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I am new to the world of labview and wrote my first code to move a linear stage traverse using the velmex NF90 stepper motor (yes, it's very old). For my code, I wanted to input the total dist and intervals to stop at. However when I run it, it doesn't behave how I would like. If i just run it from the front panel it traveres one interval then stops. If I use the highlight excution then it runs and won't stop traversing until it the program finishes. I don't know if the length of run has anything to do with it or just a coincidence but any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Thordon,
That is a very old motor drive. Where in your code is it supposes to stop at intervals? When you increase your distance to traverse does the motor turn more? Can you please explain in more detail what you expect to happen and what is actually happening?
Here are some good documents that may help.
Model NF90 Controller
Velmex NF90
NI Motion Control
Tim O
Thanks for replying. I was recently working on the code and found a few small mistakes. I attached the new code that, when I run with the "highlight execution" on, it runs correctly. However, when I run from the front panel (with highlight execution off) it quits after the first movement, which corresponds to the "collect every" variable. Run correctly, is defined as, move the traverse _inch (distance to travel) and stop every _in (collect every) and then return to where the motor started or origin when it was turned on.
To try to answer some of the questions about the old code in terms of the one I just attached...The code stops at intervals everytime (after) it initializes the movement based on the "collect every" varible within the stacked sequence (outer stacked sequence #3 and inner stacked sequence #0).
Yes when I increase the distance to traverse it'll continue to move based on the increments set by the user under "collect every."
Essentially, the command finishes before the motor finishes moving and therefore the motor will stop when the command stops. I have been doing some more searching and found this thread, I believe he had the same problem but it appears to be solved without a solution.
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Essentially, the command finishes before the motor finishes moving and therefore the motor will stop when the command stops. I have been doing some more searching and found this thread, I believe he had the same problem but it appears to be solved without a solution.
After re-reading, he had a slighly similar problem not the same
After more hours spent scrutinizing my code, i found the problem. I was not waiting until the controller was telling me that command was completed to continue.
However, I have ran into a small problem (more of a road bump). Near the end of the execution, I have to wait for a response from the controller to indicate the the motor is back at the origin, I receive a time out error from the VISA read function. This error isn't present until after the command executes so it doesn't effect the command but can get annoying. Is there an easy way to deal with the error so the user isn't prompted?


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Even if the federal government shuts down and the fiscal battles in Washington continue, the provisions under the Affordable Care Act will move forward as state exchanges open Tuesday, Oct. 1 to begin enrolling millions of the uninsured into health care plans.
At least 5.3 million people could be eligible for coverage in the Golden State under Covered California, a state-run, online market exchange that lists affordable health insurance plans. The exchange entered agreements with 12 health insurers, including the state's largest, such as Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente
At least 2.6 million eligible uninsured may be eligible for tax subsidies to help pay for their health care coverage. Those subsidies will be available for individuals earning up to $46,000 and for families with incomes of up to $94,200.
Although consumers can purchase insurance directly from brokers, only those who go through the exchange are eligible for the subsidies, however. In Los Angeles County, for example, an estimated 779,000 are eligible for subsidies through the exchange. In San Bernardino, at least 341,000 people qualify.
For those who don't qualify for subsidies, Covered California provides a rate chart for Southern Los Angeles County residents, who are 40 years old, for example, to consider a range of plans from Health Net, Anthem, Molina Healthcare, L.A. Care, Blue Shield, and Kaiser Permanente.
Others who qualify may include those who have insurance through a job, but whose spouse or children are not covered through the employer's plan.
In addition, no patient can be turned away for pre-existing conditions and the maximum out-of-pocket cost comes to $6,350 annually.
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Beltre happy just to hang with the big boppers
HOUSTON -- Adrian Beltre began Thursday batting .439 in his last 11 games. That put him third in the American League batting race, with a .326 average. Jose Altuve led with a .332 average, and Victor Martinez was second, at .327.
"I have no chance," Beltre said. "Altuve? Great hitter. Victor Martinez? They're better hitters than me. I just hope I end up third. I'm hoping I can hang up with them."
That may be, but Beltre and Martinez are good friends. They played together on the Red Sox in 2010, and Martinez was a leading tormentor among those trying to give Beltre the dreaded head rub. It would seem that Beltre would hate losing to Martinez.
"He's a way better hitter than I am, from both sides of the plate," Beltre said. "He's a great switch-hitter. He has the luxury that if he has to face a nasty right-hander, he can turn to the other side."
Martinez also has the luxury of batting in the middle of a potent Tigers lineup, hitting cleanup behind Miguel Cabrera. Beltre batted fourth for the Rangers on Thursday, with Mike Carp batting third and Jim Adduci batting fifth. Carp went into the game hitting .179, while Adduci was hitting .177.
"If everybody was healthy, and different guys in front of me or behind me hitting, it's the same stuff," Beltre said. "I'd still have to do my job every day. It doesn't matter what the situation -- when I'm at home plate, I want to beat the pitcher.
"Because we don't have the team we're supposed to have and everything is not going the way we want this year, I'm not going to home plate trying to get an out. It's not going to happen. I have a job. I don't think it's an excuse not to compete well because the team is not doing well."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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EX-PREMIER League referee Mark Halsey has started his marathon 12-day walk across Britain.
The Bolton-based former official started walking from Land's End to John O'Groats with seven others yesterday.
Mr Halsey, currently in remission after battling cancer, is raising money for the Steve Prescott Foundation, a charity set up in the name of the former Rugby League star, who died from abdominal cancer in November last year.
Former Wanderers boss and now West Ham manager Sam Allardyce could join Mr Halsey for a leg of the walk, along with fellow football stars Peter Reid, who used to play for Everton, and former Sheffield United and Leeds United manager Neil Warnock.
At the start of the walk, Mr Halsey said: "We are hoping to complete the route in 12 days.
"We are all ready and people can follow our progress on Twitter and give what they can.
"I've not set a target, just to raise as much as I can to help all these men, women and children fighting cancer."
The Steve Prescott Foundation supports the Christie Hospital, the Rugby League Benevolent Fund and the Oxford Intestinal Unit and has so far raised more than £500,000.
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OROVILLE -- The Oroville Area Youth Wrestling Wildcat team put out a Tug-of-War challenge to the Oroville Fire Department and the Oroville Police Department.
The Wildcats will face both public safety agencies at their practice at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Mooretown Rancheria Tribal Gymnasium, 1 Alverda Drive.
The tug-of-war will be the best two out of three with the Wildcats separately challenging the Fire Department and the Police Department.
The losers will give the winners 10 pushups, and it is expected that both departments will be donating money to the Wildcat Wrestling organization.
It has been mentioned that the police and fire departments will come up with some great surprises to keep the crowd and wrestlers interested.
"We have been looking for a youth program in Oroville to sponsor and when the wrestlers approached us about this event it was a no-brainer," said Aaron Copeland, president of the Oroville Firefighters Association.
This is why they have the Chili Cook-Off every year, to raise money for the local youth. Traditionally they donate the money to the Burn Foundation, but this year they decided to keep the money in Oroville, Copeland said.
Oroville police Sgt. John Bruschi has four kids on the team. "Two of us at OPD have kids on the Wildcats Wrestling Team so we are looking forward to this challenge.
The law enforcement community in Butte County is very active in youth and high school wrestling and many local police officers wrestled in high school, Bruschi said.
"It is always great for young kids to see or meet a police officer in this type of scenario, let alone to stand a chance of beating the cops in a strong-man contest," Bruschi said.
The Wildcats have more than 65 kids in the organization and are excited to compete against local public-safety men and women.
The tug-of-war challenge will get the kids pumped up and ready for a wrestling tournament Saturday.
The first Wildcat Wrestling Elementary Tournament is for sixth-grade and under. It will start at 9 a.m. at Las Plumas High School. The top three teams will win trophies, first through fourth place will win medals and outstanding wrestler in each division will win awards.
Admission is $2 for adults, and kids 18 and under are free. For more information regarding the tournament, contact Jayme Boucher at 990-6099.


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Governments should be picking long-term equity investors before going to investment banks and construction contractors when financing infrastructure, according to the head of a major infrastructure fund.
Michael Hanna, head of infrastructure at Industry Funds Management, which has $34 billion worth of funds under management, says there is plenty of money available for infrastructure projects, but forecast inaccuracies and funding models are a big roadblock these days.
"We have spent the best part of three years negotiating the widening of [Sydney's] M5 toll road," he told an infrastructure conference. "That's an existing asset and we had two sets of modellers [of traffic numbers] and they were light years apart with 17 years of traffic history."
But the biggest thing that needs to change is how projects are procured, he said.
"Where [modelling errors] get compounded is in a competitive bid situation with short-term interests wanting to get to financial close and construction of the project who are driving that modelling project – you get an exponential increase in risk."
IFM has learned this lesson from bitter experience as an investor in the Cross City Tunnel. There have been very few projects to try new models out on since the global financial crisis, but the fund is urging the Victorian government, for instance, to follow their prescription for the proposed East-West Link.
"Going to an investment bank and a contractor and asking them for a bid first up is the opposite way to the way which we think governments should procure that project," Hanna said.
"They should be going with the long-term equity investor first, then you work with government to procure debt, the contractor, and have live competitive situations for each of those."
Thomas Jacquot, director of corporate and government ratings at Standard & Poor's, agreed with Hanna's view on the way bids should be conducted.
"Some of the [older] projects have taken five, six years to get to the level of patronage envisaged for the project, but the owners were ready to wait that long," he said. "In more recent ones investors in equity were after the return in two to three years.
"No traffic forecast is correct, but the question is how far off you are from reality. If you are willing to take a long-term view you tend to take a less aggressive assumptions in the first place."
Another problem with some bidding processes is that the winner was chosen on the basis of the government getting the highest cash up front from the bidder. "So you introduce an element of over-optimism in the forecast because you want to get the bid across the line."
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text: If Barkley is still on the board at 27, I see a team like Cleveland moving up to get him. So I propose trading our 1st for their 2nd , swap of 4ths. and a 5th round pick. I am also including the projected compensatory picks. #2. Justin Hunter, WR. Once his knee heals to 100%, he will be considered a steal in the 2nd round. He has great size and speed and will crack the rotation once he get run block well enough for Kubiak's liking. With the sense of Walter being cut, WR will be position to address this off-season. #2. Brandon Williams, DT. Cody is a for sure goner so DT will need to be addressed also. I think the consensus around here is that Williams would be a great replacement. He is HUGE unlike the DT's that have been on the team. He will help in not allowing teams to run up the middle against us. With his motor and size, I am liking my chops to see him next to Watt on the line. #3a. Da'Rick Rodgers. What??? Yeah, I like his ability and think the Texans can see past his drug usage and pick him based on talent. With a guy like AJ, Rodgers can learn to be professional and go make plays on the field. Hunter can be Walter's replacement and Rodgers will be Andre's replacement. #3b. Chase Thomas, OLB. His 40 time really dropped his stock which is a good thing for the Texans. With the feeling that Barwin will not be returning, the OLB position will need to be looked. Thomas seems like a guy the Texans would draft due to his high character and not taking plays off. I would mock Montgomery here, but with what he has said in the last few weeks, I feel that the Texans should distance themselves from him. #4. David Quessenberry, OT. I have the Texans selecting a OT two reasons. 1. Competition against Newton. Hopefully Kubiak picks a starter in preseason and sticks with him instead switching them out like he did with the RG position. 2. Will need depth with Butler and Harris being FA's. #5. Josh Johnson, CB. His slow 40 time is going to drop his status which once again will be beneficial to the Texans. He is pretty good in man coverage and can be a good run tackler. The only knock is that he likes to play physical with having his hands on the receiver, but other than that, I would love to have him on the team. #6. Brad Wing, P. I highly doubt the Texans spend the money on Lechler so a Punter will need to be drafted. Wing can boom the ball off his foot which will help Kubiak become more conservation on offense lol. His failed drug test scares me so Allen could be an alternative here. #6. Michael Williams, TE. He's a great run blocker which will help improve the run game. I see him as a certain situation player for now. Once he can catch balls and run routes consistently, he can become a starter. #6. Zach Boren, FB. I imagine another team will get Casey in free agency so the Texans will need a FB. Boren could become the day one started if a FB is not signed in free agency. #7. Rex Burkhead, RB. He is a powerback that can be used in certain situations and will also improve RB depth if something happens to Tate this off-season.


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O's lose Davis as offense stays quiet vs. Royals
Left oblique strain forces Crush to exit; Jimenez allows four runs
BALTIMORE -- About an hour down the road in Frederick, Orioles fans flocked to Harry Grove Stadium for third baseman Manny Machado's much anticipated rehab assignment debut. But on a night when the O's took a step forward in gaining one All-Star infielder, they lost another.
First baseman Chris Davis exited Friday's game after four innings with a left oblique strain, somber news in a cold rain-delayed contest in which Orioles righty Ubaldo Jimenez -- the team's biggest offseason acquisition -- again came up short of a quality start in Baltimore's 5-0 loss to Kansas City.
Jimenez (0-4) tied a season-high with six-plus innings and allowed four runs in what was one of his better starts this year. But the 106-pitch contest, in which Jimenez walked four and allowed six hits, is still a ways away from the performance the Orioles had hoped for when they signed him to a four-year, $50 million deal this winter.
"I'm trying to do everything possible to be there for the team. I know things have to change," Jimenez said of his 6.59 ERA through five games. "And I'm really happy that April, this is my last start in April. Hopefully [I'll] get it going in May. It seems like every time I go out there, I find a way to lose the game."
Jimenez, who has historically been a slow starter, wasn't helped by the Orioles' high-powered offense -which had posted back to back games with at least 10 runs. Royals righty Yordano Ventura fired eight scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to lower his ERA to an impressive 1.80.
"I've been throwing a lot of strikes," Ventura said. "And my offspeed pitches have been good, and my throwing on the inside and outside corners has been very good, so that gives me a lot of confidence."
Jimenez got into some early trouble in a 29-pitch first inning that put the Orioles in an immediate two-run deficit. After a one-out walk to Omar Infante, Eric Hosmer singled, and Billy Butler and Alex Gordon followed with RBI base hits that prompted pitching coach Dave Wallace to come out to talk to Jimenez. It worked, as the O's righty, following a second-inning single to Escobar, kept the Royals hitless again until the seventh.
After a leadoff walk, Jimenez surrendered a pair of hits, the latter an RBI single from Nori Aoki to chase him from the game.
"What gets magnified is the fact that their guy pitched real, real well," manager Buck Showalter said. "If he comes out and we win that game, 4-3, or whatever ... it's hard for me to fault [Jimenez]. He just ran into a night where the other pitcher was a little better.
"[Ventura] didn't catch anyone by surprise. We knew what we were up against tonight with him, especially with the weather he was pitching in."
The Orioles never really got anything going off Ventura, with one of their best chances coming with a pair of singles from J.J. Hardy and Matt Wieters in the bottom of the second. But the power righty -- who paired an upper-90s fastball with a devastating changeup -- got a pair of strikeouts from Ryan Flaherty and David Lough, with Jonathan Schoop's groundout in between.
The O's lineup took a turn for the worse after Davis exited, as the O's No. 3 hitter was grimacing following a third-inning lineout, and he came out of the game prior to the fifth. Davis had a career-high 20-game streak of getting on base entering the game.
"We'll know more about it tomorrow," said Davis, who was in good spirits despite the injury. "I've never had an oblique strain or whatever you want to call it, but it doesn't feel so bad right now that I can't move or anything like that, so I think right now we'll just take it one day at a time."
Davis was replaced at first by Flaherty. Schoop shifted from second to third base and Steve Lombardozzi entered the game at second. The O's, who designated Steve Pearce for assignment on Tuesday, have no clear-cut backup for Davis, who has two homers and 13 RBIs.
"CD is a big, big part of our lineup and part of our plan," center fielder Adam Jones said. "Whatever it is, you just want him to take his time and not rush it, because it could be longer.
"A big, strong guy like that, I think he wants to rush back. But something like that, it's early in the season, make sure you're 100 percent before you come back on the field."
Davis and Showalter were hopeful the team caught the injury early and that it wouldn't be something that would linger. The O's first baseman isn't sure what exactly caused the injury, although swinging off Ventura didn't feel good.
"I dove a couple times in Boston for a foul ball, dove in Toronto on a turf. There's plays here and there you feel a little beat up and battered," Davis said. "But there's no one specific play or swing or anything like that that I can remember. Just discomfort the past few days."
Was it concerning to Showalter to see one of his star players exit like that?
"They all do [concern you], but until we can judge what stage it is, it's a little premature, because he's a well-conditioned strong guy," Showalter said. "He's a tough guy. He plays through a lot of things. You take the proper precautions and see where you are in the next couple of days. He's worth waiting on."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I think playing JO and AK together at PF/C would cause you to get dominated on the boards. You'd likely lead the NBA in blocked shots, but neither of them are great rebounders and both have fairly thin frames, so defending players like Dwight Howard would be a nightmare. AK isn't a shooter either, so I cant see that fitting with what O'brien wants to run on offense.
If you could get him for bad contracts or clean up our rotation abit you would have to look at it, but I think Utah will receive far better offers.


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As smoke from Arizona's wildfires engulfed sections of New Mexico this week, Otero County commissioners approved the creation of an "emergency forest plan" that could open up more tree logging in the Lincoln National Forest.
The action gives the county the go-ahead to create a plan to control wildfires and to tell the federal government that it intends to log 10,000 to 20,000 acres near Cloudcroft. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), who in March proposed expanding New Mexico's logging industry, was quick to gush over the commission's latest move. In a statement, he thanked the three county commissioners for "putting the safety of New Mexicans first" and "choosing a course of responsible action."
Commission Chairman Ronny Rardin justified the action by telling the Alamogordo Daily News that the county isn't "bound by the Forest Service regulations."
"We're going in an emergency state with companies," Rardin adds. "We want to make sure we're not going in and destroying the forest, but managing it."
But Bryan Bird, a forest ecologist with WildEarth Guardians, points out that the Lincoln National Forest already does controlled burnings. He argues that the burnings, which are done primarily to reduce the wood fuel that can often be the bait for uncontrollable wildfires, dispel the notion that publicly-protected lands aren't properly managed. He's also skeptical that opening up logging would lead to any kind of production boom.
"You can't just create a logging industry," he says. "There's no market for lumber right now. There are few large mills left and few places to sell it."
He also characterizes the commission's move as "political theater."
"I think they're speaking to their core constituency, which generally has a fear of government and a fear of environmental regulations," he says.
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Punya wrote:Re the humorous criticism: Yes, well that's one way of looking at it but maybe DJKR is trying to steer us to the middle ground!
that is what I think privately - that his advice was rather wake up call for notorious FB spammers, not really set of rules to follow literally. maybe now some people will actually think before posting on FB and post mindfully and with good motivation.


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Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel finished with four wickets apiece as South Africa made short work of wrapping up victory over Sri Lanka by 153 runs in the first Test at Galle.
From 110 for one overnight in pursuit of 370, the hosts crumbled to 216 all out despite 76 from Kumar Sangakkara and the defiance of captain Angelo Mathews, who ended unbeaten on 27 from 70 deliveries.
Having already won the one-day international series 2-1, the Proteas are now certain to at least draw the two-Test series.
Sangakkara was 58 not out overnight but quickly lost partner Kaushal Silva for 38, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock with a flying catch to give Steyn his second wicket - the same combination were responsible for Upul Tharanga's dismissal on Saturday.
Morkel claimed his first scalp when Mahela Jayawardene (10) edged to De Kock and the key wicket of Sangakkara fell before the 150 came up.
The 36-year-old was distraught after slapping a filthy long hop from s pinner JP Duminy straight to South Africa captain Hashim Amla at short mid-wicket.
Lahiru Thirimanne soon fell for 12, slicing an uppish drive off Steyn to AB de Villiers at slip.
And when Morkel and Steyn removed Dinesh Chandimal (one) and Dilruwan Perera (nought), De Kock pouching both to complete five catches for the innings, Sri Lanka were deep in trouble at 161 for seven.
Rangana Herath and Suranga Lakmal at least went down fighting, the former striking four boundaries in his 20 from 18 balls before a top edge off Duminy was well caught by De Villiers on the run.
Lakmal hit 12, all in boundaries, before skying Morkel to Imran Tahir at long leg and last man Shaminda Eranga, who had been doubtful to bat at all with eight stitches in a hand injury, came out to the wicket but was bounced out first ball by the rangy paceman.
That gave Morkel figures of four for 29 while Steyn's wickets cost 45 for match figures of nine for 99 and the man of the match award.


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Four injured players return to roles at Penguins practiceJanuary 18, 2014 11:43 PM
Break up the clique.
The Penguins, bombarded with injuries this season, have had a revolving subset of players who have gone through rehabilitation together, skated together, watched games together.
"Too many of us," winger Chuck Kobasew said.
In a big step Saturday, four players who have missed between one and 23 games returned to practice. All skated in a regular role and seem close to playing, although it's not known if it will be as soon as Monday when the Florida Panthers visit Consol Energy Center.
"To see a lot of guys come back and [to think] some guys will be returning soon, is promising," said defenseman Paul Martin, who practiced in a pairing with Brooks Orpik and on the No. 2 power-play unit. He has been out since Nov. 25 when his leg was broken.
Also back at practice were winger James Neal, who was in his customary spot on the right side of the second line with Jussi Jokinen and Evgeni Malkin and on the top power-play unit; winger Jayson Megna, who skated on the right side of the top line with Chris Kunitz and Sidney Crosby; and Kobasew, who skated on the fourth line.
Neal, who has 17 goals, 36 points in 27 games, missed a 4-3 win Wednesday against Washington and two practices before that because of an unspecified injury. Megna has missed 13 games because of a leg injury. Kobasew has been out the past six games because of an unspecified injury.
Others remain out, including regulars Pascal Dupuis and Beau Bennett, but the Penguins had four full forward lines and four defensive pairings for a rigorous practice.
In particular, the defense was as intact as it has been nearly all season.
If Martin suits up Monday, it will mark just the third game in the first 49 for which the top eight defensemen in the organization — Martin, Orpik, Kris Letang, Rob Scuderi, Matt Niskanen, Olli Maatta, Robert Bortuzzo and Deryk Engelland — have been available.
"I'd like to play Monday, but I want to get a couple of practices under my belt and see how it feels after [Sunday] and go from there," said Martin, who has two goals, 11 points in 23 games.
"Timing, stuff like that is a little bit off, but as far as the injury and being back out there, I felt great."
Martin blocked a shot during the third period in a game at Boston. He finished the game and later learned that he had a broken tibia near the bottom of his left leg.
"It didn't feel great, but once you come out of the [skate] boot … you recognize you can't walk," he said. "I knew something was wrong, but at the time you have adrenaline going and you're still playing and on the ice, so you don't really pay much attention to it."
Even if his return doesn't come as soon as Monday, he's confident he will play in a portion of the Penguins' 10 games before the NHL's Olympic break.
"A couple [of games] at the end of this month and the beginning of February would be nice to get ready for that," said Martin, who, along with Orpik, will play for Team USA at the Sochi Winter Games.
Like Martin, Kobasew is in wait-and-see mode.
"I've got to see how [Sunday] goes," he said. "[Saturday] went well."
Kobasew, who earned a contract and a roster spot after coming to training camp as a free-agent invitee, is coming off of his second injury this season. He missed 17 games earlier because of an ankle injury. He has two goals in 25 games.
Megna, a rookie, is part of a parade of players who have been promoted from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. He has four goals, six points in 15 NHL games.
"I don't want to make any speculations, but I feel good," Megna said of a possible return. "I felt like I was skating well out there. I'm optimistic."
Coach Dan Bylsma said he placed Megna on Crosby's right wing — Dupuis' regular spot — because of his speed and because he is "a guy who has bumped into points when he's gotten the opportunity. He's gotten some goals, created some plays."
Another rookie, Brian Gibbons, also has played on Crosby's right side, but now he is injured. Brandon Sutter, usually the third-line center, played Wednesday in that spot.
Megna got hurt Dec. 16. He and Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier were in a race for the puck, with Bernier coming way out of his crease. Get to and control the puck, and Megna had a sure goal. Instead, Bernier got to it, and the collision between the two sent Megna hard into the boards.
"I blocked a shot, and it was a race for the puck," Megna said. "Credit to him, he made a smart play coming out and getting it. It was just unfortunate that I went down. I was a little bitter about it, but it's just one of those plays that ended up working out well for them and not so much for me."
Faced with a similar scenario, Megna won't shy away.
"In the same situation if I get a chance to play on Monday, I'm going to do the same thing — I'm going to go for it," he said. "That's just the way I play."
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Sheriff ramping back up to 24-7 patrols for first time since 2010
EUGENE, Ore. - Sheriff's deputies will soon be on duty around the clock in Lane County for the first time since 2010.
A $4 million transfer of federal money from the county road fund will help the Lane County Sheriff's Office ratchet patrols back up from the 16-hour per day low hit last June, the sheriff's office said.
Step one starts in July with a move to 20 hours per day. The goal is to resume 24-7 patrols by October.
The sheriff will achieve the first step by shutting down the forest patrol unit and boosting the road deputy team from 16 to 21 people by July 6.
That is enough deputies to resume 24 hour patrols, but two planned retirements and another departure will slow down efforts to get staffing back up to around the clock levels, Captain Byron Trapp said. He expects full staffing and 24-hour coverage by October.
Trapp cautioned that this may be a one-year situation, since road money from the federal Secure Rural Schools and Communities is not guaranteed in the future. He worries funding could even cut the number of deputies out on the road below the current 16 at some point in the next few years.


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Here is the Brendan Shanahan video:
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Mike Green elbows a defenseless Brett Connolly who was already pinned to the boards by Dmitri Orlov. Brutal elbow by Green to Connolly's head. Connolly did skate off on his own and no penalty was called on the play.
What a dumb decision by Mike Green to make. I guess it's not like he knows what it feels like to get a concus--- oh wait... he does.
Even though no penalty was called, I can't see Mike Green not getting a suspension from Shanahan.
WSH's Mike Green will have a disciplinary hearing with Brendan Shanahan Friday for his hit on TB's Brett Connolly Thursday night.— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) March 9, 2012
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I've been busy today. In fact with two of my co-workers going on vacation one after another at work, I've been balls-deep busy for like 3 weeks. But with the groin tear that Mathieu Garon suffered during the game against the Senators (he'll be out 3-4 weeks), the Lightning has called up Dustin Tokarski.
This is big. I fully expect him to get starts while Garon is out with injury and his first start could come as early as tonight against the Caps. I don't think he's actually NHL ready yet because I don't think he's done everything he can do in the AHL yet, but hey it will be fun to see him get a few games in. Plus think of the alternative, Roloson anyone?
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Breaking news via TSN, Hockey Canada has accounced that Steve Yzerman will return as the Executive Director for the men's Team Canada at the Sochi 2014 Olympics. This will be his second straight Olympics as the Executive Director having won gold in Vancouver in 2010.
He'll be assisted by Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland, Edmonton Oilers president Kevin Lowe, St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong and Hockey Canada staffers Bob Nicholson and Brad Pascall.
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Every year when it comes closer to awards season, major movie studios, TV networks or even the stars themselves take out ads in entertainment trade publications (and their websites) such as Variety, The Hollywood Reporter or Deadline, to sway the voting groups like Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (for the Academy Awards) or the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (for the Emmys) to vote for their work or cast. See this one that Melissa Leo took out for her campaign for Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter last year or this website that Showtime puts together for the voting groups to watch their programming in streaming video online. If you have no idea how much campaigning (and money spent on it) goes on to win an Oscar or Emmy, it really is fascinating stuff.
With so little talk about Stamkos' body of work this season on a team with so many problems with their defense and goaltending, if the Lightning make the playoffs, Stamkos may need a 'for your consideration' ad for the Hart trophy. Now I acknowledge that Evgeni Malkin may this category locked up and if he doesn't, Henrik Lundqvist is a strong candidate for it, but if the Lightning make the playoffs shouldn't Stamkos be considered?
Let's start off with his numbers: As of Sunday night, Steven Stamkos has played 65 games so far this season. In those 65 games he has 47 goals and 80 points which puts him at 1st in the league in both categories. Evgeni Malkin is currently tied with him in points but Stamkos is 9 goals of Malkin in goals scored.
Out of his 47 goals, Stamkos has had 10 game winning goals for first in the league in the category and has a shooting percentage of 20.4%. Although we had a killer powerplay last year, this year the Lightning have been struggling to put together a consistently effective powerplay. So this season powerplay goals aren't padding his goal totals as of the 47 goals scored, only 9 come on the powerplay. If you compare that to last season, of the 45 goals scored, 17 came on the powerplay.
Basically, the numbers mean that he's been playing another great season for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and if the Lightning make the playoffs it will be in large part because he dragged this team into 8th spot with his game winning goals.
Although he leads the league in both goals scored and points acrued, all this goes largely unnoticed because the Lightning have been bumbling about the bottom of the Conference. The problems we've had with out defence and our goaltending has overshadowed his accomplishment in scoring to keep this team in the playoff race.
The only article I've read that has written about his consideration for the Hart was by Dan Rosen of NHL.com that was published last week. Like an indie film's chances of an Oscar without a big studio backing it up, it may also have something to do with us being in a smaller market that doesn't get as much regional press as say teams in Pittsburgh, Philly, Montreal or Toronto may have. In Tampa we may appreciated his consistency and laud his scoring achievement but if we lived in a bigger market with more press, we'd be reminded of this achievement every single day, multiple times a day (trust me on this as I live in Vancouver where they do this all the time).
Though it is technically allowed for a player on a non-playoff team to win the Hart, in recent NHL history, you don't ever see a player winning or even getting Hart consideration if his team misses the playoffs; but as the Lightning get closer to the playoffs, there's a case to be made for Stamkos.
With the Lightning now sitting just 2 points out from 8th spot in the East, this late season charge has been led by Stamkos and this hodge-podge of a team digging deep and just getting it done night after night. Since Dominic Moore was traded to the Sharks before the game against San Jose in Tampa, the Lightning have gone 7-2-0. Perhaps the exit of players before the trade deadline indicating the Lightning being sellers alleviated the stress of the team and the shift to playing fun hockey has had an impact of their success of late. Whatever the reason, their success, coupled with the failures of Toronto, Montreal, Washington and Buffalo has led them to be able to hop into 10th in the East.
So as we head into the final 17 games of the season, consider Steven Stamkos.
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Marc-Andre Bergeron has decided to have season ending surgery to fix his lower-back injury according to this article by Joe Smith on Lightning Strikes. He has been out 22 of the last 23 games with a bulging disk that is affecting his sciatic nerve. This is not the first time he's had to address this as he had a similar surgery in 2009 when he was with the Minnesota Wild.
No official announcement has been made by the team but Bergeron did tweet the following on Saturday:
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No official announcement has been made by the team but Bergeron did tweet the following on Saturday:
Surgery in sight , unfortunate but its the reality of professional sport !— Marc-Andre Bergeron(@bergeron47) March 3, 2012
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Are we still in this?
We just passed Toronto and Buffalo with this win and are now 4 points out from the Jets who are in the 8th place....
Holy shit we're still in a playoff race.
Oh and the Leafs just fired their coach. And hired Randy Carlyle. Jesus. What a world we live in.
So the Lightning played well tonight. Actually they outplayed the shit out of the Rangers tonight.
Recap after the jump...
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Get an overview of this hotelKey West hotel is less thana block from the Southernmost Point
Popular property highlights
Historical district
This Key West historical district hotel is 2 blocks from Southernmost Point. Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, and Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum are both a half-mile away.
Private beach, pier
Southernmost Beach Resort features a private beach with a pier, 3 outdoor pools, and a fitness facility. Guests enjoy beach massages and cocktails at the poolside bar. Complimentary beach towels, beach sun loungers, and umbrellas are also included.
Free Wi-Fi
Guestrooms at Southernmost Beach Resort feature ceiling fans and premium bedding. TVs come with satellite service and premium channels. Rooms provide refrigerators as well as complimentary wireless Internet access and local calls.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Southernmost Beach Resort features a private beach with a pier, 3 outdoor pools, and a fitness facility. This Key West hotel provides complimentary beach towels and chairs. Spa services include manicures and pedicures, beach massages, in-room massages, and couples' massages. The hotel offers a bar and a 2 poolside bars. Southernmost Beach Café serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests enjoy complimentary wireless Internet access in public areas. The hotel includes a concierge desk and a 24-hour front desk. Multilingual staff can assist with tours. Onsite parking is available for guests only during their stay. Dry cleaning/laundry service is available (surcharge). This hotel also features a conference space and luggage storage.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 261
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of poolside bars - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Beach bar
- Porter/bellhop
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- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 630
- Conference space size (meters) - 59
- Number of buildings/towers - 8
- Spa services on site
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- Computer station
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Pool umbrellas
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Restaurant
- 24-hour business center
- Wedding services
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Coffee/tea maker
- Premium bedding
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- In-room massage available
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Free bottled water
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Pillowtop mattress
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Southernmost Beach Café - Beachfront restaurant with ocean views; serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Shores Bar - Poolside bar with ocean views and limited lunch menu.
Pineapple Bar - Poolside bar with limited lunch menu.
Nearby Things to Do
This Key West hotel features a private beach with a pier, and 2 outdoor pools. The hotel offers a fitness facility with cardio machines, free weights, and personal trainers. Guests enjoy yoga on the beach and beach volleyball, as well as croquet and bocce ball.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Volleyball on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Beach yoga on site
- Boat tours nearby
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
- Number of treatment rooms 2
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 22.50 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 39.38 per accommodation, per night
- Pool access
- Beach access
- Beach loungers
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- Fitness center access
- Partner property pool access
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- Business center/computer access
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- In-room safe
- In-room coffee
- In-room bottled water
- Laundry facilities
- Concierge/valet service
- Additional inclusions
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- Self parking fee: USD 26.88 per day (in/out privileges)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 22.50 per night
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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The Cool World (1964) is a pioneering independent American fiction film shot on location in New York for less than $100,000, using then-unknown actors, and directed by experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke, who was one of the foremost members of the "underground" film movement that dominated American low-budget filmmaking in the early to mid 1960s. In the cast are the actors Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee and Clarence Williams III, among others, who all went on to lengthy careers in the cinema; for many working on the film, this was their first brush with commercial filmmaking.
Based on a novel by Warren Miller, the film was produced by Frederick Wiseman, who later became a major figure as a documentarian with such films as Titicut Follies (1967), which documented deplorable conditions in a Massachusetts mental hospital. Shirley Clarke had made a series of evocative short films earlier in her career, particularly the gorgeous In Paris Parks (1954), which documents children and couples during one day in Paris, and Bridges Go Round (1959), a brief abstract film that turned a series of Manhattan bridges into an extended merry-go-round of light and activity. In 1960, her short film Skyscraper, documenting the construction of a building on Fifth Avenue, received an Academy Award nomination.
Moving into features, Clarke directed The Connection (1961), based on the play by Jack Gelber, dealing with a group of jazz musician junkies anxiously waiting for a heroin delivery in their New York loft, which was hailed a new breakthrough for realism on the screen. This led to The Cool World, which dealt with black gangs in Harlem in an equally forthright manner, creating a gritty and often brutal film, although Clarke's poetic streak often comes out in some of the film's visuals, particularly in the dreamy main title sequence, in which the credits roll past abstracted scenes of trees in the mean streets of the city.
Though the film was sold sensationally as an exploitation feature ("HOOKER! FUZZ! JUNK! RUMBLE!" the film's poster screamed), The Cool World is at base absolutely serious, and presents an unflinching look at the social conditions endured by African-Americans in the early 1960s. The film centers around a 15 year old gang member, Duke (Hampton Clanton), who wants desperately to buy a gun from the older criminal Priest (Carl Lee), so that Duke can become the leader of his gang, and lead his fellow gang bangers in a series of "rumbles" (gang fights).
Clarke shoots The Cool World in cinema verité fashion, so that it almost seems like a documentary, and the stark black and white imagery of cinematographer Baird Bryant, coupled with a cool jazz score by Mal Waldron, makes the world of Duke and his gang seem real and immediate. As an example of the independent film movement in America, The Cool World is a real, personal landmark. Clarke's direction is unsentimental and tough, as fits the subject matter, offering the viewer a new level of realism in American filmmaking.
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First Year Exhibition 2014: Empathy
The First Year Program in Art and Design prepares students to be creative, engaged and ready to advance into their chosen areas of study. This program exposes students to studio and community resources as it develops productive relationships, valuable skill sets and a broad awareness of contemporary Art and Design practice.
The first year is a time of artistic and personal development during which students choose their areas of concentration and begin to see themselves becoming practitioners in their field.
Each year the First Year Program faculty selects a theme around which instructors may link assignments and readings. This year's First Year theme is Empathy. It is our belief that by exploring this theme, and our own layers of understanding it, we become more engaged as citizens and individuals as well as more true to our individual and collective voices as artists and designers in society. While not all work in this exhibition addresses that theme, instructors have woven ideas, projects, readings and discussion about Empathy throughout their teaching.


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We currently live in Pensacola on Florida's beautiful Emerald Coast. However, we used to live and work in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A take on a bayou classic Turducken.
It is important to know that there are several steps to making this burger. The burger itself does not exceed the rule of 16 ingredients, but the other steps certainly do.


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MDA Muscle Walk is a life-changing event that strengthens families and communities.
MDA Muscle Walk is a life-changing event that strengthens families and communities.
MDA Muscle Walk empowers individuals in hometowns across America to raise critical awareness and funds for muscle-debilitating diseases that severely weaken muscle strength and mobility.
This is more than a walk. MDA Muscle Walk is a life-changing experience that unites families, friends, neighbors and local businesses to forge powerful connections, celebrate the strength of MDA families and transform hope into answers.
"He is truly our hero and our inspiration. He is the reason we participate in Muscle Walk. I took him out of his wheelchair at the end of the course so he could walk over that finish line and to prove that we will get him through anything."Tell your story
"One of the things that makes each MDA Muscle Walk so unique is that our families lead the event, and it's essential that MDA continues to expand this event so that families continue to have a way to help the cause and connect with one another…the pictures tell a great story about the real meaning of Muscle Walk and why it's so important to MDA and our families."Tell your story
Ever since 19-year-old Kyle and 15-year-old Travis were both diagnosed with BMD about five years ago, they have participated in the Columbus, Ohio Muscle Walk with their team of family and friends, the K & T All-Stars — named for the boys. This year was no exception.Tell your story
Diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) five years ago, Dana uses a wheelchair to get around but still remains active. "I ask her what keeps her going, because not many kids with muscular dystrophy play sports, and she said that she loves the feeling of competition, to compete against her own strength and to meet people with many different kinds of struggles," says her mom, Jane.Tell your story
Three-year-old Paxton is the tiny, grinning powerhouse that keeps his grandpa, Stuart, going. His smile gets Stuart out of bed every morning and, even though it's tough for the 53-year-old with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease to travel, it's his grandson's future that motivates Stuart to participate in MDA Muscle Walk this year.Tell your story


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Editorial: ICM and Hemorrhage
by Jan Tritten
© 2003 Midwifery Today, Inc. All rights reserved.
[Editor's note: This editorial first appeared in Midwifery Today Issue 71, Autumn 2004.]
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and the Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) recently made a clandestine and potentially dangerous decision about midwifery practice. A new protocol was established privately before being introduced to member countries at the ICM conference in Trinidad: ALL midwives and doctors should "offer" all birthing women active management of third stage. This means every woman would be "offered" a shot of 10 IU of synthetic oxytocin within one minute of the delivery of her baby. This is to be done with controlled cord traction and uterine massage. In other words the placenta is pulled out of her—probably causing the hemorrhage in the first place. I put quotes around "offered," because we all know most doctors either do just what they want or bully women with lies. Here is a letter from one of our readers:
I'm a certified doula, childbirth educator and a fan of your Web site. It's now protocol at Duke Medical Center and Chapel Hill's stand-alone birthing center to administer a shot of Pit to all moms as soon as the baby's anterior shoulder has birthed. I'm sure it's just a matter of time until this is the case at all our area hospitals. I've encouraged my latest Duke client to state on her birth plan that she does not want this routinely, but only if she's bleeding too much. The doctor who first read this at her last appointment had a problem with this and proceeded to scare my client. It seems I did hear about a study on delayed cord clamping that compared active management of third stage (including immediate clamping, Pitocin shot and tugging to remove placenta) with not doing these things and found significantly less hemorrhaging in the active management group. I'm guessing this is what this new protocol is based on. I can't believe that was a good study. Does anyone know anything about this? It seems a shame for a mom to avoid Pit, only to have to have it postpartum, even if it doesn't look like she needs it. My current Duke client may be assertive enough to refuse, but I'd like something more to stand on. Please help.
Sheryl Mika
As you can see, the medical community cannot be trusted to "offer" active management of third stage. They are oriented toward intervention in birth, so expecting them to understand physiological birth is a dream.
The motivation for the move is to save lives. Hemorrhage is a killer of women. But I don't think this is a well-thought-out decision. Most deaths from hemorrhage occur in poor countries. The mandate is not needed in the West, where women seldom die from hemorrhage (a miracle, since so many hemorrhages are iatrogenic). The many techniques to stop hemorrhage are well developed and taught. Internal or external bi-manual compression with a shot of Pitocin is easily administered, if needed, even at home. Many herbs are helpful, and an array of tricks of the trade prevent or control hemorrhage.
My immediate objection is that Pitocin disturbs the mother's own oxytocin at the time when it is highest. It is designed by God to help her get to know her baby. One can only wonder if this disturbance has influenced our society toward detachment and violence. Why can't the medical culture trust and encourage this beautiful process of birth?
There are many issues associated with this, but the biggest effect on midwives is that you, by trusting birth, will be going against a stated global protocol, should you decide against this routine invasive procedure. It can, of course, be a life saver, but midwives should be free to use their own judgment. There is already a tremendous witch hunt going on against midwives. It seems to have escalated recently, especially in the United States. Even direct-entry midwives have often had to become more medicalized in order to practice legally. This decision could have dangerous and far-reaching effects on the midwifery model of care. States may bring it into their guidelines and protocols.
This issue fuels my severe frustration with the state of childbirth and midwifery today. My goal has always been for women to have beautiful and rewarding births. So few women get this chance. I am only heartened by the knowledge that you, too, are fighting for women and their babies.
For more about this issue see E-news issue 6:15.
Toward Better Birth,
Jan Tritten
Jan Tritten is the founder and editor-in-chief of Midwifery Today magazine and a midwife who was in active practice from 1977 to 1989. She became a midwife in 1977 after the powerful homebirth of one of her daughters. Her mission is to make loving midwifery care the norm for birthing women and their babies throughout the world. Meet Jan at our conferences around the world! [ PHOTO BY ANDREA NOLL ]
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Synthetic base pairs replicated in vivo; cardiac stem cells questioned; miniature neurotransmissions and synaptic development; neurogenesis and memory loss; STAP saga continues
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Running causes rodents to forget their fears in part because of increased hippocampal neurogenesis, a study shows.
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Disgraced psychology researcher Marc Hauser, who was found guilty of data fabrication and falsification during his time at Harvard, publishes two new papers.
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Once considered neurotransmission-related noise, scientists now show that the spontaneous release of presynaptic vesicles is imperative for the maturation of Drosophila synapses.
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Male scientists stress mice out; using SCNT to reprogram adult cells; acetate can reach mouse brain, reduce appetite; WHO sounds "post-antibiotic era" alarm
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Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
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Meet some of the people featured in the May 2014 issue of The Scientist
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An optical reporter quantitatively measures the ATP demands of presynaptic neurons.
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Just a bad offensive game and a big loss to a team close behind in the East.
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Just a bad offensive game and a big loss to a team close behind in the East.
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This loss really sucked. It was a must win for us
Going to bed.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Man another bad loss.
up four with less than two minutes..... Again. And lose again. Where is the focus at the end?
Paul George has got to stop trying to steal defensive rebounds. Fouling out like that when we were up 4 and forcing Hill to defend Joe Johnson the rest of the way was really dumb.
Man, blowing these leads late sucks.
These are awful games to lose
Brooklyn now 1 game back from us.
Bulls losing atm vs San Antonio.
Look how close the standings are, its crazy close.
Damn these last two hurt. They hurt bad. If Danny weren't supposed to come back wednesday i would have a hard time finding the motivation to watch. All star break can't get here soon enough.
Whenever I see Violet Palmer I just assume a loss is coming.
If we can beat Charlotte, that would put us 11 games over 500. It isn't what we were looking for, but I guess its still pretty good.
We've had nearly as many bad losses as we've had big wins this year. Idk if it's fatigue or if it's a mental block, but these dumb losses where we lose to inferior teams (or teams without their best player in this case) has got to stop.
Whether he starts or not Danny will help quite a bit, but he won't solve the 20 missed bunny lay ups we seem to miss so often, the lack of PF rebounding, or the bad defense by the back up PG.
Maybe I'm overreacting to two dumb/ tough losses at home, but I truly feel like the team got a big head following the back to back to back. I hope these losses brings our a$$es back down to earth and gets us back to playing the way that got us those wins in the first place.
No idea what happened. David played 25 min. Did anything happen? Sucks being here in the far east of the globe.
We would have won this game with Granger. I'm not one to claim he's the savior or anything, but he would have made the difference tonight pretty easily. Paul had a terrible game, West played bad and we still almost won.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
This is the view we need to take. More than anything just to keep us (I speak for myself, at least) somewhat sane during the AS Break.
We're still MILES ahead of where we thought we would be after the first couple weeks. The last 2 really, really hurt. BUT, we can go into the break 11 games over .500 and know that one of our top guns is going to be back.
I'm disappointed tonight, but good things are still in store for us.
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Now that was a choke
Tonight was less of a choke then Toronto on Friday.
Got his eye poked and sat out for most of the first half.
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
Last game and today are chokes.
Frank had Green,O. Johnson, Young or Stephenson but chose to go with Hill on Johnson and Augustine to play the point. Wasn't like DJ was playing great.
we are a middle of the row team, yeah when granger comes back it will give us a boost, but we lack that player that breaks down opponents D's and gets easy shots for others
Hopefully games like this don't come back to bite us in the ***.
Every game the pacers lose is a choke
I'd say the guy in your profile picture is capable of that.
You cant have ****ing 11,672 people show up to see the Nets play. Granted, Philly would announce that crowd at 17,000 plus.


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"Farming is like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube," according to Ted Crosbie, Monsanto, vice-president global plant breeding.
The more closely a farmer comes to solving the cube, the higher the optimal yields while using the fewest resources, and completely solving the cube would be the highest optimal yields utilizing advanced agronomic practices, seed genetics and innovative on-farm technology.
"In any given year, even a year like this one, if we had tweaked things just right, we would have gotten another 10 bushels or 20 bushels, and in a good year maybe more than that. So, what IF (Monsanto's Integrated Farming System) is really aimed at doing is figuring out that Rubik's Cube," said Crosbie.
The vice-president made his comments in a presentation earlier this fall when he noted that Monsanto is a biology company that has delved into being specialists in soil science and planting equipment, too. This expertise is coming about because of Monsanto's IF team emphasis on soils and Monsanto's purchase of Precision Planting, Inc.
During the 2012 growing season, because of the drought, in soil across fields and within small areas of fields, variations were easily visible. A slight hillside was the easiest place to see this variation. Crosbie explained that the variation could not be explained simply because of differences in soil type.
"Haven't you seen more variation than you've ever seen on a soil map? More variation is out there and yield potential than you've ever seen in a standard soil map," Crosbie said. "This year it was unmistakable that when God and the glaciers got done making soil, it wasn't made uniform. So, you see all that variation out there.
The Monsanto IF team's first step was to come up with a breakthrough "better way to map a field." He said, "We needed a different map. If you sit in a combine, and you watch that yield monitor as you go across the field, and you know the soil map, there is not very much correlation between the changes in yield and that 50-year-old soil map."
The second step for assisting farmers in selecting seed is testing germplasm across variable soil rather than on the best soil with the least variability. "If all this soil variation is true, and with the ability to create special yield maps, the new testing approach at Monsanto is to run our plots across all the variation. We can slice it and dice it and make comparisons within any zone," Crosbie said.
Third success for the IF team is to chose the right germplasm product (seed) for specific field's variations. For corn, it is "hybrid match based on a genetics suitability index." He said, "We run our whole pipeline, all of our hybrids across all the soil variation and analyze data so that we can figure out which hybrids are better matched to each individual field. That is a gigantic database."
These three determinations by the IF team now leads to specific Field Scripts—right germplasm to the soil variation—but the planter is a key component for yield that until Monsanto purchased Precision Planting had not been addressed. Now, Monsanto is much more than a company only focused on biology. The vice-president said, "We realized that corn planters aren't planting accurately enough, by and large, to actually deliver all the yield from those (Monsanto) Field Scripts."


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Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with those, but I prefer the cat myself. Chacun a son gout.
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P. S. Our university does have a written policy against hiring our own grads ("inbreeding"). Someone many postings ago said such things aren't possible. They are, and they exist. Now, back to petting my cats.
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The Arts Council of Mendocino County, Mendocino County Office of Education, and the Community Foundation of Mendocino County are pleased to announce the ninth year of funding for the Get Arts in the Schools Program (GASP).
GASP is a public/private arts education partnership that funds professional artist workshops and live performances in Mendocino County schools during the school year. The goal of the program is to infuse the arts in the core curriculum and to involve and expose school children to quality, educational, curriculum-based artistic experiences.
ARTISTS: To be eligible to receive a GASP grant, an artist must:
? Be a professional in their art field;
? Have prior experience presenting an art program or project in a classroom setting;
? Reside in Mendocino County and;
? Be a current member of Arts Council of Mendocino County.
Artists who meet all four of the qualifying criteria should submit an application packet to the Arts Council of Mendocino County by the application deadline of Friday, Sept. 20. Grant guidelines and application materials are available at www.artsmendocino.org or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Arts Council of Mendocino County, Attn: GASP ? Artist Application Request, 309 E Perkins St, Ukiah, CA 95482.
Artists are strongly encouraged to discuss their proposed projects with Arts Council staff prior to applying.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
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? Be serviced by MCOE (private schools are currently ineligible) and
? Able to present a GASP program during the regular school day or in an arts and education after-school program.
Schools and after-school programs apply to receive a GASP artist workshop or performance by submitting a letter of interest to the Arts Council of Mendocino County by Friday, Sept. 20.
The letter should briefly state a desired outcome of having a GASP artist at their school or in their class. The letter should also state the grade level, if there is a request for a specific art discipline (ie: visual art, dance, music, poetry, storytelling, etc.), and if the class has any special needs.
Letters of interest should be emailed to email@example.com with subject "GASP ? School Request."
Artist/class matches will be made by the Arts Council of Mendocino County according to the school requests and the pool of qualified GASP artists. Artists and schools will be notified of their awards by November 8. Funding for this program will be available starting in November 2013.
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Rails Near Terminal
A little over a year ago here on Real Money Pro, I suggested that shares of rail-car manufacturer Trinity Industries (TRN) should be a good buy as domestic rail-car demand rebounded. As orders for new rail cars climbed, industry backlog levels rose and prices for rail cars first recovered then improved. Trinity and other rail-car manufacturers such as FreightCar America (RAIL), American Railcar Industries (ARII) and The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) experienced margin expansion at their rail-car manufacturing operations. Longer production runs and firmer rail-car pricing levels drove significant earnings growth and multiple expansion.
While Trinity shares are well off their 52-week high, they are still up more than 25% year over year. Part of the reason as to why the shares are off their 52-week high has been the softening of the rail-car market over the past few months. According to data from the American Rail Car Institute, third-quarter 2012 rail-car orders totaled 15,151 units, down 7.8% quarter over quarter and down 24.9% compared to third quarter 2011. A sharp drop in third-quarter 2012 industry unit deliveries, down 31% vs. second quarter 2012, combined with that drop in incoming industry order levels resulted in a modest rise in industry backlog levels. In other words, that backlog increase occurred for all the wrong reasons....276 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Cabdriver busted in 'rape'
Cops arrested a cabby yesterday for allegedly raping a young passenger in his taxi at knifepoint after she left a Williamsburg bar. Gurmeet Singh, 40, picked up the 26-year-old woman on May 6, and she asked to be taken to her Manhattan building, cops said. After the intoxicated woman fell asleep, Singh, pulled over, bound the victim's hands with a scarf and began raping her, cops said. Singh, who lives in Jamaica, then took the woman's cellphone and cash and pushed her out of the cab, cops said. Read More: New York Post
Quid pro quo at Big A convention site
A biggest-in-the-nation convention center would mean a bigger racino at Aqueduct. Governor Cuomo said yesterday the Genting Group will seek more gaming machines at the racino it runs at Aqueduct Racetrack as the Malaysian-based gaming giant pours $4 billion into what would be the country's largest convention center there. A bigger racino would mean renegotiating the state's cut from video-lottery-machine revenues, Cuomo said on Albany's Talk 1300 AM radio. A source said that would mean more money for the state from expanded operations but a smaller percentage of the take, although Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said it's too early to say, with discussions ongoing. Read More: New York Post
DOE Announces Two More Charter Schools Will Close
Brooklyn's Williamsburg Charter High School is out-of-control. But it's not the students — it's the leadership, which has spent millions on consultants and real estate and refused to follow ethics rules. Since charter schools are independently run, there's not much the Department of Education can do, except close them down. Officials say that is what they plan to do at the end of the school year. Williamsburg Charter High will be just the third city charter school to have its charter revoked in the middle of a five-year-term, but it won't be the only charter to close this June. Read More: New York Post
For Comptroller's Allies, a Day Without an Award Is a Rarity
In New York City, most city officials, a couple times a month, honor community organizations with special suitable-for-framing commendations, praising them for "distinguished leadership" or "dedicated service." Then there is John C. Liu. Since his election to the city comptroller position in 2009, Mr. Liu has showered people and groups with official commendations, handing out more than 760 — with nearly one-quarter of the recipients connected to his political campaign, according to an analysis conducted by The New York Times. Read More: New York Times
Wrist slap for elder con
A Queens social worker who posed as a relative to steal $220,000 from an 85-year-old man in her care got off with just five years' probation yesterday. Jennifer Robinson, 37, of Cambria Heights, had faced up to 15 years in prison. But Queens Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho took it easy on Robinson. In 2009, she listed herself as a niece of the late Walter Witko, a dementia patient, to steal his assets, proseuctors said. Read More: New York Post
NJ Assembly's GOP leader dies at Statehouse
As the long and busy final day of New Jersey's legislative session was coming to a close, most lawmakers were preparing to head home for a few hours of sleep before the new session got under way. But in a matter of moments, everything changed. The Assembly and state Senate members, along with their aides and other staffers, stood stunned as they learned that Assembly Republican leader Alex DeCroce had collapsed and died around 11 p.m. Monday in a men's room at the Statehouse. They had been working with the 75-year-old lawmaker all evening as the Legislature wrapped up its session with a flurry of last-minute bills, and one of his final acts as the GOP leader was to accuse Democrats of casting votes for an absent member. Read More: New York Post
Drunk in Staten Island train mishap made WTC movie
The drunken passenger pulled from the Staten Island Railway tracks by a good Samaritan — who was critically injured himself during the rescue — is an independent filmmaker who made the first movie about the 9/11 attacks, sources said yesterday. Jonathan M. Parisen, 40, of East Orange, NJ, wrote, produced and directed "Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center" in 2002, and more recently was working on a flick called "Terrobot" about a giant robot that attacks New York City. Parisen was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal trespass for going on the tracks to retrieve his shoes at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said yesterday. Read More: New York Post
New Jay-Z tune a real 'pop' track
It's a hip-hop homage to his favorite new girl. First-time pop Jay-Z yesterday released a touching new tune for baby daughter Blue Ivy Carter that features her newborn cries — and also reveals the heartbreak he and songstress wife Beyoncé suffered over a previous miscarriage. Read More: New York Post and Listen Below


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Copper Breaks State Park To Host Summer Art Show
QUANAH, TX.—Hank the Cow Dog illustrator Gerald L. Holmes joins 22 local young artists for the annual Summer Art Exhibition at Copper Breaks State Park. The unique theme for this year's exhibition is "Refrigerator Art."
Gerald Holmes is beloved by many as the illustrator of the wildly popular children's books Hank the Cow Dog. For more than twenty years, and with more than 50 books in print, he has introduced ranch life in Texas to millions with his watercolor and pen and ink drawings of the ranch where Hank serves as head of security. His selections in the Copper Breaks art show reflect a range of experiences from the comical as in the "Hank" prints, to the practicalities of working cattle on the Texas range, to the park's own Longhorns ranging through the ruggedly beautiful breaks along the Pease River.
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The annual Summer Art Exhibition began in1997 with an exhibit of Frank Reeves Chuck Wagon Chronicles. Since then, the park has played host to a wide range of art and artists including the native American style flat painting of Quanah Parker Tracy, the vivid watercolors of internationally-known mouth artist Joe Urquizo, the well-known equestrian images of Anita Palmer and the unique representations of Indian motifs by archaeologist-turned-artist Stephen Harmon.
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NEW YORK -- Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka took another successful rehab step Saturday morning, throwing 35 pitches again, this time to hitters in a shortened simulated game.
Tanaka threw a range of all his pitches to Brendan Ryan and Zelous Wheeler, tossing 20 to start, resting in the dugout for five minutes, and then finishing his workout with 15 more in front of pitching coach Larry Rothschild, manager Joe Girardi and a large contingent of media.
"I wasn't able to hit my spots as much as I wanted to. I feel it's a little bit still rusty," said Tanaka, who felt no pain as he is recovering from a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament. "There were some good balls that I was able to throw. It was a good step, so I want to keep moving forward."
Rothschild called balls and strikes behind the mound and both Ryan and Wheeler, who later said Tanaka looked "great," took live swings, knowing which pitches were coming during his first round.
"The big thing is that he doesn't have pain and the ball is coming out OK," said Girardi. "The guys were talking about how hard it was to pick up the split and the arm motion, which is a good sign because it means he's not babying it and that's encouraging."
"I thought it was a good progression as long as he's healthy," said Rothschild. "His stuff's in the right direction, being able to throw 35 pitches and do full warmups and everything. ... He's not that far removed from pitching in a game."
Rothschild said his focus was on both Tanaka's facial gestures as well as his stamina and arm strength, all of which he said seemed to be fine. Rothschild, who believes Tanaka will only get sharper the more he throws form a mound, checked on him between sessions but doesn't want him to think too much as he rehabs.
"I'm not saving anything when I throw each pitch," said Tanaka, who hasn't pitched in a game since July 11. "I'm not scared when I'm throwing the splitter. I think it was a little bit rusty, but I feel that I'm being able to throw the splitter how I have been throwing before I got hurt."
That's good news for the Yankees and general manager Brian Cashman, who expect Tanaka to return in September and hopefully provide an extra boost in their hunt for the playoffs. As for the next step, the Yankees don't have a definitive plan just yet.
"He's going to have to make some rehab starts," said Girardi. "I'm not exactly sure how we're going to be able to do it as we build him up because you're going to run out of Minor League season, but we'll be creative enough to do whatever we have to do to get him ready."
Jake Kring-Schreifels is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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'"The hustle and the effort was equal to that we had in Boston," said Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff. "The work ethic is there, but we've got to hold onto pucks and we'll be rewarded. You have to work hard to be successful. It's obvious the effort was there. We outskated them, we outplayed them in the zone. It was a real good skating game on both sides. We had a couple of breakdowns that cost us even-strength. We had some great opportunities that we didn't take advantage of."'
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Obviously somebody's not a big Wings fan.
Personally, I blame Anthem for not having Tony Shalhoub as his avatar anymore.
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Personally, I blame Anthem for not having Tony Shalhoub as his avatar anymore.
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See, that's why I qualify my statements.
In that case, I'll come at it another way: There were a dozen or so laugh-out-loud moments for me, but they died down as the movie went along, and the rest of the time I was mildly enjoying the drama while thinking "My god her older sister is a complete *****. And now they want me to feel sorry for her because she's crying? **** no."
Knocked Up was pretty funny.
I enjoyed it. A nice cameo by Ryan Seacrest and James Franco. The older sister did have a reason for being such a b**ch. Her husband was lying to her and sneaking out doing fun things, while she was home with the kids. The husband/wife did not know each other very well. He sneaked out to see a movie; he didn't even know she liked that same movie. I know he wanted time to himself, but he should have been honest with her. In the end, that was the story.
Seth Rogen is hilarious, though. The whole pregnant sex thing was hilarious too.
A good summer comedy.
See, the thing is, the first thing I see between those two is the wife being a controlling, insulting (literally), condescending ***** to her husband. Later she talks of "training" him. So when I find out later he's sneaking out to get some alone time, I'm thinking, "No **** he wants time alone; if not for the kids I'd be amazed he hasn't left her ***".
We saw Pirates yesterday. Pretty entertaining and better than the 2nd one for me.
Norbit - it wasn't disgusting...which is a relief...tired of movies combining humor with nastiness....
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The Good Shephard.
I expected more. I think I'm getting a little tired of movies that use the flash forward, flashback, flash left, flash right, flashback type timelines/flow. It was OK but it's the kind of movie I'm sure several of my friends wouldn't like at all.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
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I just saw Pirates Of the Carrabien (how you spell it) 3 with your chick, and damn I might have to let Keira Knightly come meet me. Damn I'm in love.
a little bit...
then again...compared to Date Movie...Norbit is like watching babies taking a bath....
that was weird...its 5am...just got back from party/clubbing...maybe its not the best idea to be posting on the internet forums...
Batman Begins. Can't wait for The Dark Knight.
I saw "Knocked up" and I must admit I rarely go see these type of movies - still haven't seen 40 Year Old Virgin. And I also must admit for whatever reason I don't generally enjoy going to see comedies at least not in the theaters - I enjoy them more at home. Something about everyone else laughing at stuff I don't find very funny - or some people who seemingy laugh very loudly just because they feel they can - it all gets on my nerves.
As for "Knocked Up". It was funny - it was entertaining - but it was too long - it got on my nerves - if one more character would have started on a long and loud screaming fit, I might have walked out - I mean is that what passes as humor now-a-days - just so much yelling and screaming - one diatribe after another. It all just wore me out and I was glad when it was over.
Having said that there were some funny scenes - but I certainly like more subtle humor. For example the two scenes when the main female in the movie was in talking to her bosses (in the office) and the other female in the scenes was taking very subtle but direct shots at her - I thought those two scenes were very funny. In fact those were the best scenes in the movie. Most of the time less is more.
I did enjoy the cameos and loved seeing so many characters from "Freeks and Geeks" and "the Office"
Seth Rogen really got on my nerves. Sure he did a nice job coming across as an average dufus sort of a guy - but I don't think he's funny and his friends - were way too over the top for me.
(I hesitate to mention this because it really isn't about the movie) - but when did pot smoking become common place in movies - yes I realize it shows it in a negative light for the most part - Ok enough of that - this isn't the thread for it.
Overall I'd give the movie a C
I saw The Pursuit of Happyness for the first time last night. That movie was incredible. I would recommend it for everyone.
It was too much of a chick flick. Couples walked away happy but regular dudes walked out with something to be desired. An aspect of the humor that was missing, and I know this mention will excite the admins, was the lack of minority characters and their humor that was present in 40 or the Office and other comedy.
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really not a fantasy fan typically, but i really enjoyed this film. sadly i passed up a free screening back in december and never got around to watching it until now (i think it was given all the hype and my contrarian nature). but i thought it was quite well done, certainly unique... i really wasn't familiar with del toro's work before but i came away fairly impressed. A
another spanish writer/director i wasn't very familiar with (not a harry potter fan, but i knew of y tu mama tambien) and came away equally impressed. i will qualify this by saying i haven't read the book. i really enjoyed clive owen's performance and the action sequences (especially the impressive long takes... I'm not entirely sure how they managed to shoot the driving attack scene but it was creative). A
truth be told, i was disappointed in the choice of daniel craig. i had long been hoping for the previously mentioned clive owen to play bond (especially considering the new darker direction they were to take bond). i had also been quite a fan of pierce brosnan (although i found die another day fairly terrible... not because of pierce's performance but just about everything else). all of that being said, i was really impressed by daniel craig and while some may argue that he wasn't the best choice out there, i think he does a fantastic job. it was certainly the most enjoyable bond since Goldeneye (which could mean i have a martin campbell fetish...). anyway, i take back my disappointment with the bond selection. much like bale as batman, this is a totally fresh take on bond with a very talented and enjoyable actor. A
This is the darkest timeline.
The Devil Wears Prada- Awesome Movie definately one of my own Personal Favorites now.
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Fantastic Four: ...
I avoided the first movie like the plague, because I heard how awful it was, and I never really had any exposure to the franchise as a kid, so I didn't care. I eventually saw it a couple months ago, with rock-bottom expectations, and was pleasantly surprised. Sure, I can see why the fans were upset, but I enjoyed it in a mindless sort of way.
Anyway, saw the sequel last night, and again, not horrible. It's ridiculous, but I enjoyed the humor, the FX were pretty damn good, and then there's Jessica Alba in the most form-fitting wedding dress I've ever seen.
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Oceans 13. I liked it a lot. It was better than the 2nd, and close to being as good as the first. Pacino plays a great villain, an the Oceans crew is still very funny to watch.
PACER FAN ON STRIKE!!!-The moment the Pacers fire Larry Bird I will cheer for them again.
I know that movie and my eyes were nearly filled with tears the first time I saw it..ok, i'm exaggerating, but Will Smith plays absolutely great and the whole story was so sad..
Shooter - A good DVD action flick with some jabs at the current politics....
Next - It was nice to enjoy a Nick Cage movie again...Ghost Rider was such a letdown....


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John B. Davies, a physics researcher at University of Colorado at Boulder, has won his eighth award in an international theoretical physics competition sponsored by the Gravity Research Foundation of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Davies received an honorable mention for his paper titled "Regge Calculus of the Fundamental Particles." It is the eighth award Davies has received in the annual essay competition since joining CU-Boulder in 1980.
The competition is entered by hundreds of physicists from around the world and included winners from Canada, Israel, China, Great Britain and the United States.


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West Ham United defender, James Collins, has withdrawn from the Wales squad to face Andorra on September 9. Collins is suffering with a hamstring injury.
Newcastle United's Paul Dummett has been added to the squad as his replacement.
Paul earned his first senior Wales cap as an 83rd minute substitute in Wales' friendly against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on June 4, 2014.