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Blu-ray Disc review by
Jeff Kleist
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009 (2009) - 20th Century Fox Home Video
Released on Blu-ray Disc on September 15th, 2009
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Film Rating: B-
Video (1-20): 18
Audio (1-20): 18
Extras: B
Faced with the daunting specter of nearly a dozen expensive cast members for a fourth
movie, Fox decided to instead move the series in a different direction, by exploring the backstory of some of the more colorful, individual X-Men, starting with the #1 fan favorite character, Wolverine.
Of course, the character's origins have been told, contradicted, retold and adjusted many times in print over the last two decades, but
tries really hard to deliver a movie that contains the best parts of them all, without becoming too convoluted in the process. In this case, it seems that the man who would be an X-Man was born over 150 years ago, his mutant healing factor slowing or even halting his aging process. But a long life doesn't necessarily mean a happy one, and a profound tragedy sets James Howlett, also known as Logan, on the path to became the adamantium-enhanced Wolverine.
Fox has delivered an excellent HD transfer on Blu-ray, maintaining the slightly contrasty look of the theatrical prints, while retaining a similar visual appearance to the previous
films, though a bit warmer looking overall. There's a lot of great detail here, especially in the beautiful Canadian Rockies. However, with great resolution comes great responsibility, and that's where
falters a bit. There's a bunch of CG shots in this film that were obviously pulled away from the artists before they were ready. From cheesy claws to some poor stand-in that got Patrick Stewart's CG de-aging mask from
surgically grafted over his noggin like a bad Halloween mask, these shockingly bad shots that sneak in about every 10-15 minutes, breaking the mood with a hammer. So how can the video still keep high marks? Like it or not, it's still an extremely accurate representation of the theatrical product, warts and all... and that's what really counts. Lossless audio and the summer blockbuster are like chocolate and peanut butter - they go together perfectly. This DTS-HA mix offers plenty of directionality ping-ponging around your surround setup. Chest-rattling bass, coupled with a nice tight high end, should ensure that you audiophiles leave your home theaters happy.
As for the extras, they're quite a mixed bag. First, the lack of a Hugh Jackman commentary is disappointing. The available commentary with director Gavin Hood is more narration of on-screen action than anything informative, while producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winters have what's more accurately described as a "goof-off" track - one that's more of the "We're great friends that had a great time making a movie" type than an educational experience. Fortunately, Stan Lee and
co-creator Len Wein have a little better time of it in their featurette. It's always nice to see the classic Merry Men of Marvel get some screen time, and get the props they so richly deserve for bringing these characters to life. The deleted and alternate scenes are mostly the teasers that were attached randomly to prints of
as a bonus incentive to get people to go to the theater, after the film's workprint leaked to the Net. As such, their quality is greatly variable. Storm's appearance is totally throwaway, but longtime fans of Wolverine do get to see the introduction to the classic Japan arc in another scene. (Supposedly, this will be the subject of a sequel.) The main meat of the bonus material is the
Weapon X Mutant Files
. Each mutant in the movie gets a chunk of the 54-minute runtime to play around and vamp in front of the camera. When this is good, it's a blast. When it's forced, you'll want to dig out your eyes rather than go on. So keep that "chapter skip" button handy, as mileage definitely varies here. Aside from a few short breakdowns of various scenes and throwaway promotional pieces, the other somewhat unique feature is the
Ultimate X-Mode
. This is an Internet-tied outgrowth of the indexes found on
I, Robot
. The
combines picture-in-picture commentary with Universal-style clickable topic boxes and pop-up trivia. It's a nice start to what will surely evolve into some great technology, but you've seen enough of this before that it's not going to blow your mind. The disc's BD-Live integration with the
Internet Movie Database
will eventually help with the "I know I've seen him somewhere before" syndrome, but it's not expansive enough here to cover more than the featured players you probably already know anyway. In the end, Fox's BD extras are an uneven package, but the effort put into trying to do something new and different is appreciated.
Much like the extras, in the final analysis
tries really really hard. While the film is certainly accessible to newcomers to the franchise, the mix and match of stories will likely frustrate savvy comic fans. That, combined with the huge cast, will probably leave those who only know the X-Men through the movies feeling a bit dizzy. While no one can fault the enthusiasm of the cast and crew here, this film was hampered by too many masters, concepts and characters, which drag it down to far less than it could have been. All that aside, Fox has delivered a good quality Blu-ray, with extras that (if not great) are a cut above the usual. Those of you who choose to go for it should be mostly happy with your purchase.
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Hi Nathan! According to Nathan Scott: > > Then, we upgraded the xfsprogs to 2.0.3, an now we get a core dump: > > > > # /sbin/xfs_repair /dev/sdb > > Phase 1 - find and verify superblock... > > Phase 2 - using internal log > > - zero log... > > xfs_repair: xfs_log_recover.c:159: xlog_find_verify_log_record: Assertion > > `start_blk != 0 || *last_blk != start_blk' failed. > > Aborted (core dumped) > > [...] > > Ah, I see the problem. You have an unclean log and corruption in > the log which is causing the code in xfs_repair to get confused when > searching for the log head/tail. Thank You *very* much for your answer. > First try mount, then unmount, and then run xfs_repair. The initial > mount/unmount will cause the log to be replayed, if it can be. The mount operation seems to hang. After 6 hours i decided to reboot the box... > Failing that, try "xfs_repair -L /dev/sdb" which skips the check for > an empty log, zeroes it, then goes ahead with repairing. Unfortunatly the '-L' makes no difference: # /sbin/xfs_repair -L /dev/sdb Phase 1 - find and verify superblock... Phase 2 - using internal log - zero log... xfs_repair: xfs_log_recover.c:159: xlog_find_verify_log_record: Assertion `start_blk != 0 || *last_blk != start_blk' failed. Aborted (core dumped) > Failing that (!) we can get libxlog built non-debug so this assertion > doesn't get tripped, and see how we go from there. Ok, i will see if i can do this... Thanks again, \wlang{} -- Willi.Langenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +43/1/31336/702 Zentrum fuer Informatikdienste, Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien, Austria
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The Conspirators is a quest available in Dragon's Dogma.
Return the Confidential Letter to Fedel.
This quest becomes available after meeting the Duke in the quest Come to Court.
Speak to Fedel within the Duke's Demesne in Gran Soren to obtain this quest.
After a meeting at nightfall with Fedel the Arisen must make their way to the Soulflayer Canyon to retrieve a Confidential Letter.
- Caution ! Completing both the Trials and Tribulations and Griffin's Bane quests will cause this quest to fail if it had not yet been finished.
The quest begins by talking to Fedel in The Castle.Sleep at the inn until night, and head to the Duke's Demesne in the Noble Quarter.
Watch either of the two video walkthroughs below, depending on whether the party will be entering from the east or west entrances.
Entering from the west entrance offers a much shorter and clearer path to the Confidential Letter.
Avoid the night guards and wait for Fedel by the gazebo in the eastern garden area, which is circled on the map. Lurking in the room to the east of the gazebo is safest, as there is a guard who exits the castle's door before Fedel arrives.
Fedel will explain his quest and direct the Arisen to a location in the Cursewood where the lost confidential report was stolen by flying monsters.
At the marked location, the Arisen will find Fedel's destroyed cart and a gargoyle will be seen flying away to the northwest towards Soulflayer Canyon.
Reaching the correct ledge in Soulflayer Canyon can be a little tricky, but a pawn with full knowledge of this quest and Soulflayer Canyon will lead the Arisen to it.
From the west entrance, take a left at the passage fork.
After slaying the Cyclops on the bridge, continue straight until reaching a treasure chest on the left side and a steep downward grade on the right side.
Slide down the left side of this grade to the landing with two Godsthrone Blossoms (sliding down the right side leads to the main entrance) .
Slide down two more times toward the left to another area that may contain a snake and two spiders.
Collect some gold pouches, a Panacea and two Sconces on the left before encountering yet another downward slide.
Slide down the right side of this downward grade to a landing with more gold pouches, the fleeing Gargoyle, quest items scattered on the ground, and a chest containing a Steel Beak.
Slay the Gargoyle and collect the Confidential Letter as well as the Parcels lying scattered on the ground. (Another parcel can be found in the rubble of the destroyed cart, back at the Cursewood road junction - ten are required for another quest Parcel Service.)
Return to Gran Soren (making forgeries of the Confidential Letter at the Black Cat is optional but offers greater reward.)
The quest ends when the Arisen brings back the Confidential Letter to Fedel, and/or Ser Gabrian.
By forging the letter, the Arisen can obtain the gold and experience reward for the quest twice, first when given one Ser Gabrian near the entrance, and the second when given to Fedel.
Give either copy (real or forged) to either man to complete the quest.
Upon entering The Castle a short cutscene will draw attention to Ser Gabrian lurking behind a corner to the right of the entrance. This is the ONLY opportunity to speak to Ser Gabrian.
To collect both rewards Ser Gabrian must be given his copy first (real or forged), then Fedel the second one (real or forged).
The game's storyline will not be altered either way the Arisen handles this quest, but for the record it would appear that Fedel is correct about signs of a rebellion, whereas Ser Gabrian is attempting a cover-up by preventing news of it from reaching the duke.
- The letter refers to the soldiers who later rebel at Windbluff Tower. As such, Fedel is correct in his suspicions. Ser Gabrian is almost certainly trying to intercept the letter and thus is in league with the treachery at Windbluff Tower.
- Once Ser Gabrian is given the letter (or a forged copy of it), the quest will be marked as "Completed". However, the Arisen can still deliver the letter to Fedel upstairs in the castle. If the current active quest does not involve Fedel, he will have a blue question mark indicator over his head. He may speak as though the quest failed, but the "give quest item to NPC" popup menu should still appear, allowing the Arisen to turn in the letter and trigger the quest ending as usual.
- If the player plans to give Ser Gabrian a Confidential Letter Forgery, carry an original Confidential Letter in the Arisen's active inventory or the cutscene will not trigger.
- Fedel will always observe that the seal on the letter is unbroken.
- Upon entering Soulflayer Canyon through the eastern entrance near the Cursewood, the Gargoyle is visible from the open area where the Sulfur Saurians and can be shot at from afar with the Ranger's Comet Shot or the Assassin's Lyncean Sight skill.
- Badge of Vows 47 is found near the destroyed cart at the crossroads.


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NEW YORK (AP) Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol will make her acting debut on the ABC Family drama series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
The network says the 19-year-old will play herself on an episode scheduled to shoot and air this summer. It will deal with the consequences of teen pregnancy.
The network calls Bristol Palin the most famous teenage mother in America. She was pregnant as her mother campaigned for vice president. Bristol Palin gave birth to her son, Tripp, in December 2008.
The TV series focuses on the relationships between families and friends and how they deal with teenage issues. It premiered two years ago, and its cast includes Molly Ringwald and Mark Derwin.
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Every Wednesday evening, starting around 9:30 p.m., the she-men at Lips host the raunchiest bingo game in South Florida. If you're not up for the 7 p.m. dinner drag show, but want to get your bingo on, then slide into a seat at the bar and order up some drinks. There's no cover charge. Host Misty Eyez starts the competition by informing the after-dinner crowd that if they're approaching bingo, they'd better moan like porn stars. Otherwise, Misty Eyez won't validate the winning cards. "No silent fucks," she informs. Three games commence, with prizes like free brunch or dinner for two at, you got it, Lips. The crowd votes on which bingo patterns they want to play, ranging from the sedate "X" to the suggestive "Inside Square" — at Lips this pattern is renamed "Glory Hole" — to the self-explanatory "Cock-and-Balls." If you can take the bawdy jokes and insults, this just might be the cheapest bingo match around.
The beaches of Broward County are so densely developed that it's hard to find a strip of sand that's not swarming with sunburned tourists, sand-kicking kids, and football-hurling college students. If it's privacy you prize, come to the beach by 11 a.m., when it's still cheap to park your car in Fort Lauderdale's public lot, just across from the Oasis Café on the beach side of A1A. Drive to the south end to park, near the Yankee Clipper hotel. Grab your lounge chair and start flip-flopping south. You may encounter a few hotel guests, maybe a couple residents of the high-rise condos, but the farther south you go, the more privacy you'll find. Stop before Port Everglades, though, unless you want to swim to the John U. Lloyd Beach State Park across a channel full of zooming boats and crazy-big cruise ships.
White beaches and crystal-clear water are staples around the Palm Beach area, but sprawling Jupiter Beach kicks it up a notch. The streets and city are hidden by a thick barrier of foliage that makes it feel as if you've stumbled onto a secluded tropical island. A wide sand-stretch makes for plenty of perfect places to sun without having to plant your chair so close to some pasty tourist that you can read every word of his John Grisham novel. Jupiter Beach also allows dogs — providing you pick up a doggie bag at one of the beach's boardwalk entrances (and isn't Fido a great way to protect yourself from the pasty tourist's awkward come-on lines?). Sun? Check. Sand? Check. Surf? Check. A sense of seclusion? Check. Sunning on warm shores in solitude? Paradise.
With the charming sound of crashing pins, eight plasma-screen TVs, a video game arcade, and nightly family specials (because if a cheese pizza, soda, and two hours of bowling can't make your kids love you again, nothing can), Pompano Bowl is what sweet childhood memories are made of. It's full of families every night of the week, all wearing ugly shoes and lounging on the black couches (you know it's a good bowling alley when it doesn't have those hard plastic chairs). When bowling's appeal wanes, head over to the lounge side — the dark part of the bowling alley, with the red couches instead of black —and grab a beer or something stronger from Joey's Bar & Grill. A beer or two can only improve your game, right?
When FAU decided to create a football program in 1998, the first thing university officials did – before they had a single player or a football field – was hire the team's coach, the face of the program. And who was more qualified to build a team from scratch than Howard Schnellenberger, who had already rebuilt blue-chip programs at the University of Miami and the University of Louisville? The Owls didn't start playing until 2001, but the coach was not shy about his ambition: he wanted a national championship. This year, at 73 years of age, Schnellenberger, who also once coached the Baltimore Colts, proved FAU brass made the right choice. In only its third season in Division 1, the team went 8-5, winning the Sun Belt conference. The Owls became the youngest program ever to be invited to play in a bowl game, a berth they celebrated with a 44-27 victory over Memphis in the New Orleans bowl. Schnellenberger, named conference coach of the year, had done it again.
You're bored with the gym: All you do there is run on the treadmill. You're not a gerbil, dammit. At the SLC Dance Factory in Hollywood, you can sculpt your sexy self without dying of repetition. Ever noticed how ripped most dancers are? That doesn't happen from lifting weights or running in a straight line. Dancers tighten and tone key zones while building endurance. Isn't that what you want? Get your cardio up to speed with SLC's intense Breakdancing class, where you'll grunt, gyrate, and shake whatcha momma gave you to a fly rap soundtrack, featuring jams by Flo Rida, Soulja Boy, and Lil' Jon. On the more titillating side, try SLC's Pole Dancing classes, where the instructors keep you spinning and climbing until your abs look like a frat boy's and you only answer to your new stripper name (that's "Destini," with an "i"). Need to take some junk out of your trunk? Go for Stiletto Cardio night. Have you neglected your core? Swivel your hips to authentic Cuban rhythms in the Azucar! class. After your workout, admire your budding muscle groups while you suck down a drink from SLC's juice bar or munch on a vegan snack from the raw food bar. Take a moment to say goodbye to the treadmill — then scoot your ass over to SLC.


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All requests to book facilities in the Delta School District are handled through the Facility Rental Department. A rental/lease agreement will be provided upon approval. Please note that rentals can not be arranged more than 6 months in advance and rental rates may vary according to the group classification, the type of facility required, and whether additional custodial time is required.
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Mine Safety Appliances (MSA)
No industry likes seeing more regulations — except for those firms that help energy companies comply with those new rules. In the oil and gas industry that would be Mine Safety Appliances (MSA).
The company provides all sorts of safety equipment — from helmets and breathing apparatus to test systems and monitors — for a variety of industries. However, roughly 33% of its profits come from the energy and petrochemical sectors.
With the EPA and the Obama administration cracking down on the energy sector, various pundits expect a series of new rules to begin entering the shale fields. Aside from emissions, many postulate that worker safety — especially in the wake of the BP (BP) fiasco — will be a major sticking point.
These new rules benefit MSA and its sales. Already, MSA stock boasts a healthy 2.4% dividend. However, as more wells are tapped, MSA will sell more safety equipment and should be able to boost that further.
As of this writing, Aaron Levitt did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Baby Panda At The San Diego Zoo Gets Adorable Belly Rub
Stop what you are doing right now and prepare to squeeeee your heart out. It's time for a baby panda belly rub! The baby panda born in July at the San Diego Zoo had his third medical examination recently to ascertain the gender (it's a boy!) and enjoy a good old belly rub. This sweet little guy is finally getting fuzzy and adorable, so you know what that means: time to donate to the Send Jessica To The San Diego Zoo Fund! Please give generously. [Guardian UK]


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– A Musical Journey From Past to Present –
A true global ambassador for peace, good will, and understanding, Yanni is one of the most recognizable composer/performers of our time. His is, without a doubt, a musical phenomenon — a rare artist whose music defies borders and boundaries and speaks to people of all races and all nations. Yanni: A Living Legacy airs on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 7 p.m. on Eight, Arizona PBS.
Yanni: A Living Legacy takes viewers on a narrated musical journey from past to present performances. Interviewed in the composer's studio, Yanni reflects on the extraordinary moments in his career to give his audience a candid look at the performances that made him famous. This special event features his 1993 Live at the Acropolis concert in the 2000 year-old Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, still considered one of the top PBS fundraisers of all time. Also featured are the history-making appearances at the Taj Mahal and the Forbidden City, and Yanni shares his experience as the first Westerner allowed to perform at these venerable monuments. Other performances include the Royal Albert Hall in London, Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and The Forum at Mundo Imperial in Acapulco.
Yanni: A Living Legacy features these songs:
Yanni has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling more than 20 million copies, including the double-platinum 1997 Tribute album, which sold more than a million albums within six weeks of its release, and his 1994 Live at the Acropolis album, which has sold more than 7.5 million copies worldwide (five million in North America). He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album Dare to Dream and the 1993 follow-up In My Time .
The Tribute DVD debuted at #2 on the Music Video charts and earned double-platinum status, while the Live At The Acropolis DVD is six-times platinum, the second-best music video of all time. More than half a billion people around the world have seen his TV specials.
Yanni has performed live for over two million people in more than 20 countries around the world. His North American concerts tours in 1995, 1998 and 2003-2005 each finished in the Top 10 concert tours of the year, as ranked by Performance Magazine and Pollstar , as well as selling out 10 consecutive shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Currently embarking on a sold out South American tour while putting the finishing touches on two new CDs with a North American tour planned for 2011, this prolific composer/performer has no plans of stopping anytime soon.
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A passive pump consisting of integrated vertical capillaries has been developed for a microfluidic chip as an useful component with an excellent flow volume and flow rate. A fluidic chip built into a passive pump was used by connecting the bottoms of all the capillaries to a top surface consisting of a thin layer channel in the microfluidic chip where the thin layer channel depth was smaller than the capillary radius. As a result the vertical capillaries drew fluid cooperatively rather than independently, thus exerting the maximum suction efficiency at every instance. This meant that a flow rate was realized that exhibited little variation and without any external power or operation. A microfluidic chip built into this passive pump had the ability to achieve a quasi-steady rather than a rapidly decreasing flow rate, which is a universal flow characteristic in an ordinary capillary.
Micro-pumps for micro flow devices are fundamental components and have been studied widely in the field of micro TAS and lab-on-a-chip [
Simple, inexpensive and mass-producible micro-pump systems are required for healthcare, food analysis, and drug discovery where many tests must be performed without cross contamination. A passive pump system, which has no moving parts and no electrodes, is a strong candidate for these application fields where one-time use is preferred. A surface tension passive pump is driven by the pressure difference between two drops of liquid with different radii (
Passive pumps composed of integrated capillaries, which are formed in the thickness direction of the substrate, have a large flow volume despite their small footprint. We have already developed a single-use microfluidic immunoassay sensor chip that includes a vertical capillary array [
All the fluidic chip components were made of polymer consisting of clear acrylic resin (Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd., Japan) and double-sided acrylic resin adhesive films (TL450S-16, 50
A computational fluidic dynamics (CFD) simulation of a multiphase (air and water) flow using the volume of fluid (VOF) method was carried out with the open source CFD toolbox software, OpenFOAM 1.7.1. [
The simulations were carried out with models of a smaller fluidic chip than that used in the experiment, because the multiphase flow simulation of the VOF method is extremely time-consuming with our CPU resources, and the small chips allowed us to finish the calculation in less time. Therefore, we use the simulation results to investigate the essential flow profiles rather than to provide an exact fit to the experimental data. The fluidic model used in all the simulations had a virtual hydrophobic capillary on each vertical capillary except for the inlet. This virtual hydrophobic capillary provides overflow protection and simplifies the model. This is equivalent to the contact angle changing discontinuously from the inside of the capillary to the top surface of the fluidic pump. This minor model change did not affect the overall results. The contact angle at each inside wall was set at 60 degrees. A cylindrical water block was installed inside the inlet as an initial condition.
The typical model consisted of 110032 vertices, 82400 cells, and 271701 faces. The simulation was carried out using a workstation (Dell T7400, 2 Xeon CPU (X5492, 3.40 GHz)) or several (4–8) machines (Dell SC1430C, Xeon CPU (E5335 2.00 GHz)) connected by a gigabit network.
We addressed the issue of flow profile in relation to an incompressible Newtonian fluid, represented by water, in capillaries with the same sub-millimeter order radius. A schematic illustration of the flow path of our target fluidic chip is shown in
The dominant driving force of the flow is the capillary pressure difference between liquid fronts, and the flow rate is determined by the product of the flow resistance between them and the viscosity of the liquid.
Capillary pressures generated in a cylinder capillary (inlet hole, capillaries),
Here, function
The flow profile is divided into three stages depending on the location of the fluid front. In the initial stage, the fluid front propagates in the main channel as a result of the capillary pressure difference,
In the last stage, the unoccupied area is the capillaries, and finally all the capillaries are filled to their tops as seen in
This fluid propagation control realized by controlling the geometrical parameters is confirmed by both experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of a multiphase (air and water) flow. The simulation (movie S2 left) showed that the water propagated in the junction zone but did not enter the capillaries until 0.17 s. (
A simulation provided similar but much clearer results when the condition of
In contrast, when the fluidic chip did not satisfy the condition
In both simulations, some capillaries exhibited a pullback phenomenon. A notable example is capillary #7 in
The quasi-steady flow velocity is explained based on a qualitative consideration as described below. An individual fluid front in a capillary moves according to the pressure difference,
The capillary pressure of each capillary is constant at any given time and is unrelated to the fluid front height, because each capillary radius is the same at any height. Then the average flow rate of the main flow channel at the third stage,
Numerical evaluations of the total pumping time using appropriate values for the geometrical parameters and physical constants were carried out for experimental fluidic chips with 816 capillaries and 15 capillaries and simulation fluidic chips where
A simulation result obtained under the same conditions as those used with the
We have proposed a novel capillary array passive pump that has sufficient power to overcome weak points in flow profile of single capillary. The pumping principle of our device includes a novel phenomenon, namely a cooperative suction action between capillaries. This was confirmed in an experiment, simulation, and theoretical consideration.
Using our pump as a unit device and integrating a number of these pumps into an array led us to a new concept for designing a flexible flow rate for microfluidic devices. We are currently investigating a flexible flow control method by optimizing the shapes and arrangement of the capillaries.
Suction profile video of a passive pump consisting of integrated vertical capillaries. Red water is injected into the inlet hole using a pipette at 4 s. The water propagates in the main flow channel and filled junction zone until 6 s. Although it is not shown in the movie, this is indicated by the change in the shape of the water front in the inlet. From 6 s to 20 s the capillary array exhibits an irregular disorganized suction profile, but this can be controlled by a simple rule. The time at which the water is injected is the time origin of
Suction profile animation of a passive pump obtained by a computational fluidic dynamic simulation of a multiphase flow using the volume of fluid method. A comparison is made in terms of the difference between the channel depth
Suction profile animation of a passive pump obtained by a computational fluidic dynamic simulation of a multiphase flow using the volume of fluid method. The gravitational acceleration is normal (−9.8 m/s 2) in the left animation (same as Movie S2 left) and zero in the right animation. Although the suction profile of a capillary array is different, the completion time is almost the same. Some fluid fronts in the capillaries also move up and down in the right animation.
Pullback phenomenon of liquid front in a vertical capillary observed using the sensor chip shown in
Schematic illustrations of a fluidic chip including a passive pump composed of an integrated vertical capillary array and its suction profile. (
Structure of fluidic chip (A–D) and setup for flow rate measurement (E). An inlet (3 mm diameter) and a vertical capillary (0.4 mm diameter) array were opened in the thick (4 mm) acrylic resin plate (
Screen shots of a computational fluidic dynamics simulation. (
Height of fluid front in each capillary (
Linear velocity profiles at a height of
Color depth change of a capillary in the presence of the pullback phenomenon. The color depth corresponds to the liquid front height. A certain capillary exhibited its maximum color depth at 10 s. This value decreased immediately and returned to the value.
Velocity of fluid front in each capillary calculated using the data in
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To combine those two cards, I pictured Johnny Depp using a pair of binoculars in that house by the lake.
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Duncan held the binoculars to his eyes and surveyed the war.
Many years ago, Jeffrey Kimball strapped on a pair of binoculars and found it up in the treetops of Central Park.
Scotty, suppose you get the binoculars for Barby, then rig up a fan.
The American turned his binoculars obediently and scanned the west and north.
Jack accordingly raised the binoculars and swept the northward section of the country.
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I recently traveled from Colorado to New York the weekend before the demise of the revolutionary social experiment in lower Manhattan known as Occupy Wall Street's "Camp Anonymous." I went intending to capture for posterity photographic images of the people and infrastructure that comprised that hopeful utopian "model community for a new world."
A pamphlet entitled Mutual Responsibility OWS I picked up at one of the information desks stated:
The global reality is not the currency or market fluctuations, but rather a direct result of the new global, integral, and social restructuring taking place. Until now, we developed ourselves on a personal level. Now humanity is approaching a new phase, and the old world must make way for the new world. We are dealing with the natural law of development. Everything that we considered true up until yesterday no longer works …
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." – Buckminster Fuller
Utopian futurist Buckminster Fuller, in the mid 1960s, popularized a "new model structure" for the way we would all live in the future. The geodesic dome hasn't exactly transformed the global human condition as promised. Today, the Occupy Wall Street revolutionary utopians are offering a "new model social structure for the entire global community". The OWS big thinkers created an entire revolutionary community in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street. It thrived and grew for two months until the liberal billionaire mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, ordered police and sanitation workers to relegate it to the trash-heap of history.
This is the first in a series of photo-essays which will bring you into that model utopian community created by the anarchists and Marxists of the OWS revolutionary movement. These people are convinced, each in his or her own way, that this new movement will bring down the entire global free enterprise system, and replace it with their kinder, better, wiser, revolutionary … uh, you know … revolutionary thing.
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The organization is working to dispel a variety of myths, perhaps the most well known of which is the thought that the end of the world will come on Dec. 21, when the Mayan calendar "ends." But the only way the Mayan calendar "ends" is the same way ours do every year — we hit the end of the year and buy a new calendar.
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Economics plus epidemiology provide models of infections and associated behavior of private individuals. They show how infections generate problems of dynamic externalities, scope for government to offset externalities, and problems of the second best when government cannot or does not. Features of these models affect conclusions about individual behavior and government policy: the transition states into and out of infection; the nature of matching among susceptibles and infecteds; the opportunities for prevention, including vaccination, and for therapies and their costs; and the targeting of these health interventions at people, depending on health status. There may be multiple endemic optimal steady states.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Jamal Crook scored 24 points to lead Western Kentucky to a 75-66 victory over South Alabama Saturday night in a Sun Belt Conference game.
Crook's superb shooting was nearly perfect. The guard missed just one shot, making 9 of 10 field goal attempts, hitting his only 3-point shot and going 5 for 5 at the foul line. He also had six assists for the Hilltoppers (8-15, 4-6).
Augustine Rubit led South Alabama (12-10, 4-7) with 20 points and eight rebounds. Antoine Rubit added 15 points and Freddie Goldstein 11.
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Haring's Kingdom of Cocks, and Other NewsBy Dan Piepenbring
- If you live in New York, you have to make your peace with Keith Haring—his public works are all over town. But the city's murals rarely, if ever, showcase Haring's once-in-a-generation gift for drawing cocks. To see that, you must turn to Manhattan Penis Drawings for Ken Hicks, a new book of Haring's dicks that "envisions the city as a kingdom of phalluses": "he transforms Manhattan's churches, skyscrapers, and fire hydrants into architectural penises. The Twin Towers become twin penises. There are penises drawn in front of Tiffany's, in front of the Museum of Modern Art, while 'waiting for a yam.' There are minimalist penises, composed of as few lines as possible. There are also Gucci penises, alphabet penises, flying torpedo penises, optical illusion penises, deconstructed penises, 'actual size' tracings of penises, and clusters of penises on the subway at rush hour."
- Here's one way museums have found to make money: they'll let you watch the varnish dry. It's not quite as lively as watching the actual paint dry, no, but for people with a new interest in the art of conservation, it'll do. At the Musée d'Orsay, Doreen Carvajal reports, "the once mysterious craft is increasingly turning into a high-end reality show—long-running spectacles that appeal to donors who lavish money on makeovers, but trouble some conservators accustomed to quiet and absolute concentration … In the slow-moving drama of restoration, fishbone cracks vanish, figures that were muddy sepia become radiantly blush, and yellow clouds, thick with old varnish, transform into white gauze tinged with rose. The results are a publicity bonanza for museums; they tell a before-and-after narrative that attracts media attention and appeals to crowdfunding campaigns and companies that have never donated to art projects before."
- In 1938, Gertrude Stein published The World Is Round, a book for children. Let her never be accused of condescending to kids—she dumbs nothing down. In fact, the manuscript sounds pretty much the same as her works for adults do: "Everywhere there was somewhere and everywhere there they were men women children dogs cows wild pigs little rabbits cats lizards and animals … Rose was her name and would she have been Rose if her name had not been Rose … Don't bother about the commas which aren't there, read the words. Don't worry about the sense that is there, read the words. If you have any trouble, read faster and faster until you don't."
- It's important to have a contingency plan. If life on Earth takes a turn for the apocalyptic, you won't find me huddled around some garbage fire eating another man's thigh, no, sir. I'll be on the moon. The Atlantic has taught me how to claim land there: "You could launch a small rover—like China's Jade Rabbit, which just ceased operations—to set up a research station at one of the moon's more resource-rich areas, probably the poles. The rover would set down a copper wire, trundle a few meters away and unspool more wire. This length of wire is now a low-frequency radio antenna. Think of the rabbit-ear dipole antenna on an ancient TV set … Under the Outer Space Treaty, you would have to allow other countries and entities to inspect your new solar observatory. But the treaty also says that inspections cannot get in the way of your normal operations, and any inspection would likely interfere with your radio observations. So for practical purposes, nobody else can ever come to your mountaintop. You have become the de facto owner of that piece of lunar real estate."
- Thomas Mann's story "Mario and the Magician" skewered Mussolini as a man with "very ugly hair" and "small hard eyes, with flabby pouches beneath them"—a man who "talked without stopping—but only in vague, boastful, self-advertising phrases." You see where this is going, don't you? How this fascistic asshole might resemble another, more contemporary fascistic asshole? Don't make me spell it out. Colin Campbell writes of Mann's story, "The magician's name is Cipolla, and his show is preceded by a flurry of cheap publicity. When Cipolla himself appears on stage, he spouts a lot of blather about his grand reputation and, after ingratiating himself and reading a few minds, he makes it clear that he leads and commands, while others willingly follow and obey. But could he make a gentleman who challenged him dance foolishly even against his will? ' "Even against your will," answered Cipolla, in unforgettable accents.' "


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Senior cornerback who is one of six returning starters on the defensive side of the ball... listed with the first-team unit entering the fall... has played in 33 games over the past three seasons... owns 18 career starts, second among returning players behind only Skai Moore... is a two-time member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2015: Played in all 12 games, starting 10... started in every game except Georgia and Texas A&M... credited with 32 tackles including 24 solo stops... had a pair of pass breakups and recovered a fumble... matched his career high with six tackles against UCF and against Florida... had a tackle for loss against Vanderbilt... turned in a solid spring as he was named Most Improved Cornerback on the squad.
2014: Played in 12 games, making six starts... credited with 33 tackles and five pass breakups... made five solo stops in the opener against Texas A&M... started versus East Carolina and was credited with five tackles, including one for a three-yard loss... collected three tackles in a start against Georgia and added four tackles in a start at Vanderbilt... best game came against Tennessee when he was credited with four pass breakups and five solo tackles... suffered a concussion against South Alabama and did not play against Clemson... logged a career-high six tackles, all solo stops, in the Independence Bowl win over Miami... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
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We use the term "Videography" here for listing home video releases of various TV shows (similar to a "discography" for albums). However, unlike discography and filmography, the word "videography" isn't commonly used the way we are using it. It more commonly refers to either the art/service of shooting videos (such as a photography or cinematography) or, in some cases, it's a listing of an artist's music videos or original video productions (more similar to a filmography) -- it is not commonly used for a listing of home video/DVD titles and compilations. What about instead of, say, "Fraggle Rock Videography" we just go with "Fraggle Rock videos"? It would similar to how we have "Fraggle Rock lunchboxes" or "Fraggle Rock T-shirts" (not Fraggle Rock Lunchboxography) And it might help with search engine optimization too, cause who really uses the term "videography" when looking for a list of DVD and video releases? We could still keep the category titled as "videographies" to collect all the pages (both the current-"videography" lists of multiple titles from a show/franchise and the disambiguated "(video)" pages for multiple releases of a single production). Thoughts? -- Brad D. (talk) 15:35, June 16, 2011 (UTC)
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Is there any reason why we're using two syntaxes for these pages? Some end in "Videography" and others with "(video)". —Scott (talk) 01:49, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know if they have to be uniform. Video is used as disambig when dealing with multiple re-issues of the same movie/special. Videographies for releases of TV shows, which involve multiple titles, episodes scattered, and so on. I guess we could standardize it, but I don't think it hurts this way. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 01:52, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


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Sunday, 2 July, 2000, 10:53 GMT
Going for gold
It will not be easy. It is never easy to win Olympic gold, and Britain's athletes failed completely in Atlanta four years ago.
But come September and Sydney, several British athletes will wake up to the realisation that they could be heroes.
Colin Jackson 110m hurdles
At 33, Jackson needs an Olympic gold to complete the full set.
Many thought his career was coming to an end when he failed to pick up a medal of any colour at the Atlanta Games four years ago.
But he proved that to be a load of nonsense by winning European gold in 1998 and regaining his world championship crown last year.
Still being coached by his old mentor Malcolm Arnold down in Bath, Jackson is in with an excellent chance.
Dwain Chambers 100m
It's a possibility - but it is a big, big ask.
Dwain did superbly to take bronze at the World Championships, but the men who beat him that day - Maurice Greene and Bruny Surin - are still around and still running faster.
Add to that list Ato Bolden and emerging American Brian Lewis and you have a mighty strong field.
A medal of any colour would be a great result for Chambers.
Katharine Merry 400m
Almost from nowhere, Merry has arrived as a world-class runner.
Aussie Cathy Freeman remains favourite for gold, but is under immense pressure from her home crowd.
And at the rate Merry is improving, there's no telling what times she might be running come September.
Jonathan Edwards Triple jump
On paper, Edwards is right up there. Still the world record holder, on his day he is capable of out-jumping anyone in the world.
But, in the past, he sometimes has not delivered when it really mattered.
He came only third in the last World Championships and took silver in Atlanta when red-hot favourite.
Came a poor fourth in the Rome Golden League meet, but if he can get his technique spot-on, he will threaten.
Denise Lewis Heptathlon
After bronze in 1996, silver in the last two Worlds and gold at the 1998 Europeans, Lewis is primed to take the big one.
Injuries are the key. If she can get an entire season under her belt before Sydney, her chances are good.
The technique and natural ability are there in spades.
Steve Backley Javelin
The old stalwart of the British team returns again, but at 31 and after a year of technical problems, it is to a much tougher game.
He took silver in 1996 but, after dominating in the early nineties, has struggled to hit those peaks again.
An outside bet if his aching frame stays in one piece.
Ashia Hansen Triple jump
The ability's there, as Ashia showed in taking the World Indoor crown last year.
But can she put it together when it matters? In the last World Championships she could not. In the last Olympics, she so nearly did, coming in fourth.
After a dismal start to the year on the home front, with her ex-boyfriend Chris Cotter on bail and facing three charges relating to an alleged racist attack, her training was seriously disrupted.
But she remains in with a shout.
Men's sprint relay squad 4 x 100m
Britain now has an accomplished pack of young sprinters, equalled only by the USA - and that balance may be swinging in the UK's favour.
Put Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Dwain Chambers together and you have a real threat to the American dominance of this event.
Paula Radcliffe 10,000m
Put in a memorably gutsy performance to take silver behind Gete Wami at the World Championships last summer, and remains one of the outstanding athletes of her generation.
But does she have the finishing kick that a gold medallist should have?
Reaching her peak and now happily married to former 1500m man Gary Lough, this is the summer we will find out.
Dean Macey Decathlon
Came from nowhere to claim silver in the World Championships, his first senior appearance in a GB vest.
On that occasion he set six personal bests, and should he show anything like the same form again, he is in with a solid medal chance.
If he beats that number of personal bests in Sydney, gold could be the colour.
Iwan Thomas 400m
It all comes down to injuries and a superman. Injuries being what stopped Iwan from training properly last winter, and the superman being Michael Johnson.
Iwan's now fit and has started the season well.
Trouble is, so has Johnson. Still, the American has got to be beaten one day.
Brirish Olympic hopeful on her Sydney preparations
See also:
28 Jun 00 | Athletics
Merry goes for gold
28 Jun 00 | Athletics
Chambers aims for the top
28 Jun 00 | Athletics
Backley looks for full set
24 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Lewis takes heptathlon silver
24 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Chambers slipstreams Greene for bronze
24 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Hansen flops in triple jump
25 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Colin Jackson: Britain's golden boy
26 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Magnificent Macey snatches silver
26 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Jackson hurdles to gold
27 Aug 99 | World Athletics
Radcliffe wins silver in 10,000 metres
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Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo
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Running Time: 1:48
Release Date: 3/19/04
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Think of someone who broke your heart. Now imagine that it's possible to remove all traces of that person from your memory. Sounds pretty nice, doesn't it? That's the ingenious premise of wunderkind screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's script of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. With equally ingenious execution, director Michel Gondry creates the rocky terrain of human memory and tears it down in front of our eyes, using creative visual effects and good, old-fashioned lighting and camerawork. The film's setup takes us backwards through a relationship—from its heated end to its whimsical beginning—with scenes of tremendous honesty and realism against the backdrop of an ever-deteriorating landscape. The central couple faces such common relationship quandaries that we naturally identify with them, making the material all the more pertinent, but Kaufman doesn't leave it at that. He expands upon the initial idea, exploring themes and nuances of the concept that make us consider the psychological and social themes of such an extreme procedure, and he arrives at a conclusion of somewhat profound simplicity: the connection between two people goes beyond the inner workings of the brain. If you erase the memories, there's still something inexplicable left.
Joel (Jim Carrey) meets Clementine (Kate Winslet) on a train back Montauk Island, where he has just spent the day after ditching work for no apparent reason. He's not usually spontaneous, but for some reason, this day is different. The two hit it off after some awkward moments, mostly because she is usually spontaneous and speaks her mind. He's much more reserved. Cut to Joel, sobbing in his car. He returns to his apartment, where a neighbor wonders where Clementine is and what their plans for Valentine's Day are. He's quick to leave the conversation, goes to his apartment, takes a pill he received in the mail from a company called Lacuna, and passes out. He remembers certain things, especially about Clementine. She went to Lacuna as well, a fact that Joel wasn't supposed to know. She acted like she didn't even know him the last time he saw her, and that's because she didn't. She had her memories of him erased, and distraught, he decides to have his memories of her erased with the help of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak's (Tom Wilkinson) revolutionary procedure.
The film primarily takes place inside of Joel's mind as targeted memories of Clementine are systematically expunged from his brain by a pair of technicians (played by Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood) working as Joel sleeps peacefully. What he's experiencing isn't quite as serene, and Gondry visualizes the world of Joel's memories as a nightmare. Cars fall out of the sky, people's faces go blank, and entire houses collapse. Kaufman has, perhaps, the most distinct and eccentric voice of any screenwriter working today, and his imagination is in full force here. Joel is alternately a witness of and a participant in his memories, watching hopelessly as his past literally crumbles before him. Gondry realizes this concept with initial subtlety (Clementine's name disappears from a letter) and growing complexity. Characters slowly go out of focus or pass through shadow, creating an immediacy to the proceedings. This is a nightmare for him, as he finds himself in an intimate moment with his beloved only to have her disappear. Joel eventually wants to hang on to these memories, which leads to his taking Clementine through other memories where he hopes no one will discover them.
These buried memories bring up an interesting dilemma. There are scenarios of painful secrets he chooses, including an event in his childhood where he took a hammer to a helpless bird under the pressure of his peers and a memory of how inattentive his mother was toward him. These experiences were vital to his development into the quiet, reclusive man that he is today, and under normal circumstances, his experience losing Clementine would point him in another direction of personal growth. The process of deleting memories so early in the course of grieving and adapting would suggest that he would not learn from these experiences. In a society that demands instant gratification, Lacuna seems the perfect match. Here's an easy way to avoid pain and suffering, but at what cost? Kaufman is smart, realizes this, and gives us the character of the office secretary Mary (Kirsten Dunst), who has an unprofessional crush on Dr. Howard. There's a secret between the two of them that opens up a philosophical can of worms concerning the nature of love in regards to the film's setup. The consequences of the relationship lead to the film's most striking query: If you knew the eventual problems of a relationship, would you still go through with it? And if you did, would that change the course of said relationship?
The questions hold even more bearing when we put them on Joel and Clementine. Their pairing seems a mismatch made in heaven. He has a personality that could bring her more down to earth; she has an impulsiveness that could liven up his life. The way this couple fights and loves is sincere. She goes out and parties late into the night; he stays up waiting for her. He accuses her of cheating on him. He's insecure but doesn't know any other way to express it. She's equally insecure, as she reveals by relating how she saw herself as an ugly child and begs Joel not to leave her (the irony of the statement is tragic). This is a couple driven and torn apart by their own neuroses, and we feel for them. Jim Carrey continues to thrive in dramatic roles. Carrey infuses Joel with a sympathetic angst—a loner who could easily make someone happy if only he were happy himself. Kate Winslet, with primary-color dyed hair, pinpoints his opposite, giving Clementine a seemingly unflappable carefree spirit that makes her moments of vulnerability all the more affecting.Without a connection to the central relationship, all of Kaufman's musings and Gondry's visual frills would be for naught, but because there's something identifiable in their affair, it all fits into place. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is about maturing the concept of a loving relationship. Some people want their love to be clear skies and sunsets, running at the nearest sign of trouble, and for them, Lacuna is the answer. For the rest of us, we know that love isn't just happy feelings; it's something you have to work at for it to flourish.
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2011 Season - Freshmen lead Vikings to sweep of Dubuque
|Senior catcher T.J. O'Donnell had two hits in game one Wednesday and gunned a pair of runners on the bases in the final inning to preserve a 2-1 Viking win. He also went 1-for-2 in the second game as Augustana completed the sweep with an 8-6 win.
MOLINE, Ill.- Augustana rode the pitching of a pair of freshman lefties to doubleheader sweep of Dubuque Wednesday night at Swanson Stadium/Brunner Field. In the first game, Matt Pisani (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.) went the distance in his first collegiate start as the Vikings prevailed 2-1. In the nightcap, Rob DiDomenico (Sandburg HS, Orland Park, Ill.) worked 5 2/3 innings to pick up the win in his first varsity appearance as Augustana came away with an 8-6 victory. The Vikings are now 25-11 on the year.
Game One: Augustana 2, Dubuque 1
The Spartans got on the board first in the opener. After the Vikings left runners stranded at second and third in the bottom of the second, Dubuque's Andrew Danna reached on a fielder's choice in the top of the third, stole second and came around to score on a Nicholas Martin single.
Augustana evened the score off Spartan starter Elliot Visuri in the fourth. T.J. O'Donnell (New Trier HS, Northbrook, Ill.) drove a one-out double to the gap in left center and scored the tying run when Anthony Concialdi (Fremd HS, Barrington, Ill.) dropped a single into right field.
The Vikings got the go-ahead run in the bottom of the fifth when Zac Chuvala (Rocky Mountain HS, Fort Collins, Colo.) singled to center and eventually came home on Pat Wilson's (Stevenson HS, Vernon Hills, Ill.) RBI single to right.
Pisani, who cruised through the first six innings, got some help from battery mate O'Donnell in the Spartan seventh. Vince Parisi led off with a bad-hop infield hit, but with pinch-hitter Ryan Tackitt at the plate, O'Donnell threw behind Parisi at first, picking him off for the first out of the inning. Pisani fanned Tackitt for out number two, but another pinch-hitter, Ben Rockwell, reached on a Viking error. O'Donnell came through again though, cutting down pinch-runner Klayton Breitbach attempting to steal second to end the game.
Pisani gave up six hits and walked just one while striking out five. He improved to 2-1 on the year. O'Donnell had two of Augustana's six hits.
Game Two: Augustana 8, Dubuque 6
For five innings, DiDomenico's performance in the nightcap was just as impressive as Pisani's. He stymied the Spartan bats, allowing just an unearned on one hit. The Vikings staked him to an 8-1 lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first and three each in the third and fourth.
However, the Viking freshman ran into trouble in the top of the sixth. A pair of singles, including an infield hit, and a walk loaded the bases for the Spartans with one out. DiDomenico fanned pinch-hitter Phil Elking for the second out, but Jeffrey Stevens worked him for a walk to force in a run to make the score 8-2. Augustana head coach Greg Wallace then went to his closer, Josiah Martin (Canton HS, Canton, Ill.). The first batter he faced, Jacob Sylvester, cleared the bases with a double down the left field line and Andrew Danna cut the lead to 8-6, delivering Sylvester with a single to left center. After another hit, Martin struck out Todd Whited to end the inning, leaving two Spartans stranded.
Vince Frede (St. Charles East HS, St. Charles, Ill.) came on in the seventh and retired the Spartans without incident to earn his third save of the season. DiDomenico, who gave up five runs (four earned) on just three hits, picked up the win in his collegiate debut. He walked three and struck out four.
Dave Hoffman (Cary-Grove HS, Fox River Grove, Ill.) and Wilson each had RBI singles in the Viking first. Kurt Schmidt (Grayslake Central HS Grayslake, Ill.) had the big hit in Augustana's three-run third. He lined a two-run single to center and Jacob VanDuyne (Wilmington HS, Wilmington, Ill.) added an RBI single to right in the inning. Jared McIntosh (Assumption HS, Davenport, Iowa) had a two-run single to left center in the fourth inning and later scored the Vikings' final run, stealing home on the front end of an Augustana double steal.
Hoffman, Wilson, McIntosh and Jeremy Juhl (Glenbard East HS, Lombard, Ill.) each had two of the Vikings' 13 hits in the contest. Chuvala and McIntosh each scored twice, while McIntosh and Schmidt drove in two runs apiece.
Augustana plays a three-game series this weekend at Millikin. The Vikings and Big Blue meet in a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, May 7 and in a single game at noon on Sunday, May 8.


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Building an El Toro Mold.
I've always wanted to try making a fiberglass boat. Well, here was my chance. Tony (Co-worker & Foredeck for
No Tomorrows
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No Tomorrows
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Back burner and run.
I found a freebee mold at boat school. After looking it over we decided to put the El Toro project on hold and pull a part out if this new mold. Hopefully this new boat would make a sellable little 8 foot fishing/row boat.
And that's exactly what we did the very next day. Little did we know that this would result in us being kicked out of Tony's garage. See the
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Block sanding.. Uggh!!
The entire boat was rotting. The more we sanded, trying to smooth it, the rougher it got. Time for desperate measures.
Tony and I mixed up about a 1/2 gallon of epoxy with yellow pigment and a little 410 for future sanding fun. Tony mixing with me running a paint roller we coated the entire bottom and sides with a couple coats of liquid plastic.
We blocked down the entire boat bottom only to realize, it needed to be done yet again. We'd used the little rubber sanding blocks and they left hills and valleys. This time it was white pigment, three coats of epoxy, no filler.
The entire boat was block sanded with 36 grit on long blocks. Now that smoothed out some stuff! Block sanding took about 2 weeks or so as a back burner project. Finally it was complete and we were able to start on the top of the boat.
There was a lot of design issues pushed back 'till this point in the project. So, I'm having sleepless nights dealing with them. Where are the split lines for the mold going to be?
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Carving and sculpting
Just a little carving and block sanding. One gunnel was rotten on both ends. the other was missing so we attached a new one. We should have replaced both but didn't know at the time just how much work and tears the rotten one would cause.
West system, using 410 filler, has problems when you try to use it as Bondo. No matter how thick you mix it, it flows. It would go on just perfect. Then, before it would kick off, it would soften and flow away. This caused days of frustration. %$@*&!! We used the 410 'cause it was the easiest to sand.
The missing/replaced front and rear corners needed to be built up, filled, shaped and smoothed. The old rotten gunnel needed to be re-sculpted into shape. There was a lot of the nose of the boat missing, that was rebuilt completely with 410 blobs. Ugh! Not to mention random gouges here and there on the hull skin. Sculpting the rotting hulk into an El Toro shape ended up taking weeks.
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Thursday, August 9, 2007
Closing up the plug
Very happy with the results from the last night's work. The boat now has actual corners. This was not just a little "whoops" thing, it was originally missing about a foot of one front corner. We'd rebuilt from the inside and epoxy glassed it in.
Next we attached a 1/8" door skin as a lid over the boat. This was because I wanted to do a mold with an in-turned flange. Also, this would give a good line to work from when re-carving all the rotted trim strips and edges.
In the words of Jason, "It looks like Tony found this in a creek."
Once the top was glued and screwed down we routed off the edge.
Next a little body filler, smooth everything out and we'd start building the mold. Yeah right!
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 - Guessing at the date here..
Checking out Tony's El Toro.
This isn't Tony's El Toro. This isn't Tony's garage. This is just some pic I stole off the internet of an old El Toro. Tony's El Toro was way more thrashed than this one! Tony got some pix at the time, but there still in his camera. The front and rear corner's on Tony's had actually rotted off the boat entirely.
First order of business was to glass some wood to the corners. (Where the corners were missing.) We used the rotting deck as a doner for the wood, It was the same thickness so it matched up nicly for bending.
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The El Toro website
Everything you ever wanted to know about the El Toro sailboat.


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