrared thermography can be used to extract relevant features about the sintering process with high accuracy and reliability. The extracted features can be used to monitor not only the BTP, but also the sinter qualities. Furthermore, real-time information about the sintering process can be used to fine-tune the operation parameters, including the strand speed, the solid fuel rate and the return fine rate.
This paper proposes a method to monitor the sintering burn-through point based on infrared thermography. The proposed procedure acquires infrared images from the discharge end of the sintering process. These infrared images contain the cross-section temperatures of the sintering mixture. The first step is to detect the frames where the flame front can be seen best. This detection is based on the average temperature of the frames. The next step detects the region of interest in the images. In this case, a space between the sintering pallets is used as a reference in the images. A segmentation procedure is applied to the detected region of interest. A state-of-the-art active contours technique is used to identify the boundary of the flame front in the images. Finally, different features that can provide useful feedback for sintering control are analyzed and explored. No user input is required for any of the steps: a great advantage for deployment and maintenance.
Results indicate that the proposed system is very robust and reliable. Not only can the extracted features be used to monitor the sintering burn-through point, they can also be effectively used to monitor many other aspects of the sintering process or to predict sinter qualities. Furthermore, the provided information can be used to adjust the quantity of coke in the mixture, that is, the solid fuel rate. Therefore, the integration of this sensor in a sintering plant makes for a far more cost-efficient industrial process.
The authors would like to thank the technicians and engineers of ArcelorMittal Asturias for their help during tests and for their gracious time.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Sintering process using a Dwight-Lloyd machine.
Ignition hood and sinter bed. (
Discharge end of the sintering process. (
Summary of the proposed approach for sintering burn-through point (BTP) monitoring.
Infrared images acquired while the sinter is being discharged. (
Average temperature per frame at 15 frames per second.
Examples of detected key frames. (
Detection of the regions of interest. (
Segmentation of the flame front. (
Maximum temperature zone in the flame front. (
Histograms for the hot zone. (a) Histogram of the distance from the maximum temperature values in the flame front to the bottom limit of the ROI; (
Heights in the flame front. (
Histograms for the flame front zone. (
Results for the segmentation of the flame front in all key frames. (a) Frame 1; (
Histograms for the flame front zone in all key frames. (a) Histogram of the distance from the maximum temperature values in the flame front to the bottom limit of the ROI; (


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One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time, they're looking to broaden the field.
Last year, show organizers invited attendees to hack into a Macintosh laptop, with the successful hacker winning the computer and a cash prize. But this year they're talking about giving attendees three targets to choose from. "We're thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first," said Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of CanSecWest.

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Fananak [fa na ˈnak] is a region on the southwestern coast of Arcél.
It is part of the temperate zone of Arcél, along with Uytai. There is rainfall agriculture, as well as herding and some hunting/gathering.
The late Tžuro state of Jaešim built the largest ships of its time. It used these to trade as far away as Uytai, and in the year 2988 founded the colony of Fananak. As such long distance trade was quite expensive, later, less prosperous Jaešeni rulers declined to continue it; thus, contact with the colony was lost for several centuries.
It is said that the history of the colony is "colorful", but unfortunately little is known about it presently.
Languages from three Adurise linguistic families are spoken in Fananak: Eidnani-Kleʔmet', in the Kleʔmet' river valley, Dnetic, in the highlands, and Itsenic, in the Itsiʔ river valley. Furthermore, Fananaki, the Lenani-Littoral tongue of the Tžuro settlers, is spoken in the northwestern portion.
Etymology: Tžuro Fananak, 'New Feináe'; Uṭandal Paranagu, X. Peranagu.
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The Naples Board of Realtors released statistics comparing April 2008 to April of 2007. The Overall Market Statistics show that the number of pending sales and closed sales are still up in the under $300,000.00 price range. In the 12 month period ending 4/2007 to 4/2008 over all median prices have decrease by 10.5%. Naples overall market is still doing better than the overall Florida state figures.
The Single Family Home Statistics show the number of pending sales and closed sales are up. In the 12 month period ending 4/2007 to 4/2008 Single Family homes median prices decreased in value by 6.92%. Considering the median sales price has decreased in value 15% Statewide, Naples is doing better.
The Condominium Statistics show the number of pending sales are up. In the 12 month period ending 4/2007 to 4/2008 Condominiums median prices have decreased 14.83%. In this same period the bulk of the closed sales, 53.97%, have all been under $300,000.00 and 29.60% of these sales have been in North Naples. A close second at 28.77% of the sales are in the Naples Beach areas.
Condos are staying on the market an average of 210 days, while Single Family homes are staying on the market 177 days.
With 53.97% of all condo sales under 300K, I'd say that if you are searching for a condo in Naples in that price range, you might run into some competition for a well price condo and might to want to start making some decisions.
I have said this before but I will repeat myself. If you are looking to purchase a place in Naples, I would advise you to buy as large of a place that you think you can afford. Now is not the time to purchase a "stepping stone" home. Your money will get you a better price on a larger place in today's market.
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Sophie Dahl's Iced Tea
Sophie Dahl loves to make iced tea—especially using Earl Grey flavored with lavender.
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- 8 and 1/4 cups boiling water
- 6 Earl Grey tea bags
- 1 teaspoon dried lavender flowers (or 6 lavender Earl Grey tea bags)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Lavender or mint sprigs, for garnish
How to make this recipe
In a very large heatproof measuring cup, combine 8 cups boiling water with the tea bags and dried lavender flowers; let steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea and let cool. In a heatproof bowl, combine the sugar with the remaining 1/4 cup boiling water and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the sugar syrup to the tea and let cool. Serve the tea in tall ice-filled glasses, garnished with lavender or mint sprigs.
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A number of car recalls have been announced in Australia due to faulty front passenger and driver airbags. The affected models are listed on our recalls website in the link below.
The latest recalls affects models manufactured from 2003 to 2009. Toyota announced that 181,000 motor vehicles are affected and Honda is recalling 131,775 vehicles. 102,000 Nissan vehicles are also affected but recall arrangements are not finalised.
In 2014, 168,000 motor vehicles were recalled in Australia because of these faulty airbags. Those recalls affected models made from 2000 to 2004.
There have been no injuries reported in Australia as a result of this defect.
The ACCC is currently considering the implications for consumers seeking to exercise their rights under the Australian Consumer Law for vehicles affected by these latest recalls.
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Pistons mix rest, preparation to put 4-day break to best use
The Pistons took Monday off, then Tuesday players rotated through the practice facility for mandatory individual workouts with assistant coaches and weight training under the supervision of Arnie Kander and his staff. On Wednesday, Lawrence Frank put the team through the type of practice usually reserved for training camp – a full 2½ hours with the last big chunk devoted to full-court scrimmaging that afforded Frank the opportunity to look at different playing groups to put to the test some of the thoughts that the schedule hasn't allowed a fair trial until now.
"You definitely evaluate," Frank said. "That's why through practice we had a bunch of different combinations" – two in the first quarter, then three per quarter after that, he said. "I'll go back, watch the tape, see what fits. We all get a chance to see games and we had the benefit of practice. You're constantly going to manipulate and see. Maybe you want to look at different guys in different spots."
The second unit – Andre Drummond, Charlie Villanueva, Austin Daye, Rodney Stuckey and Will Bynum – had played especially well until Sunday's loss to Charlotte snapped a four-game losing streak. The Bobcats got back in that game by scoring 38 points in the second quarter, cutting a 13-point deficit to one by halftime.
So – yup – Wednesday's practice opened with a brisk review of defensive fundamentals. When it got around to the scrimmage portion, though, Will Bynum smiled about the performance of the second unit, intimating that they won the day.
"Second group had some good energy today," he said. "You've got to ask (the first unit) – see what they say about it."
"At this point, to get these couple days off and to come right back in the gym and get after it, it felt good," Daye said. "We got to get off our feet a little bit. We had a hard practice today, did some scrimmaging for a long period of time. I think that helped us gel a little bit."
The high-tempo practice was more about maintaining a competitive edge than about conditioning, Frank indicated.
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Well, I'm taking the plunge.
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Nov 3rd -- NYCM
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Towpath Marathon - Oct. 13
July 27 - San Francisco marathon
100K or Bust
8/23 - Self-Transcendence Marathon (wcrunner2)
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2017 Goals: for races not to be exercises in futility
10/20 -- RnR Denver
Damaris, I will try this one more time. Last year I was planning to do this but had the surgery. I just registered, so got to make it happen. You wanna come run it with me?
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Race: Rocket City Marathon
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Distance: 26.2 miles (debut)
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Goal: 4:15
D, mine is August 11th, 2013 Marathon by the Sea Saint John, New Brunswick
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11/16 2013 Miles for Maria 12 hour race, Kennesaw GA
5K 20:57 (Vdot 47.2) 7/15/17
10K 44:06 (Vdot 46.3) 3/11/17
HM 1:38:20 (Vdot 46.0) 10/29/16
FM 4:24:33 (Vdot 33.6) 11/8/14
I finally decided to pull the trigger and registered for my first marathon, the Hawk marathon in Lawrence, KS. It's a trail race that is part of a 50 mile and 100 mile race held on September 14th. If the race goes well, I'll be doing a 50K in October.
Jess runs for bacon
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12/01 - lilac_jive Space coast marathon (debut)
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The Mummy Returns
Widescreen Collector's Edition
- 2001 (2001) - Universal
review by Todd Doogan of
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: D-
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A/A/C-
Specs and Features
130 mins, PG-13, letterboxed widescreen (2.35:1), 16x9 enhanced, single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (layer switch at 1:21:04 in chapter 13), audio commentary with writer/director Stephen Sommers and executive producer/editor Bob Ducsay,
An Exclusive Conversation with The Rock
video interview,
The Scorpion King
preview trailer,
Spotlight on Location
, 4 visual and special effects formation breakdowns with visual effects supervisor John Berton, outtake reel, Egyptology 201,
Forever May Not Be Long Enough
music video by Live, Universal Studio's
The Mummy Returns Chamber of Doom
theme park ride walkthrough, theatrical trailer,
A Special Message from Oded Fehr
about Kid's Cancer Connection, Universal Studios Theme Parks promo,
The Mummy Returns
Playstation 2 game trailer, production notes, cast and crew biographies and filmographies, DVD-ROM features (including
Unlock the Secrets of The Scorpion King
), DVD newsletter, animated film-themed menu screens with sound, scene access (20 chapters), languages: English and French (DD 5.1), subtitles: English
"My dad is going to kick your ass!"
Oh... I hate, hate, hated
The Mummy Returns
. I'm not ashamed of that fact, so if you feel you must get your "you critics suck because you only like stuffy flicks" e-mails ready, then fire away my friends. But I will say that I already disagree with your defense of this film. And I think I have room to, because I usually love crap flicks. But I love crap flicks that actually make sense. This film has no integrity whatsoever. It's silly, it doesn't follow the "mythology" set up in the first film and it creates relationships that make no sense at all. It's dumb. It's stupid. And it's on DVD, so rejoice all you
Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) is back. It's nine years after the adventures in the first film and he and Evie (Rachel Weisz) are now globetrotting treasure hunters - tomb raiders if you will - who have just discovered the tomb of The Scorpion King ("played" by The Rock and whom we are introduced in a thoroughly unneeded prelude to the film). It would seem that an ancient bracelet previously worn by The Scorpion King is a map to his real tomb and, as legend dictates, he who goes there and defeats him will control his army of zombie dogs and rule the world. Rick, of course, wants nothing of it, because even after everything that happened nine years ago, he's still a jaded unbeliever. That is until his new young son (annoyingly and badly acted by young Freddie Boath) is kidnapped by the newly reanimated Imhotep. I guess he's no longer cursed to protect his tomb from raiders and can now do whatever he wants. I mean, I can understand him coming back to wreak havoc for a sequel, but to be reanimated solely to rule the world is incredibly misguided and silly. Oh... and Anck-Su-Namun, 'Tep's girlfriend from the first film, is also reborn and infused with her spirit (in, like, no time because it doesn't really serve the plot to have it any other way). Anyway, on with the adventure as Rick and Evie head out to stop Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun, only to learn that they both are ancient prophesy that no one in the first film recognized, but everyone does now. Whatever. File this flick under greedy.
The rest of the film is a series of chases with mummy priests, mummy pygmies, a hot air balloon with jet power and Oded Fehr returning to protect... uhm... the world, I guess. In the end, you get a bunch of digital eye candy with no soul, no heart and plenty of reason to believe that Hollywood is going to hell in a hand basket. But at least it's a very expensive hand basket.
As much as I hate the film, I have to say that it looks and sounds absolutely wonderful on DVD. I'm sure there's an Ultimate Edition of this flick in the works, so you may not want to rush right out and pick this version up. But if you were to do so, you wouldn't be disappointed in the video and audio presentation. The anamorphic widescreen transfer features some bold colors, excellent detail and hard blacks. You could cut paper with the picture on this disc. The sound, too, is a marvel to behold. The surrounds are quite active, the dialogue is nicely centered and there's plenty of bass - especially in the pygmy/storm scenes. I can't wait to hear this film in DTS... which, again, will probably be on a forthcoming Ultimate Edition. Why it can't be on this initially release is anyone's guess - especially after you consider most of the extras on this thing.
Where this DVD goes wrong is the DVD filler. There's one nice extra, another okay extra and then a pile of steaming marketing crap. Let's break it down. The nice extra is a thorough look at four of the major special effects from the film. John Berton, mummy reanimator extrordinaire, walks us through the conceptual stage, reference plating stage, plate photography stage, Visual FX element drop in stage and the final sequence as seen in the film for the first time we see Imhotep, the pygmy attack, Anubis warriors' rise from the desert and the oh-so-cheesy Scorpion King attack scenes. Together, they're a great look at the production and show just how much artistry went into creating this film. Some of this stuff looks great and some of it looks like crap, but you'll know exactly how they did it when you watch this supplement. The okay extra is a very self-congratulatory audio commentary track with the writer/director, Stephen Sommers, and his editor-slash-executive producer, Bob Ducsay. Besides letting us in on how much money the film made (and therefore how many people just love the film), they reveal who almost caught fire, how shots were ruined and why they used sets instead of actual locations. If you like the film, maybe you'll like the commentary. But if the film pisses you off, nothing in the track will change your mind.
The steaming pile of marketing crap is just that - a steaming pile of marketing crap. Let's see... first there's a mandatory intro to the film from The Rock. That leads to a mandatory preview trailer for
The Scorpion King
, that you have to chapter through unless you want to be forced to watch a trailer before your DVD home viewing. There's a DVD-ROM feature that will help you
Unlock the Secrets of The Scorpion King
by keeping you up to date on the film's production via your computer's Internet connection. If you haven't had enough of The Rock by this time, there's a 6-minute interview with Mr. Rock. Mmm-Mmm Rock. Okay... so the Rock's out of the way. Anyone care for some delicious Universal Studios marketing to wash it all down? Well there's plenty of that here too. We're treated to a worthless walkthrough of the new
Mummy Returns
attraction at Universal Studios, a special
Mummy Returns
offer that's nothing more than a commercial for Universal Studios, a DVD newsletter with DVD-ROM access and an additional DVD-ROM feature with access to the Universal Studios website, where you can download games, wallpaper and news about other thrilling Universal Studios product. Oh... and if you love the movie, play the Playstation 2 game, for which we have a trailer right here on the DVD. And since we're selling, Oded Fehr gets in on the act, but he does so with some nobility by letting us know how we can help children with cancer. I appreciated this extra and, in this time of giving, it would be nice to see more features like this. But after everything else, I was a bit numbed. There's also some standard DVD fare, like a fluffy
Spotlight on Location
EPK piece, a silly outtakes reel, a Live music video and a follow-up lesson on Egyptology continued from the many original
DVDs. You'll also find the film's trailer, some production notes and cast and crew info. Note that this DVD is also available in a full frame version, buy why would you care?
The Mummy Returns
. Hated by me. But according to the commentary track, it's loved by millions, so what do I know? I don't see it, personally, but if you're one of those millions, run out and get the film on DVD. It looks and sounds great, but the collector's edition materials are sadly not collectible at all. Universal could (and should) have done much better with this. But that can be said of a lot of their DVD product these days. Maybe they'll get this disc right in the forthcoming Ultimate Edition. Or Ultimate Editions...?
Todd Doogan
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Consuming too much sugar is considered by some to be the ultimate marker for developing adult-onset, or type 2, diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), though, being overweight is the biggest risk factor. However, you can still bake a cake and eat it too if you have diabetes.
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These brownies help you to get your chocolate fix while providing a good dose of nutrition via sweet potato and avocado. Sweet potatoes are loaded with vitamins and are an excellent source of fiber, and avocados are a source of heart-healthy fats. The recipe is sweetened with homemade date paste, which contains a good mix of carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
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Peanut butter gives these easy-to-make one-bowl brownies some extra flair and protein to boot. If you don't have almond meal on hand, try grinding raw almonds in your food processor until they're like flour. This is a high-fat recipe since it includes butter, coconut oil, almonds, and eggs, so a small portion is highly recommended. The risk of heart disease among people with diabetes is doubled (and may even be as high as quadrupled), so moderation is key.
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You can use zucchini straight from your garden to bake these veggie brownies. Coconut flour is on the shelves at most grocery stores these days. It is rich in dietary fiber, packed with protein and good fats, and suitable in moderation for people with diabetes.
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How to Build a Lucrative and Lifestyle Friendly Coaching Business
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The Wild Goose, a Del Aire strip club that has been a South Bay fixture for more than 40 years, could be demolished and replaced with condominiums.
The bar's owner, Larry Kroeze, plans to put a five-story condominium complex on the site of the club and nearly a dozen homes he owns on Aviation Boulevard between 116th and 117th streets.
An adjacent lot used as a Metro Green Line bus terminal would be replaced with a five-story apartment building, and the bus terminal would be moved to a neighboring lot.
Kroeze is working on completing environmental and traffic reports necessary before the county Board of Supervisors can vote on the proposal, which he said will probably be in the spring.
"The wave of the future is transit-oriented development," Kroeze said. "The idea is people can get right on a train."
And it won't hurt to have a more child-friendly business in the family, Kroeze said.
"Our family owns (the Wild Goose), and there's nobody left that would like to run it," Kroeze said. "Our children aren't interested in it. Running a strip club and bar is a seven-day and seven-night deal."
Between the two properties, there would be 393 apartments and condos, Kroeze said. Retail stores, including a small market, would on the first floor.
About 10 homes near the Wild Goose, all owned by Kroeze and rented out, would be razed to make way for the proposed development, he said.
John Koppelman, president of the Del Aire Neighborhood Association, said he supports the new housing developments, which would be named Aviation Station. But he is trying to convince Kroeze to provide more parking. Kroeze will likely have relaxed parking requirements because of the development's proximity to public transportation.
"I know it's not realistic to try and fight the project and make it stop," Koppelman said. "I don't want the single-family home residents that have been here for 30 years competing for parking with all the condos and apartments."
Roger Moliere, who is in charge of real estate for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said he approached Kroeze with the idea of building a housing development on his land because it is ideally situated next to the Green Line.
"He owns a city block next to our Green Line station and bus turn-around," Moliere said. "We started discussing various ideas. It evolved from there into a multiuse facility for residential and some retail."
Moliere said the county currently has about 30 other similar projects in construction.
Larry Kroeze's father, Ralph, took over the Wild Goose in 1966 after "some guys" he had loaned money to for purchase of the club defaulted on the loans, Kroeze said.
Ralph Kroeze, who ran a vending machine business, tried to sell it to two other people, and both times they were unable to manage the bar.
"It just kept coming back to him," Larry Kroeze said. After taking it over, Ralph Kroeze went on to buy the rest of the homes on the block.
"He thought if you owned the neighborhood, people couldn't complain about you," Larry Kroeze said. "In those days, it looked like this area was all going to be industrial and commercial buildings. He always looked at it one way down the road. He wasn't looking to stay here his whole life."
Larry Kroeze took over the Wild Goose, now marketed as a topless sports club, in 1992 after his father died. He said his father would be proud that he is developing the property.
He would have been "kind of excited about it," Kroeze said. "You sit back and plan something and, hopefully, you have the satisfaction that you've seen something you've worked on come to life."


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Hotel classification :
Number of rooms: 157
Hotel location:
In town
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(1.29 km)
- Check-in:14:00
- Check-out:12:00
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PLANET 21 Gold
WIFI in public areas 3
WIFI in your room 3
WIFI in the communal areas 3
Chargeable indoor car park 2
Electric car recharging units 3
Reduced mobility facilities
Reduced mobility rooms: 0
Pet allowed 2
Automatic room allocator
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Mr Fabrice LEDENTU, the manager of the ibis budget Cardiff Centre hotel, would like to welcome you.
Ibis budget Hotel Cardiff Centre is a low-cost hotel located in central Cardiff. This Cardiff hotel is close to the shopping and nightlife of Cardiff city centre, and enjoys easy access to the M4. The hotel has 157 contemporary guest rooms and is 100% non-smoking. Each comes with en-suite shower, air cooling and flat screen TV. A continental all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet is served every morning. The hotel has limited amount of indoor parking available and FREE WIFI THROUGHOUT.
ibis budget Cardiff Centre location and access map
From M4 exit at J29. Follow sign for Cardiff Bay/Docks. On the Docks roundabout, take the second exit onto Ocean way, drive trough the commercial estate. Take first exit on the Magic roundabout.Take second exit on the second roundabout towards Tyndall Street. At the traffic light turn left, then first on the right hand side.Distance from the hotel to the city center:CITY CENTRE (0.48 km)
GPS: N 51° 28' 35.46'' W 3° 10' 5.74'' Hotel location
- Railway Station
Cardif Central Railway station (0.10 km / 0.06 mi)
CENTRAL STATION (0.80 km / 0.50 mi)
- Airport
CARDIFF (14.00 km / 8.70 mi)
BRISTOL (64.37 km / 40.00 mi)
- Highway exit
Junction 29 onto A48 (1.80 km / 1.12 mi)
- Parking
- Chargeable indoor car park 2
Enjoy the ibis budget Cardiff Centre hotel rooms
- Number of rooms: 157
- Number of rooms for people with reduced mobility
List of rooms
Triple room with a double bed and a single bunk bed.
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France 's Films Distribution has acquired world rights to Albert Lamorisse's Crin Blanc and its heralded companion piece Ballon Rouge. The first film won the short film grand prize in 1952 at Cannes and was followed by Ballon Rouge which won the short film Palme d'Or in 1956 and the screenwriting Oscar the following year.
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Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant, died of septicaemia a week after presenting with back pain on 21 October at University hospital in Galway, where she was found to be miscarrying.After the 31-year-old dentist was told that she was miscarrying, her husband reportedly said that she had asked for a medical termination a number of times over a three day period, during which she was in severe pain.But he said these requests were denied because a foetal heartbeat was still present and they were told at one point: "This is a Catholic country."Medical staff removed the dead foetus days later after the heartbeat stopped but Halappanavar died of septicaemia on 28 October.
Scandal in Ireland as woman dies in Galway 'after being denied abortion'
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Tim responded to a member family's report of forced, unlawful entry into their home by a police officer during the course of a CPS investigation. The children were on the front porch and obviously not in danger. Tim pointed out that the family's 4th Amendment rights were violated and requested that the officer's supervisors investigate the situation and take appropriate disciplinary action for all those involved in this abuse of power.
About Tim Lambert
Tim Lambert, president of Texas Home School Coalition (the state home school support organization since 1986), has been involved in home school leadership in Texas since 1984. He and his wife Lyndsay taught their four now-grown children at home for 16 years, graduating the last two in 2000. As the head of the organization for the leading home school state in the country, Tim is recognized as an authority on home education issues in Texas. In this capacity, he has testified before numerous Texas legislative committees on issues related to home schooling. He often deals with state government agencies, including the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, on home education issues and has served as an expert witness on home education in a number of court cases. He has also addressed such conferences as the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers on the topic.
Tim holds a B.A. in political science from Texas Tech University and is active in the political arena, having served eight years as Republican National Committeeman for Texas. He is committed to serving the home schooling community and to protecting parents' right to choose the method of education of their children.


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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Alan Schmitz wrote:
> > I'm having a problem configuring m0n0wall on a Net4801. I've got a DSL
> > connection with a /29 netblock. I've configured the interfaces as:
> What version of m0n0wall?
> > WAN A.B.C.D/29 (static public address)
> > OPT1 Bridged to the WAN interface (renamed DMZ)
> >
> > I'm using the default configuration for NAT. I've added some rules to
> > allow selected traffic coming in on the WAN to a specific public
> > address connected to the DMZ and another rule to allow everything
> > coming in on the DMZ to go anywhere. I kept the default rule for the
> > LAN, so everything coming in on the LAN can go anywhere.
> Hmmm. Did you enable Diagnostics->Advanced->Enable Filtering Bridge?
> I don't think this should be a pre-requisite for getting your setup
> working, but it *does* affect the generation of firewall rules. In
> particular, if you don't check this box, no filtering at all will be
> applied to packets received on your DMZ interface. I guess that's what
> you wanted anyways.
> It'd be interesting to see if enabling the filtering bridge feature
> makes any difference for your situation.
I've actually tried this setting both ways, with the same results. I'm
trying to leave the filtering bridge enabled, because I need to restrict
access to some of the services in the DMZ from the WAN.
> > Most things are working correctly. The selected traffic can go from
> > the WAN to the DMZ, the server in the DMZ can go everywhere on the
> > Internet, and the workstations on the LAN can go everywhere on the
> > Internet. The firewall itself can ping the server in the DMZ too.
> >
> > I'm still having problems between workstations on the LAN and the
> > server on the DMZ. I can't get any traffic to go between the LAN and
> > the server in the DMZ, even when the traffic originates on the LAN. It
> > doesn't appear to be a rule problem, because I'm not showing any
> > entries for blocked traffic in the firewall log.
> >
> > Is this type of configuration possible? Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
> I think that this should be possible, but I confess I've never tried
> it. I only use my LAN interface for accessing the m0n0wall GUI (and in
> fact I've disabled NAT for my LAN interface).
I've done this with a SonicWall appliance at work and Linux box with proxy
ARP at home. In both cases the bridge isn't completely transparent.
Both systems need a little help sorting out the traffic destined for the
WAN or DMZ.
> I think that further diagnosis might require seeing the IPFilter
> rulesets installed on your m0n0wall box. Is it possible for you to get
> this output and post some sanitized version of them?
I'll post a cleaned-up version of my rules, when I'm back on the LAN side
of the firewall tonight. I'm also going to run a tcpdump from the server
in the DMZ.
I'm concerned that the NAT'ed traffic is always following the default
route out the WAN port, and it's not getting repeated on the DMZ port.
If that's the case, I might need to add a static route for the server in
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Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh
"My friend Jasna, who's from Sarajevo, gave me this book long before we could imagine a war would arrive in Yugoslavia. I forgot about it, but books are medicine; they don't do us any good if they aren't the right prescription. And so, when war erupted back in 1991, this book literally fell from the shelf and taught me what I could do on behalf of my friend. It showed me that the way to work for peace is to be at peace."
Recommended by Sandra Cisneros, the author of several novels, including The House on Mango Street ($11, amazon.com) and, most recently, Have You Seen Marie? ($21, amazon.com)
To buy: $15, amazon.com.


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It's not the biggest problem facing the young urban cyclist — that's how to roll up your skinny jeans to avoid bike-chain ensnarement. But what's the second biggest problem? Transporting bottles of wine. Until now.
Some folks out in Canada have been busy in their workshops, and now, for a mere $32, you can dangle your wine bottle ever-so-phallically between your thighs as you pedal across town to woo young women sitting in parks. And don't worry that the holster doesn't make room for glassware or a corkscrew. You can drink wine out of a Frisbee!
You'll forgive the departure from our ordinarily sacrosanct and God-driven mission, but it's a Friday in the summer — half of you are already drinking rose coolers on the ferry to Fire Island — and I'm a little cranky.


text: I came across these Charvet formal shirts and surprisingly, liked the ruffled formal shirts. Now, I realize that to some the ruffled shirt is redolent of the '70s and tacky baby-blue tuxedos, but I do believe it can be worn in an elegant if not very Go To Hell manner. In fact, it would look rather swank in a '60s lounge lizard sort of way. I ask: why not? Black-tie is already infused with abortions and pools of overly long pants covering Kenneth Cole-esque "formal shoes" as well as the tackiest of tackiest known as "Creative Black-tie;" why not cut a figure in a well-cut dinner suit and an insouciant ruffled shirt, with perfectly knotted bow tie, of course.


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Hello, I need feedback for a psd template
Home : http://tinyurl.com/d35jn4z
good start but TF requires high quality
wrong shadow , bad navigation , not too beautiful…
Top third of the page looks good! Maybe sort out that "we have" line there, it looks a bit lost so play around with the typography.
I feel like that main menu text needs to be vertically center aligned within the dark grey area.
Those green vertical blocks seem to throw off the whole design, maybe take those out, and have a fine line separator – something subtle. Also are the ecology, biodiversity sections related to the top pics, or separate things?.. that part seems confusing.
For the last third of the page, try fix the ratio of white space in the middle so its similar to the white space between rows… I think overall in that section more vertical white space is needed.
Footer needs more vertical space, looks a bit "cramped" also maybe throw in a horizontal divider between those two rows
Also I suggest using a 960 grid system to correct the spacing issues, and make sure everything looks right to the eye, and don't be shy with vertical spacing
Otherwise nice colours and texturing, nice!
OK, Thank you very much for your comment. I made some changes in this design. What do you think about this?http://tinyurl.com/d89wlao
look better , but it maybe not too special to other. same content , same layout … you need to make it more unique
It looks much better now but there are still some issues:
1. The slider area has too aggressive gradients in the background – you are going from 80% grey to black and then back again. Be subtle!
2. Why is the 'Buy it' button in the slider different than the green buy it button below? Why the gradient on it is so strong? Why is the gradient so ugly? Again, be subtle with gradients and use them only when they are needed.
3. The green 'Buy it' button is out of place.
4. Use one font for all headings!
5. Fix your line height! The line height should be the same everywhere, or double on headings that are bigger than the line height itself. For example – if you choose 13px body font and 18px line height, you should draw an 18px vertical rhythm grid all over your design. The line of text should sit exactly in between of two lines of your grid – this is how browsers renders text. Now if a heading has size smaller than 18px – give it 18px line height too. If it is bigger than 18px – give it 36px line height. The same goes for margins below text – paragraph should have 18px margin below it. Headings should have no margin or 18px margin below them, but this should be judged on per heading size basis.
6. Once you have a vertical rhythm grid mentioned in previous point try to fit everything into the grid – padding on elements, margins. If your grid is 18px then make paddings and margins 18px, 36px or 54px (if you want to have lots of white-space). The eye can see these things.
Overall I think that you don't have a solid idea of the purpose of your theme. Additionally, the PSD category is the hardest one to get into and only really unique designs make it past the review process. It will be much easier to code the template and release it as HTML /CSS.
Good luck!
Thanks for your advice. I introduced another changes. Maybe this one is better ?http://tinyurl.com/8gt3u9m
It's getting better and better…just a little more work and you'll be there.


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SUPER-SUB Jamie Reid curled home a last-gasp free-kick to see Dorchester Town share the lead at the Blue Square Bet South summit.
The Magpies were hanging on for a point at one stage tonight but then Reid came off the bench and dispatched a superb set-piece in added time to maintain the county town side's 100 per cent record at the Avenue Stadium and leave big-spending Eastleigh feeling considerably short-changed.
Having recorded their fourth win of the new campaign, Phil Simkin's troops are now level on points with Salisbury City – the latter currently holding first place by virtue of more goals scored.
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A 26-year-old male from Harbour Grace is facing numerous charges after breaking a window at a residence in Victoria and assaulting police officers at 1:30 this morning (July 11).
Geoffrey Gerald Reid has been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer, one count of resisting arrest, two counts of uttering threats and one count of mischief.
When Trinity Conception RCMP officers responded to a call of a disturbance, they found Reid in an intoxicated state.
Two officers were assaulted — one was kicked — while making the arrest. Neither was hurt.
Sgt. Greg Hicks told The Compass the home where the window was broken was not Reid's.
Reid will appear in Harbour Grace Provincial Court later this afternoon.


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'Thanks for the turnout!' Benedict tells crowd
As many as 100,000 jammed St. Peter's Square on Sunday morning for one of the last public appearances of Pope Benedict XVI.
Speaking in Italian, the pope told the cheering crowd: "Thanks for turnout in such numbers! This, too, is a sign of the affection and the spiritual closeness that you are giving me in these days," the Associated Press reported. He stretched out his arms as if to embrace the faithful from across the vast expanse of the square.
The traditional Sunday appearance by the pontiff normally attracts a few thousand pilgrims and tourists.
Benedict, who shocked the world by announcing last week his intention to resign, made no direct reference to his departure. But in his comments to Spanish-speaking pilgrims he asked the faithful to "continue praying for me and for the next pope."
On Sunday night, Benedict began a Lenten retreat, leaving behind a world of speculation about why he resigned and who will replace him next month.
The Vatican's vague announcements feed the fire. The latest was from the Vatican spokesman who speculated whether it was possible to speed up the election for Benedict's successor.
Church law is clear that a conclave is to be held no earlier than 15 days after the papacy is vacated. So a change would require finding a loophole in the densely woven canon laws on conclaves -- or getting a dispensation. Then it would be a frantic push to racewalk a new pontiff up the nave of St. Peter's for his installation so he'd be in place for Palm Sunday, March 24.
That's a bad idea, Vatican expert Rev. Thomas Reese told USA Today. Among his reasons rushing "would be a mistake," Reese said that church law should not be changed on a whim. "Only the pope can change the rules; once he resigns, no one can change the rules."
After 8 p.m. on Feb. 28, Benedict will mostly likely be known as Joseph Ratzinger, bishop emeritus of Rome. After a respite at Castel Gondolfo, the pope's summer home, he will live as he has chosen, hidden away in a monastery in the Vatican gardens.
On Sunday at St. Peter's Square, a tourist from Wales, Amy Champion, told the Associated Press, "We wanted to wish him well. It takes a lot of guts to take the job and even more guts ... to quit."


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After years of dissing and dismissing road biking, I got hooked this summer. These days I'm a full-fledged convert.
I've been a proud mountain biker since moving to Aspen. With all the sweet single-track trails around here, I always figured, why would you want to be on a road? Why chug along next to fume-spewing cars when you can play in the woods? And how can any self-respecting man wear spandex?
So it was with some disbelief that I found myself giddily cycling up to Maroon Bells and Ashcroft regularly this summer.
I'd had a few too many over-the-handlebars scares, and picked up a couple too many scars on my knees and elbows while mountain biking. I figured I'd mountain bike a little less, try to road bike a little more — trade in some time on the Hunter Creek loop for the famed scenic uphill road rides around the valley. I'd do a road triathlon over the summer. But I'd stay a mountain biker at heart.
As it played out, I only rode Hunter Creek a handful of times, and got to know Maroon Creek Road like the back of my hand. The uphills are nicer, I found — a handful of passing cars is a lot less annoying than dodging dogs and hikers on Smuggler Mountain Road, it turns out. The zooming downhills are a bigger rush, akin to bombing down Highland Bowl. And, if your equipment is in check and the road is smooth, you don't have to make technical moves or crash the way I always seem to mountain biking.
I didn't go all-in and buy a bike, though. I shared my wife's — a dependable but slightly undersized Bianchi. I did two races and rented bikes for those — testing out some cycles and researching for the day I have the cash to buy one.
Earlier this month, I tested the Specialized Allez Expert in Fruita. With an aluminum frame and carbon fork, it's light, fast and easy to maneuver, yet durable. From what I gather, serious road bikers think carbon is a lot lighter and faster, but maybe I'm not a serious road biker — the Allez suited me just fine.
For the most part, the Allez was a sweet ride. But the shifters gave me some grief — the chain fell off twice, once on the inside, where it got wedged and left me watching racers pass me for several minutes as I struggled to get it loose and back on the crank.
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China sends planes, ships to search for lost aircraft
PERTH, Australia — Aircraft and ships from China headed to the desolate southern Indian Ocean to join the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, now lost for two full weeks, and Australia promised its best efforts to resolve "an extraordinary riddle."
A satellite spotted two large objects in the area this week, raising hopes of finding the Boeing 777 that disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board. Planes scoured the region — about 1,550 miles southwest of Perth —for a second day on Friday but came back empty-handed after a 10-hour mission.
Australian officials pledged to continue the effort. "It's about the most inaccessible spot that you could imagine on the face of the Earth, but if there is anything down there, we will find it," Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.
"We owe it to the families and the friends and the loved ones of the almost 240 people on Flight MH370 to do everything we can to try to resolve what is as yet an extraordinary riddle," he added.
He spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing him as "devastated." The passengers included 154 Chinese.
Two Chinese aircraft are expected to arrive in Perth on Saturday to join the search, and two Japanese aircraft will arrive on Sunday.
In Kuala Lumpur, where the plane took off for Beijing, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein thanked the more than two dozen countries involved in the overall search, which stretches from Kazakhstan in Central Asia to the Indian Ocean.
Malaysia has asked for undersea surveillance equipment to help in the search, said Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promised to assess the availability of the technology and its usefulness in the search, Kirby said.
The Pentagon says it has spent $2.5 million to operate ships and aircraft in the search and has budgeted another $1.5 million for the efforts.
There is a limited battery life for the beacons in the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders — about 30 days, said Chuck Schofield, vice president of business development for Dukane Seacom Inc. He said it's "very likely" that his company made the beacons on the missing jet.
The devices work to a depth of 20,000 feet, with a signal range of about two nautical miles, depending on variables like sea conditions. The signals are located using a device operated on the surface of the water or towed to a depth.
Experts say it is impossible to tell if the grainy satellite images of the two objects — one 24 meters (almost 80 feet) long and the other measuring 5 meters (15 feet) — were debris from the plane. But officials have called this the best lead so far in the search that began March 8 after the plane vanished over the Gulf of Thailand on an overnight flight to Beijing.
For relatives of those aboard the plane, hope was slipping away, said Nan Jinyan, sister-in-law of passenger Yan Ling.
"I'm psychologically prepared for the worst and I know the chances of them coming back alive are extremely small," said Nan, one of dozens of relatives gathered at a Beijing hotel awaiting any word about their loved ones.
The Norwegian cargo vessel Hoegh St. Petersburg is also in the area helping with the search. Haakon Svane, a spokesman for the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, said the ship had searched a strip of ocean stretching about 100 nautical miles (115 miles; 185 kilometers).
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said another commercial ship also was in the area, and an Australian navy vessel was en route. AMSA officials also were checking to see if there was any new satellite imagery that could provide more information.
Aircraft pieces have sometimes been found floating for days after a sea crash. Peter Marosszeky, an aviation expert at the University of New South Wales, said the wing could remain buoyant for weeks if fuel tanks inside it were empty and had not filled with water.
Other experts said that if the aircraft breaks into pieces, normally only items such as seats and luggage would remain floating.
"We seldom see big metal (pieces) floating. You need a lot of (buoyant) material underneath the metal to keep it up," said Lau Kin-tak, an expert in aircraft maintenance and accidents at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.


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Format and layoutEdit
Over the last few days, this page has been constantly edited, by Mr. Orange himself to read more like ad copy than an encyclopedic article, like the other performer articles that we aspire to. In addition to this, it has constantly had categories removed and links broken, despite these being re-added each time. Also, other information, easily found in such places as IMDb.com that lists other Trek people worked with has been removed, in an effort to strive toward this seemingly professionally-written biography. An example of the changes made can be found here. I've run to the limit of my patience on this one trying to format it into something acceptable to our layout styles.
I, like most other MA/en contributors, appreciate it when Star Trek personalities come onto our site and add information, but when that information is at the expense of formatting and other information, and those changes repeatedly made, it is more than a little frustrating. Unfortunately. -- Sulfur 21:24, 21 April 2008 (UTC)